Bill Elston:  

CLASS OF 1963
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College High SchoolClass of 1963
Greeley, CO

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I always wanted to be a professional football player when I grew up but I was pretty small in HS (that has changed). I am now at a good playing weight but I got too old for football and now find my self on the golf course 2-3 days a week. I tried to go to college for a few years after high school but classes got in the way of beer and girls and I was asked to join a large fraternity, the U.S. Army, in 1966. I was very fortunate in being selected to become a member of the 3rd Infantry, the "Old Guard" at Fort Meyer, VA and served as a squad leader and firing party member for two years. I returned to Greeley in 1969, worked at Gentry's Shoes and commuted to school at CSU for a year and a half. I became a teacher (belive it or not) and taught Marketing in Colorado Springs from 1971-2000. I completed a Masters in Education and am ABD from Virginia Tech's doctorial program in Education. Along the way I married and we had a daughter,...Expand for more
Elizabeth and then got divorced. I taught for 28 years, worked for the state department of education, published a little and then retired. After retirement I went to work for my daughter, Elizabeth in the Real Estate Title business, for a couple of years, then decided that golf was more fun. In the early 70's my dad and I had an opportunity to make wine together and in doing so aided Joe Phelps of Phelps Construction in making his first wine, in Greeley. Since that time Joe has become a wine maker in California with his Josheph Phelps Winery and my taste for wine also has grown (not in volume but quality). I have done a little traveling with my significant other and we both have become wine afficinados (wine snobs, more like it) and have traveled the California coast sampling the many wineries in the state. Now we travel a little, enjoy the benefits of retirement and share stories of vintages with our friends and family.
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Relaxing in Honduras after a recent cruise
Enjoying a golf outing in Windsor, CO
Bruce's Bar, Severance, CO
Golfing with friends
Beer and Rky Mt. Oysters at Bruce's Bar
Swappin' lies after a great golf outing
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Relaxing in the sun at a Napa winery
No, not Moscow, the Broadmoor Hotel, CS Co
Relaxing with friends on a trip to London
Joan (my significant other) Christmas 2007
Relaxing at the Stanley Hotel in Estes
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Don’t be this fool!
”Momma don’t let  your babies grow up to be cowboys”. Greeley, Co—1951
Had a terrific server, knowledgable and attentive. Excellent classic pizza and a great selection of beer and wine. Wonderful restaurant!
Had a terrific server, knowledgable and attentive. Excellent classic pizza and a great selection of beer and wine. Wonderful restaurant!
Had a terrific server, knowledgable and attentive. Excellent classic pizza and a great selection of beer and wine. Wonderful restaurant!
Had a terrific server, knowledgable and attentive. Excellent classic pizza and a great selection of beer and wine. Wonderful restaurant!
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Testing in today’s educational system.
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Advice for my children:
1. Don’t knock it till you try it.
2. Send Thank You cards for every act of hospitality — except another Thank You card.
3. Travel light through life. Keep only what you need.
4. Put cinnamon in your
The Olde Course in Loveland.  Great city course, well groomed.  Had a good score (for me) up to #11 then the golf god and all his buddies descended like vultures.  #19 was the best hole, found the (beer) cup in regulation!
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