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December 30,
2009 PM
Just a reminder to
always look in the Class List before you try and contact anyone. I do get
updates from time to time and just update the list without telling you. The
most recent list has an address change for Robert Schaffer and an email change
for Doris Hinds.
December 15,
2009 AM
I had announced
back on October 31st that I had been in touch with the long lost
Gloria Jones. She had sent me a picture at that time which has since been
posted in the Then and Now section. I can now reveal that her name is Gloria
Moss and her email address has been posted in the class list. She may be
sending some bio data soon, but until then, feel free to contact her via email.
I think she will be pleasantly surprised to hear from you. She is still a busy
lady and your email may not get answered quickly, but it will get answered.
December 12,
2009 PM
I recently emailed
everyone a link to the Natick Bulletin/Tab which has published a story about
the memorial display we have for Allen Loane at the Morse Institute Library.
For those of you
who have not been able to access the Natick Bulletin/Tab online, here is the text of the story.
Here is the link one more time if you want to
try again.
November 25,
2009 AM
Your reunion
committee held a wrap party last night, 11/24/2009, to engage in a collective
sigh of relief that we are DONE. At least for 5 years. Click here to see proof of how hard we labored at this
final meeting.
We do have one
piece of unfinished business and that is how to donate money in the name of our
class to something in Natick that will have at least some longevity. The
surprise of the night is that the action to finish that piece of business was
given to me. Shocking.
Anyway, I will keep
you all informed of my progress.
November 16,
2009 PM
The Allen Loane
Memorial has been completed. It is currently located on the main floor of the
library at the bottom of the stairs leading up to the second floor. Walk in the
main door, look to your left, there are stairs going down to where the 50th
Reunion photos are posted and you should see the stairs leading up to the
second floor when looking left as well. I have linked all the Allen Loane
pictures to higher resolution versions. Just click on the picture and another
window will open with the better picture.
You can find all
the Library Display pictures by going to the 50th Reunion Summary
Page and clicking on Library Displays. Did I really have to tell you that? Yes
I did.
I will update you
all when and if any of these displays gets some ink in any local paper. Think
the Natick Bulletin and Tab, not MetroWest Daily News.
November 11,
2009 AM
The Library
Displays are 99% complete. I think that they may add a few more pictures from
the 50th reunion on Thursday morning, but for the most part, they
are complete. I have taken pictures and posted them. Look in the 50th
Reunion Summary Page and click on Library Display.
November 9. 2009
AM
As promised in my
most recent email, all the pictures from Jeff Loane, Allen’s brother are now
posted on the web. You can click here
or go to Allen’s Memorial Page.
While I have
notified everyone via email, I have not mentioned in this blog that the library,
Morse Institute, will be displaying many items from the Class of 1959, most
notably our 50th Reunion. This display will be completed this week
and will run for about two months. They have also given us a floor mounted case
on the first floor for an Allen Loane Memorial. This display will be ready on
November 16th and run for 6 months. Russ Barber has provided most of
the material for this display along with the pictures from Jeff Loane.
Hopefully some of
you will get to see these displays in person. I will take pictures and post
them on this web site.
October 31,
2009 AM
Gloria Jones has
provided a current picture which has been posted. I am hoping that she will
provide some bio data soon.
Jeff Loane,
Allen’s brother, has sent me some photos taken just before he left for Vietnam.
I am going though them now and should have something to post soon.
October 15,
2009 PM
I have finally
made contact with Gloria Jones. She is alive and well. She has agreed to send
me a current picture and I have asked for some personal information about her,
like address, phone number, etc. If she provides all that and doesn’t have a
problem with it being published, I will send out an email with all the data.
October 11,
2009 AM
Just thought you
would all like to know that the Framingham Class of 1959 had their reunion on
the same night as we did. While they had a bigger student population, they did
NOT have as many classmates attend as we did. We beat them again, 88 to 84. Way
to go.
Another note of
interest. I was trying to locate relatives of Allen Loane to try and get some
pictures of him in his military uniform. I had been told by my sister, a member
of the class of 1956 which was also the class of Jeff Loane, Allen’s brother,
that Jeff had passed away some time ago. Well, lo and behold, Jeff is not
deceased. I finally tracked him down in Kentucky. He has quite a bit of
material from Allen’s Marine days. He agreed to look through what he had and
will send me some things that we should be able to use to update the fine
memorial material put together by Russ Barber.
September 30,
2009 AM
OK, it is time to
take a breather. All the pictures in my possession worth seeing have been
posted. I am going on a small vacation from this activity.
September 29,
2009 PM
I could use some
help here. Can someone identify the 3 people at the table with Marikay
Peterson? Picture
Many more pictures
have been added. Frank Hess provided me with the latest and Carol LePage has
sent me some via burro. And I haven’t loaded all the pictures taken by the
Class Photographer yet. When all is done, I will issue an email to all. Until
then, browse around. If you have any trouble viewing any pictures. Let me know
via email. Please give them time to load the page. If you get an X in the upper
left hand corner of a picture frame that means there is a file missing and I
have screwed up.
September 27,
2009 PM
The final numbers(classmate total only, does not include guest count):
·
Friday 61
·
Saturday 94
paid, 88 showed up
·
Sunday 59
More pictures yet
to come.
September 26,
2009 PM
The class picture
is now posted with numbers on everyone and a list of names by numbers. Kevin Keane has been added on the upper right
as an inset.
September 26,
2009 AM
The class picture
has arrived and is now posted on the 50th Reunion Summary page. I
will be adding names to all the people shown, just in case you can’t recognize
everyone. I think we only have one person who was there who did not get in the
picture. That would be Kevin Keane. I will cut him in as an inset very soon.
September 24,
2009 AM
I just added a new
page to show everyone the plaques that were presented to the four invited
teachers. It is located in the 50th
Reunion Summary Page.
I would like to
acknowledge that Miss Hope was presented with a beautiful corsage created and
donated by Charlene Pinkham. I was supposed to pin it on her, but I deferred to
Miss Hope’s husband who promptly gave it to her and she pinned it on herself.
What is wrong with us?
The Class Picture
should be arriving later this week or early next week. If you did not attend,
but would like a picture, please contact the photographer directly. He did make
a few extra copies. Price is $10 each. His contact information is:
John Sahagian
508-485-5363
September 23,
2009 AM
I have been
loading pictures by the ton. So many pictures on one HTML page takes a long
time to load so I just broke things down into smaller groups. Be patient, they
still take a long time to load. Internet Explorer takes longer than Mozilla. If
you have cable, loading shouldn’t take too long. If you have dial up, shut down
the computer, get in your car and come to my house to view the pictures. It
doesn’t matter where you live, driving here will be quicker than waiting for
the pages to load at 56KB.
I still have more
pictures and maybe some more format changes. When I think I’m all done, I will
send out an email.
By the way, in one
of the Cocktail Time pictures, we seem to have a special quest show up in one
of the pictures. She happens to be a personal friend of mine. I hope you can
spot her.
September 20,
2009 PM
Thanks to the
Patriots I have had the time to work on some of the pictures today. I just
loaded up a ton of pictures from Saturday night. There will be more, later in
the week. Just click on the 50th Reunion Summary link.
If anyone has
problems viewing the pictures, please notify me via email as soon as you can.
Let me know what web browser you are using, what operating system software and
the type of computer, Mac vs. IBM compatible. I have checked Internet Explorer,
Mozilla and Safari.
September 19,
2009 AM
I have loaded many
pictures from Friday night at the VFW, many more to come.
All of Diane
Campisi’s pictures from Saturday at the Dolphin have been loaded. Many thanks
to Diane.
Ron Therieau has sent
me many pictures from both Friday and Saturday which will get processed soon.
If anyone else
took pictures that they would like to see on the web site, send them along,
email or via US Post. Please burn a CD. I have scanned way too many documents
and pictures to want to do any more.
September 15,
2009 AM
I have just put up
a few teaser pictures from Friday night. I need to get some other things done
before the rain starts. I’ll get back to processing photos very soon.
If anyone took
some pictures that they would like to donate to the web site, please send them
my way. Burning a CD would probably be best. Give me the raw images from your
camera. I will fix them up.
Who’s Coming
Here is a current
list of those classmates who have given a hard commitment (i.e. sent in their
check) to attend. Who’s Coming. The numbers seem stable. Friday(120)
only has 5 people attending who are not also attending Saturday(165). Sunday
has 104 at the Brunch and Tour.
September 14,
2009 AM
I can’t believe
that I’m back on the web site less than 24 hours after the last 50th
reunion function.
Much to do to
document the 3 day event.
From my
perspective, all the work that the committee put into this is a distant second
to the fact that you all showed up. That’s what made this a great reunion.
Many, many thanks from all of us to all of you for making this a rousing
success.
After an appropriate
amount of time for catching my breath, I will begin processing about 1000
pictures taken by my son, Diane Campisi and Ron Therieau. If anyone else took
pictures and would like to share them, please put them on a CD and send them to
me.
I will do my best
to update the Who’s Coming list and turn it into a Who Attended list.
And I will send
out an email once I start loading pictures.
September 12,
2009 PM
Just got a call
from Peggy Burt. She has a new email address that has been updated in the class
list. She and her husband will be there tonight.
September 12,
2009 AM
Well, the first
night of the 50th reunion appears to have been a rousing success. Of
course that may only be my singular point of view, but lots of folks seem to
have enjoyed reconnecting with old friends. Night 2 begins at 6PM.
Gail Phillips
reminded me that she had sent her full life bio to me sometime back which I
promptly lost. It has now been properly retrieved and has replaced her short
form bio that had been posted.
September 11,
2009 AM
This is it. The
reunion has begun.
There have been a
few bios added in the past day or so. The entries include the date the bio was
added to the list so you should be able to find all that have been added in
September.
September 9,
2009 AM
We have added two
new pictures to the Then and Now section, Tim Anderson and Bruce Schernig. Tim
also provided a very interesting look into his life over the past 50 years.
Check them out.
September 4,
2009 PM
Ron MacKenzie’s
wife has sent me a letter along with his obituary and a picture of him with his
three sons. This has all been posted to his memorial page. Please take a look.
September 1,
2009 AM
Surprise of the
Century. I asked Julie Hersey about Connie Miller and Tammy(Temmy)
Siegal and she gave me a contact for Connie. I spoke with Connie last night and
she is excited about being asked to the reunion. She has all the info and will
let me know real soon if she plans to make it. Her contact information has been
added to the Class List.
August 30, 2009
AM
Be sure to check
out the Who’s Coming list for any new additions. Today we have a long lost
classmate, Julie Hersey Chapman. She and her husband Bill will attend both
Friday and Saturday night. Welcome back.
August 29, 2009
PM
With the possible
exception of a straggler or two who might contact me in the next two weeks, the
books are closed. Here is the tally:
·
Friday 118
for the VFW
·
Saturday 161 for
the Dolphin which includes 153 classmate and their guests and 4
teachers
with their guests.
·
Sunday 104
for the High School Brunch
Total classmate
responses = 176 with 97 attending and 79 saying no thanks.
We also have a bio
from Ann Stewart Cragg. This is probably the last to be received.
All bios are
printable from the web site. We will not be printing a booklet for
distribution. You’re on your own.
Class picture – we
will have a photographer there to take a class picture. He is the same one we
have had for the 40th and 45th. The price will be the
same, $10 each. Have your money ready.
Saturday Program
·
6:00PM Cocktail Time
·
6:45PM Welcome/Opening Remarks – Dick Anderson
·
6:50PM US Marine Memorial Service for Allen Loane – Russ
Barber
·
7:00PM Presentation to our Guest Teachers – Al Ross, Dick
Anderson and Dick Wells
·
7:15PM Class Picture
·
7:30PM Buffet
·
11:00PM Go Home, Please
Music will be
provided by a Bose L1 Compact System playing nothing but 50’s music, softly. We
can turn it up if anyone wants to dance, particularly if they get up on a
table.
August 27, 2009
PM
Lorrie Seller’s
picture has been posted to the Then and Now section.
The clock is
ticking. Lorrie Seller Anderson is all set for Saturday night. I am still
expecting a few more checks this week. After I get the mail on Saturday, I will
have a “final” count. I know I said the drop dead date was yesterday, the 26th,
but I lied. We will take your money, even after the reunion.
While John Stevens
will not be able to make it to the reunion, we did manage to get a current
picture from him. Take a look in the Then and Now
section, page 5.
August 25, 2009
PM
Normally I have
not been announcing when people get added to the Who’s Coming list, but I am
making an exception today for reasons that I don’t have to share.
We have added 3
names to the list today, Dick Wells, finally, Phil Gilchrest and Karen Alger
Moore Butler. Karen is still a maybe, but she is paying for a ticket anyway so
she gets on the list. Will I get more checks in tomorrow’s mail? I’ll let you
know.
August 21, 2009
AM
Finally, we have
the Now picture of San Buswell Carlucci. Of all the committee members, that
leaves just Jean Tessier Stanton. Wouldn’t you have thought that the last
classmates to withhold their Now picture would have been members of the Reunion
Committee? Exactly.
August 19, 2009
PM
You should check
the Who’s Coming list periodically. The latecomers are starting to come
out of the woodwork.
August 18, 2009
AM
DiAnn Uhlin has
sent in her Now picture. It is posted in the Then and Now section. That brings
the count to 96 Classmates.
August 16, 2009
AM
Two things today.
Ann Phinney has given me an update for her bio(she
really did go to college) and a current picture. She has made her appearance in
the highly sought after position in the Then and Now section. Check it out.
August 11, 2009
AM
I have updated the
Class List with a new email address for Phil Gilchrest.
More people have been
added to the Who’s Coming list. I still expect another 10 or so which will
bring the classmate total to about 96. A very good showing, but I was hoping
for more.
August 10, 2009
AM
We have a new Now
picture from Barbara Simons. Check Page 5.
August 3, 2009
PM
The night is young
and I have already received two pictures from my latest crowbar attempt. Mary
Daly Spaulding and Harold Wright have sent in their photos which are now
posted.
Kevin Keane is the
latest to send in his picture. Check Page 3.
August 2, 2009
AM
Dianne
Montgomery’s picture has been posted in the Then and Now section.
August 1, 2009
AM
The bio count is
now at 87 with a total of 24 added in July and one just added this morning, Al
Byrnes.
Attendance numbers
break down as follows:
Friday = 101,
Saturday = 129, Sunday = 91
This represents a total
of 79 classmates plus guests.
In addition, we
have another 33 who are highly probable, but haven’t sent in their check yet.
Sadly, we have had
67 classmates send in their regrets for a variety of reasons. That leaves 41
classmates who just don’t respond to any kind of attempt at communication.
Maybe it’s me.
July 25, 2009
AM
Ken Poole has
provided a very long and large bio. It takes awhile to load, but it is a very
interesting read. Take the time. Near the end he makes reference to “this is
his story and he’s sticking to it” as if there may be small or large amounts of
embellishments. He also suggests that I may have done the same. Well, we’ll
just have to keep you all wondering.
July 23, 2009
PM
I just spoke with
Bob Franciose. He will not be able to make the reunion, but he did tell me that
his email address has changed. No need to send him anything just yet as he only
has email when he is not at the Cape. I will update the class list shortly.
July 21, 2009
PM
By now you must
all know that I do not like bringing you bad news. While we have been on a last
push to check with people as to their reunion intentions, Nancy Sullivan spoke
with Ron Mackenzie’s wife and learned that he passed away this past January. I
will have more on this as I collect some additional data.
July 18, 2009
AM
The bio count is
now at 80. We have added 17 so far this
month with Hal Roey being the most recent.
July 17, 2009
PM
Here are the
numbers as of today. 77 Classmates are coming, 53 have given their regrets.
Total headcount for Friday night = 100, Saturday = 126 and Sunday = 88.
The reunion
committee has had a meeting and names were assigned to contact those classmates
who have still not given us a final decision. So the number is expected to be
higher than those above, but how high is still not clear.
Overall, the
numbers look pretty good and I expect we will have a great time.
Don’t forget to
check the bios from time to time. More get added every day.
July 9, 2009 PM
I have added a 6th
page to the Then and Now section for any teacher pictures that I get. Miss Hope
is the first.
July 9, 2009 AM
We have invited 4
teachers from our past to join us on Saturday, the 12th of
September. They are: Miss Hope, Mr. Shea, Mr. Filledes and Coach Fitzgerald.
Miss Hope, now Patricia Edmonds, has sent a picture of herself and her husband.
I have put this together as a Special Page.
July 2, 2009 AM
John Dowst has
found new digs. His address has been changed in the class list. Phone and email
stay the same.
July 1, 2009 PM
Eileen O’Connell’s
picture is posted in the Then and Now section.
July 1, 2009 AM
Start browsing
around the site. Kristine Kerr has provided her Now picture and I’m thisclose to having one from Eileen O’Connell. She
provided me a picture of 6 women and told me to find her. I thought it was a no
brainer, but this is not something I can be wrong about so I’ve asked her to
confirm before I post. At least when Mary Pierce sent me a picture of herself
and one other, she told me she was on the left. A goat was on the right.
Several new bios
have shown up.
Hopefully today’s
mail will bring several checks and maybe some bios.
July 1, 2009 AM
It seems that in
my haste to get the completed biographies under password control, I omitted the
page that contained the bio templates. These templates are for anyone who would
like to reprint a template for hand writing or an electronic version for those
who wish to submit a digital copy via email.
So now if you want
to see the completed bios, go first to the Biographies page and then to the
Completed Biographies.
June 30, 2009
PM
I know that some
of you will remember Kathy Lynch from our Coolidge days. Linda Torti has
informed me that Kathy passed away this past June 16. Her Obituary Page can be
viewed here.
June 28, 2009
PM
It was just
brought to my attention that the bios page is unprotected and does contain the
names, addresses and phone numbers of classmates who have submitted their bios.
In order to protect this sensitive information from general access, I have
rerouted the Completed Bios to the Class List page which is still password
protected. Sorry if this is an inconvenience, but I have to protect the data.
If you have forgotten that password, you will have to send me an email and I’ll
respond back promptly.
June 19, 2009
PM
I don’t have any intention of notifying you in this blog every
time someone sends me a new bio, but I have been identifying when new Then and
Now pictures are posted. Tonight we have Robert Roth’s current picture and
Nancy Sullivan’s long bio.
June 18, 2009
PM
We have had 4 more
bios added in the past couple of days, two of them of the “long” variety. Marci
Burke Douglas and Robert Roth have provided a peek into their lives since 59.
Take a look. Debra Greenburg also provided a pretty good work history as did
Karen Kugell.
June 15, 2009
PM
We now have 51
bios posted. Most are short, but very interesting.
June 11, 2009
AM
There are 43 bios posted.
I’m confident that there will be many more as the checks keep rolling in.
On the invitation
side of the ledger, I have heard from 41 classmates with only 6 regrets. It is
still early to expect many more than that. I did ask for returns by June 15th,
but if I am nothing, I am pragmatic. Not many argue the nothing part, most
argue the pragmatic part.
June 6, 2009 PM
Carol Coan has
been added to the Then and Now section. Click on her picture to find her brood.
I have added 11
new biographies. The total number is still pretty small, but I expect more will
come when people start sending me money for the reunion. All biographies are
date stamped so you shouldn’t have any problem finding the new ones.
May 28, 2009 AM
I have updated the
online Invitation to include a space for your name. The Invitations were mailed
this past Tuesday, May 26th. If for some reason you do not receive
one by next week, print out the form from the web site and send that in.
Invitations were sent to everyone at the last known address on file. If you had
more than one address on file, multiple invitations have been sent your way.
May 27, 2009 PM
I have added
several new bios to the bios list.
Gail Phillips
Bucher has a new email address. The class list has been updated.
The formal
invitations were mailed out yesterday. One small issue. I did not provide a
place for you to write your name. Please add it somewhere on the page.
May 21, 2009 PM
I have updated the
main page to include a new section called The Coolidge Years. Click on Coolidge
Memories and you should see a link to the Graduation picture and also some new
Basketball pictures from Coach Fitzgerald.
If anyone has
other photos from the Coolidge years that they would like to donate for the web
site, send them along.
May 21, 2009 AM
Coming soon will
be a page from our Coolidge years. Coach Fitzgerald has provided me with some
very old pictures of the basketball team back in the 7th and 8th
grades. Once I get them scanned in, I’ll find a place to put them. You won’t
believe your eyes.
May 20, 2009 AM
It has been a long
dry spell without any new Now pictures, but we finally got a new one from
Christy Adams.
Several more
people have sent in their biographies which have been posted.
May 19, 2009 AM
I have updated the
Biographies page to better organize completed biographies. The Completed
Biographies page is now a list of all classmates with columns to indicate
short form or full and the date I added the form to the database.
May 18, 2009 PM
I am starting to
receive some bios, both long and short form versions. So take a look at the
Biographies page. I have added a Completed Biographies link that I will be
filling up with bios as I receive them. I will alert you all when there are
more added, but I expect to get many in the short term, so I will not be
announcing the addition of each and every one.
May 17, 2009 PM
For anyone who wishes
to provide a bio sheet using an MS Word version of the form, I have added that
to the Biographies page.
May 16, 2009 PM
We have a new
address for Barbara Simons Newcomb. The Class List has been updated.
May 14, 2009 AM
There have been
two changes made to the Class List. Mary
Johnson Moore has provided a telephone number and Doris Henry Hinds has a new
address, telephone number and email address. Please remember that this
information is confidential and is for the use of our classmates only.
May 13, 2009 AM
The 50th
Reunion Plans page has been reworked. It now shows an Activities Page, the
Invitation, the Biographical Template and the original Status page.
The Biographical
Template was mailed to you yesterday and the Invitation will follow right after
Memorial Day. If you can’t wait, you can see all the material right here on the web site.
May 12, 2009 PM
We have mailed a Biographical
Questionnaire today. You are being asked to consider providing something more
than just the simple basics. If you would like to see this questionnaire before
it arrives in the mail, click HERE.
May 11, 2009 AM
The reunion
committee held it’s big and first meeting of 2009. The
i’s have been dotted and the t’s crossed. You can read the particulars in the 50th Reunion
Plans page.
Does anyone have a
picture of Robert Thompson? Or can you point him out in the Coolidge 1955
Graduation picture?
April 30, 2009
PM
I have finally
received some important memorial information concerning our Keith Gould. His In
Memoriam section has been updated. I encourage you all to take a few moments
and find out a little bit about his life.
April 30, 2009
AM
I have added a new
page in the Reunions section called Biographies. If you have a chance, take a
look at it. It contains a request for you to think about writing a bio for the
reunion and it also contains a sample bio written by me. Have some fun.
April 25, 2009
AM
Boston Marathon
2009 - I know I missed the boat with Ray Kent last year, but hopefully I can make it up this
year. To the best of my knowledge(not much progress
since 1959), Ray did not run, but Ken Poole did.
Now Ken is a
really dedicated runner, marathoner and fitness guru. I have his stats for this
past Boston Marathon and also a news
article written up in the local paper about all the old codgers who think
spending untold hours running in the street, getting in the way of our cars, in
all kinds of weather, seems like a fun time.
Here are Ken’s Stats
Official Time =
3:55:46
Division Placement
= 39th
Overall Placement
= 14549
Gender Placement =
9722
April 21, 2009
AM
Russ Whittemore
has provided some nice words about Allen Loane. Check them out in Allen’s In
Memoriam page.
April 2, 2009
AM
Marci Burke Douglas
has adopted a rather large family of cats. Well, more like one cat and a
million kittens. Check them out by clicking on her picture in the Then and Now
section. They are cute and you can still let them out without a leash.
Ah, dogs running
wild and the smell of burning leaves are two major things from our younger
years that I really miss. Yes, forget the unbridled passion of youth, the
girls, the parties, the booze, the smell of burning leaves is the only thing I
can remember.
March 31, 2009
PM
Every now and
then, the postman brings something other than bills and junk mail. Today he
brought me an envelope from Ocala, Florida which contained a picture of someone
I had not seen since the summer of 1959. Join me in welcoming Jim Fallon to the
Then and Now section.
March 21, 2009
AM
Everything is now
in place with the three hotels in the Natick area. Take a look at the Hotel
Reservation Information Page. The cutoff dates for booking a room are in the
mid August timeframe, but don’t delay. Set your reminder calendar for July.
March 20, 2009
PM
Jean Holland Lent
has sent her regrets that she will be unable to attend the reunion, but she did
send in her Now picture which has been posted.
Jean also had some
words to add to Leslie Davis Edwards memorial page
March 19, 2009
AM
We now have all
the Hotel information for the Red Roof and the Crowne Plaza. Still waiting for
the Internet link information from the Hampton Inn. For all our classmates who
do not have access to the Internet, they will be notified via the invitation
that will be sent out later this year. They will be able to book rooms manually
by calling the hotel and asking for the Natick High School Class of 1959 rate
for September 11th and 12th.
March 14, 2009
PM
We have new pictures
from the 35th Reunion thanks to Mary Morrill Beaupre. I do have one
small problem. I can’t recognize everyone in all the pictures. I have numbered
each picture so that you can tell me who is who if you know.
March 11, 2009
PM
There is a new link
showing up in the Reunions section. It is titled Hotel Reservation Information.
Be patient. I am almost ready to post all the data necessary for you to be able
to book rooms at the three named locations at discounted rates. I’ll send out
an email when I have all the data posted.
March 7, 2009
PM
Alice Martin
Roberts has provided me with a new email address. The class list has been
updated.
February 28,
2009 AM
The very first
meeting of the Milford
Breakfast Club took place on Saturday, February 28, 2009 at the well
appointed McDonald’s on Route 140 in Milford. In attendance were Joanna Drowne
King, Ron Therieau, Ken Poole, Dick Anderson and Al Ross. We had a great time
chatting about the old days, at least the ones we could remember.
The morning event
was highlighted by a visit from some Hooter waitresses and some Chippendale
Dancers who happened to be in town for some kind of a function at one of the
local hotels. There is a reasonable chance that they will appear at the next
breakfast meeting as well. Just in case any of you invited folks who couldn’t
make it to this meeting, may decide to make that extra effort the next time. We
plan to meet on the fourth Saturday of each month, 8AM, at the same McDonalds.
February 24,
2009 PM
Russ Barber has
obtained a ceremonial place setting to be used at the 50th Reunion
in honor of our fallen Marine classmate, Allen Loane. While all the details of
a short memorial service have yet to be worked out, Russ will be providing the
tribute for Allen. You can view this place setting on Allen’s memorial page or click here.
February 20,
2009 AM
We have had a late
arrival to the attendance query. Kathleen Owens Ramotowski has indicated she is
planning on attending. I have updated the planned attendance list in the 50th
Reunion Plans page.
February 18,
2009 AM
Dick Anderson has sent
in some pictures of his grand children. They are posted in the Then and Now
section behind his picture.
February 14,
2009 PM
After months of
begging and pleading, Anna Thompson has finally relented and sent me several
pictures. She is now in the Then and Now section with backup pictures from her
youth, kids and all.
February 13,
2009 AM
My most recent
plea/beg for more pictures worked very quickly. Bruce Peterson and Gail Phillips
Bucher have provided me with some additional photos to post behind their Then
and Now picture. They are available for viewing right now.
BTW, if anyone has
a problem viewing anything on this website using IE, Firefox or Safari, please
let me know immediately. Each browser works a little differently and I don’t
always check all three.
February 11,
2009 AM
We have an update
from Charlie LePage on the Golf Outing. Details are in the 50th
Reunion Plans page. Click
here.
February 2,
2009 AM
Dick Stanley has a
new email address. The Class List has been updated.
Check out the Golf
Plan document from Charlie LePage in the 50th Reunion Plans page.
January 27,
2009 PM
For all you web browsing
fans, Dean Webb has sent me some current pictures from the golf course. Where
else? You can see them by going to the Then and Now, find his picture and click
away. There is a nice surprise for all you golf nuts.
January 25,
2009 PM
From time to time,
classmates inform me of updated addresses and phone numbers. I update the class
list, but don’t always announce that I have done so. So please check the list
if you are planning to contact someone new. The most recent change was for Russ
Barber.
I also want to
announce that Chris Adams has recently promised me a picture to post in the
Then and Now section. I have received several promises in the past which have
not been honored, no surprise here. For those of you who are delinquent, now is
the time to make things right. I’m sure you were all brought up with the
understanding that your word was your bond. You probably didn’t fully
understand that message then and some of you are still struggling with it now.
I am a very patient man.
January 18,
2009 PM
Russ Barber’s
efforts to get information about Allen Loane have paid off. He sent me a
picture of Allen and his fellow officers when he was in Officer Basic School at
Quantico. You can see the picture in Allen’s
Memorial Page.
January 17,
2009 AM
Today, the
MetroWest Daily News announced the passing of one of our teachers, Anthony
DeFelice. I have included his obituary here.
For those of you
who notice that the Class List has been updated as of January 16th,
the two changes are for email addresses for Joanna Drowne King and Lorraine
Mitchell Gemelli.
January 16,
2009 PM
I have added a new
page to the web site. You can find it in the Reunion Section in the 50th
Reunion Plans page. It is a list of everyone who has indicated that they plan
to attend the various activities planned for the 50th Reunion in
September.
January 9, 2009
Russ Barber posted
a request on a Marine web site asking for anyone who might have known Allen
Loane in Vietnam to contact him. He got a response from a Buddy Moorehead which
has been posted in Allen’s Memorial page. Take a look.
December 29,
2008 AM
Once again I must
bring you sad news. Peter Horning passed away yesterday in Milford,
Massachusetts. His obituary has been posted in the In Memoriam section. While
Peter lived just a few miles from me for the past 36 years, we never crossed
paths. I do remember that he came to see me at Fort Dix during Basic Training.
He was there doing his National Guard tour and I had just been given a buzz
cut. Ah, those were the days.
December 18,
2008 AM
Lois Cohen has
provided a new email address. Check the class list.
I have heard from
154 classmates on the reunion. The latest number for Saturday night is 212.
This is going to be fun. All those old memories will come flooding back. Some
good, some bad. I hope that most will have some memory of the high school
years. No names mentioned here, but one of the committee members remembers
Coolidge and that’s it. I wonder what traumatic event happened to break the
neuron links.
November 22,
2008 AM
Just a couple or
three quick updates.
We have a new
Florida address for Suzanne Winner Jarrie. The Class List has been updated. If
you cannot get into the Class List, send me an email and I will give you the
password again. Please remember that the User Name is case sensitive and is
Class_list.
I just had a few
time slots open up so you can send me your Now picture and I will place it on
the web site in a very special privileged spot. No one else is allowed to have
this spot. Time is running out and I don’t want you to miss this opportunity
for immortality. You may be a winner.
I am pretty sure
that we have heard from everyone who plans to come to the reunion. The numbers
are quite impressive. As of today we have 150 responses with 210 folks planning
on Saturday night. Fewer for Friday and Sunday, but if everyone makes good on
their intentions, this will be a huge reunion, as it should be.
November 11,
2008 AM
The plans for the
reunion have taken shape. Please see the 50th Reunion Plans page for
an update.
November 7,
2008 AM
Fred Munro has
provided me with a new mailing address. Class List has been updated.
November 3,
2008 PM
Well, breaking the
Then and Now page into 5 smaller pages wasn’t as time consuming as I thought.
This should make it easier and faster to load the pictures. Let me know if
there are any problems.
The Then and Now
page has gotten just a little too big to maintain as a single page. I am in the
process of breaking it up into several pages to make it easier to get it all
downloaded quickly. Bear with me while I create another masterpiece.
Marci Burke
Douglas has sent in her current picture. She is number 80. The Then and Now has
been updated.
November 1,
2008 PM
The numbers as of
today are as follows:
·
Total responses = 118
·
Total regrets = 25
·
Friday = 110
·
Saturday = 149
·
Sunday = 103
A very good start
to this whole project. Many thanks to everyone who helped put this together and
to all those who have responded.
I know there are
many more who always come to the reunion who have not yet sent in their post
card, so the numbers will be higher.
I hope that
everyone who indicated that they intend to be at the reunion can actually make
it.
November 1,
2008 AM
Harold Wright has
retired and moved out of Illinois. His new phone number and address have been
posted to the Class List. Email stays the same.
I will post the results
of the mailing campaign later today after the mailman has made his rounds.
October 25,
2008 AM
The response to
our mailing asking for your intentions to attend next year’s reunion has been
pretty good. I have received 76 post cards to date, only 16 with regrets. We
sent out 219 letters so I am still expecting more responses this coming week.
I have posted the
letter that was sent, in the 50th Reunion page.
October 21,
2008 PM
Jerry Hall has an
email address. Check the Class List.
Mary Morrill Beaupre
has an email address. Check the Class List.
October 20,
2008 AM
Marcia Burke
Douglas has provided a new mailing address and phone number. Her email is
unchanged. Check the Class List.
October 18,
2008 AM
The mailing has
gone to the post office. Please return the post card AFTER you read the back
and fill in some information.
I have updated the
Class List to reflect a new address for Jerry Hall and to put back Mardell
Pease’s name and address. For some reason it wasn’t there.
Jim Linton has a new
email address. Check the Class List.
October 15,
2008 AM
That mailing
mentioned below is almost ready to pop in the mail. Look for something early
next week.
I haven’t received
any pictures for some time now. Maybe the upcoming Holidays will loosen those
inhibitions.
October 7, 2008
AM
For all you
faithful readers of this blog, you are getting some advance notice that the
reunion committee is very close to having a working plan in place and we will
be sending everyone a request for a non-committal answer as to whether or not
you plan to attend the 50th reunion the weekend of September 11, 12
and 13 , 2009. We need to know if the location we are
working with will be big enough. Please respond to our request. There will be a
stamped Post Card for you to simply indicate how many will be attending. This
will not be a hard commitment on your part, but will assist us in our planning.
We are working on
a three day event, Friday night, Saturday night and Sunday Brunch. You can
attend any or all. Cost is still being worked. Trust us.
October 3, 2008
PM
I received today
some pictures from Russ Barber. He has been posted in the Then and Now section
and there are also many pictures that are linked to his picture. Please take a
few moments and review what he has provided. Regardless of your position on war
or any President, one must look up to men such as Russ. He has served us well.
We all too soon forget what it has taken to provide us all that we have.
September 30,
2008 AM
The reunion
committee met for the first time last night. It is much too early to provide
you any details except to let you know that we are working on a plan that will
cover three separate events. One for Friday night, one for Saturday night and
one for Sunday Brunch. You will be able to attend them all, any or none. Target
dates are either the weekend of September 11, 12 and 13 or 18, 19 and 20, 2009.
Our job is to put together an interesting event opportunity, your job is the
make the plans to get here.
September 28,
2008 AM
John Dowst brought
to my attention, an article in the MetroWest Daily News written by Lenny
Megliola about Vito Capizzo. You can either read it online at the paper’s
website or here.
September 23,
2008 AM
Once again I must
bring you sad news. Diane Hesek passed away yesterday in Tucson, Arizona. Her
obituary has been posted in the In Memoriam section.
September 22,
2008 PM
Carol Bellofatto
LePage has a new email address. The Class List has been updated.
September 21,
2008 PM
All the Sassamons
from our first three years at Natick have been scoured for your young,
unrecognizable mugs. I think I have found and identified everyone. So this
project is now closed. Not surprisingly, the 1958 book had the most and the
1956 had the least. Please give the files time to download
The first meeting
of the reunion committee is scheduled for September 29th. I will
provide an update in this section following that meeting.
September 20,
2008 PM
Please note that
Janice Bitzer Cronin has a new email address. The Class List has been updated.
September 17,
2008 AM
The 1957 Sassamon
is finished. Every page that contains someone from the Class of 1959 has been
scanned and loaded. I will get to the last Sassamon, 1958, in the not too
distant future.
September 16,
2008 PM
Well, I am almost
done with the Class of 1957 Sassamon. In one of the pages from 1957, the
Student Council, there are 3 girls from that class who all went on to become
Miss Natick. They would be Sue Fisher, Pat Condlin and Dorris Ward. Not bad
from just one class, but the Class of 1959 trumped them all when Mary Morrill was crowned in 1959.
September 14,
2008 PM
I have finished
scanning in pages from the 1956 Sassamon. I boxed anyone from our class that showed
up in the pictures. I’m sure you all will let me know if I missed anyone. It
was interesting to find some folks who were with us at Coolidge and also as Freshmen and then disappeared. If anyone knows
the whereabouts of any of these folks, please let me know.
September 13,
2008 AM
I have finally
found some time to start scanning some pictures from the 1956, 1957 and 1958
Sassamon Yearbooks. I’m sure that many of you have never seen these photos
before. I will get more pictures posted soon, but not today. The interesting
thing about the 1956 pictures it that they show some classmates that left us
for other schools and we have all but forgotten them, until now. How many
people remember Tammy Seigal, Julie Hersey and Ray Hardy? And I’m sure I will
find a few more. I remember Ray Hardy being asked by his 8th grade
teacher if there were any benefits to the Atomic bomb. His answer was that it
controlled population.
If anyone has
pictures from our high school days that they would like to share, send them my
way.
September 10,
2008 AM
I am experimenting
with a new format for the web page. Doing all this without any special, costly
software presents some challenges. Please be patient.
August 27, 2008
PM
One more picture
for the Then and Now. Aldo Pagliarulo has made the wall.
We’re doing pretty
good, but I set my expectations rather high and I am still hopeful that more of
you older folks will embrace this effort and let us all see how gracefully you
have survived the ravages of time. I’ve said this before, everyone who really
means anything to you already knows what you look like and you have looked like
you look for quite some time now. I mean, come on. I now look like my father
and I said that would NEVER happen. I still don’t know HOW it happened. My wife
reminds me about all the ice cream, beer, wine and food, but those are just
staples, right?
August 23, 2008
AM
Two new additions
to the Then and Now section. Charlene sent me a picture of the girls on a little vaca down the Cape and Donna Pryor
and Jean Ghilani gave me the OK to use their pictures. So take a look.
On another note, I
have notified Bose that I will not take the next assignment which could have
taken me at least to the end of this year. Instead, I will only finish the
current assignment. I will find out on Monday when my last day will be, maybe
Monday. So I should have plenty of time to “encourage” all of you who have not
complied with the request for a picture.
The reunion
committee is really, really going to meet near the end of September and start
putting together a plan.
August 10, 2008
Having lived in
the same house for 37 years sometimes yields strange artifacts. Here is a mug that must have been given out at the 35th
reunion. Does anyone have any other pieces of memorabilia hanging around the
house?
And I also
realized that I had my Basketball jacket in the
closet. I tried it on and it was a little tight. Getting the other arm in was
totally impossible.
August 2, 2008
PM
Well, I really
thought I was going to rejoin the ranks of the happily retire folks at the end
of August. Seems like I have an opportunity to stay on at Bose until at least
the end of the year. After many years of having high pressure jobs, what I am
doing now is just fun. I never take the job out of the door at night. So I will
continue knowing that if anything changes I can just say “goodbye, today will
be my last day”.
By the way, the
Sassamon is all cleaned up. If anyone finds a problem, please let me know. And
don’t forget to let me know if there are any significant typos still left to be
fixed. I caught some, was notified of one and I’m sure there are many still in
there.
July 26, 2008
PM
The Sassamon
scanning project is complete. Some of the earlier pages are a little dingy and
I will get around to cleaning them up, but for the time being, you gets what you gets. Each section can be saved as its own pdf
file. If you don’t understand what that means, ask your kids.
July 23, 2008
PM
The obituary for
Richard Cox was posted today in the Cape Cod Times. I have placed it in his
memorial page and shown below here as well. I will email the entire class with
this information, at least those with emails.
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WEST BARNSTABLE —
Richard Arthur Cox, of West Barnstable, died on Tuesday, July 15, 2008, at
home, with his family nearby. |
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July 21, 2008
PM
Anyone looking in
the Cape Cod Times yesterday may have seen a small mention about Richard Cox.
It was listed in the Funeral Notices, not the Obituaries. I have pasted it
here.
COX — Richard A.,
of West Barnstable, died July 15, 2008. Husband of Susan (Armstrong) Cox. Memorial
service 2 p.m. July 27, West Parish of Barnstable, Route 149, West Barnstable.
Private burial.
I am always
willing to take my lumps when I use the wrong word or misspell one. One might
think I take quite a few lumps. Today was one of those days. Someone pointed
out my mistake shown below highlighted in yellow. Scared does not mean the same as sacred.
July 19, 2008
PM
It is with a great
deal of sadness that I must inform you of the passing of Richard Cox. Dick died
this past Tuesday. Details concerning any memorial service will be forthcoming
in the Cape Cod Times sometime within the next several days. I will post any
information I get right here.
July 15, 2008
PM
While I was at
work today, Ken Poole delivered a very nice present to my house. He had taken
the time and trouble to put together all the photo information that you will
now find on the Then and Now section. All I had to do was a little typing. Many
thanks to Ken. Check out his pictures and remember to click on his Then and Now
picture to see the rest.
I also received
today an email from Peter Ranney alerting me to some typos in the Sassamon
which I will fix soon. Everyone should check and make sure that no mistakes
have been made on their behalf. I will edit text, but don’t ask me to fix any
pictures. I know it is sometimes hard to take, but we did look like that then.
July 14, 2008
PM
I am down to just
the Senior Week section of the Sassamon left to scan and post. I do plan to go back and clean
up a few pages and will fix anything wrong that you all tell me about. I have
already fixed two cases where H. Jones was labeled as D. Webb and then H.
James. Let me know if there are any other errors.
July 12, 2008
AM
The weather is
just too nice to be scanning the Sassamon this weekend. I’m getting close to
being done. A little more in the Athletic area and then Senior Week Activities.
Everything else is done. Many thanks to all who volunteered to help scan in
this most sacred of
documents.
July 5, 2008 PM
The Sassamon file
was getting way too big, so I broke it up into smaller sections. The first
three sections are complete. If you have any difficulty viewing the
information, drop me a note or call my cell. The Senior’s file is pretty big and it takes a while to load, so be patient. I
have tested the site with Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox. All seems
fine.
July 4, 2008 AM
I met up with Ronnie
Graham at the Natick Parade as we have done for the past several years. I took
his picture which he has agreed to let me post in the Then and Now section and
I took one of him in the Parade driving his Corvette
June 28, 2008
PM
Back on May 22nd
I asked for volunteers to digitize the Sassamon. I let all the responses
accumulate for the past month and then decided who I could tap for this very
important task. Well, I tell ya, it was a difficult decision. NO ONE VOLUNTEERED.
So I started to do
this myself. On the main page there is a new entry called 1959 Sassamon . That line is linked to an Adobe file called
Sassamon 1959. Once you get to that page, you can save the file to your
computer. If you have any difficulties, do one of two things. Drop me a note or
dump your Mac and buy a Dell.
I haven’t finished
the entire book yet, so be patient.
June 21, 2008
PM
It has been an
interesting week in Natick. For those of you who live, like west of Worcester,
you probably didn’t hear about the fire on Pond Street. One small block of
stores have been completely destroyed. The only store
I can remember being in this block was Christy’s Tailor Shop. Many things came
and went during the 40’s and 50’s, but I just can’t remember them. Click here for some pictures compliments of my son,
John, who lives in Natick.
June 9, 2008 PM
Please join me in
welcoming Ray Stackpole to our Then and Now section. He is number 78.
June 2, 2008 PM
And the fun never
stops. Ron Savilonis’s wife has provided Ron’s picture.
If your favorite
classmate has not yet sent in their photo, help me out and convince them to do
so.
June 1, 2008 PM
Just posted Jim
Andrews. Keep them coming. We’re going to be too old at the reunion for visual
shock. Best we do this in dribs and drabs.
We have yet
another addition to the Then and Now section. Alice Martin has joined the
ranks. We know have 75 classmates on board.
May 30, 2008 PM
We are on a roll.
Ann Stewart has sent me her picture. Up and posted. How many more will follow?
Many thanks to
everyone who has either had the courage to send in their picture or who has
finally succumbed to the pressure. I don’t think for a minute that anyone felt
any pressure.
May 26, 2008 PM
Charlene Pinkham’s
Then and Now picture has been posted. Let’s keep them coming.
Bruce Peterson has
a new email address. The Class List has been updated.
May 24, 2008 PM
The response to my
latest email asking for pictures yielded pretty swift results. Ron Oldfield has
provided a picture and it has been posted. Donna Pryor and Ann Stewart have
both promised to send me a photo. This is huge.
May 22, 2008 PM
It has been awhile
since I updated this blog. I was hoping to be able to report that the reunion committee
had held an organizing meeting, but no such luck. I think we were this close.
Maybe San is still running on Hawaii time.
I will tell you
that there has been some thought to putting together a brief polling document
to get some input for the reunion. The very nature of asking 250+ classmates
for their likes and dislikes is that we could get 250+ different suggestions.
So keep that in mind when and if we do some asking and then some deciding. I
have some personal guidelines that I can share with you right now. Here are
some possibly crazy thoughts:
·
September 2009, after Labor day, maybe Sept 18, 19, 20, 2009
·
Digitize the Sassamon. Many people have lost the book
through many moves and wild parties. Anyone care to take on this task?
·
Request a mini bio from everyone, not a resume, just a brief
summary, kids, grandkids, moves.
·
Ferret out any classmate who has achieved extraordinary
accomplishments
·
Special honor for all deceased classmates
·
Reunion Theme – We are not in High School Anymore.
·
Social event with food and drinks, focus on the social and
the drinks, not the food.
·
Plan for mobility, Get a chance to
talk with as many people as possible. My little project of finding everyone had
me talking with people I probably never spoke with in school. The experience
was overwhelming.
·
Golf, Tennis
·
Pictures
o
I want to have someone on hand to walk around and take
pictures of everyone. No classmate will have to do that although they can.
o
Take photos of various groups in the same position they were
in the Sassamon
·
Cheerleaders
·
Sports Teams
·
Safety Patrol
·
Lunch Wardens
·
Etc.
May 1, 2008 PM
While I did not
manage to connect with Ray during the race, he did provide this summary in an
email to me and others yesterday.
Ruth and I ran and finished the Boston Marathon together
with a time of 4:42. This was one-half
hour slower than my qualifying time and a full hour slower than Ruth's (she
slowed up for dear ol' dad on this one). This was our fourth time
across a marathon finish line together. That's really special.
Even though we didn't win, I considered it my best run ever. We had
near perfect weather, a great course, twenty-five thousand of our closest
friends nearby and incredible crowds along the entire 26.2 mile route. We could
have had a better time if it weren't for two potty breaks (one each) and we
stopped at every mile marker for a photo-op.
Kathy made up a T-Shirt with my name on it and that I
graduated from Natick High in '59. The crowds picked up on it and cheered
us wildly through the neighboring towns. The noise level was so loud that
many runners ran by Wellesley and Boston Colleges with their ears
covered. I didn't have a problem with that but my hands were
feeling a bit tender with all the high-fives we got as we ran.
It was an awesome course and very well organized. I would
love to run it again but I'm afraid I'd have a tough time qualifying
again. I plan to leave it as an opportunity for other first-timers and
younger runners. If you get the opportunity to run Boston, don't hesitate, go for it. It was truly a "once
in a lifetime" opportunity for me and I am thrilled that I ran it.
Thanks for all the direct and indirect support and
fellowship that helped me qualify for a truly memorable goal of running in the
Boston Marathon.
Kindest regards,
Ray Kent
April 30, 2008
PM
I stopped by the
Edwards Funeral home tonight to say goodbye to Mr. Keenan. A great man has left
us this week. I did mention to his wife and Owen the Third that I was expecting
him to be in a bow tie. They had considered that, but it was too difficult to
tie.
While I was
waiting in line, who should show up right behind me but the great Coach Jerry
Fitzgerald. He and Owen were very good friends.
I have updated the
link below to give you the obituary that was posted on the Edwards web site. It
has a fairly recent picture of him.
April 29, 2008
PM
It is a sad day
whenever we lose a classmate. I think the same can be said for our teachers.
Most of us should remember, from Coolidge, a Mr. Keenan. While I never had him
as a teacher, I always remember how calm he always seemed to be. Even when we
would see him selling shoes at Jordan Marsh. And now I find out that he was a
member of The Greatest Generation having served during WWII. We never give
those guys and gals enough credit for what they sacrificed. How many of you saw
the opening of Saving Private Ryan and were not moved to tears. They lived
that. That must have been mind numbing. Do you notice how many are willing to
talk about those days? Not many.
Click here to read Mr. Owen Keenan Jr’s obituary.
If you wish to say
some words about Mr. Keenan, send me an email and I will post it here.
April 21, 2008
PM
The Boston
Marathon was held on an absolutely beautiful day. However, watching the runners
and trying to focus on anyone in particular, is an exhausting task. I saw Ray
Kent when he was about 10 yards past me heading away. So
no picture. Maybe he will be able to provide one for me. I’m sure that Ray had
other things on his mind as well. Maybe next time.
Irwin Fischer
stopped by my viewing location. I have posted his picture both in the Then and
Now section as well as the Marathon section.
I did manage to
get a few shots to prove that I was there although I could be posting pictures
from any other marathon and you probably couldn’t tell the difference. Click HERE to see the pictures.
April 16, 2008
PM
The Marathon is
next Monday. If you haven’t been reading your email, Ray Kent will be running.
I will be standing, taking pictures in Lincoln Square. Hope to see a few folks
there.
Bobbi Rogers
Goodall has a new address and phone number. The Class List has been updated.
April 12, 2008
PM
Ron Therieau has a
new email address. Check it out in the Class List.
April 9, 2008
PM
Jan Murphy Swaine has
joined the group. There is plenty of room for everyone. Make me work. Send
photos.
April 6, 2008
PM
It seems that I
forgot how to count. With the addition of Jim Bradford, we now have 68 people
listed in the Then and Now section.
If you are in touch
with any classmate who has not yet sent in their picture, give them a call and
find a way to encourage them to participate.
April 5, 2008
AM
Jim Bradford has
sent in his Now picture. It has been posted.
Many thanks to all
those who have taken the time and trouble to send me their picture. I think
everyone will agree, it has been a joy to reconnect with folks and to see them
in today’s light.
March 18, 2008
PM
Virginia Pierro has joined our Then
and Now group. Number 68.
March 11, 2008
PM
I think this is
the longest I’ve gone in a long time of not posting anything on the site. I
have been working, but more importantly, no one has sent me any pictures to
post until today. Irene Grady is now a member of the elite, bringing our number
to 67.
Irene also
provided me with a Then picture of Alden Nelson who was missing from the yearbook.
I have not had any luck making contact with him. Has anyone else talked to him
since high school? Maybe you could contact him and get some information, like
an email address if available. His address and phone number are in the class
list.
February 26,
2008 PM
Tim Anderson has been contacted. His email is below.
Hello Allan,
This is to confirm
my email address(tim_anderson_2001@yahoo.com) and to say "hi" to you
and all our classmates. I am now editing agricultural reports for a Cambodian
research organization under contract to the local government. (Don't ask how I
got roped into that one)
I will certainly be at the reunion in 2009. I would have
been at the 45th reunion but I was in the hospital in
Cheers,
Tim
February 25,
2008 PM
One more picture
has been added to Then and Now, Carol Savilonis. She brings the number of
classmates with a steely reserve to 66. Much better than I first thought, but
not as high as I hope we get.
The new job is
going well, thanks for asking. I was retired for 10 months and have been back
in the fray for 3 weeks. It feels like I never left. I don’t know if that’s a
good thing or a bad thing. We can agree that it’s a thing. It only proves that
you can never be to rich or to thin. My problem is that I’m neither.
February 20,
2008 PM
Can it be? I
haven’t done anything on this web site for a week? Well, it’s been a combination
of being busy doing other things and no one sending me any pictures.
We have had a
breakthrough.
February 13,
2008 PM
In order to more easily identify those pictures in the Then and Now
section that are linked to another page, I have added a yellow bar to the right
of those pictures. That should make it
quicker for you to find those brave souls who are willing to expose their aging
process for all to see.
February 11,
2008 PM
Pete Ranney sent
me a bunch of pictures from his wedding in 1963 into the 90’s.
Now if we can get
a grassroots campaign going, we might get more folks to cough up some family
pictures. No begging on my part, I have enough to do these days, but remember
that I lie.
February 10,
2008 PM
I have moved the
pictures of
February 10,
2008 AM
I have decided to
abandon the Our Journey Through Time page for something that I think will work
a little better. I will create a separate page for each classmate that will be
linked to their picture in the Then and Now section. That way, you will be able
to see each person without having to find them on several pages from the 60’s,
70’s, 80’s, and 90’s. The bad news, as I have already been told, it that you
will see people age from 18 to 66 on a single page. As an example, mine has
already been done.
February 7, 208
PM
There have been
just a couple of updates in the past few days.
Dick Anderson has provided his Now picture and Ron Therieau provided a
picture of the blizzard of 78 for the 1970 Journey section.
February 3,
2008 AM
Fred Munro has provided
his email address which has been updated in the class list. If you have
forgotten the password, email me and I’ll provide it.
February 2,
2008 AM
The Class List has
been updated to show a new email address for
By the way, I have
heard from some other classes and they all think this web site is great. Help
me make it better. Send me some pictures.
The rules are very
simple for the picture sender:
·
What is your name?
·
Who is in the picture?
·
What year was the picture taken?
·
Where was the picture taken?
February 1,
2008 AM
As of yesterday,
it looks like I will be going back to work. I have an opportunity to work on a
project at Bose in
Still no
communication from Tim Anderson. Maybe he doesn’t get around to checking his
email very often.
Here is the state of
our (re)union class list
|
no email |
|
59 |
|
email |
|
187 |
|
Postal
Patron |
|
48 |
|
deceased |
|
33 |
|
address
verified |
|
242 |
|
no
verified address |
|
8 |
|
no phone # |
|
18 |
|
no contact
requested |
6 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
people accounted for |
254 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
Classmates |
|
262 |
January 30,
2008 PM
I spent a few
hours at the high school today looking through all the film and photo archives
they have. The good news is that they let me in the building. The bad news is
that archiving apparently was never part of the curriculum. And to make matters
worse, there was a fire in that area back in 1966 which really put a strain on
material from the 50’s. Bottom line, I didn’t come away with anything.
While I was away working
on that, I received an email from Bruce Peterson who suggested a few a changes
to the web site. The one that I have agreed to at the moment
is to add married names to the Then and Now pictures. For some reason there is
hope that this might encourage more classmates to send in their Now picture. So
I am in the process of adding additional information to some pictures and you
may find the page a little screwed up from time to time. Be patient.
January 29,
2008 AM
I have taken the
liberty of updating the Class List with Tim Anderson’s email address without
hearing from him first.
I have also made
contact with Judy Davis and have updated the Class List with her contact
information as well.
Marie Raftrey’s
picture has been posted to Then and Now
January 28,
2008 PM
Tim Anderson’s
brother, Phil, sent him an email yesterday and copied me. I followed that up
with an email of my own. Still no word from Tim. I have no idea how quickly he
gets or responds to his email in
Larry McCarthy has
sent in his current photo, It has been scanned and posted in the Then and Now
section.
January 27,
2008 PM
Out of the blue I
started searching for Tim Anderson again. After what seems like almost no
effort at all I am talking with his step mother and then his brother Phil. I
expect to have Tim’s contact information very soon. I did find out that he
spends the winters in
January 25,
2008 AM
One new picture
has been added to Then and Now, Ruthann Meagher.
January 24,
2008 PM
We have a new
email address. Virginia Pierro Minnucci is online (see Class List) The class list has
been updated.
January 22,
2008 Tuesday AM
Two new pictures
have been posted, Beverly Clark and Joe Fahey.
January 17.
2008 Thursday AM
Carol Savilonis Bartholomew
has provided us with a new email address, (see Class List)
The class list has been updated.
January 16,
2008 Wednesday PM
John Stevens has notified me that his email has changed to (see Class List) The class list has been updated.
January 10,
2008 Thursday PM
Some days you
never know what you will find just around the corner. I got an email from our
very own John Dowst who has been doing a little digging in the Internet,
helping to locate the few remaining lost classmates. After I had given up all
hope of finding Patty Harcourt, John finds two listing in
January 8, 2008
Tuesday PM
Judy Davis – the
lost sister has been found. While Diane Campisi came very close to getting me
all the necessary information, Lois Cohen came through with the final clincher.
Judy’s married name is Selleck and she lives in
The missing list
continues to get smaller.
January 7, 2008
Monday PM
Once we established
that
So what did it
take to pull this miracle off? Janice Bitzer provided his middle initial (W)
from the graduation pamphlet, Nancy Hunt provided his college and John used
that information to find a Robinson at the UGA.
So I called this
Dr. Robinson and told him who I was and why I was calling. He is our guy. His
picture is posted and so is his contact information. With a little bit of
prodding, he may be able to get away from classes long enough to attend the 50th.
That is now four
people retrieved from the dark side.
January 4, 2008
Friday AM
Robert Robinson –
I spoke with Nancy Hunt yesterday and she informed me that Robert went to
Lee Richard – Dick
Anderson suggested that maybe John Pine, who used to live close to where Lee
lived on route 27 in North Natick, may have some knowledge as to Lee’s whereabouts.
I am in the process of contacting John.
January 3, 2008
Thursday PM
Pat Morgan has
sent me her picture. It has been processed and posted to the Then and Now
section.
I spent the better
part of the morning looking for the final needles in the haystack, Lee Richard
and Robert Robinson. I found no needles and there was more than hay in the
stack. Until someone can come up with some concrete information as to their
whereabouts, they have been reclassified from “deceased” to “address unknown”.
December 31,
2007 Monday AM
Well, after 20
days of inactivity in the Then and Now section, we have a new picture. George
Williams has been posted to the page. I hope the new year brings many more.
December 29,
2007 Saturday AM
More good news. I
heard from John Woish last night. His email address has been added to the class
list.
I’m still hoping to
get many more pictures to post to the Then and Now section. The big holiday is
now behind us and the excuses should be drying up. Seriously, the people who
mean the most to you already know what you look like. If you plan on coming to
the 50th reunion it would be nice if we know who you are when you
walk through the door. And don’t try and put one over on me like someone tried
to do. Sent me a picture from the early 60’s and said it was current. I ran it
through my “age progression” super secret software program. In went an elf, out
came Santa.
December 28,
2007 Friday PM
Good news. We have
added Bill Whelan and Richard Reynolds to our email list.
I also expect to
have an email address for Fred Munro and maybe a phone number for Richard
Casaly very soon.
December 27,
2007 Thursday PM
Obituaries have
been posted for Robert Thompson, Sheldon Langmead and Richard Nelson.
That leaves us with
just three obituaries left to go. Keith Gould, Lee Richard
and Robert Robinson. Keith I know has passed away, the other two are still
suspect.
December 26,
2007 Wednesday PM
I have located the
obituary for Joe McDonald. It has been posted.
You can take
Robert Thompson off your list. I just spoke with his brother and Robert died in
a car crash either in December 1967 or December 1968. I will check at the
library. Thanks to Ron Therieau for steering me in the right direction on this
one. Ed Lombard also remembered that he died in a car crash.
December 26,
2007 Wednesday AM
Hey, it just isn’t
fair
It isn’t fair when
your name shows up on a list of deceased people and you are very much alive.
When I first
started this project of updating the class list, I didn’t think for a second
that it was going to be a piece of cake. But I also didn’t think it would
consume me to the degree it has.
So after many
painful months of locating all you “live” folks”, I decided to concentrate on
the not so “live” folks. I remember way back when we first started getting
lists of classmates and a few people had died, but there was no information
about when or how. So I figured that the least I could do was find the
obituaries for each deceased classmate and maybe answer a few of those
questions.
Every day that I
journeyed to the local library I would find one or two obituaries. After a while,
the finding got harder and then I just ran into a brick wall. As you may be
aware, what I have found on the other side of that brick were the very much
alive John Pine, Paul Getty and Fred Munro. How they got on the list is a
mystery to me.
So where am I and
how can you help.
Let’s concentrate
on the three people that I don’t have any definitive data on at all:
Lee Richard
Robert Robinson
Robert Thompson
Do any of you
have, or know anyone who has, any definitive
information about these three people. Don’t tell me that you have a cousin who
knows a guy in
Lee Richard, I
always thought his name was Lee Richards, but the graduation list provided by
Jan Bitzer Cronin has him listed as Arthur Leo Richard. There is a listing in
the Social Security Death Index for a Lee Richards who was issued his SS number
in
In addition to
these three, Joe McDonald runs a close second. I’m not sure of the data that I
have on him. Without an obituary, I just can’t be sure.
Keith Gould,
Sheldon Langmead and Dick Nelson I have first person
corroboration of their deaths, but no obituaries.
December 24,
2007 Monday PM
More good news, at
least for Fred Munro. He appears to be alive and well. He supposedly lives in
Phil Rierdan’s
obituary has been updated to the full version from the MetroWest Daily News.
December 24,
2007 Monday AM
Natalie Fernald’s
obituary has been located in
I have managed to
find what appears to be just a death notice for Frank Walton.
December 22,
2007 Saturday PM
So I’m having a
lot of luck finding obituaries for many deceased classmates, but I can’t get
any information on a couple of them,
December 22,
2007 Saturday AM
I have been able
to locate several more obituaries that were not available locally. The
following have been updated.
Kenneth Sheldon, Judith
Malone, George Westcott, Elizabeth Lee, David Hughes and John Boyington.
December 20,
2007 Thursday AM
John Dowst provided
me with a long lost picture of him and Pug Powers as the Football Managers. It
is now posted on Pug’s memorial page.
December 19,
2007 Wednesday PM
I found an
obituary for Phil Rierdan in the
December 17,
2007 Monday PM
There hasn’t been
much activity on my end because there hasn’t been any activity on your end.
I am still
expecting pictures from some classmates who have “promised” to get one to me. I
can do nothing but be patient.
December 12,
2007 Wednesday PM
I have completed
the search for obituaries at the
Once again, any
help would be appreciated.
Obituaries added
today are, Laura Sanborn, Charles Winterson, Richard Powers and David Lehan. We
finally got the correct DOD for David which made the search just a little
easier. We went from 1968 to 1988 to 1985.
December 11,
2007 Tuesday PM
Two things have
changed on the web site since this morning.
Paul Callahan has
been added to the Then and Now section
The main page for In
Memoriam has been updated to show all the known dates of birth and dates of
death.
December 11,
2007 Tuesday AM
I have researched
more information on our deceased classmates.
I am still working
on getting their obituaries and have added their date of birth as well as their
date of death.
There are some
missing pieces of information. If anyone has any information
please send it my way.
December 7,
2007 Friday AM
New obituaries are
now posted for Paul Kelly, Patricia McClosky and James McClosky.
If anyone has or
can get obituaries for any of our classmates who have passed on, please help by
sending them to me via post, email or fax. Or if someone knows the exact date
of death, down to the day of the month, that will help.
December 6,
2007 Thursday AM
David Lehan – I
just spoke with David’s mother, I very lovely lady still living in Natick. He
gave me some background information on David, primarily his date of death which
was March 21, 1988, not the March 1968 date that we have been posting. I will
get his formal obituary and post that very soon. I also have a posting from Ron
Therieau on David that will get posted this morning.
December 5,
2007 Wednesday PM
The obituary for
Robert Tetreault has been found at the
I had not received
any confirmation from
December 5,
2007 Wednesday AM
There are a couple
of loose ends that would be nice to clean up:
1.
There are 3 people unidentified in the 40th
reunion picture.
a.
20 is a male standing to Charlie LePage’s right
b.
41 is a male standing to Barbara Simons right
c.
56 is a female sitting in the middle of
2.
Someone must know who these classmates are. Or did they
crash the party?
3.
I have kind of reached an impasse with this web site. I am
still searching for obituaries and will still post Then and Now pictures as
they come in. They next big push may not happen until the plans for the 50th
start to take shape. Then again, I might get an idea tomorrow and add a whole
bunch of new stuff. All suggestions are welcome, but may not be implemented.
December 3,
2007 Monday
With the addition
of Susan Johnson to the Then and Now picture section, we have 53 classmates
whose vanity has subsided enough to send me their pictures. It would be nice to
have at least 100 pictures before the reunion and certainly anyone who plans to
attend should send in their picture. It’s getting harder and harder to
recognize folks these days.
December 1,
2007 Saturday
Many thanks to
Jimmy Teague for chasing this one down.
December 1, 2007 Saturday
SPECIAL
REQUEST:
The
1917, 1918,
1920, 1921, 1923, 1924, 1928, 1930, 1987, 1998, 2001, 2005
If you have access to
any of these Sassamons, please contact
FOUND:
Sheila
Sullivan: With the help of Joanna Drowne and Karen Alice Moore, I was able to find
the obituary for Sheila in the Natick Bulletin, now posted on her In Memoriam
page.
LOST:
Before
I get into each person still not found, let me clarify something. The current
list shows a total of 17 people either Not 100% Verified or Address Unknown. Of
these 17 people, I actually have the whereabouts of 7 of them. Those 7, for a
couple of reasons have either asked not to be included on this list or others
have indicated that they prefer not to be contacted. So that leaves 10 that we can focus on.
Lee
D. Curtis: I have had an address for Lee ay
Timothy
Anderson:
An Engineer with Raytheon at one time. He has been a world traveler so
his whereabouts could be anywhere.
Janice
Chandler:
Anna Thompson has provided me with an email address for Janice. She has
been asked to contact me. No results yet, but it has been less than a week.
Janice is either in
Judith
Davis:
Diane Campisi has been in touch with Judy in the past. She may have more
information in a few weeks.
William
Gour:
The last address for Bill is Sturbridge. He may be in the food service
business.
Gloria
Jones: Total dead end. Did she marry? Has her
name changed?
Joseph
Vay: Joe
has been reported to me that he may have left the country and is living
somewhere in
DECEASED:
In general, if anyone
has access to the obituary for any of the deceased, please send it my way.
Elizabeth
Lee: Does anyone know if she ever married? Her
married name? When she died? Where she died?
Robert
Thompson: Janice Bitzer absolutely remembers
him and it is Robert. But no information on when or where.
WHO IS THIS?
Check out the
person circled(yellow) in the Coolidge
picture. Does anyone know who that is? Could it be Harry Plausse? He is a
year older than we are, but it sure looks like him.
And the one circled(red) is either Tommy Amato or Tommy
Armata. Who knows the right answer? Armata wins.
Email attachments to mailings from November 2 and September
28, 2007
November 2, 2007
Dear Class of 1959
Classmate,
You have seen the class
list as of late September. At that time we were still missing 7 people. With
the help of John Wall and Jimmy Linton we were able to add Russ Barber and Dick
Donovan to our fold. So the list is in pretty good shape.
Not having a
computer does put you at a disadvantage now that we have a class web site up
and running. Be assured that we will keep you informed about activities
none-the-less. However, the web site has some pretty interesting pictures from
the 45th reunion, some pictures of
So,
will you send me a current photo, even a negative. I’ll even send it back to you when I’m done. Here is the test. Look at
me in 59, look at me now. If I can do it, so can you.
We still do not have
plans in place for the 50th, but something is about to get started
before the end of this year.
The web site is
something you should really try and see. Your local library should have
computers that will get you onto the Internet. Here is the address.
http://home.comcast.net/~natick/Class59-1.html
I guarantee it
will be worth your time and effort to get to a computer.
If you do get on
the Internet, the class list is password protected.
User name is Class_list
Password is *******(email me for the password)
Both of those are
case sensitive inputs.
I am adding
another section to the web site called In Memoriam.
We have lost 38
classmates. I am looking for some words of remembrance from any of their
friends. Please take a look at the list below and if you would like to
contribute to their page(each deceased classmate will
have their own page), please send those words along to me. I will attribute to
you, whatever words you offer.
Send your words of
remembrance, photos or negatives or hate mail to
Allan Ross Or call
|
Name |
Date of
Departure |
|
Geoffery
Belisle |
January 1999 |
|
Peter Bell |
May 2007 |
|
John Boyington Jr |
August 2006 |
|
Leslie Davis Edwards |
November 2000 |
|
Dianna DeCosta Kara |
September 2004 |
|
Natalie Fernald Clinton |
February 2004 |
|
|
unknown |
|
Keith Gould |
November 2005 |
|
David Hughes |
June 1995 |
|
Frank Indelicato |
March 2006 |
|
Paul Kelley |
March 2001 |
|
Sheldon Langmead |
July 1979 |
|
Elizabeth Lee |
unknown |
|
David Lehan |
March 1968 |
|
Allen Loane |
September 1967 |
|
Judith Malone Youngson |
April 2007 |
|
Patricia McClosky Beebe |
August 2000 |
|
James McClosky |
December 2000 |
|
Joseph McDonald |
May 2001 |
|
Daniel McGee |
unknown |
|
Ronald Muise |
unknown |
|
|
unknown |
|
Richard Nelson |
May 1985 |
|
John Pine |
unknown |
|
Richard Powers |
1993 |
|
Lee Richards |
March 1976 |
|
Phillip Rierdan |
2006 |
|
Robert Robinson |
December 1996 |
|
Laura Sanborn |
September 1997 |
|
Kenneth Sheldon |
June 2003 |
|
Sheila Sullivan |
unknown |
|
Robert Tetreault |
July 2004 |
|
Robert Thompson |
unknown |
|
Frank Walton |
August 2003 |
|
George Westcott |
unknown |
|
Ralph Williams |
March 2007 |
|
Charles Winterson |
March 2004 |
|
Judith Woods McGrath |
March 1988 |
September 28, 2007
Dear
Our 50th
reunion is fast approaching. Plans are being formulated for a fall 2009 get
together.
This past summer,
working with San Carlucci(Buswell), we dug as deep into the ether of the
Internet as we could to find everyone. Some of you have done a pretty good job
of finding new places to live with very little in the way of a paper trail.
Once the process
of finding people got started, it became addictive to find just one more person
before giving up for the day or night. The results are that we are in very good
shape finding most of our classmates. Here are some of the metrics:
Classmates in the
list 261
Total people
accounted for 248
Email addresses 169
Deceased 37
Classmates totally
missing 7
Timothy Anderson
Russell Barber
Janice
Chandler
Judith Davis
William Gour
Gloria Jones
Joseph Vay
Any help here
would be much appreciated. An old address, an old girlfriend, an old boyfriend,
almost anything can help us find these folks.
Allan Ross
508-473-3820 Home
508-265-1278 Cell
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