NATICK HIGH SCHOOL
CLASS OF 1961
WEBSITE
CURRENT NEWS ARCHIVES
Updates for the period 08/30/19 – 09/03/21
09/03/21
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08/27/21
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08/13/21
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News of Natick
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Looking Back
- Shoppers’ World
08/06/21
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Class List
Change
Ingrid
Lofgren Creasy has a new address which has been posted to the Class List.
07/30/21
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07/23/21
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Class List
Change
Judy Reckendorf Fitzgerald has a new email address which has
been posted to the Class List.
07/16/21
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60 (61st) Reunion Update –
Survey Results
The results are in
from our informal survey of the class regarding whether to hold the reunion in
June or September of next year. Drum roll please . . . . We have a three-way
tie. Preferences were fairly evenly split among June, September, and either
month.
So, what to do?
We’ve decided to
let those classmates who plan and organize the reunion determine when it will
be held next year and what form it will take (single day vs two day event,
formal vs informal gathering, fancy vs casual venue, higher vs lower cost
ticket, etc.). In other words, if you (or a group of you) step forward to take
responsibility for planning and organizing the reunion, you get to make those
decisions.
The four of us will
provide back-up support for whomever does the organizing and planning. That
support will include communication with the class, funds (from the class bank
account) for organizational expenses, budget assistance, ticket pricing, and
guidance/consultation as needed.
So, give it some
thought, talk with your classmates, and then decide if you (or a group of you)
would like to plan and organize the reunion. If so, let us know as soon as
possible. If more than one person (or group of classmates) expresses interest
in planning/organizing the reunion, we will put you in touch with each other to
possibly form an even stronger team.
All for now. . . .
Patti, Edie, Jan,
Tom
07/09/21
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Class List Changes
Jim Russell
has a new land mail address. Ed Kavanagh has a new email address and a new land
mail address.
The changes
have been posted to the Class List.
07/02/21
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News of Natick
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Duh . . . . Is Anyone
Surprised?
06/25/21
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06/18/21
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06/11/21
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06/04/21
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News of Natick
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Say Goodbye
to the Charles River Dam?
05/21/21
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05/14/21
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05/07/21
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04/30/21
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News of Natick
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We’re # 1557
!!!!!
04/23/21
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04/16/21
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04/09/21
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Don’t know
much about the South Natick dam? Here you go:
04/02/21
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Covid safety
concerns lead to postponement of Natick Days and our 60th
class reunion.
Here’s the
text of an email sent to our classmates this past week regarding the reunion:
It’s time for a decision regarding
whether to hold our 60th reunion this coming fall or wait until next
year. Sadly, we are inclined to wait until the fall of 2022 to hold the event.
Here’s our thinking:
Yes, Covid cases are less now than six
months ago, but they are still occurring in significant #s; and there is
concern that a new wave of cases may materialize at some point this year; and
though many of our classmates will likely have been vaccinated by the fall,
some will not.
We will know a lot more by this time
next year. The risks seem too great to take by gathering this fall (especially
for folks our age) and it is likely that more than a few classmates who
normally attend reunions would choose to stay away from an event held this
fall.
For us, the primary downside of
delaying the reunion is that some classmates who might have attended may pass
on during the extra year before the reunion is held. We would rather accept
that risk than risk classmate deaths by proceeding ahead before the pandemic is
clearly under control.
All for now. We will check back in
with you six months from now to review how things look at that point. Until
then, please stay safe.
Patti, Jan, Edie, Tom
03/26/21
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03/19/21
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Class List
Change
Art Hall has
a new email address which has been posted to the Class List.
03/12/21
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03/05/21
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John Themeli
We are sad
to report that John Themeli passed one week ago.
A page in
his honor has been posted to the In Memoriam section of the website.
02/26/21
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02/19/21
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02/12/21
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02/05/21
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01/29/21
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01/22/21
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01/15/21
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01/08/21
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Margaret
Lynch
Sadly, we
have lost another classmate. Margaret Lynch DeFiore
passed on January 1. A page in her honor has been posted to the In Memoriam
section of the website.
01/01/21
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12/25/20
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Class List
Change
John Frazee has
a new address which has been posted to the Class List.
Merry
Christmas
12/18/20
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12/11/20
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Happy
Hanukkah!!
12/04/20
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News of Natick
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Thanksgiving
Without Natick vs Framingham
11/27/20
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11/20/20
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11/13/20
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Joanne
Victor Bloom
Sadly, we
have lost another classmate. Joanne Victor Bloom passed away earlier this week.
A page in her honor has been posted to the In Memoriam section of this website.
11/06/20
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10/30/20
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10/23/20
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10/16/20
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Jay Downing
Sadly, we
have lost another classmate. Jay Downing passed away this past week. A page in
his honor has been posted to the In Memoriam section of this website.
10/09/20
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10/02/20
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09/25/20
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09/18/20
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Class List
Change
Pat Mansell
Kelly has a new land mail address which has been posted to the Class List.
09/11/20
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News of Natick
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We’re
#42!!!!!
https://patch.com/massachusetts/dover/boston-magazine-school-rankings-see-where-dover-finished
https://www.bostonmagazine.com/education/best-public-high-schools-boston-2020-chart/
The NEW
Boston Marathon!!
09/04/20
428 days
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Class List
Change
Paul
Cournoyer has a new address which has been posted to the class list.
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Update on
St. Patrick’s School Redevelopment
https://patch.com/massachusetts/natick/buildings-be-demolished-natick-st-patricks-development
08/28/20
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In Memoriam
New pictures
have been added to the memorial pages honoring Duncan Jones and Judi Konowitz VonDohlen.
08/21/20
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08/14/20
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News of Natick
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St. Patrick’s
School Redevelopment Plan
https://www.stonegatellc.com/45-e-central-street-natick-st-patricks-parish-property.html
https://patch.com/massachusetts/natick/developer-secure-natick-st-patricks-site-after-vandalism
08/07/20
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07/31/20
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07/24/20
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07/17/20
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News of Natick
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Wall of Love in Natick
https://natick.wickedlocal.com/photogallery/WL/20200715/NEWS/715009991/PH/1
This Critter
is Causing Havoc on Natick Common
https://patch.com/massachusetts/natick/natick-common-trees-hit-ash-borer-coming-down
07/10/20
464 days
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07/03/20
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Duncan Jones
We are sad
to report the passing of Duncan Jones. A page in his honor has been posted to
the In Memoriam section of the website.
06/26/20
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Trees Coming
Down on Natick Common
https://holliston.wickedlocal.com/news/20200629/trees-coming-down-at-natick-common
06/19/20
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06/12/20
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06/05/20
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05/29/20
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05/22/20
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05/15/20
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05/08/20
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Patty
Chambers
Sad news. Patty Chambers Winner Johnson died this past
week of complications from Covid-19. A page in her honor has been added to the In
Memoriam section of this website.
Health News of Natick
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Covid-19 in
Natick
Massachusetts
Hospital Safety Grades
05/01/20
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04/24/20
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Patrick McLaughlin
We are sad to report that Patrick McLaughlin passed on
last week. A page in his honor has been posted to the In Memoriam
section of this website.
News of Natick
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Natick Town
Forest is a Fairyland
https://www.metrowestdailynews.com/photogallery/WL/20200416/NEWS/416009997/PH/1
https://www.milforddailynews.com/photogallery/WL/20200416/NEWS/416009997/PH/1
04/17/20
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Covid-19 in
Natick
https://www.bostonherald.com/2020/04/15/coronavirus-community-by-community-in-massachusetts/
04/10/20
555 days
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Time Trip!!!
NHS Football
Film from the 1960 Season
(courtesy of
Gary Witten and Ed Kavanagh)
Click on the photo below to view film from 60
years ago!!
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browsers)
Or just click HERE
04/03/20
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03/27/20
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Messages of
Hope in Natick
https://www.milforddailynews.com/photogallery/WL/20200325/NEWS/325009993/PH/1
03/20/20
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News of Natick
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Our Hospital
Was Saved!!
It’s needed
more than ever now.
https://patch.com/massachusetts/natick/leonard-morse-hospital-changes-postponed
03/13/20
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03/06/20
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Our Hospital
May Close!!
https://patch.com/massachusetts/natick/leonard-morse-closure-public-hearing-set-march
02/28/20
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02/21/20
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Judi Konowitz
We are sad
to report that Judi Konowitz VonDohlen
passed away recently. A page in her honor has been posted to the In Memoriam
section of this website.
02/14/20
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02/07/20
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01/31/20
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01/24/20
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01/17/20
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Joe Kiley’s
obituary has been posted. To view it, click on the link below or visit Joe’s In
Memoriam page on this website.
01/10/20
646 days until
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A Pilot’s
Tale
Our
classmate Bruce Fisher has published a book. Check out the details below.
I’m guessing
others in our class have also written and published books. Give a shout if you
have and we will be glad to feature your work on the website.
A Pilot’s Tale, A
Certain Adventure at Port Royal, Jamaica
Captain Bruce B. Fisher, in his first novel, weaves a
tale that begins with the earthquake that hit Port Royal, Jamaica on 7 June
1692. “A pocket watch found frozen in time recovered by a diver in 1969
indicated that the event occurred at precisely 11:43 a.m. A second quake
followed by a tsunami caused over 2,000 souls to perish and much of the
‘Wickedest City of all Places on Earth’ to disappear below the surface of the
sea.”
Twenty-eight years later–1720–Bartholomew “Black Bart”
Roberts, no doubt under some alias, fetched up in Port Royal in time to witness
the hanging of ‘Calico’ Jack Rackham out on Gallows Point. Born John Roberts in
1682 he was the most successful pirate of the ‘Golden Age of Piracy.’ Why was
he there? How long did he stay? Did he leave anything behind?
Miraculously, what is left of Port Royal remains today
on the far western end of a long sandy peninsula of palm trees and mangroves,
barely eking out an existence. Many of the simple folk remaining are in some
manner related to pirates, freebooters and privateers of yore who once gave
Port Royal such a sinful and wicked reputation.
Some 300 years after the earthquake–1997–Marine Pilot
and Master Ship Handler, Captain Bruce Fisher, received a message in a sealed
envelope, the note read: “Captain, please contact ASAP. We would like to send
you to Jamaica if you can be available.” The assignment was to bring 80,000-ton
Panamax bulk carriers into a long-abandoned site of the former Royal Navy
Coaling Station. There was no navigable channel, no charts, no dock, and water
of unknown depth.
Thus, began a modern-day adventure requiring masterful
skills of seamanship. Navigating through a narrow channel over a sunken city
with only inches to spare, little did Captain Fisher know that what lay beneath
held mysteries from the past and what untold intrigue and danger would come to
pass.
A Pilot’s Tale
is the first in a series based on the sea-going career experience of a proud
Mass Maritime Academy grad. Now a part-time marine pilot consultant, Captain
Fisher is moored in Newport, Rhode Island with his soulmate Claire. A Pilot’s Tale is currently available
on Amazon Books. For additional information contact Bruce Fisher by email at captbbf@mail.com
01/03/20
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Joe Kiley
We are sad to
report that Joe Kiley passed away on December 23. A page in his honor has been
posted to the In Memoriam section of this website. A celebration of
Joe’s life will take place on January 26, 2020 at the Natick Elks Club Lodge
(95 Speen Street) from 1-4:00 pm.
12/27/19
660 days
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Next website
update will be one week from today – in 2020!!
12/20/19
667 days
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News of Natick
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Visit the Natick
Athletic Hall of Fame by clicking on the (finally) correct link below
(courtesy of Allan Ross, NHS Class of 1959)
12/13/19
674 days
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Charles
River, South Natick
12/06/19
681 days
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Natick High
School - 1965
11/29/19
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We
Won!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
11/22/19
695 days
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Class List
Change
Ingrid Lofgren
Creasy has a new land mail address which has been posted to the Class List.
11/15/19
702 days
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News of Natick
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We Got a “C”
!!
https://www.hospitalsafetygrade.org/h/leonard-morse-hospital
11/08/19
709 days
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Class of
1961 Yearbook
Now on a
website near you!!
(courtesy of
Gil Barone, NHS Class of 1970)
Click on the
Sassamon cover above or the box below to scroll
through our yearbook.
ꜜ
Beginning today, our yearbook may also be accessed
via the Class Website start menu.
To view the yearbook, go to the website start page
and click on the 1961 Sassamon Yearbook option.
11/01/19
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10/25/19
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10/18/19
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10/11/19
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10/04/19
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09/27/19
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09/20/19
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Remember the
Old Harwood Baseball Factory?
https://www.natickcenter.org/walking-tours/harwood-baseball-factory
Look At It
Now
https://www.apartments.com/12-walnut-st-natick-ma-unit-2/g6z1mgx/
09/13/19
765 days
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We’re # 47!!
https://patch.com/massachusetts/natick/natick-high-school-named-top-50-school-boston-magazine
09/06/19
742 days
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News of Natick
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End of an
Era:
World War II
Museum Closes in Natick
08/30/19
New Current
News Page
Please note
that today’s Current News Update
begins a new page.
Use the Current News Archives links
above to access prior Updates.
749 days
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News of Natick
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Natick High
Football Begins a New Season
https://natick.wickedlocal.com/photogallery/WL/20190825/SPORTS/825009989/PH/1