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Have something to share with the Class? Drop a line by left-clicking on the mail box above ^. We would all like to hear from you! Here's what we "hear" - latest posting first.
Please send me your birthday or any other classmate birthday and we will post it on the appropriate month. Thanks- Marcy
Hi-My name is Leslie and my brother Greg is in the process
of tearing apart his house in Levittown on Club Lane to do some reconstruction.
When he tore apart the ceiling he found a 1956 Girl Scout Handbook with the name
Kathryne Carll written inside, also written was pack 333 Wantagh NY. I did a
classmate search and her name came up on this site-which makes sense since she
probably would have graduated from a levittown school in about 1961. He would
love to return it to her and Im sure she might like to have it for an old
keepsake. Are you able to help me out with this?? Any help that you could
provide would be appreciated!
Thank you very much--
Leslie Maillette
wag15@comcast.net
603 775-0030
This is a wonderful story and I'm
disappointed that Kathy Carll is one of our missing classmates. I tried finding
her in the past but don't know her married name. Is there anyone out there who
knows her married name so I can do a people search? Does anyone remember if she
lived on Club Lane? I will write Leslie and ask her if she'll keep the book just
in case we get lucky and find Kathy. Any leads you can provide will be most
welcome.
2/19/10
Dear Marcy,
I am Elizabeth Sucher's younger sister Alice. I just came across your wonderful
Web site for LMHS '61 today. What an incredible thing you all have put together.
I wanted to fill you in more about Elizabeth. She passed away on Jan. 13, 2000
from lung cancer. She lived in Santa Rosa, CA and is survived by her husband,
Dayle Carlson and daughter, Sarah Carlson and by me and our mother Sylvia who is
now 97. She would have absolutely loved this Web site. I don't have time right
now but I would love to give you more information about her at some point.
Thanks!
Sahib-Amar Khalsa (formerly Alice Sucher)
2/10/10
Marcy, Hope all is well with you and your family. I was
watching the news and wondered if anyone knows how Gino is. I remember several
years ago the problems he had with a mud slide and hope history hasn't repeated
itself.
Regards, Steve Weissman
I spoke to Gino and he is fine. There was a mudslide about
a mile away from his home, but his property was untouched. The county did a lot
of work after the big one that hit his neighborhood and that work seems to be
doing the trick. In addition he had backhoe work done on his property that would
divert the mud away from the house if the large trench dug by the county
overflows. He says the creek that runs through his property is free of debris so
that is a good sign. They have had torrential rains and even hail, but no mud.
He said to say thanks for asking Steve.
1/26/10
I received a call from Helene today
with a progress report on plans for our 50th reunion. She went to Domenico's
today and put down a deposit so our date of Friday, June 24, 2011 is official.
She said that we will have a private entrance to our room there that is
accessible from the back parking lot. No need to walk through the restaurant to
find our spot. She saw the room and said it was perfect for our needs. She
picked out black and red (school colors) tablecloths and the buffet menu with
choices to suit everyone. They will supply a cash bar and the bar tender. Those
who chose to drink will pay for their own and can take care of tips. There is a
party store in that shopping center that will be used for our decorations and
balloons. There is a place for our banner to be hung and signed by all who
attend. She also contacted the DJ and he has us down on his calendar.
She also got permission for us to use the former Levittown Memorial School on
the day after the reunion. There will be a janitorial fee for the use of the
cafeteria. The owner of Domenico's gave Helene a special rate of $5.00 for
sandwich wraps at lunchtime. We can also visit the Levittown Museum in the
basement of the school. Those who went there in 2005 know it is well worth the
time to see this museum. Helene feels that rather than adding the cost of
Saturday's outing to the reunion ticket, that it should be a separate fee paid
only by those who plan to attend. That way, anyone not choosing to go will not
have to pay for those who do attend. It will also give her a more accurate count
on the number of sandwiches to order.
Mark your calendars now and if you haven't committed to going, do so soon.
1/22/10
I heard from Tommy Mueller (LMHS 1958) today with the sad
news that our classmate Lillian Schmidt passed away yesterday from Parkinson's
disease. We will be moving her to the Gone But Not Forgotten page. As always,
anyone who would like to share a memory of her is welcome. I will include the
email that Tommy received from Lillian's brother John and a prom picture.
01/12/10
Honey has been reaching out via
Classmates to possible siblings of our missing classmates. Unfortunately she
heard from the brother of Barbara Ryan Myers that Barbara passed away from
cancer in November, 2000. She left behind three children. We will be moving her
to the gone but not forgotten page, Feel free to share any memories you may have
of her.
01/06/10
I just received a letter from Dick Hawkey with good and
bad news: the good news is that he’s been busy seeing plays with his wife; the
bad news is that his dear friend Ray Kavanaugh lost his wife this past summer.
He was married to Clare Sullivan who also taught at LMHS. He said that Mary
Loonam (who was my gym teacher—and a very compassionate one considering my very
negligible skills---) also died recently. Since getting Dick’s letter, I ran
into Ray at the Garden City Library—and I’ll bet he’d love to hear from anyone
who had him. He’s living in Garden City and I’m sure his address is available
online. (His sad news was that Dick’s brother had just died. Dick still lives at
7 No. Nancy Place in Massapequa and would, I’ll bet, also love to hear from
former students.) I might also add that I would never have been an English
teacher if it weren’t for Dick Hawkey—and I was thrilled when he became an
adjunct at Hofstra for a good number of years. Every time I ran into him in the
halls I felt as though I were 16 again!
Finally, I wish everyone a wonderful 2010!!!!
Barbara Steinman Bengels
01/01/10
Marcy,
Was stunned to receive your Christmas card! I am here in New Jersey since 1968,
and living in Highland Lakes since 1987, when I married Ed, husband # 2. Life
before him is not open for discussion. Between us, we have 5 grown offspring.
And 4 grandchildren. All scattered. I have a son in Wisconsin, a daughter in
Florida, and another daughter in France, just outside of Geneva. My 2 grandsons
are there, and I have been flying over to Geneva once a year since 1997. They
are here visiting now, so I am keeping this short. Ed's daughter lives in
Delaware, and his son lives in Pa. He and his wife have given us our 2
granddaughters. You can add the information below to your website, and I have
attached a recent picture, taken this year when I was in France. I am still
working, and the retirement word is not yet in my vocabulary! Just an ordinary
life. Nothing remarkable.
Judy Voska Plocharski
413 East Lakeshore Dr.
Highland Lakes, NJ 07422
email: jplo@warwick.net
I have been in touch with Sally Pittman and Chickie Goldberg. It was a jolt to
learn that Nancy Ryen and Debby Miller have died. Sally, Nancy and Debby were my
closest friends, and Chickie lived at the end of my street in Wantagh. She and
Debby remained close friends. I know that Barbara Farrell married Alan, who
is/was a cardiologist here in NJ. However, I don't know if she wants anything
further revealed. Some of us just want our lives pretty much kept to ourselves.
So, how DID you/Honey/whoever find me? The website mentions that you tried
contacting my son - he doesn't have a facebook -who did you contact, and how?
Hope everyone is well and happy.
Best Wishes for a Happier New Year!
Judy
I was delighted to hear from Judy, especially because I have not had much luck
in the past when sending letters to missing classmates. Phone calls have always
proved most effective but since her phone is unlisted, I sent a Christmas card
with a note and our website information. Obviously she was pleased to be found
and wasted no time contacting Sally and Chickie.
As to Barbara Farrell, Honey contacted her brother Carter on Classmates and he
passed on the website information to Barbara. She did look at it and told Carter
she would contact Honey with her information, but when that didn't happen we
figured she wished to remain private.
I found Judy doing a people search on Judith Voska and it listed that name as an
aka for Judith Plocharski. The age was right so I did a phone check on her which
revealed her address but not the phone. It's rare when I get any luck using a
maiden name, but this time it paid off. I didn't really expect to hear back so
this email was a nice surprise. The son Scott was listed as a relative. I
googled him and found someone with that name on Facebook. Apparently it was the
wrong Scott. Welcome back to the fold Judy! This now brings our new total to 25
missing classmates found in 2009. What a great way to end the year.
Via Email 12/30/09
That was the year that was....
Another year has come to an end and we hope that 2010 will be a happy and
healthy year for all of you. This past summer a group of us got together for a
class picnic. Three of the classmates who came had never been to any class
function since graduation and it was heartwarming to see how easily they fit
right in with everyone as if no years had passed at all.
We lost one classmate this past year, Arline Gruber Kaplan. Sadly though,
because of stepped up people searches, we learned of many more passings that
took place over the years and our gone but not forgotten page has grown larger
than any of us ever wanted. This past year we worked on adding the date of death
under their pictures and would welcome any remembrances of these classmates you
might wish to add. We also lost one teacher, Mary Loonam.
Many of you became grandparents this past year and at least one I know of became
a first time grandma. It was also a year for retirements and relocations. As
someone who has lived in the same house for forty two years, I find it amazing
that people our age can pack up their homes and move to another part of the
country. Cleaning out closets is a big chore for me. But cleaning out a home?
That is a remarkable accomplishment and I marvel at the stamina that some of you
possess.
It was a banner year for finding lost classmates. It was our best successful
search year since before the 2005 reunion. We owe a huge debt to Honey Murway
Cottrell, who spent countless hours on the phone and on the computer contacting
people on Classmates and getting their information. Facebook opened up another
avenue of search and we found missing classmates there too. We are down to fifty
four missing souls and truth be told , we do know where some of them are but
will respect their wish for privacy. We welcomed twenty four people back into
the fold in 2009: Grace Squance, Suzanne Handwerker, Steve Strauss, Dolores
Dragna, June Ryan, George Schieber, Merrily Nappi, Karin Weinberg, Jane Lynch,
Elinda Guardino, Roberta Willensky, John Hughes, Dorothy Monroe, Phillip
Campanaro, Doug Castoldi, Helen Kehlbeck, Mary Lynn Graham, Paul Allen, Herb
Baynon, Bonnie Schatz, Norman Levi, Dorothy Willner, Ilene Tetenbaum and Maddie
Seidelle. The majority of these folks have had no contact with anyone from high
school since graduation and a good many of them have reconnected with long lost
friends. Three of them even had the opportunity to meet former classmates in
person. It doesn't get any better than that.
As 2010 approaches, interest in a 50th reunion in 2011 is picking up. We've had
offers of help and have provided a place here on the class website for people to
express their opinions. Hopefully by the end of 2010, we will be further along
in the planning stages and our list of committed people will grow.
Thanks to all of you who have sent your news, pictures and kept us updated on
email and address changes. I hope more of you will keep us posted in the coming
year. Thanks to our boosters who provide us with the means to update frequently.
We can be proud of our class!
Via Email 12/29/09
Thanks for the birthday wishes. I am spending December at
my condo in Littleton (Denver) and wish all at LMHS a Happy Hanukkah, Merry
Christmas and Happy New Year.
Thanks for all you do keeping us updated.
STEVE WEISSMAN
Via Email 12/11/09
Marcy,
Gino asked me to relay this message to you ~ he pulled the plug on his computer
and decided that he'd rather write a letter with a pen than to type via email.
He turned off his internet service and deleted his email address. So if you want
to get a message to him either write him a letter or call him direct. If you
need his info contact me.
Regards,
Bob Lenci
I received this email from Gino Lynch's
brother. I know that many of you have him in your address book so take a minute
now to delete his name. He can still be reached at the address and phone listed
on our yearbook page.
If Andrea Gilmore or Laura Allen are in your address book, please note that
there are new email addresses for both of them listed on their yearbook
information page. The old ones should be deleted from your files.
I sent a birthday greeting to Larry Caraballo at his work email and received a
response back that he retired on November 19th. I also tried to send the
greeting to his alternate Hotmail email but that too was returned. If you are in
contact with him, please find out his new info. It's important that we keep our
files up to date so close to a possible 50th reunion. Thanks to all of you who
do keep us informed when your information changes. It's a huge help.
Via Email 12/9/09
Hi Marcy,
I have an updated picture for then and now and a new email address for the
lmhs61 web site, and I understand Im to send the picture to you.
The picture is attached (from 2008). The new email is
falcon444@verizon.net
Hope all is well, and thanks for your loving care of our memories!
Regards,
Vic Sassone
Via Email 12/3/09
Condolences to Lois Christensen Bish
who lost her mother in September. Lois came down with pneumonia immediately
after her death and wound up in the hospital herself So often caregivers neglect
their own health, especially when things are at a crisis stage. We wish her a
speedy recovery.
Thanks to Roberta Witlin Hirsh, who sent an old birthday photo that led to two
more classmates back in the loop. I emailed Roberta and asked if she knew the
married names of Ilene Tetenbaum and Maddie Seidelle, both of whom were in that
old photo. Although she has had no contact with either of them in more than
thirty years, she did remember the married names of both. I found Ilene in
Syosset, NY and she was pleased to know that several people had asked about her.
She's a retired art teacher who now works in real estate. Ironically, the only
person she has kept in touch with is Maddie Seidelle. They speak twice a year on
their respective birthdays. I found Maddie in San Jose, California. She and her
husband moved there seven years ago to be closer to their son. For thirty years
she was a clinical psychologist with her own practice. After retiring she moved
to California and took a job as a school psychologist. She retired from that job
this past June. The information on both these classmates is now posted on their
yearbook pictures and we welcome them back to the fold.
The funny thing about these two finds is that Honey and I had agreed to take a
break from people searches until after the new year. She's in Germany visiting
her son and his family and both of us were disappointed that our most recent
finds were just not interested in reconnecting with anyone. Maddie and Ilene
made up for their less enthusiastic classmates.
Via Email 12/1/09
Hi Marcy. First, l want to thank you again for the
terrific job you do with the web site. It's great! I'm sure every classmate who
checks the site is very appreciative of your efforts.
I retired at the end of March. I spent the spring catching up on a long list of
projects around the house, and split my summer between the golf course and my
grandsons (9 & 5). We had a great time! With both of our daughters living in the
area, we never planned on moving when I retired, so I guess we'll stay
mid-westerners until the end.
I keep in touch with Bob Levine and Dick Broder, but being able to stay up to
date on what's happening with many of our classmates is wonderful.
Again...thanks. Have a great holiday!
Harvey Pearlstein
Via Email 11/30/09
Today's Newsday obituary lists Mary Loonam, a former LMHS
girls' phys. ed. teacher, who passed away yesterday. The obituary on the gone
but not forgotten page has a link for anyone who may wish to send their
condolences to the family. According to the yearbook picture, she was also an
English teacher, but I have no memory of that.
On another note, Bob Benson (LMHS 59), who does our
website called me today after viewing Toni's comments on the 50th reunion. He
told me that our website has the capability to do an online questionnaire that
would go directly to me. This would save me the massive job of emailing a
questionnaire to all our classmates who are online. I welcome feedback as to
what questions we should ask and I would like to keep it short for easy
tabulating and record keeping. I ask that you sign it and add your email
address. I will provide a place for comments in your own words if you choose to
do that. Anonymous forms will not be tabulated. I will work on this
questionnaire in the near future so get any feedback on must ask questions to
me. I still intend work on a list of those who are definitely committed to going
as well as those who are willing to work in some capacity. Some of you have
already let me know and I hope more will do so soon. We can't get started
without some working numbers.
Via Email 11/17/09
Hi Marcy,
It's been too long since I visited the website. WOW! You guys are amazing. Thank
you, Thank you, THANK YOU ALL (Y'all as we say in the South.)
2009 has been a challenging year for me. I went through a nasty divorce and lost
my home, etc. Something like that does help put things in perspective. Thank God
for my daughter, son-in-law and so many dear friends. Their support kept me
somewhat sane.
I still do catering. I swore I'd never follow in my mother's footsteps. Yet,
here I am. We focus on corporate. However, private events are still a large part
of our business. I really enjoy my event planning business.
I'd love to help with the 50th. How about Atlanta? There's so much here. We
might even find a very reasonable venue.
After 38 years in Georgia, metro Atlanta, I'm looking for a major change. The
San Fran area is very appealing. I do miss the ocean. If anyone has a suggestion
I'm wide open. I am employable in the food arena. My 2 dogs and I can pack our
things and be ready to move with very short notice. Any thoughts would be
greatly appreciated.
My new address is: 330D Winding River Drive; Sandy Springs, GA 30350. No land
line. However, the cell is: 404 384.0274.
Holiday blessings to one and all.
Love and big hugs,
"Chickie" Lee Goldberg Dennis
PS:; Debby always wanted info about Judy Voska. Has she been found?
So far no one has stepped up to the plate to take on the
task of coordinating the 50th reunion. The class of 1959 had their 50th this
past summer at the Marriott in Uniondale where we had the 2005 reunion. The
person who did the coordinating lost $3400.00 out of his own pocket because they
did not get the minimum number of tickets sold, despite verbal commitments from
classmates who never sent their money in. The cost of the tickets was $160.00 a
person and they still lost money. The group rate for a block of 20 hotel rooms
at the Marriott was $169.00 a night for those who came from out of town. Anyone
bringing a spouse had to shell out $658.00 if they stayed just one night and
$827 if they stayed two nights. This didn't include air fare. You can see why so
many people backed out when reality set in. In these days of financial
uncertainty, I don't see how holding a reunion on Long Island would be feasible.
On the other hand, I don't have any alternative ideas that I know would be less
expensive. One thing I can say from experience- the person in charge of the
reunion must live nearby to the place holding the event. To do so from a
distance is stressful and impractical.
I did receive a host of documents from Bill Keleher (husband of Michele Axman)
who was on the committee for his own 50th reunion this past summer. The one
suggestion he gave me was to start now on the people searches and get the
missing people back in the loop before the reunion. With Honey's help I have
done that and we will continue to do so. They were able to do the reunion for
$100.00 a person. It was an outdoor event- chicken barbeque dinner held about
fifteen minutes from Albany, NY. They arranged a shuttle from a nearby Comfort
Inn which charged $150.00 a night for out of town attendees. I know from past
experience working on picnics that a number of you don't do outdoor events for
health reasons. It is almost impossible to please everyone.
I welcome similar feedback from any of you who know of places that hold
affordable reunions and what their minimum number of attendees would be. Chickie,
please do look into Atlanta and let us know. I would like some feedback on what
folks think is a reasonable price. The goal is to get as many people as we can
to attend.
As to Judy Voska, yes, I did find her in New Jersey. I have her married name and
an address, but the phone is unlisted. I found her son on Facebook and
Classmates and Honey contacted him but got no response. I was hoping to send
Christmas cards with the website info to Judy and several other missing
classmates that have no phone listings. I have not had much luck in the past
writing snail letters so I procrastinate doing that. Stu Smith kindly offered to
pay house calls to some of our missing classmates on Long Island with unlisted
phone numbers. He was able to verify that they are our classmates, but we still
can't post their info. Both Honey and I were disappointed in the number of
people who chose not to have their whereabouts known. Some at least took the
website information for viewing and others didn't even want to see it. But as
she said, the ones who were thrilled to be found made up for the
disappointments.
Via Email 11/14/09
Dear Friends,
Don't come looking for me between November 15 and December 3. It's my army
reserve (milu'im) time again. Yes, I'll be joining my volunteer unit for another
12 days somewhere along the old green line. Until now, you may have noticed,
I've been doing this in the summertime. You would think I'd continue, but oh no,
that would be too easy. This time I have chosen to endure some rain, wind and
mud to make it more interesting.
(Actually, I have nothing against the summer, but for various reasons I've had
to postpone my reserve duty several times, until today. And that means it's
going to be a little colder and wetter.)
Trudy said that volunteering for reserve duty makes me feel young. I guess it
does. As we get on in years (a kinder way of saying that we "get older"), as we
get on in years, things that we can no longer do with agility, ease and
consistency become relegated to our "memories" tray. It could be anything; no
need to detail. The memories are nice, there's no doubt, but they belong to a
different lifetime. I suppose old age can be defined as a time when everything
-- or almost everything -- is but a memory. The thing is to keep as much as
possible in your "still-can-do" tray. Now, most Israeli men my age have memories
about reserve duty; a mixture of fondness and good-riddance, as memories often
are. But for me, the army reserves are not yet memories. And if that helps me
feel young, so be it.
As I've written before, one of the main goals of the volunteer reserve unit is
to give younger conscripts more chances to get home on leave. More soldiers on
base = less needed at any one time.
Since this week is the twenty-fourth anniversary of the passing of my father
Milton Herbert (Moshe Chaim ben David Leib), I began to remember that he also
did volunteer work to help soldiers, or in his case, veterans. After we moved to
Levittown in 1955, he would take the long drive one evening every week or so to
Suffolk County's north shore to volunteer at the Northport VA Medical Center. He
would entertain the hospitalized veterans, many of them suffering from "shell
shock" (now called "post-traumatic stress"), more than a decade after World War
II ended.
Now, for my father, entertainment was playing cards and telling off-color jokes.
The wounded veterans, I would guess, appreciated both far more than
song-and-dance routines. So my father was always a popular visitor. I imagine
him showing up in the wards and the patients shouting, "Hi Miltie," "How ya doin',
Miltie? Come over here." And for a short hour or two, he would help them forget
their pain, their loneliness and their isolation.
That's much more than I do. But it's comforting to know that at least we're on
the same page, that there's something else we share.
Doug Greener
November 2009
Via Email 11/12/09
Hi Marcy,
So good to hear a voice from the past. My birthday is March 22.. The picture I sent You was taken Copenhagen, Denmark. What a great City that is.! My husband Harvey, and I and nine friends took a trip of a lifetime. St. Petersburg, Russia was the highlight of the cruise part of the trip. Other ports, we visited were Helsinki Finland, Stockholm Sweden, Gdansk Poland, Tallinn Estonia, and Oslo Norway. The weather was beautiful and we were so thankful that we were able to take part in such a magnificent excursion. After the Cruise, My husband and I flew to Dusseldorf, Germany and then to Amsterdam which was every bit as amazing as the cruise. The full trip took 19 days.
Now, back to reality,
I am married to my Husband and best friend for forty-five years. We moved to South, Florida. in 1973.
I spent my younger years as n Art teacher, developing programs for at-risk and latchkey children, and later as a senior center coordinator for City of Lauderhill, Fl..
I am a mother of three wonderful children and the grandmother of three grandchildren. They all live close by so I am super-busy at all times..
Hope this gives you a little glimpse of my life.
Fondly,
Dorothy Willner Waroff
The search for our missing classmates is progressing nicely. Honey spoke with Norman Levi in Boca Raton Florida and she said he was excited to hear that we have a class website. His information will be found under his picture in the yearbook section. Please take the time to look over our missing list on the yearbook section. If you have any information at all on anyone there- last known state, married name on the females or a contact number on a relative- please help us. For every person we do find, there are ten or more phone calls that are dead ends. Some of the leads provided by classmates have made all the difference and we welcome your help.
Via Email 10/9/09
Hi Marcy,
Effective October 15, 2009, my new address will be 5142 Miles Grant Terrace,
Stuart, Florida 34997, telephone no will be 772-288-5010. My cell phone no. is
631-379-8477.....we are going to try Florida for one year and have rented our
home here.....and will be residing at our home in Stuart full time. Looking
forward to retirement in Florida. Thank you again for the wonderful work and all
that you do for the class of '61. Without you, we wouldn't have this wonderful
web site.
Regards,
Marilyn Lerner Workman
Via Email 10/2/09
Good afternoon Marcy
This is the first time I have been on line since I left for New York on July 27
.I have not been sick or even had a cold in many years and the one weekend I was
really looking forward to I had a case of pneumonia , followed by double
pneumonia ,and then a hernia operation on my birthday!
I did get to my brother's in Bayside but our plan fell apart because my brother
had to work and I took the bus from the Port Authority to Middletown, and got a
room at the Hampton Inn. I contacted a cousin I had not seen in years, went to
Chester and Monroe. Later that afternoon I felt really bad so I changed my
flight and went back to Las Vegas . My daughter picked me up and I spent 4 days
in the hospital with pneumonia, was released and had two follow ups -a physical
and x rays . I thought I was doing ok and while taking a ride with my son I had
to go to the hospital at the Air Force base because I could not breathe. This
time it was double pneumonia and another 5 days in the hospital. The doctor in
charge of my case decided to operate on my umbilical hernia.
Now I am back home taking 11 diffrent medications, mostly vitamins and I guess
unless there is another picnic next year we have about a year and a half to get
ready for the 50th.
Kevin Kinnaly
Many of us wondered what happened to Kevin when he didn't
show up at our picnic in August. I knew he had plane tickets so it was
surprising that he wasn't there after coming that far across country. I emailed
him later that week to ask if he was ok and did not hear back until now.
Apparently he had good reason. We wish him well and a speedy recovery after all
that he's been through. The only thing worse than being very sick is being sick
away from home.
Via Email 9/27/09
Hi, Marcy,
Thanks so much for remembering--I have a great photo of June Ryan and me for the
site.
Here's my saga (aka "excuse")
At the end of June we sold our home, expecting to close on the new home within a
few days. Well, that all fell apart the night before we were to sell our home,
when our bank pulled back its mortgage commitment on our purchase because of a
technicality with the HOA of the gated community where we were purchasing. I
won't bore you with the details, but all our possessions went into storage and
we stayed with my daughter all summer and just moved into our home two weeks
ago. In the interim, I got together with June, but I was reluctant to start
loading photo software, etc., on my daughter's pc so the photos are still on my
camera card. Meanwhile, I have shared emails with Grace Squance and we will talk
after I have some time to get settled in. Meanwhile, here is our new address:
2 Charley Lane
Middle Island, NY 11953
contact info remains the same.
I will get the photo to you soon, and thanks again for all you have done.
Betty Csontos Schuster
Via Email 9/27/09
Kudos to Honey, who once again
is doing a great job attacking that missing list. She spoke to Herb Baynon in
Brooksville, Florida and learned that he was a teacher on Long Island for thirty
five years and has three daughters that still live on the Island. Anyone wanting
to reach him can do so through his wife's email which will be listed on his
yearbook page. With this newest find we have whittled our missing list down to
69 and all the recent finds have energized us both to keep hacking away at that
list. Honey's husband Tom jokingly calls us stalkers but truth be told many of
our recent finds have been busy reconnecting via email, phone calls and in two
cases (June Ryan and Jane Lynch) in person visits. That alone is reason to keep
at it. My weekend was not as successful as Honey's. I called three different
numbers and found no one at home. But I will continue to try.
Via Email 9/20/09
I love it when it rains in Tampa. Honey found another missing classmate, Paul Allen, in NYC. His information is now on the yearbook page. There is also a work number change for Roni Cojac Mintz and a new email and phone number for Russ Mulroy.
Hi Marcy,
I was just checking our the LMHS site and saw several references to our
classmates who are now in the medical field and remembered something that
happened to me back in 1973. My dad was very ill with cancer here in Syracuse at
Upstate Medical Center, and he had contracted an infection that had the doctors
stumped so that they sent for a specialist who dealt with locating the sources
of infections. The doctor walked into my dad's room and he and I looked at each
other with a sense of recognition. He checked the name on my dad's chart and
then asked me if my name was Celeste. Turned out it was Joel Strom. He found the
source of my dad's infection, for which we were most grateful, but I never saw
him again. Another small world moment.
Keep well. Celeste Vives Holden
Hi Marcy
How are you doing? I haven't heard how and what is new with our classmates
recently. I guess I am due to go on our website!!
Excitement here is that I will become grandmother for the first time within a
couple of weeks. I am exercising to be strong and have stamina and hope that
when he starts crawling and running around, I can keep up! Much love,
Iris Kogel Chapman
Via Email 9/11/09
While Honey worked from
Florida I set out to check old LMHS class lists in the hopes of finding people
through their siblings. I found a Bob Kehlbeck who did turn out to be the
brother of Helen Kehlbeck. He gave me her number and I found out she lives in
Pembroke, MA. Helen recently found out about our site when her daughter Googled
the name Kehlbeck and came across her mother's name on the missing list. She
never contacted us because she doesn't use a computer. However she gave me her
husband's email address if we need to contact her. Helen also gave me the number
of Mary Lynn Graham Leonard in West Sayville, NY. Mary Lynn has an unlisted
number and doesn't want her information on the site, but anyone wanting to reach
her can contact me. She doesn't use a computer, but her daughter has one an she
will look at our site.
Helen also told me that Bill Smyth worked with her husband and he passed away in
2001 so we will be moving him to the gone but not forgotten section. If you have
a memory of him, please share.
We have now removed another three off the missing list and both Honey and I are
following other leads that may bring in more. I told her last night I am so
happy to have her helping me on this. If I'm having an unproductive day, she
might not be. Yesterday was a bust for her, but I got lucky.
Via Email 9/11/09
Hi Marcy---
I received your email about Frank Esposito and was so very glad you sent it. I
do read the website but I haven't in awhile so I missed it. I wanted to write
and thank you. It was a nice article and I was thrilled to learn just how much
he was to so many people. Thank you again. The last time we talked you asked me
to send an updated picture to post to the website and now I'm ready to but I
still have trouble downloading from my files, so if you want one or more I'll
send it by REAL MAIL if that's ok but I need your address again. I hope to hear
from you and I'll check the website more often, I promise . Hope to hear soon.
Craig Shafer
Via Email 9/11/09
Is there
really a kinder, gentler New York City?
It seems I've been living with the urban legend of "the uncaring New Yorker."
The legend was born in 1964 when poor Kitty Genovese was repeatedly stabbed and
left to bleed to death in Kew Gardens while her neighbors, around 40 people,
allegedly witnessed everything but neither came to her aid nor even called the
police. The legend was strengthened by those apocryphal stories about people
falling down sick or injured on the sidewalk while genteel pedestrians carefully
stepped over them, afraid to become involved. And it was sealed in stone during
the 1977 Blackout, when an orgy of looting, vandalism and arson brought out the
worst in the New York soul.
On my recent visit I had no reason to expect anything different.
The first sign of a changing mood happened during an especially turbulent rush
hour in the subway. A young mother pushing a stroller found herself looking up a
stairway as a waterfall of humanity descended in her direction. Even an empty
stairway would have been a formidable climb for her; fighting against this
stream was impossible.
Suddenly, as sincerely yours watched while deciding how (or maybe if) to help,
someone came from behind, picked up the stroller and plunged headfirst into the
torrent. Miraculously, like the Red Sea, it parted, elegantly and completely, as
the woman ascended effortlessly towards her destination.
A few days later, I was on my way to buy a bottle of wine for a dinner party on
the Upper East Side. Near the wine store, I noticed a young woman talking on her
cell phone suddenly shout, "What's happening? Are you all right?"
At first I thought she was talking to the other person on the phone, but I
followed her gaze and saw that an elderly man had fallen on the sidewalk. She
ran over to help him stand up, and only left him when she saw he was well enough
to continue on his own.
"Wow. What's going on?", I thought.
I walked into the wine store and the lovely good Samaritan came in right behind
me. I ordered a red wine, as instructed, while she asked for help in choosing a
dry white. The salesman suggested a pretty pricey bottle -- and offered to let
her taste it before deciding. He opened the bottle and looked at me: "Would you
like to try some too, sir?"
"It's the young lady's wine," I said.
"Oh, please," she replied.
The salesman poured us some wine and I held up my glass.
""I'd like to make a toast," I said. "To you, for the great kindness you showed
just now outside the store."
Her face lit up with 50-50 surprise and delight.
"And to the city that keeps on surprising me," I added. "This time, surprisingly
good."
Now, I know that two incidents do not a New York spring make. But if an urban
legend can be born by displays of human callousness, perhaps it can be laid to
rest by many little acts of kindliness.
Doug Greener
September 2009
Via Email 9/11/09
This Labor Day weekend marks
the fourth anniversary of our website. I remember well the tedious job of
scanning yearbook pages and cropping out individual pictures so that we could
have a place for all those classmates who lost yearbooks to see the faces that
would rekindle memories. When we started there were many missing alumni who had
no contact information under their picture. Every year we find a few more
people, but I predict that this will be a banner year.
On this particular Labor Day weekend, it was pouring rain in Tampa, Florida.
Honey Cottrell decided it was a perfect time to spend a day doing people
searches and making some phone calls to see if she had found the right classmate
or a stranger with the same name. She left a lot of messages on answering
machines and is hoping at least some of those people will return her call. The
end result of a full day on Saturday is that we now have contact information on
Philip Campanella, John Hughes, Dorothy Monroe and Doug Castoldi. We also have
updated information on Carol Lee Eckardt Daniels who is moving in two weeks.
Their information can be found on the yearbook page. I told Honey that I'm
hoping for more rain in Tampa. She plans on making more calls this week. Way to
go Honey!
Via Email 9/9/09
If you send an email to a
classmate and it's returned to you, before you contact me, check the yearbook
page to see if a new one was updated there. I don't always report every time
someone changes their information. Both Buzzy Testagrossa and Al Lehrer have new
emails but the addresses and phone numbers remain the same. We have added
information for several newly found classmates: Roberta Willensky Klein, Grace
Squance Pellegrini, Suzanne Handwerker Andersen, Elinda Guardino, and Jane Lynch
Todd. There's a new address, phone and emails for Terry Beital Richman and her
husband Ted Richman, as well as Sally Pittman Smith. There's a new address for
Russ Mulroy with more info to follow. They can all be found on the yearbook page
under the picture of the person you want to contact. Thanks to all of you who
have contacted us when your information changes. It's a tremendous help with the
record keeping.
Via Email 9/4/09
Hi Marcy,
It was great to talk to you last Friday. I have heard from Barbara Steinman
Bengals. I was also in my office on Tuesday when I got email from someone in our
class. It was Roni Cojac Mintz who works in the same hospital system as I do.
She came to the office to see me. It was like being 17 again. She said that she
was going to email you but I thought that I should also let you know in case she
got busy that night.
Jane Lynch Todd
Via Email 9/3/09
Marcy, I just got an email from Ellen Kobrin (who has been
hospitalized twice this past month, poor thing) saying she is sure that Carolyn
McGrath died but thought it was from some congenital heart problem. Jane Lynch
Todd also wrote back to say that Roni Cojac works right near her--but I'll bet
she'll write and let you know that too.
In any case, I also wanted to tell you that I've found a cache of school
newspapers from both LMHS and Wisdom Lane. If you'd like to borrow them and use
whatever you want for the website, I'll be happy to mail them to you but would
like them back when you're through. Just let me know--and send an address.
It's definitely bedtime, so I'll say goodnight--and thanks again for helping so
many of us re-connect!
Barbara Steinman Bengels
Via Email 9/2/09
Hi Marcy, after reading the updates and noting that Jane
Lynch Todd MD lives in Atlanta. She is affiliated with Children's Healthcare of
Atlanta where I have worked for 28 years!. We emailed each other and today she
was seeing patients at the hospital campus where I work....I called her cell...
and within 10 minutes I was standing in her office! Now that was a nice moment
in time for both of us.
Roni (Cojac) Mintz
Wow! Do it again with a camera in hand!!!!!! We'd love a
picture for informal gatherings. What a small world we live in. I told Jane we
had quite a few classmates living in Atlanta and she was surprised to hear that.
Thank you Barbara Steinman for Jane's last name.
Via Email 9/2/09
We are indebted to Suzanne Handwerker
Andersen for taking the time to snail mail Honey an article she saved when Frank
Esposito passed away in 2000. Honey then scanned it to me so we could use it as
a tribute to Frank on our gone but not forgotten page. I was reminded of the day
I found Craig Shafer after doing a people search. The first person Craig asked
about was Frank Esposito. Craig was new to our school and Frank was the first
person to reach out and befriend him. How I hated telling Craig that Frank was
deceased. He then told me the story of Frank inviting him over his house and
showing him a scrapbook of newspaper clippings on the NY Yankees. Craig, an avid
Yankee fan himself, was so impressed with this idea that he started his own
scrapbook that he keeps up to this day! How I regret that Frank never knew this.
What a legacy he left behind. Take the time to read this newspaper article. It
will be well worth your while.
Via Email 9/2/09
Hi Marcy,
Checked the website this am and see that you moved Carolyn McGrath to 'GONE BUT
NOT FORGOTTEN'. Did you find out anymore as to when she passed ?? ( can't
believe she is gone)
Another request.. I'm looking for someone in the class of 1958.
Janet Dick, married name Power or Powers, Husband's name Robert.. Last address
was somewhere in Fla. Hubby worked in Aerospace..
Janet had a sister, Louise Dick class of 1957 and a Brother Mark Conway class
for 1959..
I tried some searching but turned up blanks..
Maybe I could take that crash course 'search 101' and give you and Honey and
hand.......
Talk to ya soon !!
Hugs,
Stu S.
I mentioned to Barbara Steinman that when I called Jane
Lynch, I was going to ask her about the rumors that Carolyn had passed away
years ago. They were friends and neighbors who both lived in my neighborhood.
Unfortunately Jane did not know that Carolyn had died, but did confirm that
Carolyn was being treated for lymphoma at NYU Hospital around the time that Jane
was in medical school. Barbara, however did confirm that Carolyn is deceased.
They both went to Hofstra and in fact Barbara still teaches there. Barbara is
tracking down a friend who can give her some details. I realized that the reason
I could not find Carolyn on the Social Security death index is that she had
never worked and still in school when it happened. The reason I resisted putting
her name on the gone lost is that there were so many different versions of how
and when she died, that I questioned whether it was a rumor. I'll pass on more
information on this when I have it.
Stu, I will try to help you on your search. You asked me to do this a few years
ago. I could not find these people on the LMHS class lists. But I will try
again. In the meantime Honey has found Roberta Willensky on Classmates. More on
this when we have all the updated information.
Via Email 9/1/09
I'm happy to say that another lost classmate has been found. I found Elinda Guardino in Las Vegas and she was excited at the chance to view our website. She has not been in contact with anyone in our class since high school but she is going to dig up her yearbook which she has kept. I laughed when she told me she has to walk the dog at 4:00 am with temperatures there in the 100's. She said she will send a picture for our then and now. I spent a good deal of today making phone calls after doing people searches and not having any luck. But finding Elinda is just the push I need to keep going.
Via Email 8/31/09
Hi Marcy, moving out on 9/1. Our new address will be:
52110 Longspur Lane
Fort Mill, SC 29707
Please place the new address in both Yearbook & Treasurer sections.
When I have our new e-mail address & phone #, I'll forward both to you.
Russ
Via Email 8/31/09
Thanks to Barbara Steinman for giving me
the married name of Jane Lynch. Jane was the editor and chief of our school
newspaper, the Spotlight. I found Jane in Atlanta , Georgia where she is a
doctor in the field of pediatric cardiology. Her patients are children with
severe cardiac problems. She was married the last year of medical school and
says she will probably work a few more years before packing it in. She asked a
lot of questions about classmates and will be looking at our site to learn more
about others. She mentioned that just last week she was thinking that it must be
twenty years since she had any contact with anyone from high school. I'm sure
that's about to change. It's a wonderful feeling to remove names off that
missing list.
Via Email 8/28/09
Another person from our missing list
has been found. When Honey spoke to Suzanne Handwerker on the phone, Suzanne
gave her the married names of Karin Weinberg (we used to call her Candy in high
school) and Dorothy Monroe. I remembered that Phyllis Peckman had asked me to
find Karin but I didn't know her married name and I promised Phyllis that we'd
let her know if we ever found her. So I asked Honey to relay that message to
Karin when she called. We are still working on Dorothy but the married name we
now have hasn't yielded a Dorothy. I can't tell you how much I appreciate
Honey's work. I gave her a crash course in people searches 101 and she's a quick
study. With two of us working it should go a lot faster and I think this will be
a record year for finding lost souls.
From: Honey Cottrell
Just spoke with Karin and she was very happy to be found. I gave her both
Phyllis Peckman and Sue Handwerker's phone numbers. Karin has never used a
computer, so has no e-mail address, although after our conversation she is
thinking of having her daughter or granddaughter teach her how to send and
receive e-mails and get on our website. Very exciting.
Her address is 8111 NW 100th Terrace, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33321 and phone number
is 954/721-6229 and birth date is 9/24/43
Thanks for all your good detective work. Wish the Dorothy we found was the
correct one. Maybe I can call Sue this weekend and she can pronounce the married
name for me. We may just be assuming it sounds like McClusky because of her
spelling.
Honey
Via Email 8/27/09
Marcy,
Here is an e-mail I received from Sue (Handwerker Andersen) this evening.
Honey
Was nice to talk to you today . It got me to thinking I remember when I heard
Bernie Kaplan died I wrote the date in my yearbook Feb 17 1963 I think it was an
accident but not sure - also Frank Espositio Nov. 6 2000. His sister sent me the
tribute from the paper I will fax it to you or Marcy if you want. Just send me
either fax number. No I don't have a fax, but I can send it. Let me know if it's
something you can use Talk soon.
Sue.
I think it's amazing how the recent find of lost classmate
Suzanne Handwerker Andersen has lead to so much more information. She gave us
married names on two classmates and that enabled us to find Karin Weinberg and
some leads on Dorothy Monroe. Now she's been able to fill in some of the blanks
on the gone but not forgotten page. If anyone has a married name of a female on
the missing list, please send it to me. That information is invaluable in doing
searches. Thanks to all of you who supplied date of death for our deceased
classmates. We are slowly giving them the tributes they deserve.
Via Email 8/27/09
Dear Marcy,
I'm sorry it's taken me so long to get back to you. The message that never got
through to you was to say that we had just been up to New Paltz the week before
to see a play my 9 yr. old granddaughter was in (the cutest chicken I ever did
see!) and I was wondering where that was in relation to the picnic. The outcome
of your birthday email was to get me thinking about old friends--and tomorrow
we're getting together with Vicky Gabrysiak Schulte for the first time in at
least 20 years (again in New Paltz); I also was inspired to track Vivian
Goldberg Auslander down and got caught up with her via email. (I'm still trying
to track down Jane Lynch Todd--but so far to no avail.) In any case, I thank you
again for the invaluable service you provide--giving us a piece of our youth
back!
Fondly, Barbara Steinman Bengels
I asked Barbara to bring a camera for her meeting with
Vicky. I hope she's able to do that. I'm pretty sure that I found Jane Lynch and
will call her this weekend. I knew that Jane became a pediatric cardiac surgeon
and that she went to Tulane Medical School. Years ago I tried finding her on the
Tulane alumni site, but I didn't know her married name. Armed with a married
name supplied by Barbara, I was able to track Jane down. Hopefully soon we will
have her information and Barbara will be able to reconnect.
Via Email 8/27/09
Hi Marcy,
I was sad to read about Ellie Greenwich. She was my junior counselor at West
Hills Day Camp on Long Island in the 1950's, although she was only 3 years older
than me. She was 15yrs old and I was 12yrs old. She played guitar, taught us
songs and was such a friendly, outgoing person. She had an impact on me because
I actually contacted her many years ago when her show "Leader of the Pack" was
on Broadway in NYC. She invited us back stage and was so gracious with her words
and time. I wanted to share my memories with others who may recall Ellie during
her teen years.
Roni (Cojac) Mintz
Via Email 8/27/09
Ellie Greenwich is an alumni. She moved to Levittown when she was 11 and had her own band in high school. This was submitted by Frank Barning Division Avenue HS, class of 60
Ellie Greenwich, `Chapel of Love' co-writer, dies
By NEKESA MUMBI MOODY (AP) - 6 hours ago
NEW YORK - Ellie Greenwich, who co-wrote some of pop music's most enduring
songs, including "Chapel of Love," "Be My Baby" and "Leader of the Pack," died
Wednesday, according to her niece. She was 68.
Greenwich died of a heart attack at St. Luke's Roosevelt Hospital, where she had
been admitted a few days earlier for treatment of
pneumonia, according to her niece, Jessica Weiner.
Greenwich, a member of the Songwriters Hall of Fame, was considered one of pop's
most successful songwriters. She had a rich musical
partnership with the legendary Phil Spector, whose "wall of sound" technique
changed rock music. With Spector, she wrote some of pop's
most memorable songs, including "Da Doo Ron Ron" and "River Deep, Mountain
High." But Spector wasn't her only collaborator.
She also had key hits with her ex-husband Jeff Barry, including the dynamic song
"Leader of the Pack" (years later, Broadway would stage a
Tony-nominated musical with the same name based on her life).
"He was the first male I could actually harmonize with," she once said.
Greenwich was a native of Brooklyn. While she garnered her greatest success as a
songwriter, Greenwich started out as a performer. She
performed in talent shows as a child, and by the time she was a teen, she had
her own group, called The Jivettes.
She went to college, where she met Barry, and shortly after graduation, began
working for songwriters Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, where she got her break.
She had her first chart success with the Jay and the Americans song "This Is
It," which she wrote with Doc Pomus and Tony Powers.
She also had success with Barry as the duo The Raindrops with the songs "What a
Guy" and "The Kind of Boy You Can't Forget."
Greenwich also worked as an arranger and singer, a role that saw her working
with artists including Frank Sinatra and Ella Fitzgerald.
She is also credited with helping Neil Diamond get his start and was a
co-producer of early Diamond hits "Cherry, Cherry" and "Kentucky
Woman."
"Ellie Greenwich was one of the most important people in my career. She
discovered me as a down-and-out songwriter and with her then-husband Jeff Barry
co-produced all my early hits on Bang records," said Diamond in a statement.
"She has remained a great friend and mentor over the years and will be missed
greatly."
Among the more famous songs she wrote are "Baby I Love You," "Do Wah Diddy" and
"Look of Love."
Greenwich is survived by a sister, brother-in-law, nephew and her niece.
On the Net:
http://www.elliegreenwich.com/
Via Email 8/26/09
Hi Marcy
I got an email from one of our classmates who mentioned the '61 website so I
took a look and found that I need to send updated information as the address
you have is a couple of moves ago for us. Had no idea the website was so
thorough. Just spent an enjoyable 20 minutes looking at it. What a hoot!
You are doing a great job.
I am Terry Richman (Beital)
810 Johns Orchard Lane
Wilmington, N.C. 28411
terryrichman@ec.rr.com
Married to Ted Richman
Same address
tedrichman@yahoo.com
I will send you another picture though. Looks like the one you have of me
was grabbed from my office website and it is one I have never liked. We
will see what we can dig up.
Thanks for all your hard work.
Terry
Via Email 8/21/09
Hi Marcy,
Just a quick overview of my meeting with Betty Csontos at the Lakeland Diner in
Bohemia. It was so lovely to see her after all these years. Also got to see
Helene Doctoroff at Chachama in Patchogue where she works as well as a goodbye
breakfast with her and Ernie Bodsky at the Massapequa Diner....So much love!!!!
June Ryan Frances
Via Email 8/20/09
Honey has been
working hard going through the Classmates website and finding people signed up
for our class who are on our missing list. She was able to get a married name on
Suzanne Handwerker, an old friend of hers from high school. Sometimes that's all
it takes to find our female classmates. Although finding people on our missing
list is a rewarding experience, finding an old friend is priceless.
You were so right. It was her and we spent almost an hour and a half on the phone. So much fun. So many memories came back. We actually had a pact (as noted on our senior pictures) that we would meet in front of LMHS when June 25th was on a Saturday. Probably happened a few times already.
An
update on the search for Grace Squance. After a couple of emails back and forth
with Betty Csontos Schuster, I was able to learn the names of Grace's children
and a Florida property search on her son mentioned the married name of her
daughter. In doing a search on the daughter, I found the married name of Grace
and fortunately she had an unlisted number. I found her in Coconut Beach,
Florida, the last place Betty knew her to be. She has had no contact with any
high school friends and not long ago did an internet search on Levittown
Memorial but did not find our site. Happily, she has it now. And Betty has her
contact information. Grace said one of her children will send me a recent
picture for our then and now. Thanks to Betty we have taken one more name off
our missing list.
Via Email 8/13/09
Thank you for getting in
touch with me. It was so good to hear from someone from my high school years. I
have attached a recent picture of myself, & after looking at my high school
picture, what a change. I have been in touch with Arnie Burkhoff and Lillian
Smith Handleman. After so many years it was certainly nice to talk with them.
Thanks again for forwarding the link for the yearbook.
I don’t know if you need this info. But if you do, my wife’s name is Monica & we
have been married for 42 years. I have 2 children & 4 grandchildren. I worked
for Nestle Foods for 43 years, retiring in 2008. If there is anything else you
need to know, just e-mail me & I will get you the information.
Thank You
Steve Strauss
Via Email 8/11/09
Hi Everyone,
We have done away with our land line except for local calls and our security
system. Our new cell # is 951-733-9017, if you are a verizon customer and you
call us from your cell, there is no charge. Talk soon.
Pat McCauley Mangels
Via Email 8/10/09
Marcy, I just read of the passing of Arline Gruber/Kaplan.
She was my sorority sister and we worked in Grants on the turnpike after school.
Arline was the only one with a car and, in the summer, she would round us all up
and we'd go to Jones Beach, then rush home, shower, and go to Grants. I was so
saddened to hear she is gone. Another "sister" was Grace Squance, a very good
friend of Arline's too. Grace and I were in each other's weddings, both had four
children, and were good friends for years. Then Grace moved to Florida and we
lost touch. I would be so thrilled if you could find her; she is my youngest
daughter's godmother and I think of her often. She married Bob Liotta, and lived
in Wantagh and then Bayport before going south. In Florida, she settled in
Coconut Creek but that was many years ago.
On a brighter note, I met with June Ryan when she was here last weekend.
Unfortunately, neither Lorraine Cuomo nor Helene Doctoroff could make it. June
and I were buddies at Wisdom lane JHS! I'll send pics to post soon. Thanks for
helping put us in touch.
Betty Csontos Schuster.
I did try to find Grace for Betty but had no luck. There
is no listing for anyone by that name, age appropriate for a 61 graduate in the
country. She could be remarried or deceased. I didn't find a listing on the
Social Security Death index either. I asked Betty for the name of any brothers
since there don't seem to be too many Squances in the country. Sometimes you
have to follow any lead you can.
Via Email 8/10/09
Marcy, I tried to e-mail Gloria Russo about Fred Kemp, but
the addresses given in the Yearbook section were both returned to me. Do you
have updated info? Also, on the Yearbook page, we were forced to change our
Skaneateles phone # due to an error made by Verizon. The new # is 315 707 7086.
( We can be reached at 352 350 2795 all year 'round ) Thanks, Laura Allen (Lally)
Both emails are correct on Gloria. The Fort Scott one was
what I used this week and she wrote me from that one. I suspect she is away. I
tried calling her and got the answering machine. If I hear any news on Fred, I
will pass it on. Lots of folks have asked. I heard from Tony Moors, class of 60
and he knew nothing either.
Via Email 8/9/09
Hi Marcy and Frank,
That was a wonderful picnic and everyone really enjoyed each other’s company for
a few hours. And some long lost friends (Michele and Jessica) showed up too. The
food was even good! And so were the directions. I’m only sorry that Patricia was
still in rehab from her knee surgery and couldn’t be there. She’s getting better
and should be home in about a week.
We all know how much effort it took to put together. The organization,
preparation, and execution were just great. Thanks to you both for a job well
done (not the burgers, they were medium – as they should be). Please understand
that everyone truly appreciated your work and the results.
Thanks,
Bob Levine
Via Email 8/6/09
Had a great time- You and Frank deserve a HUGE THANKS for
your efforts. I think Frank should be our "Class Chef".
Steve Ross
Via Email 8/6/09
I hear the picnic was a great success. Looking forward to
seeing pics. Lou Chanin emailed me and said you have a golf pic of us from the
10th grade. Have you posted it yet??
Just discovered Maddy Kline lives within walking distance of where I worked at
Douglas/Boeing for the last 30 years, duh.
Will try and drop by and see her next week
Jerry Murphy
Via Email 8/6/09
Marcy,
Hope the picnic (and the weather) was grand. I tried every which way, but was unable to reschedule things, and was sad to miss it. Don't know that fellow Fred Kemp, but OMG, my heart truly goes out to him. How can so many dreadful things happen to one person? Stay well, kiss the family, and enjoy each day. Hugs,
Sandra Findlay Xanthaky xoxo
Via Email 8/6/09
The Blue Dragons (Division Avenue HS) website had not been
active for awhile but now it is back.
Here is the link. Year-by-year class listings are on the bottom of this page.
http://www.blue-dragons.com/
Frank Barning
Division Avenue Class of 60
Via Email 8/6/09
Hi, Marcy!
How did the picnic go? Thanks so much for your b'day
greetings; you made my day! Incidentally, did you receive an e-mail I sent you
yesterday? I'm not sure that it went through. Fondly, Barbara Steinman Bengels
Via Email 8/5/09
Hi!
Just wanted to again say thank you to you for all your
organizing and to Frank for his tireless efforts ( well actually he must have
been pretty exhausted by the time he got home!) which made the Saturday 2009
picnic perfect! It was a wonderful time and everyone's warmth toward Alan and me
will never be forgotten. We look forward to the next get together and seeing you
all again.
Thank you, too, for my website birthday wishes! Love, Jessica Joseph (Gest)
Via Email 8/5/09
Thanks to Honey's work researching the
Classmates website, we got a married name on Dolores Dragna. This enabled me to
do a people search and I found Dolores Marcheschi in Prescott, Arizona. We spoke
on the phone and she has not been in contact with anyone from high school since
the 70's. She's retired, does volunteer work and has grown grandchildren.
Another missing classmate is found. It can be addicting, this search for the
missing, and now I suspect Honey is caught up in the process. Her husband Tom
asked her the other day what she was going to do with her spare time once all
the missing were found. I only hope that day does come to pass.
Another recent newly found missing person is June Ryan Frances in Oregon. She
will be in New York this week and has plans to meet with Helene Doctoroff Erb.
June says she will take pictures of that meeting and I'm looking forward to
that.
Via Email 8/5/09
Marcy,
Thought you might enjoy knowing what a small world this is. Below is an e-mail I
received from Charles Boeckman's brother Bill.
Hi Honey, I want to thank you for turning me on to that website for the class of
'61. I found 2 pictures of my brother there. There is also a lot of other great
old stuff. I really enjoyed it. I know we don't know each other but I believe we
have a common friend-Marilyn Murway. My wife's son, Keith is married to her
daughter, Debbie. That makes me grandfather to their children. I am also Ryan's
godfather. Are you related to Russ? I'll keep in touch if I want to write up
something about Charlie, but feel free to post his class picture in the Gone But
Not Forgotten page. Once again, thanks so very much. Charlie's son is also very
appreciative. He has very few pictures of his dad. Sincerely, Bill
I let him know that Russ was my brother, Marilyn is my sister-in-law, Debbie is
my niece and the children he refers to are my great nieces and nephew Ryan is
his godson. I know that doesn't make Bill and I related - but is still a neat
connection, don't you think????
Have a great time at the picnic. I know you are in the midst of last minute
stuff and hope you can relax and enjoy the picnic.
Honey
Via Email 8/4/09
If there can be a down side in doing
people searches, it would definitely be learning that a classmate has passed.
Honey wrote to Charles Boeckman on Classmates. Charley's younger brother Bill
wrote back to say that his brother died in 2004. We will move his picture to the
gone but not forgotten page and welcome any memories you may wish to put there.
On another note, I spoke with Joe Garofalo, who told me that he called Maddie
Kline when he saw the update on her heart attack. She told him that she actually
had two heart attacks and spent four months in recovery. Several people did call
her to wish her well and she's considering going back online and getting an
email address to keep in touch. It's nice to know that we have such caring folks
in our class. I don't know who the others are who called Maddie, but thank you.
Never underestimate the impact you have when reaching out to an old friend.
Via Email 8/4/09
Hi Marcy,
Have a good weekend with everyone. Sorry I can't be there. My condolences to
Freddy Kemp's family and a quick recovery to him. I saw Bonnie Schatz in then
and now. Any info??? I'd love to contact her. I also had a great surprise this
week. Another very dear(old) I mean young friend is found. She will send info to
you. I will be seeing her soon . Keep up the great job. Hope all is well ...
Helene Erb (Doctoroff)
Via Email 8/4/09
Hi, Marcy.
Thank you so much for the wonderful birthday wishes complete with Mickey Mouse.
I've gotten greetings from family, friends and my podiatrist whose card said "Be
footloose and fancy free on your big day". Made me laugh!
I haven't told you in a while how I appreciate the work you and your cohorts do
to keep the LMHS site going strong. I will venture a guess and say we have the
best site in the USA! Go ahead and prove me wrong. Thank you all for your hard
work, and even if I don't see you for a while you're in my thoughts. You're one
of a kind.
Celeste
Via Email 8/3/09
Hi Marcy,
I was looking at the correspondence section of the web site and saw a discussion about whether Salvatore Evangelista was still around. There is a way you can check folks out. If they had a Social Security number, you can check the Social Security Death Index (SSDI). You can access it by going to www.rootsweb.ancestry.com and click on the SSDI link. It gives date of birth, date of death, where the number was issued, and sometimes where the death occurred. I used it a bit when I was chasing down who stole the bananas in my family tree.
For example, I found out that Diane Dobbin, my high school and after flame/fiancé passed away on 05 Feb 1997 in Hillsborough, NH. Her real maiden last name was Harris, not Dobbin, as she had never been adopted by her stepfather. She found out late in her Sr. year. I also narrowed it down by her birth date. I last saw her in May, 1969 when she was married (Bolio) and I got pressed into service as babysitter for her then 3-month old daughter.
Roger Folland Roger Folland
I have looked many times at
the Social Security Death Index for missing classmates. Sal was not there. The
information on it is not always accurate, but it is a useful tool. Now thanks to
Roger we now have a date of death for Diane.
Via Email 8/3/09
The news regarding Fred Kemp & his family are truly
tragic. He also lost a son in a car accident many years ago on Wantagh Pkwy.
I'm saying a prayer for Fred & his family & being thankful for each day.
Russ Mulroy
Via Email 8/3/09
Hi Marcy,
So my address is 278 Idaho St.. # 19
Ashland, Or. 97520
Phone 541 482 0441
My birthday is June 3, 1943
Thanks so much Marcy. It's been a blast getting in touch with dear friends from
the past. Talked with Helene Erb, Lorraine Schibani, and emailed Ronnie Weisz. I
tried to get in touch with Betty Schuster, but email came back as undeliverable.
Lorraine says she'll get her in touch with me, or give me her current email
address......I also sent a current pic of myself to Lorraine and Helene.
This is so cool!!!!
I am inquiring about Kappa Phi Delta sorority and wonder if my sorority sisters
can get in touch with me on this.
June Frances
(used to be June Ryan)
junefrances@hotmail.com
Love, June
A huge thank you goes out to Honey Murway Cottrell for all
her help on both Classmates and Facebook looking for missing classmates. She
found June Ryan on Facebook, gave her our website link and in no time June had
reconnected with friends by phone and email. Honey has written to quite few of
our missing classmates who are registered with Classmates and hopefully she will
hear back from some of them. Every time I get to remove a name from the missing
list, I'm just tickled pink.
Via Email 8/3/09
Condolences to Steve Bitel, whose 93 year
old mother passed away on Friday. He was missed at our picnic. Steve can be
reached at SBitel@aol.com. See obit at:
http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/newsday/obituary.aspx?n=gladys-a-bitel&pid=130844705
There is an online guestbook there where you can send Steve and the family a
message.
Via Email 8/3/09
Hi Marcy -
Lew DeWeese is doing just fine in Florida. I called him after 47 years!!
E-mailed some others also.
George Schieber is one of the country's top experts in medical economics,
according to my friend who worked in the same field for the gov't. I am getting
his info. and intend to e-mail him about the website. Is that the correct
procedure??
Lou Chanin
Via Email 7/29
Marcy.
It's been a while since I took the time to visit the LMHS site. It's really
wonderful that there are folks like you that take the time to keep the site
updated. I am sure you know that there are many of us out here that appreciate
your efforts and everyone else that contributes.
Just spoke to Steve Weissman about a 50th. I can see that's a lot of work.
Frank's suggestion about Atlantic City sounds viable, although I have not found
my way there from Arizona . Guess I am to close to Vegas. One would think that
there would be a catering hall in the area that could handle a minimum less than
300. Regardless, wherever I will plan to attend.
The only negative to this web site visit was reading about the tragedies that
the Kemp family is going throuh. My deepest sympathies to his family.
Jeff Chasan
Via Email 7/29
Hi Marcy.
I'm alive and well and living in the Phoenix, Az area where today's temperature
is around 113 degrees, and no, it's not a "dry heat" today... humidity over 30%.
Address:
18419 N 132d Ave.
Sun City West, AZ 85375
623-869-8072
I've heard that the Island has changed radically from my day. I served 20+ years
in the Navy and worked as a Defense Department contractor, living in such places
as Virginia, Memphis, Key West, Jacksonville FL, Southern California, Phoenix,
and the Philippines. The last time I set foot on the Island was back in the
Summer of 1972 when I made a quick trip across Brooklyn. My family moved away in
1971 so there really wasn't any real reason to go.
Roger Folland
Via Email 7/29
Hi Marcy
Hope you are well. We've been away on and off much of these last few months and
were unable to follow the planning for next week's picnic. Michele Keleher just
e-mailed me the directions which she'd received from you. Is it still possible
for Alan and I to join you? We could put a $40.00 check in the mail tomorrow,
but, of course, we will understand if we have missed the deadline. Just please
let me know at your earliest convenience so that we can plan for the trip.
Thanks so much. Jessica Joseph Gest
I contacted Jessica and she will be coming. I also heard
from Pam Prince who will try to clear her weekend plans in order to attend as
she just learned about the picnic. It's never too late!
Via Email 7/27/09
Marcy, Some bad news to pass on, Fred Kemp, class of 1960,
lost his daughter-in-law and granddaughter in a car accident last week. New
stories at
http://www.morningsun.net/obituaries/x889022342/Teresa-LeAnn-Kemp
and
http://www.morningsun.net/obituaries/x592695013/Taylor-Charlotte-Kemp
.. Fred suffered a heart attack last week. He is having heart surgery
today at St John’s Hospital in Joplin, Mo. I don’t know of any site for the
class of 60 and thought you might be able to pass this on.
Thank you, Gloria Russo Key
I passed this on to Tony Moors, who does the record
keeping for class of 60. I'm sure he will pass it on to class members by email
as he usually does when there's news.
Via Email 7/27/09
Good afternoon Marcy,
Thank you and Frank for the picnic directions. I saw the Email from Frank
Barning the other day on the site. When I saw that he lived here in Las Vegas I
tried to Email him but it did not work so I called him. We made plans to get
together for breakfast after I get back from NY. I cannot remember why but my
first year of high school I went to Division Ave. I guess that is all. See you
soon.
Kevin Kinnaly
I also heard from Frank Barning telling me about the phone
call. He promised me that he would bring a camera and get a picture of the
meeting for informal gatherings. I love it when folks use this website to
reconnect.
Via Email 7/24/09
Hi Marcy,
Frank Barning said to direct questions to you about missing HS classmates.
Steven B. Strauss graduated in 1961 from Levittown Memorial HS in Levittown, but
is missing. I thought you might have some information on missing classmates.
Thanks... Lillian Smith Handelman
Thanks to Lillian I set out to find Steve. I work best
when I know someone is looking for a classmate rather than just doing random
people searches. I found Steve in New Jersey and he was very happy to learn
about our class website. He promised to send a recent picture in and I hope he
follows through on that. I also gave Lillian Steve's info. One more off our
missing list!
Via Email 7/24/09
Marcy,
Thanks for the birthday card and music, you are amazing to do all you do...you
are the thread that keeps us still connected after all these years and coming
back for more!
Thanks to the birthday list I emailed Pam Prince- we share a birthday.....she
replied...we are now connected!
Roni Cojac Mintz
Via Email 7/23/09
Sally Pittman-Smith will be moving to Willimsburg,VA next week. I gave her the contact information on Gloria Delama Sciole and Eileen Wolff Turner, who both live there too. I also notified Gloria and Eileen that Sally would probably contact them after settling in.
Marcy, Thanks for the news. That will be fun when
we all get together.
I also wanted to let you know that I will NOT be able to make the August 1
picnic. My aunt is very ill in FL and I have to take my Mom down there to see
her sister and that trip coincides with the picnic weekend. Am so sorry we will
not be in NY; please tell Frank and all the others I send my greetings.
Be sure that Sally also has my cell phone number: 757-871-0160. Even when we are
on the boat I usually have the chance about once a day to retrieve voice
messages.
Fondly,
Eileen
_____________________________________________________________________________________
Thanks Marcy on letting us both know. I would
love for the three of us to get together and hope that happens soon. Like
Eileen, I will not make the picnic because I will be at the ocean in NC for a
couple of weeks and that date falls smack in the middle. You will all be in my
thoughts and I can't wait to view the new photos that will be posted. Marcy, you
are so good at keeping us all informed and united, thank you again!
Gloria D. Sciole
Via Email 7/23/09
Hello Marcy.
Just wanted to let you know how impressed I was with your website. It's great! I
was in the class of '61 at Division Ave. My brother graduated from LMHS but that
was in '57. Sandy Findlay, through Frank Barning on Facebook, shared your
website address. It's terrific....I can't imagine all the work that's gone into
it.
Roberta (Landry) Bremmer
Via Email 7/19/09
Best wishes to Maddie Kline
Sanders who is recuperating at home after a hospital stay for a heart attack.
Maddie doesn't have email but if you want to send a card or call, her address
and phone number are on the yearbook page. I'm sure she would welcome hearing
from old friends.
Via Email 7/14/09
Hi Marcy and fellow 1961 classmates,
I was scrolling through "my favorites" and clicked on LMHS 1961 website,
something I have not done for a few years, probably since attending the combined
class reunion. The updates are wonderful and take me back to fond memories.
Although I was truly saddened to read how many of our classmates have passed
away. On a brighter note, during high school I dated Arthur Katz, who was 2
years ahead of me. Much to my surprise when Alan and I moved to Atlanta in 1980
we saw Arthur and his family at a social event. We have kept in touch and
recently had the pleasure of attending their oldest grandson's Bar Mitzvah at a
synagogue that is one mile from our home. We still find it hard to believe that
we live 2 miles from each other in Atlanta, Georgia for the past 29 years.
I continue to work, although I recently transitioned from full time to part time
at our local Children's hospital. This allows for us to have more time with the
grandchildren. In March 2009 we volunteered in Israel, Alan on an army base and
me at the Hadassah Medical Center.
Regards to all, I hope everyone is staying healthy and doing things that bring
happiness to you and your loved ones.
Roni (Cojac) Mintz
Via Email 7/8/09
Good afternoon Marcy,
Just to let you know that I think the new additions to the website- the jukebox
and the other nostalgia link are great. I have started looking for flights
around the end of July. I have tried to go to a Mets game every year since I
retired. I just checked the schedule and the Mets will be home for 8 games. I
plan on leaving :Las Vegas on the 27th and staying about two weeks. I called the
Whites a few weeks ago and let them know I would be in the area. I have been
looking at hotels on line but have not decided yet.
I guess that is all for now. I hope you have a great 4th of July weekend.
Kevin Kinnaly
Via Email 7/3/09
Marcy and the Gang,
Thanks so much for the birthday wishes. We have spent the last month traveling
through Alaska and the Canadian Rockies. We are currently in Vancouver and then
on to Seattle before heading back to Boca. What's happening with the next
reunion? Any definite plans? Hope to see ya then.
Rheva
Via Email 6/30/09
Hi Marcy,
It's been some time since we corresponded. This has been a difficult two weeks
for Rich and I. On the 14th of June, our middle grandson, Keegan, age 10 was
killed in a bicycle accident 1/2 mile from his home. It is such a tragic loss
for the whole family as Keegan was our little shining star. My son and his wife
are having a very difficult time and Rich and I take one day at a time. The 3
boys were supposed to come to California on the 18th and stay for 2 weeks.
Unfortunately, we had the funeral service that day.
I would ask my fellow classmates to keep us all in your prayers as we go through
this difficult time. Our Grandsons are the light of our life and it will be hard
for us all to move forward for some time. Thanks all.
Pat (McCauley) Mangels
Via Email 6/26/09
Hi Marcy.
I know I am terrible about getting back to you. I am
sending you the money for the picnic. My husband, Bill is coming too. He is on
the committee for his high school reunion and has been after me to get with it.
So, he suggested that the $20/ person might not be enough, because in the
reunions he's hosted before, they always seem to fall short on the money. If you
think you need more, please let me know. Meanwhile we will send in the $40 for
us both. I spoke to Jessica Gest (Joseph). Even though she did not graduate from
Memorial, she may come too. She is in Sweden for the month visiting with her two
boys who are musicians there. I will hear from her and let you know or have her
let you know if she and Alan can come. I have also been in touch with Jane Bacon
(Aste) She might take a trip here this summer, but not sure if it will coincide
with the reunion. Anyway I am looking forward to it. Suggestion: name tags - I'm
not sure I'll recognize everyone. Can I bring anything, since we are local and
can load up the car and help with whatever?
Looking forward to hearing from you.
Michele Keleher (Axman)
Via Email 6/26/09
I passed the nametag idea along to Frank. We are hoping that $20.00 will be enough if everyone brings a covered dish or food item of some kind. The idea was to keep the price as low as possible. The money sent in so far has covered the $150.00 park fee but we still need to buy paper products, ice, hot dogs, hamburgers, rolls, etc. So send your money in if you haven't already done so. And if you think you would like to come but haven't let us know, do that as soon as possible. It's not too late to join us.
Hi Marcy,
I took a look at the LMHS web site the other day. I was shocked to see how many
of our class have passed away.
But I did want to tell you that I thought the website was terrific. You do a
marvelous job. It's like taking a walk back in time. Hard to believe that was
the way it was. How things have changed. Long Island was a great place back in
the day. Couldn't do it now though.
Thanks for your great work.
Richard Madri
On the Great Plains
Via Email 6/17/09
It was suggested by Bob Benson that we
list the date of death under the pictures in the Gone But Not Forgotten section.
I followed through on that and many dates are now listed. However, I don't have
that information on some classmates, especially the ones who passed away years
ago. In some cases the parent, sibling or spouse who gave us the news of a death
is now gone. The deaths that occurred years ago have no internet records for
obituaries. So I'm asking for your help. If you know the dates on anyone on that
page, please forward that information to me. Maybe you kept a funeral card or an
obit. Or maybe you know a relative who can supply this data. Years ago someone
sent me a 1996 reunion record with addresses of those who attended. It listed
the classmates who had already passed prior to 1996. If someone who worked on
that reunion remembers any details or dates, it would be greatly appreciated if
you shared this info with me. We owe this to our deceased members. Any old
pictures of them or remembrances would also be welcome.
Some of you I know have given my email address to family members so that in the
event anything happens to you, we would know about it. It's something to think
about for those who haven't done this. It's particularly important for those who
haven't stayed close to old classmates and to those whose spouse I don't already
know. Thanks for any help you may be able to give me.
Marcy,
I may be a little late on this one but Arline Gruber/Kaplan passed away last
week. At one time Arline was my sister-in-law and always had a smile on her face
and a unique way of making people feel like they were an important part of their
life. Sorry to see her go.
Tom
Tierney
I have moved her picture to the Gone but Not Forgotten
page. As always we welcome any memories of Arline you may want to share. I tried
to find her Newsday obituary, but there was no listing.
Via Email 5/31/09
Despite good intentions, I have been remiss in informing you when someone has a change of address or email. Our yearbook page now reflects new email and phone number for Jerry Murphy. There is a new phone number for Kevin Kinnaly. Esther Kaufman Singer has a new address and email. Carol Lutz Smemoe has a new address,phone and email. If you've tried to reach any of these folks unsuccessfully, then check out their yearbook info and change your address books.
Via Email 5/30/09
Good afternoon Marcy,
I just read yesterday's update mail and I realized I had not sent you my new
phone # which is 702-569 6901. I also sent a check out yesterday for the picnic.
I have been on line looking for flights and also hotel/motels in the Monroe or
Chester area. I guess that is all for now.
Kevin
Via Email 5/30/09
Hi Jerry, Irene, and Marcy
Val and I are currently in Colorado Springs, spending some time sightseeing with
Sandy and Del Duvall. We're having a ball between thunder showers which have
been an almost daily occurrence since before we arrived here last Saturday. We
will be leaving this coming Saturday, heading to New Mexico then on to Phoenix
to stop at Tom and Pat Tierney's house to pick up something we purchased in
Sedona in 2006. Unfortunately they may not be home when we get there. Jerry,
after Phoenix we're going through Las Vegas on our way to a stop at Yellowstone,
how long will you be there. We will eventually get to Bozeman MT, to see
Valerie's son. Marcy, I will be sending you some pictures following this email
promise!!!!!! By the way could you send me a spreadsheet of the class roster
with phone numbers and addresses if you have one. I would like to sort the list
by state to see who might be close enough to visit on our travels, of course I
would call before showing up on their doorstep (maybe).
Joe Garofalo
I sent out pleas yesterday to Joe, Val and Sandy for
pictures of this get together so I'm looking forward to seeing and sharing them
with all of you. Joe, I am forwarding this to Irene and Jerry since they have a
new email address. It is posted on our yearbook section so add it to your
address book. The old one is no longer in effect. Beware classmates. I am
sending that spreadsheet to Joe. Of course you can always find the addresses and
phone numbers on our yearbook section of this site. They were put there so we
could easily reach out to one another.
Via Email 5/28/09
Marcy,
We're on our way to Yellowstone and have stopped here in
Provo, Utah for a couple of days to have some things done on my motorcycle. Can
you believe it, we parked next to a gal (Leah Gieir) class of 68 lmhs! You meet
alumni everywhere. Whoda thunk. No pictures, sorry.
Jerry Murphy
Via Email 5/26/09
Hi Marcy,
I knew if I didn't do it right away, time would fly by once again.
Attached are 2 pictures. The "old" one is with husband Jerry (then boyfriend) in
June 1960 at Jones Beach.
The other one is of me last summer (July 2008) at Gardiner's Bay in East
Hampton.
It wasn't easy finding recent pictures of me since (1) I'm the resident
photographer and (2) I am incredibly unphotogenic so the pix usually are
terrible. This is the best I could do.
FYI ...... Remember that I told you that I was on the Yearbook staff, but didn't
have my picture taken? Well, some of my artwork is on pages 7, 126, 132, 133.
Notice MN in the designs on all but 126.
Anyway, keep in touch and I WILL get to write Lois. Interestingly, while
searching for an old pix, I actually found 2 pix of her children, Tracy (who
died) and Chris.
Talk to you soon, Merrily
Via Email 4/22/09
The pictures that Merrily refers to can be found in the then and now section and the way we were section. The only thing better than finding a lost classmate is adding their photos to our ever growing gallery. At present we have 140 "seniors" in our then and now collection. If you are not in there, please send me recent picture so you can truly be a part of this class website.
Hi Marcy,
I am pretty sure that Sal Evangelista passed away soon after high school. I
think he was killed in a car or motorcycle accident.
Merrily Nappi got married right out of high school. I THINK her married name was
Sanfino or something like that.
Pat Pandolfi Cox
Via Email 4/16/09
Pat may just be right about Sal. Salvatore
Evangelista is not a common name and there is no one in the country with that
name that fits the age span of a 1961 graduate. However, I am always leery of
putting anyone on the deceased list unless it has been confirmed by a family
member, obituary or a classmate who attended the funeral. On more than one
occasion I have been told that a classmate was deceased who was very much alive.
So please, if any of you know anything about Sal's possible death, let me know.
On a brighter note, Pat's information on Merrily's married name was correct. I
called her in East Hampton, NY and she was delighted to be found and even
promised a recent picture for our site. She was married in 1961 and she and her
husband have four children and ten grandchildren. She has never gone to a
reunion and lost contact with everyone. She asked about Lois Christensen and was
very happy to have her recent information since she lost contact with Lois after
Lois moved from Pennsylvania. Thank you Pat for that phenomenal memory. Married
names make all the difference in finding our female missing classmates.
Hi: My name is Esther Kaufman Singer. Found our website and was very excited.
I have seen Beth Shapiro, who is the owner of a famous restaurant in Manhattan
called Sarah Beth's. Also having dinner with Pam Prince who I found through the
website. I now live in West Palm Beach Florida for 12 years and wonder if any of
our class is down south. I noticed a bunch are in Arizona and California. My
e-mail is grandmaesther4@yahoo.com. I would love to hear from some of my old
classmates. Richard Hecht and I have been in contact over the years. Our kids
went to camp together.
I spend the Month of July in New York and the April Holidays also. Do we still
have classmates on Long Island? Thanks
Esther Kaufman Singer..
Via Email 4/12/09
Added new page for the proposed
Picnic in the Park 2009 (PIP '09). The responses so far
are posted on this page!
Created 1/21/09
I have good news to share for those
who like to have small gatherings in between the big formal reunions. Frank
Curtin has secured an August 1st date for Bull Memorial Park in Orange County,
New York, not far from where he lives. We have a pavilion from 10:00 A.M. to
6:00 P.M. so we don't need to cancel in the event of rain. The pavilion seats
sixty people which is probably more than enough space. The park has bathrooms
and our spot is near a lake. There are no grills, but Frank will be bringing his
own grill. Last year they instituted a no alcohol on premises law so we will
probably have some sort of dinner on the Friday night before where those who
want to drink and socialize can do so then.
He checked out surrounding hotels and there are two new ones in Middletown, NY-
a short drive away, as well as many smaller ones in the area. There are several
restaurants near the hotels: Chili's, TGIF and Outback to name a few. For those
flying in, Stewart Airport in Newburgh, NY is also a short distance from the
park. Depending on traffic, it's probably a two and a half hour ride from the
Levittown area.
Rather than catering this event we are suggesting a bring your own catered dish
party. Those who will be flying in or driving long distances can stop at a food
store and pick up a watermelon, dessert or anything that doesn't require
transporting food in hot weather. Frank will bring his own chafing pans to keep
things warm. We will set a nominal fee for paper products, ice and possibly soft
drinks. The amount will depend on how many folks plan on attending. Those of us
who live nearby will bring ice chests, catsup, mustard, etc.
Happily we didn't need a minimum number of people to secure the spot so it will
happen no matter how many respond. But please let us know if you are interested
and mark the date on your calendar. At a later date we will provide maps and
hotel info for those who need that. Who's interested in making this happen?
Via Email 1/16/09
That was the year that was....
Best wishes to all of you for a New Year filled with joy and good health. Can
you believe that this past year was a milestone for most of us as we joined the
ranks of Medicare patients? How could that have happened when in our hearts we
still think of each other as teenagers? Two of our classmates passed away in
2008. John Simonelli and Michael Bruey may be gone, but memories of them live on
in many of you. Two of our teachers also passed on. Josephine Robillard and Alan
Chasnov are no longer with us , but I'm sure that some of their lessons
contributed to who you became as adults.
It's amazing that after forty seven years, we are still adding missing
classmates to our roster. Sometimes they find the site on their own and other
times someone remembers a clue or a married name that helps in the search. This
year we welcome Craig Shafer, Kevin Kinnaly, Pat Lombardo and Pat Sowecke to our
fold.
There was no class function in 2008, but small groups did meet in various places
around the country and we're grateful to those who shared pictures with us for
the informal gatherings section. For those who plan to meet with other
classmates in 2009, please remember to bring a camera. Others enjoy your
meetings almost as much as you do.
If you are making New Year's resolutions and you still have not sent me a recent
picture of yourself, please do make that a resolution. We want everyone to be
part of the then and now section. The rest of you can resolve to share your news
or old pictures that we all can enjoy. Have a wonderful 2009!
Via Email 1/1/09
Good morning Marcy,
I just finished reading today's Newsday and found an interesting article about
Levittown. I thought you might want to pass it on.
Kevin Kinnaly
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/nassau/ny-lilevi145965109dec14,0,4182867.story
Via Email 12/14/08
Check out this interesting New York Times article on Levittown sent by Doug Green.
OPINION | November 19, 2008
Editorial Observer:
In Levittown, Old
Myths Meet Hard Reality
By LAWRENCE DOWNES
Levittown, N.Y., once a national symbol of modest starter suburbia, is now a
foreclosure hot spot.
Howdy Marcy, Que pasa? We're in the process of moving back
into the house and of course it's been hectic. We're keeping the rv but will
limit our travels. After Alaska, nothing seems all that interesting. We'll try
and hit several national parks next year but for now we'll rest.
Seems like the lmhs website is slowing down or is it just me? Any more interest
in a 50th reunion?? Have rv will travel!
Jerry Murphy
Jerry is right. I am not receiving as much news or
pictures recently as I have had in the past. I don't make the news. It has to
come from all of you. I know there are old pictures out there that could be
shared and many of you have promised a recent picture for then and now. Now
would be a good time to get going on your good intentions. Tell us what is going
on in your lives-new grandchildren, retirements or small get-togethers of
classmates. This site is only as good as the classmates who contribute news,
pictures and updates on their lives. So please share.
Via Email 11/04/08
Hi Marcy,
I am back on line with a new computer and a new address. I've been traveling
around the country for a few months from Cocoa Beach, Florida to New York and
New Jersey back to North Carolina for a couple of days and then a trip to
Austin,Texas. While visiting my sister in Texas, I decided to move to Las Vegas
Nevada where my oldest son and my youngest daughter live so that is where I am
now.
I like the weather out here during the fall and winter and I do not think I
could take a northeast winter. I have not forgotten the pictures for the
website. I am still working on it.
Kevin Kinnaly
Via Email 11/04/08
Dear Friends back in the U.S.A.,
From the way the Israel radio and TV are carrying on, you'd think the elections
were going to be held here today. I just heard an excellent explanation of the
Electoral College on the radio in Hebrew. That really throws Israelis into a
loop since it sounds so anti-democratic. But, as the commentator said, that
system has led to tremendous stability (more or less) for the past 219 years,
while our "direct democracy" has seen governments rise and fall on the average
of every two years or so.
So, I congratulate you today as you take part in the great "Chag Hademokratia"
(Holiday of Democracy) that has people watching with envy from all over the
globe. I know that representative governments have multiplied around the world
in the last two decades, but the American democracy is the beacon which inspires
them all. Candidates -- new or tried-and-true -- rise to the top based on
nothing more than the votes of the people. And that's an amazing thing.
I already sent in my absentee ballot, as did Trudy and the boys. Ami lives in DC
but still votes as a Floridian. Eitan complained that his New York vote isn't as
important as his brothers' -- and grandmother's -- votes in Florida, but he sent
in his ballot too, and I think he was as proud as the rest of us.
So, it's time for the people to have their say. Happy voting to you all!
Doug Greener
Via Email 11/04/08
An informative link for those classmates that have rabbit
ears.
Speakers up and click on the link...
http://www.hulu.com/watch/36608/talkshow-with-spike-feresten-cable-psa
Russ Mulroy
Via Email 10/19/08
Marcy, The web site for LMHS gets better all the time, thanks to you and the committee. We are back in the Villages for the rest of the winter. We again changed our e-mail...hopefully we'll keep this one at both NY and FL homes. It is ladila2@yahoo.com. Laura Allen.
Via Email 10/17/08
Marcy
My name is Bob Fetten and I'm the web master for levittownmemorial.org (Classes
of 54-59) I received a request from Phil Blum (Class of '64) to post the item
below on our website and thought perhaps you could add it to your site also for
a temporary posting
Thanks
American Legion Post 1711, VFW Post 9592, along with the
Levittown/Island Trees Veterans Council will be unveiling/dedicating three
plaques at Levittown Memorial Education Center (LMHS) on Monday Nov. 10th at
9am.
Each plaque contains the 33 names of Levittown/Island Trees residents who gave
the ultimate sacrifice during the Korean, Vietnam, Desert Storm and Iraq Wars.
A plaque will be mounted at LMEC (LMHS), Division Avenue HS, and MacArthur HS.
Questions contact Phil Blum
Past Commander Post 1711
e-mail: whale1@prodigy.net
Via Email 10/12/08
Months ago Annabelle Quigg asked me if I had any information on Pat Sowecke, but Pat was on our missing list. I made a mental note to put her on my search list. Fortunately she had listed her married name when she registered at Classmates.com so I could do a search on her. I found her business website (would you believe a llama farm?) and it had an email address on there. I then wrote to her to ask if she was the former Pat Sowecke. And so another name has been removed from our missing list.
Dear Marcy:
I can't believe it ... yes, I am Pat (Sowecke) Drury!!!! I'm in shock. I've not been in touch with anyone since leaving high school and felt that part of my life was long over. How wonderful about Annabelle ... she sometimes just comes to mind; she was a very special gal and I'd love to be in touch with her. As to information, you can do whatever you'd like in regard to info/picture, whatever. Arlene Samet (can't even remember if that was the correct spelling of her last name) was someone I was in touch with for a short time after graduation and did find out she owned a flower shop(s) on L.I. I shall check your website after our return from a 10-day trip north to visit a daughter on Cape Cod (with my sister from Centereach LI joining us). If you have any other questions, or if I can do anything further, don't hesitate to let me know.
I still can't believe I'm writing this e-mail. What a surprise!!!!!
Thanks again for taking the time to contact me
Best regards,
Pat PatVia Email 10/08/08
Hi - I am Dirk from Germany.
I want to publish a book with old photos "jukeboxes on location". I found the
one photo at your website with Ms. Doctoroff.. Could I get the permission to
publish that photo? Please get back.
Best wishes.
Dirk
You never know who may stumble upon our site while doing a search for whatever interests them. I gave Dirk Werner permission to use this photo and next year when the book is published, our Helene will go international. At present he has 105 jukebox pictures and says that our old cafeteria jukebox is a 1953 Seeburg. Credit will be given to our school as the location for the picture. He'll let us know when the book is published. I'm sure Helene will want a copy!
Hi Marcy,
Hope all is well with you.
Just thought you'd like to know -- Al Chasnov (bio teacher and, I believe,
wrestling coach) passed away on Saturday. I saw the announcement in this
morning's obits. His wife (my accountant) had told my husband and I in April
that he had ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease) and, at that time, had fallen (while
weight lifting - he was a nationally rated weight lifting champion and at almost
80 years old was still lifting) and was very badly injured. There was no
indication of what caused his death, but there was no wake - only funeral
services today and burial immediately following.
Louise DeNardo Cassano
Via Email 9/23/08
Thanks to Carol Anchor Zachmann for sending me the Newsday obituary of former phys. ed. teacher Alan Chasnov. You can view it on our Gone but Not Forgotten page and send your condolences to the family if you wish by clicking on the guestbook link.
Via Email 8/22/08
Please note that there have been some changes to the yearbook information on several classmates. There is a new email address for Jeanette Kozlick Arceo, but her address and phone remain the same. Toni Salometo has a new mailing address but her email and phone number remain unchanged. Lou Chanin has moved. He has a new mailing address and email change as well. Joan Gale Wilson has a new email address. Her other information is still good. It has been suggested that I let folks know when a change is made so that they can update their address books and I will try and remember to do that.
Thought this website was perfect for lmhs61....
Dick Beekman
1961 REMEMBER IT WELL !!!
Click here: FHS 1961 JUKEBOX
http://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=festivals&jump=story&id=1061&articleid=VR1117991158&cs=1
Click on the link above for an article on the movie "Pride and Glory", which is
soon to be released. Our classmate Richard Hecht plays the part of a news
reporter. So look for him if you see the movie.
http://www.legacy.com/Newsday/DeathNotices.asp?Page=Lifestory&PersonId=116540732
Check out this link to view the obituary of former LMHS math teacher Josephine Robillard. She was also the mother of our late classmate Al. Thanks to Rona Selsky, class of 65 for passing this on to me. If you were a former student of hers, you may want to sign the Newsday guestbook that will go to the family.
Via Email 8/27/08
As some of you may know, my sister and her family and our
mother live in Louisiana, the first town over the Ponchartrain Bridge from New
Orleans called Mandeville. Well, Lee just told me that she and the others have
booked some rooms in TX due to this storm, Gustav, that could very possibly hit
New Orleans in a few days. The government is urging people to please do the same
so that the police and other first responders could concentrate only on those
who have no means to leave town. Could this possibly be??? I don't even want to
think about it. Please cover them with prayers so that the track of this storm
will go out to sea and keep everyone safe. Lee and John have just had their
house painted, new countertops installed and all the kitchen painted in
preparation for putting their house on the market. Great timing, don't you
think? Thank you.
Celeste Vives Holden
Via Email 8/27/08
Although I'm certain Dr. Michael Cusack would not want
this posted on a class website, I'm proud to do it. A 1960 graduate of LMHS, my
best man at our wedding & my daughter Susan's God Father, Mike recently retired
after 26 very exceptional years as athletic director at Wright State University
in Dayton, OH.
I'm sure some of you remember Mike from that class & his baseball prowess as
well.
Here is a link that pretty much says it all.
http://nacda.cstv.com/sports/div1aaaada/spec-rel/051908aaa.html
Russ Mulroy
Hi Marcy,
Just got back from seeing the birth of my 4th Grandchild.....an 888baby!
Arlene Brambora Campbell
Congratulations to Arlene Brambora Campbell on the August
8th grandchild. According to the Chinese, this child will have a very lucky life
because of the birth date.
Via Email 8/13/08
Hi Marcy,
Hope all is well. I have been checking the website and it's great. You are doing a super job. Everyone seems to be having fun traveling and so on. Saw your new section on the 50th. Hope it comes to pass. If you need anything e-mail me. I was in Florida for my niece's wedding on my husband's side of the family. Hadn't seen them in years. A great reunion. It's been a long time since we've connected. I know you're busy. Please keep in touch.
Take care Marcy,
Helene Doctoroff Erb Helene Doctoroff ErbVia Email 8/13/08
Hi Marcy. I had a lovely lunch today with Laura Allen
Lally at a great little restaurant, Joe's Pasta Garage, in Skaneateles, where I
used to live and where Laura and Dick have a vacation cottage on the Lake. It
was nice catching up again, and hopefully we'll be able to do it again before
they pack up and head back to Florida. It's amazing to me how easy it is to be
with someone who was in your life for 2 short years 47 years ago!
Celeste Vives Holden
If a second lunch date does take place, I will expect
pictures! A camera is a must when old classmates get together.
Via Email 8/13/08
I'm happy to say we can remove one more name off the missing classmates list. Arlene Claus Baranski is delighted to be back in the loop. She is living in North Port, Florida and can be reached at grandmaarly@msn.com. Thanks to Carol Manning Del Prete for directing me to Joan Gale Wilson for info on Arlene and to Joan for contacting Arlene and telling her I was looking for missing classmates. Arlene says she hopes to hear from some of you in the weeks to come.
Via Email 7/26/08
Dear Friends,
It never fails. Just before I go away, I get hit with a lot of extra work (This
has caused one of my friends to say, "So, for the good of your business, you
should schedule a lot more trips.")
This time, it's not a regular vacation, but a volunteer tour of reserve duty in
the Israel Defense Forces - July 27 to August 7.
I've done this twice before, in 2002 and 2004. I was younger then, with a few
more brain cells, more muscle and more stamina. But I was far from being the
oldest in the group, and I kept telling myself, if they can do it, so can I.
Last year, in 2007, I tried again, but I broke my glasses on the first day and
the army declared me a Clear and Present Danger to Israeli Troops - and promptly
sent me home. Oh, the humiliation!
So this year, pushing 65, I'm trying again. As usual, I'm very nervous, I can
tell you that.
First of all, I'm leaving with less than a clear conscience that all the work
that had to be completed actually was completed. But all of the major items are
under control, and I will be with a cell phone (050-595-0302) in case of
emergencies. I normally do not use one, fearing the radiation and the banal
conversations on the bus.
Then, there are the physical and emotional challenges. It doesn't matter if I
say, "Well, I'm in pretty good shape for 65." The operative word (or number) is
still 65!
Last, is the fear of leaving a pretty well-ordered routine that has until now (pfu!
pfu! pfu!) kept me in comfort and health. Healthy vegetarian meals prepared to
perfection by Trudy, beer, weight training and power walks, Shabbat rest, beer,
being close to Trudy, regular community prayers, early to bed and early to rise,
and beer - have been the pillars of my well-being and more or less under my
control. Now, I face two weeks of being not a mover and a pusher, but a movee
and a pushee.
So, well you might ask, why bother? Why put up with the stress, heat, dirt,
disorder, lack of privacy (why am I called a "private"?), and possibly even
putting myself in harm's way?
First, I enjoy being in the company of men and women (yes, there are women who
volunteer for the reserves) who share my values of volunteerism and giving
something back. That's about all we share, by the way. The volunteer unit has
people of all religious and non-religious backgrounds, ages and political
opinions. I also enjoy talking with the young soldiers who, from our point of
view, represent the cream of our youth. Their innocence and enthusiasm can be
very refreshing, and they share these qualities very freely.
There's also the feeling of being a little special and a little needed, which is
always nice to know. Our volunteerism is a great ice breaker. The young soldiers
can't get over that we're actually doing this. They give us places to sit down
in the lounge and in the dining hall (well, maybe that's because of our grey
beards!) and they're extra quiet and polite when we need rest.
We also play an important role in being elder statesmen when tempers might
flare, such as at checkpoints. I've seen volunteer guys cool down a situation
just by speaking quietly and calmly to the two sides. My English once came in
very handy when a Palestinian couldn't understand what a young Israeli officer
was trying to tell him.
And then, of course, I volunteer in the reserves because it's easier than living
as a hypocrite. I am, as you may know, a security hawk who believes that peace
in our region can only be achieved by military victory. How can I live with that
opinion if it means no more than sending other people off to fight? We
volunteers may not be in an elite combat unit, but by serving in the army, we
have a clearer understanding of how our political positions might translate into
reality. It gives "weight" to our opinions, be they on the right or the left. I
know it does to mine. It might be "easy for me to say," but it gains
significance when it's also hard for me to do.
So come Sunday, I'm off to hang my laundry on the old Green Line. And you:
you-all can sleep soundly.
Thank you for listening. I needed to say that.
Doug Greener
July 2008
Marcy, Here's the website Irene has been working on. It's still a work in progress but I wanted to get it out before our trip was over. Feel free to put it on the website. I hope people enjoy it:
Jerry Murphy
Have a look at the Murphy RV Adventures. It's an incredible journey with amazing pictures. Kudos to Irene Murphy for putting this together in her "spare time".
Via Email 7/12/08
I'm happy to announce that another name has come off our missing list. Classmates notified me that Craig Shafer had recently signed up there for our class. I did a people search and found him in upstate New York about an hour from Buffalo. I spoke to his wife Mary who gave me permission to list his information on the site and I gave her our web address for the site. Hopefully we will hear from Craig and get his email address since his wife didn't know it by heart.
Via Email 6/27/08
Hi Marcy.
I want to thank you for the phone call on Friday 6/13. To say it was a shock is
putting it mildly, It was also a very pleasant surprise.
Let me tell you about myself. I was Petrina Lombardo in 1961. Now I am Pat
Mallimo. My E-Mail address is pat1307@optonline.net, and my phone is
631-661-3614.
I would love to hear from all if I ever get this mailed. I also enclosed 3
pictures of us. Two are from last January in California and the other is on a
cruise ship in Alaska last September.
Pat Mallimo
Via Email 6/23/08
Although using the name Levittown in question 34 was in my
opinion poor judgement, I'm more amused than insulted simply because we all know
what Levittown represented to each of us:
Our first home ( in many cases)
Our first backyard
Our first community
A safe place to grow & make friends
The sterotype of Levittown that apparently still exists today in some people's
minds is almost laughable because they never had the experience we did. The rest
of us know better.
Russ Mulroy
Via Email 6/19/08
I thought you all might find this interesting. What are your feelings on the subject? Are you amused or insulted? Click on the link below to see an article in Newsday that is causing quite a stir.
Via Email 6/18/08
Marcy,
Thank you for the quick response and noticing the date on the picture. I will
have more pictures out to you this week. I joined the Navy in January 1962 so I
must have been home from boot camp when that picture was taken. Before I forget,
my birthday is September 23. I think I already told you that I discovered the
l.m.h.s. site 3 weeks ago and I have been checking the site every day since .I
look at the pictures and they bring back some great memories. I did have a 1961
yearbook and my brother's 1963 yearbook but I have not seen them in years. I did
not have my picture in the book probably because I broke my leg in gym class
playing soccer and spent most of the year in a full cast. I had the teachers
come to my home three times a week .I guess that is all for now. I will get more
pictures out to you.
Kevin Kinally
Via Email 6/16/08
I'm happy to announce that we have another classmate off the missing list. Petrina Lombardo recently signed up at Classmates.com for the first time. Fortunately she listed her married name which enabled me to do a people search. I found her in West Islip, Long Island. She told me it was the first contact she had with anyone from our class since graduation day and she is looking forward to viewing our website. Petrina has been married over forty years, has two grown children and grandchildren in NY and North Carolina.
Via Email 6/14/08
Earlier this past week,Pat McCauley emailed me and told me that she and her husband Rich were renting a cabin for two weeks in the Smoky Mountains. I told her that she should try and meet up with Brad Scott and his wife Cindy, who live in the Smokies in Tennessee. Since they didn't "hang out" together in high school, she was doubtful he would respond despite my insistence that Brad was "super-friendly". As you can see below, Brad has proved my point and plans were made to meet for lunch. I told both of them I would never speak to either of them if I didn't get some pictures for this website. Pat says I will get them but will have to wait until they return to California. I hope this exchange will serve as a model for the rest of us when traveling in the area of a former classmate's home. What better way to learn about a place than from a local resident. I am looking forward to those pictures.
Happy Monday
Hi Pat,
Great to hear back from you today...I'm copying "Ma Fall"...Marcy, as she
reminds me very much of the qualities that "Ma Curtin", our deceased English
teacher, had...my way of reporting into "Ma Fall" that I'm doing my
"homework".....Pat, as you are aware, and I say this knowing Marcy is reading
this, "Ma Fall" has been the glue that holds our "LMHS '61" website together.
Pat, your comment of our not being pals in high school reminded me of a quote
from one of the first immigrants to become a millionaire in the late
1800's....he reflected that "While we didn't all come over on the same ship,
we're all in the same boat"....I'm glad we were both there for the "experience"and
are still alive today.
I went back and reread your bio...You and Rich have and continue to have a super
life together....YEA!!!! Marcy has been after me to submit my bio..I'm not
saying I've had an exciting life, but I might have to submit my bio in ongoing
"episodes"; perhaps our visiting with you and Rich will get me started on my
first episode rather than my epitaph...Ha! Ha!
In not knowing your schedule, I'm suggesting that we meet for lunch at 1:PM next
Tuesday, 6-17-08, at "Smoky Mountain Brewery" in Pigeon Forge. I've attached the
web page with directions and two links to help you. We are used to dining at
their original location in Gatlinburg....this will be a treat in that this is
one of the best dining spots in the Smokies.....their menu will give you a good
look at their offerings. And the time frame allows for the lunch rush to clear
out so we can hear each other talk.
Marcy said you planned to visit "Dollywood".....great choice....the waterpark is
fantastic and good "down home cookin"....Dolly Partin also owns the "Dixie
Stampede" located right on the highway. It's like a theater in the
round...complete with dinner....the actors are horses and quite a "floor
show".....if this interests ya'll, google Dixie Stampede in Pigeon Forge, TN to
reserve tickets....it's about a three hour evening of fun and laughs. You might
also want to visit Gatlingurg, approximately ten miles from Pigeon Forge. This
is in the Smokies with "Ober-Gatlinburg", a mountain top ski area with
year-round indoor ice skating rink and rental skates and great views...you can
drive up or take a double chair lift or the country's second largest tram-car.
If you do go to Gatlinburg, you'll be on HWY 441. This same highway will take
you over the top of the Smoky's and down into Cherokee, NC.
From Gatlinburg, figure 1 1/2 hours each way....the sights are fantastic
including plenty of wildlife. Cindy and I have made a full day trip out of it by
a morning start in Gatlinberg/Ober-Gatlinburg, ice skating, picking up some subs
at "Subway" in Gatlinburg and driving up to "Clingman's Dome", the midway point
going over the top at 6640', and picnicing.....then driven down into Cherokee,
NC....poke through some of the shops....get some desert and drive back over that
afternoon, played around Gatlinburg and had a 5:PMish early
dinner....enough!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You have my e-mail address....here's our cells....both are free long distance
either way...Brad 850-865-8405..........Cindy 865-335-0306....
Love ya!
Brad and Cindy
http://smoky-mtn-brewery.com/page.asp?id=124
Hours of Operation:
Sunday - Thursday: 11:30 a. m. - 11 p. m.
Friday - Saturday: 11:30 a. m. - 12 a. m.
Price Range: $ - $$
865-868-1400
A banquet facility is not available.
The Smoky Mountain Brewery, Pigeon Forge, is an attractive micro brewery
facility located in Walden's Landing, a popular shopping area in Pigeon Forge,
Tennessee.
Smoky Mountain Brewery located at 2530 Parkway is an attractive micro brewery
located on the Parkway in the center of the Pigeon Forge shopping area at The
Shops at Walden’s Landing (formerly Ogles Water Park.) Plenty of free parking is
available and the Calhoun’s On The Parkway is just a few steps away, 441/321
into Pigeon Forge. It is located between stop lights 2B and 3 on the Parkway.
General Manager: Christine Hurst
Via Email 6/11/08
Hi Marcy,
We hope all is well with you and yours. Thanks for all
your work on keeping the school site going. One of these days when I find some
spare time (I don't know how I had time to go to work before I retired) I will
send you some pictures for the site. Posting this invitation would be good.
Love Ya, Joe & Val G.
Information about their trip to Egypt is on the "Informal Gatherings" page
Via Email 6/10/08
As some of you know, Toni Salometo sold her home in New Jersey and set off to Florida in search of a condo. She is renting a furnished condo in West Palm Beach and her things are in a nearby storage facility until she finds the place she wants to buy. She's in a gated community called Century Village and there are currently 900 units for sale in that development. So it will take a few months to check out what's available. I changed her contact information on the yearbook page but keep in mind that the address is only temporary for the next few months. She will probably be able to keep the same phone number once she moves. At present she has no email address as she needs to change servers and set up her computer. She is adjusting to the ninety degree weather and does what needs to be done in the morning so she's not out in the afternoon heat. Her goal was to escape the cold winters of the north but there is a price in summer months! Kudos to Toni for managing all of this since the death of her mother in December.
Via Email 6/4/08
MARCY,
I LIKE THE IDEA OF A FL GATHERING. HOPEFULLY, IT WOULD BE DURING "SEASON" WHEN WE SNOWBIRDS ARE DOWN SOUTH. PASS IT ON TO RHEVA, PLEASE. THANKS.
LAURA ALLEN LALLY.
Via Email 6/4/08
Marcy,
I just finished a letter to Honey Cottrell letting her know I was still alive and well and living in North Carolina. I was in Levittown about two weeks ago and yesterday I decided to go on line and I found this great site. I had been looking for info in the past but all I could find at that time was the Division Ave site. I went there my first year 1957.
The following is my address: Kevin Kinnaly, 3005 Dalmation
Dr. , Hope Mills, N.C. 28348 Phone#910- 689 -4457. I will have to send you the
pictures you requested. My youngest daughter has a thing about the fifties and
she has all of my old pictures. I looked at the missing list again and saw a lot
of familiar names but no locations. I guess that is all
for now.
No longer among the missing
Kevin Kinnaly
kevinchiefk@yahoo.com
Via Email 6/1/08
Hello, this is to let you know that our new email address is ladila2@verizon.net . Finally have gone to broadband! Thanks and jot this important address down!
Laura Allen Lally
Via Email 6/1/08
Hi Marcy,
I read Rheva's message about a Florida "gathering". Sounds good to me. Has
anyone else responded? As always, we cannot thank you enough for all you do to
keep the website so up-to-date, although it is always so sad to hear news of our
classmates passing away.
Hope all is going well with you, your children and grandchildren. Thanks for
your e-mails - I always enjoy them.
Take care
Honey
There have been no other responses to Rheva's query. If
you live in Florida and are interested, please contact me or Rheva. I told Rheva
I would help out from this end by posting any plans and information. She can't
get started until she knows there is interest.
Via Email 5/31/08
I'm sorry to pass on the news that we have lost another classmate, Michael Bruey. If anyone wants to share memories of Michael, we can add them to a tribute on "Gone But Not Forgotten". Michael's niece can be reached at dncuthbert@hotmail.com.
Hello Marcy,
It’s with great sadness that I write you to inform you that my uncle, Michael
Bruey, passed away on Monday, May 26, 2008 in Sea Cliff, NY. His sisters are
Elfreda Ann Bruey- Larmony & Joanne Forlenza – Kramer.
If there is any further information that you need, you can contact me.
~Danielle Larmony-Cuthbert
Via Email 5/28/08
Addendum to Pat Pandolfi's update email of May 15th. Pat called me to say that she is still at her sister's on Long Island. She was sitting at the pool today and heard someone say, "Hi,Pat!" It was Marilyn Lerner. Marilyn was visiting her brother who lives in the same complex as Pat's sister. Marilyn reports that the usual Myrtle Beach get-together of the "girls" will take place the end of June and she will take pictures for the site. I told Pat it was too bad she didn't get a picture of the surprise visit. She called back ten minutes later to tell me she grabbed a disposable camera, went back out to the pool and had someone take the picture. Mission accomplished. We'll have to wait for the roll of film to be developed, but eventually we will have it for this site. If you have experienced a chance classmate encounter of your own, please share the story with the rest of us.
Via Email 5/25/08
Hello, Marcy and Levittown Memorial HS!
I've just come across your site (when I Googled for the 1951 movie, The Thing)
and think it's wonderful! I'm the webmaster of my high school's Class of '60
site at www.beltonclassof60.com
. I haven't had a chance to look at many of your pages yet, but what I've
seen gives me some good ideas. (Are you in Pennsylvania? Couldn't find out
during my cursory review.) Our 1960 graduating class in Belton, Texas, had only
68 members, unlike your huge group.
Best wishes for continued success!
Jan Stoehr
Arlington, Virginia
I checked out Jan's site and she gave us a plug on her
website. Since we come from the same era, much of our nostalgic items will have
meaning to this class too. It's nice to know that some of your contributions
(Russ' poster on The Thing) have led others to our site.
Marcy,
I can't help notice how many alumni now live in Florida. Do you think
there would be an interest to have a L.M.H.S. "GATHERING" here?
Rheva Mason Thomason
The only ones who can answer Rheva's question are the Florida classmates. I will post your responses here if you're interested and then get back to Rheva. Let's hear from the Floridians.
Marcy,
I have returned from my visit to Atlanta. Mom is fine and
I enjoyed the time with Gladys-anne and her family. We were out and about
shopping and enjoying the good weather. Since then, I have had my eye
surgery...cataract removal and new crystalens in each eye. I am seeing 20/20 and
I am so grateful. I feel like a new person. I am driving again and can see where
I am going! I also have the good mid vision and the fine reading vision without
glasses. I am still visiting the eye doctor and have drops to use each day for
the next few weeks.
Now on to the LMHS 57 story! I am still in NY at Jeanie's condo. She returned
from Florida yesterday. Today I was out walking in the condo development and an
old red and white Chevy Impala passes me and parks. As I approach the car, the
driver is getting out so I tell him that I love the car and it reminds me of
high school. I ask if it is a '57 or '58 Impala. He tells me to guess but tells
me it is a 62. Then he tells me to look at the back of the car. His license
plate is in a frame that says LMHS 1957!! I tell him I graduated from LMHS '61
and then realize he must be RAY Lerner! I knew that brother Don Lerner lived
here as he and his wife (Diane Matzen...also LMHS) went on that group cruise
from the condos and that is how Jeanie met up with him. Marilyn Lerner told me
that her other brother had moved to Autumn Ridge and that she and her husband
wanted to buy here also. Too funny! We stood by the car and reminisced and had a
few laughs. He told me he is 70 years old. His class had a 40th year reunion and
a 50th reunion and he was able to go to both. He and his wife travel but Autumn
RIdge is his permanent and last home! He says I was "rich" because he had the
cape cod Levitt house and we had the ranch! He said he had his yearbook and
would get it out! So, I am sure we will talk again. Since Jeanie just got home
last night and she is still out, I am eager to see if she has spoken with him at
all.
How have you been? Imagine you are busy with the garden. I am glad it is spring.
Sam went back to NH yesterday with our cats. Says it was warm today and the
resort is looking good. The snow is melted and trees are blooming.
Sorry I have been out of touch.
Take care........Love,
Pat (Pandolfi Cox)
Via Email 5/15/08
Happy Thursday!!!
Hi Marcy,
I agree with your comment on updates that more written rememberances need to
come forth to be included with "Gone But Not Forgotten". You're welcome to
reprint my note to George's son (below) if you think it might help prompt some
more rememberances of our dear classmates that have passed and new ones that
will pass away.
Love ya,
Brad
Dear George S. Barhold.....
I'm taking the liberty of calling you George.
I was a member of the LMHS Class of 1961 and a teenage friend of your Pop,
George.
Marcy Fall's preview to George's eulogy written by you prompted me to take a few
minutes and read it. And then I read it again....and then I read it again....and
again....the tears and emotion welling inside me. If I had been gifted with a
son in my life, I would have hoped he would have been like you. Your love of
your Dad radiated in each word you wrote and in each word I read. What a
beautiful and heartfelt tribute to your Pop....my old teenage friend. Your Dad
was very proud of you as you were of him.
Thank you for allowing me to my revisit the memories of my teen years with
George.
God loves you and so do I,
Brad Scott
Via Email 4/3/08
Hi.
I am Arlene's youngest daughter Eileen Phelan LaFata. I used the link to "Gone
but Not Forgotten" from the lmhs61.org page.
What would we need to do to put a tribute page together for my Mom. Should I
have it made & provide you with a link? Please advise.
I really enjoyed seeing all of the photos, especially the ones of her friends
that I knew by name, but never saw a photo of.
She cherished her years at LMHS. She saved her yearbook,
and an autograph album from Division Ave too. I also have her "L" letter
sweater and a handkerchief with the Panthers logo.
Thanks.
I received this email from the daughter of Arlene Trimboli. I answered it and told her all she needed to do was email the tribute and possibly some pictures to me or put the pictures in the regular mail as many of you have done. I look forward to whatever she sends. I would love to build up the Gone But Not Forgotten page and welcome any tributes you may want to do for a classmate on that page.
Via Email 4/3/08
I have more sad news this week. I received an email from the son of George Barhold letting us know that his father passed away on February 12, 2007. I am putting that letter, a most beautiful tribute from a son, on the Gone But Not Forgotten Page with George's picture. I know you will be as moved as I was by this very special testimonial to a loving father. George's son (also named George) can be reached at barhosc@bellsouth.net
Via Email 3/28/08
Dear Marcy,
I'm sorry to let you know that my John passed away March 13, 2008. He enjoyed talking to you and seeing his school buddies on the web.
Thank you.
Joann Simonelli
I received this sad news from the wife of John Simonelli. As some of you may remember, John was on the waiting list for a kidney transplant. He was very happy to catch up on news about old friends and see our website pictures. We will be moving John's picture to the Gone But Not Forgotten section. If any of you would like to share memories of John, I will add them to that section. His wife Joann can be reached at jodymay@optonline.net
Via Email 3/24/08
Marcy, I forgot to tell you that I emailed Roni Cojac to
see if she and Alan were alright after Atlanta's tornado and she answered today
saying that they had been away in Spain vacationing and didn't realize it had
happened until they got home. They live 15 miles outside the city and they and
their home were just fine.
Celeste
Via Email 3/19/08
After viewing the tornado destruction to Atlanta yesterday, I sent emails off to Chickie Goldberg and Carol Anchor to see how they fared. Happily, all was well with Chickie, who is twenty miles north of Atlanta in Sandy Springs. Carol recently moved into a mobile home and that can be scary in tornado weather. Here is her reply. Good news all around.
All is okay in Athens. When the weather started to turn bad yesterday afternoon, my neighbor and I went with Christine to her house the next town south. My son, Joe, called and said it would be better if we got out of the mobile homes and went to a house and we took the dogs with us. When we got home later, no branches down, got lots of rain but no damages. This has been a crazy weather this season and spring hasn't even begun. Atlanta looks like a war zone. Saw pictures this morning of Polk and Floyd counties (northwest Georgia) near TN border. One house totally demolished killing the wife and severely injuring the husband, the other took the barn and slammed it into the house. Seeing all this, when your time is up, doesn't matter if you live in a house or a mobile home, you are a goner. Again, all if fine in Athens, Georgia. Thanks for thinking of me. Is Toni really sure she wants to move South? Seasons have really changed over the years. Take care and Happy Easter to all. Love ya,
Carol
Via Email 3/16/08
Marcy,
Thank you for giving me credit for finally finding my yearbook. I am ashamed it
took me 20 years to find the missing tomb. To tell the truth it wasn't missing,
I just didn't have the strength to sort through 10 boxes of books that I had
shipped from Kansas City in '87 when I moved back east. Tucked in the front of
it was the school newspaper that Barbara Steinman mentioned, as well as a copy
of the class will and some sheet music I have no idea why I kept. (Did we have
music at graduation or did we have to sing)?
It makes me happy to think Barbara enjoyed it so much. I am sorry for her loss.
Toni Salometo
Via Email 3/1/08
Dear Marcy--and Toni,
What a gift from the past that Spotlight article was! It truly made my
day! And I particularly love the hairstyle and the glasses. I'm trying to
figure out how to print it up but hopefully my husband will be able to help
me in the morning.
Marcy, I have to apologize for dropping out since our
original correspondence. Sadly, my youngest daughter
died in October and it's really
taken its toll. Melinda would have been 24 in November....
But life has its unexpected joys--and you've just provided me with one of
them. Thank you so much. (Incidentally, I've just begun my 41st year at
Hofstra--and am still teaching science fiction this semester, and still
loving the theatre.) I'm certainly going to try to stay in touch now that
you've "reeled" me back in.
Fondly, Barbara Steinman Bengals
Via Email 3/1/08
Marcy,
I can not believe how long it's been since I looked at the L.M.H.S. website! Where does all the time go? However on a more upbeat note...Our very own Beth Shapiro, is now the renowned "Sara Beth". We had lunch together last spring in her shop in Chelsea. She is great and has 2 wonderful daughters. For Dennis Foley's family a little chuckle. He gave me his I.D. bracelet at the end of our 9th grade year at Salk. We were "Going Steady" for about a second that summer...until his mom made him call me to get it back!
Rheva Mason Thomason
You can check out Beth Shapiro's website at http://www.sarabeth.com. Click on restaurants up at the top. We gave her a plug in one of the older updates a year or so ago but with new classmates being found every year, it never hurts to mention it again. I recall reading a few years ago that Oprah shipped in Sarabeth preserves from New York for one of her breakfast shows. Next time Rheva, please use a camera so we can add a picture to our informal gatherings section. useVia Email 2/29/08
Hi friends, I finally have high speed internet and a new email address. 44Pepper@optonline.net Look forward to receiving your emails there instead of at aol.
Love, Carolyn Nelson
Via Email 2/28/08
Marcy,
You never cease to amaze me. Do you sleep or spend the whole night dreaming up
these ideas?
I just got a look at the new booster section. What a great way to showcase the
boosters and recognize them for the tremendous contribution they make to the
website and the class. Without them, it doesn't get done, because websites are
not free. Content costs. I know you work for nothing, but a professional looking
website like ours has to be maintained and is ever changing. Congrats
Marcy--another Oscar-worthy performance.
Toni Salometo
Via Email 2/24/08
Our most recent addition to Way We Were (Honey's wedding photo) came about by accident when she casually mentioned to me in an email that Betty Zeitler was her maid of honor all those years ago. I wrote back and told her that if she had a photo of that, it would be perfect for that section of the site. This got me to thinking that others in our class must have had classmates standing up for them at their weddings. If you have an old wedding photo with classmates in it, please do share with all of us. For those without scanners, photos can be mailed to my home address. Once I scan in it to my computer, I will return the photos to you by mail. Let's get those photos out of the albums and on our site where all can enjoy them.
Via Email 2/22/08
Just got back from seeing the George Clooney movie
"Michael Clayton" and about 20-30 minutes into the film there is a scene with an
actor playing an auctioneer and I recognized him immediately: Richard Hecht, our
classmate. What a kick!
Russ Mulroy
Richard also appears in the 2008 film Pride and Glory. Michael Clayton is available on DVD. I rented it today.
Via Email 2/20/08
Marcy,
Had an occasion to check out the "About Us" section of the website and read Miss
Curtin's remarks about the class in the last issue of Spotlight from our
graduating class. I thought it was particularly perceptive of her to observe our
class was a study in extremes (profound lethargy to high flown enthusiasm). Here
we are 46 years from graduation and most of us were quite lethargic about our
high school years and yet now are quite enthusiastic about hearing from each
other and getting the latest news. Not only was she an excellent teacher but a
very good observer of her students. And, we don't seem to have changed much.
Although, we are now "Vintage 61..62..63...64..65....", like fine wine, we seem
to get better with age.
Toni Salometo
Via Email 2/20/08
Hi Marcy,
The pictures Kathy sent are great! I was on the website yesterday and copied the
one from her 11th birthday party and forwarded it to my Mom. She also enjoyed
it.
I wouldn't have even known it was me in the other photos from Kathy, if she
hadn't labeled them.
I have no recollection of another girl named Honey and a photo that Lorraine
submitted shows her in a group.... I am such a 'Senior'.....
You are doing a really great job on the website - never ceases to amaze me - I
love all the old pics especially.
Love,
Honey
Via Email 2/16/08
Hi guys,
Continue using ssmith3300@aol.com as my primary Internet service provider
..ISP.... ssmith02oak@yahoo.com will be my backup ISP. I will monitor both
addresses for e-mail..
Thanks and have a great day !!
Stu Smith
Via Email 2/13/08
Hi Marcy,
Just read the sad news about Dennis J. Foley. But I have a funny story to tell
the guys out there.
Way back in the last century, one night in 1960 Dennis Foley, Joe Garofalo, Vic
Sassone and myself went to a movie in Wantagh. The movie was 'Room at the Top'
(black & white). It was not a movie for well respected boys to be attending. The
movie was a child's bedtime story by today's standards. Anyway, after coming out
of the movie I got into my Dad's car and it wouldn't start (dead battery). Funny
because while coming out of the movie we were looking around to see if anyone
recognized us and Dennis said, "Wouldn't it be funny
if the car didn't start?" Well, it didn't and I had to call my Dad to come out
and save us. When my Dad showed up he had a smile on his face and asked, "Did
you boys enjoy the movie?" I think we were more embarrassed than he was! But
looking back I know my Dad was thinking, "THAT'S MY BOY !!"
Stu Smith
Via Email 1/29/08
Sad News....
You may remember that Kathy LoMedico wanted me to find Dennis Foley, her old neighbor and childhood friend. The Chicago listings were too numerous to pursue so I tried a new hunch when I realized he may have retired. Florida seemed a likely choice and I found a Dennis J. Foley, age 64 in Naples, Florida. I called Kathy and gave her the number. She reached Dennis' wife Margaret and sadly learned that Dennis passed away on November 8, 2005 from a pulmonary embolism. It was unexpected and happened very quickly. He and Margaret were married thirty two years ago and have one son together. He had three children by his first wife Geraldine. In 2000, his oldest daughter from the first marriage passed away. He lived in Naples for five years before he died and prior to that they lived ten years in Europe. We will be moving Dennis' picture to the Gone But Not Forgotten section and welcome any memories of him you would like to share. His wife has our website and I'm sure that would bring her some comfort.
Via Email 1/26/08
Hi Everyone,
Please note that I now have a new home phone number and it is 757 345-5998
Thanks, Gloria
Via Email 1/26/08
Best wishes to all for a happy, healthy new year. LMHS '61 THE BEST!!!
Love to all,
Pat Pandolfi Cox
Via Email 1/18/08
Hi Marcy. I noticed on the LMHS site that you haven't
found Hayden Slomack and I remembered that he went to Potsdam with Arlene
Edelman and me. She and he were both at the Crane School of Music, so maybe
Arlene knows. Just a thought.
See you later,
Celeste
I found Haydn a few years ago in New York. He never returned any of my phone messages and the phone is always left on answering machine mode. Frank Curtin called him before our 2005 reunion and he didn't return those calls either. I'm always hesitant to post information on classmates without their permission so he will remain on the missing list. If we have a 50th reunion, I'll try calling him again.
Via Email 1/17/08
Thank you for the birthday message. My new address is 203
Pleasant Dr., Bay Shore, New York 11706 My new phone number is 631-665-4021.
Have a happy and healthy new year.
Regards, Ernie Brodsky
Via Email 1/16/08
I received a phone call this morning from Helene Doctoroff Erb. She is having email problems but wanted to respond to Steve Weissman's update about Littleton, Colorado. Helene's nephew lives there and she wants Steve to contact her before he moves there. She will give her nephew's phone number and address and he would be happy to give advice about local businesses and places to go in the area. It never hurts to have a contact person in a new town. Helene visits there every year so perhaps another mini-reunion will take place too!
Via Email 1/11/08
