Volume I / Spring Edition

BHS Alumni Newsletter

Seventy members of the Class of 1960 gathered at George’s Restaurant on April 15 , to cele-brate that the Class of l960 is now eligible for Medicare. (Any excuse for a party.) Many were “first timers” who have not attended previous George’s mini-reunions and most said they will be back for the next one.

Go to the attached link for pho-tos that capture the moments of the evening.

Editor: Judy Higgins Donohue

Graphics/Layout: Sharon Keith Cerci ‘60Welcome to the first issue of the BHS Class of 1960 newsletter.

Through this occasional publication, we hope to keep you informed about class news and activities leading up to our 50th reunion in 2010. (See disclaimer at top of page 7*). The news will come from you, so please send your news and story ideas to one of the 50th Reunion Committee members are listed on page 4.

Good to see ya!

Hope you can make

the 50th!

I’ll be lookin for ya!!

Some interesting statistics:

115 classmates are living

in Brockton

31 in Bridgewater

21 in West Bridgewater

20 in East Bridgewater

18 in the Eastons

46 on "olde" Cape Cod

34 in "sunny" Florida 121 are among the missing

and 57 have passed on, rest-ing peacefully

The next gathering of the BHS

Class of 1960 will be on Thursday, Sept. 18

from 5:30-8:30 p.m. George's Restaurant

228 Belmont St., Brockton.

Dress is informal. Guests are welcome. Cash bar. As in the past, we will pass the hat to cover the costs of the Italian buffet. (Usually about $16-$20 pp).

At that meeting we will provide

details about our 50th in 2010.

Mini Reunion at

George’s Cafe

(Click on each picture to see the caption)

Missing Classmates 6 Welcome, Mini Reunion, Statistics 1

Spotlight: Bill St. Lawrence 2

Spotlight: Donna Dart 3

50th Reunion Committee 4

BLAST from the Past 4

HEALTH TIP 5

Deceased Classmates 5

INSIDE THIS ISSUE:

Remember When , Do you Remember 7

Disclaimer 7

SAVE THE DATE!

Since 65 is the new 55 (or so we've

heard) we are curious to know how

many of our classmates are retired

and how many are still working. So

send us an email and let us know.

Individual responses will be anony-

mous. We will report the results in

the next newsletter.

Check all that apply.

1. I am still working fulltime. ____

2. I work part time. ____

3. I plan to work until I am age 70

and maybe even beyond. ____

4. I am fully retired. ____

You can do a copy and paste to email

your answers back to us or note your

answers on a post card and mail it

back We appreciate your taking

part. Feel free to add note on what

you are doing.

BHSClassof1960@gmail.com

“Retired or Working” Survey

NOTE: If you need to mail info at any-time– send to: Judy Higgins Donohue

25 Fox Rd.

Bristol N.H. 03222

http://picasaweb.google.com/mhreed7/ClassOf1960

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Bill St. Lawrence is about as far away as one can get from Brockton High School these days. An engineer/geophysicist who specializes in polar ice, St. Lawrence is currently on the Alaskan Beaufort Sea Coast of the Arctic Ocean.

Bill spends about four months of each year in the Arctic, working on various engineering projects, which include overseeing the design and construc-tion of ice roads, bridges and structures, monitor-ing tundra conditions, and interfacing between in-dustry operations and state and federal agencies.

Bill earned an undergraduate engineering degree from Boston University, masters’ degrees in engi-neering and geophysics from Penn State and Montana State Universities and a PhD in civil en-gineering from Montana State University. He is president and founder of Polar Alpine, Inc. an en-gineering firm headquartered in Berkeley, CA. Es-tablished in 1982, Polar Alpine specializes in work in the cold regions of the world, including the Rus-sian and US Arctic. Prior to starting the company, Bill says, “I had been kicking around with an aca-demic/scientific career and decided I wanted a lit-tle more excitement; so here I am.”

The company’s work includes ice drill design, engineering and escape, evacuation and res-cue evaluations of Arctic off-shore structures, the design and construction-oversight of both on-shore and off-shore Arctic ice structures and a wide variety of environmental monitor-ing projects

When he is not chasing snowflakes, Bill and his wife Ana Maria divide their time between California and El Salvador.

Bill grew up in the Campello section of Brock-ton and attended West Junior High School.

You can reach Bill at wstl@flash.net

SPOTLIGHT

CORNER

Where are they now?

Bill St. Lawrence:

Out in the cold—way, way out!

LIFE is a journey -

Roll down

the window and

enjoy the breeze!

Answer for Do you Rember– page 7

A. Bernice Sylvester B. Dr Ralph Frellick C. Ray Bussolari

Page 2

http://www.cccarto.com/wmaps/northalaska/

Volume 1, Issue 1

Donna grew up on Grant Avenue in Campello, at-tending Huntington Elementary and South Junior High Schools prior to Brockton High School.

You can reach Donna at dldcello@wildblue.net

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‘60 SPOTLIGHT

CORNER

If you were a music-lover in high school, you probably remember Donna Dart. A talented cellist, Donna is still delighting New England audiences, performing with a string quartet and play-ing chamber music gigs with The Vermont Symphony. She was a member of New Hampshire’s Granite State Symphony Orchestra for 13 years, retiring in 2007. She has also recently retired as chair of the string department at Concord Community Music School in Concord, NH.

Donna graduated from Boston University where she met her husband Brandt Denniston. After stints in North Carolina, Alabama and New Jersey, they built their “dream house,” a log home on a hilltop in Spring-field, NH. Donna’s 92 year-old mother also lives with them.

The couple has three sons: one touring as principal horn with Phantom of the Opera; one who is a trom-bone player and music educator in New York and a third who is assistant chair of the Psychology Depart-ment at Appalachian State University in North Caro-lina. They also have two grandchildren.

Though retired from full-time teaching, Donna still teaches private cello students and performs through-out northern New England. While at BHS, Donna and three other classmates, Kathy Monaghan Cullinane, Pat Iervolino Kilroy and Ann Ruth Jacobson Lipman, were founding members of the prestigious Greater Boston Youth Symphony which recently celebrated its 50th anniversary.

Where are they now?

Donna Dart Denniston:

A talented cellist

For the golfers in our group– this is for you! Subject: Sand Traps 80 yr.old man who was an avid golfer moved to a new town and joined the local Country Club. He went to the Club for the first time to play, but was told there wasn't anybody he could play because they were already out on the course. He repeated several times that he really wanted to play. Finally, the Assistant Pro said he would play with him and asked how many strokes he wanted for a bet. The 80 year old said 'I really don't need any strokes as I have been playing quite well. The only real problem I have is getting out of sand traps.' And he did play well. Coming to the par four 18th they were all even. The pro had a nice drive and was able to get on the green and 2-putt for a par. The old man had a nice drive, but his approach shot landed in a sand trap next to the green. Playing from the bunker he hit a high ball which landed on the green and rolled into the hole! Birdie, match and all the money! The Pro walked over to the sand trap where his opponent was still standing in the trap. He said 'Nice shot, but I thought you said you have a problem getting out of sand traps?' 'I do,' replied the old man. 'Please give me a hand.'

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http://www.bysoweb.org

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Blast From the past!Blast From the past!Blast From the past!Blast From the past!

Thanks to Nick Camillone for this photo of Sylvia

Sweets—a place where many of us enjoyed a cherry

Cokes and fries after school.

Larry Siskind,

360 Belmont St.,

Brockton, MA 02301

Ph: office 508-588-5015

Lawrence@siskindlaw.com

Deanna Tarantino

45 Friendship Drive, #C13,

W. Bridgewater, MA 02379

508-586-4748

Tarry1@aol.com

Diane and Joe Barbour

10 Tarkin Hill Lane,

Bridgewater, MA 02324

508-697-5430

libprint@aol.com

Lois Berman

140 Colonel Bell Rd. #610,

Brockton MA 02301

508-583-1093

L647@aol.com

Nancy Thomas Cabral

827 No Main St.,

Raynham, MA 02767

508-824-8843

Necraynm@comcast.net

Tom Chew

105 Elm St., Pembroke, MA 02359

781-829-0409 /508-631-7448 (cell)

thomaschew@hinghamsavings.com

Carol Denley Stanton

140 Colonel Bell Dr. #108,

Brockton, MA 02301

508- 587-4109

rileyq@comcast.net

Judy Higgins Donohue

25 Red Fox Rd., Bristol, NH 03222

H: 603-744-9665; C: 508-561-0449

Judith.donohue@hp.com

Kathleen Hurley-Bolinder

10640 SW 111th St., Miami, FL 33176

305-596-5024

bohica3@bellsouth.net

Richard Govoni

43 Driving Tee Cir.

Yarmouth, MA 02664

(508) 394-0252

rgovoni@comcast.net

Barry Jaye

505 Tremont, Apt.809, Boston, MA 02116

617/262-2644;

bmjaye@aol.com

Sharon Keith Cerci

2703 Grandview Ave.,

McKeesport, PA 15132

412- 678-3965

cerci.designs@comcast.net

50th Reunion Committee:

Bob Looney

855 Beech St., Rockland, MA 02370

781-878-8448

Looneytunes13@verizon.net

Barbara Lordi Fox

55 Emory St., Brockton, MA 02301

508-587-3522

barbarafox@brocktonpublicschools.com

Viola Marrese White

19 Snells Way, W. Bridgewater, MA

02379

508-894-4141

violawhite@comcast.com

Jane Moynihan

221 Oak St. CB72, Brockton, MA 02301

H: 508-586-5440; C: 508-631-5246

j_moynihan@msn.com;

Phil Sheppard

Box 1100, Cotuit, MA 02635

Ph: H: 508-420-1303

grissoni@comcast.net

If you have any items,

photos, or tidbits you

think would be enjoyed

by fellow classmates,

please forward to Judy

Higgins Donohue or

Sharon Keith Cerci for

placement in the news-

letter.

Page 4

STROKE IDENTIFCAION:

During a BBQ, a friend stum-

bled and took a little fall -

she assured everyone that

she was fine (they offered to

call paramedics) ...she said

she had just tripped over a

brick because of her new

shoes.

They got her cleaned up and

got her a new plate of food.

While she appeared a bit

shaken up, Ingrid went

about enjoying herself the

rest of the evening Ingrid's

husband called later telling

everyone that his wife had

been taken to the hospital -

(at 6:00 pm Ingrid passed

away.) She had suffered a

stroke at the BBQ. Had they

known how to identify the

signs of a stroke, perhaps

Ingrid would be with us to-

day. Some don't die..... they

end up in a helpless, hope-

less condition instead.

It only takes a minute to

STROKE: Remember The 1st Three Letters.... S.T.R. HEALTH TIP

S * Ask the individual to

SMILE.

T * Ask the person to TALK

and SPEAK A SIMPLE SEN-

TENCE (Coherently)

(i.e. It is sunny out today)

R * Ask him or her to RAISE

BOTH ARMS.

If he or she has trouble

with ANY ONE of these

tasks, c all 999/911 imme-

diately and describe the

symptoms to the dis-

patcher.

New Sign of a Stroke --------

Another 'sign' of a stroke is

this:

Ask the person to 'stick' out

his tongue. If the tongue is

'crooked', if it goes to one

side or the other , that is

also an indication of a

stroke.

CLASS OF 1960 CLASS OF 1960 CLASS OF 1960 CLASS OF 1960 ––––RIP RIP RIP RIP

We are sad to report that the following members of our class have passed on. Our condolences to their family and friends.

‘60read this...A neurologist says

that if he can get to a stroke

victim within 3 hours he can

totally reverse the effects of a

stroke .... totally . He said the

trick was getting a stroke rec-

ognized, diagnosed, and then

getting the patient medically

cared for within 3 hours,

which is tough.

RECOGNIZING A STROKE:

You only need to remember

the "3" steps- STR .

Read and Learn!

Sometimes symptoms of a

stroke are difficult to identify.

Unfortunately, the lack of

awareness spells disaster.

The stroke victim may suffer

severe brain damage when

people nearby fail to recog-

nize the symptoms of a

stroke.

Now doctors say a bystander

can recognize a stroke by

asking three simple ques-

tions:

Joanne Lindgren

Robert Latremouille

Bruce McAfee

Maureen McCluskey

Leo McKinney

Linda Morse

Ernest Mousaian

Olev Naks

William O’Malley

Robert Packard

John Paraskivas

Judith Pearson

Richard Police

Frank Pupello

Vera Richman

Mary V. (Ginny) Stork

Barbara Tucker

Bruce Vergnani

Richard Weeks

Patricia White

Nancy Williams

Grant Winslow

David Alger

Joanne Anania

Otis Bell

Madeline Belmosto

Charles Bertocci

Roger Bousquet

Kenneth Burke

Donald Burman

Florence Cain

Sharon Carlozzi

Arlene Cornelius-

Ronald Covert

Robert Craig

Joanne Crawford-

Frances DeMolles

William Dentch

Robert DiTacchio

James Dudzis

Wayne Eckstrom

Donald Eldridge

Paul Farly

Claire Gilbert

Harriet Ginsberg

Richard Grady

Richard Green

Joanne Harris

Virginia Hatchfield

John Hughes

Pauline Ide

John Kelly

Anna Kavanaugh

June Lind

New Obituary:

Our classmate, John McGowan passed away on April 29. He was a teacher in Somerville for 22 years.

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MIA We have no information on the following classmates. Please help us track them down. We are

offering a bounty of a free beer at George’s for anyone who produces a valid address/phone or email for a missing person.

‘60 HELP US FIND THESE PEOPLE FROM THE CLASS OF 1960

Joane Adomkavicius

Andrew Allegra

Barbara Barnard

Walter Barnes

Carolyn Becker

Pauline Beers

Bruce Benton

Bernice Berg

Kathleen Buckley Looney

Ted Cardemos

Allen Carlson

Faith Caronia Pappas

Patricia Carr

Donna Cary

Joan Charbonneau

Linda Chase Jackson

Edward Clifford

Deirdre Coleman

Gloria Costa

Robert Cox

Linda Crosby Starnes

Wayne Dallesandro

William Darrah

Joanne DeCosta

Fred DeHay

David Dmitruk

Robert Doherty

Ann Dolan

Paulette Dunbar

Maureen Dunham

Kathleen Emord

Barbara Erlandson

Tom Farley

James Fenn

Joanne Forest

Patricia Fuller Cappiello

William Gallagher

Eleanor Geary

Roberta Geer

Matthew Hale

Elaine Hershoff

James Hildreth

Barbara Hill

Margaret Holmes

John Hood

Pauline Ide

Henry (Eddie) Johnson

William Jordan

Barry Joyce

William Jumpe

Edward Kaskell

Patricia Kelley Adler

Frances Kelley

Kenneth King

Eleanor Klim

Claire Kvaraceus

Barbara Latham

Dorothy Lavange

David Lawson

Marie Lawson

Virginia Lawson

Ed Lazarus

Kathleen Lee

Anthony Long

Nancy MacDonald

Richard S. Martin

Paula Matthews

Susan Matta Brooks

Tod McAfee

Karen McDonnell

Mary Louise McGee

Barbara McGee

Barbara McGuire

Gerald Miller

Wayne C. Millet

Jane Mueller Hill

Linda Neagle

Kenneth L. Osborne

Lois Oxenford Brandeis

Rosemary Perry

Roberta Powers

Barbara Pratt

Katherine Rebokus

Mary Margaret Riordan

Joanne Rosati Hammond

Diane Sabine

Madelon Schnyer

Diane Semeta Larson

Merrilyn Sherman

Hester Simmons

Ann Snyder Anderson

Mary Stackpole

Beverly Stanley

Judith Stockwell

Nancy Stockwell

Georgia Strong

Robert Swanson

Edward J. Tammy

Katherine Taylor

Georgette Tougas

Vivian Vulso

Margaret Walsh

Judith Welch Meybrock

Janice White

Rosemary Willette

Helen Znajmiecki

Victoria Zubrycki Topali

If you know how to reach any of these people, please contact

Tom Chew or Judy Higgins Donohue by telephone, mail or email at:

BHSClassof1960@gmail.com

(If you need to mail information– see addresses on Reunion Committee list page 4)

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* Disclaimer

This is a publication for and by old people—unpaid old people. As such, it is likely to have errors and omissions. Although our goal is to offer an error-free product, chances are we won’t. So bear with us as we do our best to keep you informed of the latest news from the Class of 1960. There will be no specific publication schedule.. We welcome (and need) your input, so please send along any news you think would be of gen-eral interest to our class members. (We made this type really small to see how many of our classmates can still read small print.)

‘60“REMEMBER WHEN ”

TWO WOLVESTWO WOLVESTWO WOLVESTWO WOLVES

One evening an old Cherokee told his grandson about a battle that goes on inside people. He said, "My son, the battle is between two "wolves" inside us all. One is Evil. It is anger, envy, jeal-ousy, sorrow, regret, greed, arro-gance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superi-ority, and ego. The other is Good. It is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion and faith." The grandson thought about it for a minute and then asked his grandfather: "Which wolf wins?" The old Cherokee simply replied,

"The one you feed."

Do You Remember……

1. Who was the Dean of Girls?

2. Who was Headmaster?

3. Who was the coach of the

Cross Country team?

Answers on page 2

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Ode to the Sixities!! Go to the following website for a memory maker moment!

http://moreoldfortyfives.com/TakeMeBackToTheSixties.htm

‘60Alumni Newsletter Judy Higgins Donohue

25 Red Fox |Road

Bristol, New Hampshire 03222

BHS

Class of 1

960

50th Reunion 2010