Don from Delaware

What a great find!! I never knew this blog existed but really enjoyed looking at all the “old” pictures.

Thank goodness there isn’t any evidence on my part. I must have had a premonition and ended up “missing from picture”. (referring to the freshmen group picture in previous blog).

Finally I'm close to Pennsylvania after spending time in Florida and Indiana. Being in Delaware, the State of “no taxes” should make it easy to make the reunion. Looking forward to seeing everyone.

Don

Good to hear from you Don, formerly from New Philadelphia; glad you plan to attend on October 18th. Pass the word and the blog address on to others. Suggestions for that weekend are welcomed.

Sacred Heart Church, Valley Street, New Philadelphia

Yes, Delaware, "the first state in the Union," "the Blue Hen State," the state with the ladybug as its official insect, and, of course, the birthstate of that great american, George Thorogood.
Below is a photo of an unidentified blue hen fan (not Don). Here is a short toe-tappin' film about the State of Delaware: "I'm From Delaware."

Science fair

Science Fair Projects due today!

What is the project being worked on in the above photograph:

A. The positive impact of Flubber and Upsidiasiam on society

B. Lawton's Hill: Its full of Bolonium*

C. Brylcreem: does it really attract the opposite sex

D. Batman: Man or Bat?

E. The direct co-relation between drive-in theatres and pregnancy

F. Why horses only talk on television

G. Newport cigarettes: are they fresher than Winstons

H. None of the above

*the atomic weight of bolonium is snacktacular

Photograph: Ed Rees, Bob Beadle, Marty Eagan, Dave Toth, and Ed Bachert

Alabama here!

Hi,
Looking forward to being in Sweet Arrow Lake Park. I'm all the way up in the northwest corner of Alabama as far as you can go in Alabama and not get into Tennessee or Mississippi.
Great work on the blog site.

Don Riedel

Good to hear from Don, our highest ranking classmate, from down in the heart of Dixie, the birthstate of Jimmy Buffet.

Here is a short film involving Alabama for those who have time on their hands:

"Alabama, where the Tuscaloosa."

If you want to hear one of the greatest songs about Alabama then click this link and turn up the volume: LYNYRD SKYNYRD singing "Sweet Home Alabama."

Greetings from Reading, PA.

Hi,

Heard I'm MIA. Well, I have been living in Reading for past 38 years.... I don't necessarily get the "home" news.

Please keep me posted.

Thanks much. How the heck did 40 years go by so fast?
Essie Gittleman Glass

I can't really answer the question concerning the concept of time.

Luckily this year will go by slower due to it being a Leap Year.

I am not sure who gets the reward for locating Essie.

She is now off the MIA list. Can anyone find others on that list?

Patty from Bethlehem-, make that Florida- says hello

Photo of Florida coast, not Bethlehem, PA.

Good job on the Blog site. I really enjoyed going through it and looking at the pictures. Hope to be at the reunion in October......

Patty (Murphy) Loeper

Good to hear from you, Patty. Pass this site address on to others. Our records indicated a Bethlehem address, so thanks for the update. Also thanks for your photo of Florida which I added to this blog.

Bring some grapefruits and oranges up when you come up in October.

Don't forget we need email addresses for others!

Pop Quiz

POP QUIZ
The correct caption for this photograph:
A. "I thought you brought the deck of cards."
B. "Was I wrong when I thought having a nun at the table would get us faster service."
C. "You say one more word about last weekend's football game and I will......"
D. "I know you want fries with your spam, but I was asking the others."
E. "Why are we huddled together on this one side of the table?"
F. None of the above

photograph of George Pavalko, Bernadette Wilson, Sister Clare Cecilia, Dorothy Rice

the wonder years? freshman III

1964: the Four Seasons performed a sold-out show at Nativity High School. The show is often compared to that of James Brown playing the Apollo. The album, "Live on Lawton's Hill" is never released due to contractual disputes the band had with Vee Jay Records. The album remained a cult favorite on underground radio throughout the sixties. Copies can be had in Chinatown and Renninger's Market :)

the wonder years? freshman IV

Subliminal message: Saturday October 18, 2007 Sweet Arrow Lake County Park

1964 Grammy Winner for Best Country & Wester Single was “Dang Me,” Roger Miller

Best Rock and Roll Recording was “Downtown,” Petula Clark . But one of the greatest records of the year was "Heat Wave."

wonder years? freshman I

Important events in the fall of 1964: September 28th, Harpo Marx died, October14th, Krushchev is deposed in USSR, The Man from U.N.C.LE. premiered on television.

wonder years? freshman II

FRESHMAN II

Subliminal message: Sweet Arriw Lake....October 18, 2008...Saturday afternoon..............

the wonder years? freshman V

Freshman V, 1964-1965. Interesting that the class had nearly fifty in the room.
Remember to left click your mouse over the photograph to enlarge.

The top twenty from WABC radio in New York City for 1964:
1 "Hello Dolly"........................................Louis Armstrong
2 "I Want to Hold Your Hand"...........................The Beatles
3 "She Loves You"......................................The Beatles
4 "Where Did Our Love Go"..............................The Supremes
5 "Chapel of Love".....................................The Dixie Cups
6 "Pretty Woman".......................................Ray Orbison
7 "Rag Doll"...........................................The Four Seasons
8 "A Hard Day's Night".................................The Beatles
9 "Everybody Loves Somebody"...........................Dean Martin
10 "Do Wah Diddy Diddy"................................Manfred Mann
11 "I Get Around"......................................The Beach Boys
12 "A World Without Love"..............................Peter and Gordon
13 "Do You Want to Know a Secret"......................The Beatles
14 "The House of the Rising Sun".......................The Animals
15 "Dawn"..............................................The Four Seasons
16 "She's Not There"...................................The Zombies
17 "Baby Love".........................................The Supremes
18 "Under the Boardwalk"...............................The Drifters
19 "Dancing in the Street".............................Martha and the Vandellas

football

Today is Superbowl Sunday, February 3rd, 2008. Time for a football blog.

What was the coach saying at half-time:

A. "Who's winning?

B. "I'm leaving now, I want to beat the traffic home."

C. "You have to remember... no passing to the referee."

D. "Maybe we still have a chance in this year's Pierogie Bowl."

E. "We spent too much time practicing the coin toss."

F. "The half-time show is really awful, we'll stay here until it's over."

G. "Who can concentrate when Get Smart is on tv; I can't wait until the VCR is invented."

H. "Think of the bright side, we are saving on Gatorade this year."

I. "I know, those East Penn bus rides upset my stomach too."

J. "I think it's time we said a prayer to St. Jude."

I. None of the above

subliminal message: I will go to Sweet Arrow Lake County Park, on Saturday October 18, 2008

The Wonder Years? freshman VI

1964

Yes. 1964. It was the year of "Oh Pretty Woman" and "Goldfinger." It was the year that Lyndon Johnson won in a landslide on a peace platform and Cassius Clay defeated Sonny Liston.

Left click your mouse on the photograph and it will enlarge (for those who have mislaid reading glasses).