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Welcome '55 Classmates 1926 hits June 15, '09
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Thanks.** LIFE IN THE 1500'S ***
The next time you are washing your hands and complain because the
water temperature isn't just how you like it, think about how things
used to be . Here are some facts about the1500s:
Most people got married in June because they took their yearly bath in
May, and still smelled pretty good by June. However, they were
starting to smell, so brides carried a bouquet of flowers to hide the
body odor. Hence the custom today of carrying a bouquet when getting
married.
Baths consisted of a big tub filled with hot water. The man of the
house had the privilege of the nice clean water, then all the other
sons and men, then the women and finally the children. Last of all the
babies. By then the water was so dirty you could actually lose someone
in it. Hence the saying, Don't throw the baby out with the Bath
water..
Houses had thatched roofs-thick straw-piled high, with no wood
underneath. It was the only place for animals to get warm, so all the
cats and other small animals (mice, bugs) lived in the roof When it
rained it became slippery and sometimes the animals would slip and
fall off the roof. Hence the saying . It's raining cats and dogs.
There was nothing to stop things from falling into the house.. This
posed a real problem in the bedroom where bugs and other droppings
could mess up your nice clean bed. Hence, a bed with big posts and a
sheet hung over the top afforded some protection. That's how canopy
beds came into existence.
The floor was dirt. Only the wealthy had something other than dirt.
Hence the saying, Dirt poor. The wealthy had slate floors that would
get slippery in the winter when wet, so they spread thresh (straw) on
floor to help keep their footing. As the winter wore on, they added
more thresh until, when you opened the door, it would all start
slipping outside. A piece of wood was placed in the entranceway. Hence
the saying a thresh hold.
(Getting quite an education, aren't you?)
In those old days, they cooked in the kitchen with a big kettle that
always hung over the fire. Every day they lit the fire and added
things to the pot. They ate mostly vegetables and did not get much
meat. They would eat the stew for dinner, leaving leftovers in the pot
to get cold overnight and then start over the next day. Sometimes stew
had food in it that had been there for quite a while. Hence the
rhyme, Peas porridge hot, peas porridge cold, peas porridge in the pot
nine days old..
Sometimes they could obtain pork, which made them feel quite special.
When visitors came over, they would hang up their bacon to show off.
It was a sign of wealth that a man could, bring home the bacon. They
would cut off a little to share with guests and would all sit around
and chew the fat..
Those with money had plates made of pewter. Food with high acid
content caused some of the lead to leach onto the food, causing lead
poisoning death. This happened most often with tomatoes, so for the
next 400 years or so, tomatoes were considered poisonous.
Bread was divided according to status. Workers got the burnt bottom of
the loaf, the family got the middle, and guests got the top, or the
upper crust.
Lead cups were used to drink ale or whisky. The combination would
sometimes knock the imbibers out for a couple of days. Someone walking
along the road would take them for dead and prepare them for burial.
They were laid out on the kitchen table for a couple of days and the
family would gather around and eat and drink and wait and see if they
would wake up. Hence the custom of holding a wake.
England is old and small and the local folks started running out of
places to bury people. So they would dig up coffins and would take the
bones to a bone-house, and reuse the grave. When reopening these
coffins, 1 out of 25 coffins were found to have scratch marks on the
inside and they realized they had been burying people alive. So they
would tie a string on the wrist of the corpse, lead it through the
coffin and up through the ground and tie it to a bell. Someone would
have to sit out in the graveyard all night (the graveyard shift.) to
listen for the bell; thus, someone could be, saved by the bell or was
considered a ...dead ringer..
And that's the truth. Now, whoever said History was boring ! ! !THOSE BORN 1920-1979
READ TO THE BOTTOM FOR QUOTE OF THE MONTH BY JAY LENO. IF YOU DON'T READ ANYTHING ELSE---VERY WELL STATED
TO ALL THE KIDS WHO SURVIVED the 1930's, 40's, 50's, 60's and 70's!!
First, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while they were pregnant.
They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing, tuna from a can, and didn't get tested for diabetes.
Then after that trauma, we were put to sleep on our tummies in baby cribs covered with bright colored lead-based paints.
We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors or cabinets and when we rode our bikes, we had no helmets, not to mention, the risks we took hitchhiking.
As infants &children, we would ride in cars with no car seats, booster seats, seat belts or air bags.
Riding in the back of a pick up on a warm day was always a special treat.
We drank water from the garden hose and NOT from a bottle.
We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle and NO ONE actually died from this.
We ate cupcakes, white bread and real butter and drank Kool-aid made with sugar, but we weren't overweight because,
WE WERE ALWAYS OUTSIDE PLAYING!
We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were back when the streetlights came on.
No one was able to reach us all day.And we were OK.
We would spend hours building our go-carts out of scraps and then ride down the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes After running into the bushes a few times, we learned to solve the problem.
We did not have Playstations, Nintendo's, X-boxes, no video games at all, no 150 channels on cable, no video movies or DVD's, no surround-sound or CD's, no cell phones, no personal computer! s, no Internet or chat rooms......
WE HAD FRIENDS and we went outside and found them!
We fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth and there were no lawsuits from these accidents.
We ate worms and mud pies made from dirt, and the worms did not live in us forever.
We were given BB guns for our 10th birthdays, made up games with sticks and tennis balls and, although we were told it would happen, we did not poke out very many eyes.
We rode bikes or walked to a friend's house and knocked on the door or rang the bell, or just walked in and talked to them!
Little League had tryouts and not everyone made the team. Those who didn't had to learn to deal with disappointment. Imagine that!!
The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke the law was unheard of. They actually sided with the law!
These generations have produced some of the best risk-takers, problem solvers and inventors ever!
The past 50 years have been an explosion of innovation and new ideas.
We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned HOW TO DEAL WITH IT ALL!
If YOU are one of them CONGRATULATIONS!
You might want to share this with others who have had the luck to grow up as kids, before the lawyers and the government regulated so much of our lives for our own good .
While you are at it, forward it to your kids so they will know how brave (and lucky) their parents were.
Kind of makes you want to run through the house with scissors, doesn't it?!
The quote of the month is by Jay Leno :
'With hurricanes, tornados, fires out of control, mud slides, flooding, severe thunderstorms tearing up the country from one end to another, and with the threat of bird flu and terrorist attacks, are we sure this is a good time to take God out of the Pledge of Allegiance?'
ATTENDEES 290 4 05 John E & Mary Abele Charles(Yolanda) Abrahams Ray J Acheson Wink Carroll Adams Carole Allard (Lois)Frahm Jon Alperin Steve H, Barbara Anthony GailAtwood&Richard Foley Bill & (Liz) Ayres Leonard (Roberta) Baer Sandy Bailet & HarveyGrasfield BarbaraBaker (Gene) Hopkins Gerry(Martha) Baker DotBarrsSterge Bruce(Marcy) Balter JoanBarter(Craig) Ladner RitaBeatriceKelly Carol Beckwith Monroe Betsy Beeuwkes Cook BettyAnnBeggs& (Phil) Johnson AnnaBelli Caira Stephen (Louise) Berish Helen Bernstein Rubenstein Elaine Bezergis & Ted Szymankiewicz Dick Carolyn Bigelow Chuck&Doreen Bilezikian Pinky Bliss Harvey(Elaine) Bloom Ruth Blue Hurney Sandi Bostwick Needle David M Brahms Gerry Brauninger Marjorie Breen Knuuti Don Brigham MaryEsterBrock & BradGottschalk Ben Caira Louise Caira (X) Damico Rita Caira (Albert) Coppola Rich & Dorothy Caira Ron Florence Caira Anita Carr Lenti Brian C(Lois) Carroll Carole Cellucci Gary LenoreCirilano Walsh Dave L. Clifford JohnW(Patricia) Coffee Gerry (Sherryl) Cohen Helen Cohen &(Larry) Levine Phil Colburn Betty Cooper (Philip)Pearle BobbieCooper (George)Glass Carol Curtin & Ron Walsh EllieCurtis Donovan JudyDatz& (Sy)Yanoff Joe &Mrs DiCarlo Warren Delaney Dick(Mary) DeSantis ElsaDorfman& Harvey Silverglate Carol Dorrance Sheila Dubrow Levine Warren G Ellis Butch(Pat)Fales PeterFess (Sandy) Fessenden Mary Lou Finn Levy Sue Finn Levin Richard C Flynn Robert M (Dana)Flynn Barbara French & (Ron)Anderson DollyFiumara & Bob Galvin Corrine Galer Cutler Nancy Ganss(AJ) Spuria Alison Gifford Larde Roberta GladstoneGreen Constance Glaser & Bill Kantar ArleneGloverYork Cardwell Maynard& SuzanneGoldman MereleGoodrich McClure Barbara Goldstien White Helene Gorenstein (Bob)Schaefer Larry W Gorin Robert (Nancy) Gorin CarolynGriffin (Frank) Gorman MaryAnnGuild Simmons Joseph Dot Hall Marie(&Al) Hammond Arduino Deedee Harkins (William)Dilley Wilbur Hayes Joel (Babs) Hirshfield Arlene Hoffman Hecht Donald B Hoffman Irv (Rosalind) Hurwitz NancyHyde(Jack) Glynn Elaine Isaacs Burton Marmer Arlene Jacobs Gamer David Jones EmmieJones O’Keeffe David(Joanne) Kahalas Elaine Kaplan Weiss Levon(Penny)Kasarjian Steve Kaye Mary Kazmier (Gordon)Rhodes MonaKeanLane Karol Kelly & Jim Downey Billie Kennally (Walter)Glynn SueKennedy Carvalho Robert Kent Myrna(Donald) KarofskyHoffman Helen Kisiel BarbaraKlein(Don -ald)Levine Ken&Beth Knox Thomas& (Eleanore)Koller Steve Kuhn DonaldMonaLane MaryEllen Larrabee Giorgio Bob Lee Richard& Cheryll Leone Harold,(Elaine) Leppo Carole Levine Millot Robert(Suzanne) LeVine Henry, Betsy Levinson Meryl Liner Heier JanLitchfield Porter Don (Nancy) Loew Richard W Lord Don(Marilyn) Loring Barbara Loud (DON) Davis Dick Hilary Lucier Jim MacLachlan Janice MacMaster Kitchen NancyMagrane Rourke Brina Mandell (Gill) Wolpe Bob(BARBARA) Martell Dave (Carol) Martin Bill(Margaret) Mazzone MarilynMatheson & Glenn Ellis Janet Morse Fox Sonja Muelder Devitt Bob Dianna Mullen Art & Nancy Norley Leonard(Phyllis) Novick Dan&Joan Paglia Alice O’Donnell Burnham AnnPeppard Beleson JeanPetipasWilliam Abbruzzese MarciaPerlmutter (Harold) Rubin TheresaPicone McIntyre JanetL Pockwinse PrisPollardPincus Bernie& Marilyn Porter HelenPrager & David Kobey James L(Julie) Price, Florence PrimaveraCaira, ElaineProia Scichilone Pat(Rose) Proia Owen R Quinn Cari(Richmon)Mel Marchese Bill(Marie)Reilly Ann Roach(Robert) Wilcox CeceliaRoach McManus Al F Rogan & ‘56Carole Hand Marcia(Rosen) Bjork Stan Rosenberg Dr Ellen Runstein Gorsey Joan Salvucci Fearnley John (Martina) Scabia DorisSchnieder (Robert)Gordon Bob(NancyHoff- man) Schwartz Arnold Selig Bob, Shaffer EleanorShurdutt Ames Ann Signore Muench Anthony Signore Harvey & Joan Smith Bob (Joan) Smith Debbie Solomon Schwalb Richard Spear Jane St.Amant Murray Diana Steinberg Sherman Ken (Katherine) Stevens Marilyn Surrette Winchester Sally SwartzRoy Parsons Joan Taylor Trenholm Allen Teshner &(Carolyn) Christianson Bill(Janet) Tower Joan,(Jesse) Turner Banks June Turner Lowe Joan Van Haelst Campbell Mike Vassalotti Chuck Wallace Janice F Walsh Mel & wife Warshaw Mel&Annice Weinraub NancyWernick Menzin Carroll White (Edward) Lynch Joanne Wilson Smakula
Missing alumni need to be found!!! Please check (!!) if you know the whereabouts (!!) of any of these classmates: Thanks. B Joan Abbott CarolynMarieAnastasi McAuliffe Patricia Joan Anthony Joanne Katherine Arcuri Mary Anne Arcuri Clement Anthony Apricale Ronald David Austin Louise Baker John Baldini Bruce Wood Baldwin Marie-Francoise Georgette Jeanne Beaucamps Dorothy J Beckwith Jaye Katherine Beiring Virginia Bell Michael Berman Judith Marion Berry Beatrice Black John Edward Boyle Signa Brooks Day Donald Alva Brown Sally Brown Robert Stanley Brozozowski Rodney Joseph Buckins Edward L Buckley Paul Joseph Buckley Dorothy Alice Burke Helena Marion Burns Judith Ann Campbell Patricia Carbeau Garrison Pat Carbeau Garrison Claudia Caddell Carpenter Peggy Case Edward John Casey Lois C. Charlton Paula Marilyn Cohen Judith H. Cohen Rosalind Coogan Paul Frederick Coombs Dorothy Alice Costa Theodore Robert Costa Peter Joseph Courtney Jayne Crosby Frederick C Cyr Jane Marie Dalton Mary Helen Dˇ¦Attilio Lloyd Windsor David William Knott Davis Robert Lloyd deDoming Rosemary DeMichele Carol Ann dˇ¦Entremont Patricia Mae Dickey Domenic Robert DiLuzio Roberta Florence Dodkin Richard Erwin Dolby Ann Marie Dolce Michael Henry Donovan Peter Wilkins Downing Alexander Duff (female) Ernest E. Dunbar Margaret Carol Dunleavy George Edward Ehret Donald Barry Elliott Jane Everett Ellsworth Janet Louise Farrell Pauline Fay Martin William Feldman Paul Carey Fitzgerald CarolAnneFormalarie Grace Howard Michael Furman Jack Hanyston Gallimore John Clark Galloway Barbara Constance Gamer Charles Murray Garth Barbara Marie GeigerRiddell Elizabeth Jean Glazier Sandra Arlene Goldston Gee Charles Allen Goodale Eunice Alice Goodman Richard Peter Grace Carol Anne Groden Michael Ronald Hand George Leo Harkins Henry A. Harrell, Jr. George Henry Harrington, Jr. Loraine Marietta Heath Marieluise Heinrich Sisson Ernest Lewis Higgins Adrienne Verna Hoffman Carol Diane Holland Robert Calvin Holland Winifred Mary Holmes Helen Marie Horne Judith Ann HornsteinFine James David Houlihan Donna Lee Hudgins Barbara J Hughes David W. Hunter Michael John Hurwitz Victor Irving Priscilla Velma Johnson Ruth S. Johnson Susan Elizabeth Johnson Maria B. Joos Bradford A Jordon William Francis Kane Barbara Ileane Kaplan Joseph Michael Kelley Thomas Merriman Kimball David KinsellaEsther Roslyn Klein Meriam Phyllis Knight Judith Rhoda Koslow Nancy Elisabeth Lamb Larry G. Lannon Marilyn Ann Larlee George P. Lavin Donald Joseph Lawlor Harold Edward LeBonte Claudia Anne LeBrun Ira E. Leonard Frederick Eugene Lewis Margaret Lippincott Marilyn Louise Lovell William B. MacDougall William Neil MacKinnon Nancy Howe MacMahon Larry M Maffiolan Marie Joyce Malfa Grace Roberta Maloney Virginia Manson Joyce Anne Marchant Robert T. Marks Dana P Marshall Janet G. Marshall Joan S. Matulsky Clara Elizabeth Maynard William Michael McGrath Frances Laura McGuire James Herbert McIntyre Catherine Marie Melia Elizabeth Margaret Merrill Tucker R. Miller Elizabeth Ann Mizer Mary Frances Montesanti Barbara Ann Morley Barbara Morse William Hewitt Mullahy Beryl Ruth Mullen William Pierre Murphy Robert Paul Murray Nancy Nelson Bill O. Newton Alice Marie Operach Gail Elizabeth Osborne Sandra Mary Osborne David R. Packard Gladys Russell Page Robert Neal Parker Ina Beth Pearlman Fred Clarks Peason Stephen William Phillips Francis Edward Pond Robert Pond Elaine C. Pransky Tom Joseph Quinn Robert W Quigley John Edward Reagan Beverly Anne Reynolds Clark Damon Albert Richards Harriet Lois Ring Ruth Ellen Ring Janet Phyllis Rizza William F. Roach Elva Mae Rodenhizer Dorothea Mae Rooney John Walsh Rooney Antoinette Carmella Ruggiero Carole Ann Ryan Frederick William Sampson Lawrence Richard Sampson Ronald Santarpio George Richard Santillo Robert Tonkin Sheloon Richard Sheridan Joanne Marie Sherman Sheila Mary Smith Mary Jane Springham Robert Thomas Steele Bernice Angeline Stentiford Joanne May Straley Frederick Marcus Strong Stephanie Jean Strong Jerry D. Sullivan Sheila Taylor Rita Esther Tejeiro David Curry Thompson Lawrence Richard Tibolt Richard P. Tilton Ina Timir Gerald Charles Tocci John Clement Tone Patricia Caroline Trapp Rose VACCARO Doherty Marilyn Alice Vachon Judith Ray Vogel Robert Walker Linda Jane Wansker Elizabeth Mary Wasgatt William Lawrence Welch Michael Gerald Werner Robert Edwin West Stanley Allan Wexler James Calvin Wilkinson Maxwell Clark Wills William Frank Wills Kwok Tai Wong Emory M Wright Frank Edward Wyle Nancy Ellen Young Robert Bernard Young
1955 Deceased members Beverly Allen 2-99 Camille Baller Draskoczy 11-04-92 Fred Baker Jean Marie Bannister, @ 1990 Herbie Bayard Michael Berlow 6-17-99 Beverly Bloom Kongiese Alvin F Brackman r Beverly Ann Brown David Brown Virginia L Bruce Ralph J Calderone Albert (Stogie) P. Cavallo Oct. 29, 03 John Cedroni Michael Chapman Fred Charm 10 Sheila Clemons Karp Frances(Pepper) Cohen Resnick Paul Connor Harry Stewart Coutts Nancy M Crosby Lucy D’Attilio Marcy Elayne Elashoff Levinson Michael J Esposito Eva Fornady Michael E Flynn James L Frederickson John Geraci Dec.’06 Benjamin Gilfix 6-11-09 Marilyn (Mickey) Goldman Sandra Goldston Gee. Annne (Goulding) Zito (2002) Al Gracefa Deborah Ann Graham Robert C Guyot George Harvey Halewood (Joe) died from diabetes over 20 years ago. Bill Hamill BayardHerbert Joel Hirschfield 4-08 Lorraine Hintlian Jean Hochberg 20 Sandy Hochberg Levy Alayne Hurwitz Davidson Irving Hurwitz 3-08 Ronald Jahu Joseph Jenkins Audrey Johnson Bradford (Buzzy) Jordon Judy Sepinuck Kaplan Karol Kelly Downey 8-07 Carol Ann Kerr McGrath Mary Jane (Leehan) Linnehan 2003 Edward J Lynde Lawrence M Maffiola Jr John Maynaho Joanne McCormick Donna McKee 2-08? William McLaughlin ’88? Catherine M McManus Elizabeth Mirabito Murray Elinor Murphy O’Brien Marie Murphy Masse David Nadell Marcia P Pearlman Newton Tenney Peck, Urban Il 5-7-96 Deanna Porter Paul Quinlan Lorraine Resnick Stanley H. Rosenberg 3-09 Judith Aldridge Rothman Edwin F Saltzberg Judy Sepinuck Kaplan Mike A Shea Nov.03 Mel C Shine John (Jimmy) Simcock Jim Simms 9-30-04 ErikaW.W. Sison Douglas A Smith Ruf Soule Lee Stogel Judy Tobias James Trudel (about 5 years ago) Guy Vassalotti David Viscott Col Henry (Bill) Waldmanm12-08 Russell Warren Lovely Chas Weagle Erika Weingold Sisson Howard Whitmore 5-90 John (Jay) West AliceWetherellSweeney John W Winship
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