Beth Greenwood, 3023 Chandler Dr. S., Morrisville, PA 19067 (215) 295-1968 evonwood@comcast.net
Carol Fitzgerald, 206 Curtis Court, Wayne, PA 19087 (610) 296-9155 CFitz206@comcast.net
A DREAM CAME TRUE
By: Carol Moran
It was in Oct of 2003
that I first started to think about how long it had been since we had a reunion. It would soon be 45 years since we all graduated.
This became an obsession with me and in February of 2004 I decided to contact the committee members that had been part of the planning for past Reunions. I asked them if they would be interested in helping me get started on planning our 45th Reunion. I put an ad in the paper and this was the beginning of the new reunion committee for 2004. These members included: Larry Bray, Carol [Byrne] Moran, Merle Kirkley, Pat Scheffer, Don Lynch, Ben Pinelli, Brent Dell, Beth Greenwood, JoAnn [Houston] Huff, Joyce [Kofchock] Marshall, Judy [Pennebaker] Elmendorf, Dave Spilatore, Briggie [Strandgard] Walden, & Nick Massaro.
At one point we couldn't even get 35 people that were interested in attending and that including our committee members and their spouses.
Being the optimist I am, I wouldn't let the committee give up, even when we had so few folks. We kept trying to think of ways to find people and we continued to hold our meetings. Together we came up with one idea after another. Beth shared her computer skills and handled all of the accounting, and from there the enthusiasm kept growing.
Vicki Hopkins sent a photo to Beth and Beth sent it around as part of an e-mail asking everyone if they could guess who was in the photo. This started our mystery photo contest. Patty Shriver did some detective work found those who were deceased and now Carol Fitzgerald has started our newsletter so that we can all keep in touch.
Hopefully by the time our 50th Reunion rolls around we will have even more folks joining us. This will probably be in the fall of 2009.
This year we had 80+ classmates and 40+ spouses (Beth can reconfirm the numbers). We added in some more pluses; the golf game on Saturday morning; and the brunch on Sunday morning.
The end result was that "MY DREAM HAD COME TRUE".
Questionnaire answers:
From our Classmates.
Peter Kundra
Yardley Road, Yardley, PA
1955 was a significant change in my live when my family and I relocated to the Yardley area and I started 9th grade at Wm. Penn Jr. HS. It was so much bigger than my small town Catholic school where two grades were actually in the same room. This cultural shock was a factor in my being on the quiet side; but this I eventually moved beyond. And wow, girls and boys were actually dating in the 7th, 8th and 9th grades, and girls had figures (they didn't seem to have them in my former Catholic school). I graduated from college where I played basketball for 4 years and majored in Commerce and Finance. Almost immediately I began a career in Human Resources; worked for companies such as Univac, Honeywell, and General Motors, and finally settled at Vickers PLC, a British company best known for making Rolls Royce/ Bentley automobiles. I was fortunate to be able to advance in this organization to VP of Human Resources, with responsibility for North American HR activities. Also fortunately, I was able to retire early in 1997 after 30 years with the company. It was a "good ride" & an even better "ride" to be retired.
I met my wife Rosalie in a graduate course we were taking together; sort of love at first sight! That was 37 years ago; life has been real fine. We have 3 children: Kevin, an Attorney in Phila, is married to an Attorney, and has two girls; Kimberly is a college graduate, a stay at home mom with 4 children and married. Kristopher is a graduate Engineer who works for a design consulting firm and married; no children yet. Both Kim's and Kris' spouses work in the investment arena, and as one can guess, provide my wife and I with plenty of investing tips.
I have very fond memories of Pennsbury and my classmates. My first real friend at Wm. Penn was Joe Andruskevich (now Andrews). He showed me the ropes, "let" me date some of his old girlfriends (ha ha) and started my interest in appreciating Jazz and Big Band music. I well remember the 50's music, pink and black clothes, crew cuts and DA's, sports nights and of course Saturday night canteens. I did not have a favorite teacher, but remember, especially Nelson Gray, Al Matuza, Ben Kennedy, Mr. Staub and Glenna Bell, the shapely, attractive, young teacher who all the senior guys loved; and in 9th grade, Mr. Stringer and Mr. Koenig. Favorite classes were mostly math, social studies and Spanish, the latter I am ashamed to say, probably because of Mrs. Harper, the 70 something teacher with coke-bottle glasses and raw nerves. We drove her absolutely crazy! Dick Brown who sat directly behind me will surely recall our antics.
When my family relocated to this area, we lived in Pennsbury Heights a new development where many of my classmates lived. I eventually settled in Yardley in an old farm house that Rosalie and I renovated over the years since 1972. My interests and hobbies are somewhat diversified and include traveling, Jazz music (still), tinkering in my workshop, fishing, reading and of course spending as much time as possible with out grandkids. Four years ago I also found that I have some ability to do watercolor painting and thoroughly enjoy it. Spending time at our shore vacation house is a real pleasure and a place to go year round to relax. Unfortunately, I have not kept in close touch with my classmates, but occasionally see Ben Pinelli in church, Jim Bray, Carol Matuza and have bumped into a few others along the way. However, I have many memories of the good old' days at Pennsbury.
Janice Klein Baly
28 Standiford Court Wilmington DE 19804
My husband's name is Jack & we met at the Univ. of Delaware. We have two children, Glenn (40) & Chris (38). They live in MD & VA. We have 3 grandchildren and we love watching their personalities develop.
I lived at 500 Austin Drive Fairless Hills and I was in the 5th grade when I entered Pennsbury. It was December, 1951 and I attended Fallsington School.
My favorite classes during the school years were Social Studies & math & my favorite teacher was Mr. Matuza.
The sports I liked the best were field hockey, basket-ball and softball. Now I work out at the Y.
I don't remember the gym suit, but our basketball uniform made me look like a pumpkin.
One favorite memory of PHS was in our senior year when the hockey team won the league championship. It made all those wind-sprints worthwhile.
I rode the school bus in high school and it was nice to have a bus stop right in front of my house.
When I wasn't in school I was doing my homework, playing sports and spending time with "the girls."
My hobbies are reading, taking classes, attending concerts, traveling, plays, exercising [if you can call them hobbies]
I am happily retired (6 years). I would recommend that every one visit China & Peru.
Alex Zidock, Jr.
102 East Paradise Road, Greentown, PA 18426
My wife's name is JoAnn and they met at a trade show. My friend said he wanted to go talk to someone about a product and I said I wanted to go talk to her. We had two children but, one died in an automobile accident. Our daughter Ann is 30, lives in Fairless Hills and is engaged.
When I attended Pennsbury I lived on Tewksbury Road, Fairless Hills. I started school in the district during 10th, grade. My favorite class was Latin and my favorite teacher was Mr. Kundra
I liked football and wrestling and I still like Football
I enjoyed the gym suits.
In my senior year I won a wrestling match that clinched the league title and Mr. Kundra came down out of the stands and said to me: "If you knew physics like you can wrestle you would be a whiz"
I rode the bus to school and it was great. When I missed the bus and took my 1941 Chevy to school.
On my wrestling diet my lunches consisted of cooked spinach and milk.
During free time I played basketball with Tony Mamie.
My hobbies now are anything outdoors like hunting, fishing, boating, camping, etc.
I'm not retired. I produce and host a weekly outdoor television show and my wife is co-host. The show reaches 150,000 households in the Pocono Mountains. I also write outdoor material for magazines and newspapers. Have written one book & working on two more. I occasionally do brochures & other Promotional materials for a few select clients.
I'd recommend folks travel anywhere in Europe except France. In the US we particularly like Lido Beach (near Sarasota) and Key West in Florida, Savannah Georgia and Cody Wyoming, to name a few favorites. We travel to Ottawa, Canada often also.
Joan A. Marcotte
8528 Crest Hill Ave, Las Vegas, NV
(Significant Other): Mary Dowling
I lived on Waltham Rd. Fairless Hills when I attended Oxford Valley School. I was in the 7th grade and it was after Christmas Vacation, Jan. 1954. It was the best move of my life.
Ginny (Eisenbray) Napolitano and Becky Hoffman were my favorite teachers and my favorite classes were Phys. Ed and lunch.
My favorite sports were hockey, softball, football, wrestling and baseball. I no longer participate in team sports but I did for many years after high school. I played hockey and softball and then I coached the varsity softball team at Pennsbury for 13 years. I now enjoy participation in golf and swimming and I enjoy watching football.
I remember having an admiration for those who participated in our school plays. I always thought it took a special kind of person to get up in front of your classmates and act. They had courage and I was envious of that kind of courage.
I'm grateful to have had a wonderful high school experience at Pennsbury. I think we were in a special place at a special time with special people. I feel fortunate to have had such wonderful teachers who cared about their students.
I rode bus # 20 my senior year and had a great bus driver. I don't remember his name but he would wait for me at the corner when I was late.
I have special memories of some of my teachers and classmates. I have a lot of memories of belonging to what was at that time the "Pennsbury family". I had a special admiration for my fellow athletes and the fun we had on the bus to and from games. Then there were the bus rides to and from football games as well as attending the games themselves. Maybe that is why I like football so much today. Sports night was always fun. That gave me the opportunity to get to know some of my classmates that were not involved in sports. I was a part of all of those art meetings. LOTS OF FUN and it kept us busy!
My favorite school lunch was fish stick Friday's with mashed potatoes and stewed tomatoes. Then I also liked Manhattan meat rolls (God only knows what was in them) and "Tuna Surprise" which I used to order as a teacher for many years after graduation.
When I wasn't in school I was at the football games, wrestling meets, canteen and school dances. I didn't work until the end of my senior year when I got a job at Union Supply CO. in Fairless Hills Shopping Center. I worked in the soda shop. That helped me get through college.
About four years ago Janice Klein Baly came to Vegas. She looked me up on the computer before she got out here. We met and went down memory lane with our yearbooks. We have been corresponding ever since.
My hobbies are golf and gold searching. I belong to two gold searchers clubs and we go into the desert and dig for gold. I have found very little but it is fun when you do find it.
I retired from Pennsbury in June of 1998 and I taught at Pennsbury for 35 wonderful years. It was a real thrill for me to go back to my school as a teacher. I have had Pennsbury in my orange and black blood almost all of my life and still love it today. Go Falcons!!
I have not traveled much at all but now I live in the desert in Las Vegas, Nevada. Who would have ever thought?
Roy Luce
3 Brighton Court, Hawthorn Woods, IL 60047
My wife's name is Joanne.
While attending Pennsbury I lived on Chatham road, Fairless Hills, PA. This was in 1955, at William Penn JR. H. (Now Pennsbury High West).
My favorite classes during the school years were Physics and Chemistry.
I've spent my entire professional career in the information technology field. I've worked on the earliest computers and the latest technology.
I've setup graphics departments and trained graphics personnel to use computer based graphics tools when the tools were novelties.
I've started a half dozen software companies and worked with top notch graphics people to get the firms' messages out to the market.
Rex (Terry) Dotts
1029 Newbury Lane, Birmingham, AL 32542
My wife's name is Kathy. I met Kathy at a pool party at my house, summer 1960. She's a Bishop Egan grad. We have three children, Kevin, 41 yrs; Michelle, 38 yrs; Jackie, 35 yrs. Kevin's family 2 hrs. away, in Atlanta. Our grandchildren are Alexandra, 5 yrs.; Shane, 4 yrs.; and Corinne, 3 yrs. We enjoy seeing how much they change in between our visits.
I lived on Doone Road, Fairless Hills when I first went to the 6th grade. It was 1952, in the houses on Trenton Rd.
My favorite classes during the school years were math and art. A favorite teacher was Mr. Harry Rump (7th grade homeroom & math)
The sports I liked were track, wrestling and gymnastics.
When I wasn't in school I attended Saturday Night Dances and hang out at Landy's Restaurant in the Fairless Hills Shopping Center.
The classmates I hear from are the Roberts' and the Dells, every so often.
My hobbies are golf, motorcycling, hunting, & fishing.
I am retired from Henkel Surface Technologies. Work about 10 days a month for the same company.
We've lived in IN, SC, now AL. We traveled to Europe in '95 and have explored some of the Midwest and little of the Southwest. But we're mostly familiar with the Mid-Atlantic and Deep South areas.
Ruth Kent Adams
737 Grand Rapids Blvd. Naples, Florida 34120
My husband's name is Dallas and we met at Canteen and Church. He went to Delhaas. We have 4 children, 3 boys and 1 girl! Dallas III, 41; Andrew, 38; Elizabeth, 35; and Philip, 33. Elizabeth and Philip both live near us. Dallas and Andrew both live in Levittown. We have 10 grandchildren, 4 boys, 6 girls and 1 step granddaughter. I love their wonderful hugs & kisses they give me & the way they say I love you Mom Mom.
I lived on Viburnum Lane in Levittown while I was going to Pennsbury. That was Sept. 1955, William Penn.
My favorite classes were typing and shorthand and my favorite teacher was Mr. Matuza. I liked Football
Saturday night canteens were a lot of fun.
During my free time I studied, went on dates, went bowling, went to canteen, and went to movies.
My hobbies are reading, swimming; traveling and I have recently started golf lessons.
I work full time in a Day Surgery – Pain Center.
Have you traveled to interesting places that you'd recommend to everyone? We love the Cayman Islands.
David E. Dilworth
5032 Norfolk Drive, Plano, TX 75023
My wife's name is Lois N. Worth and she graduated from PHS in 1960. We met when we were both in the band. We have four children: David, 42; Scott, 38; Brian, 35; Christy, 33. Two of them live nearby one's in Houston and the last just moved to Colorado from here. We have three grandchildren and they live nearby. We enjoy just being a part of their life and watching them go through all the stages that we sometimes forget about. "Of course, we never let our kids do that!"
I lived on Yardley Road, Morrisville during my years at PHS. In the fall of 1956 I went to the main high school building on Makefield Road. My favorite classes were honors math and physics and my favorite teachers were Mr. Krespach and Mr. Schaub
I follow lots of sports now and I coached baseball.
During one of our school plays I remember that Mitch Sanner was involved as a techie.
I have special memories of concerts & the marching bands.
Over the years I have kept in touch with Russ Steel, Roswell, GA; Mitch Sanner, Round Rock, TX; Dick Hampton. Cincinnati, OH
My hobbies are music, singing, hand-bell ringing, traveling, and golf
I work for the city of Dallas and I traveled to many places and would recommend them all: Germany, France, Switzerland, Holland, Belgium, Hungry, Yugoslavia, New Zealand, Australia, Alaska, Canadian east and west coasts, western national parks, New England, Albuquerque Balloon Festival (1st full week in October). I love to photograph lighthouses anywhere
[Especially in New England.]
Joan Roberts Werblun
230 Wren Drive - Galt, California, 95632
I have two children. Their names are: Jeff, 39; and Mike, 36. Jeff lives in same town he is a sheriff/helicopter pilot. Mike lives in San Francisco and is CEO of a management consulting firm. I have four grandchildren? I enjoy watching them grow and explore the world and being one generation removed lessens the anxiety somewhat.
I lived at Williamson Avenue Fallsington when I went to Pennsbury. I started in the 1st grade, 1947 Fallsington Elementary.
My favorite class was Science and my favorite teacher was Joe Gavin
I enjoyed playing field hockey. I coach/ref youth soccer and play women's competitive soccer.
I liked each class of gym having a different color of gym suits, esp. on sports night
Our school lunches were better than today's. I think they were 25 cents to start.
I liked going to the movies, dances and hanging out like everyone else
My hobbies are showing quarter horses and I do wedding flowers. I'm a clinical nurse specialist at the Univ. of CA, Davis Medical School & Health System. I teach 2nd year medical students and student nurses from the junior college and the Cal State College.
I spent a month in Africa (Nigeria & Ghana) with a medical team and it was a wonderful experience. I also just returned from Copenhagen and I would recommend it. My favorite city so far is London.
Neal G. McKim
3736 Ingold, Houston, TX 77005
My wife's name is Jane and we've been married for 38 yrs. We met while serving in the army at Ft. Belvoir, Va. She grew up in NC. We have two children, a son, Mark (36 yrs) and a daughter, Michelle (34 yrs). Mark lives in Friendswood, TX a suburb of Houston and Michelle lives in Dallas. We have 7 grandchildren. Michelle has 5 (2 boys & 3 girls, including twins. Mark has 2 boys. We enjoy spending time with grandkids. They like to stay with us and do things like golf, attend sports events, etc.
My Pennsbury address was Harvey Ave., Yardley and I first attended the Pennsbury system in 7th grade (Edgewood school). My favorite class was Gym.
I enjoyed all sports. Now, I follow the Houston Astros & Pittsburg Steelers. I enjoy playing golf.
During my free time I worked in a grocery store. The classmate I have kept in touch with is Ben Pinelli. My hobbies are golf, wood working, metal working, and auto racing (I own a race car which my son drives).
I retired from Shell Oil in 1998.
Travel: Bordou region of France for grape harvest, Scotland for golf, and extensive traveling in western Canada while living in Calgary, Alberta.
Judith Ann Markle Hopkins (Judy)
18692 Villa Woods Circle, Villa Park, CA 92861
My husband was a prince that turned into a frog. We're divorced. We met at a Square Dance where his father was a Caller. We have three children Leann (39), Diane (37), Craig (35). Leann and Craig are here in S. Calif. Diane has just moved to Greenville, NC. I do have grandchildren. Leann, David (12), the steps: Michelle (16), and Scott (14), Diane - Joey (4), and Lauren (10 months). Craig - Margaret (in utero due Dec. 10th). I love the unconditional love I get from the kids. They also keep me current with the times which help immeasurably as a teacher. Then they go home.
While attending Pennsbury I lived at 374 Chelsea Rd. in Fairless Hills. I started there in the 5th grade, Sept. 1951 at Fallsington Elementary School (the first year it had not been a K-12 school). My favorite classes were English and History and my favorite teacher was Mrs. Feaster my 5th grade teacher. She was very kind to me and helped me get through all the huge cultural changes I had to deal with. The Calif. to PA three thousand mile divide. E.g. the first time I saw snow fall was while I was in the classroom and I was so enthralled I jumped out of my seat and ran to the window. I disturbed the class. Mrs. Feaster was very gentle and very kind in explaining why I had done this bizarre thing. Mind you, at age 10, I had seen snow on the ground, but snow to me was something you got into a car and drove to it didn't come to you. I found this to be a miracle. No doubt, the natives of the new land thought differently when they had to get out their shovels.
Back in school I loved gymnastics. Now, I love Baseball! GO DODGERS!
Eeeuuw, those gym suits! Actually, I wasn't bothered one way or another. Everyone else wore them. I did get to wear shorts and a shirt when I moved back to California in the 11th grade and that was, actually, when I realized the gym suits in PA were unique. By-the-way, you all, we had a great PE program at P.H.S.
I really missed it when I moved. For the next two years, all I did was play volleyball in the fall and softball in the spring.
When I tell people now about how those of us who lived in Fairless Hills and Levittown had a different school every year for the seven years I lived in PA, they seem awed. I don't know why. It was unusual. As I remember: 5th grade, Fallsington; 6th grade-the converted houses on Oxford Valley Rd. (Patty will correct me if I am wrong on this); 7th grade a section of the just completed Oxford Valley Elem. School; 8th grade at Pennsbury High School; 9th grade at Wm. Penn Jr. HS; 10th grade Pennsbury HS and for me 11th grade was for two weeks at PHS and then I ended up at Washington High School in LA.
I did ride the bus. I remember on my last day at Pennsbury my best friend, who should not be named because this was illegal, (Patty, see I still worry about you after all these years) threw a cherry bomb out the window in a tunnel the bus was driving through. She wanted my last day to be memorable. It was.
During my free time I read, went to Girl Scouts, read, went swimming at the community pool with Mona and Jeanne, walked to the store with Patty, read, listened to my 33 1/3 LP's and my 45's on my portable record player, swooned over Pat Boone, watched "I Love Lucy", sat in Patty's yard next to the trees and Deer Creek. I keep in touch with Patty Shriver Johnson. We are in contact with e-mail weekly and sometimes daily. I saw Clara Johnson Geist about fifteen years ago. That was a highlight. Patty & I have never let the friendship go. We started with regular mailed letters in I957 and have evolved with the times.
My hobbies are reading, walking, and visit things/ places when I can, genealogy when I can, have lunch with friends, visit friends for long weekends and I visit my grandchildren. I, also move a lot.
I'm a Substitute Teacher with Garden Grove Unified School District. I also tutor.
I have traveled all over the USA, one trip to Europe, one trip to Hawaii and I lived for three years in the San Francisco area. I love BART!
Sarah (Sally) Martin Jackson
650 Fire Tower Road, Somerville, Tennessee 38068
My husband's name, James (Jim) H. Jackson (he's deceased, October 31, 2003). Sally Arleth [and her now husband] fixed us up on a blind date. I was not the least bit anxious to be fixed up with yet another loser. Shows how much I knew. Jim attended Miami Edison in FL. He was in the Air Force when I met him.
I have no children. That is to say no humans. Animals, yes. At present I have three cats, five peafowl, and a pair of swans.
When I attended Pennsbury I lived on Arborlea Ave. Morrisville. I first attended Makefield Elem. in 1951.
My favorite classes were English, Shorthand and Music and my favorite teacher was Miss Tindall, 10th grade English. I think our gym suits were God-awful!
I remember virtually nothing about the school plays, except for the talent show when Perry King (now known as Jesse Colin Young) performed. I enjoyed the Acapella performances, we were HOT!
The one memory that comes to mind is Mrs. White's business class. This one particular day, SANDY CHADROW made me trade seats with her so I was facing Mrs. White who had a speech impediment. She was executing a shorthand test and asked for all the forms for "between, etc" which she pronounced as "betreen". So it was "betreen this", "betreen that", etc., and we were trying to stifle laughter, and failing, but as I was facing Mrs. White, she approached me with "Miss Martin, is there anything particularly funny about this exercise?" Prior to this exchange, SANDY CHADROW was throwing wads of paper at me which exasperated the laughter quotient and so I was forced to tell Mrs. White about her "betreens". Mrs. White did not respond but went on to the next exercise.
I had to bring my lunch to school, which I loathed doing. It made me even more of an outsider. But, I LOVED the hoagies which I would buy with my own money. I think they were 35 cents.
Inasmuch as I had no boyfriends or dates, I babysat. I was always booked for New Year's Eve by Halloween.
My hobbies are reading and cross stitch.
I worked for ten years after I was married: Insurance, law, and real estate. I'm now "retired", and working harder than ever.
Places I've traveled, London, England. Jim traveled for his job and was as far north as Nova Scotia & Vancouver and as far south as Lima, Peru. I visited him whenever he was someplace of interest to me (he was stationed in Labrador after we married which wasn't so interesting, but what the hell, we were newlyweds).
William Hadfield
6321 NW 28th Lane Margate, Florida 33063
My wife's name is Enid Showaker Hadfield and we met at the Magalia Pool in Levittown. She attended PHS and graduated in 1961. We had five children: Enid Lynn, 44; Wayne, 42; Joann, 41; Dawn, 36; and Penny 29. The two youngest live near us. Enid lives in Ocala, Florida, Wayne in KY and Joann in Texas. We have 14 grand-children. They keep us young.
While attending Pennsbury I lived at 29 East Ellberry, Levittown. I started at William Penn in 1956. My favorite teacher in HS was Mr. Matuza.
I did ride the school bus but not usually my own. I rode Enid's and then walked home.
I worked during my free time in H.S. My hobbies are Disney and horses. I own my own business and will never retire. My favorite place to visit is Disney World.
Russell M. Steel, Jr.
1015 Applecross Drive, Roswell, Georgia 30075
My wife's name is Judy. I met Judy at the Jersey Shore. Her family had a house a block away from ours and we met 2 weeks after her 16th birthday on a blind date. I was her visiting girl-friend's blind date. Judy was my friend's date who had to "find" a date for Judy's friend so he could take Judy out. I was it. I had been acutely aware of Judy for a long, long time before that, having pumped gas into her boat as a marina employee many times. Each succeeding visit to the gas dock just served to kindle my acute awareness of her. She was oblivious to me, and I was shy/afraid/overwhelmed. After our "reverse" blind date, I continued my campaign to lessen the acuteness and mustered the courage to knock on her door and begin our courtship. We went "steady" for six years until we both graduated college and married on June 13, 1964. We've been happily married 40 years. Judy never attended Pennsbury but living down the road 22 miles in NE Phila. Frankford, I wore a groove in the road and Judy participated in many Pennsbury events with me. She graduated from Abington Friend's School in Jenkintown, PA., which was a Quaker school. No, Judy was not a Quaker.
We have two daughters. Kathleen Anne Komerska, 36, Alison Jennifer Freudenberg, 31
Alison is married to Mike Freudenberg and has one Daughter Abby Caroline, our beloved granddaughter, and 18 months. Alison and her family live a half-hour away from us in Acworth, GA. Kathy is married to Brian Komerska and lives in Naperville, IL. Kathy and Brian married last Nov. It's the second marriage for both. No children so far, but Brian & Kathy are hoping.
About being a grandparent: Besides being "smitten" by this little angel, I guess the most enjoyable and awe inspiring thing is the rapid development and change. Watching everything being absorbed by her, like a limitless sponge.
I lived on Hedgerow Drive, Morrisville. This was in Sept. 1958 SR year only. I liked football, Sports Car Rallies with Mitch Sanner in his MG and Dick Hampton in his Austin Healy.
It was pretty hard coming into a school system in my SR. year. I had been playing in school bands since the sixth grade and the instant comradely I felt in the Pennsbury Concert/Marching/and Jazz Bands helped me feel right at home. Dick Hampton, Dave Dilworth & Lois Worth (Now Dilworth), Bruce Duerr, Fred Bevan, and a host of others helped me fit in.
I have always been happy with my memories of Pennsbury. During my free time I did mostly homework, TV and tooling around with my friends. During the weekend, we usually went to the Jersey Shore to our shore house on Barnegat Bay for boating and fishing and water skiing and Judy.
A number of us have "found" each other through the Internet. Dick and Sue Hampton, Dave and Lois Dilworth, Mitch and Judy Sanner and to a limited extent Bruce Duerr. We toss e-mails back and forth. A few years ago my Judy and I had a business meeting in Austin, TX. We knew from e-mails that Mitch and Judy Sanner lived in Round Rock, TX, and a suburb of Austin. We made plans to meet. Mitch said he'd drive to our hotel, since he knew his way around town, and said he'd meet us in the lobby. Well, it had been 35 or so years since our last face-to-face, so when Mitch's "Father" walked in, we knew it must be him, and he walked right up to us knowing who we were. We spent the evening with Mitch and Judy. The following weekend we made plans to up to their home in Round Rock. Imagine our surprise when we knocked on the door and Dave and Lois Dilworth opened it!
Mitch and Judy Sanner had planned this surprise and invited fellow Texans Dave and Lois from their home in Plano, TX and they drove for hours to make this a fun surprise and a fun day with all three couples. Dick and Sue Hampton also visited us once when Dick was in town for business. He and Sue live in Cincinnati. It's always so much fun getting together. Bruce Duerr and I exchanged e-mails successfully once. We were hoping to "catch up" on his life, but we dropped a stitch somewhere and lost track of each other again. Hopefully if Bruce gets a chance to read this he'll drop me a note.
My hobbies are yachting and music and tinkering. We have a 32' sport-fisherman that we weekend on. We love the water, having grown up on and in it.
I have kept up with my music. I play tenor sax in the Atlanta Wind Symphon for the last 14 years. The AWS is a very good, highly acclaimed and award winning concert band that was, this year, invited to perform in Carnegie Hall in New York. I also play alto sax in an 18-piece swing band called the Reflections.
I'm the CFO for the Southern Regional Education Board in Atlanta, which is the Nation's first interstate compact for education. I have been with SREB for 14 years. I have a varied career mostly in data processing and accounting.
We have become avid "cruisers". Judy was always afraid of being confined on a cruise ship, but for my 60th birthday, the kids and Judy bought us a 4-day cruise to the Bahamas and we were hooked! We've traveled throughout the Caribbean and love cruising on those beautiful big ships.
Richard H. Morgan
1009 Lawrence Road, Lawrenceville, NJ 08648
My wife's name is Dolores and we met at a party in Princeton. We have one child named Alexandra, and she is 35.
I lived on Arborlea Ave. in L. Makefield when I started attending Pennsbury. It was 1948 at Makefield Elem.
My favorite class was French with Mr. Thorne. My favorite teacher was Eleanor Krespach.
I like tennis and I still participate in this sport.
I was in junior and senior plays.
During my free time I mostly did school related stuff.
I have many hobbies. I stopped teaching and I am now working on my graduate degree. I have traveled to Latin America and Spain.
Barbara Lee Orndorff Liberty
346 Doone Road, Fairless Hills, PA
My husband is deceased. We met at the Blue Roof Tavern in Morrisville and he went to Bristol H.S. I have 3 children, Ralph JR is 44; Greg is 30 and Jen is 28. They all live nearby. I have 2 grandchildren: Ryan [10] & Leah [8]. I love that they want to come & spend the weekends with me; they bring a special love to my life.
During my years at Pennsbury I lived at 1069 Bristol Pike, Morrisville, PA. In 1955 I went to William Penn.
My favorite subjects were Social Studies & English and my favorite teachers were Mrs. Trundall and Mr. Neeld.
My favorite memories are those of Sports Night.
School Lunches: I ate a lot of cupcakes and Milk.
I keep in touch with Babs Wiley, Larry Bray & Brent Dell.
My hobbies are: Cooking & collecting cookbooks. I work at Cool-Rite Appliances in Phila. I have traveled to Montana, Colorado, and Hawaii [3 of my favorites]
CLASSMATES
We would like to thank you for taking the time to check out our 2nd newsletter.
We are continuing to get questionnaires back and we will enter these in our next newsletters. It would be nice to have yours too. Please request one and fill it out…if you haven't already done so.
Also, feel free to write to the committee as often as you'd like. What you write/send will always be news to us.
For those of you that don't have an e-mail account and would like to get one you can get a free account (Yahoo or Hotmail) at your closest library. Set up your own account on the computers they have there. Just log-on to one of these sites and they will walk you through it. No real computer skills are required. [As with any email accounts, they are totally confidential to you although I would not do any banking or activity, using a credit card on any computer but your own. Once you establish that account, you can use it anywhere.] If you decide to do this don't forget to send Beth your new e-mail address.
Thanks, Carol Fitzgerald
Falcon Photo complements of:
Kevin Loughlin, Adventure Camera
Watermark and template compliments of
Jane Kirkland, Take A Walk Books,
www.takeawalk.com
Layout designs & printing, Carol Fitzgerald
Carol L. Fitzgerald
206 Curtis Court
Wayne, PA 19087-1237
Ben Penelli's 1957 Chevy Convertible
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