HMHS CLASS OF 1956

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  • 2nd Annual Music Scholarship Award

        Our second recipient to receive the Class of 1956 Scholarship for Further Education
    in Music was
    Abigail Rae Sparrow.         


    Click (
    HERE) to read the article.

     

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  • NEW FEATURE - News on our classmates.
       

        We hope you like this feature of our website. We feel this is an excellent way of keeping our classmates informed on your activities.
        We do have some constraints:
                 -- Available space on the website.       
                 -- Must have permission of alumni involved.
                 -- Focus on alumni.
                 -- Appropriateness of event / achievement.
                 -- Timeliness.

       
    We welcome your input!     




    Click on the envelope to e-mail your input or suggestions.   

                         
 

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  • GALS' LUNCHEON.

        The last 2008 Gals' Luncheon was held on Thursday, the 9th of July, at Judie Baird's
    Home.


     

    * Pictures from this luncheon & other luncheons can be viewed by clicking ( HERE ).

     

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  • GUYS' LUNCHEON.

        The first 2008 Guys' & Gals' Luncheon was held on Wednesday, July 23rd, at the Coastline Restaurant.




    * Pictures from this luncheon & other luncheons can be viewed by clicking ( HERE ).

     

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  • REUNION COMMITTEE MEETING.
     

    Last Meeting

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    Monday, May 22nd , 2006.

    Members Attended 

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    Pierce Pelouze, Joyce Jackson Nelson, Florence Mears Thompson,
        Molly Fretz Stevens, Shirley Borrell Deal, Ed Schmauder, Frank
        Jackson and  Judy Jefferies Fielder.

    Guest

    :

    Margo Milling Foster & Baird Foster.

    Treasurer's Report

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    Telephoned in by Dick Hammond - Approximately $1,400.
        Click  HERE  for the minutes by Judy Jefferies Fielder.

       
     

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  • CLASSMATES IN THE NEWS.

  - CLASSMATES MISSING / LOST
  1. Jim Gehring (Reunion mail returned - was in Indian Rocks Beach, FL.).
  2. Joe Kearney (in NJ or PA?).
  3. Eleanor Kissinger (Packer) (may be in MA- phone message left- no response).
  4. Pat Ramos (Mihalik) (Reunion mail returned- may be in Blackwood, NJ- unlisted
    phone- note sent on 10/9/06 via mail to new address, but returned- rumor she
    may have passed away- no confirmation).
  5. Bill Richman (in Haddon Township, NJ? phone message left- no response).
  6. Richard Scarle (may be in Illinois?)
  7. Barbara Stringer (Jones) (possibly passed away ? We've not found in any public
    records- does anyone know about Barbara ?).
  8. Paul Thomas (Reunion mail returned- was in Seattle, WA- may still be in WA)
  9. Marjorie Van Sciver  (in New York City? has unlisted phone?)
  10. Tom Wilkinson - has had e-mail, but we don't have his current e-mail- may be in
    Alaska? No response to messages).
  11. Gail Wilson (Rumored to be in the Pacific Northwest.
   
  HELP! Do you have any info on any of our 11 "Missing / Loast" ?
  Please send to Judy Jefferies Fielder, Secretary - Reunion Committee (her e-mail is
  below)- Judy has been leading "Missing / Lost" searches!
   

 

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- DICK HAMMOND
     
Congratulations to Dick Hammond & his wife , Ann. Ann, the former Ann
  Louise Purcell, is a member of H.M.H.S. Class of 1958. Dick and Ann were
  married in Haddonfield on December 30
th and will reside in Cherry Hill, N.J.
  Walton Zelley, retired rector of St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Metuchen, N.J.,
  was a co-celebrant at the Grace Church in Haddonfield.
Also attending from the 
  Class of 1956 were Milbrey Turner Zelley and Nils & Pat McGlade Herdelin.

 

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- DAVE HARE (Pasco, WA).
      
Dave, our Foreign Security & First Responder Personnel Trainer for the  U.S. State Department, is in Ankara, Turkey and the Republic of Georgia during the month of June.
Stay safe, Dave!

 

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- PAUL STURGIS (New Cumberland, PA).
      
Paul is visiting Panama from January 7
th thru to the 15th with his church work
   group, assisting local church projects there.

 

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- PIERCE PELOUZE (Gibbsboro, NJ)
      
Pierce & his wife, Dolores, will be taking a long-in-planning extended trip on
   January
10th . They'll spend three days in San Francisco; then, they will be taking
   off to spend three weeks visiting the beautiful Hawaiian Islands. The places
   they'll be visiting in Hawaii are Maui, Kauai and Oahu.
HAVE FUN!

 

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- DICK MITCHELL (Voorhees, NJ).
       Dick & other members of the Fall Line Ski Club from Cherry Hill, NJ, will be
   spending a week skiing in January (Steamboat, CO), in February (Jackson
   Hole, WY) and in March (Engleberg, Switzerland). In March he will also take his
   entire family (wife, Carole, his son, his daughter and his six grandchildren) to
   New Hampshire. Dick plans to take another ski trip with his Ski Club in April;
   however, this time it will be in Winter Park, CO.

 

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- DON FISHER (Mount Laurel, NJ).
       Don Fisher & his wife, Judy, were on a trip across the garden state, and they 
   have challenged the class of '56 to try "The Amazing Race Across The Garden
   State" - picture. The following are the rules & a description of the trip as explained
   by Don:

       Here is some information regarding the "amazing race across the Garden State"
   You were given a picture clue for each of the 21 counties - picture. You had to
   figure out where it was, go there and have your picture taken holding the Magazine
   (sample shown - picture). There were also 10 bonus clues, also in 10 counties,
   with no pictures. You had to figure them out and follow the same drill-picture taken
   holding magazine. We did all 31 questions in three and a half days (290 miles) and
   had a ball. Judy said it was the most she has seen of the state ever. We turned our 
   pictures in fairly early, but the contest runs to July 6th and results will not be known
   until August. (Hoboken was great, with 35 restaurants listed in Zagats, NJ
   restaurant review.) I throw it out as a challenge to any of the class of '56 to try.
   Just pick up a copy of the May issue of New Jersey Monthly.
 

 

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- Serena Cook Walker (Mission Viejo, CA).
      
On June 30 Serena and her husband, Bill, left for a few weeks vacation to  
   Croatia & Slovenia.

 

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- Jeanne LeCato Myers (Farmington Hills, MI).
 
    
Jeanne has been elected Captain of the U.S. Women's World Amateur Golf    
   Team which will compete against 50-75 other countries in the World Amateur Golf
   Championship to be held this year outside Capetown, South Africa. On May 21 
   Jeanne was elected into the Michigan Golf Hall of Fame. She also has a new job at
   the Golf Association of Michigan! Busy lady!

 

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- Tom Baird (Haddonfield, NJ) (Sat., Nov. 26th)
     
Tom Baird was honored by the Haddonfield Alumni Society (HAS) during their Annual Meeting and Lifetime Achievement Awards ceremony on Saturday, November 26th , as follows:

Tom Baird,’56 – Graduate of the U.S.M.A. at West Point and a decorated
Vietnam Veteran with 20 years of service to our country as an officer in the
United States Army. Tom subsequently became a successful business man
and a highly involved citizen.

Click 
àTom Bairdß  to peruse his biography.

 

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- Karen Shappell Hahn (Atco, NJ)
     
Karen Shappell Hahn, our classmate, had the pleasure of taking a trip to 
   Australia, and the following is what Karen had to say in an e-mail to us, "We had
   a great trip to Australia in May. My highlight of the trip was holding Koalas. I will
   attach a picture of a Koala that was photographed at a sanctuary near
   Brisbane.
".

   Click
( HERE ) to see the picture
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- Paul Sturgis, Bill Mormann & Roger Cappello.

   The Southeast Chapter of the HMHS Reunion Committee held its annual meeting in
Ft. Myers, Florida on the afternoon of January 30
th
, 2004. Attending the meeting at RJ
Gator's was Paul and Joan Sturgis, Bill & Emily Mormann and Roger Cappello. Although
nothing was accomplished, the meeting was a great success.


Click
( HERE ) to see the pictures from the meeting.

 

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- Baird & Margo Milling Foster.

    It is with pleasure that we announce that Baird and Margo Milling Foster have joined the Reunion Committee.  Baird and Margo were instrumental in creating the truly wonderful
50th Class Reunion Yearbook.  Baird has also been our primary Class contact with HMHS
on matters dealing with our Class of '56 Scholarship.
 

 

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- Martin M. Beer, H.M.H.S. Teacher.

    Former teacher found! Through the efforts of Nancy Kirby (Bryn Mawr, PA), we have
found one of our former HMHS teachers - Martin M. Beer (Mathematics).  In our 50th
Class Reunion
Yearbook, Mr. Beer was noted in several classmate HMHS recollections.
On March 12th Mr.
Beer OK'd providing you with his contact information, including his
email:  

Martin M. Beer- 124 Kendal Drive, Kennett Square, PA 19348 - phone: (610) 388-6507 -
emails:
mmbeer@aol.com or martinbeer124@comcast.net. Drop him a line, call or email! 

 

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  • CLASS OF 1956 SCHOLARSHIP NEWS.
     

    March Update - Since our original 50th Reunion Class Gift to HMHS of $5,600 made in October 2006, an additional $620 has been donated to our Scholarship. Thank you to those classmates who made these additional contributions before the BIG NEWS below. Thanks to these classmates: Bill Bohlke, Dave Chew, Frank Covely, Dave Cunningham, Baird and Margo Milling Foster, Nils and Pat McGlade Herdelin, Jack McFeeley, Ruth Schreibstein Bogutz, Helen Sneathen Bennett.

        BIG NEWS re Class Scholarship- All classmates should have received a mid-March letter that announced a very generous matching gift offer by a classmate (who wishes to remain anonymous.)

       
    This Class of '56 "Matching Gift Challenge" will last until June 1, 2007.  During March, April and May, any contribution you make to our Class of '56 Scholarship will be matched $ for $ by our generous classmate. 

        We have just been advised by HMHS that, since our mid-March letter, they have already received $1,775 from Class of '56 classmate donations, which will be matched at the end of the "Matching Gift" drive. Our thanks for a quick response to: Tom Baird, Dave Cunningham, Walt Faucett, Dick Hammond, Al Hawthorne, Fern Laudenslager Rainey, Terry Patton, Verna Phillips Price, and Ed Schmauder.

        Our goal is to raise a minimum of $7,000 from classmate contributions, and, therefore, we are at about 25% of our objective with $1,775. When we meet our $7,000 objective, this amount will be matched and this will result in over $20,000 in our Class Scholarship Fund and virtually assure that our Class of '56 Scholarship will last in perpetuity. 

    Special Note: Please take advantage of this great Class giving opportunity! Please remember the June 1 deadline.  



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  • 47.5 REUNION.

    Held:
    Friday, April 16th , thru to Sunday, April 18th , 2004.

    Co-chaired: Pierce Pelouze & Joyce Jackson May.

    Cocktail Reception.
       The reunion weekend got off to a rousing beginning with a cocktail reception at the Clarion Hotel in Cherry HI! on Friday night, April 16th. About 50 people attended and everyone once again connected.

    Battleship New Jersey.
       On Saturday morning more than a dozen classmates and/or spouses toured the Battleship New Jersey, docked at the Camden waterfront, with
    Ed Schmauder and Dick Hammond as our personal guides.

    Luncheon.
        After that strenuous tour of the Battleship New Jersey, we gathered at Tom and Judie Baird's home for a lovely lunch and conversations with former classmates to catch up on the lives of each of us. The weather cooperated so we were able to gather around the Bairds' lovely pool and back garden.

    Dinner.
        The weekend reunion continued with a cocktail hour and dance on Saturday night. Pierce Pelouze, Harvey Restrick, Blair Murphy and Joyce Jackson May welcomed us all. In addition to the regular entertainment, we were treated to an impromptu performance by Connie Beane Blake and some comments from our genuine hero, Dave Hare, who is working worldwide in the field of anti-terrorism. In fact, he was on his way home to the west coast from the middle east. There were more than 60 in attendance.

    Brunch.
        On Sunday morning we had a delicious brunch with Paul Sturgis acted as M.C. handing out several joke prizes.

    In Closing.
        Everyone agreed that the weekend was a rousing success and we are looking forward to our 50
    th reunion in 2006!
     

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