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Henry Winchester celebrated his 90th birthday with family and friends in September.
Joe Janssen Jr., his wife Eileen, and daughter Paula recently celebrated the 60th Anniversary of Janssen’s Market in Greenville, Delaware. The Greenville landmark was founded by Joseph Janssen Sr. in fall 1952. The business is still family-owned and operated. Their focus is on fine food and top-notch customer service (photo to the right)
1955 Bob Dunn (photo to the left) was recently profiled nationally for his enthusiastic work as a “Santa” for the past eight years. Bob returned to the Sooner Mall in Norman, Oklahoma this Christmas. Last year, he was included in 17,000 photos. “The job is pure joy,” Dunn said. “For 46 weeks out of the year, you’re just another old man with a white beard, but for that six-week period, you’re Santa Claus! Can’t beat that.” Rich Benoit, Phil King, and Bob Dunn recently got together for a nostalgic luncheon at the Claymont Steak Shop. They were joined by one of Archmere’s original cheerleaders, Betsy Plowman Rushie. Betsy recounted how she had purchased the original cheerleading uniforms worn by the Ursuline/Archmere cheerleaders at the Archmere Mothers’ Guild Garage Sale. Each uniform was still marked with the original names and she was able to return each to the original owners. Rich Benoit and his wife Debbie just returned from a 55-day motor coach tour of the Canadian maritime provinces and recently traveled to Ireland for the Notre Dame/Navy game in Dublin in August 2012. Gonzalo Palacios, Ph.D. is finishing book #4 The Virgin Mary’s Revolution, publisher to be announced.
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1961 Vice President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. was reelected to the Vice Presidency of the United States on November 6, 2012. His second term began at the presidential inauguration on Monday, January 21, 2013. His wife, Jill, and children Joseph III (Beau) ’87, Hunter ’88, and Ashley ’99 were there on election night in Chicago as the poll results were announced. As a student at Archmere, Biden was Vice President Biden ‘61 and wife Jill president of his class, played football celebrate reelection in Chicago on and basketball and was a member of November 6, 2012 the Varsity Club. Biden received his bachelor’s degree, a double major in history and political science, from the University of Delaware in 1965, and received his juris doctorate from Scranton University of Law in 1968. Elected to the United States Senate in November 1972, Biden served as a Senator from Delaware for 36 years, and held the role of Chairman or Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee for 17 years. He was elected the 47th Vice President of the United States alongside President Barack Obama in the 2008 presidential election. He is the first Roman Catholic and the first Delawarean to hold the office of Vice President. The Vice President and his wife, Jill, have five grandchildren.