Classes ending in 0's and 5's will have their reunion in the 2015-2016 school year, beginning the weekend of September 25-27. Please save the date!
CLASS NOTES
1950
Class Correspondent Ruth Joseph Weinstein is “happy to report that Chardy Raup Cremin is enjoying life on the West Coast (despite the usual health issues), living near her son and daughter-in-law and their two daughters. Chardy is still enjoying doing puzzles and visiting with Arline Chambers. Also happy to hear from Ellie Greenfield, whose husband of 53 years died in 2009. Ellie is still living in Bronxville, NY, and is still active in real estate. She has one son who lives with his family in Syosset, NY, and one who is an attorney in Rochester, NY, with whom she visits in the summer at his vacation home on Lake Ontario. Anne Minton Brimberg, with whom I am in touch (we have known each other for 75 years!) is still living in NYC and still active. She enjoys her sons and grandchildren. One sad item to report: Anny Lapeyre Reynier's husband, Gilles, died a few months ago of pancreatic cancer. The class sends her its condolences. I see the word ‘still’ has crept in here a number of times...so here is one more: I STILL would love to hear from the rest of you! Marvin and I are enjoying our three children, their families, and our seven grandchildren and two granddogs. We are getting set to travel again. Meanwhile, a little golf, a little bridge, visits to all our doctors…”
1951
John Lankester writes, “I am travelling to the States in early October and will include a Caribbean cruise with my kids and sister as a way to celebrate my 80th. I have just finished an autobiography with an introductory video to pass on to them. I have long recognized that my parents and grandparents probably had a great many interesting life stories to tell future generations, but they never got around to putting pen to paper and, as a result, I have only a few photos and vignettes to remember them by. Now, in a
digital age, it is possible to load up a memory stick with one’s life story and polish and amend it as time goes by...I hope that someone in a future generation will find it of interest, particularly the images of my first car, a Model A Ford with rumble seat; my first TV: a 13-button Hallicrafter; my beach buddy, Charles Atlas, for whom I was a role model of the 98-pound weakling; the atomic bomb drills under the library table at Riverdale under the supervision of “Jittery Joe” Carney. (I wonder if today’s teachers also have nicknames, or is that now politically incorrect?) And who will forget ‘Always cough into your handkerchief?’ Net, my message to classmates is to ‘give it a go’ and do an autobiography.” In April Major General Felix Santoni was the banquet speaker at the U.S. Military Academy to honor cadets inducted into the Phi Sigma Iota International Foreign Language Honor Society. Then in June, Felix’s daughter accompanied him to Fort Lee, VA, for his induction into the Quartermaster Corps Hall of Fame (see photo lower right). Another honor: A new U.S. Army reserve center at Fort Buchanan, PR, was dedicated on November 14 and bears Felix’s name. Jack McGinty wrote, “Thanks for the note. Fortunately, all the news is good here but very unimportant.” Good news is always important, Jack! From John Johnson’s wife Anne: “This year John and I celebrated our tenth wedding anniversary. We gave each other a pup, a Shih Tzu which we named Spike (see photo above right). He sure acts like a spike—into everything, chewing up our shoes. One day John got lost here in the neighborhood. I said to myself, ‘Oh dear, I’ll have to find John.’ Spike took off like a shot, around the corner. I was just in time to see Spike stop in front of John, who immediately turned around and came home. I think he’s going to be a valuable
addition to our family.” Thanks, Anne; our best to you both. And from Class Correspondent Karl Heiser: “In late August I enjoyed the warm hospitality of Patricia and Charles Walther at their new home in Suffern, NY. We hope to use Suffern as our launch pad for the 65th reunion in 2016.”
Please send your news to your Class Correspondent before MAY 1, 2015.
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1951
Class Correspondent Barbara Schuler sent in the following New York Times obituary for Barbara Hurley: “The family and friends of Barbara Hurley Melville sadly announce her passing on July 15, 2014 at the age of 79. She was predeceased by her mother Jeanne Piccirilli Hurley, father Edward J. Hurley, and brother Edward H. Hurley. Barbara was the granddaughter of Horatio Piccirilli, one of the acclaimed Piccirilli Brothers, well-known sculptors whose work is found throughout NYC, most notably the Maine Monument at Columbus Circle. They also sculpted the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC. Barbara was a graduate of Skidmore
1950 Ruth Joseph Weinstein rjwein@sbcglobal.net
Karl R. Heiser krheiser@verizon.net
1952 Barbara Schuler 17 Bronxville Road Bronxville, NY 10708
John Johnson ’51 with his new Shih Tzu, Spike.
Major General Felix Santoni ’51 and his daughter at his June induction into the Quartermaster Corps Hall of Fame in Virginia.
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