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WETHERSFIELD POST
Friends and classmates joyfully reunite at reunion ferent place than it was back then, people took notice of the fact that their classmates didn’t change all that much. “The characters are all still characters,” said Peter Hunter, now a resident of Helena, Mont. “You had your best classmates you played with, others you didn’t play with and now you’re all on the same playing field.” Hunter served as master of ceremonies along with his friend Marc Cottone, son of Joe Cottone, the school’s former athletic director and
namesake of Cottone Field. “I enjoyed seeing that the town is still doing really well and our classmates are in superior condition,” he continued. “Not much changed; my opinion is that we’re much more bonded together as a single unit than we were then.” People travelled from all over back to their hometown to attend the reunion. The class of ’63 is now scattered across the country: Las Vegas, Washington State, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Vermont, New York City, West Palm Beach, Fla., Arizona, New
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Jersey, Colorado and California. Richard and Tina Korzun, one of three couples in the class who were high school sweethearts and still married today, came all the way from Illinois. “Quite a few of us still live in Wethersfield,” said Fusco, who hosted four of her old buddies who now all reside in different parts of Massachusetts in her home for the length of the festivities. “It’s been a long weekend, but we had a great time,” she added. “We were all friends in high school and have stayed in touch over the years.” Back then there were no competitive sports teams for girls and no automatic notification system for parents. “Back then troublemakers could run home and get their grades out of the mailbox and burn them before their parents saw; now you can’t do that anymore,” Fusco remembered with a laugh. “Now students get their marks on the computer and parents can check how a kid is doing.” Her classmates were astounded to find a swimming pool, along with language and technology labs. But, Fusco noted, the one part of their
Above, Wethersfield High School Class of 1963 members gathered at The Wethersfield Country Club Saturday night. Below, a meet-and-greet Friday night at The Gallery in Glastonbury.
high school that looked the same was the auditorium. Seating there has the same upholstery it did when the school was built 60 years ago. But that’s all about to change, because a $75 million high school renovation project broke ground Monday. The auditorium is set to see a new stage and a mezzanine. “We’re all looking forward to seeing the renovations done when we come back in 10 years,” Fusco added.
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