Getting involved in the life and spirit of high school.

Here4 we see some examples of the Class of '67 getting involved in the life and spirit of high school.  Crosier 1964.

(Lto R) John Krajewski, Walter Crandall, John Bergeron,  Jack Carr, Joe Kane and Stephen Connor.

1964 Crosier: Freshmen Sports!

Class of 1967 Freshmen Sports

For some reason the freshmen football team did not get a photo in the 1964 Crosier. !!?? How could that happen? I have requested an explanation of this egregious omission, and demanded a correction naturally, but, after 50 years, I have only a very faint hope of success.

Mission Accomplished: Save-the-Date Mailing Envelope Stuffing Party Success!

Mission Accomplished: Save-the-Date Mailing Envelope Stuffing Party Success! December 8 was our first big Target Date on the Road to the Reunion! Our task was to complete over 200 Save-the-Date packets, complete with 4 enclosures each, and prepare them for the SBHS Alumni Office to label, stamp and mail them for us! I am pleased to report that the project was a complete success, thanks to the outstanding teamwork by the folks in these pics! We had an assembly line going that would have made Henry Ford proud, completing the stuffing and sealing in less than 30 minutes! Furthermore, there were no reported injuries, and no wine was spilled unnecessarily. It was a lot of fun, lots of laughs, and I wish to extend my personal thanks to: (clockwise L to R) Bill Crocker, Joan Sullivan Cooper, Barbara Doherty, Faith Asselin, Donna Moore, and Jack Carr! Special thanks to Joan Sullivan Cooper and Faith Asselin for their hard work in writing up the enclosures in the mailing! Those letters should be going out in the next few days, so watch your mailboxes. The enclosures include requests for information and feedback from you, btw, so we look forward to hearing back from you! We need you to help us make this Reunion a success! And Merry Christmas to All, and to All a Good Night!

Updated Missing Classmate's List

I am pleased to report that, with your help, we have made some significant progress in whittling down the list of Missing Classmates. Here is where we stand as of today:

Carol A. Rowe,

Donalee McAuliffe,

Edward D. Keenan,

Elizabeth T. Collmer(Garvey),

Kathleen M. Reilly,

Kathleen P. Ellis,

Linda L. Yates,

Lorraine M. Chyinski,

Lynn B. Wallace,

Marilyn L. Tiberii,

Michael P. O'Neil,

Norma M. Mrowka,

Richard W. Englehardt

Rita K. McGuinness,

Susan C. Garbarino

We have come a long way, baby, but we would like to reach everyone!

Our plan is to complete that list as much as possible by early next week. We will be mailing out a "Save The Date" packet at the end of next week---- assuming all goes according to plan --- to everyone on the list for the August 12, 2017 50th Reunion. Thanks again to Jack Carr for compiling and posting the "Missing Persons' list for us, and to everyone who helped track down those names! Great job! And please remember, if you have any info --- no matter how old or seemingly insignificant! ---- on anyone on that list, please send it to:

Jack Carr at: jcarr@wesleyan.edu,

or to:

saintbernard.classof1967@gmail.com,

or just post it here! Every clue helps, and we need all the help we can get! Thanks in advance!

And, by the way, we will continue to make every effort to contact all the missing persons even after the Save the Date Mailing.... right up to the reunion itself in August. So if you hear anything at any time about anyone listed above, please let us know!

Snippets From The Halcyon Days of our Youth: 1964 Crosier

Ah, these were indeed the halcyon days of our youth. Anne Flynn et al learning expository writing in English I; Joe Fretard wrestling with mathematical abstractions in Algebra I; Freshman girls learning life skills like cooking (Lavina Ferraro, Pat Little, Noreen Bluemling, Kristin Purkrabek, and Eileen Curley); and sewing in Christian Family Living class with Janice Vormbrock, Susan Venditti Smith Frenchman, Janet Vormbrock, Ann Goula, Janice Henrici, and Pat Schlink.

Anne Flynn et al learning expository writing in English I.  Familiar faces in that crowd!  

Joe Fretard wrestling with mathematical abstractions in Algebra I; 

Freshman girls learning life skills like cooking (Lavina Ferraro, Pat Little, Noreen Bluemling, Kristin Purkrabek, and Eileen Curley); and sewing in Christian Family Living class with Janice Vormbrock, Susan Venditti Smith Frenchman, Janet Vormbrock, Ann Goula, Janice Henrici, and Pat Schlink. 

 Sewing in Christian Family Living class with Janice Vormbrock, Susan Venditti Smith Frenchman, Janet Vormbrock, Ann Goula, Janice Henrici, and Pat Schlink.

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Childhood's End: November 22, 1963

Fifty-three years ago today, a little after 1:30pm, the entire SBHS student body was gathering in the Auditorium for a Friday pep rally before Saturday's football game against our biggest rival, Waterford. The excitement was palpable, and the mood raucous. Little did we know that in a few moments our world would be changed forever, as a very somber Father Benedict announced, "The President has been shot." Stunned into momentary silence, the auditorium quickly erupted into a bedlam of confusion and crying, as the cruel reality began to sink in. It was the moment we went from childhood to adulthood. I am sure that I am not the only one who can remember exactly where I stood when I heard that awful pronouncement. This is the only color photograph in the 1964 Crosier. Requiescat in Pace, President John F. Kennedy.

Crosier 1964: Freshman Religion classes.

Bob Keefe, Kevin McTigue, Tom Falvey and Gary Aguiar in the library.

Patricia McCarthy.

Jack Carr.