On Friday night, those that could, met at Nuchie’s for cocktails and the first round merriment...  Joe & Mary Jean Dellaquila, Eddie & Lola Wishart, Barbara & Ron Dahlgren, Kenlyn Westergren Lawrence, Ralph Theriault, Punch Lasher, Frank Castiola, Peter Antonioli, Bruce Atwood & Margie, Bobby Whelan, Nonie Getchell & Don, Pat Ford, Dave & Dianne Hiltpold, Ronnie & Missy Pavano, Joel & Sandy Moss, Bruce Bradshaw, Ronnie Distin and Ginny Hill.

Saturday night,  we all started congregating about 5:30 at Nuchie’s and then it just went from there.  It was a blast from the past for all that attended.  Everyone and I do mean everyone voted it the absolute best ever reunion.  We munched on an excellent spread of hors’d'oeuvres, followed by an equally excellent meal.  However, I bet most people can not even remember what they had to eat, let alone finish the meal.  We were all so busy table hopping and visiting that time quickly disappeared.

As each couple or person came in, a shout announced their arrival, then hellos, hugs & kisses.  Ralph T set up a projector... a continuous show of memories.  Barb made name tags for the 47 classmates that attended and Lola Wishart a special lady, made the picture place cards on the table and that awesome cake for dessert.  Considering that we had 100 in the class and have lost only 8, that is an excellent turnout.  A total of 74 were in attendance.

Those that came are:  Allan & Brenda Anderson, Peter Antonioli, Bruce Atwood & Margie Harris, Susan (Avery) & Tom Gilmartin, Fred & Joan Beyer, Bob & Mar Lee Bocwinski, Harriet (Borajkiewicz) & Mel Morris, Bruce & Carol Bradshaw, Caryle Brotherton, Donna Caparrelli Burns, Frank Castiola, Bonnie (Coffin) & Zohrab Dertorossia, Linda Comas Timms, Joe & Mary Jean Dellaquila, John Dieli, Barbara (DiNardo) & Ron Dahlgren, Ron & Rita Distin, John Folcik, Pat Ford, Kathleen Gagnon Onofrio, Austin Gardner & Ruth Shumbo, Anona (Getchell) & Don Hogwood, Ginny Hill Noel, Janie (Hodlin) & Bob Owen, Roland “Punch” Lasher, Angie Lepore Nichols, Fred Marcantonio & Diane Drew, Paul & Bonnie Maskery, Joel & Sandy Moss, Ralph Noel & Ann Vachon, Ronnie & Missy Pavano, Charlotte Rogers Oakes, Jimmy Rudolph, Jack & Maureen Sadlowski, Joe Segal, Marion Suess Ekholm, Ruth Szczepanik Perrotti, Ralph & Rosemary Theriault, Chuck & Athena Venturi, Kenlyn Westergren Lawrence, Bob Whelan, Tommy Wickstrom, Ed & Lola Wishart, Irmagard (Witzke) & Klaus Berger, Irene (Zyla) & Kenneth Angiletta and me, Jan Fanciullo Kane.

After the meal, Bruce Atwood greeted all and a moment of silence for those we have lost, we were entertained by Eddie Wishart and the 'Forever Plaid' group singing a medley of 50’s songs complete with red plaid jackets, bow ties and dance routines.  It was a complete surprise as no one knew beforehand.  Then we had door prizes of bottles of wine donated by Ralph Noel touting his own label.  Prizes were given for:

 

Who traveled the farthest:	Allan Anderson
Who was married the longest:	Janie Hodlin Owen
Who was married the shortest:	Ronnie Pavano
Who had the most children:	Pat Ford
Who had the most grandchildren:	Nonie Getchell Hogwood
And for our Web Site Creator:	Ralph Theriault

The DJ was excellent and played music from the 50’s on up, we danced and danced. No one could be caught sitting or they were quickly pulled up on the dance floor.  We sang along with the songs and it was probably a good thing that we were one of only two parties that was being held that night and I am sure the last to leave.  Needless to say, most of us closed Nuchie’s that night as no one wanted the evening to end, it was that GOOD.

Then Sunday morning quite a few of us gathered at Barb & Ron Dahlgren’s house for brunch and I would say that there were about 50 people there that morning.  Of course any time you visit Barb’s house, you can’t possibly go away hungry, she just keeps bringing out the food, just don’t know how she does it. I know I left at 1:00 PM and I was one of the first, so have no idea what time that broke up.  But again we were all rehashing the evening before, taking more pictures and reestablishing long ago friendships.

I know lots of pictures were taken all three days, so please send them along to Ralph Theriault to include on the web site. Or send them to me or Ginny and we will get them to Ralph.  John Dieli took lots of pictures Saturday night and was kind enough to send them to me which I will forward on along with ones I took.
 

Jan Fanciullo Kane