8/30/00
A sad note received from Ed Perkins that
Kip Welzel (class of '58) had passed away
earlier this month. Even in high school,
Kip was a gentleman.
4/15/99 from Ed Perkins
Put us down on the "possible/probable" list for
the Sept. gathering.
Bo Berry, Curt Shimp, Bob Heim, and I are planning
get-together with Ted
Alderman in late July somewhere in Virginia.
Assume we will include Sylvia
and also try to pick up Jim Murphy.
Maybe some others vacationing in the area will
want to join. I am aiming for
Sunday, July 25 -- not sure if
that coincides with what others are
thinking.
Ed and Judy Perkins
2/22/99 from Bob Ladd
Greetings To Everyone:
At Pete Schmieler's suggestion I did visit
the Naperville Community
High School Web Site where I read some of the history
of the school and
then, on a lark, I sent a message to their webmaster,
actually a
webmistress (webmadam?) who is Jane Sharka who
gets most of her paycheck
for being a Library Media Specialist.
In that E-mail I pointed out that Naperville
Central High School was
really Naperville COMMUNITY High School until they
built a second high
school, that the Class of 57 was the first class
to spend four years in
the "new" high school, that we watched and heard
the gymnasium wing
being built our first year in the new school, that
"we" left money to
help pay for a brick/concrete school sign to be
erected on the Aurora
Ave side of the building, and I gave some trivia
info about how the
addition of the high school building came about,
sometime around 1970.
Within an hour of so she sent me a nice response,
this on a Saturday.
It's my suggestion that others of us might
have some "living history"
to contribute to Ms Sharka. For example ......
When we were students in the 1950's the school
district consisted of
just four schools. Ellsworth Grade School
(east side), the Naper School
(west side) grade school, Washington Junior High
School (the old
building) and Naperville Community High School.
Ralph Beebe was
Superintendent of Schools; he lived on Julian Street.
My mother tells me that the high school she
attended back around 1920
was called the Naperville Academy and was housed
in a small building at
the site of Ernie's 66 Gas Station, across the
street from the YMCA
building on Washington Street. Her class
had 23 students, unusually
large for the time; she has outlived them all,
except possibly one
person she lost track of some time ago.
Upon the occasion of my parents 55th wedding
anniversary (1992) some of
the "old timers" visited. Miss McDermott,
my first grade teacher, was
there and so was "our" kindergarten teacher; her
name escapes me. This
lady told me that when we were in kindergarten
(1944 maybe) she was the
only kindergarten teacher in the school district!
She taught mornings
at Ellsworth School and afternoons at Naper School.
I do recall there
was a teaching assistant helping out. Anyone
else remember the big
sandbox in the kindergarten room at Ellsworth School,
or going to school
in the dark because of year round daylight savings
time during WWII?
Jane Sharka, NCHS WebMaster, has E-mail address
of:
webnchs@ncusd203.org
We started school in 1944? Is that
possible? Really? Are we old
enough to provide "living history"?
Regards from Bob Ladd
6/22/98 -Late Summer 1998!! Fun Trip to
Idaho!
The package is right so let s head to the rivers and mountains
of Ida ho for a week of
"white water rafting", "golf , "art galleries"," antique shows"
& "wagon days celebration".
Join us on the Middle Fork of the Salmon River and then if interested,
in Ketchum and Sun Valley, Idaho Monday, August 31st - Tuesday,
September 8th
or for any part and time in between.
Sorry, limitations on river portions... can only accommodate
24 total guests...
This will be first reserved and first paid... Already have committed
Dave & Cathy Cox,
Joe Modaff and Karen Allen. River trip dates Tuesday, September
1st - Friday, September 4th.
River trip will be spectacular don t miss it!! On Tuesday September
1st
we fly from Boise, Idaho directly to the Flying B" Ranch
on the Middle Fork of the Salmon River. This is located in the
heart of
Frank Church Wilderness" largest national forest in lower
U.S.
absolutely beautiful and pristine country.
First day Tuesday, September 1st - is a leisurely check-in
to cabins at the Flying "B" and then kick back fishing,
hiking, horse shoes, pool, darts, horseback riding,
great evening meals cocktails available 24 hours.
Second day - Wednesday, September 2nd - another great ranch breakfast,
leisurely pack gear and board rafts for river float.
Will have lunch on river and easy days float put into shore
4:30
in the afternoon. Tents and campsites will be set-up.
Evening cocktails, superb river dinner and campfire as late as
you want.
Third day - Thursday, September 3rd - After hearty breakfast...
break camp
and back into rafts for full day float through spectacular canyons,
mountains, hot springs & Indian pictographs. River lunch
and evening similar to
1st night on river menu will change and food will again be
superb.
Fourth day - Friday, September 4th Breakfast leisurely, pack,
board rafts for another ½ day of spectacular scenery.
It s the last
river lunch and short float to confluence of Middle Fork and
Main Salmon... say goodbye to guides load bus for ride to
Salmon airport and flights to Boise or Stanley Idaho.
In Stanley, on our own to start next few days of adventure
with drive back to Ketchum for Lahor Day week-end, golf,
tennis, fishing, horseback riding, Wagon Days parade, concerts,
art galleries, saloons, great restaurants & antique fair.
You name it, we can do it.
Cost for river trip portion including flights from Boise to Flying
"B" ranch,
overnight cabin accommodations and meals at the ~
3 days 2 nights on river all meals & camping, tents,
sleeping bags,
air mattresses, etcs..plus bus ride and flights back to Stanley
or Boise...
$1050 per person 50% or $525 deposit needed by May 15th 50%
or additional $525 per
person is needed by June 1st . Full payment in advance would
be appreciated.
Call Jackie at Mackay Bar (208) 344-1881 or (800) 635-5536 to
confirm reservation. Provide credit card number and reference
Courtney Modaff trip to Middle Fork September
1st thru 4th.
Transportation to and from Idaho is excellent
direct flights on United from O Hare to Boise depart daily
at 7:15 pm arrive in Boise 10:00 pm... .retum direct flights
from
Boise to O Hare leave Boise 8:00 am arrive O Hare at 12:15 pm
Round trip cost approximately $375.00. Could be less or more
depending
on booking time or use of frequent flier miles.
Once in Boise, spend night and then directly to river.
Also, Delta has a ton of daily flights Chicago to Salt Lake City
and then connect directly to Boise or Sun Valley.
Slightly more expensive, but a great way to go.
In Ketchum, we will have HarvatlModaff condo plus others in same
complex (2 couples per condo)... or the ultimate Sun Valley Lodge.
Plenty of other accommodations also available..,
more fun if we all stay in Krystal Villa complex.
Rates and accommodations will vary from $75 to $100 per night
per couple.
Get your checks or credit card information to Jackie
at Mackay Bar ASAP and let me know if you plan to stay on after
the river and enjoy Labor Day weekend in Ketchum and Sun Valley.
First 24 in hand will get the river trip nod. I guarantee you
will have a great time.
Hope to see you there.
Best Regards,
Joe Modaff
P.S. My plans are to fly direct to Boise Monday evening
August 31st and return from Boise Tuesday morning September 8th.
PP.5. Check out web-site... http://www.mackayriver.com
11/2/97 - If you ever were to have been granted one wish by
the genie -
to be young again, for just one night - last night was it!
The evening
began innocently enough with a 60' long boat trip off-shore to see
the
picturesque sunset. Do you have hundreds of sunset pictures
too?
Bo Berry astonished most of the crowd by taking over and leading us
all
in song. There was an open bar on board and it served to get
everyone's
juices flowing again. The boat trip lasted until about 8:45 pm.
Obviously, the
night was still young.
A small contingent then found its way to Sloppy Joe's, Hemmingways's
old
hangout, and the night began to rock and sway. Permanent fixtures
on the
dance floor were: Gracie Herbert (my senior prom date), Pete
Wohld, Barry
and Judy Fineout, Sharon Barkei, Cleo, Jim Adams, Joe Modaff, Lorainne
Freed
(and the daughters),
Dave Swift, ShirLee and Wes, Ted and Karen Alderman and Barb Schmidt.
Jeanie Dobbert, though nailed to her chair,
had a foot-long grin of pearls through the entire affair. The
participants will never forget this
step back in time. The local "youngsters" were even in awe.
Today we have a breakfast buffet at 10 AM, followed by slow exits to
real life
shortly thereafter. There have already been some re-arrangements
of flights by
those unwilling to leave and putting up a good fight.
There are lots of pictures being taken, and I will begin posting to
the Internet by Wednesday
at the latest. Shirl and Wes will be following me back to Fort
Myers on Monday for
a stop-over there. I'll be there for a month, and doing all class
web site editing with
my laptop and Netscape Gold running over AOL, which is minimized ...
for all
you "techies". I'll be scanning photos in with a Kodak 4x6
scanner.
Talk of a 2 1/2 year reunion is getting stronger. Maybe California.
Stay tuned
The web site will continue on, even after reality sets in again..
11/1/97 - When Bo and Sally Berry arrived about 9:30 last night
we had the final list
of attendees. Which are:
Jim Adams
Ted and Karen Alderman
Boyd and Sally Berry
Sharon Barkei Campbell
Barbara Schmidt Cella
Duane and Jo Chenier
Jean Caldwell Dobbert
Carl and Judy Cook Doerr
Barry and Judy Fineout
Jim and Nancy Murfin Glasser
Bob Guler
Don and Carol Hamman
Grace Herbert
Gwen Wofford Hunter
Michael and Sylvia Boecker Jackson
Bob and Ann Jansen
Dave and Janet Kuhn
Cleo Bender Linn
Joe Modaff
Tim and Jane Murphy
Pete Schmieler
Curt Shimp
Dave Swift
Lorraine Freed Williams and Contingent
Pete Wohld
Wes and ShirLee Wilson
Dave Swift, with help from Joe Modaff and Bob Jansen, put on a seafood
extravaganza
last night with most of the fare from around here. The big hits
were the oysters (sweetest I've
ever had) and the local lobster. The lobster kept coming and coming.
Nice!
Spike's 5 pages of trivia made its debut amid chortles and chuckles
from the darkest
corners. Winners in our area were Pete Wohld and Gracie Herbert.
Nancy Murfin
cheated a little, and was disqualified by the judge ... me
Another hot, oppressive day expected here with a cool front dropping
through
tomorrow. Big boat cruise tonight with dinner, etc.
We all miss you!
10/31/97 - Happy Halloween. What a day to be in
(or near) Key West.
This place looks like Mardi Gras year 'round.
At exactly 11:33 AM yesterday Cleo walked out of the Miami terminal;
at exactly
11:33 I pulled up to the pre-arranged pickup point. Then we were
off right away to Little Torch Key,
28 miles from Key West. Though the temp was in the cool fifties
when I left Ft. Myers it
had gotten slowly warmer and more humid by the time I got to Miami.
Now the further we got
south the heaviness of the air really started to tell.
Not long after we arrived we headed for the pool where Bob and Ann
Jansen were holding
court. Murph and his wife, Jane, were along shortly also.
Barb Schmidt joined the crowd, and next was
Dave Swift, who thundered up in his orange '77 Corvette. The
8 of us went to dinner in
Key West last night at the far end of Duval Street.
This morning the Aldermans came out to take a look-see, and Gwen was
munching out of the breakfast
feedbag with her friend, Lou Ann, from San Antonio. It seems
that these class women of ours
haven't seen each other for at least five years because they are yapping
constantly, filling in detail after
detail to each other ... while the men are just struggling to recognize
everybody else.
Lorainne got here last night with her two daughters and immediately
drug up grubsteaks
to head for Key West where she "could stay on a beach".
The remaining arrivals today. I'll keep you informed.
10/29/97 - Arrived in Fort Myers yesterday on my way to the big
party in The Keys. Still not
smelling the Marlin Championship World Series T-shirts yet, but expect
to run into iit when
I get to Miami. Weather finally getting warmer. Brought temps
in the 30's along with me to
northern Florida.
On the way here I encountered snow throughout most of Iowa. Then in
Galesburg I left the I-system to visit
Spike Flanders and spend a few hours with him and his family.
Wife Angela cooked up a nice squash
dish for lunch. At one point Spike and I got to laughing so hard
about the old times that we
literally squirting tears. Too bad Spike can't make the reunion.
I leave tomorrow (Thursday AM) to pick up Cleo at the Miami Airport,
then head for The Keys.
10/17/97 - Just got the following message from Pete Wohld, which
may be interest to someone coming into the Key West aea by air.
I will be arriving at the Key West airport at 2:05 PM, Friday, and
have reserved
a very small rental car. If anyone is needing a ride at that time,
I can take at
least one. If necessary, I can get a larger vehicle to hold more. I
will be returning
to the airport Sunday for a 2:00 PM return flight if anyone needs a
ride back to the airport.
9/9/97 - Bob sent out a memorandum to all classmates dated 8/14/97,
so no
sense in repeating that news.
There is big news, however, on the change of venue. The headquarters
accomodations are being switched from Sugarloaf Lodge to Parmer's Place,
because of the former's
mistake in letting out most of the rooms Dave Swift had reserved.
Dave has assured me
that we will like Parmer's better anyway. Bob is currently in
Nova Scotia, but will return on 9/11.
We will be staying on top of developments now so that we can be the
first to advise you
of the schedule changes. There is a decent block of rooms on
hold at Parmer's and, as for now, they
need be notified by 9/15 of reservations. So far I'm the only
one to reserve.
Look for a more thorough update next week sometime.
Pete
7/3/97 - This section will be updated with increasing frequency
as November gets closer ... latest
notes will always be at the top.
Bob Janzen expects we'll have about 40-45 people in attendance at the
reunion
with about 25-30 classmates. The schedule now looks like a welcome
party at
Dave Swift's Friday evening, a big "hoop-de-do" boat dinner
party complete
with steel drum band on Saturday evening, and a brunch on Sunday.
Our site can now be located on the search engines (look for Naperville
class reunion).
There are lots of reunions shown with progressively younger classes
showing more e-mail
addresses. Some of these sites are quite interesting ... let
us know if you have some ideas
about what we could include here.
Have a Happy Fourth
Pete