TO THE CLASS OF 1957, I GIVE YOU MEMORIES

Herein lies a simple soliloquy of memories of our
youth. You might ask why I've put this micro-tome together,
so I shall tell you straight out: it's an abject fear of being
impeached as your class historian. Don't say never ! Look
what happened to Bob Donato !!!

I must also quantify the forthcoming memories by saying
some of which may not be all goody-two-shoed (by the way
who coined the latter and why. Never made any sense to
me. Think about the phrase). However, you might also
give me some slack as much of the detail was Warren
Point driven. Remember, to a Warren Point kid, traveling
to Columbia Terrace, for example, was a light year distance
away. And, of course, we Warren Pointers never had the proper
documents nor economic backgrounds to enter Radburn.
So let me further preface the following by saying that you
Columbia Terrans, Rooseveldtians,Radburners,and
Memorials are more than welcome to email me your own
vignettes so that one and all will truly agree that your writer is
not an unholy autocrat. Amen and here goes something: fully
unabridged and unsequenced as they've been extracted from my
69 year old recollections.

SADDLE RIVER TRAPPING
One early morning, Bob Johnson and I traveled to the river
to check our traps -- Muskrat pelts paid well. Through
the mist we saw Richie Reiser jumping up and down. "I
caught a mink" he shouted to us. Well that was nice Johnson
and I thought: Maybe $ 18 bucks, big money! Unfortunately,
Richie didn't keep his eye on the mink who revived and
promptly escaped into the river. I thought Richie would
cry.

SADDLE RIVER CATFISH
We were all about 14 and fishing off the little Dunkerhook
bridge. It was sunset and the water couldn't have been
more a 1 1/2 ft deep. We must have pulled out at least
40 catfish. Bob Piccola and Bob Rubini were there as well.

THE FOUR DEUCES
The deuces was a small soda shop with a few booths and
a countertop. It was owned by Phil, a German emigre.
Phil (deservedly so) had little patience with us. We were,
in essence, a pain in the arse. One night, on the way to
a St. Anne's Friday night dance, Phil's penny gumball
machine was overturned, spilling out all the little colored
orbs across the sidewalk. Who dun it?

TRADITIONS
There used to be a huge boulder that had a bronze plaque
honoring WW I vets at Warren Point Elementary. During a recent
trip I noted the boulder was gone. Why? Where is it? Who had
the bright idea of moving it?

Speaking of bright ideas, why was the FL logo changed
from block lettering to italic. Why must some people
mess with tradition?

HERPETOLOGISTS
Not too far away from FLHS was a little stream where garter and
black snakes loved to sun themselves. Well, during our 8th grade
lunch time and with apparently too much time on our hands, Jim
McFadyen and I traveled to yonder site and proceeded to capture
two nice sized black snakes. Unfortunately for Mrs. Housekamp,
we smuggled them in our jackets and placed them in our desks.
You might imagine our teacher’s hysteria and the outcome. Lets
just say that Jim and I had a trip to the office and then a forced
vacation of a few days. My father, of course, did not see our
herpetological study as a sincere scientific endeavor.

FAIR LAWN GIRLS VERSUS RIDGEWOOD COUNTERPARTS
What a great tradition: Fair Lawn versus Ridgewood on Thanksgiving
morning. You could always differentiate our FL girls from their Ridgewood
counterparts as the latter wore camel hair coats with maroon and white
corsages, hence the economic differences between the two towns.

FL QUARTERBACK
Jack Studt cracked me up one day when he said that Ray Reichert
was the only Fair Lawn quarterback that was not allowed to call
the plays as Ray would call all of them to himself.

KINDS DAIRY
How many of us loaded up on those fantastic ice-cream cones at
Kinds. I’m guessing now but I believe they had at least 15 different
flavors. Bob Donato worked there after school.

EARNING MONEY
We kids were much different than today’s version. The girls all baby
sat and the boys collected bottle refunds, mowed grass, shoveled
snow,trapped muskrat and set-up pins at the Hiway Bowling Alley.
Question: how many of us were overweight?

LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL
The Fair Lawn Little League baseball program was inaugurated in 1951.
Monte Weed was commissioner. Some of the sponsors were VFW, PBA,
Sun Photo, PBA, and Strehl’s Pharmacy. The field was at Memorial Park
which gave up its first homerun to Charlie Hochkeppel.

JUNIOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
That came about a year later in 1952. Playing for the Fair Lawn
Jaycees, I had a no hitter going until Jim McFadyen tripled off
of me. To this day, I never forgave him (grin).

LYNDHURST VS HAWTHORNE
Jack Studt’s father took Jack and I to see that memorable game
when Lyndhurst beat Hawthorne 110 to nothing. I think it was
around 1949 or 50. It was football not basketball, and Lyndhurst
even suited up the waterboy whom believe it or not scored a
TD in the second half.

OUR SCHOOL CLOTHING
Poodle skirts. Some of the girls wore Bermuda shorts and knee
socks. Ask Carol Szuhai. We lads, for the most part, wore chinos
and jeans. Some had pegged pants: George Kolinsky, Bob Rubini,
Kenny Fearns, Ray Reichert (red ones), Ray Carrotozola, Jim McFadyen.
No one had piercing or tattoos.

MOST HAPPY GUYS
My vote goes to Mike Summers and Joe Bishop as the kids with
the best happy-go-lucky attitudes.

DAVE SIME - ALL EVERYTHING
While most of you will remember Dave’s all everything sports
achievements the one I will best recall is when I first met him.
One day when Charlie Haigh’s brother was organizing a little
game called “Pick Up and Slaughter” this red-headed kid showed
up walking his dog.
In those days we did not have organized sports. Instead we usually
played on a deserted field. Anyway, our game involved one kid
carrying a football through at least 20 kids or so, hence Pick Up and
Slaughter. Wally Haigh asked the red-headed kid if he wanted to play.
“We’ll kill him,“ Wally bragged. And you can all guess at what happened.

CAMP CARLSON
The boys club had a camp in the Kittatinny Mountains. Camp Carlson
was run by the well respected Henry “Pop” Milnes. It was not an easy
camp at all. One had to hike over a mountain by himself and sleep the
night for his Trail Blazer award. I still have the badge. But speaking of
Dave Sime, I remember that he was counselor with Pete Kerwin. One
day at the chow hall I remember them throwing Larry Speer’s western
records down on the rocks. Dave and Pete were in that class of ‘54,
So were Ron Piranesi - Dodger pitcher, and Millie Perkins - actress.

LYNCREST ICE SKATING
Many of you simply have to recall ice skating on the Lyncrest pond.
They let you build fires back then to keep warm. Bob Heaney and
Ray Reichert had racing skates. Remember the “whips”?

That’s about all for now. Let me know if you want me to continue
these oldie-goldie memories of our youth. Moreover, if you do, send
me yours so I can incorporate same.

Regards, Bob Grubb

Class Biographies #2

Here is the second installment from our project "Know Your Classmates". Although you were given or had access to a 50th reunion booklet which contained classmate bio's, we felt that sending a few bio's periodically would provide an easier way for you to read about them, and give you info on how to contact one or more of them should you care to do that.

Please send updates to your bio to Mike Summers. iansummers@heartstorming.com

Best Regards,
Howie Phillips
Judy Schneider Kolbert
Mike Summers

For some photographs of the Reunion visit the blog where you may also post your own photographs.

Harriet Berger Stein
55 Darlington Drive
Wayne NJ 07470
973-942-3743

Following graduation from FLHS, attended Fairleigh Dickinson University and did post graduate work at William Paterson. Harriet taught elementary school. She is married to Morris Stein. The Steins have one daughter and a grand-daughter. Her interests and activities include playing bridge, reading, spending time with her family and friends. Harriet had been to Israel, Hawaii, Europe, Panama, Costa Rica and Mexico.

Miles Birkett
16-20 Pollitt Drive
Fair Lawn NJ 07410

Miles attended Fairleigh Dickinson University. He had a 42 year career as a local letter carrier. His interests include astrology, reading, coin collecting and following the stock market. Since retiring, he spends time at his exercise club, using the computer and traveling. His favorite high school memory is being on the track team. His random thoughts have to do with self improvement and accepting people for who they are without judgment.

Robert Bocchino
361 Old Jupiter Road
Jupiter FL 33477
561-213-7377
vbocchino2003@yahoo.com

Bob served in the US Navy for three years before becoming an Electrical Contractor. He is married to Victoria and has five children and five grandchildren. His interests include flying, fishing, boating, and car racing. Bob enjoys spending time with his family. He is still in the electrical business. Bob's favorite high school memories are of wrestling, football, and watching Robert Rubini drag race in his Crown Victoria while in class??? His random thought is to enjoy life, family and friends.

Glen A. Boehme
604 Buena Vista Way
Wyckoff NJ 07481
201-447-2988
gaboehme@msn.com

After graduating FLHS, Glenn attended the University of Buffalo and served in the U.S. Air Force. Glen is a real estate broker. His hobbies are horse training and firing at the pistol range. He and wife, Karen, have four children and six grandchildren. They have traveled all over the U.S. Canada and Mexico. In response to random thoughts, he states 'At my age, all my thoughts are random.'

Liane Lichtenberg Brandon
19 Langley Road
Boston MA 02135
brandon@educ.umass/edu

Liane attended St. Lawrence as an undergraduate and Boston University where she did her post graduate work. She was professor of Film, TV and Media Studies at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and is a filmmaker. Today she is a film preservation consultant, a filmmaker/photographer, and does film distribution (www.newday.com)

Lenore Brick Cardoza
12490 Quivera (Apt. 912)
Overland Park, KS 66213
913-499-7030
maxcardoza@yahoo.com

After retiring, Lenore and her husband Max moved to Costa Rica when they lived for fifteen years before moving back to Kansas. They have three children and three grandchildren. Lenore does needlepoint, plays mah jongg and loves to travel. She has been to Holland, Korea, Taiwan and Hong Kong. Lenore's favorite memories of FLHS are her friends.

Stephen Bulwin
154 Manor Parkway
Lincroft NJ 07738
732-741-7782
stephenbulwin@verizon.com

Stephen served in the U.S. Navy and was a dock builder in New York City. He is single and his favorite pastime is photography.

Class Biographies #1

To our Classmates FLHS '57

As previously announced, we are commencing our project of "Know Your Classmates". Although you were given or had access to a 50th reunion booklet which contained classmate bio's, we felt that sending a few bio's periodically would provide an easier way for you to read about them, and give you info on how to contact one or more of them should you care to do that. One piece of sad news to report -- the recent passing of Roger Weaver. We hope you find these e-mails a refreshing break from your otherwise eventful day.

Best Regards,
Howie Phillips
Judy Schneider Kolbert
Mike Summers

For some photographs of the Reunion visit the blog where you may also post your own photographs.


Budd Aversa
54 Red Hill Road
Manchester, NJ 08759
732-323-0969
buddfred9@aol.com

Budd and his wife Helen are the parents of four great kids and eleven wonderful grandkids. He attended Ithaca College. Budd was in sales before retiring and enjoys music and painting now as before. Budd has lived in Illinois, Maryland and Massachusetts before moving back to New Jersey. Budd has been to Las Vegas as well. His favorite Fair Lawn High School memories are of the band, the Dug Outs and all his friends at school. He wishes us all the good health to enjoy our lives.


Lois Gayle Anderson Schaffer
82 East Maple Avenue
Suffern, NY 10901
845-357-9101
oldbat1@optonline.net

Lois works as an accountant. Her husband is deceased. She is the mother of four children, three stepchildren, and 16 (!) grandchildren. Her favorite memory of FLHS is the Monkey Mascot that she still has.


Jean Barnard Zwirek
20 Central School Road
Wantage Township, NJ 07461
973-875-6349

After FLHS Jean worked as a secretary for a local municipality. She now acts as docent at the 1787 Historic House. Jean and her husband Ed are the parents of two daughters and have a granddaughter. Jean enjoys reading, antiques, history, genealogy, working out at the gym and doing fund raising. She has traveled to many of the states, Mexico, Bermuda, the Caribbean, and the British Isles. She remembers high school days as a simpler time and wonders where all the years have gone.

Audrey Bauhofer Schultz
7 Chester Avenue
Randolph, NJ 07869
973-927-0657
aaschultz@uno.com

Audrey is the mother of four children and eight grandchildren. Her husband is deceased. Audrey attended Northeastern Bible College and Westminster Choir College after graduating FLHS. She was a piano teacher and is still a church music director. She sings in church choirs and the Morris County Choral Society. She plays the organ, travels with friends and spends time with her family. Audrey has been to France, Poland and Germany and on singing tours in the united States and Canada.

Gwen Berdy Schaffer
11 Little Brooklyn Road
Warwick, NY 10990
845-258-4329
gwenmilt@optonline.net

Gwen is the mother of a daughter and has a one grandchild. She lives in Warwick NY with her partner Milt Mesirow. She attended Montclair State College as an art major. She is an art teacher, gallery owner and portrait painter. Gwen has traveled to Europe, Canada and the Caribbean. She enjoys painting, silk screening, painting, tennis, gardening, classic cars, walking and jazz. Gwen's favorite memories include playing the lead in the drama "Death Takes a Holiday." She looked forward to the reunion because she still has good feelings for her classmates.

Nancy Martinique

Just in! A photo of Nancy Martinique Soiferman and her husband Harvey. Thanks Nancy.

Gwen Berdy Photos

Gwen and life/business partner Milt Mesirow
photographed by Bill Stakles wife Teri

Gwen and Milt (July '07) surrounded by artwork in their display

Grandma Gwen with Aria (4) in the enclosed porch at Warwick NY

Thanks Gwen.

If you have photographs you would like to share and do not how to post them,
send them to me and I will do it for you.
You may send prints or e-mail me jpeg files.

Ian Summers
145 South 11th Street - Loft 4
Easton PA 18042

Sent to me by Lew Simons - Class of '56

A bunch of Fair Lawn boys went to an International Boy Scout Jamboree at Irvine CA. 1952 or so.

Back Row: Walter Sanders, Richard Silva, Boyd Schroeder, Paul Finkel ('56), Lew Simons ('56), Herb Cohen ('56)
Front Row: Phil Teitel, Dave Feldman, Buddy Aversa, Robbie Horwich ('58), ?

That is you Buddy, isn't it?

Some shots of the reunion from Lois Lombardi Ciampo

The captions are certainly open to corrections. These are what we have so far from Lois.

Hermann Alstede (din not attend FLHS but always attends our reunions since grew up in Warren Point and knows all the guys) Buddy Aversa, Jim McFayden, Ray Saint, Nick Ciampo, and Jean Simpson.

Barbara Treistman and Judy Schneider.

Miles Birkett, Daryl Millstein and Bruce Shaw.

Irwin Schwartz, Judy Schneider, Bruce Shaw, Eric Koppelman and Judy Solomon.

Bob Piccolo, Jim McFadyen, Fred Scheps, Arnie Egli, Judy Schneider and Lois Lombardi.

Bob Moyle, Grace Rosso, Barry Fradkin

Jim McFadyen, Bob Moyle, Daryl Milstein
Judy Schneider, Lorenda Hermans and Heddie Kotz

Helen and Buddy Aversa, Nick Ciampo, Jim and Laura McFayden, Bob Grubb

Okay boys and girls... who can identify these classmates?

Thank you, Lois.

Just in from Barry Rudd. Thanks Barry. How many of these young gentlemen can you identify? Click on the photo to enlarge it.

FLHS ’57 South Florida Mini Reunion

February 23, 2008; Boca Raton, Florida---26 people (17 FLHS ’57 graduates and 9 spouses) continued the emotion that was brought out during and after our NJ 50th reunion. Arnie Egli, Bob Piccola, Stu Wasserlauf, Buddy Aversa, Bob Bocchino, Bob Grubb, Diane Huizinga Gras, Judy Schneider Kolbert, Howie Phillips, Andy Bruno, Carole Szuhai Bruno, Pat Hardy DiIenno, Ray Caro (Carotozzolo), Grayce Rosso Seitz, Linda Kamerling Shortman, Jim McFayden, and Bob Rubini---all represented the South Florida residents and South Florida fly-ins. Could there be any more memories to ponder after the hours we spent together in NJ?—you betcha! We talked about having another reunion when most of us turn 70—in about 18 months. We also talked about a 55th. Any input from you on this subject would be appreciated. The nice part—many who had to miss our NJ get together were able to get to Boca to revisit old times. We should all be exposed to good health so that these reunions will continue for a long time. Howie Phillips

Florida - January 08

2 more from Barbra Treistman. Thanks.

Double click any of the images on the blog to see them larger.

Please send or post photographs from our high school days.

The 50th Reunion - September 2007

Here are some photographs forwarded by Barbara Treistman. If you have photographs and cannot post them, send them to me and I will post them for you. Please identify classmates with captions if possible. Thanks. Mike

2 Gents

Don Nanfeldt and Ron Gierisch taken at Don's house in Jupiter,FL