And Now for An Enigmatic Interlude

There hasn't been a gathering of classmates when someone hasn't asked,

"Hey Mike, do you know whatever happened to Ray Reichert?"

To my knowledge , no one has the answer.

Unless....

This photograph courtesy of Jimmy McFadyen

Work Around Losing Comments

I think this will work. Click on comments. Write your message. Sign your comment in the text portion. If you have a Google ID, click on that ID option. If not, click anonymous. If this does not work, you will need to get a Google ID or send me the comment and I will post it for you. Thanks.

I need some help with testing leaving comments

People have told me they have left comments, but they are not appearing. I think I have fixed it, but need to run a test.

I need three people to leave a comment on this entry. Go to the bottom of the post. See the word comment. Click on it. A pop-up window should appear. Type your message and push the publish post button.

To see comments, go to the home page of the blog. Scroll to the bottom of the post you have commented on. See the word comments. It is blue. Click on it and you should see your comment and those of other classmates.

Thanks.

Final batch of 7th grade homeroom pictures

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This One Will Knock Your Sox Off -- Radburn Sixth Grade

Mufffy has sent me a bunch of pictures that I will be posting over the next few days.

How many of these classmates can you identify?

You will need to click on the image to enlarge it.

Thanks Muffy.

Thanks to Gwen Berdy for this Photo

Is anyone looking at this blog?

I have gone through the Jackie Fand Collection and chosen images I thought would be enjoyed by classmates. At the birthday event some of you have promised to sent me other photographs. I will scan them, post them and mail them back to you. If they require retouching and restoration, I will do what I am able and will send the photographs back to you along with a DVD with the retouched files. And if you know how to post to the blog, go ahead and do it.

There haven't been any posts or comments since the birthday party. You do not need pictures to add your thoughts, experiences, ideas, whatever you think would interest classmates. I hope for this to be a group experience and a place where we may stay in touch with each other.

There are older posts on the blog including some images from the 50th reunion. My shots of the birthday party are not so good. Perhaps some of you took photographs and would like to share them.

8 Dancers

This image was cracked and stained.

I did the best I could to restore it in Photoshop.

But I could not fix Judy's nose.

Ralph Pine, Joel Gold, who are the others?

From The Jackie Fand Collection

Ten Classmates

This group shot was a little scratched and blurry.

I retouched it as best I could.

However I think it is worth appearing on this blog.

As far as I can tell

front row: Anne, Jackie, Joan, Leanne.

back row: Stewart, Ralph, Jolene, Bob, Gerry Nichtern, Gwen.

Senior Prom?

I went steady with Cynthia Weiner from Eastside High School

during our senior year.

Notice the wristlette and crinolines.

Bergen Avenue School

Thanks to Linda Shortman who took this photograph.

I am amazed at how photographs are able to jar my memory.

The closest corner was Mrs. Nichols first grade classroom.

I can see the desks with ink wells in my mind's eye.

We attended the Bergen Avenue School from K-3.

Mike Summers and Jeannie Benson

I have very few photographs from my childhood.

My parents did not take many photographs.

I reckon this is between 1943 and 1945.

I have no idea who the child in the car may be. 

Jeannie lived a few houses away on Fifth Street.

At that time it was a dead end street.

I believe we are looking at the home of our next door neighbors named Gillan.

Cub Scouts - Lincoln School

That is the great Charles Lyons outside of Lincoln School

with his arms around Joachim Deetlof Jonker and Jerry Greenwood.

I cannot name the other boys. Any help?

I am not in the picture.

Just in from the Nancy Meekins Coker Collection

Click on any image to enlarge it.

Nancy and Linda

More Pix

The Jackie Fand Collection:

Some of these images may need captions or corrections.

 

  

  

  

 

  

  

Bob Shechtman was my first friend. I lived on Fifth. He lived on Sixth.

We were two years old when we met.

Bobby. You are missed.

More from the Jackie Fand Collection

Gwen Berdy and Sally Ginsberg '53

Nancy Meekins '53

Gwen Berdy '53

Grayce Rosso '53

Happy 70th Birthday to Us

Daryl Milstein, Judy Schneider and Stuart Wasserlauf

Gwen, Sally & Jackie -- 7th Grade

Pix from Nancy Meekins Coker

Thanks Nancy. I know most of the people in these pix, but just to make sure and to get you all involved, add names in comments and anything else you would like to say about each picture.

What a Birthday Party!

Thanks to Judy Schneider and committee for making this birthday party happen. There is no other place I would rather have been. I know of no other class that does this. What love. What memories. Reconnection is healthy for my heart.

From Jackie Fand's Picture Album

I am in the process of restoring and posting dozens of images that Jackie Fand Glancz has entrusted to me. Some are faded or a little blurry. Others are scratched and dusty. This will take some time to complete. So here are a few as starters. I would like to identify the people in each photograph. That is your job. Many of these images are from 1952. We were about 13. Please add the year your photographs were taken -- well, as close as possible. So comment on this post with the right identifications. If anyone would like a file of any of these images for printing, they are yours for the asking. Just make sure I have your email address.

Send Pix from Your Album to me.

If you have them, post 'em. You do not know how to post them, send me a file or originals. I will take good care of them and get them back to you as quickly as possible.

I may be reached at iansummers@heartstorming.com or at 610-438-5707.

Love,
Mike Summers

FLHS CLASS OF 1957 MEMORIES - Part 2

Thanks to Judy Schneider and Howie Phillips, your

class historian has been given carte blanche to write

what ever his little heart desires. Here it comes.

OUR YEAR BOOK

Due to printing costs and political interference certain

categories were omitted from the '57 year book. They

are as follows:

LUCKIEST MALE STUDENT: Jimmy Petrecca. He dated

Diane Smith.

MOST DEVIOUS: A tie ! Mike Ziccardi and George Kolinsky.

Note: Who would have figured George as a future IRS agent ?

MOST LASCIVIOUS GRIN: Louie Russo.

MOST MISCHIEVIOUS: Baby-faced Jim McFadyen. If something

was awry Jimmy was usually in close proximity.

BEST MEDIATOR BETWEEN CLIQUES: Obviously, Grace Rosso.

She deftly navigated between the crew cuts and suedes. Just

why we referred to the crew cuts as "Gee Boys" will never be

known.

GREATEST TALKER and MOST DISCOMBOBULATED TALKER:

Judy Schneider and Jolene Boyer. You figure out who was what.

GREATEST ATHLETIC SURPRISE: Michael Mortensen. After

high school Mike grew to over six feet and 230 lbs and played

semi-pro football. The foregoing, of course, is an abject lie by

your writer.

MOST SERENE: Poor Madelyn Senna. She was the only

girl in Jenny Harris's algebra class which was also comprised

of half the nut cakes of our class.

THE ELITISTS: All people from Radburn. It was a wonder that

they even spoke with us Warren Pointers.

MOST SWEETEST GIRL: Once again we have a tie. Adrianna

Camp and Barbara Miller. Pleasant to all, even the nut-cakes.

MISS MAIDEN FORM OF THE CLASS OF '57: We all know

who that was, don't we !

CLASS POLITICAL SCIENTIST: Well one could put Ralph Pine

as the winner but Stuart Samuels is the better choice. Stu

drove most of us nuts when he went into his political discussions.

Now he is a documentary film producer in Canada. Just why he

won't make a movie out of my novel is pure selfishness. (grin)

MOST EASY GOING: Has to be Mike Summers. Mike had a

good word about everyone. Perhaps, Coach Bennett was the

exception.

SHORTEST CREW CUT: Fred Shortman. In the turbulent

sixties Fred grew his hair to shoulder-length. If you believe

the foregoing then you are as discombobulated as Jolene.

OUR COWBOY: Fred Scheps, replete with Gene Autry

hat. Fred, ironically, was deathly afraid of horses. Oops,

another untruth. Just can't help myself.

That concludes the Class of 1957 yearbook omissions.

Hope you enjoyed it as much as I did. And now for

a bit of trivia.

FAIR LAWN TRIVIA

WARREN POINT: A Mr. Warren, a farmer in the late 1800's

owned land from the Passaic to Saddle Rivers. Just think,

had he not sold out his descendents would have owned

a strip of Route 4, Shaw's Drug Store, Hway Theatre, Bowling

Alley and McDonalds. Where was his Merrill Lynch account

rep ?

EARLIEST SETTLERS: The Leni-Lenape resided in FL about

12,000 years ago. Like the Sioux in South Dakota, white folks

screwed them as well.

DUNKER HOOK: Translates to "Dark Corner" in Dutch.

COLUMBIA TERRACE: Content deleted. Nobody cares.

DODGE BALL IN GYM: An interesting game when

30 classmates stood around a circle trying to pound

the hell out an unfortunate one who stood in the middle.

Howie Phillips loved this game especially when Fred

Scheps let one fly that broke Howie's finger.

And now since I've bored you to tears, this concludes

FLHS Memories Part 2.

Very graciously submitted,

Bob Grubb