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This is the West Hartford Town Hall on 10/8/09. It used to be our high school, and it looks as great as ever!

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My MUCH better half, Lois Spencer. Thank you Dave Pye for this picture!

Lois had her third and very complicated open heart surgery at the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, OH

on Dec. 22, 2009, 6 weeks after this reunion. She was a person that every single person liked, except for

four ladies at this reunion who were quite impolite to her. Even with serious heart issues starting in 1980,

she was always cheerful, a great love and friend with a very sharp mind. She passed away on April 29, 2011

as she was tending her favorite flower garden in front of our house. I was about five minutes late.

I sprinkled her ashes into the same flower garden. I cannot tell you how lucky I was to have had her

in my life for so long.

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Vic Spencer and John Nolton. I was surprised how much in common he and I have had during my career. It is time for a serious diet for me.




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Dottie Selden Stone is the third one from the right. I was most impressed with her remaining nice and kind under pressure, always cheerful at a time when a few others were not during the past. She married a very nice person, George, and hope that we will maintain a friendship in the future.

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Marilyn Mascalo and Tom Nystrom. Very nice couple. Tom was very helpful to me when I once called for info after the reunion.

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Both Lois and I felt that both Bob and Jane make a very good looking couple.

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Lois my fantastic wife on the right and Betsy and Bill Tuel. I think that we will be great friends.

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Hank! Hank, are you listening?! If you would like a more serious relationship with her, I will fix you up. Just ask. What are old buddies for?

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You are not going to believe this! This is Hanafi's bird-call demonstration. He said "The bird is going to be right here in five minutes!" Then he said the magic words "lelle...lelle...lelle..." pointing to his right side. Noki said "I don't think I believe this...". Patty said "This is going to be... a... riot!! Watch Vic smiling! These guys are up to something!". John was thinking "This is a lot of BS." And voila! The bird came in two minutes, set right there, and was all over Hanafi. This man is enormously talented. And funny!! But...I don't understand why Hanafi looks 20 years younger than what his age is supposed to be.

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Marty and Dee Dee Jaffe

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"Look. This is your lucky day. Here is her phone number. That's what friends are for!"

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Ginny and Don Ludwig

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Bill Hazard, Bill Malloy and Terry Brewer

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Jerry Opinsky, Jane Klein Powell, Scott and Elaine Berman Cunningham

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Dotti Selden Stone and Kathy Morey Nelson.

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Judy Goldstein Evans, Larry Mosesson

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Mary and Ed Tulloch, a great old friend and his beautiful wife. I hope that we stay in touch. Ed asked me what I was doing and had to tell him that I just quit my pole dancing job. I never understood women complaining during my younger days, but I can tell you that it is degrading and awful to be a sex symbol. I understand that now.

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It's a good thing I spotted the laser pointer on Ron's head. I had to practically yell on the intercom "Wrong target!". Just kidding.

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Jobeth and Richard Mount, Hanafi Libman

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Jane Cave, Patty who thinks "Who is this man next to me?", Howie Lamson who thinks "The guy switched my plate while he took my picture and my wallet!" So Jane says "Howie, you are Howard now. Get it together."

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Ray and Ann Rohan Wilson

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Mike and Joan Cellini

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Thank you Dave Pye for this picture!

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I love this woman. Not just because she is my wife, but because she is the cutest of the cute.

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I liked Noki very much. She gave an great speech about her life to date with an incredibly good sense of humor, when in fact she and her husband must have experienced great hardships. I would like to meet both of them some day.

I have noticed this...

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This is a fantastic composition from the site of our October 4 brunch. I really love it. This picture is ALIVE for me.

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I am very lucky. Lois is four years younger than I am. My wife is just beautiful, and a very nice person and friend as well. I did not take this photo and would like to thank whoever did it.

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Bob and Lynne Miller; a great couple that I also liked a lot.

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Dr. Dunn, our former vice principal, my role model to this date, and his lovely wife. My trip was worth it just to see them.

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Betsy my buddy and me, Vic Spencer.

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Great picture contributed by Keith Barnes. Thank you very much!

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Great picture contributed by Keith Barnes. Thank you very much!

The following pictures are from the meeting committee's Web site unless otherwise designated. Thank you very much whoever took these pictures!

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Bev Toomajian and Caroline Boland.

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Bob Cave

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Bruce Stang

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Dave P and Alan K

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Elna Lindstrom and Bimmi Barber Herget.

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Hal Frazier, our math teacher.
A great sense of humor and very astute observations on the state of today's education. My favorite topic.

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Janice Nelson Odlum

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Jo-Anne Demonte Sabin

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Marilyn Mascalo Johnson

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Roberta Weinbaum and Jerry Opinsky
Outstanding picture of both of you!

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Ron Feinstein

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Beverly Jensen

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Bimmi Barber Herget

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John Lincoln

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I think this is a great picture of David Pulver and his wife, Carol.

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Ladies first: Marie Crudele O`Connor, Claire Hospod Bill, Marilyn Mascalo Nystrom

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Next the husbands! Tom Nystrom, Dave Bill, David O`Connor

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Larry Mosesson, Brenda Mackinnon: very nice smiles!

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David Pulver, you are just relaxed and very photogenic!

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Jerry Opinsky thinks "Those shoes I sold myself are killing me..."

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Paul Blanch and Ron Feinstein

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I think this is a very good photo of Jack Chapps.


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Richard Horowitz's grandson`s Bar Mitzvah. He posted it on the committee's Web site, but could not attend the reunion. Obviously this event is very close to his heart. I have to tell you what he did for me. I did not have a yearbook, I asked class mates for a copy, three were promised, but ended up getting none for various reasons. I did not ask Dick Horowitz for it. About ten days before the reunion, I received an email from Dick out of the blue asking me for my address because "I understand you would like a copy of the 59 yearbook". I received a complete copy overnight. What an example of incredible human kindness. I will never forget it.

At Janice Nelson's 9th birthday party in 3rd grade: L to R: Marilyn Reed Gengras, unknown, Karen Carlson (Carling?), Patty Newsom, Nancy Waters, Phillis Jones, Janice Nelson Odlum, Linda Peterson, Bea Clutier, Dottie Selden Stone, Kathy Murphy(?), Linda MacIntosh. If anyone can identify some of the unknown girls via email to me, we would appreciate it. Janice Odlum said that you were in Mrs. Gilberto's class. Great memories ladies!

Whoever took THIS picture did much better than I did with the same group, so many thanks to you. These ladies and Bob were class mates in THIRD GRADE! THAT is absolutely fantastic. From L to R: Bev Toomajian Christie, Claire Hospod Bill, Marie Crudele O`Connor, Betty Johnson Holbrook, Bev Jensen Blakely, Bob Cave, Marilyn Mascalo Nystrom

Pictures provided by Jan Castillo who was a classmate of some of you in 3rd(?) grade:


Mickey Doyle, Gay Kitridge, Carol Shull, Debbie Thomas, and Janice Cianci Castillo(?)


Mrs. Stanley, Carol (Cookie) Balbier, Jane Rae, Marilyn Parsons

Then we went to the airport to fly back Hartford-Philadelphia-Knoxville. The plan was to use the same aircraft. In Philadelphia we could not go forward because the parking break on the right wheel would not release. It was broken into three pieces. After a four-hour wait, the flight was canceled. We got a hotel room and slept for four hours. Something felt funny in my right ear. It was a suppository. At least I knew where my hearing aid was.

The next morning we flew to Washington, DC. Our luggage was lost but recovered in a day. Such things happen. The US Airways people were very helpful I must say, but we were happy to land in Knoxville, TN finally. The Knoxville area is a beautiful place. It will pleasantly surprise you if you look at it.

Here I am making a landing in Knoxville. Would you like to come along?
Yes I have barf bags.



Here are a few pictures of our airport in Knoxville, TN. The floors and gates are constructed from marble mined in Tennessee.