Bill Ryan
Remember how we were always getting yelled at for talking in class, back in STS? Well, you "brazen articles", now's your chance to talk! Share any funny memories or anecdotes you have from STS on this blog. Almost any topic is fair game on here, as long as it's not "rude, crude, or lewd". By the way, when was the last time anybody called you a "brazen article"? Probably about the same time you were last in a "cloak room"!!! LOL
Bill Ryan
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9/10/2009 05:34:17 am
PASS OUT!!!
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Bill Ryan
9/10/2009 06:40:07 am
PASS THE CHALK, PLEASE!
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Erma Weiner Anton
9/11/2009 10:15:04 am
Wow, I'd nearly forgotten about being "brazen articles" - what I haven't forgot is wishing Barbara Curley didn't live right next to the school yard. I remember trying to "call for her" and not once but twice being pulled into the convent - by Sr. Joseph Marie for wearing a "pagan pony tail". Guess I really wasn't too bright cause after the first time I thought I could sneak by without getting caught but no such luck.
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Frank Dann
9/12/2009 06:07:29 am
I remember: "You're just a bump on a log."
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BOB CARNESI
9/13/2009 07:02:52 am
The more I've gotten into this reunion mindset, the more things keep popping in my brain---and these days any activity that causes popping in the brain is a good thing! Listening to Sr John Marie mentioned brought back memories of her asking me in her Philopeno accent, Master Robert, will you be going to Oxford or Cambridge? Somewhere along the line five years later I detoured through Saigon. Guess I made a wrong turn somewhere. In any event, great to read some remembrances and a great big hello to one of my favorite people on the planet at that time, the former Pam LoCastro. Hi Pam, its great to see you again even if for now it is electronically. Looking forward to doing it in person at the reunion.
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Pam LoCastro McPhail
9/19/2009 12:38:49 am
Yes, Sr. John Marie did eat chalk. When we were supposed to be doing work with our heads down concentrating on our religion studies, I would watch her and she would wet her fingers and run them across the ledge under the blackboard that held erasers and then back up to her lips. I thought perhaps this was something unique to being a nun. I tried it one time (don't ask why we did stupid things) and nearly gagged. Once again the devil took over my body. Erma, I can remember walking two blocks out of the way so I wouldn't have to pass the recory or convent becaus I was wearing shorts in the summertime.
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BOB CARNESI
9/20/2009 08:50:10 am
By this time in my life, I have been fortunate enough to have been in many different churches in many different areas and even in several different countries. These have ranged from small chapels to giant cathedrals. I have to say though that I have never gotten the special feeling inside that I always did in St. Teresa's church. I am certain that a lot of it was the age and the situation but I have to say, looking up at the beautiful scenes behind the altar and watching the sun streaming through the stained glass windows just made me feel special inside. Unfortunately, I haven;t been there now in almost 39 years, but I will always remember my last visit because it was the day I married the girl of my dreams and thanking and recognizing God's goodness, I am still with my best friend and best person I ever knew today.
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Dan Gavin
9/24/2009 09:47:55 am
Bob Carnesi.......correct me if I'm wrong.....but didn't your dad drive us (you, me and Andy Rsid) to school from your house on 48th. strret and 43rd. avenue? I think he was driving a 52 or 53 Dodge at the time? Look forward to seeing you at the reunion!!
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Dennis Keegan
9/26/2009 01:52:54 am
Like Bob Carnesi, I'm finding childhood memories of events large and small come bubbling up. I am trying to fill in some gaps for myself; does anyone have a list of the teachers by grade for the mixed class of boys and girls?
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Bob Carnesi
9/27/2009 08:01:38 am
Great to see your entry Dan Gavin and also enjoyed very much the photos of you and your beautiful family posted. Your memory of 50 years ago is almost flawless. Yes, my dad did drive you, I and Andy Reid ( and sometimes the late Frank Howe ) to school on occasion and it was a Dodge he took us in, but I believe the year of the blue and white model was 54. Also my part of the journey began on 49th st and Skillman avenue and we picked you and Andy up on 48th st between Skillman and 43rd avenue. God it is truly amazing the things we carry through our lives. Thanks for the memories and I am looking forward to seeing you at the reunion.
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Cathy Maher Somerville
9/28/2009 02:36:26 am
Seeing Sr. Joseph Marie's obit with comments of her "gentleness" made me confused. As a member of the all girl's class, gentle is not a word I would use to describe her. In fact, it was only recently, in speaking with some of the other girls, I found out it wasn't just me she hated! She was the only teacher I had at St. Teresa's that I did not like at all. She was difficult, undermining and excelled in making you feel totally inadequate! But compared to the boy's Sr. Ann Eileen, I guess she was a dream. Sr. Joseph Marie was truly the only bad experience I had.
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Cathy Maher Somerville
9/28/2009 02:44:00 am
Does anyone remember what happened to Cynthia Mitchell?
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Cathy Maher Somerville
9/28/2009 11:36:36 pm
Teachers - 1A Class
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Cathy Maher Somerville
9/28/2009 11:38:55 pm
One more: Sr. Ann Francine!
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Erma
9/30/2009 12:52:17 pm
Pam,I wish I'd have been as smart as you were and had thought about walking those extra blocks - I'd have been way worth it.
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Cathy Maher Somerville
10/1/2009 03:10:53 am
Erma! Great to hear from you. Last time I saw you was at St. Teresa's when the church was restored - 20 years ago. The school was open and all the class pictures were up. Loved Mary Louise Reiner's pictures. She was such a little thing always in the front. Me, I was always in the back being tall. Can't wait to see everyone again!
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CATHY MAHER SOMERVILLE
10/9/2009 02:53:44 am
Teachers for the all boys graduating class:
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Frank Dann
10/17/2009 04:29:09 pm
Hi all STS60ers,
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Kathy Matthews Klein
10/18/2009 03:45:27 pm
Wow - Thanks to Bill & to Diane's hard work & research, the STS website has brought back so many memories of our Woodside (in the good old days). If I'm correct we had (of course) Sr. Ann Louise in Grades 1 & 3 - Possibly Sr. Philomena? in grade 2 - A lay teacher grade 4 - Then was it Sr. Reginald?? 5th grade who made us print a chapter of history each time someone in class spoke but didn't admit it - Don't know why I have no recall of 6th but do remember we had Sr. Raymond Marie in both 7th & 8th grades. Thought she was terribly strict @ the time but must admit she certainly prepared us for our catholic high school assignments there-after. Do remember walking home on 44th Street but first hanging out on the corner with the kids from Sagon Hall - Looking forward to April & tho I did not mail my reservation yet to Bill, count me in! Can't wait to see our "old gang" & trade memories of who did what & when! Take care guys & here's to US! Later...Kathy Matthews Klein
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Dennis Keegan
10/19/2009 11:49:43 am
Thanks Kathy; I knew someone out there would help me as I try to remember! This is what I have been able to recall (sort of) so far:
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DAN GAVIN
10/27/2009 10:56:47 am
TO NANCY BAER...........GREAT PICTURES!!! I WAS SADDENED TO SEE RIP AFTER JOE O'CONNER'S NAME. I KNEW JOE VERY WELL. DO YOU KNOW WHEN HE PASSED AWAY? WAS HE MARRIED? WHERE WAS HE LIVING AT THE TIME? ALSO SAD TO SEE MIKE MASTRANGELO HAS DIED.
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BOB CARNESI
10/28/2009 10:19:50 am
In honor of the late William B. Williams let me say, " hello world ".I don't know sometimes to this day why I think some of the things I do, or even worse you would thimk after all these years I would be a little wiser and keep the sillier comments to myself. Alas, some things never change! So here goes and I swear to you that I certainly do not mean to offend anyone and if I do I want to apologize in advance but I have to share part of my crazy brain with some of the people who helped form it. My initial reaction after viewing the wonderful video on the link documenting the party for the class of 1959 was " where did they hire all these people to portray students of that class and couldn't they have at least hired some younger performers?" Oh well I said it and I can feel the reaction out there as everyone says who the heck is he kidding? He probably looks like a character out of Night of the Living Dead and you may just be right! But I just wanted to share my initial thoughts with you guys and I am now preparing to immediately add another six thousand days on to my upcoming purgatory time. This leaves me with one last thought/question. Who was it that determined on those little cards we used to sometimes receive that if you said this prayer it would reduce your purgatory time by x amount of days?
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DAN GAVIN
10/29/2009 12:11:23 am
HEY BOB...........NOW YOU KNOW WHY EVERYONE NEEDS TO WEAR THE "HELLO, I'M........" ON THEIR CHEST AT THESE REUNIONS!!!!!
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Erma
10/29/2009 12:07:17 pm
Help! Does anyone remember a Sr. M. James Ellen or Sr. M. Patricia John? I know my memory isn't the best but I don't think I ever heard those names before much less remember them but they both signed my 8th grade album. Can anyone help me refresh my aging memory?
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BOB CARNESI
11/11/2009 09:15:07 am
Hello everyone----that is if anyone is really still out there? My lovely bride of 39 years is seriously contemplating bringing in some help from the outside because she thinks that I am making up this whole reunion business and that essentially this whole process is existing only in my mind. She watches me send off these little ditties and shakes her head at the fact that I keep saying there really are other people out there but they are just being shy or holding out for some other reason. I keep promising her that I am really not making up the few things on the board. Come on guys, there really are a lot of folks waiting to hear what happened to the rest of your life post 1960 ( I LIKE IKE )! And Lord knows there are some great stories and messages waiting to be told. I really am praying that someone will get the ball rolling and that will start a landslide. I don't know if anyone has ever heard this one before. I think I picked it up in my travels through southeast Asia circa 1965-1966. It goes like this. " A thousand mile journey begins with the first step". Very profound I am sure you would agree but when you really let it set in there is quite a message there. By the way, one last revelation. I really do all this writing without ever using spell check, another hangover from STS education. Talk to you soon.
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Charlie Daly
11/12/2009 12:16:55 pm
Hey Bob Carnesi, how the heck are you? I also attended the University of South Viet Nam at Saigon. We did talk on the phone some time ago but I lost your number & when the reunion came up, I was trying to assist Bill Ryan to locate some of our fellow grads. Glad you were found via Andy Reid who was always a great organizer and hockey player. Looking forward to seeing everyone in April. Big thank you to all who have had a part in getting STS60 together.
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Bob Carnesi
11/16/2009 10:27:55 am
Hello Charlie and everyone
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Susie Taylor Doherty
11/20/2009 09:25:42 am
I must say, Bill has done a fabulous job on this reunion. BRAVO! the old photos bring back a lot of great memories.I can't wait to see everyone.
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Bill Ryan
11/20/2009 12:05:10 pm
Susie,
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Bob Carnesi
12/4/2009 06:07:52 am
Hey Danny Gavin
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DANNY GAVN
12/7/2009 11:07:07 am
HEY BOB CARNESI
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Bob Carnesi
12/14/2009 03:59:01 am
Hey you guys
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Pam LoCastro McPhail
12/22/2009 04:58:10 am
Woodside seems so long ago and yet, the more stories I hear the more my mind goes back to a simpler time. Yea, we couldn't wait to grow up and be smarter than our parents. Well here we are all grown up(and out) and are we any smarter?
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Bill Ryan
12/23/2009 07:35:50 am
Hi, Pam,
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Bob Carnesi
12/24/2009 02:37:54 pm
Hello World
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Charlie Daly
12/25/2009 10:19:59 am
Bob, nice posting regarding our present day troops serving in a far off land. I can relate and so can you. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all.
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Pam LoCastro McPhail
12/26/2009 12:29:07 am
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all near and far.
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Bill Ryan
12/30/2009 01:36:46 am
Nancy Baer emailed me to say that she recently was going through some stuff she had boxed up after her parents died and found all her report cards from STS. She made a list of all the teachers she had (as well as the name of the principal at the time). So, here's the list of teachers of the "two's". (I was in the twos, through the end of 6th grade, after which it was either the "All Boys", the "All Girls" or the "Accelerated Class" aka - the "Mixed Class"):
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bob carnesi
12/30/2009 08:07:01 am
Hi Bill and Hello world
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Bill Ryan
12/30/2009 10:02:15 am
Bob,
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Pam LoC
12/31/2009 01:03:40 am
Was the choir teacher Lamonica or Lamedica? The brain is real fuzzy at this time and age, or maybe it's the water here in N.E. PA. I remember him harping on us if we said SPIRTUT instead of SPIRIT or DEVINE instead of DIVINE. We said those words so many times in church I thought we'd never get out of there and get home. And I know why we all have knee problems. How many hours did we spend on out knees in church, with straight backs, no leaning back and resting our butts like old ladies? Oh the memories, Bill, they all come flooding back.
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Bill Ryan
12/31/2009 01:25:40 am
HiPam,
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Bob Carnesi
12/31/2009 04:36:03 am
Hello world
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Charlie Daly
12/31/2009 08:30:49 pm
Happy New Year to all!
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Charlie Daly
1/1/2010 08:03:07 pm
Here is how I remember it:
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cathy maher somerville
1/2/2010 01:46:34 am
Charlie, your teachers are correct! I was in your class until we were separated. It was Sr Ann Francine. Sr Mary Stephen was two years in the basement. Happy to see all the comments. Fifty years of memories. I remeber our choir teacher sucking on a red lozenge so his tongue was always red
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cathy maher somerville
1/2/2010 01:57:43 am
Anyone remember Mr. Myers?
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Bob Carnesi
1/3/2010 12:17:51 pm
Hello world
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Bob Carnesi
1/3/2010 08:21:12 pm
Hello world
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Pam LoCastro McPhail
1/4/2010 04:01:57 am
Bob,
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Bob Carnesi
1/4/2010 04:18:02 am
Hi Pam,
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Pam McPhail
1/5/2010 06:56:14 am
Kill or cure, I always say! If we keep this up, we'll be the only bloggers!
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Bob Carnesi
1/7/2010 05:07:29 am
Hello world
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Cathy Maher Somerville
1/7/2010 05:28:45 am
Bob:
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Charlie Daly
1/7/2010 09:59:02 pm
Bob, I not only saw the movie but also read the book. This is the guy you would want to lead you if you were going into battle or just back at base camp. Since you have brought up Col Moore, were you with him during his time in Nam? I met many exceptional individuals, like Col Moore, during my time on the FDNY. Many of them were killed at the WTC in 2001. I will think of Col. Moore and say a prayer for him and those we lost in 2001.
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Bob Carnesi
1/8/2010 04:40:34 am
Hello world and especially Hi Charlie
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1/11/2010 10:25:03 am
Not wanting to just barge into the interplay without a proper introduction, I am Eddie Martin, Pat Larkin Martin's, computer literate husband of 44 years (married, not aged). Pat hasn't involved herself with the computer or she'd be here writing instead of me but she has mastered sudoko, the crossword puzzles and cooking, so I guess that we're even in that respect.
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Charlie Daly
1/11/2010 07:41:25 pm
Hi Ed & Pat, I think you-Ed- mentioned my older brother-Gene Daly. Larry Santos was called Bug though. Sorry to say that I cannot put a name and a face together for you. My brother , Gene, passed away suddenly on 8/31/07. He and I were golf buddies in NY and when I had him down to Greensboro, NC. There are two Terry Quinns; one your age( I think he passed away a long time ago) and one from my STS60 group. There was a Murphy family also that I am sure you knew. When I married Lynn in 1969, her family lived diagonally across from Kingston's Bar. I lived at 48-39-47th Street & did my drafted years in the Army from 8/1966 to 8/1968. As for L.I., I am now a resident of Matzo Pizza Park since 1978. I hung at the Command Post for a while then later on, I think the place to go was the White House a few blocks down the avenue. Lynn attended St Nick's in Brooklyn but her sister may have gone to Dominican. I am all over the place! The bowling alley still had men setting pins,didn't it? Oh, well. As for Bob C-WoW! What an introduction to being "in country". That is an amazing story and I am glad that you are here to relate it. And all this time I had thought that you were just a fantastic goalie. Thanks for your service and also the tribute to the men at FDNY. Looking for your blogs has become part of my "on line" list if things to check out. Fingers are tired. TTFN, Charlie
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Pam LoCastro McPhail
1/16/2010 11:25:14 am
Was Larry Santos the same guy as Lee Santos that lived over the LIE on Laurel Hill? And later in our teenage years I used to frequent a bar in Jackson Heights that would let anyone in who had proof, real or not. I can't remember the name of the place. Did anyone else go to Jackson Heights to hang out? Believe it or not, my proof name was Naiomi Isahoff. Now, if any of you out there remember me, I was the short blue eyed Italian with the face of Ireland and yet they still let Naiomi in!!!! There was also a bar up on the boulevard named the Escape and they used to have dancing in there. I think Lee Santos was a bouncer there? Help me out will you, this is all foggy inside.
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Bob Carnesi
1/16/2010 09:39:13 pm
Hello world and Hello Pam (Naiomi)
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Bill Ryan
1/16/2010 10:17:04 pm
Pam,
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Erma
1/17/2010 03:37:04 am
OK guys, I've become a big follower of the blog and was just about to try to help Pam out with the name "Budds" on 37 Avenue. I never realized how lucky I was. I actually had fake proof in my own name. I cloroxed out the birth date and christining date on my STS baptism certificate and used that poor piece of paper for proof until it literally wore out at the folds and fell apart into quarters -- then someone made me cool proof on a computer.
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Charlie Daly
1/17/2010 03:53:43 am
As for the Santos boys: Moose was the eldest, then Larry (Bug) while Lee-perhaps the biggest-was the baby. I had thought that they lived a few doors down from Harry's candy store on 46th Street. There was a Tommy Noonan who hung out with Lee S; Tommy was a Medal Of Honor winner who was killed in Viet Nam. And , Bob, Erma is correct; you have a gift with the written word. Keep up your wonderful blogs!
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Bill Ryan
1/17/2010 04:48:36 am
Tommy Noonan was the brother of "our" Jeanne Noonan, from the "accelerated" or mixed class of STS60.
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Kathy Klein
1/17/2010 02:21:41 pm
Hi - I'm back with a few comments - To ERMA: Thanks for saving my boggled mind from trying to remember the name of "BUDD's" in Jackson Hts. How did I forget? Then
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Bill Ryan
1/17/2010 10:59:42 pm
Cathy,
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Bob Carnesi
1/19/2010 05:45:44 am
Hello world,
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Bob Carnesi
1/22/2010 04:38:00 am
Hello world
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Zacherley
1/28/2010 05:29:34 pm
Hellllllooooooo
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Geraldo Rivera
1/28/2010 05:37:15 pm
To any and all concerned
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Cher
1/28/2010 05:40:13 pm
To Bill Ryan
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Tiger Woods
1/28/2010 05:45:16 pm
Hi Bill,
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Brad Pitt
1/28/2010 05:48:54 pm
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Brad Pitt
1/28/2010 05:51:29 pm
Hey Bill
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Donald Trump
1/28/2010 05:55:32 pm
Hey Bill
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Sarah Palin
1/28/2010 06:04:03 pm
Hello Mr Ryan
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Conan O'Brien
1/28/2010 08:23:58 pm
Bill
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Doris Kearns Goodwin
1/29/2010 05:58:47 am
Mr Ryan
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Tim Pettigrew
1/29/2010 06:19:57 am
Hello to the class of STS 1960
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Bob Davis
2/1/2010 07:07:39 am
To Charlie Daly,
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Charlie Daly
2/1/2010 09:39:36 am
Hey Bob, thanks for remembering Gene. As for the Cascone boys, I have no idea. I told Lynn that you said hello. We plan to be there in April.
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Bill Ryan
2/1/2010 11:02:56 am
Hey, Bob Davis,
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Erma
2/2/2010 11:40:06 am
Hey Bob if you were serious about writing a book - bring 50 copies to the reunion. We can combine a book signing with the reunion and you can sell a bunch of books. If it's written a fraction as well as your blog entries, I'll buy 10 myself (autographed of course) and keep (and read one even though it's not a Kindle version) one for myself and gift the other nine. I certainly know lots of people who would would appreciate a book on the wake that addiction leaves behind. I am serious about bringing the books. I bet after reading your blog entries a lot of us would buy one. I DEFINITELY WILL! PS What type of work are you unemployed from. Are you looking or ready to retire. Somehow I've not overcome that Catholic school modesty but I truly do outstanding resumes and would be glad to take a look at yours - gratis of course and give you some thoughts, comments or a rewrite, if it needs. I find it fun - which is probably one of the reasons I do it well, but if it would help you at all, I'd be thrilled if you'd like to take me up on my offer.
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Bob Davis
2/3/2010 06:36:35 am
To "Bill" Ryan,
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Cathy Maher Somerville
2/3/2010 07:24:03 am
Bob - Shame on you. It was the Star Hotel. They rented by the minute!
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Bill Ryan
2/3/2010 07:45:00 am
Bob,
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Bob Carnesi
2/3/2010 08:47:43 pm
Hello world
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Bob Carnesi
2/3/2010 09:02:46 pm
Hello again world
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Bob Carnesi
2/3/2010 09:16:24 pm
Hello again world(for the last time)
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Charlie Daly
2/4/2010 12:41:03 pm
Hey Bob, I normally do recognize the day the music died but this year, thanks to a Xmas gift from my daughters, Lynn and I were in A.C. at the Taj Mahal for 2 nites. Have been to A.C. in the past but not too recently. It may have only been a Tuesday & Wednesday but it was like a ghost town. Really brought to light how bad the economy has gotten. We had some fun anyway, dropped a few bucks on the slots & checked out few other casinos. So, thanks, Bob, for reminding us all about the day the music died. The Beatles and others always give credit to Buddy Holly, the Everly Brothers and other early rock & rollers for their inspiration.
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Bob Carnesi
2/5/2010 05:01:56 am
Hello world
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Kathy Matthews Klein
2/6/2010 03:33:53 pm
Good evening all! Just caught up with our STS "Brazen Article Blog" which makes good points. TO Bob C: I do agree with you; the fact that we're willing to accept others without bias comes comes from our nuns @ STS. Those strict disciplinarians gave us solid roots to grow up on by their teachings and by their example. The Dominicans taught us in those 8 years not just academically but spiritually, emotionally & morally. Last week @ lunch, 3 out of 4 of my friends admitted ( 'tho they complained years ago about too much structure & homework)that they cherished their catholic school roots (from the Bronx, Long Island & Brooklyn). They realize now like most of us do how different their lives could have been without the good sisters. Anyway... Time for a Trivia question ~ Does anyone remember our tuition? ... I think it was 50 cents a week? Sounds small now but balanced with the cost of living then, the low wages & the fact that only one parent worked in so many families, it wasn't easy.Our parents were determined to give us a solid education & a strong religious foundation. I for one am so very glad they did! Their choice made me a better person (though I could've tried harder times). To me, it's like e Robert Frost's poem: " 2 roads diverged in the woods and I... I took the one less travelled by, and that made all the difference". Rather than walking to PS 125 or PS 199, I was fortunate that my parents chose STS, cause for me, that definitely made the difference! TO Bob D. - Why in the world would you be recalling a "flop house" (words of the old Irish parents) in LIC - glad to hear it was not from any personal experience! TO Bill Ryan: For anyone who might be staying over in Queens, thanks for NOT including places that would make them "itchy" on the hotel section. Also, you're ann honest man recalling your days or should I say nights @ The Cave To Erma: I join you in looking forward to reading Bob C's book when it's finished. He certainly has the journalist ability and what a detailed memory to boot. TO: Bob C: I remember feeling sad The Day The Music Died but never remembered the date, even after you gave it to us. But then again, I don't remember wearing my hair up in a pony tail. Another memory I have if of not having any allowance $ left because (don't know who's class we were in) which ever row had the most $$ collected for the mission babies would have NO homework that night! We all tried our hardest to ace that one! I'm signing off now, too much rambling tonight. Look forward to gathering @ the K of C in April (Thanks Bill Ryan for making this all possible) can't believe it's a half of a hundred years ago no less! Meanwhile we can look back with a smile and roast & toast each other along the way! So have a good weekend & stay warm out there! Kathy
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Charlie Daly
2/6/2010 08:53:00 pm
KATHY, it was Sr Mary Stephen-4th & 5th Grades-that gave us no home work for the aisle donating the most money. That was in between the beatings she also gave to some of us. She was old enough to have had some of our older relatives too. Tuition=$.50; out of parish=$.75. Teachers these days have to handle 18 or 20+ Children while there was always 60+ in our Classes.
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Cathy Maher Somerville
2/6/2010 10:17:18 pm
Charlie, you are correct. I was out of parish (Sunnyside). I, to has Sr. Mary Stephen but the only one I remember her hitting was poor Rosemary Mc Donald on a math program on the blackboard. Rosemary just could not do it and Sr. Mary Stephen slammed her head against the board. But I do not remember anyone else. We had those little mission boxes we would keep on our desk to hold the money. One other memory from Sr. Mary Stephen was during May or June and our windows were open (in the basement) and the were speading manure and it would turn your stomach, the odor being so bad. One very hot day, the ice cream truck came past and Sr. Mary Stephen used her own money to nut us all ice cream from the truck. I often wondered if she got into any trouble over that. Do you remember Terry Qiunn and I think Gary Kane and Joe Henry getting into trouble for stabbing the girls as they went up and down the aisle with straight pins? Dorothy Mc Mahon was monitor because Sr. Mary Stephen was out of class. Dorothy went to get Sr. Ann Eileen. Snn Eileen made the boys bend over the desk and I swear she broke 3 points and three rulers on each of them. I was sitting in the boys row behind Terry Quinn because one of the other boys was being punished and made to sit in the girls row. They spilt us after Sr. Mary Stephen and I had Sr. Gabriella who was wonderful.
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Bill Ryan
2/7/2010 04:44:02 am
I forgot all about those "mission boxes", and how the row that brought in the most money would get a free pass on homework that night. Am I imagining this, but didn't the money from those "mission boxes" go to feed the "peanut butter babies"? I'm pretty sure I learned that piece of trivia (aka "mental clutter") in Sr. Rosaria's classroom, in 6th gr. -- one of the few things I ever learned in that room. Peanut butter babies, how to build a grotto, and all about Francis Scott Key. Talk about excellence in education! I remember having tons of math homework in 5th grade, w/ Sr. Ann Eileen. In 6th grade, I'm not sure if we even had a math book. If we did, it wasn't used hard, that's for sure.
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Erma
2/7/2010 06:02:40 am
Bob! Congratulations on your new job. Maybe that'll get you back on the right track ??? at least hopefully you'll feel better about bring "home the bacon".
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Bob Davis
2/7/2010 09:25:08 am
It's fascinating to me that just reading the blogs of the various aspects of our days in STS conjures up many thoughts that I haven't recalled in many many years. Here are three which came to mind.
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Jane E. (Gallagher) Davis
2/7/2010 10:26:59 am
Bill Ryan;
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Bill Ryan
2/7/2010 11:31:17 am
Janie,
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Bob Davis
2/7/2010 09:00:34 pm
Bill,
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Charlie Daly
2/7/2010 09:47:11 pm
Oh, the swwet smell of manure in springtime. I do remember that one time getting ice cream from Sr Stephen but I thought she was a big time hitter-maybe I have her confused with another nun.
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Bill Ryan
2/10/2010 04:47:06 am
OK, boys and girls,
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Bob Carnesi
2/10/2010 06:36:24 am
Hello world and hello Bill
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Bill Ryan
2/10/2010 07:05:03 am
No, Bob, nothing to do with chasing those lovely ladies around 44th St. I'd never take a cheap shot like that! ("Let him without sin cast the 1st stone!) LOL
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Bill Ryan
2/10/2010 07:08:11 am
Correction: Fuel Week occurred in Feb 53 and 54, at least as far as I know. I said "Feb 52" in my previous message, and it very well may have occurred in 52, also, but since I wasn't in school yet, I wouldn't know.
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Bob Carnesi
2/10/2010 10:24:03 pm
Hello world and hello again Bill,
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Bill Ryan
2/10/2010 10:49:04 pm
Bob, you're a hoot! I never thought of all the nuns & priests from STS using Fuel Week as a cover for going to Florida for "winter break", the way college kids do spring break. What a thought! Just try to visualize a couple of Dominican nuns in full habit hanging ten on their surfboards. That would have been a great movie: "Sr. Gidget Goes To Florida". LOL
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Charlie Daly
2/11/2010 02:38:20 am
My sister volunteered the use of one of our cars by Sr Mary Harold. Guessing I was away in the army(8/66-7/68) & Sr Mary Harold was tooling around in my '64 Mustang. So, if ya ever witnessed a nun in a Mustang, now ya now why.
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Bill Ryan
2/11/2010 02:57:08 am
Somebody once told me (and I didn't believe him) that they once saw a nun drag racing one Friday night about 1 a.m. on that stretch of Laurel Hill Blvd that ran from the Blue Moon Diner on 58th St, down towards Fasolino Monuments, near 48th St., under the BQE elevated highway. Now I believe it, Charlie. It was probably your old Mustang that she was driving. Maybe she dragged raced Fr. Morrow, in his little British sports car that he used to keep in the garage next to the rectory. I bet she won! LOL Who knows? Maybe during Fuel Week, they didn't go to Ft. Lauderdale. Maybe they went to Daytona, instead! Who knew? LOL
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Bob Carnesi
2/12/2010 07:26:51 am
Hello world and hello Charlie
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Charlie Daly
2/12/2010 10:07:07 am
Bob, are you sure that was me with the Left wing blowing by? We did wear helmets and it could have been some one else. While I was not speedy, I was a wee bit shifty. Like a weeble, I would wobble a bit but not fall down. So, where did that wing go, five hole or high on the blocker side?
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Bob Carnesi
2/14/2010 07:25:29 am
Hello world and hello Charlie
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Kathy Matthews Klein
2/17/2010 11:44:04 am
Hi All - Thought I'd play a bit of 50's trivia this evening by briefly checking on our on-going Brazen Articles Recaps circa STS60. 1) A ? for Bob Carnesi - I agree you never caught me (tho I never could run very fast without tripping) but are you sure you didn't catch Maria Scimone or am I imagining that. 2) To Bill Ryan - I remember the Fuel Oil week vacations in Feb.@ STS; also remember wishing in the upper grades that we still had that break when homework & tests were piled on. By the way, Bill, if you hadn't started (& I didn't discover) the "You Brazen Articles" blog, I'dprobably be getting to sleep earlier instead of sitting here testing the remnants of the memory that I'm rapidly losing these days! But seriously speaking, all I can say is "Thanks for the Memories" ,,, 3) To Bob Davis - That's why you were very tired in class! Thought you were up late watching TV. Didn't realize you were hanging out with the Good Sisters in the pre-dawn hours! 4) A Laurel Hill from 58th St, to 48th St, that "quiet" little strip dividing Calvary cemetery-Does anyone else call it "Connecting Highway"? In HS years it was straight run with NO light! Now has a light in the middle that would have ruined the best runs. I've met 3 people over the years that did not live locally but drove quite a ways to "use" Connecting HIghway without ever looking @ their speedometers. They refer to it as Connecting Highway & shared some vivid memories of their times hanging out there. Small World isn't it! 5) Does anyone else recall "Air Raid Drills" @ STS - we were rushed to the basement (without ANY talking of course) & had to sit quietly against the wall with our legs crossed Indian style and our heads down? 6) One more bit of trivia- Does anyone recall Mission Sundays in Oct. Some kids were picked to dress in religious habits/garb and had to walk "procession" style around Church? Why was that done? Does anyone know?
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Bill Ryan
2/17/2010 01:56:23 pm
Hi, Kathy,
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Bob Carnesi
2/17/2010 10:05:14 pm
Hello again world
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Cathy Maher Somerville
2/18/2010 07:23:21 am
Frank's was one of the places for lunch. You could get a hamburger, french fries and a coke for 25 cents!
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Bill Ryan
2/19/2010 09:25:02 am
Gene Stanley! Wow! That really rocks my memory! It's gotta be 50 years since I heard that name, and, yes, indeed, Bob, I remember hearing the stories about him pushing a baby carriage around near the 43rd St. Playground. That must have been quite a sight! If I'm not mistaken, the actress Patty Duke came from nearby, somewhere on 42nd St near QB. I also remember hearing that supposedly Jackie Gleason lived on 42nd St for a while when he was young. (Good night, Mrs. Dennehy, wherever you are!) The present NYC Police Commissioner, Ray Kelly, came from the 5000 block of 42nd St. He was STS55 or 56. I'm sure there are other "famous" people I'm leaving out. Just remembered one - James Caan came from Sunnyside.
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Erma
2/20/2010 12:57:51 pm
I lived absolutely directly across from the photo of the Pizza place on 44 street and have NO recollection of Pizza but I do remember Frank's candy store which, as Kathy said, had the BEST hamburgers and chocolate malteds. His french fries weren't as good as Harry's though. And then there was Bennett's candy store on the diagnally across the street. That was more of a hang out for the elders (as I thought then) of the neighborhood. I also don't remember anything on the corner diagnally across from my building but a drug store. I wonder now if I ever actually ever lived there. I've forgotten so much. I do remember sitting in front of our building in folding chairs until 1am on really hot summer nights when it was soooo hot the sheets even felt wet so lots of people just sat in front of the building and visited until we were too tired to sit outside any more.
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Erma
2/21/2010 09:49:15 am
Hey does anyone other than me remember having a Jacqueline Olenick in our class?
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Cathy (Woods) Scullin
2/21/2010 12:12:15 pm
Erma:
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Erma
2/22/2010 12:01:27 pm
Cathy, thank you very much for remembering. I was looking at one of the early pictures of us in a classroom and there was one girl unidentified. For some reason, Jackie's name jumped into my mind. I do recall her well. She was always very generous. She'd come back to the school yard after lunch and always had a little brown bag full of candy. Jackie always seemed very generous and always offered to share her candy. I don't remember much else except that she was with us most of the time and then she didn't graduate with us. It's a shame she couldn't be found but I'd like to think that's because she's happily married with a different name and is living a wonderful life.
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Erma
2/23/2010 11:13:58 am
Hey, Bob, I went to kindergarden in the park on 43rd street, too, except we called it Park School :) I also remember playing knock hockey (is that how it's spelled?) all the time in that park.
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Cathy Maher Somerville
2/24/2010 10:44:17 am
Does anyone remeber Richard Beedenbender? He didn't graduate with us and he's not familiar to Bill but he was in my class. Erma, does he sound familiar to you?
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Charlie Daly
2/24/2010 11:13:22 am
Cathy, I remember Richard B. He lived directly across the street from me in the Mets on 47th Street between 48th & 50th Avenues. Not sure when he left St Teresa though. I think Tom Kettles mentioned him (Rich) to me in an e mail a while back. Not sure of the circumstances of how they met.
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Bill Ryan
2/24/2010 12:02:00 pm
Erma,
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Jay Olenick
2/24/2010 01:29:44 pm
Dear Cathy, Erma and Bill:
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Cathy Maher Somerville
2/24/2010 02:03:14 pm
Charlie, thanks for remembering! Bill and Richie Cuff didn't remember him but they were in the "other" class and he did not go into the all boys class. His last name was so memorable I knew I wasn't totally senile as yet. Will have to ask Tommy Kettles at the reunion.
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Bill Ryan
2/24/2010 02:16:40 pm
Jay,
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Bob Carnesi
2/24/2010 03:07:09 pm
Hello again world
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Bob Carnesi
2/24/2010 08:35:47 pm
Hello again world
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Erma
2/25/2010 12:34:22 am
Bob, I always love reading your comments. How sad is it that they really brighten my day! You've got a great sense of humor and a wonderful way with words. Keep up the great commentary.
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Cathy Woods Scullin
2/25/2010 05:02:08 am
Jay (Jackie):
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Bob Carnesi
2/25/2010 06:45:47 am
Hello world and hello Cathy
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kathy matthews klein
2/25/2010 11:26:48 am
Greetings Again...Memories growing up across from Celtcs. ERMA: Across the Ave from you was Bennett's Candy Store with the counter Sometimes, not often, I'd get 1 cent change for Penny Candy only @ Bennett's (boring)-not Frank's or
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Bob Carnesi
2/25/2010 09:32:30 pm
Hello world and hello Kathy Matthews
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Erma
2/25/2010 11:31:42 pm
Bob: I heard there was a sighting of Uncle Nicky at Atlantic City. Bill, can you follow up on that one :)
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Bob Davis
2/25/2010 11:41:58 pm
To Kathy Matthews & Bill,
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Erma
2/25/2010 11:43:45 pm
Jay, on Bill & Jean's Picassa website, there's a gal on the first picture on Album #9 to the left of Maureen Murphy. Is that you? That's the picture I looked at that reminded me, and prompted me to ask, what happened to Jacqueline Olenick. I'm so glad you're found!
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Bill Ryan
2/26/2010 01:04:55 am
Sorry, Bob Carnesi. I can't find anything solid on Uncle Nicky. But I'll keep trying! And, Erma, my sources are telling me that it's Gene Stanley who was sighted on the boardwalk in Atlantic City, pushing a baby carriage, not Uncle Nicky. LOL
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Erma
2/26/2010 02:36:30 am
Bill, I do believe it was Wetter's originallly. Changed names several times but I remember Wetter's. Good potato salad.
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Bill Ryan
2/26/2010 03:35:39 am
Erma,
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Cathy Maher Somerville
2/26/2010 07:56:14 am
Anyone remember La Vien Rose, French Bakery? The Rectory and the Convent used to get all their dessert there. It was delicious. Then we had Lowery Bakery & Lowery Deli, both German and wonderful on Queens Blvd south side between 41 & 42 St. The bakery used to make minature birthday cakes!
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Kathy Matthews Klein
2/26/2010 08:22:08 am
Hey Kids - Thanks for reminiscing - White Castle, that's what we called called "belly bombers" right? BOB CARNESI, I hope you didn't oogle those car hops too long; it would be at least a venial sin in those days! And sorry BOB but apparently I don't know my LEFT from RIGHT, because I recall walking up (another Saga/another time) 44th St past the Post Office to Queens Blvd & turning LEFT to walk to 43rd St. past Sunnyside Gardens. Was I tripping back then? ERMA: I forgot Lyceum School of Dance! Was that where I took Irish Step Dance/the McNiff's on Sun. am's after Mass)? Thought I went up 48th Ave near Bergen's Funeral Parlor? & a question I recall your Mom being a lovely lady, did she really get plates from an XXX Rated Theater on QB? - Still remember my mom & I would walk up to QB, cross Blvd & walk past the Center on very special occasions (good report card maybe) Next to the Center was Village Green Ice Cream Parlor all I remember was GREAT SUNDAES. I even got yelled @ once for looking at a preview picture outside the Center as we walked by & still don't know why? To BOB DAVIS - Honestly don't remember that theater, but since it was by the 43rd St Park I'll ask my 1st cousins from 39 St cause they hung out there. I must be younger because I do remember shopping in the Grand Union tho! To BILL RYAN: Kevin Reilly's house was right next to Scimones; an attached brick house (3 in a row) Reillys were 1st - & I was in the house on the other end). Pls. give my very best regard to Kevin. It is a Small World!Someone told me a while ago he became an MD-GYN/OB. Is that true? I remember him being cute & very shy. ALSO BILL tri-corner by Wetters was where my Aunt Lorraine was a School Crossing Guard in the early 70's. She crossed kids to/from PS 199. (why did we @ STS not have crossing guards?) Wetters had best sandwiches/pickles. Their coldcuts even beat Merkel Meats on Greenpoint Ave.
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Erma
2/26/2010 08:42:42 am
Kathy, heaven knows what I said earlier but the dishes came from the 43Street movie. I remember my mom making me go to the movies with her because she needed the "extra" dish to complete her set. Ugh!
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Bill Ryan
2/26/2010 08:52:09 am
Katht Mattews: I'll email you some recent pics of Kevin & his 5 kids. Yes, he is an OB-GYN. He's semi-retired. Doesn't do deliveries any more. His office is in Mt. Kisco. Next time I'm talking (or emailing) to him, I'll tell him you said, "Hi."
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Cathy Maher Somerville
2/26/2010 10:19:57 am
Since I came from the other side of Blvd., we had to walk to school every day. Joan Kelly, Dorothy Mc Mahon, Pat Connolly and I would meet on 44 Street and cross "suicide" crossing - 5 points at Greenpoint Ave., 47th Ave, Greenpoint Ave. I have no recollection of crossing guards, the Public Scools had them - PS 199, PS 15 but not the private schools. When I started first grade - Sr. Ann Richard - we had a school bus. It was on 44 St & 43 Ave. I do not remember it after first grade. The Village Green was wonderful. Thanks, Kathy for making me remember. The sundaes were great and they had good food. It was more upscale than a regular soda fountain because they served dinner, too. It was very pretty as well. Erma, Edebohl's was wonderful! Homemade ice cream, great egg salad sandwiches, window booths right on QB. A real old fashioned soda shop. Erma, you don't want Florida, right now. It's been cold for us since January. It's in the 30's at night. It's been as cold as 26 at the house. It does get to the 60's during the day but no swimming, beaching or boating. Too cold. It's true that there are more 4:00 specials for all the "old" people, down here. For some reason when the oldies move down, they want to hold onto their money as tight as possible or it's a game but I agree with you - who wants to eat at 4:00!
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Bill Ryan
2/26/2010 11:51:46 am
A T T E N T I O N ! ! ! ! ! !
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Bill Ryan
2/26/2010 12:23:25 pm
This is a "legitimate" message for this, the Brazen Articles section, since it deals with a "personality" from the old neighborhood (or STS). As the "webmeister", I must practice what I preach! LOL
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Kathy Matthews Klein
2/27/2010 06:52:35 am
Hi All/Bill -In regard to Pix #7-19, do remember Sr. Raymond Marie, tho her strictness seems somewhat softened in the newer style veil. As a member of the accelerated class, we somehow managed to have her in both 7th grade & 8th grade. I recall her as a terribly strict teacher but in retrospect she was a great preparation for our high school years. The only other nun we had twice was Sr. Ann Louise - we had her in 1st and then again in 3rd grade. As to my Winter Wonderland comment, I must have been hallucating! Forget about it. We all have cabin fever now and let's hope & pray that gravity reverses the snowflakes against the laws of gravity and clear (possibly BLUE) skies are rapidly approaching to get us out of the SAD syndrome. Goodbye to all, oh Bob Carnesi, hopefully if your Uncle Nicky was unfortunately given cement shoes (Hopefully NOT) I'm sure he'll will find a way to overcame the heavy weight and look fondly down on you & your family. Otherwise he might still be hanging out in the back of his favorite "Barber Shop" on Mulberry St. but not making his presence public in case some "undesirables" find out that he is alive & well. God speed in seeking him out! Later..Kath
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Bob Carnesi
3/1/2010 10:06:53 pm
Hello again world
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Bob Carnesi
3/3/2010 09:19:53 pm
Hello world
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Bill Ryan
3/8/2010 08:51:26 am
Here I was, thinking that my days of searching for STS60 people were over, when somebody sent me contact info on Rosemary McDonnell. I just talked to her on the phone. I don't know if she'll come to the reunion, but, I moved her name from the "Missing Classmates" list to the "Found Classmates" list. And when I was on Facebook not too long ago, I happened to come across Jackie Olenick. She emailed me today and said she's coming to the reunion. So, with finding Rosemary, that leaves only 9 missing classmates out of the 145 students who graduated from STS in June 1960. Who'd a thunk it?
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Dan Gavin
3/13/2010 12:11:32 am
Mozeltov!!! That's quit an accomplishment Billy. If your getting tired of retirement...I think the CIA might be able to use you for locating Bin Ladin!! Great Job! Dan
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Bill Ryan
3/13/2010 01:17:14 pm
Thanks, Dan! But, if I wasn't able to find Uncle Nicky, I doubt I can get Bin Laden. I'll be happy if I can find my car keys! LOL Actually, out of the 9 missing classmates, there's one male: Jimmy Dolan. Somebody told me a while ago that he was told by Frank Wisniewski that he (Frank) had heard that Jimmy Dolan died a number of years ago. Unfortunately, Frank suffered a very bad fall on his stoop several years ago and suffered serious brain damage. He's in a convalescent home in Nassau Co. So, the only person who could verify the status of Jimmy Dolan is no longer able to do so. I'm writing this on here now in hopes that it will ring a bell in the mind of anyone who's reading it, as far as Jimmy Dolan's status is concerned.
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Frank Dann
3/20/2010 06:04:21 am
Hello everyone....
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