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From the Norwalk Hour NHS Class of 1969 From the Norwalk Hour NHS Class of 1959 plans 50th reunion ____________________________________________________________________ The Year Was 1949 Norwalk High class celebrates 60 yearsPosted on 09/21/2009
NORWALK By FRANCIS X. FAY JR Hour Senior Writer The 56 members of the Norwalk High School Class of 1949 who attended their 60th anniversary reunion Sunday at Shore & Country Club had so much fun that they've asked the reunion committee to schedule a two-day event for the next milestone in 2014. "I had so many come up to me and make that suggestion that we will certainly consider it," said Phyllis Nero DiDio, committee chairman class treasurer and retired teacher who has born the burden of leading preparations for the reunions the past several milestones. Not many others took the microphone during the festivities, but Jonathan Lovejoy, retired Norwalk lawyer, a clarinetist in high school, stepped up to speak briefly about his days as a musician, and especially about the late Alton Fraleigh, an innovative music director who established a legacy for creative teaching that has come down to the current director Jeff Smith. now in he in Sheila Olsen Chidester, another retired teacher, also spoke briefly, noting how lucky her peer group is to have grown up in Norwalk when it. "We were lucky to grow up here when we did," she said from the viewpoint of a grandmother of several who has seen the quality of life diminish for successive generations. Sal Nuzzo, one of the most successful business men spawned in the class, (CEO of three sizable corporations) spoke with some incredulity about the awesome cost of education, such as the $27,000 tuition for some private pre-kindergarten schools. Alan Staack, a highly successful local builder, spoke of the high cost of living in this part of the nation compared with a state such as Utah where his daughter and her family live. "They can join a private golf club out there for $10,000, and pay only $3,500 dues, whereas here its $65,000 to join a club and well over $10,000 in maintenance fees." His daughter has a home with 5,000 square feet that cost but half a million and the taxes are only $3,500. "We'll never see the back here," he said. Staack was sitting with longtime buddies Henry "Hank" Gregory and Walter Court, a trio which has been supportive of NHS and its alumni association for several years. All three were members of the undefeated state champion NHS eleven of 1948. Elsewhere in the room were other team members John "Jack" Ryan and Peter Bottone, who roomed with Nuzzo at Yale College before going of to become a noted bridge designer. Retired Brien McMahon High School Principal James Forcellina is another who made a mark in public education. Everyone was happy to see Michael Gallo, a retired top executive with Columbia Records, make it even though he leaned a bit on two of his three sons for support. He is also the proud father of four daughters. John Gardella, oldest of the five celebrated offspring of empire builder Louis Gardella, attended as did John McDermott, who began a lawyer who recently moved to the Pine Point section of the city. Patricia Fodor Dunn of Cheshire is finally retired after running a highly successful manufacturing company. NHS baseball hurler Frank Fiaschetti also dropped in from Bedford, Va. Webster and Cynthia Polasko Pierce came from Maine for the gathering, an enduring pair who met in high school. Everyone missed Dorothy Munhall Magyar, chairman of the reunion committee for several years until moving to Florida, is recently widowed with the death of husband, Joseph, an outstanding who retired after a full career with SNET. A brief moment of silence allowed reminiscences of the 83 classmates who are known to have passed away since graduation, the original class numbering 345. Five deceased since the 55th anniversary reunion are: Alice Horan Spinola, Marion Puskas Huzina, Mary Allen Strand, Barbara Langdon Hart and William "Bill" Zakhar, an outstanding high school basketball player who had a full career as a physical education instructor in the Norwalk schools, principally at Rowayton School. Attendees NORWALK -- Nancy Allgretta Robinson, Lydia Antl Salvato, Helen Beers McBennett, Vivian Breault, Walter Court, Alice Fallo Geosits, Frank Fay, James Forcellina, Michael Gallo, John Gardella, Henry "Hank" Gregory, June MacEachern Gilbertie, Joan Maloney Bloom, Phyllis Nero Didio, Jean McCarthy Nichols, John McDermott, Jeanette Morsa McMahon, Dorothy Pramer, Joan Roberts Lee, Fred Roos, Eugene Rowan, George Roy, Frank Russo, John "Jack" Ryan, Alan Staack, Anna Mae Sulla Ross and Joseph Tavella. CONNECTICUT -- Helen Clarke McCarthy, Weston; Anthony Battaglioli, Bethel; Peter Bottone, Bethel; Anne Buckley Porco, Newtown; Frank Dragon and Patricia Fodor Dunn, both Cheshire; Lucille Cardamone Esposito, Milford; Edward Heise, Danbury; Dennis Katona, Wallingford; Jonathan Lovejoy, Portland; Marlene Keri Cardillo, Trumbull; Warren Malkin, Brookfield; Julia Nagy Servadio, Southbury, and Loretta Testa Spezzano, Greenwich. OUT OF STATE -- Walter Thornholt, Chicopee, Mass.; Barbara Acquino Andresen, Meriden. N.H.; Webster and Cynthia Polasko Pierce, Turner, Me.; Ilona Jeso Garcen, Chatham, N.Y.; Augusta Broadmeyer, Monmouth Beach, N.J.; Sheila Olsen Chidester, Madison, N.J.; Edward Raliski, Wilmington Del., Frank Fiaschetti, Bedford, Va.; Janet Semanovich Huck, Alexandria, Va.; Sal Nuzzo, Pinehurst, N.C.; John "Jack" Patella, Villa Rica, Ga.; Geri Underhill, Roswell, Ga.; Harold Brundage, Naples, Fla., and Trudy Nowak Whittemore, Naples, Fla. _________________________________________________________________________ NHS Class of February 1938 marks 71st reunion NORWALK
72 years later, Class of 1937 gets togetherPosted on 06/12/2009
NORWALK, By FRANCIS X. FAY JR, Hour Senior Staff Writer The Norwalk High School combined Classes of February and June of 1937 observed their 72nd anniversary reunion last week when 16 members gathered for lunch at the Shore & Country Club. Ellen Saabye Kirtland was host to the classes and was assisted in making the arrangements by Marjorie Hammond Johnson. The two classes were the last to graduate from the "yellow brick building" on West Avenue which served as NHS from 1909 to 1938. The members are in their 90th years, and believe they may be the oldest high school classmates still having annual reunions. Attending from the June class were Herman Fullin, M. Evelyn Hodge, Angelica Tavella Sargent and Marjorie Wargo Rysz. February class attendees were Maury Cooke Bassler Flack, Virginia Crosby Mahoney, Vera Flynn Trenck, Bessie Guss Room, Rose King, Marjorie Malkin Emmerthal, Carmine and Mafalda Scordo, Walter and Jane Spatta, Johnson and Kirtland. Joining the 16 classmates were 10 relatives or best friends. The class also remains in touch through newsletters issued each January and August. |
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