1956: Their Grammar Schools & Their Hangouts

Here's a great reunion idea! How well I remember the entries under Kuser and Greenwood Schools! Well done, Hornets!

1956: Frank and Rita after all these years!

Unfortunately, many of the photos in this great photo disk of those who attended the reunion do not lend themselves to enlarging enough in order to make the name tags legible. This photo of Frank Lugossy and Rita Kleindinst Semler was elgible.

1956: HHS Missing Members

Hello? Where are you? If you know the whereabouts of any of these HHS '56 Hornets, send me an email and I will see that Jacks Lacy or Zoller will receive it.

1956: Class of '56 50th Reunion

Here's the sign in sheet indicating some of those who attended the 50th reunion of HHS' class of 1956.

1948: THE GREATEST GENERATION - Pg. 3

" WE WILL NEVER SEE THEIR LIKES AGAIN!"

1948: THE GREATEST GENERATION - Pg. 2

This is the second page of three scans of the HHS faculty from the 40's.

1948: THE GREATEST GENERATION - Pg. 1

Here is page one of the faculty we all came to know and love. Most of them have passed away, and they are sorely missed. Carl "Ace" Abbott, is still active. I'm not sure, but I think Morris Agress, Helen Sadley, and Harold Bills are also with us. If you know otherwise, please let me know.

Bernie Hughes, Ed Marchand, Lea Terry

These three guys were an integral part of the Hamilton sports program back in the 40's. I recently read an old column in which Ed Marchand gave up teaching because of the inadequate salary. I was one of his students as a sophomore, and always thought hHe was a great "phys-ed" teacher. Once again, thanks to Mr. Lea Terry for this photo.

1930: The New Hamilton High School

This is a Trenton Times photo of the school which was taken in September, 1930, when the school opened. Note tha absence of the familiar old Sycamore trees.

1949: "Yard's" Fashion Board

These 3 gorgeous ladies were members of the High School Fashion Board, a clever little sales gimmick used by Yard's Department Store back in the 1940's. Yard's always targeted the young ladies in various high schools in the area. After these ladies graduated and moved on another group of young ladies became fashion plates for the store.

1947: Hornet Footbll Team

Thanks to Mr. Lea Terry for this photo. I saw Lea at the 75th anniversary of HHS and he promised to bring some of his photos of the sports scene at Hamilton to me at the library for inclusion in our history files.

Louise Simpson Baird

Each of us has his or her own very favorite teacher.
Louise Baird is the choice of both Judy and me. It was in "Aunt Louise's" apartment at 1420 Hamilton Avenue that Judy and I spent the years following graduation, helping her as well as we could when her mother passed away in the summer of 1951. "Ouise" is responsible for whatever musical talents I may have exhibited over the years and she also had a direct influence on how to maintain a happy married life. Her system worked. Judy and I are in our 53rd year of marital bliss.

1945: WWII Scrap Drive

Thanks to Don Whitely, HHS '45, for this photo of Harlan Darling's Hamilton High orchestra
as they performed a patriotic "Scrap Drive" concert to build up an inventory of scrap metal for the war effort.

1945: Bill Collis and Herb Griffith

Thanks to Don Whitely, HHS '45 for these photos. Don donated an incredible DVD presentation to the Local History Collection at the Hamilton Library. These are two of the photos. Don is one of the very few of us in the over 60 generation who have taken the time to learn the computer. Well done, Don!

1938: Courtesy and Etiquette Club

What a fascinating and very quaint subject! Good manners and courtesy are not in vogue today in most of the school systems, but back in 1938, the clubs were well attended. The young lady second from left in the third row is my cousin Ruth Williamson Gore.

1938: Hamiton's "Ettiquette Club"

Wow! We sure could use clubs like this in today's schools. Ettiquette has unfortunately been banished to the cobwebs on the back shelf.

1996: HHS '51 - Our 45th

Our 55th is coming up in September at the boathouse in Mercer County Park. The guy you see on the lower left holding the banner doesn't look like that anymore. He's gettin' older than dirt!

1952: Hey 1951 Classmates, Where Are You?

Thanks to Martha Bisbee Bogdan for this graphic from a past reunion of my next door neighbors in the class of '51.

Mr. MAX JORDAN

HERE'S ANOTHER OF THAT GREAT GENERATION OF FACULTY WE HAD AT THE OLD HAMILTON HIGH BEFORE IT BECAME "WEST." MAX JORDAN WAS THE VERY SOFT SPOKEN GENTLEMAN WHO PRESIDED OVER THE MATH MINDED STUDENTS AT HHS.

2006: John "Jake" Conover

I was saddened this morning when I read of the passing of Jack Conover, a classmate of mine in the class of '51. "Jake" Conover was one of the lynchpins in our class, and a very popular guy. He was an athlete, and a leader in the management of our class. Jake was one of a number of class of '51 alumni who didn't attend our reunions, but that doesn't mean we forgot him. So sorry I didn't get an opportunity to see you after we all left HHS, Jake, but you should know that you were an important part of HHS '51, "The Class With Class." You will be included on the prayer list at my church.

MY GUESTBOOK

Over twelve hundred visitors and not a single guestbook entry? Either my guestbook source is throwing up roadblocks to those who sign or I amdoing something WRONG!

Hello, is anyone out there?

The guestbook is not for accolades and other forms of encouragement. I would like to know that you visited, and from which class. This information will determine if I continue to post the newer classes from the 80's and 90's. If you're "guestbook shy," just type in John Doe HHS '67, of course don't sign in as "John Doe" unless you're on the lam!