1988: KEEPING THE HORNET'S FLAME LIT

HERE'S THE ARTICLE ANNOUNCING THE APPOINTMENT OF NEIL BENCIVENGO AS PRINCIPAL OF THE BEST HIGH SCHOOL IN MERCER COUNTY. AS WE ALL KNOW, NEIL WENT ON TO BECOME THE SUPERINTENDENT OF HAMILTON SCHOOLS.

1978: SENIOR PROM CANDIDATES HHS '78

I'M SURE THE JUDGES HAD A HECKUVA HARD TIME CHOOSING THE PROM QUEEN FROM THESE LOVELY LADIES. ANY BY KNOW WHO WAS THE FINAL CHOICE?

1978: HAMILTON FACULTY HONORED

THERE THEY ARE, SOME OF YOUR FAVORITE HHS FACULTY MEMBERS CELEBRATING THEIR LONGEVITY AS TEACHERS IN THE BEST HIGH SCHOOL IN THE UNIVERSE. DON'T MISS THE 70'S STYLE HAIR DO ON NORMALLY CREW CUT CARL ABBOTT. VERY COOL, CARL!

INCIDENTALLY, AS I WRITE THIS ON FEBRUARY 1, 2008, CARL ABBOTT IS STILL BRIGHT EYED AND BUSHY TAILED, HAPPILY VOLUNTEERING FOR THE FRIENDS OF THE HAMILTON TOWNSHIP PUBLIC LIBRARY AND ALSO FOR THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF HAMILTON TOWNSHIP.

1947: THAT "GOLDEN WAVE" WAS REALLY GOLDEN!

ONE OF OUR ARCH RIVALS BACK IN THE GOLDEN YEARS OF HAMILTON HIGH WAS THE VERY TALENTED GUYS FROM TRENTON CATHOLIC. THERE ARE MANY FAMILIAR NAMES ON BOTH OF THOSE TEAMS, NOT TO MENTION THE VERY POPULAR HAMILTON COACH, "KIP" BREESE.

1947: JEANIE PAGLIONE

SHE WAS JUST AS PRETTY THE LAST TIME I SAW HER. JEANIE WAS A CLASSMATE IN "THE CLASS WITH CLASS," HHS '51

1953:HERE COMES NUMBER 55 FOR HHS '53!

FROM MY NEIGHBORS JUST UP THE STREET IN THE 50'S DECADE AT HAMILTON HIGH, BOB POKSAY SENT THIS NOTICE AND GRAPHIC ANNOUNCING PLANS FOR THEIR 55TH REUNION.
MANY THANKS, BOB.
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Tom - I sent this out to Class of '53 as an advance notice of our 55th reunion. Thought you might be interested.

Bob Poksay

Photo from 1953 yearbook, Hunting and Fishing Club. Look closely at what Harry Olynk has in his hand. What do you think would happen today if someone brought a .45 caliber handgun to class? How times have changed.

To relive the good old days, plan on attending the 55th reunion of the HHS class of '53 to be held October 17, 18 and 19, 2008.

Best regards,

Bob

Robert A. Poksay, O.D., FAAO

1947: HAMILTON TEACHERS GET A RAISE

HERE'S A BIRDS' EYE VIEW OF THE POST WAR FINANCIAL SITUATION IN THE BOARDS OF EDUCATION FROM HAMILTON, EWING AND LAWRENCE. INTERESTING!

1947: CLASS OF '42 PLANS THEIR FIFTH REUNION

IT WAS MY PRIVILEGE TO BE THE GUEST SPEAKER AT THE CLASS OF 1942 AS THEY CELEBRATED THEIR 65TH "AND FINAL" HIGH SCHOOL REUNION. BROTHER LEN WAS IN THE CLASS AS WAS MY LATE SISTER IN LAW, SISTER KATHLEEN BRITTON WHO WAS A CLOISTERED NUN. IT WAS ALSO MY PLEASURE TO MEET CHET FEEHAN, FROM THE HAMILTON FEEHAN FAMILY TREE. CHET WAS STILL AMONG THE ORGANIZERS AS HE WAS BACK IN THE EARLY YEARS OF HHS. (SORRY ABOUT THE POOR QUALITY PHOTO, CHET. IT IS AS IT APPEARS IN THE ORIGINAL.)

1947: GRAMMAR SCHOOL HONOR STUDENTS

THOSE HORNETS WHO WENT TO KUSER GRAMMAR SCHOOL DURING THE 40'S CAN SEE THEIR CLASS IN THE ABOVE GRAPHIC. THE EIGHTH GRADE ARE THOSE WHO WENT ON TO BECOME HHS '51. WORKING BACKWARDS YOU CAN OBVIOUSLY SEE THAT THE SEVENTH GRADE CONSTITUTES MY NEXT DOOR NEIGHBORS IN THE CLASS OF '52, DOWNWARD TO RECEPTION GRADE, CLASS OF '59. HAPPY HUNTING!

1956: Clara Schlagel Stonaker passed away

From Jack Lacy, HHS'56, the following information on the passing of another classmate:

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Sadly we report that Clara (Schlagel) Stonaker, HHS56, passed away Thanksgiving Day (Nov. 22) at home. According to a family member who has been in touch with classmate Nancy (Higgins) Lettiere, Clara "...died with a hospice nurse at her bedside. All funeral arrangements were kept very private." She had resided for a number of years in the Toms River, NJ area but a check as late as earlier today of the Ocean County Observer ands the Asbury Park Press, the two newspapers serving Toms River, did not revel an obituary.
Jack