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Tuesday, April 11, 2006

HHS CLASS OF 1956 - 50TH Reunion

HHS'56
"The Legends"
50th REUNION WEEKEND
June 9-10-11, 2006
June 9 - Friday Night "Canteen" - 6:00 p.m.
Hamilton Elks Lodge
1560 Kuser Rd.
FREE
Memorabilia - Period Juke Box and Pinball Machines - Music as we
remember it - Dancing - Casual Dress
RESERVATIONS: Chet Monti 609-585-9665
Adelaide "Lolly" (Borgogno) Steward
609-585-5441 or Stewi222@aol.com
June 10 - "Tour or Alma Mater" - 10:00 a.m.
Renovations, Additions, Innovations...Just what can happen
in 50 years
RESERVATIONS: Maryann (Pietrowski) Johnson 609-883-6821
Dinner Dance - 6:00 p.m.
Angeloni's Cedar Garden Restaurant
Rt. 33 - Hamilton
$60 per person
The formal celebration !!! Extend the cameraderie !!!
RESERVATIONS: Joanne (Buckley) Emery 732-350-8713
Jim Emery - JimmyTE@comcast.net
June 11 - Getaway Brunch 11:00 a.m.
Katmandu
50 Riverview Executive Park
off Rt. 29 - Trenton
$12.95 per person
A special way to say "so long" 'til the next reunion!!
RESERVATIONS: Wes Dawson 609-586-3063,

HHS’56 50th Reunion Weekend Committee

Jack Zoller 17 Cheverny Ct., Hamilton, NJ 08619, 609-584-0365, JZoller1855@aol.com

Class President

Jack Lacy 9 Compton Way, Hamilton, NJ 08690, 609-587-8963, Jrlacy@aol.com

Communications

Frank Lugossy 6 Cairn Ct., Hamilton, NJ 08619, 609-586-5586, bella620@msn.com Treasurer

Dinner Dance

Joanne (Buckley) Emery 49 Arizona Ave., Whiting, NJ 08759, 732-350-8713, JimmyTE@comcast.net

Jim Emery “ “ “ “

Barbara (Boschuk) Funk 122 East Holly La., Little Egg Harbor, NJ 08087, Percy007Bear@aol.com

Sue (Segoni) Fleming 625 Yardville-Hamilton-Square Rd., Hamilton, NJ 08691, 609-585-9264

Friday Night Canteen

Chet Monti 521 Whitehorse Ave., Hamilton, NJ 08610, 609-585-9665

Adelaide “Lolly”

(Borgogno) Steward 176 Taft Ave., Hamilton, NJ 08610, 609-585-5441, Stewi222@aol.com

Alma Mater Tour

Maryann (Pietrowski) Johnson 119 Central Ave., West Trenton, NJ 08628, 609-883-6821

Committee-at-Large

Dave Bryan 127 Higbee Ave., Somers Point, NJ 08244, 609-927-0342, dwb_1@msn.com

Carol (Cressler) Peterson 3 Shell Flower La., Hamilton, NJ 08690, 609-586-0640, CA3Shell@aol.com

Wes Dawson 15 Coral Dr., Hamilton, NJ 08619, 609-586-3063, JWDawson37@msn.com

Jake Hasili 34 Finley Ave., Hamilton, NJ 08610, itsjbh@optonline.net

Nancy (Higgins) Lettiere 101 Nottinghill La., Hamilton, NJ 08619, Namoo13@aol.com

Ted Kinter 20 Larkspur La., Lawrenceville, NJ 08648, 609-896-4857, Kkinter782@aol.com

Rita (Kleindienst) Semler 38 Baltusrol Rd., Hamilton, NJ 08690, 609-586-7617

Ferdinand “Skip” Kontura 173 Locust Ave., Hamilton, NJ 08610, 609-585-8341, Skip112562@aol.com

Paul Malewicz 54 Gold Finch Dr., Hamilton, NJ 08690, Explorer2222222@yahoo.com

Pat (McGuckin) Alexander 374 Sandalwood Ave., Hamilton, NJ 08619, 609-890-2586

Clarence “Turk” Morgan 122 Longwood Dr., Hamilton, NJ 08620, 609-585-4140, atm37@optonline.net

Ed “Windy” Morris 73 Dunkard Church Rd., Stockton, NJ 08559, 609-397-8362, emorris98@yahoo.com

Kathy (Lucidi) Murdza 359 Agabiti Ct., Hamilton, NJ 08610, 609-888-0158

Dottie (Peck) Carr 5 St. James Pl., Yardley, PA 19067, 215-295-6425, carr041@netzero.net

Joe Ryan 34 Burd Rd., Pennington, NJ 08534, 609-737-2632, Ryan122838@aol.com


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Thursday, April 06, 2006

"Pop" Mitchell: A Gentleman's Gentleman

Thanks to Don Wright, HHS 45 for this photo of Charles "Pop" Mitchell. I had Mr. Mitchell for 2 years of print shop. I can still hear Pop's veddy veddy British accent. He was replaced by Bob Toft in the early 1950's.
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1947: Jim Coursen


Nearly every faculty member had a nickname. They weren't insulting nicknames. Jim Coursen was known as "Jim Crow." He was a strict disciplinarian, but a true gentleman. The only disciplinary run-in that I experienced in my high school years was when I was sneaking a between class kiss from Judy in the hallway. A definite HHS "no-no."
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YOUR INPUT IS VERY WELCOME!

OK HORNETS, HERE'S THE DEAL: I HAVE BEEN COLLECTING MEMORABILIA ON GOOD OLD HHS SINCE MY ARMY DISCHARGE YEAR OF 1958. I HAVE A LARGE COLLECTION OF PRE-1952 MATERIAL, AND VERY LITTLE FOR THE 1953 THROUGH 1959 YEARS. ANY SCANS YOU CAN SEND ME WILL BE CREDITED TO YOU AND INCLUDED AS A POST, UNLESS YOU REQUEST ANONYMITY.
PROGRAMS, PHOTOS, OR YOUR OWN
PERSONAL REMINISCENCES
WILL BE HAPPILY RECEIVED.
SEND THEM TO thomglo@verizon.net
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Wednesday, April 05, 2006

1950: Lovely Ladies All


I remember when the girls wore one piece bathing suits and calf-length dresses (they called it the "new look."), These gals would never dream of wearing a"bikini" bathing suit or skin tight jeans. Ahh....we have really progressed..........uhh......haven't we?
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1942: Chet Feehan

One of the wonderful things about the first 50 years of HHS is the "small town" feel that it maintained right up to the 1960's when Hamilton began to evolve into the huge megalopolis it is today. Back then, you knew many of the past class members, and many of them went to school with your brother
and - or sister. Chet was a classmate of my brother Len and my sister in law, Kathleen Britton.
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Tuesday, April 04, 2006

1951: Wendell Phillips

The nickname "Sneaky Pete" wasn't meant to be a derogatory moniker. It was really a badge of honor we bestowed on Mr. Phillips for his masterful ability to catch those of us who tried to sneak a cigarette within that no smoking zone which was defined as "3 telephone poles" away from the school. Mr. Phillips was the consummate gentleman, and I remember him for his soft spoken demeanor, those stiff white collared shirts, and very shiny black shoes.
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1951: Tulip Time


"Tulip time in Holland is a time for merry fun, market place is crowded and the joy has just begun. We are here to celebrate, and when the day is done, we will not forget the happy hours..."
Yup! I still remember that song, and just sang it for you. Lee Belardino, I'll bet you sang it with me way out there in California. HEY....THIS IS MY WEBSITE, AND I'M EXERCISING MY "WEBMASTER'S RIGHTS" TO POST MULTITUDINOUS (?) EXTRACTS FROM HHS-51, "THE CLASS WITH CLASS!" By the way, the third girl from the left in the pic is my dear wife of 52 years, Judy Britton.
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HHS '47: Their 58th Reunion, 2005


Here's a few of the planners for the class of 1947's 58th reunion which was held at the
Washington Crossing Inn on September 9, 2005. 'tis a puzzlement to me as to why many of the HHS reunions are held out of town. If I had my "druthers," it would be a Hamilton venue.
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PLEASE BE SURE TO SIGN MY GUESTBOOK

PLEASE SIGN MY GUESTBOOK WITH ANY ADDITIONS OR COMMENTS YOU MAY HAVE. IF YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO IMPART ON A SPECIFIC POST, PLEASE DO!
SHARE YOUR KNOWLEDGE WITH YOUR FELLOW HORNETS!
FORGET THE "AGE" ENTRY IN MY GUESTBOOK. WITH THE BASIC COVERAGE ON THIS SITE COVERING THE FIRST 50+ YEARS OF
HHS, YOU ARE OVER 60 AND LIKE ME,
YOU QUIT COUNTING!
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Monday, April 03, 2006

1947

Thanks to Mr. Lea Terry for this photo of the
1947 varsity football team!
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1951: CHEERLEADERS


Aren't they lovely? They sure did grow 'em pretty back there in 1951!
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Sunday, April 02, 2006

1930: Volume I Number I "Hamilton Flash"

I have a few of these very rare newspapers from the first year of Hamilton High. They were printed on quality enameled paper and a real classy publication. As all red-blooded Hornets know the change was made to the current paper, the "Criterion."
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1934: Play Day at HHS

I know today's female Hornets don't wear these very modest gym outfits. However, they were the uniform of the day in the 40's and 50's when I was there.
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1949 Canteen Council


Do you remember those great Saturday night canteens at Hamilton? If you do, are you old enough to remember when Jack Hartman's band played for us? How about Joe D'Amico's musical expertise?
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1950: Hamilton Soccer


Thanks to fellow Hornet Ray Bell for this photo of the soccer team. Hamilton was group 4 champions nearly every year during the decade of the 50's and early 60's.
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1948: Washington Trip


They are a bit out of focus because I had to extract their very small images from the class of 1948's Washington trip. 1948: When women teachers wore skirts and dresses, and the men wore suits and ties! How utterly refreshing, but quite old fashioned!
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1943: They ActuBought a Jeep!


Back in the years when right or wrong, Americans supported their president, the class of '43 garnered all their plentiful resouces and worked to buy a jeep for Uncle Sam. This was originally a black and white photo from the Trenton Times, but thanks to computer technology, I was able to colorize it. It certainly is an historic gem.
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1931: Tulip Time: Operetta

How I miss those old operettas! This is the first one presented by the high school in 1931. Tulip Time was repeated every ten years up the class of 1951, after which I'm sure the powers that be felt that the simplistic "boy meets girl" formula was outdated. I played the part of "Hans" in that great old production. Wouldn't it be great if contemporary high schools dug into some of the great old musicals of the day like "Red Mill," "Sally," "HMS PInafore," etc.?
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HHS Class of '47

Here is a file photo of the leads in Hamilton's 1947 production of "Moods in Music."
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