2007: BACK TO GRAMMAR SCHOOL WITH TOM GLOVER

WITH THE IMPRESSIVE NUMBER OF HITS ON MY HHS WEB SITE, I WOULD ASSUME THAT AT LEAST OR 2 OR 3 OR MAYBE EVEN 4 FUGITIVES FROM GRAMMAR SCHOOL DAYS OF THE 30'S 40'S AND 50'S WOULD FIND THIS PROGRAM OF INTEREST. YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO BE A KUSER SCHOOL KID TO REMEMBER LIFE AT KLOCKNER, MERCERVILLE, YARDVILLE, HAMILTON SQUARE, OR EVEN FARMINGDALE AND MAPLE SHADE TO APPRECIATE THE LIFE AND TIMES WE EXPERIENCED BACK BEFORE THE ADVENT OF THE COMPUTER, COPS IN SCHOOL, ETC. COME ON OUT AND ENJOY A HAPPY 2 HOURS OF REMEMBERING OUR "DEAR OLD GOLDEN RULE DAYS!" WE'LL REMEMBER DICK AND JANE, MULTIPLICATION TABLES, DIAGRAMMING SENTENCES, STAYING AFTER SCHOOL FOR CHEWING GUM IN CLASS, NO COMPUTERS, NO TYPEWRITERS, NOTHING BUT PAPER, PENCILS AND STRAIGHT PENS, RECEPTIVE STUDENTS AND DEDICATED TEACHERS.....WE'LL RECALL THEM ALL IN THIS INTERESTING PROGRAM WHICH I WILL BE PRESENTING AT KUSER MANSION. I HOPE TO SEE AT LEAST A FEW OF MY VIEWERS THERE!

1953: KUSER CLASS CLASS OF 1953

HEY LYNN STOCKTON. EITHER MY EMAIL PROVIDER IS LAX OR YOU HAVE BEEN TOO BUSY TO ACKNOWLEDGE WAS THIS GRAPHIC INCLUDED IN THE GRAPHICS I SENT TO YOU FOR YOUR UPCOMING REUNION? LITTLE BROTHER DONNIE GLOVER IS THE GUY IN THE FRONT ROW, 4TH FROM THE RIGHT. TODAY OR TOMORROW I WILL TRY TO RE-SIZE IT AN ELIMINATE THOSE AWFUL "MOIRE" DOTS ON THE PHOTO.

2007: JESSE ANDERSON 1933-2007

I JUST RECEIVED A CALL FROM JESS ANDERSON'S' WIFE GAIL . JESS PASSED AWAY THIS AFTERNOON. I COUNTED JESS AMONG MY BEST FRIENDS. WE WENT FROM MISS MARY KELLY'S RECEPTION GRADE BACK IN 1939 RIGHT THROUGH KUSER GRAMMAR SCHOOL AND HAMILTON HIGH CLASS OF 1951. JESS HAD A VERY DISTINGUISHED CAREER. HE WAS THE TOWN'S CHIEF OF POLICE, AND LATER BECAME THE MAYOR OF SEASIDE PARK. YOU WILL BE MISSED, JESS, AND YOU WILL BE IN MY PRAYERS. MAY THE LORD WELCOME YOU INTO HIS HEAVENLY KINGDOM.

WE'LL MEET AGAIN.

1992: A VALIANT HHSW ALUMNI EFFORT CRASHED

WE PLANNED A PICNIC ---

BUT NOBODY CAME!

BACK IN 1992, I JOINED CAROL BENCIVENGO, LORRAINE MAY, MANNY BUTERA, AND A NUMBER OF HAMILTON ALUMNI IN A VALIANT EFFORT TO ORGANIZE A HAMILTON WEST ALUMNI ASSOCIATION.
DO YOU SEE THOSE ORANGE MEMBERSHIP CARDS IN THE GRAPHIC? THERE ARE TWO BOXES OF 500 EACH WHICH WERE NEVER TOUCHED! WE EVEN INSTITUTED A NEWSLETTER, "ALUMNI CRITERION." THE RESPONSE WAS UNDERWHELMING! LAST WEEK, LORRAINE FEEHAN MAY DROPPED OFF TWO HUGE BOXES OF THE MEMBERSHIP CARDS WE WERE SURE WOULD BE EAGERLY CLAIMED BY HAMILTON HORNETS. TO ADD TO THE HURT, MUCH TIME WAS SPENT AT OUR MEETINGS ESTABLISHING BYLAWS. ALL THAT MATERIAL IS BEING STORED IN MY OFFICE SHOULD THERE BE ANY ALUMNUS OR ALUMNI THAT WOULD LIKE TO RESUME THE QUEST. I WAS COMPLETELY BAFFLED BY THE LACK OF INTEREST IN THIS WORTHWHILE ENDEAVOR.