2008: WILLIAM "BILL" PARENT OBIT

TO THOSE WHO WERE HAMILTON STUDENTS BACK IN THE 50'S, BILL PARENT WAS A HOUSEHOLD NAME. IF YOU PLAYED "HOOKEY" FROM SCHOOL, BILL WAS "THE MAN." HE REPLACED "POP" WATSON AS HAMILTON TRUANT OFFICER. BILL AND HIS SISTER ALICE PARENT GOETZ WERE BOTH INCREDIBLE SINGERS. ALICE HAD THE LEADS IN NEARLY ALL OF THE OPERETTAS AT HAMILTON HIGH DURING HER YEARS THERE. SHE WAS MY TEACHER AT KUSER SCHOOL IN THE 7TH GRADE. SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE CLASS OF '39 AT HHS.
BILL'S MAGNIFICENT VOICE WAS KNOWN THROUGHOUT THE AREA AND I RECALL ONE OF HIS VISITS TO OUR HAMILTON HIGH CHOIR BACK IN THE LATE 1940'S. HE WILL BE MISSED. BILL LIVED IN HIS FAMILY HOME ON ELLWOOD STREET IN HAMILTON RIGHT UP UNTIL RECENTLY, WHEN HE BECAME INCAPACITATED. THE GLOVER FAMILY KNEW BOTH MR. AND MRS. PARENT WAY BACK IN THE 30'S WHEN WE LIVED ON BEAL STREET.

I RECENTLY RECEIVED A GUESTBOOK ENTRY FROM FELLOW "TULIP TIME" LEAD BEVERLY COWELL DAPOLITO. BEVERLY WAS A CHARMING YOUNG LADY WHO PROBABLY DOESN'T REMEMBER HOW SHE AND I SANG A DUET ON STAGE AT HHS IN OUR SOPHOMORE YEAR. WE SANG A SONG CALLED, "THE THINGS WE DID LAST SUMMER."
(BEV, I STILL SING THAT SONG TODAY ON MY NUMEROUS
LOCAL SENIOR CITIZEN GUEST APPEARANCES).
BEVERLY WAS ONE OF THE MANY HAMILTON HHS '51 YOUNG LADIES I REMEMBER TO THIS VERY DAY. BEV, IF YOU ARE READING THIS, AND IN FACT ANYONE WHO VISITS MY WEBSITE, PLEASE INCLUDE YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS SO THAT I CAN ACKNOWLDEGE YOUR VISIT. AND PLEASE COME BACK OFTEN!

(UNLESS YOU PREFER ANONYMITY)

1950: JIM THOMANN AND JIM BRENNAN

BOTH OF THESE GENTLEMEN, THE LATE JIMMY BRENNAN AND JIM THOMANN WERE ONE YEAR AHEAD OF ME AT HHS. THEY ARE NO LONGER WITH US, BUT I REMEMBER THEM WELL. GENTLEMEN FROM THE WORD
"GO."
THE PHOTO OF JIM THOMANN WITH THE LOVELY YOUNG LADY IS FROM THE 1950 SENIOR BALL.

TAKE A TIP FROM TOM!

ARE YOUR EYES HAVING A PROBLEM WITH THE SIZE
OF THE POSTS ON MY SITE(s)? CHANGE THE SCREEN RESOLUTION!

GO TO "START," CHOOSE "CONTROL PANEL,"
CLICK ON "DISPLAY, "CHOOSE "SETTINGS,"
SLIDE THE MARKER TO THE LEFT TO 800 X 600.
CLICK OK AND YOUR SCREEN WILL MOMENTARILY
GO BLACK AND IMMEDIATELY COME BACK WITH THE NEW AND
LARGER CHARACTERS. AND GRAPHICS. CLICK "APPLY."

DON'T BE INTIMIDATED BY THIS
ADJUSTMENT. IT IS EASILY REVERSIBLE
BY SIMPLY REPEATING THE ABOVE PROCESS
AND SLIDING BACK TO YOUR ORIGINAL SETTINGS.

1956: Betty Clark Kadis Passed Away

FROM JACK LACY, HHS '56, THE FOLLOWING SAD NEWS:

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Hi All:.

Unfortunately we must report that HHS56 classmate Betty (Clark) Kadis passed away May 14, 2007. Her husband of 50 years, HHS56 classmate Bob Kadis, informed us as part of his response to our 52nd Reunion invitation.

If you wish to express condolences, Bob resides at: 374 South St., Agawam, MA 01001, R.KADIS@comcast.net.

Jack

1955: HHS SOPHOMORES VICTIMS OF "LIPSTICK HAZING"

1950: Dick Stoner Obit

Dick Stoner, HHS '50, passed away on Saturday, February 9, 2009. I remember Dick as an upper classman at Kuser School back in the 1940's. As I recall, he lived in the Bromley section of Hamilton. His obit below is from the Trenton Times.

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Richard Grant Stoner POINT PLEASANT

Richard Grant Stoner, 76, died Saturday at Cooper University Hospital, Camden. Mr. Stoner was born and raised in Hamilton and lived in Point Pleasant for the past 27 years. He graduated from Hamilton High School, attended Trenton Junior College and graduated from Rider University. He served during the Korean Conflict in the U.S. Naval Reserves and was an active member of the Eastern Paralyzed Veterans Association. Mr. Stoner was a project engineer for Switlik Parachute Co. in Trenton for many years, prior to becoming disabled in 1976. After moving to Point Pleasant he employed his artistic skills as a caricaturist for more than 20 years. During the summers he drew at Jenkinson's on the Point Pleasant boardwalk, as well as at fairs and parties throughout the state. He became a very active advocate for the handicapped, and sat on the advisory board for Personal Advisory Service Program for 14 years. Accompanied by his beloved dog Chelsea he was a lecturer in the Disability Awareness Through Education (D.A.T.E.) program, which reached out to approximately 10,000 Ocean County school children. Mr. Stoner was a lifelong auto racing fan and a photographer for the National Speedsport News. He was inducted into the Garden State Vintage Stock Car Club Hall of Fame in 1999. He was a former member of the Unitarian Church of Princeton. Surviving are a son, Jeffrey Stoner of Haddonfield; a daughter, Nora Stoner of East Windsor; a brother and sister- in-law, William Stoner and his wife Patricia of Ewing; his former wife Vivian L. Stoner of Barrington; and nine grandchildren. A memorial service will be held 11 a.m. Friday at the Grounds for Sculpture in Hamilton. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. Colonial Funeral Home, Brick, is in charge of arrangements.

2008: LET THE SEASON BEGIN!

I HOPE TO SEE MANY OF MY WEB VIEWERS AT THIS PROGRAM WHICH IS THE FIRST OF NUMEROUS MUSIC/NOSTALGIA PROGRAMS I WILL BE PRESENTING THIS YEAR AT KUSER MANSION. THIS ONE WILL CENTER ON THE ROMANTIC LOVE SONGS WE ALL SWOONED AND DANCED TO, WITH AN OCCASIONAL NOVELTY SONG. MARK YOUR CALENDAR AND I HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE.

1967: "AFTER THEY LEFT HAMILTON WEST...."

HERB GRIFFITH WAS MY SOPHOMORE BIOLOGY TEACHER. HE WAS ALSO ONE OF HAMILTON'S PREMIER SOCCER COACHES AND VERY ACTIVE IN THE PHYS ED PROGRAM. MISS BETTY REID WAS ALSO AT HHS WHEN I WAS THERE, BUT I WASN'T IN ANY OF HER CLASSES. BETTY MARRIED LATER IN LIFE, BECOMING MRS. BETTY FERETTE. "ALWAYS A LADY."

THESE PHOTOS WERE FROM THE 1967 STEINERT YEARBOOK, "CRESSET 67" WITH THANKS TO BILL OPFERMAN, STEINERT ALUMNUS.

A REMINDER FROM TOM

Many people have told me that they save my "Sentimental Journey" columns and send them to friends and relatives out of the local area. My column is in the "People" section of the Times EVERY OTHER SATURDAY. Tell your out of town friends and relatives who have computer/internet capabilities that they can find my column published online on those weeks when it appears in the paper. The internet site http://www.njo.com is the site where the Times and the Star Ledger post archives, but it is somewhat difficult to get to the archives. I find it easier and much quicker to do a Google search. Go to www.google.com, and enter the following search string:

TOM GLOVER HAMILTON TRENTON.

Upper or lower case is OK. You will see a number of my entries listed. You should find my column somewhere in the listing.
along with my Kuser Farm mansion programs and other activities in which I have been involved the recent past.