Update 8-28-01    


Hey,

204 folks.

Another vote for New York.

The end of the budget surplus as we've known it.  (Actually, I first typed bidet surplus, and kinda like that better.)

A perhaps timely request from Mark Perlman:  I was looking at the class list with all the e-mail addresses and thought it would be nice if it also included the city and state we each live in. That way if classmates live close together they would know and possibly be able to get together.  (Rich again:  As I think I've already mentioned, I've purposely avoided asking where we all live, to maintain privacy while encouraging as many people as possible to add their names to the class list.  But if people now feel comfortable enough to add that information to the list, I'll do it.  No, I'm not asking for another vote.  Just send me your city and state if you want it listed, and don't if you don't.  And, yeah, I already know where some of you are, but---as usual---I won't print it without permission.)

Further information from Jean Cohen about Pam Stampf:
       When Pam and I were in elementary school, we made up part of the "Cutie Club" along with other friends from the Gibson area.  The reason I mention this is because we all lived close to one another and were close with one another.  Sometimes, going over to a friend's home meant crossing over the Gibson tracks.  When I read "The Tub People" to the children in my day-care facility, Pam wrote about a train passing by the bathroom window shaking the tub people around.  This was the Long Island Railroad that went behind her house on Cochran Place, and past my block, Cherry Street.  It was nostalgic to say the least, especially being up here in Northern Vermont and being transposed back to the Gibson area within a few words!
       Pam and I car-pooled to Nassau Community College for a couple of years and she was in the car with me when we got so hung up singing "Devil in a Blue Dress" by Mitch Rider and the Detroit Wheels, that I slammed into the car in front of us!  Only at that age could we laugh about denting up a Rambler American.  (Nah, I
take that back!)
       We kept in touch with Chanukah cards and Xmas cards.  Even so, I had no idea how many books and novels Pam wrote.  Go onto Amazon.com and do a  search using her married name, Pam Conrad.  The Tub People series is for preschoolers and Pam wrote many more books for pre-teens, among them:  Prairie Songs, Stonewords, Zoe Rising, and My Daniel.  Many of these are award winning books along with some critically acclaimed novels.  Hope this is of some help to you.  Please excuse my rambling memories.  Happy Reading.

The link:  http://hometown.aol.com/reunionclass65/myhomepage/profile.html


Rich