Hi,
First, the usual letter that arrives from South around this time of year, from Principal Maureen Henry:
I am pleased to inform you that our Senior High Scholarship Awards presentation will take place on Wednesday, June 3, 2015 at 7:00 PM in South Hall. We thank you for your participation and would greatly appreciate your involvement again this year in sponsoring the Vince Tampio Theater Award and the Booker Gibson Music Award.
The students at South continue to shine in their academic performance and service to both school and community. Your generous scholarship awards allow us to recognize these students. Please confirm your participation by contacting our awards coordinator, Liz King-Giordano.
Many thanks for your continued support.
The background information on the scholarships, for those of you who may not know – and this always sounds like the introduction to The Hardy Boys mysteries: “Frank and Joe are the sons of world famous detective Fenton Hardy...” In any case, we support two, annual, $500 scholarships at South, one honoring Booker Gibson and the other honoring Vince Tampio. This will be the twelfth year of our at least fifteen-year commitment, I already have a hundred-and-fifty dollars stashed towards each scholarship because of some generous donations last year, especially from members of the class of ‘63.
That means for this year, we need $350 towards the scholarship in Booker's name and $350 towards the one in Vince's. Obviously, we welcome all new donors, for one year or for more. As before, please send your checks to: Rich Eisbrouch, 23030 Dolorosa Street, Woodland Hills, California 91367. The checks should be made out to me, and please indicate in the bottom left corner of the check which scholarship you'd like to support, or if you'd prefer your donation to be split between the two.
I'll keep sending the weekly totals and will tell people when to stop. It usually takes four-to-six weeks to raise the money, and for eleven years, I've comfortably gotten the checks to Liz King-Giordano by mid-May.
As always, thanks.
I am pleased to inform you that our Senior High Scholarship Awards presentation will take place on Wednesday, June 3, 2015 at 7:00 PM in South Hall. We thank you for your participation and would greatly appreciate your involvement again this year in sponsoring the Vince Tampio Theater Award and the Booker Gibson Music Award.
The students at South continue to shine in their academic performance and service to both school and community. Your generous scholarship awards allow us to recognize these students. Please confirm your participation by contacting our awards coordinator, Liz King-Giordano.
Many thanks for your continued support.
The background information on the scholarships, for those of you who may not know – and this always sounds like the introduction to The Hardy Boys mysteries: “Frank and Joe are the sons of world famous detective Fenton Hardy...” In any case, we support two, annual, $500 scholarships at South, one honoring Booker Gibson and the other honoring Vince Tampio. This will be the twelfth year of our at least fifteen-year commitment, I already have a hundred-and-fifty dollars stashed towards each scholarship because of some generous donations last year, especially from members of the class of ‘63.
That means for this year, we need $350 towards the scholarship in Booker's name and $350 towards the one in Vince's. Obviously, we welcome all new donors, for one year or for more. As before, please send your checks to: Rich Eisbrouch, 23030 Dolorosa Street, Woodland Hills, California 91367. The checks should be made out to me, and please indicate in the bottom left corner of the check which scholarship you'd like to support, or if you'd prefer your donation to be split between the two.
I'll keep sending the weekly totals and will tell people when to stop. It usually takes four-to-six weeks to raise the money, and for eleven years, I've comfortably gotten the checks to Liz King-Giordano by mid-May.
As always, thanks.
Next, from Dennis Pizzimenti: I will be attending the reunion with my wife, Benette. We are staying in the hotel on Saturday night.
That brings the number to 32, plus four spouses and at least one guest. The present list:
Joan Aires Cleven Friday to Sunday Hotel
Alison Altman Saturday to Sunday Hotel
Jay Berliner Saturday night
Stu Borman Friday & Saturday and wife Elize
Barbara Brill Frohman Saturday & Sunday
Carol Bunim Okin Friday &/or Saturday Hotel and husband Bob
Peggy Cooper Schwartz Friday to Sunday Hotel
Rich Eisbrouch Friday to Sunday Hotel
Mary Ferranti Khan Friday & maybe Saturday Hotel and husband
Alan Finder Saturday & Sunday Hotel
Henry Gabbay Friday & Saturday night
Peggy Galinger Menaker Saturday to Sunday Hotel
Les Glasser Friday & late Saturday
Neil Guberman Friday to Sunday Hotel
Art Halprin Friday to Sunday Hotel
Marilyn Horowitz Goldhammer Friday to Sunday Hotel
Stu Kandel Friday & Saturday
Ira Levy Saturday & Sunday Hotel
Laura Littner Fulton Friday & maybe Saturday
Martha Morenstein Saturday to Sunday Hotel
Allen Moss Friday to Sunday Hotel
Valerie Nelson Gillen Friday to Sunday
Dennis Pizzimenti Saturday & Sunday Hotel and wife Benette
Alison Altman Saturday to Sunday Hotel
Jay Berliner Saturday night
Stu Borman Friday & Saturday and wife Elize
Barbara Brill Frohman Saturday & Sunday
Carol Bunim Okin Friday &/or Saturday Hotel and husband Bob
Peggy Cooper Schwartz Friday to Sunday Hotel
Rich Eisbrouch Friday to Sunday Hotel
Mary Ferranti Khan Friday & maybe Saturday Hotel and husband
Alan Finder Saturday & Sunday Hotel
Henry Gabbay Friday & Saturday night
Peggy Galinger Menaker Saturday to Sunday Hotel
Les Glasser Friday & late Saturday
Neil Guberman Friday to Sunday Hotel
Art Halprin Friday to Sunday Hotel
Marilyn Horowitz Goldhammer Friday to Sunday Hotel
Stu Kandel Friday & Saturday
Ira Levy Saturday & Sunday Hotel
Laura Littner Fulton Friday & maybe Saturday
Martha Morenstein Saturday to Sunday Hotel
Allen Moss Friday to Sunday Hotel
Valerie Nelson Gillen Friday to Sunday
Dennis Pizzimenti Saturday & Sunday Hotel and wife Benette
Peter Rosen Friday to Sunday Hotel
Larry Rugen Friday & Saturday
Irene Saunders Goldstein Friday to Sunday Hotel
Bernie Scheidt Friday to Sunday Hotel
Dennis Shapiro Friday to Sunday
Ray Sinatra Friday (maybe) & Saturday
Larry Rugen Friday & Saturday
Irene Saunders Goldstein Friday to Sunday Hotel
Bernie Scheidt Friday to Sunday Hotel
Dennis Shapiro Friday to Sunday
Ray Sinatra Friday (maybe) & Saturday
Mary Sipp Green Saturday & Sunday
Danny Stellabotte Friday to Sunday
Louise Wiemer Beckert Saturday night
Danny Stellabotte Friday to Sunday
Louise Wiemer Beckert Saturday night
From Emily Kleinman Schreiber: I enjoyed the bit of history at the end of the newsletter. My brother used to practice driving – before he was of age to do so – at the airfield. The shopping center wasn't built yet when we moved from Brighton Beach to our new home on Columbine Lane – next door to the Purcells and the Lindenbaums. My desk was in a great spot because I could look out my window and enjoy the scenery – the creek, the weeping willows, and the swans. That was in 1954. Did anyone mention that Old Green Acres had been restricted until the end of WWII? After that time, Jews were allowed to buy there.
By the way, I was in Florida from 1/30-2/11. During that time, I connected with Artie and Lenore Wachtel – always a lot of laughs – and, while on my JetBlue flight, I was sitting next to a woman named Evelyn Grabois. She lives on the corner of Brook and Forest Roads. We had connections to many of the same people, and we lamented the name-change, and the destruction of the bridge. It’s a very small world.
Living in New York – or anywhere freezing – right now really sucks, but I was glad to read that the robins are on their way back here. Rich, enjoy the warmth of Los Angeles.
By the way, I was in Florida from 1/30-2/11. During that time, I connected with Artie and Lenore Wachtel – always a lot of laughs – and, while on my JetBlue flight, I was sitting next to a woman named Evelyn Grabois. She lives on the corner of Brook and Forest Roads. We had connections to many of the same people, and we lamented the name-change, and the destruction of the bridge. It’s a very small world.
Living in New York – or anywhere freezing – right now really sucks, but I was glad to read that the robins are on their way back here. Rich, enjoy the warmth of Los Angeles.
Related, Joanne Shapiro Polner forwarded an animation created by Evelyn Roedel Read which included the Snoopy cartoon captioned, “I’m not going outside until the temperature is above my age.” She particularly asked that I forward it to Allen Moss.
Allen responded: Please thank Joanne and Evelyn for me. As I sit at my laptop with the temperature at 5 degrees and another 6 to 8 inches of snow coming tonight, it's like I am trapped in the Groundhog’s Day movie, except in Maine. Although I should not complain because my friends in the Boston area are way ahead of me in terms of the amount of snow. We are only at a measly mid-60 inches here right now, while Boston is closing in at 90. However, with the storm tonight and another due at the end of the week, who knows?
From Amy Kassak Bentley: It was 5 below zero when I left my house in Connecticut this morning.
From Barbara Blitfield Pech: So here I am, just sitting around reading the Valley Stream Boomer page on Facebook, and who posts... Willian J. Brady. Go figure. Maybe he’s been right under our noses, in plain sight. I just sent him a note. Hopefully, this one's our Bill.
[Rich – He could be. Except our Bill Brady’s middle initial is N, for Nicol. It was in the high school graduation program, and both Paul DeMartino and I have used that middle name and initial to sort through Bill Bradys before.]
Barbara soon replied: I just got a very nice note from this man, acknowledging that he wasn’t our man Bill. Sigh. Who da thunk there were 2 Bill Bradys in Valley Stream who graduated in 1965? I'm hanging up my Sherlock Holmes’ cap.
Emily Kleinman Schreiber also forwarded this note from Joe Anfora: I just wanted to tell you that I’ll be in an upcoming comedy, Dilemmas with Dinner, at the Wesley United Methodist Church in Franklin Square, Saturday and Sunday, March 14th and 15th, and Friday through Sunday, March 20th to 22nd. Sunday performances are at 3:00; other days are at 8:00. Tickets are $15.00, and for reservations, please call: 516-775-6775.
Junior executive Brooke invites her boss and his wife over for dinner in the hopes of securing a promotion. While frantically getting ready, Brooke and her husband discover that the hired help is coincidentally the boss' ex-daughter-in-law. Just when it seems everything that could go wrong has, Brooke's boss has an unfortunate announcement to make – though not as unfortunate as the candlestick attack, the appetizer toss, and the general chaos that then ensues. If you want a night or afternoon out for some laughs to forget about your troubles, this will do it.
Junior executive Brooke invites her boss and his wife over for dinner in the hopes of securing a promotion. While frantically getting ready, Brooke and her husband discover that the hired help is coincidentally the boss' ex-daughter-in-law. Just when it seems everything that could go wrong has, Brooke's boss has an unfortunate announcement to make – though not as unfortunate as the candlestick attack, the appetizer toss, and the general chaos that then ensues. If you want a night or afternoon out for some laughs to forget about your troubles, this will do it.
Finally, another piece from that Green Acres article:
Clarence Stein's plan for Valley Stream was to use the entire airfield site. His team prepared a plan for 18,000 residents, far more than live on the site today. Stein describes housing for 4,500 families, thus presuming an average household of four people. The density was 13 units per acre on the site, which now is made up of the Green Acres neighborhood and Green Acres Mall
To quote from Stein: "The Valley Stream project was characteristic in general of the design of all four. Even though it was only a project, I think its plans formed an important step toward the development of the Greenbelt Towns and ultimately toward New Towns in America. The site consisted of 350 acres of flat land just beyond the New York City border. It was well-drained, and its sand and gravel soil could be economically used for large-scale building. T he property was surrounded on three sides by well built up areas. The Town Plan followed the Radburn pattern with super-blocks, underpasses, central parks, and an even more complete separation of pedestrian and auto."
Stein concludes his chapter on Valley Stream: "Our studies for Valley Stream served as the basis for my future recommendations to the Resettlement Administration that were to be used in the Greenbelt Towns." Stein's team recommended a greenbelt to surround the site, and land was to be dedicated for a school at the center. He also proposed reusing the airport hangars as commercial space. Unfortunately the plan was never realized, which Stein attributed to the ineffectual working of a large, complicated, slow-moving government bureaucracy.
To quote from Stein: "The Valley Stream project was characteristic in general of the design of all four. Even though it was only a project, I think its plans formed an important step toward the development of the Greenbelt Towns and ultimately toward New Towns in America. The site consisted of 350 acres of flat land just beyond the New York City border. It was well-drained, and its sand and gravel soil could be economically used for large-scale building. T he property was surrounded on three sides by well built up areas. The Town Plan followed the Radburn pattern with super-blocks, underpasses, central parks, and an even more complete separation of pedestrian and auto."
Stein concludes his chapter on Valley Stream: "Our studies for Valley Stream served as the basis for my future recommendations to the Resettlement Administration that were to be used in the Greenbelt Towns." Stein's team recommended a greenbelt to surround the site, and land was to be dedicated for a school at the center. He also proposed reusing the airport hangars as commercial space. Unfortunately the plan was never realized, which Stein attributed to the ineffectual working of a large, complicated, slow-moving government bureaucracy.
The class of '65 50th Reunion: Friday, April 24 through Sunday, April 26, 2015, Hyatt Regency, Hauppauge.
To make a hotel room reservation: Go online and search out Hyatt Regency, Hauppauge. With an AAA card, an AARP membership, or using several other organizational connections, you can get lowest price. You can cancel the reservation if you need to.
The South '65 e-mail addresses: reunionclass65 . blogspot . com (please remove the spaces)
The South '65 photo site: picasaweb . google . com/SouthHS65 (ditto)
Rich
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