Update 4-30-13

 

Hi,

 

It appears that no one who's read the past few newsletters can remember the name of the young man who drowned in the creek, possibly in the late 60s.  We've pieced together that he lived on Flower Road, around the corner of Forest, with an address that would have been in the odd 30s or 40s.  Chuck Gleichmann's house was 28 Flower and Jeff Levin's was 31.  This man's house would have been slightly further west.

    We also know that he smoked by the creek, bought cigarettes at Mollie and Leo's candy store, and possibly had a moustache.

    I can eventually search the old newsletters, because Amy Kassak Bentley thinks we once had all this worked out.  But as Stu Borman mentioned, the collected newsletters aren't exactly gonna outsell 50 Shades of Grey, so there's little reason for me to transfer them to a more readable form.

 

    Stu also mentioned that he can add Amy Miller's hand-drawn childhood map of Green Acres to the class photo site, so I'll ask her if she'd like to forward that to Stu.  And Marc Jonas just sent a section of an old  Southern Belle, noting class elections.

    There's a photo with the caption:  L. to R. -- R. Lobell, President; P. Rosen, Vice-President; (Back) A. Dolich, S.C.; P. Galinger, S.C.; M. Jonas, S.C.

    S.C. stands for Student Council.  Rich, Andy, and Peg are smiling.  Pete and Marc look serious.  Part of the accompanying bios of  (not pictured) '65 Secretary, Irene Saunders and '65 Treasurer Al Finder are readable.  Irene's begins, "Active in many phases of South's extra-curricula life..."  Al's begins, "Ever since entering South four years ago..."  So this must have been around the end of sophomore year.

    I'll ask Marc if he can scan the whole page and forward that to Stu.

    Also, I'm still looking through my files for a photograph of a Pack 267 father-and-son dinner at the Valley Stream Park Inn around 1957.  I believe Marc also sent that in, and I promised last summer to forward a copy of the large photo to Ira Mitzner.  But I've never found it, so I think it's out of my computer and saved on a disk.

 

Barbara Button McAnulty wrote asking me to correct her e-mail address on the class contact site.  The address was right, but it had some strange symbols mixed in, making it hard to read.  While I was there, I fixed Neil Guberman's address, which also had mysterious symbols, and Ellen Epstein Silver's and Linda Cohen Greenseid's.  The wonders of the Internet.

 

From Steve Gootzeit, in answer to my question about what he's been doing lately.  This is abridged because I'm not sure if it was only meant for me:

    On approximately the 40th anniversary of my entrance into marketing, I decided to stop.  I've adjusted to retirement, though it took about a year, and am finding that I enjoy the freedom.  I'm a daily customer at Starbucks and the NYSC health club.  I now have the time to cook as much as I want, and I get relatively good reviews.  I also design geometric patterns on needlepoint, have recently applied for a volunteer position at the Seeing Eye foundation, and now have more time to read.  We have no plans to move, since we're close to our two sons and three grandchildren.  Since I plan to attend the class of '65's 50th reunion in 2015, I will definitely see you before we turn 70.

    Also, regarding your comment on online teaching, here's some "wisdom":  It's OK to be lazy.

 

A quartet of notes from Liz King Giordano, South's coordinator of the Senior Awards Assembly:

    From 4-11: The committee met this week to discuss awards, and they have a tie for the Vince Tampio Award.  Would you mind splitting the award this year, giving two $250 checks?  Also, everyone who supports these awards has certainly been terrific.  Thank you all for continuing the scholarships for at least another five years.  That’s fantastic.  The Booker Gibson and Vince Tampio scholarships are two prestigious awards here at South, and the students know it.

    From 4-15:  Thanks for letting us split the Tampio Award.

    From 4-23:  The recipients of the Vince Tampio Theater Award are:  Aimee Kaplan and Christina Casillo. The recipient of the Booker Gibson Music Award is:  Jalissa Douglas.

    From 4-29: Got your checks. Thanks.

 

[Rich -- As I've written before:  I'm always happy when we've raised the money, when Liz has received the checks, and when they clear my account.  Two-third's there.]

 

An update from Amy Miller about the class of 1963's upcoming 50th Reunion:

    When:  Saturday, October 12, 2013

    What:  Luncheon, 12:30 to 5:00 PM, with opportunities before and after to get together in New York City  

    Where:  The Cornell Club, 6 East 44th Street, New York

    Who:  26 so far answered Yes; 16 more answered Maybe; a minimum of 25 people is required to hold the room and for us to sign a contract.  The room holds a maximum of 50.

    How much?  $75 per person

    Further information:  YmaRellim @ aol . com (remove the spaces)

 

From Amy Lieberman, news of two evenings in Los Angeles featuring Jazz singer Billy Valentine:

    Saturday, May 11 -- House of Music and Entertainment, 430 North Camden, Beverly Hills, 7:30 & 9:30
    Wednesday, May 15 -- Catalina Bar and Grill, 6725 West Sunset Boulevard, Hollywood, 8;30

 

Finally, from Stu Borman:  I just happened to see this on page 17 of the Sunday Styles section of the Sunday, April 28, 2013 New York Times. The groom is the grandson of Irwin Chanin.  I'm guessing that Irwin Chanin is the guy who owned the company that built Green Acres.  Nice to know that part of my parents' $17,000-or-so purchase price has perhaps now helped make it possible for Mr. Chanin's grandson to marry a beautiful model.

    The announcement:  Allison Millar Floeting and Steven Henry Chanin were married Saturday evening at the Brazilian Court hotel in Palm Beach, Florida.  Rabbi Richard Polirer officiated.  Mrs. Chanin, 40, retired as a model for Images Model Management in New York.  She graduated from Syracuse University.  She is a daughter of Gordon D. Floeting of Boca Raton, Florida, and the late Carol A. Floeting.  The bride’s father retired as the chief financial officer of Reliance Insurance in New York.  Her mother retired as a health teacher at the Wilson School, a private elementary and middle school in Mountain Lakes, New Jersey.  Mr. Chanin, 62, is the president of the Paul Chanin Family Foundation, a nonprofit organization based in Palm Beach that provides charitable grants and donations.  Until 2000, he was the president and chief executive of Imagine Digital Productions, a company in Aspen, Colorado, that created Web sites for other companies.  He graduated from Syracuse, from which he also received an M.B.A.  He is the son of the late Carol Stone Chanin-Kaplan of Chicago and Paul R. Chanin of New York.  The groom’s father was a New York real estate developer.  The groom is the grandson of the late Irwin S. Chanin, a New York architect and real estate developer.

 

The South '65 e-mail addresses: reunionclass65 . blogspot . com

 

The South '65 photo site: picasaweb . google . com / SouthHS65

 

 

Rich