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Enjoying Springtime in Virginia
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Hi.
from CLASSY U-E '52 Classmates & others...
Well another month has gone by in Virginia. We are so
enjoying the spring weather in VA and don't want to see it end.
We have been spoiled spending the winter and spring at my
daughters in Va. We love the warmer weather in VA and not
missing the cold weather of NY. We get spoiled by my
daughter and son in law - they like to cook and take us to
musical plays, fishing, shopping, gambling and lots of activities to keep us active. We think we could get use to this seven
months stay every year. We certainly don't miss the cold and
shoveling of NY. The pear trees, redbuds and cherry trees are
in full bloom already and are so beautiful with color. The red
maple trees are starting to bloom. Dick spends a great deal
outside working in the our son in laws yard and shed. He
keeps himself very busy with projects that they give him to do.
One of the plays we saw was Buddy Holly at the
Riverside dinner theater. We became very tired just watching
all that jitterbugging and even got up and danced a little bit
but we certainly don't have that kind of energy anymore. It
was definitely a great show.
Tomorrow we are heading towards a little colder
weather to Lancaster, PA to visit the Amish country for the
second time. We are so looking forward to another show at
the Sight and Sound Amphitheater - Sampson. We stopped
there for the first time on our way down to Virginia in the fall
and saw THE CHRISTMAS STORY. It was so beautiful and
exciting. We were amazed that they used real animals in the
show. Dick and I could not believe how beautiful the area
was and we are very excited to return and do more sight seeing. We will enjoy walking around the shops and market and
seeing the many homemade items.
Not sure when we are returning, our granddaughter
in Virginia is expecting in May with the birth of another Great
Grandchild. She is having a boy and this will be our fifth
great grandchild. Dick will really enjoy holding him.
Hoping this finds you well.
Shirley & Dick Swartz ‘52 [email protected]
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Check out this link:
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/309741.php
Chocolate is good for you...with tea or coffee, especially.
Nancy (Frey) Pettinelli '48 [email protected]
Nancy,
Dark chocolate has ALWAYS been my favorite since I was a
kid! Now maybe I am reaping the benefits without knowing
it? I will share in the May Newsletter.
Thanks, Mel
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Thanks for doing this. You do a great job.
Debbi (Turecek) Armstrong '70 [email protected]
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An Anonymous UEHS Classmate '52 texts his wife on a
cold winter morning in Endicott:
"WINDOWS FROZEN, WON'T OPEN"
Husband texts back:
“POUR SOME LUKEWARM WATER OVER IT AND TAP
GENTLY ALONG THE EDGES WITH A HAMMER"
Five minutes later wife texts husband:
"COMPUTER REALLY SCREWED UP NOW"
Bob Henning [email protected]
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ENDICOTT HISTORY
Go to google. Type in The Endicott Daily Bulletin. Click on
Endicott Daily Bulletin-GFJ Library Digital Archives for
Endicott and review the years of your choice.
Enjoy the Memories!
Gene Iannone '48 [email protected]
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May 12, 2016
Condolances to our classmate Fran Magee in the passing of
his wife Jean Foy, Class of 1953, and sister-in-law of Molly
(Magee) Stegeman '54.
What's Happening
TODAY at UE go to
http://www.uek12.org
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From a CLASSMATE'S Perspective
The Pres Corner
Good Old Days
John Hudanich
[email protected]
Bob Henning
[email protected]
Good to hear from you - we in the colonies remain vigilant but nothing interesting to write - I imagine many a historian and writer has embellished their writings to make
interesting readings. And over the years as wl as now there
are many Maine authors and writers - lawyers are pragmatic
and dull.
If I get wind of a revolution or tea party will let you know.
MY GOD (sorry not sure I'm allowed to use that word
anymore) next year it'll be 65 years since we all said
Goodbye to UEHS. Boy how times have changed. I still
think we had it a lot better then than we do today. This country and the whole world has gone "NUTS".
We have all this political correctness crap and a government
that runs the people instead of the people running the government. And while George Orwell was off by a few years with
his "1984" but "Big Brother" is everywhere today.
Thank you for thinking of me. I am well and now enjoying
the beach and weather. Candidate Trump made the dull weather
months somewhat interesting.
Yes, I find our government to be very corrupt although a few
Albany politicians are getting a new place to live "JAIL" and
it is long over due. Now the FEDS are beginning to investigate
the Governors office too. There have been how many Federal
investigation on going as to what has been going on in Washington and not one has ever been concluded yet. It seems to
me that WATERGATE did not take half that long.
Just to comment about 'ole New England that has many
excellent schools including colleges, prep and private schools
my young grand children living south of Boston attend MIT
on weekends for special classes along with other children
from around the USA. Imagine UEHS competing with this
scholastic environment. And the UEHS graduates do a fine
job as we did. Just not the connections of the elite.
We used to be able to take a girl out on a date and have a nice
dinner and a movie and spend all of $10, to day you couldn't
even get out of Burger King with the 2 of you for $10. I wonder what the young people of today would think if we could
send them back to the 50s. They would probably say "How
Boring". But I think that we all enjoyed those times. You
could walk the streets of Endicott all hours of the day and
feel safe and today I know some women who don't even want
to go there in daylight.
Store the gun powder and keep the Thomas Paine column
alive. Not unlike music where all the notes have been played
writing is plagerism since all written before. Nothing new.
We seem to be repeating.
Hope readers are well and enjoy the longevity. Regards to all.
-------------John,
Just your few interesting words will bring about a flutter to
all. You are expressing inner thoughts for us all to ponder.
Life is to be enjoyed away from our Endicott...each to his
own being.
Thank you.
Mel
-------------Mel your injection inspired me to wtite another article more
radical - after i leave it on my desk for a while i may send it maybe it is just an old man's babble and of no interest - if i
send it to you please do not print if not sensible.
I know that the Mayor will probably dispute this but look at
the crime rate today compared to our day. We used to have
big celebrations on Memorial Day, Fourth of July and Labor
Day, not any more, of course Enjoy Park is long gone too.
Well I've rambled on long enough but I still remember the
GOOD OLD DAYS.
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Arnie Colonna
[email protected]
Nevada News
It's been awhile since I contributed a story to your "Award Winning Publication". It turns out that a few months ago I read
something about Alberta Hills and her relatives who had some tie with former Kelly Coal Co. on North St. Since I lived and played
in the area during my formidable years, there are some stories I could tell about that company and others nearby. I will do some
research on the email of interest and report back to you for the June Newsletter. Should be some good stuff.
Also, "what happens in Las Vegas" can stay there as far as I am concerned...because...I and my family moved to Sparks, NV (a city
adjacent to Reno). We're called Northern Nevadans and compete on many levels with "That city" in south Nevada. If you maintain an
address register for our '52 grads, mine is: 6574 Fire Dance Court, Sparks, NV 89436.
Shalom My Friend...I'll get back to you soon.
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From a CLASSMATE'S Perspective
Arnie's Youthful Play Time
Arnie Colonna
[email protected]
around the piles of bagged feed playing “hide and seek”. As
Truman Crawford, my childhood friend and mischievous playing buddy wrote in the UEHS Yearbook (The Thesaurus)
“Weren’t We Devils”…and we truly were. As you know Truman
was one of the most talented musician’s in UEHS history who
was a “rock” in the Fife and Drum Corp. Truman later joined
the Marine Corp achieving the rank of Colonel and leader of the
Marine Corp Band and all of its parts. He was my close friend
and partner in “mischievousness” until 7th grade when he
attended Geo Washington Jr High (now Jenny Knapp) and I
schooled in the other direction at HBE. But I digress.
Found the article regarding Kelly Coal Co. on North St.
This area is only a block from where I lived on Fillmore Ave.
and was my neighborhoods personal playground (see attached)
from about 1945 to 1954. There were several small businesses
along a stretch of North St. from Parsons Ave to Harrison Ave.
I believe most of these businesses are no longer there thou I am
not certain which survived the aging process. In the next Newsletter,
it might be interesting to read about what all of our classmates
did on V-J Day 1945.
Some may recall the wild jubilation along Washington Ave and
other parts of the community and want to share their experience
with the rest of us.
In front of the IHC store was a very large empty lot where tractors, combines and other farm equipment was openly displayed.
It was the neighborhood baseball and football sand lot. Also on
the property was a horse barn complete with Tack Shop and coral
where Horse Auctions would be held often. There were always
about 5-15 horses roaming in the coral and prepped for auction.
The auction would conduct “Power Pulls” in the field to demonstrate horse strength and general health for prospective bidders.
Lots of horses, people, cars and us kids milling around where we
should not have been. The barn facility is no longer there but I
don’t know what is. The next property east, was the Sarafini’s
Ice Cream Store which was frequented on many a hot summers
night.
Starting on the north side of the street and working east, there
was a small full service Texaco gas station where gas was sold at
$.25 per gal and you got the oil checked and windows washed
with the service. Directly across the street was a public laundry
(no longer there) where my mother worked. On the same side as
the laundry directly across from the Kelly Coal Co. was a one
room barber shop (also no longer there). Further east at the
corner of Fillmore and North lived a georgous blonde girl who
became my wife in 1959. Also across Fillmore and on North
Street was Frank’s Meat Market where I bought packs of
walnettos for a penny a pack. Al’s Market was 2 doors east
where Ozzie Osbourne lived (great cross country runner for UE).
On the backside of this property was the Erie RR tracks and
beyond was Clark or Franklin St. which we frequently crossed
to gain access to Dunlop Hill…a large heavily foliaged area that
offered great playing opportunities (tree swinging, fort building,
snake hunting and water/chemical drain jumping.) for my neighborhood friends and me. Great stuff!
I also remember the Kelly Coal Co. and its location was on the
north side of North St. west of the Magic City Ice Plant. In my
very early memory, the ice plant would deliver ice in a horse
drawn wagon. The plant was only a block from my house and at
times my father would send me to drag a 25 lb block of ice for
our “ice box” an upright unit with two vertical doors…meat and
vegtables on one side and ice block on the other. As you know,
the icebox gave way to what is now known as the refrigerator.
We also had a “coal bin” used to receive truck deliveries from
Kelly Coal. A chute was lowered to the bin in our basement
where my brothers and I shoved the coal around while the coal
slid down the chute to facilitate filling the bin...very dirty and
dusty work. Once per week we set bushels of ashes in the front
of our house for collection. It turns out that this process had
very significant bearing on my life. One day when I was taking
out garbage with my Dad, two girls walked by wearing short
shorts. My Dad whisted at them and I agreed with his assessment as one of the girls is now my wife (Barbara) …which is a
whole another story.
I’ll save other stories for a later time.
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Editor's Note:
Arnie,
This is what the Newsletter is all about!
My original intensions of the Newsletter was to receive shared
memories with classmates...thank you.
You must have had a great time in reaching back for these memories. We all have experiences similar in our own neighborhoods
even though Endicott was such a small town.
I did the same thing with the Kelly Coal delivery...remember it
well...what a mess.
I printed a Newsletter page article about Truman Crawford in
his tribute many years ago.
Thanks again and looking forward to additional articles.
Mel
Meanwhile back to North Street on the same side as Kelly Coal,
was the Hanafin Feed Store and Harvestor International Equipment Sales in the same building. A massive fire destroyed it in
the 50’s. I watched the” big burn” from Barbara’s corner property
lawn. Many times we would sneak into the feed store through a
hole in their raised railroad dock at the rear, and just scramble
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YESTERDAY remembered TODAY
Idle Thoughts for a
Wandering 81+ Year Old Mind
SOME VISUAL NOTES
I went to San Francisco. I found someone's heart. Now what?
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I had amnesia once---or twice
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Protons have mass? I didn't even know they were Catholic.
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All I ask is a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
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If the world were a logical place, men would be the ones who ride
horses sidesaddle.
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What is a "free" gift? Aren't all gifts free?
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They told me I was gullible and I believed them.
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Teach a child to be polite and courteous in the home and, when he
grows up, he'll never be able to merge his car onto the freeway.
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Experience is the thing you have left when everything else is gone.
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One nice thing about egotists: they don't talk about other people.
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My weight is perfect for my height--which varies.
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I used to be indecisive. Now I'm not so sure.
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How can there be self-help "groups?"
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Mr. Anonymous '52
Molly (Magee) Stegeman '54 [email protected]
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The Art of a SENIOR Deal!
During Our Time-- Time Marches On!
An elderly couple return to a Mercedes dealership where the
salesman has just sold the car they were interested in to a
beautiful, leggy, busty blonde.
"I thought you said you would hold that car till we raised
the $75,000 asking price," said the man. "Yet I just heard you
closed the deal for $65,000 to that lovely young lady there. You
insisted there could be no Discount on this model."
"Well, what can I tell you? She had the ready cash and,
just look at her, how could I resist?" replied the grinning salesman.
Just then the young woman approached the aged couple
and gave them the keys. "There you go," she said. "I told you
I would get him to reduce the price. See you later, grandpa.”
Bob Henning [email protected]
...and
now most
everyone
has one in
their back
pocket.
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We Old Folks...
An elderly couple had dinner at another couple's house, and
after eating, the wives left the table and went into the kitchen.
The two gentlemen were talking, and one said, 'Last night
we went out to a new restaurant and it was really great. I
would recommend it very highly.'
The other man said, 'What is the name of the restaurant?'
The first man thought and thought and finally said, 'What’s
the name of that flower you give to someone you love? You
know, the one that's red and has thorns.'
'Do you mean a rose?'
'Yes, that's the one,' replied the man. He then turned
towards the kitchen and yelled, 'Rose, what's the name
of that restaurant we went to last night?'
Shirley & Dick Swartz ‘52 [email protected]
...and
we thought
our
reference
doing
homework
was a
snap.
Joe Svoboda '58 [email protected]
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SOME THOUGHTS TO PONDER
Rules for a Good Old Age
works. You'll be surprised which old friends you'll meet. Keeping
in touch with what is going on and with the people you know is
important at any age.
4 Respect the younger generation and their opinions. They may
not have the same ideals as you, but they are the future, and will
take the world in their direction. Give advice, not criticism, and
try to remind them of yesterday's wisdom that still applies today.
4 Never use the phrase: "In my time". Your time is now! As
long as you're alive, you are part of this time. You may have been
younger, but you are still you now, having fun and enjoying life.
4 Some people embrace the golden years, while others become
bitter and surly. Life is too short to waste your days on the latter.
Spend your time with positive, cheerful people, it'll rub off on
you and your days will seem that much better. Spending your time
with bitter people will make you older and harder to be around.
4 Do not surrender to the temptation of living with your children or grandchildren (if you have a financial choice, that is.
Sure, being surrounded by family sounds great, but we all need
our privacy. They need theirs and you need yours. If you've lost
your partner (our deepest condolences), then find a person to
move in with you and help out. Even then, do so only if you feel
you really need the help or do not want to live alone.>
4 Don't abandon your hobbies. If you don't have any, make new
ones. You can travel, hike, cook, read, dance. You can adopt a cat
or a dog, grow a garden, play cards, checkers, chess, dominoes,
golf, hunting. You can paint, volunteer at an NGO or just collect
certain items. Find something you like and spend some real time
having fun with it.
4 Even if you don't feel like it, try to accept invitations.
Baptisms, graduations, birthdays, weddings, conferences. Try to
go. Get out of the house, meet people you haven't seen in awhile,
experience something new (or something old). But don't get
upset when you're not invited. Some events are limited by
resources, and not everyone can be hosted. The important thing
is to leave the house from time to time. Go to museums, go walk
through a field. Get out there.
4 Be a conversationalist. Talk less and listen more. Some people go on and on about the past, not caring if their listeners are
really interested. That's a great way of reducing their desire to
speak with you. Listen first and answer questions, but don't go
off into long stories unless asked to. Speak in courteous tones
and try not to complain or criticize too much unless you really
need to. Try to accept situations as they are. Everyone is going
through the same things, and people have a low tolerance for
hearing complaints. Always find some good things to say as well.
4 Pain and discomfort go hand in hand with getting older. Try
not to dwell on them but accept them as a part of the cycle of
life we're all going through. Try to minimize them in your mind.
They are not who you are, they are something that life added to
you. If they become your entire focus, you lose sight of the person you used to be.
Some things to ponder...
some you may agree but some you may not.
Some of us have reached our golden years, and some of us
have not. But these suggestions should be read by everyone.
They have been collected from many a senior, each with his or
her own piece of advice.
4 Keep a healthy life, without great physical effort. Do moderate exercise (like walking every day), eat well and get your sleep.
It's easy to become sick, and it gets harder to remain healthy.
That is why you need to keep yourself in good shape and be
aware of your medical and physical needs. Keep in touch with
your doctor, get tested even when you're feeling well. Stay
informed.
4 Regardless of age, always keep love alive. Love your partner,
love life, love your family, love your neighbor and remember:
"A man is not old as long as he has intelligence and affection."
4 Don't stress over the little things. You've already overcome so
much in your life. You have good memories and bad ones, but
the important thing is the present. Don't let the past drag you
down and don't let the future frighten you. Feel good in the now.
Small issues will soon be forgotten.
4 Always buy the best, most beautiful items for your significant
other. The key goal is to enjoy your money with your partner.
One day one of you will miss the other, and the money will not
provide any comfort then, enjoy it together.
4 Be proud, both inside and out. Don't stop going to your hair
salon or barber, do your nails, go to the dermatologist and the
dentist, keep your perfumes and creams well stocked. When you
are well-maintained on the outside, it seeps in, making you feel
proud and strong.
4 It's time to use the money you saved up. Use it and enjoy it.
Don't just keep it for those who may have no notion of the sacrifices you made to get it. Remember there is nothing mor dangerous than a son or daughter-in-law with big ideas for your hard
earned capital. Warning: This is also a bad time for an investment, even if it seems wonderful or fool-proof. They only bring
problems and worries and this is a time for you to enjoy some
peace and quiet.
4 Stop worrying about the financial situation of your children
and grandchildren, and don't feel bad spending your money on
yourself. You've taken care of them for many years, and you've
taught them what you could. You gave them an education, food,
shelter and support. The responsibility is now theirs to earn their
own money.
4 Don't lose sight of fashion trends for your age, but keep your
own sense of style. There's nothing worse than an older person
trying to wear the current fashion among youngsters. You've
developed your own sense of what looks good on you - keep it
and be proud of it. It's part of who you are.
4 ALWAYS stay up-to-date. Read newspapers, watch the news.
Go online and read what people are saying. Make sure you have
an active email account and try to use some of those social net
Would
believe
more...
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you've
beenthere's
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by someone - forgive them. If
to be continued next month.
you've offended someone - apologize. Don't drag around resentMolly
(Magee)
'54 It doesment with you. It only serves
to make
you Stegeman
sad and bitter.
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t s t o Po n d e r
g hYOU'SE
T h o ufor
S o m eNEWS
OLD BLACKBOARDS - fantastic find.
CONGRATULATIONS
HAPPY DAY & YEARS AHEAD!!
Contractors began work on four
classrooms of Emerson High School
in Oklahoma, they knew their
remodel would improve education...
but they never expected it would
impact local history. This is what
they found hidden.
Looking to upgrade the rooms with
new whiteboards and smartboards, the workers had to first
remove the outdated chalkboards. But when they began to pull
away the old boards, they made a startling discovery
Beneath the old
current boards rested
another set of chalkboards
- untouched for nearly 100
years. Protected and totally
undisturbed, the centuryold writings and drawings
looked like they were
made just yesterday. Here, a November calendar rolls into
December. A turkey marks the celebration of Thanksgiving.
A multiplication table gives us a good glimpse into the
curriculum and methods taught in
1917, techniques perhaps lost in the
passage of time. When regarding a
wheel of multiplication, Principal
Sherry Kishore told The Oklahoman,
"I have never seen that technique in
my life."
But Oklahoma City school
officials aren't just shocked by what is written, but how it is written. Penmanship like this is clearly a lost art.
And though the boards' style and subject matter might
be unfamiliar to younger folks, they certainly resonate with older
generations. Principal Kishore told The Oklahoman what it was
like to show her 85-year-old mother the boards: "She just stood
there and cried. She said it was exactly like her classroom was
when she was going to school."
Some of the writings and drawings were done by students,
while others were made by teachers - but I'm not always clear
whose is whose.
Regardless, the work is a striking look into days long
gone. While reading the boards - like this one listing "My Rules
To Keep Clean" - the past comes alive in a very personal way.
English teacher Cinthea Comer told The Oklahoman,
"It was so eerie because the colors were so vibrant it looked like
it was drawn the same day. To know that it was drawn 100 years
ago. it's like you're going into a looking glass into the past."
When removing old chalkboards in the past, contractors
have only found broken pipes and wires, so this is a shocking
surprise. Oklahoma City and the school district are now working
to preserve these beautiful boards.
Hopefully, the spirit of these teachers and their students
will be enjoyed for many years to come. Who knew that scribbles
on a chalkboard could become such a precious piece of history.
M AY
nd
+/Mary Ann (Shima) Kodosky 5-16
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Bob Pezzuti 5-9
Jean Elinicky 5-10
Charlotte (Main) Shutts 5-20
Dick James 5-29
If you haven't grown up by the age of 82+/-,
then you don't have to!!
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Bob's "B" Day Get Together
Smiling & proud Bob Pezzuti w/ family celebrating his special day.
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Editor's Note:
I wonder what would be found if they looked
behind the chalkboards at UEHS?
Ron Avery
[email protected]
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o uEgMh tOs Rt IoUPMo n d e r
T hM
S o m eI N
UEHS ‘52 Clasmates Passed On But Not Forgotten.
(As of May, 2016)
ANTOS, JOHN
ALARI (FIEDLAR), ALMA
ALLEN, PHILLIP
ANGELINE, DICK
BAIO, DICK
BATES (TEVYAW), LOLA
BOLAND DONALD
BOREFFI, VICTORIA
BOUTON (WILSON), MARY
BOWEN (MANZER), DELORES
BRIGGS, ROBERT
BRIGHAM (RULE), DONNA
BUCINELL, THOMAS
BUTLER, WALTER
CACIOLA, BERNIE
CAMP (FLICK), SHIRLEY
CAMPBELL (VEDDER), NORMA
CAMPBELL, RICHARD
CARD, FRANK
CATUCCI, COSMO
CEDERBORG (SMALL), LUCY
CERRONI, LOUIS
CHEER, JEAN
CHEER, JOHN (JAKE)
CHERMAK, HERMAN
CHURA, DANIEL
CHWALOW, JAMES
CIOTOLI, LAURENCE
CONKLIN, DONNA
CONTI (WILCE), PHYLLIS
COPP, DELORES
CORNELL, DONALD
CORRICE, MARY
COX, BARBARA
CRAWFORD, TRUMAN
DAVIS, ROBERT
DONLON, CHARLES
ECKENRODE, DENNIS
ECK, BERNARD
EMMETT (PEZZUTI), SHIRLEY
BEVERLY (ERICKSON) BRIGGS
FALKENBERG (ELLIS), ANN
FANARA, MARCY
FIDIAM, GREGORY
FIORI, ROBERT
FONTANA, EDWARD
FORBES, JAMES
FREY, JAN
GOODWIN (BLISS), JANET
GREEN, GERALD
GUZZEY, JOHN
HARRIS, LARRY
HARRIS, JOAN
HARRIS, MERLE (DUGIE)
HAVEL, LEONARD
MARGARET ANN (HENNEMAN) KIBLING
HERCEG ANDY
HUFFSMITH, DOUGLAS
ISABELLA, LINDORO (LINDY)
JOHNSON, LOUISE
KATSARIS, ANN
LAMBERT, DAVID
LANSEIDEL, RALPH
LASZENSKI (BORON), IRENE
LLEWELLYN, LEATHA
LOCKWOOD, JACKIANN
LUTKE, RICHARD
MACBETH (BALLARD), MARILYN
MANCINI, ANDY
MANDYCK, LAWRENCE
MANN, ELWYN
MATTERESE (SAUTRO), THERESA ROSE
McMANUS, DON
MCGARRY, JOHN
MENICHETTI, MYRON
MINER (BRANDON, PRINCE), JEANETTE
MINNI (ZWEIG), DELORES
MOBLEY (GREENE), SHEILA
MOREAN (SCORDINO), VIRGINIA
MOTT, JOHN
OCCHIATO (BRIGGS-KURTZ), BEVERLY
OLSEN (WEBER), NANCY
PEZZUTI, LOUIS
PIER, JOHN
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PITTARELLI, ANTHONY
POWELL, MARIGOLD
PUGH (MEEKER), MARLENE
REDPATH, RICHARD
REGALA, ROBERT
ROLLO, JAMES
ROMA, LORRAINE
ROSSI (BRICKER), MARY LOU
ROWE, NEIL
SABOL, JOSEPH
SAUNDERS, DAVID (TEX)
SARACHINSKY (RILEY), PAULINE
SENIO, LILA
SHELEPAK (BINKEWICZ), HELEN
SHONOSKY (KEPNER), MARY ANN
SINCLAIR, JOAN
SALEMME, NICK
SMITH, SELVIN
SNOW, MARY JANE
SPAK, JOHN
STEVENS (SCUDDER), SALLY ANN
STREETER (CARR), MYRNA
SVERCEK, JOHN (JACK)
THEODORE, REMO
THOMAS, RONALD
THOMAS (VANDERMARK), SHIRLEY
TODINI, JANE
ANGELA TRAPANI
UNDERWOOD, DOUGLAS
VAN CAMPEN (SPAULDING), MAJORIE
VEDDER (CAMPBELL), NORMA
VERGASON, KATHRYN
MARYLYN JAYNE (YOUNGS) WELLS
WESTON, JACK
WHITE, GARY
WICKIZER, DONALD
WILEY, WILLIAM
WISNISKI, JOHN
WOLFE, MARY ANN
YACOS (JAMES), BETTY
ZWEIG, JOE
The
Old and New
Memories
from Endicott's
Mayor,UEHS
Class of '67...
O
Tiger's
Tale
Endicott Mayor
John Bertoni ‘67
[email protected]
Editor's Note:
The Newsletter receives so many
interesting/related emails from
this distinguished U-E graduate
prolific emailer that he certainly
deserves his own page.
Remembering Yesterday / Today
I knew Liberatore (Lib) a little from the early 70’s and after
losing his son, he was never to be the same and understandably so.
This college of pics shows an evolution of the Fusco’s building
and for all of us not only the West Endicotters and those remember Joe Stancati bartending. We can always remember those bibs
forever and the wonderful spaghetti and meatballs.
So begins the summer season here at the Village of Endicott,
the many festivals and concerts at The Stage. We hope you will
visit our website at endicottny.com to keep up to date on
our many events, including the Dick’s Open that is in
July this year.
It will be a busy season,
but
but very enjoyable!
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ne of the still talked about Restaurants of the days gone
by is “Fusco’s”. From what I can gather from some old pictures
is that next to a small barber shop was the Fusco’s owned candy
store and combination “Brother and Sisters Restaurant” (Picture
1). At the same time was Fusco’s Beer Garden in the back (Picture
2), along with the construction of the well known Fusco’s
Restaurant. The restaurant was being constructed to accommodate the large crowd for the Endicott Johnson Plant.
, Lying on your back in the grass with your friends and saying
Do You Remember a Time When:
, Playing baseball with no adults to help kids with the rules of
things like, 'That cloud looks like a...'
How's This For Nostalgia?
, All the girls had ugly gym uniforms.
, It took 3 minutes for the TV to warm up.
, Nobody owned a purebred dog.
, When a quarter was a decent allowance.
, You'd reach into a muddy gutter for a penny.
, Your Mom wore nylons that came in 2 pieces.
, You got your windshield cleaned,
oil checked, and gas pumped, without
asking, all for free, every time. And
you didn't pay for air. And, you got
trading stamps to boot.
, Laundry detergent had free glasses,
dishes or towels hidden
inside the box.
, It was considered a great privilege to be taken out to dinner
at a real restaurant with your parents.
, They threatened to keep kids back a grade if they failed...
and they did it!
, When a 57 Chevy was everyone's dream car...cruise, peel out.
lay rubber or watch submarine races, and people went steady.
, No one ever asked where the car keys were because they were
always in the car, in the ignition, the doors were never locked.
, Stuff from the store came without safety caps and hermetic
the game.
, Summers filled with bike rides, Hula Hoops, and visits to the
seals because no one had yet tried to poison a perfect stranger.
pool, and eating Kool-Aid powder with sugar.
, 'Race issue' meant arguing about who ran the fastest.
, Having a Weapon in School meant being caught with a Slingshot.
, 'Oly-oly-oxen-free' made perfect sense.
, War was a card game.
, Taking drugs meant orange-flavoured chewable aspirin.
, Water balloons were the ultimate weapon.
If you can remember most or all of these,
Then You Have Lived!!!
, And with all our progress, don't you just wish, just once, you
could slip back in time and savour the slower pace, and share it
with the children of today.
Share this on to anyone who may need a break from their 'GrownUp' Life... I Double-Dog-Dare-Ya!
Gabriel Cicciarelli '48 [email protected]
A long...long time ago...it was thought...computers would help us
do more with less...........................eh!!!!
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SHARING
o u g h t s t o Po n d e r
S o m e T hWORDS/THOUGHTS
We Were Immigrants in 1950
“Just wonderin”
We attended Night School together, as the Svoboda family,
to learn to read and speak in English, in the spring of 1950.
Editor's Note: I receive the emails from Walt for
"Just wonderin" and reprint/share many in this
Newsletter column.
We arrived as immigrants to the USA, on November 29, 1949,
made possible by the sacrifice and kindest assistance of my
Mom's brothers; the John, Bart and Steve Sochor families.
At Purdue University, a male student was reading a book"
Notre Dame vs The Klan" outside and in a public place.
A female minority student was offended and he was charged
with sexual harassment. He eventually got his punishment
revoked. Talk about over reaction to a nothing complaint?
"Just wonderin"
We attended Night School at Endicott’s George W. Johnson
Elementary School together, as the Svoboda family, to learn
to understand and to speak English, in the spring of 1950.
Indiana is considering a bill to allow installation of "baby
boxes" on the outside of hospitals, fire stations, churches, and
selected non-profits. The "baby box" is a newborn incubator
where one may leave a newborn infant anonymously.
Almost like mailing a letter but I guess it may be better
than a back alley ?
"Just wonderin"
The class was taught by Mrs. Emmabelle Boyles, a great
lady, who was also my sister Marie’s and my 3rd grade
teacher for a short time. A great lady, with a big heart for
immigrants.
Marie and I were moved rapidly along, through parts of 2nd,
3rd, 4th and 5th grades, as we learned to speak English within-one-year, and we caught up with our peers and age groups.
Yale University will no longer call the heads of their colleges
"masters": on the grounds that it sounds like a plantation title.
Even though masters ran colleges at Oxford and Cambridge
in the Middle Ages long before southern slavery. Score one
for political correctness over history?
"Just wonderin"
The picture was taken by Mr. Boyles, the teacher’s husband,
who assisted his wife in the Evening Class, teaching English
to recent immigrants like us, from many European countries.
Basketball Town in Rancho Cordova, CA. was a facility
where kids could play games on weekends and evenings.
They also catered parties. When a boy had a birthday party
scheduled upstairs, one guest showed up in a wheelchair.
They offered to move the party downstairs but that wasn't
good enough for the Americans With Disabilities Act and
Basketball Town was sued. They couldn't afford the legal fees
to fight this and were forced to close down. One less place
for the kids to play... Chalk one up to lack of common sense?
"Just wonderin"
The president of Harvard announced that starting in 2021,
students who join all male or all female fraternities or
sororities will be punished and not eligible for scholarships
and from holding leadership positions in campus organizations and/or sport teams. Sounds more like Harvard
Correctional Facility than a college?
"Just wonderin"
Fifty students from Waynesville Middle School in western
North Carolina were visiting and stopped from singing our
national anthem at the 9/11 memorial as they had not applied
or gotten a $65 permit to do so.
We've lost our common sense, haven't we?
"Just wonderin"
Connie (Hronis) & Walt Klimash
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Joe Svoboda '58 [email protected]
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h t s t o P oIT
e T h o u gBELIEVE
S o mBETTER
Amazingingly Unbelievable
In 1998, Kodak had 170,000 employees and sold 85% of all photo paper
worldwide. Within just a few years, their business model disappeared and
they got bankrupt. What happened to Kodak will happen in a lot of industries in the next 10 year - and most people don't see it coming.
Did you think in 1998 that 3 years later you would never take pictures on paper film again? Yet digital cameras were invented in 1975. The
first ones only had 10,000 pixels, but followed Moore's law. So as with all
exponential technologies, it was a disappointment for a long time, before it
became way superiour and got mainstream in only a few short years.
It will now happen with Artificial Intelligence, health,
autonomous and electric cars, education, 3D printing, agriculture and jobs.
Welcome to the 4th Industrial Revolution. Welcome to the
Exponential Age. Software will disrupt most traditional industries in the
next 5-10 years.
Uber is just a software tool, they don't own any cars, and are now
the biggest taxi company in the world.
Airbnb is now the biggest hotel company in the world, although
they don't own any properties.
Artificial Intelligence: Computers become exponentially better in
understanding the world. This year, a computer beat the best Go player in
the world, 10 years earlier than expected.
In the US, young lawyers already have difficulty getting jobs.
Because of IBM Watson, you can get legal advice (so far for more or less
basic stuff) within seconds, with 90% accuracy compared with 70% accuracy when done by humans. There will be 90% less laywyers in the future, only
specialists will remain.
Watson already helps nurses diagnosing cancer, 4 time more accurate than human nurses.
Facebook now has a pattern recognition software that can recognize faces better than humans.
In 2030, computers will become more intelligent than humans.
Autonomous cars: In 2018 the first self driving cars will appear
for the public.
Around 2020, the complete industry will start to be disrupted.
You don't want to own a car anymore. You will call a car with your phone,
it will show up at your location and drive you to your destination. You will
not need to park it, you only pay for the driven distance and can be productive while driving. Our kids will never get a driver's licence and will never
own a car.
It will change the cities, because we will need 90-95% less cars for
that. We can transform former parking space into parks. 1.2 million people
die each year in car accidents worldwide.
We now have one accident every 100,000 km, with autonomous
driving that will drop to one accident in 10 million km. That will save a million lifes each year.
Most car companies might become bankrupt. Traditional car
companies try the evolutionary approach and just build a better car, while
tech companies (Tesla, Apple, Google) will do the revolutionary approach
and build a computer on wheels. Engineers from Volkswagen and Audi; they
are completely terrified of Tesla.
Insurance companies will have massive trouble because without
accidents, the insurance will become 100x cheaper. Their car insurance business model will disappear.
Real estate will change. Because if you can work -commute, people will move further away to live in a more beautiful neighborhood.
Electric cars will become mainstream until 2020. Cities will be
less noisy because all cars will run on electric.
Electricity will become incredibly cheap and clean: Solar production has been on an exponential curve for 30 years, but you can only now see
the impact. Last year, more solar energy was installed worldwide than fossil. The price for solar will drop so much that all coal companies will be out
of business by 2025.
With cheap electricity comes cheap and abundant water. esalination now only needs 2kWh per cubic meter. We don't have scarce water in
most places, we only have scarce drinking water. Imagine what will be possible if anyone can have as much clean water as he wants, for nearly no cost.
Health: The Tricorder X price will be announced this year. There
will be companies who will build a medical device (called the "Tricorder"
from Star Trek) that works with you phone, which takes your retina scan,
you blood sample and you breath into it. It then analyses 54 biomarkers that
will identify nearly any disease. It will be cheap, so in a few years everyone on
this planet will have access to world class medicine, nearly for free.
3D printing: The price of the cheapest 3D printer came down
from 18,000$ to 400$ within 10 years.
In the same time, it became 100 times faster. All major shoe companies started 3D printing shoes. Spare airplane parts are already 3D printed in remote
airports. The space station now has a printer that eliminates the need for the
large amout of spare parts they used to have in the past.
At the end of this year, new smartphones will have 3D scanning
possibilities. You can then 3D scan your feet and print your perfect shoe at
home. In China, they already 3D printed a complete 6-storey office building.
By 2027, 10% of everything that's being produced will be 3D printed.
Business opportunities: If you think of a niche you want to go in,
ask yourself: "in the future, do you think we will have that?" and if the
answer is yes, how can you make that happen sooner? If it doesn't work with
your phone, forget the idea. And any idea designed for success in the 20th
century is doomed in to failure in the 21st century.
Work: 70-80% of jobs will disappear in the next 20 years. There
will be a lot of new jobs, but it is not clear if there will be enough new jobs
in such a small time.
Agriculture: There will be a $100 agricultural robot in the future.
Farmers in the 3rd world countried can then become managers of their field
instead of working all day on their fields. Aeroponics need much less water.
There is an app called "moodies" which can already determine
your mood.
By 2020 there will be apps that can tell by your facial expressions
if you are lying. Imagine a political debate where it's being displayed when
they are telling the truth and when not.
Bitcoin will become mainstream this year and might even become
the default reserve currency.
Longevity: Right now, the average life span increases by 3 months
per year.
Four years ago, the life span used to be 79 years, now it's 80 years.
The increase itself is increasing and by 2036, there will be more
that a one-year increase per year.
So we all might live for a long long time, way more than 100.
Education: The cheapest smartphones now at $10 in Africa and Asia.
By 2020, 70% of all humans will own a smartphone. That means,
everyone has the same access to world class education. Every child will have
access to Khan academy for everything a child learns at school in First World
countries. It is already released software in Indonesia and will be released in
Arabic, Suaheli and Chinese this Summer, because of an enormous potential. An English app will be free, so that children in Africa can become fluent in English within half a year.
Mr. Anonymous '52
Editor's Note: Hard to believe!!! Frightening to say the least. But for sure it is going to happen. Maybe not for us as much...
but our kids-grandkids are certainly in for a different way of life...hopefully for the better.
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h t sINTEREST
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S oINTERNET
OMG FACTS
FROM OUR GRANDCHILDREN
s In 1968, the first interracial kiss on television took place
OPINIONS
On the first day of school, a first-grader handed his teacher a
note from his mother. The note read, 'The opinions expressed
by this child are not necessarily those of his parents.'
SCHOOL
A little girl had just finished her first week of school. 'I'm
just wasting my time,' she said to her mother. 'I can't read,
I can't write, and they won't let me talk!'
Bob Henning [email protected]
on Star Trek.
s Butter was the first food product allowed by law to have
artificial coloring.
It is completely white in its natural state.
s Q is the only letter in the alphabet that does not appear in
the name of any of the United States.
s Tetris is the most popular video game of all time.
s Less than 1% of books published sell more than 50 thou-
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s “Jaws” was the first movie to earn $100 million.
s A duffle bag is so called because the thick wool originally
used to make the bags came from Duffel, Belgium.
s Despite tequila production being limited to Mexico, over
70% of the final product goes to the United States.
s The “Hollywood” sign weighs 450,000 pounds, averaging
nearly 50,000 pounds per letter.
s The word escalate did not exist until the invention of the
escalator in 1944.
s A female dude is a dudine, not a dudette.
s The human tooth has about 55 miles of canals in it. (Then
why can’t a dentist find 2??”
s The world’s largest pyramid is not in Egypt. It is in
Cholula de Rivadabia near Mexico City.
s A greeting card is touched an average of 25 times before
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it is bought.
Where
are their
helmets
and
water
bottles?
s Scientific papers documenting the discovery of DNA were
published on 4/25/1953.
s A snood is a type of hairnet used to protect and shape
mustaches.
s Maine is not the easternmost state. Alaska is as well as
the westernmost and the northernmost.
s Whisky was invented in ancient China and then arrived in
Ireland where it was distilled by monks.
s The principal use of nicotine other than for cigarettes is in
insecticide.
s Tomatoes were thought to be poisonous until the 1800’s.
Molly (Magee) Stegeman '54
[email protected]
Ed Misulich [email protected]
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At least this
one won’t
be quite as
dangerous
as the old
single
wheeled
models.
Look in
the trailer
over the
back wheel.
They have
their baby
in there!
LEARN
Po n d e r
h o u g h t s t oHISTORY
S o m e TTHROUGH
"I DIDN'T KNOW THAT"
There is an old Hotel/Pub in Marble Arch, London, which used to
have a gallows adjacent to it. Prisoners were taken to the gallows
(after a fair trial of course) to be hanged. The horse-drawn dray,
carting the prisoner, was accompanied by an armed guard, who
would stop the dray outside the pub and ask the prisoner if he
would like ''One Last Drink''. If he said YES, it was referred to
as "One For The Road". If he declined, that prisoner was
"On The Wagon".
would hang up their
When visitors came over they
bacon, to show off. It was a
sign of wealth that
a man could, "Bring home the bacon." They would cut off a
little to share with guests and would all sit around talking and
''chew the fat''.
Those with money had plates made of pewter. Food with high acid
content caused some of the lead to leach onto the food, causing
lead poisoning and death. This happened most often with tomatoes, so for the next 400 years or so, tomatoes were considered
poisonous.
They used to use urine to tan animal skins, so families used to all
pee in a pot and then once a day it was taken and sold to the tannery. If you had to do this to survive you were "piss poor", but
worse than that were the really poor folk, who couldn't even afford
to buy a pot, they "Didn't have a pot to piss in" and were the lowest of the low.
Bread was divided according to status. Workers got the burnt bottom of the loaf, the family got the middle, and guests got the top,
or ''The Upper Crust''.
Lead cups were used to drink ale or whisky. The combination
would sometimes knock the imbibers out for a couple of days.
Someone walking along the road would take them for dead and
prepare them for burial. They were laid out on the kitchen table
for a couple of days and the family would gather around and eat
and drink and wait and see if they would wake up. Hence the custom of ''Holding a Wake''.
The next time you are washing your hands and complain because
the water temperature isn't just how you like it, think about how
things used to be. Here are some facts about the 1500’s:
Most people got married in June, because they took their yearly
bath in May and they still smelled pretty good by June. However,
since they were starting to smell, brides carried a bouquet of flowers to hide the body odour. Hence the custom today of carrying a
bouquet when getting married.
England is old and small and the local folks started running out of
places to bury people, so they would dig up coffins and would
take the bones to a bone-house and reuse the grave. When reopening these coffins, 1 out of 25 coffins were found to have scratch
marks on the inside and they realised they had been burying people alive. So they would tie a string on the wrist of the corpse,
thread it through the coffin and up through the ground and tie it
to a bell. Someone would have to sit out in the graveyard all night
(the graveyard shift) to listen for the bell; thus someone could be,
''Saved by the Bell'' or was considered a ''Dead Ringer'' And
that's the truth.
Baths consisted of a big tub filled with hot water. The man of the
house had the privilege of the nice clean water, then all the other
sons and men, then the women and finally the children. Last of all
the babies. By then the water was so dirty you could actually lose
someone in it. Hence the saying, "Don't throw the baby out with
the bath water!"
Houses had thatched roofs, thick straw piled high, with no wood
underneath. It was the only place for animals to get warm, so all
the cats and other small animals (mice, bugs) lived in the roof.
When it rained it became slippery and sometimes the animals
would slip and fall off the roof. Hence the saying "It's raining
cats and dogs." There was nothing to stop things from falling into
the house. This posed a real problem in the bedroom, where bugs
and other droppings could mess up your nice clean bed. Hence, a
bed with big posts and a sheet hung over the top afforded some
protection. That's how canopy beds came into existence.
Now, whoever said
history was boring!
Bob Henning
[email protected]
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BEGIN EARLY - SHAVE CAREFULLY
The floor was dirt. Only the wealthy had something other than
dirt. Hence the saying, "dirt poor." The wealthy had slate floors
that would get slippery in the winter when wet, so they spread
thresh (straw) on floor to help keep their footing. As the winter
wore on they added more thresh until, when you opened the door,
it would all start slipping outside. A piece of wood was placed in
the entrance. Hence: a thresh hold.
In those old days, they cooked in the kitchen with a big kettle that
always hung over the fire. Every day they lit the fire and added
things to the pot. They ate mostly vegetables and did not get much
meat. They would eat the stew for dinner, leaving leftovers in the
pot to get cold overnight, then start over the next day.
Sometimes stew had food in it that had been there for quite a
while. Hence the rhyme: ''Peas porridge hot, peas porridge cold,
peas porridge in the pot, nine days old''. Sometimes they could
obtain pork, which made them feel quite special.
What are they going to
think of next?
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No wonder I have such a
thick beard now at 81+!
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UEHS Class of ‘52 NEWSLETTER
The Final Exam gotta love this teacher
Bob Henning [email protected]
(You can't make up this stuff)
Dear Abby,
A couple of women moved in across the hall
from me. One is a middle-aged gym teacher
and the other is a social worker in her midtwenties. These two women go everywhere
together, and I've never seen a man go into or
leave their apartment. Do you think they
could be Lebanese?
Dear Abby,
What can I do about all the Sex, Nudity, Fowl
Language and Violence on my VCR?
Dear Abby,
I've suspected that my husband has been fooling around, and when confronted with the
evidence, he denied everything and said it
would never happen again.
Dear Abby,
Our son writes that he is taking Judo.
Why would a boy who was raised in a good
Christian home turn against his own?
Dear Abby,
My forty year old son has been paying a
psychiatrist $50.00 an hour every week for
two and a half years. He must be crazy.
Dear Abby,
My mother is mean and short tempered I
think she is going through mental pause.
Dear Abby,
I have a man I can't trust. He cheats so much,
I'm not even sure the baby I'm carrying is his.
Ron Avery [email protected]
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KORNER
There were four sophomores taking
chemistry and all of them had an
“A” so far. These four friends were so
confident that the weekend before finals
they decided to visit some friends and
have a big party. They had a great time,
but after all the hearty partying, they
slept all day Sunday and didn't make it
back to Florida State until very early
Monday morning.
Rather than taking the final then, they
decided that after the final they would
explain to their professor why they
missed it. They said that they visited
friends, but on the way back they had a
flat tire. As a result, they missed the
final.
The professor agreed they could make
up the final the next day. The guys were
excited and relieved. They studied that
night for the exam.
The next day the professor placed
them in separate rooms and gave them
a test booklet. They quickly answered
the first problem worth 5 points. Cool,
they thought! Each one, in a separate
room, thought this was going to be easy
... then they turned the page...
On the second page was written...
For 95 points: Which Tire?
Stumping Dear Abby
DEAR ABBY ADMITTED SHE WAS AT A
LOSS IN ANSWERING THESE QUESTIONS:
Happiness / Purpose
How can we achieve happiness?
First, at its most basic level, happiness is
achieved when we can say just one word:
"enough." The desire for more and more
physical possessions, the pursuit of more
and more materialistic belongings, stand
as an antidote to happiness.
Second, happiness is a bi-product of
self-fulfillment. Therefore, instead of pursuing happiness, we should pursue the
actualization of our true selves, and ask
ourselves how we can fulfill our true purpose each day. Happiness will then come
to us. That is also why happiness is far better remembered than experienced.
Just look at little children. They're
always happy. Do you know why? Because
they're busy living, so happiness comes to
them naturally.
How can we fulfill our purpose in life?
We can fulfill our purpose, by asking ourselves the following question: "What can
I, my real, unique 'I', achieve today?" And
when we answer this question, we must
seek to fulfill it in the best of ways.
A boy of seven found himself in an
overloaded bus. He was surrounded by a
group of beautiful girls, who were just a
few years older. As he observed them as
phenomena of nature, one of the girls
turned to him and gave him a big smile.
He had never seen such a beautiful smile.
It felt as if he had been walking in a dark
street, when a dazzling sunshine suddenly
emerged from the heavens.
I don't think that this girl and he ever
saw each other again. But he will never
forget her smile. And he will never forget
how this beautiful girl came out of her circle, to brighten a little boy's day, and to
fulfill her purpose on that day, with the
unique gift of a smile that she had been
blessed to share.
Indeed, sometimes all it takes to fulfill
our purpose, is to smile at someone else.
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Editor's Note: I am very fortunate to have access to
sources with thoughts like this which I edit slightly. I am
happy to be able to reprint and share here in my column.