Golden Grads Grapevine

Golden Grads Grapevine
A Publication of the Roosevelt High School Golden Grads Association – Founded 1983
RHS Golden Grads, P.O. Box 281, Edmonds, WA 98020-0281
Vol. XXVIII Number 1 ӿ Spring 2016
Web Site: www.rhsgoldengrads.org
The Roosevelt High School Golden Grads Association is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization established to encourage, promote, and bring back the “Glory
Days of Roosevelt High School.” It derives all its financial support for Scholarships, Teachers “Wish List” and the Grapevine from membership dues and
contributions which are tax-deductible.
President
Vice-President
Treasurer
Doug Whalley ‘63
Pat Wise Loftin ‘60
Jerry Walton '60
7746 Fairway Dr. NE, Seattle, WA 98115
206-523-5636
7314 46th Ave. N.E., Seattle, WA 98115
206-523-1232
23919 NE Greens Crossing Rd.,
Cell: 425-941-4746
Redmond, WA 98053
14013 8th Ave. S., Burien, WA 98168
206-242-9524
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
Secretary
Joyce Hitt Butchart ‘53
Jerry Chichester ‘53
Membership Sec.
Anne Chichester Temple ‘63
Membership Records Judy Flournoy Harwood ‘51
Finance Chair
Paul Staley ‘63
6421 NE 187th St., Kenmore, WA 98028 Cell: 206-351-7225
217 5th Ave N, Unit D, Edmonds, WA 98020
425-697-4216
960 5th Ave S., #106, Edmonds, WA 98020
425-582-9652
2602 SW 343rd St, Federal Way, WA 98023 C: 206-650-4831
[email protected]
Luncheon Chair
Grapevine Editor
Scholarship Chair
Teachers’ Wish List
Chair
Foundation Liaison
Web Master
Cindy Dack ‘60
Lorraine Hitt Carter ‘56
Antonia Filigno Clark ‘53
Lisbeth Pisk ‘49
1526 45th SW, Seattle, WA 98116
P.O. Box 215, Clinton, WA 98236
8127 212th St. SW, Edmonds, WA 98026
6232 34th Ave NE, Seattle, WA 98115
206-938-5552
360-579-8568
425-670-3332
206-523-7674
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
Rick Keating ‘64
Ellen Brown Hewitt ‘53
3808 NE 92nd, Seattle, WA 98115
7712 Sunnyside Ave N., Seattle, WA 98103
206-526-8623
206-522-6423
[email protected]
[email protected]
Officers
Membership Chair
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
Coming Events
MARK YOUR CALENDAR
Spring Board Meetimg
Tuesday, May 3, 2016
10:30 am — 12:30 pm
RHS Alumni Room
RHS Spring Musical
Sweeney Todd
Tuesday—May 24 2016
7:30 pm (free)
RHS Theatre
GOLDEN GRADS NIGHT
RHS Golden Grads
Annual Luncheon
Wed. June 1, 2016
11:00 am
Sand Point Country Club
(registration form pages 2 & 3)
Notes
Contents
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Presidents Message, Fall Grapevine schedule
GG Luncheon Registration form
GG Luncheon Registration form
Membership Report, GG Vests * Sweatshirts
Stuffing Falll Grapevine
Scholarship Recipients Reports
Scholarship Recipients Reports
Scholarship Recipients Reports
Scholarship Recipients Reports, Teachers Wish List
Romania Queen Visits RHS, Spring Musical, ‘61+ Reunion
Music Dept. News
12 Music Dept. News
13 Fairview Reunion
14 RHS Grads from Past
15 Financial Report
16 GG Donations, Tax Deductable Donation Form
17 Class Secretaries
18 Scholarship Report, Roosevelt Foundation Report
19 Bequest Form
20 Obituaries
21 Class Reports
34 & 35 Membership info and renewal form
Is your membership current? Check the label to your right. It shows the year
your membership is paid thru. Our memberships are based on the calendar
year and are due by each January. There is a membership and information form
on the back of every newsletter, which is sent out in May and October. Use the
form for renewals; donations; changes of address, phone and e-mail; and/or for
your news for the Grapevine.
Bulk Mail - Your Grapevine is not forwarded if you have moved and have not informed us of your new address. Be
sure to let us know before you move. The USPS just throws them away if undeliverable.
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
By President Doug Whalley ‘63
Thank You: Your monetary support of Golden Grads provides significant assistance to students and teachers
at Roosevelt. In its first year (1983), the Golden Grads gave three students $500 college scholarships. For the
2015/2016 school year, we gave over $40,000 in scholarships to 12 students and over $14,000 in grants for
supplies and projects requested by teachers. Golden Grad volunteers screen and recommend all the
scholarships and grants.
Finances: Our funds come from three sources. First are your membership dues, especially life memberships.
Second are your donations as individuals or as a class gift. This year, the Class of 1964 will donate $1,000 for
scholarships and the Class of 1962 will donate $1,000 in memory of Dale Hanberg. (This is the second year
the Class of 1962 has donated in Dale’s honor). Third, and our largest source of income, is the return from the
Green and Gold Fund (a donation by the Druby family), and the Wesley Neep Endowment. The combined two
endowments exceeded $900,000 in March 2016. We budget to preserve the principle of the two funds for the
next 50 years. We do not have a paid staff, and the luncheon fee is intended to simply cover the cost of the
luncheon. We are a lean green and gold organization.
Drop in Dividend and Interest Income: Since July 2015, income from the two endowment funds has
dropped significantly, well below our budget estimates. The numbers of member dues are also down. At our
February 2016 Executive Board meeting, we voted to ask the Board of Directors to approve a budget for
2016/2017 reducing scholarships and grants to $37,000, down from this year’s $54,000. We will continue
monitoring our income and return to the earlier funding level if possible.
Bequest: Roosevelt Class of 1942 graduate Thea-Doris (“Teddy”) Jacobson Greenwald passed away Sept.
12, 2015 at age 91. She very generously included the Golden Grads in her will, with the funds to be “applied to
building and grounds maintenance and to the purchase of items requested by teachers.” I hope to have the
details by the June luncheon. Her late husband was John Greenwald, Class of 1937.
The Roosevelt Foundation and the Golden Grads: Two separate organizations support Roosevelt High
School. Golden Grad members are 50-year grads. The Foundation, started in 2002, has members of all ages
and includes school staff, alumni, parents, and neighbors. We do not conduct fund-raising activities while the
Foundation does, including a popular golf tournament and dinner. Their grants go for equipment, books, and
academic programs; not for the individual scholarships we offer. We cooperate closely with the Foundation,
but it is important to distinguish the two groups if you intend to make a donation to the Golden Grads.
Fall 2016 GRAPEVINE Schedule
Send your info which you would like published in the Fall Grapevine to your class secretary (listed in the
Grapevine) by August 16, 2016, as the secretaries must have everything into the Editor by August 30, 2016.
You may also send information directly to the Grapevine Editor prior to these dates. We must follow the
deadline dates to be able to publish and mail each issue on time.
MEMBERSHIP REMINDER
Don’t forget memberships are due each JANUARY and last one year, unless you want to pay ahead for
future years. For your convenience, a membership form is included at the end of this Grapevine. You need to
have your membership paid to receive your Grapevine newsletter. We will be dropping those who are
delinquent.
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34th Annual Roosevelt Golden Grads Members Luncheon
Wednesday, June 1, 2016
The Luncheon, a short Annual Business Meeting and Election of Officers will be held Wednesday, June 1, 2016 at the
Sand Point Country Club located at 8333 – 55th N.E., Seattle, WA 98115.
The lower half of this page is the formal invitation and your reservation for this year’s luncheon.
Time:
Luncheon Time:
Doors open at 11:00 AM -- 11:00 to 12:00 Social Hour & sign in at the Registration Table
and pick up your envelope.
12:15 PM. Will start serving lunch
Seating:
Each GG member attending the luncheon has a place reserved with his or her class.
Parking:
Parking will be available in the Country Club parking lot (the front entrance has stairs, but you
can enter from south side or west side.)
Deadline:
Luncheon reservations are required and must be in our hands by Friday, May 20th , 2016
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Please clip on this line and return reservation form to the address below
RHS GOLDEN GRADS LUNCHEON RESERVATION FORM---June 1, 2016 RESERVATIONS REQUIRED
If you are a RHS grad, you MUST be a current dues paying GG Member to attend the luncheon
If not a RHS grad, you must be a guest or spouse of member.
PLEASE PRINT CLEARLY
Name_________________________________________ Class Year___________ Entrée Choice #(below)__________
Name________________________________________ Class Year_____ _____ Entrée Choice #(below)__________
(If RHS couple, we need both names and classes. Women Grads, please include your maiden name.)
Address (# and street)___________________________________________________Apt__________
City, State, Zip ________________________________ Phone (
)___ _________ Email ______ _______________
Seat me/us with class of ______________
I need a ride to the luncheon__________
Entrée Choices: (3 selections to choose from)
See back side for complete entrée info
#1 King Salmon
#3 Cauliflower Steak
Please reserve space for (#) ___________ at $32.00 each
Send your check, made out to RHS Golden Grads to:
#2 Red Brick Chicken
Total enclosed: ______________
RHS Golden Grads
P.O. Box 281
Edmonds, WA 98020-0281
Any questions contact, Luncheon Chair: Cindy Dack, 206-938-5552 or [email protected]
or Anne Chichester Temple, Membership Secretary: 425-697-4216 or [email protected].
Drivers are needed to help get members to the luncheon. Please contact Cindy Dack 206-938-5552
if you are available to help.
If you want to pay your dues, please send a separate check and mail to the address above. A membership form is
enclosed in this newsletter for your convenience. Ladies be sure to include your maiden name.
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ENTRÉE INFORMATION
Wild King Salmon: with lemon herb butter sauce, mashed potatoes, seasonal vegetables.
Red BrickChicken: with forest mushroom sauce, mashed potatoes, seasonal vegetables.
Cauliflower Steak: with tomato coulis and olive tapanade, mashed potatoes, seasonal vegetables
NOTE: All meals include: Rolls, Coffee, Tea and Northwest Berry Crumble with vanilla ice cream
11:00 am: social hour with comp. coffee/water and Cash Bar (No Credit Cards).
Cash bar includes: wine @ $8; mixed drinks @ $8; Beer @ $6; and soda @ $2.50
12:00 am: sit for lunch & welcome
12:15 pm: lunch served
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MEMBERSHIP REPORT
Jerry Chichester, Membership Chair
We welcome the Class of 1966 to Golden Grads
this year. George Liu ’66 has volunteered as the
Golden Grads Class of 1966 Secretary. Thanks
also to Carol Smith Solle ’66 for helping us connect
with the Class of 1966. We wish them every
success with their 50th Reunion this fall, Saturday
September 17th at the Sand Point Country Club.
This spring issue of the Grapevine was sent by email to over 120 members who preferred a digital
copy. It has been a popular SUCCESS and has
grown by 30% since our last issue. Using e-mail
delivery provides more funds for scholarships and
the teacher’s wish list programs. Let us know if you
want an E- Grapevine by marking the box on the
membership form. See the back of this Grapevine.
The e-mailed Grapevine is in the form of a PDF
file attached to an e-mail. You would need a free
program called Adobe Acrobat Reader to be able to
download and read the Grapevine.
You can now just look at the first page of your
mailed Grapevine to see what year your
membership is paid through. We are trying this out
to make it easier for members to know their
membership status.
In addition, so your
membership and information form doesn’t get lost,
we have attached it to the back of this Grapevine.
Just tear it off and use it to keep Golden Grads
informed of information changes, of news for the
Grapevine and to make renewals and donations.
Annual dues went up on January 1, 2016 to $20
for single memberships and $30 for RHS couples.
We have not raised our dues for the last 10 years.
Thank you to all members for their continued
support.
Many thanks to our Golden Grad Membership
Records processors Judy Flournoy Harwood ’51
and her husband Dick Harwood for their faithful and
hard work these past 4 years. They have done an
outstanding job collecting and processing all our
mail from the Edmonds Post office and entering
your information, renewals and donations into our
database. They cheerfully keep our organization
running well.
In the 4 years Judy and Dick
processed 2,493 checks worth $102,650, 2,584
renewals, 260 new members, 617 donations, 608
luncheons and countless address, e-mail and
phone changes. Hats off to Judy and Dick for their
valued contribution. Well done!
Golden Grads Vests and Sweatshirts
with embroidered logo are still available
Colors available for both vests and sweatshirts
are white, grey, & black.
Vests: 100% polyester fleece, with full zipper.
Sizes: XS-XL.....................
$43
2XL.........................
$45
3XL………….......…
$49
4XL………...........…
$51
Sweatshirts:
smooth cotton polyester blend
athletic fleece, long sleeve, with 1/4 zipper.
Sizes S-XL.........................
$48
2XL..........................
$50
3XL………….………
$55
4XL………………….
$57
Place your order with Sandy at DuVall’s Dazzling
Designs. Just let her know the style, size and
color. You may pay by check or credit card. Sandy
can be reached by email or by phone:
Phone: (425) 765-1546
Email: [email protected]
Address: DuVall’s Dazzling Designs
16325 - 315th Ave. NE
Duvall, WA 98019
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
We are always looking for new blood, especially from
the classes of the 50’s and now 60’s to help on our
various committees. Please contact Jerry Chichester or
Joyce Hitt Butchart if you can help (addresses & phone
on front page).
We welcome aboard 1966 new Secretary, George Liu.
We also need to find a replacement secretary for the
class of 1942, 1944, 1945 and 1958. The class secretary
is the one who receives info from your classmates and
compiles this info for the Grapevine twice a year. The
class secretaries are also part of the GG Board and
should attend 2 meetings a year in spring and fall. The
meetings are held at RHS.
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STUFFING 2015 FALL GRAPEVINE
October 20, 2015
Our grateful thanks to the following volunteers who
helped get approximately 675 Grapevines stuffed
and addressed in less than an hour at the
Northeast Library at 35 th Ave NE and NE 68th
Street: Ruthe Bailey ’47 & husband Frank; Lisbeth
Pisk ’49; Helen Boyd Nordby ’51; Judy Flournoy
Harwood ’51; Joan Imbery Fullner ’53; Jerry
Chichester ’53; Jackie Godfrey Brotnov ’53, Joyce
;Hitt Butchart ’53 & husband Stan ’44; Tom Olsen
’55; Lorraine Hitt Carter ’56; Pat Wise Loftin ’60;
Carol Koppel Hutchinson ’63; Doug Whalley ’63 &
wife Janet Sage Whalley ’64; Margaret Spillers ’63;
Karol Gerlach Gadawa ’63 and Rick Keating’64.
Without our loyal volunteers we could not get this
job done twice a year. THANK YOU ALL!!!
Golden Grads Using Email
Joyce Hitt Butchart, GG Secretary
All communicating with our members for whom we
have an email address (about 82%) is done this
way. This is so that we can send out reminders,
info on RHS activities and any other info we’d like
to let you know about. We are still having some
problems with some of your addresses being
returned each time. You need to be sure and
unlock your computer on your server, to accept
from my email address [email protected] and
the subject always being RHS Golden Grads.
Emails are always sent blind copy. Please let
Joyce know if you have changed your email
address. Her contact addresses are on the front
page of Grapevine.
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The photo I attached is of the third and first floor
girls wings (I am on second floor but was invited
anyways) doing a holiday cookie decorating party.
I am on the right side, the second one the right in
black.
Thank you so much for allowing me to have the
opportunity of coming to this amazing school, it's
been an amazing first semester and I am so
pumped for the seven to come.
Thank you, Go Pilots.
Scholarship Recipient Report
By Lindsey Bauer
Hello Golden Grad Scholarship Committee,
Sorry I have been so busy that I forgot to send a
check in about how college is going. University of
Portland is a great fit for me.
I feel very
comfortable in all of my classes, I have a lot of
friends and many acquaintances, and I love my
dorm. I came in as a tentative Environmental
Studies major but quickly realized that that was not
the right fit for me.
I switched to being a
Communications major with a minor in Gender's
Studies and I am very excited to begin next
semester because I got to pick my own classes and
I am taking two Communication classes and
Oceanography!
College was, and is, a hard
adjustment but we had Freshmen Workshop which
divided us into smaller groups, about 25, with a
sophomore or junior leader and that was how I
began to feel more comfortable with the whole
college setting and everything being so new.
Now, being the day before I go home for
Thanksgiving break (OH and I'm taking my friend
Kate who I met on the first day here home with me)
I feel very different than I did when I first came to
campus on August 27th. I have all new friends,
more knowledge about how to be an independent
adult, I know how to live with strangers and so
much more, I could seriously write a book about
everything I have learned and how I have changed
in these short (almost) four months.
I love being a Portland Pilot and I am thankful
everyday that with your help I was able to afford
coming here. When I think about what going to a
different college would have been like I feel so sad
because I would have missed out on all of the
amazing, great people I have met, all the memories
I have made and really everything about University
of Portland.
Scholarship Recipient Report
By Camille Jonlin
I am a freshman at Carleton College, which is a
small liberal arts college in Northfield, Minnesota. I
do not have to decide a major until the end of my
sophomore year, but I am considering majoring in
linguistics because I love languages and see
language as an extremely important factor in
bridging cultures. During fall term I took three
courses: Beginning Russian, Working Across our
Lives (the sociology of work and occupations) and
Microeconomics. The sociology class was my
favorite because it helped me understand common
trends in work over a lifetime and in a way made
me more confident about my future. I also liked my
Russian class because I learned a lot and it was
taught in a fun manner - however, it was very
difficult because a year's worth of course material
in high school was packed into just ten weeks at
Carleton.
Winter term I will continue taking
Russian, along with Introduction to Linguistics,
Native American Religion and Piano.
I believe that Roosevelt prepared me well for
Carleton. When my sociology professor assigned a
twelve page paper, it did not seem too daunting
because I had already done a few papers of a
similar length at Roosevelt. However, I think that I
only felt so prepared because I took so many AP
classes at Roosevelt that pushed me to do a lot
more work than non-AP classes. I think that
students looking to go to college should continue to
be encouraged to take as many AP classes as they
can.
I am having a great time at Carleton and could
not have picked a more fitting school for myself.
Along with excellent classes and professors, I have
access to good food in the dining halls, a great
residence hall right next to an 800 acre arboretum
and bright, motivated friends. I couldn't ask for
anything else.
.
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P.S. The attached picture is outside my dorm taken
during orientation.
Scholarship Recipient Report
By Claire Mangan
Hello Mr. Walton and Golden Grads,
My name is Claire Mangan and I was one of the
2015 Golden Grad scholarship recipients. I have
just finished my first semester at Whitman College
in Walla Walla, Washington. So far I am loving
Whitman. I live in a dorm called Prentiss, with my
roommate Katie who I get along with really well.
This semester I joined a sorority (Kappa Kappa
Gamma), joined the women's rugby team and the
club tennis team. I have not declared a major yet
but am leaning towards doing premed. Thankfully,
I don't have to declare until the end of sophomore
year, so I have plenty of time to decide. My classes
this semester were interesting but also really
difficult.
I took General Chemistry, Calculus,
Spanish and a required class called Encounters (a
critical thinking and writing class). Chemistry and
Calculus most resembled a class at Roosevelt,
which made them a little bit easier to manage. I
had also taken both of the classes before at
Roosevelt, with teachers that prepared me well.
While I think the caliber of the classes I took this
semester was higher than anything I took at
Roosevelt, some of the skills I learned in high
school benefited me immensely.
Time
management was a big one: I learned very fast that
the extra time during the day needed to be spent in
the library or at a teacher's office hours. Another
thing I learned at Roosevelt was to seek out
help/resources for classes. While these resources
are different in college, I go to office hours and
tutoring frequently. Finally, I learned at Roosevelt
that pushing myself to try new things is always a
good idea. This semester I took a rock climbing
class and joined the women's rugby team, which
have both been great experiences. Overall, this
semester has been enriching, challenging and fun.
Thank you again for helping me to have this
amazing experience.
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Scholarship Recipient Report
By -Eli D'Albora
Dear Golden Grads,
Thank you for choosing me as a recipient for your
scholarship! I'm at the University of Washington,
where I have just finished my first quarter of school.
As of now I am still undecided in which major I
would like to pursue. Right now I am leaning
towards engineering, but I have also developed an
interest in script writing and have thought about
possibly pursuing marketing. I am enjoying my
time at the UW so far, although my roommate is a
little crazy, but that was to be expected. I was able
to continue playing water polo on the club team at
the UW and am thinking about joining a hiking club,
film club, and possibly even an improv club. I
decided to ease into college a little bit so that I
could figure out the best way for me to study, sleep,
enjoy myself, etc. The classes were pretty easy
and I was successful in them, however they were
not helpful if I am to major in engineering. Of
course I am only leaning towards engineering, so
far all I know they could end up helping me out. I
was pleasantly surprised at how much Roosevelt
helped me out with my classes. One class was text
book oriented, and I felt I knew how to study
because of my history classes. Another class had
me reading and interacting with about 10-20 pages
of text a night, which I had been prepared for in a
different class at Roosevelt.
I am definitely
enjoying my time at school and am very grateful
you guys could help me out.
Thanks again. Unfortunately I do not have any
pictures of myself in class or in my dorms, and
since it is winter break, everything is closed
YOUR DUES WERE DUE FOR THIS YEAR BY THE
FIRST OF THE YEAR. IF YOU’VE NOT RENEWED
SEE THE MEMBERSHIP FORM INCLUDED AT THE
END OF THIS ISSUE
The photo above is of my roommate Rebecca
and I in our dorm room in Battell Hall on the
Middlebury Campus.
Scholarship Recipient Report
By Julia Hower
I have absolutely loved my time so far at
Middlebury College. My peers are engaging and
energetic, my classes are rigorous and inspiring,
and getting to wake up every day surrounded by
the Green Mountains of Vermont is utterly
breathtaking. I have immensely enjoyed all of my
classes in various subjects including Geology and
Political Science, and I plan on majoring in
Architecture, and hope to attend graduate school in
this field after some time working in architecture
post graduation.
My Roosevelt education equipped me for college
in more ways than I could ever have imagined as a
senior in High School looking nervously forward
towards higher education.
Indeed, Roosevelt
prepared me for rigorous classes, and although the
concept of college work daunted me, I found myself
able to apply the skills I had acquired in High
School with ease. It took hard work, but I can now
say that I am well adjusted to the Middlebury
workload, which would never have happened if it
weren’t for the amazing support and nourishment I
found at Roosevelt.
Not only did Roosevelt prepare me for the
academic changes I experienced, but it also
allowed me to thrive socially in my transition to
college life.
Through leading clubs and
participating in extracurricular activities at
Roosevelt, I developed the ability to bring groups of
people together and to connect with individuals who
are different from me. This has allowed me to learn
from the diverse life stories of many of my peers,
greatly enriching my college experience.
Thank you so much to Golden Grads for making
all of this possible. I truly treasure the opportunity I
have been given to attend Middlebury and pursue
my goals in such an amazing place. I would never
have been able to choose Middlebury, which I knew
was the right fit for me, over other schools if it
hadn’t been for the help of the Golden Grads. Go
Rough Riders!
Scholarship Recipient Report
By Larson Eermissee
Dear Golden Grads,
Thank you again for the scholarship money! It is
going to be a huge help to me this year. Below is
the update you asked me to write.
My first semester at USC was amazing! At the
beginning of the semester I decided to declare a
double-major in theatre (with an acting emphasis)
and political science. This was a bit of a risk
because it requires me to take a very heavy course
load, but all of my classes went extremely well, and
in fact I ended up with a 3.91 GPA. A few of my
favorite classes were Acting 101 and Sustainability
Science in the City. So far, the thing I love most
about USC is that I am able to take such a diverse
course load and pursue all of my interests at once.
This semester I am taking an equally diverse
selection of classes that range from Law, Policy
and Politics; to Scene Study; to Theatre History.
Last semester I also got very involved outside of
the classroom.
I was in a production of
Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing in which I
played the role of Claudio (one of the leads). I was
also seen in three different student films and a
staged reading of a new play. I also went to just
about every Trojan football game, and I got a
chance to see my fellow students perform in plays,
concerts and recitals all throughout fall. Through all
of these activities I made scores of new friends who
hail from everywhere from Beijing to Rio de Janeiro
to Vermont.
Overall, USC has been a dream, and I truly
cannot thank the Golden Grads enough for helping
me get here!
Thank you all again for the scholarship, and I
hope your years are all off to a great start!
P.S. The image attached above is of me and a
few of my friends at a freshman pep rally. Fight on!
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Scholarship Recipient Report
By Alexander Kramer
Dear Golden Grads: I apologize for the late
response. I really appreciate the support y’all are
giving me. I am enjoying my time so far at Santa
Clara. Although I am still undeclared, I recently
switched to political science. Next quarter I will be
starting classes in that department. I believe that
Roosevelt prepared me very well, especially for the
political science path. My teachers for U.S. history
and government were two of my favorites. I’ve
enjoyed my English class so far; we are exploring
the history and development of California through
its famous authors. The teachers are all eager to
help, and class sizes are nice and small (20-30).
It’s been great so far and I can’t wait to see what
the future holds.
I looked for a photo to send to you, but apparently
I only have silly photos of the food I've been eating
at college, and none of myself. I do, however, have
a picture of me from the vacation to Japan I took
just before starting Fall Quarter! (Below) I'd love to
go back, maybe to study abroad, it's a beautiful
country. I hope that you all are as well as I have
been!
Scholarship Recipient Report
By Emma LaMarca
Hello! Thank you again for the scholarship, it's
been a wonderful help.
My time at the University of Washington has been
great! Classes are a lot of work, but it’s interesting
work, and it's fun being at a school that's so huge!
The UW has over 40,000 students, which can be
overwhelming at times, but it means there's no
shortage of new people to meet. I'm majoring in
computer science, and already I'm taking amazing
classes in the major. This quarter I'm taking a
class all about how computers work at the lower
levels, down to the ones and zeroes! Some days it
feels like all I do is work, but I don't regret it one bit.
My professors and peers are passionate, and I'm
looking forward to seeing where college takes me.
I took the advice you all gave me to heart though,
and I've been making sure to expand my horizons
as well as focus on my degree. I'm taking a fun
class in linguistics this quarter, and I'm getting very
involved with the engineering sorority Phi Sigma
Rho.
As for looking back on my time at Roosevelt, I
think it definitely helped prepare me for college.
Teachers at Roosevelt, especially in the humanities
departments, focused on a thoughtful and practical
approach to learning that I am finding very useful to
apply in college, even as I study technical subjects.
While my actual high school education has been
important in my college classes, I think the most
important thing I learned in high school was how to
enjoy academics, not simply endure them.
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TEACHERS WISH LIST
Lisbeth Pisk, Chairman
At an October 23, 2015 meeting, the RHS Teacher
Wish List Committee (Joyce Hitt Butchart, Pat Wise
Loftin, Lisbeth Pisk, and Bob Porter) approved
grants totaling $14,976.79 to 21 teachers and staff
for purchase of classroom items to enrich learning
and student activities. These items are usually not
funded by the Seattle School District or The
Roosevelt Foundation.
MEMBERS PLEASE CONTACT US: if you have
moved or have a new phone number or new email.
We need this information so that you can receive
the Grapevine and any other communications
coming from Golden Grads. Notify Jerry
Chichester, Anne Chichester Temple, or Judy
Flournoy Harwood. Their contact information is on
the front page
Queen Marie of Romania and Children visit
Seattle's Roosevelt High School
HistoryLink.org Essay 7179 by Paula Becker,
January 14, 2005 (shortened from the original)
On November 4, 1926, Queen Marie of Romania
(1875-1938) and her children Princess Ileana (age
17) and Prince Nicolas (age 23) visit Roosevelt
High School at the invitation of the Roosevelt Girls’
Club. Queen Marie and her children are in Seattle
after dedicating the Maryhill Museum in
Goldendale, Washington. The visit to Roosevelt is
just one feature of a day jammed packed with
motorcades and public appearances, but Queen
Marie and Princess Ileana, charmed by the
Roosevelt girls, insist on alighting from their car to
pay their full respects. The Roosevelt Girls’ Club
first courted Queen Marie in the spring of 1926 by
writing to her and inviting her to visit their school if
her long-rumored trip to Washington ever came to
be. They also requested her photograph to use in
a booklet of her sayings that they had been
collecting. They sent along a copy of the Roosevelt
“R” Book, a 3 x 6 inch, green student handbook
emblazoned with a golden “R." The book outlined
all of Roosevelt’s rules and regulations, school
songs and creeds, and the constitution of the Boys’
and Girls’ Clubs.
The Roosevelt News reported the student body’s
excited preparations for the royal visit: “In honor of
the royal party the Roumanian flag will fly
immediately below the flag of the United States; the
band will stand at the right of the flagstaff and play
the Roumanian national air as the Queen alights
from her automobile ... the Rough Riders are to
form a guard of honor on both sides of the front
steps while the Aurora Guards will line up in front of
the entrance ... the stage will be decorated with the
American and Roumanian colors” (November 4,
1926). The Aurora Guards were a group of female
students with red hair who greeted visitors to the
school and helped new students acclimate. The
group's founder was Roosevelt High School's girls
guidance counselor, Rose Glass (1880-ca.1965), a
flamboyant redhead, who may have met Queen
Marie while performing volunteer service with the
YMCA in France during or just after World War I.
The crowd gathered on the Roosevelt lawn was
2,000-strong. Roosevelt was the only spot on
Queen Marie’s long motorcade where the royal
party alighted from their Lincoln limousines. The
Roosevelt News quoted Queen Marie as saying “I
cannot disappoint them -- I must get out”
(“Assembled Students Cheer Heartily"). Roosevelt
Girls’ Club president June Voss welcomed the royal
party and led them up the steep, broad stairway to
a specially erected dais.
According to The
Roosevelt News, Princess Ileana told the girls
around her, “This is the first school we have visited
and I’m glad it could be this one. I have wanted to
visit your school ever since I have read your creed”
(“Queen Marie Visits”). The Girls’ Club presented
Queen Marie and Princess Ileana with bouquets of
pink Ophelia roses. Prince Nicolas was given a felt
Roosevelt banner. Loud cheers for each member
of the royal family, led by cheerleader Kenneth
Wilcox, followed.
RHS SPRING MUSICAL
This year’s Spring Musical is “Sweeney Todd”. On
May 24, 2016, at 7:30 pm, the dress rehearsal will
be opened to the Golden Grads free or you can
give a donation. If you can not attend on that date
the performances will be May 26 & 27, 7:30 pm;
June 2, 3 & 4, 7:30 pm; and June 5, 2:30 pm.
These dates cost $12 for students & seniors and
$15 for adults. You will need to contact the school
to purchase tickets.
Roosevelt Alums
'61 - '62 - 63 - '64 - '65
Come to a
Drop-in CLASS REUNION
Wednesday, September 21, 2016
3:30 - 6:30 pm
**************
Scott's
Bar & Grill
8115 Lake Ballinger Way
Edmonds WA
No Host Bar
Food Available
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THANK YOU
again and again and again
Thank you to those who joined us at the annual
Big Band Dance and Auction to benefit the
Roosevelt Jazz program.
It was a wonderful
evening and we are so thankful to all of our guests
for making the night a great success. The food was
wonderful, our bands were outstanding, and our
honoree and alumna, Sara Gazarek, made the
evening sing. With your support, we raised over
$55,000 for our program. Thank you.
Next time you host an event think of us!!! We’d
love to play for you and your guests.
If you wish to be a supporter of the Roosevelt
Jazz program at RHS our mailing address is:
Roosevelt Jazz Boosters, 1037 NE 65th Street
#205, Seattle, WA 98115
Below are pictures of the four Jazz Bands.
CONGRATULATIONS Jazz Band II and
Vocal Jazz for being selected as Monterey
Next Generation Jazz Festival finalists!!
NGJF will be held in Monterey, CA from April 810, 2016. High school and college ensembles from
across the country and Canada applied to compete.
We’re excited to announce that Jazz II is one of
only twelve bands selected to compete in the High
School Big Band division and our Vocal Jazz is one
of only eight ensembles selected to compete in the
High School Vocal Ensemble division.
Monterey will be well represented by Roosevelt at
the competition with Jazz II and Vocal Jazz, in
addition to Jazz III and our combos performing as
Special Guest Ensembles at the Festival!
Congratulations also go to our friends at Eckstein
Middle School and Jane Addams Middle School for
being selected as Middle School finalists! For
those of you from Whidbey Island the South
Whidbey High School Jazz band has also been
selected.
Thank you to all our wonderful musicians and
vocalists, Mr. Brown and Michael for all the hard
work!
CALENDAR FOR MUSIC
From Anna Edwards
June 9, 2016: Concerto Concert – Orchestra
Theatre 7:00pm
June 13, 2016: - Pops Concert – Choir
Theatre 7:00pm
June 15, 2016: - Vocal Jazz Jazz Concert - Jazz–
Theatre 7:00pm
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News Release
Jazz at Lincoln Center Announces
15 Finalists Bands to Compete in
21st Annual Essentially Ellington
High School Jazz Band Competition &
Festival
NEW YORK, NY – February 17, 2016 – Jazz at
Lincoln Center proudly announces the 15 finalist
bands that will compete in the 21st Annual
Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band
Competition & Festival – one of the most
innovative jazz education events in the world – at
Jazz at Lincoln Center’s home, Frederick P. Rose
Hall, on May 5 – 7, 2016. The following finalists are
among nearly 100 high school jazz bands across
North America that entered the competition. Each
school submitted recordings of three tunes
performed from charts from Jazz at Lincoln
Center’s Essentially Ellington library. Nearly 3,800
high school bands will have participated in Jazz at
Lincoln Center's 2015-16 Essentially Ellington
program and benefited from free charts and
resources.
The 2016 Essentially Ellington High School Jazz
Band Finalists:
Beloit Memorial High School (Beloit, WI)
Byron Center High School (Byron Center, MI)
Crescent Super Band (American Fork, UT)
Foxboro High School (Foxboro, MA)
Garfield High School (Seattle, WA)
Jazz House Kids (Montclair, NJ)
Lexington High School (Lexington, MA)
Mount Si High School (Snoqualmie, WA)
New World School of the Arts (Miami, FL)
Roosevelt High School (Seattle, WA)
San Diego School of Creative and Performing
Arts (San Diego, CA)
Sun Prairie High School (Sun Prairie, WI)
Triangle Youth Jazz Ensemble (Raleigh, NC)
Tucson Jazz Institute (Tucson, AZ)
University High School (Orange City, FL)
2016 J. Douglas White Essentially Ellington
Student Composition/Arranging Contest Winner
is Joseph Block, Germantown Friends School
(Philadelphia, PA)
Each band was invited to submit a recording, and
15 finalists were selected through a rigorous
screening process. Each finalist band receives an
in-school workshop led by a professional musician
before coming to New York to put up their “Dukes”
and perform before esteemed judges Lauren
Sevian, Jeff Hamilton, Chuck Israel, Chris
Crenshaw and Wynton Marsalis.
On May 5, the finalist bands will arrive in New
York City to spend three days immersed in
workshops, jam sessions, rehearsals and
performances at Jazz at Lincoln Center. On May 7,
the Competition & Festival will conclude with a
concert and awards ceremony featuring the three
top-placing bands and the Jazz at Lincoln Center
Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis.
Joseph Block, the winner of the 2016 J. Douglas
White
Essentially
Ellington
Student
Composition/Arranging Contest will have his
composition recorded by the Jazz at Lincoln Center
Orchestra. In addition, the winning composer will
receive a $1,000 cash prize, a composition lesson
with Ted Nash, and a trip to New York City to
observe the recording session and the Essentially
Ellington Competition & Festival. The entire
weekend of EE events, including the final concert
featuring the three top-placing bands and the
JLCO, will be webcast live on jazz.org/live.
The Competition & Festival is the culmination of
the annual Essentially Ellington High School Jazz
Band Program (EE), which also includes noncompetitive regional festivals around the country,
teaching resources, a summer Band Director
Academy, newsletters, and more. The year-long
Essentially Ellington program will have distributed
30,000 newly transcribed scores by the end of this
school year.
For more information including
background, history, photos, and audio recordings
of the Essentially Ellington 2016 repertoire, and
more, visit: jazz.org/ee
The Essentially Ellington Competition & Festival
is media-accessible via JALC social media on
Facebook, Twitter @EssEllington, Instagram
@jazzdotorg, and Tumblr.
HELP!!!
If you are from the classes of the late 50’s and
early 60’s we need you to take an interest in the
running of the Golden Grads. It’s not necessary
to run for office now, but maybe you would be
interested in helping an officer to be there when
they retire or in case of an emergency. If you
are interested contact Pat Wise Loftin or Joyce
Hitt Butchart (info on front page).
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FAIRVIEW GRADE SCHOOL REUNION POTLUCK
We had 19 attend our 9th Annual Reunion on October 30,
2015 at Rowena Rosenquist ’53 Wedemeyer’s home on Sand
Point Way. We had a wonderful evening of conversation and
the food was awesome. Rowena had offered her home at the
last minute, due to Aline Ablitt Connell’s home having
construction done at last minute. Rowena wants to thank
Barbara Dunsmore Shumway ’53 for helping her set her home
up on the day of the reunion. You missed a great time and
hopefully we’ll be able to have a 10th Reunion in 2016. Anyone
wishing to host our 10th Reunion, please contact Joyce Hitt
Butchart. Some of the group have asked if we could meet
during the early afternoon and make it a Luncheon Pot Luck.
Please let Joyce know how you feel about that. We’d not be
driving in the dark at all.
Those attending were: Lleana Jones Davidson ’55, and
husband Bud ’51; Ellen Brown Hewitt ’53; Joyce Hitt
Butchart”53 and husband Stan ’44; Antonia Filigno Clark ’53;
Aline Ablitt Connell ’53; Barbara Dunsmore Shumway ’53; Pat
Firth Hansen ’53; Clayton Vollen ’53; John Hobbs ’53 and wife
Sharon; Tom Olsen ’55; Terry Olsen ’53; Bob Pickering ’53
and wife Jane Hessian ’53; Lorraine Hitt Carter’56 and
Rowena Rosenquist Wedemeyer ’53.
Plan to join us sometime in October 2016. If you are not
already on the list for Fairview Reunion updates please let
Joyce know at 206-242-9524 or [email protected]
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Jackson Byers II, RHS 1956 Graduate
Guns N’ Roses N’ Roosevelt
From the Santa Barbara Maritime Museum
“Tidepools & Treasures” Auction program
Several Roosevelt grads, and at least one nongraduate, have had successful entertainment careers.
Michael Andrew McKagan, known as Duff since
childhood, grew up in the University District. Although an
honors student, he dropped out of Roosevelt his
sophomore year. He later earned a GED, and was
awarded an honorary Roosevelt diploma after speaking
at the Class of 2012's graduation ceremony. He has
attended community college and Seattle University,
where he is one quarter short of graduation.
McKagan once claimed to have been a member of 31
bands in Seattle, variously playing drums, guitar, and
bass, although he admits that most of them were party
bands that played together only once. In June 1985,
McKagan replaced the bassist in Guns N' Roses, which
was newly founded by singer Axl Rose and guitarist Izzy
Stradlin. McKagan's former band mates Slash and
Steven Adler joined the band that same month. After two
days of rehearsal, the line-up played its debut gig at The
Troubadour on June 6, 1985. In 1987, Guns N' Roses
released its debut album, Appetite for Destruction, which
to date has sold over 28 million copies worldwide.
In addition to his musical career, McKagan has
established himself as a writer. Since August 2008,
McKagan has written a weekly column for
SeattleWeekly.com; during 2009 he wrote a weekly
financial column titled "Duffonomics" for Playboy.com;
and since January 2011, he has written a weekly sports
column for ESPN.com. McKagan's autobiography, It's So
Easy (And Other Lies), was released on October 4, 2011.
His second book, How to Be a Man: (and other illusions)
was released on May 12, 2015.
In 2011, McKagan founded Meridian Rock, a wealth
management firm for musicians. Headed by McKagan
and British investor Andy Bottomley, the firm aims to
educate musicians about their finances.
McKagan has been involved in "The Heroes Project",
founded by his friend Tim Medvetz, which is dedicated to
helping soldiers and their families. As part of the project
he took part in a climb up Mount Rainier in 2012,
accompanying a former soldier with a prosthetic limb.
During this climb McKagan suffered a dangerous cerebral
edema but survived.
McKagan lives in Seattle with his wife and two children.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Submitted by President Doug Walley
Ever since Jack was 13, he developed a love and
appreciation for the sea, whether it was surfing at
Sunset Cliffs on his home crafted surfboard or
fishing and diving for bait on the San Diego
commercial tuna clippers that fished the water of
Mexico, Central and South America.
In his high school years, Jack helped run a
refrigerated barge that transported fish between
Alaska and Seattle. He hoped to go to sea with the
Navy, however, because of a paper mix up, the
Army took him to Germany and the Middle East as
a paratrooper.
After the service and college, real estate
development filled his agenda until he dove into the
diving/subsea and construction industry.
He
worked for Solus Ocean Systems, Inc. in the Gulf
and was transferred to Santa Barbara where he
and Karen married 40 years ago. Diving took Jack
to Alaska, Peru, Mexico, and Hawaii, where he laid
25” sewer outfall pipes. He helped assemble and
set the Hondo platform here in the Channel and
worked on the water intake structures and pipelines
at Diablo Canyon and San Onofre nuclear plant.
In the 1980’s, Jack and Karen lived in Labaun,
East Malaysia; Rio De Janeiro, Brazil; and
Singapore, where Jack managed all of Asia and
Southeast diving contracts and diving vessel
operations. He traveled to Japan, Taiwan, Hong
Kong, the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia,
Thailand, and Australia.
Upon returning to Santa Barbara in the late
1980’s, Jack combined all of his skills and interests
and formed a construction/real estate development
company “on land”, Jack ‘N Tool Box, Inc. He
continues to be involved with the marine
environment through the Santa Barbara Yacht Club
where he was Commodore in 2011 and through the
Santa Barbara Maritime Museum, where he served
on the board and was Vice President in the
museum’s early years. He now enjoys volunteering
his time and service of Jack ‘N Tool Box, Inc.
whenever the Santa Barbara Maritime Museum
calls.
Submitted by ’58 RHS Graduate Marlene Stoll
Riemer.
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GOLDEN GRADS FINANCIAL REPORT
RHS GOLDEN GRADS
ASSOCIATION
Statement of Activities
July 1, 2015 thru March 31, 2016
RHS GOLDEN GRADS ASSOCIATION
Statement of Financial Position
March 31, 2016
ASSETS
Current assets
Checking a/c
Total current assets
6,515
6,515
REVENUE
Contributions
(general fund, scholarship fund,
faculty wish list fund)
Membership dues
Other assets
Green & Gold Fund
(principal plus accum. gains &
int./div.)
Neep Fund
(principal plus accum. gains &
int./div.)
Total other assets
TOTAL ASSETS
276,520
Investment income
633,321
Green &Gold Fund (int./div.)
Neep Fund (int./div.)
909,841
916,356
NET ASSETS/FUND BALANCES
Unrestricted net assets
(checking a/c, accum. gains, &
int./div. for Green & Gold Fund and
Neep Fund)
Temp. restrict. net assets
Green & Gold Fund (principal)
179,356
3,345
7,967
-18,617
-44,111
TOTAL REVENUE
-39,402
Expenses
Perm. restrict. net assets
Neep Fund (principal)
500,000
Other expenses
Other (postage, supplies,
Grapevine, insurance, etc.)
TOTAL EXPENSES
TOTAL NET ASSETS/FUND BALANCES
916,356
NET INCOME/LOSS
15
6,975
Unrealized gain/(loss)
Green & Gold Fund
Neep Fund
Scholarship awards
Wish list expenditures
237,000
5,039
40,998
9,207
2,102
52,307
-91,709
Donations Made to Golden Grads
Contribution Thank You Notes will only be sent to those who
have donated $50 or more, as required by the IRS. The
Golden Grads thanks all of you for your donations to help with
Student Scholarships, Teacher’s Wish List, and the General
Fund.
Donations in Memory of
Helen Boyd Nordby ’51 of William “Bill” Hopf ’51
Laurel Weber Oliver ’44 of Nick Weber ’56, brother
Jack Donald Myers ’37 of Thomas Myers ’36, brother
Roger W Metz ’54 of Gorden Winship
Paul J Cole ’48 of George Ralph
Shirley Robison Biberdorf ’45 of Barbara Robison Dudley
Colin O Hermans ’54 of Freddy Mills ’54
Meridith (Merry) Wright Hutchins ’64 of Jerry Wright ’58
Jo Mackay Imeson ’42 of Bud Imeson ’42, Jazz Band
Frank Hagerty ’46 of Barbara Monheimer Thompson ’46
Lydell L Knudson ’56 of Ronald G Knudson ’59
Charles Berst ’50 of Bob Berst
Robin Roscoe Gray ’59 of Ted, Dave, and Jean Roscoe
Carol S Ballard of Margaret Bosworth Bragg
Richard (Dick) Connell ’52 of Donna Ablitt Jorgenson
Kenneth McGhee ’53 of Jim Stilwell, teacher
Nancy Quickstad (wife) of Robert R Quickstad ’47
Donations:
Benita Wilson Jackson ’55
Richard Coar ’50
James Harris ’39
Robert L Avery ’41
Curtis Rosler ’54
David E Clinkenbear ’44
Shelby Collard Gilje ’54
Kathleen Geoghegan Fisher ’45
James Cavin ’64
Anthony S Catania ’57
Barbara Young Emery ’43
Frank Little ’43
Craig P Campbell ’49
James Demeules ‘63
LIFE MEMBERS
Jean Crosetto Deitz ‘63
In Honor of
Naomi Ray Rabino of gratitude for scholarship
awarded in 2003
Cut here and mail with donation
Please help with your donations to our wonderful programs: RHS Student Scholarships and the Teachers’
Wish List. We thank everyone for your donations whether large or small. Many thanks to all!! Please show
your Teddy spirit and keep the monies flowing in.
Tax-Deductible Donation
__________________________________________________________
Name (women include your maiden name)
Class Year__________________
Put the amount you are donating on the appropriate lines below
Scholarships______________
Wish List__________________
General Fund_________________
In memory of classmate, teacher, etc_______________________________ TOTAL ENCLOSED___________
(Name of Person in memory of)
Make check payable to
and send to:
RHS Golden Grads
P.O. Box 281
Edmonds, WA 98020-0281
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CLASS SECRETARIES
If no Class Sec. listed contact Membership Sec or Grapevine Editor
’38
’39
’40
William “Bill” Marshall
Jerrie Wolf Fliflet
Lois Logan Horn
’41
’42
’43
’44
’45
’46
’47
James (Jim) A Thompson
8716 NW Lakeshore Ave.,
116 Fairview Ave N, #835
4343 Roosevelt Way NE
#602
800 – 4th Ave N., #203
Laura-Jean Christian Enge
Vancouver WA 98665
Seattle, WA 98109
Seattle, WA 98105
360-574-6138
206-254-1784
206-675-8431
[email protected]
[email protected]
Seattle, WA 98109
206-285-6510
[email protected]
1218 NE 96 St.
Seattle, WA 98115
206-522-7577
[email protected]
Don Olsen
Ruthe Bailey Norton
549 Pine Street
116 Fairview Ave N, #905
Edmonds, WA 98020
Seattle, WA 98109
425-771-6496
206-254-1790
’48
’49
’50
Suzanne Scherner Tillotson
Lisbeth Pisk
Donna Corlett Raymond
15837 Northrup Way
th
6232 - 34 Ave NE
nd
12429 - 232 Way NE
Bellevue, WA 98008
Seattle, WA98115
Redmond, WA 98053
425-641-6412
206-523-7674
425-868-3814
[email protected]
ruthenfrank@
nortonmiddaugh.com
[email protected]
[email protected]
donnas-here4u@
comcast.net
’51
’52
’53
’54
’55
’56
’57
’58
’59
Helen Boyd Nordby
Rick Paylor
Jackie Godfrey Brotnov
Arthur (Artie) Buerk
Tom Olsen
Jackie Skahill Herum
Corinne Dignon Hill
22631 - 92 W
th
11207 - 85 Ave E
13008 Edgewater Ln NE
964 Mutiny Shore Dr.
247 Camaloch Dr.
109 S. WalnutStreet
th
4109 - 37 Ave NE
Edmonds WA 98020
Puyallup, WA 98373
Seattle, WA 98125
Freeland, WA 98249
Camano Is, WA 98282
Ellensburg, WA 98926
Seattle, WA 98105
425-776-8497
253-770-1007
206-367-7759
360-331-3490
360-387-8451
509-925-5048
206-524-8570
[email protected]
Vickie Pond Boyd
153 Swinomish Dr.
LaConner, WA 98257
360-466-1752
’60
’61
’63
’64
’65
Teri Kelly Stackpole
Myrna Ferch Hillyer
Harley O’Neil
Anne Chichester Temple
Rick Keating
Larry Simpson
1733 NW 59th St, Suite 201
3010 – 90th Pl. SE
18645 - 17th Ave NW
th
217 - 5 Ave N, Unit D
3808 NE 92nd St.
6747 = 37th Ave S.
Seattle, WA 98107
Mercer Is, WA 98040
Shoreline, WA 98177
Edmonds, WA 98020
Seattle, WA 98115
Seattle, WA 98118
206-783-5909
206-232-4681
206-352-5516
425-697-4216
206-526-8623
206-678-7286
’66
George Liu
13730 – 15th Ave NE
Seattle, WA 98125
206-320-1136
vboydsnest@
wavecable.com
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
lorenzodapozzuoli@
gmail.com
[email protected]
’62
17
th
nd
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
Scholarship Report
By Antonia Filigno Clark, Chair
By the time this is in print The Scholarship
Committee will have completed the process of
reviewing the student packets provided by RHS,
interviewing the students, and selecting the awards
for the scholars of 2016. This year we will once
again be able to distribute $40,000 among the
twelve candidates. In the past, Grapevine has
published letters from previous recipients, and
those of us who read them are heartened by the
gratitude expressed by these students and amazed
and delighted by their considerable successes in
their chosen colleges and universities. In addition,
we thank the class of 1964 for funding the special
$1000.00 School Spirit Award for 2016. It is our
hope that another class will continue this practice
for 2017.
Once again, the distribution of the $40,000 was
made difficult by the all of the students’ outstanding
accomplishments in their grades, their ACT and
SAT scores, in the arts, in sports, in service to the
school, and in their service to the community.
Because the deliberations were held before
Spring Break, when most students have an
opportunity to visit campuses, most of the students
have not yet made their final selections of the
school of their choice; this information will become
available to us when the students respond to their
award letters and will be forwarded to the Board.
The recipients and their schools they will be
attending will be in the Golden Grads Luncheon
program and in the Fall Grapevine.
This year’s active members are Antonia Filigno
Clark ‘53, Judy Crossett Cromwell ‘60, Cindy Dack,
‘60, Marietta Boyd Gruner ’61, Sharon Larsen
McDonald ‘60, Bob Reddick ‘53, Frank Little, ’50,
and Dave Watts, ‘63. We are seeking another
member, preferably from the classes from the
1960’s, so that we have a full complement of nine.
If you are interested contact the Scholarship Chair,
info on cover page.
For 2017 the Financial Committee has
recommended a cut to the funding of both the
Scholarship Committee (from $40,000 to $30,000,
a 25% cut), and to the Teacher’s Wish list (from
$15,000 to $7,000, more than a 50% cut). The
reason: “the market has been fluctuating drastically.
We on the Scholarship Committee and the
Teachers’ Wish List strongly object to these cuts.
While we recognize the need for maintaining fiscal
responsibility in this fluctuating market, at present
the market is at its all-time high. We will also have
additional funds from the increase in dues from
$15.00 to $20.00 per year for individual members,
and have dues from new members each year as
they become eligible as graduates from 50 years
ago. Figures from last year show an increase in
expenses and losses, but also show increases in
both the Green and Gold fund (specifically for
scholarships) and the Neep endowment (for all
purposes). Some of this money comes from
special bequests and donations, and we are very
grateful to those who can be so generous. And yet
the funds for student scholarships and teachers’
needs are being decreased.
Roosevelt Foundation ReportBy Rick Keating, Foundation Liaison
In March, Artie Buerk '54 and his wife, Sue,
hosted a fantastic alumni open house at their
beautiful home in Palm Desert. Many Golden
Grads, their spouses and a few whipper-snappers
attended, including Foundation Chair Pam
Eshelman '75 and her husband, Bob. Artie and
Sue have done this for several years and really
enjoy mingling with fellow Teddies. Watch for
information on the Spring '17 event! Everyone is
invited.
The RHS Foundation major event of the year is
the annual Golf Tournament and Fundraiser. This
year it will take place on Monday, June 13 th at Sand
Point Country Club. The details: 12:00 Noonshotgun Start; 5:00 p.m.-BBQ Dinner; Golf and
Dinner for just $200, no price increase (again!) and
Dinner guests for $50. Sign up as an individual or
your favorite foursome. Spouses and guests more
than welcome! Go to: www.rooseveltfoundation.org
to register or call 206-226-5679 for info or with
questions.
Your Foundation is proud to have provided grants
for over 10 years for needed services at RHS,
which are not funded due to budget cuts or
oversights. We team with Golden Grads to insure
as many critical areas as possible are funded.
Always too many worthy projects to fully fund.
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BEQUESTS From Roosevelt High School Grads Provide “THE BIG
FUNDS”
Bequests from estates of RHS graduates have been very generous, but eventually funds will run
out, and now the Golden Grads NEED YOU to talk to your attorney and CPA to allocate some of
your estate to our organization. The following are some different ways you may bequest estate or
monies to Golden Grads.
General Use Bequest to Golden Grads of RHS
“I give, devise and bequeath to Roosevelt High School Golden Grads ( _______% of my estate, or
a specific sum of money, or description of property, or “the rest residue and remainder of my
estate”) to be used for its general tax-exempt purposes and without other restrictions as to use.”
General Use Bequest to Roosevelt High School Golden Grads Endowment
“I give, devise and bequeath to (name of church, organization Etc with city & state) (______% of my
estate, or a specific sum of money, or description of property, or “the rest of residue and remainder
of my estate”) to (add to/create) a permanent endowment of which the CPI-adjusted principal is
kept intact and only income and/or appreciation expended, to be administered in accordance with
the policies established. The Roosevelt High School Golden Grads is a charitable organization and
has a 501 ©3 classification with the IRS. Our Treasurer is Jerry Walton ‘60, 23919 NE Greens
Crossing Rd., Redmond, WA 98053, Cell – 425-941-4746.
Restricted Bequest
If the purpose of the gift is restricted, we ask that donors consult with your CPA on how to word
restrictions so that their wishes are carried out.
If the gift is restricted and is to be an endowment, the purposes should be as general as possible,
as specific programs change over time. It is also recommended that the following sentence be
added:
If in the future there is no longer a need for funds so specified or it is unwise, in the opinion of the
governing board of said organization, to use the gift for the purposes specified above, then the
board may, at its discretion, use the gift for fulfillment of such other tax exempt charitable objectives
as it may designate, keeping in mind the objectives set forth above.
* Immediately following any of the above wordings, in order to reduce possible income taxes due on
the estate, the attorney may add, “This gift shall be paid out of “income with respect of a decedent,”
as that term is defined in the Internal Revenue Code, to the fullest extent possible. If such “income
with respect of a decedent” as valued for U.S tax purposes is insufficient to pay this bequest, then
the bequest shall be paid to the extent necessary out of general assets of my estate.”
Prepared by Tom Allen ‘39
For more information contact:
Paul Staley ’63, Finance Chairman
2602 SW 343rd Street
Federal Way, WA 98023
Cell: 206-650-4831
Home: 253-943-3428
[email protected]
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OBITUARIES
The names of class mates appearing on this list were given to
us by family members, class mates, and obits in the
newspapers. Although we make every effort to verify that the
information is correct, we apologize for any errors or
omissions. The hardest info for us to acquire is the class year,
so we have to go by the year they were born. Please send
obits to Joyce Hitt Butchart, GG Secretary, address is on front
page. You need to remember that we are volunteers!!
1935
1937
1937
1937
1938
1938
1938
1939
1939
1939
Doris Turnure Tonning, Seattle WA
Norman T Trostad, Seattle WA
Lois Means Dahl, Kirkland WA
1940
1940
1940
1940
1941
1941
1941
1942
1942
1942
1942
1943
1943
1944
1944
1944
1944
1945
Marian F Stricker Martineau, Bothell WA
Nancy J Philips, Seattle WA
Claude H Elerding, Mt Lake Terrrace WA
Duane F LaViolette, Sunnyside WA
Mary Lou Dresesn Palmer, Bellevue WA
1946
1946
1946
1946
1947
1947
1947
1948
1948
1948
1948
1949
Hallard Halvorson, Spokane WA
Glen E VanLaningham, Seattle WA
Betty Lou Fletcher Brayson, Spokane WA
“Betty” Johnston Roald, LaConner WA
Robert R Quickstad, Redmond WA
John L Brower, Verona WI
Joan K Jaquet Thees, Lynnwood WA
Eugene H Knapp, Orcas Is, WA
Nill Kiskaddon, Edmonds WA
Rosalie A Ulsrud Schindler, Edmonds WA
Patricia Williams Nelson, Mercer Is WA
Mary L Carlson, Edmonds WA
Marcelline “Tomika” Uveil Burdett, Spokane, WA
Blanche Sweet Carpenter, Bellevue WA
Mary E Hicks Fey, Lopng Beach CA
Charlotte White Helmikck, Lake Oswego OR
Jane E ________ Mason, Seattle WA
William Harcus
Patricia Osborne Wright, Seattle WA
03/02/16
01/16/16
03/01/16
03/19/16
10/26/15
05/23/15
03/19/16
10/24/15
04/2015
12/19/15
01/09/16
01/16/16
01/14/16
02/05/16
10/10/15
Folliott “Fluff” Chorlton LeCoque, Las Vegas NV
12/10/15
Margaret Bosworth Bragg, Olympia WA
02/15/16
Gertrude F Morse Bergseth, Seatttle WA
10/04/15
Thea-Doris Jacobson Greenwald, Seattle WA09/21/15
Helen Eddy Kline, Portland OR
01/16/16
Glen Bailey, Seattle, WA
08/20/15
Dorothy J Ayres Burns, Seattle WA
02/03/16
Catherine A Cooper Corlew,
02/19/16
Alice Cook Warrick,
09/10/15
Jerome “Tomy” M Zech, Seattle WA
10/15/15
Paul R Ratliffe, Seattle WA
02/24/16
Carolyn G _______ Doane, Bellingham WA 03/12/16
George M Paris, Seattle WA
02/11/16
1951
1951
1952
1952
1953
1953
1954
1954
1955
1955
1955
1956
1956
1956
1956
1956
1957
1957
1957
1958
1958
1959
Barbara Leach Gardner, Palm Desert CA
Allen Randall Potter, Seattle Wa
Mary H Kelson Hamilton, Baton Rouge LA
Edward “Eddie” Dunn, Seattle WA
Jack Shubic, Snohomish County WA
10/23/15
08-2015
06/30/15
11/22/15
03/26/14
Jane Agnes Sorenson Arnold, Wasdhugal WA
04/04/15
Sally Ann Bartell Johnson, Manhatton NY
11/30/15
John E Iverson, vacation C America
03/02/16
James W Morrison, Seattle WA
01/05/16
Maxine “Jackie” Mattila True, Granite Falls WA ?/20/16
Miriam A Wynne Rice, Seattle WA
02/06/16
Marilyn Hay Beherns, Woodinville WA
11/29/15
John R Wilson, Issaquah WA
12/14/15
Robert B Frost, Seattle WA
01/11/16
Jerome Wood, Seattle, WA
10/09/06
Donna M. Hutchings Goette, E. Wenatchee WA
03/10/16
Roger K Anderson, Seattle WA
10/12/15
Helen S ________Hames, Orondo WA
12/21/15
Raymond H Svenson, Seattle WA
03/06/16
Linda Perkins Jacobson, Durham NC
08/17/15
Sue Danbom Hames, Orano Wa
12/21/15
Babara J Newton Engebretson, Fairbanks AK 08/25/15
1962
1963
1964
1965
1965
1966
1966
Douglas G. Willard, Seattle Wa
Shirley Ward Doman, Mount Vernon Wa
Craig Wells, Seattle WA
Elizabeth Donaldson, Bellevue, WA
Edward O. Mott, Bel;levue, WA
John M. Heathcote, Puyallup, WA
Graig Wells, Mount Vernon, WA
FACULTY
Lee Herbert Folsom, Woodinville WA
Taught Math, Physics & Chemistry for 25 years
03/07/16
04/14/16
12/15/15
03/15/16
12/03/15
10/23/15
12/15/15
09/10/15
04/09/15
12/12/15
12/09/15
04/08/15
10/07/15
01/02/16
11/03/15
10/18/15
12/03/15
02/28/16
03/12/16
11/07/15
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Notes from the Editor:
I would like to thank all of the Class Secretaries and others who submitted articles for this Grapevine. I
especially appreciate those who have the capability to type their article and email it to me. Remember when
typing or printing the gal’s names please underline their maiden name and do not type in caps. I have no way
of knowing maiden names over married so this helps. Also when sending in names of other classmates please
spell their name very carefully as I don’t know who they are and sometimes have to guess what the name
really is. I would also like to thank all those who write about themselves on their renewal forms. I only ask that
you print or write very clearly as you can read your own writing I can’t always. I’m happy to include pictures but
they need to be emailed to me digitally. Thanks. Lorraine Hitt Carter, Grapevine Editor
1937
Eleanor Lange Harris Thompson: I am 96 now
and moved from my home of 44 years and now
living at The Quarry, a very wonderful retirement
facility. I am on the first floor and have a large patio
where I can still grow my flowers, cucumbers and
tomatoes, along with my flower box. I am adding
roses this year as I miss my roses. They have a lot
of activities here, so do not lack for something to
do. Still miss being in my home, but my daughter is
living there now, so still see it often. My husband
Merlin passed away four years ago, so I am very
lonesome without him, but not looking to replace
him, he was one of a kind. Guess that is all I can
think of to send.
1938
Ila Klepach Gangnes: joined those who are
almost 95. Still living on Hood Canal, it’s beautiful
but the crabs and starfish have disappeared. I
spent the fall raking leaves, those trees get bigger
every year. I do play Bridge once a week. They
say it keeps the mind sharp. It’s working so far.
From Bill Marshall, class Secretary: Walter Milroy
is one of two guys I correspond with regularly.
Although he is not a Golden Grad he is my chief
supplier of news. Walt was an all-city baseball first
baseman, went on to play for UW before and after
WWII, Later he became basketball coach at Queen
Ann – moved on to Ingram High School and was in
the state finals, circa 1964 against a Vancouver
team where my kids excelled in sports. At Ingram
they recently named their basketball gym – Milroy
Court. Something for class of 1937…I hear from
Walt there is a search for candidates for Hall of
Fame (sports connected). Walt and I agree ’37
grad Elmer Berg should be one so honored. Elmer
was a 4 year letterman in four sports; golf, baseball,
football and basketball.
He went on to be
quarterback at UW, mainly a field goal kicker. The
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other gent, Bob Winslow, has resided in Alaska,
and for many years, attended Golden Grad
Luncheons. I have been in touch with the daughter
of a 1938 gal, Charlotte White Hemlick, but she is
confined to a care facility at Lake Oswego, Oregon
and wouldn’t know me if I were to call on her. An
outstanding person, just a sad sad situation. I don’t
make trips anymore. I have a daughter in Seattle
as does my current wife. We manage to visit once
a year for either Christmas of Thanksgiving. I still
perform as the secretary for my old fighter
Squadron of WWII, but our census of some 280
during war time is now down to four pilots and three
enlisted personnel, one being 101 years old.
Another of our troops died in July at 101, so I really
don’t do much secretarial work there.
Jacquelin Becket Hart: my husband died 1/2/15
after an illness. We have five children all healthy
and doing well. I want to move back to Seattle.
1939
James Harliss: retired on 92 nd birthday (Clinical
Professer Emeritus). Now I‘m just taking care of
Mama and a real estate business.
Mike McIntyre: no items noted for latest class of
’39. We’re still out there being careful not to do
anything useful. Relaxing is the best. Brother’s
Josh ’37 and Bill ’44 are now gone, they had not
mastered the critical skill of frequent naps.
1940
Janice Sheldon Baumback: after 57 years I have
moved from my house to a retirement apartment in
Iowa City. Lawn, snow and transportation had
become too big of a burden. I sold my house and
my car. I use a walker for more stability. I am
doing fine except for a few aches and pains.
Barbara Skone Chamberlain: took a second
cruise to Alaska last year, but believe world travels
are overt now. I’ve cruised around the world, made
a dozen trips to Europe and visited many other
parts of the world. I live at Horizon House where a
couple dozen more Roosevelt High Graduates
have retired. I had a career as a high-school
French teacher. I was the class valedictorian. Do
you remember?
1941
Doug Crosby: I keep in touch with Merrill Street
and Nancy Reichard. Not to many from the class of
’41 still with us. Anyone visiting Gig Harbor area,
wish they would look us up. We would love to see
you. Billee and I will be celebrating our 72 nd
wedding anniversary in 2016.
Eva Cope Wangen: graduated from N.W. Bible
Institute in 1944, now the Northwest Univ. Kirkland.
I married George R. Wangen, a CPO in the US
Coast Guard on 10/18/44. We have 3 children:
Mary Ann Hansen, grad of Nathan Hale & UW, a
bookkeeper; Marjean Radford, grad of Nathan
Hale, SCC, & SPU as a RN and Bookkeeper; and
foster son, Jim Amsbary grad of UW as a
bookkeeper. The girls have 3 children each and
my son has 4 children.
I have 14 great
grandchildren. I’m very active in my Church the
Calvary Christian Assembly in the Roosevelt Dist.
I’ve been on the Alumni Board of N.W. University
for some 20 years. I was elected “Alumus of the
Year” in October 1994 which was also our 50 th
anniversary of my graduating class (I was in charge
of it) and our 50th wedding anniversary – a huge
weekend!!! My husband passed away Oct. 22,
2002 after a short illness. At 92, I enjoy a fairly
active life, entertaining, visiting shut-ins, driving
others to Church and being with my children,
grandchildren and great grandchildren. Never a
dull moment! I hope there are some “Golden
Grads” from the class of 1941. Carol Moordman
Stevens ’63 invited me along with her mother,
Martha Strome Moordman May ’42 and Dorothy
Jacobsen McKim ’63 to the luncheon. We are all
friends!
Robert Griffin: still moving and traveling in my
Airstream Sprinter. Drove back near Boston for
Granddaughter’s wedding. I’m definitely slowing
down. When people ask, “How are you doing?” I
answer SLO. I would like to hear the recently reinstalled Frouls Memorial Organ. I remember the
first concert in 1940, when we were seniors and still
loved Pipe Organ music, and attended two concerts
a month in Tacoma.
1942
Ruth Campbell Sinton: Retired Not Expired!
Have to use a walker all the time, it really slowed
me down. Glen Bailey died in July of 2015. His
brothers called to let me know. No obit in the
paper.
Hilde Frohlich Wilson: (from daughter) mom lives
in a memory care unit at Maple Leaf Assisted Living
and Memory Care. She likes to read the Grapevine
and can sometimes remember people and things
she did during her high school years.
Martha Strome Musselman Moe: from daughter,
Carol Stevens. I was married to Robert Musselman
for 50 years. We raised a family of Carol and Bob
and I was group mother of Girl Scout Troup 1023. I
then married Stan Moe and have been for 14 years.
I travel extensively and winter in Palm Springs. I
worked for the School District. Love to host parties,
work in the yard and spend time with family and
friends.
1943
Wendell Bonner: I find the trouble with growing
old is you just get older. One hiccup in our
retirement program that we missed is that we didn’t
count on our children also getting old. Now that
they have retired and the novelty has worn off they
are getting bored and looking for something to do.
The thing to do is to come up and help the old folks
on the farm. These new social security recipients
are city dwellers who live in upscale condos and
town houses, drive fancy cars and talk to each
other with flashy colored tablets.
Their
neighborhoods have paved streets, sidewalks with
water and sewer and grass lawns. They don’t eat
meat, buy only organic foods, and fill in with
powdered something or other. They bring foods to
eat we can’t recognize and any leftovers go to the
chickens. Only one dead chicken so far. As for
help, outside of driving, shovels, rakes, hoes, chain
saws, axes, log splitters, chicken maintenance, etc.
etc. etc. are off limnits. Usually the day is spent
talking about old times and help with our canes and
walkers which we store away when we are alone.
In the mean time I have missed my nap and will
have to go on overtime to complete my chores. On
those days I feel like the butcher that got a little
behind in his work. What a bummer.
Barbara Young Emery: When I was a senior I
was on the Honor Society Banquet as co--chairman
with Wing Luke. I saved a construction paper
program in a scrapbook. Recently my niece who
was married to Bruce Lee attended a grand
opening of the museum and I gave her the paper
program. She gave it to the museum, I was really
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surprised that they would even want it but seems
like they did. I had a nice thank you from Wing’s
sister – so you just never know when something
you’ve saved will be useful or wanted.
John (Jack) Glomstad: Christmas and New Year
greeting in hindsight. I hope your Holidays went
well and you are prepared to weather the tremulous
times. At 90 years I find myself re-inventing my
body (sight, hearing and weight loss) in preparation
for the next 90 years. Otherwise body, mind and
soul are in good shape. No replacement parts yet.
Family is growing, four children have given us 9
grand’s and 6 greats with only 3 married. Not Bad.
Hobbies are Church, friends and cars, cars, cars.
Seven at the time, it’s easier to buy than to sell.
They include a 1932 Ford pickup, a race tuned
1965 Rambler two door, two full CCCA classics and
of course, the must have 1970 MG Roadster. All
are running and show ready. We just bought a
care hoist, a requirement for old age mechanics. I
welcome any car nuts to get in touch and swap car
stories. Life is fabulous, in spite of… We bring you
Best Wishes for the New Year and keep looking up.
My phone number is 360-620-6538.
Laura Jean Christian Enge: I think you had my
90th birthday of August 28th as the day we were
supposed to get all material to you. (I had a great
party with over 100 friends there!). I don't think
Polly Kincaid Davies, now Calapp is a Golden Grad
any more. I attended her 90th birthday party and
saw many of her children there. As I told you
before, she had 5 kids, something like 29 grandkids
and over 69 great-grandchildren, plus Polly has a
bit of memory problem now. The only other BryantRoosevelt person who wrote me was Glenn Buffum
who wrote me in 2013 and he said he was battling
cancer. Whenever I have tried to call these last
years, there is no answer. We are leaving Sept. 20
for hubby's home state to see his 99 year old Mom
and visit other Enge relatives (with a stop in South
Dakota to see my only living relative on my Mom's
side of the family). From Wisconsin, we go up to
Canada. Thanks to Joyce Butchart for being such
a good Roosevelt GG Secretary.
Elaine Krogstad Jorgensen:
I see Marilyn
LaVelle Adams and Shirley Martin Lowe often. For
us all being 90 years – we are holding up OK.
1944
Patsy Hauge Campbell: Thank You!!!
Bev Starksen (Harvey) Colo: I began my 4 ½
years at Roosevelt in early 1940 staying an extra
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semester and graduating in spring of 1944. My
time there was remarkable as I served as Student
Body Secretary to Wengheck, President, in my
senior year. I married Jack Harvey in 1946 and
together we raised a family of 5 sons and 2
daughters. After 27 years of marriage I became
single and began working to support myself. I
dedicated most of my life to advocacy to families of
Gay and Lesbian children later to be know as
PALAG. I was a co-founder with three other
mothers of gay sons. Later on I became involved
with the AID crisis, offering counseling and moral
guidance to many gay men and their families. I
have now been married to Hen Colo for 21 years.
We live in a lovely home and I’m enjoying my
beautiful family of 6 with a total of 9 grandchildren
and 6 great grandchildren.
Life is nice and
gratifying as I approach my 90 th years of age. I
have traveled intensively in Europe and Egypt’s
Greece.
I’m driving my red Ford Focus to
meetings, luncheons, movies, etc. I love to dance
and have found memories of the noon dances held
daily in the Roosevelt gymnasium. I’m also an avid
fan of the Roosevelt Jazz Band led by Scott Brown.
That’s the nutshell of my life.
Lee Gray: BBA at UW; 2 years as Auditor for
USAEC; 3 years as small business partner; 25+
years as teacher/administrator; 8 years B & B in
Coupeville, WA; lazy thereafter. Now I’m living in a
Bonavensore Senior Residence. I was married for
66 years to Harriett Brawn ’45 but she died May 1,
2014.
June Hixson: enjoying retirement years; taking
art & cooking classes, meeting new friends at
Columbia Lutheran Home.
1945
Kathleen Geaghegan Fisher: I’m still traveling.
Cruised around Spain and went to Portland,
England. Great trip!!! Still live on the beach at
Diamond Point with my dog.
George U. Buck: outliving all of my mother,
father, brothers, sisters, and most of my nieces and
nephews.
1946
Don Olsen: The class of '46, ROMEOS (real old
men eating out) met on Thursday, March 10th - we
meet every month on the second Thursday at
Breighton Court in Edmonds. In attendance were:
Scott Cassill, Bob Doll, Jim Eckmann, Dick Haase,
Don Henkle, Don King, Walt Stoll, Chuck Wilson
and myself. It's our 70th Anniversary and we're
considering planning a party for all our class mates.
If you're interested in learning more about it please contact Don Olsen, 425-771-6496 or by
email [email protected].
Elisabeth Johnston Roald: by daughter Cheryl.
Mom died on April 8, 2015 at her home in
LaConner, where she had lived for the past 36
years. She was able to live at home until her
passing, enjoying her view of the channel and the
song birds that frequented her deck. She stayed
active through many different volunteer activities,
several bridge and book groups, her church and the
Shelter Bay Chorus, which she and my dad helped
to found, and which she sang with for all of the
years lived up there. She is sorely missed.
1947
Marr Mullen: As we age, more parts need repair
or replacement. I have 2 artificial shoulders & 2
knee replacements. Finally had to quit skiing last
year but I had about 80 years of fun on the slopes
so I can’t complain. Still riding my Harley but don’t
participate in long rides anymore. Still enjoy our
summer cabin in the San Juan’s with our son and
his family. Gardening & walking take up much of
our time besides all the doctor’s appointments.
Mary Kistler Bakke: live in a retirement home,
Horizon House. I work at the Monday Market a
store which supports all of our activities.
Robert “Bob” Quickstad:
passed away on
October 7, 2015 after a short illness. Roosevelt
High School experience was one of the most
important times of his life. He truly loved his time at
RHS.
1948
Barbara Sampson LeVander: I have been the
main caregiver for my husband, Phil, for the last 7
years ever since his first stroke. We are living at
the Chateau of Bothell Landing. The first people
that we met were Bud & Lynn Thelo, who were
living here at the time. Sue Emerson Gould and
Ray Gould, ’47, also live here. My husband
(Lincoln ’46) is confined to a wheel chair so our
traveling days are over, but we have great
memories of our past travels. We still have our
condo on Maui, but we haven’t been able to go
there for 7 years. We still miss the house we sold
on Whidbey Island. We were on the cliff above Ann
Nordstrom Gittinger, on Mutiny Bay. It was a treat
to see the picture of the Stoll family reunion.
Phyllis (Jean) Schneider Stewart: having happy
times with my children, grandchildren and friends
and enjoying the management and care of my big
rental 2 blocks north of the UW campus. I have
nine Asian boy tenants at the moment. Just
knowing them is an education in itself. Thank
heavens for my good health and happy beautiful
busy family, even my dog is 13 and still going
strong.
Paul Cole: Helen Anderson Senseney ‘48 and
myself have recently renewed our high school
friendship. Both of our spouses passed away a few
years ago.
Dayle Scott: Darlene and I celebrated our 65 th
wedding anniversary all year long (Oct. 5, 1950)
ending with 2 weeks at the Ka’anapali Beach Club
on Maui, Hawaii.
Sue Scherner Tillotson: I had a great River
Cruise trip on the beautiful Blue Danube in the fall
of 2015. We left from Budapest, Hungary and
ended in Prague, Czech Republic. Other activities
include Yoga Stretch and lifting Machine Weights at
the local YMCA and playing bridge. I also like to
read and knit. I have 2 daughters, 2 grandsons and
one Great Grandson, age l.
Marilyn (Lyn) Johnson Burleson: Hi! We moved
last spring from our home of 38 years to a
Retirement Community a mile away, selling our
house to the first lookers. Downsizing was tough,
but we are happy here and feel it was time.
Shirley Tyler Cherbey: Clyde and I are in good
health for our age, still in our house along with
daughter Diana, granddaughters Natalia (16) and
Alex (19). Not to mention 2 large dogs (a Husky
and a German Shepherd mix) brought home one
night by Alex from a homeless man. We also have
one cat fulltime, one cat at WAZU during school,
and four chickens – yes eggs. Somehow I don’t get
to sit very long. Our daughter Lori lives in Issaquah
with her two tall sons, ages 15 & 19. My passion is
craft work – photo cards, items for entertaining
(created by gluing cups, saucers & attaching them
together) – why? They are fun for serving food to
people and pets, as a decoration or on your desk
with pencils, etc. I make wreaths, shell mirrors and
anything else I can think of to create. I am a
member of Mercer Island Visual Arts League also
in an arboretum group. Clyde retired a Major
General and continues to be involved in Army and
Veteran support activities. He’s also very handy at
repairs and building things but as the house ages
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and we age it’s harder to keep up. His graduation
class of ’48 from Queen Ann is not active like ours.
Love to see old friends.
Marilyn Bradford Covey: 27 Teddies are living at
the Horizon House Retirement Community in
downtown Seattle next to the Convention Center.
Four of us are from the class of ’48.
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Dick Follis): by wife Lorna Follis. Dick is still at a
nursing facility in Shoreline. It’s an adult family
home with only 6 residents. The care is very good.
Going up I-5, it is less than a 10 minute trip for me
so I see him almost daily. His Dementia continues
to progress but he knows his family. He can visit
with me 10 or 15 minutes and then he has trouble
staying focused.
When possible, I have a
cabulance bring him to my place for lunch. He
seems to enjoy being here especially if our
grandchildren are around. In cleaning out some of
Dick’s boxes the other day, I came across a couple
old RHS Yearbooks….1952 and 1957. I asked him
why he had them but he couldn’t remember. I
suspect the Golden Grads keep extra copies of old
yearbooks. For me 2016 started out with a real
adventure. Friends who were taking their whole
family to Tanzania invited me to fill in for a family
member who had to cancel. Traveling in Africa was
not on my bucket list, but it proved to be an
incredible experience. I have officially joined the
ranks of the retired. I finally sold the RV Park in
Long Beach last July. So far, so good!
Lisbeth Pisk: Every day has its adventures, and
so it was last Saturday afternoon, while at a friend's
home, after baking a delicious Chocolate-Hazelnut
Cake, I wanted to be helpful by cleaning the
beaters of a vintage Kenmore mixer. Instead of
unplugging or successfully removing the individual
beaters, I pushed the high speed lever. Fingers
don't mix too well. I rushed to a nearby UW Clinic,
fainted and ended, by ambulance, in the UW ER.
Five hours and seven stitches later I was home
munching on a sliver of our cake, but missing the
dinner party completely. PS I also learned that
peroxide removes blood stains very successfully
from clothing. So there is a happy side to most
everything.
Harriet Hill Alexander: I am much better now
being able to walk well and almost driving. The
occupational therapist has made me a "gamer"
trying to speed up my reaction time. The best thing
about illness has been the renewal of old
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friendships. It was a great pleasure to have both a
get-well card and a follow-up letter from LaVerne
Rader Sugamel. On my holiday letter to Lisbeth
Pisk I mentioned the aneurysm I suffered last
September in Walla Walla.
Lisbeth, in turn,
mentioned the event to La Verne remembering how
we three had been quite close in Bryant School
days.
Incredibly, I had accompanied flautist
LaVerne on piano around the sixth grade.
Whenever I hear "Barcarolle" from TALES OF
HOFFMAN, I think of LaVerne. I thought about the
political excitement of the Roosevelt-Wendell Wilkie
campaign at that time. I wore an FDR pin and I am
sure the Raders’ were for Wilkie. What would they
think about today's campaigns?
I'm still a
Democrat.
Art Morgan: We're still in Corvallis, OR as we
have been since 1970. Our children ended up in
the same county. Loyalties get divided between
Beavers and Ducks.
I am the only Husky.
Grandchildren have ended up attending five other
places. Great-grandchildren are currently located
in Medford and Eugene. One grandson, along with
his beloved, are among the 47 crew at the South
Pole station keeping it going over their winter which
was -77 degrees (that's below zero!) today with 8
months to go. We're planning on returning to our
cabin on South Puget Sound again this summer
from Memorial Day through Labor Day. We walk 2
or 3 miles a day and go to gym 3 times a day when
we're at home. So far, so good! I'll be interested in
reading what others have to say. For the Moment!!!
La Verne Rader Sugamele: I am happy that
spring is here. I planted some seeds indoors to
give them a head start. How about you? Daughter,
Gia, sent us some photos from Japan showing
camellias and magnolias.
1950
Ted Frost: just discovered Golden Grads and the
Grapevine
Newsletter.
The
membership
application asks for information as to what the
applicant has been doing. Well, okay, here it is. In
high school I was a late to mature. Finally, I started
to mature when I got to be a senior. By the time I
entered the UW the next fall I had reached 6’4” and
180 lbs, an ideal size for the crew team. I was a
three year letterman on the UW crew with two
national championship medals. Then I spent two
years in Korea in the army. I finally escaped Korea
as the army allowed me to compete for the US
Olympic Games Team. I did this with Bob Rogers,
RHS 51, as my rowing partner in the “pair without
Cox” in the 1959 Pan American and 1960 Olympic
Games. We had a gold medal in 1959 and a 5 th in
1960. Now I’m semi retired as a CPA and small
business consultant. In the distant past I had two
books published on small business and
entrepreneurship plus a bunch of articles for a
small business magazine published by Dun &
Bradstreet. I have recently completed a ribald
comedic novel that is due to be published soon.
My wife Alice Wilson from Tacoma’s Stadium High
School ’52 and I have been married 59 years. We
live on the water on the west side of Bainbridge
Island with awesome views of sunsets over the
Olympics. One of our daughters and our son and
families also live on B.I. We have 6 grandkids, all
of whom ignore our council and advice but are
doing OK. I guess we’re kind of unusual in that we
don’t have a second home in Palm Springs, a
condo in Maui or a boat (sold it). We don’t even
take the ferry into Seattle much anymore. Actually,
I’m very lucky as Alice at 81 is still a remarkable
good looking woman, or is that my eyesight. I have
an artificial hip, an artificial knee, a pace maker,
three different pairs of eye glasses, radiation
therapy for prostate cancer, and a much watched
weak spot on my aorta. Other than that, I’m pretty
much OK. What the heck, here’s to all those kids I
briefly touched base with over the years which I’d
gotten to know better. Have a drink on me.
Cheers! GO Teddies!
Jeanne Givens Anderson: traveled from San
Francisco to NYC via the Panama Canal in
September on the Oceanic Cruise Lines. Enjoyed
summer waiting till the lake filled up so we could
resume water activities. We left on the cruise a
week before we could get out boat out on the lake.
1951
Richard “Dick” Marshall: my wife Margaret Bjorlie
Marshall chaired her class of ’52 reunion. Then
next one will be September of 2018.
Joanne Dawes Miller: Bob retired at age 54 and
then we began to travel. Now we love living in the
home we built at Lake Roesinger (when we are not
cruising). We saw the USA in our RV for 4 years,
then traveled overseas; Europe, Africa, China,
Thailand, New Zealand and Australia.
Joanne Lynch Reese: I’m a new member of
Golden Grads. I’ve been married to Bill Reese,
1950 for 63 years and we are residents of
Bainbridge Island since I graduated from the UW in
1972. We had 3 sons, but lost our oldest 11 years
ago. Our most precious son now is Benny....a King
Charles spaniel.
Harvey and Dawn Jacobsen Jarvis: have a new
addition to our family! It’s a girl! On December 26 th
an unexpected guest arrived at our family
Christmas Dinner. Our grandson Victor left a little
doggy with us while they went to Hawaii. We didn’t
know that she needed a permanent home, but a
few days later she ended up staying with us
permanently. We are so blessed to have her as a
part of our family. She is the sweetest little doggy
we have ever had! See picture below.
Bud (William) Davison: last year we sold our
home in North Seattle (Wedgewood area) and
downsized to a condo in Edmonds. We are still
recovering from the mover but love it in Edmonds.
Gordon McAllister: Last year celebrated 60th
wedding anniversary, long cruise to Norway and
just welcomed our 14th great grandchild! This year
not so much fun so far as I have been diagnosed
with early stages of Parkinson’s, and Carol has
been detected to have a slow variety of Lymphoma.
She has had one dose of chemo thus far.
1952
Marilyn Klingheil Sullivan: married 61 years and
living in Kenmore overlooking Lake Washington.
Had 3 sons, one is diseased, 2 grandchildren,
Shannon 29 & Kyle 37 and one great grandchild,
Aspin 11. We spent July and August cruising.
Jake Meyers: last summer Pat and I sailed our
36 ft sailboat to the Canadian Gulf Islands.
Charlene Blodgett Lipson: raised 3 children with
husband Barry and worked in the movie industry as
an extra. Also ran and owned my own import shop.
I worked for the schools as an Art Chairman for
many years.
Barbara Fulmer Babb: I am still volunteering at
Children’s Hospital. Also volunteer at the Seattle
Musical Theater. Love to go on long walks and
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Lake Chelan is a must 2 or 3 times a year. My
family is the best of the best!!!
Mary Helen Kelson Hamilton: passed away in
Baton Rouge, LA on 30 June 2015. She had been
hiking in Malta and Sicily with her son Bill Hamilton
and while climbing the slopes of Mt. Etna she felt
that she had pulled something in her back. She
returned home and discovered that she had
metastatic cancer. She died less than 6 weeks
after the hike on Mt. Etna.
The class of 1952 is planning to celebrate the 64 th
anniversary of our graduation from Roosevelt on
Sunday September 18th at the Nile Country Club.
Notices have been sent out to all and we are
expecting a great turnout. Sadly we have to report
the passing of yet another classmate, Mary Helen
Kelson Hamilton. Her husband Bill reported to
Golden Grads Headquarters that she passed on
June 30th 2015 in Baton Rouge, LA. They had
been hiking in Malta and Sicily and while climbing
the slopes of Mt. Etna she felt pain in her back.
When they returned home they discovered she had
metastatic cancer. She died less than six weeks
after the hike on Mt. Etna. Mary Helen was a long
time member of the Roosevelt Golden Grads.
Please send your notes for the Grapevine to Rick
Paylor at 11207 85th Ave. E. Puyallup, WA 98373
or by email at [email protected]. They can also
be sent to our headquarters at RHS Golden Grads,
P.O. Box 281, Edmonds, WA 98020-0281.
Jacquie Prescott West: I see Joan Karrer Boose
and Dale Boose who live on Whidbey Island;
Sharon Ray who lives in Ferndale, WA; and Linda
Sweeny and Dave Leisy who live in Bellevue.
Virginia Ann Porter Potter: my husband, Allen
Randall Potter, class of ’51 (LTC US Army –
Retired) was diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease,
a disease of the brain, in 2010. The doctors said
by the time one is diagnosed that they have had the
condition at least 10 years. Randy retired in May
1980. We returned from Europe to Seattle where
we had grown up attending Roosevelt HS and then
U of W. Randy then received a MBA. Prior to this,
he had been awarded a Masters in Military Arts and
Science at Command & General Staff College at
Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. (A copy of his masters
is in the Truman Library.) Randy loved to learn,
loved his Huskies and the Seahawks. He began in
a two room school house in Olympia and always
gave dedicated effort to every activity he
participated in including volunteering. He died in
Aug. 2015.
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Richard “Dick” Connell: Aline Ablitt Gorringe ‘53
and I were married in 1956 for 10 years and just
remarried last June. Our two children now in their
50’s are joining us on a cruise to celebrate the
reuniting of our family.
1953
Rowena Rosenquist Wedemeyer: I’m still singing
in the church choir, playing my flute, mentoring a
student flutist, directing the Bryant Hand Bell Choir
and mentoring a new director for the Sacajawea
Hand Bell Choir. My grandson, Zain, is playing
piano & tunest percussions in Roosevelt’s Jazz
Band and Concert Band. Grandson, Quinn, is
doing the same at Echstein.
Jon Edensword: our first grandchild, Nancy
Pritzker, got married in August, 2014. In the
summer of 2015, we visited our daughter and
family, who are living part time in Florence, Italy.
Jaqueline Moreau Hintz: In September my son,
Bill, and his wife, Barbara, from San Antonio, Texas
came to Seattle for Bill’s 30th year reunion from Law
School at the UW. Had program and dining at a
restaurant reconnecting with classmates. Saturday
the day before they left, we attended a tailgate
party near the stadium, then to the husky game
(8:30 pm). They walked 2 miles to the game from
where they parked. The huskies lost but they had a
enjoyable time during the week. No time to do
everything they wanted, so will return. I enjoyed
the time with them, sightseeing and great
restaurants. Also spending time with brothers,
Ralph, Mike, Gary and sister, Darlene.
Luann Perkins: I still attend classes chat group at
3rd Place Books.
Nancy Kracle Pinkertop: and husband, Guy ’52,
welcomed their first great grandchild, Saxon, born
last July 3rd. Of course he is the cutest and best
little boy ever.
Lael McCrae Brooks: would like to brag
about my granddaughter Whitney who will be
graduating as a doctor of pharmacy in May.
She has already gone on 3 missions with a
medical team and I’m sure there will be more.
I’m very proud as you can imagine. Wishing
everyone a happy Easter and a glorious spring!
Ken McGhee: working with retiring military in
career transition.
1954
Richard A. Boyce: still enjoying good health and
playing tennis. Last year we enjoyed Indian Wells.
Roger Metz: proud to live in the home of the
Kansas City Royals 2015 World Series Champions!
Curt Rosler: with wife Myrna ’55, we are active
seniors who live at Panorama Retirement
Community. I’m active with the Olympia Branch of
the Mountaineers and involved in numerous
volunteer activities.
Myrna is also busy with
volunteer activities. We will celebrate our 60 th
anniversary in May 2016.
Judith Sahlberg Evans: In retirement on Orcas
Island where I have a large garden. I’m a member
of the Arts and Science Board at the UW. While in
Bellevue I was a founder of the Bellevue Botanical
Gardens. I’m still active in Seattle Opera support
group. I have lived on Orcas 27 years.
Colin Hermans: taught Biology at Sonoma State,
retired in 1998 and then moved to San Juan Island.
My wife, Mary, died in 2007. We have 2 grown
children and 2 granddaughters. Currently I’m home
schooling myself and managing a heritage and a
turkey sanctuary for foxes. My friend, Freddy Mills
had a very successful career as a teacher, coach,
and in business. He performed miracles building
careers, teams and business. He died of cancer in
Stockton, CA in 2004.
The following from Class Secretary Arthur Buerk:
After missing the 60-year deadline for a class
reunion, the class of 1954 came roaring back with
an exciting and wonderful get-together at the
Washington Athletic Club, co-chaired by Choo
Nisbet and Artie Buerk. Although the get-together
was rather impromptu, the Roosevelt High School
Foundation provided the mailing list, the WAC the
food, and Choo Nisbet, with his leadership of the
101 Club, provided the beverages. Everyone had
an incredibly great time and vowed never to get our
reunions out of sequence again. In fact, the
general feeling was we should do it every 5 years
so we don’t lose track of each other.
Going around from table to table, let’s see who
was pictured as some may have been missed.
Marli and John Iverson were there. Unfortunately,
some bad news relative to John, he passed away
while snorkeling while he and Marli were on a
cruise through the Panama Canal into the
Caribbean. Further updates will follow. At the
same table were newlyweds Beverly Maxwell and
John Bisset. They apparently are on a long-term
honeymoon, traveling all over the world, recently in
Italy. Chuck Alm, who was at the same table,
reports that no one hears from John anymore since
he has been married. Chuck is very busy in the
Coachella Valley, where he lives in Indian Wells,
working as a volunteer teacher in a local grade
school, as well as a counselor in a regional prison.
At a nearby table, our two tall timbers from the
Roosevelt basketball team, Bruce Attebery and
Bruce Kennedy were enjoying telling war stories
from their basketball past, which came very close to
a state tournament and probably first or second
place in the state as they had beaten both of the
top two teams in regular league play. At the same
time, Bill McFadden arrived wearing a Scottish kilt
outfit as he had just come up from a Highland
Games event and did not have a chance to change
clothes, so he won the wildest costume at the
reunion award. The Buerk’s were joined with Choo
and Marie Nisbet along with Duane Olson and
Anne Nordstrom Gittinger. Choo is in the process
of retiring from the WAC 101 Club that he’s been
running for the past couple of decades, doing an
outstanding job on this group of amateur athletic
supporters that formed back in the late 1930s and
has continued successfully ever since.
Anne
Gittinger just walked over from her condominium at
Pike Place Market. She is also busy in the Indian
Wells area, holding a major event for Washington
football coach Chris Peterson and the president of
the University, Ana Mari Cauce, at her home on
March 16. She also spends a great deal of time in
an organization that is nationwide, training dogs to
work with people like veterans suffering from
debilitating war diseases. In fact, she has been
president of the organization for several years and
has now stepped down but still finds it her most
active charity. She lost her husband, Wayne, two
years ago now and misses him greatly. Down from
Bellingham, where he runs his own engineering
firm, Ron Jepson and his charming wife Shelley,
were enjoying the company of Clay Hanson and his
wife Marilyn, and Ina Marbourg, as well as Sally
Sourwine Davis.
It’s always fun to see somebody that you go all
the way back to the third grade at Mapleleaf grade
school. Larry Burr and his wife Jo were greatly
enjoying the company of Sylvia Swanson Callies
and also Warren Dawes. Larry spent his career as
an engineer, doing projects all over the world—
some that were done secretly on behalf of the CIA
in remote locations.
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At another table, we had another member of the
University of Washington 1958 crew mafia, Roger
MacDonald and his wife Barbara.
The 1958
University of Washington crew that went to Russia
was dominated by Roosevelt grads: Alm,
Gellermann, Bisset, Holmstrom, and John
Nordstrom. Naturally, Roger had to sit next to the
all-American crew guru and manager, Dick Evans,
who is married to Judy Sahlberg. Also at the table
were Kathy Gillanders Thorsen, Bob Maizels, and
Sharon and Jim Nutting. At the same table sat Pat
and Mike Clemente, along with Doug Howard and
Carol and Bud Hoppler. Art and Linda Pederson
completed the group. They have recently sold their
home in the Palm Desert area and hopefully will
rent in the future so we all have a chance to see
them at the Teds in the Desert get-together. The
Evans came down from their home in the San
Juan’s to enjoy the reunion.
Other tables included Dick and Beverly James,
looking very healthy, and Bob Karrer and his lovely
wife, and classmates Ellie DeTurk Karrer, Warren
Dawes, Noel Bundy, and Emory Bundy. Thanks to
Warren for taking all of the pictures—which he was
doing to show Curt Rosler, who missed the reunion
to have heart surgery. Warren reports that Curt
was home again and is doing very well, and looking
great. Already mentioned Ross Holmstrom came
all the way from Boston/Cambridge with his
charming wife Lynda Lytle. Ross was also looking
very fit. Classmates who enjoyed conversations
with them include Carl Tenning, Jim Reibman, and
Roger and Marlene Winter. Nearby were Barbara
Bye Goesling and Roger Martinsen, who recently
moved from the Desert area to Oceanside, near
San Diego. Barbara Bye lives in the Washington
Park Tower and every two days happens to be on
the same elevator with your class secretary.
Barbara, at the last meeting, was planning an
intimate birthday party with some very close friends
celebrating her you-know-what birthday with a zero
on the end of it.
Earlier mentioned was Lou Gellermann because
of his crew affiliation, but in the University of
Washington, Department of Communications Hall
of Fame, Class of 2013, Lou was inducted as the
great multi-decade football game day voice from
the press box. The famous cry of “Hello, Dawg
Fans!”, were cried out game-after-game. Lou spent
the better part of his life at the UW. Long before his
40-year stint as the P.A. announcer for Husky
Stadium, he was a member of the men’s rowing
team as well as the men’s swim team. He began
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his announcing career in 1964 and in 1985, took
over the external public address job, and retired in
2008. Lou has not been in the best of health in
recent years and friends are welcomed to visit him.
Another of our Communications Department Hall
of Fame members, class of 2011, was Shelby
Collard Gilje, who worked for more than 30 years
as a writer, editor and columnist for The Seattle
Times. She had a variety of topics, including
abortion reform, federal and county courts, features
and general assignments. She also served as a
reporter and editor for The Sun, the Anchorage
Daily News, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer and the
West Seattle News.
While employed as a
journalist, she moved The Seattle Times’
“Troubleshooter” column from a question-andanswer format about streetlights and potholes to a
column noted for advocacy, price surveys and
issues of Medicare.
Last, but not least, our
classmate Frank Garred, publisher of the
community newspaper in Port Townsend, was
honored in the Hall of Fame Class of 2007 by the
University of
Washington,
Department
of
Communications. This is a fabulous threesome
and it’s hard to believe that any one school at the
University could have had such an impact by
Roosevelt High classmates. Frank owned and
operated the Port Townsend Leader on the
Olympic Peninsula for several years. He was also
president of the Port Townsend Chamber of
Commerce,
president
of
the Washington
Newspaper Publishers Association, president of the
International Society of Weekly Newspaper Editors,
president of the National Newspaper Association
and a member, representing the National
Newspaper Association, of the Accrediting Council
for
Education
in
Journalism
and
Mass
Communications. He was a founding director of
Washington Coalition for Open Government, was a
two-term governor-appointee to the state Sunshine
Committee, and taught Journalism courses at
Western Washington University and Peninsula
College. Frank reported that all was good on the
Peninsula and he was recovering from a knee
replacement surgery, which kept him from
attending the reunion. He is off to Kauai for further
“recovery.”
I would like to see the bonfire
continuing to be blaring for the class of ’54.
On March 10, seventy-five Roosevelt alums
attended the “Teds in the Desert” cocktail party at
the Buerks in Indian Wells. Included in the group
were Choo and Marie Nisbet, Christy and Chuck
Alm, and Gail and Tony Hines. This is the fourth
annual meeting, and the fifth will be had roughly the
same time next year with the hope of exceeding the
century mark. It is a raucous, happy-go-lucky event
that you are all invited to attend as an escape from
the gloomy, rainy, miserable weather that takes
place in the northwest or the northern tier of the
United States. We would love to have everyone
plan their calendars around the event. We also
look forward to putting on a 65 th reunion so we can
all keep track of each other as we move along in
our healthy, happy lives. Please send any notes or
thoughts that you have about your doings or any
other classmates that you happen to correspond or
keep track of. It’s much more fun to do notes if you
have input rather than having to track down
information. Enjoy your summer and the rest of
2016!
1955
Fritzie Gerwig Gibbon: traveling when I can. I
help with friends who are unwell, and also taking
Pilates and yoga, plus busy busy stuff.
Frank Mathews:
keep busy motor homing,
traveling, hunting, fishing, and my classic cars.
Donald Miller: I am working on it (information for
the Grapevine)! That’s my resolution #3!
1956
Diane Minkler Edison:
Our grandchildren
continue to be a wonderful blessing to our lives.
Our oldest is in grad school at UCLA. Our Belgian
grandson is in grad school in Toulouse, France.
The others are younger and are active kids,
enriching our lives. We have been camping some
and enjoyed time on both San Juan Island and
Orcas Island this summer. We are so lucky in
Washington State with such fantastic natural
features to enjoy. In May we travelled to Belgium
to visit our son’s family there. We spent time with
them in Brussels and then went with them to
Avignon in France. Then Larry and I went on to
London and Scotland. Our church group met in
Glasgow and went to the island of Iona together.
That experience was very meaningful and
enriching. We finished our trip in Edinburgh and
loved that city. We enjoyed lots of scotch in the
distilleries and pubs! Just saw Morrie Shore, class
of ’56, at our college reunion in Walla Walla. It is
nice to connect with other classmates.
Lorraine Hitt Carter: I had a wonderful holiday
trip of an eighteen day cruise. My son’s were both
very supportive of my being gone over both
Christmas and New Years. With a friend from
Church we flew to San Diego, CA and boarded the
Amsterdam of the Holland American lines. Our
three ports in Mexico were:
Puerto Vallarta,
Huatalgo and Puerto Chiapas. Had a great hour
plus swim in the Pacific at Huatalgo. Next three
stops were: Puerto Quetzel, Guatemala; Corinto,
Nicaragua; and Puerto Calera, Costa Rica. We
took a bus to town and the local market in Puerto
Chiapas as this was Christmas Eve and everyone
was getting ready for their big evening.
On
Christmas day we took a tour to Antuqua the capitol
of Guatemala. In Corinto we hired a bicycle taxi for
1 ½ hours to tour the city and see the locals and
how they lived. Stopped for beers (2 beer & 1 coke
- $4.00), a great bargin. On Dec. 29th we entered
the Panama Canal for a daylight crossing which
took over 10 hours. The locks are similar to our
Government Locks in Ballard except they have two
sets together and one going up and 3 sets together
going down. We then spent a day in Oranjestad,
Aruba, followed by a day in Willemstad, Curacao.
With 4 other ship friends we took a 4 hour taxi tour
of the Island seeing beautiful beaches, local people
and their homes, their National Park and the
expensive homes and resorts. A wonderful day!
Our last stop was to be at Half Moon Cay, an island
owned by Holland America, but the weather did not
comply. You have to tender in and the water was
too rough and the Caption decided it was not safe
so we headed on to Fort Lauderdale, FL our ending
port. We flew home via LA International with a 3
plus hour overlay plus another 3 plus hours waiting
for the plane to arrive from Las Vegas. That was
the day of a big storm in Las Vegas and the planes
were not leaving there until the storm moved on.
Thanks goodness for a sister living by Sea-Tac as
we had to stay overnight. It was too late for the
ferry to Whidbey.
1957
Darrell L. Monda: recently elected to the Board of
Directors of the Art Docents of Los Gatos. I was
instrumental with the merger of the Los Gatos
Community Foundation and the Los Gatos
Chamber of Commerce. Recently I celebrated my
birthday with the former Mrs. Menda. My two
daughters, Kristen and Keri, and my significant
partner spent time in Saratoga hostel owned by my
long time friend and mentor. Life is good!
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Michael O’Byrne: inducted into the UW HRJTC
Hall of Fame this year.
James W. Groake: I still see individual patients
privately as well as couples. Also do court work on
custody issues and fitness for trials.
Carolyn Wilk Steuer: in summer of 2015 I took a
20 day Baltic cruise, traveling with Travel with Alan
from Edmonds, WA. After the cruise I drove from
Washington to Montana to visit my sister, Norma
Wilk Rolle ’61, and then south to Arizona to visit my
son and family in Phoenix. Then drove back to
Washington via the Cascade Mountains of CA &
OR to Orcas Island where my brother stores my
car.
Susan Lewis Ziemba: we live on a forested hill
about 15 miles south of Port Orchard, where we’ve
cleared about 2 acres for the house, orchard and
garden. We don’t get to Seattle very often but
enjoy hearing about classmates via the Grapevine.
We have remained very active by taking walks
through the forest nearly every day. I do a lot of
reading and take online classes for the joy of
learning and out of idle curiosity. Frank ’58, who is
less interested in keeping up with RHS and his
class, enjoys working in the garden and keeping
our 20 acres of forest well tended, as well as
hunting or fishing around the Olympic Peninsula
with his dog.
Ron Sloy: Currently in Asia for three weeks on
business calling on companies I consult with.
Visiting Seoul, Korea; Tokyo, Nagoya & Hiroshima
Japan; Hong Kong; Bangkok, Thailand; Singapore;
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and Manila in the
Philippines. I should have retired years ago but
enjoy what I do and think it helps to keep what's left
of my mind fairly sharp. It's a great gig I get to give
business advice and hopefully some of it's even
helpful. On my return home I'm stopping off in
Maui meeting my wife Evie (Class of 58) for golf,
and relaxation with dear friends. My oldest son
Ron Jr. has joined the Madison Club in Palm
Desert and that gave me an instant membership,
very nice. The golf course is pretty difficult but an
incredibly beautiful setting, lots of high profile folks
are members such as Arnold Palmer, Phil
Mickelson and the Seahawks nemesis Tom Brady,
but there all very nice people. Our home will be
completed by December designed with two master
bedrooms one at each end for extra privacy, nice to
see the kids watching out for the parents. Life is
good for this senior citizen and his bride of 57yrs.
Donald Pittenger: and Nancy Walters Pittemger
‘58 lunched at Ivar’s Salmon House in January with
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Dick Nostrand ‘57 and his wife Susan who were
visiting Seattle from Norman, OK. In March, we
attended the Indian Wells meet-up for Teddies
hosted by Artie and Sue Buerk. Brad Edwards and
Karen Koon were the other ‘57s there. Besides
spending five weeks in California and Arizona in
February-March, we made a brief visit to Victoria in
the fall and spent a week in Las Vegas in January.
Otherwise, Nancy continues her tennis, gardening,
and piano lessons while I keep content flowing for
my art and car styling blogs on the Internet. Here
we still are in the Palm Springs area, but about
ready to pull up stakes Monday to work our way
north.
Becky Sisley:
On March 19th, I had the
opportunity to celebrate my UW and Oregon
loyalties. The coordinated a luncheon with 8 UW
classmates at The Ram restaurant in University
Village. Then I was able to get myself and three
other UW grads on the Oregon gate list to watch #7
Oregon play #8 Washington at the Husky Softball
Stadium. While in Seattle for the Pac-12 opening
series I was able to visit many of my relatives. On
return to Eugene I participated in activities tied to
the opening or the new Jane Sanders Stadium for
Duck softball. I threw out the first pitch on March
26th. I was responsible for raising over $700,000
for the softball field through a matching grant
campaign coordinated by the Duck Athletic Fund.
The Team Room and Duck Locker Room are
named in my honor.
Corinne Dignon Hill - an April visit to the Outer
Banks and the coast of the Carolinas. Wonder how
it compares with our fabulous Washington/Oregon
coast? Also, looking forward to visiting Diane Linde
Fray in Greenville, South Carolina, where she and
her husband have just retired after serving 50 years
as missionaries in Brazil.
1958
Rick May: retired from acting/directing. Most
recently toured as TR in “Bully – An Adventure with
Teddy Roosevelt”. I’m still active in all kinds of
performing enterprises. I’ve been one of the
regular cast members of Jim French's Imagination
Theatre broadcast on KIXI-AM. Since 2007 I’ve
been one of the voices in the popular video game,
Team Fortress II (as the Soldier), along with many
other video game voiceovers and now teaches
Voiceover acting and Accents and Dialects classes
for the Classes and Workshops Company. For
many years I was the artistic director at Renton
Civic Theatre.
1959
Chris R. LeSourd:
Just an update on our
personal information.
Ruth and I moved to
Anacortes about 2 years ago. Finally found what
we hope is our final house. This is a great change
from the Seattle area. We love it here. We travel
to the Seattle area about once a week to see
children and grandchildren. The traffic there now
freaks us out! I see you are in LaConner which
makes us neighbors. I might try to make the
Golden Grads luncheon next spring. Do we have
an updated email list of all of our class and is it
possible to get one? I would like to contact some of
them to see if they can come to the luncheon. I can
be reached at: LeSourd Associates, 15599 Yokeko
Drive, Anacortes, WA 98221, T. 360-588-4003,
Email: [email protected], and Website:
http://expert.expertpages.com/hospitalityexperts
Lynn Edwards Miller: August 2015 had good
visits from my brother Carl and my sister Jan and
their spouses. In June 2016 I expect to retire (for
good this time) from Edmonds School District
where I worked as a para-educator substitute the
last several years.
Dave Tregoning: summer 2015 my wife, Joan,
and I cruised on our boat from Olympia to the San
Juan Islands and points in between. Spent 4 days
at the Chris Craft Rendezvous at Port Orchard
where we met 2 Roosevelt grads, classes of ’59
and ’60. It sure is nice being retired.
Bob Jensen: María and I spent five months last
summer, serving as custodial parents for three of
our grandchildren, ages: seven, nine, and 11. It
was challenging and rewarding. We thank God for
granting us the fortitude to fulfill our task. There
were several times we were ready to throw in the
towel. However, happily, the children have all
returned successfully to their mom, our daughter,
and her partner.
We are blessed to have
developed a close and strong relationship with
these kids. We rarely saw them from birth to last
year, due primarily to the fact we were serving in
Ecuador as missionaries a large amount of time
between 2005 and 2014. When we last returned to
the United States, they were living with their father,
on the Chehalis Indian Reservation. Blessings to
you all.
1960
Edythe McKellips Nelsen: Thank you for the
great job! Your generous time and effort is really
appreciated. RHS is the best!
Helen Houk Fowler: in July my husband Bill and I
took the Alaska Ferry to Homer, AK and returned to
Seattle by motorcycle. In October we had a golf
vacation in Spain & Portugal, playing 10 courses.
The rest of our time is spent keeping up with kids
and grandkids. Our 8th grandchild, Henry was born
this February.
1963
Judy Libby Burns: I’m still working as a hair
stylist and professional photographer because I
love it. We travel to various parts of the world once
a year, taking photos & freelancing for Getty
Images. Just made a 40 years dream come true by
buying a foreclosed home on the Skykomish River,
then spent the next 10 weeks gutting and
completing a beautiful home for our 70 th birthday
celebrations. We love spending time with the
grandkids and parrot.
Sally Kinsman: Moved mom out of her home of
65 years into Merrill Gardens by U Village. She’s
been there almost 2 years and will be 96 in
November 2015. It’s been nice helping her after all
the years she helped me! Sure do miss the house
mom and dad built in 1950 in Sand Point Country
Club.
Barry Birch: riding horses twice a week, learning
dressage (pattern work), maintaining two old
Thunderbirds, and gardening.
Ron Jones: after graduation I went to the UW
and earned a BA in 1977 and to SJSU earned a
MA in 1977 (POL5). I have 35 years experience in
Human Resources in the public and private sector.
Over the years I have lived in various parts of the
country including: OR, CA, MT and Washington
DC. Since turning 40 have run 9 marathons and
climbed Mt. Rainier. Currently I’m an Adjunct
Instructor (Political Science History) for 2 colleges.
I’m a great Husky fan and have season football
tickets. I enjoy life with my wife and 16 year old
stepdaugthter, 2 dogs, and 3 cats. We like to travel
including our annual trip to Palm Desert.
Sue Johnson Harper: rowing competitively with
the Greenlake Rowing Club; snowshoeing; hiking;
and working as spiritual director, life coach,
leadership development coach/mentor.
Love
spending time with my 3 kids and their families and
my 3 grandkids. I enjoy traveling with friends;
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spending time with friends & family; involved with
the emerging Church and young congregations,
and having adventures.
David Normile: Sharman and I were married
Sept. 5, 2015. She is a Ballard Beaver.
Jo (Johari) Hemenway Vos: started a business
and enjoy hanging out with kids and grandkids.
Also enjoy lots of traveling.
Cris Cross Mudd: I still work full time at the WSU
College of Pharmacy here at the Spokane campus.
I don't need to work but enjoy the people and
students and sense of accomplishment.
My
husband works in the Finance Department of the
new WSU Medical School. He is not ready to
retire. So my days are full. Hope all is well with
you and wish I had more time to come over to
Seattle!
year half of us have hit the Big 7-0 and the other
half is still dreading it. Could be worse, though,
huh? The San Diegans in our class had a fall '15
lunch put together by Sarah Wiley and Don Strom.
I hear we had 7 in attendance with designs on a
few more the next time around. Keep us posted.
In the last few months I heard from Bill Stolz who is
hanging out in north Idaho. Little known fact is that
Bill was the wheel-man in the famous Steal-theBallard-Beaver caper in early March, 1964. That
'55 Chevy was haulin' from Ballard to Roosevelt, so
I'm...er...um...told. This year our class volunteered
to sponsor an academic scholarship and raised
$1,000 toward that end. The award will take place
at the Golden Grad's luncheon on June 1. I hope
we have many entries from other classmates.
1965
Barbara Almvig Kirk: picture above is lunch in the
desert with Barbara Almvig Kirk, Dee Craigen
Hanich, Margaret Richards Russell and Eden Elliott
Waggoner.
Anne Chichester Temple: Good for the Class of
'63! Our numbers keep growing. I hope many of
us will get to see each other at the June 1st
"Golden Grad Luncheon" and later in September at
the yearly mini-reunion at Scott's Bar and Grill. I
look forward to being with you!!!!!!!
Carol Musselman Stevens:
presently I’m a
Executive Secretary with the Boeing Company. In
prior years I was an Executive Secretary for three
major banks in Seattle. We raised a daughter and
son and have six grandchildren. We vacation with
road trips and wine tastings, ATV riding and skiing.
1964
Valerie Pfleiderer Peterson: we live on Whidbey
Island enjoying beach walks, crabbing and
entertaining family and friends. We have kids camp
for our four grandchildren each summer; hiking,
bike riding and crafts. A busy week! We enjoy
traveling. Our daughter teaches at RHS and our
grandchildren will be attending in a few years.
Class report from Rick Keating, Sec.: Well, this
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Kathy Zandee Whitwam: I’ve been on the ’65
Reunion Committee since it started and have
enjoyed every moment of it. It was especially fun
this year planning our 50th reunion. I look forward
to many more fun get together’s with our class and
meeting people from other classes.
David McFeron: after high school, I went to
Central Washington State College for 1 year. Then
I joined the US Navy for 3 ½ years as a SeaBee.
(Remember the force and effect of the draft?) I
returned to college and graduated from the UW in
1974. After 30 + years in Ballard and after our 3
kids moved out we bought some property in South
Skagit County and built a house. We stayed there
until family pressure - 3 weddings, 5 grandchildren
and an aging mother (now 90+) persuaded us to
move closer. Now we see family more often and
baby sit a lot.
1966
George Liu: has volunteered to be the Golden
Grad 1966 Class Secretary and he is looking
forward to your sending him news about the Class
of 66 for the Grapevine. [email protected]
206-320-1136
Carol Smith Solle: Reports that the Class of 1966
will have their 50th Reunion on September 17 th at
the Sand Point Country Club. Contact person for
the reunion is Reunions With Class: Kirsten
Richardson [email protected] (425)
644-1044
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