Thank
you
To
the Walt Whitman High School Wildcats
- Mr. Jim Polansky,
Assistant
Superintendent for Personnel & District
Services, South
Huntington
Union Free School
District
- Dr.
Scott Muller,
Interim Assistant Principal of Walt
Whitman High
School
- Noelle, Samantha
& Matt, our three student
representatives
Sincerely,
The
Class of 1970
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Thank
you to our Volunteers and our Classmates'
Guests
Nicole
Lustberg, Sheila Berezuk and Doug Murphy (Class
of 1971) for managing the reception table and
greeting all of our Classmates.
And thank
you to the spouses and guests that accompanied
Classmates Saturday evening. All of you were
very good sports.
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Thank you Bobby
Barbera for personally -- and very
generously -- contributing to the band and the
Marriott staff to keep the party going on into
the night.
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Thank
you Doug Edwards for the pictures and Dave
Hirsch for the flowers.
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Thank
you to all of our
Classmates
The past eight months,
as we repeatedly combed through the yearbook,
some of us looked at the photos as adults
looking at children. And we hoped that all of
you were healthy and well. . . . .
We wanted to
thank all of you
for making this Reunion so much fun; from the
tour of our school Friday afternoon, through the
dinner dance on Saturday, and sharing breakfast
with you on Sunday morning. Many of you traveled
a considerable distance to join us. Many
Classmates said this was . . . . "the happiest
reunion that we have ever attended."
We
are considering some options for posting
everyone's Class Reunion photos. We will
give you an update soon.
Our warmest best
wishes,
Terry, Laura, Janet, Charie, Richard, Gary, and John
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2015 Reunion
Our
2010 reunion gathered together more than 150
very exuberant and very happy Classmates.
So many have requested that we have the next
reunion in five years.
Save the date and,
if you are so inclined . . . save your name
badges please.
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Classmates' Letters
"To
the Class of 1970.
Have a wonderful reunion. I
look forward to seeing each of you at your
50th!
Sincerely,
Larry Debel" [Varsity Gymnastics Coach]
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"I
would like to express my gratitude to all of you
who devoted so much of your time and energy to
making our class reunion such an enjoyable and
memorable experience for everyone. I haven't had
so much fun for a
long time. Three days of partying and I am so
tired (really wiped out) but I am feeling so
great..I regressed back to a time when life was
so different, harder in many ways, but endearing
to me, and formative to my adult life..Although
we all have some regrets about our youth,
how we would have done SOMETHING different, I
don't think I would want to change too much..I'm
happy in my own skin, happy to have had you all
around me during those years, because without
all of you, I would not be who I am ..You are
all an important part of my past and I will
always hold you all close to my heart..Thank you
again..Bravo for a job well done..And best of
luck to you..See you at the next
reunion....Warmest regards, Pat Brzustoski
Goldschrafe"
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"Terry,
I
want to thank you and all those who worked so
hard to make the class reunion a great success.
I had the time of my life as I'm sure everyone
else did.
You are still the sweet
girl I met from my first days in Oakwood. The
fun memories with our friends from those
days will never fade ! Give my
regards to Eddie. Love you
always, Anthony [Guerriero]"
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"To
all -
I just wanted to say thanks to all of you that
worked so hard to make our 40th
reunion a success. I had a wonderful time
(although I messed up on the start time and came
after 8:00pm instead of 7:00pm - I'm still
flakey at 58). You are all terrific and I
know you spent many hours so we all could get
together for a really great weekend. I
regret that I did not get to say hi to Laurie
Carino Saturday night (how did I miss you
Laurie???) I am sure there were others that I
did not have time to speak with as well (like
Kevin Burke) - but that just shows what a
great turnout it was. I took some pictures
which I will upload as soon as I can and share
with all. Hope we do it again - and if you
need additional help - call on me.
Thanks again!!!! Love to all of you - Karen (Moscow) Chrin"
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"Janet,
What a great time had by all.My congratulations
to the hard work you, Theresa, Laura ,Charie,
Richard and Alan did . I saw John Devine the
next day and he was excited to see the poster,
pics that were in box. He wants to see other
photos from everyone, his e-mail
is
thedevineone@hotmail.com
Please let people know about this. I e/mailed
Theresa also..Hopefully he gets a lot
e/mailed to him. I will plan to see him in few
weeks. Thank you, Gary"
[Please note: Gary Berezuk actively participated in the planning of the Reunion, and put together that fabulous music for the dinner
dance Saturday evening].
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"Dear
Janet and Laura,
You
are the BEST. On behalf of myself and the whole
Class of 1970, thank you for all of your hard
work and for making this fabulous reunion so
wonderful. xoxo Kevin Burke"
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Please
note:
several letters were sent to Terry Coschignano-Collins, who is
admittedly weak with all things computer. If you would like us to post your letter, please resend
to WaltWhitmanClassReunion@Gmail.com
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If
you have photos, the best way for us to manage
them is for you to put them into an online photo
album (Please note:
it takes no time to put a link/log on/password
in the newsletter for countless
online photo
albums.
Seven
minutes to put one
photo into the newsletter. . . . and 15 minutes
to post one photo to
the website).
Darcy
Parriott Phillips' husband Todd did an excellent
job of capturing our three day weekend with
photos. Please go to:
Darcy's photos
Log on with WaltWhitmanClassReunion@gmail.com
and Password Wildcats.
Karen
Moscow Chrin also has a photo album:
Karen's photos
(if needed, same log on and same case sensitive
password). Please remember to log
off.
Laura Carino-Schroff same
log on and password (if needed), please remember
to log off
Crystal Paskiewicz
Photographers 1490
William Floyd Pkwy, Suite 107, Shirley NY, 11967
(contact via Russell
Pratt)
same log on and password (if needed),
please remember to log off
For the
photos, below, we made every effort to label
photos properly and spell names correctly.
Our
apologies if there are any
errors.
Jo Ann McQuair, Sharon McNamara, Cheryl
McKie
Kevin
Burke, Terry Coschignano & Laura
Carino
Ken Heinrich and Keith
Steinberg
Alan Bender,
Paul Rottmann, Sharon McNamara, Keith Steinberg,
Monica Chernin, Hal Austin,
Mark Ferris,
Laurie Carino, Jackie Burnet, Deanna
Monaco
Darcy
Parriott and Loretta
Williams
Kevin Burke,
Charie Pratt, Cheryl McKie, Monica Chernin,
Laurie Carino, Darcy Parriott,
Hal Austen,
Jo Ann
McQuair and Sharon
McNamara
Richie
Moore
Maureen
Petry, Robert Barbera & Jack
Brunet
Anthony Guerriero and
Cheryl McKie
Karen
Honadel and Celeste
Piano
Darcy,
Hope Falkenberg, Laura, Barbera Groner,
Monica Chernin & Kathy
Harrison
Laura,
Gail Sipala, Evelyn Hayes,
Charie & Hope
Falkenberg
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Terry
Coschignano, Laura Carino & Janet
Burgdorf
Vita
DiStefano and Pete Vavoules
Christine
Meyer and Diane Galatro
Mr.
and Mrs. Arthur Cox
Barbara
Groner, Mark Ellis, and Charie
Pratt
Darcy
Parriott and Bob
Longinetti
Ken
Henrich and Karen
Gehnrich
Laura
Carino and Charie
Pratt
Cheryl
Mc Kie, Darcy Parriott and Bob
Longinetti
Janet
Burgdorf, Linda Jackson & Chris
Meyer
Paul
Rottmann, John Stack
and Hope
Falkenberg
Joan
Wentzel, Celeste Piano, Howie Applebaum, Hal
Austin, Anthony Guerriero,
Karen
Gehnrich Ken Heinrich and Amy
Berk
Desty
Wieland and Keith Steinberg
Carol
Janis-Cuomo and Kathy Osso-Smalden
Celeste
Piano, Alan Bender, Ken Heinrich, Desty, Monica
Chernin,
Peggy
Pinto and Marsha
Findlay
Photo by Crystal Paskiewicz Photographers (631)399-1859
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Please keep us
apprised of any changes in your address, email
and phone number by contacting
Laura
Carino-Schroff
And please forward
this newsletter and website information
to other Classmates and former Teachers
with whom we may not have
contact
www.WaltWhitmanClassReunion.com
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