JANUARY
ISSUE OF UAAA NEWSLETTER, TRADITIONS, AVAILABLE!
Did
you receive the January 2012 issue of
Traditions in your email today?
If not, it may mean that we don't have
an updated email address on file for you
at Bearalums.com. Please
visit the Class of 1969 page of Bearalums.com
and if we need to add or change your email
address, please email
me.
Nancy
Ivers Ferguson writes: In November I was
fortunate to be re-elected Mayor of New Albany
for a third term, which began January 1, 2012.
I feel very honored to be a part of New Albany's
growth as it has moved from village to city
status.
Through the years we have received some of our
best ideas and advice from the Council, staff
and residents of Upper Arlington. Several of
our Council members grew up in UA and several
of our staff members have worked for Upper Arlington
earlier in their careers. The wonderful quality
of life in Upper Arlington continues to inspire
us, and we remain very grateful for the assistance
UA has given us.
Happily,
I visit Upper Arlington several times a week
to visit my mother and sister who both reside
there. A few days ago, my son also purchased
a home in Upper Arlington and will be moving
there from his current home in Austin, Texas
in February.
CONGRATULATOINS,
Nancy!
KAREN
LUDWIG KENNEDY
We
learned sad news today.Karen
Ludwig Kennedy's
nephew, Brendan Ludwig (the son
of Karen's borther John (UAHS 1972) passed
away of natural causes on January 18.
He was 30 years old. As you can imagnie,
this is a terribly sad time for Karen;
you
can email Karen here.
UAAA
HAS NEW FACEBOOK PAGE
We
hope that ALL our alums will join us on
the new UAAA
Facebook page. If you already have
a Facebook account, please visit this
page, like it, and recommend it to all
your UA alumni friends! We hope to be
able to use this Facebook tool as a way
to send out periodic quickie messages
about upcoming events or news. See our
Facebook page here.
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we can enjoy and benefit from the bond
of being UA alums.
From
the September 27, 2011 "Dispatch"
(article by Denise Trowbridge:
Cream
puffs. German beer. Bahama Mamas.
It
has to be Schmidts Restaurant und Sausage
Haus, the German Village dining spot that is
the heart of the Schmidt family business, which
is celebrating its 125th anniversary this year.
The family business began as a meat-packing
company in 1886 but has grown into a restaurant,
now 44 years old. The restaurant serves 25,000
people each month, sells more than 14,000 cream
puffs at more than 50 festivals every summer,
caters hundreds of events each year and sells
sausages in stores nationwide.
Schmidts
has been featured on the Travel Channels
Man vs. Food and the Food Networks Best
of Ohio. But Schmidts is the restaurant
that almost wasnt. In 1966, the 81-year-old
J. Fred Schmidt Meat Packing House went out
of business.
George
Schmidt, Freds grandson, planned to move
to Florida to open a travel agency. I
had to feed my family, he said. The Ohio
State Fair changed his mind. Schmidts
had been a food vendor at the fair since 1914,
a tradition he continued even in uncertain times.
Sales
were brisk, so he decided to open a deli in
1967 in the packing houses old livery
stable at the corner of Kossuth Street and Pearl
Alley one of the few pieces of real estate
that wasnt liquidated when the business
closed. He was sure the deli would be profitable.
At
the time, Ohio Bell had their headquarters right
around the corner, and even before the doors
opened, (workers) were coming by and asking
when we were going to open, Schmidt said.
Schmidts
was a little more modest then, serving mostly
sandwiches. But the menu quickly expanded to
include the German home-cooked specialties the
restaurant is known for today.
Most
of the recipes came from the German women who
worked as cooks in the restaurant. Betty Tressult
contributed the recipe for Schmidts now-famous
cream puff.
Thank
you to Bill
Riesenberger, who sent in three photos of
our clasmates from their Tremont School days.
If anyone would like to try to identify the children
in these pictures, please
send me your suggestions! Just let me know
which photo you're referring to; they are labeled
by grade and teacher. Thank you!
3RD
GRADE: MISS WATSON
Row
1: Miss Watson,
Steve Burt, Craig Heckman, Bob Bowen, Steve
Pickett, Karin Shafer, ___, Diane Frick,
Sue Bice Row 2: ___, Bill Reisenberger, ___,
Pam Sohl, ___, Gretchen Bass, Karyn Hantak,Patty
Keitz, Kristen Davies, Kathy Wolfe. Row 3: ___, ___, ___, Ken Groezinger,
Bruce Johnson, ___, ___, ___, George Frecker,
___, Mark Bright, Bill Ellis
5TH
GRADE: MRS. RICKETTS
Row
1: ---, Jenny Agostin (sp?), Diane Frick,
Lynn Johnson, Mike Stoyak, Bob Bowen, Mrs.
Ricketts.
Row 2: ---, Karin Shaifer, Gretchen Baas,
----, ---, Brent Hawley, ---.
Row 3: ---, ---, Lynn Dee Gardner, George
Frecker, Fred Shearer, Mark Bright, Bill
Riesenberger.
Row 4: Paul Gonser, ---.
6TH
GRADE: MR. MORELAND
Row
1: Mr. Moreland, ---, ---, Sally Whipple,
---.
Row 2: ---, ---, Sue Pritchard, Brent Hawley,
Fred Shearer, Ritchie Knowlton.
Row 3, John Lucas, ---,---, Doug Sheffield,
Dave Michael, ---, Debbie Leggett.
Row 4: Dave Perry, Bill Riesenberger, Steve
Burt, Steve Minor, ----.
DOUG
EZELL AND MIDLIFE CHRYSLERS
Doug
Ezell contacted me to report that his band,
The
Midlife Chryslers (and you gotta love
the name!) was the subject of a video interview
on KTVQ-TV in Billings MT. The band, who has
been at it for more than a decade, has several
iteresting engagements coming up, including
a Las Vegas convention during which they will
entertain 20,000 audience members!
CLASS
OF 1969 60TH BIRTHDAY PARTY - SATURDAY, JULY 2,
2011
Our
Class of 1969 Birthday Party on July 2
was a lot of fun! We missed those of you
who weren't able to come, and it was great
to see those who could make it.
PHOTOS
OF DEN 10, PACK 295, COURTESY OF GORDON MITCHELL
Gordon
Mitchell recently came across these photos
of Cub Scout Den 10 of Pack 295, and was
kind enough to share them with the rest of us.
The pictures were taken on the stage at Tremont
Elementary School on November 16, 1961, when the
Scouts, all students at Fishinger Elementary School,
were in fifth grade. In the second photo, you
can see the boys inspecting their new Lion badges,
which they had just earned. Thank you, Gordon,
for this historic treasure!
We
are a family business dedicated to providing
the right saltwater fishing gear and freshwater
fishing gear at the right price and we love
to go fishing. All of our products are NEW and
in the box shipped directly to you.
We
offer deep-ly discounted prices for every fisherman
on Name Brand reels, rods and gear. Our focus
is on heavy duty gear for deep sea fishing and
open water fishing, however, if you do not see
what want, we will find it. We have been satisfying
customers for over twenty years.
Take
a few moments and enjoy some interesting facts
and fun images from the 1960's ... things really
have changed!!! Great music too!
CAMPFIRE
GIRLS REUNITE
On
Saturday, October 30, The Hicanah Camp Fire
Girls celebrated 100 years of Camp Fire at
the Building More than Camp Fires Centennial
Luncheon at Villa Milano in Westerville.
Pictured below are members of Mrs. Spretnak's
Group, now and in 1964. Click photos to enlarge.
2010
1964
L-R:
Anne Taylor, Anne Moore Cox (Grandview),
Renee Allen Morgenstern, Sherry Sopp Peterson,
Nikki Spretnak, Diane Detwiler Elzey. Back:
Beth Lawless and Janet Kiplinger Ciccone.
L
to R: Connie Argus (Marble Cliff), unknown,
Lynn Johnston, Roberta McEldowney (Marble
Cliff), Sherry Sopp, Nikki Spretnak (looking
like James Dean), Renee Allen, unknown,
Janet Kiplinger, and Beverly Parrish
NEW!
VIDEO ABOUT THE LONGTERM MEANING OF FOOTBALL
IN A PLAYER'S LIFE
View
this YouTube video of inspirational coaches
and words of wisdom about the lifelong lessons
that players learn through the game of football
and being part of a team. The video features
Kenny Chesney singing "The Boys of Fall."
Three
former UAHS educators have been inducted into
the Upper Arlington High School Educators Hall
of Fame this year.
The
honorees this year are: Jean Guddat,
who taught English; Marv Moorehead, who
was the Athletic Director and Head Football
Coach; and Phil Wagner, who taught English.
Linda
received the exciting news that her Artisan
Cans and Stands are begin incorporated into
the set design of a new fall TV show, The
Undercovers. The show debuts on Wednesday,
September 22 at 8/7C on NBC.
FOUR
SCHMIDTS
SHARE SAME GOLDEN BEAR FOOTBALL JERSEY NUMBER
From
the Upper Arlington Magazine:
Four
generations of the Schmidt family have worn
No. 34 on the Upper Arlington High School footbnall
team. Geoff Schmidt (left) was a fullback
and linebacker from 1966 - 1968 for Coach Marv
Moorehead. He was part of the state championship
teams in '67 and '68 and graduated in 1969.
Sixteen-year-old Drew Karram (center),
Geoff and Andrew Schmidt's nephew, in a junior
running back on the 2009 team. He'll graduate
in 2011. Andrew Schmidt (right) played
for Coach Pete Corey from 1971 - 1973. The former
all-state middle linebacker graduated in 1974.
Max Schmidt (not pictured), Andrew Schmidt's
son, played from 2004 - 2006 for current Coach
Mike Golden. The former all-league tight end,
who graduated in 2007, is currently a lacrosse
player for the University of Maryland. Photo
by Karen Miller.
Tom
O'Shaughnessysent in a Powerpoint
presentation of images frmo the 1950s and 1960s,
and they sure do bring back a lot of memories
and thoughts from our childhood.
On
Saturday, April 10, a bunch of UA69ers
gathered at the Arlington Café
to hang out for a Between-Reunions-Reunion
(and to celebrate Jane Cunningham's birthday).
Making
the trip all the way from out of state
were David Bruck and Jane Cunningham,
Patrick Dynes and Bruce Reinwald.
Local
area classmates who attended the party
included: Beth Lawless, Bob Bauer,
Gordon Mitchell, Kathy McLimore, Sherry
Sopp, Bill Clark, Ellen Isaly, Scott Street,
Cyndy McLane, Taryl Mason, Pat Stone,
Cindy Shealy, Anne Taylor, Denise Kontras,
Julie May, Jan Millay, and Julie
DeVennish.
Spouses,
brothers, sisters and friends who joined
the fun included: Everett Jones
(Julie May's husband); Mike Peterson
(Sherry Sopps' husband); Lisa Mason
(Taryl Mason's sister);and
RitaKrueger (Bruce Reinwald's
girlfriend).
What
an interesting journey into the world of 1906
on Market Street in San Francisco! Information
in some of the comments under the video, taken
by a camera mounted on the side of a cable car,
indicate that this film was shot just four days
before the great earthquake. The clock tower
at the end of Market Street at the Embarcadero
wharf is still there.
This
film was originally thought to be from 1905
until David Kiehn with the Niles Essanay Silent
Film Museum figured out exactly when it was
shot. From New York trade papers announcing
the filming to the wet streets from recent heavy
rainfall and shadows indicating time of year
and actual weather and conditions on historical
record, and even when the cars were registered
(he even knows who owned them and when the plates
were issued!)
Because
this planned filming had been announced in the
newspapers, you'll see cars, buggies, and people
approaching and circling the cable car so they'll
be on film.
Notice
the clothing, the surprising number of motor
cars, the formality of the era! Road travel
with no regulations or rules. And just four
days before that massive earthquake claimed
many of these people and resulted in the destruction
of many of the buildings in this film footage.
This
is a great deal of interesting information in
the many comments posted under the vide, too.
In
response to my note asking for former Barrington
students to share their memories of our days at
the first elementary school in Upper Arlington,
these classmates offered their thoughts, which
will be shared in an interview to be videotaped
and shown at a dedication ceremony for the new
gymnasium and other improvements recently made
to the Barrington building. Click each classmate's
name to see these memories:
John
Williams
added a PS to his list of Barrington memories:
the FLUTAPHONE! Do you still have
yours? Remember how we all played the flutaphone
in Mrs. Glass' music class?
VINTAGE
CAMP AKITA PHOTOS
Clarke
Johnson sent these Camp Akita photos dating
back to the 1960's. Are you in them? Clarke said
that these two had no dates on them, but it appears
that might have been 1967- 1969. Click each picture
to enlarge it.
BARB
CALENDINE MEESE AND HER
HUSBAND
Sue
Patterson wrote to let us know that
Barb Calendine's
husband, Dave Meese, is undergoing some
serious testig and surgery to resolve health
problems that have been causing him trouble
for some time now. Sue told me that Girl Scout
Troop 104 from our elementary school days, has
stayed close through the years, and that they
have formed a network to stay in touch with
Barb and pass along their caring thoughts, prayers,
and help.
Sue
sent along a photo of Girl Scout Troop 104,
which you can see below. If you can identify
any of the unidentified girls, please
let me know.
Back
Row, L-R: Cathy Busby, Leslie Beeson, Susie
Jones, Valerie Lancia, Patty Lundstrom,
Barbara Tice, Barb Calendine, girl. Front
Row, L-R: Sandy Leindecker, Donna McCurdy,
Johanna Leuchter
CRAIG
ROBINSON'S PHOTOS
When
Craig Robinson saw Jeff Stevenson's
picture labeled as second grade at Tremont,
he wrote to let me know that it's not the second
grade; it's fifth grade.
Also,
Craig reminded me that in 2004, he sent a collection
of class photos from Wickliffe and Tremont Schools,
and identified a lot of the students in each
picture, including Jeff's photo which is actually
the fifth grade (I have fixed that error).
Linda
Kelsey Simonds posted some Barrington class
photos on the UA69 Facebook page, and she has
identified the teachers and students. Stop by
and see if you remember these good old days!
Thank you, Linda!
I
finally figured out a way to take my dad's old
8mm film home movies and put them on my computer.
I have been working on it for over a year, but
I spent most of that time trying to find and
old 8mm film projector, and the rest of it was
spent saving $ for a new computer and procrastinating.
Anyway, one of the reels has a movie of a Boy
Scout camping trip that must have happened
around the same time frame as the pic you posted
of Mark Bright.
There
are lots of Class of '69ers in the movie, some
of whom are in the pic with Mark. Lots of hams!
I thought our classmates might have fun watching
it and seeing themselves and their friends when
they were kids - being kids. There are also
some dads in the movie who are a lot younger
in the movie than we are now.
Jeff
also sent this photo from Tremont Elementary School
- fifth grade with Miss Masteller. Click the photo
to enlarge it and see the names. If you can help
out with identification, please
email me. As you can see, we have a lot of
blanks on this one.
Row
4: John Lucas(?), John Neale, ---, Steve Burt,
---, Shirley Hewitt, Clarke Johnson
Row
3: ---, ---, ---, Jeff Stevenson, Craig Robinson
Randy Bare, Steve Basford,
Row
2: Teacher, ---, Tim Owen, Jeff Stridsberg,
John Flory, Lee Meckstroth, Kathy Wolfe, Amy Kinney
Row
1: Alice McCain, Birti Hardiee, Beverly D'Angelo,
---, Dave Pierce Laura Silbaugh
MORE
VINTAGE PICTURES TO IDENTIFY!
Larry
Wiley sent in two pictures from Wickliffe
Elementary and thought it would be fun to try
to identify these students. He also provided
us with thecorresponding blank faces numbered,
so that we can fill in the blanks. If you know
who any of the kiddos are, please
email me and I will post the namesin the
right spots. Thanks to Larry for sending these
along!
You
can click each photo to enlarge it slightly.
MISS
ZEHNER'S FIRST GRADE CLASS AT WICKLIFFE: 1957
- 1958
Thanks
to Scott Street, Judith Roof, Chris Wheeler,
Gordon Mitchell, Lynda Bernays, and Anita
Evans for helping to supply these names.
FUN
FACT: When both of Scott and Cyndy
Street's daughters, Sally and
Kiki, were students at Windermere
in the 1980s, they also had Miss Zehner,
whose married name was Mrs. Sonya (Sonnie)
Lawrence. Scott remembers attending
Miss Zehner's wedding at the end of the
school year in 1958!
MRS.
DUNN'S SECOND GRADE CLASS AT WICKLIFFE: 1958
- 1959
There
is a little girl named Anna who is safe, warm
and fed today. Less than a month ago she was
huddled, cold, starving and unloved on the streets
of Transnistria, a region in Eastern Europe.
In jail for prostitution, her mother had given
Anna to her aunt. Anna's aunt, in turn, decided
to sell her into a life of prostitution ...
for just $20. At five years of age and weighing
only 25 pounds, this eventuality would have
been an atrocity, but Gods Grace intervened.
Anna
was rescued by one of Christian
Broadcasting Network's (CBN) ministry team
members, who bought her and placed her in a
Christian orphanage in Transnistria where she
is being nurtured and loved by compassionate
caregivers. Anna now dances and eats and plays
with other rescued children.
Unfortunately,
Annas story is not an isolated incident.
There are many children like Anna in Transnistria,
one of the poorest countries in the world. Partly
due to the economics of this region, parents
unable to secure employment, abandon their children,
and travel to the Ukraine hoping to find work.
Other than prostitution, many orphaned children
are used by drug lords to smuggle narcotics.
These children are forced to swallow drug-filled
condoms to transport out of the region. If they
refuse, their feet are placed in concrete and
they are tossed into the river to drown as an
example to other children.
These
stories are hard to hear, devastating actually,
yet; they have moved us into action. With funds
from my late husband, Steves estate, our
family felt compelled to purchase a building
now called, The Judah House, that will
house 75 children. We are in the process of
restoring this building by adding heat, electricity,
and water. Orphan's
Promise, a non-profit organization, has
generously partnered with this project and will
match any funds we raise, dollar for dollar!
Extraordinary!
I
am inviting you to join me in supporting the
restoration of the Judah House by writing a
tax deductible check, payable to CBN. Add the
project number, #034642 in the memo line
to insure that the check is designated for the
orphanage. This is a unique opportunity to double
the impact of your charitable donation and most
importantly to save the lives of the least
of these. We have raised $29,674 as of
today; with Orphans Promise matching funds
we are thrilled to have $59,348 of the $100,000
needed to complete the building restoration.
The
Pastor associated with our orphanage has orchestrated
much of the positive development taking place
in Transnistria. Pastor Yuri and his wife, Oksana
have exciting plans for a training center that
will offer Spiritual insight, guidance and life
training to the parents of our orphans, the
orphans themselves and others in the community.
They have purchased the land and broken ground
to begin this project. The hope is to change
the culture and transform lives for now and
eternity.
If
you have questions, please
email Sharon or call her at 614-402-1477.
ART
UNDERWOOD NAMED C.O.O. OF SAUDI RE
Art
Underwood was recently named Chief Operating
Officer of Saudi
Re, an international reinsurance corporation
located in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. For the past
thirty years, Art has worked in this field all
over the world, as a partner in ReSources, as
a senior underwriter for Arch Re in Bermuda,
as Vice-President for International Treaty for
F&G Re here in the US, and a Facultative
Manager for Compagnie Europeenne de Reassurance
in Paris, France. Congratulations to Art on
this professional accomplishment! See
the letter announcing his new position.
PHOTO
SLIDESHOWS FROM THE 2009 40-YEAR REUNION
The
photos taken at the 2009 Reunion are in KodakGallery
slideshows. Just click the icon for each party
to see the pictures from that event. It takes
a moment for these slideshows to load, because
there are a LOT of pictures! If you can help
me fill in the missing names, designated by
"___" please
email me and indicate which slideshow it
is, and which number photo you can identify.
THANK YOU!
We
all extend our thanks to Dennis Anderholm's
son, Seth Anderholm, who provided
us with almost 1,800 pictures of our reunion
weekend! Other photos were contributed by
Patrick Dynes and each of the classmates
whose names you see with the UA69 logo below.
THANK YOU ALL!
ALUMNI
ASSOCIATION WEB SITE: BEARALUMS.COM
Please
visit Bearalums.com,
the official Web site of the Upper
Arlington Alumni Association. Please
make sure you're a member of UAAA, and also
please check that your name and email address
are listed there and are current and correct.
The
Alumni Association keeps a database of thousands
of graduates of our high school and helps reunion
chairmen send mailings to their classmates.
UAAA publishes a newsletter, Traditions,
for all members, full of information and news
about UAHS alumni.
Our
class is amazing! Joanie Igel Dugger, Assistant
Director of the UA Alumni Association, sent
me this list of classmates from 1969 who have
joined the Alumni Association at the two top
levels: Life
Member, and Golden Bear Member. Please show
your support of this great school system by
joining. You
can do it by clicking right here. Thank
you!
Life
Members: David R. Cooper, Annette T.
Daniel, Judy Winters Dennis, Walter E. Dennis,
Jr., David A. Edwards, Jr., Anita K. Evans,
Thomas R. Grehl, Frank A. Guglielmi, Elizabeth
Postle Henry, Donna Sell Kohlhepp, James
M. Long, Janet Richter Boyer
Golden
Bear Members: Craig W. Anderson, Ellen
Isaly Clark, Barbara Minton Miller-McGlinn,
Thomas F. O'Shaughnessy, and Pam Shuey Snyder.
NEW
WEB SITE FOR THE UAHS ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT
The
UAHS Athletic Department has a new web site, UAGoldenBears.com
with sections devoted to each of our 32 varsity
sports. The site also has news, forms, ticket
order information, and photos of all the facilities.
Please visit
the new web site if you are still interested
in Golden Bear athletics!
BOB
RUSSELL'S SON'S BLOG FROM
IRAQ
Bob
Russell's middle son, Matt Russell,
is currently in Iraq running an EOD unit. He
has compiled this very interesting blog
that Bob wanted to share with the class. Matt
is a Washington Bayhawks lacrosse goalie and
1st Lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps
stationed in Baghdad, Iraq since March.
Bob
now lives in Connecticut, but when he lived
in UA, he was among a group who started the
first lacrosse club at UA.
In
his bio on the Classmates
Then and Now page, John
Neale talks about his interest in competing
in triathlons. He wrote: " In my free time,
I have become a runner (I did the Columbus Marathon
in 1987), bicyclist, and triathlete. In 1998,
I was the Rocky Mountain Regional Masters Champion
at the Olympic distance triathlon for USA Triathlon,
the national sanctioning body. Last year (2008),
I succeeded in crossing the #1 item off my bucket
list by competing in and finishing an Ironman
triathlon in Tempe, Arizona (2.4 mile swim,
112 mile bike, and 26.2 mile run)."
Steve
Holloway has published his second book,
Canadian Foreign Policy: Defining the National
Interest. Though designed for college courses
on foreign policy, the book serves as a good
general introduction to Canada, its role in
the world and its relations with the US.
Steve
is currently chair of the Political Science
Department at St.
Francis Xavier University, in beautiful
Nova Scotia. StFXU is a small liberal arts college
(about 4000 students) which has frequently been
ranked as the best small university in Canada.
More information about the book and ordering
can be found on Amazon.com
or on this
link.
Please
check your name, address and telephone number
on the Directory pages
and let me know if any of your information has
changed. If you spot goofs in other people's addresses
or phone number, will you please
tell me? I'd like this list to be complete.
Thanks!