Reunion plans sound great. Glad we will get to reconnect with classmates we haven't seen since our 25th! I remember all the memorizing we did for Know English. Anyone else remember that? I made life long friendships during those years.
It probably was the first word. It still helps me sometimes when I watch Jeopardy or play Trivial Pursuit. Can't remember things from yesterday but those words are ingrained in my brain!
I actually think of Know English every once in awhile. It was a LOT of memorizing but I still find it handy at times! Where was it that we went for a multi-school Know English event?
How about those plaid beanies and saddle shoes. God Bless my Mom who always had 5 blouses ironed for the week. As I recall I had 2 Blazers (outgrew the first one) during the 4 years but only one skirt. It was very shiny by graduation. I loved uniforms - made it so easy to get dressed and run down Oak St to school. Mostly late...sometimes with rollers still in my hair, right Ellen? One of my best memories is meeting up with Mary Lou McQ. Freshman year on the way to school in her adorable red rubbers. Freshman home room was the best of all 4 years.
Mary Lou McQuade January 30, 2016 Rita wasn't mostly late: she was always late. She must have set a new record during her four years at St. Mary's. We sat alphabetically so I was seated behind Rita. That turned out to be good luck for me. Fitzy cut my hair in the back of that home room and gave me bangs and another friendship was forged. I got a detention Freshman year and brought disgrace upon my home room when they read my name for the whole student body to hear. Anybody else want to fess up to a detention or two? I won't mention the Freshman Frolics- I was in the Hoop Dance- enough said!
Do you remember having to kneel down to make sure our skirt touched the floor? How about our Geometry teacher who always fell asleep? She was so sweet. Good thing we belonged to her math club.......
Yes, Sister Anne Patrice always fell asleep in mid-sentence. I don't think I was in Math Club. I did Glee Club, Newspaper and Literary Magazine. Anybody else?
I think it's great that we all are so anxiously waiting to see each other again after all this time. I'm so sorry that we lost a few great girls from our class. My heart aches for their loved ones. I can only imagine the stories that we can share about "life after St. Mary's"--yes girls, there really is a species out there that is called 'MALE'!!! Looking forward to seeing all of you in May! :-)
Oh...And somewhere I saw a question about Sr. Superior's name--it was Sr. Joseph Marie! She was actually my sister's "aunt-in-law" for a while when my sister married her nephew John Joseph Egan from Central Catholic.
Who still has their medal that we wore around our necks every day? After 100 years, my mom found mine somewhere and mailed it to me..lol..lol I finally put it on my rosary beads that I got for Christmas when I was 11...I think, so there it stays! Actually, it looks the same as the day we got them!
Oops! The Facebook link is actually: https://www.facebook.com/StMarysClassof66/ An update will be posted in the next day or so. Thanks for your help, Louise. Keep that snow shovel handy! Ellen
Hi everyone. Your comments really bring back a lot of fond memories. Thanks for making the effort to keep in touch. I look forward to the reunion. Paula Goolkasian
A friend of mine recently wrote this poem about wrinkles. If, like me, you have acquired more than you could ever have imagined, here is an uplifting message: Wrinkles Constellations across my face tell stories of carefree summers decades of laughter and sunsets viewed through squinted lids I use them to remember the path by which I came and to navigate a life well lived
Classmates, I am hoping that you will follow this summary with your own so that we will have shared snapshots of our lives with each other before the reunion. So here goes: I graduated from Merrimack College and got married right after graduation. We moved to South Bend, Indiana, while my husband (now ex) went to Notre Dame Law School. We moved to southern Michigan in 1973 and I lived there until after my divorce in 1985. Then I moved back to North Andover with my two adopted children and in 1988 built a home on family land. I taught Language Arts in Indiana, Michigan and Amesbury and then decided I couldn't spend the next 25 years inside. So in 1990 I started my own fine gardening and landscaping business and have been happily out in nature eight months a year since then. I look forward to seeing you all at the reunion. Now it's YOUR turn!
Looking forward to our reunion and finding out how others have spent the last 50 years! Imagine, it has been 1/2 century since we graduated. One thing I really enjoy is travelling. I've been to Ireland and Spain. Visited Puerto Rico, Bermuda, St. John's and Aruba. I love going to warm places on the beach. I've also seen the Grand Canyon, probably the most impressive sight ever and Yellowstone with its geysers. If any of you also like to travel maybe you could share your favorite places.
Hi, Everyone! I am really looking forward to seeing all of you at the luncheon! I thought I would take a turn with a summary of my last 50(!) years. After Saint Mary's, I went to Merrimack College, where I met my husband, Joe. After Merrimack, we went on to Penn State then settled in Southern New Jersey where I taught mathematics at Gloucester County College for 35 years until my retirement in 2007. Our daughter, Sarah, was born in South Korea in 1980 and joined us in NJ in 1981. Since retiring I spend my days reading, gardening, exercising and puttering around the house and yard. We love to take cruises to anywhere and have also been lucky enough to travel to Italy and Alaska. See you soon! Lynn (Madelyn) Montgomery Smith
Hi, all. I, too, can't wait to visit with everyone. The past 50 years have gone far too quickly, but as I reminisce a lot has transpired. Following St. Mary's I commuted to Lowell State and since we did not have a family car at the time, I convinced my Mom that a 1966 Mustang would be just as practical as a Falcon. Mom always had an adventuresome nature so the Mustang won out. A few of our ST. Mary's classmates carpooled for a while, including Mary Lou McQuade, Phyllis Hayes, Pam Dowling, and Cathy DeMarco. It was loud, smoky, and tons of fun...and a tank of gas cost about $5. Wish I still had that car! Jim Dziadosz (CCHS'66) and I were married and we had three daughters (including twins) in the first two years..yowzah. 46 years later we are expecting our 10th grandchild and are very blessed, indeed. To keep my sanity in the early '70s I attended Salem State for a M.Ed. and taught for several years and then changed careers to work in marketing operations. Jim and I stayed pretty close to the M.V. but had a few years in Kentucky, Newburyport and Plum Island. We have been back "home" in North Andover for two years now and love it. We especially enjoy trips to Saratoga, NY for the summer horse racing and while our daughter lived in San Francisco, California was a favorite place to explore. See you soon!
Good morning! Well I rise from the ashes it seems.....Haven't been the best at staying in touch with St Mary's activities but I am so looking forward to this Saturday's luncheon. Ginni Mele Sirois and I have been fast friends since 4th grade and I will be joining her and all of you for the luncheon. After graduation, I attended BC college of Nursing and within 6 months of graduation with a short practice at Holy Family, I was able to get the opportunity of a lifetime. I became a Nursing School instructor in 1971 and Married Tom Pappalardo (CCHS class of 66) that very same year. we just celebrated our 45th Wedding anniversary. I stayed in the Merrimack Valley and got my Masters degree in Nursing and retired in Sept 2014 after an amazing career in Nursing Education . If any of you who stayed local have spawned any nurses ( I have not) I bet I have crossed paths with them . I have been blest with 3 amazing children Anthony, Dina (Brooklyn NY and Angela who lives in Londonderry. After 30 yrs of living in Salem NH we sold our home and currently are looking. for our forever home back in Massachusetts.
I so look forward to seeing all of you and yes I did find my Medal and my ring (which I hope will fit on my pinky!!! for the luncheon). Take care....see you soon. Francine
I remember walking up all those granite steps every morning carrying 50 lbs of books!
ReplyDeleteReunion plans sound great. Glad we will get to reconnect with classmates we haven't seen since our 25th! I remember all the memorizing we did for Know English. Anyone else remember that? I made life long friendships during those years.
ReplyDeleteI loved the Know English club- I was a total nerd..... Wasn't Amanuensis the first word on our list??????
DeleteIt probably was the first word. It still helps me sometimes when I watch Jeopardy or play Trivial Pursuit. Can't remember things from yesterday but those words are ingrained in my brain!
DeleteI knew that not participating in "Know English" was was my demise.
DeleteWith a softball pitching arm like that, who needs "Know English"!!!!!
DeleteI actually think of Know English every once in awhile. It was a LOT of memorizing but I still find it handy at times! Where was it that we went for a multi-school Know English event?
ReplyDeleteDidn't we go into Boston?
DeleteCould have been Boston, Lynn or Tyngsborough.
DeleteI think it was Tyngsborough. I just rememembered studying that stuff for hours!!!
DeleteHow about those plaid beanies and saddle shoes. God Bless my Mom who always had 5 blouses ironed for the week. As I recall I had 2 Blazers (outgrew the first one) during the 4 years but only one skirt. It was very shiny by graduation. I loved uniforms - made it so easy to get dressed and run down Oak St to school. Mostly late...sometimes with rollers still in my hair, right Ellen?
ReplyDeleteOne of my best memories is meeting up with Mary Lou McQ. Freshman year on the way to school in her adorable red rubbers. Freshman home room was the best of all 4 years.
Mary Lou McQuade January 30, 2016
DeleteRita wasn't mostly late: she was always late. She must have set a new record during her four years at St. Mary's. We sat alphabetically so I was seated behind Rita. That turned out to be good luck for me. Fitzy cut my hair in the back of that home room and gave me bangs and another friendship was forged. I got a detention Freshman year and brought disgrace upon my home room when they read my name for the whole student body to hear. Anybody else want to fess up to a detention or two? I won't mention the Freshman Frolics- I was in the Hoop Dance- enough said!
I have fond memories of Freshmen Frolics. Wasn't the Hoop Dance the elite of the acts? Seriously, I thought we were great!!
DeleteDo you remember having to kneel down to make sure our skirt touched the floor? How about our Geometry teacher who always fell asleep? She was so sweet. Good thing we belonged to her math club.......
DeleteYes, Sister Anne Patrice always fell asleep in mid-sentence. I don't think I was in Math Club. I did Glee Club, Newspaper and Literary Magazine. Anybody else?
DeleteI think it's great that we all are so anxiously waiting to see each other again after all this time. I'm so sorry that we lost a few great girls from our class. My heart aches for their loved ones. I can only imagine the stories that we can share about "life after St. Mary's"--yes girls, there really is a species out there that is called 'MALE'!!! Looking forward to seeing all of you in May! :-)
DeleteOh...And somewhere I saw a question about Sr. Superior's name--it was Sr. Joseph Marie! She was actually my sister's "aunt-in-law" for a while when my sister married her nephew John Joseph Egan from Central Catholic.
DeleteWho still has their medal that we wore around our necks every day? After 100 years, my mom found mine somewhere and mailed it to me..lol..lol I finally put it on my rosary beads that I got for Christmas when I was 11...I think, so there it stays! Actually, it looks the same as the day we got them!
ReplyDeleteI don't think I have the medal but I do have my class ring. Anybody else? I'll have to remember to wear it to the luncheon.
DeleteI just found my medal , my beanie and my sodality medal! They bring back memories!
DeleteI still have mine too Justine :-)
ReplyDeleteHere's a link to our reunion FaceBook page if anyone is looking for it:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.StMarysClassof66.com/
Oops! The Facebook link is actually: https://www.facebook.com/StMarysClassof66/
ReplyDeleteAn update will be posted in the next day or so. Thanks for your help, Louise. Keep that snow shovel handy! Ellen
Hi everyone. Your comments really bring back a lot of fond memories. Thanks for making the effort to keep in touch. I look forward to the reunion.
DeletePaula Goolkasian
A friend of mine recently wrote this poem about wrinkles. If, like me, you have acquired more than you could ever have imagined, here is an uplifting message:
ReplyDeleteWrinkles
Constellations across my face
tell stories of carefree summers
decades of laughter
and sunsets viewed through squinted lids
I use them to remember the path by which I came
and to navigate a life well lived
Classmates, I am hoping that you will follow this summary with your own so that we will have shared snapshots of our lives with each other before the reunion. So here goes:
ReplyDeleteI graduated from Merrimack College and got married right after graduation. We moved to South Bend, Indiana, while my husband (now ex) went to Notre Dame Law School. We moved to southern Michigan in 1973 and I lived there until after my divorce in 1985. Then I moved back to North Andover with my two adopted children and in 1988 built a home on family land. I taught Language Arts in Indiana, Michigan and Amesbury and then decided I couldn't spend the next 25 years inside. So in 1990 I started my own fine gardening and landscaping business and have been happily out in nature eight months a year since then. I look forward to seeing you all at the reunion.
Now it's YOUR turn!
Looking forward to our reunion and finding out how others have spent the last 50 years! Imagine, it has been 1/2 century since we graduated. One thing I really enjoy is travelling. I've been to Ireland and Spain. Visited Puerto Rico, Bermuda, St. John's and Aruba. I love going to warm places on the beach. I've also seen the Grand Canyon, probably the most impressive sight ever and Yellowstone with its geysers. If any of you also like to travel maybe you could share your favorite places.
ReplyDeleteHi, Everyone! I am really looking forward to seeing all of you at the luncheon! I thought I would take a turn with a summary of my last 50(!) years. After Saint Mary's, I went to Merrimack College, where I met my husband, Joe. After Merrimack, we went on to Penn State then settled in Southern New Jersey where I taught mathematics at Gloucester County College for 35 years until my retirement in 2007. Our daughter, Sarah, was born in South Korea in 1980 and joined us in NJ in 1981. Since retiring I spend my days reading, gardening, exercising and puttering around the house and yard. We love to take cruises to anywhere and have also been lucky enough to travel to Italy and Alaska. See you soon!
ReplyDeleteLynn (Madelyn) Montgomery Smith
Hi, all. I, too, can't wait to visit with everyone. The past 50 years have gone far too quickly, but as I reminisce a lot has transpired. Following St. Mary's I commuted to Lowell State and since we did not have a family car at the time, I convinced my Mom that a 1966 Mustang would be just as practical as a Falcon. Mom always had an adventuresome nature so the Mustang won out. A few of our ST. Mary's classmates carpooled for a while, including Mary Lou McQuade, Phyllis Hayes, Pam Dowling, and Cathy DeMarco. It was loud, smoky, and tons of fun...and a tank of gas cost about $5. Wish I still had that car! Jim Dziadosz (CCHS'66) and I were married and we had three daughters (including twins) in the first two years..yowzah. 46 years later we are expecting our 10th grandchild and are very blessed, indeed. To keep my sanity in the early '70s I attended Salem State for a M.Ed. and taught for several years and then changed careers to work in marketing operations. Jim and I stayed pretty close to the M.V. but had a few years in Kentucky, Newburyport and Plum Island. We have been back "home" in North Andover for two years now and love it. We especially enjoy trips to Saratoga, NY for the summer horse racing and while our daughter lived in San Francisco, California was a favorite place to explore. See you soon!
ReplyDeleteGood morning! Well I rise from the ashes it seems.....Haven't been the best at staying in touch with St Mary's activities but I am so looking forward to this Saturday's luncheon. Ginni Mele Sirois and I have been fast friends since 4th grade and I will be joining her and all of you for the luncheon.
ReplyDeleteAfter graduation, I attended BC college of Nursing and within 6 months of graduation with a short practice at Holy Family, I was able to get the opportunity of a lifetime. I became a Nursing School instructor in 1971 and Married Tom Pappalardo (CCHS class of 66) that very same year. we just celebrated our 45th Wedding anniversary.
I stayed in the Merrimack Valley and got my Masters degree in Nursing and retired in Sept 2014 after an amazing career in Nursing Education . If any of you who stayed local have spawned any nurses ( I have not) I bet I have crossed paths with them .
I have been blest with 3 amazing children Anthony, Dina (Brooklyn NY and Angela who lives in Londonderry. After 30 yrs of living in Salem NH we sold our home and currently are looking. for our forever home back in Massachusetts.
I so look forward to seeing all of you and yes I did find my Medal and my ring (which I hope will fit on my pinky!!! for the luncheon). Take care....see you soon. Francine