Category: Fun Stuff

  The  “65”girls got together for lunch at the Gannon on May 11th.  We added a “Passed The Hat” for the Scholarship fund. We have decided to do that at every lunch to help the program. We raised a tidy sum.. Donations are always welcome.

Names Left to right: Row 1   Pat Johnson Morley, Mary Jo Kelly DeJoy, Mary Morrison Robblee, Kathleen Geness Amara, Jo Capano, Kathleen Mulkern Collins, Row 2   Helen Heffernan Jennings, Sherry Johnson Traverse, Linda Wurdeman Curcuru, Karen Falk DeSessa, Elaine Laterza Pare, Sharon Holmes Plummer  

A  fabulous time was had by all!!  

We are very proud of our classmate & reunion committee member, Michael Schulze, for being honored at Brooksby Farm in Peabody on a beautiful fall afternoon (10/26/19) for his huge part in saving the 266 acres of pristine farmland from being sold to developers in the late 70’s.  The Michael Schulze Way sign was unveiled at the entrance to Brooksby Farm and current Peabody Mayor Bettencourt and former Mayor Bonfanti both spoke giving credit to Mike and the “team” for this wonderful accomplishment.
Helen (Heffernan) Jennings, Eleanor (Shellgren) Starkenberg and Alan McGrath were in attendance at this wonderful dedication honoring our classmate.  For those of you who are not aware, Mike was diagnosed with Stage 4 lung cancer in February of this year and has been undergoing treatment since then.  He is currently in the hospital and we ask that you keep him, his wife Mary and son Josh in your thoughts and prayers.
The following article and photos ran in the Salem Evening News and there is a link where you should be able to access all the photos:  

“Peabody resident Michael Schulze has be active in politics and preservations efforts for five decades. Saturday the city of Peabody named the roadway heading into Brooksby Farm “Michael Schulze Way” honoring the contribution Schulze made years ago preserving the land from condo development and other development. The Saturday (1 p.m.) event was attended by Peabody leaders, residents, family and friends of Mike. Click on the picture below to view a video featuring the unveiling of the sign and an MSO interview with Mayor Ted Bettencourt.

The Windward Grille in Essex was their choice for the gathering destination. Sixteen forever young girls from our class went out to enjoy a great day and lunch. For simplification their high school names are used below.

They met at the Bradford Tavern in Rowley, on the 13th of Nov.

Back Row  L to R  Sue Rummel, Christine Sampson, Jo Anne Clifford, Mary Jo Kelley, Kathy Mulkern, Sharon Holmes, Mary Morrison and Kathy Gness

First row L – R  Jo Capano ,Karen Faulk, Linda Wurderman.  Used their Maiden (LEHS 65) names

LEHS ladies got together @ Jimmy’s Steer House in Saugus on Thursday
9/13/18. Candy Veinot was in town from Newport News, VA. A fun
luncheon for sure. Thanks to Mary Morrison for arranging.

From left: Janet (Durgin) Atkinson, Claudia (Haines) Janey, Helen
(Heffernan) Jennings, Jean (MacLeod) Bruck, Elaine (Laterza) Pare,
Mary Jo (Kelley) DeJoy, Karen (Falke) Disessa, Mary (Morrison) Roblee,
Jo Capano, Eleanor (Shellgren) Starkenberg, Kathy (Mulkern) Collins,
Linda (Wurdeman) Curcuru, Candy (Veinot) Lamberton. Missing from
photo Pat (Johnson) Morley

Congratulations to Bert Conlon, LEHS Class of 1965 as he joins our other retired classmates!!

Judge Albert Conlon delivers his farewell speech to a jam-packed Courtroom 2 at Lynn District Court on Friday. (Spenser R. Hasak)

LYNN — First Justice Albert Conlon, known by those closest to him as Bert, has retired after 15 years of making the Lynn District Courthouse a family. Family, friends, and colleagues had a chance to say thank you during a special retirement ceremony was held at the courthouse Friday afternoon.

See the full article at https://www.itemlive.com/2018/01/12/lynn-district-court-says-goodbye-bert/

Howie Burnett here LEHS 65.

I’ve been a full time Teaching Pro/Coach  for Tennis in New England and Florida for 46 years and in July of 2016 I was Honored to be inducted into the United States Professional Tennis Association — New England Hall of Fame.

This Photo was taken at that ceremony at the Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport RI — Im surrounded by the New England Board of Directors and standing next to my wife of 48 Years Wendy

Currently, Howie is teaching at the– Marco Island Racquet Center

Howie, before his relocation to Florida, was the founder and president of Net Advantage LLC, a tennis management service that operated five clubs and six recreation department tennis programs in the New Hampshire seacoast region. He founded the company in 1974 and operated it until 1998.

Howie has been a member of the USPTA since 1972. He was the USPTA New England Division president and a national Executive Committee member from 1989 to 1992.He also served as a certification tester from 1980 until 1989.

In addition, he was a part of the USTA Clinicians Service and conducted The New Hampshire High School Coaches Clinic every spring for 10 years as well as being a USTA Area Training Center Head Coach from 1988 to until his relocation to florida in1998.

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John Warwick and Fran Simone (blue shirt) recently enjoyed a round of Golf At Franconia Golf Course in East Longmeadow,MA

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