A new page has been created under the Photo Galleries called “Graduation Program and Photos“. If you lost your program from our Graduation on Friday morning, June 4, 1965, you will find it here. Also, the photos provided in a Yearbook Supplement are included.
Note: See my comment under this post for detail on how to make your own program. The scans are available.
To all the Veterans who served our country… Thank You Very Much. Please join in giving thanks to all our Veterans. They served our country well and deserve our thanks.
The Class of 1965 provided many men and women to the armed forces at home and around the world. Those who have identified themselves are listed below. Some died in the service of our country. Some will never be the same. All were very young. Last year, only a few people took the time to thank them by making a comment below this posting. Perhaps there will be more this year.
To those vets who would like to comment, please feel free to do so below this post as well.
Lynn English High School’s Class of 1965 Veterans include:
Donald Baillie Naval Reserves
Frederick Bollen Army (saw action in Vietnam)
Robert Bonin Marine Reserves
Richard Bowlby Navy Reserves
Temma Brown Air Force
Richard Burke Army
Howard Burnett Army National Guard
James Cogen Marines (saw action in Vietnam)
Brian Doucette Navy
David Emerton Marines (saw action in Vietnam)
Lawrence Flanagan Air Force (died while serving in Texas)
Arthur William “Bill” Fogarty Army (saw action in Vietnam)
Ronald Gerstenhaber Air Force
John Gotimer Navy
Reverand Arlyne Grant Army Reserves
Norman Grant Marines (killed in action in Vietnam)
Mark Hammond Coast Guard
Robert Johanson Army
Henry Emile LeBlanc Army (saw action in Vietnam)
John MacDonald Air Force
Walter Mehm Navy (saw action in Vietnam)
Haig Nalbandian Air Force
Paul Nardone Air Force
Robert Newhall Army
John O’Neil Air Force
Albert Paradis Army
John Pension Navy
Leland Perry Army
Bruce Phillips Navy
James Prendergast NH Army National Guard
James Prunier Air Force and Army National Guard
Robert Reed Army
Michael Rodgers Army (saw action in Vietnam)
Charles Sarcia Army Aviation (saw action in Vietnam)
David Schulze Air Force
Michael Schulze Navy
Robert Tibbetts Army
John Warwick Army (saw action in Vietnam)
Douglas Waters Army (saw action in Vietnam)
Bradley Wentworth Army
Paul Yacovitch Army (saw action in Vietnam)
Francis York Navy
In 2015, the Class of 1965 will be celebrating our 50th anniversary. Please start thinking about the reunion that year.
Will it be a single evening reunion (like our previous reunions) or will it be a weekend affair? Will it be someplace close to the City of Lynn or will it be further away? Somethings will be important… the number of people attending will determine the size of the venue. It would be awful to select a venue that is too small forcing the “first come first serve” attendance plan. On the other hand if we pick a venue to handle the entire class and only a hundred or so people show up then the cost per person would be very high! So the earlier the reunion committee knows about who will be attending the better the planning will be.
Cost is important. Many of us are on limited incomes and can’t afford an expensive shindig. On the other hand, many will be travelling many miles to attend and may want to build in a vacation around the reunion. Should we have a sit down dinner, buffet or just food available to graze? If we have a sit down dinner, who will make the seating arrangements? Should we have our photos taken or have a group photo? The more time we take to set up photos the less time we have to roam around and see people we went to school with…but a photo would be a nice remembrance.
Although it is pretty early to make plans, it is time to start thinking and making your desires known. Speak up by commenting either in public (below this posting) or making a private comment by clicking on CONTACT.
This is your opportunity to make your desires heard!
With the approach of Veterans’ Day, it is appropriate that we honor one of our fellow graduates who died in the service of our country in Vietnam.
The following came from his obituary (attached). Double click the image to see it full size. A photo of his grave is allow shown below. His service metals are also displayed below.
Norman was the only son of a former Lynn police officer. He lived on Glenwood St. He received his education at the Chatham and Lewis St. Schools, Pickering Jr. High and LEHS. He attended Mass. College of Pharmacy for a year following LEHS before becoming a marine.
He was a member of H&S Co, 1st BN, 7th Marines, 1st MARDIV, III MAF and was a corporal E4. He was killed in action from fragmentation wounds to his head and body when the vehicle he was riding in struck a land mine in Quang Nam Province on Friday, August 23, 1968. He was 20 years old. He is buried in Pine Grove Cemetery. His name is on the Vietnam Memorial Wall, panel 47W line 43.
He was the 20th Lynn native and 66th North Shore native killed in Vietnam.
On Saturday following his death, his parents received a letter from him stating he would be home 2 days before Christmas. At about 6 PM that same Saturday, they were informed of his death.
May Norman rest in Peace. He will be remembered. Please feel free to comment if you have memories about Norman you want to share. To make a comment, click on the “add a comment” directly below this posting. If there are already comment there, click on “x comments” to see the comments and to add your own.
On Veterans’ Day, look for the names of graduates from our class who served our country. The list is by no means complete.
Your contact information is confidential. We can not share it with anyone without your written permission. If you want other members of our class to be able to write to you, please update your address information using the address update form and make sure you give permission on the form (there is a line for that) to share your contact information. See the page “Communications Between Members of Our Class” for details. There has been quite a bit of interest in contacting old classmates on the Lynn English High School (the 60’s) Facebook Group. To keep your email (or snail mail or phone) from getting spammed please do not post your contact information anywhere.
The class address database is kept on Bob Maleszyk’s home computer with a back up copy on Eleanor (Shellgren) Starkenberg’s computer. No information is stored on public databases. We still don’t have current information for everyone in the class and we quite frankly can’t find nearly a third of the class.
NOTE: Please include your telephone number if you update your contact information. It is very helpful to find you if you move!
We are still searching for lost classmates. As of today, we have 203 classmates who are missing or we haven’t got to contacting. If you have any knowledge of a classmate wear-abouts, please let them know of our class website and please let us know as well. Please contact us if you know of anyone. Please check the lost classmate page to see who is missing. If you are reading this message and your name is on the lost classmate list, please use the update address information form (to the right) and update your contact information. Also, if your contact information has changed, please let us know using the update address information form.
I am pleased to report that one of our “lost classmates” used the update address form this week and is no longer “lost”. Hopefully others will do the same.
Please remember, your contact information is confidential and will not be posted or given to anyone without your written permission (there is a line on the update address form to give us permission). Even if you DO give us permission, the only people we will release your contact information to is other members of LEHS Class of 1965. See the Communications Between Members of Our Class page for details.
Check out what Helena (Francullo) Walsh has to say about her life on the Classmate Activities page.
This was a comment from Frank Gately. I copied it and am posting it for comment.
I was looking for the famous Lynn, Lynn City of Sin poem because I heard it had more verses. “We’ll Always Remenber Lynn” brought back the locations and the memories, for sure. I’ve read the early works of the poet, Vincent Ferrini, which relives Lynn, before the times of the class of “65. Also, the book “Loyalty” by John Curry uses Lynn as the setting for his gangster-fiction novel. It was great for remembering all the old places, like Monte’s, forget the plot.
Lynn, Lynn the city of sin
You never come out, the way you came in
You ask for water, but they give you gin
The girls say no, yet they always give in
If your not bad, they won’t let you in
It’s the damndest city I’ve ever lived in
Lynn, Lynn the city of sin
You never come out, the way you came in.
Author: unknown
A page has been created for each of us to post something special that is happening in our lives. Be it a new grandkid, a new job, retirement, writing a new book, or anything you consider special about yourself (or your family). Please remember, no phone numbers, addresses or email addresses.
Keep your postings free of political or controversial topics. Your postings will be edited as necessary. Please do not solicit anything on the site. Postings advertising something “for sale” will not be posted as will any postings in bad taste.
To place something on the page, just use contact and an email will be sent to our class email address. If you have a photo that you want to post, just put a comment in that you want to put a photo up for others to see. We will contact you and give you instructions.
Our initial posting is by Lina Rehal who is announcing a book signing for her new book. Check it out on the Classmate Activities page.
Our 45th reunion in September, 2010 was a great time and we raised over $4400 for our Scholarship Fund. THANKS to everyone who contributed and who attended the reunion.
Thanks to Sue Rummel’s hard work and persistence, LEHS golf towel sales raised over $625. Sue indicates that there are a limited number of grey golf towels for sale at $20 each. If you want one or more, please contact us and Sue will get back to you with details.
The 50/50 raffle at the reunion raised another $375 for the Scholarship fund.
Most importantly, donations from individuals and the small difference between the actual cost of the reunion the fees charged for the reunion raised approximately $3400 more.
The Scholarship Program is an on-going effort and donations are encouraged and welcome at any time. If you are interested in making a donation to the scholarship fund, please contact us and we will send you a scholarship donation form with mailing instructions. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us.
Our Honor Role of Donations from Individuals is listed below.*
Bulldog “Plus” Status (over $100)
This special category was created for our late classmate, John Calef, who donated the largest donation to date ($500) before he passed away in 2008
Bulldog Status ($51 – $100)
Jaime (Andrian) Blackstone
Bert Conlon
Janet (Durgin) Atkinson
Jeri (Graham) Mullen
Arlyne Grant
Robert Hartshorn
Janice Pitkewicz
Christine (Sampson) Weston
Tim Sharpe
Eleanor (Shellgren) Starkenberg
John Warwick
Red Status ($26 – $50)
Thomas Cahill
Richard Callahan
Don and Carol (Napierski) Ellis
Larry Kelleher
Bob Maleszyk
Jack Rummel
Karin (Stevens) Beaupre
Charlie Tucker
Grey Status (up to $25)
Dale Bryant
Frances (Buckley) Corcoran
Josphine Capano
Dave Emerton
Tony Ferrini
Mark Geller
Katherine Hashian
Chuck Hamilton
Sherry (Johnson) Traverse
Linda (Ladd) Murray
Karen (Hyde) Mancinelli
Ed Jordan
Margaret Marasco
Kathleen (Martin) Ridlon
John McCarthy
Eileen (Murphy) Messier
Tom Mitchell
Haig Nalbandian
Jacqueline O’Donnell
Dick Olsen
Helen (Pachucki) Carter
Ralph Palombo
Mary (Sullivan) Wright
*we apologize if we have omitted anyone (please let us know)