Camden Alumni News from the Camden Alumni AssociationQuarterly News and Events website: www.camdenalumni.com

Camden Alumni Association Board Members

PresidentBarbara O'Rourke Young1957

Vice PresidentTonya Cole Smith

1999

2 nd Vice President Stewart Hatzinger1993

SecretaryMelissa Hardy Sullivan

1989

TreasurerDeanne VanDresar Suits1979

RegistrarDaisy Ross Brady

1937

Past PresidentJohn E. Gerber1987

Scholarship ChairChelsea Mellon

2004

Directors Banquet Committee

Anita L. Narolis1972

Michael Waterman1973

Tina Risley Fox1989

Membership Committee

W. John Higham1953

Kenneth W. Ferris1953

Lance Williams1979

Scholarship Committee

Virginia Jacobs Schuelke1965

Janet Hamner Albrecht1971

Chad Walker1992

2010 Alumni BanquetSaturday, June 19th

Katie & Karl's Restaurant

Reception3:30pm – 5:00pm

Business Meeting5:00pm

Dinner & ProgramImmediately Followingthe Business Meeting

From The President...As the new incoming presid-

ent of the Association, and on behalf of all our officers and dir-ectors, I welcome the new members to the Association. A special welcome is extended to the 2009 graduates who are now honorary members for the next 5 years. We hope they will maintain contact with us so we can keep their records up to date.

Our 2009 Annual Alumni Association Meeting and Ban-quet was held on June 20, at Katie and Karl’s Restaurant, with 270 attending. Alumni from the following years were in attendance. Classes of 1933; 1934; 1937 thru 1970; 1972 thru 1985; 1987; 1991; 1999 thru 2002; 2004; 2007; and 2009. We also had a member of 2010 attend. Further informa-tion of where these people came from appears in another article in the Newsletter.

The Class of 1959 was our honored 50-year Anniversary class. 29 of their 75 living mem-bers attended.

Recognition of the honored classes present were: 1954 - 55th year; 1949 - 60th year; 1944 – 65th year; 1939 - 70th year; & 1934 - 75th year. Photos from this event may be seen on the web site www.camdenalumni.-com. Please go online and look

at all the photos from our Annual Meeting this June, and for the past several meetings.

Next year’s Annual Meeting and Banquet will be held on Saturday, June 19, 2010, at Katie & Karl’s Restaurant. The Class of 1960 will be the honored 50 year class. Lynda Prichard Mutch and Ruth Gar-lick Collins will co-chair their 50th Class Reunion.

Two of our main Association goals are to increase active membership and to grant schol-arships to deserving members of the graduating classes of Camden High School. The scholarships are so important, and to be able to give out these scholarships we need to always be raising money. Applications for the 2010 Scholarship pro-gram will be available at the Camden High School Guidance Office by January 2nd.

Our Membership and Scholar-ship committees will be arran-ging fund raisers during the coming year. We welcome your donations at any time, and ask for your suggestions for fund raisers.

Looking forward to hearing from you.Sincerely,Barbara O’Rourke Young, 1957President (2009-2011)

Class of 1959 Celebrates 50th Reunion

Front Row: Richard Woodcock; Ann Delahunt Bronk; Joyce Hilliker Donaldson; Rebecca Kennedy; Carol Hawkes Finnerty; Shirley Whipple Potter; Carol Trnchik Farrell; Linda Conley; JoAnn Mutch Smith. Middle Row: (Standing) Marie Amo Sal-mon; Patricia Briglin Price; Jean Kalk Atkins; Joan Kalk Myers; David Anderson; Sheila Armstrong Finster; Bonnie Hatzinger Drescher; Sandra Piersall Gage; Doris Snow O’Hara; Sandra Reed Conley. Back Row: Kenneth Walker; Jerry Flagg; Wal-ter Keeney; John Gage; Karl Gerow; Roger Phelps; Francis Yerdon; Charles Lovenguth; Leon Stevens; Patricia Fuller Liddy

270 Attend Annual Alumni BanquetAnother beautiful evening and

more, much more! 270 alumni and guests attended the 2009 Annual Meeting and Banquet on June 20, 2009 at Katie & Karl’s Restaurant. Those attending enjoyed delicious appetizers during the welcome reception, with lots of opportun-ity to meet and greet old friends and classmates; and sat down to another fabulous meal, cour-tesy of Karen and her restaur-ant crew.

60 Class years were repres-ented at the event from 1933 through 2010, with the top 15 largest classes (just alumni), including: 1959 – 30; 1957 – 9;

1953 – 8; 1949, 1950, 1954, 1955, 1961 – 7 each; 1946, 1960, 1974, 1979 – 6 each; 1944, 1965, and 2009 – 5 each.

States represented (in addi-tion to NY): AZ, CA, FL, IN, MA, NC, NV, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, and WI.

Oldest attendees: (earliest class) Merva Martz Walasek and Keith Watkin, Class of 1933.

Youngest attendee: Shannon McCoon, Class of 2010.

Largest Family Group attend-ing: Rose Family Group (Joan Delahunt Rose, 1949, and fam-ily members) – 17.

The featured banquet

speaker, Leon Stevens, vale-dictorian,1959, talking about how one acquires knowledge, was both interesting, and in his words, “brief.”

Scholarships were awarded to six Camden High School Seni-ors. See the accompanying art-icle for more details.

The traditional basket collec-

tion for scholarship funds net-ted a total of $937. The 50/50 raffle collected a total of $215 for the scholarship fund. The winner generously donated $60 of her winnings to the scholarships. 174 Alumni made scholarship donations that were received with registrations and dues totaling $4458.

$6,000 in Scholarships Awarded to Class of 2009

Six members of the graduat-ing Class of 2009 received scholarships of $1000 each from the Camden Alumni Asso-ciation at the Annual Meeting and Banquet, held June 20, 2006, at Katie and Karl’s Res-taurant.

The 2009 recipients, shown in the photo, left to right, are:

Andrea McCoon, daughter of Teresa Delaney, 1976, Cam-den. Andrea will enter St. Lawrence University in the fall to study Pre-Dental;

Dylan Smith, son of Jean-nine Boyer McCormick, 1980, Camden. Dylan will enter Ithaca College in the fall to study Exer-cise Science;

Amanda Sterling, daughter of Alice Hall Sterling, 1982, Wil-liamstown. Amanda will enter Herkimer County Community College in the fall to become a paralegal;

Casey Walker, daughter of Christopher Walker, 1981, and Mary Barker, 1981, Camden. Casey will enter Lemoyne Col-

lege in the fall to study Soci-ology-Childhood Education and Special Education;

Kristy Wall, daughter of Jerry Wall, Jr., and Linda Wall, 1983, Taberg. Kristy will enter Mohawk Valley Community Col-lege in the fall to study Ele-mentary Education;

Not present for picture: Chelsea Sherwood, daughter of Richard Sherwood, 1981, and Sally Sherwood, Camden. Chelsea will enter Keuka Col-lege in the Fall to study Amer-ican Sign Language.

The Camden Alumni Associ-ation is proud of these students and their high school accom-plishments, and wishes them success in their college endeavors.

Since the inception of the Camden Alumni Association Scholarship Program in 1965, 126 graduates have been awar-ded a total of $69,700 through 2009. Donations are always welcome to help support this program.

Senior Anniversary Classes

1934 Celebrates 75th

The Class of 1934 graduated 53 members. A call went out from Class Contact, Mary (Molly) Cook Baker, William-stown, to the 11 living class members and to families of

deceased members, if a con-tact was available. Each was asked to send a brief write up of what they had done since high school. Replies came from, in addition to Molly: Dorothy Johnson Brooks, Vero Beach, FL; Doris Wood Wendt, Clinton, NY; and from the famil-ies of Adolph LaPrate, formerly of Pulaski, NY and Nellie Higham Smith, formerly of Westdale, both deceased class-mates. The write ups were used to create a commemorative 1934 yearbook which was duplicated and sent to all of these class members and famil-ies. Molly was the only class member from 1934 able to attend the Alumni Banquet

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Vol. 2, No. 3Summer 2009

1939 Celebrates 70th

The Class of 1939 graduated 67 members. A call went out from Class Contact, Gladys

Ogiba Conley, Mattydale, NY, to the 23 living class members asking each for a brief write up of what they had done since high school. Replies came from, in addition to Gladys: Ruth Baker Baker, Meadville, PA; June Boyd Conner, Oxford, PA; Agnes McLaughlin Crego, Oneida, NY; Elizabeth (Betty) Gamble Strauss, North Ridgeville, OH; Lynn A. White, Camden; and Robert Woodard, Eustis, FL. The write ups were used to create a commemor-ative 1939 yearbook which was duplicated and sent to all of these class members. Gladys was the only class member from 1939 able to attend the Alumni Banquet.

Class of 1944 Celebrates 65th

The Class of 1944 graduated 50, including 5 of whom were in military service at the time. 27 class members are living, of whom 5 attended the 2009 Alumni Banquet. Those attend-

ing included: (L to R) Richard Waterman, Camden; Paul Mowers, Camden; Marian Graves Miller, Camden; Miriam Smith, Rochester; and Shirley Dennie Ferris, Melbourne, FL.

Class of 1949 Celebrates 60th

The Class of 1949 graduated 58, including one who was in military service at the time. 36 class members are living, of whom 7 attended the Alumni Banquet. Those attending included: (L to R) Donald Willi-ams, Brewerton, NY; Joseph

Meagher, Camden; Robert Barker, Delmar, NY; Dorothy Williams Capria, North Syra-cuse; Robert Abrams, Camden. Not pictured: Joan Delahunt Rose, Camden; and Alan Yager, North Bay.

Class of 1954 Celebrates 55th

The Class of 1954 graduated 62, of whom 51 are living, and 6 attended the Alumni Banquet. Those included: (L to R) Seated: Lucille Houston Wick, Taberg; Gloria Deeley Lewis,

Camden; Carol Scannell Grin-nell, Taberg. Standing: Felix Kuc, Jr., Taberg; Donald Sweat-land, Warsaw, IN; and Sandra Kilbourne Dunfield, Blossvale.

Class of 1969 40th Reunion WeekendThe Farewell Break-fast: On the steps: Pat Kirk, Nancy Nobis, Jacky Hum-mel, Janet Lesczyck, Lois Riesterer, Jeanie Jayson, Paul Kuc, Jim Riesterer, Marla Johnson, Carol Teelin, Andria Board-man, Ron Phelps. On the porch front Left around to front rail-ing: Tom Fanning, Kitty Garlock, Dave Salmon, Mark Barry, Francis Sincerbeaux, George Risley, Bob Galek, Linda Dixon, Tom Smith, Martha Norton, Martha Wat-son, Wendy Hodg-son, Pat Birmingham, and Jim McEntire

Camden High School's Class of 1969 held its 40th class reunion the weekend of July 31 to August 2, 2009. The weekend offered a multitude of activities to its participants beginning with an "ice breaker" Friday evening (Vienna Hotel). Saturday morn-ing saw the group gathering at the home of classmate Tom Fanning, to enjoy a breakfast feast. In the afternoon there was a scavenger hunt through

the village or an afternoon of golf. The main event Saturday evening at the Moran Post American Legion Post was capped off with an evening of dancing with music provided by D.J. Ron Scales.

The weekend culminated with breakfast on Sunday morning at the Vienna Hotel. The entire weekend offered a chance for old acquaintances to renew their friendships and catch up

on live events before drawing to a close.

For the last 20 years, our suc-cess has been predicated on providing an array of activities, a menu if you will, to pick and choose from partaking in as many or as few as desired. The planning committee is already beginning preparations for our 45th Reunion.Thanks,Committee for Class of 1969

Class of 1969 Reunion Committee Members: Front Row (L to R): Mary Kay Gardner, Nancy Nobis, Lois Riesterer, Jim McEntire, Janet Lesczyck, Jeanie Jayson. Back Row (L to R): Tom Smith, Bob Galek, Linda Dixon, Jim Riesterer, and Tom Fanning.

Class of 1979 Celebrates 30th ReunionThe class of 1979 will be cel-

ebrating it's 30th reunion the weekend of August 14th and 15th. The weekend will begin with a Meet & Greet Ice Breaker at the Grape & Grog in Camden on Friday night. We will start to gather around 7pm, and every-one is welcome to attend.

Saturday will begin with a Pic-nic and Golf outing at McCon-nellsville Golf Club. The picnic will begin at 11am, and the first foursome for golf will tee off at noon. Golf will be a simple “best ball” format and strictly for enjoyment. If you have not made reservations yet, the price for the complete package with a golf cart is $36 per person, without a cart is $28. Picnic alone is $13.50. Tickets will be available at the golf course for all three options.

Saturday evening is the Din-ner Banquet at the Turning Stone Resort & Casino in Ver-ona. If you have not yet made your reservations for the ban-quet, a limited number of tickets will be available at the Friday Night Ice Breaker for a price of $60 cash per person (no checks

or credit cards accepted on Fri-day Night). Since the Turning Stone requires advance regis-tration, no tickets will be avail-able at the door for the dinner banquet. So, if you have changed your mind and want to go to the banquet, get your tick-ets Friday!

I would like to thank everyone on the Reunion Planning Com-mittee. They have been fant-astic in helping organize this reunion: MaryAnn McCabe Cook, Secretary; Deanne VanDresar Suits, Treasurer; Karen Alvord Barber; William Dow; Laurie Eldridge Kohlbren-ner; Deborah Mulvaney; Denise

Blowers Nobis; Susan Hall Nut-ting; Nancy Fox Prusack; Wil-liam Reed; Jennifer VanSchoick Reed; Donald VanDresar and Bruce Willliams. Thanks for all your help the past year and in the future!

We have even planned a 2010 casual event to inagurate an informal annual get together. Starting in 2010, the Class of 1979 will meet the second Fri-day night in August (8/13/2009) at the Sunset Grill & Bar in Sylvan Beach.- Lance Williams, ChairmanClass of 1979 Reunion Planning Committee

If you are a graduate of Camden High School or Cam-den Central Schools, please help support your alumni association by both paying your annual dues of $5 and making a donation to the Alumni Scholarship Fund. Donations to the Scholarship Fund welcomed from all.

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