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11/10/09 07:53 PM

John Nicholson

Welcome to the Winston Churchill High School Class Of 1970 forums. Please press "Post Response" to participate in the discussion.

12/17/09 08:17 PM	#2
John Risler I am glad that you stared this I have been gone so long it is nice to see what people are up to. Got to love free.

12/19/09 01:35 AM	#3
David Back Indeed I agree that for many years I have been curious about how my high school friends have been. As I scrolled down the list of names I began to recall moments from my three years at Churchill.

12/24/09 11:14 PM	#4
Gregory Meyer I'd like to wish everyone in the class of 70 and their significant others, and their families a very happy holiday season. I am deeply touched by the demise of a few of us and I offer my deepest condolences to those associated, albeit a bit late. I am looking forward to the reunion. Feel free to contact me. greg@gregmeyermusic.com kierjenn@Hotmail.com

12/31/09 01:13 PM	#5
Andrew Rolnick Wishing all my fellow Churchill alumni a safe, happy and prosperous New Year. I am looking forward to seeing all my friends at the reunion.

01/04/10 09:03 PM

Betty Spicer (Langager)

I am so happy that we are going to have our reunion! Seems hard to believe that its been 40 years! We are part of the history of Herbert Hoover Jr. High and Winston Churchill High, because they were both brand new schools when we started there. We were able to pick the school colors and mascots. Do you remember them?

Hoover's "The Chargers" was burgundy & white.
Chuchill "The Bulldogs" was Blue/Green/White.

Some of my classmates I have kept in contact over the years by phone or letters. It will be so nice to see all my classmates again.

Life is precious, its a gift from God. Remember to be thankful for what you do have and not want you don't have. Remember to smile it will make the other person smile too.

Looking forward to see all of you.

01/05/10 09:03 AM	#7
John Risler Happy birthday to John. It is great getting older but not for the weak at heart. You know it has been years since I tried to remember what life was like in the Potomac Maryland area and what went on at Winston Churchill. Now that I suffer form part timers it has made it most trying. I hope that the New year brings many blessings.

01/06/10 08:16 AM	#8
William Heyer What great fun looking at the yearbook pictures and the profiles. The late 60's and early 70's were trying times. Is there a list of the teachers for 1970? If not it would be interesting to hear comments about your favorites or..... not so favorites.

01/21/10 05:05 PM	#9
John Viqueira Fello Bulldogs, The circle of life is starting to make another turn. 40 years ago I was busy playing Basketball and trying to win a county championship. Tomorrow night ( Friday 1/25 ), My son will be playing for Clarksburg against Churchill trying to do the same thing. I guess for 1 night, I will have to hope that the Coyotes beat up on the Bulldogs. Sorry fellow Bulldogs. JV

02/18/10 01:33 AM

#10

Kay Tamzarian (Fellows)

this is such an amazing website! thank you john! and thanks to all who are working so hard to get in touch with fellow classmates and working to make the reunion awesome.
i was so saddened to read about our friends who have passed on. thanks to those of you who wrote about them.
i urge everyone to track down as many of the MIA's as possible!! and personally, i CAN'T WAIT for the reunion!!
i wish i still had my cheerleading uniform! NOT!! but i have been known to break out in the fight song! actually headed up to hang out with larry melton next weekend in steamboat springs colorado, and may try to see dave lugert in vail this weekend!! let the reunions begin!!!

02/26/10 12:31 AM

#11

Carolyn Collen (Collen-DuBose)

I'm not sure about the old fight song...
A few years ago we had a student intern at the school where I taught. When I was introduced to him I was told that he maybe came from my neck of the woods, and sure enough he was from Potomac and had gone to Churchill, whereupon I burst into the entire fight song in the faculty room and he just looked at me blankly. Uhhh, you're not familiar with this song I asked?
No, he was not..... did he not go to football games or is the song dead?
He never got very chummy with me.....

03/14/10 11:15 AM

#12

Gonzalo Accame

Friendship isn't a big thing - it's a million little things. ~Author Unknown

04/22/10 12:42 PM

#13

Susan Bligh (Robertson)

To all on our reunion committee.....thank you so much for getting all this together, and allowing us the opportunity to reconnect with old classmates. It is greatly appreciated!!!! Looking forward to Oct. Sue Bligh-Robertson

07/23/10 11:05 AM

#14

C. DeLaine Nash (Niesley)

John,

Is this your doing?! It's been GREAT reading profiles and contacting various people. Once I discovered the personal updates, (some with pictures), I was so engrossed, I hadn't realized it was nearly 3 a.m. You've covered every detail. I was especially impressed with the personal comments written about those who have left us. Your outstanding work is greatly appreciated. Thank you.

Up to this point, H.S. was a faded memory that would come into focus during one of my Jr. High (off topic) class discussions like, "If you never had Nintendo, what did you do for fun?" or "OMG! How did you ever survive without cell phones?!" Freaky deja vu moments have popped up during lessons using history clips from the 60's and 70's when I would suddenly realize we were there! Now, thanks to your updates I've got even more great examples to convince 7th graders there really is life after middle school and high school!

Last weekend I went to my husband's 40th reunion; it was subdued compared to your plans, but I enjoyed roaming around picking up puzzle pieces of Ron's earlier days as his classmates reminisced. Now I'm REALLY looking forward to our time together! Thanks, reunion committee for a job well done!

DeLaine (Nash) Niesley

P.S. Kay (T.) I'd still recognize you anywhere...YOU GO GIRL!

08/26/10 03:28 PM

#15

Gonzalo Accame

Friends,

To all of you who knew our mom, she passed away on the 31st of July, quite peacefully. We are celebrating her one month anniversary with a mass at Our Lady of Mercy chapel on August 31st at 7:30 pm. All are invited to join us in this celebration.

Gonzalo and Jorge

09/04/10 03:10 AM

#16

Liz Bagnall (Scarito)

Dear Gonzalo and Jorge,

I was so sorry to hear of your loss. I guess we are all heading into this difficult time of change. My parents still belong to OLOM, in fact I was there in the spring for a concert. It doesn't look at all the same.

Liz

10/02/10 02:17 PM

#17

Kay Tamzarian (Fellows)

i'm getting excited to see everyone!!!

please forgive me in advance for not remembering names!!! i sure hope we're gonna be wearing name tags!!! otherwise it's gonna be a whole lots of seinfeldish "oh hiiiiiiiiii---how are you? it's been a long time. so how's it going?"

thanks in advance to the amazing committee for all your hard work. i'm sure you're anxious for this to just happen and be done with it!! but your hard work is so appreciated--truly.

kay

but can you just do one more thing--make sure the weather is amazing!!!

10/04/10 09:27 AM

#18

Gary Lloyd

I had a great time at Night Out Oct 1 Posted all the photographs on My website

http://www.portraitphotographer.com/1970/

Look forward to seeing everone on Friday at Homecoming Oct 8

Gary "FLASH" Lloyd

10/07/10 12:59 AM

#19

Marc Zell

To Everyone Attending the Reunion this Weekend:

First, let me say that I am looking forward to the Reunion this coming weekend. Indeed, I am traveling from Israel to take part. Second, I want to explain that because of religious restrictions, I will not be able to join the events until Saturday night at around 8 pm at the Bethesda Marriott. I hope you understand.

Third, special thanks to the Reunion Committee for their superlative efforts in making this event happen.

I can't wait to see you all.

Marc Zell

(Currently in Madrid, Spain en route to DC)

10/07/10 04:23 PM

#20

Paul Howard

I enjoyed seeing everyone on Friday night. As I mentioned on Friday, I live pretty much right across from Churchill so let me throw this out there. After the game I'd like to invite anyone who wants to stop by my place for a cold drink before heading back to the hotel. My house is small but I'm sure I can accomodate more people than Bambino's. I've also got a pool table down stairs for anyone who wants to shoot a game or two. It would be best to walk over due to limited parking. I'm at 11607 Regency Drive. Just walk down Georgetown Drive (the road right across from the school) for 1 short block and turn left on Regency. I'm the third house on the right. It's the house with the american flag out front.

See ya Friday,

Paul

10/09/10 09:24 AM

#21

Kay Tamzarian (Fellows)

well, reunion night #1 was fantastic!! reuniting with classmates and friends was so special! and the fact that churchill won made it all the better. thanks, john, for singing the fight song with me! just being on the track brought back waves of memories of saturday afternoons at games, and then to bambinos. everyone looks great! i apologize, as i knew i'd have to , for not recognizing people, tho. don't take it personally. once i put names and faces together it was light light bulbs going off. jv, your stories are priceless. i look forward to many more tonite from you and everyone else. and to think tonite we'll have a whole new batch of friends coming in!!

10/10/10 07:57 AM

#22

C. DeLaine Nash (Niesley)

Gary and Reunion Committee,

You're AMAZING! Thank you so much for the fantastic pictures! It seemed everywhere we turned, you were there arranging shots. This event has been such an enjoyable experience and it's not over yet. What a great "flash of the past" (and future) this has been. Thank you committee for all your time and amazing efforts to make this a weekend of wonderful memories!

DeLaine (Nash) Niesley

10/10/10 09:36 PM

#23

John Nicholson

The ties that are bound during the years when when come of age are defining, lasting, and instantly renewable. I have always believed that we were and are an incredible group. All this was on parade throughout a very memorable weekend.

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