40TH REUNION WEEKEND

 

MERCY HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF '69 ICEBREAKER

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2009 DESMOND'S PUB AT THE EAST WIND, WADING RIVER, NEW YORK

L TO R:  MICHELE TUMULTY, PEGGY FUCHS, MARY CAPPASSO AND EILEEN FITZGERALD

L TO R:  PEGGY FUCHS, MARYANN STEPNOWSKY, TOM CLARK (MARYANNE'S SPOUSE) AND FREDDIE HAVENS

LEFT TO RIGHT: PEGGY FUCHS, MARYANN STEPNOWSKY, TOM CLARK,(MARYANN'S SPOUSE), FREDDIE HAVENS & BOB HAZZARD

LEFT TO RIGHT:  MARYANN STEPNOWSKY, FREDDIE HAVENS, BOB HAZZARD, CHARLIE NOVOTNY (MARY CLAUSING'S SIGNIFICANT OTHER) AND JENNIFER LEE

LEFT TO RIGHT:  PATTY FUCHS, KATHY COLICHIO, LEE SINNICKSON, (LORETTA'S SPOUSE), LORETTA MANZELLA AND PEGGY FUCHS

LEFT TO RIGHT:  BRUCE FIGURNIAK, BOB HAZZARD, VIC PRUSINOWSKI, BUD SPELLMAN, LORETTA MANZELLA AND KATHIE ROGERS

L TO R:  BUD SPELLMAN, KATHIE ROGERS, FREDDIE HAVENS, CHARLIE NOVOTNY AND TIM BUCKLEY

L TO RIGHT, FRONT AND CENTER:  KATHIE ROGERS, FREDDIE HAVENS AND TIM BUCKLEY

L TO R:  GEORGE HUGHES (FREDDIE HAVENS' SPOUSE) & CHARLIE NOVOTNY (MARY CLAUSING'S SIGNIFICANT OTHER)

L TO R:  BOB HAZZARD AND VIC PRUSINOWSKI

L TO R:  BUD SPELLMAN, KATHY SPELLMAN AND LORETTA MANZELLA

L TO R:  BOB SALOMONE, JIMMY PENDULIK AND GIG SHELDON

GERI SACHAK, GIG SHELDON, BARBARA MCKAY, CAROL RAYNOR, BARBARA BYRNE, AND MARY ANN STEPNOWSKY

MICHELE TUMULTY, MARY CAPPASSO, EILEEN FITZGERALD

L TO R:  MICHELE TUMULTY, MARY CAPPASSO, EILEEN FITZGERALD AND ELLEN BUCKLEY

L TO R:  BOB HAZZARD AND VIC PRUSINOWSKI

L TO R:  GERI SACHAK, DON SCHEU (BARBARA MCKAY'S SPOUSE) AND BOB NEELY (GERI'S SPOUSE)

L TO R:  BOB HAZZARD, DARLA KUJAWSKI AND CHARLIE KUJAWSKI

L TO R:  STEVE BIENIEWICZ, MAUREEN FLYNN AND GREG VETTER

L TO R:  SANDY SZCZEPANIK, BOB HAZZARD AND STEVE BIENIEWICZ

L TO R:  STEVE BIENIEWICZ, JIMMY PENDULIK, AND BUD SPELLMAN

L TO R:  SANDY SZCZEPANIK, BOB HAZZARD AND STEVE BIENIEWICZ

L TO R:  TIM BUCKLEY, DON SCHEU (BARBARA MCKAY'S SPOUSE AND CLASS OF '68 ALUMNUS) AND TOM TWOMEY

L TO R:  DARLA KUJAWSKI, KATHY VERDERESE, CHARLIE KUJAWSKI (BEHIND KATHY), ROB REYER (KATHY'S SPOUSE AND CLASS OF '68 ALUMNUS) AND MAUREEN FLYNN

L TO R:  BRUCE KASOLD, PEGGY FUCHS AND GREG VETTER

L TO R:  ENCORE!  BRUCE KASOLD, PEGGY FUCHS AND GREG VETTER

L TO R:  WES PHILP AND MICHELE TUMULTY (AND BUD SPELLMAN)

L TO R:  BRUCE KASOLD, PEGGY FUCHS, GREG VETTER AND WESLEY PHILP

L TO R:  TOM TWOMEY AND LINDA HORBERT

L TO R:  GERI SACHAK AND GIG SHELDON

L TO R:  CAROL RAYNOR AND BARBARA MCKAY

L TO R:  BARBARA BYRNE AND MARYANN STEPNOWSKY

L TO R:  MARY CAPPASSO, PATTY FUCHS AND KATHY COLICHIO

L TO R: PATTY FUCHS, KATHY COLICHIO, MICHELE TUMULTY AND MIKE HARTMAN (ELLEN BUCKLEY'S SPOUSE)

L TO R:  MICHELE TUMULTY, MIKE HARTMAN (ELLEN'S SPOUSE) AND ELLEN BUCKLEY

L TO R:  NANCY MALONEY, BOB SALOMONE AND RON MALONEY

L TO R:  BUD SPELLMAN, SANDY SZCZEPANIK, LORETTA MANZELLA AND KATHY SPELLMAN

L TO R:  KATHY VERDERESE AND MAUREEN FLYNN

L TO R:  STEVE BIENIEWICZ, KATHY SPELLMAN, LORETTA MANZELLA, BUD SPELLMAN AND SANDY SZCZEPANIK

L TO T: BOB HAZZARD (MAUREEN FLYNN IN TH BACK), STEVE BIENIEWICZ AND KATHY SPELLMAN

L TO R:  EILEEN FITZGERALD AND TIM BUCKLEY

L TO R:  (THE BACK OF GERI SACHAK'S HEAD) BARBARA MCKAY, CAROL RAYNOR, BARBARA BYRNE AND MARYANN STEPNOWSKY

L TO R:  TOM TWOMEY, MAUREEN FLYNN AND LINDA HORBERT

L TO R:  PEGGY FUCHS, GREG VETTER & WES PHILP

L TO R:  PATTY FUCHS, KATHY COLICHIO, MICHELE TUMULTY AND STEVE BIENIEWICZ (STANDING)

L TO R:  WES PHILP, VIC PRUSINOWSKI, PEGGY FUCHS (FAR RIGHT)

L TO R:  JIMMY PENDULIK, (TIM BUCKEY IN THE BACK) AND KATHIE ROGERS

L TO R:  JIMMY PENDULIK AND MARY CLAUSING

L TO R:  SANDY SZCZEPANIK, MARY CLAUSING AND BOB HAZZARD

L TO R:  ENCORE!  SANDY, MARY CLAUSING AND BOB HAZZARD

L TO R:  PEGGY FUCHS, GREG VETTER, MARY CLAUSING AND WES PHILP

L TO R:  KATHY COLICHIO, MARY CLAUSING, STEVE BIENIEWICA, MICHELE TUMULTY, PATTY FUCHS

L TO R:  BOB SALOMONE, MARY CAPPASSO AND MARY CLAUSING

L TO R:  MARY CLAUSING, BARBARA MCKAY AND CAROL RAYNOR

L TO R:  GERI SACHAK, GIG SHELDON, MARY CLAUSING AND BRUCE KASOLD

L TO R:  KATHY VERDERESE AND EILEEN FITZGERALD

L TO R:  FREDDIE HAVENS AND DON SCHEU (BARBARA MCKAY'S SPOUSE AND CLASS OF '68 ALUMNUS)

L TO R:  LEE SINNICKSON (LORETTA'S SPOUSE) AND CHARLIE NOVOTNY (MARY CLAUSING'S SIGNIFICANT OTHER)

L TO R:  TIM BUCKLEY, KATHIE ROGERS AND LINDA HORBERT

L TO R:  VIC PRUSINOWSKI AND SANDY SZCZEPANIK

L TO R:  KATHY SPELLMAN AND LORETTA MANZELLA

L TO R:  JIMMY PENDULIK AND MARY CAPPASSO

 

 

L TO R:  JIMMY PENDULIK, BOB SALOMONE, GIG SHELDON AND MARY CLAUSING

L TO R:  LEE SINNICKSON (LORETTA'S SPOUSE), TIMMY BUCKLEY, BRUCE KASOLD AND KATHIE ROGERS' BACK

 

 

 SATURDAY MORNING, 10AM  OCTOBER 24, 2009

 GATHERING AT SMITH POINT PARK, SHIRLEY, NY  ORGANIZED BY MAUREEN FLYNN

L TO R:  MAUREEN FLYNN'S GOOD FRIEND JO ANN PHOENIX, MAUREEN FLYNN, BARBARA MCKAY, DON SCHEU (BARBARA MCKAY'S SPOUSE AND CLASS OF '68 ALUMNUS, DARLA KUJAWSKI AND CHARLIE KUJAWSKI

L TO R:  MAUREEN FLYNN, MAUREEN'S FRIEND JO ANN PHOENIX, AND DARLA KUJAWSKI

L TO R:  MAUREEN FLYNN, HER FRIEND JO ANN PHOENIX, DARLA KUJAWSKI, CHARLIE KUJAWSKI AND BARBARA MCKAY

L TO R:  MAUREEN FLYNN, DARLA KUJAWSKI, (CHARLIE WITH THE HAT), BARBARA MCKAY AND DON SCHEU

L TO R:  MAUREEN FLYNN, DARLA KUJAWSKI, AND CHARLIE KUJAWSKI

L TO R:  DON SCHEU (BARBARA MCKAY'S SPOUSE AND CLASS OF '68 ALUMNUS), MARUEEN FLYNN, CHARLIE KUJAWSKI AND BARBARA MCKAY

L TO R:  YOU GUESSED IT!  MAUREEN FLYNN, CHARLIE KUJAWSKI AND BARBARA MCKAY

 

 

 

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2009 

THE MAIN EVENT

LOMBARDI'S ON THE BAY, PATCHOGUE, NY

MERCY HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF '69 40TH REUNION

 

 

A REAR VIEW OF LOMBARDI'S ON THE BAY...THE WATER'S ROUGH BUT NO RAIN...YET.

GUESTS BEGIN TO TRICKLE IN...

THE TRICKLE STARTS TO BECOME A FLOW...

 

THE FIRST CLASS PICTURE TAKEN THAT NIGHT.  WE WERE MISSING THE NUNS AND A NUMBER OF CLASSMATES AT THE TIME.

TAKE 2!

TAKE 3!

TAKE 4!

TAKE 5!

TAKE 87?

 

MICKEY GALLO INSTRUCTS THE CLASS, "OK, SO WHEN THE GUY SAYS 'CHEESE', SHOW 'IM YOUR CHOPPERS!"

HILARITY REIGNS...GREG VETTER, MR. MICHAEL DORMAN AND MICKEY GALLO! 

SAINT JOHN THE EVANGELIST, RIVERHEAD, NY, CLASS OF '65 ALUMNI

MORE SAINT JOHN THE EVANGELIST, RIVERHEAD, CLASS OF '65

YEP, IT'S THEM AGAIN!

LET'S BOOGIE!

EVERYBODY, DANCE, NOW!!!!

DANCE, DANCE, DANCE...

L TO R:  ROB REYER (CLASS OF '68 ALUMNUS) AND KATHY VERDERESE REYER

L TO R:  TIM BUCKLEY AND BUD SPELLMAN

L TO R:  RITA AND BRUCE FIGURNIAK

OK, LET'S TRY THIS AGAIN.  EVERYONE PRESENT AND ACCOUNTED FOR? TAKE 1A!

 

TAKE 2A!

TAKE 3A!

TAKE 4A!

TAKE 5A!

WILL THIS EVER END,. LORD?

AND THE BEAT GOES ON...

AND THE BEAT GOES ON...

ENOUGH, ALREADY!

TAH DAH!

MARY CAPPASSO

BRUCE KASOLD AND PATTY GATZ KASOLD

L TO R:  RON AND NANCY MALONEY

 

DIANE CICHANOWICZ IN GOLD

MEMBERS OF THE FOOTBALL TEAM AND THEIR FAITHFUL CHEERLEADERS

DITTO!

YES, DITTO!

DON SCHEU TRIES TO INSTRUCT MAUREEN FLYNN ON ONE OF THE KEY PLAYS OF THE GAME..."I THINK I'M GETTING A HEADACHE", THINKS MAUREEN.

L TO R: FRONT: CHEERLEADERS, LINDA HORBERT, CAPTAIN MAUREEN FLYNN, LORETTA MANZELLA & MARY CLAUSING
L TO R: REAR:  FOOTBALL PLAYERS, DON SCHEU, (CLASS OF '68), RON MALONEY, BRUCE FIGURNIAK, TIM BUCKLEY, BOB SALAMONE AND VIC PRUSINOWSKI

SAINT JOHN THE EVANGELIST, CENTER MORICHES, NY, CLASS OF '65 ALUMNI..WHERE ARE THE REST OF US???

L TO R:  BOB SALOMONE, OUR DJ ERNIE AND MARY CLAUSING

 

CLASS OF '69 MEMBERS OF THE GLEE CLUB, WITH MODERATOR SISTER MARY STANISLAUS, AKA SISTER  MADELINE MOORE

THE GLEE CLUB SINGS...GLEEFULLY! 

MORE GLEE CLUB!

 YET AGAIN...THE GLEE CLUB BEING GLEEFUL! 

SADLY, CERTAIN MEMBERS OF THE CLASS OF '69  RECEIVED DETENTION SLIPS FOR ASSORTED & SERIOUS  INFRACTIONS OF THE RULES THAT NIGHT.

THE OFFENDERS START TO ASSEMBLE TO LEARN THEIR FATE...

A GROUP MUG SHOT...WAIT!  DO I DETECT SOME DEFIANCE ON THE PART OF MR. TWOMEY?
WHERE'S YOUR DETENTION SLIP, TOM?

"TAKE MY ADVICE, TOM...DO WHAT THEY ASK OR YOU'LL REGRET IT" SAYS GRACIE.

AAAAHHHHHHH!  COMPLIANCE! CONFORMITY!  THE NUNS TAUGHT US WELL!!! 

IN LIEU OF DETENTION DUE TO TIME CONSTRAINTS, THE CLASSMATES WHO RECEIVED DETENTION SLIPS GOOD NATUREDLY PERFORM THE CHICKEN DANCE...PLEASE NOTE THAT THOMAS TWOMEY AND BUD SPELLMAN ARE GLARINGLY MISSING FROM THEIR PENANCE AND THE PICTURE.  PLEASE NOTE:  SR. EUGENE IS WATCHING AND SHE'S WAITING FOR YOU!  

THE OFFENDERS LISTEN INTENTLY AS THEY RECEIVE THEIR INSTRUCTIONS...

OK, THEN, EVERYBODY CIRCLE TO THE LEFT...

CLUCK, CLUCK CLUCK!

BUCK, BUCK, BUCK!

EVERYBODY CIRCLE TO THE RIGHT...

AND AGAIN, EVERYBODY CIRCLE TO THE LEFT...

BARBARA BYRNE CLUTCHES HER DETENTION SLIP AND VOWS TO NEVER BREAK THE RULES AGAIN!

CLUCK, CLUCK, CLUCK...BUCK, BUCK, BUCKLEY!

JENNIFER LEE APPEARS MORTIFIED!!! THAT'S THE PRICE YOU PAY FOR WEARING DANGLING EARRINGS, MY DEAR!!!

SANDY APPEARS TO BE ENJOYING THE LIMELIGHT!

GRACIE SPIES AN ESCAPE ROUTE..."QUICK, THERE IT IS! LET'S GET OUT OF HERE!"

THE ONLOOKING CROWD APPEARS TO ENJOY THEIR MORTIFICATION!!

"THAT WAS FUN!  LET'S DO IT AGAIN!" LAUGHS TIM BUCKLEY.

TOM TWOMEY, COMEDIAN EXTRAORDINARE AND MARY CLAUSING.  THIS GUY AFFORDED ME AND OUR ENTIRE CLASS, ENOUGH LAUGHS TO LAST A LIFETIME!  YOU ARE PRICELESS, TOM!  BONGO CONGO, ANYONE?

KATHY VERDERESE REYER, DARLA KUJAWSKI AND ROB REYER (CLASS OS '68)

KATHIE ROGERS AND PATTY GATZ

FACING THE CAMERA:  LINDA GALLO, GREG VETTER, GIG, LINDA HORBERT, BARBARA BYRNE IN THE BACKGROUND AND PART OF MICHELE GALLO ON THE FAR RIGHT.

L TO R:  LINDA GALLO (LAUGHING AS USUAL...LOVE YA LINDA!), GREG VETTER, GIG SHELDON, BARBARA BYRNE (IN THE BACK) AND LINDA HORBERT

L TO R:  PEGGY FARRELL, LINDA GALLO, MARY CLAUSING, GREG VETTER, TIM BUCKLEY, GIG SHELDON AND LINDA HORBERT (BARBARA BYRNE IN THE FAR RIGHT BACKGROUND) 

 MEMBERS OF THE CLASS OF '69 WHO WERE ON THE MERCY BASKETBALL TEAM AND THEIR LOVELY CHEERLEADERS! (BRUCE, JIMMY, STEVE, MARY LOU AMBROSE, AND KATHY COLICHIO)

L TO R:  LEE SINNICKSON (LORETTA'S SPOUSE), CHARLIE NOVOTNY (MARY CLAUSING'S SIGNIFICANT OTHER) AND THOMAS TWOMEY. YOU CAN JUST TELL, THEY'RE UP TO NO GOOD!

ELLEN BUCKLEY AND JENNIFER LEE

THE TOUCHDOWN TWINS...L TO R  PEGGY AND PATTY FUCHS

L TO R:  MICHELE TUMULTY YODELING, SR. MADELINE MOORE (STANISLAUS), ELLEN BUCKLEY AND SR. MARY CARMELITA

DARLA AND CHARLIE KUJAWSKI

SANDY ENJOYS A CANNOLI!  HE LOOKS A LITTLE LIKE GEPPETTO IN HIS SWEATER!

KATHY VERDERESE REYER AND ROB REYER

FRANK FILIPO AND JOANNE  BASINI FILIPO

ANOTHER SHOT OF FRANK AND JOANNE

CONNIE CAMERLINGO LORENZEN AND TED LORENZEN

FREDDIE HAVENS HUGHES AND GEORGE HUGHES

GRACIE CZYGIER AND BOB ELROSE

DON SCHEU AND BARBARA MCKAY SCHEU

KATHY AND ROBERT SALOMONE

KENNY HARVEY AND EILEEN FITZGERALD HARVY

L TO R:  PATTY GATZ, BRUCE KASOLD, AND JIMMY PENDULIK

FRONT LEFT TO RIGHT:  PATTY GATZ, MARY LOU AMBROSE AND KATHY COLICHIO
REAR LEFT TO RIGHT:  GREG VETTER, BRUCE KASOLD, JIMMY PENDULIK AND STEVE BIENIEWICZ
SEATED:  "JOEY W." AKA JOE WYNNE
L TO R:  PATTY FUCHS, PEGGY FUCHS, PEGGY FARRELL AND JOE'S SPOUSE, CATHY WYNNE

L TO R:  RON MALONEY, NANCY MALONEY AND KAY KUHLMAN

MARION DORMAN AND MR. MICHAEL DORMAN

L TO R:  LINDA HORBERT, BARBARA BYRNE AND MARY CLAUSING

DITTO!

THE PRESIDENT OF OUR CLASS, VICTOR PRUSINOWSKI, AND HIS MUMS!

L TO R:  VICTOR PRUSINOWSKI, MARY CLAUSING AND GIG SHELDON

L TO R:  VIC, MARY, GIG, BRUCE FIGURNIAK AND GREG VETTER

L TO R:  VIC PRUSINOWSKI, MARY CLAUSING, GIG SHELDON, BRUCE FIGURNIAK AND GREG VETTER

L TO R:  VIC, MARY AND GIG

YOU GET THE IDEA... 

 

VIC, OUR CLASS OF '69 CLASS PICTURE AND GIG SHELDON

THE CLASS OF '69'S VERY FIRST CLASS PICTURE...THE GYM...SENIOR YEAR!

THE REUNION COMMITTEE IS INTRODUCED:  LORETTA, MARY, PEGGY, PATTY AND MARY  

L TO R:  VICTOR PRUSINOWSKI AND THE REUNION COMMITTEE;
LORETTA MANZELLA, MARY CLAUSING, PEGGY FUCHS, PATTY FUCHS AND MARY CAPPASSO

MORE OF THE SAME!

ONE MO' TIME!

FRONT L TO RIGHT:  PATTY GATZ, MARY LOU AMBROSE, KATHY COLICHIO
REAR L TO RIGHT:  BRUCE KASOLD, TIMMY BUCKLEY, JIMMY PENDULIK AND STEVE BIENIEWICZ

 

GRACIE CZYGIER AND KATHIE ROGERS

KATHIE ROGERS AND GRACE CZYGIER

GRACE CZYGIER AND FREDDIE HAVENS

THE CLASS OF '69 DOES THE ELECTRIC SLIDE!

MORE ELECTRIC SLIDE!

AGAIN...THE ELECTRIC SLIDE!

OUR DJ, ERNIE, DARLA AND CHARLIE KUJAWSKI AND LORETTA MANZELLA.

KATHIE ROGERS AND BARBARA BYRNE

TIM BUCKLEY AND KATHIE ROGERS (BUCKLEY)

L TO R:  JOANNE BASINI, BARBARA BYRNE, KATHIE ROGERS, MILAGRO RUIZ, LINDA HORBERT AND ELAINE EBERT

L TO R:  JOANNE BASINI, BARBARA BYRNE, KATHIE ROGERS, MILLIE RUIZ, LINDA HORBERT AND LAINEY EBERT

TIMMY BUCKLEY AND GRACE CZYGIER

L TO R:  MICKEY GALLO, SANDY SZCZEPANIK, TIM BUCKLEY AND TOM TWOMEY

L TO R:  LINDA HORBERT, GRACIE CZYGIER AND TOM TWOMEY

L TO R:  TERI BUMB, LINDA HORBERT, GRACE CZYGIER AND TOM TWOMEY

GIG SHELDON AND TIM BUCKLEY

GIG SHELDON AND TIM BUCKLEY

L TO R:  JOANNE BASINI, TED LORENZEN (CONNIE'S SPOUSE) AND CONNIE CAMERLINGO

L TO R:  ROSEANNE CANDELA, LINDA GALLO, GREG VETTER AND PEGGY FARRELL

L TO R:  PEGGY FUCHS, MARY CAPPASSO AND PATTY FUCHS

L TO R:  TOM TWOMEY, MARYANN STEPNOWSKY AND KAY KUHLMAN

 

L TO R:  FRONT  MAUREEN FLYNN, TERI BUMB AND MICKEY GALLO
2ND ROW:  BARBARA BYRNE, LINDA HORBERT, TOM TWOMEY, LINDA GALLO AND ROSIE CANDELA
BACK ROW:  TIM BUCKLEY AND SANDY (STEVE) SZCZEPANIK

L TO R:  MARY LOU AMBROSE, DIANE CICHANOWICZ AND LORETTA MANZELLA

KATHIE ROGERS AND LINDA HORBERT

JIMMY PENDULIK (BIRTHDAY BOY), BOB SALOMONE'S SPOUSE KATHY AND TIM BUCKLEY 

L TO R:  JIM PENDULIK, JIM'S WIFE BARBARA AND TIM BUCKLEY

MILAGRO (MILLIE) RUIZ AND KATHIE ROGERS

MILAGRO RUIZ AND KATHIE ROGERS

L TO R:  LINDA HORBERT AND MICKEY GALLO

L TO R:  TIM BUCKLEY, MILLIE RUIZ, LINDA HORBERT AND MICKEY GALLO

TIMMY BUCKLEY AND MILLIE RUIZ

L TO R:  LORETTA MANZELLA, BARBARA BYRNE, GIG SHELDON AND LESLIE SHELDON

SANDY (THE CISCO KID AVEC CHAPEAU) SZCZEPANIK AND KATHY COLICCHIO

KATHY VERDERESE REYER AND ROB REYER

 

DON SCHEU AND BARBARA MCKAY SCHEU WITH ROB REYER (CLASS OF '68 ALUM) ON THE FAR RIGHT)

L TO R:  LINDA GALLO, MICHELE TUMULTY, MARY CAPPASSO, TIM BUCKLEY, KATHIE ROGERS, EILEEN FITZGERALD AND ELAINE EBERT

 

L TO R:  MILLIE, MICKEY, SANDY (BLOCKED BY MICKEY) MAUREEN FLYNN STANDING,  TOM TWOMEY, TERI BUMB AND BARBARA BYRNE

OUR PHOTOGRAPHER JASON AND OUR LOVELY MILAGRO!

OUR PHOTOGRAPHER JASON AND MILLIE RUIZ

L TO R:  MICHELE TUMULTY, GRACIE CZYGIER AND GUEST, MILLIE RUIZ, OUR PHOTOGRAPHER JASON

L TO R:  MILLIE, JASON, GRACIE AND GUEST

 

L TO R:  FREDDIE HAVEN, GRACIE CZYGIER, LINDA HORBERT, KATHIE ROGERS AND LINDA GALLO

THE VIEW FROM INSIDE LOMBARDI'S ON THE BAY...AND THE RAINS CAME...A DELUGE!

THE FOLLOWING PHOTOS WERE TAKEN BY OUR PHOTOGRAPHER:

 L TO R:  DIANCE CHICANOWICZ, MARY LOU AMBROSE, KATHIE COLICCHIO'S BACK, AND LORETTA MANZELLA. 

L TO R:  ELLEN BUCKLEY AND JENNIFER LEE

SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 25, 2009, 10AM

COFFEE, BAGELS AND GUIDED TOUR OF MERCY HIGH SCHOOL

LEFT TO RIGHT:  VICTOR PRUSINOWSKI, CHARLIE KUJAWSKI, LORETTA MANZELLA

L TO R:  CATHERINE DREW, (MERCY HIGH SCHOOL OFFICE OF DEVELOPMENT AND ALUMNI RELATIONS), GREG VETTER, TIM BUCKLEY, EILEEN FITZGERALD, GRACIE CZYGIER, MICHELE TUMULTY, ROSIE CANDELA WITH PAUL ASTRUP(HER SPOSE) BEHIND HER

L TO R:  GIG SHELDON, CHARLIE NOVOTNY, BOB NEELY AND GERI SACHAK NEELY

L TO R:  GREG VETTER'S BACK, PAUL ASTRUP (STANDING) (ROSIE CANDELA'S SPOUSE), MICHELE TUMULTY(SITTING) ROSEANNE CANDELA STANDING, GIG SHELDON, BOB NEELY AND GERI SACHAK NEELY

GREG VETTER IN THE LIBRARY

L TO R:  MICHELE TUMULTY, GRACIE CZYGIER, GIG SHELDON, LORETTA MANZELLA'S BACK, PEGGY FARREL'S BACK AND EILEEN FITZGERALD

L TO R:  MICHELE TUMULTY, GRACIE CZYGIER, GIG SHELDON, LORETTA MANZELLA, PEGGY FARRELL AND EILEEN FITZGERALD

A PAINTING OF MERCY BY DIANE YOUSIK'S MOTHER, IRENE YOUSIK

IN THE GYM:
 
L TO R:  FRONT ROW  LORETTA MANZELLA, MARYANN STEPNOWSKY, EILEEN FITZGERALD, MARY CLAUSING, GERI SACHAK, GRACIE CZYGIER
L TO R:  REAR:  PEGGY FARRELL, KAY KUHLMAN, VIC PRUSINOWSKI, CHARLIE KUJAWSKI, MICHELE TUMULTY, GIG SHELDON, TIM BUCKLEY AND GREG VETTER
SORRY THESE ROWS ARE NOT WELL DEFINED...

DITTO!

IN THE AUDITORIUM

L TO R:  MICHELE TUMULTY, GERI SACHAK, EILEEN FITZGERALD, KAY KUHLMAN, GREG VETTER, PEGGY FARRELL, GIG SHELDON, TIM BUCKLEY, LORETTA MANZELLA, VIC PRUSINOWSKI AND CHARLIE KUJAWSKI

SAME AS ABOVE, EXCEPT ADD MARY CLAUSING ON THE LEFT

SAME, SAME...

IN THE NEW CHAPLIN'S VERY COOL OFFICE! (FORMERLY PART OF THE HOME EC ROOM)
 
 
L TO R:  EILEEN FITZGERALD, KAY KUHLMAN, MICHELE TUMULTY, GERI SACHAK, TIM BUCKLEY, PEGGY FARRELL, CHARLIE KUJAWSKI, LORETTA MANZELLA, GIG SHELDON, VIC PRUSINOWSKI, GREG VETTER AND MARY CLAUSING
 
ON THE BRICK WALKWAY IN THE ATHLETIC FIELD (THIS IS WHERE THE BRICKS WITH OUR NAMES ON THEM WILL APPEAR...GIG'S FUNDRAISING EFFORT FOR OUR CLASS) TOMMY CHICO, TIM BUCKLEY AND KATHIE ROGERS ALL HAVE THEIR BRICKS IN THE WALKWAY ALREADY!
 
L TO R:  LORETTA MANZELLA, PEGGY FARRELL, VICTOR PRUSINOWSKI, GREG VETTER AND KAY KUHLMAN

THE FOOTBALL FIELD AND TRACK

THE BASEBALL FIELD

THE BRICK WALKWAY

L TO R:  VIC PRUSINOWSKI, GIG SHELDON, KAY KUHLMAN, PEGGY FARRELL, TIM BUCKLEY AND CHARLIE KUJAWSKI

THIS IS THE BACK DOOR THROUGH WHICH WE ENTERED, EVERY SCHOOL DAY, FOR FOUR EVENTFUL YEARS.  THE SIGN NOW ABOVE THE DOOR SAYS MCGANN-MERCY, BUT WE KNOW BETTER... THERE WAS NO WELCOME SIGN BACK THEN, AND THE SCHOOL'S NAME WAS DIFFERENT.  THE SCHOOL'S NAME WAS, STILL IS, AND ALWAYS WILL BE MERCY HIGH SCHOOL, FOR THE CLASS OF '69!
 
L TO R  FRONT:  LORETTA MANZELLA, MARY CLAUSING, GERI SACHAK, KAY KUHLMAN

L TO R  REAR:  PEGGY FARRELL, GREG VETTER, VIC PRUSINOWSKI, TIM BUCKLEY, GIGSHELDON AND CHARLIE KUJAWSKI

 

OUR LAUGHS WERE LIMITLESS...

OUR MEMORIES COUNTLESS...

OUR FRIENDSHIP ENDLESS...

GODSPEED, DEAR FRIENDS!



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