“Oh, What A Night!”

A perfect weekend of nostalgia and shared memories going back to Kindergarten!

The weekend could not have been held at a more beautiful location.  Friday night's Meet and Greet was at the Kensington Golf Course Grille adjacent to the Courtyard Marriott in Canfield where many of our out of town classmates stayed.

Classmates met, mingled and bonded.  

Sometimes a second glimpse was needed to recognize a classmate, but soon their personality peeked through.  

A charcuterie board overflowing with a variety of fruits, meats and cheeses was available throughout the evening.  

Saturday evening's event was adjacent to the other side of the hotel at the banquet center, Waypoint 4180.  

It was a beautiful summer evening with our banquet room overlooking the golf course.  

Tables were beautifully set with flowers, candy and plaquards featuring 1963 Prices and 1963 Year In Review.  

Pictures of years gone by were laid out for all to view.  

All seemed delighted to attend, with lots of hugs and smiles shared between classmates as they came together with conversations picking up where they had left off the night before.  

The evening began with Committee Member Ada Davis speaking about how we began our lives together in kindergarten and have kept a close connection now into our late seventies.

And how we are the fortunate ones as so many of our classmates have been denied the privilege of growing older with us.  

She called this the fall of our lives, a time to stop and smell the roses.

A time of comfort and warmth, a time to enjoy retirement, grandchildren and fewer responsibilites.  

Ada thanked Dave and Marilyn Pipoly Brenner for so generously opening up their beautiful home for all our Reunion Committee meetings over the past year.  

She then thanked the other committee members: Dave Brenner, Chris Erickson, Carolyn Decker, Rich LaRocca, Eileen Hanysh, Roger Malamisura, Linda Osborne, Dave Carosella, Marti Huggins, Linda Joseph, Karen Fine, Timmy Timms and Mark Rappoport.

Sharyn Vale received a standing ovation for her service as Reunion Committee Chairman.

There was also plenty of laughter as Sharyn attempted to auction off the “damn bricks” salvaged from the recent Market Street Elementary School demolition!

It was a night of happiness and a night to be remembered!

Everyone left with good feelings and wishing the time together could have been just a little bit longer!

One more special thank you goes out to Ada Davis Wilneff and her husband Leon for donating the sheet cake for the evening’s dessert.

You will notice in the pictures from the reunion that the cake is decorated in green frosting and may wonder why?  

I will bet very few classmates remember that our class colors were emerald green and silver, and that our class flower was a white rose.  

And who remembers our class motto:  "Start where you are with what you have;  Make something of it and never be satisfied!"

Until we meet again!

Friday Meet & Greet Photos

Roger Malamisura, Carl Jackett, Dave Carosella  

Dennis Patella, Mark Rappoport, Bob Linville  

Sharyn Vale, Marti Huggins  

Karen Murar, Sue Moore, Judy Johnson  

Bob Linville, Lois Sanberg (spouse), Nels Sanberg, Chris Erickson, Carolyn Decker, Dave Entrican  

Ada Davis, Karen Fine, Sharyn Vale  

Glenn Johnson (Spouse)  Sandy Stewart, Bill Prudner, Ed Spatholt, Judy Storm (guest), Mike Shasby  

Mark Rappoport, Dave Brenner, Marilyn Pipoly, Mary Bishop (spouse), Jim Bishop  

Kathy Timms (spouse)  Timmy Timms, Linda Joseph, Eileen Hanysh,  Elaine Rapp (guest)

Saturday Buffet photos

Marti Huggins, Phyllis Frank  

Judy Johnson, Karen Murar, Phyllis Frank, Karen Fine  

(L-R Around Table)  Sharyn Vale, Chris Erickson, Carolyn Decker, Arthur Goldberg (spouse), Sarajane Johnson (Goldberg), Marc Rubin (spouse), Karen Fine (Rubin), Ada Davis 

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Welcome Boardman High School Class of 1963!

Click here to read Welcome Message from Sharyn Vale Braunstein,
50th Reunion Committee Chairman

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The History of Idora Park (1899—1984)

by Rick Shale

In the mid-1890s  streetcar companies across America looked for ways to increase ridership in the evenings and on the weekends when the regular commuter traffic slacked off.  Their solution was to tap into the thirst for popular amusements that had swept America following the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago by building amusement parks at the distant ends of their trolley lines. (Read more...)

Class of 1963
50th Year Reunion
August 9, 10 and 11, 2013

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Read open letter to the Class of '63 from Keith Dyer

 

Click here for Past Reunion Photos

MOTTO:

Start where you are with what you have;

make something of it, and never be satisfied.

COLORS:

Emerald Green and Silver

FLOWER:

White Rose
 

50th Class Reunion Committee:
	Sharyn Vale Braunstein Chairman
	Kathy Bartolec Morelli
	Ada Davis Wilneff
	Carolyn Decker Deardurff
	Chris Erickson Williams
	Karen Fine Rubin
	Marti Huggins Thomas
	Linda Osborne Hathhorn
	Marilyn Pipoly Brenner
	David Brenner
	Rich LaRocca
	Roger Malamisura
	Mark Rappaport
	Robert "Timmy" Timms