Remembering Al is a bitter-sweet experience. He was taken from us much earlier than any of us ever expected. What would our Basketball and Baseball teams have been without Al Betz? He was such an asset to our class and school. Al was a great sportsman. Al was a kind and likeable guy. If you knew Al he was more than a classmate, he gave us memories that can't be taken away from us.
I had a crush on Allan ever since 8th grade in Schererville. I longed for him to notice me, so, one winter's day on the playground, in a ham-handed middle school sort of way, I threw a snowball at him. I wanted to hit his arm, but I plastered his nose, which started to bleed. "Earth, open up and swallow me!" I thought as I ducked out of sight. He never knew who did it, and I never apologized, to my current 68-yr. old remorse. In high school, I figured I wasn't on his radar screen, so adored him from afar. He played basketball, was short, but fast and agile. I always had a weakness for blond, blue-eyed fellas, so I married one. Sue Plimpton Burgeson Sitka, Alaska
Stan Huseman (Patsy Barker)
Remembering Al is a bitter-sweet experience. He was taken from us much earlier than any of us ever expected. What would our Basketball and Baseball teams have been without Al Betz? He was such an asset to our class and school. Al was a great sportsman. Al was a kind and likeable guy. If you knew Al he was more than a classmate, he gave us memories that can't be taken away from us.Susan Plimpton (Burgeson, Carl)
I had a crush on Allan ever since 8th grade in Schererville. I longed for him to notice me, so, one winter's day on the playground, in a ham-handed middle school sort of way, I threw a snowball at him. I wanted to hit his arm, but I plastered his nose, which started to bleed."Earth, open up and swallow me!" I thought as I ducked out of sight. He never knew who did it, and I never apologized, to my current 68-yr. old remorse.
In high school, I figured I wasn't on his radar screen, so adored him from afar. He played basketball, was short, but fast and agile.
I always had a weakness for blond, blue-eyed fellas, so I married one.
Sue Plimpton Burgeson
Sitka, Alaska