HAPPY NEW YEAR!

& Thank You From The Committee

If you were able to attend the Class Reunion festivities, we trust you had an enjoyable time!  Here’s a brief recap…

• Starting Friday night, many of us met in the Village at TosaFest – outside and inside the Café Hollander – to socialize, eat, tip a few, and watch the Packers.   We’re certain that we had a better night than the Green Bay Packers!
• Then on Saturday morning, Laurie Sutphin organized a wonderful tour of Wauwatosa West high school, followed by the Tosa West Rock signing that Ross Easton had painted white earlier that morning.Hopefully, our signage will last for a while.But, no one is betting on that!
• Saturday evening at The Brewhaus in Delafield was OUTSTANDING!   The venue was beautifully decorated and arranged by the planning committee and the Brewhaus staff.   Plenty of food and drink, door prizes, and more importantly 120+ of us getting reacquainted, socializing, and just reminiscing all those fun, embarrassing, and good the times we had - not to mention catching up on what’s transpired in our individual lives over these past 50 years.  

What a fantastic job done by our Planning Committee!   We believe the event was a huge success!  We recognize that some of you traveled a great distance to attend our event.  Even from France.   Bravo! 

Suffice it to say that without your ticket purchases, your donations, plus other contributions none of this would have been possible.   In fact, some of you donated “to our cause” but could not make the trip nor attend our event.  So we would like to thank those individuals as well.

We would also like to thank Rick Haugen for donating our Event Insurance, and Tom Glatch who photographed our event.   These photos will be posted to our website shortly, along with your photos which you are free to upload.  

And lastly, to all those Committee members whose names were not mentioned here explicitly but provided so much of their time, energy, and resources week after week and month after month - Thank You.

Now…..

We’ve received requests from some alumni to distribute contact information of registered alumni so that they can stay in touch with classmates and friends.   You will recall that when you registered on Class Creator, many of you provided personal email addresses.  

We can certainly provide this information, but to do this we need to respect everyone’s privacy.   Therefore, if you send (email) Mike Valentino your permission to provide your Class Creator registered email address to other classmates, Mike will put together a list of classmates’ email addresses and distribute them to those who have provided permission.  Just email Mike at mailto:mwvalentino@gmail.com expressing your permission to do so. 

Or, just private message someone on Class Creator for whom you want to obtain their email and ask them for their contact info!

Because of your donations, we've extended our subscription to Class Creator for 1 more year! 

This means ads-free service and support.  We hope that you will stop by to this website frequently and check up on former classmates, contribute to the User Forum / Message board, and more.

We will also be meeting again this month to discuss which charitable organizations to donate any excess funds.

Thank You Wauwatosa West Class of ’74 Alumni and all of your guests for making this time together so special! 

And finally - Please stay in touch with former classmates and friends.   As they say, life is finite and none of us are getting younger.   Staying in touch keeps our friendships and memories alive.  It is what makes this Wauwatosa High School Class of ’74 so special.  You never know.   We may just do this again in the not too distant future!

The Wauwatosa West Class of ’74 - 50^th Year Reunion Planning Committee

Class of '74 Wauwatosa West Alumni

50^TH YEAR CLASS REUNION

- SCHEDULE OF EVENTS -

Friday, September 6^th

• 7:00 pm, Informal Meet & Greet at TosaFest in the Village

Café Hollander

7677 W State Street, Wauwatosa, WI 53213

Plan to meet outside, in front of the restaurant doors

Saturday, September 7^th

• 10:00 am, Wauwatosa West High School Tour

     11400 W Center St, Wauwatosa, WI 53222

Meet at the south entrance, main parking lot.  Tour will last about 1-1/2 hours

• Wauwatosa West HS Rock Painting

After the Wauwatosa West HS Tour, we will have a Rock Painting event.

• Lunch – On Your Own

Following the Tour and Rock Painting, lunch at a Mayfair Mall area restaurant.  We encourage everyone to network with friends on the West tour.   There are many restaurant options available in the general Mayfair Mall area.

• WAUWATOSA WEST 50TH YEAR CLASS REUNION - MAIN EVENT

    6:00 pm, Doors Open

    Delafield Brewhaus, Lower-level banquet room

   3832 Hillside Dr, Delafield, WI 53018

Hor d'oeuvres starting at 6:30, cash bar open 

Memory board, mementos for attendees, “back in the day” music, and photos posted on Class Creator  to memorialize our event! 

   Suggested attire:  Evening / Summer Casual

• DEADLINE FOR PURCHASING TICKETS – AUGUST 21^ST

No money will be accepted at the door.  Tickets can be purchased through our Class Creator website via credit card, Zelle, or by mailing a check to Carol Dralle Lang.   $79 for classmates, $69 for guests.  We will have a table set up in the banquet room to check-in and receive a name badge. 

* If you are traveling and plan on staying at hotel, remember to book your room early!  There are several hotels in the Delafield area.

* A special “Thank You” to all of our donors.  Your generous donations made this event possible and allowed us to keep ticket prices to a minimum.  

New to this website and wish to register?

Go to First Time Visitors / Setting Up Your Profile, and follow instructions for finding your name, setting login credentials, creating your profile.

If your name is not shown in the list, misspelled, etc., please Contact Us and I will get your name added and/or information corrected!

Would you like to donate to help offset expenses? Locate and click on the green tab DONATIONS WELCOME! and donate. Any amount is greatly appreciated. In the event that there are excess funds in our Reunion account, donations will be made to charity after the event is completed and all expenses have been paid.

Your '74 Reunion Planning Committee

• Bill Bonifas
• Ross Easton
• Bob Potratz (passed )
• Carol Dralle Lang (clangdome@gmail.com)
• Connie Swanson Boldt
• Fred Honkamp
• Jeff Smidt
• Joe Huley
• Mike Schultz
• Kevin Stark
• Laurie Sutphin
• Mike Valentino (mwvalentino@gmail.com)

Check back periodically for updates and notices.

- Mike Valentino / Carol Dralle Lang, Site Administrators