I second that vote, John........maybe we can get some more on board by reunion time and have an even bigger crew here!!! It has been interesting getting caught up on you guys........I only talk to a few people in Springfield, I thought everyone had gone, but it seems there are quite a few there. I was up there for the day on saturday, but had to come back that night. I did give Susan my email address and dropped her a note in the mail............told her about the site here and that if she was online, we can get her on board............

Well I think we should keep this blog going after the reunion. Heck we have done more talking in here to each other then we have in 30 years. You got my vote.
I know that I haven't been a great participent in the past with the class but this year I am making an effort to keep in contact. I believe its because of the whole
road that I have traveled down and it makes you realize that we know we can't be close to each other and probably a good thing in some ways but it is rewarding
to say hi to the people that you went to school with since it brings back a few memories.

Ricard nope it wasn't me at crownpoint or Rockingham I played at Claremont. But I do play at those places now and then. Snowboarding now that will keep you
young or make your bones snap. lol..... I bet you could still snowboard on Mt. Washington. Now that would be a trip. It looks like the snow on the mountains
got done early this year. Shouldn't the ski areas usually still be opened this time of year. Well damn the bad luck of great heats of sunshine. Just think snow is
only a few months away and back to the skiing you go.

Richard, that is such a good idea. We know from a bunch of people who said they definately are not coming, so we don't need to contact them because they know for sure. The people who have so far been non responsive either to invitations to join Blogger or to the notes that have been sent out through classmates. (I have a list on my desk at home) we send them a personal e-mail to encourage them to come. I know from a lot of the people with whom I've been talking (e-mail - not blog) that they really enjoyed being contacted and looked forward to talking to people from the class. Even though they had not been doing so over the years. If we talk with people individually I bet we can bring up the numbers dramatically. I have only heard from one person who said they would not attend because of a personal choice not to. any others who have said they would not attend all explained the complications of timing or expense of travel to the event. After all if you live on the other side of the country it's pretty tough to make such a journey.

Jane would like to you all to know that even though she has responded in the negative she wishes she could attend and hopes that people will write to her and keep in touch. Even after the reunion time. i echo that sentiment. I certainly hope that after the reunion we continue to Blog!!!! Pat and Jane

John I drove by Crown Point on Thurs. AM and saw a couple guys out there. Was that you? It looked a little wet. Maybe Rockingham has some higher ground or maybe you just wore your waders. I went snowboarding on Friday and it was very wet, not to mention the unexpected hazards, but I was pretty happy about the whole thing. To get a stronger message out to reunion people who are on the fence about coming, maybe you could request that we send e-mails to the people that haven't responded around the time that invitations go out. With an e-mail address in front of me that I just need to click, I would send a little note to old classmates to encourage them to come, as would others on this blog I'm sure. Once again, thanks for your efforts!

Hey Pat and Jane. Good to hear from you guys. Well I don't have an exact amount but I can tell you that whoever misses this one is going to miss a good crowd.
So far it looks like we have heard from about 20 people for sure that is without sending invitations out. Of course some are going solo and some are bringing somebody.
How come pat you get all the good travels anyway. I am going to have to talk to my boss and see if I can do some work in Naples Florida that is where our other office is.
But maybe not it must be getting hot down there. Well I can say that I played golf today and it was very nice. Okay Okay you guys don't get it why we play golf. Hit the ball
and chase it. Well I guess I don't understand it either but it keeps me walking. lol..... Hey gotta run so chat with you all later.

Hi everyone, this is Jane and Pat down in Dallas. Warm down here but fun catching up on all the "good old days" We went through every page in the yearbook yesterday talking about everything. There are people we really don't remember though. Mostly guys. It was also interesting to see who people are asking about here and who nobody seems to say anything about.
John are you hearing from people about RSVP's other than the ones I sent you? I'm curious about how many people are coming so far?

Ok here are the names we do not have addresses for if anybody can help that will be great.......
If you know any of these remember to send me their address at jjll@adelphia.net

Mary Bladyka
Betsy Freeman
Steven Lohutko
Alan Buffington
Loretta Butterfield
Steve Centariczki
Andrew Clark
Carol Curtis
Debra Fielder
William Guertin
Keith Hutchinson
Larry Kruse
Wayne Lasell
Wesley Macey
Mary Jane Maxfield
Dave Merrill
Colleen Nye
Bradford Phillips
Jerry Reynolds (somewhere in Burlington)
Patrick Robinson
David Souble
Peter Tetrault
Inger Warlo
Thomas Webster
Kim Stalter
Vicky Woodford
Carol Watkins

Well we have updated 11 addresses now and turning up the heat on this reunion.
Gear up because we are going to have a good time. I have allot of new information
so the next meeting which is a week from today. We will be working late getting this
all together. We are hoping to mail the invites out by then as soon as I bring in the updates.
The Caterer, DJ, Hall, etc.... Well the theme for the Parade this year is COUNTRY FAIR......
Any ideas on a float. We don't know if we are going to have time to get one together since
we are spending allot of effort on this. But hey we are open for suggestions. Okay now that I opened
up a can of worms lets all go fishing. I understand that we have Barlows Barn for use if we want it.
Just thought I would add this to beef up the chat. lmao..............

I am and will do it now and then I need to go finish packing.

Nancy,

Yup Donna Dunning is on the Classmates list. But I am not a gold member either.

Ok here are the names we do not have addresses for if anybody can help that will be great.......
If you know any of these remember to send me their address at jjll@adelphia.net

John, isn't Donna Dunning on Classmates? Maybe you can email her for her address, I would but I'm not a gold member.

I've copied the list John wrote and sent it out to the members of the e-mail list. Some of them are not here. At least not that we can tell. So we may get some information that way. Two of the people on the list will actually be receiving the letter. That should get a response. The only place I've seen information from Keith H. is in classmates. That's where he RSVP 'd the invite saying he'd be on a submarine at the time of the runion.

John, I'm surprised Holly's name isn't on that list. I'd been lead to believe she was "unfindable". If you have her address I'd appreciate it if you'd send it to me. I'd love to get in touch with her. Thanks. Wouldn't Inger be somewhere in Norway? It would be interesting to see if anyone kept in touch with her after she went home.

Ok here are the names we do not have addresses for if anybody can help that will be great.......
If you know any of these remember to send me their address at jjll@adelphia.net

Save The Rat! Woooo- that got through. That broke the fantasy of growing up in Mr. Roger's neighborhood. I remember Lori's father getting up and speaking in an after school assembly to Save The Rat and then going to summer school with Rick Smith the next summer at St. Mike's. I remember learning to play tennis with Rob Massonneau- the server never won and one set would last for days . . . . wandering through the tunnels at the Hartness House . . . boiling sap with Boy Scouts and fortunately avoiding the child molesting practices of the Scout Master. I remember learning some French from Chris Daniel's mother (weren't you in that group Robin) and trying to avoid saying anything in French. She thought I was a fool and did not hide it, I wonder why it has taken me so long to figure out that she was right- oh yeah, that's because I am a fool. I remember mowing lawns and getting bitten by bees from underground hives . . . building great dams in the stream by my house . . . tree houses, and of course . . . Charlie and Brian's corruption of my morals- (it still isn't legal Brian!)

Hi Neil, I am enjoying reading the "memories" we all seem to have from those years. Good idea, Karen!! John, I am moving the first of May, so I will email you my new address. I think all the alumni news has been sent to my Mom's address. She has been very good at sending me the info......just never been near enough to come. It is easier that way............being in the military, you never seem to have a permanent address, so we usually got everyone's home town address. Now most of the people I know are old and retired like me, so we all have permanent addresses!!

Here's a funny story. Several years ago (about 8 or so) I was in the market for a new (to me) vehicle.
I hoping to find a used 4WD. One day in my travels, I happened by this Bronco II parked on the edge
of the yard in a Colchester neighborhood with a for sale sign on it. No one was home, so I took the
number down, and called later that evening. I left a message, as there was still nobody home. The
next day I get this call that went something like this, "Is this the Neil Ginter that went to
SHS...graduated in '72"? I replied, "Ahhh Yup, the one and only", to which the "gentleman" on
the other end said, "well (Lord's name in vain here) Gint. Do you know who this is??
ANDY SHATTUCK!!" Well no shit!?!?! So I bought the Bronco from him...lol...gave me a
good deal too. We kept in touch for a bit but I haven't seen or heard from him for at
least 5 years. What a small world, huh? That made my day!!


Any way... John, according to the online phone book, he is still here. I'll email you his adress.


Hi Robin. I hear things have worked out well for you, according to Jim H. Congrats on your new career path...


Hi Sue, Nancy, Pat, Dick, Brian, and eveyone else...

frogs? flashbacks? random thoughts and memories...Coot dropping a frog on my stomach while sunning with Debbie Young at our farm in Spoonerville...Coot and I getting hustled out of the Justice Dept while trying to crash a Watergate hearing in '74...Gullible's Travels...sliding with Brian/Richard/Charlie/Dennis in the Dell...those white band uniforms at Riverside that looked like something from the crew of the Love Boat..wearing them while we played for Hubert Humphrey (does anyone else still play music? I play drums..my '69 red satin flame Yamaha's..with a folkrock/reggae band) being in the all purpose room at East school when Mr Smith came down to tell our teacher about Kennedy being shot...stopping for doughnuts at the bakery on the way home from Riverside...listening to the 67 world series in Mr Birsky's room...watching the brand new high school burn...trying to avoid actually ever saying anything in French in French class...Mrs Mable was my daughter's forensics coach at So. Burlington High..Save The Rat.

I can get you Larry Kruse's address. He & I spoke today...and he promised he wouldn't bring a frog to drop down the front of my bathing suit! Suddenly I had a flashback...a football party at Robin's farm. The next few months promises to be a series of flashbacks!

Karen, I'm waiting for your next idea!

Ok here are the names we do not have addresses for if anybody can help that will be great.......
If you know any of these remember to send me their address at jjll@adelphia.net

As you can see I am removing the names as I get the addresses. I have got 6 updated addresses. Good Job everyone. Lets keep going we are on a Roll to nail this list down. 28 to go.....
If the names are not on the list and you want to make sure we have the current if you know of them send them my way and I will check to see if the list is current on my end.
Jerry those addresses you sent me was great. I did not have the current ones.

Pat, is Keith in Groton? Karen Blais Hocker would have Loretta's if anyone. I'll try and get in touch with her. My Mom knows Susan's mom. Karen may also know Carol, or Polly might. Guess we have to do it piecemeal, huh?

I've just sent a note to Larry K and Dave M asking them to send their mailing addresses to you John.

I'll send you Jane's. Keith Hutchinson is in the Navy and will be completing his submariner's trainer during our reunion time. I don't have his mailing address.

Ok here are the names we do not have addresses for if anybody can help that will be great.......
If you know any of these remember to send me their address at jjll@adelphia.net

Last summer Dave and I were talking about moving back to VT. I sent an e-mail letter to Hank through his address on the company web site. Never heard back from him though. Did see his picture on the site. Very snappy!

Lori, I'm sorry if I hurt your feelings saying you were smart. But you were. :-) I was a great speller though. Couldn't do math then, can't do it now.

I gratuated 4 feet 11 Brian and I'm a whopping 5' 2" now. Jane says she's 5' 1. So at the airport I'm looking for a short girl in a black CK ball cap. Jane, I just can't picture you as anything but the way you are in my memories. Does Shannon look like you??

Wow John thank you. I had no idea we had lost so many classmates. Dick Congdon took me to the movies to see Dr. Zhivago. I thought he was wonderful.

You know Hank Gintof is a successful real estate broker here in the Burlington area. How hard can it be to find him?

Nancy, Good question about Bill Guertin. We don't have an address for him either. I gotta go to work but maybe I will post the names we don't have a clue where they are and if somebody knows something they can email me at my address and give me the information. I will post them later. but for now see ya.......

Wow John, I was wondering how many people we had lost, it seems like way too many. I knew about Kathy and Sue told me about Sandy, they were neighbors. Sandy was with us on the long trail one time and we were sprnding the night in one of the cabins there and she was very sick, had to go to the hospital, did you go on that one, Sue? I'm trying to remember, I think a guy you knew went with us ( as a guide, I think his name was Paul) and couldn't get over the heavy stuff we packed in our back packs, we even had snowshoes!!! I think it was Sandy or Darlene Verge that had this huge steak for their dinner...........that was near the Pond Hill Ranch and we couldn't get over knocking on all those people's doors (that had lights on) and they never opened them. I guess we finally got to the director's house and they explained that the people were scared of us.........of course it was in the middle of the night, but we got Sandy to the hospital and I think she had her appendix removed. That seemed like such a long time ago........sad to hear about Sandy, and the others............what ever happened to "wild Bill" Guertin? I remember he and his briefcase.....

I knew about Kathy Sanderson, Charlie Hawthorne, and Sandy Lucas, but what happened to the other ones? Can someone tell me?

Brian, I hope you realize some of us don't know how to send photos through the computer. I needed my husband's help just to find that photo John posted. Couldn't find the squiggly line on my computer.

Karen, you have good ideas! But your memory brought up my bad memories! I hated being called smart in high school. I remember crying once when Patty made a comment about that. (Wouldn't mind now. No one says it anymore!). About the only teachers I remember are Mr. Paul, Mr. McHugh, Mr. Soule, and Richard's mother, Mrs. Loveless! I liked the writing we did in her class. I remember playing the trumpet and being called Liverlips. And giggling at pajama parties with Janice. Getting yelled at by the librarian for talking to Holly Smith in the library. Having a crush on David Ringquist all through high school. Better stop now!

Hey Patty,
I won't attest to anything of the sort. You look pretty darn good, in fact. Are you still short?

Yeah, that's a sad list.
Carl was my neighbor
I worked with Dick at Bryant's 3rd shift
Charlie was my bestest buddy
Sandy I knew from first grade
Paul was in boy scouts with me
I hadn't heard about Debbie and Deborah

Eveyone who dies is somebody's kid or somebody's parent.

Pat are you talking about Deborah Smith (Carpenter).......

Here is a list of the ones that we lost.

Sanderson, Kathy
Welch, Carl
Congdon, Dick
Hawthorne, Charlie
Lucas, Sandy
Miller, Paul
Young, Debbie

I loved looking at the photo John. I don't look like my high school picture. Brian can attest to that. He's seen the one on my school's web site. Still blonde is about all I can say.

Karen, I had such a great time working at the A&W. Ate so much fried bread dough! And the senior play was such a riot. I really loved doing all the plays. I remember Mr. Paul asking who was buried in Grant's tomb on the final exam.

I don't want to be morbid but can anyone tell me whom from our class we have lost. I know Debbie Smith passed away in Florida this passed year.

I finally dug my old one out ('72 yearbook) and tried to figure out how some of you that I have heard from have changed, but with John's photo, some have stayed exactly the same!!! I somehow thought we would look different!! I have been told by my college friend that I haven't changed a bit!! Guess I thought with age would come some maturity?? Is that how it works? Has anyone heard from the Woodford sisters, or the Webster sisters? I remember Mr. Bateman, one of the kindest teachers that I had........he was super! I also loved Mrs. Becker, she was one of the best, we had a great time learning from her, and I am surprised that I actually remembered some algebra from her class when I took it later on in college many years ago. I remember Mrs. Henry and met her later on at my father's memorial service, it was very touching that some former students and former colleagues remembered him after all those years. Mrs. Henry was tough, but as Brian said, she meant well and I left learning alot more than I came through the door with.

We have to forgive those teachers. They meant well.

I will eventually get a permanent link up on our main page that goes to a photo album. So get some photos together would you all?

Maybe I'll scan our yearbook photos, too if you don't think it would be too awful.

We need more histories............I was really enjoying reading about what has gone on in people's lives! Okay, well in the meantime, how about some memories........Like I remember: Sitting between the brains of Lori Sobel and Rick Smith in Chemistry and not having a clue what was going on. Losing touch with some friends like Brian King, Charlie Hawthorne, Michael Johnson, and Michele Levlock when they went to the alternative school. Being nervous as hell to be invited overnight to Ricky Guarino's house! Fooling around everyday in Madame Shenk's class while the Woodford girls answered all the questions. Working at the A&W with Janice Hinckley, Patty Smith, Holly Smith and others. Reading the forgotten lines of the senior play too loudly, so that everyone could hear. Meeting Rich Stover at Joanna Birsky's pajama party! Teachers who made us work and learn...Mrs. Mable, Mr. Smith, Mrs. Tracy, Mr. Paul, Mr. Vincent, Mr. McCue (sp?).........actually, we had a lot of strong teachers; at Riverside: Mrs. Henry, Mrs.Parsons, Mr. Bath, Mrs. DOTTEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Your turn..................

John, thanks for posting the picture of the five of you. I'd like to see more pictures! Especially since I won't be at the reunion.

Nancy Yancy yes you can give her my address. jjll@adelphia.net

Yes we are sending out invitations to all no matter what. And nobody has to worry about posting their addresses that is why I told everyone to send them to me so that we can make the change at our next meeting which is the final meeting before we send out invitations. I have all the addresses right now in how they appear before we send them out that is why if you want to get a invitation I am asking for the current addresses also it will provide us with in case we need to send out any special request in the future. We are just trying to get an idea on what food people want so that we can tell the chef. If for some reason we can't get in contact with you and you still want to come then feel free to join us. We are just doing this to get a count on what type of food so that we don't have just one kind of food. Not a big deal if we don't 100 percent get everybody thoughts it would just help that is all. Everybody is still Welcome to join our reunion on the 22nd no matter what.

I edited my last blog Brian. Don't want you worryin' bout nothin'

John, Just a couple of questions. Would it be alright with you if I send your email address to Shannon Newport Brickey? It has changed since the 25th, then she can email you her snail mail address if she decides she can go, last time I talked to her she wasn't sure. Also, there was talk of a float, has anything been decided on that yet, if not I'm not even going to come all the way to Springfield.Thanks so much for keeping us posted on all that is going on, it is a big help. Thanks to everyone who is working to make this happen.

Um, Pat. I'm not sure if everyone feels comfortable posting their physical address on the internet like this.

The shs1972 Blog site is public. Anyone can view it, and it will show up in searches. On the other hand, the Team member profiles are private, member-only accessable (by default, though you can change that). Why don't we put our addresses in our profiles? You can put anything in any field, so I put my street address in the nickname field, since there wasn't a slot for it.

By the way, you can edit your previous blogs if you want to remove your address or add in the missing letters, or whatnot. : )

Food requests? I'm kinda hopin' for Kraft Mac 'n' Cheese Dinner with fancy Diijon Ketchup. Mm-mmm!

what if we got the people who are coming to get us their food choices over the net. That would save some money wouldn't it? Just trying to think of ways to save cash.

Myaddress is: not something I should share apparently. Sorry but I'm really not too worried about. Brian's right though. Still, we can say on-line what our choice is of the food offerings and avoid the mailing aspect of this. At .34 per mailing I just haste to spend it. ****
I remain yours very economically, :-)

Yup we are sending to everyone because of the food choices so that we can get a idea on what to tell the Chef how much to bring.
So all the correct addresses we can get the better we will be. That is why they can email me their correct address if they are not
sure if we have the right one. If in doubt then send it my way anyway at jjll@adelphia.net

Are sending invitations to everyone John? I guess what I'm wondering is if we already know you are coming or you are not coming then shouldn't invitations be sent to those who have not responded one way or the other? Or am I misunderstanding?

I CANNOT believe that Robin has described me as "Snidely Whiplash in Birkenstocks". Off with your head, Robin! The reunion sounds great, thanks for all the work.

Hey Lori.. Ya, we used to goof off in band and stuff. I can't remember what we talked about either...hmmmm ;-) I see you're down as not coming to the reunion. That's a bummer. Anyway, take care, and maybe you'll find a way to go..

Ok here is the update. Here is what is definite. The place will be at Rockingham Motor Lodge with the hall and the DJ will be Green Mountain Music and it will be 25.00 per person.

We are going to have another meeting in two weeks and we will be sending out the final invitations then and it will have the food information on it. If you don't think we have the correct mailing address
then feel free to send them to me at this address: jjll@adelphia.net and I will make sure they make the change before we send them out at the next meeting. So all the invites will be sent out
in two weeks.

Ok the ones that want to see us at work then I have posted the picture at this address: home.adelphia.net/~jjll/classof72.htm if you type this in exactly as you see it you should see the pic.
I will keep this there for a week or two so that you can save this picture if you want. Not that you want to... lol......Just right click on the picture and it will give you some options.

If you don't recognize us then on the left back is John Laplante, left front is Ron Young, right back is Nancy Smart, right middle is Janice Hinkley, right front is Kathy Crandall.
There has been others helping us out so this is not the only ones doing the work but not everybody is able to show up at every meeting......

Wow. So many of you are in Burlington. Hi, Neil! I remember talking to you a lot in high school, though I don't remember WHAT we talked about! (Guess my brain's a little mushy, too.) Lori

Hey I got a call from Ron Young and we will be meeting tomorrow night at the High School at 6:30....... What better place. huh... It is so strange to walk around that building.
But in another way it brings back alot of memories. Ok will update you after the meeting.....

I really can't get over all the "new" people we are hearing from......it is good to hear from you all......

Wow! It's good to "see" everyone here. Does anyone else feel a little strange "exposing yourself" on the net, or is it just me? Jerry....you don't need to answer...appariently you been exposing youself more than anyone ever knew!! ;-) So you were running around nekkid practically right in my backyard, and I never even knew, huh? You're a cool dude! I used to do my skinnydippin' in the William's river under the train tressel....I mean, I *AM* a little shy. But some you! Right in the town pool, huh?? WOW! How Bold!!

So.. you really want to hear "my story"? Okay, but it's really nothing too exciting. Hmmmm....where to start. Oh yeah...it's all coming back to me now. Shortly after graduation I headed to Daytona Beach under the guise of studing at Daytona Beach Jr College. But my real mission was to raise hell and party as much as possible, and I guess I succeeded pretty well. After returning to Vt a year later, I still have very little recollection of my Fla experience. It really was fun (that much I remember), but I missed Vermont, and so I transfered to Lyndon State. I left Lyndon with an Assoc. in Media Communications in '75 and moved to the Burlington area, where I still reside to this day. Jobs were very scarce, so I ended working in the ski industry and construction until I was hired by IBM in '80 in the Mfg area. I took Comp Si classes that IBM offered and eventually worked my way into a programming job....and I'm stiiiiiiiiiiiiill programming to this day. Most days my brain feels like mush. (Maybe Fla had more to do with this than I'm willing to admit ;-) Seriously, though, It's been a very interesting life. I married in '76, but that turned out to be one of those oil and water deals. The marriage wasn't meant to be and we finally called it quits in '98. From that marriage, though, came two of the greateat kids in the world...and I wouldn't trade them for the world Emily, who is now a freshman at UVM, and Kevin, a Jr at MMU HS. In '99 I met Sheila and we were married in '00. In Jan '01 we were blessed with a son, Andrew. He is 15 months and so much fun. We may just bring him along for the reunion. Sheila has two daughters, Megan and Holly, from her first marriage, both in Colchester HS. We ride horses, motorcycles, jog, and try all we can to defy the aging process...a losing battle. Life is very very good! Well, now you heard the short version...I'll quit for now. We're looking forward to seeing everyone in June. My God...30 years!!!!!!!

Hi Lori,
Yep I do check in almost every day, I'll try to write more often, but I am often swept into a maelstrom of work and happy duties, that I don't have the time to write something worthy. I do plan on attending the festivities accompanied by Richard, but I'm not yet sure if Deborah, my wife and lover will be attending, so I haven't said anything.

It is cool hearing the stories, John, I guess yours takes the friggin' cake, dude!

Say, if any of you have any free time, go into the "Team" section and click on an email of someone in the "Pending" section. Your mail program will pop up and you can badger them into joining already!

I'm here, just bogged down with work, and recovering from the weekend............hope everyone had a great Easter and Passover if you celebrate it. How is everyone? We can't be that bored yet......how are you all? Yes, I did spend almost 10 years in LA (lower Alabama) on the panhandle of FL and I'm told I still have a trace of a southern accent........I can't tell, but my sister laughs at me now and then. Hang in there, Pat, people are just starting to wake up, it was a shock to find out that April is here already.

Yes, where is everyone? Brian, you disappeared since you set up the site! Are you there?! Patti, have fun in Dallas. Hi, Jane! What are you all up to?

Hi Sue, blogger was down for a day so that's probably why it looks so bleak just now. I'm starting to get more people writing to say they'll be coming---or not. Wish I would hear from more folks. There are a lot of people who've been invited into blogger but aren't here. wonder if folks are still having trouble getting in. If at first you don't succeed>>>>>>>>>>>>

I leave for Dallas in less than 2 weeks. Jane will you being holding arose inyour teeth so I'll know it's you at the airport?

Where's everybody been? Are we bored with each other already??