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Friday Night Meet & Greet
No one had any fun on Friday night at the Meet & Greet.
Kelly x 3 - Tom, Loch, Maurice 1 of 55 MaryGene Talty DelleDonne and Donna Bontempo 2 of 55 Sheila Bonnell, John Ruffley, Peter Nix, Joan Paulson Nix ('76), Dan Garlen, Marilyn Garlen (l to r) 3 of 55 Lydia Barden Peterson, Karol O'Cone Weiland, Kathy Ginsberg Jarvis and Judy Wilson Barraza 4 of 55 Kathy Robinson Ray, Charles Herse, Judy Gore Denman, Loch Kelly, Monica Levin Finkel 5 of 55 Paul Kocian and Matt Swanson 6 of 55 Jim Lawrence and Bob Haley 7 of 55 Holly Penwell Hess, Kathy Lovett Loeb and John Combias 8 of 55 9 of 55 10 of 55 11 of 55 Todd Hyde and Cheryl Curley 12 of 55 The Johns (Osborne and Mencke) 13 of 55 Dot Sereno O'Connor, Michael Closs and Wayne Moore 14 of 55 Liz Rice Wilson, Toni Crist Allocco, Tim Hyde and Susie Brigham 15 of 55 Carolyn Clabby Higgins, Dan McMahon, Anna McGowan West, Don Martinelli, Maurice Kelly, Jimmy Mallon, Mary Margaret Marcantonio, Carol Graef McLaughlin and Karol O'Cone Weiland (back to camera) 16 of 55 Christ Cotter, Carolyn Clabby Higgins, Angela Valenziano Ross, Dan McMahon, Anna McGowan West, Don Martinelli, Paul Kocian, MaryGene Talty Delledonne, Maurice Kelly, Donna Bontempo, Kathleen Dunn, Jimmy Mallon, Karol O'Cone Weiland, Mary Margaret Marcantonio, Carol Graef McLaughlin, Donna Heft Miller, Mark DiIonno - The St. Teresa's Gang 17 of 55 Cindy Soccadato, Bryan Allocco, Doug Colson, Dan Garlen, Matt Swanson, Dot Sereno O'Connor, Paul Kocian, Tom Kelly, Bill Francis, Mary Ann Whitely Infantini, John Hammel, Jimmy Caporaso -- Washington Alumni 18 of 55 Same crew, Washington School 19 of 55 Same crew, Washington School, ready for their closeup. 20 of 55 Mark Haugen, Gib McCurdy, Hilary Hyde (back to camera) and Patty Brinkman Kinch 21 of 55 Karol O'Cone Weiland and Brigitta Van Dillen Gucker 22 of 55 Sue Brett Miller and Gib McCurdy 23 of 55 Jimmy Caporaso, Dan Garlen, Maryann Whitely Infantini, Doug Colson, Bill Francis, Dot Sereno O'Connor, Marieclaire O'Dell, Cindy Soccodato Nead, John Hammel, Matt Swanson, Bryan Allocco and Tom Kelly 24 of 55 Kathy Lovett Loeb, Holly Penwell Hess, Eric Geddis Cummings, and John Combias 25 of 55 John "Lawn King" Colton 26 of 55 Lynn Kennedy Cooper, Cheryl Curley and Carolyn Clabby Higgins 27 of 55 Carol, Carolyn and Loch. Loch still attracting the hotties. 28 of 55 My new best friend! Don't know how you kept going girl! 29 of 55 Loch, Angela, Gib and Bill. Nobody having fun here. 30 of 55 Angela morphs into Bruce 31 of 55 Summit Grand Hotel 32 of 55 Carol Graef and Loch Kelly 33 of 55 Donna Bontempo and Akut 34 of 55 Madeline Calabrese and Cheryl Curley 35 of 55 Beth Maher and Kathy Robinson 36 of 55 A few Brayton kids: Jane York, Christine O'Mahoney, Kathy Robinson, Cheryl Downer, and Peter Nix 37 of 55 Brayton kids: James Wyman and Jane York 38 of 55 Dave Rosen 39 of 55 Greg Steinhauser, Mary Beth Reardon, and Wayne Moore 40 of 55 Craig Daugherty and Toni Crist 41 of 55 Jerry Shaw and Toni Crist 42 of 55 Doug Colson, John Mencke, and Steve Huettel 43 of 55 Todd Hyde, Judy Gore, and Kathy Ginsburg 44 of 55 Cheryl Downer 45 of 55 Laura Butler Olsen and Jon Olsen 46 of 55 Gib McCurdy and Christine O'Mahoney 47 of 55 Holly Penwell and Jim Lawrence 48 of 55 Hillary Hyde and John Combias 49 of 55 Peter Laughlin 50 of 55 Bob Miller, Dave Rosen, and Peter Laughlin 51 of 55 Madeline Calabrese, Cindy Soccodato, and Bill Francis 52 of 55 Christine O'Mahoney, Carol Graef, Marieclaire Odell, and Leigh Zenker 53 of 55 Judy Gore Denman, Monica Levin Finkel, Toni Crist Allocco, Beth Maher 54 of 55 Some Brayton School kids:
Jane York, Christine O'Mahoney, Kathy Robinson, Cheryl Downer, Peter Nix, and James Wyman 55 of 55
Saturday Day Festivities
Saturday Day Festivities: Run/Walk, Bike Ride, Sarah Haviland Exhibit, Tour of SHS, Tailgate/Soccer Games.
L to R, Row 1: Wendy Levine, Sheila Bonnell, Mimi Allerton, Kathy Ginsburg Jarvis, Judy Gore Denman, Lydia Barden Peterson, Carolyn Clabby Higgins and Angela Valenziano Ross. Row 2: Bath Maher, Cheryl Bennett Metsky, Jennifer Lannin Eltantawy, Dan Garlen, Judy Wilson Barraza, Madeline Calabrese, Katharine Lovett Loeb, Carol Kizzia, Holly Penwell Hess, Tina Seelig, Erin Geddis Cummings and Terry Triolo Carlini,
Row 3: Roger Wunderlich, Ted Nickerson, Bruce Atkinson, Loch Kelly, Bill White, John Hammell, Bill Francis, John Ruffley, Mary Beth Close Reardon, Gib McCurdy, Kirsti Jutila Heineman, James Wyman and George Rittersbach 1 of 54 Brigitta VanDillen-Gucker and Cindy Hannas after 15 miles around the Great Swamp. 2 of 54 A thorn amongst the roses (Brigitta VanDillen-Gucker, Tom Kelly and Cindy Hannas after the 15 mile bike ride around the Great Swamp). 3 of 54 Kathy Ginsburg Jarvis, Lydia Barden Peterson, Judy Wilson Barraza, John Ruffley 4 of 54 Tina Seelig and Wendy Levine 5 of 54 Carolyn Clabby Higgins and Carol Kizzia 6 of 54 7 of 54 8 of 54 9 of 54 Sarah Haviland's Reception 10 of 54 Mary Beth Close Reardon leads the HS tour. Judy Gore Denman, Carolyn Clabby Higgins (back), Judy Wilson Barraza, Ted Nickerson, Kathy Ginsburg Jarvis,
Dan Garlen 11 of 54 Bruce Atkinson, Kirsti Jutila Heineman, Bill Francis, Bill White, Cheryl Bennett Metsky, James Wyman, Beth Maher, spouse, Erin Geddis Cummings, Madeline Calabrese, Holly Penwell, John Combias, John Ruffley, Tina Seelig, Angela Valenziano Ross and George Rittersbach 12 of 54 Not sure what to call this yoga pose. "thethinkers-elbowon-asan-ass" Sorry Sarah. This is why I would never perform at my high school. (Loch Kelly and Bill Francis) 13 of 54 Roger Wunderlich, Loch Kelly, Bruce Atkinson, Bill Francis, Bill White and Cheryl Bennett Metsky 14 of 54 Lydia Barden Peterson, Mary Beth Close Reardon, Wendy Levine, Loch Kelly and Bruce Atkinson 15 of 54 16 of 54 James Wyman, Loch Kelly, John Combias, George Rittersbach, Cheryl Bennett Metsky, Holly Penwell Hess and John Ruffley 17 of 54 John Combias, Mimi Allerton, Angela Valenziano Ross, Kathy Ginsburg Jarvis, John Hammel, Jennifer Lannin Eltantawy, Katharine Lovett Loeb, Mary Beth Close Reardon and John Ruffley 18 of 54 Could be 1975 with classmates milling around in the hall! 19 of 54 Mary Beth stands up on a chair to be heard more easily (she was losing her voice by this point in the day). 20 of 54 Jennifer Lannin Eltantawy, Madeline Calabrese, Bill Francis, Carolyn Clabby Higgins, Carol Kizzia and John Combias 21 of 54 John Ruffley, Dan Garlen, Lydia Barden Peterson, Kirsti Jutila Heineman, James Wyman, George Rittersbach, Beth Maher, Wendy Levine, Tina Seelig, Loch Kelly and Angela Valenziano Ross 22 of 54 23 of 54 24 of 54 25 of 54 26 of 54 27 of 54 28 of 54 29 of 54 30 of 54 31 of 54 32 of 54 Could be Europe - could be. 33 of 54 The artist and her work - Bravo Sarah! 34 of 54 35 of 54 36 of 54 Loch Kelly demonstrating advanced Yoga techniques. Unfortunately there's a sculpture in the way. Some might call this "hot yoga." 37 of 54 A little spooky, but I guess I get the idea. Which one of these four was a high school drop out? 38 of 54 That's just not fair! 39 of 54 James and I trying to figure out where we would sit nowadays to research Ed Gein on our off hours. 40 of 54 Angela's the only one who got the dress memo. 41 of 54 SHS on tour. - In the Zen Garden. Bill Francis is finally paying attention to Loch's meditational instructions. 42 of 54 Long shot of James, Ted and Tina re-enacting their last play. For close up video and audio of this scene, see James videos of the school tour (not sure which part) 43 of 54 James caught in the act. Tina is non-plussed. James tenaciously capturing every moment on video for those who could not attend. Thanks James! 44 of 54 POV-from the stage. Looks frighteningly similar to my early touring career. 45 of 54 Terry Dagradi, Bill White, Cheryl Bennett - Hey, mind sharing the anti-aging device with the rest of us? 46 of 54 Doggie kisses! Which one of these two seems unconcerned? 47 of 54 Bromley, the star attraction. 48 of 54 Mimi Allerton and Bruce Atkinson. Bromley eyeing the next hole to be dug. 49 of 54 Sheila, "Bias" & Chris. Looks like a kegger. 50 of 54 Kirsti Jutila 51 of 54 Chris Roller, Sarah McNear, and Jane York 52 of 54 This is the AFTER picture from the 3+ mile run/tour of the Brayton School 'hood. We (Ted Nickerson, Beth Maher, Carolyn Clabby and George Rittersbach)all frankly look better after the run than the BEFORE picture that was taken. 53 of 54 Bruce Atkinson, James Wyman, Bill White, and Loch Kelly 54 of 54
Saturday Reunion Dinner
Saturday Reunion Dinner.
The crowd arrives. Welcome to Hilltopper Country! 1 of 100 2 of 100 Front row, L2R: Cindy Soccadato Nead, Dot Sereno O'Connor, Bill Francis, Carol Soccodato Martin, Patty Cotterell Fritz, Marieclaire O'Dell, Terry Dagradi; Second Row, L2R: Jimmy Caporaso, Dan Garlen, David Rosen, Guthrie Burke, Doug Colson; Third Row, L2R, Scott Lamm, Matt Swanson, Bryan Allocco, and Danny Helm 3 of 100 they try again... 4 of 100 First Row, L2R: Beverly Breton Carroll, Sue Brett Miller, Todd Hyde, Leigh Zenker Jamison, Jill Armstrong Citron, Susie Brigham, Paul Rothkopf, Wayne Moore; Second Row, L2R: Lary Lauer, Peter Closs, John Osborne; Third Row, L2R: Michael Closs, Jim Beams, Sarah Haviland, Steve Breitenfeld, Carol Kizzia. 5 of 100 Wayne runs to the left to avoid the leaping Peter Laughlin. 6 of 100 Still trying to get this right. 7 of 100 8 of 100 9 of 100 10 of 100 11 of 100 12 of 100 13 of 100 14 of 100 15 of 100 16 of 100 17 of 100 18 of 100 19 of 100 20 of 100 21 of 100 22 of 100 23 of 100 24 of 100 25 of 100 26 of 100 27 of 100 28 of 100 29 of 100 30 of 100 31 of 100 32 of 100 33 of 100 34 of 100 35 of 100 36 of 100 37 of 100 38 of 100 39 of 100 40 of 100 41 of 100 42 of 100 43 of 100 44 of 100 45 of 100 46 of 100 47 of 100 48 of 100 49 of 100 50 of 100 51 of 100 52 of 100 53 of 100 54 of 100 55 of 100 56 of 100 57 of 100 58 of 100 59 of 100 60 of 100 61 of 100 62 of 100 63 of 100 64 of 100 65 of 100 66 of 100 67 of 100 68 of 100 69 of 100 70 of 100 71 of 100 72 of 100 73 of 100 74 of 100 75 of 100 76 of 100 77 of 100 78 of 100 So who prayed to the weather Gods? BHC - morning - ready to decorate. 79 of 100 Toni, Cheryl and Mimi in front of the mantle. Wait, what does that say behind them? 80 of 100 Judy finally catches Mark and Loch trying to shirk their decorating duties. 81 of 100 The Lochness Monster and his beautiful bride Paige in the lobby of the Summit Grand Hotel, getting ready to go to the Reunion Dinner. 82 of 100 Mary Beth and secret admirer..Uh, note to self. Secret admirers probably shouldn't wear nametags. 83 of 100 Angela giving James Sturm (slacking at Princeton) some professorial pointers. 84 of 100 Bruce has a chicken bone caught in his throat (though he hams it up for the cam) and Angela graciously performs the Heimlich Maneuver. Bill Francis and Madeline Calabrese aren't paying attention to the drama enfolding before them. 85 of 100 Pinch me! Sorry Bill, get in line. 86 of 100 Nancy, Madeline, Bill, Bruce & Eric. After 20 years apart, Bill, Eric and I decide to get engaged two hours into the event. 87 of 100 Angelic Mary Beth! 88 of 100 Late bloomers convention! - Bill White, Liz Rice (Wilson), Bruce Atkinson & Frank Taylor. 89 of 100 Lizbeth! My girl! So much history here. Family trips together, Playing Dr. and Nurse when we were kids - oops, was I suppose to leave that part out? 90 of 100 Gib and Angela teaching ballroom dancing - again, none of us were paying attention. 91 of 100 Angela and my lovely wife - separated at birth! A few lookers-on 92 of 100 Gib, Sue, Liz, Bruce, Angela, Paige, Loch. Kinda looks like we belong there. Well, except for the overdressed goon in the back. 93 of 100 Bruce's wife Christine steps out from behind the camera to get in on the action. 94 of 100 And the group grows. 95 of 100 Paige & Loch with Judy, Bruce and MaryBeth. Loch teaching meditation but none of us are paying attention. 96 of 100 Banner(s), compliments of Dave Rosen. Took a lot of Duct Tape to get that thing to stick to the stone. 97 of 100 John Combias and Doug Colson sharing soccer memories - "Doug, if you hadn't been such a good defenseman I might have had something to do in the goal net." 98 of 100 Toni, Beth and Terry 99 of 100 Late in the evening, if you can't guess. 100 of 100
Saturday Reunion Dinner II
Saturday Reunion Dinner II.
1 of 72 2 of 72 3 of 72 4 of 72 5 of 72 6 of 72 7 of 72 8 of 72 9 of 72 10 of 72 11 of 72 12 of 72 13 of 72 14 of 72 15 of 72 16 of 72 17 of 72 18 of 72 19 of 72 20 of 72 21 of 72 22 of 72 23 of 72 24 of 72 25 of 72 26 of 72 27 of 72 28 of 72 29 of 72 Jim Hughes and Rob Vaughn 30 of 72 Chuck Wiebe and Marieclaire Odell 31 of 72 Tina Seelig, John Ruffley, and Sarah McNear 32 of 72 Chris Roller and John Osborne 33 of 72 Chuck Wiebe, Sheila Bonnell, and Leigh Zenker 34 of 72 Peter Laughlin and Mark Di Ionno 35 of 72 Paul Rothkopf and Toby Stanger 36 of 72 Sheila Bonnell and John Mencke 37 of 72 Nancy Wigton, Wendy Levine, Jane York, and Leslie Thompson 38 of 72 James Wyman 39 of 72 Chuck Wiebe and Jim Lawrence 40 of 72 Chris Roller, Jim Flanagan, and Don Moriarty 41 of 72 Beth Maher and Terry Triolo 42 of 72 43 of 72 44 of 72 45 of 72 46 of 72 47 of 72 48 of 72 49 of 72 50 of 72 51 of 72 Dave Rosen, Angela Valenziano, and Bob Miller 52 of 72 Dave Rosen, Terry Dagradi, and Angela Valenziano 53 of 72 Steve Breitenfeld, Mary Beth Close, and unknown spouse 54 of 72 Tina Seelig and Sarah McNear 55 of 72 Jim Flanagan and Beth Maher 56 of 72 Sarah Haviland, Chuck Wiebe, Sarah McNear, Jane York, Wayne Moore, and Steve Huettel 57 of 72 Sarah Haviland, Chuck Wiebe, Sarah McNear, Jane York, Wayne Moore, and Steve Huettel 58 of 72 Sarah Haviland, Terry Dagradi, Sarah McNear, Jane York, Wayne Moore, Beth Maher, and Steve Huettel 59 of 72 Sarah McNear, Chris Roller, Dave Rosen, Jim Caporaso, and Carol Kizzia 60 of 72 Sarah McNear and Angela Valenziano 61 of 72 The Kids from Brayton School
Front Row: Toby Stanger, Tina Seelig, Sarah McNear, Jane York, Terry Dagradi, Mark Di Ionno.
2nd Row: Angela Valenziano, Carolyn Clabby, Debbie Paessler, Jim Lawrence, Marieclaire Odell, Chris Roller, Gib McCurdy, Erin Geddis, John Mencke.
Third Row: Frank Taylor, Cindy Hannas, Craig Daugherty, Jim Hughes, John Osborne, Rob Vaughn, Chuck Wiebe, Jim Flanagan, James Wyman. 62 of 72 Brayton School Kids 63 of 72 Matt Swanson and Jane York 64 of 72 Washington School Kids 65 of 72 Washington School Kids 66 of 72 67 of 72 68 of 72 69 of 72 Cindy and Carolyn Soccodato (or is it Carolyn and Cindy . . . ?) 70 of 72 Beth Maher, Terry Dagradi, Sarah McNear, and Sarah Haviland 71 of 72 James Wyman and Sheila Bonnell 72 of 72
Sunday Brunch
Sunday Brunch.
Top '75
Top '75, Part I. Huge thanks to Bruce Atkinson for spending hours at the scanner!
Top '75 Part II
Top '75 Part II is now complete! When was the last time you looked at the last page of your yearbook? When was the last time you looked at your yearbook?
Summit Senior High School
Summit Senior High. Summit High housed grades 10 through 12 during our tenure. The High School is now a four year school, and the Summit Middle School houses grades 6, 7 and 8.
1 of 18 2 of 18 The famed "75" painted on the high school driveway by parties unknown. The responsible party may now own up because the statute of limitations expired during the Carter-Reagan debate. 3 of 18 Just Steppin Out 4 of 18 Our Sophomore Year. 5 of 18 Assembly in the auditorium. 6 of 18 Probably "Peer Gynt" sometime shortly after the earth cooled. (photo courtesy of Dana Calderwood/Facebook)
In this photo: Toby Stanger, Dana Calderwood, Billy Binford, Sarah McNear, Tina Seelig, David Rothkopf, Sarah Fry, Jane York Bornstein 7 of 18 Senior Week Calendar 8 of 18 Quintessential Jane (10th grade yearbook). Thanks to Jim Hughes for the photo and the caption. 9 of 18 1972 Homecoming Weekend Junior Powderpuff Cheerleaders (photo courtesy of Gary Hudkins/Facebook). bottom 4: Eric Patel, Joe Bush,Chris Martin, Kieran Kelly (class Pres):/ Middle 3: Barry Hamilton, Gil Chassie, Gary Hudkins/ Top 3: Jim Kenyon, Greg Rybka, James Wyman 10 of 18 Bill Weisbach Newspaper Clipping - Circa 1974-75 (photo courtesy of Joseph Loreti/Facebook) 11 of 18 Photo courtesy of Joseph Loreti/Facebook 12 of 18 Junior Prom Invitation 13 of 18 Pep Rally Songs 14 of 18 Soccer Championship Bus Note 15 of 18 Paul Rothkopf & Richard Magrath -
May 1975 16 of 18 Junior Prom - May 1975 - photo courtesy of Bruce Atkinson/Facebook. Right to left: Bruce Atkinson, Linda Orr (New Providence), Bill Weisbach, Alicia Arrelano, Mark Winslow, date?, Mark Adams, Melinda Ballard, date ?, Kathleen Kletch 17 of 18 Junior Prom - Suburban Hotel
May 17, 1974 - Left to right: David Garfinkle, Tina Seelig, Brian O'Mahoney, Sarah Fry, Gary Hudkins, Karen Winslow Hudkins (photo/courtesy of Facebook), Maurice Kelly, Sally Taylor 18 of 18
Sports & Extracurricular
Sports & Extracurricular. The agony! The ecstasy! The glory! Indelible bonds formed on the gridiron, the ice, the track, the court, the field. Once teammates, always teammates!
Summit Junior High School
Summit Junior High. The Junior High is now the "Lawton C. Johnson Summit Middle School," recently renamed in honor of the late Mr. Johnson, a Summit native who served in the school's administration for 50 years. The Junior High was originally the Summit High School.
1 of 17 The freshman wrestling team greases up and decamps to a freshman basketball game after practice. From L to R: Jens Thieck, Rob Grobarz, Mark Di Ionno, Dave Manley, Anthony "Jocko" Wharton, Unamused 7th Grader, Kevin Cuppia, James Wyman, Greg Steinhauser, Craig "Luigi" Dougherty, Carl Piraneo 2 of 17 Lawton C. Johnson Summit Middle School 3 of 17 The Lighthouse (Junior High yearbook) committee featuring James and Jim! James is in full " howdy pardner" mode...
James Wyman, Margaret Freeman, Scott Schnipper, Jim Hughes (photo courtesy Jane York Bornstein/Facebook) 4 of 17 A Midsummer Night's Dream - Circa 1968 - directed by Judith Cohn. Dan Miller, Dana Calderwood, George Van Laar, David Rothkopf (photo by Gretchen Zeigler Gardner/Facebook) 5 of 17 Lawton C. Johnson, for whom the school is now named. (photo courtesy of Peter Brady/Facebook) 6 of 17 Newspaper Clipping of Junior High School Band Concert with Naoki Fukui - Circa ? (photo courtesy of Joseph Loreti/Facebook) 7 of 17 Album Cover (photo courtesy of Joseph Loreti/Facebook) 8 of 17 Spring Band Concert April 1969 Album Cover (photo courtesy of Joseph Loreti/Facebook) 9 of 17 Spotlight Yearbook 1972 - Page 124 10 of 17 Spotlight Yearbook 1972 - Page 125 11 of 17 Spotlight Yearbook 1972 - Page 126 12 of 17 Spotlight Yearbook 1972 - Page 129 13 of 17 14 of 17 15 of 17 16 of 17 17 of 17
Brayton School
Brayton School. Was Wilbur Nelson the principal of Brayton School? Brayton School is the only elementary school not named after a President. The land for Brayton School and Memorial Field was donated to the city, in exchange for naming the school after the son of the donor.
Brayton School 1 of 15 Brayton School circa 1912. 2 of 15 Brayton School 3 of 15 Mrs. King's Kindergarden Class
Front row: Shakar Jani, Chuck Wiebe, Kathy Robinson-Ray, David Howe, Leigh Zenker-Jamison, Gib McCurdy, Doug Trethaway.
Second row: Felicity Shepherd, Unknown, Unknown, Peter Nix, Beezee Lawrence, David McGuigan, Unknown.
Third row: Unknown, Lex Crosett, Unknown, James Wyman, Sydney Green.
Fourth row: Unknown assistant, Billy Worthington, Unknown, Barbara Nichols, Brent Connelly, Brian Araneo, Frank Taylor, Mrs. King. 4 of 15 Local child celebrities present Mr. Glenn, our elementary school janitor, with a retirement gift to Ireland.
Gib McCurdy (photo), Martin Glenn, Chris Roller Emerson 5 of 15 First Grade Class - 1963
Miss Randall (aide)
In this photo: Karen Brown, Drew Papio, Chuck Wiebe, David Weimer, Kathy Robinson-Ray, Kathy Robinson, Ruth Wilson, Felicity Shepherd, Lee Sullivan, Joe Fusco, Chris Roller Emerson, Greg Gifford, Kevin O'Brien, Jane York Bornstein (photo), Frank Taylor, John Mencke, Barbara Nichols, Doug Hall 6 of 15 Mrs. Devaney's First Grade Class
In this photo: Mrs. Devaney, Doug Trethaway, James Wyman, Russell Kirby, Leigh Zenker, Paul Snyder?, Billy Worthington, Dick Ryden, Jim Lawrence, Christine O'Mahoney, Lisa Brown, Gib McCurdy (photo), Brand Whitlock, "Shakar", Cheryl Downer, Madeline Brown, Katie Mason, Nancy Wigton, Toby Stanger, Brian Araneo, Victor Angermueller, Zoe Zerwick, Miss Randall 7 of 15 H.M.S. Pinafore -
James Wyman, Kathy Robinson-Ray, Ian Anderson, Jane York Bornstein 8 of 15 H.M.S. Pinafore - Dressing Room -
Lee Sullivan Gardner, Martha Chevlin, Jane York Bornstein, Debbie Paessler, Ruth Wilson, Kathy Robinson-Ray, Mary Creagan, Marieclaire Odell, Chris Roller Emerson, Cheryl Downer, Sarah McNear, Chris O'Mahoney
9 of 15 H.M.S. Pinafore - Ian, off to the brig, and maybe to walk the plank.
In this photo: Chuck Wiebe, Kathy Robinson-Ray, Ian Anderson, Jane York Bornstein, Mark Haugen
10 of 15 H.M.S. Pinafore - The only photos of Fang are of the back of his head.
In this photo: James Wyman, Kathy Robinson-Ray, Ian Anderson, Cindy Hannas, Terry Dagradi, Jane York Bornstein, Becky Sinden, Fang, Bruce Allsop, Cheryl Downer, Sarah McNear, Laura Bennett Heinl, Victor Angermueller, Bruce Duncan, Billy Ciccolella, Chris Roller Emerson 11 of 15 H.M.S. Pinafore Program 12 of 15 Orchestra - 1959 (photo courtesy of Joseph Loreti/Facebook) 13 of 15 H.M.S. Pinafore Program 14 of 15 Picture taken on "Field Day" 1969. Left to Right: Doug Hall, Victor Angermueller,Craig Daugherty, Chuck Wiebe, Gilbert McCurdy, Bruce Duncan. 15 of 15
Franklin School
Franklin School. Franklin School now hosts a new athletic field next to the playground.
Jefferson School
Jefferson School is adjacent to a beautiful, lighted baseball field that serves as the home to Summit Junior Baseball.
Lincoln School
Lincoln School. Who can remember the principal of Lincoln School?
Lincoln School 1 of 14 The original Lincoln School Building! 2 of 14 now known as Lincoln-Hubbard School 3 of 14 Fifth Grade - Mrs. Lynn Auster
Left to Right, Top to Bottom
1. John Colton, Betsy ____, Dennis Hart
2. Terry Triolo, Craig Sherman, Mimi Allerton, Chipper Ward, Madeline Calabrese
3. Todd Reynolds, Susan Roessle
4. Debbie Lipscomb, Mark Wojeck,
Peggy Hendricksen, Jimby Johnson, Melanie Wall
5. John Haley, Lynn Kraskauf, Shep Davis, Sydney Green, Don Moriarty
6. Liz Rice, Sarah Barnes, Sherry Sellers, Kathy Lovett 4 of 14 Mrs. Bauer's Sixth Grade Class
Left to Right, Top to Bottom:
Kathy Lovett, Dave Pardee
Scott Johnson, Cindy Mercer, Dave Luberoff, Debbie Lipscomb
Chris Smith, Loch Kelly, Toni Crist, Zackie Coppulous, Cindy Woods, Bobby Haley
Bruce Atkinson, Beth Maher, Mike Miles, Melinda Farrington
Kathy Dunne, Tim Mines, Mrs. Bauer, Sherry Sellers, George Hendrickson, Mary Beth Close
Kevin Chynoweth, Liz Rice, Bill White, Sarah Barnes
Diane Melroy, Kathy Reeves
5 of 14 Photo and caption courtesy of Dave Pardee/Facebook. Here's an oldie but goody. I believe we were in 5th grade. Lincoln school won the PAL
baseball championship after a close game. We actually lost the game by 1 run in the
last inning. The win was decided by decision. Our opponent failed to play all of
their "men". As I remember, Dave Luberoff 6 of 14 Kindergarten Lincoln School 7 of 14 2nd Grade Class 8 of 14 1st Grade - Lincoln School 9 of 14 4th Grade Class 10 of 14 6th Grade Class 11 of 14 12 of 14 Third Grade Class 13 of 14 Mrs Savini's 4th Grade Class 14 of 14
Roosevelt School
Roosevelt School. If you have not seen Roosevelt School for a while, you are in for a surprise!
Washington School
Washington School sports a new playground, next to the new turf athletic field known as Upper Tatlock.
Washington School 1 of 5 Washington School 2 of 5 Washington School 3 of 5 Washington School 4 of 5 Sixth Grade - Gail Ruhl, Wen Bray, Donna Rothschild, Bryan Allocco, Philip Carlson, Carmen Vazquez, Donna Forrest, Eric Price, Mary Jo Strempek, Danny Helme, Cindy Soccadato, Maryann Whitley, Danny Dean, Jim Caporaso, Lydia Barden, Kelley Jones, Sam Lombardi, Peg Krupp, Robert Grobarz, Debbie Pizzuti, Laura Goldberg, Matthew Swanson, Terry McEnroe, Danny Garlan, Karen Leiendecker Porcelli, Frank Clancy, Kim Josephson, Paul Kocian, Doug Colson, Sue Volkman, Monique LeDrappier, Kevin Paul, Bernie Ocasio, David Rosen, John Hammell, Cheryl Miller, Robert Maluso, Allen Hadley, Carol Soccodato, Ted Senator, Laura Goldberg, Dorothy Sereno, Wendy Hack, Guthrie Burke, Mr. Kelly, Carol Ann Carbone DePalma, Jens Thieck, Mr. Huff 5 of 5
Wilson School
Wilson School. No longer an elementary school, Wilson is now a primary center for pre-school and Kindergarten kids.
St. Teresa's Roman Catholic Grammar School
A classmate wrote he attended St. Teresa's Penitentiary for Wayward Boys and Saintly Girls! Who wrote this bio entry?
Around Town
Around Town. Photos from around Summit, past and present.
Old Photos & Memorabilia
Old Photos. In a nostalgic frame of mind? Here you'll find photos of events in town, The Strand, coaches, teachers, houses, etc.
Note Jim Lawrence lower right hand corner! Another 1969 event in Summit- this time looking down Springfield Avenue West from Maple Street. The Woolworth's at right closed in 1983 and Liss Pharmacy moved in and is still there. Also of note is the aluminum-clad corner portion of "Brooks"(later Sealfon's) department store at left. (photo courtesy of Jeffrey Leonard/Facebook)
1 of 22 The Strand - Circa 1938. Roth's Strand movie theater. Theater manager Joe Gillis "dressed his doorman as The Lone Ranger and mounted him on a horse hired from a local riding academy and paraded him through the streets with a local boy dressed as Tonto the Indian...." The date is early 1938. The photo shows Gillis in ... See Morea suit and tie with lots of neighborhood kids. The main feature is "The Badman of Brimstone" with Wallace Beery. Probably an April 1938 date. (photo courtesy of Dennis Murray/Facebook)
2 of 22 The Strand - Circa 1972 (photo courtesy of Dennis Murray/Facebook) 3 of 22 The Legendary Coach Howie Anderson (photo courtesy of Peter Brady/Facebook) 4 of 22 Elementary All City Chorus and Orchestra - Spring Concert 1968 (photo courtesy of Joseph S. Finis, Sr./Facebook) 5 of 22 1968 Spring Concert 6 of 22 10 Woodfern Road in 1956 (photo courtesy of Alison Campbell Shourds/Facebook) 7 of 22 Band - circa '69-'70. Not sure what we were called as a band at this point (we changed names a lot). Left to right: Kenny Arrington, Jeff Fitterer, Philip Crawford (Facebook photo), Dave Hyde, Joey Wilkinson. 8 of 22 Mother's Brass Kncukles (Summit Band 1966-1969)
In this photo: Joe Coveney (Facebook photo), KJ (Ken Oldroyd), Don Topor 9 of 22 Short Hills Mall - pre-enclosure (1962)
A Feature News Service release from 1962 - "A 'Tree full of Christmas Presents" is one of six uniquely decorated trees admired by Gretchen and Elizabeth, twin seven-year-olds, and their mother, Mrs. J.P. Zeigler, while shopping at The Mall at Short Hills. The 12-foot trees were decorated by Cecilia Staples, noted designer. Each represents Christmas past, present or future. (photo courtesy of Gretchen Zeigler Gardner/Facebook) 10 of 22 For the native Summit rail fans out there, found these E-L photos on Railfan.net- taken circa 1969. In addition to the steam and diesel powered trains, one can see electric MU 'wickerliners' in the train yard. Notice the old station bridge and low platforms, which disappeared in the late-80's renovation of the station. (photo courtesy of Jeffrey Leonard/Facebook) 11 of 22 Train Platform - Circa 1969 (photo courtesy of Jeffrey Leonard/Facebook) 12 of 22 Train Station - Circa 1969 (photo courtesy of Jeffrey Leonard/Facebook) 13 of 22 Train - Circa 1969 (photo courtesy of Jeffrey Leonard/Facebook) 14 of 22 Train Platform - Circa 1969 (photo courtesy of Jeffrey Leonard/Facebook) 15 of 22 SHS Stage Band - 1970 (photo courtesy of Joseph Loreti/Facebook) 16 of 22 Big Band Sound Album - SHS Stage Band 1969 (photo courtesy of Joseph Loreti/Facebook) 17 of 22 SHS Big Band Sound Newspaper Clipping - Circa ? (photo courtesy of Joseph Loreti/Facebook) 18 of 22 It looks like the Catholic kids are all out for Kennedy in this November 1960 photo of the Hudkins/Trengrove cousins parading down Edgar St. The dog being carried on the right wing was "Cookie", who was apparently a Nixon supporter since the "Checkers" speech.
Edgar St runs from Morris Ave and dead ends into the High School. The buildings at the far right are on the Kent Place school property across Morris Ave. (photo courtesy of Gary Hudkins/Facebook) 19 of 22 Twister! 20 of 22 Mood Ring
21 of 22 Tulip Street 22 of 22