Informal Gatherings History

Memories from 1985-2006

2006

Charlotte Carr paid me a visit today. She lives a couple of miles from me. We're both avid gardeners. The gloves and shovel are because she was digging up some iris from my inexhaustible supply. We discovered each other last year when she came over my house with her neighbor, who happens to be a friend of mine. You never know when a classmate may pop into your life. From Marcy on 4/2/06

Marcy,Sorry we don't have the picture of Frank and you when you had the layover in Phila. I realized that the quality of my scanner wasn't so good. Well, to tell the truth you both looked great to me. A little tired, but then, that's how you tell how great a vacation was. Enjoyed your Vegas tales, only wished I could have been there with you. But, you did bring me a little bit of it back. Thanks.
So where's the next trip? This time, maybe, you and Frank can pick me up in Phila.
Keep the faith.
Toni

Ed Note: On our return from Vegas we had a three hour layover in Philadelphia before getting a flight to Newburgh. Frank Curtin and I live near one another and made the trip together. Toni Salometo met us in Philadelphia and we had dinner in the Marriott there. It was a perfect way to end the trip! Perhaps we'll find another excuse to get together again.

Hey Marcy,
Gino and I just got back from skiing at Manmouth Mountain, California. What a beautiful place. We had a reat time and I enjoyed the skiing and the comradery. Looking forward to Murphy coming over this week to play golf for a few days. Glad all is well with Atticus. Get those East Coast slugs working on some mini-reunions. Speak to you soon.
From Tom Tierney on 4/1/06

Gino & Tom

Neighbors in Naples, FL, Susan Amrhein Mulligan & Laura Allen Lally met in February '06 to chat about old times. Laura & her husband have since moved to "The Villages", also in Florida. Susan also has a home in Levittown. Submitted by Laura Allen.

April, 2006 Arizona - Partners in a golfing tournament -
Tom Tierney and Jerry Murphy

Jerry and Irene Murphy visiting the Tierneys in Pinetop, Arizona July,2006

Lee Goldberg (Georgia) and Debby Miller get together in Long Island. The two classmates have remained close over the years and visit each other as often as they can

Has anyone seen my ball?

What a shock. They managed to get some golf in! Tom looks happy.

Now I ask you. Does Patty look frightened?

Joe and Tom

Joe deals with an unexpected visitor to the train.

Gino and the two Toms doing what they do best.

After the get-together in Arizona, the Tierneys and the Garofalos took off on a little jaunt to visit the Grand Canyon on the Grand Canyon Railroad. They raved over the scenery and the exciting ride. Valerie and Joe Garofalo with Tom Tierney

Gino Lynch working at the pottery wheel. Gino made a piece of pottery for everyone at the cabin.

Marilyn Lerner Workman and husband Tom (LMHS class of 59)

Tom and Patty Tierney hosted a little get-together for some alumni in July. These pictures were taken at Pinetop, Arizona at Tom's summer cabin.

Valerie and Joe Garofalo

Tom Tierney hopped on a plane and paid a visit to Warren Hechinger on September 20th. He also gave Gino Lynch a call and Gino drove down to join his two old classmates.

I think they're getting an early start on Halloween. Tom and Gino are in orange shirts and Warren's in a black one. Makes you wonder what pranks they are hatching.

Hi Marcy,
I'm attaching a picture of our classmate Brad Crook (and me), taken when he visited me here in Jerusalem last spring. Brad and I spent a few hours catching up on 45 years (on Fast Forward) over a leisurely lunch. Brad spent most of his working life in advertising (my field too), before getting "the call" and becoming a minister. His church and congregation were in Suffolk county.
Unfortunately, Brad suffered a heart attack shortly after returning to the U.S. from Israel, but has since made a full recovery, lost weight and is taking much better care of himself. He and his wife Nancy just moved to Ft. Myers, FL, where he will continue with his Christian publishing work. Brad's e-mail is: Revbrad1@comcast.net

Regards to all,
Doug Greener

Does this varsity jacket look familiar?
Brad Scott models his old jacket which he's kept all these years.
If anyone else still has theirs, send a picture and we'll post it.

When Tom and Patty Tierney visited NY in August they met Helene Doctoroff for lunch at the Embassy Diner on Hempstead Tnpk.
Submitted by Helen Doctoroff Erb

I had a visit today from Jeff Katz LMHS of 62. Jeff was in town for his fortieth reunion at SUNY New Paltz. I saw the 62 Echoes for the first time and he saw his brother's (class of 59) yearbook for the first time. We had much to talk about with two schools in common and he gave me two old pictures to scan into my computer that I will put in the way we were section. As always the time just flies when you talk about old times.

Judy & Rich Mangels (Pat's husband) at San Juan Capistrano Beach

Judy and Pat at the San Juan Capistrano Mission

Judy and Pat at the entrance to the San Juan Capistrano Mission

Tom and Patty Tierney watch a sunrise from the top of a volcano in Hawaii. Can you believe He complained about how cold it was up there?

Annual holiday dinner for the girls
Left to right :Carol DeGregorio Caporale, Marilyn Workman Lerner, Betty Csontos Schuster, Mary Menette Mattson, Dotty Dorsa Read - Submitted by Betty Csontos Schuster

A while back Pat Pandolfi jokingly told some classmates that they should feel free to send her a Jaguar. Frank Curtin sent her the stuffed jaguar which was not what she had in mind. But who sent her the other Jag in this picture?

It's Miller Time

Perhaps I exaggerated when I said little elves!

"I was sitting around and surprise, Santa sent some little elves to help me enjoy the Christmas Holidays. They sang Christmas Carols and put-up decorations, adding to the joyous time."

Some great photos submitted by Warren Hechinger which he calls "A Christmas Visit". Tom Tierney, Jerry Murphy and Gino Lynch are the three little elves who paid a visit. Looks like a fun-filled day was had by all

Russ Mulroy, Stu Smith & Artie Clark

Russ & Artie clowning around

Hi Marcy !!

Hope your holiday is going well and that you have a great "New Years"..

Last night 12/28/2006 Russ invited me over to his home for a small get together.
Out of the past there sat "Artie Clark" ! I always wondered what happened to Artie. We go back to the 8th grade (Artie can be found in the way we were section of the "all boys class" pix in the last row ) and I haven't seen him in 45 years. Needless to say we all had a great time. I worked with Artie's Dad at Grumman until he died in 1972.

Attached please find the four pix from the get together.. (see above)

Enjoy and I will talk to ya soon..

Stu Smith

2005

In June 2005 I had a surprise visitor. Phil Smith called from the Thruway on his way down from Buffalo to visit his sister in Long Island. He figured an hour in New Paltz would be better than an hour of stop and go traffic hitting rush hour when he approached the city. That one hour turned into five hours! If I had known he was coming I would have weeded my gardens. Phil is a phenomenal gardener who puts me to shame.

The Smith reunion/June 2005 - Phil Smith was not finished visiting classmates. Three days later he met up with Stu Smith (no relation) in Long Island where they enjoyed lunch and more conversation.

June 2005 - Tom Tierney (Arizona) went to California, where he met up with Jerry Murphy. Together they visited Gino Lynch in Ventura County, California. As most of you know, Gino was a victim of that horrible mudslide in January 2005. His place is still suffering from mud problems but he's come along way from those first pictures we saw after the mudslide.

Becky Curtin and her Dad Frank, Celeste Vives Holden

Frank Curtin, Marcy McNally Fall, Celeste Vives Holden

July, 2005 - Gino Lynch (California) in the home of Marcy McNally Fall (upstate New York) the week before the reunion. He's holding a painting he did that now hangs in my home framed. It's two panthers. I'm sure you all get the symbolism.

Labor Day Weekend Sept. 2005 - Jerry and Irene Murphy on left Tom and Patty Tierney (Arizona) on right in San Clemente, California

September 18, 2005 - Gino Lynch went to visit his brother Robert in Long Beach, California. They went to dinner at the home of Jerry and Irene Murphy. Here Gino is seen with the Murphys in front of their house. Will you notice how many of these get-togethers Jerry Murphy is a part of? It scares me to think what will happen when he gets his RV on the road!

When Tom and Patty Tierney booked a flight to Puerto Vallarta they had hoped to meet up with Sandy (Parrish) and Del Duval. Sandy and Del have a place there where they escape the Colorado winters. How disappointed Tom was to learn that Sandy and Del were ARRIVING in Puerto Vallarta on the day that Tom and Patty were going back home. So they did the next best thing and met at the airport like ships passing in the night.
Left to right: Del, Sandy, Patty, Tom Nov. 16, 2005

View from the terrace in Sandy and Del's condo in Puerto Vallarta.

Lois Christensen Bish, holding our Echoes yearbook and sporting her new LMHS booster sweatshirt. She's standing on the dock in back of her home in Florida.

Maui, Hawaii in September 2005

Tom Tierney and Iris Kogel in the home of Iris

The view from the home of Iris and her husband.

2004

October 22, 2004 - Sandy Parrish Duvall and her husband flew in to NY from Colorado where they live. They met Stu Smith in the city. It had been over thirty years since they had seen one another and they had a wonderful time over dinner. Stu lives on Long Island but works in the Mayor's office in NYC. Picture: Stu and Sandy

Andrea Gilmore Brannelley and her husband Jack stopped for an overnight at the Bed and Breakfast Celeste Vives Holden hosts in upstate New York this past August. Just another offshoot of that great reunion in July. Andrea (green top) and Jack live in Utah.

Dee, Warren and Gino

Dee, Jerry, and Gino

He's at it again! Jerry and Irene Murphy paid a visit to Pat McCauley Mangels and her husband Richard on October 9th. The Mangels are RV owners who live in Sun City California, and Jerry was getting some tricks of the trade before he takes to the road in his new RV. Of course he had to check out their RV too.

The week before the reunion Gino Lynch paid a visit to Dee Gross in Connecticut.

The shots above were taken the day of that visit.

Most classmates get together to relax and talk. But when Iris Kogel met Gino Lynch in California last month, they went on a hike in the Eastern High Sierras.

The trail was steep and with the help of her experienced guide, Iris climbed twelve thousand feet to a snow peak. What's a girl from Hawaii doing in a place like this?.

Irene Murphy (wife of Jerry) and Pat McCauley at RV show in Pomona, California.

Our roving classmate visitor is at it again. On the weekend of October 15th, Jerry Murphy and his wife Irene met Pat McCauley
Mangels and her husband Richard in Pomona, California for an RV show. Watch out classmates. He may one day be on your
doorstep!

Out to dinner: Carol, Ann, MaryAnn, Dotty, Betty and Marilyn

Jerry Murphy, Richard Mangels and wife Pat McCauley Mangels

Six old friends from LMHS get away together for a trip to Myrtle Beach in December 2004. Arriving at the Airport: Betty Csontos Schuster, Carol DiGregorio Caporale, Mary Ann Lavery Turk, Marilyn Lerner Workman, Dotty Dorsa Read & Ann Adamec

At Broadway at the Beach, Myrtle Beach
MaryAnn, Carol, Dotty, Betty, Marilyn (photo taken by Ann)

Spring 2004 Battery Park in New York
Jerry and Irene Murphy (California) visiting the Smiths
- Richie and Nelsi and touring the city.

Sept. 2003

Marina Del Rey, California
Ernie Brodsky (NY), Warren Hechinger and Jeff Chasan (Arizona)

California 2002

Jeff Chasan, Warren Hechinger
Submitted by Warren Hechinger

Summer of 2002
Get together at Ernie Brodsky's home on Long Island
Ernie Brodsky, Frank Curtin, Warren Hechinger

1988

In February Brad Scott and Russ Mulroy and their wives made a trip to California to Jerry & Irene Murphy's home.
The following four pictures would indicate that everyone had a very good time!

Group shot of us in Jerry's Caddy Eldorado. Warren Hechinger & Gino Lynch came the last day. Gino's son Cameron took this shot.

Warren Hechinger on Saturday Night.

At Universal Studios: Jerry, Russ, Brad & a guy Brad picked up.

Karaoke Nite: me, Jerry & Brad doing our feeble attempt at karaoke which was setup inside Jerry's house. We proceeded to mangle 25 or so classic oldies. We had to let Jerry sing ... it was his house.