Upper Darby High School

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Patte Marshall Michel

Welcome to the Upper Darby High School Class Of 1970 forums. Please press "Post Response" to participate in the discussion.

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Stephanie Abramides Carroll

Looking good Patte!

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Patte Marshall Michel

Hi - the First All Class Reunion was great!!! I was wonderful seeing Stephanie, Carole, Sharon, Skip and Carmen. I also had the opportunity to meet lots of graduates from other classes including 1929, 1967, and a real nice group of guys from the '80's. Thanks to all on the committee - especially Stephanie and Carole!!!

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Stephanie Abramides Carroll

The first All-Class Reunion was a huge success! It was so nice to see those that may have graduated a year or 2 ahead or behind us.

Highlight of the night.... the class of 1929 graduate in attendance! Kitty was such a hoot.... may we all have "half" her energy when we reach that age! It had to be from running track at the Penn Relays and playing field hockey as a left wing! How 'bout her year book!!

Thanks for all that attended and for those that had other obligations... there's always next year!

See you soon!

Stephanie

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Christine Winter Sullivan

Hi Patte and Steph

I want to thank everyone who works on our Class Reunions, they are wonderful times that I love to re-live. Maureen Watt and I are down here in Florida and are already making plans to attend the next one. I did love the multi-year idea. Lots of us had friends in a class before or after us. Looking forward to seeing everyone in 2010!

Chris (Winter) Sullivan

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Carole Smith

Hello all... Stephanie and Patte finally have me up and running so I am sending out a hello to all... Isn't this fun...Stephanie and I met the other day in Media... and started planning... Our 40th... my my... We will be in touch but the plan is to have a committee meeting in early May so that we can start discussion on dates and location... if you are in the area and would like to join us for this meeting... we have fun... and everyone takes a little piece... no one needs to take on too much... so, let us know if you want to be involved... and most important... I hope that you will join us next year.. for our 40th.

Carole Smith
Co-Chair, 40th UDHS Reunion in 2010

Donna Martorelli King

Does anyone get to Upper Darby these days? If so, stop and say Hi at the Kindergarten Center (the former Drexel Hill Elementary on State Rd.). You will not recognize it! It's like I never left UD since I am there every school day of every year....sometimes good, sometimes not so much......
Have a great summer (definitely one of the fringe benefits of teaching) ! Donna

Paula Forte

I made my first trip back to Upper Darby in more than 30 years! Hubby (#2) had never been to my "stomping grounds" so I gave him the grand tour of my 2x2x2-mile triangle that made up the distance I could walk: 69th street to Llanerch Hills to UDHS. I didn't have a car in high school!

What struck me was how SMALL the house I grew up in actually was. I met the guy who is living there now (an immigrant from East Africa) as he was painting the front porch. He was amused that I'd come to look at an old house and let me take a picture.

We drove by my elementary school (Highland Park) out on West Chester Blvd. next to the Catholic elementary school, St. Lawrence, and even took a peek at Beverly Hills Junior High (middle school now)as we drove out toward the High School. There was some huge event happening near UDHS so I didn't bother to hang around -- the parking would have been impossible!

After our "drive by tour" we headed through Philadelphia and on to the shore which also looked less dramatic than I remembered it after all these years!

So, maybe the 2010 reunion will give me an excuse to visit again!

--paula s. forte, eden prairie, MN

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Patte Marshall Michel

Hi Paula - YES - hope you do come back next year!!!

Barbara Nescio Bonnett

Patte - this looks great -- thank you for all of your hard work on this.


Question for all who enter: I'm looking for yearbooks from Beverly Hills and UD for when my brother, Rich, attended. He was very active in sports and if there are any photos of him in the yearbooks, I'd like to get copies. He attended BHJS 1961-1963/4; UDHS 1964/5-1967/8.
Thank you!
Barb Nescio Bonnett
email: bonnettb@delcora.org

Donna Martorelli King

Barb,
Have you checked the BHMS and UDHS libraries? They might have old yearbooks? When school starts in Sept., I'll try to remember to email the District librarians.
Donna Martorelli King

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Stephanie Abramides Carroll

Loving the brief notes from everyone!

Paula, that is really cool that you came back this way to share you roots with #2. I will still drive pass the home I grew up in, just because.

My elementary school, Cardington Stonehurst, was torn down many years ago.

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Stephanie Abramides Carroll

Hello fellow Class of 70 classmates....

We were scheduled to get the Save The Date mailing out last week; but the storm kept us all at home. We will be rescheduling that meeting soon so please take a moment to review Missing Classmates and update us on any information you may have on those that are currently listed.

Thanks....

Stephanie Abramides-Carroll
Class Reunion Committee

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Marie Bisanti Gravina

Hi All,

I have been living in MA since 1976. I do miss Upper Darby, where I lived my first 25 years. My Mom is now 90 and my Dad is now 94 years old. I sold their home and they are now in an Assisted Living Facility, in Colorado Springs where my younger brother Danny lives. He is a retired Colonial from the Air Force.

Please let me know, when our reunion will be, so that I can plan to be there!

Best Regards,
Marie (Bisanti) Feeney

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Rose Mary Smith Craven/Smith

See you soon!

Roe    

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Christine Winter Sullivan

Four more weeks and counting! Maureen Watt and I have been planning for the past 6 months for this. 

Guess it means more when you don't see the area you grewup in on a regular basis.

We are not sure how we are going to do everything we planned, but you bet we will.  Can't wait to see everyone.

 As time goes by so quickly, its nice to visit the past from time to time. To remember the days when we wished time away and now wish we could have it all back. See you soon.

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Carole Smith

The gathering is soon. Forty years ago we spent 30 plus hours a week together under one roof. Since then each of us has done our own thing. In less than a month we will be under the same roof again (for a short time) to laugh, to reminisce, to eat and to dance. How much fun is that! Please work the room, say hi to those you remember and those you don't! It's OK that you don't remember me... but I still want to say hi and hear what you have done for the past 40 years or possibly remind me what you told me 5 years ago... ah, the memory thing.

Looking forward to this short time when we travel back! Please say hi! Carole

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Christine Winter Sullivan

First, thank eveyone who worked SO HARD on the wonderful reunion we just experienced.  It was incredible.  I think I speak for the entire class, it was the best we have ever had !

Maureen Watt and I came from Tampa to join the festivies.  The Embassy Suites was an excellant choice.  The rooms were lovely and the free cocktails and  h'ordervues were yummy. Breakfast was a rare treat and the choices were incredible.

Anyone who missed the cocktail party really missed something terrific.  Low keyed and casual, we just chilled and got time to catchup with everyone. Next time you need to include this in your plans.

I look forward to our next one. 

Chris Winter Sullivan

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Kathy Conan Kuhn

Kudos to the reunion committee for a job well done! Food was good (even for my"buffet-phobic" husband) place was easy to find, music great, company even better. All the 'extras' were great. you always do a wonderful job with the photos, etc. and just an all around top notch reunion.

Will definitely be there at the 45th but hope to stay in better touch with some of the 'old' friends. Look me up on facebook. I'm there several times a week to check in on what my grandchildren are doing.

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Stephanie Abramides Carroll

THAT REUNION!

It was so much fun seeing old friends again and making some new ones too!  This class is one partying class.  For those of us who went to BH, lunch time in the gym certainly paid off with all the dancing we were doing!

I cannot thank the committee enough for all their efforts, time and energy.  Everyone was fully responsible for the success of the evening.  Barb did such a great job searching for the perfect venue; Carole's program book was slamming as usual...  but the credit really goes to Patte.  Our website has been the BEST thing to happen to our class.  She continually updated the site and sent blast emails that intrigued so many people that they just had to come.  Please keep in touch through the website...  it is our best friend and will keep us together as wait for the next 5 years to pass.

BUT....   one VERY important thing....  if it weren't for the guests, there would have been nothing!!!   You guys were AWESOME....  thank you for coming and making this year's reunion a HUGE success.

Looking forward to the next one and seeing everyone again....

Affectionately,

Stephanie

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Patte Marshall Michel

Stephanie is absolutely right - It is the UDHS Class of 1970 Classmates that made the reunion the success it was, is and will continue to be.  I say that because it is my hope, as Kathy Conan  said, that we continue to stay in touch with each other.  I know the committee had such a wonderful time working on the reunion that each meeting was a mini reunion.  And because of that we plan to have mini reunions over the next five years - so join us. 

Let us know you want to be involved next time. 

Now I've had the time of my life
No I never felt like this before
Yes I swear it's the truth
and I owe it all to you

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Cheryl Eisenhuth Whiteley

You know what they say - there is no "I" in the word team and that was so evident this past Saturday.   What a great job by the entire committee.   The room was the perfect size, the food was delicious and the DJ did a great job!   I have to agree - it was seeing everyone again and enjoying each other's company that made it the complete package.   I had a Blast - 

So it's the laughter

We will remember

Whenever we remember

The way we were -

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Joyce McDermott Larrabee

To quote Dolly Parton...."having more fun than a body has a right to" was the mantra for most of us...terrific event!!

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Carl Winshel

That class was an amazing group of people.

Everyone looked great, also, better than 40 years ago, in a lot of cases.