Reunion Pix by Itsuyo

Photos by Itsuyo Higashinaka　東中稜代博士

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Red Dragon Canoe Club Reunion photos by Jim Kirk

Photos by Jim Kirk

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Reunion Photos from Itsuyo

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Our Football Brain Trust

Right to Left: Head Coach Rocky Cancelleri,
Bud Ogden, Joe France

. . ., We will hold our banners high, and . . .

Dream Lover

Why Must I Be a Tennager in Love?

Let's Go to the Hop

Reunion Photos by Ed R., pt.2

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Reunion Photos by Ed R., pt.1

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Reunion photos by "Gig" pt.4

Photos by "Gig" Berkowitz! To zoom any
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RHS 59 Reunion Photos, pt 3 by "Gig" Berkowitz

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RHS Reunion Photos by "Gig" Berkowitz, pt 2

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RHS Reunion Photos by "Gig" Berkowitz, pt 1

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RHS Reunion Tour 25 Sep 09, pt 4

Photos by "Gig" Berkowitz

RHS Reunion Tour 25 Sep 09, pt 3

Gig Berkowitz' Photos

RHS Reunion Tour 25 Sep 09, pt 2

Photos by "Gig"
Berkowitz

RHS Reunion Tour 25 Sep 09, pt 1

Photos by "Gig" Berkowitz,
Ace Photographer

Class of '59 'Tourists' on Steps of RHS

Friday's Reunion Tour of the Refurbished Riverside High School Campus

photo by Barbara Milch

RHS Track Team 1959

Scans a bit dodgy! Click pic to see full size.

Related to the Previous Post/Picture

How Many of these 8th Graders Can You ID?

click on the photo to zoom in

Bridgeboro Elelmentary School Class, Delran, of 55 Graduates

compliments of Cliff Heckman (second row)

Innocents Abroad Redux

Dr. Bob Summer, Dr. Itsuyo Higashinaka

How Many Do You Recognize?

How Many People in this 8th Grade Pageant Photo are you able to identify? I'll provide
my best answers in a couple of days, Photo compliments of Dr. Robert Summer.




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UPDATE: Pat Murray, Helene Zamarin, Nancy Welsh, Theresa Catanzarita, Bob Summer, Bill Craft, u/i??, Joy Page, Pat Dugan

Riverside

How many times did you pass this landmark--the Watch Case?

I was born here. How about you?

Remember those Fab Fifties?

Joe Walter in the San Francisco 1/2 Marathon

Go, Dr. Joe!

Tak-Aboost

With a large at Faunce's or Kirchner's you got two pretzels on your straw, remember?

Riverside Alumni Website

Link to the website CLICK HERE

Our Alma Mater Circa 1945

From the blog Collecting Postcards

Charlie Zarelli--"Old Guy" Athlete

A picture of Charlie Zarelli running the 200 meter dash in Topeka, KS at the Kansas Sunflower Games July 18. Chuck came in second in the old guys division. He did win the 1500 racewalk. He was also second in the 1500 meter racewalk in Columbia, MO, the Missouri Show Me Games.

Another Tip from Our Half-back Friend

What were some of the major events of 1959?

CLICK HERE

What Were the Top 100 Songs of 1959?

For the answer, click here

What Happened in 1959?

Cliff Heckman calls our our attention to a George Will column about 1959!

Click this link for the artcile!!!!

Sheridan B. Whiteside

Varsity Letter

Kurt Jarvis

Judy (nee King, class of '60) and I are now residing in Utah, but we will not be able to attend the class reunion. Although I retired officially from public education in social work in 1996, Judy and I have continued a very active involvement in international training of children's workers.

For the past eight eyes I have served as the volunteer international training coordinator for The International Network of Children's Ministry based out of Colorado (www.incm.org) and in 2008 established an independent international training organziation, Chronological Bible Storying for Children, www.cbs4kids.org .

We are enjoying some years (hopefully some time) in the wild west.

Judy and I are both off to South Africa in another few days for a two week children's workers training project we are doing there.

Print & Fill in This Form & Mail to Harry Johnstone

Please return this entire sheet by July 15, 2009, with your check for $55. per person for dinner

Mail to : Harry Johnstone

378 Boxwood Lane

Cinnaminson, NJ 08077 856-261-8734

QUESTIONNAIRE

NAME _______________________________________________________

ADDRESS ____________________________________________________

________________________________________________________

PHONE _________________________ EMAIL _____________________________

MARITAL STATUS __________________________________________

SPOUSE/PARTNER NAME _____________________________________

NUMBER OF CHILDREN ____________ GRANDCHILDREN _______________

OCCUPATION_____________________ RETIRED __________________

COMMENTS _________________________________________________

(Use reverse also)

____________ Yes, I will be able to attend our 50^th reunion. Enclosed is my check

Dinner Choice

___ Chicken Roulade __ Petite Filet Mignon _______Grilled Atlantic Salmon

______ I intend to stay at the Sleep Inn in Cinnaminson

_____ I regret that I will be unable to attend. Please share my information with my

Classmates

______ I would love to tour our high school. (Number ____)

______ I am unable to attend; but am enclosing my check for $5 for the cost of a booklet

Reunion Committee Letter

Red Dragon Canoe Club


Riverside High School Class of 1959
50th Class Reunion
September 26, 2009

May 20, 2009

Hello Classmates,

Here is the information for which you have been waiting. Our 50th class reunion will take place on Saturday, September 26, 2009 at the Riverton County Club, 1416 Highland Ave., Cinnaminson, NJ 08077, (856-829-5500) from 6 PM to 11 PM. There will be a cocktail hour (cash bar) with hors d’oeuvres served, giving us a chance to socialize before dinner and dancing. Music will be tastefully provided by Mike Chiaccio and Roy Rossi. Cost is $55 per person. Selections are Chicken Roulade stuffed with Spinach, Roast Pepper and Romano Cheese, Petite Filet Mignon; and Grilled Atlantic Salmon separate.

We hope to have a whole weekend of events in which you can participate. On Friday September 25, Class President, Harry Johnstone has arranged for a tour of the high school at 1 PM. We will meet on the front steps at the high school. Please show your interest on the questionnaire. That same evening we will gather at the Red Dragon Canoe Club at 221 Edgewater Ave. in Edgewater Park, NJ 08010 from 7-10 PM to socialize. Cost is $5 per person at the door. Bring something to share with others – a snack, soda, a beverage. (BYOB) and dress casually. You can let me know by email if you plan to attend or contact Marge (Leusner) Stokes directly at 856-461-2463 or with a postcard to her at 7 Mulberry St., Delran, NJ 08075.

Saturday will be our big day with formal dinner. You can explore on your own that day, taking in the sights that have changed in Riverside, Delran, Atco or Evesham. Hop on the Riverline, light rail that goes through Riverside and connects from Camden to Trenton. Visit the Battleship New Jersey or Adventure Aquarium, both on the Delaware River at the end of the line in Camden or take the connection to PATCO and visit Philadelphia. On Sunday we can relax together on informal trips planned to Atlantic City for shopping, walking the boards, or visiting a casino or two. Others may prefer to get together for a picnic in one of our new Burlington County Parks. We can talk it up at the Red Dragon Canoe Club on Friday.

If you are coming a distance, we recommend that you stay at the Sleep Inn 208 US Rt. 130 North in Cinnaminson, (856-829-0717) just a couple of short blocks from the Riverton Country Club. We will be entitled to the group rate of $89.99 per night if we use at least 10 rooms. (Regular rate for that weekend is $109.99 per night). We have set up a block of rooms. Make your reservation directly with the Inn and mention the RHS Class of 1959!

We are trying to keep costs down by notifying as many of you as possible by email. So if you received this by regular mail and now have an email address, please let us know at cabishop57@juno.com.

For the past two reunions we have been fortunate enough to have our booklet printed without cost to us by Liz Smith McNamee who worked for a printing company. Liz has retired, which is great for her. Booklets will be distributed to those who attend the reunion. Those who do not attend and would like a booklet mailed to them, please send $5 when you return your information sheet to cover cost of printing and mailing.

Don’t forget to check out the RHS website set up by Ed Rockstein. You can put your pre- or post-reunion comments there at 59rams.blogspot.com; or you can contact Ed directly at ed4linda@verizon.net. He will post for you.


We are looking forward to spending this weekend with you.


Your reunion committee: Carol Bishop, Michael Chiaccio, Patricia Dugan Kramer, Sandra Gamble Martin, Harry Johnstone, Margaret Leusner Stokes, Joy Page Canducci, Joan Pfeil Chiaccio, Fred Pfeiffer, George Pfeiffer, Carol Rider Fitzpatrick, Maryann Sturdivant Minguez, and Gail Wolff Fynan.

Walt Lincoln

Walt's a consulting engineer living in Mystic, Connecticut, having retired from the Navy as a Captain and the Coast Guard as a research engineer. Walt does a lot of sailing and has a couple of boats to keep him busy when he's not working. He spent the month of August


(L->R: Ed Rockstein, Walt Lincoln, Rich Earl, & Dale Pfeiffer 10/59)

in the Arctic Ocean on an icebreaker and made a couple of trips to Europe including a visit with Dale Pfeiffer in Paris in the past year. Walt plans to be at the 50th next year!

What's the Age of Your Brain?

21 year old--71 year old

 How old is your brain?

The instructions are in Japanese, so you might want to
read the following first.


1. Touch 'start'

2. Wait for 3, 2, 1.

3. Memorize each numbers' position on the screen,

then click the circles where the numbers had been
from the *smallest* number *to* the *biggest* number.

4. At the end of game, Mr. computer will tell you
the age of your brain.


Good luck!



http://flashfabrica.com/f_learning/brain/brain.html

Gene Karaszewski at the 2008 Sports Hall of Fame Banquet

Also at the 2008 Sports Hall of Fame Banquet

Marge Leusner & Nancy Conover

left : Nancy Conover & right: Marge Leusner

Hockey &
Basketball

At the RHS 2008 Sports Hall of Fame Dinner

Right to left: Hank Lyczak (tackle), Gig Berkowitz (center), Charlie Zarrelli (quarterback), Ed Rockstein

photo by Jim Kirk

Barbara (Freynik) Hankins

Barbara (Freynik) Hankins, her grand daughter Amand, and great grand daughter, Hailey Marie. Barb has been married

45 years to Bud Hankins and has four children, three boys, and one girl--Charles, Edward, Jeffrey and Barbara Jean. She has four grand children, three boys and a girl. Barb worked as a librarian for 34 years at St. Casimirs. She was a cheerleading coach for 15 years at the school and also ran an after school program. Barb then worked at Holy Assumption for two years teaching computer and library. She retired when that school closed. She and Bud are looking forward to the reunion, and will be there.

Barb's favorite pasttime is to walk along the beach at Long Beach Island and listen to the seagulls and the waves.

Riverside HS Hall of Fame Dinner 08--IV

Nelson Hawkins, Linebacker

Left & right: Hall of famer Nelson Hawkins, the preeminent Rams' linebacker, together with Jim Bucci.

RHS Hall of Fame Dinner--3

Come see us at the Reunion!

Left: Football Tackle Henry Lyczak & Right: Basketball Co-Captain, Harry Johnstone

Left: Henry Lyczak, 1959

Right: Harry Johnstone, 1959

Riverside HS Hall of Fame II

L: L-R Jim Kirk & Center, Gig Berkowitz;
R: Gig Berkowitz, 1959 & below Jim Kirk, 1959


Come see us at the Reunion!

RHS Sports Hall of Fame Dinner--26 Oct 08--part 1

Come see us at the Reunion!


left: Quarterback Charlie Zarelli [2008] who spoke representing the great, undefeated football team and its players--Charlie's teaching at a college in Kansas and has taught in China as well Right, Charlie in 1959.







Left photo: Left, Carol Rider & right, Pat Murray

Right: Carol Rider, 1959 & below, Pat Murrayt Murray
both members of the Rams' cheerleaders

Ed Rockstein & Family

Hi! I'm on the left, with my daughter, Ashley, next to me, then my wife, Linda, behind and to Ashley's right. Next in the back is my son, Geoff, and his wife, Vicki, and daughter, Fiona, in front and to his right.

I'm retired from the Department of Defense and now work teaching Korean language and translation as a government contractor. My wife is a librarian who specializes in children's literature. Geoff and Vicki met at MIT where he studied mathematics (my son?) and Vicki studied electrical engineering. They both have masters' from Johns Hopkins Whiting School of Engineering and Geoff has has his law degree from Columbia. Geoff is now a patent attorney in Boston. This picture was taken on Ashley's wedding day last year.

Linda and I met while I was teaching Korean language and literature at Indiana University and she was in graduate library school there.

Linda and I have lived and worked in Germany and Japan.

That's kind of my life in a nutshell since 1959.

I hope we can get you to send pictures and update us about what you've been doing these last 50 years!

Linda and I live in Maryland and plan to make it to the reunion. See you there, I hope.

Our Foreign Exchange Students

Can You Name These Strangers in a Strange Land?

Girls' Varsity Basketball Team

Whom Do You Recognize?

Senior ClassPlay

The Man Who Came to Dinner


Recognize any of the usual suspects?

Carol Bishop

Carol Bishop

I retired in 1998 and hopped on a bike. Cycled with my husband until I wore him out and then I found a group of retirees who go out from Medford twice a week for rides of 30-40 miles with stops at Conte's for an apple cider doughnut.

In 1996 my bike total for the year topped 3,000 miles. My goal is to see all 50 states. I've added 4 this year with Alabama, Mississippi, Kentucky, and Illinois.

My other hobby is that I am an avid birder (birdwatcher to you folks) and trips to see various birds have taken me to many of our states. My total North American species is 608. Two states left, Kansas and Iowa, which I hope to visit next year.

I do hope to see many of you in 2009!

Riverside High School Class Reunion 2009

October 9, 2008

Hello Classmates,


We’ve got some exciting news for you. The 50th Class Reunion will be held at the newly renovated Riverton Country Club on Saturday, Sept. 26th, 2009. Please save that date. We are trying to plan other weekend activities for those of you that might be making the trip from out of town, such as a possible visit to RHS. More details later on all of this – and if there are things that you want to see included, speak up!


Right now we need to decide what size room to reserve at the Country Club. We are hoping that because this is certainly a special number – our 50th – that many of you will make the effort to come and get reacquainted, talk about old times and the fun that we had for those four years. We are aware that these are tough times financially for a lot of people; so we are trying to keep the single ticket price to $55.00.


In order to minimize cost, we are utilizing email for those classmates for whom we have addresses. Please, if you have an email address, let Carol Bishop know at cabishop57@juno.com. If you have Internet access, check out the website that Ed Rockstein has added at http://59rams.blogspot.com. Add your comments there!

Your reunion committee- Carol Bishop, Mike Chiaccio, Sande Gamble Martin, Harry Johnstone, Marge Leusner Stokes, Joy Page Canduci, Joan Pfeil Chiaccio, Carol Rider Fitzpatrick, and Gail Wolff Fynan – have been meeting regularly and trying to plan a good time for all. If you have any questions or suggestions, please feel free to call Mike Chiaccio – 856-764-7153, or Marge Stokes – 856-461-2463 or Gail Fynan-461-6882.

So now, be a dear and copy and paste Carol's email address above into your email address book and email the information below to help us plan for how many will attend. This is NOT a commitment. Thank you and see you next September, 2009!

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _- _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

email to Carol Bishop before November 5,2008


____ Yes, I am looking forward to the reunion and probably will attend.

_______ number attending

_____ Just not sure yet.

____ I doubt that I will make it

___________________________________Name and address


___________________________________ Your email address

Send Stuff!

Send me your jpg pictures scanned from our high school days or to show how great you and yours look today. Send stories about our old school days or about what you've done neat or interesting in your lives. No audio or video files please although links to such would be fine! Tell everybody if you think you'll make the big gathering! Let's hear from you. Email your stuff to me at ed4linda@yahoo.com and I'll organize it and get it up on line.

Rams Cheerleaders

How many can you identify?

NJ Group II State Basketball Champions 1959

Undefeated! 25-0. De FENCE, De FENCE

Can you ID everybody? Anyone?

Our Exchange Student from Japan

Itsuyo HIGASHINAKA

東中 稜代 ヒガシナカ イツヨ

NJ State Group II Football Champs

Undefeated and untied! Not scored upon in their first six games. Only gave up a stingy 19 points in nine games. A fantastic record for the class of '59 and the whole high school.

Go Rams!

Remember the Fire?

It was during our sophomore year!

It's a Date! 50th Reunion! 26 Sep 2009

SAVE THE DATE

Saturday, September 26, 2009

RHS Class of 1959 Class Reunion

Riverton Country Club

Looking Toward that Fiftieth!

Classmates:

Our 50th year reunion is right around the corner.  Tempus fugit,as Mr. Lombardi would have said.  Harry Johnstone is getting a few of us together this week to start talking about how we will handle this special reunion year.

Harry does not have e-mail.  So I am asking you to see if you have an e-mail address for any of our classmates.  We only have 39 listed so far. Keeping in touch with classmates will be easier and more economical if we can rely on e-mail.

Soon you will be given the opportunity to tell us about the kind of reunion that you would like to attend and asking for snail mail addresses of people that are not on our lists.

Any of you who will be in the area are welcome to join us at the Harvest Diner on Rt. 130 North in Cinnaminson this Thursday, April 10, at 1 PM for a little lunch and discussion.


Stay well,

Carol Bishop