Stevens Alumni Day Wrap Up, 2015

Wow! Another rainless Alumni Day. Fromthe time the sun came up in the morning to thenight stars in the heavens above, we had sun-shine, a light breeze and a perfect day for cele-bration. There is so much work that goes intothe preparation leading up to presenting thisextravaganza that we all head to bed on Fridaynight praying there will be such a day as whatwe experienced on June 6th of 2015.

There were fifty-six floats and units thatset out to “strut their stuff”… and that theydid with gusto. The overall theme was FamousCities – “Real or Fantasy”. The caliber of thefloats was exceptional and showed how talent-ed and ambitious with far reaching flare theseclasses presented their depiction of the theme.They ranged wide in scope, but there was not aone that couldn’t have been awarded a trophy.The judges had a difficult time selecting the

winners as there are but five Stevens, 1 St.Mary and 1 Chamber of Commerce trophiesthat can be distributed. With the Stevens tro-phies a $200 cash award is given thanks to thegenerosity of LaValley’s Building Supply,Golden Cross Ambulance, Stringer FuneralHomes, Horizon Financial Services and TheInsurance Center. These businesses have beensupplementing the prestigious award of thetrophy for a number of years. It just shows youthe community spirit that lives in Claremont.

If you missed the parade, you can go toAlumni’s website, click on 2015 Parade andenjoy the snapshots by Ken Coulumbe. We’resure he didn’t miss a one for he was seen click-ing his camera the entire parade route.

The crowd filled all the spots from Broad toSouth to Pleasant Streets applauding andshouting to the people they knew taking part.From the old railroad tracks on Pleasant Streetto the Square, people were struggling to seeover the person in front of them.What an atmosphere!

This parade doesn’t just happen. On theFriday night before, you can see Bob Stringerand Dick Girard looking at the paper diagram asto where the units line up, unloading thecones, and pounding stakes in the ground forplacement of each band, class float, horses,wagons, etc. Every participant has an assignedlocation up and down Broad Street as well assome of the side streets. Floats need to be inplace by 9:30 a.m. and absolutely ready to rollby 10:30 a.m. There was a little balking with acouple of horse teams, but even they knew itcouldn’t last long. The parade DID step off at10:30.

Each class thatwins a trophy isalso awarded $200in cash. The busi-ness donor of themoney is recog-nized with a bannerplaced on the floatin recognition oftheir generosity.

The followingfloats were deemed “best in show” and thatwas a difficult decision this year. They were allgreat. Alumni Memorial Trophy – Class of1970’s Hollywood – Sponsor LaValley Building

Supply; Klara Hornick Trophy - Class of 1975 forEmerald City – Sponsor Golden CrossAmbulance; Wayne S. Gray Trophy – Class of1965 for Boston – Sponsor Stringer FuneralHome; George F. Disnard Trophy – Class of 1990for Margaritaville – Sponsor The InsuranceCenter and The Fred Car School Spirit Trophy –Class of 2015 for Sponge Bob. St. Mary’s hadtwo parade entries this year and both were rec-ognized with the St. Mary trophy – Class of1965 for A & W Root Beer and 1970 for Hershey,PA “Sweetest Place on Earth”. The ClaremontChamber of Commerce Award is selected bytheir committee for a float of their choice. Thisyear 1975 for their float “Emerald City” wasawarded the trophy.

The SHS Band is first in line prepping thespectators for the horses, bands and floats theylead along the city streets. This parade standsout as second to none. Ask anyone in the Valley.

It is a tradition that the parade marshal isselected by the 25-year class. Longtimefavorite English teacher and Honorary MemberPaul Magoon was their choice. Wife Joan satbeside him as they headed the parade in asplashy red convertible. The Stevens HighSchool Alumni float took its place being trailedby the alumni officers, the older grads, bands,floats, and other musical and performing units.There were 56 all toll for spectators to take in.Lacey Lawson donned the Stevens Red Cardinalmascot’s costume and the kids on the curbswere wide-eyed to see such a big bird walkingalong the street. Milo the Moose, Loudon RaceTrack’s mascot, rode in a pace car having a greattime waving and talking with the crowd. Aftera breather last year, PAT, the Patriots mascotreturned meeting and greeting the thrilledspectators. He’s a true PR person.

CCTV, Claremont’s public TV station hadtheir camera rolling with expectations of pro-

ducing the parade via CCTV. They will print a CDfor anyone who calls the station.The cost is $15 ea.

Steve Smith, General Manager ofNewport’s radio station WCNL emceed andannounced each parade participant. He hasbecome an integral part of the parade. His wit,introductions, off the cuff quips, and historyadd to the color of his narrative. His perch is onthe Honorary and Teacher viewing stand infront of the Pleasant Restaurant. The Honorarymembers had a great time saying hi to paststudents and the public while enjoying theparade from their reserved seats.

T h emarchingu n i t sw e r egree tedby ooh’s,ah’s, andapplausefrom the by-standers. Marching units includedthe Stevens High School Band, the BektashTemple Legion of Honor, the Yankee DoodleBand of the Fort Crailo Post #471 AmericanLegion, Rensselaer, NY, Professional FireFighters New Hampshire Pipes and Drums, theVermont Civil l War Hemlocks, the CatamountPipe Band made up of musicians from all overNew England, the Hiram Lodge #9 F&AM,Scouts from Daisy Troop 20398, Brownie Troop10989, and Boy Scout Troop #38, car drivenrepresentatives from the classes of 1961 and1966, Sons of Italy Drum & Bugle Corp, theCairo Mini-Monsters, Black River Fife and DrumCorp, the Cairo Northern Clowns, Mt. Sinai Joe’sClown Unit and their ATVs, the Bektash TempleMini-Kar Patrol, the Claremont Middle HighSchool Band and mascot Mighty Eagle, the

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Parade Theme 2017! The parade theme is usually voted on at the annual business

meeting in June. This year, to give more of you an opportunity to voiceyour opinion, we will choose the theme from suggestions submitted atour monthly meeting in April, and bring forth five themes to the mem-bership at the annual business meeting in June…So, please submit yoursuggestion to the Executive Board before May 2016.

My suggestion is: _____________________________________

ALUMNI DAYEVENTS

JUNE 11, 2016PARADE THEME:“GREAT BOOKS”Starting Time: 10:30 a.m.

BUSINESS MEETING/LUNCHEON:Stevens High School Cafeteria

Immediately following the parade

BANQUET:Frederick W. Carr Gym at Stevens High School

Catered by: Country Kitchen Catering Service

Entrée: Sliced Roast of BeefStarting Time: 6:30 p.m. Sharp

Cost: $22 Per Person

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American Legion Post 29119 Broad Street, Claremont, New Hampshire

Sends their best wishes to the Stevens High School Alumni Association for a successful reunion and our thanks to the Alumni who have served in the Armed Forces of our Nation.

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Boston Windjammers’ New England Whalers Drum Squad, the Boston Windjammers, The Firehouse Six DixielandBand, NIMMA DOKO martial arts, Bob Ayotte’s moving Fire-Truck and Train ride, and bringing up the rear wasClaremont’s own shiny red Fire Truck.

And then there were a number of Alumni Officers in a white Vis A Vis carriage and beautiful team of Belgium’sowned and driven by Bruce Streeter of Orford, NH. He was followed by Peter Haynes’ team also pulling a Vis A Viscarriage, Peter Haynes son driving a team with a surrey in tow, and finally came Jim Fitch of Cornish and his stylishwagon. Unless you see these magnificent animals you cannot picture their beauty and grace.

Of course with horses, you need pooper-scoopers. Mark and Holly are seasoned scoopers.There were a number of cars with members waving to the crowd. 1932 - Helen Lovell celebrating her 83rd

reunion at 101 years old, 1940 – Norma Currier Nemkovich and Marie Cook Courtemanche, Classes of 1944, ’45,46,and ’50 were aboard the NASCAR Tram. Joining for their first parade were River Valley Community College’s presi-dent, Alicia Harvey–Smith and her husband riding in their personal bright red Mercedes convertible. They had agreat time.

Broad Street Park was a buzz with some 40 vendors offering home made items, food, jewelry, and all sorts ofcrafts before, after and during the parade. It was wonderful to see the activity and crowds around the booths anddisplays while live music, featuring Mark and Deb Bond, came from the Gazebo.

The annual noon luncheon meeting was held right after the parade’s conclusion. The Women of the Moosealways have a wonderful buffet. We assure you that you will never go away hungry. The annual meeting includednominations for incoming officers for 2016 presented by Nancy Miville of the nominating committee. Taking thehelm this year as president is 63’s Douglas LeBlanc, 1st VP Richard Girard ’61, 2nd VP Mary Picknell Woodman ’61,Secretary, Sonya LeBlanc Lawson ’89, Ass’t. Secretary, Beverly Hanks Janelle ‘53, and Carolyn Bowles LeBlanc ’62,Treasurer. The Executive Board is composed of David Zerba ’63, Christina Sabetto Theriault ’66, Lester St. Pierre ’66,Janet Mower Eno ’62, and Barbara Young Ferland ’57. James Miles ’64, Nancy Greenwood Miville ’62, and DorisHale ’62, make up the Nominating Committee and In Memoriam Presenter Nancy Greenwood Miville ‘62.Thanks to all for stepping up and into these positions.

Alumni 2016 has been set for June 11th. With approval from the school board, Alumni Day will be the secondSaturday of June yearly. Graduation has been moved to Thursday evening which allows the banquet committee tostart preparing and decorating the gym for the Saturday banquet on Friday night. We’re looking forward to thechange.

Ray Keating has donated to the Association a CD with songs from the era when his dad played with the YachtClub orchestra. The CD will be loaned to any member just by calling Bob Stringer or the Alumni Office.We’re sure there are members who will remember those days.

From a field of eight parade themes for 2016, Great Books was voted by the majority of members to be theoverall theme. Don’t forget to let us know your preference for the 2017 parade. There’s a ballot on the front pageof this newsletter.

We heard nothing but positive feedback from banquet attendees who had the stuffed chicken dinner preparedby Country Kitchen of Newport. They will be back in 2016 with a roast beef entrée that we are looking forward to.Cheesecake and sliced strawberries is the dessert. Yum.

There were a number of people who toured the high school to see the renovations that were not yet complete.The work has been completed as of this newsletter, and we hope you take advantage of the tours we plan after theluncheon. For those who took classes in the old chemistry lab, you will be surprised at the light and airy room it hasbecome. Also, take a look at the auditorium renovations. The stage that we fought so hard to keep in period is trulya work of art. The new seats and fresh paint enhance the beauty of this area and take us back to our days at SHS.

Another year has come and gone and now we look forward to June 2016. We awarded 46 graduates and 14post-secondary students a total of $66,700. This is the largest sum of money to be distributed in the 51 years of thescholarship gifting. Thank you all for supporting this fund.

We’re looking forward to seeing you this coming June at all the events!

ALUMNI OFFICERS AND COMMITTEEMEMBERS for 2015-2016

Douglas R. LeBlanc ’63 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .PresidentRichard Girard ’61 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1st V-PresidentMary Picknell Woodman ‘61 . . . . . . . . . . .2nd V-PresidentSonya LeBlanc Lawson ’89 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .SecretaryBeverly Hanks Janelle ’53 . . . . . . . . . . . .Ass’t SecretaryCarolyn Bowles LeBlanc ’62 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Treasurer

EXECUTIVE BOARDDavid Zerba `63 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Janet Mower Eno ‘62Christina Sabetto Theriault `66 . . . . . . . .Les St.Pierre ‘66

Barbara Young Ferland ‘57

NOMINATING COMMITTEEJames Miles ‘64 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Doris Hale ‘62

Nancy Greenwood Miville ‘62

IN MEMORIAMNancy Greenwood Miville ‘62

CO-HISTORIANSChristina Sabetto Theriault ‘66

Janet Mower Eno ‘62

PARADE COMMITTEERichard Girard ’61 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Co-ChairmanRobert E. Stringer ’61 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Co-ChairmanTodd Girard ’91 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .James Miles ‘64Chris Pixley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Douglas LeBlanc ‘63

FINANCE COMMITTEERobert E. Stringer ‘61 . . . . . .Carolyn Bowles LeBlanc ‘62Richard Girard ‘61 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Les St.Pierre “66Beverly Hanks Janelle ‘53 . . .Sonya LeBlanc Lawson ‘89

ADVISORY BOARDDavid Hale ‘61 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Roland Irish ‘71Denise Mozden Liveston ’70 . . . . . . . .Robert Bowles ‘49

ALUMNI PHOTOGRAPHERKenneth Coulombe ‘59

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SHS Alumni income & expenSe

RepoRtJULY 1, 2014–JUNE 30, 2015TREASURER'S MESSAGE

Greetings to all alumni members,You listened, you heard, and you responded

with donations and words of encouragement tocontinue with our Alumni parade and events.As you know, our parade was in jeopardy for2016. We knew we would have one but howbig was the question. This time, we decidedthat instead of depending solely on member-ship donations and the business sponsorships,we would go pro-active with fund raisers.

We had special parade committee meetingsmost of the summer to discuss ways to raisethe necessary funds to start planning for June11, 2016.

With Dick Girard spearheading, two 1/20clubs were planned and both sold out with awaiting list if we do another. The PoinsettiaFund Raiser was again successful and profitedover $2600. I always find that totally amaz-ing. Bob takes this project on every year andmakes it seem so easy and with just a few vol-unteers.

With the assistance of Valerie Corcoran andDanielle Skinner, both class of 2001, the cook-book is now a reality and can be purchased.For details see the last page of newsletter.

In ending, I want to thank each and everyone of you for your continued support, dona-tions, ideas, and notes in keeping this organi-zation as strong as it has become today.

Together we can do this!!!, Carolyn LeBlanc, Treasurer

Stevens High School Alumni Association

INCOMEJuly 1, 2014 balance forward . . . . . . . . . .4997.52Dues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7558.00General Fund New . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9542.00Transfers from Reserve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1932.72Transfer from Parade Fund . . . . . . . . . . . .1000.00Reimb. from Patriots mascot not at parade 1050.00T-shirts, mugs, ornam., year books . . . . . . .112.00Newsletter ad sponsors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2660.00Banquet Tickets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5384.00FFG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1470.00Currier Transfer (expenses) . . . . . . . . . . . . .500.00Parade Donations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2039.00Parade Fund Raiser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4702.00Poinsettia Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7730.00Luncheon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .477.00Park Festivities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .147.59Scholarship Donations New

(not transferred to funds yet) . . . . . . .2755.00Band Donation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .200.00Reimb. Chamber trophy engraving/cleaning .27.50Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1.12CD closeout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3249.13

Total . . . . . . . . . . . . .57,534.58

EXPENSES Rent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5100.00Verizon/Fairpoint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .914.42Insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2063.50Postal Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3677.67Quality Mailing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1374.04Office and supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .532.03Newsletter printing (Eagle Times) . . . . . . .1850.00Poinsettia expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4991.60Luncheon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .527.89Vicki Landry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .675.00Donations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .661.33Float prizes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1000.00Claremont Chamber dues . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131.25Red & Black yearbook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .190.00Salaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1500.00Banquet expenses & catering . . . . . . . . . .6134.00Putnam Colonial (decorations for banquet) .661.00Ramuntos (May meeting pizza) . . . . . . . . . .179.41Parade expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18,500.00Park festivities/Cheryl the clown . . . . . . . . .125.00Raffle winners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1600.00Ink Factory (replenish shirts, shirts, jackets) 202.00Doolittle Print Serve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .586.93Senior class gifts/50-year class gifts . . . . . .426.67Cemetery arrangements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90.92e-ticker, Eagle Times Advertising . . . . . . . . .717.73Harrington’s Jewelry (engrave & clean trophies) . .206.25Safe Deposit Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20.00Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54,638.64

June 30, 2015 balance 2,895.94

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGEGreetings to my fellow Stevens Alumni!

When I wrote the Fall Newsletter and asked for donations to ourdepleted parade fund and general operating expenses, the responsewas overwhelming. Again, you, the membership, came through withmuch needed donations to support another Alumni Day Parade and theassistance in keeping solvent. Thank you, each and every one of you!

Your alumni officers and parade committee held meetings all sum-mer to come up with fundraisers to replenish the parade account. DickGirard spearheaded not one, but two 1/20 clubs and both were sellouts.Not only sellouts, but several winners donated their winnings back tothe parade fund. Again, thank you to the general membership and tothe area supporters who believe in this oldest active Stevens HighSchool Alumni Association. This year marks its 145th anniversary.

Bob Stringer and Dick Girard designed and put together a ther-mometer a huge standing scale to show the growth of donations to sup-port another parade this year. It stands tall at the top of the GoldenCross Ambulance Service hill at the crossroads of North andWashington Streets. Be sure to look as you sit at the four-way-stopstreet lights. The sign was taken down for the winter (what winter?) butwill return to its space in April. Additional fund-raisers are also beingplanned. So, yes, units are being booked for this year's June 11thparade. Classes are registering floats with a promise of another bigparade day in Claremont, NH.

This year as most of you have noticed, the annual reunion date hasbeen set for second weekend in June which coincides with graduation.We hope this works out for everyone and makes it better for thosereturning to celebrate their class reunions. We welcome your thoughtson this change.

During the year, Bob Stringer, Dick Girard, Les St.Pierre and myselfhave been working with the school to have all the old sports picturesand trophies returned to the school's hallway walls and trophy cases. Itis expected that by Alumni Weekend, members will be able to wanderthese hallowed halls at Stevens High School and relive some of theirspecial memories of those carefree, never to be forgotten days theyshared before going their separate ways to new adventures. TheAlumni cookbook has become a reality and will be available for presaleshortly. Valerie Corcoran and Danielle Skinner, both class of 2001, vol-unteered to take on this project and did a great job. It is wonderful tosee the energetic younger members taking an active part in Alumni'sactivities. Check out the picture of the cookbook on the last page of thisnewsletter and on our website.

The class of 1991 sponsored a bus trip to Foxwoods and donatedthe profits to the Alumni's parade fund. They are now in the process oforganizing other fund raisers to also benefit the parade fund. Througha class dues letter, the class of 1989 donated half their collected duesto the parade fund. and the 50-year class, 1965, contributed donationsfrom their class funds to the Alumni parade fund. The fund was alsorecipient of a number of 2015's parade float winners who turned aroundand gave their $200 cash prize money to the established parade fund.

This organization is growing and getting stronger every yearbecause of all of you, the membership. I believe there is a special bondbetween us all that will never be broken.

In closing, I encourage everyone to read the class news articles.

One in particular stands out in my eyes. "1943 byGordon (Mac) McKinnon" is very interesting as heshares highlights of what high school was like in theearly 1940’s - especially during the war years andhow the classmates continued to reunite at leastevery five years and reminisce about their treas-ured times. The class of 1946 is celebrating their70th anniversary of graduation this year, and theyhave contributed an article on their years atStevens High School as well. As I read all of theseclass news items, I feel the pride, dedication, andloyalty to and for the Stevens High School AlumniAssociation. Again, thank you one and all for yourcontributions and support!

See you all June 11th. Sincerely,

Doug LeBlanc '63, PresidentSHS Alumni

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Class of 1941

To all members of the Stevens High Schoolclass of 1941, our 75th reunion is coming June11, 2016. I have a car reserved if any mem-bers of the class of 1941 wish to ride in theparade. If you plan on attending and wish toride, please contact me by phone at 603-542-4286 or by e-mail at patsch2@comcast.net. Ihope to see you at the reunion.

Priscilla “Turner” Scherwerts

Class of 1943

Sometimes you have to stop, sit back andsum it all up after a long journey. And that’swhat the SHS Class of 1943 did in 2015.

SHS ’43 was a wartime class faced withthe uncertainties of a war, a wartime draft, anda future clouded in unknowns. We were acohort of just over a hundred and we scatteredto the four winds after graduation. In manyways we lost touch was a class, but subse-quent years proved that wasn’t the case at all.After the war we slowly picked up the threadsof our lives and to reconnect with classmates.

The class had a great turnout for our 25that the Country Club as well for our 50th at thesame location. Lots of reminiscing and a goodtime had by all; so good that there was anundercurrent that we should do it more often.And that we did.

Some year between the 25th and 50th (ourreunion records weren’t that great) the “locals”got together and planned a mini reunion andthe turnout was beyond expectations, dueprincipally to the enthusiasm and dedication ofour class “Den Mother”, Kay ChamberlainParent. Until her death years later, beyond our50th, Kay kept records of the whereabouts ofall classmates and was a principal in planningthe events for class alums. Sadly, part of thatroster was a necrology with the names ofclassmates who had died. Our numbers weredwindling as age and infirmities took their toll.

Nevertheless, from that first spontaneousget together until last year, the class met annu-ally on Alumni Weekend for festive dinnersand later for luncheons (“driving at night”

reared its ugly head). Church halls, serviceclubs, restaurants, recreation facilities werethe sites for our get-togethers. Finally, andsadly, at a sparsely attended lunch last year ata Claremont restaurant, classmates presentvoted to discontinue our annual celebritymeals, close out the class’s bank account (ourclass scholarship fund is pretty healthy) andgo on our way. But not before pledging thatwe, as individuals, would do our best to bepart of alumni activities on those wonderfulJune weekends when Stevens High School’sAlumni celebrate the school’s importance intheir lives.

If there can be a single event that epito-mizes how our class of “teens could go quick-ly to the path to adulthood, it could be “43’sSenior Prom. Out on Broad Street was thewar, the ironclad draft, and wartime living;inside the school’s gym was innocence andhappiness as classmates laughed and danceduntil the clock struck 11. Then the Yacht ClubOrchestra (remember it?) in white dinner jack-ets rose to play its signal song, HoagyCarmichael’s Stardust with its unabashedlysentimental lyrics of memory and lost love,backed by gentle rhythms of the melody.

Couples swayed softly, holding each otherclose. It wasn’t all testosterone; there wassomething else. Perhaps it was awarenessthat from that night on things would be muchdifferent; the war was closing in. Holding yourpartner close was like stopping the clock andletting time stand still in shared anxieties ofwhat was to come. Even our chaperones couldfeel the sense of the unknown and wryly under-stood why we danced so closely (They evenpassed up the taps on shoulders that signaled“a little more space between you, please.”) Thedance ended and we left the gym through theSummer St. door. And it would be a June nightlike no others we had known.

Now most of us are in our 90s and knowthere is an end to the string not far away. But,thank you ma’am, we’re not going to look for ittoo closely.

As alums it’s been a good run, but it’s not

really time to go. Hold the curtain please, andwe’ll see you on the 75th!!

Gordon “Mac” McKinnon ‘43

Class of 1946

It is almost unbelievable that we will be cel-ebrating our 70th Alumni reunion June 11,2016. The memories of our years at Stevensare ever lasting, and I hope, those who areable, will be there to join in on the celebration.

Ours was a special class. Our class wasthe first class to graduate after World WarTwo, and we were honored to have eight serv-ice men return to graduate with us on gradua-tion day. We helped during the War in workingwith teachers giving out food stamps; wemanned the tower on top of the Hotel Moodywatching for "foreign" air planes; we workedon clothing drives, selling war bonds and quitea few of us worked after school because somany of our men and women had gone off towar and help was needed, yes, ours was aspecial class.

At This writing, we have 71 classmatesdeceased, 50 still living and 5 unknown. I feelit an honor to list our serviceman who cameback for graduation and they are GeorgeBaerhuk, James Emanuel, Bernard Fontaine,Lindner Murphy, Clayton Plant, EdwardPerrotto, Philip Smith, and Gordon Woodman.Sad to say, those servicemen are no longerwith us, but they served their country well, andfor that we should all be forever thankful.

As we approach our 70th year since grad-uation, I have deemed it an honor and apleasure to represent the Class of 1946 asyour Alumni Class Secretary. I am so pleasedto have kept track of our classmates all these70 years. I want to take this opportunity tothank you all for your cooperation and helpthese many years. We had beautiful floats,luncheons, and gatherings and without you itcould not have been possible. I also want youto know, that I will continue to represent ourclass at the Alumni Banquets as long as I amable to.

I would like to invite spouses of classmates

who have passed away to the Alumni Banqueton June 11th, 2016, representing their matesin celebration of their 70th year. Please con-tact me at 4 Orchard Road Claremont, NH03743 or 1-603-542-6763 or rcdecook@myfair-point.net, I would love to have you join us.

This past year's parade, luncheon and ban-quet was great as usual. We were able to tourthe "New Stevens High School" after lunchand it's amazing the changes that were made.At the banquet, I was honored to sit at thehead table representing our class. It was mypleasure to sit next to two remarkable women,one was 93 the other 102.

The Alumni Committee works so very hardto make Alumni Day a success. They needfinancial support, so hope all Alumni memberscan help them out. The class of 1946 wants tothank them for keeping the "Oldest ActiveAlumni Association in the United States" aliveand well.

A sad note to my letter, a classmate whohas passed away this year is Dick Egbert.Dick was our class secretary and very active insports, he'll be missed.

So, stay healthy, stay happy and even ifyou can't be with us, we'll be thinking of you.As I always end my letter:

Try to do something every dayDon't sit in a chair and wither away.

Barbara (Houpis) DeCook

Alumni Class of 1946 Secretary

Class of 1949

Greetings ‘49ers!Our class did not get together during 2015

and I’m not sure why. We had celebrated our65th reunion in grand style the year before, soperhaps we needed a break. At this time, thereare no specific plans for a 67th year celebra-tion, but some of us are thinking about whatwe might do. I hope we will have ideas readyto share with everyone soon and that anyonewith suggestions will send them to me or oth-ers who live in the greater Claremont area.

Some of you are aware that, sadly, wehave lost at least two more classmates since

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our 65th reunion. Glendon Richmond died onJuly 29, 2014 from a fall that resulted in a fatalhead injury. Glen was a well-known, activemember of our high school class and wasnearly always involved in our alumni reunionevents. He is survived by his wife, Dorothy,their daughter Jennifer and son Andy, plusother family members. On October 24, 2015,Beverly Stone Clark died following a brief ill-ness. She had been a member of the ‘49ersplanning committee for several years. She issurvived by a son Philip and a step-son Dean,as well as other family members. In addition,Robert Peterson’s wife Marianne passed awayon July 31, 2014 after a long illness. She waswell known to many of us, since she & Boboften attended our luncheons and took part inAlumni Weekends events. Our belated condo-lences go out to the families and friends ofGlen and Beverly and to Bob and his family.

Now that most of us have reached the mid-dle of our 8th decade, changes are takingplace in our lives, by choice or by chance.Quite a few ‘49ers have moved in recentyears, some relocating nearer to their families.Others have decided it’s time to down-size ormove to warmer parts of the country. Carl &Bunny Steinfield moved sometime before our2014 reunion from Sunapee, NH to Sarasota,FL, close to Bunny’s family. Al and Betty Blakehave more recently moved from Winter St.,Claremont to an assisted living residence inNewport. Vera Larcom Wilson and her hus-band Lloyd have moved from Bessie Ave. tothe Bourden Center on Maple Ave. inClaremont. Earl Boudette has moved fromCharlestown to Warner, NH where his nephewis nearby. Eleanor and Ed Moulton havemoved from Claremont to Chesapeake, VA,where they are now close to their son. Finally,after 43 years in Reno, NV, Martha HellerGould has moved to Golden, CO, where she isnow living near her son. Martha has let meknow that she’s planning to attend our 70thAlumni reunion in June of 2019! I look forwardto seeing her and many other classmates andspouses that year! I hope this motivates manyof you to be there! It will be the next bigreunion year for our Stevens High SchoolClass of 1949!

If you need new addresses, phone num-bers or email addresses please contact me orthe Alumni Association. Also, if you are awarethat other classmates or spouses have passedaway, please let me know. My contact informa-tion is:

Carolyn Papps MacDonald

2 Mine Ledge Rd., Surry, NH 03431-8008Phone: 603-358-6804

Email address: mcmac52@ne.rr.com

Class of 1951

Fellow classmates,it is our 65th year! Letme hear from you so we can plan a great "get-together".

Gerry LaValley

113 Page Hill, Newport, NH 03773My E-mail is:glavalley@lavalleys.com.or

call me at 603-863-1050 or 603-863-2228. I am looking forward to hearing from you.

Class of 1952

Bricker’s, closed for ages, was finallybought and will reopen “soon” as Frank’sAmerican Grill. Will have to look into havingour get-togethers there.

Last year, I saw Margaret Sammon Teder inClaremont. She was here with her husband forher mother’s funeral. It was nice seeing andtalking to her after so many years!

Don Perkins is now at a nursing home andwould love to hear from you. He’s at theParadigm Health Care Center of Windsor,1060 Man St., South Windsor, CT. He’s in Unit1, Room 7.

Some sad notices to pass on:Paul Baptista died December 28, 2013 at

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center inHanover.

Leona Bugbee Price died September 29,2014 in Gibsonia, Penn.

Richard Zerba died November 9, 2015, inEast Hartford, Ct.

Maria (Mary) Costa Cleghorn died Nov 13,2015, in Fl.

You may remember twins Arthur and AlbertGarrow, our quiet classmates. Albert passedaway in 2000 and Arthur, in December 2014.Another “you may remember” – GeraldineMoore-Rowe- died November 18, 2015, in

Claremont. Gerry Moore was in Miss Martin’s6th grade class at Way School and went toJunior high with us, but did not graduate fromhigh school with us.

In closing, don’t forget to pay your dues(send to SHS Alumni Assoc., 24 Opera HouseSq. Box 29, Claremont, NH 03743). Lookingforward to lunch with some you…some-where!!!

Janet Couture Albright

Class Representative

Class of 1953

It's been a very quiet year for meeting,greeting and stomping our feet to any kind ofbeat. A number of classmates gathered onFriday night this past June at the CommonMan Restaurant for dinner in the Woven LabelRoom. It's always special when we get togeth-er to catch up on each other's happenings dur-ing the past year. Bev Favreau Joyal wassnapping pictures on her I-Pad, so we'll havememoirs when next we get together. Otherclassmates attending were Eddie Briggs,Linda Nolin Ahern, Lucinda Nolin Johnson,Joyce Johnson Searles, Ralph Reed, NormWakeman, and Bev Hanks Janelle.

A smaller than usual crew got up earlySaturday morning to watch the parade fromthe same vantage point as has been for sever-al years now. In front of the new cake and bak-ery shop on Pleasant Street and near the oldRand's Book/Cigar Store. When the paradeended, this group headed to Stevens for thenoontime annual meeting and luncheon.

The old die-hards, Norm, Linda, Lucinda,Bev J, and Eddie enjoyed the new caterer'sroasted stuffed breast of chicken dinner withall the fixin's. If we aren't mistaken, Norm hasthe golden spoon for having attended a goodshare of banquets since graduating. Howmany is it Norm?

Our condolences have been extended toJim Boardman who lost his wife Jacki DanielsBoardman of the class of '56 last June 20th.She will be missed by many of us. CarolynMurphy Livermore also passed away in Augustof 2015 after a very short battle with cancer.Just before submitting this article we learnedof the passing of Arthur LeClair and Herbie

Rourke. The class contributed to the AlumniBand Fund in their memories.

Two more years we'll be celebrating our65th. It is not too early to start making plans forthis weekend. Can you believe 65 years!?Let's hope we can have a good attendance. Asthe time approaches you'll hear from us withthe particulars.

Any news from our classmates? Please gethold of Bev Perrin or Bev Janelle and share.See you for sure in 2018!

Bev P. and Bev J. reporting

Class of 1955

Alumni weekend 2015 was special for theClass of 1955. As we celebrated our 60threunion we thought back to our graduationyear and marveled at the memories and last-ing friendships we had formed. Who wouldhave guessed that many of us would still beattending reunions sixty years later. Thirty-three classmates attended one or all of theweekend's festivities. Friday night's classreunion was held at The Union EpiscopalChurch. The delicious meal was catered byElaini's Greek Cuisine Restaurant, owned byElaine Nestor, a Stevens High graduate.Saturday morning we rode in the parade onThe People Wagon, compliments of theCornish Fair Association and driven by GeorgeEdson. Following the parade we attended theluncheon at the high school where we had theopportunity to tour the school and see the ren-ovations that had recently been made. Wewere proud to present a good showing at theevening banquet. I, for one, am truly honoredto be a member of the oldest active alumniassociation in the country and expect my fel-low classmates share my feelings.

Classmates who attended this reunion arethe following: Carol Loiselle Girard, BarbaraBurke Perras, Jean Lambert Cheney, Janice

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Morse Owen, Judy Nahill and Art Dionne,Larry Currier, Jack Mckenzie, Frances HartRouthier, Bob Silva, Barbara Ross Mabie, RayDenault, Eleanor, Densmore, Friend, TedHopkins, Dick Martell, Dick Sanders, MikeForrest, Marylin Westover Carr, Dick Minard,Bill Tucker, John Tucker, Dale Perkins, JackJones, Joyce Penniman Brassaw, Betty JeanWakeman Greenwood, Charlie Dole, BeverlyMower Griswold, Betty Murray Gierko, JanetFenoff Magnuson, Benny Beebe, Roy Beebe,Clifford 'Tippy ' Boyce, Anne Belden Rouillard.Dick Minard travelled the furthest, coming fromthe state of Washington.

In August we were saddened to hear thatMalcolm " Tappy " Currier had died. We willremember Tappy as that happy trumpet playerand one who was ready and willing to lend ahelping hand to others.

Dale Perkins underwent heart surgery thispast spring. Recovering from this extensiveprocedure had its ups and downs for Dale, butPerk never seems to lose his gift for bringing asmile to others with his witty remarks. InSeptember, Charlie Dole's wife, Ellie, sufferedserious injuries. While walking in a parking lot,Ellie was struck by a moving vehicle. Shespent several weeks in the hospital followed byseveral weeks of physical therapy at home.She is now walking without the aid of a walkerand is able to drive her car.

Did you know? Jean Cheney and I met onour first day of kindergarten at West TerraceSchool and it was there that we discovered weshared the same birthday. How could this be?We remained best friends throughout elemen-tary and high school and have stayed in closecontact throughout the years. Jean and I bothentered nursing school and became nurses,married and gave birth to four children, eachwith one son and three daughters.

I am looking forward to Alumni Weekend2016 and hope to see some of you classmatesat that time. We will plan to have a get togeth-er on Friday, either lunch or dinner. I will keepyou informed at a later date. Please send meany information you would like to add to nextyears' newsletter.

Anne Belden Rouillard

anniebtr@aol.com

Class of 1956

Where, oh where, has the time gone? TheSHS Class of 1956 will be celebrating our 60thclass reunion this year. Members of the classhave held a couple of meetings, and so far wehave a place to meet, a local restaurant tocater a meal and work has started on the float(collecting props). We also have parade trans-portation in place for all members, includingthose who may prefer or need to ride in a car.We have been sending out emails to those ofyou for whom we have email addresses, and

shall hopefully be able to contact everyoneeither by email or letter form in Feb. or March,so watch for the contact and send back thenecessary information, thanks.

Any class member who receives thisnewsletter and has not sent in his/her correctmailing or e-mail address or phone number, orif you have questions, please send to eitherCharlie Fletcher or Myrna (Wark) Giroux.

Sadly, we have three classmates no longerwith us, Jackie (Daniels) Boardman, Gloria(Ferguson) Achilles and Margaret (Peg)Murray.

Respectfully submittedCharles B. Fletcher

Charles Fletcher 21 Chase St. Claremont, NH 03743

Phone # 603-542-5222 chasjanfletch@comcast.net

Myrna Giroux

37 Alice Drive #124, Concord NH 03303Phone # 603-228-6683mpwgiroux@gmail.com

Class of 1957

September luncheon in Newport

By PaulMcNair

It was an impromptu luncheon idea ofBarb Young Ferland. When I phoned to tellher that Bev and I were driving up toClaremont, and that I wanted to make surewe could schedule a visit, she suggested “afew of us” classmates might meet for lunch.Joyce Colby Buswell liked the idea, as didCarole Rund Robinson — and they took itfrom there, making a reservation atNewport’s Salt Hill Restaurant.

“I'm not sure exactly who will be therebesides Barbara, Joyce and me,” Caroleemailed us in Alabama, “but others have beennotified.”

We were dazzled by the turnout:Seventeen of us met for lunch (more than wecould have hoped to see individually). The

seating arrangement — a single row of narrowtables, with chairs on each side — made foreasy conversation and lots of laughs, whichalways happens when the Stevens Class of1957 gets together. Bev and I kept busy snap-ping pictures, including a few shots featuredon this page.

After lunch, Bev’s camera caught MaryellenMcCullough Reed and her husband Frank.Next day, she snapped Ken and JeanPackard. We also visited Helen Parker Tucker.

On our way up to Claremont, we pho-tographed classmate (and brother-in-law)Steve Novak in a corner of his “Steve’sSupply” store near Gloucester, VA. It was abusy place, with customers phoning and stop-ping in during our visit.

Class of 1959

Last year members of our class got togeth-er once a month for lunch. We try to go to a dif-ferent restaurant every time. So far we havehad as many as fifteen show up. We have agood time talking about the good old days.

Anyone from our class who would like tojoin us are more then welcome.

Phyllis Pavlik

Class of 1960

The class of 1960 celebrated its 55threunion last June with a fun filled weekend.Carmen Bromley was kind enough to open herhome for the weekend. The class started thereunion Friday night with a cookout and lots oftalking and catching up, then Saturday morn-ing with the parade and then back to Carmensfor a catered lunch. We ended the week endwith Sunday morning and a wonderful brunchat the home of Judy Putnam. After a lot of eat-ing and laughter it was time to say good byeand look forward to the next reunion. The classended the year with our early thanksgiving din-ner in October where we wished our snowbirds a great winter in Florida. On a sad notewe lost our classmate Betty Underwood Caronthis summer. Betty always looked forward tomaking the rolls for our thanksgiving dinner.

Janice Giguere Fletcher.

Class of 1961

On Alumni Day, June 6, 2015, the class of1961 had our annual cookout, thanks to Dickand Pat Girard. Classmates present that day:Russell Bastian, Ginger ChamberlainBoughton, Rosemary LeClair Clark, PeterMcMullen, Stanley Woodman, Joanne SmithSchnyer, Carmella Marro Tenney, MaureenO'Donnell, Betty Buinicky Donovan, SkipPatten, Squeak Tucker Forte, Dick Girard.

We had a class meeting in October tostart planning for our 55th SHS reunion, andwe had good attendance at the meeting. I willupdate classmates later, but here are the

plans so far:Friday night, June 10th, we will have a

catered dinner at the Claremont Country Club,followed by plenty of time to chat and catch upwith classmates. Betty and Joanne are co-chairs for this event.

Saturday morning, June 11th, and becausewe are not OLD yet (!), we will take part in thealumni parade, with a class float; more plans tobe determined. Carmella is in charge of floatplanning.

No formal class events are planned forSaturday afternoon. We want to encourageeveryone to attend the Alumni Banquet onSaturday night. The Banquet is always a goodtime, with good food. In addition, this year ourvery own Scott Fitz will be honored by havinghis #22 "re-retired". (Scott's number is the onlyone in Stevens history to be retired; this hap-pened in June 1961. Over the years, this facthas been forgotten, so the number has beenused again. Stevens has agreed that #22should stay retired.)

Other SHS late 50s and '60s classes mightalso be interested in attending the Banquet,since most would have known Scott as a"sports hero".

Please don't forget to pay alumni dues/makeany donation you can to our great AlumniAssociation, especially to keep the paradesgoing. Best wishes to classmates, and all SHSalumni for a happy and healthy 2016.

Maureen O'Donnell

Class of 1962

Can you believe that next year, 2017, willbe our 55th year out of high school ? Time suredoes fly as we all know too well.

I have reserved the Claremont CountryClub for our Friday night party. I had to name adate so I picked June 9, 2017. Normally thereunion takes place on this second weekend inJune. If the Alumni Association decides tohave the reunion on another weekend I will gofrom there.

If you know of any classmates who havemoved and know their new address or e-mail,please let me know.

Next year you will get more information inthe newsletter. Hope to see you all in 2017!

Sincerely, Janet Mower Eno

3 Camden Avenue, Claremont NH 03743dnjeno@comcast.net

Class of 1964

“forever young at heart……”Hope everyone had a great 2015 and a

healthy start to 2016. Winter has started towane and spring and then summer will beupon us. Looking forward to a wonderful year.Maybe this will be the year for the Bosoxagain….who knows! But lets root them on!

Not much to report for our class. Heard

Al Nelson, Carol Lane Gader, Skip Nolan, Al Gader

Class of 1957 - Bob King, Bev and Paul McNair

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from a few classmates over the past severalmonths. Sometimes it’s like trying to extractteeth in order to get information….but here iswhat some of them sent along to me.

Polly “Zombeck” Brown is retired andenjoying life in Florida. She sent me a realgood synopsis of what she’s been up to. Eachyear her and one or two of her sisters go to LasVegas for fun and excitement. They also try totake a cruise each year, with the latest being toAruba and through the Panama Canal. Neat!Polly also handles “bingo” for the “over 55”community where she resides. Living in NorthFort Meyers, I suspect she is a Red Sox fan asthat’s where the Bosox have their spring train-ing facility. She said she occasionally seessome other classmates both from our class aswell as from other classes.

Nancy (Young) Molitz is alive and well inToronto. She missed our 50th due to an illnessin her family but is really looking forward to ournext class gathering, which appears to be in2017. She writes that her son, AlexanderMolitz, is an executive in the British VirginIslands at The Dove restaurant.

Al Burns sent along his annual Christmascard. He and Jeanne (SHS Class of 1966) arestill working as each enjoys what they do. Theylive in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Just “up theroad” from Al and Jeanne is Paul Baird, anoth-er 1964 graduate. He retired as a veterinariana few years back.

Need to congratulate Coach LarryMcElravey and his Newport Tigers for winningthe State Division III Championship. Larryactually has another job as the pay for coach-ing (and winning a championship) is slightlyless than that of the Super Bowl coaches! Butwhat a year he had. Great job Coach!!

John Ring receives “kudo’s” for his dona-tion to help fund the new weight training facili-ty at the high school. John, along with SHSalumni Jack (‘50) and Frances Bourdon (’51)stepped up and totally funded the new weighttraining room and its equipment at the highschool. It was dedicated in the fall of 2015; aplaque can be found in the schools new train-ing room honoring those three. Quite a gift tosay the least! Thank you all!

Bill Rush says he’s still living in Plano,Texas and still working. Bill was at our 50thand was seen in the mornings walking down-town Claremont, reminiscing how it was somany years ago. Bill retired from the Air Forcein 1984 after 20 years and works for a commu-nications company. Plano is just outsideDallas. Bill was also a member of the 1963 and64 cross country teams that won the Class Mstate title for SHS.

On a sad note, we lost two classmatessince our 50th. Bonnie (Cusanelli) Richmondpassed away in June, 2015. Bonnie attendedour 45th and always had a love of her little

place in York Beach, Maine. We lost Ron Tenney in November, 2015.

Ron lived on lower Main Street, down near theCoca Cola bottling plant. It was Ron, Tom O.,Leo Stone, and Reg Beaudry who used to gettogether almost every morning and walk toschool, rain or shine. Ron attended our 45thgathering at the Claremont Speedway. It wasthe first time Ron attended one of our classreunions.

Our deepest sympathy goes out to eachfamily.

Okay, so what happens next for our class?Well, here is how it stands. We are planning togather as a class in early June 2017, exactdates yet to be determined. Although 2017 isan “odd year” for getting together, it is sort of amilestone for us as it is the year when most ofus turn 70!! This time the gathering will be tosocialize and spend time with each other. Nofloat construction (or we’re not planning that);no formal dinner; just good ole’ swapping ofstories. So stay tuned for further update as wemove through 2016 and into 2017. It is hopedthat many classmates will want to return.

If you change your e-mail address, pleasesend it along to me so that you can be keptabreast of any class developments. If you wantyour name in the Alumni Newspaper, send mesome stuff about what you’ve been up to!

Our class also has a column on the AlumniWeb site. I try to keep it updated as much aspossible with more general news. Visit it atSHS Alumni Association under class columns.And remember to pay your annual dues!! It’scheap AND it supports the oldest active AlumniAssociation in the United States, your ownSHS Alumni Association!!!!!. You may alsowant to include a little something extra as ittakes money to put on the wonderful paradeas well as adding to our scholarship fund.

Finally, as a general note to ALL classes,there is the opportunity to develop individualclass columns within the SHS Alumni web site.Only a few classes are listed and severalhaven’t been up dated in a few years. What agreat place to leave individual class newscomplete with links to pictures. I hope classeswho haven’t jumped on board will and thosethat need updating will.

Hope to hear from you soon…..With warmest regards,Tom Osipowich

kateandhalle@comcast.net or 707-888-9959

Class of 1966

SHS Alumni Day is right around the cornerwhich means it’s time to celebrate our 50thhigh school reunion. 50 Years already…somuch to do, so little time! Alumni weekendincludes June 10th – June 12, 2016.Currently, we have met three times to discussplans for the parade float and other celebrationactivities. In attendance were: Les St. Pierre,

Donna Michaud Lee, Myron Wadleigh, SusanLeahy Pare, Betsey Zerba Scott, GayleQuimby Delaney, Christine Kasaras Malhoit,Wayne Ed Malhoit, Chris Sabetto Theriault,and Sandra Otten. The parade theme thisyear is “Great Books” and we voted to doAdventures of Tom Sawyer, including his palHuck Finn. The Claremont Elks Club has beenrented for our Friday night (June 10th) party.Saturday right we will all attend the Alumnibanquet as is tradition – and expected – for the50-year class. It should be fun to reconnectand reminisce throughout the weekend!However, our class bank account has minimalfunds (less than $1000) and we need to payfor a caterer, club rental, float materials, and aDJ if we want. More importantly, it has alwaysbeen a tradition for the 50 year graduatingclass to make a ‘respectable’ monetary dona-tion to the SHS Alumni Association. WHY?The cost of funding Alumni weekend is HUGE– the parade alone last year cost close to$18,000 to put on the mile and one-quartermarch through Claremont city streets! Out ofa possible $72,000 raised by alumni dues(7200 members X $10.00) only $7980.00 wasraised! Only about 11% of membership both-ered to support the association. Have youpaid your annual dues?

In addition, the alumni association takesgreat pride in giving out nearly $70,000 inscholarships each year. They take pride intheir community by organizing and producingthe annual parade, banquet and other week-end activities. Of course, this will only work ifyou will give a bit extra to ensure that we havecontinual Alumni Weekends. Take pride inknowing that SHS is the oldest, active highschool alumni association in the U.S. Pleasebe generous. Checks may be made payableto “SHS Class of 1966” and mailed to either:Chris Theriault, 9 Wildwood Ave., ClaremontNH 03743 OR to Lester St. Pierre, 13 DurhamAve., Claremont NH 03743. (From our classaccount, we will make a class donation to theAlumni Association as well as pay our week-end class expenses.) To pay your associationdues - $10 – make check payable to SHSAlumni Association.

Alumni Weekend Schedule for 1966:Fri., June 10 – 6pm – Elks Club, Pleasant St.Sat., June 11 – Parade – 10:30 am, gather atBroad St.Saturday – noon – Alumni meeting & luncheon- Stevens High School cafeteriaSaturday – 6:30 pm – Alumni Banquet – SHSPlease make your plans to attend and hotelreservations now.Hope to see you ALL! Thank you. Chris Sabetto Theriault and Les St. Pierre

Class of 1968

I’m still a little puzzled about where thetime went, but we’re now just two years awayfrom our 50th reunion. Won’t you join us in cel-ebrating the BEST CLASS EVER? Some of uswho live in the area have begun tossingaround ideas, especially for what we hope willbe a substantial gift to SHS to mark the occa-sion. We’ll need all of you to make the reunionhappen – your ideas, your help and your con-tributions. If you have thoughts about whatkind of party you’d like us to have and whatkind of gift we might give the school, pleasesend those ideas my way. And please consid-er giving as much money toward as a class giftas you possibly can. For many of us, a lumpsum is daunting, but one idea is to set aside anamount each month, perhaps in a ChristmasClub account. In two plus years the balancewill really have added up. What we hope is thatas many of us as possible will give as much aswe can and, together, that will make a truly cel-ebratory gift possible. An account has been setup at the Claremont Savings Bank through theSHS Alumni Association, which makes yourgift tax deductible. Checks can be made out toSHS Alumni Association/Class of 1968 and willbe gratefully accepted any time between nowand June 2018.

Finally, please send me your current emailaddress. That’s the easiest and cheapest wayfor us to keep in touch with you. Include yourideas, questions, and news, too. I can bereached at Marilyn.Blight@gmail.com. Once Ihave your current email address it will be easyto keep you informed as we move toward our50th. I look forward to hearing from you!

Mully

Class of 1974

2015 was a quiet year for the class. To thebest of our knowledge; we did not lose anyclass members this year.

Claremont celebrated its 250th anniversaryin June with a huge parade. The class did nothave a float this year; but some of the classmembers got together to enjoy the parade andthe afternoon. After the parade we tried tomeet up at Moody Park; but then ended uphaving lunch downtown. After lunch a groupwent over to the high school to check out allthe renovations. It was interesting walkingaround the school to see what had changed;remembering where a class was that now was-n’t there; and remembering teachers and oldfriends. It was fun but we were all glad we did-n’t have to climb all those stairs every day toget to class! Those that got together that daywere Phil Winans, Sue Michaud Doody, ElaineRosen Groundwater, Sharlene ThibaultRussell, Rachel Fluette Raymond, Jill Curtis,Charlene Hayes Reynolds, Melissa dyer Dubeplus several of their significant others.

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A HUGE thank you to those class membersthat mailed in their class dues or a donation tothe class fund in 2015. The funds are greatlyappreciated and will assist the class in upcom-ing reunion years. 2019 is FAST approaching!

A reminder that class dues are $10.00 ayear and the class also accepts any donationto the class fund that you can give. The moneyis sent to “SHS Class of 1974” and sent toCharlene Reynolds, PO Box 81 NorthHartland, VT 05052.

The class still has its Facebook page. It hasbeen pretty quiet with posts lately; but shouldyou have something to share with the classplease do. The page is full of great photos frompast reunions and gatherings…if you haven’tchecked them out…please do! We are trying toconnect with as many class members as wecan. Want to connect with someone and notsure if they are on FB? Many of the class mem-bers have FB friends that others don’t have.

2015 and 2016 brings class members to thebig “6 0”. Where has the time gone? Seems notlong ago we were in high school or college orjust getting married or having the first child.Now we are getting ready to retire and havegrandchildren or maybe even great-grandchil-dren. What would you do over if you could?

We have tried to plan a class gatheringduring the years but it hasn’t worked for thepast couple of years. We hope that 2016 willbe different. Would a BIG birthday party forALL of us make it work? During the summer inthe Claremont area? Thoughts? Would you bewilling to help? Post your thoughts on the FBpage…or message Charlene or Phil and wewill work to get the word out.

2015 was a tough year for many of us aswe lost a parent or maybe even a spouse. Wehope that you received all the love and supportthat you needed during that time and knowthat your classmates are always here for youwhen you need them.

So, until we meet again…enjoy your yearand your family!

Charlene Hayes Reynolds

Class of 1975

Congratulations to the class of 1975 forbringing in two trophies this year: TheChamber of Commerce and The KlaraHornick. Thank you for such a wonderful 40thgathering. Special thank yous go out to all thewonderful people that put their time and ener-gy into building this float and having it readyon-time. Ray St. Sauveur (flying monkey),Mike Gilbert (The Wizard), Ron Cota, GaryObymako (munchkin), Dale Giles (Tin Man),these gentlemen not only participated but theyall built the float in their off time. After disas-sembling the float and getting the hall decorat-ed (Elks Club), we as a class brought food tomunch on while the band "Smoke and Mirrors"

played for the evening. Other characters wereEllie Tessier (Glenda),Cindy Warlich (scare-crow), Becky Dole (Dorothy), Vivian Giles(Lion), Brenda Lyman (munchkin), BradWalker (munchkin), Debbie Hemingway(witch).

After seeing many new faces, conversa-tions were very inviting and it was nice to seethat a lot of people from our class have doneso well in life. We will be planning our 45th afew years in advance, as it's a lot of work to tryand get things rolling the year of the reunion.Our class dues are $5.00 a year, so if you’replanning on coming to your 45th, try to planaccordingly for your dues, otherwise, it willcost you $50.00 at the reunion. It was suggest-ed that we try and have a fundraiser in thesefive years and this is a very good idea. Any andall suggestions are welcomed. We have a siteon Facebook so please go check us out - SHSClass of 1975.

We missed another few classmates this pastyear. Larry St. Aubin left a very big hole, seeingas he helped with the float every five years. Notto exclude anybody, but Larry was very missed,as all other classmates are missed.

If you want to send your dues to the class,please send a check or money order to JohnCloutier @ 10 Congress St., Claremont, N.H.03743.

The planning that goes into these reunionstake a lot of time from everybody involved andit would be nice to get more classmatesinvolved if possible, or even suggestions areappreciated.

In closing, we hope to see you all in thenext five years and if I forgot anybody in help-ing, thank you.

Sincerely, Joi (Paquette) Woodman

Class RepresentativeP.S. Please continue to pay your dues with theSHS Alumni Association also - Thank you.

Class of 1976

The Stevens High School Class of 1976 willbe holding its 40th class reunion on Saturday,June 11, 2016 at the Elks Club, PleasantStreet, Claremont. Meetings will be held start-ing in February to plan the float and reunionactivities. Further information will follow. Theclass also has a facebook page - "StevensHigh School Class of 1976, Claremont, NH".Class members please visit the page to join.Reunion plans will be posted on this facebookpage also.

Thank you,Jennifer Desilets

chiefandjen@gmail.com

Class of 1991

25 years you say? Our minds may still feel18 but our bodies, well that is another story. Weare looking forward to everyone coming home

on June 11 to reminisce, reconnect, and enjoyeach other’s company and celebrate our 25thyear reunion.

After the 2015 alumni weekend festivities,we began meeting to not only plan ourreunion, float and grand marshal selection, wealso decided to give back to the AlumniAssociation for our class gift and wanted to seta standard for 5 year classes to do so. Wehave hosted two casino bus trips to Foxwoodsas well as a fundraiser dance, Back in BlackBall II, to raise funds for the AlumniAssociation’s parade fund. We have turnedover $ 2,500 at the time of printing with anoth-er donation slated to be given to theAssociation at the banquet.

Speaking of the banquet, as one of thehonors of the 25-year class, we get to wel-come the new graduates into the longestactive alumni association in the nation. Wehave classmate’s children graduating this yearas well so it makes it that much more memo-rable. We are encouraging our class to attendthe banquet prior to the reunion .

Classmates should be receiving an invita-tion to our weekend festivities in the mail. It willhighlight our events planned for the weekend.You can also access our class informationthrough our Facebook group, Stevens HighClass 1991, or our blog,Stevens1991.blogspot.com.

We look forward to having as many of ourclass back for our reunion. If you should needadditional information, please contact me attsbatchelder@hotmail.com or VeronicaOsgood Belaire at vbelaire@yahoo.com.

Class of 2001

Another five years is upon us, and whatbetter way to catch up with one another thanour 15th class reunion! This year’s paradetheme is “Great Books”. We have had a fewmeetings to elect a float idea and what wehave chosen to do is “Alice in Wonderland”.The float will be built at Norm St. AubinConstruction –Special Thanks to Sharon (St.Aubin) Menard. We are hoping that many ofyou will come back this year and celebrate this15th reunion with us. Our reunion will be heldat Arrowhead on 6.11.16 following the paradefrom 7 PM-12 AM. There will be finger foods,music, games, bar (beer and wine only 7 PM-11 PM), great stories and conversations. Entryfee for the reunion will be $15.00 for a singleand $20.00 for a couple, part of our proceedswill be donated to the alumni association.Please note dues are requested yearly $10.00to SHS class of 2001 and $10.00 to SHSAlumni Association. If you have not paid previ-ous years we are not looking for you to pay forall years past but for current year and yearsmoving forward. That’s $20.00 for the year.Please make sure you are contributing as

money is tight for the alumni and our class andwe want to remain the oldest active alumniassociation in the country. Payment of classdues ensures that as the years go by we willbe able to heighten the reunions.

We had a 2015 Raffle that was a success!Thank you to all that contributed your time andeffort to making the Raffle a success! Class2001 is looking forward to more participationand higher rate of success for our nextfundraisers. We profited $855.00 as a class.Current News:

Melissa (Bergeron) Chapman got engagedto Chris Gilbert on August 10, 2015. AlsoMelissa has a new addition to her family. Mr.Gavin Joseph Gilbert was born July 24th 2015at 3:09PM. Baby Gavin is weighing in at 7lbs.5ozs and is 19 3/4'” long. Everyone is happyand healthy.

Kaitlyn (Raymond) Ryerson was married toJason Ryerson on May 30, 2015.Congratulations!

Colin (Bubba) Treem was married toAngela Treem on July 19, 2015.Congratulations!

Gregory Gorman and Kaitlyn (Treem)Gorman welcome there new addition to theirfamily. Miss Natalie Marie Gorman was born onJanuary 14th, 2015. Everyone is happy andhealthy!

Caitlin (McCutchan) Flanigin introduced anew member to their family. Harkin JohnFlanigin was born 1/19/16. Baby Harkin isweighing in at 7lbs. 14ozs. and 21” long.Everyone is happy and healthy.

Kayla (Koch) Morse was in an accident andhad some severe injuries. With surgery andphysical therapy Kayla is doing well and is onthe mend. She stated, “I am just thankful to bealive”.

Ray Hughes opened a Jimmy JohnsRestaurant in Marysville, California. Ray andSarah Hughes also introduced an addition totheir family this year. Mr. Raymond EugeneHughes the 4th. was born on May 13, 2015 at4:15PM. Baby Raymond is weighing in at 8lbs. and 7oz. Everyone is happy and healthy!

Joey (Mullen) Claflin has owned and oper-ated her own business for 11 years. The busi-ness name is Happy Feet Daycare; out of herhome in Springfield, VT.

Travis and Courtney Hines introduced anaddition to their family this year. Miss NoraRose Hines was born on February 24, 2015.Baby Nora is weighing in at 8lbs. and 4ozs.Everyone is happy and healthy!

Again, please continue to check out theclass FB page! Hope to see you sometimebefore the next reunion; if not….then plan onthe 20th in 2021!

Contactsdanielle.m.skinner23@gmail.com

vcorcoran1829@gmail.com

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Head Coach

extraordinaireBy Les St.Pierre • e-Ticker News

Congratulations has to go out to for-mer Stevens High School graduateLarry McElreavy for guiding theNewport High School Tigers to anundefeated 11-0 2015 season on thegridiron and capturing the NewHampshire Division III football champi-onship.

McElreavy, a 1964 Stevens gradu-ate and former Shrine player, not toforget all his college coaching, includ-ing a stint as head coach at ColumbiaUniversity when the school sufferedthrough dismal football experiences,has certainly found his niche as a highschool coach in Newport.

While it is too soon to countMcElreavy as the best coach in thearea since he has been at the helm ofthe Tigers only two seasons, he cer-tainly has a good start to pick up suchan honor just missing out on a champi-onship last year.

New England Patriots fans know fullwell their head coach Bill Belichick isregarded as the best in the NationalFootball League. Winning the SuperBowl three times in a four-year spancertainly has something to do with thatclaim. His 243-118 won-loss record fora .673 average is nothing to sneeze at,either.

However, getting back to the highschool scene, it should be known righthere inClaremont wehad someonewho could be,and was, consid-ered to be thebest in, not onlythe area, but thestate, as well.

His name wasClarence “Ceep”Parker. Parker isno longer with

us, having died in 1967 at the age of73. His death came eight years afterhis retirement. At the time age 65 wasthe mandatory retirement age, and thelaw forced Parker to leave his coach-ing reign. He was New Hampshire'soldest coach at the time of his retire-ment, in terms of length of service. Hehad come to Claremont in 1924.

Coach Parker accumulated a win-loss record of 171-97 on the highschool football gridiron at StevensHigh. He won a state championship forthe school in 1945 as the Cardinalsmarched to an undefeated 8-0 slate,and the head coach earned a Coach ofthe Year title in New Hampshire for hisaccomplishment. Stevens also cameaway with a state championship in1954 under Parker when the Redbirdswent 7-1.

Prior to his coming to Stevens, Parkerexcelled on the athletic field at theUniversity of Dubuque in Iowa. He wasvoted into that college's Athletic Hall ofFame in 1989. While at Dubuque hedropped-kicked a 54-yard field goal.

But you have to go back to whenParker, at the age of 21, is first men-tioned in the sports annals. Parker wasa member of the old-time St. LouisBrowns professional baseball team in1915. In his very first game, againstour beloved Boston Red Sox, Parkerwent one-for-four and made a spectac-ular running catch in the outfield. In thesecond game of the doubleheader hewent hitless facing a left-hander by thename of Babe Ruth.

Also, it should be noted, Parker wonthree events at a Pittsfield, MA, fieldday. He ran the 100-yard dash in 11.25seconds wearing a baseball uniformand spiked shoes, threw a baseball118 yards, and circled the bases in 14seconds.

His baseball excellence did notexpire when he came to Stevens. Inaddition to his success on the footballfield as a head coach at the Claremontschool, the baseball diamond provedeven more noteworthy. Under Parker,

Stevens was able to grab NewHampshire state titles in 1927 and1949. Following that 1949 seasonParker and his baseball teams went284-99 enabling the Stevens coach toend with a career-ending 336-163record on the diamond. Parker suf-fered only two losing seasons as theStevens High head baseball coach.

There is still even more accolades topile upon you as to the record-break-ing accomplishments provided byParker. His boy's basketball teams atStevens compiled a 325-161 recordand the girl's basketball squads wereeven more successful as they wonNew England titles in 1926 and 1929.

A former Claremont Daily Eaglesportswriter, now deceased, had thisto say about Coach Parker and his ath-letes at Stevens. Ken Whipple wrote,“Stevens athletes, under his tutelage,attained the heights....not occasionally,but repeatedly. We intend no reflectionon his successors when we say thatnone of them have been able to com-pletely fill his shoes.”

They say, “Change is good.” ForNewport's Larry McElreavy, that say-ing certainly holds true as the formerStevens grad has taken over thereigns of the coaching duties while inhis latter '60's. Imagine what Clarence“Ceep” Parker would have accom-plished had he been able to continuecoaching had he not been forced outof the limelight in his mid-60's.

70 Years Of Pure ClassBy Les St.Pierre • e-Ticker News

“The interesting thing about myclass is we had a very close class,”stated Barbara DeCook in a recentinterview inside her Orchard Roadhome. “It wasn't separated like somany classes are today with this groupand that group. All through these yearsthere is that camaraderie. My asset isthat I was picked class secretary and I

have kept in touch with everyone in theclass. No one else can say that.”

DeCook, 88, has been to everyStevens High School AlumniAssociation reunion since her class of1946 graduated in what will be 70years ago this coming June. She is soproud of her classmates in gettingback to her, especially 20 years agowhen information was provided her toproduce a booklet celebrating their 50threunion with an accurate report on eachand every classmate, all 118 of them.Another eight returned from the war toreceive their diplomas giving the classof 1946 a total of 126 members.

To date, DeCook, who's maidenname is Houpis, in her infinite ability tokeep in contact with her classmates,lists 70 deceased, 53 still alive, andthree remain unaccounted for.

“We are the first class to graduatefrom Stevens after World War II endedin 1945,” Decook pointed out, exciting-ly hurried to list her class's accom-plishments during the war. “We used totake turns watching for planes up inthe tower of the Moody Building and Iwas kind of proud of that. We werealso involved in helping the teachersgive out food stamps to those peoplewho came into the gymnasium in needof food. We also chose to write tosomebody in the service. I remember Iwrote to a sailor on the U.S.S. Braziland we also sent used clothes pack-ages overseas. I sent one to Greece,put my name and address in a pocket,and I did get a response. The onlything is it was written in Greek, but thatwas okay since my father was Greek,”

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DeCook laughed.“So you see, our class was very

active in what we could do for ourages to help people during the war,”DeCook continued. “It was a privi-lege to have those eight fellowscome back from the war. It was anhonor for us to have them come andgraduate with us.”

Claremont did itself proud duringthat war and collected a good sum ofmoney through war bonds. So well,in fact, Hollywood's famous actress,Dorothy Lamour, was captured in apicture taken by DeCook's brother,when she came to our fine city fromthe west coast to accept a check.While speaking at the band stand inBroad Street Park, Lamour wasapproached by someone DeCookdescribed as “the most beautiful girlin all of Claremont,” with a bouquetof roses.

“I remember Dorothy Lamour say-ing to that young girl, 'Someone asbeautiful as you ought to be in themovies',” DeCook reported. “Thatyoung girl, the most beautiful girl inClaremont, was Marilyn Parker,”DeCook said.

It should be mentioned MarilynParker is the daughter of formerstandout coach at Stevens, ClarenceParker, and the sister of Bob Parker,one of the 53 remaining 1946 class-mates. Marilyn Parker did go on tobecome one of New York City'sfamed Rockettes. She lives today asMarilyn Parker Rice, here inClaremont.

“As I say, it has been a good class,but I am getting short on news nowto the alumni newsletter with every-one passing away,” DeCook report-

ed. “Pretty soon it is going to be anobituary column, I'm afraid.”

“Everybody has a goal in life,”DeCook went on to say. “Right nowmine is to reach 75 years (after grad-uation), but I got to tell you when Iwas at the alumni banquet this yearright next to me was a lady 93, andbesides her, 102. God bless her! Ifshe can make it, I can make it!”

DeCook can recall when the ban-quet attracted hundreds, back whenthere were no scholarships, when anorchestra played and there wasdancing following the dining. “Wewent because we wanted to go,” sheuttered. “It was just wonderful andeveryone had a good time. Now it issmall and you can't move the stageback. The generation has changed.Now it is only the five year classeswho come and there are so manyprivate parties.”

“But I have to say the alumni asso-ciation works so hard,” DeCookquipped. “Nobody knows how hardthey work. They are not getting thesupport they need. Times havechanged and now they are afraidthey are not going to have enoughmoney to put on the parade. Todaythe $10 dues is diddly to what theyneed to have the parade. I admirethem and, from the bottom of myheart, if you didn't have a group ofdedicated people you wouldn't be assuccessful as they have been. I justhope the new classes get the spirit ofalumni.”

The autumn of that graduatingclass brought much prestige to theschool and to the community as theCardinals football team became onlythe second squad ever to go unde-

feated on the gridiron, following the1933 team. Stevens won the 1945Class B championship winning everygame under the likes of seniorsDexter Woodman (captain), OlneyQuimby, Frederick “Bill” Haubrich,Worth Cox, Gerald Fleit, LloydWilson, Charles Keeley, and BobParker, to name a few.

Basketball, too, was very success-ful, although no championship waswon. However, the Cardinals camemighty close finishing runners-up.Stevens won 10 of 11 regular seasongames, limited in their traveling (nopun intended) due to gas rationing,beat Central High of Manchester inthe tournament, and then droppedthe championship contest toNashua, losing by two points.

DeCook and her sister lived nearthe school, residing at 30 SummerStreet during their school days. Shesaid she owes her successful life tothe education she received atStevens. After graduation sheworked at the Al Cushion InsuranceAgency for a year and a half making$16 for a 42 1⁄2 hours work week butthen was offered a job starting at $25for a 37 1/2 work week at JohnHancock Insurance Agency. Shestayed 35 years and then retired.

We should all heed DeCook's out-look on life as we plod on trying tokeep our heads above water, payingour bills, seeking an eventual retire-ment. She has a daily motto, neverfailing to live up to it.

“I always say,” stated DeCook, “tryto do something every day. Don't sitin a chair and wither away.”

25-Year Class In High GearBy Les St.Pierre • e-Ticker News

In this political year there is a pen-chant to somehow forget about theongoings of everyday life as we focusupon those running for high office, thehighest office in the land, to be exact.While the candidates running forPresident of these United States getour full attention, those in the back-ground tend to be slighted, not inten-tionally, of course, but neverthelesspainfully ignored. That is, until someone or some thing, suddenly doessomething to open our eyes, to get ourattention, to make us feel good, towake us from our stupor.

Well, folks! I have been awakenedand, perhaps, a little ashamed as towhat has been going on around me,not just yesterday, or a week ago, oreven a month ago. It has been goingon for months now and I am happy toreport to you we are all for the goodbecause of it, or should I say, them.

The Stevens High School AlumniAssociation has become the benefac-tor of an unforeseen source of rev-enue, all thanks to the 25-year class.The graduating class of 1991 has pre-sented the Association, this country'soldest active high school alumni asso-ciation, with two separate donations inwhich to ensure this city's summertimeparade will continue to benefit thecommunity.

Toby Batchelder, Traffic Manager atHypotherm in Lebanon, and ToddAbbey, both members of the Class of1991, presented Alumni PresidentDoug LeBlanc a check for $1000 at itsNovember meeting and anothercheck for $1500 has found its way tothe Alumni office thanks to the mem-

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• Alumni Memorial Trophy - Class of 1970 for “Hollywood”$200 cash prize sponsored by LaValley’s Building Supply

• Klara Hornick Trophy - Class of 1975 for “Emerald City”$200 cash prize sponsored by Golden Cross Ambulance

• Wayne S. Gray Trophy - Class of 1965 for “Boston ”$200 cash prize sponsored by Stringer Funeral Home

• Fred Carr School Spirit Trophy - Class of 2015 for “Sponge Bob”$200 cash prize sponsored by Horizon Financial Services

• George F. Disnard Trophy - Class of 1990 for “Margaritaville”$200 cash prize sponsored by The Insurance Center

• St. Mary Trophy - Class of 1970 for “Sweetest Place on Earth”, Hershey, PA2nd Place - Class of 1965 “A&W Root Beer Drive-In”

• Chamber of Commerce Award - Class of 1975 for “Emerald City”

June 2015 Parade Fund Raiser winners:

144th StevenS Alumni PArAde FloAt WinnerS 2015

With SPeciAl thAnk you to our Prize SPonSorS!

Dorothy Dole ‘54Cedric Dole ‘51Karen Heller Nault ‘74Shari Currier ‘72Wayne Thalasinos ‘66Tony Finch Richetts ‘66Robert Geisser ‘58

Ellen Usery ‘68Ray Keating ‘56G. Larry Currier ‘55Rich DeschaineLaura Watson ‘04Dizzy Swain ‘61

PARADE REGISTRATIONDo not forget to register your class float for the June 11th, 2016 paradeAnyone, whether alumni, business, non-profit or individual has to register.Please contact Robert Stringer at rstringer@stringerfh.com or phone 603-542-5129 and he will email the registration form or mail it if you prefer.

Complete parade rules and regulations are included in the packet that Bobsends to you.

Alternate contact: Richard Girard co-parade chairman phone 603-543-6398

PARADE ROUTE:Starts at Stevens High School, south on Broad Street to the Middle School,west on South Street to West Pleasant Street, north to Pleasant Street toOpera House Square, right onto Broad Street and back to Stevens HighSchool.

JUDGING FORMAT:Theme of Parade “Great Books” (2016 theme) - Clearly incorporated andexecuted.

Identity: - Visual display of: School Name, Class Year and Title of Float.

Construction & Workmanship - use of different and clever materials.

Creativity & Originality: - Animation - Music - Special Effects: Overall Beautyand Charisma, permeated by float and/or characters.

Dimensions:- Strict compliance, No Float to exceed 12’ in height, 9' inwidth AND 35’ Long, does not include the truck or cab. The 35’ is justthe trailer that the float is built on.

Float height and width will be measured at the time of inspection. TheClaremont Police Dept. (603) 542-9538 will do inspections for safety reasonsprior to and including Friday prior to the parade on Saturday. Float must beREGISTERED and INSPECTED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PARADE.

bers of said class.“We are challenging all five-year

classes to raise money for theAssociation,” said Batchelder at themost recent class meeting, held atDaddy's Pizza on Pleasant Street, thesite of the former Marson's Army andNavy Store.

“We have the oldest alumni associa-tion in the country and everything wecan do to keep it alive is a real coolidea,” fellow classmate Heidi OsgoodLucas chipped in. “My husband hasnever gone to anything like what ouralumni does. He looks forward to mygoing because he sees I am so invest-ed in what goes on. I would hate to seea two-hour event go to a 40-minuteevent in our class being the 25th year.”

“A lot of people on the street don'tknow what it costs to put that thing on,”said Abbey, in talking about the annualalumni parade. “We want to help.”...andhelp they have, and are continuing todo so.

The Class of 1991 had a Casino BusTrip to Foxwoods last November 7 andraised $1000 from that maneuver tohand over to the alumni association. “Itwas very profitable and it didn't takemuch work or a lot of expense,” saidAbbey. “ Everyone is so busy a lot ofpeople waited until the last minute.”Batchelder reported there were 54seats available and 43 were paid for.

Another bus extravaganza is plannedfor March 12. The cost is $65 andincludes a $10 meal pass and gamingvouchers. There will be bingo, rafflesand prizes on the bus ride toConnecticut. The bus will depart fromthe Exit 8 (I-91) Park and Ride inAscutney, Vt. at 8 a.m. and return at 9p.m. It is a 50-seat bus so Batchelderasks everyone to book their seats earlyand not wait until the last minute likethe last time this trip was offered. “Wehave 26 seats spoken for thus far,”Batchelder said. Interested personnelare asked to contact either Batchelderor Abbey for more information.Sponsors include Daddy's Pizza,Putnam's Colonial Florist, andPinnacle.

In keeping with their goal of raising$5000 for the alumni associationBatchelder said the class is sponsoringa “Back in Black II” dance at Daddy'sPizza January 30 with a $10 donation

per person charge. All monies receivedwill be turned over to the alumni associa-tion. The dance follows a “Back in Black”Senior Ball the class held in 1991.

“This event is so cool, it happensevery 25 years!,” Lucas joked, prompt-ing laughter out of her classmates.Lucas made the trip to the meetingcoming all the way down from theBurlington, Vt. area.

Batchelder informed everyone thedance is open to anyone and will fea-ture a disc jockey. “People should weartheir red and black, the school colors,”he added.

The Class of 1991 had JeniWightman as its President and SteveHall as its Vice President. ChristyEmond was Secretary and MariaDiLorenzo, the Treasurer.

Members of the senior class earlierhad become girls soccer champions(1988) and boys soccer champions(1989) and the 1990-1991 boys basket-ball team went 18-1 losing toMerrimack Valley in the semifinals.

“The one year we go 18-1 and the bal-cony was closed,” Abbey pointed out asStevens was going through an accredita-tion process at the time.

Nicole Beaudry was the Junior PromQueen and Jay Gagne the King.Homecoming Queen was Joy Bull andBrad Nelson was Homecoming King.

Famous classmates included ScottSpaulding and Derek Ferland.Spaulding was drafted by the St.LouisCardinals baseball organization andFerland is currently a LieutenantColonel in the United States Air Forceserving as a base commander inEngland, according to Batchelder.

“He (Ferland) wants to be a city man-ager one day,” shouted out an excitedclassmate. “Maybe he will come backto Claremont. I hear there is an openingnext year.”

Favorite teachers listed by the classmembers included Roger Grenier, JohnLajoie, Charlie Gessner, AndyTriantafillou, and Les Greene on themale side and Carol Bottinger, BarbaraRichards, and Carol Curtis. Curtis wasthe principal at the time of graduation.

“We are putting the emphasis on get-ting enthusiasm back to the alumni,”Batchelder quipped. “There is a lot ofus still entrenched in our community.We have been watching our kids go

through the halls of StevensHigh School. We have beenmeeting every secondThursday of the monthsince last June when theparade finished. I have acommitment to try to fill atable at the banquet. Weneed to become moreactive. I know I personallyam going to join the associ-ation and I hope others will,too.”

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THE UNWRITTEN RULEThere is an unwritten rule that individual class reunions not be held at the same time as

the annual Saturday banquet. ALL classes in planning their individual activities areexpected to hold additional gatherings either Friday evening, or before or after the annualbanquet. The loyal and hardworking members who plan this weekend for the pleasure ofall members thank you in advance for complying with this unwritten rule and ask that

you plan nothing between the banquet hours of 6:30 to 9:00 p.m.

Class of 1955, 60th Reunion Class of 1960, 55th Reunion Class of 1965, St. Mary’s, 50th reunion, St. Mary’s 2nd place

Class of 1940, 75th Reunion Class of 1945, 70th Reunion Class of 1950, 65th reunion

Class of 1965, 50th Reunion, Wayne S. Gray Trophy Class of 1970, 45th Reunion, St. Mary Alumni Trophy Class of 1970, 45th reunion, Alumni Memorial Trophy

Class of 1975, 40th Reunion, Klara Hornick Trophy Class of 1985, 30th Reunion, F.W. Carr School Spirit Award Class of 1990, 25th reunion, George F. Disnard Trophy

Viewing stand location at the

Pleasant Street RestaurantEmCee - Steven Smith from

WCNL CCTVWe invite all honorary members and teachers to view the parade together.

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PARADE PRIZES!!! Bob Stringer, Parade Committee, is

looking for sponsors to continue to award cash prizes for floats. These

prizes are for any year, not just the five-year class floats. We hope

these prizes entice more classes to enter a float.

Floats are judged on creativity, workmanship, and originality (special effects, music, animation) as well as overall

appearance based on the theme.

Hop Aboard the “No Work Required” FloatIf your class has no float and you want to take part in the parade,

gather your classmates or come join others in boarding the “no par-

ticular year” transport. Alumni will provide a ride for you, perhaps a

wagon, car or truck marked ANY MEMBER BOARD HERE, so look

for it near Stringer Funeral Home and wave to the crowd as you ride

the parade route from a different perch. It’s a guaranteed great time!

Please, NO soliciting during

the parade.

Thank you.

Class of 2005, 10th Reunion Class of 2010, 5th Reunion

Class of 1995, 20th Reunion Class of 2000, 15th Reunion

Claremont Middle School Band

Alumni Officers Doug & Carolyn LeBlanc Clowns in a line before the viewing stand on Pleasant St.

Stevens High School Band Pre-parade preparations in front of the high school

Class of 2015, Graduating Class, Fred W. carr School Spirit Award

Homecoming Winter Carnival Kings & Queens

2015144th Reunion

67th Alumni Parade

Famous Cities,Real or Fantasy

Claremont Area News

Arrowhead

Recreation AreaThe Arrowhead Recreation Club was formal-

ly organized in 2001 for the express purpose ofbringing our community ski hill back to life. Aswe enter our 15th year of operation we havebeen successful at it but the effort continues tobe a challenge in that we are staffed entirely byvolunteers and many of them work full timejobs elsewhere. The volunteers are very gen-erous in donating their free time and this is

what makes this work successfully.This season started off really slow this year and due to the lack of snow

and unusually warm conditions in December we had to operate on amodified schedule. Our Volunteers made snow almost non stop when theair temperature permitted so that the area could operate some of the ski-ing and all of our tubing area.

For our eighth annual New Years Eve family night we partnered withthe Community Center and the bowling alley and provided use of allthree facilities for free. The evening had us reminiscing about the days ofold when Claremont hosted a first night celebration. We certainly hopethat the idea of a first night catches on and others will join in and enjoythis fun night. Our evening concluded at 10:00 PM with a great fireworks show that was visible all over the city.

The month of February was Winterfest month at the slope and we hadactivities all month long. Early in the month we hosted the opening eventfor Winterfest with a fireworks display. The annual pancake breakfastwith the real deal maple syrup and breakfast meats at the Teal Lanternwas well attended and once again was a great hit.

The annual cardboard sled race has continued to grow and this year wasno exception as many participantswere on hand for the festivities.

At the end of the month as thefinal event for Winterfest we assist-ed the “Relay for Life “by hosting afundraiser for them and fireworksshow at the conclusion of theevening.

The Arrowhead Recreation Areacontinues to operate the ski areaas a 100% volunteer organizationand many of the alumni young andold are there on a regular basis, ifyou have time to volunteer pleasecome forward we sure could useyour help.

Stan Woodman “61”

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1950 Aletha Childs *Lyle Ewing *Mabel Johnson *

1952 Stephen A. Doody *Robert Hadley *

1955 Edgar L. Lord *Clarence Parker *Willard Rollins *

1956 F. Lester Trafton *1964 Newell Paire *1965 Wayne S. Gray *1966 Grace Deery *1969 John Roberts *1970 Normand C. Paquette*1975 George F. Disnard *1976 Paul H. Magoon1977 Jesse L. Piper *1978 Victor Baron*

Paul JobinRaymond LeBouthillierVictor Pomiecko *

1979 Frank Connor *Joseph LittlefieldStanley Kendall *

1980 Frederick W. Carr *

1981 John Stoughton1983 Roger Grenier *

Andrew Tirantafillou1984 Richard A. Gader

Joseph St. Pierre1985 Christian J. Bottinger1988 William Armstrong *

John BennettKarol K. Bottinger *Angelo P. Righi *Joan SimpsonRichard F. Waldo *

1989 Loisanne FosterLeslie M. Greene *

1991 John Scranton1992 John Caramore

Judith Maculiewicz Orr1993 Barbara P. Richards1995 Grace Sundelin1998 Holly Moody2001 John Lajoie

Ralph Silva*2002 Alice Clay

Maryann ErlansonAlfred Kaplinski

Lillian Scranton2003 Gene Grumman*

Joyce Gogan2004 Carita Aarnio

Linda Beaulieu2005 Carol MacDonald200 David Stockwell2007 Alfred Kaplinski2008 Charles Gessner

Robert YoungAlbert Derosier

2009 Scott Pope2012 L. Paul Couture2014 Sandra Binion

Daniel DeckerPatricia GranterDouglas MortonRebecca RoismanMelinda Scott

* denotes deceased member

The distinction of becoming an hon-

orary member is given to teachers

and staff when they have reached

their 15th year at Stevens High

School.

SHS Honorary Alumni Association Members

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144th ANNUAL BANQUET ATTENDEES

If your nane is not among the attendees,you missed a great banquet! We lookforward to seeing you at this June'syearly gathering of the Grads andfriends. It's great food, great company!

LIST OF GUESTS BY CLASS

1932 The Oldest Living Active MemberHelen Livingston Lovell, 101 years of ageRodney Lovell ‘54

The 75th Class1940 Norma Currier Nemkovich

1946 L. Barbara Hoopis DeCook

1949 Robert BowlesYvette BowlesRobert “Harry” Marshall“Mo” Derosiers St. Mary’s ‘54Lorraine Dion St. Mary’s ‘54Norman St. AubinPatricia Gardner

1950 Roger CurrierHarold LaValleyGeraldine Kittredge LaValley ‘51Betty Jean Freeman ShoemakerRonald Smith

Beryl Lamar Smith ‘52

1951 Nancy Leahy LevesqueDonna Leahy Cornett ‘63Linda Nolin AhernEdward B. BriggsBarbara HewittLucinda Nolin JohnsonNorman S. Wakeman

1954 Sylvia Thibodeau ReidAndrienne Goggin Clark

The 60 Year Class1955 G. Larry Currier

Patricia DeVoyd Currier ‘53Charlie DoleEllie DoleRichard SandersHolly SandersElizabeth Murray GierkoAmarylis Carol GirardDonald A. Girard ‘52Betty Jean Wakeman GreenwoodPaul GreenwoodJohn “Jack” JonesDianna JonesJanice Morse OwenAnne Belden Rouillard

Theodore Rouillard '52Jean Lambert CheneyFrances Hart RouthierGuy Routhier

1958 Arnold JohnsonThe 55 Year Class1960 Wayne E. Roy

Elaine RoyBetsy French ParahDavid Parah

1961 Rosemary LeClair ClarkGeorge Clark

1964 Thomas DavisBetty Riviezzo Hlibka ‘63

The 50 year class1965 Roger Adams

Cynthia H. AdamsBrian BourgoineNancy KearonLinda Boardman CallumJohn M. Callum ‘62James CallumLinda CallumAlbert CoutureRonald GarceauSusan GarceauPamela Belisle HoltJudith HuntRonald KurachJoyce KurachEdith Parker PosseltHal PosseltRobert RathbunWilliam Rice, Jr.Joanne Noles RuelHenry SandersMatthew SawyerSuzanne SawyerSandy Roy SchaierRalph Simoneau, Jr.Penny MurrayCarolyn “Snookie” Giddings

TowleSandra Bodge FlintDonna J. YoungNancy Greenwood Miville ‘62Edward Miville ‘62

1966 Donna Nehan-Foucand

The 25 Year Class1990 Scot Fontaine

Nadine HusainDennis Fontaine ‘63Lucy FontaineRonald Whittemore ‘56Lillian WhittemoreDebbie WhittemoreRichard VonDreden

2012 Megan DeschaineRichard Deschaine ‘81Patty DeschaineDominic KennettJoan KennettConnor TherouxDenise Theroux

2013 Madison BoardmanAlyssa FoisyDawn Fleury ‘92Kyndal KennettLarry Kennett ‘88Michelle Churchill Kennett ‘92Linda BullisAbbey RouillardChristopher ShattuckDanielle Tenney

2014 Emily CharestAbbey DufordBradley ShumwayKathleen PettinatoJenna DeschaineRyan Tanguay

The Graduating Class 2015 Nikki Aiken

Cecelia LaCasse Aiken ‘75Cassidy AllyMo AllyLisa AllyKatelyn BelaireThomas Belaire ‘87Joe Osgood ‘72Elaine Boardman Osgood ‘71Sydney BoardmanVeronica Osgood Belaire ‘91Lucas BrunelleSonya BrunelleJason BrunelleTyler BurtRae-Lynn BurtJoe GidosGillian CahillLarissa CahillMichael Cahill ‘89Mia CharleboisCarmela ClaveErik ContrarasDaniel CroteauLisa Mayo Croteau ‘83Mariah DavisPenny DavisGloria DavisJohanna DeckerMolly EarlyCoua Mongeon Early ‘82

John EarlyEden FerlandAdam Ferland ‘90Veronica Bouchard ‘91Brittany FitzpatrickDebbie FitzpatrickShawn FitzpatrickElizabeth GagnonCarrie-Anne ConnellyAnissa GirardTodd Girard ‘91Brandi Craig Girard 93Dorenda CurtisHaidyn HankinsSylvia Gardner Sivret ‘68Edward SivretTracy Sivret Hanson ‘71Rachell Blewitt ’10Chase HusseyTracy Kissler Hussey ‘90Rick HusseyCoby Hussey ‘17Chloe KennisonChris KennisonShannon CarneyLillie CarneyJessica LawsonSonya LeBlanc Lawson ‘89Robert LawsonLacey Lawson ‘18Dennis TatroLaura TatroRebecca LeeAmy LeePatti JohnsonAlexis LemieuxAllison Lavertue Lemieux ‘89Carol HarringtonShelby LynhallAmerin McCallGary McCall ‘90Heather McCallNick McCall ‘13Linda KingsburyMelissa Ferland Maranville ‘97Christine McElreavy Wayne McElreavy ‘81

Cheyenne MoodyErica PritchettJerry Pritchett ‘75Kayla PutnamMary MorinJeff MorinJohn LambertRuth RamjitHunter RaymondBridget Baker ‘16

Hunter RobertsBryar RouillardScott Rouillard ‘81Tracey RouillardKrystal StarrettMaryse StarrettEd StarretEleanor StringerBrandon TanguayDarcy TanguayJames TibbalsElizabeth Fischmann Tibbals ‘82Patricia FischmannSierra WalkerDavid Walker ‘90Julie WalkerShane WashburnChelsea MardanesBarbara MardanesLouis MardanesMadelyn WhippleDiane Jarvis Whipple ‘86Allen Whipple ‘82Nicole WilliamsNatalie WilsonJeremy “Jamie” Wilson ‘90Andrea Limoges Wilson ‘90Tyler WoodmanStephen Woodman ‘87Kelly Woodman

The Head TableReverend Marthe DynerDr. Charles MeaderRobert E. Stringer ’61,

PresidentElaine StringerBeverly Hanks Janelle ’53, 1st VPDouglas LeBlanc ’63, 2nd VPCarolyn Bowles LeBlanc, ’62

Treas.Mary Picknell Woodman,

Ass’t. Sec.Richard Girard ’61, Ex. Bd.Patricia Leamond GirardChristina Sabetto Therriault ’66,

Ex. Bd.Martha Sabetto Aitken ‘71Janet Mower Eno ’62, Ex. Bd.David Zerba ’63, Ex. Bd.

The Honorary Members/TeachersPaul H. Magoon inducted 1976Joan MagoonJoseph St.Pierre inducted 1984Barbara G. Richards inducted

1993Jessica Powers ‘09Chad Lord ‘11Mandy McGraveyKaren Bogle Leahy ‘79Patricia Barry, PrincipalAnita Engel

2016 Banquet

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Do you have memorabilia that needs a new home?

We are always looking to increase and replace the yearbookswe have given or mailed to anyone who has an interest in aparticular year. We accommodate requests if we have morethan one book of a given year. The suggested donation for anedition is $35. The cost to mail a book is $5 so you can seethere is not a huge profit being made, but the excess is putinto the general fund for on-going expenses.

There are many articles that have been donated through theyears - sweaters, rings, cups, uniforms, scrapbooks, old pic-tures and the like. We try to showcase as many as possible atthe office and in the trophy case at the high school. So, keepthem coming.

Hungry after the parade?

Need refreshment?Join us at the annual business meeting

and luncheon at the SHS cafeteria. It's catered by the Ladies of the Moose

and, at $4.00, it's the best bargain in town!

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The 2007–2016 Newsletters

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Stevens High School Alumni Association wishes to thank

M J Harrington & Co.for the generous donation of several silver charms of Stevens High School. This donation isvery much appreciated. They are located in Newport N.H. and you can visit their website at

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Robert SammonPresident

107 Broad St. 30 South Main St.Claremont, NH 03743 Newport, NH 03773603-542-2551 603-863-7465

eugene v.Grumman Jr.Honorary MemberRetired BiologyTeacherApril 14, 1949 - Sept. 10, 2015

Eugene Victor Grumman, born on April 14,1949, died on Thursday, September 10, 2015.He was the son of Eugene Victor and Ethel Julia(Yoczik) and grew up in Fairfield, CT. He was a1967 graduate of Roger Ludlowe High School,attended Marietta College in Ohio and in 1972he graduated from Central Connecticut StateCollege.

Gene married his wife Robin in 1987. He issurvived by her, their 3 sons and their families;Jonathan and Leigh Ann Root, Nathan andYesenia Root, Justen and Heidi Root, Emily,Parker, Joleigh, Miha, Colton, Eric, Shilo andBrandon. He is also survived by his sister,Barbara Brick and her husband Robert, hisbrother William Grumman, beloved in-laws andnumerous close cousins.

Gene or Mr. G, as he was known to many,spent 34 years as a teacher. His first 9 yearswere spent in Weathersfield, VT and the other25 years were dedicated to Stevens HighSchool where he taught Biology, Physiology,and Advanced Placement Biology. In 1981, Mr.G. started the Lady Cardinal Soccer Program bycashing out his VT retirement. While at Stevens,he also coached Girls Basketball, was anAdvisor and was an Athletic Director. As a proudand generous man, he served on the ClaremontSchool Board, many community committees,coached numerous youth teams and ran theClaremont Youth Soccer Program for a period oftime. His commitment and devotion to students,athletes and the community, as a whole, will beremembered. Gene was inducted as a StevensHigh School Alumni honorary member in 2003and accepted the honor with great pride.

He was an excellent spouse, father, grandfa-ther, friend, fellow teacher, and mentor. It waswith grace and dignity that he lived his life thatwas faced with adversity. Later in life, he want-ed to prove that he was handi-capable, living lifeas a bilateral amputee was difficult but not

impossible. He was a lifetime Yankee fan andsports enthusiast by all who knew him.

His greatest joys were his wife, family andgrandchildren, coaching at Weathersfield andStevens, being a part of 6 state championshipfinal games and winning the title in 1988. He’llbe remembered as a gentle and selfless man.He lived his life with the best of intentions. Hebelieved “The most important thing you will everown is your name”.

Willard D. HoltAugust 28, 1914 -January 11, 2016

Willard D. Holt, 101, ofClaremont, NH died onMonday, January 11, 2016

at his home. He was born in Lynn, MA on August 28, 1914

the son of James E. and Alma V. (Dickinson)Holt. He has lived in Claremont since 1919.

Willard was a graduate of Stevens HighSchool in the class of 1933. He retired fromBryant Grinder Corp. where he worked for 44years of which the last 28 were in SalesEngineering.

Willard was an avid follower of city politicsand in school board policy and he wrote manyletters to the editor, expressing his opinions ontheir views.

He and his friend, Cappy had started the firstski tow in Claremont, first behind his house andthen moved to the Country Club. He was instru-mental in installing the first electronic score-board at Monadnock Park for the footballgames.

He was member of the B.P.O. Elks Lodge#879, the SCCTA (Sullivan County Citizens forTax Relief) and a parishioner of the First BaptistChurch.

Willard was the widower of Selana Velma(Dodge) Holt who died in 1992.

The family includes his son, Gary A. Holt andhis wife, Sandra of Springfield, VT, a grandson,Sean W. Holt of Waltham, MA and his longtimecompanion, Mildred Grethe of Claremont.

He was preceded in death by his parents, abrother, Charles E. Holt and two sisters, Doris E.Radway and Madeline J. Wilson.

H o n o r s I n M e m o r i u m

H. M. Eugene V. GrummanH. M. Raymond W. LeBouthillier1933 Willard D. Holt1934 Kathryn Cragin Chandler1936 Mary Mauroyenis Bosley1936 Rita Moore1937 Mendel "Mindy" Blumberg1937 Howard Storer1939 A. M. "Bud" Thoresen1939 Mildred Sabalewski Jacobs1939 Zena Koledo Ostrowski1939 Peter Nemcovich1948 Lawrence J. W 19401941 Mary H. Samiec1941 Edward Soboll1942 Elizabeth C. Dagenais1943 Dorothy Osgood Baron1944 Dorothy Mills Kasaras1944 Alice Tupper Leach1944 Lorraine Kolenda Shupenko1945 Clair Rouillard Gorman1945 Carey S. Crossman1945 Kathryn M. Cross Ross1947 Ola May Brown MacIver1948 Elizabeth Jones Baehuk1948 Burton Bessey1948 Alfred Burrell, Jr.1948 Chester M. Gierko1948 Jack Gray1948 Rudolph D. Jacewicz1949 Beverly Stone Clark1949 Beatrice Brown Hills1949 Richard D. Leahy1950 Cynthia Putnam Caisse1950 Peter Kling1950 Douglas White1951 Arthur B. Blake, Jr.1952 Mary Costa Cleghorn1952 Raymond Martell1952 Richard Zerba1953 Caroline Murphy Livermore1953 Col. David S. Penniman1953 Richard R. Smalley

1955 Malcolm L. Currier1956 Richard Baril1956 Gloria Ferguson Achilles1956 Margaret P. Murray1956 Charles Rouillard1957 Donald S. Baerhuk1958 Robert L. Bladen1958 Jean E. Barbara Tremblay1958 Deanna Lambert Vertone1958 Bonnnie Aiken Cummings1958 Marie E. Derosier1958 Nancy Buswell Decoteau1959 Donald Roberts1960 Elizabeth Underwood Caron1963 Eliott N. Davis1963 Betty Ann Riviezzo Hlibka1963 Carmelita LeGrow Mader1963 Richard B. Stringer1964 Bonnie Cussanelli Richmond1964 Cheryl Howe Howard1964 Ronald W. Tenney1965 Sheila K. Yatsevich Colby1965 David Eadie1965 Sheila Murray McKinney1967 Kathy Hanacik Townsend1967 Thomas Weld1970 Rene J. LaPorte, Jr.1979 Nancy Baril Lizotte1979 Donald Roberts1980 Vickie Thatcher Miller1982 Jon S. Parkinson1982 Donald L. Swinyer1965 James L. Warren1989 Holly Rock Hodges1989 David M. Jackson1990 Christa Osgood2008 Nicholas E. Howard2015 Brandon Rock2015 Jonathan Varnum

If we have missed a member, pleasecontact us with the information.

In memory of members who have left our world....

JANUARY 2015- JANUARY 2016

1989-2016 Karate • Brazilian Jui-Jitsu • JudoClass for Children & Adults

Taught by Stevens High School AlumniSensei Michael Sartwell, Class of 1987

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Memories from

SHS Class of 1931

Poem by

Austin Fletcher ‘31Seniors, we face a problem

We must settle it today

And not by hesitating,

Our dear old school betray.

So now forget your troubles

Aside your worries cast,

And think of Stevens High School’s loss

When we graduate at last.

How is she going to manage

And what will be her fate

Without us sapient seniors

Her cares to meditate.

Will her scholarship be lowered

And her standards meet the test

When her brightest class of seniors

Enjoy their well-earned rest?

Can the juniors hope to equal us

In tasks we did not shirk.

In grades and punctuality,

Deportment, and hard work?

And what will Mr. Doody do

When troubles vex him sore

Without his seniors’ counsel

To depend on anymore?

Can Mr. Dow survive our loss

With his texts and books and maps

Without this class of seniors

To avoid his subtle traps?

Then there’s also Mrs. Ferguson

Whose hair we’ve helped to gray,

Think how she’s going to miss us

When we have gone away.

How can the class of thirty-two

Equal our far-flung fame?

Can they, like we, add character

To Stevens’ illustrious name?

When on the gridiron, courts, or field

They battle for school and glory,

Will their deeds of skill and sportsmanship

Add to Stevens’ story?

When we have left our school behind

Can the juniors carry on?

Will the school retain it’s famous name

When the Senior Class is gone?

1931 Class Song

by Mary Blight ’31

Come forward graduates!

And let us sing this song.

To linger through our memory

as a tribute clear and strong!

And praise give to the school where through the

years we’ve trod,

To dearest friends, so kind and true,

the precious gift of God !

So let us sing, sing, sing to Stevens High, Let

every voice ring clearly to the sky,

‘Til every wall, oh Alma Mater dear,

Shall echo long with this our cheer.

Onward Stevens! Onward Stevens!

Glory to thy name! Loyalty and virtue ever shall

maintain thy fame.

Onward Stevens! Onward Stevens!

Keep on through life’s game.

We hope that you will always be the same.

Our school’s honor we are willing to defend.

While hands in friendly token we are ready to

extend ;

And Stevens banner over us shall ever wave

to keep us worthy of her love, loyal, just, and

brave.

So let us sing, sing, sing, to Stevens High, Let

every voice ring clearly to the sky,

‘Til Every wall, oh Alma Mater dear,

Shall echo long with this our cheer.

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“Cardinal Pride” a mainstay ofAlumni Fitness Center

The Alumni Fitness Center is alive andwell, tucked nicely adjacent to the Middle Streetend of the Frederick W. Carr Gymnasium atStevens High School. New equipment adornsthe room and anxious athletes marvel at theirstate-of-the-art conditioning space.

Thanks to the funding provided by Jack D.Bourdon, Class of 1950, Frances C. Bourdon,Class of 1951, and John Ring, Class of 1964,the Alumni Fitness Center was able to becomea reality, dedicated in the fall of 2015. It is thesethree who are credited with getting the projectup and running, and without whom the creationwould not have been possible.

The plaque mounted upon the wall at theentrance to the facility recognizes the three fortheir generous contributions towards this criti-cal, much-needed, fraction of the entire renova-tion at Stevens High. The plaque reads, “Their

generous contribution enabled the purchasingand furnishing of this state-of-the-art fitnesscenter and is a shining example of 'CardinalPride.' It is with deep appreciation that we rec-ognize these three individuals as a major part ofthe 21st century renovation at Stevens HighSchool.” Other Stevens High alumni, and/or avid sup-porters of the project, have stepped up to theplate and made donations toward the upkeepand necessary purchases to make the weightroom's construction the place to be for wannabeathletes hankering to get onto the playing fields.They include Kraig Harlow, Steve Lizotte, KyleLizotte, Robert Rathbun, Melissa Durkee,Midddleton McGoodwin and Tyler Erickson.

Also included are Gene Grumman, AllenDamren, Courtney Sharkey-Porter, CharleneLovett, Amy Osgood, Melissa Pond, TomBelaire, Gary Perron, Matt Baird-Torney andZach Shedlock.

Former athletic director at Stevens, AaronHouse, got the project started and new athleticdirector, Doug Beaupre, has the task of carryingthrough this well-intended endeavor.

BROAD STREET “FUN IN THEPARK DAY”

For several years, wehave invited people whohave crafts, specialty itemsor want to showcase their non-profit organizationto set up a booth in Broad Street Park on AlumniParade Day.

Vendors are now filling the park with manyreturning year after year. Two who have comeyearly are Cheryl the Clown who entertains theyoung ones, and Bob Ayotte and his train of carsfor the kids, young and young at heart to ride in.There are several variety food booths, includingthe American Legion with their enticing hamburg-ers and hotdogs and the SHS Snack Wagon runby Chuck and Jennifer Ferland with the StevensVarsity Cheerleaders as a fund raiser sellingfrench fries, fried dough, cotton candy and drinks.Fun in the Park Day would not be complete with-out entertainment in the bandstand. This yearSecond Wind will be playing for your listeningpleasure. Second Wind and Mark and Deb Bondalternate yearly to provide the park music.

Bob Stringer is the man to go to if anyonewants a space to set up in the park. His emailaddress is rstringer@stringerfh.com or phone 603-542-5129. The spaces are free and fill up quicklyso get your reservation in. Donations are welcomeand help defray the cost of the porta-pottie.

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Special Thanks Go To The Following …• Debra Moore Bond '75 and David Hale ‘61 for

this year's newsletter• The sponsors whose ads helped toward printing

costs of getting this newsletter to you• Kenneth Coulombe ’59 for taking the parade

photos • The Banquet Committee: Carolyn LeBlanc, Bev

Janelle, Mary Woodman, Bob and Yvette Bowles,Harry Marshall, Sonya and Lacey Lawson, DavidZerba, Chris Theriault, Jan Eno, and Denise Liveston

• Denlore Photography for taking banquet pic-tures

• Lacey Lawson for parading as the Cardinal Mascot• Mark and Deb Bond, music in the park • Robert Stringer and his Parade Committee:

Richard Stringer, Richard Girard, Douglas LeBlanc,Todd Girard, Rusty Fowler, Chris Pixley, DennisFrancis, James Miles, Dale and Becky Vittum andthose who donated cars and those who drove carsRuss Bastian, Roger Hamel and Ray Brown, RonWhittemore, Scott Stringer, Bob Hemingway, MarieLouise Deline, Sally (Weston) Teague, Cathy Kennett,Tammy Aldrich, Debra Foster, Lori Brown, Don Tebo,Bob Byron; George Lapan; Howe Motors & RobertLawson, Community Alliance of Human Services forMolly the Trolley, Cornish Fair Committee andGeorge Edson for the People Carrier Wagon; DickGirard for his support in getting two Trams from NewHampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, NH, EllieStringer sign distribution, and Bill Dexter for the useof his ATV, Claremont Police Department, ClaremontFire Department, and the Parks and RecreationDepartment; Peter Goodwin and the acting chefs ofAmerican Legion Post #29 for cooking in BroadStreet Park for the Fun In The Park Festivities; TractorSupply for help with the Parade Cart.

• Debra Moore Bond of Doolittle’s Print Serve forprinting signs for the cars.

• Sullivan County ATV Club for patrolling andhelping with the parade; especially Mark and HollyCarrier, co-presidents for heading it up.

• Sonya Lawson ’89, Chris Theriault ’66, andJan Eno ’62 for taking tickets at the luncheon andbanquet,

• The custodial staff of Stevens High School andtheir part in preparing the gym, cafeteria, and beingtour guides, along with the many other requests wemake upon them.

• Danielle Skinner and Valerie Corcoran for tak-ing on the cookbook project.

• Steve Smith, WCNL station manager, foremceeing the parade and hosting the Alumni offi-cers’ in a radio interview.

SHS AlumnI ASSOCIAtIOnBy Charles B. Fletcher (Class of 1956)

Over the years, the property on the corner of Broadand Summer Streets in Claremont has had interestingoccupants. The 1860 Sullivan County maps show thelocation as the office of G.B. Upham. A map dated 1892and published in the History of Claremont by Waiteshow that the office building was moved to a SummerStreet location, where Stevens High School had its start.In 1866 Paran Stevens offered the town ten thousanddollars to build a high school, provided that the townraised the same amount. Stevens High School startedwith four class rooms on the first floor and the townlibrary on the top floor. Since that time, it has grown toa campus that touches three city streets. Later Mr.Stevens left the school more money in trust; he alsodonated the large paintings of George Washington andDaniel Webster that still hang in the auditorium.

The year was 1871. The first class of twelve stu-dents graduated, and the oldest active high school alum-ni association began. It has continued to the present.

The Alumni Association’s “Mission Statement” hasseveral goals. Among them is to hold a yearly meeting,have a parade, keep membership informed by a yearlynewsletter, assist students with the establishment ofscholarship funds, and support the staff and students ofStevens High School. The Alumni Day festivities andparade bring back many graduates and their families;usually it is the five year classes that seem to gathermore people. The alumni that Stevens High School hasgraduated a diverse group; I believe the school has sentmany through its doors who have made a difference.

One class’s members have accomplished the fol-lowing over the past 60 years. Seven went into the USNavy; one became a captain, one a lieutenant com-mander, and one chief of the boat (the last two in the sub-marine service). Six joined the US Army, one retiring asa master sergeant. Four went into the US Air Force, oneretired as a Lieutenant Colonel. One member spent fouryears in the Coast Guard on an icebreaker at the SouthPole. The medical field gained an optometrist, a dentalhygienist, and a radiological technologist. Several stud-ied to become educators. One came back to teach in thelocal school system, and one went on to become a pro-fessor at the Queensland University in Australia.

A police department gained a chief, and the fireservice two assistant chiefs. The aerospace industrygained at least one. Many went on to form their ownbusinesses, too numerous to list. Oh, I almost forgot-one went on after retirement to write for the SooNipiMagazine. We graduated in 1956 with one hundred-fif-teen members and still have seventy-six left. I hopemany can make our 60th class reunion.

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70 YeARS An AlumnuSBob Parker, Class of 1946

To all SHS Alumni near and far,Just want to say Hi to all of you wherever you are. And to wish

all of you the very best on Alumni Day, June 11, 2016. I hope to be there to celebrate my 70th graduation. Life since

I graduated in 1946 has passed like a flash. Don’t know where theyears went. I remember attending reunions when I was young. Iwatched older graduates in cars as the parade passed by. Theywere old. I was young. I had no idea what their thoughts were asthey rode along. Perhaps they were thinking of when they wereyoung and watching the parade. I never thought that someday Imight be right where they were. Now, I am. I have a feeling thatI am thinking just as they were thinking as they rode along.

Life goes on but life never changes, especially as it applies toStevens High School. There is something about SHS that isingrained in each and everyone of us who have had the privilege tobe a graduate.

This year’s graduating class faces challenges different than Ifaced. The world is different. I wish I could chat with everyone ofthe graduating class. They are SHS young women and men. Theyare strong, intelligent and independent. They will carry on a tradi-tion that has always given me pride, and the opportunity to havebeen a part of SHS.

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SHS ALUMNI SCHOLARSHIP NEWSFROM JUNE 201550th Anniversary fordistribution of Scholarships

Yes, it has been that long ago, 1965, when wehad accrued enough capital to award $100 to seniorClyde DeBay. You can understand how excited wewere to be able to have increased the money wewere able to give on this 50th anniversary to$66,700 to 46 graduates of the Class of 2015, plus14 post-secondary students from the classes of2012, 2013, and 2014. This is largest group ofscholarship recipients, as well as the largest amountof scholarship aid, that the Alumni Association hasdistributed since the beginning in 1965.

To apply for scholarships, seniors begin withfilling out an application which includes theirneed, financial status, high school achievements,class standing, a short biography of their fouryears and reason for applying, recommendationsand any other pertinent information that they maydeem reason for qualification.

Second, third and fourth year college studentsare also welcome to apply for the scholarshipsthat have been determined by the donor to beused by students in their sophomore, junior andsenior college years. There are six specific schol-arships available to them. The criteria states thata letter of intent and need be sent to the alumnioffice prior to April 15 of any given year. The stu-dent must also include a short biography of theiraccomplishments, a recommendation from one oftheir instructors, and a transcript for the firstsemester of their current classes.

The selection process is then put into thehands of the Scholarship Committee who workmany hours trying to match the scholarship guide-lines of the parameters set by the donors to thestudent applying. The funds for these scholar-

ships come from donations and gifts. That moneyis invested and only the interest is used to supportthe scholarships.

The Newest Group Of Alumni MembersAnd Most Recent Scholarship RecipientsSelected By The SHS Alumni AssociationScholarship Committee:Recipients for the following awards must be intheir 2nd, 3rd, or 4th year of college.Class of 1950 Scholarship

Christopher Shattuck, Class of 2013Class of 1951 Beryl McLin Garneau Mem. Fund

Emily Charest, Class of 2014Class of 1954 Scholarship

Jenna Deschaine, Class of 2014Class of 1961 Scholarship

Daniel Tenney, Class of 2013Class of 1981 Scholarship

Ryan Tanguay, Class of 2014Currier Memorial Scholarship Fund

Dominic Kennett, Class of 2012Madison Boardman, Class of 2013Abbey Duford, Class of 2014Kathleen Pettinato, Class of 2014

Joseph Rosinski Memorial ScholarshipSHS Alumni Memorial Scholarship

Alyssa Foisy, Class of 2013The Piwowar-Bilcharz Family Scholarship

Abbey Rouillard, Class of 2013Rotary Club-Jeff Patten Scholarship Fund

Megan Deschaine, Class of 2012SHS Alumni Memorial Scholarship

Kyndal Kennett, Class of 2013Connor Theroux, Class of 2013

The Next Two Awards Are Titled For This YearOnly In Recognition Of The RecentlyDeceased Alumni MembersLeona Bugbee Price Class of 1952 MemorialScholarship

Anissa GirardRaymond W. LeBouthillier Memorial Scholarship

Gillian Cahill

SHS Alumni Memorial ScholarshipsShelby LynhallErica Pritchett

The Emery Currier Perpetual MemorialScholarships

Cassidy Ally Katelyn BelaireSydney Boardman Eric ContrerasMariah Davis Molly EarlyBrittany Fitzpatrick Hunter RobertsBryer Rouillard Krystal StarrettMadelyn Whipple Natalie Wilson

Individual Class, Specifically Titled, andBusiness ScholarshipsAlbert D. and Helen Farrington Leahy ScholarshipSHS Alumni Association Memorial Scholarship

Alexis LemieuxBud and Bucky Tucker Memorial Scholarship

Daniel CroteauRobert B. Averill Scholarship

Cheyenne MoodyClass of 1935 ScholarshipSHS Alumni Association Memorial Scholarship

Nikki AikenClass of 1937 Scholarship

Haidyn HankinsClass of 1944 ScholarshipThe Emery Currier Perpetual Memorial Scholarship

Tyler WoodmanClass of 1945 Scholarship

Elizabeth GagnonClass of 1958 Memorial ScholarshipSHS Alumni Association Memorial Scholarship

James TibbalsDenis Prudhomme Scholarship FundSHS Alumni Association Memorial Scholarship

Hunter RaymondDonald James Rollins Class of 1972 AwardMike Brousseau Scholarship

Michael FullerDorothy Judd Goodhue Memorial FundSHS Alumni Association Memorial Scholarship

Christine McElreavy

Frederick W. Carr ScholarshipSHS Alumni Association Memorial Scholarship

Jessica LawsonGuy K. C. Wilson ScholarshipSHS Alumni Association Memorial Scholarship

Chase HusseyMagoon-Paquette Scholarship

Johanna DeckerMarie McCarthy Grenier ScholarshipSHS Alumni Association Memorial Scholarship

Mia CharleboisMilford Osgood ScholarshipSHS Alumni Association Memorial Scholarship

Rebecca LeeQueenie Quimby Scholarship

Chloe KennisonRobert Hughes Memorial Scholarship

Brandon TanguayWalter S. Paskevich Music ScholarshipSHS Alumni Association Memorial Scholarship

Ruth RamjitSamuel E. Heller Memorial Fund

Lucas BrunelleAmerin McCall

Steve Doody Memorial ScholarshipCarmella Clave

Wayne Carter Photography ScholarshipSHS Alumni Association Memorial Scholarship

Eleanor StringerBarbara G. Richards Business Scholarship

Brandon TanguayRosinski Family Memorial Scholarships

Tyler BurtKayla PutnamSierra WalkerShane Washburn

Paran Stevens Music AwardLucas Brunelle

1965 Anonymous Donor Cash AwardSHS Alumni Association Memorial Scholarship

Eden FerlandNicole Williams

CURRENT COLLEGE STUDENTS – CHECK THIS OUTThere are six scholarships available to 2nd, 3rd. and 4th year stu-

dents. The criteria is that a letter of intent and need be sent to thealumni office prior to April 15 of any given year. They must alsoinclude a short biography of their accomplishments, a recommenda-tion from one of their instructors, and a transcript for the first semes-ter of their current classes.

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We feel very fortunate that Pat and Linda Tremblay of The Country KitchenCatering Service are making a second year commitment to catering our annualbanquet. They did a splendid job last year, and we look forward to the sameexcellence this yer. The banquet will be a sitdown plated meal with SlicedRoast of Beef, Twice Baked Potato, Glazed Baby Carrots, Garden Saladw/Italian Dressing AND New York Style Cheesecake w/drizzled strawberrieson top. How can you beat that? We’ll be anxious to hear your comments. Clip the bottom reservation form and mail it in early for preferred seating.

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2015 - 21016 Dues @ $10.00 per member ________________________$______________(Dues must be paid if attending banquet)

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SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:10:30 am Parade Kick-Off This year’s overall theme is Great Books12:00 pm Immediately Following the Parade

Business Meeting - Stevens High School Cafeteria (use Summer St. cafeteria door entrance)Luncheon - Catered by the Women of The Moose

6:30 pm BANQUET - Frederick W. Carr GymnasiumEnter through the “Events Entry” on right of school toward Middle Street (look for the signs)The Country Kitchen Caterers will be serving promptly at 6:30 pmEntrée - Sliced Roast of BeefInvocation - Rev. Marthe F. Dyner

7:45 pm IntroductionsIn MemoriamScholarship Awards

8:30 pm Closing RemarksBenedictionThe Alumni Song conducted by Paul H. Magoon ‘HMAccompanied by Karen Bogle Leahy ‘79

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Alumni Day is June 11, 2016

.....to keep an informed and active membership

proud of its heritage.

.....to hold an annual meeting as set forth by the

first graduating class of 1871.

.....to keep active the membership by holding a

yearly celebration in June to socialize

and reminisce of our life at Stevens, both

then and now.

.....to continue the friendships, good will, and

camaraderie within each class.

.....to continue the tradition of an alumni day

parade.

.....to keep the membership informed through an

annual newsletter.

.....to be a support group when called upon by

the administration, staff, and students

at Stevens High School.

.....to assist, through the established scholarship

funds, graduating seniors in their quest for

further education.

The Stevens High School AlumniAssociation’s Mission is...

We hope you will buy the four PARADE FUND RAISERTIckETS included in the newsletter. The proceeds

from the sale of these tickets pay for the bands and other parade expenses only.

For Parade Rules, call Bob Stringerat 603-542-5129 and don’t forget toregister your float! (See page 11)

Weekend EventsThere will be lots of humming and strumming in Broad Street Park before and after theparade. Look for the vendors and food tents that will be enticing you with the temptingaroma of hot dogs and more – artisans’ crafts, jewelry, photography, a wood turner,business displays of all types AND music in the grandstand with Second Wind.

Any SHS or St. Mary Alumnus can be in the parade. Class has no float? Hop on the “ AllAlumni Aboard” wagon at the head of the parade. It will be waiting for you by StringerFuneral Home.

Claremont Historical Museum has special Alumni Day hours and exhibits honoringStevens & Saint Mary alumni at 26 Mulberry Street, Saturday from 1 to 3 pm after theparade. It’ s stuffed full of memorabilia. See for yourself. Admission is just $1.

Hungry after the parade? Head right over to SHS Cafeteria where lunch awaits youprepared by the Ladies of the Moose. The fresh potato, macaroni, and tossed salads arewonderful as well as the variety of finger rolls, pickles, cheese trays, desserts and hotand cold drinks. It’ s the best buy in town! What’ s the cost? $4 per person. Can youbeat that?

The high school renovation has been completed. If you’ d like to take a tour of thebuilding after the luncheon, let us know so there will be a tour guide available. Seeingthe new look of the chemistry lab is one of the favorites.

Alumni dues remain at $10. Your dues help keep the organization running. Please takepart. A convenient mail-in clip is on the inside registration segment.

Banquet Reservation Form - see page 23