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CANDOR ALUMNI NEWSLETTER
2015
WELCOME
CURRENT OFFICERS
President -
Welcome to the 2015 edition of the Candor Alumni
Association's Annual Newsletter. We hope you find
this edition interesting and informative as you read
about fellow classmates. Make sure you check the
reunion messages for information on your class.
This newsletter cordially invites you to attend the
Annual Banquet to be held Saturday, June 13,2015
The doors will open at 5:00 P.M. for registration and
an informal pre-dinner gathering of punch and
Hors d'oeuvre's served by the alumni association in
the gym.
The National Honor Society, under the guidance of
Colby Westervelt, will serve dinner in the high school
cafeteria promptly at 6pm. The Mystery Meat dinner
will be catered by the Mystery Chefettes. The price is
$15.00 per person, (meal preparation time is donated
and
the
Association's
only
expense
is
reimbursement for the cost of food).
After the dinner, we will retire to the high school
auditorium for the annual business meeting. The
honored class years are 1965, 1995 and 2015.
Members of these classes in attendance will be
introduced and updates will be given by their class
spokesperson, followed by a brief business meeting.
Advance reservations
are requested
and a
reservation form has been included for your
convenience. Please remember that payment must
accompany your reservation. You may also use this
form to send in your yearly dues of $3 or present a
donation to the association. Please return your
reservation form and payment by May 30, 2015.
Vice-PresidentTreasurer - Donna VanEtten('75) Blinn
81 Blinn Rd., Candor, NY 13743
Secretary- Nancy Ward ('64) Riggs
189 Honey pot Rd. Candor, NY 13743
Newsletter Editor- Nancy Weber ('64) King
27 Bank St., Candor, NY 13743
Address Chairperson- Denise Ahart ('79)
324 Owego Rd., Candor, NY 13743
BUFFET DINNER
TO INCLUDE:
BEEF DISH
CHICKEN DISH
VEGETARIAN DISH
GARDEN SALAD
DINNER ROLLS / BUTTER
Hope to see you in June!!
VEGETABLES
DESSERT
COFFEE, TEA AND PUNCH
'" * Please indicate if you have any food allergies
on the Reservation page.
CANDOR
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How often when on fields of sport, we've seen our teams go through,
I In very air was rent in twain with cheers for white and blue.
We knew that victory then was ours, ;ill else we might eschew
If only we could wave and sing our colors, white and blue
CHORUS
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Hurrah
Hurrah
Hurrah
Hurrah
Hurrah Candor High School!
For the white and lite blue!
Hurrah Hurrah Hurrah!
Kor the white and the blue!
One color stands for purity, the other tints the clouds,
And when together both disclose, we've happy as the gods.
We ask no other emblem, no other sign to view,
We only ask to sec and cheer our colors, white and blue.
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And then upon the breast of her whose heart beats warm and true,
It is the dearest sight of all to see our while and blue.
She wears it with a smile so bright, il wakes our hearts anew
To swear eternal loyalty to dear old white and blue.
And so through all the years to come in midst of toil and care
We'll get new inspiration from our colors waving there.
And when to all our High School life we've said our last adieu.
We'll never say adieu to thcc, our colors, white and blue.
TREASURER'S REPORT
MARCH 2014 thru MARCH 2015
Beginning Checking Balance
$ 328.16
Beginning Savings Balance
$ 5842.66
Banquet 2014
Dues, Donations, Dinner
2372.00
Catering
561.55
Cleaning of Linens
200.00
Accompanist
25.00
Newsletter 2014
Supplies for newsletter
143.33
Postage
1386.69
Printing
1135.95
Returns
99.18
Miscellaneous
Senior Awards
600.00
Gift Certificates
100.00
T-Shirt Order
208.00
Poinsettia Sales
1232.00
Cost of Plants
784.08
Transfer From Savings
1850.00
Balance in Checking
$538.38
Balance in Savings
$4033.82
TRIBUTE TO AN ALUMNI
CANDOR'S OLDEST ALUMNI PASSES AWAY AT THE AGE OF 106
Tinker, Dr. Mary R. Brooktondale: Dr. Mary R. Tinker, 106, passed away peacefully on Wednesday,
November 5, 2014, at home. Mary was born, October 24, 1908 in a house located on Ridgway Road in
Brooktondale, NY. Her dad decided at her birth that she would grow up and attend Cornell University and
become a doctor and she did!! She graduated from Candor High School, in 1925, from Cornell University,
in 1929 and Cornell
Medical School, in 1932. In 1934, Dr. Lock wood, the long time family physician in
Brooktondale, died. Dr. Mary's father called and asked her to come home and practice medicine in
Brooktondale. She came and
practiced medicine from 1934 until October of 1998, when she retired She
touched the lives of many people as medicine and healing people was her one focus in life. She was very
concerned that all children receive medical care and worked with the county to set up well-baby clinics.
She received many awards for service to the community. In 1961, the New York State Medical Society
selected her as "The Outstanding General Practitioner of the Year". Perhaps the "awards" she most
appreciated were the baskets of fresh strawberries, the plates of Christmas cookies, the boxes of
Valentine chocolate or the birthday cards that her patients gave her. She delighted in nature and often
stopped to take pictures as she was out making house calls. She was a daily Bible reader and found
church to be an important part of her life. In her retirement, she enjoyed the change of seasons, the birds
and her growing family. Mary was predeceased by her husband, Dr. Martin Tinker; sister and brother-inlaw, Jane and Mason Lawrence; niece, Joan Mary Lawrence Littleton; nephew-in-law, Jack Littleton.
Mary is survived by her nephew, John Ridgway Lawrence, niece, Janet (Bud) Kearns; three great nieces,
Mary Frances (Scott) Raffo, Elizabeth (Jeff) Steinheider, Joan (John) Hafner; delighted in visits from her
six
great-great
nieces
and nephews,
Mason,
Margaret
Mary,
Micah,
Ella,
Clay,
Annora; her
extended family includes, Rebecca Littleton, Madeline Lawrence Peters, The Gibbons Family (Susan,
Chris, Matthew and Mark), Melissa Schulte and family. Her family would like to thank Dr. Ann Costello,
her staff and Hospice of Ithaca for giving them the support they needed to care for "Dr. Mary" at home.
The family also thanks her loving aides: Claudia Compton, Wendy Hunnewell and Kim Bougie. Funeral
services will be held on Saturday, November 15, 2014 at 12:00 p.m. at the Caroline Valley Community
Church, 546 Valley Rd, Brooktondale, NY with the Rev. Daniel Phillips, officiating. Burial will be held
privately in the Ridgway Cemetery, Brooktondale, NY. The family will receive friends Friday, November
14, 2014 from 4 to 6 p.m. at the Estey, Munroe & Fahey Funeral Home, 137 Main Street, Candor, NY.
Memorial contributions may be made in Dr. Mary R. Tinker's memory to the Caroline Valley Community
Church, P.O. Box 95, Brooktondale, NY 14817 or Hospice of Ithaca, 172 E. King Rd., Ithaca, NY 14850.
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CLASSES TO BE HONORED
CLASS OF
1965
FREDERICK AHART
FRANCES ROSE ARMSTRONG
RAYMOND BAETZ
SUSAN GERACE BICKELHAUPT
STEPHEN BLACK
ROBERT BOND
LINDA JANTZ BOOKMAN
BONNIE WHITNEY BULGER
THERESA KRAWIC BURLEIGH
MAUREEN CHAFFEE
SHIRLEY PASCAVAGE COLE
CATHERINE HOLLENBECK COMEAU *
ANN HOLLENBECK CORSON
CASSANDERA HANER CORTRIGHT
THOMAS M. CRAIG *
SHEILA WEST CUTRI
PHILIP DAVIS
CAROL QUICK DECKER
KENNETH DEPEW
ELAINE TURNER DEPEW
BRADLEY DEPUY
DAVID DIEHL
JYLANDRA LAURENSON DILES
JANET IVES ERNISSE
SHIRLEY SMALL E2ELL
MERRILEE MUIR GOMILLION
GEORGIA NEILD GOULD
WARREN HALL
GERALD HALL
FLOSSIE WRIGHT HARRISON
GARY HENRY
CAROL LIS HENRY
CATHY STICKLE HOOVER
DONALD HOVER
ALBERTA KIRK JACKSON
GERALD JORDAN
DAVIS JORDAN
DELORES HENDRICKSON KING *
DAWN SHAVER LANDWEHR
LINDA LIPKA
RUSSELL LOWELL *
ROBERT MAKI
FRED MARSHALL
JOAN BEEBE MEDDAUGH
RODNEY C. MILLAGE
LESLIE PIKE MONARCH
LAURA CHAFFEE MORSE
JAMES MORSE
JAMES F. MOYER *
PAUL PIATT
JEANETTE SHADY RIDENOUR
HELEN SPICER ROBINSON
BONNIE SANFORD
CAROL FOSTER SHARP
KENNETH SHELDON JR.
SALLY FOSTER SMITH
JANE CRONK SPANO
DAVID STARK
BONNIE BENNETT STRICKLAND
WILLIAM TARGOSH
ALBERT VERGASON
J. GREGORY WARD
LORRAINE HALL WELLS
RODNEY WEST
THERESEZAMOISKI
PETER ZAMOISKI
* DECEASED
CLASS OF 1995
STEPHANIE ADAMS
JENNIFER ALQUIST
MICHAEL ANDERSON
TERRY ANDERSON
JASON ATKINS
ERIC AUFFHAMMER
DUANE AUSTIN
CHRISTINE BAUST
GARRY BENESH *
RONALD BONSICK JR.*
JOSHUA CARLUCCI
ADAM COOK
BETTE SUE CORNELL
DOROTHY CUNTURSO
MICHAEL DAVIS
AUTUMN FLETCHER DERBY
JASON DICKENS *
BENJAMIN DILES
VIRGIL DUTRA
JOHNA NEWMAN ENGLISH
LUTHER FIGGS
TRACIE FOOTE
BRADLEY FOSTER JR.
Cont' '95
Cont' '95
LISA LYON YEIER
HEIDI ZIMMER
JOSHUA FRANKLIN
ROSEMARY LIDDINGTON GAMBLE
WILLIAM HAMILL
BRENDA HATCH
JASON HAUS
WILLIAM HEIDL
DENNIS HENRY
JENNIFER HOLLENBECK
JESSICA HOLLENBECK
JEREMY HORN
NATHAN HUTCHINGS
BRAND) JUDGE
HEATHER STRICKLAND KNIGHT
EDWARD KRAUSS
AUDREY NEILD LANG
JESSICA LUOMA
CHRISTINE MANUEL
CRYSTAL MANUEL
RANDY MARSH
GLENDA BENJAMIN MARSH
ERIK MEDOVICH
BRIDGET COLLINS MOFFET
JENNIFER MUSCATO
STEVEN NAGEL
ANTHONY ORMSBY
JOSEPH POTTER
MARK PRASARN
JANUARY WAKEMAN PRATT
HOLLY HOWLAND PULLIS
CINDY PUNGER
JUDY ROYCRAFT RAFFERTY
GARY RAY
* DECEASED
OUR BABY ALUMNI
CLASS OF 2015
JACOB AAGAARD
OLIVIA ABBEY
FRANK AVERY
RACHEL BARNHART
JORDAN BARTOLIS
MARISA BECKEN
GRACIE BLINN
FREEDOM BODA
KIMBERLY BOWGREN
SIMON BURCZK +
WESLEY CAMPBELL
ALEXIS CAUTHEN-WHITTAKER
MORGAN CAVENEY
CHRIS CORNWELL
COLTYN CROTSLEY
BRIANNE CURREN
KIETARAH CZEBINIAK-MANCINI
SARAH DAVIES
ALLY FERRIS
TERRANCE FORBES
JACINDA GARCIA
OWEN GARLOUGH
SARAH GORDNER
JOSH HALLETT
TRISTAN HARBST
BRAD ROBINSON
MELISSA MORSE ROMANS
ROGER ROSE
KURTIS HART
CYRUS HECKATHORN
SCOTT HILLS
JACQUELYNN HORSTMANN
LEANNA HOWE
MATT HOYT
MEGAN IRONS
KYLE JENSEN
KASEY JORDAN
BRYANNA KELLOGG
ANDREW KURTZ
CRYSTAL OGDEN
MATT ORCHARD
ABIGALE PALMER
SARAH CENTENO SCHREIVER
SHANNON BENNETT SHELTON
JOSEPH SLATE
STEPHEN SORRELL
COLINSPEAKMAN
MICHELLE SWARTZ STOUFFER
HOPE TELFORD-RAKE
CHRIS TERIBURY
ALISON THOMAS
PAMELA BEEBE TRAVIS
ELIZABETH TORRES VANDERMARK
JACKLYNNE WALP VIMISLIK
BERNADETTE HAUS WARD
KYLE WOOL
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Cont' 2015
ALEXIS PATAK
DANIELLE PEAKE
CASSANDRA RADCLIFFE
OLIVIA REAGAN
TAYLOR RITCHIE
JENNIFER RODRIGUEZ
DEVON ROSE
CARISSA RUSSELL
TIM SANDGREN
CJ SHANDS
JESSICA SHAWLEY
KIRSTYN SIEGARD
BRITTNI SWANSBROUGH
BRITTANY TAYLOR
AIDAN TERIBURY
KEVIN VANETTEN
JACOB VANSCOY
STEVEN VEASEY
ANTHONY WHATLEY
RYAN WHEATON
JOSH WILCOX
Candor Teacher
Named Tech
Teacher of The
Year
+ FOREIGN EXCHANGE STUDENT
CONGRATULATIONS
CLASS
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The New York State Technology
Education and
Engineering Association announced Candor High School's
Stephen Lindridge as Teacher of the Year. Lindridge has
been a teacher at Candor High School for the past 23
years, according to the district. On March 5, 2015 Stephen
Lindridge was recognized at the NYSTEEA's 52 Annual
Conference at the Holiday Inn, Binghamton, NY.
Surrounded by his own peers in Binghamton, the
unassuming Lindridge gave a presentation during the
event: " The same thing that I did in Orlando this past fall
at the National Career
Pathways Conference," he said.
"It is a good overview of what all my classes do, what
Teaching philosophy is and where I am headed next year.
Charles Goodwin, the NYSTEEA Advisory Council Chair
presented Lindridge with the award and stated that he is a
tremendous teacher, an innovator who excites his
students to become confident problem solvers and
innovators themselves. Mr. Lindridge
told his fellow
Teachers, "Get your kids doing stuff." "Get them to go to
work to make America great again"
Mr. Lindridge is married to Shannon Smith ('88) and they
live in Newark Valley with their two sons.
YEARBOOKS
CANDOR CENTENNIAL TILES
Lost your yearbook due to a fire, flood etc? Below
is a list of extra yearbooks from 1928-2012. If you are
interested in obtaining a certain year please call Nancy
King at 659-3445 or e-mail her: [email protected]. The
cost for a yearbook is strictly by making a donation to
The Alumni Association.
The Alumni Association will be running an ongoing fund
raiser for you to buy a piece of History. We have made
ceramic tiles with the photograph of the school (1909)
pictured on the front.
They are centennial tiles
depicting the school 100 yrs.ago,1909-2009. I hope you
feel the same as I do in wanting a remembrance of your
alma mater. Pictured above is the tile. They are 6"x 6"
with cork backing and a hanger. The price is $12.50. If
you are interested in ordering, please E-mail me :
[email protected] . At this time we have only 2 tiles
left. Thank you for your continuing support to your
Alumni Association.
1928
1988-2000
1931
2002-2006
1932
2008
1938
2009
1939
2012
1940-1958
1960-1981
1983-1986
ALUMNI RECORDS
Attention out-of-area Alumni
Have you moved or changed your name?
Please help us keep our alumni records updated.
If you've moved or changed your name or phone
number, let us know. It will help us reduce
undetiverable mail and save postage. Contact
us by mail, email or phone with any name change,
new mailing address, phone number and your class
year, We really appreciate your cooperation.
The Alumni Association conducts a Poinsettia Sale each
fall. If you would like to order a plant as a gift for a loved
one in the Candor area, we will have two deliveries, one
in November and then again the first week in December.
The plants are in 6 1/2" pots, in assorted color choices .
Local alumni are encouraged to order for themselves,
their churches, or other organizations. Watch for a
reminder notice in October by email or contact one of
the Alumni officers listed on the front page of this
newsletter.
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CLASS OF 1965 SENIOR TRIP
APRIL 1965
Back Row: Robert Bond, Robert Maki, James Gregory Ward, James Moyer,
Raymond Baetz, Bradley DePuy, Edward McAvoy, William Targosh, Philip
Davis, David Diehl, Mr. Smith (Class Advisor), Sandra Heslop, Ed Heslop,
Betty O'Konsky, Ted O'Konsky (Chaperones), Kenneth Sheldon, Albert
Vergason, James Morse, Peter Zamoiski, Gary Stage, Fredrick Ahart,
Donald Hover, Steve Black, Dale Fred Marshall, Russell Lowell, Robert
Bond;
Middle Row: Rodney Millage, Thomas Craig, Gary Henry, Jeanette Shady,
Bonnie Sanford, Carol Quick, Shirley Pascavage, Theresa Krawic, Georgia
Neild, Sheila West, Janet Ives, Theresa Zamoiski, Carol Foster, Linda Jantz,
Raymond Stark, Gerald Jordan, Kenneth DePew, Warren Hall;
Front Row: Catherine Hollenbeck, Bonnie Whitney, Ann Hollenbeck, Carol
Lis, Cassandra Haner, Flossie Wright, Linda Lipka, Lorraine Hall, Dawn
Shaver, Jane Cronk, Maureen Chaffee, Susan Gerace, Delores Hendrickson,
Leslie Pike, Sally Foster, Alberta Kirk, Merrilee Muir, Duane Elaine Turner,
Cathy Stickle, Laura Chaffee.
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RAYMOND BAETZ ('65):
FACTS ABOUT THE CLASS OF
1965
Senior Class Officers
President:
Vice-President:
Secretary:
Treasurer:
Class Adviser:
Thomas Melvin Craig
Dawn Marie Shaver
Alberta Mae Kirk
Susan Carol Gerace
Mr. Richard E. Smith
Deceased Classmates:
Catherine Ann (Hollenbeck) Comeau
Thomas Melvin Craig
Delores Ann Hendrickson King
Russell Ivan Lowell
James Floyd Moyer
Class of '65 Classmates:
It goes without saying, that the Class of '65 was
the best class ever/ Fifty years on, we still recall
our memorable school days, the various activities, the caring and supportive teachers, and
most of all, our classmates. We've lost a few
over the years, we've lost track of a few more,
and whether they've moved far away from
Candor, or live nearby, it's always fun to catch
up on where the road of life has taken us. And
so it's time to catch up with those who we've
coaxed into submitting a bit of news. Hope to
see many more of you at our 50th Reunion
-Carol (Lis) Henry
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After graduation from CCS, I graduated from Broome
Tech, then joined the US Army and received an honorable
discharge. I tried marriage for about seven rather ugly
years to a woman that my catholic church advised me not
to marry (but I did it anyway...SORRY, GOD), and like
most humans I spent 30 years working. The first half of
my working career was in corporate America with the
three piece suits, a briefcase, and board meetings,
airplane flights, etc.; the second half was as a civil
servant working for the government (the V.A. and the
Department of Labor-special note: if you ever plan on
being a Whistle Blower, make damn sure that your
employer is not the U.S. government—I shall say no more!)
This is a tiny nutshell of my life...a very happy life I can
tell you I have had, two beautiful daughters, and 5 stunning grandchildren. Yes an extremely happy and joyous
life (except for becoming a husband in complete violation
of my catholic church's, and in deciding to be a whistleblower and then in dying for about 3 days. Otherwise, life
has truly been great. I have no regrets. As for my 3 days
being dead—here is what happened: I was hospitalized
for I38 days, and then they wouldn't let me go home to my
Charlotte residence because they did not want me to be
living alone-as I am still recuperating through the final
stages of recovery. So they secretly contacted my Pennsylvania daughter and her family and only then would
they let me out of the hospital to live with them. My
daughter is simply the best! But I cannot wait to be back
in my Charlotte residence, fully restored, and back to
my way of life and lifestyle! What happened was, on 9/11
2014, Thursday at about noon, I was out for a walk on a
bright sunny day when without any notice I collapsed and
died on the shoulder of the road, because a lower
body stent that had been in me for the two previous years
malfunctioned and totally shut down—it killed me right on
the spot—dead as a doornail. Three days later I came back
to life in the hospital where the ambulance had taken me
in a state of DOA! The medical people at the hospital refer
to me as their miracle of miracles, and medically in as
good a shape and condition as the day I was born, or so
they assured me. Except for a necrosis condition in my
left foot and ankle and toes which they have been
battling for the 138 days successfully thus far, and
although I now walk with a left foot limp, everything
should be 100 % in a couple more months or so they tell
me. At any rate, it beats the hell out of being dead. I tried
that once, didn't like it. Yes, I am very lucky. In the very
words of the chief
surgeon and his entire staff, I am in
spectacularly perfect condition and they are amazed as to
just how perfect. In the
very words of my chief
surgeon as he turned to his nurse and said "nurse, this is
the Mr. Baetz we have all been talking about...Mr.
Baetz
he who died but "ON THE THIRD DAY HE
AROSE AGAIN "( his very words!).
We traveled to Pasadena, Las Vegas, Charlotte, NC,
Cleveland and Phoenix to name a few.
CASANDRA HANER ('65) CORTRIGHT:
I am so proud to be a member of the class of 1965! We
had great classmates and wonderful teachers who
challenged and encouraged us to be the best that we
could be. Years after our graduation, our daughter Sue
(class of '91) reported that Mr. O'Konsky always said
that the class of '65 was the best class ever! Upon
graduation at the tender age of 18, my goal was to
further my education for a career in nursing or
elementary education.
Unfortunately, my father
discouraged me from these pursuits, saying that nurses
and teachers were "a dime a dozen". Lacking any
further encouragement, I gave up, took an apartment in
Ithaca, and worked at various retail jobs until I met and
married my first husband and moved to Syracuse. We
had been living and working in Syracuse for about 18
months when I became homesick, and we returned to
Candor, living on a property on Brink Rd. next to my
parents. During that time, I worked in commercial testing at NCR. (A funny side note, Carol (Lis) Henry's dad
was my supervisor.)Saclly, my husband and I were
young and foolish, and our four year marriage ended in
divorce, but to this day, we remain good friends. I was
again working in Ithaca when I met my current husband,
Sam, who was divorced and had a five year old son,
John. Sam and I married in 1972, and will celebrate our
43rd anniversary in September. When we were newly
married, we lived in Lansing, NY. When the opportunity
to purchase property in Candor that had been in the
Haner family since 1868 arose, we jumped at the chance
and have been here ever since. Sam's son, John, has
always been a big part of our lives, spending his
younger years between his mom's home and ours. We
are proud of the man he has become. Sam and I had two
children, Sue (class of '91) and Tom who was 18 years
old when he passed away in December of his senior
year at CCS in 1996. Sue has given us two wonderful
grandsons. Alex is 22 and a 2012 graduate of CCS.
Connor is 11, and a student at Candor Elementary.
They bring us much joy and laughter.
After our first child was born, I stayed home until she
went to school and then took a job at Cornell in the
athletic department. Eventually, I worked my way up to
become a certified equipment manager. Certification is
important when fitting helmets and other protective gear
for football team members and other athletes. I enjoyed
my work at Cornell. The staff and students were
wonderful to work with and my co-workers were like
family. After I became certified, I had to maintain my
certification by attending conventions in various
locations to earn continuing education units by going
to workshops and being tested.
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Sam and I were able to fly to San Diego several times to
visit our daughter and first grandson when her husband
was a Marine stationed at Mira Mar. While in southern
California we also visited our good friends who showed
us around the L.A and Hollywood area.
After 27 years at Cornell, I took an early retirement when
our daughter became critically ill following the birth of our
second grandson. Sue was in and out of four hospitals
over the course of eighteen months and needed my care
and support. Thankfully, she survived the ordeal and is
now happy and healthy. I did not return to work, however,
as a few months later I was diagnosed with COPD.
Foolishly, some of us Baby Boomers thought it was so
cool to smoke in the mid-'60s ! Other than my lungs
being shot, I enjoy good health with no aches or pains. I'm
enjoying a modified version of retirement by doing lots of
reading, enjoying the grandkids, Haner family gettogethers, watching the birds at our feeders and an
occasional meal out. Many alum have mentioned the
senior trip to Washington, DC in their letters. I think this is
because many of us small town, middle income kids
didn't have the opportunity to travel very far, and it was
our first taste of independence so to speak. Our first stop
at Gettysburg was interesting even though we only saw
the electric map and a few artifacts in the museum. I
remember one of the guys in our class making a
comment about how difficult it must have been to fight
the battle in the wide open spaces and some wise guy
replied, "They
could
take cover
behind
the
monuments." Our bus drivers, Gene and Ed did a terrific
job getting us down and back safely. The job couldn't
have been an easy one with all us noisy teenagers
aboard! We had a wonderful time seeing the sights in
Washington and if memory serves, we mostly behaved
ourselves. One thing that stands out in my mind is going
to something new to us, it was called a disco-theque
(later shortened to disco). Back then, girls would dance
fast dances together and when my best friend Flossie and
I hit the floor, we were mobbed by young men who wanted
to dance with us. The trip home was unremarkable, but
one thing stands out in my mind-many of our male
classmates had purchased skateboards, the old narrow
kind, and rode them in the parking lots when we stopped
to eat or stretch our legs. Other memories of our time at
dear old C.C.S. include all the record hops we had with
local DJs playing , watching our wonderful athletes
compete, learning the cheers right at an assembly by Hal
Holbrook doing his famous "An Evening With Mark
Twain", watching our faculty play against The Harlem
Globetrotters and I even recall a circus performance in
the old gym. We had our sad times too with the deaths of
Carl Budinger and Mike Dominic. For many of us, it was
the first tine we realized that tomorrow is not promised.
PHILIP DAVIS ('65):
It's been a good journey these past 50 years from CCS
with many ups and a few downs. My road started out at
SUNY Geneseo along the Genesee River with a major in
Broadcasting and a minor in English. After many hours
of cafeteria work, I was given a terrific work-study
opportunity to work in the college athletic office as a
student sports publicist helping to publicize men's
athletics. Back in those days, before Title IX, there were
no women's varsity sports. Thankfully, times have
changed! I had a blast travelling with soccer, basketball
and baseball teams and sending press releases and brief
game reports back to hometown newspapers.
By junior year (1967), I had met my best friend and love
of my life, Marcia Kay Briscoe of Rotterdam, NY. We met
in the cafeteria line, were engaged during our junior year
and were married just two weeks after graduating in June
of 1969. Just days before my last semester at Geneseo, I
knew that I wanted to become a school teacher much
more than following the crazy hours of a sportscaster.
We were both hired by the Camden Central School
system in Camden and our road took us to live by the
shore of Oneida Lake the day after we were married.
We spent five good years in Camden and the Good Lord
blessed us with Paul Douglas (1970) and Jody Lorraine
(1972), By 1970, I had begun commuting to SUNY
Oswego for grad work and teacher certification. I was
able to coach junior high baseball there for five years
and help with a school newspaper. But, by 1974, we were
ready for a change. We followed the road to Rotterdam,
Marcia's hometown, and I taught eighth grade and high
school English and coached varsity cross country at
Schoharie HS which reminded me greatly of Candor.
Much the same type of school and community. After
valuable experience at Schoharie, I moved on to spend
the last 25 years of my teaching career at Voorheesville
HS, just south of Albany. We still lived in Rotterdam. Paul
and Jody were growing up really fast and becoming involved in their own high school - Marcia's alma mater Mohonasen Central School.
While at Voorheesville, I was fortunate to be able to earn
a Master's Degree in Public School Administration from
SUNY Albany and spent time as athletic director,
assistant principal and, finally, as English department
chair. We took, it seemed as though, 100s of trips to
Owego to visit my mom and sister; dozens of short
family vacations and we spent hours and hours at school
events. Both Paul (tuba) and Jo (piccolo) were involved
in many school music activities -especially a championship marching band. Once our two were college
graduates and out of the house, Marcia and I decided to
move across the Mohawk River to the Village of Scotia
wnere we nave oeen since "i»»». we enjoy our nome
and treasure the visits and overnights with grandkids
and good friends.
After retiring, in 2002, from Voorheesville, I was able to
work with student teachers from Siena College and
SUNY Pittsburgh for several semesters trying to keep
up with the many changes in the teaching profession.
And summer work? I tried to keep busy during the
summer with jobs ranging from golf course landscaper
to roofer to Mr. Mom. I think I took just one summer
"off' - when I had to write a thesis.
Along the way, we have had some downs or dark roads
to travel. We survived brother Gene's passing in 1993
and Ronnie's battle with leukemia which took his life in
2009. Toughest road was the sudden passing of our
son, Paul, in 2001 after a long struggle with epilepsy.
We miss all of them greatly. And the Lord shows us
good roads, too. Just after Paul passed, Jody gave
birth to our first granddaughter - Julia Katherine
Sitors. Jody and her husband, Rick, live in Glenville,
NY - just 10 minutes away. Julia is in 8th grade now.
Her brother, Derek Michael (third grade) and sister,
Jenna Kay (first) complete our family.
For the heck of it, daughter Jody, in 1996, convinced
me that I just had to join a marching band that she had
joined - The Yankee Doodle Band from Fort Crailo in
Rensselaer, NY. And we have had a terrific time. We
march in close to 20 parades each season and play 10
or 12 concerts. We have had the pleasure of marching
in American Legion Convention parades in such cities
as San Antonio, Anaheim and Honolulu. Would love to
do the Candor July 4th parade some year.
The road from Candor High has been rewarding.
Writing this has made me take time to think of so many
good friends from our school days. Some dear ones
are no longer with us. Friends and neighbors. And
great teachers with whom I would have been proud to
work and have as colleagues. Teachers such as Mr.
Heslop, Miss Goulart, Mr. Whitney, Mr. Kreh, Mrs.
MacPherson, Mr. Daggett and Mrs. King. And Mrs.
Risley who taught me to type! Lifesaver, Mrs. Risley,
So many to mention.
It is just so hard to fathom that we celebrate our 50 th
year of "freedom" from CCS. Life has been good. I
work now part-time, at my children's former high
school, as a tutor for suspended high school kids.
Marcia's parents are well and moving, this spring, back
to Scotia from Florida to be active great grandparents.
My mom, 96 this year, is in good health, sold our house
in Catatonk in 1984 after retiring from the lunch
counter in Owego Newberry's. She lives in an
apartment in Owego but no longer makes as many
apple pies. She made nearly 100 total for our class,
13 Ronnie's and Gene's junior class pie sales!
CAROL QUICK(<65) DECKER:
We built a beautiful new home with a pool, but the
sunshine, the adventure, and the new home were not
enough to keep Elaine from her first grandchild. So, we
moved back to Candor in 1998 where we bought the
"Jennings" house on Main Street. Elaine went back to
work at Cornell and Ken worked in auto sales in Owego
and then as the Service Manager for Pritchard DodgeChrysler in Ithaca. When retirement time came a-calling
in 2008, we built a new house on the highest hill between
Waverly and Lockwood. The view is breathtaking - the
wind literally takes your breath away!!
Hi Classmates (1965), looking forward to seeing all of
you when we meet for our 50th class reunion.
My husband Ken and I will be married 46 years on July 5,
2015. Of course, both of us have retired, Ken from IBM,
Loral, and Lockheed Martin (43 1/2 yrs.)> and I babysitting
nieces, nephews, and neighbor, along with raising our 4
girls, and then followed by babysitting our grandchildren
(sometime I still do).
Our daughters, Sheri ('88), Lisa ('91), Lori ('93), and Sue
('97), graduated from Candor Central School. We have 10
grandchildren and 1 due any day (Feb. 2015). Our two
oldest granddaughters have given us 4 greatgrandchildren. We now travel to see our grandchildren
playing sports. But we have to root for Newark Valley
and Owego.
We are loving retirement! Ken keeps busy restoring old
cars and building hotrods. Ho enjoys building them - we
rarely ride in the finished ones before he sells them!
Elaine enjoys gardening, quilting, painting, reading, and
feeding the birds. We spend our time together spoiling
the grandchildren and haunting antique stores and flea
markets.
We are still involved with our church, and are members
of Friends of The Library. For the Alumni Banquet, I am
the 30-Year Class Historian, and Liaison For the Class of
1965. (Thanks, Carol Henry for finding lost addresses for
the Class of 1965.)
After almost 49 years of marriage, we have been truly
blessed with two wonderful sons and four delicious
grandchildren - 3 girls and finally...a grandson! We have
our health, each other, and fond memories of growing up
in a small town and our school days at CCS.
Moves:
Well years back, we moved from lower Honeypot Road,
Candor, to Tubbs Hill Road, Candor, a total of 1 V* miles.
Does that count?
KENNETH & ELAINE TURNER DEPEW:
Wow! 50 Years! Can it be true? Are we really 'that' old?
After graduation, Elaine went to work at Cornell
University and Ken joined the U.S. Air Force. Following
basic in San Antonio, TX and technical training at
Chanute AFB, Illinois, we were married and Ken was
stationed at Griffiss Air Force Base in Rome NY as a
Crew Chief on B52s. We lived in Rome 3 years and then
moved to Spencer, NY when Ken's service ended. We
lived in Spencer for 21 years, where we raised our two
sons, Mark and Scott. Ken worked for Snap-On Tools,
owned his own tool business for several years, and then
made a career change to auto sales representative for
30+ years. Elaine worked a short time for Tioga State
Bank, and then returned to Cornell where she worked for
28 years on the state campus.
In 1991, we took a leap of faith and moved to Port
Charlotte, Florida (Elaine refers to this time as "Ken's
mid-life crisis"). We were especially fortunate to spend 7
years living near Elaine's dad, the infamous "Bucky"
Turner. Ken worked as an auto sales rep/sales manager
and Elaine worked for an engineering firm.
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Our high school years at CCS were the most memorable.
We look back fondly on the junior and senior plays,
cheerleading, football and basketball games and hardwon championships, record hops in the gym, junior and
senior proms, the senior trip to DC, and most
importantly, the wonderful, caring teachers who guided
us on our journey. It was a privilege and an honor to be
part of the Class of 1965 and we look forward to making
new memories with our former classmates at the
reunion.
JYLANDA LAURENSON ('65) DILES:
The most memorable times at Candor Central School
include having Roger Miller as a History teacher. I also
remember Miss Goulart as an art teacher and all the good
times we had in her class. After leaving high school in
1964, I got married and lived happily for 32 years. I have
two wonderful sons—one is a Sergeant in the Binghamton
Police Force and the other is a manager at Michaels in
Vestal. I worked at Cornell University Law School for 43
years and retired in 2008. I started working in 1965 at
$1.26 an hour. I worked as an off-set press worker there
and copied all the class material for the law students.
During this time, I took my GED and passed. After ten
years of doing that, I was asked to be a secretary for the
law faculty. I took a typing course at Cornell and became
a legal secretary. I loved my job. I ended up getting $25.00
an hour at retirement. I really encourage young people to
stay with a place of employment for an extended time if
they can.
After retirement, I was asked by one of my professors
who I worked for since 1983, to work for him from home. I
am still doing that. I am a caregiver for my 91 year old
mother and am very busy with that also.
GARY HENRY, SR. ('65):
My years at CCS were fantastic--! enjoyed every minute,
especially sports. We were fortunate to have the best
teachers a class could ask for. When I graduated, I was
already enlisted in the USAF. I wanted to see the world
and thought the USAF was the best place to do that.
Within a month of graduating, I was in Basic Training at
Lackland AFB in San Antonio, Texas, and then went to
AmariUo AFB in Texas for Fuel Specialist Schoolgraduating with Honors. I lucked out and receive orders to
Bitburg AFB, Germany, in the beautiful Eifel Mountains
next to the Luxembourg border.
In 2010, my mother and I drove to California and back with
our dog to visit relatives. We had a wonderful time. I love
gardening, taking care of our chickens and doing yard
work and painting. We had a wonderful time. I love
gardening, taking care of our chickens and doing yard
work and painting.
Carol (my high school sweetheart) and I were married in
December of 1965 before I left for Germany—she joined
me three months later. Upon arriving at Bitburg, I was
promoted because I had graduated with honors from Fuel
Specialist School. Within a year I was promoted again and
put in charge of ground fuel deliveries and was the
section's off-base driver. I had the best of both worlds—I
could refuel aircraft on the flight line one day, and drive
all over Germany or France to various military
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installations, the next. I saw a lot of very beautiful
country.
With all the interesting sites to see in Europe, Carol and I
naturally caught the travel bug. in my off-duty time, we
traveled all over Europe in our little green '58 VW bug
that we called shien. We did take enough time off from
traveling to have two children, Gary Jr. ('66) and Angela
('68). We lived in a two room apartment on the third floor
of our Landladies home.
Before we knew it, three years had passed and it was
time to rotate home. Carol came home three months
before I did. Leaving Germany was very hard because we
had made a lot of very good friends that we still keep in
touch with. We were told not to wear our uniforms home
after we processed out of McGuire AFB in NJ, it seems
people liked to spit on service members and create a
scene back then because of Vietnam. Of course the
'hippies' were a fascination to us, as we missed a whole
generation in just three years.
I almost made a career of the Air Force, but decided get
into the field of computing. However, with a wife and two
kids, I needed a job, so went to work for NCR in the
inventory department. I went to the unemployment office,
and interviewed with a guy who was a vet. He arranged
an interview with a company called Ithaca Textiles that
was willing to train in the field of computers. I went to the
interview and was told I was the first one who had shown
a real interest in learning computers. As I was leaving his
office, he called me back and said I was hired. I studied
hard, took a correspondence course in computer
programming, did some RPG programming in my spare
time, and was soon put in charge of the computer room.
After three years, Ithaca Textiles moved to North
Carolina. Carol and checked the area out and decided to
stay in Candor, but I did go to NC to train the new
computer staff.
I then worked for the Touchett Corporation in Ithaca
(based out of Syracuse—processing for Ithaca Gun,
CSEA in Albany, and seven other companies) as a
Computer Operator, after six months I was put in charge
of the operations. Two years later they moved their
operations to Syracuse. Not wanting to live in Syracuse, I
did go long enough to train their computer operations
staff. One of the companies we did processing for was
10x Corporation in Boulder, CO. They hired one of our
lead programmers to head their computer facility, who
wanted me to go and manage the operations area for
him. I turned that job down because we wanted to stay in
the Candor area.
Our youngest son, Brian, was born in 1971—surprise!
There was an opening for a night time Computer
Operator job at Cornell University in the Finance an
Business Office, so I applied for that thinking it would
ho an interim inh
Well this job was pretty boring compared to what I was
used to, so I asked my boss if I learned the COBOL
computer language, could I write computer programs for
them to fill in my slack time-he agreed. One nice aspect
about this job was that I worked nights and had plenty of
time to build my house (hands-on) during the morning
hours before work. I also took a job as substitute mail
carrier at the Willseyville Post Office.
Our three kids graduated from Candor. Gary Jr.('85) (wife
Debbie), graduated from SUNY Delhi, then transferred to
Kent State University in Ohio, graduating in Architecture,
and now works for Hunt Enterprises in Horseheads, and
is on the Candor Town Planning Board. After graduation,
Angela('86) joined her husband ( Bartt Smith('84) ) in
England while he was in the USAF, she now works for
International Agriculture at Cornell University where she
has had the opportunity to travel to many different
countries for Cornell. Brian('91) (wife Lillian) graduated
from SUNY Morrisville, then joined and spent three years
as active Air Force, and then transferred to the Air
National Guard in Syracuse, has served overseas and in
Iraq. He is a Tioga County Sheriff Deputy, and a Master
Sergeant in the Air National Guard. All of our family lives
close by and we get together often. We have six grandchildren (Renee, Casey, Ben, Rachel, Emily, and Megan)
and three step-grandchildren (Mikayla, Miranda, and
Philip), and one great-granddaughter, Makenzie
(Renee's), who we have the privilege of babysitting.
I was promoted to Computer Operations Manager for the
Statutory Finance and Business Office at Cornell, and had
a day job, and a few years later took over and managed
both the Endowed and Statuary Computer Operations and
Technical Departments for the Division of Financial
Affairs, retiring after 30 years. I saw a lot of changes at
Cornell over those thirty years. I oversaw and helped
install many new and revised accounting systems over
the years. My last boss at Cornell accepted a job as
Director of Computing at Berkley University, CA. Before
she left she asked me to move to Berkley to help
straighten out the Computer Operations Section, but I
turned her down. Seems like someone was always trying
to get me to leave Candor.
In my spare time I bowled on a Cornell team, played softball, and even coached Candor Little League for ten years
-both the teams in town and the travel teams. I have
many memories of the Candor kids who played ball for
me. I also was head umpire and coordinated the umpires
for most of those ten years, and was a member of the
Candor Little League Committee. I was WEBELOS den
leader for a few years and have worked with the Boy
Scouts through the Candor Masonic Lodge and have been
registered with the Boy Scouts for the past thirty years. I
have been Chairman of the Candor Masonic Lodge
Scholarship Awards Committee for thirty years and have
interviewed many Candor seniors for this award.
CAROL (LIS) HENRY ('65):
Gary and I have had many wonderful and unique
opportunities come our way since we graduated and
married. I won't repeat a lot of what Gary has written—
which include building our own home, and information
about our kids), but I do have to say that living in
Germany while he was in the Air Force was a major
turning point in our lives. We had to depend on
ourselves, and each other, as contact back home wasn't
an option back in the day. But it was here that we did get
that travel bug. We lived on a shoe-string, and traveled—
a lot—all over Germany,
Austria, Holland, Belgium,
Luxembourg,
France, Italy,
Lichtenstein,
and
Switzerland. I joined Airman Wives' Club, was treasurer,
and met a lot of people from around the world.
Carol and I both retired from Cornell in 2000, each of us
having over 30 years of service at the University. Since we
retired we have traveled a good portion of the world and
made a lot of friends all over the USA.
After we returned State-Side, I worked at Olin Library at
Cornell, quit for a year to attend the School of
Cosmetology in Elmira, then went back to work at
Cornell in the School of Human Ecology Registrar's
Office for 9 1/j years before transferring to what now has
become the Department of Horticulture in the Ag School,
as the Administrative Assistant to the Chair (one of many
responsibilities). Needless to say, I worked with
students, professors, adjunct professors, and guests
from places and diverse cultures all over the world on a
daily basis, and organized many functions over the
years.
I have been a member of the Candor Masonic Lodge #411
for 30 years, and am now Master of the Lodge for the 3rd
time. I have also held many district offices to include
District Deputy Grand Master (DDGM) of the CST District
(Chemung, Schuyler, Tioga Counties). I have been a
member of the Candor Historical Society from its
formation, and serve on the Building Committee, and the
4th of July Float Committee, and have had a lot of fun
building floats over the years. I am also a member of the
Candor American Legion Post #907.
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Although I didn't have the opportunity to travel for the
university, Gary and I became world travelers on our own,
and besides having travelled to all 50 States, we've globe
trotted to Canada, Norway, England, Scotland, Russia,
Estonia, China, Japan, Egypt, Jordan, Australia, New
Zealand, French Polynesian Islands, Brazil, Argentina,
Peru (Machu Picchu), Chile, Costa Rica, Panama, Mexico,
Columbia, Porto Rico, Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary, and
all the Caribbean Islands, and more. And we're not
finished traveling yet
But from our travels, the opportunity to write travel
features began back in the 1980s when I wrote for Travel
News International. Later I submitted a feature to Porthole
Cruise Magazine, which is owned by Panoff Publishing in
Ft. Lauderdale, FL. Little did I know that they also
produced deluxe magazines and hardcover booklets for
major cruise lines. Over the years, I have written in-depth
features for Princess Discovery, Radisson 7-Seas, Windstar Sophisticate, P&O Waves, Alaska, Holland American,
Journey in Paradise, and Seabourn Club Herald, not to
mention the occasional travelogue for the local papers. I
also become a local photo-jo urn a list/reporter for several
local papers, as well—all while working at Cornell.
Although I had played around with writing a novel, I didn't
get serious until the kids had graduated and Gary and I
retired and I could devote time to writing. We took an
early retirement at age 54 %, with the shared goal of
traveling, and my added goal of writing. I was already a
member of Romance Writers of American, and was now
ready to join a local chapter, as well as a critique group,
attending conferences, and workshops. And so, using my
travel experiences, Amazon Connection, my first novel
was published, and now my world evolves around
writing—6 novels and counting, several with great
reviews.
In the High School Year Book they referred to me as Miss
Pep. Little did they know—I haven't slowed down yet.
Because through all of the above, family, friends, and
community have always been most important to us. While
Gary did the sports thing with the boys, we both did Cub
Scouts, were on the Boy Scout Committee, and I was one
of the first two female Cub Masters! I did Girl Scouts for
many years, Brownies, Juniors, and was Neighborhood
Chairman for Candor, Spencer, Van Etten, and earned my
25 year pin. I Coached Candor JV and Varsity Football and
Basketball Cheerleaders for 5 years. I have given writing
workshops, held writing classes for 5th and 6th graders,
started a local adult writers group in 1992, which
continues to meet the first Wednesday of the month. I
joined Candor Community Services and served on
various committees, as well as President, helped organize
and was Vice President on the Candor Chamber of
Commerce, and coordinated and ran the first few Candor 17
Fall Festival of Events.
I'm a member of the Candor Legion #907 Auxiliary, and
was the President of the Candor Alumni Association for
several years. From 1989-1991,1 was the Secretary for the
Tioga County Bicentennial Committee, and wrote the
chapter on Tioga County Women for the book Seasons of
change. In 1993,1 became Candor's Deputy Historian, and
in 1995 assumed the position of Historian for both the
town and village. I started the Candor Historical Society in
1996. In July 2000, I was instrumental in organizing
Candor Village's Centennial Celebration, and wrote the
history book on the village; and in 2011, I organized and
spearheaded the Town of Candor's Bicentennial
Celebration, and also wrote a history book on the town
(books are available at the Candor Library, Candor Town
Hall, Main Street Spirits, or by contacting me directly). In
between celebrations, I also published a book on Images
of American Candor—available on line or in most Barnes
and Noble stores; and I continue to write articles for
various papers on Candor events, and give talks on the
history of Candor. I am presently working on obtaining
Historic Roadside Markers for the various historic
churches and locations here in Candor.
CATHY STICKLE('65) HOOVER:
Education: Alfred State College, medical assisting.
Career/employments:
Cornell Civil Engineering
administrative assistant; Tompkins County Planning
Department administrative assistant; 10 years stay at
home mom; Trumansburg Central School District high
school secretary; Leathers & Associates administrative
support and sales; Trumansburg Central School District
clerical and classroom substitute.
Family: Blair Hoover, husband; Douglas Roy, son; Heidi
Carolyn Jones, daughter; Brian Jones, son-in-law.
Travels: Frequent trips up and down east coast and to
Arizona and Colorado to visit family and friends.
Hobbies/interests: Choral singing, hand bells, boating,
antiques, cooking.
Health: Excellent
Moves: After living 40 years in the village of
Trumansburg, we planned, built, and moved into a new
house in Hector, NY, overlooking Seneca Lake, in 2013.
Best years at Candor: All of them!
ROBERT MAKI(C65):
Hello Classmates of '65. A brief history of what's kept me
busy all these years:
Right after graduation, I attended Broome Community
College for a year. In November of 1966, I enlisted in the
USAF. I remember that the PE in basics was easier than
Larry Heinz's football practices. While in the Air Force, I
was stationed at Lowry AFB, Colorado., Homestead,
AFB, Florida, (1968-July 1969), Udon RT AFB, Thailand,
and at Yokota AB Japan. I was released to attend college
in Aug of 1970 (Broome Community). Due to illness, I
wasn't able to finish school. I worked at several menial
jobs, and got a job for NYS Parks and Recreations in
Tompkins Co. In. 1979,1 went to work for a local machine
shop (Therm Inc.) I left there in June of 1986. Being a
member of Candor American Legion, our color guard
proudly represented the veterans of our area. Over the
years I marched with them in several parades, and
participated by playing "taps" at many military funerals.
In closing, I'm retired now. I help out at the Legion.
Should you be in the area, stop by. - Bob Maki, Drybrook
Road, Willseyville, NY 13864
My interests at home have included primarily cars and
golf. I have two old sports cars, one on the road, and the
other in many pieces. I keep trying to improve my golf
game, but haven't succeeded very well. Ginger has
always been a gardener, so I also occasionally need to
help in that effort. Keeping up with what needs to be done
around the house and yard has always seemed to take up
the rest of my time.
Our daughter Shelly now has a daughter of her own, and
she and her husband have a horse farm and boarding
stable in Colorado. David, our son, does financial and
retirement planning in Rochester, and he and his wife
have a son and daughter. Ginger and I both retired several
years ago, and bought a place in Arizona, where we spend
about five months of the year. It lets me golf during the
winter, Ginger can do some gardening, and there's never
any snow. It also provides an attractive spot that our kids
and their families like to visit, especially in a month like
February,
I plan on attending the Alumni Banquet and our 50th Class
Reunion, and am looking forward to seeing many of my
classmates.
DALE FRED MARSHALL('65):
After graduation from CCS, I headed for the University of
Rochester, where I obtained a BS in Mechanical
Engineering. That led to design and analysis jobs in the
field of industrial turbo machinery, such as turbines and
compressors. I continued my education on a part-time
basis, and eventually received an MBA from St.
Bonaventure University. Along the way I met my wife
Ginger at my first job and we had two children, one born
in NY, and the other in Minnesota. We then moved back
to NY, and a few years later on to Massachusetts where I
moved into Engineering Management.
JAMES & LAURA CHAFFEE ('65) MORSE:
After high school, Jim served four years in the Air Force
and I completed my bachelor's and master's degrees in
Education at Cortland. When Jim got out of the service we
settled in Candor. Jim has been self-employed most of his
life, and I taught school for 34 years, mainly in Candor. I
spent most of those years teaching first graders.
We are both retired now. Five years ago, we moved from
Spencer Road to Jenksville Hill into our new home
designed and built by Jim. Except for the wind, we love
being "out in the boonies." Jim spends time four
wheeling and snowmobiling. I enjoy reading and
gardening, and we do a bit of traveling and camping in
our RV when we can. We have two children, and five
school-age grandchildren. Because they live nearby, we
spend a lot of our time attending concerts and sports
events!
Ginger is also an Engineer, and she returned to work
after several years of staying home to raise the kids.
Since turbo machinery is a worldwide business, we both
traveled extensively. Business trips included countries
like Japan, China, South Korea, Venezuela, Nigeria, India,
Poland, Norway, England, Italy, Spain and Germany. We
even lived and worked in France for almost five years.
That experience gave us a chance to visit much of
France, as well as some of the other countries in western
Europe. We now have a place in Cuba, NY, and after all
the business travel over the years, we try to minimize
travel in airplanes as much as possible.
One of my high school memories is never being able to
achieve more than 34 words per minute in typing class,
because Mrs. Risley placed me next to Jim, and he was a
"distraction." Guess he should be typing this.
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JOAN BEEBE('65) MEDDAUGH:
In May of 1963 I lost my Father to a stroke. The same
weekend I learned my mother had breast cancer which
had already spread. In the summer of that year I moved
to Bessemer, NY, to be a nanny for the summer then in
the fall of that year moved to Ithaca and got another job
as a nanny but left because the children were being
abused by their parents. I later got a job and went to
school at Ithaca High School for part of 1963/64 school
year as a care-giver in Cayuga Heights for a Cornell
professor. His wife had Alzheimer's. Christmas of '64,
Larry ('56) and I became engaged, and moved back to
Candor where I finished high school. We had planned to
wait a few years so I could go to a two year college, but
because of my mother's cancer figured it best not to
wait. So on May 1st, I became a Mrs., and graduated in
June as a married woman. After graduation I worked at
the library at Cornell until the death of my mother in July
We lived in three places in Candor, an apartment by the
Methodist Church, which is no longer there, then up over
the old Courier building, now a "beverage" store, which
my mother had given to us as a wedding gift. It had first
been a drug store built by Larry's great grandfather,
James H. Jennings the first. When he passed, it went to
his son James II, and at his passing, it became his wife
Daisy's until she sold it to my dad, Art Beebe for the final
home of the Courier. The building remained in our family
until we sold the building to Cub Dence, with the
business part going through two other owners until
1966/67. We then moved to my old house on Church St.,
living there until we moved to Mesa, AZ in September
1967, and later bought a home in Scotsdale when Larry
got a job working at the Motorola plant located on the
backside of Camelback Mountain.
In 1987 that job fizzled out but we got temporary jobs .
By then our oldest child, Ami, had graduated high school
and was attending college in Eugene, OR. After a year
and a half of schooling she decided it wasn't for her, and
became a nanny in NYC. There, she also attended the
Fashion Institute for a while thinking she wanted to go
into fashion design. By 1990, our son Jim had graduated
high school and was in the Marines. He married in March,
and was stationed in 29 Palms, CA. He later was
deployed to Panama and later to Somalia where he was
almost killed. He returned home in 1993. In January of
1994 we welcomed our first grandchild-John Michael
Allen Meddaugh. Man, did I sew blankets, sheets,
matching bumper pads, two sets, and lots and lots of
quilts, all hand quilted. And plenty of clothes, but alas
that marriage ended and both remarried. We now have
two additional grandchildren, now grown and with one
two year old—our first great-grandchild. Our daughter at
age 45, has been a nanny for 10 years for the same
family in CT. In January of 2013 she married the love of
her life. Our son remarried and has two grown children.
He served as a Marine from 1991-2003. In 2009 they
moved from Georgia to Candor. After the children were
out of the nest I worked outside the home and went to
business school. Since I have been married I have held
many interesting jobs. I have owned my own business as
a seamstress during which time I was commissioned to
design several wedding and bridesmaids gowns, made
and sold dozens upon dozens of baby quilts and king
size quilts along with other baby items , created and
made many beaded jewelry items, as well as other craft
items which I sold. I also had a business of refurbishing
and refinishing many furniture items not only for myself
but others as well. I have been a caretaker of the elderly,
both here and in Portland. At one time I was a part-time
decorator, and helped people get their rooms ready for
Christmas. In our house in Portland, I did 5 theme bedrooms, and at Christmastime had a tree decorated in
each room. I have also taught Sunday School and
Awana. I am very interested in genealogy and love doing
research when my health permits. I have accumulated
over 200 three-ring binders filled with not only our
immediate family but shirt-tail relatives, as well. In doing
the research, I discovered that the Beebe and Jackson
families (on Larry's grandmother Ethel Meddaugh side
and the Meddaugh/Lathrop Lines) have intersected six
times. In later years I have also begun a genealogy
research business for people regarding their family
history. Which I still do. I have also written several
children stories which have yet to be published.
In March of 1968 we adopted a baby girl we named Ami
Bathiel. In September of 1968 we packed bag and
baggage, sold our house, most of the furniture, and
moved to Portland, OR. Having been led by The Lord to
attend Western Conservative Baptist Seminary, Larry
attended there for almost two years. I was a stay at home
mom. We bought a house and settled down, only to sell it
a few months later, and come back to Candor in June.
After our short move to Candor, we moved back to
Portland and bought another house, living there until
1978, while working for Georgia Pacific.
In 1971 our son James Preston Meddaugh was born.
Larry worked for various companies from 1969-2003 and
so moving around became the norm for us. First it was a
couple of months in Louisiana, and in 1975, a year in
Hattiesburg, Mississippi, where we bought a house. That
job fizzled out, so Larry got a job with Rust International,
back in Portland, where he helped design paper mills,
among other things.
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HELEN SPICER('65) ROBINSON:
In 1983 I was fortunate to have located my biological
mother, meet my 90 year old grandmother before she
died, and all my aunts and uncles. It was quite a reunion.
But that is another story which I shall be glad to share if
interested. Our family has moved a lot over the years, a
total of ten times if my math is right. Now I am all worn
out. In 2003, we moved to Vermont as Larry's employer
(IDC) was being outsourced. But after only a month the
job dried up. Luckily the company paid for our move, so
we weren't out one red cent, except for our personal
travel. In the summer of 2004 we felt led to come back
home and like Dorothy said in the Wizard of Oz: "There is
no place like home, there is no place like home", and she
was right. So after much prayer and the willingness to be
open to what God had in mind for us, we moved bag and
baggage, dog and cat and one daughter, back home to
our old stomping grounds. But God wasn't finished with
us yet for He had other plans for us.
Wow! Fifty years have gone by already; it seems so long
ago. I remember starting kindergarten in Miss Moore's
class and how frightened we were to leave our parents.
And as you may remember, I was one of the first
married in our class; I was a new bridge for my entire
senior year. Last summer, August 7, Earl and I
celebrated 50 years of marriage. Together, we have
raised 3 wonderful daughters and now we also have
twelve precious grand-children, and almost as many
greats...all special blessings and gifts from God.
I didn't attend college, but was in the work-field as
receptionist during my senior year and after, using
some skills attained in Mrs. Risley's business class.
Also I worked in a dress factory and still enjoyed
sewing, skills learned from my mom and from Miss
Thompson—one of my favorite teachers. Thank you,
Miss Thompson, I truly learned a lot in your class. I'm
still really a home-maker at heart. And speaking of that,
and acquiring home-making skills—sewing, cooking,
and children, etc., have all led me to where I am today.
Being with children and watching over them has always
been part of my life. Babysitting early on, and taking
care of my young nieces and nephews and later doing
day-care in my home, and even taking some of the
children in if they needed a home for a while. And now,
still I work in pre-school at Zion Lutheran. The children
there are the joy buds of my day, keeping me going.
So after Larry retired for the very last time (he had been
working as a temporary employee at an engineering firm
in Redding, PA, and while there found out that a friend of
ours and former member of AMBC here in Candor was a
pastor in nearby Kutztown. We went to his church while
living in Redding. After we came back from there, The
Lord had one more type of work for us to do, by
becoming owners of a local newspaper we called "The
Candor Statement" which we operated from September
of 2006 until December of 2011. Larry was the editor and
did the business end, while I did the reporting. Our paper
was no Candor Courier, but as we began to set our
goals, we found that my grandfather had almost the
same goals. We had a great run with the paper, but ill
health for the both of us forced us to shut it down. Our
bad health continues to plague us. Through the years I
have had 6 back surgeries, including a pain stimulator
placed in my back, a neck surgery, hip replacement. But I
am still perking along, although I have a mysterious
medical issue we think might be irritated nerve endings
that may have been caused by a fall in 1995, and later
aggravated by the pain stimulator in 2012. In May of
2013, I was hit on my left wrist by a flying rock that came
from a riding lawnmower, resulting in surgery in January
of 2014. In January of 2013 Larry was diagnosed with end
stage kidney failure and now his life is kept busy with
three days a week dialysis, and a number of major
hospital stays lasting several months.
I have already lost both my parents and Earl's also,
many years ago. And now have lost all my siblings as
well. All my brothers served in the military, most before
I was even thought about. My brother, Don, and closest
in age to me, lost his life in the Vietnam War in 1967.
Two of our grandsons served in wars in Iraq, and Afghanistan, and are now retired from duty; and from
serving their country.
Have I moved around a lot; well...no. I'm still a home
town girl. We purchased our family home right next to
my childhood Spicer farm on Catatonk Creek and lived
there 47 years. We now live in Catatonk Apartments,
just a jump across the creek. Feel welcome to stop by
and chat awhile, share a cup of coffee, and catch up.
Travel? No—just some short, close to home trips, but
since our youngest daughter and her family moved to
Florida, I can travel. I've put my fear of flying in God's
hands and now have my wings. I feel like a happy bird
going south.
Hope to see all are classmates at the reunion and let us
give Candor a rocking good time.
I have no PhD's or fancy letter after my name, but I am
happy for and proud to honor and celebrate those who
do.
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I have experienced so much, so far, during my life, both
joyful and very, very sad. I've learned much from all my
experiences—both perseverance and lots of patience, and
love shared and put to the test. What I would like to pass
on to my classmates and friends is that God saw the road
ahead of me. He knew the events before, and how I would
respond. He led me and many times even pushed from
behind when I resisted. And today still, "He is my closest
and best friend and guide ever. I couldn't have
accomplished anything without him."
THERESA ZAMOISKI('65):
Hi all you old guys.
Can't believe that 50 years has come and gone, and we are
still here. At graduation I thought 50 years after graduation
you had to be old. Well, we are there and not old at all.
After graduation I spent two years in Syracuse at Catholic
Girls college, three years in Wisconsin at Lacrosse
University and two years at Penn State. I hate the cold
weather, so I moved to Florida in '73. I taught preschool
and Kindergarten in Boca Raton, moved to Jacksonville,
FL, where I worked at the YWC for twelve years. I moved
over to Head Start and spent twenty-five years with low
income preschoolers and their families. I spent seven
years helping parents take care of their kids, and eighteen
years in charge of facilities, maintenance, and custodial for
thirty-three centers in ten counties, and a transportation
program with 54 vehicles and 70 bus drivers and aids. I
had been taking care of other people's kids for 38 years.
Truthfully, life has been awesome. Just take into
consideration what we have, that some don't have or even
know about. Like taking for granted the simplest of
things—turning on a faucet for a drink of fresh water.
Wow! Thank you Lord.
JANE CRONK("65) SPANO:
Since high school graduation, the majority of my working
career was in the banking industry. I worked in that field
for 35 years, working my way up to the position of
Assistant Vice President at one of the banks. I retired in
2004.
I lived in Candor for many years with my 1st husband,
Emil. Together we raised our daughter, Lisa, son Edward,
and for a number of years his daughter Lori lived with us.
Lisa and Ed both live in Candor. Lisa graduated from
Candor and is presently working at the school. She has
been there for the last ten years. She has raised three
children: Anthony (AJ) graduated from Candor and is
attending Alfred State; Damon graduated from Candor,
and attended the BOCES program; Crystal is presently
taking her Junior and Senior years together this year, and
will graduate in June.
She has already been accepted to attend college in the
fall. Ed graduated from Candor and he and his wife Karen
reside in Candor. Ed has worked for an auto supply store
in Ithaca for a number of years. Lori and her husband
George live in Berkshire and have four children. All 4 of
their children: Jason Tom, Amy, and Kristy, have
graduated from college and have done very well.
After moving to Florida, my husband Joe and I made
yearly visits to Candor/Ithaca to spend time with family
and friends. In recent years Joe's health had declined and
he was not able to make the trip. Sadly, Joe passed away
in January. We had 25+ wonderful years together.
I'm planning to attend our 5th reunion and at the same
time see my youngest grandchild, Crystal, graduate from
Candor. I'm looking forward to seeing everyone at the
reunion.
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I had my hip replaced just before retirement, four years
ago and have not stopped since. I've traveled to France,
England, Scotland and Ireland, and this summer I'm taking
the train across Canada. Next year, I hope to travel to
Norway and Iceland. When the money runs out, I will have
to stay home. Critter, my Poodle/Jack Russell, and I travel
up and down I-95 and 81 twice a year-home to the farm for
Christmas and to bring mom back to the sunny south for
the winter. I've been a decorative painter for 40 years-the
past ten years as a gourd artist. You can see my 'babies' at
the Iron Kettle each fall.
Hope to see you all at the reunion in June.
Therese Zamoiski, [email protected]
After a few years in Virginia, where our second son,
Joshua, was born, we moved to a more lasting residence
in Columbia, MD, where we remained for 20 years until
Adam and Joshua completed college. (Adam received a
BA in Economics from SUNY Binghamton, and Joshua
completed a BA in psychology at the University of
Maryland.) During this time, my career at the DOD
proceeded well, and I joined the Senior Executive Service
(SES) in 1992, after twenty years in financial
administration. I had many interesting assignments,
including determining budget requirements for U.S.
military participation in contingency operations, dealing
personally with the United Nations regarding U.S. military
costs for UN operations, winning a one-year assignment
from the Pentagon to the Senate Appropriations
Committee, as well as working with senior political
appointees on financial issues. My final position there
was as Deputy Budget Officer for the Department.
DAVE DIEHL(<65):
After graduation, I attended Delhi Tech for two semesters
where I studied Construction Technology. In March of '66,
I took a temp assignment at IBM Owego that led to a one
year machinist training program. But being nineteen years
old and 1A draft classification, I enlisted in the Navy, and
served as a machine repairman (machinist), and achieved
the rank of 2nd Class Petty Officer during my four year
enlistment. I served three years on a Destroyer (DD837),
and one year on a repair ship (AR14).
In 1971,1 left the Navy and returned to Candor, and my job
at IBM. I built my home on Dominic Hill Road, raised three
children by my first wife (Brian, 45; Heather, 43; and
Nicole, 39). I now have four grandchildren—Cathy, Cody,
Nicole, and Colleen; and two great- grandchildren—
Elayna, and Gabriel. In 1979, we moved to Bolles Hill Rd,
South Apalachin, and in 1986, my wife and I separated—
she moved to California, and the kids and I remained in
Apalachin, where I still reside.
As I neared potential retirement age, Susan argued
effectively that transitioning from working 60 hours a
week or more, dealing with the Deputy Secretary and his
Assistant Secretaries as well as with four-star military
officers, to part-time volunteer positions would be too
stressful. In addition, even though we had moved to
Kensington, MD, which was much closer to the Pentagon,
the commute through Washington was becoming
increasingly less fun. I was fortunate that as a member of
the SES, I was able to transition to other positions. In
reviewing the possibilities, I found an appropriate position
as the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) for an organization
within the National
Oceanic
and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA), located less than five miles from
Kensington. This became a very effective transition job,
working with an organization that provides nationally
important information, but without the complications of
dealing with senior political personalities. As this was a
new position within the organization, I committed to
working there three years, longer than necessary to
obtain my retirement.
After returning to IBM, I worked on various assignments
in manufacturing. In 1977,1 was accepted into and served
a two year Tool and Model Maker Apprenticeship. This
was followed by a ten year stint in Quality Engineering,
four years in the Education Department where I developed
classes for manufacturing. I served the rest of my fortysix years (IBM, Navy, IBM, Loral, and Lockheed Martin) as
a Tool Maker and Tool Room Tech.
I married my second wife, Sue, in 1988. We have had a
good life improving our home, and traveling. Our travels
include a trip to Hawaii, an Alaskan Cruise, several trips
to Las Vegas, some winter excursions to Florida, and on
our 25th anniversary we drove down the Blue Ridge
Parkway visiting Pigeon Forge, Nashville, and Memphis
before returning home.
Since retiring in May 2012,1 have taken up the Banjo, LOL.
Sue and I both spend a lot of time spoiling our Chocolate
Miniature Schnauzer, Digger.
After the three years at NOAA (during which I was
approached to be the CFO at NOAA and the CFO at NASA,
both of which I declined as these jobs would not provide
the transition Susan advocated), I retired from the Federal
Government and worked as a private consultant for the
next five years. During this time, I was able to spend more
time at home with Susan as well as locate some volunteer
opportunities to occupy me when I determined to retire
the second time.
Warren HallC65):
After graduating from CCS, I attended college at SUNY
Albany, receiving a BA in History in 1969, and an MA in
Economics in 1970. During my years at Albany, I met and
married Susan Hlesciak, with whom I spent 44 very happy
years, until her untimely death in 2012. Soon after
completing my college years, Susan and I with our oneyear-old son, Adam, moved to the Washington, DC area
where I had obtained employment as a Presidential
Management Intern for the Department of Defense (DOD).
I was fortunate during these five years to have the
opportunity to travel to many countries with Susan. We
enjoyed cruising, as it allowed us to enjoy the ocean, see
many countries, and pursue our love of ballroom dancing.
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FRED AHART('65):
We generally cruised on Holland America Line as those
ships had dancing every night
Below is an article from the Sullivan County Democrat
Newsletter, from December 3, 2013,
A sampling of the countries we visited on cruises
includes: Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina, Chile, Mexico,
Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Netherlands Antilles,
Puerto Rico, British Virgin Islands, Netherlands, Germany,
Estonia, Russia, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark,
England, Ireland and Canada. In addition, we spent
several weeks in Italy, visiting Florence, Rome and the
Amalfi Coast. We also were fortunate to travel through the
United Kingdom by car for several weeks, as well as
spend time in Paris, Athens, the Greek Islands, and the
Peloponnese. I do not include several countries I visited
as a consequence of my work with the Defense
Department
ROSCOE GYM TO BE NAMED
As noted above, Susan and I became ballroom dance
aficionados, but only from a social perspective. While we
took hundreds of hours of private instruction, it was only
to improve our enjoyment of the activity, not for
competition reasons. It became an excellent way for us to
enjoy each other's company, good music, and interesting
friends, as well as providing good exercise for the body
and mind. It was especially important to me to have had
this to share with Susan, as we did not have as long
together as should have been possible. Susan and I were
in Puerto Rico on our regular "Snow Bird" escape when
she became very ill and died in January 2012. Although
this was extremely difficult for me to accept, I understood
that one can only go forward and knew that for me this
meant continuing to be with my family (which by then
included a grandson and granddaughter), volunteer, and
dance.
"COACH" FRED AHART GYM"
ROSCOE-Athletic accomplishments are honored in
many ways and on Saturday, January 4 Roscoe
"Coach" Fred Ahart will receive one of the highest
sports honors given a coach when the Roscoe Central
School (RCS) names its gymnasium the "Coach" Fred
Ahart Gymnasium. The "Coach: Fred Ahart Dedication
Ceremony committee organizing this event noted, "he
didn't do this by himself....he did this with all of your
support. "As the late Sullivan County Democrat Sports
Editor Rob Potter wrote several years ago Ahart is,
"the man known simply and affectionately as "Coach"
in the Roscoe community."
Ahart is easily described today as one of the most
outstanding and highly respected coaches in not only
Section IX but throughout New York State. During his
45 years at RCS "Coach" Fred has served the youth of
Roscoe as their Athletic Director, football, basketball
and track coach, has supervised the Saturday Rec. and
summer rec. programs, been dean of students, a
member of the faculty advisers to the National Honor
Society, has been the Basketball Officials Signer, is
Co-Chairman of the Section IX Boys 'Basketball
Committee, a Section IX representative to the New York
State Public High School Athletic Association's
Basketball Committee, was Chairman of the Section IX
Eligibility Committee, serves on the Section IX Athletic
Council, has been honored as Athletic Director of the
year in 1993, Football Coach of Year in 1999 and in
2010 he was inducted into the New York State
Basketball Coaches Hall of Fame.
The first night I joined my friends at one of the dance
clubs, I met a new dancer who impressed me with her
energy, love of life, and dance skills. Gaby and I have
been dancing together since that night, and in October
2014 we were married. We have continued the commitment to dance (Gaby on the ice as well as on the ballroom
floor), as well as to travel. Together we have visited all the
East Coast states, Canada, several of the northern tier
states, as well as cruising to the Turks and Caicos, Puerto
Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Antigua, Aruba, Curacao,
Jamaica, and Grand Cayman.
I hope to see many of my classmates at the Reunion and
look forward to hearing how they have spent the fifty
years since 1965. Every time I think of this, I recall that in
1965, the 50th reunion was for graduates from 1915.
Somehow, that seemed a lot more distant past than 1965
does from 2015.
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He has indeed been a mentor to many athletes and
students as well as the father of five and come sometime this month the grandfather of 14.
FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF 1965
The 66-year-old Ahart has served RCS under the leadership of 16 superintendents and was hired by William
Jones to teach Physical Education/Health and to be the
basketball coach.
CLASSMATES AND ADDRESSES
Mr. Jones in interviewing Ahart said he was looking for a
basketball coach and Fred's answer was "then I am your
man."
Fred Ahart's athletic accomplishments include two
Western Sullivan League football championships in 1989
and 1990, two division championships in 1989 and 1990,
one regional championship in 1990, five Western Sullivan
Basketball Championships 1984, 85, 86, 89, 98, three
Section IX championships 1984, 86, 98, a New York State
semi-final win (1986) that being the only trip to the
NYS tournament for Roscoe.
The biggest changes for Fred in his time at RCS came
about in 2002 when he watched as the "little gym" where
he'd spent 33 years of his career and was his "home
away from home" become an auditorium and the school
opened a state of the art full sized gymnasium for the
next generation of athletes.
Roscoe's Athletic Director through all the changes also
was part of merging football with their biggest rival
Livingston Manor which ended in 2012 but with it came
Roscoe's merging with Downsville for football, soccer,
girls' basketball, modified girls' basketball, baseball,
Softball, golf and cross country.
Fred Ahart
Ann Hollenbeck Corson
BOX 341
418 State Rt. 96, Lot 24
ROSCOE, NY 12776
OWEGO, NY 13827
Frances Rose Armstrong
Sheila West Cutri
834 Richmond Trail
196 Spencer LN
Murrells Inlet, SC 29576
Canandaigua, NY 14424
Raymond Baetz
Philip Davis
PO Box 712
118 Seeley St.
Newell, NC 28126
Scotia, NY 12302
Stephen Black
Carol Quick Decker
NO CURRENT ADDRESS
429 Tubbs Hill Rd.
Candor, NY 13743
Robert Bond
Ken & Elaine Turner Depew
2 Fox Hill
350 Madigan Rd.
Fairport, NY 14450
Waverly, NY 14892
Linda Jantz Bookman
12901 Gumfork PI.
The only Roscoe sport that has not merged is boys'
basketball.
Ahart graduated from Ithaca College in 1969 with a
physical education degree and picked the small rural
school district in Northwestern Sullivan County because,
in addition to being head of the athletic department he
could immediately get into coaching.
Midlothian, VA 23112
Bradley DePuy
41 Northeast 5th St.
Bonnie Whitney Bulger
Williston, FL 32696
Box 659
Candor, NY 13743
The January 4 dedication ceremony starts with a 1 p.m.
tour of RCS new facilities. The dedication ceremony
takes place at 2 p.m. in the gymnasium.
Theresa Krawic Burleigh
At 3:30 there will be a formal ceremony at the Rockland
House.
Berkshire, NY 13736
David Diehl
225 Boles Hill Rd.
Apalachin, NY 13732
13 Brummage Rd.
Jylanda Laurenson Diles
11 Eastman Hill Rd.
Maureen Chaffee
Willseyville, NY 13864
495 E. Main Street
Owego, NY 13827
Janet Ives Ernisse
PO Box 75
Shirley Pascavage Cole
Spencer, NY 14883
408 Halsey Valley Rd.
Barton, NY 13734
Merrilee Muir Gomillion
36 Center St.
24
Oneonta, NY 13820
Georgia Neild Gould
Robert Maki
Jane Cronk Spano
Rodney West
2102 NE 20th LN
532 Drybrook Rd.
4418 Winding Oaks Cir.
2123 San Simeon St.
Cape Coral, FL 33909
Willseyville, NY 13864
Mulberry, FL 33860
Las Vegas, NV 89108
Gerald Hall
Fred Marshall
David Stark
Peter Zamoiski
14744 7th St.
8588 N. Branch Rd.
46 Logue Hill Rd.
984 Fairfield Rd.
Sterling, NY 13156
Friendship, NY 14739
Candor, NY 13743
Candor, NY 13743
Warren Hall
Joan Beebe Meddaugh
Bonnie Bennett Strickland
3326 Mills Crossing PL
Owego St.
Box 32
Kensington, MD 20895
Candor, NY 13743
Willseyville, NY 13864
Flossie Wright Harrison
Rodney Millage
William Targosh
Susan Gerace Bickelhaupt
133 Erie St.
6249 Ashville Hwy
1002 Winters Pkwy
7493 Saulsbury
Owego, NY 13827
Monticello, FL 32344
Dayton, NV 89403
Tully, NY 13159
Cathy Stickle Hoover
James & Laura Chaffee Morse
Therese Zamoiski
8501 Rock Knoll Dr.
Jacksonville, FL 32221
Albert Vergason
Cassie Haner Cortright
3657 Mathews Rd.
88 Jenksville Hill Rd.
1291 Talmadge Hill So.
524 Owego Rd.
Burden, NY 14818
Candor, NY 13743
Waverly, NY 14892
Candor, NY 13743
Donald Hover
Paul Piatt
J. Gregory Ward
Leslie Pike Monarch
403 Slim St.
8590 Norwalk Rd.
6549 Rock Rd.
NO CURRENT ADDRESS
Ithaca, NY 14850
Litchfield, OH 44253
Verona, NY 13478
Alberta Kirk Jackson
Jeanette Shady Ridenour
Lorraine Hall Wells
295 Piper Rd.
73 Bald Hill Rd.
5 C James St.
Newfield, NY 14867
Spencer, NY 14883
Georgetown, Ontario L7GH2
Shirley Small
NO CURRENT ADDRESS
Canada
David Jordan
Helen Spicer Robinson
113 Bradford St.
456 State Route 96, Apt. 1
Linda Lipka
Say re, PA 18840
Owego, NY 13827
1255 North Sandburg Ter. 1405
Chicago, IL 60610
Gerald Jordan
Carol Foster Sharp
71 Logue Hill Rd.
12485 State Rt. 38
Bonnie Sanford
Ken Sheldon
Candor, NY 13743
Berkshire, NY 13736
104 Oxford Place
7115 W. Creek Rd.
Myrtle Beach, SC 29588
Newark Valley, NY 13811
Dawn Shaver Landwehr
Sally Foster Smith
41 Sunnyfield Dr.
4434 lakeside Ave.
Owego, NY 13827
North Ft. Meyers, FL 33903
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REUNION NEWS
15th ANNUAL ALL CLASS REUNION
CLASS OF 1965 REUNION
SEPTEMBER 11, 2015
Make a note to yourself....
SCHEDULE:
This is your official
reminder! This year's all-class reunion will be held
at Turkey Trot Acres on Friday September
1. Warren Hall and his wife Gaby are interested in going
to the Oasis Dance Club near Ithaca College on Rt. 96b,
on Friday night, June 12. The Oasis appears to have live
music and dancing on Friday. Anyone who is interested
in dancing the night away with Warren and his wife, feel
free to join them.
starting at 10 a.m. with brunch. Dinner is served at
2p.m. Please send your checks
3.
Make sure you all sign up for the Alumni
Banquet .Saturday, June 13, 2015, as soon as you receive
the Alumni Newsletter— hope to see you there.
4.
The Committee has arranged for a BBQ at Turkey
Trot Acres on Sunday, June 14; 11:30-4:30. $35.00 per
person (includes gratuities/tax) See attached reservation
form on the following page (24).
for $25/person to
Arlene Gillette, 19 Bank Street, Candor, NY 13743.
CLASS OF 1953
CANDOR CENTRAL SCHOOL
2. After the Alumni Banquet, no arrangements have been
worked out yet, but several have indicated a desire to meet
in the evening hours. Although the American Legion no
longer hosts an after-the-banquet evening of music and
dance, the bar is open to the public and might be a place to
hang out and chat. If we work out something different, we
will keep you posted (emails work best for this).
11th,
1953 GRADUATES,
SPOUSES AND FRIENDS:
COME AND
JOIN
FELLOWSHIP
SPENCER,
NY
AT
TOGETHER FOR FOOD AND
DAVINCI'S
ON JUNE
13,
RESTAURANT
2015
IN
AT NOON.
CALL BILL AT 687-5686 OR DOLORES AT 659-3220
IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS.
CLASS OF 1985
30TH REUNION
This year the class of 1985 will be celebrating
their 30th year reunion with a weekend full of
events to attend. Friday 7/3 we will meet at 1P for
a family style picnic at Robert Treman State Park
In Ithaca NY. We will have games, food, raffles,
and a family/group swim. Everyone is invited .
Saturday 7/4 at 9:45a we will meet as a group in
front of the high school to watch the parade. All
ages are welcome.
Saturday 7/4 evening we will gather at an adults
only party at Punks Place. Dinner and drinks will
be available at an additional cost.
Any questions please contact Linda O'Connor 607651-6380 or Sarah Rice 607-227-4351. If you are
unable to come and join the fun please send an update regarding yourself, family, work etc. either via
face book group page, mail to Linda O'Connor 214
Owego Street, Candor, NY 13743 or email Linda at
[email protected].
LET'S
PARTY!
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We all hope to see everyone attend at least a portion, if not all, of the
festivities for our 50th Reunion.
Class of '65, 50th Reunion Planning Committee
Gary and Carol Lis Henry ([email protected])
Ken and Elaine Turner Depew ([email protected])
Jim and Laura Chaffee Morse ([email protected])
Cathy Stickle Hoover ([email protected])
Phil Davis ([email protected])
Al Vergason ([email protected])
CCSC Class of '65, 50th Reunion
Turkey Trot Acres
June 14, 2015; 11:30 a.m. -4:30 p.m.
Tubbs Hill Road (turn right, off of Honeypot)
BBQ Reservation Form
DUE JUNE 1.2015!
Road Show Pit Bar-B-Que
Cash Bar-Beer, Wine & Soda
$35.00 (includes gratuity and sales tax)
•—•••• * -—-..
Return this portion to: Carol Henry, 90 Dry Brook Rd., Willseyville, NY 13864
(Make Check or Money Order payable to: Carol Henry)
NAME:
ADDRESS:
EMAIL
PHONE:
NUMBER ATTENDING:
CELL:
X $35.00 = AMOUNT DUE:
NAME OF PERSON ATTENDING WITH YOU: _
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ALUMNI IN THE NEWS
SOPHIE ZAMOISKI ('38) CYGANOVICH:
Sophie is 93 years old and a graduate of the class of 1938. There were 13 students in my graduating class. I believe I am
the last one still alive, so I was thinking that it may be interesting to some to learn about the " good ole days". These are
mine.
I was born on a dairy farm on Fairfield Rd. in Candor. In our home there were 5 children. We had no
running water, no
electricity, no indoor bathroom and not bathtub or shower in the home. We heated by firewood in a stove. At the age of 5
years old, I started school in a one room school house. I had to walk about one mile each way to get to the school. There
were grades 1-8 in the school with one teacher for all the students. We had an outhouse for a bathroom. When I finished
the 9th grade, the principal of the district, Mr. Dorn decided that I should go to high school. Most of the other students
would get working papers at a certain age and go to work on a farm. I was 13 years old at the time. There were no buses
and the high school was in downtown Candor, five miles away. The principal decided he would find me a place to go to
work for my "board" downtown so that I could go to high school. The first place I went was to live and work was with a
retired old maid school teacher. She lived in the big house with the round tower on Spencer Rd. After that I worked for a
veterinarian, an older couple and with a farmer on the edge of town. When I had no place to work for my board, I had to
ride with a mild truck driver from my home to school in the morning and then walk the five miles home in the evening.
During my time high school, I sold candy at lunch time to raise money for our senior trip to Washington, DC. I was 16
years old when I graduated from high school. After our senior year, our class made the trip by bus to Washington, DC
and stayed at a boarding house where we had breakfast and dinner. There were no motels for us to stay at. While we were
there we sat on the lawn of the Washington Monument to watch some fireworks. There were on crowds of tourists there
back then but about 30 of us on the lawn. It was a great experience as I had never been so far away from home. On my
trip to Washington, DC to see the WWII monument about 6 years ago there were many tourist and much traffic! Very
different from my high school days! It was President Roosevelt, in the 1930's that decided that farmers should all have
electricity, so up went the poles then the wires so farms could grow more food for the country. Because of the availability
of electricity, we could now have running water in the house and have indoor bathrooms. We could now buy refrigerators
but we had to put our name down on a list and wail for our turn to get one. After graduation I got a job working for Mr. &
Mrs. Stephen Lounsberry in Lounsberry, NY. As household help and made $10.00 a week. At that time Mr. Lounsberry as
the chairman of the Republican Party for Tioga County. He took the train from Owego to Albany every Sunday evening
and came back Wednesday evening. One year the Lounsberry's had a big Republican Rally at their place with a big tent
set up. For one of these rallies, Thomas Dewey (later to become governor of New York State) came to Owego and slept at
their summer home in Lounsbury. Because I made the family breakfast every day, it was my job to make him breakfast. I
remembered noting how short of a man he was as I was tall at 5'8". All he would have was toast and coffee. I know I was
nervous at the age of 19 to serve him breakfast but he seemed nervous as well. Later on, the November 7th 1944 Election
Day came when then Gov. Dewey ran against the incumbent Franklin Roosevelt for president, it was announced on our
battery powered radio that evening that Governor Dewey was elected president. I went to bed thinking that I had not only
served the Governor of New York breakfast but the next president of the country. But the next day at breakfast, it was
announced that it was Roosevelt that had been re-elected president not Dewey.
During the late 1930's and 1940's it was the BIG BAND Era and all the big bands at the time played at the Fountains
Pavilion in Johnson City. Also the big name polka bands would come from around the country as well. I went to them all
and enjoyed.
I was married on April 25th, 1942 at the age of 21 to my husband John, who was three months later called up by "Uncle
Sam" to go to fight the war. During the war, I worked at the Defense Plant on Clinton Street in Binghamton making parts
for altimeters for the war planes. We make SOcents an hour and that was big wages back then. After his service to the
Country in World War II, my husband came home and worked at Endicott Johnson. In 1947 we built our own home with
the help of his father. We had 5 children together, Christine; who works at Columbia Financial Group, Larry who was an
"Industrial Arts" teacher, Maggie who is a Para-legal, Janette who is a social worker and Jerome who passed away at the
age of 15. During the early years we also raised chickens and sold eggs. We got all our medical care for free provided by
Endicott Johnson Corp. during those times. Through the years we had enormous gardens of vegetables, fruits and
flowers, raised bees for honey and still worked sun up to sun down. My husband and I were married for 72 years when he
passed away last year at the age of 10011 have seen a lot in my life. I grew up with no electricity or running water, plowing
our farm fields with horses to watching a man set foot on the moon on live television and having electronic gadgets that I
don't even understand how they work! But I can still answer some questions on the game how "Jeopardy" of facts I
learned while in my one room school house in Candor, New York.
TERRI LUCIANI ('40 ):
I graduated C.C.S. in 1940. Its hard to believe that was 3/4
of a century ago. In 1943 I joined the Navy, primarily
because I loved the uniform. After one week of Navy
life— I loved the Navy! This lasted 21/2 years and I
retired from the Navy with a Petty Officer 2nd class
rating.
Two years later I began employment with Western Union
and worked for them for 33 years. After retirement in 1989,
I worked for the Red Bank Police Department as a
crossing guard for 18 years. I still hear from many of the
students who grew up with me.
After retirement, I attended a local community college for
3 years taking creative writing and English classes. I
think Clara Strong, my Senior homeroom teacher would
be very proud that one of her students is a published
writer.
Thank You so much C.C.S.
It was a Pleasure!
RICHARD AHART('44):
Last year a member of the 70-year class, Dick Ahart, sent
this message. It came too late to be published in the
newsletter, so we decided to put it in this year newsletter.
Sadly, Dick passed away in 2014. His message included
some unique information, though, so we wanted to share
it with you.
"As it is our 70th year, I doubt anyone will be there (at the
banquet) besides Mary Dence. Only two of our class members are in Candor. According to your records there are
eight of our class of twenty that are still alive which is
40%! Remember that the last three of our high school
years were during World War II. This limited many of our
activities, such as our senior trip, which ended up being a
day at Stewart Park. " Thanks and best wishes, Dick
Ahart, class of 1944.
That team won the Central Region championship and
advanced to the state Class C Final Four before losing to
undefeated Byron-Bergen (Sec. 5). Doug was named the
Daily Star Coach of the Year. Perhaps his greatest
achievement came in 1987 when he directed his team to
the school's second Section 4 Class C championship
despite having a roster of just 7 girls. That team also won
the SUS League championship and finished with a 23-3
record. Doug was named the Daily Star Co-Coach of the
Year, the Press & Sun Bulletin All-Metro Coach of the
Year and the prestigious NYS Basketball Coaches
Association Section IV Girls Coach of Year. At Candor
High School, Doug was a three year player in varsity
football, basketball and baseball and in 1951, as a
sixteen year old senior, he was selected as Candor's
Outstanding Male Athlete. He went on to play two years
of football and baseball at Cortland State before
graduating, then moved to Sidney and taught physical
education (gym) for the next thirty four years. He also
refereed high school soccer for 22 years. More than
coaching longevity and
victories, Doug may be best
known for teaching both
individual and team character
while stressing sportsmanship and enjoyment of the
game, evidenced by several team sportsmanship awards.
Former athletes and students alike still call him their
favorite coach.
LLOYD HARMON ('51):
1000 POINT TROPHY OBTAINS WELL
DESERVED CANDOR ALUMNUS
DOUGLAS FESSENDEN ('51):
Sidney High School's Doug Fessenden started his 33-year
varsity head coaching career in 1957, beginning with 3
years each of boys track and golf then boys basketball
(9 years), boys baseball (15 years), football (7 years
assistant) and concluded with eleven successful seasons
with girls basketball. After going 12-6 in his second year,
Doug's girls' teams won 77 and lost just 10 over the next
four seasons, winning the Susquenango Association
League championship each year and the program's first
Section 4 Class C championship in 1984.
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Following is a letter written by Coach Hickey, Candor's
High School coach (1948- 1957) to Bob Robinson, a
coach at Candor proposing that Lloyd Harmon be
considered as a candidate for the Section IV Hall of
Fame. The letter also states that Lloyd scored over 1000
points in his four years on the Varsity Basketball team at
Candor.
Dear Bob,
KAY LIND ('52) STANLEY:
I am very pleased that Lloyd Harmon would be proposed
for the Section IV Hall of Fame. He was a fine young man
and a most outstanding athlete.
Hi Everyone
Thanks for keep sending me the Alumni Newsletter. I
turn 80 this year and still hold my alma- mater in my
heart.
It has been 18 years since I left Candor so all individual
statistics have long since been discarded. Perhaps you
may still have the statistics I sent you a few years ago. I
do not have his rebounds, assists, or shooting
percentage, all of which were very good. One of his
strongest points was his play making ability. During his
Senior year when we depended upon his scoring- I had
to continually insist that he shoot more. "He had played
on balance scoring teams, until then" we never stressed
individual
scoring-Lloyd's scoring records were
established mostly by fantastic shooting percentages.
Rarely did he take more than 20-25 shots a game.
Keep up the good work.
BECKY DOANE (' 69) AHART:
ln1956-57 he was Section IV's leading scorer All Classes.
In 16 games his senior year he scored 461 points., 28.8
average.
He also played on a league championship football team
and league championship baseball team.
He was selected as a league All-Star in football,
ball and baseball.
basket-
At 12 years of age Lloyd was my # 1 pitcher on a little
league team that won 18 games while losing only 2.
"This team played in an inter-town league".
He played professional
Dodges organization.
baseball for a while in the
Another Ahart was inducted into the state basketball
Hall of Fame in Glens Falls in March of 2015. Becky
Ahart who has coached the Roscoe girls' varsity team
since the fall of 1987, joined her husband, longtime
Roscoe boys' coach Fred Ahart ('65). The Roscoe girls
won Section 9 Class D titles in 1990, 2000, 2002 and
2003 under Ahart. She's still coaching, having paced the
sidelines during Roscoe's first two games of the season
at Livingston Manor's Hoops for Hunger tournament
Monday and Tuesday. "I would say all of it has been
special," Ahart said. "It's been a lot of fun. I've really
enjoyed it. I've enjoyed the girls and the different
coaches I've met and the officials and things like that.
It's all been pretty good. I've done all levels here, JV and
varsity and modified. It's been quite a ride." Roscoe,
consistently one of the smallest schools by enrollment
in the state, has had some special numbers issues in
recent years. The Blue Devils had a three-year stretch
with no varsity team in the mid-2000s. In 2010-11, the
Roscoe girls merged with a Livingston Manor program
that reached the Section 9 Class D championship game.
Roscoe has merged with its neighbor in Section 4,
Downsville, on two occasions. Ahart coached one of
those teams.
While in the Army he played on a football team that
played for the championship of Europe. Still I always felt
that basketball was his best sport.
I can't think of anyone who contributed more to the
success of his high school teams in an unselfish way,
than Lloyd Harmon.
From a coaches point of view he was a pleasure to work
with: he possessed brains, size, talent, competitive spirit
and coach-ability.
In twenty-five years of very successful coaching of many
outstanding athletes in four different sections of New
York State-and though it is difficult to compare athletes
of different times-l would without
qualifications
recommend Lloyd Harmon to the section IV Hall of Fame.
He was one of the best-if not the best I ever coached.
Sincerely Yours,
Maurice H. Hickey
Candor Coach 1948-1957
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She's also seen plenty of changes in girls' basketball
since she started coaching. "I think the girls' game has
gotten faster with the 30-second (shot) clock," Ahart said.
"For a long time, they didn't have the 10-second backcourt, which they have now. It's gotten a little closer,
maybe, to the boys' game. The athletes have gotten
faster." Ahart wanted to thank all of the assistants, JV and
modified coaches she's worked with over the years, as
well as her family. The Aharts have five children and 14
grandchildren. Their youngest daughter, Kelly, is coaching basketball in Pennsylvania. Daughters Maryanne and
Katie helped Ahart coach Roscoe's modified and JV
teams, respectively, over the years. For many years,
especially in those first few seasons when Ahart coached
the girls, practices were a family affair. The young Ahart
children were at practices and went to games, serving as
ball boys and managers. When she has a plaque hung
inside the Glens Falls Civic Center next year, Ahart will
remember all of those who helped her along the way. "I
think this award is not only special for Fred and myself,
but especially for all of the girls that have played over the
years," Ahart said. "Since 1987 it's been a lot of young
ladies playing, and they deserve the credit because
they're the ones that worked hard and put forth the effort
to help make something like this possible. I appreciate
their efforts and this award is as much for them and the
community as it is for me."
Suzanne Quinn ('85)Pottorff:
Sorry it's been so hard getting in touch with me. We have
crazy busy lives, don't we! Anyway, here is a brief
summary of our lives:
I married Ed Pottorff in August of 1987. We moved to
Georgia in 1992 for Ed to attend Toccoa Falls College. He
graduated in 1996 with a Pastoral degree. Ed is now a
full-time Pastor at a small church in Jasper GA.
I graduated from college with a Business Degree in May of
2013.
We have two girls, Deanna is 20, she was married June
2014 to Scott Blackwell. Scott works at Upwards Star
Center in Spartanburg, SC and graduated from North
Greenville University in May of 2014. Deanna is a Jr. at
North Greenville University in Tigerville, SC and studies
International Business. Danielle is almost 18 and will
graduate from High School May 2014, and plans to attend
Toccoa Falls College in Toccoa GA to study Nursing.
So what have I been up to for the last 30 years.,
hmmmm: I'd like to say I've gone digging in an Egyptian
tomb or became a new age space engineer who won a
great Pulitzer award for creating specs for the next
generation spaceshipl Mine has been more exciting than
any of that-hehe!
Married in 1987, my first baby in 1990. Seth Jacob, my
first born, nearly killed me too. Many of you remember
that I became ill afterward spending months coming back
from an unknown abyss at Robert Packer Hospital. My
parents and siblings camped out at the ICU and any other
nook available; for two weeks until I came out of it! My
mother took a leave from her job to bring my handsome
boy to me every day for 4 whole months just so that I
might fight harder to live (thanks again mom!!!)~ I did it,
he was the love of my life, smart as a whip too!!!! Until he
was 15 months old that is, in 1992 his baby sister was
born. Kara Morgan, a pound and a half worth of a powerhouse that is, 12 inches long. She was born at 26 weeks
gestation, which equates to roughly 4 months too early...
She would not or could not wait to be born! The doctors
at Arnot were so afraid she would not live that they
transported me via ambulance from Packer to Arnot to be
with our minister, Father Lou, to perform her baptism and
last rites. I knew she would live, after all, my nephew
Joshua was also a preemie! She had to survive! And as
my mother before, I went to visit her in the neonatal unit
at Arnot Ogdon hospital, so that she may also fight to
live! Every day, for four long months it went on; and
when she finally came home our family was complete.
Even after an accidental amputation of two of her toes,
she fought and lived! Some unforeseen force, larger than
me and my entire extended family... larger than the entire
St. Marks Church family or the Town of Candor NY, something really BIG and beautiful graced me with two glorious
babies. What did I do to deserve such beauty and purity!
At that moment in my life, while working at Tompkins
County Mental Health Clinic, I made the decision to
become a nurse, to give back or pay it forward.
Unfortunately my first marriage couUi not survive the
difficult pregnancies and divorce inevitable in 1994.
At our annual Goodwin/Quick family reunion -1996 at
Aunt Pegs, I met my future husband, this is NOT that kind
of story-or redneck joke my friends! I met my very best
friend Anthony Gioe, my Italian from New Jersey
(unrelated I might add- love that Gioe family)!! Together
we maintained and sold Christmas trees on Lower
Fairfield Rd, playing around on 4 wheelers and metal
detecting with all that good country living! We got to
know each other and with his support and encouragement
I entered into the nursing program!
Edmund & Suzanne Pottorff
12O Timberline Drive
Jasper, GA 30143
Email: [email protected]
MARY POTTORFF('85) GIOE :
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We married in Jmaica 3/27/2001, Seth and Kara were our
witnesses! Graduating from TC3 Nursing Program in
2003, I have tried my hat in many different area's of
nursing but find geriatrics my favorite! Mainly because my
mother and grandmother instilled in me the desire to keep
family close (like the entire town of Candor or at least
half) and respect those with years of wisdom because it is
our elders who have the most to offer this generation on
the real meaning of living life to the fullest. I am Thankful
each and every day! Thank you for letting me share the
short version of my life!
STAGEY HENDRICKSON('85) MARKLEY:
After graduation I married Kevin Bell and we had 3
children. Marisa('05) who is studying nursing at Penn
Tech, Alyssa works at West Pharmaceutical, Andrew who
lives in Kansas. I worked at several jobs from food
service, machine operator, sales, construction, even
farming. None of it seemed right for me. I started doing
small craft fairs and flea markets on the side. After 17
years of marriage and the death of my husband, I left
N.Y. to relocate in Jersey Shore PA. Where I met my
wonderful husband Dave. He also worked at flea markets.
We combined our lives and families. I gained 2 stepchildren, David and Kayla. We also had another child,
Violet. We also combined our businesses. It has grown to
the point that in 2012 we opened a store, Dave's Tools &
Trading. In 2013 we had to relocate to a larger building
and it has become the largest privately owned retail
outlet in Jersey Shore. I still travel around to shows in
both N.Y. & PA, run the store year round, as well as
internet sales, and still find time to volunteer for the kids
PTO's at school. I try to stay busy and greet everything
life throws at me. I have learned that sarcasm and bad
jokes can get you through almost anything.
***SPECIALNOTE***
The cost of mailing the newsletter has increased
substantially. We are hoping that the majority of
readers will begin downloading the digital copy
directly
from
the
Candor
School
website
(candor.org) when it is posted in early May. Please
email
Denise Ahart ([email protected]) to let us
know that in the future you will use the digital
version, and that we no longer need to mail you a
hard copy of the newsletter. Within 5 years, the
newsletter will only be available digitally. Please
make sure that
address!!!!!!
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we
have your current
email
MELLISA ROCKWELL('88) HOPKINS:
Assistant vice chancellor juggles countless responsibilities
at work and home but wouldn't change a thing.
Melissa Hopkins has a big heart. Several times she told an adoption agency that she wasn't interested in adopting any
more children. But the agency — through which she already had adopted several kids— kept sending her videos about
children who needed homes. Sure enough, she would change her mind. Hopkins, assistant vice chancellor and assistant
dean of facilities operations at Washington University School of Medicine, had five children with her first husband and
adopted two boys, one from Russia and the other from Guatemala. The couple divorced, and Hopkins adopted two brothers
from Ethiopia as a single parent. She married again in 2011, and she and her husband, Rod, had a baby girl together, and
Rod became the adopted boys1 legal father.
Since relocating from Houston to Belleville, Illinois, in 2013, they have become foster parents of two teenage boys they plan
to adopt, and they are in the process of adopting an 8-year-old girl from China. Additionally, Melissa Hopkins recently
became a board member of the Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) of Illinois. CASA trains volunteers to advocate
for the best interests of abused and neglected children in courtrooms and communities.
Rod Hopkins closed a construction business he had owned for 24 years to follow Melissa here for her job. Now a stay-athome dad, he and Melissa believe that the biggest difference they can make in the world is to change lives one by one.
"My family is amazing," she said. "It feels pretty easy to us to have these children."Hopkins grew up in two families — her
parents divorced and both remarried — that also took in children in need of stability. In addition to three biological siblings
and three stepsiblings, she has two adopted and three foster siblings. She also has known great loss in her life. Her son,
Ryan, died at age 20.My parents taught me that family comes first, no matter what," said Hopkins, who grew up near Ithaca,
New York. Her father made his living as a fire chief and a logger. Her mother was a seamstress and small-business owner.
They also taught her the value of hard work. Hopkins listened to that, too.
A wide-ranging career:
In the past 20 years, she has built a wide-ranging career in facilities and program management
in hospitality, education and health care. At the School of Medicine, Richard Stanton, associate vice chancellor of
administration and finance, said Hopkins has brought a new energy and perspective to facilities management. She started
managing facilities at age 23 by happenstance. She was working on a bachelor's degree in law and justice and had dreams
of becoming a lawyer when she landed a job as a business analyst at Pacific Medical Center and Clinics in Seattle. Today,
she oversees 350 employees and the day-to-day operations of facilities engineering, design and construction, support
services, business operations and protective services at the School of Medicine. She also manages the medical school's
capital construction budget of about $50 million and a $35 million operating budget.
Innovative and resourceful:
She has been described by colleagues at Washington University as extremely innovative
and resourceful in her roles. Hopkins consolidated custodial services, facilities engineering and parking and transportation
into an integrated service center in Olin Hall and created a disaster-response planning unit to safeguard the medical school
and St. Louis community from extraordinary events such as fires or tornadoes. Hopkins appears to have a knack for
managing countless responsibilities, at work and home. The hardest part of her job, she said, is the volume of work and the
pace. At home, like many parents, her biggest challenge is keeping snacks in the house, she quipped.
MARRIAGES
.NOTICE
VICTOR TUCKER (*58) TO RACHEL TWARZ
Some of the notices of marriages
and
deaths listed in this newsletter may not
have occurred in the past year, but were
ones that were brought to our
attention
DECEASED
as not appearing in our newsletter. If you
JANICE VERGASON ('57)
know of such an event that we are not
aware of, please notify us.
IRENE WEBER ('36) CORTRIGHT
WILLIAM (BILL) FARNHAM ('48)
KYLE CURENDALL ('78)
WILLIAM CYGANOVICH ('41)
WANDA KRAWIC('41) FIGURSKI:
ARTHUR HOWELL ('41)
JULIA KERN ('76) HARRIS
Wanda (Olkowski) Figurski, 92, passed away April 10,
2015 in Jacksonville, FL. She was born January 24,1923
in
Candor, NY. Wanda was predeceased by her
husbands, Edward Olkowski, and later, Mitchell
Figurski, with whom she traveled throughout the world.
She is survived by her daughters, Irene Modisett,
Nashville, TN, Carole (Bert) McCulloch, Endwell, NY, Dr.
Dorothea Olkowski, Colorado Springs, CO, and
Catherine Bartke, Jacksonville, FL and sons, Edward B.
(Karen) Olkowski, Perth, Australia and Theodore (Anne)
Olkowski, Jacksonville, FL. She is also survived by
sisters, Isabelle Bartholomew and Monica Taylor, seven
grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. She also
had four brothers who predeceased her. After
graduating from high school in Candor, NY (class of
1941) she proudly served in the Women's Air Corps
during WWII. She was employed by IBM, GE and retired
from Eckert Corp. in Cape Coral, FL. Wanda was a
member of St
Joseph's Catholic Church. Her family
would like to thank the wonderful staff at River Garden
Assisted Living facility for their kindness and loving
care of their mother in her final years.
RICHARD AHART ('44)
NANCY MEDDAUGH ('57) CAMPBELL
DORIS MANNING ('47) VANETTEN
LANCE SEAMON ('70)
DORIS MANLEY ('51) ROOT
CHARLES SYKES ('49)
IRENE WILK ('49) CELLI
IRENE CHAFFEE ('29)
DR. MARY RIDGEWAY ('25) TINKER
CHARLES E. ESTELLE ('51)
ROGER MILLER — *
'(HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER 1959-1986)*
PHYLLIS CRAIG ('69) LIKENS
A Memorial Service will be held at 6:00pm on Thursday
April 16, 2015 in Hardage-Giddens Funeral Home of
Mandarin. Arrangements are under the care and direction
of Hardage-Giddens Funeral Home of Mandarin 11801
San Jose Blvd. Jacksonville, FL 32223.
HELEN MORSE ('60 ) WAKEMAN
MARION MAXWELL ('45) WEBER
WANDA KRAWIC ('41) FIGURSKI
SHERRILL SEAMON ('60) WILSON
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Historian comment:
HISTORIANS
Producing the annual alumni newsletter is a C.C.S.
tradition, the same as the annual alumni banquet and
homecoming. We are apparently one of a very few
alumni groups in the area that continue publishing a
newsletter and hosting a banquet. The banquet is an
open event (with paid reservations) honoring the
members of the graduating class, the 20 year class and
the 50 year class.
Before 1939:
Nancy Weber King
27 Bank Street
Candor, NY 13743
Queen_b45@y a hoo.com
1940-1949:
Marian Whitcomb Richards
The newsletter staff is small and would greatly
appreciate any interested alums joining. We have very
few meetings but have a lot of varied jobs that need
doing. We are trying to keep up-to-date addresses by
getting a liaison for each graduating class. See the list. If
your class is not listed, we need you. You can live
anywhere and do this job. It is fun because you get to be
class contact and keep in touch with more of your class
members. When your class wants to have a reunion, the
work is done-the association will provide a set of printed
address labels. The more correct addresses we have,
the less money we waste mailing the news-letter to a
wrong address and then paying the Post Office for the
newsletter's return and, if lucky, a new address.
51 Owego Rd. Lot #8
Candor, NY 13743
[email protected]
50 Yr. Class:
Nancy Weber King
27 Bank Street
Candor, NY 13743
[email protected]
40 Yr. Class:
Lila Roberts Hall
In March/April there is much more to be done: collecting
information, proof-reading, applying labels, and sorting
by zip code, 2000 plus newsletters, to mention some.
The association needs fund raising suggestions, setting
up for the pre-banquet gathering, table set-up for the
banquet, door prize soliciting and ideas on how to get
more members to pay their yearly $3 dues. If you have
never paid any dues since you graduated from C.C.S.,
now might be the time to give to the Alumni Association.
Any amount would be greatly appreciated. REMEMBER
New members^ new ideas= better Association. More
members to share the workload, fun, praise and /or
blame will mean a better chance of the association
continuing in future years.
221 Kelsey Rd.
Candor, NY 13743
[email protected]
30 Yr. Class:
Carol Quick Decker
429 Tubbs Hill Road
Candor, NY 13743
[email protected]
20 Yr. Class:
Gretchen Quirtlan Huizinga
Homecoming is a student event including a football
game, crowning of King an Queen and a dance. It isn't
the familiar "alumni return for the annual homecoming",
which could be fun to help with IF we had more people
63 Drybrook Rd.
WillseyvillG, NY 13864
[email protected]
10 Yr. Class:
Noelle King Bartolis
9 Main St.
Candor, NY 13743
[email protected]
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SPECIAL NOTES
Old Yearbook Update
GED Recipients
Thanks to the response in my search of old
Do you know a former Candor student who has
Candor yearbooks. In the town and high school
earned an equivalency degree?
library our sets include yearbooks from 1923-
them to notify the Alumni Association (send
2014 with the exception of 1925 and 1933.
In my
copy of paperwork) and their name and address
search for the old yearbooks, I have determined
will be added to the Alumni computer records.
that in the years 1936 and 1937, no yearbook was
They will "rejoin" the class that they would have
published; however, if anyone has information on
originally graduated with. AWARDS
Please advise
the knowledge of the printing of these two years,
I would appreciate it. We still do not refuse any
yearbooks that alumni wish to donate.
Harold E. Jensen Scholarships:
Also, if
you are in search of a certain year, we have many
2014 WINNER:
Amber Jackson
extras. Thanks!
Alumni Association Awards:
Each year
the
Alumni
Association
gives a
monetary award to the seniors with the
Richard Weber Fund
most
improved average in Math, Science and English.
The Richard Weber Fund was established in 2001
Last
as
Raspantini,
memorial to Richard Weber, Class of 1956
and a charter member of the Spencer - Candor
Lions Club. The initial effort raised S20OO.
year's
winners
were:
Math—
English— Morgan
Caitlyn
Becken, and
Science— Shania Shaver.
The
Congratulations to all !!
mission of the fund is to recognize young adults
who pursue careers that aid the visually and
hearing
impaired.
This award would be $200
and go to a graduating senior of Candor Central
School to help with the expenses of his/her
education.
be
met
Further
There is a specific criteria that must
by
students
information
contacting
interested
may
be
in
The Alma Mater Lives!
applying.
obtained
by
The Alumni Association would like to give a heart
Candor Alumni Association or the
-felt thanks to the Jr/Sr. High Vocal Music Dept
Spencer - Candor Lions Club.
and the CCS cheerleaders for their continuing
support
The Spencer /Candor Lions Club will continue to
manage
fund-raisers,
strengthening the
the
results
to
for
familiarizing
and
teaching
the
students of Candor Central School, our Alma
include
Mater.
reserves of the fund. Anyone
tradition.
wishing to make a donation to this fund may do
The Alma Mater had become a lost
Many recent graduates never realized
there was such a song.
so by contacting Spencer - Candor Lions Club,
With
encouragement
from the alumni, it has been revived by these
Attention: Dave Belair, Treasurer, 72 Howard Hill
talented and proud Candor Indians.
Road, Candor, NY 13743.
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DINNER RESERVATION FORM
Please return by May 30. 2015
How many will be attending banquet?
Number of attendees from the Class of 1965
( Your meal is free; however, we still need to reserve a dinner for you)
For pre-printed name tags, please clearly provide the names of all attendees under this reservation:
As our meal is a variety buffet, no choice of entree is necessary. Please complete the lines below
and mail in your payment and reservation.
# of dinners
@ $15 per person
$_
Dues for the year 7/1/15— 6/30/16
($3 per person)
$_
I am enclosing a donation
$
Total Amount Enclosed
$
If you have a new address, please complete the following:
Name:
Class Year
Address:
.
CURRENT Email Address:
COMMENTS:
PLEASE MAIL FORM AND PAYMENT TO:
(Make checks payable to Candor Alumni Association)
Donna Blinn
81 Blinn Rd.
Candor, NY 13743
607-659-5720
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*** NOTICE
***
The Alumni Association is looking for a liaison for each graduating class. The job of this person will be to keep an
up-to-date record of addresses of their classmates.
If you are interested, please contact Nancy King by e-mail ([email protected]) or phone (659-3445). An address
list will be given to you when you accept the position. Below is a list of Alumni Class Liaisons: If your year is not listed,
and you would like to be that year's liaison, give me a call. When you would like to know the whereabouts of one of
your classmates just contact the liaison below:
LIAISONS
PLEASE NOTE SEND ME YOUR E-MAIL SOTHAT I MAY ADD IT TO THIS LIST
Before 1939: Nancy Weber King
1940-1949:
Queen [email protected]
Marion Whitcomb Richards...
1944:
Mary Dence
1951-53
Elsie Doty Klinger & Arlene Silvemail Gillette
[email protected]
1954:
Clarke Moffitt
[email protected]
1956:
Joyce Doucette Belodeau
1957:
1958:
Jean Strong Ahart alandiean@frontiercom
1959:
Carol Bowman Mayes
1977:
Lynn Craig
1978:
Tarry Scaglione Milliard [email protected]
1979:
Richard Wickline
1980:
Patti Reichert [email protected]
1981:
Amy Newman White [email protected]
1982:
Loree Scaglione
1983:
Candy Mathews Ross [email protected]
1984:
Tammy Galpin Babcock [email protected]
1986:
Melissa Rockwell Bellini [email protected]
1987:
Nancy Kershner Brock
[email protected]
[email protected]
Kodiak [email protected]
1988:
cmavesl [email protected]
1960:
Rita Ahart Quinlan
[email protected]
1961:
LMa Roberts Hall [email protected]
1962:
Sandy Depuy Brown
1963:
Sharon Doucett Morrow
[email protected]
[email protected]
1989:
Denise Liske [email protected]
1991:
Nikki Coulter Hrustich
1992:
Robin Howland Gillette
1993:
Angela Canfield Barr
1994:
Alison King
1995:
Christine Baust
Kristin Hyde Sherman [email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
Lajie21 [email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
1964:
Nancy Weber King queen [email protected]
1996:
1965:
Carol Quick Decker [email protected]
1997:
1967:
Roger Weber
1998:
Maryalice Bolton Hunt [email protected]
1968:
Roseann Olmsted Bailey [email protected]
2000:
Jessica Rennells
1969:
Cindy Roberts Swartz
[email protected]
2002:
Cassandra Roberts Ives
1970:
Claudia Ward Strednak
[email protected]
2004:
Connie Slocum
2005:
Aaron Isham
1971:
RwebeM @stny.rr.com
Eileen Potter Ahart [email protected]
2008:
1972:
1973:
Donald Quick Jr.
1974:
Alonda Manzer [email protected]
1975:
Debbie Whitmarsh French
1976:
Gwcn Isham
[email protected]
[email protected]
Candor Alumni T-shirts
Here is a good way to help support your Alumni Association and own a one of a kind shirt.
These T-shirts make nice gifts for alumni, or soon to be (graduating senior) alumni.
BEEN THERE
DONE THAT
NOTE: Logo as it appears on the back of the T-shirt.
T-Shirt Order Form
Name:
Address:.
Phone:
Shirt Sizes
$15 each
Quantity
Small
Medium
Large
2X
'Total Enclosed
Add $5 only if you need to have your T-shirt shipped to you.
Send Order Form along with Check or Money Order to:
Candor Alumni Association
c/o Candor Central School
P.O. Box 145
Candor, NY 13743
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Candor, NY 13743
Candor, NY 13743
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Special Notice to Everyone
Please send us news about yourself if you haven't been mentioned in a newsletter recently.
Your classmates want to hear from you! Send a letter to any historian listed at the end of
"News From Alumni", or simply send your news along with your dues to the Treasurer listed
on the reverse side, or to the Alumni Association, c/o Candor Central School, P.O. Box 145,
Candor, NY 13743. Please write clearly so that we don't make any mistakes on important
information.