THE SCRATCH SHEET
VOL. 20, MAY 9, 2010
In this issue:
A.
Another Loss for the Class of ’60 Family
B.
The Next to Last Report from the Reunion
Committee
C.
And the Next to Last Report from the Class Gift
Committee.
D.
Corinthian II
E.
Chapel Seating for Our Guests on Saturday Morning
Contacts for this Issue:
Myron
Caplan 412-486-4636;
mcaplan@blumcraft.com
Bob Culver 973-628-0786; fabo2@verizon.net
Rocco D’Amico 301-229-0834; rdamico@ihsm.com
Joe Frigiola 609-702-0503; joefrigiola@comcast.net
Pete Shoemaker 813-908-8773; shoemakerp@gisx.com
AND NEXT WEEKEND LOOK FOR THE PENULTIMATE VERSION OF
THE SCRATCH SHEET PRIOR TO OUR 50TH REUNION.
A. Another Loss for the Class of ’60 Family
We have been informed
that early last week Classmate John Hagerty lost his oldest son, John Hagerty
Jr. Junior lived in Arizona, and died as a result of a
construction accident where he was attacked by bees, and suffered a severe
allergic reaction. John, Sr. is on his
way out there for the funeral, but has informed us that he’ll be back in
Virginia Beach next weekend, and already has his bag packed to join us the
following week for the 50th.
The class of 60 extends its condolences to John and the entire Hagerty
family. John can be reached at
757-509-0641.
B. The Next to Last Report from the Reunion Committee
Well, it's finally arrived. Our 50th Anniversary Reunion
Celebration is a few days away. The section below describes all the events
planned for the weekend. Any last minute
changes from what you have already told us (the Planning Committee), or by
omission, not told us, can be highly problematic, especially where we have to
commit to meal counts, charges and seating space. Please read the following
information carefully to understand your choices, and act accordingly. We have only a very few days to modify our
arrangements.
IF you and/or guests plan to attend a
particular event and have not yet let the Committee know,
or IF you will be unable to attend an
event that you previously had indicated you would,
or if the number of people you indicated
would attend an event has changed,
PLEASE LET JOE FRIGIOLA KNOW: 609-7020503 or JOEFRIGIOLA@COMCAST.NET
Finally
if you plan to attend the Alumni dinner on Saturday night you need to make a
reservation with the Alumni Association.
Call them at 215-232-8882 to assure you have a seat with your
classmates. You can pay by credit card
over the phone, or pay at the door.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
GIRARD COLLEGE
Class of 1960
50th Anniversary Reunion
May
20-23, 2010
Here is a description of the 14
events planned for our 50th Anniversary Reunion Celebration. The intent is to provide lots of opportunity
to reconnect with old friends, share the personal highlights and low lights of
the past fifty years, and to reflect upon and reassess the childhood
experiences that have undoubtedly influenced our lives. A Welcome Pack of
information containing schedules, program agenda, alternate route information
to and from the hotel and Girard, and more, will be available upon arrival.
Thursday,
May 20
Hospitality Suite – Crowne
Plaza Phila West Hotel, 4010 City
Ave. (215) 477-0200
Time: 4:00pm
til ? Cost: Free Parking:
Free
Early arriving and local
classmates can start the weekend catching up and reminiscing. Welcome Packs, name tags, and a message board
will be provided. So will snack foods, wine, beer and soft drinks. A
Hoagie/Steak Sandwich buffet will be available at 8:00pm.. Enjoy the opportunity to get reacquainted. Guests
welcome.
Note: The Crown
Plaza is a non-smoking
facility.
Friday, May 21
Alumni Golf Outing – Island Green Country Club, Philadelphia, Pa
Time: 7:30am
– 2:00pm Cost: $100, pay in advance
This has become a regular
feature of Founder's Day Weekend since 1985. About 100 Alumni
usually participate in this four
person, scramble event. The emphasis is more on fun than serious golf.
Mulligans can be purchased. Lunch and door prizes are included. We even get to
sing 'Hail Girard' again. Contact John Kane (215) 343-5769 or Jim McKendrick in
the Alumni Office (215) 232-8882 for registration information.
Philadelphia Area Attractions –
Various Locations
Time: 9am – 5:00pm (and any day before or after our
weekend) Cost: Vary
For those wishing to entertain
family and guests, or to extend their stay in the city, Philadelphia offers many appealing
attractions. The Constitution
Center, many Museums, a
City Murals Tour, South Street,
and the Zoo are some of the historical, educational, entertaining, and cultural
experiences available to the adventurous. Dan Ferro (215) 757-7276 can help
assist interested parties looking to join with others.
Hum Tour: Stephen Girard
Collection – Founder's Hall 2nd Floor
Times 10:00am – 11:30am and 4:00pm – 5:30pm Cost:
Free
Founder's Hall houses a
priceless collection of Girard's personal effects, letters, business documents,
household items, furniture and much more. Historians and scholars have long
envied, and pay fees to see, these treasures that we never or rarely saw.
Elizabeth Laurent, the Director of the Girard Historical Collection, will
conduct both tours for us. An hour and a half well spent. Call Joe Frigiola
(609) 702-0503 to indicate your preference for the 10:00AM or 4:00 PM tour.
Note: You may recall that there are 48 steps to the
second floor of Founder's Hall. There are no elevators. Be sure you are up for
the climb.
Class of '60 Dinner –
Founder's Hall
Time: 6:pm – 10:30pm Cost: Free to all classmates and one
guest each.
This is sure to be one of the
weekend highlights. Dress is informal. Cocktails (wine and beer) start at 6:00. Buffet dinner at 7:00.
A program evoking humor and reflection is planned. An open microphone
will allow anyone who wishes it the opportunity to speak extemporaneously (no
more than 3 minutes please). Honorary Diplomas will be presented to several
classmates who left before graduation. We will also practice singing the
'Farewell Song' for Saturday's Chapel Service. Invited guests include President Adkins, the Schiavo's, the
McKendrick's and Bruce Schultz's, the Hum Dir of Music.
Note: There is a
key-operated wheel chair lift on the rear steps of Founder's Hall. If you wish
to use it, you need to request access at the main gate when you drive in.
Hospitality Suite – Crowne
Plaza Hotel
Time: 11:00pm til ?
Cost: Free
End the day in another
traditional way; a chance to hang out with old friends and embellish memories
of the past.....maybe even see things in others beyond our perceptions as
adolescents. (Can alcohol and fatigue do that?....Don't be surprised.)
Saturday, May 22
This day starts with an 8:00am Memorial Service in Olde St.
Augustine Roman Catholic Church at 4th and Vine Streets for those
inclined. This is considered Stephen Girard's church, and the Priest saying the
mass is a former Hummer. Also, there
will be a Wreath Ceremony at 9:15am at Stephen Girard's
sarcophagus in Founder's Hall. Al
Bullock will present a wreath from our class along with a special contribution,
a banner quilt, made by his wife, Bernadette.
Note: A complete schedule
of Founder's Day activities sponsored by the GC Alumni Association will be
included in your Welcome Pack
Chapel Service
Time: 10:00am
– 11:35am (Assemble at 9:15 in the Chapel rear to organize
our processional)
The other marquee event! We get
to relive our graduation. Our Class Speaker addresses the assembly of students,
faculty, family and guests. We announce our Class Gift to the school. The
Alumni Assn presents its' Stephen Girard Award. We get to sing the Farewell
Song again. An emotional event for the sentimental at heart.
After the service, our families
and guests remain in chapel to listen to a 15 minute recording, produced by
Rich and Linda Adams from their interviews, depicting the experience of our
Mom's upon entrusting their sons to Girard
College. Don't miss this.
Note: The entire Chapel
Service will be accessible live on-line for family, friends, and those who can
not attend. To view the service, log on to GirardCollege.com. On the home page,
there is a 'Site Shortcuts' section in the lower left portion. A link for the
Founder's Day Chapel Service is not there now, but will be there on the day
before. However, it will not be activated until just before the service at 9:00am.
Class of '60 Lunch – Banker
Hall (Formerly the D&S Bldg) Room 102
Time: 12
noon til 1:00pm. Cost:
Free
A real old-fashioned Hum meal,
served family style, in the old Bordeaux Dining Room. On the menu, Shepherd's
Pie, bread and gravy (Can anyone equal Dave Paulson's record?), vanilla ice
cream with strawberries, and plenty of cold milk. Family and guests welcome
upon prior reservation. Call Joe
Frigiola (609) 702-0503. Space is limited.
Hum Tour: Buildings and Tunnels (Assemble at end of lunch. Leave from
Banker Hall)
Time: 1:10pm
– 3:30pm Cost: Free
Visit the living and study
spaces of contemporary Girardians. See the many changes and things that stayed
the same. This tour includes Merchant
Hall, Junior School, the new West
End (eg, Children's Village) and the power station control room
which includes the openings to the tunnels. Your grandkids will be impressed.
Note: Four groups will
rotate through the four planned stops. With the time limited (campus activities
are expected to end by 3:30),
it is very important that the groups stay on schedule. Consider wandering
elsewhere if you're not up for the pace.
Alumni Dinner – Founder's
Hall
Time: 6:00pm – 9:00pm Cost:
$55 per head ($60 at the door) Cash Bar
A traditional Founder's Day
event. Cocktails at 6:00.
Dinner at 7:00. Tables will
be reserved for our class as the guests of honor. Very few speeches. Good to
see the 'Old Guys'. Most will wear jackets, but not required. Usually winds
down around 8:30pm.
Note: Reservations and
payment arrangements must be made with the Alumni Office (215) 232-8882. A late reservation may not guarantee you a
seat at a table with classmates.
Dancing to the Oldies -
Founder's Hall
Time: 9:00pm
– 11:00pm Cost: Free admission
An old-fashioned Record Hop.
Only music from the 50's and 60's will be played. Requests accepted. Will bring
back memories of Maggs McGhee, Leroy Knoll, and American Bandstand. Open to all
(even if one did not attend dinner) but likely to be predominately our class.
Hospitality Suite – Crowne
Plaza Hotel
Time: 11:30pm
til ? Cost: Free
Last chance to wind down and
shmooze with the guys. Guests welcome.
Sunday, May 23
Brunch – Banker Hall, Room
102
Time: 10:30am – 12:00am Cost: Free
One more meal with old friends.
A tasty buffet of breakfast treats should go well with hung over expressions.
Discussion Groups - Banker
Hall, Room 102
Time: 12noon – 2:30pm Cost: Only your time, and thoughtful reflections.
One last opportunity for sharing
and reflection. Attendees will join in table group discussion of topics of
interest, such as 'Most Memorable Teacher(s)', 'My Adjustment after the Hum',
'What it's like being Married to a Hummer' , 'The value of your vocational
curriculum at Girard', or suggest your own topic. Learn how others valued the
same experiences, then and now. What difference has 50 years made? Revisit some
of life's lessons. Each group will report a brief summary to the whole group.
Adjourn and Farewell – Mid
afternoon
C. And the Next to Last Report from the Class
Gift Committee.
CLASS GIFT UPDATE
75 Classmates and
Climbing
We’re beginning to see quite a lot of activity, and the
numbers are climbing rapidly. We’ve
added 11 names since the last report ten days ago. We now have contributions
from 52 classmates, 3 anonymous contributions, and memorials for 23 others. The newest additions to the list of
contributors are Bob Bilheimer, Tony Fiore, Joe Hipple, and Mike Messina. Memorials added were for Rich Collins, Ed
Mitchell, Jim Rule, Mario Rullo, Manny Sheitelman, Bob Siren, and Jim Wert.
$180,000 and
Climbing
We now have approximately $180,000 total, together with an
additional $8,000 in brand new solid commitments. Here is the summary, by category:
$20,000 and above________________________________________________
Toby Caplan
Don Ratajczak
Pete Shoemaker
$10,000 -19,999_________________________________________________
Rich Adams
Rocco D’Amico
Joe Frigiola
Rich Page
$5,000 -
9,999____________________________________________________________
Bruce Singer
$2,500 –
4,999____________________________________________________________
