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Many locals part of AMHS 1957 Golden Class reunion
In Amityville, the Class of 1957 graduated, and each student headed off to begin a new phase of his/her life, some staying close to home and some venturing far and wide. Last month, many of them gathered to celebrate the golden anniversary of that graduation. "It was a marvelous affair," said George Gifford of Oakdale who was a member of the committee that worked for two years to bring the event- and the former students- together. Every former student who attended received a name tag with a copy of their yearbook photograph printed on it. "There were some very unusual moments," recalled Gifford. "Someone would stand in front of you and say, Hi, I'm so and so, remember me?' " Most of the time, they did remember their former classmate and the yearbook photo helped, said Gifford.
"There was plenty of exchanging of stories and pictures going around," said Gifford. Winning the prize for having the most grandchildren was Anna Valente Ferrara of West Babylon. She has seven children and 14 grandchildren. High school sweethearts Arthur and Ada (Vitale) Giorgini won the award "Mr. and Mrs. Amityville" at the reunion as well as at their graduation in 1957. The couple have four children and 9 grandchildren and live in Amityville. Many of those who attended still live on Long Island, while others traveled from their homes in Florida, Upstate New York, and Paris (Paris, Illinois, that is). Winning the prize for traveling the farthest was Kenny Wood who now lives in Arizona. The idea for the reunion was started when Al Chambers of Florida sent around emails and made telephone calls to some of his former classmates asking whether a reunion was being planned. That caught the attention of Benny Morselli and his wife Camille of Islip Terrace who took the project under their wing, with the rest of the committee which included Lee Blumberg of West Islip, Judy Driscoll Skillen of Babylon, Patricia Galloway Knappe of West Sayville, Gifford, Arthur Johannesen of West Babylon, and Betty Neilson Palazzolo of Islip Terrace.
Those attending included Robert and Elaine Alsonso of Indiana; James and Josephine Baker of Maine; Richard and Florence Behr of Maine; Eugene and Judy Benuzzi of Florida; Douglas Bindrim of New Hampshire; Lee and JoAnn Blumberg of West Islip; Thomas and Emilie Boehm of Florida; Mariano Spano Boyn and her husband Donald of Virginia; Charles Brantley of Florida, Gorden and Marilyn Burt of Virginia; Rosalie Diana Buscemi and her husband William;Thomas and Rosalie Buttacavoli of West Islip; Ron and Mary Caples of Riverhead; Millie Ferrin Capone and her husband Andy of West Islip; Donald and Marie Carfino of East Islip of California; Al Chambers of Florida; Constance Slater Cumberbach of Massapequa; Jack (John) Damico of Texas; Colin McNaull of Vermont; Geradline Cutillo Deckert and her husband John of Middle Island; Catherine Straub Divers and her husband Bill of Texas; Judy Driscoll Skillen of Babylon; Patricia Soriano Eastabrooks and her husband William of East Setauket; Dr. Alfonse and Bunny Emmolo of Pennsylvania; Patricia Kornely Englehard and her husband James of West Sayville; Richard and Janice Engelmann of Massapequa; Jeanine Rebehn Floen and her husband Ron of North Babylon; Barbara Cali Fogliano and her husband Al of Melville; Robert Fullan of Florida; Patricia Knappe Galloway of West Sayville; Mary Bohn Gage and her husband Robert of South Carolina; Michael and Lillian Garelli of Florida; Ralph Garganese of Las Vegas; Ada Vitale Giorgini and her husband Arthur of Amityville; George and Nancy Gifford of Oakdale; Roy and Joann Graves of West Babylon; Ruth DeStefano Guido of South Carolina; Robert J. Harsch of West Islip; Bettina Behringer Housler and her husband W. Neail of Oak Beach; Arthur and Daria Johannesen of West Babylon; Robert G. Johnston of Florida; Albert and Mary Ann Kane of Bohemia; Wade Lawrence of Florida; James L. and Shirley Leinbaugh of Florida; Carol Miller Locke and her husband Richard of Islip; John and Marilyn Lombardo of Commack; Gerald Lourenco of Lindenhurst; Ralph and Rosalie Macchio of Islandia; Roberta Ciampa Mahlstedt and her husband Vince of Georgia; Catheringe (Kitty) Trimarchi Marchese of West Babylon; Al and Alberta Mehr of Delaware; Nicholas and Elaine Mescia of North Carolina; Marie Guillet Miranda of Copiague; Ben and Camille (Dominici) Morselli of Islip Terrace; Marueen Duffy O'Brien of Manorville; Cathy McAuley Oellrich of Manhasset; Anna Goettelmann Oellrich and her husband George of Riverhead; Barbara Rothmann Pedrino and her husband Frank of South Carolina; Janet Gillespie Pedrini and her husband Lionel of Old Bethpage; Patricia Persico Rean of Baldwin; Joan White Ricci and her husband Patrick of North Carolina; Pat Cappioppoli Rizzutto and her husband Frank of Commack; Raymond and Penny Romano of East Islip; Roger Rossi (Sal) Rossitto of Florida; Carol Faas Sawtelle and her husband Charlie of North Carolina; Betty Steuerwald Scheuer and her husband Harold of Manorville; Dorothy Matern Schloss of Warrensburg, New York; Nina Linwood Sheindelman of Rockville Centre; June Erlanger Smith and her husband Charlie of the Class of 1956; Warren and Susane Smith of Virginia; Tom and Marcia Stringer of Bay Shore; Jim and Marguerite Sturiale of Pennsylvania; Frank and Joan Wanson of West Islip; Diane Imbert Thackray of Westhampton Beach; Anna Palazzolo Timme and her husband Richard of Centerport; Colina Carubia Vacca of Florida; Ada Giorgini Vitale and her husband Arthur of Amityville; Jean Davies Vitale and her husband George of Georgia; Emil and Marlene Vyskocil of Rockville Centre; April Marino Waldman and her husband Tom of Florida; Joan (Chickie) O'Shea Wardle and her husband Joseph of Calverton and Myrtle Beach; Robert Weichbrodt of Riverhead; William Weremeichek of Florida; Donald Jr., and Marjorie Wood of Florida; Kenneth and Maureen Wood of Arizona; Barbara Wyatt Woron and her husband Bernie of Iowa; Lane Jastrebski Writer and her husband Andrew of Carlton, New York; Bernard and Barbara Wyatt of Iowa; Janne Arpino Zito and her husband Lout of Tennessee; John and Regina Zito of Florida; Stuart Brandt of Illinois; Richard Buchmaier of Georgia; Helene Johnsen Carpenter of West Islip; Thomas Conlin of Lindenhurst; Erne Della Rocca of Florida; Anna Valente Ferrara of West Babylon; Jon P. and Louise Hillen of Florida; Ed Krupinski of Babylon; Jim Peretty of Florida; Janet Farro Wade of Massapequa; Jacqueline Brown Wallace of Cochecton, New York; and Morgan Weed of Florida.
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