50th REUNION PHOTOS - Brae Burn, September 23, 2016.
Saturday Night Gala Photos 50th
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@ BraeBurn Country Club
Weekend Events Photos
2016 Junior High Group Photos
Scroll down for various listed events.
These activities were organized by the Reunion Committee,
in addition to the Reunion Gala Saturday night.
Check out the photos from these events by scrolling down the page.
Thank you to Ellen Berman for taking the lead on organizing these events.
Friday, September 23, 2016
"Kickoff Cocktails" @ Indigo Hotel
399 Grove Street, Newton Lower Falls, 617-969-5300
Kicking off our wonderful weekend was an informal get together at the Hotel Indigo, where many were staying. It was open to all classmates and spouses (significant others). We were lucky to have wonderful weather for the event outside around the pool. While the actual pool had been closed,we were fortunate not to have lost anyone in the pool, although there were two attempts! We had a great turnout for this relaxed event with several classmates coming that were unable to make the reunion the following night.
Golf Outing @ Leo J. Martin Memorial Golf Course
The Golf Outing had a beautiful morning tee time. Golfers were at the course 45 minutes prior to the 8:30AM start and all dress in the official NHS dress code of orange & black, one Tiger arrived! After golf, they met at O’Hara’s in Newton Highlands for lunch and prizes. Participating in the event were Steve Gilman, Steve Schulman, Nancy Wilbar Whooley, Tom Farrell, Dana Flynn, Bill Martin, Paul Murphy, Roger Dolan, Lester Gardner, Elliott Margolis, Sheldon Stone, Deb Chapman Scott Shea, Gretchen Ernst Leone, Pat Schiavone MacDonald, Jill Coven Marshall, Jack Farrell, Bob Gardner, and Kevin McArdle. A great time was had by all, thanks to the great organizing job by Barb, Jack and Steve.
Boston Duck Tours
The Boston Duck Tours leave from The Shops at the Prudential Center at 53 Huntington Ave at 10:00 AM Saturday morning and a small group of classmates were eager to board. Each duck boat holds 36 people and this is guaranteed to be fun and informative. We had "Mr Wonderful" as our guide and he was straight out of the '60's. He had so many interesting facts about Boston and kept us laughing! Riding on the water was the best part!
On the Duck Tour were:
Ellen Berman
Kathleen Hoey Thompson
Molly Malone Popieniuck
Martha "Marti" Sylvester Warren
Thomas "Tom" Warren
Charles Riverboat Company Tour
Photo taken by Jonna Amicangioli Burns '66
Attending this event were:
Judy (Judith) Alexander Mintz
Jonna Amicangioli Burns
Roy Donovan
Carol Green
Louise Lerner
Beverly Stern Silver
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NHS Tour and Newtonville Lunch Crawl
Donnie GOLDMAN Houser and Lesley Savitz Craig enjoying the tour.
NHS 1966
Our school was essentially a small college campus, but obviously wearing down.
NHS 1973
In 1973 a new school was built along Lowell avenue- basically in the area of the old baseball fields that we knew. In short, it was a disaster. Designed by architects said to specialize in prisons, it looked and felt like one. Few windows, corridors and stairs that led to nowhere and very dark. The very expensive swimming pool was built approximately 9” short of competition distance, and therefore unusable for meets. They kept the same 6 “Houses’ system, but they were all in an open series of intermingled corridors and quickly irrelevant. Within 15 years discussions began to tear it down and start fresh. But it was a slow process.
When the 1973 building was completed, they set about tearing down our high school campus. In a move of sheer 70’s genius, they decided, rather than haul the debris away, they would simply bury much of the school remnants where they lay, using it as fill, and cover it over to create sports fields, basically covering all of Walnut Street, Building 3 and Building 1. As part of this process Elm Road, which had run straight through the school grounds, was redirected in, a circle fashion, to run over and through the site of our Building 1 and the “Shed”.
NHS 2016
In 2009 construction began on the current school, which is spectacular, albeit expensive - close to $200,000,000. It is built across the center of the property, basically from the old football field, through Building 3, to the site of Building 1. In early 2007 I was running my dog on the front fields and ran into a soil surveyor testing the soils. Turns out he was searching for “underground tunnels” which he thought were mysterious and odd, but had to be located. I walked him to the approximate locations. He informed me that the tunnels had been simply left, as is, when the buildings were destroyed in ’73 and were now filled with water. The tunnels, and all the old debris from our school, needed to finally be removed. The problem was that all the pipes running the length ofthe tunnels (which many/most of us wrote our names/initials on & in etc) were insulated with asbestos and likely other contaminants, as were Buildings 1,2 & 3. Think of that the next time you look through the yearbook and see photos of the white coated pipes in the tunnels & buildings. Full remediation was needed. Shortly thereafter, for approximately one year, hazardous waste trucks with workers in full hazmat gear worked the old building sites and hauled away the remains of our school (and the asbestos). The Football stadium was removed also.
In essence, our beautiful campus became a toxic fill for over 30 years, but now is a wonderfully functioning school that is in use 7 days a week by multiple public and private groups.
Classmate Richard Forte USA, first onE listed on this plaque hanging at the new high school!
If you were interested in learning more about the high school you graduated from, this was the event for you! Classmate Ted Kelly, who lives next door to the school and graduated his children from the school presented a wonderful overview of the past 50 years. You will find his handouts and information that he complied above.
Led by a few NNHS student leaders our group of over 60 was divided up and sent off to tour the school. After the tour Ted talked to the group about the various eateries and restaurants that have replaced those we frequented in 1966. Everyone headed off for lunch, excited with what they had just experienced at this state of the art high school. It was also a great opportunity to visit and reminisce with classmates over lunch.
Attending the NHS Tour:
William Alford
Roberta Baeringer Messuri
Tim Barry
Leslie Bass
Marie Bourgeois Wells
David Bright
Valerie Brooks Samson
May Chen Chin
Rick Cioppa
Mary Cogan
Bruce Cohen
Kathy Coyle
Janet Crosby Stewart
Joel Dechter
Alberto deMayo
Ilene Devorin Stellar
Neil Dobro
Robert Doyle
Jeff Elson
Bruce Feldman
Dana Flynn
Francine Foster
Eric "Randy" Gahm
Wayne Gallant
Kathie Gardner Hebden
Janice Gatti Rizza
Donnie Goldman Houser
Theresa "Terry" Green Zois
Mary Griffin
Jonathan "Jon" Hacker
Kate Hayden
Karen Hemeon
Ted Hodgen
Kathleen Hoey Thompson
Ted Kelly
Karen LaRue Angst
Bill Levin
Frank Ronne
Philip "Phil" Saindon
Julie Schneider
Nancy Schulman Maxwell
Karen Segall Griffin
Sandy Segel Goldstein
Betsey Shriber Goldberg
Caroline Stone Collentro
Vicki Sudhalter Sudhalter-Forrest
Jean Thomason McCaughey
Franson Tom
Newton Cycling With Marlene "Sockol" Mills
Marlene "Sockol" Mills '66
Classmate Marlene Sockol Mills invited other classmates to join her on a cycle around Newton! Marlene is an experienced cyclist and has been a lead for trips in California, where she lives. They had a great time on Friday with gorgeous weather.
L-R: Bert Welti, Marlene Sockol Mills, Elaine & Bruce Levy, Judith Mintz, Katy Hayden & Ted Hodgen.
The Newton High Class of 1966 is listed below. It is sorted by 1966 surname within Junior High School. If you would like to share or request contact information for a classmate, please send an email to TheNHS66Reunion@gmail.com. (revised 12/25/2020)
