Janet Tremblay Pozen

100 days until the 50th Reunion

I asked for some photos that you would like to share while waiting for the 50th Reunion to commence and Janet Tremblay Pozen has been the first to respond. And has she ever!


First up: Janet, with her husband, Robert Gray, and four of their five grandchildren. "Tess came along later."  Now this is exactly the kind of photo I've wanted to put up on the class blog from the very beginning, classmates. Just perfect.

Olivia, Robert, Henry, Janet, Evan and Audrey

Then there's this B&W gem from the past. Can you identify all the kids in the photo?  Unless you went to HT Grammar you would not know who two of the boys are. They didn't go on to HTHS. One boy in the photo did, but, for only two years.

Janet Trembley's 8th grade party

For those who no longer have our freshman yearbook this is how some of us looked that first year at HTHS. The gauntlet has now been thrown down to any of you in 9B and 9C if you want equal time.

Freshman 9A

How good could any of our Blue Brave B-Ball teams have been without these Lady Blue Braves to help raise the crowd and the team's spirits?

Freshman year

Sophomore year

Senior year Lady Blue Braves

And, if that wasn't enough, Janet hosted a mini-reunion of the Massachusetts contingent of HTHS at her home recently. Kathy Amon said it best: " Were we all kneeling or is Bill really that tall?"

Whatever the answer to that question they ALL look absolutely marvelous!

Bill Hogan, Maryann Hogan, Charlie Mattina, Janet Tremblay Pozen, Kathy Barry Amon and Diana Finer


Are you ready to rumble Jersey Girls?

Kathy, Diana and Janet

Thank you, Janet, for all these memories.

  Senior photo          

Photo credits: Janet Tremblay Pozen and Robert Gray  




Answer to Second Trinity Jersey Girls reunion: Pam Dorne Venckus                                                 

Second Trinity Jersey Girls Reunion

The Trinity Jersey Girls® met again on May 4th at Klein's Fish Market in Belmar, N.J. A smaller turnout this time but with an addition of one previously unseen member. Can you spot her and do you know who she is? If you don't know you'll have to wait until somebody sends me something to put up here on the blog for the answer.

Trinity Jersey Girls

Photo credit: Lou Bace Hogan

Your destination for the 50th Reunion

By now you should have all received your invitations to the 50th Reunion of the Holy Trinity High School Class of 1962.  You know where you are headed.      

 For those of you who, even with the assistance of the latest Garmin Nuvi, Expresso or Alpine GPS navigation device, still successfully manage to get lost here is a photo of Nancy and Willis King's Spring Lake home where the 50th Reunion will be held. This should help make visual contact easier.                                                                                                                                                                 .

New Jersey Monthly  photo    

  Looks like a home right out of  Architectural Digest, don't you think? How gracious of Nancy and Willis to make their summer retreat available to all their classmates, and their spouses and guests, for a reunion that will certainly be remembered by everyone the rest of their lives.

There was a suggestion in the flyer to bring memorabilia to the reunion to share with your classmates. I would like to add that you could send one favorite photo or item from among your memorabilia to me, here, at the class blog. There are 132 days and a wake-up until the reunion. In between messages and updates from the Reunion Committee it would be a nice way to pass the time, break the ice and share a little of who you are and what is important to you right here, right now. Email address is at the top right of this page. I see that I am now, officially, on the Reunion Committee so it's all perfectly legal.

IMPORTANT UPDATE 5 /3/ 2012: If you did not notice it on the back of the invitation, the price per individual for the reunion main gathering at the King's residence is $85. [ A real bargain at that.]

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   

50th Reunion: Accommodations

Becky Maher Welter has been compiling a list of accommodations available in the Spring Lake area. This is what she reports:

"I have been looking at both motels and Bed & Breakfasts. All the B&B's in Spring Lake require a 2 night minimum. There is a Travelodge and Budget Inn within about 10 minutes of Spring Lake. The next closest hotels are in Wall and Neptune, more like 20 minutes from Spring Lake, but conveniently located to the Garden State Parkway. The Marriott Residence Inn is already 100% booked for that weekend. The manager told me there are a lot of weddings in September and they book up early. The Courtyard Marriott in Wall does have openings. I didn't ask at any of these places for a group rate since at this point we haven't any idea."

Chateau                                                                   Ocean House
500 Warren Ave                                                       102 Sussex Ave
Spring Lake                                                              Spring Lake
732-974-2000                                                           732-449-9090
2 night minimum $119-239/night                               2night minimum $230/night

Normandy Inn                                                          Breakers Hotel
21 Tuttle Ave                                                           1507 Ocean Ave
Spring Lake                                                              Spring Lake
732-419-7172                                                           732-449-7700
2night min. $214-$284/night                                      2night min. $260/night

Budget Inn                                                                Courtyard Mariott
1909 Highway 35                                                      1302 Campus Parkway
Wall, NJ                                                                     Wall, NJ
732-449-6146                                                             732-919-2780
(No rates yet for Sept.)                                                $239 for Saturday only
                                                                                  $209night if both Fri. and Sat.
Travelodge
1916 Highway 35
Wall, NJ
732-974-8401
$96/night

                                                                               
There may be additional places listed by Becky as she finds them. However, I would suggest that you book your choices early. I know of two out-of-state classmates that have already done so.

What are your kids doing for spring break?

 Charlie also mentioned in the newsletter another photograph that Christine Keenen Kealy had sent him. The Facebook cool kids have all seen it and she also sent me a copy last year about this same time. We were going to do a more complete post together on the many achievements of her daughter, Courtney Jane Kealy, but more pressing family matters came up for Christine then and we both let it lapse.

I don't have all the details of Courtney Jane's photo-journalist and free lance reporter career,  but I did catch one of her reports from the Middle East last year while listening to a local FM oldie station - what else! - that featured Fox News 2 minute sound bytes on the half hour. Actually, I found Fox News to be completely digestible in small portions like that.

Courtney Jane Kealy and friends - Libya, April, 2011

Christine has told me that Courtney is safely back home stateside helping her late brother, Sean's, young family at this critical time in their lives. Please give a thought and your prayers for all of them.

Photo Credit: Courtney Jane Kealy

Then and now

I just finished reading Charlie's newsletter and while I do appreciate all the shameless plugs he was making on behalf of the class blog, I was surprised that he mentioned one particular post, that, in reality, had not appeared here. It would be much too confusing to explain how he came to know about its existence.  Let's just say that Charlie is, in addition to all his other fine qualities, clairvoyant.

What I am referring to is our own Class of '62's, hands down, cutest couple. Then:

Christine & Paul - First date, 7th grade

         And now:                                                                                                                                          

Christine & Paul -  Decatur, GA 2011

There is nothing more to add.

Photo credits: Christine Keenen Kealy