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| Trinity Jersey Girls |
Photo credit: Lou Bace Hogan
Sunday, May 6, 2012
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.
Photo credit: Lou Bace Hogan
Photo credit: Lou Bace Hogan
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
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. .
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.]
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. .
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| New Jersey Monthly photo |
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.
"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.
Monday, April 9, 2012
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.
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
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.
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| Courtney Jane Kealy and friends - Libya, April, 2011 |
Photo Credit: Courtney Jane Kealy
Monday, April 2, 2012
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:
And now:
There is nothing more to add.
Photo credits: Christine Keenen Kealy
What I am referring to is our own Class of '62's, hands down, cutest couple. Then:
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| Christine & Paul - First date, 7th grade |
And now:
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| Christine & Paul - Decatur, GA 2011 |
Photo credits: Christine Keenen Kealy
Sunday, March 18, 2012
Reunions in the air.
Received this email from Lou Bace Hogan in December:
"Just thought I would drop you a note and say "hi" and tell you about our "Trinity Jersey Girls " pre-union at a restaurant last week. Becky Maher and I had a crazy idea back in August. We thought it would be fun to have a pre-reunion gathering with all the girls who still live in NJ. So we sent out 17 invites.Our plan was to meet at a restaurant in Spring Lake on Monday, November 29."
Twelve Jersey girls attended. Here is the alphabetical list as we knew them, not in their actual order:
Lou Bace, Mary Baker, Diane Colavito, Kathy Helmstetter, Marilyn Herbst, Cathy Keegan, Becky Maher, Cathy Monninger, Nancy Roberts, Ella Mae Weikel, Nancy Whalen, and Sue Will.
Can you identify who is who? [ I got 10 out of 12.] Answers will be at the end of the next post down.
As always, click on photo to embiggen, but you now have to click the X at the top right of the expanded photo pop-up to return to the blog page.
IMPORTANT UPDATE #2: 3/29/2012. Keep checking in on the blog for further developments on our 50th REUNION. For example: Bed and Breakfast accommodations will be put up on 4/2/2012 at the top of all the other posts.
"Just thought I would drop you a note and say "hi" and tell you about our "Trinity Jersey Girls " pre-union at a restaurant last week. Becky Maher and I had a crazy idea back in August. We thought it would be fun to have a pre-reunion gathering with all the girls who still live in NJ. So we sent out 17 invites.Our plan was to meet at a restaurant in Spring Lake on Monday, November 29."
Twelve Jersey girls attended. Here is the alphabetical list as we knew them, not in their actual order:
Lou Bace, Mary Baker, Diane Colavito, Kathy Helmstetter, Marilyn Herbst, Cathy Keegan, Becky Maher, Cathy Monninger, Nancy Roberts, Ella Mae Weikel, Nancy Whalen, and Sue Will.
Can you identify who is who? [ I got 10 out of 12.] Answers will be at the end of the next post down.
As always, click on photo to embiggen, but you now have to click the X at the top right of the expanded photo pop-up to return to the blog page.
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| Jersey Girls - Lou Bace Hogan photo |
IMPORTANT UPDATE: 3/19/ 2012. I have been informed by Lou to tell all of you that the Class of 1962's 50th Reunion is definitively going to be held at the home of Nancy & Willis King, in Spring Lake,on September 15, 2012.
IMPORTANT UPDATE #2: 3/29/2012. Keep checking in on the blog for further developments on our 50th REUNION. For example: Bed and Breakfast accommodations will be put up on 4/2/2012 at the top of all the other posts.
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