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56 Deceased After graduating BHS in '56, I spent 4 years in the USAF between Texas and Dover, DL. After discharge, I worked in a factory in Hackensack, NJ and in two plumbing supply houses. In 1961, I got married and had 2 daughters. In 1971, I joined the Montvale Police Dept., where I worked for 27 years until retiring to New Port Richey, FL where I currently reside.

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60 To begin, it has been wonderfull to have spent quality time with many of you in 2006 at Bing's Landing in Palm Coast. Sorry to have missed you all last year due to conflicting schedules. The 50th reunion was a blast, thanks to the Reunion Committee, all came off really smoothly and we all had a great time to re-bond.

Without the benefit of a college education, I went to work for some local printers in the Bergenfield area. Later on I attended Manhattan School of Printing to get enough traning to enter the lithographic industry. Then it was one of the highest paying jobs in the late 50's.

This career was to continue until retirement working in NJ and the NY Metro area. Having been a litho journeyman pressman, I'd had the opportunity to serve as Pressroom Foreman working for 24 years with one of the formost plants in NJ . The litho industry succumbed to newer forms of publishing and began to fade. I retired in 1993, at 55 and ready to start a new avocation in farming.

We built our first home on new land in Sussex County, NJ. It was a post and beam solar heated design. We've been here since 1981, and have operated a certified organic farm till present., doing all the work and management till present. Interest in organic has blossomed recently to create a strong demand on our on farm market.

Seems like years ago that I was first mate on my friends sailboat cruising and racing on Long Island Sound. Night and day races, we took many trophys. Later I crewed with him in the Virgins, British and American and Culebra off the coast of Puerto Rico, we sailed into Viequez , also, an active US bombing range, so sad. The Morgan Yacht was a comfortable home for us, an Out Island 46' yawl. My friend had sailed the Newport to Bermuda race on off years when the multimillionaires were not racing. I missed being his crew, then, but they took First Place 2 out of 4 years in succession.

We're finally tiring of all the work needed to run the farm, we hope to reduce our crops to garlic and christmas trees and start to get away more on motorcycle trips during the next season. I just bought a 2007 Triumph Tiger and ready to explore the northeast !

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65 "How great it was to see everyone in 2006! I am so proud to be a graduate of BHS: a strong school, excellent faculty, and the students were all “above average!” What a wonderful foundation for our fulfilling lives. Keep in touch."

Hope that works. In the meantime, does anyone know what happened to Miss Soldner? I often think of her commitment to the English language and literature, and know that her intensity helped us all to be better communicators.

Married to a sociologist, it was hard to ignore the overwhelming percentage of our almuni group that had entered the education field -- whether K-12 or university. I attribute that to the wonderful education we all received at BHS. Miss Soldner, Miss Rule, and Mr.Hunter were the teachers of legend.

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73 Places Lived: Middlebury, Vt., Mainz, Germany, Annapolis, Md., Oswego, NY
Jobs held: Taught German for 40 years (8 years at U.S. Naval Academy, 32
years at SUNY College at Oswego.
Present address: 3802 Co. Rt. 57, Oswego, NY 13126
Interests: Gardening, Music (sing in local "Festival Chorus"), Sports: swim laps,canoeing,
x-country skiing, bicycling (ever since paper route days!)

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80 After BHS I worked at the telephone company for a bit and in December enlisted in the Air Force. I spent two lovely years on a 20 man radio relay site in Newfoundland (Canada, not N.J.)
Married in 1961 and started night school at FDU, Teaneck campus while working for the IBM typewriter division, repairing electric typewriters. Remember Typewriters?
Was graduated from Fairleigh with a BSEE in May 1970. (Whew)
Worked various places as an engineer, sr. engineer, project leader, field service, tech sales & marketing. Mostly in small companies.
Divorced in 1981.
3 Children. 6 Grandchildren, all in Deleware or New Jersey.
Forced into retirement a few years ago, I have been living in the Tampa area since 1988. Usually, I spend my travelling money going north to see my family.

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83 After 4 years in the USAF, I married Joan Van Valen, class of 57. Moved to Rockaway Twp, lived there 27 years. Worked at Bogue Electric in Paterson, then Hewlett Packard in Rockaway Twp, as a Production Supv.. Left HP in 91 & moved to Beverly Hills, Fl. My current interests are kayaking, birding, nature photography, computers and electronic gadgets.

84 Graduated from Wood Sec't School, attended the University of Az. and worked for 20 years as a T.A. for the Special Needs Program in our local school district. Currently, my husband and I are retired and enjoying gardening, walking and traveling. Most of all, having fun with our three grandchildren (two boys and a girl).

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