Wheatley Alumni Monthly Newsletter

Number 12 bis May 25, 2017

Dear Faithful Readers,

THE WHEATLEY SCHOOL CLASS OF 1967 50th REUNION

The Wheatley School Class of 1967 held a 50th-Year Reunion over the weekend of May 19-21, 1967.

The festivities kicked off Friday night at a party at classmate Art Engoron’s house in Great Neck.

Photos were taken Friday and Saturday evening. They are accessible to all on Dropbox by clicking on the following link:

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/sydxg6gjwv3wk9g/AADjj8MrR0E4tEBmkLlQE5ZVa?dl=0

The following 29 classmates and their guests attended:

Last Name	Current	First Name	Middle	Wheatley Address	Guest	#
Abrahams		Michael	L	10 Red Ground Rd		1
Asquith		Stephen	Bryan	40 Hemlock Ln	"Mimi	1
Boland		Timothy	A	76 Robbins Dr	Chantal Brouillette	2
Brodkin		Richard	Alan	211 Brown St	Lois M Buerkle	2
Caterino	Kulhavy	Linda	Claire	187 Brown St		1
Cohn		Tobi/Toby	Ina	122 Ludwig Ln		1
Engoron		Arthur	Fredericks	26 Bengeyfield Dr		1
Frey	Wineman	Ellen	Leah	40 Percheron Ln	Andrew M Wineman	2
Friedman	Lieberman	Deborah	Sue	47 Shepherd Ln		1
Friedman		Richard	Mark	201 Dickson Ci	Cynthia Friedman	2
Frishman		Scott		42 Pebble Ln		1
Kaplan		Peter	David	169 Westwood Ci		1
Kirchick		Howard	J	Ridge Dr		1
Krafchuk	Young	Bonnie	Linda	400 Charles St		1
Liebert		Suzy		28 Farm Ln		1
Orosz		Bruce	R	35 Robbins Dr	Kathryn Orosz	2
Pastarnack	Hughes	Amy	Beth	57 Stirrup Ln		1
Shapiro	Chadderdon	Cynthia	Joyce	110 Percheron Ln		1
Stephens		Mitchell	I	28 Amherst Rd		1
Wirth		Carl	Thomas	220 Arlington St		1
Wolf		Jack	H	168 Glenmore St	"Tommi"	2
Zebrowski	Kaufman	Corinne		87 George St	Andrew Kaufman	2

Also present were Art’s youngest son (Aaron) and daughter (Ashley) and dog (Molly). Amy Pastarnack Hughes donated lots of plastic eating utensils. Several classmates, including Ellen Frey Wineman and Corinne Zebrowski Kaufman, donated food. Several classmates, notably Bruce Orosz, donated wine (Bruce’s came from his own California vineyard!).

The Main Event was Saturday Night at The Wheatley Hills Golf Club (can’t beat that name) in East Williston. The following 69 Wheatley graduates and their guests attended:

Last Name	Current	First Name	Wheatley Address	Year	Sat Y	Guest
Christian		Raymond	34 Fox Hollow Ln	1965	1
Forte		Robert	Willets Rd	1965	1
Abrahams		Michael	10 Red Ground Rd	1967	1
Amato		Ferdinand	79 Bengeyfield Dr	1967	1
Asquith		Stephen	40 Hemlock Ln	1967	2	"Mimi
Baum		Lawrence	172 Concord St	1967	2	Laurie Baum
Boland		Timothy	76 Robbins Dr	1967	2	Chantal Brouillette
Bordiga		Robert	65 Saddle Ln	1967	2	Kathy Bordiga
Brodkin		Richard	211 Brown St	1967	2	Lois M Buerkle
Brunswick	Appleton	Eve	27 Corncrib Ln	1967	1
Caterino	Kulhavy	Linda	187 Brown St	1967	1
Cave		Michael	31 Willets Rd	1967	1
Cohn		Tobi/Toby	122 Ludwig Ln	1967	1
Decsi		Henry, Jr	36 Greentree Rd	1967	1
Dick		Gilbert	170 Westwood Ci	1967	1
Dreier		George	240 Arlington St	1967	1
Eisner	Fitelson	Lorraine	19 Pebble Ln	1967	1
Engoron		Arthur	26 Bengeyfield Dr	1967	1
Fea		Philip	115 Arlington St	1967	1
Fein		Lee	32 Locust Ln	1967	1
Fliegel	Nolan	Stephanie	120 Roselle St	1967	1
Foresto		Dominick	Knolls Dr	1967	2	Paula Penzeca
Frey	Wineman	Ellen	40 Percheron Ln	1967	2	Andrew M Wineman
Friedman	Lieberman	Deborah	47 Shepherd Ln	1967	1
Friedman		Richard	201 Dickson Ci	1967	1	Cynthia Friedman
Frishman		Scott	42 Pebble Ln	1967	1
Furst		Linda	503 Roslyn Rd	1967	1
Geery		Scott	29 Orchard Meadow Rd	1967	1
Gordon	Sampson	Joanne	18 Hemlock Ln	1967	1
Jacobs		Robert	1 Hummock Ln	1967	1
Jacoby		Lauren	383 Andrews Rd	1967	1
Kaplan		Peter	169 Westwood Ci	1967	1
Kirchick		Howard	Ridge Dr	1967	1
Koch		Ronald	273 Roselle St	1967	1
Krafchuk	Young	Bonnie	400 Charles St	1967	1
Liebert		Suzy	28 Farm Ln	1967	1
Maslow	Tarlow	Nechama	71 Barnyard Ln	1967	1
Orgel	Meilinger	Judith	163 Charles St	1967	1
Orosz		Bruce	35 Robbins Dr	1967	2	Kathryn Orosz
Pastarnack	Hughes	Amy	57 Stirrup Ln	1967	1
Pierce		Ronald	105 Robbins Dr	1967	2	Jeremy Pierce
Pullman		Henry	85 Locust Ln	1967	1
Ross		Benjamin	52 Argyle Rd	1967	1
Scandurra		Robert	504 Roslyn Rd	1967	1
Schnelwar		Susan	46 Carriage Ln	1967	1
Shapiro	Chadderdon	Cynthia	110 Percheron Ln	1967	1
Short		George	277 Brown St	1967	1
Simon	Forte	Jill	2 Stirrup Ln	1967	1	Robert Forte
Standish		Marion	175 Westwood Ci	1967	1
Stephens		Mitchell	28 Amherst Rd	1967	1
Summers		Andrew	1 Strawberry Ln	1967	2	Estee Summers
Wechter	Fuss	Judith	20 Amherst Rd	1967	1
Weiss		Lawrence	7 Griffin La	1967	1
Wirth		Carl	220 Arlington St	1967	1
Wolf		Jack	168 Glenmore St	1967	2	"Tommi"
Zebrowski	Kaufman	Corinne	87 George St	1967	2	Andrew Kaufman
Resnicow		Eva	107 Weeks Rd	1968	1

Note that Bob Forte, 1965, is married to classmate Jill Simon Forte. Ray Christian, 1965, is a friend of theirs. Eva Resnicow, 1968, is a friend of various classmates. Paula Panzeca, 1969, is married to classmate Dominick Foresto.

Including tax and gratuities, the club charged approximately $95 per person. The price was set at $100. Several classmates, including Eve Brunswick, JoJo Gordon Sampson, Judy Orgel Meilinger, Richard Rasmussen (even though he was not able to attend!), Larry Weiss, and Carl Wirth, donated funds. Several people were forced by circumstance to cancel last minute and graciously did not ask for a refund. One person was granted a hardship exemption. The treasurer concluded that the event “just about broke even, which is good enough.”

The reasons people gave for not attending ran the gamut from the understandable (“I’m so sick I can hardly get out of bed.”; “My son is getting married.”) to the incomprehensible (“I’m too busy”; I’m attending my friend’s daughter’s law school graduation”; “I just don’t want to go”).

Out-of-Towners came from far and wide:

Last Name	Current	First Name	Home State (etc.)
Abrahams		Michael	MD
Asquith		Stephen	CO
Baum		Lawrence	IL
Boland		Timothy	Quebec
Bordiga		Robert	CA
Brodkin		Richard	NC
Brunswick	Appleton	Eve	OH
Caterino	Kulhavy	Linda	AZ
Cave		Michael	MA
Cohn		Tobi/Toby	FL
Dreier		George	PA
Fliegel	Nolan	Stephanie	PA
Frey	Wineman	Ellen	PA
Friedman	Lieberman	Deborah	FL
Jacoby		Lauren	NH
Kirchick		Howard	MI
Krafchuk	Young	Bonnie	ID
Liebert		Suzy	MA
Orosz		Bruce	FL
Ross		Benjamin	MD
Scandurra		Robert	MA
Shapiro	Chadderdon	Cynthia	DE
Standish		Marion	CA
Summers		Andrew	MD
Wirth		Carl	NE
Wolf		Jack	NC

Dancing was deemed problematic because of an inadequate sound system. However, an extended “open mic” session produced some hilarious hijinks and some moving moments, the latter including Larry Baum’s tribute to our teachers and Student Government President Carl Wirth reading the following list of 24 deceased classmates:

Last Name	Current	First Name	Middle
Abby		Dan	J
Bond		Lesley	Llewellyn
Casamassima		Emanuel	John
Cervellione		Marty
Cohart		Richard	M
Cornella	Caruso	Eileen	Sue
Deaner		Stuart
Gershon		Cydney
Goldenberg		Kathe	L
Hanft		Lawrence	Wilbert
Jacoby	Deitch	Beth	S
Kane		Philip	Duncombe
Keister		Courtney
Krauss		George	H
Martin		Douglas
Siegel	Filaski	Pamela
Stedman		John	Farnsworth
Stein		Paul	A
Stokes		Wendy
Symons		June
Tankersley		Paul
Weil		Wendy	Ann
Weiss		Leonard	D
Wilson		William

A hastily-organized brunch was held on Sunday.

The following classmates, some of whom resided in the East Williston School district and/or attended its schools only briefly, are still missing:

Last Name	Current	First Name	Middle
Akin	Kaye	Linda
Carr		Anastasia
Colchamiro	Schlanger	Jane
Decker		Davaan
Dwyer	Craft	Anne
Floria		James
Frank		Michael
Gobin	Smith	Michele
Kaelin		Donna	I
Lax		Stephen	M
Lerner		Susan	Y
Lombardo		Antoinette
Louie		Arnold
Mahler		Michael
McGarry		Stephen
Messing		Kenneth
Muller		Richard	Phillip
Schwartz	Starr	Steven
Sege		Kathy
Shacklady	Holdsworth	Jacqueline	L
Spero	Lobel	Leslie
Sumergrade	Jones	Andrea
Theis	Storey	Ruth	Linda
Vierra		Dolores
Wohl		Donna

The following classmates are “Refuseniks,” having indicated a desire not to be contacted:

Last Name	Current	First Name	Middle
Banks		Kevin
Boland		Thomas	Terence
Caine	Hornstein	Sandra
Dowdell	Talty	Ethel
Foster	Sperling	Charlotte
Freier	Grosbart	Leslie	Gail
Furfari	Busceti	Rosalia
Galan		Steven
Glasser	Hymowitz	Meryl	A
Gold		Barry
Laurie	Ferreira	Linda	D
Mayne		Gary
McGovern	Schneebaum	Karen	Ann
McKay		Walter	Charles
Morganstern		Susan	A
O'Connor	Frishman	Eileen
Robinson	Braff	Lynn	Hara
Schwartz		Lynn	C
Schwartz	Frate	Vicki	A
Watkins	Rubin	Sondra	Ellen
Zacharkow		Dennis

Photos were taken Friday and Saturday evening. They are accessible to all on Dropbox by clicking on the following link:

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/sydxg6gjwv3wk9g/AADjj8MrR0E4tEBmkLlQE5ZVa?dl=0

Most of them are very high resolution and can be enlarged to excellent effect. A few, taken with smart ‘phones, are much lower resolution, but still can be enlarged successfully, up to a point. “Full Screen Mode” (usually just a click) may also aid in viewing.

Special thanks to Scott Frishman, for encouraging attendance, and to everyone who helped convince Dominick Foresto to be present at the club of which he is a member!

Taken as a whole, the weekend worked out well, and doubtless will be reprised sometime in the future.

Any corrections, additions, or deletions to this report will be considered for future distributions and an eventual posting on the alumni association website, WWW.WHEATLEYALUMNI.ORG.

The End
6/14/17