Staples 55

Mike has been busy recently converting his old 35mm slides to digital format, among which are a number from high school days. Check out this summer 1955 trip in his dad’s new Buick Century through the Luray Caverns in Virginia with Sandy Frey and Vince DePierro—a trip to see fellow classmates Mary Ann Johnson, Judy […]

On October 1 (last month) Leann Walker posted the following comment under the original photo, as reprinted here:
The gas station is on Main Street in Westport [click photo to enlarge]. It was then called “Walt’s Gas Station”. The building in the background behind the convertible is Dorain’s Drug Store. To the near right of the […]

Recently Leann Walker and Ty Smith contributed a couple of names to help identify folks in this photo [click photo to enlarge]. (Ring a bell, anyone: “Milo Kearney” or “Paul (Huron) Marquis”?) Question: Could the two guys standing at far left be from the class of ‘54?

Here, thanks to the contributions of several classmates—and in particular, thanks to the amazing feat of memory of Don Freeman (whom we used to know as Donnie Ohanian)—we have identified everyone in this photo. Or nearly so. Click the photo on the Bedford Elementary School Milestones page to read the names in the caption. We […]

What I remember as a scout motto was “Be brave, loyal, courteous, kind…”, etc. But that may have been the Boy Scout motto. “Do Your Best” is the current Cub Scout motto. In any case I found this 1947 scouting gem (bottom of page) in a photo album but was unable to identify two of […]

Will someone please tell us the year in which this was taken? Which class: 6th? Or more like 3rd grade? Please click Comments link, below, to reply. We’ve had this conversation before, and there seems to be no authoritative answer—nor a consensus. Tom Saviano thinks it must be the sixth grade graduating class. In […]

[Original post by Mike Hyman, 3-23-06]
Mike Hyman has been kind enough to pass along the photos and clippings Shirley Rice maintained throughout her life. Thanks, Mike. (See Clippings and Photo Archives pages.)

[Original post by webmaster, 3-22-06]
Having provided many of the photos for the 50th Reunion Rag, Deanna has once again loaned us her school daze memorabilia. (See Clippings and Photo Archives pages.) One of the items in her collection was the Commencement Exercises program from June 10, 1955 which I’m planning to include on its own […]