Class Notes for 1953

Hello to all in the class of �53 and to your family and friends. First, we offer our condolences to Leo Scully on the loss of his wife Gerry who died October 14. ... Ralph Bosch who lives in Norwalk, CT, sends his best from the East Coast. ... Chuck Schott says about the most exciting things in his and wife�s lives these days are watching their two grandsons growing up and spending time in doctors� offices. Chuck still lives in Massillon, OH, just as he did during school days. � I called Norm Perney to inquire where the guys are meeting on the second Monday each month now that Hornblower�s is closed. The most recent location is Muldoon�s on East 185th street. Carl Munn, and Bob Sullens are usually there. ... Ed Mundzak, as usual, is spending his winter in Florida. ... Jim Mayer says he and his wife enjoy spending some of their free time traveling from their lower Michigan home to their cabin �up north� for hunting, fishing, or just plain relaxing. This takes place both summer and winter. They also go to Florida for a couple of weeks in the winter. Jim says he is still in touch on occasion with Dick Sullivan who still lives in nearby Toledo, OH. ... Michael Kondik retired in 1991 from his career as a physician. Now he can spend more time with his vintage cars including a 1930 Model �A� Ford in which, several years ago, he drove to the top of Mt. Washington which is the highest point in the United States east of the Mississippi River. Michael lives in Mantua, OH, which, as we all know, is the home of the annual �potato festival.� Jim

Hello to all in the class of �53 and to your family and friends. I am going to start off the column with some personal stuff about Jim Myers. My spouse Ceale and I celebrated our 50th wedding anniversary in October. After a family gathering in Ohio we were treated by our children to a six day vacation in Las Vegas. Although not really gamblers we did enjoy taking in the sights out there. From Las Vegas we headed on to Tucson for the winter. Ceale and I are also pleased that our son Jim �80 has joined John Carroll University�s board of directors as of this October. Joe Sullivan from our class is also on the board. ... John Platz has been named chairman of the board of trustees of Lake Hospital System. The hospital has several facilities in the Northeast Ohio area. John is also chairman of the Lake County Board of Elections. He is professor emeritus at Lakeland Community College. ... In September I had lunch with Leo Scully and Ed Metzger. Scully and I were expecting to see Leo Longville there but he was on a family gathering in southern Indiana. ... Clete Oswald is still enjoying his retirement in Parma, OH. Clete has been retired for 12 years. ... When I talked with John Robson he had no exciting news to report other than he�s enjoying his retirement in Raleigh, NC. ... The Jim DeChants have a fairly active retirement life. They volunteer at the Cleveland Botanical Gardens and at the Cleveland Orchestra. They also attend some classes at Baldwin-Wallace and at Cuyahoga Community College. Jim and Alverda will be celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary in May. The DeChants have four grandchildren two of whom are adopted Asian girls, one from China, one from Korea. ... Send in your news for the next issue. God�s blessing to you all, jim

Hello to all in the class of �53 and to your family and friends. Gene and Catherine Wetzel and Ed and Mary Pat Mundzak were among those from our class who attended the Saturday evening Mass and dinner Reunion Weekend. ... When I recently talked with Leo Scully and he said that he and Gerry have sold their condo in Dunedin, FL. It had been a victim of last year�s hurricane, and after restoring it to good condition they decided it had come time to sell. They are undecided about their plans for next winter. Leo advised me of the May 19 death of Hugh Scott. Hugh was a retired colonel after 28 years of military service. He and his wife Joan resided in Palm Coast, FL. ... John Hammer is one of our class who continues to work and travel for the Hammer Company. His work of selling church wine in Ohio and surrounding states keeps him in touch with many pastors he has gotten to know over the years. His wife Carol says he really enjoys his work. John and Carol experienced a cruise of the Mediterranean during the month of May. ... Carl Tighe is still residing in the Phoenix area. He and Sara are looking forward to attending the Notre Dame v. Georgia Tech season opener in Atlanta in September. They will visit their son, Christopher, and his family in Lexington, KY, and motor to the game from there. He expects to be visiting relatives in the Wadsworth, OH, area before flying back to Arizona. ... When I first tried to reach Jack Bertsch he was attending a Tai Chi class. Jack lives not far from the JCU campus and attends church at Gesu. He says he occasionally gets in a game of golf with a group from Gesu. Jack and his wife, Patricia, have nine children. Jack and Patricia celebrated their 50th anniversary last year. ... Send in your news for the next issue. God�s blessing to you all. Jim

Hello to all in the class of �53 and to your family and friends. On with the news ... Don Gorman lives in the Richmond, VA, area where he has been since 1990. The Gormans have a son, two daughters, and eight grandchildren. Don and I were acquainted while we both were employed at Leaseway Transportation but did not realize at that time that we were both JCU class of 1953. It was only after reviewing the class roster that I made the association. ... Dick Barrett and his spouse, Nancy, live in Canfield, OH. They have five children and 13 grandchildren. They have also hosted 15 exchange students from all over the world. Dick told of some of the relationships that have been formed with these children and their families. Some of the parents have been to visit the Barretts and in turn the Barretts have visited their homes in different parts of the world. Fond memories have been formed. Dick says he is often in contact with Elmo Miller and with Jim Mazzi. Dick is very active in recruiting prospective JCU students in the Youngstown area. ... We hear that Saturday evening April 1 there was a surprise party celebrating the 75th birthday of Tom Dugan (which happened to be April fool�s day). Among those attending were Jim DeChant, John Kall, and Tony LaPerna. The LaPernas were planning to visit with Harry and Marleen Ohlrich the following week. The LaPernas were blessed with the birth of their second grandchild last October. ... Ed Metzger is a member of the executive committee of the Ohio & Erie Canalway Association. About 70 miles of the towpath trail along the canal are now open. At a recent Akron First Friday Club meeting, Ed visited with Chuck Brunn and Leo Longville. Ed and Lynn had recently returned from visiting family in Seattle. ... When I talked with Ed Mundzak he and Mary Pat were still wintering in Florida. They were planning to return north on the same May day that my wife, Ceale, and I were planning to leave Tucson, AZ, to return to Ohio. Ed had attended a JCU alumni reception brunch in Naples, FL, where he had a chance to visit with Frank Schilling. ... The last issue of John Carroll magazine featured an article about the �first hundred years of music at John Carroll.� Wasn�t it great to see Joe Botsko listed among three of the best JCU trumpeters ever! Remember Bill Weaver�s piano solo? ... Send in your news for the next issue. God�s blessing to you all, Jim

Hello to all in the class of �53 and to your family and friends ... Gene Wetzel and his wife, Catherine, have recently moved to a condo in Twinsburg, OH. They decided it was time to give up their five bedroom home in Bedford where their seven children had been raised, and where many of the 19 grandchildren enjoyed visiting. The Wetzels visited Rome last Easter with a group from John Carroll and were at the Vatican to receive the papal blessing at the last public appearance of Pope John Paul. Soon after returning home from Italy, Gene and Catherine celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. ... I was sorry to learn that Larry Davis died on October 21. Larry was among the last WWII vets who attended JCU, and helped start the ROTC program. ... Many of you will remember Anthony Alexander who we had as instructor in religion during our freshman year. I recently read that he died on October 6. I remember his threat to give �triple cuts� to any of us who missed his class on the Indians� home opener in 1950. I was among those who decided to take the risk but no longer remember who won the game. ... Doug McCay is the only classmate on our roster with a Louisiana address. Doug and his spouse, Mary, live in New Orleans. Although they were not affected as badly as many people by hurricane Katrina the McCays did spend 10� weeks in Washington, D.C., before returning to their home. Doug says hello to all his classmates especially to Joe Sullivan. ... Louis Denny has lived in Lakeport, CA, for about twenty years. Lakeport is on Clear Lake about 120 miles north of San Francisco. Louis says Clear Lake is the oldest lake in California and possibly the oldest in North America. Three of the children moved to that area so Louis and his wife followed so as to be near to the kids and what are now 10 grandchildren. ... When I talked to John Church, who now lives in West Hills, CA, he had just come in from his daily two mile walk. He has made the walk a part of his daily routine ever since open heart surgery nearly three years ago. It was because of that surgery that he missed our 50th reunion. John has lived in California for 45 years and has been retired for 14 years. He and his wife, Lois, have six children, 11 grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren all of whom live in various parts of the West Coast. John wants to, in particular, say hello to his old roommate Elmo Miller. ... The last issue of John Carroll had a very nice article about Fr. Murphy. I believe it was Fr. Murphy who was responsible for my attending JCU as well as several other members of our high school class from Canton Central Catholic. He did a recruiting visit to our school to explain the merits of attending a Jesuit university in the Cleveland area, John Carroll University, which was at that time virtually unknown to me. Among the other guys who came from that Canton school that year were Jack Ziegler, Marion DeStefano, Kevin and Dermot Coleman, Jim Poss, and Don �Skip� Williams. Unfortunately only Jack and I survive from that group. ... A little contest for the next issue � Who of our class has the most grandchildren?? Who has the most great-grandchildren?? If you think you may be a winner let me know. Send in your news for the next issue!! God�s blessing to you all. Jim

Hello to all in the class of �53 and to your family and friends. I talked recently with Max Fabian who again lives in the Chicago area after living in the Sarasota, FL, area for ten years. Max retired after finishing his career as an administrator in the public school system. He was very much involved in the special education area. Max says he still stays in touch with his old roommate Leo Scully as well as with Dick Zoller and Paul Schmidt. Max was reminiscing about the story of being at our �old watering hole,� the Mayflower one evening sometime after curfew. He felt a tap on his shoulder and when he turned was surprised to see Father Millor who asked �Are you having a good time.� Max responded �I was until now.� ... Tom Stock is a retired cardiologist who now lives in West Bloomfield, MI. He and his wife, Patricia, have seven children, four of which are boys who went to the University of Detroit. They also have 14 grandchildren. Tom says he enjoys hunting and fishing and is still trying to learn golf. He and Patricia look forward to spending part of each winter in Sanibel Island, FL, as they have done each year for the past 15 years. ... Jack Ziegler tells us of a JCU-Ursuline seven day cruise �mini-reunion� that took place last February in the southern Caribbean. Among those aboard were Jack and Mary Ann Ziegler, Hal and Ann Traverse. Jim and Kay McCay, George and Joan Stanton, Helen [Mrs. Hugh] Kelly, and Rosemary [Mrs. Wally] Martin �50. They agreed they would like to do it again soon. ... When I talked with Leo Longville recently he said that he and his wife, Sally, were planning to meet with Ed and Lynn Metzger the next day to go bicycling as they fairly often do together. Leo has been retired for about five years from his warehouse manager position at Tires International in Akron. ... At lunch the other day Norm Perney, Carl Munn, Ed Mundzak and I were thanking Bob Sullens for continuing to work enough to help keep the Social Security System solvent for those of us who depend on it. Our thanks to any others of you who continue to contribute. ... A couple of final comments about Harry Gauzman who seems to have stirred up some interest in this column. I have received replies from three other readers who attribute the birth of Harry Gauzman to Al Bieshada -- a member of our class who brought Harry with him from Al�s time in the military before coming to John Carroll. Also I recently received e-mail inquiries from two current JCU students who had received an assignment to write an essay on �who is Harry Gauzman?� I promise to put in no more references to Harry for at least the next year. ... I heard from Bill Homoly �59 who was with our class until just before graduation. Bill taught for many years at Collinwood high school in Cleveland before retiring. ... Last but not least, I was honored to represent the class of 1953 in the formal procession at the inauguration of Rev. Robert L. Niehoff, SJ as the 24th president of John Carroll University. Send in your news for the next issue. God�s blessing to you all, Jim

Hello to all in the class of �53 and to your family and friends. ... Two issues ago I requested from four of you some input as to what is happening in your lives. Thanks to Dr. Bill Hoehn for sending the following response � �After leaving John Carroll University, I graduated from Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine and interned at the medical school. My wife, Laverne, and our two sons Bill and Bob settled in St. Louis, MO. I was a family physician, then known as a general practitioner, for approximately twenty years with emphasis on obstetrics, pediatrics, and orthopedics. I then moved to the St. Louis Public Health Department where we were responsible for over 100,000 students in public, parochial, and private schools. My job also included working in Regional Health Clinics. I am now retired and enjoying an active life with my family which includes five grandchildren. At least two days a week I spend restoring antiques. My 1969 Dodge Charger Daytona, which I bought new, is still fun to show and run on the circle tracks.� ... Pat Molohon lives in the Del Webb community of Huntley, IL, and is still active at practicing law. He is one of those guys who says he would not know what to do with his time if he were fully retired. He did get to spend a little time visiting in Tucson, AZ, this past winter. The Molohons have four daughters and seven grandchildren. ... Jim Martin is another resident of Illinois, living in the city of Gurnee. The Martins have six children and 13 grandchildren. Jim says that Pat Cullinan was recently in the area attending the funeral of Maynard Gamber who many of the guys in our class knew. Jim says he has also talked with Leonard DeMarco who lives in Bloomfield, NJ. Jim calls Lenny �the wealthy Italian landowner� from Newark. Jim also asked me to send a message to Jack Bertsch that now that Jack is retired he must have time to sweep the driveway under the kitchen window at Rodman Hall. This is since Jack has never seen the inside of the kitchen? Harry Gauzman remains on our alumni roster with address unknown. Has anyone seen Harry? ... Jerry Weber sends the following information, �After JCU, moved to Rockford, IL. Patricia and I have six sons located in Santa Rosa and La Jolla, CA; Rockford, IL; Minneapolis, MN, and Bedford, NH. They take credit for supplying 15 grandchildren, ages one to twenty-four years, including twins and adopted Emma Lee from China. As you know, we can travel in any direction and run into someone we know!! I retired twice: in 1993 from Graphic Controls Corp. (Buffalo, NY) after 28 years and in 1998 from First Boston Property Mgt. (Rockford, IL). Patricia and I are fun-busy around the home and with church activities. We also enjoy an exercise class three times a week at Rock Valley College and I hope to continue to try golf and play clarinet at church and in local groups. Coming in June 05, hope to have a visit with fellow classmate, Fr. George Murray, S.J., M.D. in Boston.� ... Roger Sargent is in the process of moving to Aventura, FL, from his home of many years, Richmond, VA. When I spoke with him he was looking out over the inter-costal waterway toward the Atlantic from the seventeenth floor of his new condo. He says he recently spoke with Dick Bauhof who had returned from a cruise including the Amazon river. ... Send in your news for the next issue. God�s blessings to you all, Jim

Hello to all in the class of �53 and to your family and friends. Although it is now history I thought for this column I would call some of our guys who live in Florida, at least for part of the year, to see what the effect of the hurricanes of last fall had on them. Ray McGinley, in Largo, says they experienced high winds but no major damage in his place. Ray has been retired since 1990 and has three grandchildren. He has three children including twin sons Pat and Mike (sounds Irish to me.) At the time we talked, Patrick was serving in Iraq which obviously is a concern to Ray. ... Fred Topi, in Lighthouse Point, also reported no major damage at his place. He did say they were without power for over a week. The house was also shuttered for nearly a month as the storms passed through. He felt really penned in. Fred is retired from Barnett Bank. After a year of playing tennis nearly every day he felt it was time to go back to work so he went into business for himself, starting a personal financial services company. Now his tennis is limited to four or five days a week. Fred has lived in Florida for thirty-seven years. ... Joe Johnson, in Jacksonville, had twenty-two bags of debris to remove but also no major damage and not even a power outage. Joe reports that they are in the process of putting their Florida home up for sale with the intention of moving back to the Lodi, OH, area in order to be back with the family. Joe was ordained a deacon in 1988 and served at a parish in West Salem, OH, for several years. When he and his wife moved to Jacksonville seven years ago he became the chaplain at a local nursing home. He has just retired from that duty because of his proposed move to Ohio. The Johnson�s have five children and twelve grandchildren. ... Jim McDonald, also of Jacksonville, says their home had very little damage other than it was necessary to gather up some debris. Jim has lived in the Jacksonville area since 1995 and plans to remain there. After graduation Jim went to naval flight school at Pensacola and remained in Florida after his tour of duty. He has no intention of moving back north. As so many others of our classmates, he marvels at the changes on the JCU campus since our school days. Jim has been in the financial advisor field for forty-five years and is only partially retired. ... Bob Kaminski, over in Fort Myers, says his place also received minimal damage. They were without power for about two days and he did have some cleanup work but considers himself fortunate. Bob still works part-time at the Hyatt Hotel in his area and enjoys it. He did talk about an exciting vacation not long ago when he made a whitewater rafting trip through the Grand Canyon with members of his family. They covered 180 miles over a six-day period. I guess we are all still young at heart. ... Dick Zoller who resides in Boynton Beach also reports only minimal damage. They did lose a couple of tiles from the roof. However, the Zollers left the area when two of the storms came through the east coast of Florida. One of those times they went to the Florida west coast and once to the Washington, D.C. area. When the third storm came through the east coast they decided to �tough it out� and remained at home. However since they were without power for about ten days they �commuted� each night to the home of a friend who did have power. Dick has lived in Boynton Beach since retiring from IBM in 1987. He says he has played golf nearly five days a week ever since. The Zollers have four different types of citrus trees and two vegetable patches which also require some caretaking time. Dick is proud of the 2� pound tomato he grew. ... Of the guys I talked with Bob Sullivan who lives in Indialantic was by far the hardest hit. Indialantic is on the barrier island near Melbourne and their area was mandatory evacuation. One of these evacuations was for four days and the next was for five days. Imagine the apprehension at what one will find when returning home under such circumstances. Bob says that fortunately their house was intact with some damage but the pool enclosure and patio were demolished. The metal coverings were scattered throughout the area. He expects it to be late spring or early summer before workers will having time to start restoring the structures. As this is written in January he says many of the homes and buildings in the area are still covered by blue tarpaulin roofs. More pleasantly, the Sullivan�s are expecting grandchild number ten in April. ... Ben Mancine in Tampa says the hurricane had very little effect on his family. Ben has lived in Florida since his retirement several years ago. He and his spouse are very active at their church. ... As stated above, this column has been devoted to the news from our Florida classmates. Next time it would be nice to include some information that you other folks have forwarded so � send in your news for the next issue. God�s blessing to you all, Jim

Hello to all in the class of �53 and to your family and friends. ... Sorry but no news means no news. Nothing really came in and the deadline crept on me before I started making calls. I promise next issue will include a better column. ... I have singled out four of you in particular to furnish input for the next issue -- William Hoehn, Pat Hill, Robert Peck, and Clarence Danielson -- How about you guys sending me a few lines about what is going on in your lives? All you other readers now have some anticipation as to whom you will hear about next issue. ... Send in your news. My name address and e-mail appear at the top of the column. Incidentally the e-mail address is new. Also most of the winter until late April I will be in sunny Arizona. Telephone number there is 520-751-8489. E-mail address is the same. God�s blessing to you all, Jim

Hello to all in the class of �53 and to your family and friends. ... Weren�t we all appreciative of the news that Frank and Helen Schilling have made a $10,000,000 gift to the university? Thank you Frank and Helen! ... Since after the 50th class reunion we are invited back each year as guests of JCU to the Saturday evening Mass and dinner held Reunion Weekend, I expected to see several of you in attendance. It was disappointing to see only Ed Mundzak and our spouses representing our class. Perhaps we will see more of you next year. ... When I talked with Leo Scully recently he expressed an interest in getting some of our northeast Ohio classmates together socially on a periodic basis. He is going to do some follow-up work on this. More to come in the next issue. Incidentally, several of us continue to meet for lunch on the second Monday of each month at Hornblowers in downtown Cleveland. You are all welcome and invited to join us for these luncheons. ... At the time this is written Roger Sargent is just two days back from a month in the British Isles. He had gone over on the Queen Mary II and had a wonderful time. In five more days he�s planning to test the late July Florida heat. He has purchased a condo near Fort Lauderdale but has not tried it in the summer. As can be deduced from this travel schedule Roger is recovering well from his heart attack and bypass surgery that occurred just before last year�s Reunion Weekend. ... Just finished talking with Jack Ziegler. Like many of us he seems to be on the go much of the time. He and Mary Ann have a house in Vero Beach, FL as well as their house in Canton, OH. His family is gathering in Hilton Head in August at the same place they have gone each year for twenty-three years. His seven grandchildren look at that as their normal summer visiting spot. Although Jack is fully retired from the family tire business his son and son-in-law are very much involved. ... I do have a change in e-mail address and is listed in the caption at the top of this column. I really do appreciate any news about you that you care to see in print. ... Send in your news for the next issue. God�s blessing to you all, Jim

Hello to all in the class of �53 and to your families and friends. ... Ted Marsh and his wife, Judy, have relocated, within the past year, to a condo in North Royalton, OH after twenty-seven years in their previous residence. They went from three floors to a one floor living area and did experience the downsizing that so many of our age have done in recent years. Ted is an honorary member of the staff at Parma Community General Hospital having been there for the past forty years. I believe that he said thirty-two years of active service and eight years of �retirement.� When I mentioned to him that I was calling from our winter residence in Tucson he stated that he had spent several years practicing in Tuba City, AZ on the Navajo Indian Reservation. ... Bob Cummings and his wife, Ginette, were able to spend some time with us this winter. They were visiting from their home in Anthem, AZ. ... When I talked with Tony LaPerna he stated that he still maintains his law practice and goes to the office for at least some time nearly every day. ... Len Capoziello has been a widower for about four years. He is a volunteer worker for Lifeline of Ohio and is involved in organ procurement programs. About ten years ago he formed a Combat Infantry Association open to those who have been awarded the Combat Infantryman Medal. Len has been retired for about ten years. He had owned his own variety store in the Columbus area for many years, ala Sam Walton but on a smaller scale. ... We are sorry to hear of the recent death of Hugh Kelly. ... Norm Perney is enjoying his apartment in Twinsburg. He says this winter it was nice to look out the window at someone else shoveling snow rather than face the job himself as he did for many years at his home in Solon. ... Ed Mundzak is on the road to recovery following a stroke and triple bypass surgery this winter. He was on the golf course at his winter home in Bradenton, FL when he became aware of the onset. We wish you well Ed. ... Send in your news for the next issue. God�s blessing to you all, Jim

Hello to all in the class of �53 and to your family and friends. This is my first column since our 50th reunion. Most of the column will be devoted to comments from and about classmates who were at the reunion. There were approximately sixty of our classes in attendance together with their spouses or guests. The general consensus seems to be that a super time was had by all. ... Chuck Sidman says it is the first ever class reunion he has attended at any level. He is very happy he went and thought it was very well done and well organized. He has been back to visit campus a few times since graduation. Chuck received his Ph.D. in Wisconsin and has taught at several universities in Europe over an eight year period, as well as eighteen years at the University of Kansas before moving to Florida to finish out his career in academics. He has been in Florida for about twenty-five years. Chuck and his spouse, Margaret Anne, took in the luncheon at Hornblower�s Barge & Grill restaurant and did a walking tour of downtown that day. The Sidmans have five children and four grandchildren. ... �Fabulous� is the one word description Jim Martin had for the reunion. He most enjoyed getting to visit with Fr. Schell again. Two of Jim�s children were also taught by Fr. Schell during their time at JCU -- daughter Elizabeth �81 and son Andrew �90. Jim remembers his days with Joe Sullivan and John Beringer as the �Rodmans� during their first year on campus. He stressed that they kept the �lights on late.� ... John Kall enjoyed the dinner and the opportunity to meet many old friends. He regretted that there was not enough time to talk to them all. John also wishes that the follow-up news publicity had contained more pictures of those in attendance. ... Gene Wetzel also enjoyed seeing many friends at the reunion. When I talked with Gene in January this year I learned that he had suffered a heart attack on the Saturday after Christmas. He then went through triple bypass surgery similar to what he had undergone eighteen years ago. Gene also announced that he and his wife, Catherine, just became grandparents for the seventeenth time. Grandson Samuel Eric Wetzel was born on January 9. ... Carl and Sara Tighe were in from Phoenix. They stayed with Ed and Lynn Metzger at the Metzger home in Akron for some of the reunion days and rode with the Leo Longvilles to the school for some of the functions. Ed and Carl were roommates in our Bernet Hall days. Carl said it was good to see Bob �Steve� Kaminski again. They were good friends in Bernet. Remember some of the St. Paddy�s day celebrations? ... One of the things that most impressed Bob �Emmet� Sullivan was the Mass and the roll call of deceased class members. I must agree that it was a moving experience. Emmet was impressed with all the facilities on campus. �Marvelous!� Emmet and I were reminiscing about some of the card games and TV shows in the third floor lounge in Bernet. In those days we did not have a TV in each dorm room and a good show drew a crowd to the lounge. ... It was good to see Ron Kinney. Ron, I know it took special effort for you to be there. ... At the Hornblower's luncheon my wife, Ceale, and I shared a table with Frank and Helen Schilling and Jack and Mary Kilroy. It was sad to hear that Jack died just weeks after the reunion. ... I am sorry we can�t list something about each of you guys who were there. I think that the overall consensus was that it was a great week. For those of you who were not able to be there, we missed you and hope that you missed us. Send in your news for the next issue. God�s blessing to you all, Jim

Hello to all in the class of �53 and to your family and friends. First, an apology. In the last issue I promised you an update and news from our June reunion. I had assumed the deadline for submitting this column would be sometime after reunion -- wrong. This is written approximately three weeks before the reunion. ... I recently received a note from the niece of Richard Kubalski informing me that he had died on October 4, 2002. Richard had retired from Ohio Crankshaft and lived in North Royalton, OH. He leaves his wife, three children and five grandchildren. Also have been notified of the death of Bill Swanson on June 20, 2002 and Bob Rybicki in January this year. ... Talked recently with Norb Bunsey. Norm is experiencing a contented retirement life. He had enjoyed sailing each year until this past summer when he sold his boat. Says the sailing was requiring more agility than he can offer. ... Richard Rhodes departed from General Electric 14 years ago. He also is enjoying life in Strongsville, OH. Richard plays an occasional round of golf and also gets to visit his two children and the grandchildren. They live in Connecticut and Missouri. ... Not long ago I received a call from Anne Buffa who had been in the wedding party at the marriage of June and John Kelley. They had lost touch with each other over the years. After a couple of phone calls we were able to reestablish contact. Glad to be of service. John and June now live in San Clemente, CA. John recently retired again from his second position in the pharmaceutical field. ... Jim Lesniak moved to Reno, NV in 1990, the year he retired from Honeywell. He does a great amount of volunteer work there with both the National Auto Museum and the Nevada Historical Society being among the organizations he serves. The Lesniaks had four children, one of whom died at age 19. They also have two grandchildren. When asked if he had any words of wisdom for our classmates Jim said, �Tell them all to move to Reno. It�s wonderful.� I couldn�t help but to remind Jim of the famous photo of him building sandcastles on the beach at Ft. Storey way back in summer camp days. ... Bob Curry retired from his position as magistrate in the probate court way back in 1978. That gives him lots of experience at enjoying the retired life. Since the Currys� three sons and their families all live out of town they do get to do some traveling. The Currys have two grandsons. Bob has always enjoyed opera and does belong to an opera study group that meets twice a month. ... John St. John and his wife, Elizabeth, were married on June 17, 1953, two days after graduation so they celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary shortly after our class reunion. John and Betty have three children and three grandchildren. Betty graduated from JCU in 1967 having gone back to school after the children were no longer babies. John is semi-retired from the Saint John Funeral home in Bedford, OH which he operated with his niece and brothers. The business was founded by his grandfather in 1913. A nephew and niece ensure one more generation being involved. ... As I have mentioned in the past, several of our classmates meet in downtown Cleveland at Hornblower�s for lunch on the second Monday of each month. The May gathering was my first since returning from spending the winter in Tucson. The others there in May were Ed Mundzak, Carl Munn, Norm Perney, and Bob Sullens. Ed had recently returned from Florida. We welcome any of you to join us at one of these gatherings. Give me a call if you are interested. My phone number and e-mail address are shown at the top of this column. ... By the time you read this, the 50th reunion will have taken place. Once again let us thank Ed Metzger and Hal Traverse for co-chairing the event for our class. ... Send in your news for the next issue. God�s blessing to you all. -- Jim

Hello to all in the class of '53 and to your family and friends. I am excited!! Our 50th reunion is coming up. You will find me talking about it in this issue of class notes and again in the spring issue. Our 50th- a special one! It takes place the weekend of June 12-15, put these dates on your calendar. Do it now! At homecoming weekend in September the reunion committee held it�s first meeting. Members present were John Kilroy, Ed Metzger, Ed Mundzak, Jim Myers and Hal Traverse. Ed Metzger and Hal Traverse agreed to co-chair the reunion committee. For those of us attending our 50th and for out spouses it is a FREE WEEKEND. Thank you, John Carroll University! You spouses, prod your mates. Let�s go this year. I�m sure you will be receiving several mailings regarding the reunion and updates as to who has already committed to attending. Pay attention to them. I want to see you there. If there are any individual classmates you want to contact in order to assure they also are attending, but you are not sure how to reach them, let me know. I will personally attempt to contact them and let them know you are trying to reach them. My telephone and E-mail addresses are at the top of this column. My Tucson winter telephone (November to mid-April) is (520) 751-8489. Other news: I received the following communication from Elmo Miller �Hi Jim, I�d like to say �Hi� to all my classmates, especially my old roomies, John Church and Ron Kenney. I am enjoying retirement after 39 years in education, public and private, and two stints with the U.S. Army. My wife Patricia and I spend much of our time visiting our six sons, and eight grandchildren, who live in Florida, Hawaii, Maryland, Pittsburgh, and Columbus. I was on campus recently and was very impressed by the new Dolan science center, but disappointed that the new buildings obscure Grasselli Tower from Fairmont Circle. Very glad to hear that JCU had added Fr. Donald Cozzens to the faculty. His voice of reason and common sense in this otherwise frenetic scandal in the church.� Thanks Elmo for your input. � Roger Sargent is still active in the real estate business. He is planning to spend Christmas 2002 in Rome. � In my last column I commented that Ed Mundzak was on of our classmates who continues to work. That is no longer true. Ed retired in July of this year. I understand that at the time of this retirement he held the highest seniority in length of service and in age of any Morgan-Stanley employee in the state of Ohio. Paul Budnick and his wife, Joan, recently celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. They were married on August 2, 1952 at Sts. Peter and Paul Church in Garfield Heights, OH. They have 35 years at F/B and Associates, Inc., retiring in 2000. � When the August 2002 issue of Magis arrived I looked through the Magis Society current roster and saw thirteen of our classmates included. Thank you Dick Barret, Joe Botsko, Leonard Capoziello, Jim Dillhoefer, Bob Henley, Ron Kinney, Ed Metzger, Clair Picard, Charles Sidman, Bob Sullens, Joe Sullivan, William Weaver and Gene Wetzel. We appreciate your participation. Send in your news for the next issue. God�s blessing to you all. See you at the reunion. Jim

Class Notes 1953

	Jim Myers 315 Chesapeake Cove Painesville Twp., OH 44077 440.358.0197 cealejim@gmail.com


fall 2008	Hello to all in the class of ’53 and to your family and friends. First some observations concerning our 55th Reunion which was held June 20-22. I believe a great time was had by all. Our thanks to Theresa Spada ’04 for her efforts in coordinating. Saturday evening the rains came just after most of us had entered the Gesu for Mass and stopped just before we were about to leave the church. At the liturgy Jim DeChant read the names of the 26 classmates who passed during the five years since our last reunion. Unfortunately our class had more names in this category than any of the other reunion classes. The class picture taken just before the dinner on Saturday evening includes 29 of us. The class of ’53 received the Joseph D. Sullivan ’53 Cup – given to the class with the highest class gift. Congratulations, classmates. ... We understand that Bob Sullens, Carl Munn, Frank Schilling, and Dick Barrett were among those visiting with Pete Bernardo ’67 right up until “lights out” time Saturday evening. One of the highlights for Ed Mundzak was the Saturday evening liturgy, especially the quality of the music. Norm Perney says he enjoyed the Reunion in general and is already looking forward to the next one. Joe Fakult enjoyed the opportunity to renew acquaintance with several of the guys. He attended two of the days. Ed Metzger remarked what a fine job the school had done in putting on the affair. Roger Sargent stayed on campus in Millor Hall. He says he is impressed with how the campus has grown and how beautiful it is. Bob Harter and Bob Curry and their wives rode together from Avon Lake, OH. They say they enjoyed the evening very much. John Kall says he was amazed at how well everyone looked. I think George Stanton was probably the person who travelled the furthest, coming from Fallbrook, CA. Hal Traverse especially enjoyed the Friday night activity which he thought was more casual and easier to chat with the other people. Leo Longville found it very enjoyable and is looking forward to the 60th. Jim Porter says he enjoyed it. Incidentally Jim is still active as a judge. Even though he has formally retired he is still called upon to hear cases as a visiting judge. John Beringer states that he and Nancy enjoyed the get together very much and that he was happy to note that, while the packaging had changed somewhat, the content of our classsmates has pretty much remained the same. That is good. John says the Reunion was particularly good because we could actually talk and be heard -- and at our stage -- hear! The band lost this one! John says that after the Reunion he and Nancy departed for their annual Northern Canadian fishing trip with their son John and his two boys, youngest daughter Susie and her husband and one of the grandsons. John caught a 45” Northern pike that was the largest fish he ever caught in 68 years of Canadian fishing. In younger years these fishing trips included all 10 children, two sons and eight daughters. John says that he and Nancy spend seven months a year in Naples, FL, and return to Akron for a month at Christmas and the summer. Over the years they have rendezvoused with Mariwin and Pat Cullinan, Jim and Helen Porter and Pat and Ethel Moran for golf and dinner during the winter. Some of the other guys who made it to the Reunion who I did not get a chance to talk with before submitting this column were Gene Wetzel, Tom Vickers, Jack Ziegler, Bob Henley, Elmo Miller, Chuck O’Malley, Tom Dugan, Bob Rourke, and Fr. Francis Walsh. My apologies to anyone who I omitted. ... Soon after the Reunion, your columnist, Jim Myers, his wife Ceale, their four sons with their wives and 12 of the grandchildren spent a week in the Pigeon Forge, TN, area. All 22 of us stayed in the same log cabin type house and at the end of the week we were all still speaking to each other and getting along fine. Real family togetherness. ... Send in your news for the next issue. God’s blessings to you all. jim


summer 2008	Hello to all in the class of ’53 and to your family and friends. This should arrive in your mailbox just before our Reunion. I hope to have, in the next issue, some news from those in attendance. ... The Reverend George Murray, S.J., MD recently received the Alumni Achievement Citation from Creighton University, where he earned a doctor of medicine degree in 1972. Dr. Murray is well known in psychosomatic medicine and neuropsychiatry as a clinician and as a teacher. He has brought to these fields a unique educational background as the holder of degrees in theology, philosophy, biology, medicine and neurophysiology. The Alumni Achievement Citation was bestowed upon George on December 15, 2007. We congratulate you George. George says he is semi-retired in the psychiatry department of Massachusetts General Hospital. He only goes in four days a week. ... Paul Budnick’s newest grandchild recently celebrated its first birthday. Paul has nine grandchildren. He was able to get away from the Cleveland winter with January and March visits to his daughters in Florida and Georgia. ... Tom Krause and his wife, Delores, completed their 17th cruise in January and are planning number 18 in September. Both of those are Caribbean cruises. The Krause’s have two grandchildren, ages four and seven. Tom retired approximately 14 years ago after 40 years at Cleveland’s Plain Dealer. I well remember reading his columns. ... Ted Marsh has been retired for 13 years. When asked what exciting things he has been doing recently he replied ‘living quietly and contentedly in retirement.” ... Bill Weaver says he is just hanging around in retirement and rather enjoys not teaching after 43 years in the classroom at JCU, where he taught organic chemistry. Bill asked about Bill Hoehn. When I mentioned that about three years ago we talked in this column about Hoehn and his ’69 Dodge Charger, Weaver said he remembers Hoehn riding a motorcycle during our school years. The reason Weaver remembers it so well is because he made a roundtrip to Lima, Ohio, sitting on the back of the cycle. ... Jim Myers (your columnist) and his wife, Ceale, sold their Tucson condo just before coming home in April. Perhaps we will get a chance to experience a Northern Ohio winter next year. We did have one more chance to visit Ginette and Bob Cummings in Anthem, Ariz., in February. They took us for lunch at Anthem Country Club, a beautiful setting. ... Bob Rourke and his spouse, Peggy, are looking forward to attending the Reunion this month. Bob is still working as an inspector for the health department for the State of Tennessee. He has been with the state for 26 years and says he does enjoy his work. ... Send in your news for the next issue. God’s blessing to you all. jim


spring 2008	Hello to all in the class of ’53 and to your family and friends. We are sorry to hear of the death of John “Jack” Bertsch who died December 23. Jack was a retired leasing agent for King James commercial properties in Westlake, Ohio. He managed as many as five office buildings for the development company between 1977 and 1999. The following quote from one of his former tenants, as it appeared in the Cleveland Plain Dealer shows the type of person Jack was -- “Jack didn’t just come around on the day the rent was due. Jack stopped in several times each month to check on us. I call him my cheerleader and my mentor. He was really there to rejoice with us when business was good and sympathize when business was not so good.” He continued to keep in touch and encourage tenants after he retired. Jack and his wife, Patricia, had nine children. ... Following is a message received with a Christmas card from Carl Lorman ’52. “I retired from my job at Children’s Hospital in Cleveland, Ohio, as director of Fiscal Services (controller) reporting to the president. My wife, Joan, and I moved to an adult community in Fort Myers, Fla., in 1989. It has tennis courts nearby and an eighteen hole golf course. The clubhouse is almost across the street and it has weekly dinners and dances. The weather is usually sunny with temperatures in the 70s to low 80s. We have occasional rain showers to keep the flowers and grass growing. We sure don’t miss the snow or driving in it.” ... George Stanton lives in Fallbrook, Calif., and raises avocados on approximately 100 trees. I called him to see what effects the California fires had on he and wife Joanne. He reported that the fire got to the end of his street then stopped. The Stantons were under evacuation orders for five days. They spent that time on their boat which he keeps docked at a marina at Camp Pendleton in Oceanside. George was a dentist in the Navy for 35 years and on one occasion during that time had Jim Mayer’s son as a student. George was telling me the story about how he met his wife, Joanne, but rather than print that story here you can ask him in person at the Reunion in June. They are planning to attend. ... I tried to reach John Church just before sending this column in. I did talk with his wife, Lois, who said John was out on the golf course at the time. She said that she and John were planning a trip to Ohio in April for his mother’s 99th birthday celebration. ... As I write this in mid-January many of our Midwestern classmates are not answering their home phones. Could it be because they are vacationing in warmer climes? This issue’s column is rather short since we will all be seeing each other at the Reunion, June 20-22, 2008, and can exchange news at that time. See you then. ... Send in your news for the next issue. God’s blessing to you all. Jim


fall 2007	Hello to all in the class of ’53 and to your family and friends. Mark your calendars now! Yes, now! Reunion weekend is June 20-22, 2008. This, of course, will be our 55th. I am planning to attend and hope you are also. ... Myron Billy called to say he wanted to make contact with Don Gorman. I was able to help. Myron lives in San Antonio and when I mentioned that he sounded like he had a Texas accent his reply was “I hope so.” Myron’s mother recently died, just before her 103rd birthday. She had been a resident at the Athenian in North Royalton, OH. She had told Myron there was a John Carroll alumnus just down the hall from her. It turned out that it had been Sam Wetzel ’52, the older brother of Gene Wetzel. Sam had been, for several years, the class columnist for ’52 and had won a “Silver Quill” for his efforts. Gene regularly attends the monthly “Gray Streaks” luncheon and laments that there are few from our class there. He did say that Ed Metzger normally attends. ... Bob Cummings, who lives in Anthem, AZ, has been having a difficult year. He has been in and out of the hospital several times. Let us hope he is on the mend. ... Tom Vickers, who still lives in the Cleveland area, has been retired for about 10 years from his position in industrial sales. He still enjoys golf and tennis and also volunteers at habitat for humanity. Tom’s whole family, including his four sons, their spouses, and grandchildren, vacationed in Hawaii this past summer. All 20 of them spent 10 wonderful days on Maui. ... Robert Roda, who lives in Pittsburgh, has promised to send us some news about himself for a future column. ... Tony LaPerna continues to go to his office for a few hours each day but says that may soon change since his wife, Jacquie, will have retired by the time you read this column. The LaPernas have two grandchildren and are expecting a third. Tony sees Tom Dugan fairly often and stays in touch with Jim DeChant. ... Norm Perney has, for several years, been on the planning and organizing committee for the annual senior Olympics competition held in Solon, OH. We look forward to hearing about some of the different competitive events they schedule. ... Although Elmo Miller’s family, including six sons and 13 grandchildren, live in various parts of our country he and his spouse, Patricia, do very little traveling because of family health situation. Elmo says he does talk with Dick Barrett on occasion. ... Herb Trayte has been retired from his computer analyst profession for about 10 years. He says he does a lot of the volunteer type activities that retired people do. He and Mary do spend time at their summer home near Port Clinton, OH. Their daughter, Jane is an ’83 graduate of JCU. ... Send in your news for the next issue. See you at the Reunion in June. God’s blessing to you all, Jim


summer 2007	Hello to all in the class of ’53 and to your family and friends. ... Our condolences to the family of Gus Caliguire who died on July 2. ... Frank Dempsey retired only about two years ago from his own CPA firm. The practice continues to be operated by his family. Frank now spends some of his time volunteering at Providence House, and as president of the Brooklyn Kiwanis. Frank lives in Parma, OH, and his four children and five grandchildren all live in the area. ... When I talked with Norb Bunsey he reminded me that although he is a member of the class of ’53 he graduated later than many of us because his schooling was interrupted for a tour of duty in Korea. Norb says he is doing well and enjoying his retirement. ... Dick Santoro has been a widower for approximately four years. He has four daughters, five grandsons, and one granddaughter. Dick says he is occasionally in contact with John Hammer and Jack Platz. ... Fred Fisher, who lives in Fairview Park, retired from his practice as doctor of internal medicine approximately eleven years ago. He and his wife, Evelyn, formerly did quite a bit of international travel, but not since 9/11. They still do a lot of traveling in the United States visiting their seven children and twenty grandchildren. ... Father Frank Walsh, who is pastor at St. Luke’s church in Lakewood, OH, recently celebrated the 50th anniversary of his ordination. At the reception in his honor, Tom Dugan, Jim DeChant, Kevin Tobin, Bob Harter, and their wives shared a table. The Tobins came in from their home near Pittsburgh, PA, for the occasion. ... Tom Dugan also reports that he and his wife, Michalene, visited Roger Sargent at his luxurious new condo in the Fort Lauderdale area. Roger’s unit is on the 17th floor looking over the inter costal waterway. Roger had just returned from a Scandinavian cruise. ... I recently logged onto JCU Connect just to explore what was there. I suggest you give it a try also. ... Send in your news for the next issue. God’s blessing to you all. Jim


spring 2007	Hi all – no news this time except for a new way for you to contact me with all of your information to make our class column interesting. Please send news to my new e-mail address - cealejim@gmail.com. We have a new computer and fast internet now! ... See you at the Saturday night dinner Reunion Weekend! Jim


winter 2007	Hello to all in the class of �53 and to your family and friends. First, we offer our condolences to Leo Scully on the loss of his wife Gerry who died October 14. ... Ralph Bosch who lives in Norwalk, CT, sends his best from the East Coast. ... Chuck Schott says about the most exciting things in his and wife�s lives these days are watching their two grandsons growing up and spending time in doctors� offices. Chuck still lives in Massillon, OH, just as he did during school days. � I called Norm Perney to inquire where the guys are meeting on the second Monday each month now that Hornblower�s is closed. The most recent location is Muldoon�s on East 185th street. Carl Munn, and Bob Sullens are usually there. ... Ed Mundzak, as usual, is spending his winter in Florida. ... Jim Mayer says he and his wife enjoy spending some of their free time traveling from their lower Michigan home to their cabin �up north� for hunting, fishing, or just plain relaxing. This takes place both summer and winter. They also go to Florida for a couple of weeks in the winter. Jim says he is still in touch on occasion with Dick Sullivan who still lives in nearby Toledo, OH. ... Michael Kondik retired in 1991 from his career as a physician. Now he can spend more time with his vintage cars including a 1930 Model �A� Ford in which, several years ago, he drove to the top of Mt. Washington which is the highest point in the United States east of the Mississippi River. Michael lives in Mantua, OH, which, as we all know, is the home of the annual �potato festival.� Jim


fall 2006	Hello to all in the class of �53 and to your family and friends. I am going to start off the column with some personal stuff about Jim Myers. My spouse Ceale and I celebrated our 50th wedding anniversary in October. After a family gathering in Ohio we were treated by our children to a six day vacation in Las Vegas. Although not really gamblers we did enjoy taking in the sights out there. From Las Vegas we headed on to Tucson for the winter. Ceale and I are also pleased that our son Jim �80 has joined John Carroll University�s board of directors as of this October. Joe Sullivan from our class is also on the board. ... John Platz has been named chairman of the board of trustees of Lake Hospital System. The hospital has several facilities in the Northeast Ohio area. John is also chairman of the Lake County Board of Elections. He is professor emeritus at Lakeland Community College. ... In September I had lunch with Leo Scully and Ed Metzger. Scully and I were expecting to see Leo Longville there but he was on a family gathering in southern Indiana. ... Clete Oswald is still enjoying his retirement in Parma, OH. Clete has been retired for 12 years. ... When I talked with John Robson he had no exciting news to report other than he�s enjoying his retirement in Raleigh, NC. ... The Jim DeChants have a fairly active retirement life. They volunteer at the Cleveland Botanical Gardens and at the Cleveland Orchestra. They also attend some classes at Baldwin-Wallace and at Cuyahoga Community College. Jim and Alverda will be celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary in May. The DeChants have four grandchildren two of whom are adopted Asian girls, one from China, one from Korea. ... Send in your news for the next issue. God�s blessing to you all, jim


summer 2006	Hello to all in the class of �53 and to your family and friends. Gene and Catherine Wetzel and Ed and Mary Pat Mundzak were among those from our class who attended the Saturday evening Mass and dinner Reunion Weekend. ... When I recently talked with Leo Scully and he said that he and Gerry have sold their condo in Dunedin, FL. It had been a victim of last year�s hurricane, and after restoring it to good condition they decided it had come time to sell. They are undecided about their plans for next winter. Leo advised me of the May 19 death of Hugh Scott. Hugh was a retired colonel after 28 years of military service. He and his wife Joan resided in Palm Coast, FL. ... John Hammer is one of our class who continues to work and travel for the Hammer Company. His work of selling church wine in Ohio and surrounding states keeps him in touch with many pastors he has gotten to know over the years. His wife Carol says he really enjoys his work. John and Carol experienced a cruise of the Mediterranean during the month of May. ... Carl Tighe is still residing in the Phoenix area. He and Sara are looking forward to attending the Notre Dame v. Georgia Tech season opener in Atlanta in September. They will visit their son, Christopher, and his family in Lexington, KY, and motor to the game from there. He expects to be visiting relatives in the Wadsworth, OH, area before flying back to Arizona. ... When I first tried to reach Jack Bertsch he was attending a Tai Chi class. Jack lives not far from the JCU campus and attends church at Gesu. He says he occasionally gets in a game of golf with a group from Gesu. Jack and his wife, Patricia, have nine children. Jack and Patricia celebrated their 50th anniversary last year. ... Send in your news for the next issue. God�s blessing to you all. Jim


spring 2006	Hello to all in the class of �53 and to your family and friends. On with the news ... Don Gorman lives in the Richmond, VA, area where he has been since 1990. The Gormans have a son, two daughters, and eight grandchildren. Don and I were acquainted while we both were employed at Leaseway Transportation but did not realize at that time that we were both JCU class of 1953. It was only after reviewing the class roster that I made the association. ... Dick Barrett and his spouse, Nancy, live in Canfield, OH. They have five children and 13 grandchildren. They have also hosted 15 exchange students from all over the world. Dick told of some of the relationships that have been formed with these children and their families. Some of the parents have been to visit the Barretts and in turn the Barretts have visited their homes in different parts of the world. Fond memories have been formed. Dick says he is often in contact with Elmo Miller and with Jim Mazzi. Dick is very active in recruiting prospective JCU students in the Youngstown area. ... We hear that Saturday evening April 1 there was a surprise party celebrating the 75th birthday of Tom Dugan (which happened to be April fool�s day). Among those attending were Jim DeChant, John Kall, and Tony LaPerna. The LaPernas were planning to visit with Harry and Marleen Ohlrich the following week. The LaPernas were blessed with the birth of their second grandchild last October. ... Ed Metzger is a member of the executive committee of the Ohio & Erie Canalway Association. About 70 miles of the towpath trail along the canal are now open. At a recent Akron First Friday Club meeting, Ed visited with Chuck Brunn and Leo Longville. Ed and Lynn had recently returned from visiting family in Seattle. ... When I talked with Ed Mundzak he and Mary Pat were still wintering in Florida. They were planning to return north on the same May day that my wife, Ceale, and I were planning to leave Tucson, AZ, to return to Ohio. Ed had attended a JCU alumni reception brunch in Naples, FL, where he had a chance to visit with Frank Schilling. ... The last issue of John Carroll magazine featured an article about the �first hundred years of music at John Carroll.� Wasn�t it great to see Joe Botsko listed among three of the best JCU trumpeters ever! Remember Bill Weaver�s piano solo? ... Send in your news for the next issue. God�s blessing to you all, Jim


winter 2006	Hello to all in the class of �53 and to your family and friends ... Gene Wetzel and his wife, Catherine, have recently moved to a condo in Twinsburg, OH. They decided it was time to give up their five bedroom home in Bedford where their seven children had been raised, and where many of the 19 grandchildren enjoyed visiting. The Wetzels visited Rome last Easter with a group from John Carroll and were at the Vatican to receive the papal blessing at the last public appearance of Pope John Paul. Soon after returning home from Italy, Gene and Catherine celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. ... I was sorry to learn that Larry Davis died on October 21. Larry was among the last WWII vets who attended JCU, and helped start the ROTC program. ... Many of you will remember Anthony Alexander who we had as instructor in religion during our freshman year. I recently read that he died on October 6. I remember his threat to give �triple cuts� to any of us who missed his class on the Indians� home opener in 1950. I was among those who decided to take the risk but no longer remember who won the game. ... Doug McCay is the only classmate on our roster with a Louisiana address. Doug and his spouse, Mary, live in New Orleans. Although they were not affected as badly as many people by hurricane Katrina the McCays did spend 10� weeks in Washington, D.C., before returning to their home. Doug says hello to all his classmates especially to Joe Sullivan. ... Louis Denny has lived in Lakeport, CA, for about twenty years. Lakeport is on Clear Lake about 120 miles north of San Francisco. Louis says Clear Lake is the oldest lake in California and possibly the oldest in North America. Three of the children moved to that area so Louis and his wife followed so as to be near to the kids and what are now 10 grandchildren. ... When I talked to John Church, who now lives in West Hills, CA, he had just come in from his daily two mile walk. He has made the walk a part of his daily routine ever since open heart surgery nearly three years ago. It was because of that surgery that he missed our 50th reunion. John has lived in California for 45 years and has been retired for 14 years. He and his wife, Lois, have six children, 11 grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren all of whom live in various parts of the West Coast. John wants to, in particular, say hello to his old roommate Elmo Miller. ... The last issue of John Carroll had a very nice article about Fr. Murphy. I believe it was Fr. Murphy who was responsible for my attending JCU as well as several other members of our high school class from Canton Central Catholic. He did a recruiting visit to our school to explain the merits of attending a Jesuit university in the Cleveland area, John Carroll University, which was at that time virtually unknown to me. Among the other guys who came from that Canton school that year were Jack Ziegler, Marion DeStefano, Kevin and Dermot Coleman, Jim Poss, and Don �Skip� Williams. Unfortunately only Jack and I survive from that group. ... A little contest for the next issue � Who of our class has the most grandchildren?? Who has the most great-grandchildren?? If you think you may be a winner let me know. Send in your news for the next issue!! God�s blessing to you all. Jim


fall 2005	Hello to all in the class of �53 and to your family and friends. I talked recently with Max Fabian who again lives in the Chicago area after living in the Sarasota, FL, area for ten years. Max retired after finishing his career as an administrator in the public school system. He was very much involved in the special education area. Max says he still stays in touch with his old roommate Leo Scully as well as with Dick Zoller and Paul Schmidt. Max was reminiscing about the story of being at our �old watering hole,� the Mayflower one evening sometime after curfew. He felt a tap on his shoulder and when he turned was surprised to see Father Millor who asked �Are you having a good time.� Max responded �I was until now.� ... Tom Stock is a retired cardiologist who now lives in West Bloomfield, MI. He and his wife, Patricia, have seven children, four of which are boys who went to the University of Detroit. They also have 14 grandchildren. Tom says he enjoys hunting and fishing and is still trying to learn golf. He and Patricia look forward to spending part of each winter in Sanibel Island, FL, as they have done each year for the past 15 years. ... Jack Ziegler tells us of a JCU-Ursuline seven day cruise �mini-reunion� that took place last February in the southern Caribbean. Among those aboard were Jack and Mary Ann Ziegler, Hal and Ann Traverse. Jim and Kay McCay, George and Joan Stanton, Helen [Mrs. Hugh] Kelly, and Rosemary [Mrs. Wally] Martin �50. They agreed they would like to do it again soon. ... When I talked with Leo Longville recently he said that he and his wife, Sally, were planning to meet with Ed and Lynn Metzger the next day to go bicycling as they fairly often do together. Leo has been retired for about five years from his warehouse manager position at Tires International in Akron. ... At lunch the other day Norm Perney, Carl Munn, Ed Mundzak and I were thanking Bob Sullens for continuing to work enough to help keep the Social Security System solvent for those of us who depend on it. Our thanks to any others of you who continue to contribute. ... A couple of final comments about Harry Gauzman who seems to have stirred up some interest in this column. I have received replies from three other readers who attribute the birth of Harry Gauzman to Al Bieshada -- a member of our class who brought Harry with him from Al�s time in the military before coming to John Carroll. Also I recently received e-mail inquiries from two current JCU students who had received an assignment to write an essay on �who is Harry Gauzman?� I promise to put in no more references to Harry for at least the next year. ... I heard from Bill Homoly �59 who was with our class until just before graduation. Bill taught for many years at Collinwood high school in Cleveland before retiring. ... Last but not least, I was honored to represent the class of 1953 in the formal procession at the inauguration of Rev. Robert L. Niehoff, SJ as the 24th president of John Carroll University. Send in your news for the next issue. God�s blessing to you all, Jim


summer 2005	Hello to all in the class of �53 and to your family and friends. ... We are sorry to hear that Jim Walsh died this past June 7. He had retried in July 1991 after 36 years at Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company. He and his wife, Rita, would have celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in November this year. ... I believe that Ed Mundzak and I, with our spouses, were the only two from our class that attended the Saturday evening Mass and dinner on reunion weekend. Bob Sullens also joined us after dinner for some conversation. If you were there and I missed you, I am sorry. My son, Jim, was there for the evening also, attending his class 25th reunion. ... Tom Krause has now been retired from the Cleveland Plain Dealer for eleven years. As their favorite vacation activity, he and his wife, Delores, have been on around twelve cruises to various destinations. During the summer, they have been spending a lot of time with their two grandchildren. ... When I called Myron Billy, who now lives in San Antonio, TX, he promised to send a little information in time for the next issue about what is happening in his life. ... In the last issue I mentioned receiving no recent news from Harry Gauzman. This of course was a tongue in cheek remark since very few people have ever met Harry. I was pleased and surprised to receive a lengthy e-mail from Dan Boland �54 who was the news editor of the Carroll News when Harry was �born� in 1951. He explained the background of how Harry was the creation of several members of the Carroll News editorial staff. Yes, Harry does have an interesting background. ... Send in your news for the next issues. God�s blessing to you all, Jim


spring 2005	Hello to all in the class of �53 and to your family and friends. ... Two issues ago I requested from four of you some input as to what is happening in your lives. Thanks to Dr. Bill Hoehn for sending the following response � �After leaving John Carroll University, I graduated from Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine and interned at the medical school. My wife, Laverne, and our two sons Bill and Bob settled in St. Louis, MO. I was a family physician, then known as a general practitioner, for approximately twenty years with emphasis on obstetrics, pediatrics, and orthopedics. I then moved to the St. Louis Public Health Department where we were responsible for over 100,000 students in public, parochial, and private schools. My job also included working in Regional Health Clinics. I am now retired and enjoying an active life with my family which includes five grandchildren. At least two days a week I spend restoring antiques. My 1969 Dodge Charger Daytona, which I bought new, is still fun to show and run on the circle tracks.� ... Pat Molohon lives in the Del Webb community of Huntley, IL, and is still active at practicing law. He is one of those guys who says he would not know what to do with his time if he were fully retired. He did get to spend a little time visiting in Tucson, AZ, this past winter. The Molohons have four daughters and seven grandchildren. ... Jim Martin is another resident of Illinois, living in the city of Gurnee. The Martins have six children and 13 grandchildren. Jim says that Pat Cullinan was recently in the area attending the funeral of Maynard Gamber who many of the guys in our class knew. Jim says he has also talked with Leonard DeMarco who lives in Bloomfield, NJ. Jim calls Lenny �the wealthy Italian landowner� from Newark. Jim also asked me to send a message to Jack Bertsch that now that Jack is retired he must have time to sweep the driveway under the kitchen window at Rodman Hall. This is since Jack has never seen the inside of the kitchen? Harry Gauzman remains on our alumni roster with address unknown. Has anyone seen Harry? ... Jerry Weber sends the following information, �After JCU, moved to Rockford, IL. Patricia and I have six sons located in Santa Rosa and La Jolla, CA; Rockford, IL; Minneapolis, MN, and Bedford, NH. They take credit for supplying 15 grandchildren, ages one to twenty-four years, including twins and adopted Emma Lee from China. As you know, we can travel in any direction and run into someone we know!! I retired twice: in 1993 from Graphic Controls Corp. (Buffalo, NY) after 28 years and in 1998 from First Boston Property Mgt. (Rockford, IL). Patricia and I are fun-busy around the home and with church activities. We also enjoy an exercise class three times a week at Rock Valley College and I hope to continue to try golf and play clarinet at church and in local groups. Coming in June 05, hope to have a visit with fellow classmate, Fr. George Murray, S.J., M.D. in Boston.� ... Roger Sargent is in the process of moving to Aventura, FL, from his home of many years, Richmond, VA. When I spoke with him he was looking out over the inter-costal waterway toward the Atlantic from the seventeenth floor of his new condo. He says he recently spoke with Dick Bauhof who had returned from a cruise including the Amazon river. ... Send in your news for the next issue. God�s blessings to you all, Jim


winter 2005	Hello to all in the class of �53 and to your family and friends. Although it is now history I thought for this column I would call some of our guys who live in Florida, at least for part of the year, to see what the effect of the hurricanes of last fall had on them. Ray McGinley, in Largo, says they experienced high winds but no major damage in his place. Ray has been retired since 1990 and has three grandchildren. He has three children including twin sons Pat and Mike (sounds Irish to me.) At the time we talked, Patrick was serving in Iraq which obviously is a concern to Ray. ... Fred Topi, in Lighthouse Point, also reported no major damage at his place. He did say they were without power for over a week. The house was also shuttered for nearly a month as the storms passed through. He felt really penned in. Fred is retired from Barnett Bank. After a year of playing tennis nearly every day he felt it was time to go back to work so he went into business for himself, starting a personal financial services company. Now his tennis is limited to four or five days a week. Fred has lived in Florida for thirty-seven years. ... Joe Johnson, in Jacksonville, had twenty-two bags of debris to remove but also no major damage and not even a power outage. Joe reports that they are in the process of putting their Florida home up for sale with the intention of moving back to the Lodi, OH, area in order to be back with the family. Joe was ordained a deacon in 1988 and served at a parish in West Salem, OH, for several years. When he and his wife moved to Jacksonville seven years ago he became the chaplain at a local nursing home. He has just retired from that duty because of his proposed move to Ohio. The Johnson�s have five children and twelve grandchildren. ... Jim McDonald, also of Jacksonville, says their home had very little damage other than it was necessary to gather up some debris. Jim has lived in the Jacksonville area since 1995 and plans to remain there. After graduation Jim went to naval flight school at Pensacola and remained in Florida after his tour of duty. He has no intention of moving back north. As so many others of our classmates, he marvels at the changes on the JCU campus since our school days. Jim has been in the financial advisor field for forty-five years and is only partially retired. ... Bob Kaminski, over in Fort Myers, says his place also received minimal damage. They were without power for about two days and he did have some cleanup work but considers himself fortunate. Bob still works part-time at the Hyatt Hotel in his area and enjoys it. He did talk about an exciting vacation not long ago when he made a whitewater rafting trip through the Grand Canyon with members of his family. They covered 180 miles over a six-day period. I guess we are all still young at heart. ... Dick Zoller who resides in Boynton Beach also reports only minimal damage. They did lose a couple of tiles from the roof. However, the Zollers left the area when two of the storms came through the east coast of Florida. One of those times they went to the Florida west coast and once to the Washington, D.C. area. When the third storm came through the east coast they decided to �tough it out� and remained at home. However since they were without power for about ten days they �commuted� each night to the home of a friend who did have power. Dick has lived in Boynton Beach since retiring from IBM in 1987. He says he has played golf nearly five days a week ever since. The Zollers have four different types of citrus trees and two vegetable patches which also require some caretaking time. Dick is proud of the 2� pound tomato he grew. ... Of the guys I talked with Bob Sullivan who lives in Indialantic was by far the hardest hit. Indialantic is on the barrier island near Melbourne and their area was mandatory evacuation. One of these evacuations was for four days and the next was for five days. Imagine the apprehension at what one will find when returning home under such circumstances. Bob says that fortunately their house was intact with some damage but the pool enclosure and patio were demolished. The metal coverings were scattered throughout the area. He expects it to be late spring or early summer before workers will having time to start restoring the structures. As this is written in January he says many of the homes and buildings in the area are still covered by blue tarpaulin roofs. More pleasantly, the Sullivan�s are expecting grandchild number ten in April. ... Ben Mancine in Tampa says the hurricane had very little effect on his family. Ben has lived in Florida since his retirement several years ago. He and his spouse are very active at their church. ... As stated above, this column has been devoted to the news from our Florida classmates. Next time it would be nice to include some information that you other folks have forwarded so � send in your news for the next issue. God�s blessing to you all, Jim


fall 2004	Hello to all in the class of �53 and to your family and friends. ... Sorry but no news means no news. Nothing really came in and the deadline crept on me before I started making calls. I promise next issue will include a better column. ... I have singled out four of you in particular to furnish input for the next issue -- William Hoehn, Pat Hill, Robert Peck, and Clarence Danielson -- How about you guys sending me a few lines about what is going on in your lives? All you other readers now have some anticipation as to whom you will hear about next issue. ... Send in your news. My name address and e-mail appear at the top of the column. Incidentally the e-mail address is new. Also most of the winter until late April I will be in sunny Arizona. Telephone number there is 520-751-8489. E-mail address is the same. God�s blessing to you all, Jim


summer 2004	Hello to all in the class of �53 and to your family and friends. ... Weren�t we all appreciative of the news that Frank and Helen Schilling have made a $10,000,000 gift to the university? Thank you Frank and Helen! ... Since after the 50th class reunion we are invited back each year as guests of JCU to the Saturday evening Mass and dinner held Reunion Weekend, I expected to see several of you in attendance. It was disappointing to see only Ed Mundzak and our spouses representing our class. Perhaps we will see more of you next year. ... When I talked with Leo Scully recently he expressed an interest in getting some of our northeast Ohio classmates together socially on a periodic basis. He is going to do some follow-up work on this. More to come in the next issue. Incidentally, several of us continue to meet for lunch on the second Monday of each month at Hornblowers in downtown Cleveland. You are all welcome and invited to join us for these luncheons. ... At the time this is written Roger Sargent is just two days back from a month in the British Isles. He had gone over on the Queen Mary II and had a wonderful time. In five more days he�s planning to test the late July Florida heat. He has purchased a condo near Fort Lauderdale but has not tried it in the summer. As can be deduced from this travel schedule Roger is recovering well from his heart attack and bypass surgery that occurred just before last year�s Reunion Weekend. ... Just finished talking with Jack Ziegler. Like many of us he seems to be on the go much of the time. He and Mary Ann have a house in Vero Beach, FL as well as their house in Canton, OH. His family is gathering in Hilton Head in August at the same place they have gone each year for twenty-three years. His seven grandchildren look at that as their normal summer visiting spot. Although Jack is fully retired from the family tire business his son and son-in-law are very much involved. ... I do have a change in e-mail address and is listed in the caption at the top of this column. I really do appreciate any news about you that you care to see in print. ... Send in your news for the next issue. God�s blessing to you all, Jim


spring 2004	Hello to all in the class of �53 and to your families and friends. ... Ted Marsh and his wife, Judy, have relocated, within the past year, to a condo in North Royalton, OH after twenty-seven years in their previous residence. They went from three floors to a one floor living area and did experience the downsizing that so many of our age have done in recent years. Ted is an honorary member of the staff at Parma Community General Hospital having been there for the past forty years. I believe that he said thirty-two years of active service and eight years of �retirement.� When I mentioned to him that I was calling from our winter residence in Tucson he stated that he had spent several years practicing in Tuba City, AZ on the Navajo Indian Reservation. ... Bob Cummings and his wife, Ginette, were able to spend some time with us this winter. They were visiting from their home in Anthem, AZ. ... When I talked with Tony LaPerna he stated that he still maintains his law practice and goes to the office for at least some time nearly every day. ... Len Capoziello has been a widower for about four years. He is a volunteer worker for Lifeline of Ohio and is involved in organ procurement programs. About ten years ago he formed a Combat Infantry Association open to those who have been awarded the Combat Infantryman Medal. Len has been retired for about ten years. He had owned his own variety store in the Columbus area for many years, ala Sam Walton but on a smaller scale. ... We are sorry to hear of the recent death of Hugh Kelly. ... Norm Perney is enjoying his apartment in Twinsburg. He says this winter it was nice to look out the window at someone else shoveling snow rather than face the job himself as he did for many years at his home in Solon. ... Ed Mundzak is on the road to recovery following a stroke and triple bypass surgery this winter. He was on the golf course at his winter home in Bradenton, FL when he became aware of the onset. We wish you well Ed. ... Send in your news for the next issue. God�s blessing to you all, Jim


winter 2004	Hello to all in the class of �53 and to your family and friends. This is my first column since our 50th reunion. Most of the column will be devoted to comments from and about classmates who were at the reunion. There were approximately sixty of our classes in attendance together with their spouses or guests. The general consensus seems to be that a super time was had by all. ... Chuck Sidman says it is the first ever class reunion he has attended at any level. He is very happy he went and thought it was very well done and well organized. He has been back to visit campus a few times since graduation. Chuck received his Ph.D. in Wisconsin and has taught at several universities in Europe over an eight year period, as well as eighteen years at the University of Kansas before moving to Florida to finish out his career in academics. He has been in Florida for about twenty-five years. Chuck and his spouse, Margaret Anne, took in the luncheon at Hornblower�s Barge & Grill restaurant and did a walking tour of downtown that day. The Sidmans have five children and four grandchildren. ... �Fabulous� is the one word description Jim Martin had for the reunion. He most enjoyed getting to visit with Fr. Schell again. Two of Jim�s children were also taught by Fr. Schell during their time at JCU -- daughter Elizabeth �81 and son Andrew �90. Jim remembers his days with Joe Sullivan and John Beringer as the �Rodmans� during their first year on campus. He stressed that they kept the �lights on late.� ... John Kall enjoyed the dinner and the opportunity to meet many old friends. He regretted that there was not enough time to talk to them all. John also wishes that the follow-up news publicity had contained more pictures of those in attendance. ... Gene Wetzel also enjoyed seeing many friends at the reunion. When I talked with Gene in January this year I learned that he had suffered a heart attack on the Saturday after Christmas. He then went through triple bypass surgery similar to what he had undergone eighteen years ago. Gene also announced that he and his wife, Catherine, just became grandparents for the seventeenth time. Grandson Samuel Eric Wetzel was born on January 9. ... Carl and Sara Tighe were in from Phoenix. They stayed with Ed and Lynn Metzger at the Metzger home in Akron for some of the reunion days and rode with the Leo Longvilles to the school for some of the functions. Ed and Carl were roommates in our Bernet Hall days. Carl said it was good to see Bob �Steve� Kaminski again. They were good friends in Bernet. Remember some of the St. Paddy�s day celebrations? ... One of the things that most impressed Bob �Emmet� Sullivan was the Mass and the roll call of deceased class members. I must agree that it was a moving experience. Emmet was impressed with all the facilities on campus. �Marvelous!� Emmet and I were reminiscing about some of the card games and TV shows in the third floor lounge in Bernet. In those days we did not have a TV in each dorm room and a good show drew a crowd to the lounge. ... It was good to see Ron Kinney. Ron, I know it took special effort for you to be there. ... At the Hornblower's luncheon my wife, Ceale, and I shared a table with Frank and Helen Schilling and Jack and Mary Kilroy. It was sad to hear that Jack died just weeks after the reunion. ... I am sorry we can�t list something about each of you guys who were there. I think that the overall consensus was that it was a great week. For those of you who were not able to be there, we missed you and hope that you missed us. Send in your news for the next issue. God�s blessing to you all, Jim


summer 2003	Hello to all in the class of �53 and to your family and friends. First, an apology. In the last issue I promised you an update and news from our June reunion. I had assumed the deadline for submitting this column would be sometime after reunion -- wrong. This is written approximately three weeks before the reunion. ... I recently received a note from the niece of Richard Kubalski informing me that he had died on October 4, 2002. Richard had retired from Ohio Crankshaft and lived in North Royalton, OH. He leaves his wife, three children and five grandchildren. Also have been notified of the death of Bill Swanson on June 20, 2002 and Bob Rybicki in January this year. ... Talked recently with Norb Bunsey. Norm is experiencing a contented retirement life. He had enjoyed sailing each year until this past summer when he sold his boat. Says the sailing was requiring more agility than he can offer. ... Richard Rhodes departed from General Electric 14 years ago. He also is enjoying life in Strongsville, OH. Richard plays an occasional round of golf and also gets to visit his two children and the grandchildren. They live in Connecticut and Missouri. ... Not long ago I received a call from Anne Buffa who had been in the wedding party at the marriage of June and John Kelley. They had lost touch with each other over the years. After a couple of phone calls we were able to reestablish contact. Glad to be of service. John and June now live in San Clemente, CA. John recently retired again from his second position in the pharmaceutical field. ... Jim Lesniak moved to Reno, NV in 1990, the year he retired from Honeywell. He does a great amount of volunteer work there with both the National Auto Museum and the Nevada Historical Society being among the organizations he serves. The Lesniaks had four children, one of whom died at age 19. They also have two grandchildren. When asked if he had any words of wisdom for our classmates Jim said, �Tell them all to move to Reno. It�s wonderful.� I couldn�t help but to remind Jim of the famous photo of him building sandcastles on the beach at Ft. Storey way back in summer camp days. ... Bob Curry retired from his position as magistrate in the probate court way back in 1978. That gives him lots of experience at enjoying the retired life. Since the Currys� three sons and their families all live out of town they do get to do some traveling. The Currys have two grandsons. Bob has always enjoyed opera and does belong to an opera study group that meets twice a month. ... John St. John and his wife, Elizabeth, were married on June 17, 1953, two days after graduation so they celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary shortly after our class reunion. John and Betty have three children and three grandchildren. Betty graduated from JCU in 1967 having gone back to school after the children were no longer babies. John is semi-retired from the Saint John Funeral home in Bedford, OH which he operated with his niece and brothers. The business was founded by his grandfather in 1913. A nephew and niece ensure one more generation being involved. ... As I have mentioned in the past, several of our classmates meet in downtown Cleveland at Hornblower�s for lunch on the second Monday of each month. The May gathering was my first since returning from spending the winter in Tucson. The others there in May were Ed Mundzak, Carl Munn, Norm Perney, and Bob Sullens. Ed had recently returned from Florida. We welcome any of you to join us at one of these gatherings. Give me a call if you are interested. My phone number and e-mail address are shown at the top of this column. ... By the time you read this, the 50th reunion will have taken place. Once again let us thank Ed Metzger and Hal Traverse for co-chairing the event for our class. ... Send in your news for the next issue. God�s blessing to you all. -- Jim


spring 2003	Hello to all in the class of �53 and to your family and friends. I have very little to include about our individual classmates in this issue because shortly after you read this column you will be visiting with them in person at our 50th reunion - June 12-15. The school and the reunion committee have been making great effort to make it a memorable weekend. Remember there is no charge for our on campus activities and dorm room is free for our class if you stay on campus. God�s blessing to you all. See you at the Reunion! � Jim


winter 2003	Hello to all in the class of '53 and to your family and friends. I am excited!! Our 50th reunion is coming up. You will find me talking about it in this issue of class notes and again in the spring issue. Our 50th- a special one! It takes place the weekend of June 12-15, put these dates on your calendar. Do it now! At homecoming weekend in September the reunion committee held it�s first meeting. Members present were John Kilroy, Ed Metzger, Ed Mundzak, Jim Myers and Hal Traverse. Ed Metzger and Hal Traverse agreed to co-chair the reunion committee. For those of us attending our 50th and for out spouses it is a FREE WEEKEND. Thank you, John Carroll University! You spouses, prod your mates. Let�s go this year. I�m sure you will be receiving several mailings regarding the reunion and updates as to who has already committed to attending. Pay attention to them. I want to see you there. If there are any individual classmates you want to contact in order to assure they also are attending, but you are not sure how to reach them, let me know. I will personally attempt to contact them and let them know you are trying to reach them. My telephone and E-mail addresses are at the top of this column. My Tucson winter telephone (November to mid-April) is (520) 751-8489. Other news: I received the following communication from Elmo Miller �Hi Jim, I�d like to say �Hi� to all my classmates, especially my old roomies, John Church and Ron Kenney. I am enjoying retirement after 39 years in education, public and private, and two stints with the U.S. Army. My wife Patricia and I spend much of our time visiting our six sons, and eight grandchildren, who live in Florida, Hawaii, Maryland, Pittsburgh, and Columbus. I was on campus recently and was very impressed by the new Dolan science center, but disappointed that the new buildings obscure Grasselli Tower from Fairmont Circle. Very glad to hear that JCU had added Fr. Donald Cozzens to the faculty. His voice of reason and common sense in this otherwise frenetic scandal in the church.� Thanks Elmo for your input. � Roger Sargent is still active in the real estate business. He is planning to spend Christmas 2002 in Rome. � In my last column I commented that Ed Mundzak was on of our classmates who continues to work. That is no longer true. Ed retired in July of this year. I understand that at the time of this retirement he held the highest seniority in length of service and in age of any Morgan-Stanley employee in the state of Ohio. Paul Budnick and his wife, Joan, recently celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. They were married on August 2, 1952 at Sts. Peter and Paul Church in Garfield Heights, OH. They have 35 years at F/B and Associates, Inc., retiring in 2000. � When the August 2002 issue of Magis arrived I looked through the Magis Society current roster and saw thirteen of our classmates included. Thank you Dick Barret, Joe Botsko, Leonard Capoziello, Jim Dillhoefer, Bob Henley, Ron Kinney, Ed Metzger, Clair Picard, Charles Sidman, Bob Sullens, Joe Sullivan, William Weaver and Gene Wetzel. We appreciate your participation. Send in your news for the next issue. God�s blessing to you all. See you at the reunion. Jim


spring 2002	Hello to all in the class of �53 and to your family and friends. This column is being written in sunny Tucson, AZ but I will probably be back to Ohio in time to read it in the alumni journal. Talked with Ed Hahn the other day. There was some discussion as to whether his remarks might belong in Sam Wetzel�s �52 notes but we will claim Ed for our class. Ed and his wife, Doris, moved to Colleyville, TX in 1964 where he has been practicing dentistry ever since. He did try retirement for about six months but it didn�t work. He missed the people and his patients so he is back to work on a part-time basis. One fortunate thing about both �52 and �53 classes claiming Ed -- He could attend both 50th reunions! I am looking forward to seeing many of you at our 50th in the summer of 2003. Keep it in mind! ... Ed Mundzak is another one of our classmates who continues to work. However when I call his Cleveland office I often learn he is in Florida enjoying sunshine and will return to the office on such and such a date. Way to go Ed!! ... In January my wife, Ceale, and I did have a chance to spend some time with Bob and Ginette Cummings at their new home in Anthem, AZ. They are enjoying the Arizona weather. ... Also enjoying the weather is Ray McGinley who moved from Erie, PA to Largo, FL about twelve years ago. Ray practiced dentistry in Erie until his retirement in 1990. His ninety-five year old mother lives with him in Largo. ... Steve Smith attended graduate school at Columbia. He and his wife, Joan, have lived in the same house in Oakland, NJ for the past forty years. They have three married sons and five grandchildren. Steve has been semi-retired for nineteen years. ... Bob Hinds has been living with his wife, Maureen, in Oak Ridge, TN for the past fifteen years. Bob is also one of those people who tried retirement for six months and did not like it so is back to work as a manufacturers representative for a tire company. Bob has four children and six grandchildren. ... Don Huhn retired ten years ago and does like it. He had worked for GE Lighting. He and his wife, Lorraine, have lived in Leo, IN for thirty-five years. Of their six sons four live in Jackson Hole, WY, so that is an annual vacation visit for mom and dad. Don says he and Lorraine also have enjoyed vacationing in Hawaii each year for the past seventeen years. Those of you in our class who were accounting majors may remember the conversations between Don and Dr. Christiansen about Don�s being a navy veteran who never spent time aboard ship during his duty tour. ... Send in your news for the next issue. God�s blessing to you all. Jim

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