Classes of 1968, 1969, and 1970 joint reunion planning meeting at Alt'n Bach's

From Bill Cator (Class of 1968) Our next meeting for the combined Class of 1968, 1969, and 1970 reunion is at 7 p.m. Thursday, February 19, 2009 at Alt'n Bachs Town Tap, 2602 Whalen Lane (next to American TV off the Beltline at the Todd Drive exit).

Note: Use the link to click through to the Alt'n Bach's website and check out the free beer offer (while it lasts).

Classes of 1968, 1969, and 1970 set a date for a joint reunion

From Bill Cator (Class of 1968) comes this news: "We are having a combined reunion for the classes of 1968, 1969 and 1970."

Although Madison Central High School closed in 1969, members of the class that would have graduated in 1970 have held periodic reunions for almost four decades.

The combined reunion will be held on August 8, 2009 at the Howard Johnson's East located at 3841 E. Washington Ave. Madison.

As soon as more information (including lists of "lost and missing" classmates) is available, I'll post it here

A spaghetti dinner prepared by Central alumnus Joe "Buffo" Cerniglia at the VFW Post named for Central alumnus Marion Cranefield

Roger Boeker (Class of 1960) sent the following announcement:

Fun – Food – and a Fallen Warrior Fund-Raiser.
Your Chef: Joe “Buffo” Cerniglia

Find treasures in the silent auction – gifts for the veteran.
If you have a bulletin board, post the attached poster – Thanks!

All-Central Reunion scheduled for Sunday, February 8, 2009 at VFW Post 1318

The this year's All-Central reunion is scheduled to take place from noon to 5 p.m. on Sunday, February 8, 2009 at VFW Post 1318, 133 East Lakeside in Madison.

VFW Post 1318 is the Lieutenant Marion C. Cranefield Post, named after Madison [Central] High School alumnus (Class of 1914) killed in action in France during the World War I Battle of Grimpettes Woods.

Class of 1964 sets the date for its 45th reunion

'64 Central Grads, mark your calendars for
JULY 25, 2009!
It's 45th Reunion Time!!!
Party like it's 1964, or party like you're almost 64.

The Madison Central High School Class of 1964 will hold its 45th reunion on Saturday, July 25, 2009 at the Elks Club. There will be an informal get-together on Friday, July 24, 2009 at the VFW on Lakeside Street.

The Class of 1964 reunion committee has set up a website -- complete with illustrations by class member John Schmelzer.

There are quite a few "lost and missing" classmates on their list. If you can provide any contact information for these people, please send me an e-mail. In addition, I've posted obituaries for deceased members of the Class of 1964 on the CHS obituaries blog. If someone is missing from obituaries archives, please send me a copy of the printed obituary and I'll be glad to post it.

Lost and missing members of the Madison Central High School Class of 1964

William Allred
William Bakke
Beverly Barr Jackson
Chris Bartholomew Morgan
Jean Beecher Boench
Ronald Betts
Judy Borge Adams
Sandra Brown
Carolyn Burgess Ballweg
Sandra Cohen Zeitlin
Pat Conway
William Crane
Lyle Crary
Ellen David Foley
Carol Deakman
Frank Degenhardt
Evelyn Farr
Diana Felland Gregory
Ken Fischer
Joann Frederick Francis
Robert Gallagher
Sandy Hainstock Moore
Edith Hohlstein Smith
Barbara Holton
Dawn Huett Coker
Sharon Hughes Ragan
Christine Johnson Verges
Susan Kelly Duncan
Sandra Knudson Holte
David Larson
Alan Laymon
Mary Mislivcek
Jeanne Narloch Vasen
Kathy Patterson
Adelia Patterson Johnson
Nancy Paul Cavanaugh
Rose Paxton Selk
Linda Perkins
Don Piper
Barbara Post
Frances Prevas
Mark Roberts
Lynn Robertson Teresa
Dariel Rousar Beaudet
John Ryan
Marilou Scallion Jeffcott
Joan Schlicht Hopp
Bernard Schnering
Larry Schultz
Barbara Scott Carpenter
Ruth Shriver Gill
Connie Spoolhoof
Miles Standish
Dennis Stovall
Pat Sullivan
Phyllis Tinley
Bill Van Dyke
Dennis Vanderbloemen
John Vogel
Paul Weaver
Carol Wiedmann Copeland
Bethany Young

Geroge Choles (Class of 1943) celebrates his 84th birtday

From the October 26, 8008 "Celebrations" supplement to the Wisconsin State Journal

Class of 1943 makes plans for its final reunion -- its 65th

Selma Dewey Calnan recently sent me the following e-mail about the Class of 1943's plans for its final reunion this summer:

I just received the notice from Tom Jafferis that our final reunion --our 65th -- will be held on Wednesday, July 16th at the Elks Club, 711 Jenifer Street with social hour beginning at 11 a.m. and buffet served at 12:30. It will be held in the lower level dining room. In his notice (the only one he is sending) he says "You are one of the great Class of 1943 and one of those from the Greatest Generation American has ever seen. Please come. We need your memories."

Tom's address is
1306 Stratford Ct
Middleton, WI 53562
608-824-0350.

Joan [Severa] will be doing a program. You already have her contacts.

I am far far away with no input to the plans but will be promoting it where I can. I do a monthly column, "The Best is Yet to Be," for the Inyo Register here. The photo that appears with my weekly column "Selma's Sierra Ramblings" for the Sierra Reader published here in Bishop, Ca. At 83 I may be the only un-retired Central alumna!

I love what you are doing for all of us.
Selma Dewey Calnan

Note: I also have an e-mail address for Tom Jafferis, but I'm reluctant to print it in this post, since he might become the target of spammers. If you'd like to get in touch with him by e-mail, please contact me.

Date set for 2008 All Central Reunion

The 2008 All Central Reunion will be held on Sunday, February 10, 2008 at the usual place: VFW Post 1318 located at 133 E. Lakeside Street in Madison. The event starts at noon. I'll post more details as soon as I reach the event's sponsor, Rich Bennett.

Classes of 1950, 1951, and 1952 schedule joint reunion

According to Kris Crary's "Scrapbook" column in the Wisconsin State Journal, the Madison Central High School classes of 1950, 1951, and 1952 will hold at joint reunion at the Coliseum Bar, 232 S. Olin Avenue, on Saturday, June 23, 2007. The event begins at 4 p.m. There will be an hors d'oeuvre buffet from 5-8 p.m. Reservations are due by June 1st. Contact Bob and Pat Launderer, 6325 Piedmont Road, Madison, WI 53711. If you have questions, please call 274-2843.

"What's this blog all about?" you may ask...

In order to make information more accessible, I've begun moving posts about current alumni news and reunion news from the Central History blog to this new blog. All new posts about alumni news and reunions will be posted on this blog, but the Central History blog will continue to have links to reunion news.

During the transition, some posts may appear on both blogs. Be patient. Also, if you encounter any broken links, please send me an e-mail or leave a comment. I can only repair them if I know they're broken.

Madison Central High School Class of 1957 sets a date for its 50th reunion

Two weeks ago, there was a brief announcement about the Class of 1957's plans for its 50th reunion in Kris Crary's "Scrapbook" column in the Wisconsin State Journal. It said the reunion was scheduled for July 21, 2007 at the Elks Club in Madison. I've e-mailed the contact person, Sharon Lee Olle, for more details, but haven't received a reply yet. As soon as I have more details, I'll post them on this blog.

Two recent photographs of the Central arch

Walking on West Dayton Street towards Wisconsin Avenue this afternoon, I stopped to take a photograph of the Central arch, the only remaining vestige of the Cass Gilbert-designed building that was home to Madison Central High School until from 1908 until 1969.

I wanted to take some photographs of the inside of the arch, but there was no access from either the MATC side or the Wisconsin Avenue side. Perhaps the orange barrier is seasonal. Let's hope it's not a harbinger of another attempt to demolish the arch.



Note: These post also appears on the CHS Class of 1965 blog

At least Madison Central High School alumni still have a visual reminder of their school...

When Wisconsin High School closed in 1964, it merged with Madison Central High School, which then became known as Central-University High School.

Central-University High School closed in 1969 and its Cass Gilbert-designed building was razed to make way for an MATC parking lot. But at least Central alumni have a visible symbol of their school in the Central arch on Wisconsin Avenue (shown in the previous post).

Wisconsin High School alumni aren't so fortunate. I've written a long post (with several photos) about what happened to the Wisconsin High School building for the Class of 1965 blog. Please click HERE to read that post.

Class of 1966 Reunion Photos

Posting photos increases the amount of time it takes for a page to load. That's why I've decided to move large collections of photos to Flickr. My original thought was that I would use a single Flickr Pro account for all the photo groups I posted. But when you receive scores and scores of photos from one class, it begins to make more sense to create several specialized Flickr accounts.

This also saves me lots of time, since it puts the burden of labeling, describing, and tagging the photos on the members of the class reunion committee.

Tonight, as I battle insomnia, I created a Flickr account for the Class of 1966 and uploaded 40 photos taken at their Friday night get-together at the Pub on September 29, 2006, plus a JPG file that identifies the people in the photos until the reunion committee finishes labeling and describing individual photos. I've also created a Flickr badge for this account: It's at the bottom of the sidebar (material on the right hand side of this page).

If you have friends, siblings, or classmates in the Class of 1966, you'll want to check the class Flickr site periodically for updates.

Help the Central-University High School Class of 1967 locate addresses for "missing" alumni

The Madison Central High School (a.k.a Central-University High School after Wisconsin High School closed its doors in 1964) Class of 1967 has set its reunion date, but the reunion committee does not have current addresses for the alumni whose names are listed below. If you have information about any of these people, please leave a comment or send me an e-mail. I will forward it to the reunion committee.

Tom Aldrich
Brad Bauman
Claire Bean
Ruth Berg
Sherif Botros
Theresa Brady
Lynn Brophy
William Bruegger
Jeni Burke
Gerald Chadwick
Michael Clark
Jerry Coffee
Linda Collins
Connie Downs
Carol Duell
Debbie Duncan
Bruce Egli
Linda Emordeno
Scott Giese
Cindy Godding
David Guzman
Sidney Hargrove
Marie Hornung
William Hagness
Ala Harder
JoAnn Hanson
David Holmes
Mike Imhoff
Connie Isaacson
Bill Johnson
James Justillano
Doris Kemmerer
Joe Klassy
Mike Kozicki
Joan Liberty
David Lively
Betty Manson
Terry Martin
Ellyn Mayer
Mike Medings
Barbara Miller
Jim Miller
Arlene Mitchell
Joann Munn
John Musillami
Gregory Oliva
Terry Olson
Victoria Prince
Kip Rasmussen
Sylvia Reese
David Rohner
Bruce Roller
Elisa Rosas
Ralph Rosinksy
Tom Sanderson
Rob Schwarz
Elaine Seldal
Bonita Shelton
Sharon Shelton
Marie Smith
Patricia Smith
Dennis Sperry
John Terzich
Susan Varsos
Kathleen Vlasak
Roger Waggoner
Eugene Washington
Royston Wardle
Delores Williams

Class of 1967 sets a date for its 40th reunion

The Madison Central High School Class of 1967 will hold its 40th reunion on July 28, 2007 at the Elks Club in Madison. For additional details, contact information, and a list of "missing classmates," double click on the image below to enlarge it in your browser window. If you have MS Word on your computer, you may also access a web-based version of this document by clicking HERE.

Class of 1956 - 50th reunion photos

For a while, I was begging people to send me photos from recent class reunions. Then some photos arrived from Cheryll Moling Thompson and I was too busy to post them. Now that I've finished all my Photoshop assignments, I'm going to try to catch up with all sorts of projects -- and this is one of the first on my list.

These photos were taken at the Class of 1956's 50th reunion, held September 23, 2006 at the Elks' Club in Madison. I've moved them all to the Central Alumni Flickr account. Use the link to go to the site (or click on the Flickr badge in the right hand column).

Note: This post was updated on 3/3/2007, when the photographs were posted to Flickr.

They're having a party and you're invited

The Class of 1966 reunion weekend includes an informal get-together on Friday, September 29, 2006 at The Pub on State Street. The email I received from Gerhard Ellerkamp says the get-together starts at 6 p.m. and runs until ??. If this were a 5th or 10th reunion, my guess is most everyone would be there until closing time. But since this is a 40th reunion, my guess is things will wind down before then. If you want to know for sure, just show up at The Pub.

The class also has a long list of "missing" classmates, which I'm printing here. If you have information about any of these people, please contact Kathy Wolff -- or send me an email and I'll forward it to her.

Scott Anderson
Ray Armstrong
Karen (Arnold) May
Bernadette Baker
David Birge
Dianna (Bonjour) Ellis
Lynn Borcatta
Paulette (Capacio) Klein
James Cartwright
Barbara Chrisco
Charlette (Coughlin) Miller
Sandra (Denson) Johnson
Ed Erickson
Dennis Fitzgerald
Bruce Forette
Kari (Fosnot) Paepke
David Fox
Shirley Franke
Jill (Gasdorf) Burnham
Linda Harvey
Corrine Hillestad
Isabell (Hotchkiss) Laing
Carolyn (Houston) Larson
Mary Huelett
Jacqueline Hughes
Bonnie Isbell
Kathy Knutson
Gary Kopp
Linda Korbitz
Kathy (Kozicki) Baltes
Chris Krogh
Pat (Labombarbe) Sine
Mary Jo MacMillan
Doris (Manson) Bass
Steve Masino
Hall Masterson
Noel (Mathews) Smith
Bill McDonald
Theron Miller
Kathy (Monsees) Crane
Carolyn Muetzel
Colleen (O’Brien) Williams
Susan Odette
Betty (Olson) Wyss
Kathy (Olson) Kinnaird
Helen (Ottum) Lagree
Roger Peckham
Phyllis Revels
Gladys (Rich) Amherot
Randy Riemen
Susan Ruland
Gloria Schellin
Sharon Shelton
John Sherburne
Terry Smith
Laura (Smithson) Steen
Thomas Tamura
Mary (Tholo) Lever
Richard Thompson
Patricia (Treinen) Burns
Bernaro Victorianne
Mary Vitale
Carla Vogt
Janice Wagner
Michael Warren
Michael Weaver
David Williams
Peggy Williams
Rosetta Williams
Beatrice Young

Class of 1956 reunion update and list of "unknowns"

From Cheryll (Moling) Thompson, comes the following update on the Madison Central High School Class of 1956's 50th reunion plans:

Our 50th reunion on September 23, 2006 will be held at the Elks Club. Social time from 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. followed by dinner and short program. The remainder of the evening will be social, reconnecting, updating and sharing memories with each other. Our class picture will be taken at 6:00 p.m. Picture boards will be on display.

There will be an informal pre-reunion "Dutch treat" gathering at the Coliseum Bar, 232 E. Olin Avenue beginning at 6 p.m. on Friday, September 22, 2006.

On Sunday morning, September 24, our reunion classmates and their spouses/guests are invited to attend a "mini brunch" to be held in Room 1 at the Senior Center, located at 330 W. Mifflin Street in Madison between 10:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Those who "drop" in to visit will enjoy coffee, soda, juice, donut holes, cheese and sausage, veggies and dips, mini sandwiches and "Orange and Black" cookies. This will be a time to socialize and continue contacts and conversatiosn from the previous night's events at the Elk's Club.

Richard Feldt, another member of the Class of 1956 reunion planning committee, sent along a list of the "unknown" members of the class. If you know the whereabouts of any of these people, send me an email and I'll forward it to Richard.

Mary Ellen Blaser
Tom Bliss
Norman Buchert
Mary Lou Connery Claus
Pauline Dunow
William Halsell
Thomas H. Harper
Betsey Bohmrich Janke
Catherine Rombou Ketselidis
Janice Watzke Lavine
Joyce Clavandatscher McLain
Clifford R. Olson
Bryant Randall
Sally Pellis Sather
Daniel W. Smith
Sue Lueth Taylor
Norma Brager Tracy
Roger Watson

Note: This post was updated on August 15, 2006

Note: CLASS REUNION PHOTOS ARE POSTED HERE

News From the Class of 1960

Thanks to Bruce Dietrich, the Class of 1960 now has a basic website. It features photos from the 40th and 45th reunions (awaiting captions), news about the date for the 50th reunion, and a list of missing classmates.

The dates for the Class of 1960's 50th reunion are July 30 & 31, 2010. The location is still to be determined.

The website also has a list of "missing" classmates. Since people from many classes visit this blog, I'm going to post the names of the "missing" here, too. If you have any contact information about the following members of the Madison Central High School Class of 1960, please contact Bruce (there's contact information on the Class of 1960 website), or send me an email and I'll forward it to him. Here's the list:

John Barnett (no photo in the 1960 Tychoberahn)
Jack Blankenheim
Nancy Cheesbro (last name Chesebro in 1960 Tychoberahn)
Leon Dahl
George English
Thomas France
Barbara (Frederick) Merkel
James Green
Joel Jaffee (listed as Jaffe in 1960 Tychoberahn)
William Kovacs
Larry Longfield
Marilyn (Murphy) English (no photo in 1960 Tychoberahn)
Eugene Owens (no photo in 1960 Tychoberahn)
Dennis Piper (no photo in 1960 Tychoberahn)
Ted Sanstadt (first name listed as Theodore in 1960 Tychoberahn)
Gayle Smith
Clare Stearns,
Doris Styhm (listed as Stryhn in 1960 Tychoberahn)
Lynn (Victor) Hegge

And if you're still trying to match a face with the name, here's a photo of the first string of the Madison Central High School 1959 football team. Bruce Dietrich is number 70.



Notes on the photo (double click on the image to enlarge it in your browser window): The photo is from the 1960 Tychoberahn. It was originally printed across two pages, so the above scanned image shows a crease through Bill Tompkins. According to the caption, the players in the first row (in this case the back row) are, from left to right: John Colletti, Ed Corcoran, Ken Grauvogl, and Junior Harris. The players in the front row are, from left to right: Nick Fiore, Bruce Dietrich, Bill Olson, Ed Allen, John Novick, Bill Tompkins, and Arnie Jensen.