Christine M. Dankert (Smith)

so glad you are set for the reunion. :-)

Alan A. Schulz

I posted my 25 on Pam Hitows page !

See you at the reunion!  The check IS in the mail!

Kay Meyer (Brown)

I can't wait to see everyone at the 50 year reunion. I am so excited to be going. Until then, a few tidbits from my experiences, and preferences.  Twenty-five things you may not have known about me:  By Kay Meyer Brown.

 1.  I have three siblings, all attended and graduated from AHHS.  Go Hillites!

 2.  I married right out of high school, had three children, and divorced after thirteen years of marriage. 

 3.  My husband, Michael Brown, and I got married in 1979, and we've been married for 34 years this year. 

 4.  I have lived in Saginaw, Grand Rapids, and Mount Morris, in Michigan.  Then moved to Eastlake, Mentor and Thompson, Ohio.  Our last moves were to the South.  Augusta, Georgia, North Augusta, South Carolina, and for our retirement, we down-sized and bought a house at Clarks Hill Lake, in Lincolnton, Georgia.

 5.  We have seven grandchildren.

 6.  I'm a real homebody.  I'd rather sit by our fire pit and tell stories than go on a trip to anywhere.

 7.  Have I said that I like to stay at home???

 8.  I miss those days in Saginaw, when my Dad and I would walk to Mooney's and get an ice cream cone.  When my Dad and Mom moved out of the South School area to the North School area, their new neighbors had a limousine business they ran from their home, next door.  They would give my Dad a ride in the limo a few blocks to Mooney's to get him an ice cream cone during the summer months.  Dad really got a charge out of the looks he would get from the crowd at Mooney's, when he would step out of the limo.  I can still hear my Dad laughing about it!  

 9.  Anyone who knows me, knows that I adore dogs.  We have had a few.  I can always remember them and their names, and what they did to drive my Mother crazy.  Poor Mom, the dogs liked every one but her.  I think they planned everything they could to irritate Mom, on a regular basis.  I think a house is incomplete without a dog. I've never had a cat.  We have had the Great Danes, Kemo and Koma, and the best Black Lab, Yeller.  He is still with us, going on 13 years old, and he has NEVER chewed anything he wasn't supposed to have. 

10.  I absolutely love ice cream, and I can't have a day that goes by without a glass of milk. 

11.  When I was growing up, I lived across the street from the original teenager from "GREASE."  I had a forever crush on him.  I'm positive he was afraid of my Dad.  Lol.

12.  The most rewarding thing I've ever done in my life was to get involved with the Paralyzed Veterans Of America.  The PVA.  Mike and I have loved to join them and their spouses in their fishing tournaments. They are all heroes to us, and if you ever get a chance to help them in any way, do it.  You will never be sorry.  Another organization that we love is Wounded Warriors.  There are no words that can describe these fine organizations.  Please check them out, and get involved.  They are in our hearts forever. 

13.  Mike and I feed the deer.  Yup, they come up to our house, and stand around until we come out and feed them every night. Our neighbors watch from their windows.  This year, we have two bucks, four fawns, and six does.  We live right next to a wildlife area, and there is no shooting allowed.  I love to watch them as they travel in single file, after they eat.  I learned this from my Mother-in-law.  She also had turkeys in her woods.  Mike's from the Roscommon/Houghton Lake area in Michigan.  I guess you could say animals make my life complete.

14.  My favorite job I've ever had was being a supervisor inspector a small machine shop in Augusta, Ga.  I was the lead inspector.  I helped the machinists set up their machines to certain specs. Can you measure a machine part in thousands of inches?  I can.  It's more fun than it sounds. 

15.  My least favorite job was finishing airplane engine parts sold to Pratt Whitney, very tedious and demanding.  Too many fingers in the mix.   

16.  Growing up, blue was my favorite color.  I got so sick of blue.  I have two things in my house that are blue.  they are family heirlooms.  They are kept in a drawer....where I can't see them anymore......

17.  I love living where I am.  There is always something new that I haven't seen before, a bird, a raccoon, a deer, a snake, a lizzard, a coyote, an eagle soaring in the sky.  And then there are the bugs, eeewwwww!

18.  All electronics are above my comprehension.  Does not compute...ever.

19.  I think about my old school friends from South, North, and AHHS.  Often.  I want to go back there, if only for a little while.  Do some things over.  Take chances that I dared not take.

20.  Looking forward to seeing some of the old gang.

21.  Looking forward to seeing some of the new gang, on the "If you grew up in Saginaw, Michigan" site, of which I am a proud member?  LOTS of great people there.  Some you'll know from your school days.  Old stories, new stories, just say Hi, and visit with us who believe Saginaw was the best...growing up!

22.  This time away for the reunion is going to be the first time I have left everything behind, and I think I'm going to like it, providing I can still come back..."There's no place like home!"  I know I'll probably get very homesick when I'm gone.

23.  My favorite teachers were Mr. Petzko and Mr. Kring.  My favorite subjects were math, algebra and biology.  I still can remember how beautiful my kindergarten teacher, Miss Hocking was.  It was 1952, she'd wear a flower in her long white tied up, braided hair to match her dress every day.  She was very special. Such a lady!

 24.  I once gave my fourth grade teacher, Miss Peru, one of my Mother's finest rhinestone and silver bracelets for Christmas.  She called my Mother and after the two talked, Miss Peru asked me to give it back to my Mother.  It was the thought that counted, she said.  I think she didn't want a stolen "hot" bracelet in her jewellery box.  Kids.......I guess I didn't have anything that I considered good enough for Miss Peru.  I was so embarrassed.

 25.  I hope all of you have safe travels getting to your FIFTY- YEAR - REUNION.  Drive or fly safely!  I will see you there!  

Tom Mills

It is with a sense of sadness to inform my classmates of a 1/2 century ago, that I will not be attending the reunion .  My father has moved in with me the past week so I will be spending time with him.  I was looking forward to this momentus event and talk trash with some of my U of M mates but it is not meant to be.  Have a great time getting reacquainted!!!

Marilyn Millet (Smith)

Tom,  Bruce and I are sorry to hear that you won't be at the reunion.  We were looking forward to seeing you after all these years.  We understand that family comes first though.  We went through the time of taking care of our parents a number of years ago--you are fortunate to still have your father with you.  We'll be thinking of you on September 5th.  Maybe you could post some pictures of you and your family on your profile page.  Take care, Marilyn                 

Kirk O'Keefe

Tom, great to hear that your Dad is still around. You are lucky! Great memories from camping with your family and your Dad coaching us in softball. Tell your Dad Hi and thanks for the memories. 

Paul H. Warner

Although no one challenged me to post my 25 things almost nobody knows about me, I SO enjoyed reading others' postings on these pages so much that I began to think about sharing my 25.  I just decided to come be with you at Crooked Creek and Golden Glow on the 4th and 5th of September.  Anyway, here goes my list perhaps in no particular chronological order:

1. My transition to junior high (North) was embarrassing for me.  I came to the 7th grade on crutches.  I had been running along the beach at Chippewa Lake (near Big Rapids) and leaped across a marshy inlet only to land on a buried coffee can just under the surface.  13 stitches (one internal) on my left foot instep.  Ouch!

2. I met Carolyn Coats in Mr. Hayes English class (7th grade).  We liked each other and I gave her a friendship ring on a Friday.  On Monday she had to give it back to me because her dad wouldn't let her go steady with me.  Hey, my dad wouldn't let me meet her at the movies; we were only 13 at the time.

3. Speaking of my dad, he was quite the engineer, although not professionally.  I used to help him in his shop in the basement.  In restoring a small sloop (the first family yacht) we found the planking attached to the ribs with brass screws.  He offered me a penny per screw; I think I made $11 removing those planks.  I helped him set forms for the seawall he created for our lakefront at Chippewa Lake.  Poured concrete from the mixer over rebar.  That seawall is probably still there.  One winter he designed a diving platform.  We went out on the ice to drive piles, and in the spring floated the platform over the steel pilings, attached the diving board, and enjoyed some fabulous times there in the summer.

4.  I delivered the Detroit Free Press every morning before school from the 9th through 12th grades.  I always preferred to use my bicycle weather permitting.  I had to learn to layer in the winter and remember having to flex my fingers to keep them from freezing when it was cold.

5.  In my AHHS days I played in four symphony orchestras.  Arthur Hill, Germania Club, Saginaw Symphony, and Saginaw Youth Symphony.  Mr. Clark directed the school orchestra and band and played in the Saginaw Symphony.  When he needed to take time off from school he had me direct the orchestra period.  Occasionally Mr. Giesecke would come by to see if I had everything under control.

6.  Bob Griffore accompanied me one year on the piano at Solo and Ensemble festival.  At the same festival he played a saxophone solo and I played piano for him.  I took piano lessons from age 7 on through my first two years at Peabody.

7. We heard the announcement in Mr. Fetting's chemistry class when President Kennedy was murdered.  Our country lost much hope and glory at that time in November 1963.

8.  I trained my brother to deliver my papers so I could ride my bicycle to Sault Ste. Marie after the 1964 school year.  I think I did it on less than $40, had to be escorted across the Mackinac Bridge and the bridge in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario.  There's a whole book's worth of adventures from that one week in my life.

9.  I took Pat Genske to the senior prom.  Not long after I had asked Pat to the prom,  Sherry Burns asked me to a Sadie Hawkins dance.  My social life had sprouted!  Sherry played flute in the AH orchestra.  Carolyn Coats directed the senior play, Bret Harte's "Ingenue of the Sierras"  Bill Ford was judged best actor.  Jackie Berlin was the ingenue.  I played Yuba Bill, learned to do my own makeup, and learned all my lines!

10.  Before I went to the Peabody Conservatory of Music I attended Smith College in Northampton, MA.  Peabody is in Baltimore.  Robert Gerle, violin, Walter Hautzig, piano, and my teacher Paul Olefsky, cello, held a Peabody chamber music summer session at Smith.  I've always been fond of saying I went to Smith College.  One summer at Smith I rode my bicycle from Northampton to Tanglewood (about 70 miles each way) on a Saturday to hear the Boston Symphony with Van Cliburn.

11.  Of course I am proud to have received a full scholarship to the Peabody Conservatory of Music thanks to my Professor Paul Olefsky whose dynamic generosity brought a number of us cellists to Baltimore from Michigan.  John Catchings was a graduate of Douglas MacArthur High School in 1965.  Meeting him enhanced my competitive nature and we had parallel careers at Peabody.  I remember traveling with him and his grandparents to that first session at Smith in their Ford Falcon.  Four people and two cellos and luggage.....how did we all fit?!

12. My only solo performance with a full symphony orchestra was in early 1965.  Dr. Samuel Jones was the conductor of the Saginaw Symphony Orchestra; I had won the Young Artist Competition and was rewarded with that performance.  About a week before that performance I slipped on ice in front of my house carrying my cello in its bag.  The neck broke; I had to borrow a cello and get used to it by the time of the concert which was held on the stage of Arthur Hill's auditorium.

13. Following graduation from Peabody I answered an ad in The Baltimore Sun for a job with Merit Protective Service.  The ad had a hook in it something to do with 007.  James Bond movies were all the rage, I was intrigued, so I went to interview for the job.  I agreed to take a polygraph test, got to name my salary, and started work immediately as an undercover agent.  No license to kill, however.  I worked in various retail establishments around Baltimore, a surplus store, a drug warehouse, a supermarket, etc., in order to observe and report on the employees.  Relying on my memory I would write reports and file them weekly.  Let's just say I gave up espionage for music.

14.  I won my first audition for a professional job.  During the year after graduating from Peabody I played in a part time gig.  Our group was called The Rococo Company; violin,cello,flute,harpsichord, and soprano.  That worked pretty well around my spy schedule, but when I heard about an opening in the Toronto Symphony I borrowed a better cello from a generous manager of the Baltimore Symphony.  They liked me in Toronto.  They asked if I could stay the week, play with them, and play a final audition at the end of the week.  Well I went back to Baltimore to spy, got bad advice from a member of the Baltimore Symphony, and returned to Toronto for the final.  They offered me the job on the spot.  The personnel manager asked me what the number of the local in Baltimore was.  I didn't know!  You see the bad advice bit me.  I needed to be a member of the American Federation of Musicians in order for my audition to be valid.

15.  Along comes spring in 1970.  I got a call from Peabody saying there's a couple of people from the Atlanta Symphony; would you like to come and play for them?  Well I went down there, played my cello for them, and that evening the personnel manager called me and said, "We'd like you to come to Atlanta to play with us."  I joined the ASO in September of 1970.  I begin my 46th season next month.  

16.  About my second or third year I bought my first motorcycle, a Yamaha 350.  Actually, my first car was a short school bus (there's a whole book of stories about that in itself) that I removed all but one seat from and fitted out with a ramp for the motorcycle.  I took some trips that way generally staying off the freeways since the bus had a top speed of about 60

17.  In 1974 I got a new Honda 750 Supersport.  I rode that up to Michigan, crossed Canada, down the west coast to San Francisco and back, and when I got home I traded that for a brand new Gold Wing; you motorcyclists will remember the GL 1000.  I took that on some grand tours........another book.

18.  Back in the 70s the orchestra used to tour a lot more than now.  I would ride the bus and bring my bicycle underneath.  One year we had a residency in Florence, SC with a day off in the middle of the week; I rode my bicycle to Myrtle Beach (about 70 miles), stayed overnight and rode back the next day.  Not quite as flat as the Saginaw Valley but piedmont.

19.  My father "the engineer" and my step mother, English teacher at MacArthur retired to the house they built on Orcas Island.  While they lived in Washington that was a favorite destination on my big motorcycle rides.  About 1985 my dad told me he was going to build an airplane.  That reawakened my competitive urges and realized I'd like to fly his airplane.  My principal flight instructor played clarinet in the ASO so our schedules meshed pretty well.  I got my private and multi-engine ratings with him as my instructor.  We flew a New England ASO tour landing in Northampton for one date, and Teterboro, NJ for our NY dates.  I got my instrument rating a few years later.

20.  I have been married 3 times.  They all ended in divorce, but all of us are still alive and speaking.  Ex #3 would say that I snore.  We have been apart since 2006 but I will see her this evening breaking bread with family and friends.

21.  A colleague in the ASO has had the longest career of any professional symphony musician.  She plays bass and has been in the orchestra since its inception 70 years ago.  She says she may retire this coming season.

22.  Became a runner and quit smoking in the late 70s.  Ran in 28 consecutive July 4th Peachtree Road Races.  I don't run anymore, but I still bicycle several times a week.

23.  I plan to retire in 2018 but haven't announced it yet except here.

24.  Mostly due to our fabulous ASO Chorus we have been invited to Carnegie Hall scores of times.  I think I've been there at least 30 times.  Next CH date is April 30, 2016.

25.  I will try to bring my name tag in case some of you don't recognize me.  

Thomas Schrems

25 Items you probably didn't know about me!

1) I had to repeat the 6th grade at St. Andrew's School.

2) I was asked to leave St. Andrew's School in the 8th grade and I transfered to North School.

3) When I graduated from AHHS, and turned in my cap and gown, and received my last report card, Mr. Scharrer told me my GPA was a 1.71.   It was better than I thought!

4) I enlisted in the Marine Corp in Oct. of 1965.  However, I was turned down after my physical, because I was color blind.  This I considered a divine intervention.  The Marines caught hell in Viet Nam.

5) However, in May of 1966, I was drafted into the US Army.  I asked about the color blindness, and the Sgt. stated, "color blind my ass, your in the army now".

6) Did a one year tour in Viet Nam with the 9th Inf. Div.  Walking point is no fun.

7) After the Army, I attended Delta College for a year with a GPA of 1.32.  The school told me to come back when I was serious.

8) In 1973-1976 I became very serious. I graduated from Saginaw Valley State University with an Accounting Degree with honors (cum laudee)  My GPA (I know you were wondering) was 3.45.

9) Received my MBA from SVSU in 1989.  Majored in Mgt. and Econ.

10) Worked 35 years at General Motors/Delphi Corp. Wore many hats while I was there. Acctg-Mfg-Quality.

11) Married Cindy in Oct. 1970.  45 yrs this Oct.

12) I have three married and employed daughters.  The 3 daughters and son-in-laws blessed Cindy and I with seven grandchildren.

13) Cindy and I now live on Lake Huron, eight miles north of AuGres.  It was our summer home, however, we tore that down and put up a retirement home.

14) Retired from Delphi/GM in March of 2008.

15) so far during retirement, Cindy and I have taken a Seabourn Cruise to Italy, a Viking river cruise down the Danube River, from Budapest to Passcal Germany.  Also a Globus tour to the United Kingdom.

16) Cindy and I have already booked a Viking Cruise to the Russia, Denmark, and other Scandinavian countries for 2016.

17) I taught as an Adjunct Prof. at Delta College, SVSU, and Alpena Comm. College.  Subject were Accounting, and Prod. Mgt.

18) Cindy and I winter in Arizona.

19) I volunteer at the VA's in Saginaw every Tuesday.

20) I practice Yoga twice per week-Beginners!

21) I bicycle every chance I get. I have a Giant bike here at home and a Elect.  Townie in Arizona.

22) Cindy and I sing in the church choir.  My grandkids call me the singing Papa.

23) Right out of high school, I worked at Sunshine Biscuit with Bob Andrezejewski.  I lived a block away from Sunshine, so after work Andy and I would play cork baseball in the parking lot next to my house.  He beat my ass every time.

24) I still get a kick out of watching the Three Stooges and Abbott and Costello

25) I have read just about every John Grishem Book.  "The Associate" so far is my favorite.

Well I guess I'll tag Bill Charlton, and Garry Klopf, John Geiger, Janis Sedwick, and John Knipple.

Carolyn Coats (Medendorp)

Paul Warner, I'm thrilled that you remembered our "romance."  I had SUCH a major crush on you!  I wonder why we never dated in high school.  I hope we see one another at the reunion.  We won't be rekindling anything, though.  I've been married for 49 years and most of the time I actually like my husband.  LOL

Robert J. (Cap) Fry

25 (more or less) Things about Cap Fry

1.  I shouldn’t get credit for this one because Mark Fischer already used it, but yes, Mark and I were each other’s best man.

2.  I have a BS in Mechanical Engineering from MSU, thanks largely subjects like English, Latin, Economics, and American History.  I also have an MSA degree from CMU.  I didn’t get the masters until the early 1990’s when I was working and living in an apartment in the Detroit area during the week.  Going to school at night seemed a safer option than the alternative forms of evening entertainment.

3.  I originally went to UM to become an Orthopedic Surgeon.  Among the myriad of hurdles I encountered: I couldn’t pass chemistry and I couldn’t stand the sight of blood.  How I got to be a Mechanical Engineer is convoluted.  How I got to MSU is simple – my mother told me to get serious, get my fanny down there, and not to come back until I’d found a wife.

4.  After retirement, and after a 32 year hiatus, I decided to take up golf again so that I didn’t become a nuisance around the house.

Sensing that getting to 25 may be challenging:

5.  I have never been anywhere on the ground in Idaho or South Dakota.

6.  I have never been anywhere on the ground in Arkansas or Missouri.

7.  I have never been anywhere on the ground in New Mexico or Delaware.

8.  I’m a really slow reader.  I’d like to finish “Wealth of Nations,” but after a year and a half I was only on page 79 - only 1016 more to go.  I settled for P. J. O’Rourke’s synopsis instead.

9.  I suspect I’ve been on the ground in West Virginia, but I don’t remember for sure.

10.  I have never been anywhere on the ground in Alaska.

11.  Since April 12, I have played 1,405 holes of golf this year.  I won’t explain how I know since I don’t figure anyone wants to argue.

12.  I have never been anywhere on the ground in Vermont or New Hampshire. 

13.   I have never been anywhere on the ground in Hawaii.

14.  I have stayed at a Holiday Inn Express.  I suspect that explains how I know you shouldn’t be living or wandering around on a volcano.

15.  Right out of college I worked for the Navy Dept. for four years.  We had to go to San Diego a lot, so it obviously stands to reason that I’ve been on the ground in Tijuana a couple times.  I never bought a watch nor did I see the … oh, never mind.

 16.  I think I’d really like to go to Bermuda someday, but I guess there really isn’t much to do in Bermuda other than relax and drink.  I’m not as young as I used to be so maybe I’ll just keep wearing their shorts instead.

17.  While on a road trip to Madison, WI with Doug Wilson, I met Oscar Meyer.  So, if I shake your hand at the reunion, and tell you you’re shaking the hand that shook the hand of Oscar Meyer, you’ll know why.  (With tidbits like that, I’m beginning to smell 25).

18.  I ultimately I did find a wife at MSU.  I still have that same wife.  We have a son, two daughters, three granddaughters, and two grandsons.  My wife’s name is Jane, which is merely coincidental to the fact that Johnny Weissmuller actually swam in the pool my maternal grandparents had on their farm in Frankenmuth.

19.  When our youngest daughter was married, the church organ was under restoration.  All the pipes were in crates.  I figured I knew where we could get some pipes.  We had bagpipes.  I got to choose all the music, instrumentation, and choreograph things.  Harpsichord, piano, cello, and bagpipes; what a combination.

20.  From 1981 through 1985 I raced an old Lola formula Ford - a great way to go broke.  I got so serious one year that I actually took up jogging to increase my endurance on hot summer days.  Anyway, now all I have is an attic full of pewter mugs that I figure cost me about $1250 a piece.  Crazy – probably that’s why it appealed to me.

21.  I’ve never in my life touched a snake.  Back in 5^th grade someone brought one to show and tell.  The teacher wanted everyone to touch it.  Brenda (Collins) and I were the last two holdouts.  Brenda finally relented; I never did.

22.  North School had like cork floors in the classrooms.  In first grade you had to sit on the floor in a little reading circle.  For amusement I liked to reach between my folded legs and use my fingernails to dig little mini-craters in the floor.  Once, the teacher asked me if I had to go to the bathroom.  To be clear, I have never held myself in that particular place for that particular purpose.

23.  I no longer bite horses.  Once I was saddling a horse and he bit me.  My hands were busy tugging on the girth, so I had no recourse other than to bite him back.  During the ensuing acceleration, the irritated animal stomped on my right foot and nearly pulled my front teeth from my head.  As an aside, I once stuck one of my grandmother’s hairpins into an electrical outlet.  I don’t do that anymore either.

24.  Twice, Jane and I have gone to visit Mark and Nancy Fischer on their spread in Montana.  The girls like to go into town and shop at the trading post.  Mark and I just sit in these two matching comfy chairs in front of the TV.  We sip cocktails and practice remembering things (for when we get really old).  Practice makes perfect – unless you’re talking golf.

 25.  Last fall, getting tests done for clearance to have back surgery, I found out I had lung cancer.  So, December through March I had bunches of radiation and chemotherapy.  I guess I tolerated it better than most, but come April I really couldn’t walk far enough for golf.  So, I forked over the money for the unlimited cart usage “Deal.”  Obviously, I needed to keep records of how much I golfed to see if I broke even on the “Deal.”  Now you know how I know how many holes I’ve played this year.

TA-DAAAH!

26.  So, if I just golf, golf, golf in the summer, what do I do in winter?  I hibernate, gain 15 or more pounds, and sometimes work on freshening up a room in the house.

27.  We hardly ever go to a movie.  I’m exceedingly proud of my inability to name or recognize any movie personalities.

28.  I detest flying.

29.  I’d rather fly than take one bite of calves’ liver.

30.  I’m really bad at remembering names.  Now I have this dumb job to merge together everyone’s yearbook photo with their name so the computer will print out finished name tags.  Go figure.

31.  It took just less than 5 months of marriage before all my checkbook privileges were rescinded.  I’m not allowed near it.  I guess that’s punishment for depositing paychecks and not writing the amount in the register.  Now I have this dumb job of being the treasurer for the reunion.  Go figure some more.

32.  If I never get to go to Bermuda, I think I’d like to learn to play the bagpipes instead.

33.  I don’t recall ever reading a fictional book since they made us read them in school.  I am a serious and totally humorless individual.  Well, I don’t mean to say I’m as humorless as like a physicist or, heaven forbid, an accountant.  I probably just mean plain, everyday, run-of-the-mill, normal humorless.

Paul H. Warner

Carolyn,  I am pretty sure we never dated in high school because I was just too busy.  Remember when we had to memorize Hamlet's soliloquy for English class?  I really hammed it up, you did a great job, but it was your boyfriend who had such a hard time speaking in front of the class.  I remember being in love with Elizabeth Bohnhoff who I sat next to in orchestra.  When I met up with her at Interlochen she gave me my first kiss at the date gate.  I fantasized about that for a very long time.  I used to walk with her between classes until one day she told me that she just didn't like me any more.  I was so devastated that that experience turned my personality around and I had to jump out of the shy, dull person I had been.  My life has been anything but dull ever since!  Looking forward to seeing you in a few weeks.

Bob Wohlfeil

Aug. 14

I have been stewing over  these 25 for some months now. Don't know that I can make it but will try.

1. My first girlfriend was Marti Edwards in Kindergarden. The romance lasted until she wet her pants in class one day. I just knew I couldn't stay with an 5 year old incontenent girl. That could have turned out to be high maintenance, but it didn't. We are still close today, both living in Grand Rapids

2.My three favorite friends from all time are still friends. Dan Jones, Gary Bauer and Dick Dice

3.My educational career was cut short by the administration of Delta College. They didn't appear to lilke my sense of humor. Next up was the US Army, they didn't like my hijinks of tippping over jeeps etc. Didn't last real long there. But I was honorably discharged

4. My career was much more fun and rewarding. I spent 14 years in the radio business, selling time in Saginaw and moving to Grand Rapids, managing two radio stations. Became weary of rock and roll and left for the hospitality business. Became Director of Sales and Marketing for: Marriott, Onmi Intl. and Days Inn. Moved back to Grand Rapids and entered the Senior Living business. Not for me, but I managed congregate living facilities Over a period of 20 years, I had the pleasure of meeting and taking care of some very special people. This was an experience not to be missed

5.Thru the above years, my personal life was pretty much a shambles, but in 1976, I discoverd sports car facing and spent three seasons having more fun than any white guy should have. My car was a1969 Datsun 240z that I had driven 140plus thousand miles on the road. I was able to enjoy race venues like, Road America, Mid Ohio, Grattan, Road Atlanta, Black Hawk Farms, etc. This was the absolute best time of my life. I met my daughters mother, had a choice of keeping her or, getting rid of my race car. Not being real brilliant, ever, I got rid of the race car. Biggest mistake of my life. With the exception of gaining two wonderful daughters,

6Besides my daughters, I have also been the recipient of 5 delightful, and smart grand children

7.With my various career positions, I have been able to travel most of the country.

8.Until Dec. 5, 2007, I skiied all over the west and mid west.. Why Dec.5, ?? I did a horrendous face plant while skiing at Park City,Utah.Up until then, I was also able to work on the ski patrol at various Mich. resorts

9. I have always enjoyed volunteer life. I served in the Jaycees, Chamber of Commerces, Senior commission, East Lansing, Senior Drivers, Texas City Texas, Downttown business commission, Detroit And several others that proved to be worthwhile and uplifting

10. Contrary to some opinions, I was not beaten as a child, I have turned out this way, all by myself.

      Life goes on and I am sure that the rest of my 25 have not yet been written. I am going to miss you all in Sept. but know that I willl be thinking of you and the evening. Have fun and please have a "see thru" for me.

Bob

Tom Mills

 Looking back brought some memories out of mothballs(are they even around anymore) or repressed thoughts that have been jilted by all this reminiscing.  Here are some events that occurred during the school years.

Remember when drinking was a GIQ.  What about the grassers?  How about being told in Choir it would be best for you and everyone else if you were to lip sync.  The races after JV Basketball practice that used all the hot water.  Remembering that Mr. Case(Biology quizes matching always spelled a word).  The fishing with friends and yes the biggest event of the year Barnyard Basketball.   Yes and I believe watching some young lady run over one of those driver ed barrels.  It could only happen in high school.  Here are some things that happened to me after graduation.

Went to Michigan State.. finally graduated from MSU (5 year plan)

Got married.  Took a teaching job in Grayling MI and stayed there for 31 years

During that time frame I taught Middle School math, Special Ed. EMI, EI, LD (i know labels have changed) Gifted and Talented, Social Sciences, Physical Sciences and the last several years before retriement Director of Technology and AP Psychology.  you get to do all that stuff when you are in college as long as I was

Had three wonderful children ...Brandon, Kris and Miggon..Got divorced

Worked with two former AHHS graduates Mary and Jan (hi)

Got married again had two wonderful children  Erin and Samantha.  Got divorced (seems to be a pattern)

During that time frame I coached at different times and at the same time both Boys and Girls Varisity Basketball, Boys and Girls Varsity Tennis.

Retired and moved to Saginaw to be an educational consultant for the Internet Safety Program CybearSurfer

Found my next wife on-line...what a wonderful woman and life I had for 10 glorious years before she was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.. we lived on Gun Lake near Grand Rapids and we were truly happy. 

I now live in Florida...God's waiting room.  Found another wonderful woman( i do not know what i did to deserve this) and am enjoying life taking care of my pops.

Looking back at the time we grew up in...I feel so very fortunate.  It is great hearing from those of you that shared times and memories together.

Mud

Marlene Melcher

I was just looking through my Legenda... and realized that all the teachers I thought were soooo old when I was there were younger than I am now... they just seemed old!!   L O L  I think it would be fun to now list some memories we had of our teachers...  

I remember thinking how scandalous it was for Miss Yates to paint her finger and toe nails bright red (lips too!)  ... and wear peep toe shoes!!  Oooo la la!!   

Remember  how precise Miss Bacon made us be with our drawings... the "dots" could have no tails... press the pencil point down, twist, and lift!!  We lost points on our grade if there were 'tails'... I wish I still had the drawings of my frog skeleton.

I think a lot of the fellas thought Miss Busaid was "hot"!!!     I know we did not think she was old!! L O L

from Miss Busaid's obituary from 2013.... "she returned to Saginaw in 1962 to teach at both Arthur Hill (her alma mater '57) and Douglas McArthur... I did not know she went to AHHS!!  That would have made her about 23 or 24 in 1963 when I had her for homeroom !

In typing class, I guess Mr. Kleekamp figured I didn't need to practice typing with the others, so he had me rough draft the book he was writing.  I just got bits and pieces... I asked him if I could read the whole thing and he said "NO"... guess it had some pretty risque parts...   I'd love to read it now... and see just HOW risque it would be in this day and age!!

Wellll... I started this off... I hope others will add fond memories..... I know some of  you have some humorous things to add. . ..

Carolyn Coats (Medendorp)

My two favorite teachers were Mr. Case for biology and my senior English teacher, Mrs. Cappell.  Mr. Case gave me an A- for a marking period along with the comment "capable of doing better."  My mother was outraged feeling that an A- was pretty darned good.  I was flattered beyond belief that he believed in me and my intellectual abilities.  Nobody had ever believed in me before but Mr. Case did!  Mrs. Cappell was so incredibly gentle and kind.  I don't remember much of the class itself but I remember feeling safe and happy in her class.

Robert (Bob) Hogg

Tied for my favorite teacher in high school are, in alphabetical order: Miss Bacon, Mrs. Engle and Mr. Hooper. All science teachers.

Edit: Oh, I forgot about Mr. McPhee and Mrs Herm, also favorites of mine. Both Math teachers. Funny no English teachers stick too much in my mind except perhaps for Mrs. Hunter. Something must have stuck, though, I can write and spell pretty well.

Gary Alan Klopf

Garry A. Klopf

1. After graduaution from AHHS, attended Northern Michigan University in Marquette, MI in Michigan's upper peninsula.

2. While in college, met my wonderful wife of almost 49 years (Deborah Morford), she was AHHS class of 1967.

3.We have 9 children; 5 girls and 4 boys

4. 26 grandchildren, 27th here any day

5. Worked in our family business for over 40 years (Klopf Floor Covering)

6. Our oldest and youngest sons now operate our business

7. I love fishing and hunting

8. Love going to grandchildren's birthday parties. Several every month.

9. Most of our children live in Michigan. 2 daughters live in Pennsylvania, our oldest and youngest daughters, and one son in California

10. I like going to car cruises.

11. I'm a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints for 45 years.

12. I like trucks, have had many, mostly 4x4s.

13. I enjoy sports. Watching my children and grandchildren play football, basketball, track, wrestling, rugby, soccer, baseball, and volleyball.

14. I participated in a World Wrestling Tournament at the Pontiac Silver Dome a few years ago with my son, son-in-law, grandson, and granddaughter. I won a gold medal and my granddaughter Kirsten won a gold medal.

15. I enjoy traveling to Pennsylvania almost every summer to visit my daughter Virginia and her family and my youngest daughter Amanda.

16. Our daughter Virginia's son, Aaron, is a heavyweight (285) wrestling state champion in Pennsylvania. He has recieved a full scholarship to attend the University of Iowa.

17. I have 4 great-grandchildren. They live in Utah and New Mexico.

18. We have cottage north of Au Gres where we spend time with family in the summer.

19. I have seen many of the 50 states just by visiting my children as they move around with different employers.

20. I live in Freeland where I own 10 acres along the Tittabawassee River and enjoy the outdoors.

21. My father passed away in 2011.

22. My mother passed away in 2014.

23. I do miss both of them , but someday we will be reunited in Heaven is my prayer.

24. I love working on my geneology/family history.

25. I love my family, my wife, and my redeemer Jesus Christ.

Don Ruppel

I liked Mr. Hooper also, he was relaxed and funny.  Back in 1979 when I moved into my house in Shields, I discovered one day that he was my neighbor !  It was a reunion neighborhood, a guy that I had worked with lived next door to me and on the other side of him was Mr. Hooper.  Across the road from my former coworker was my 8th grade Gym teacher !

Paul H. Warner

I got along well with Mr. Clark.  I was intrigued by Mr. Grueber whose enthusiasm for the Schutz? Hotel may have been inappropriate for his student audience; maybe I just assumed he went there for beer and peanuts.  Something about the peanut shell strewn floor there had a great attraction for him.  I forget why I had known Mr. Grueber; he may have helped coach the production of Bye Bye Birdie?  I just liked his speaking ability.

My favorite teacher was Mrs. Hamlin whose sunny disposition was an inspiration.  I think she retired the same year we graduated.

Then there was Mr. Fetting.  There's a picture of me buying something from him at the concession stand in the 1965 Legenda.  Many years later I was visiting Saginaw and went out with my mother to Bob Evans where we ran into Mr. Fetting.  I surprised myself remembering his name; perhaps the memory is indelible when you remember where you were when JFK was assassinated.

Then there's the Legenda itself, the cover of which has "Centennial" emblazoned across "1965".  When I looked up the history of AHHS it says our school was established in 1903.  Where is the official historical record?  

Carolyn Coats (Medendorp)

Paul, I think it was Mrs. Hamlin I had for senior English, not Mrs. Cappell.  So it was Mrs. Hamlin I loved.  (I've had two strokes so my memory isn't as good as it once was.)  I also got a kick out of Mr. Hooper.

Alan A. Schulz

Ms. Bacon and Ms. Engle

Barb J. Bean (Geary)

My favorite teachers were Mr. McPhee because he was so patient with me in Algebra III,  (however he did suggest that I make that my last math class) along with Mr. Petzko and Mrs. Cappell. Mrs. Cappell played a major partin my decision to major in English in college. She lives in Alma near her daughter in an assisted living facility.

Gloria Schauman (Nentwig)

My favorite teachers: Mr. Petzko, American History. (He reminded me of my favorite Uncle)

Mrs.Louise Herm. She gave  me a passing grade in Geometry even thou I never did get it. I tried, really tried, but just couldn't get it.

And Mr Chisholm. Loved Office Training. His family lived nearyby for a while, so I got to see him occassionly.

Kirk O'Keefe

Mr. Petzko called Kay Meyer and me the Autohaus twins.  I had a VW bug! He was my favorite.

Lynn B. Wright (Kurzhals)

My favorite teacher was Mrs. Hamlin.  Between her and Miss Roetke at South, I loved to diagram sentences.  I remember we did the pllay OUR TOWN in class.  I can't remember who it was, but, one of my classmaterd had to read the word "hoar," and everybody giggled.

I was in Mrs. Hamlin's English class when the shooting of President Kennedy was announced over the PA.