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THE CLASS OF 1954 FROM PITTSTON CENTRAL CATHOLIC RECENTLY HELD ITS 50TH
CLASS REUNION ON OCT. 16. THE MEMBERS OF THE CLASS PARTICIPATED IN THE 4:30
P.M. LITURGY AT ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST CHURCH, PITTSTON. THE REV. MICHAEL
QUINNAN, SON OF JOAN FLANAGAN QUINNAN AND THE LATE EDWARD M. QUINNAN, MEMBERS
OF THE CLASS OF 1954, CELEBRATED THE MASS. THE MEMBERS OF THE CLASS AND THEIR
GUESTS THEN MOVED TO THE WYOMING VALLEY COUNTRY CLUB FOR COCKTAILS AND DINNER.
FIRST ROW, FROM LEFT: RITA GEDRICH SHEARER, PATRICIA JOHNSON TRACY, JUAN
DEGREGORIO CORNELISON, ANN MARIE PHILIPS ZALEPA, RITA MCANDREW WACHS, GLORIA
CASPER SZULEWSKI, RUTH WIERBOWSKI FINO, AND EILEEN BROGAN CASPER. SECOND ROW:
HELEN KLEIN WARD, MARY ELIZABETH CONNORS, FLORA FORLENZA JORDAN, SYLVIA WARADY
PALMER, IMELDA MORRIS KORMOS, MONICA SEVEC MALETTA, MARY DOBSON TOCHENY,
DELPHINE GERLAK MATTEI. THIRD ROW: PATRICK BRENNAN, ROBERT BRENNAN, JOSEPH
O’BRIEN, SHEILA MAUGHAN STOZENSKI, THOMAS MUNDY, JOSEPH MAUGHAN, MARY TRACY
MANNO, EUGENE CONNOLLY, THERESA BULLETT KNOERDEL, THOMAS MEAD, CHARLES
MCANDREW AND REV. MICHAEL QUINNAN. VETERANS FROM NEWSEASONS TAKE PART IN
PARADE A GROUP OF VETERANS FROM NEWSEASONS ASSISTED LIVING COMMUNITIES AT
TIFFANY COURT IN KINGSTON TOOK PART IN THIS YEAR’S VETERANS DAY PARADE. FROM
LEFT: MEGAN SCHIRILLO, RESIDENT SERVICE AIDE; LINDA WOLF, COMMUNITY SALES
MANAGER; PAT ZOLTOSKI, GODFREY MANZI AND THE REV. NICK KOSTIUK, NEWSEASONS
VETERANS. ST. NICHOLAS’ CLASS OF 1954 CELEBRATES REUNION WEEKEND THE ST.
NICHOLAS HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 1954 RECENTLY CELEBRATED THEIR 50TH REUNION OVER
A THREE-DAY WEEKEND. ON FRIDAY EVENING THEY MET AT THE SCHOOL GYM AND AT
PATTE’S SPORTS BAR FOR AN INFORMAL GET TOGETHER. ON SATURDAY THEY VISITED THE
SCHOOL AND CELEBRATED MASS, AT WHICH THEY REMEMBERED DECEASED CLASSMATES. ON
SATURDAY EVENING THEY HELD A COCKTAIL HOUR AND DINNER AT VICTORIA INNS.
SPECIAL GUESTS WERE MONSIGNOR GEORGE R. DEMUTH, CLASS MODERATOR; MONSIGNOR
JOSEPH G. RAUSCHER, PASTOR OF ST. NICHOLAS CHURCH; SISTER HELEN JOSEPH
WALDMAN, S.C.C., FRESHMAN TEACHER OF THE CLASS OF 1954; AND SISTER MARY
CATHERINE SLATTERY, S.C.C., PRINCIPAL OF ST. NICHOLAS-ST.MARY’S SCHOOL. THE
WEEKEND CONCLUDED WITH A SUNDAY BREAKFAST AT VICTORIA INNS. PICTURED ARE
MEMBERS OF THE CLASS WHO ATTENDED THE REUNION. SEATED, FROM LEFT: NORMAN
BARNWELL, MICHAEL BALOGA, PETER KALAC, CHARLES SCHULER, EDWARD KINDLER, ROGER
SCHWARTZ, HAROLD KORMOS. SECOND ROW: SISTER HELEN JOSEPH WALDMAN, S.C.C., RITA
SKAPURA, MARY ANN GALDUN STANAITIS, MARY ANN HENRY GOBEC, JANICE BRENNAN
SKELLY, JOAN OBERLIES MONAHAN, SISTER MARY ELEANOR THORNTON, R.S.M., MARY ANN
HUMENANSKY RODRICKS, HELEN PECK BERNICK, ANNE MARIE QUINN WINTERS. THIRD ROW:
JOHN PONGANIS, CARL ERNST, JAMES MILLER, RICHARD STILES, MARY JO LAUX BROWNE,
ROSEMARY MAYS KINDRED, JOAN PESAVENTO KWAK, ROBERT MCDONALD, DR. GEORGE MOSES,
JAMES TOOLE, MONSIGNOR GEORGE DEMUTH, JOSEPH STASH. FOURTH ROW: JOSEPH DUCAJI,
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