Cromwell High School (Now and then)

News from Alumni and New on the site

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Class of '90 - Click on the above link to get information for your 20th reunion!!!!

August 15, 2010

Class of '88 - Mr. Jascienski's 5th Grade is finished.

August 14, 2010

Class of 2003 - Our condolances are extended to the family of Christopher Reagan who died August 12, 2010. He was way too young.

Class of '88 - Miss Faulk's 4th Grade is finished. There are a couple of kids in this class and the other classes who still need to be identified, so if anyone knows the names, please email me.

Class of 1985 - We just learned that Linda Catalano died December 12, 2009. Our belated condolances are extended to the family.

August 12, 2010

Class of '88 - Kristin D'Apice passed away in Florida on August 3, 2010. I just found out this afternoon, but knew the name right away. She is in the 2nd grade photos that I was uploading very early this morning, so I had the picture of an adorable 7 year old in my head when I heard about it. Our condolances go out to her family.

Class of '88 - 2nd Grade and the 3rd Grade are finished,

August 11, 2010

Class of '88 - A big thank you to Mark Carroll for sending his early photos of the classes he was in. I have a nursery school photo and the 1st Grade finished, and will add the others as I get them ready. I have also gotten some track newspaper articles from the '60's from Tom Daly that I will also be adding.

July 8, 2010

Class of '81 - David Schwartz has added educational information to his Then & Now page.

July 7, 2010

Class of '63 - It is with sadness that I report that our classmate Marion L Monnes Knakel died June 30, 2010 at her home in Vermont. Our condolances are extended to her entire family.

Class of '56 MHS - Ernest Nordgren, who was in the Nathaniel White class of 1952, died July 5, 2010. Our condolances go out to his family .

June 14, 2010

Class of '63 and '62 - '63 had a small but fun off year get together on June 13th with a few from '62, one from '64 and one from '70 (my brother David, who came to help grill.). This can also be accessed from the Class Reunion Section of the '63 home page.

June, 2010

A couple of "Where are they now" requests. Barbara Allen is looking for John Vecchitto '69, a friend of her late brother. Pete Amenta asked me about Robert "Eric" Russell , '64, who a Middletown friend asked about. UPDATE: John Swingen was able to provide information for the requests.

May 28, 2010

Class of '58 MHS - Here is Pat Carroll's 8th Grade yearbook from Nathaniel White School, class of 1954.

May 21, 2010

Dick Nixon discovered his aunt Eileen Finley, the names of the three teachers in the 1929 8th grade graduation photo. This had gone up earlier, but once we were looking at it again, Dick & Nancy and I looked at the other ones from Cromwell in the 1933 MHS graduating class and came up with some more ID's. We aren't 100% positive on some of them. Others might take a look and see what you think.

May 5, 2010

Class of '69 Xavier - Robert Michalski died April 29, 2010. Our condolances are extended to his family.

Class of '65 - Sharon Goodyear Solek died May 4,, 2010. Our condolances are extended to her family.

Class of '73 Xavier - I learned from Sharon's obituary that her brother, David Goodyear had already died. Thru Xavier High School webpages I confirmed that he died in 2000.

May 3, 2010

The Schwartz brothers have been added to the family pages.

April 12, 2010

Class of '76 & '77 - The sister of Nancy Rogala '76 and Charles Rogala* '77, sent word of their deaths, Nancy in 2008 and Charles in 2007. Our condolances are extended to their family for this double loss.

Class of '56 MHS - Suzanne Carroll lent me her 8th Grade yearbook from Nathaniel White School, class of 1952. Pat Carroll has a photocopied copy of her 8th Grade yearbook 1954 which I will be working on next. I am not too sure how good the scans of photocopies will turn out. Thank you both for the yearbooks and thank you to their sister Shelley '60 for getting them to me.

April 12, 2010

Class of '58 MHS - Bertrand W. Bradbury died April 9, 2010 in Cromwell. Our condolances are extended to his family.

April 9, 2010

John Swingen sent a tribute to Thomas A. Brangel who died March 31st in Callifornia.

April 7, 2010

Class of '68 - Thomas A. Brangel died March 31st in Callifornia. Our condolances are extended to his family.

March 29, 2010

Dick Nixon sent some more memorabilia for his scrapbook. There are some new things in several of the headings on his scrapbook; Sports, Band, Nathaniel White, Outside of school.

February 22, 2010

Children's Home Alumni Check the CHOC page for a fun sounding fundraiser.

February 21, 2010

Class of '59, '60, '61, '62, '63 - Dick Nixon sent the rest of his memorabilia for his scrapbook. There are some new headings and some new things in several of the other headings on his scrapbook.

February 15, 2010

Children's Home Alumni -May Preble sent a notice for a chance to go to a Wolf Pack hocky game.

February 15, 2010

There is a wonderful article today in the online Middletown Press about Joanne Collura Golden '61.

And if you go to the home page of the Press you will find videos of a soon-to-be Cromwell High alumnus, Isaiah Salafia '10 and his accomplishments on the basketball court.

Joan Hatfield and Rena Fisk have also sent snow in the south photos. Rena also sent a couple of update photos for her page also

February 12, 2010

Sandy Kott Patria '63, sent me some photos taken today of the snow in Texas

It is almost time for spring cleaning so before you get caught up in that, why don't people go thru their photos and keepsakes to see if there might be something to put on the website. It is very much in need of some new material.

February 3, 2010

The Bellamo family has joined the family pages.

February 2, 2010

Class of '59, '60, '61 - Dick Nixon sent some news paper clippings for The sports page in his scrapbook. One about Fred Post under the Basketball Heading, and 5 others at the end of the page.

February 1, 2010

Class of '59, '60, - Dorene Caso Gugliemino '59 had been given a lot of the candid and posed photos taken for the 1959 yearbook and the 1960 yearbook. These are in the scrapbook under the year heading.

January 26, 2010

Class of '59, '60, '61, '62, '63, '64 - Dick Nixon sent more for his scrapbook. There are more sports pictures and articles about Track and Cross country. Again, not just 1960 people. Also a new subhead of "Memories Outside of School." For his scrapbook, Dick is doing all the writing and set-up so that all I have to do is paste it onto a page and add a few source tags.

January 25, 2010

Thank you to Pat Carroll Gilbert '58 MHS for some more ID's for the three photos from Nathaniel White 1953.

Class of '59, '60, '61, '62, '63, '64 - Dick Nixon sent a Band concert progran . Lots of names here.

January 24, 2010

Class of '60 - Dick Nixon has even more content in his scrapbook. The entire 1957 Spring Production program (classes of 1959-1963) is in the plays section and there is more content in the Graduation section.

Class of '57, '58, '59 - Dick Nixon also sent, kindness of Ellen Eckersley, three photos from Nathaniel White 1953. Teachers, the basket ball team and cheerleaders. We need a lot of ID's here.

January 21, 2010

Class of '60 - Dick Nixon has more content in his scrapbook. The program from the "Gay Ninties Review" and the Yearbook Supplement are new.

Class of '65 - Gloria Hogaboom sent me these photos a while back and I am finally getting them into a scrapbook page.

January 12, 2010

Class of '60-64 - Dick Nixon sent some more content for his scrapbook. They are the things in "Where's Charley"

January 7, 2010

Class of '59 - Beverly Polzun Griggs' daughter sent Joan Hatfield the information that her mother had died on New Years Eve. Our condolances to her family.

January 5, 2010

Happy New Year Everyone! The Index before December 1st is now in the Archive.

December 24, 2009

Class of '65 - Pat Callahan has a Then & Now page.

December 22, 2009

The Partridge family has been added to the family pages.

December 17, 2009

J. Richard Franklin from the MHS class of '48 wrote to back in June to identify the Cromwell students in the class of 1948 and those who were known to be deceased. His note was unfortunately put aside at the time due to the upcoming reunion and it just came to light again. I apologize to Richard for taking so long to act on his information.

December 15, 2009

Mark Roy '70 submitted the CHS Band recordings from a 1969 Holiday album. Currently one track is available in the box above. The rest are on a scrapbook page.

The Pirruccio/Pryor family has been added to the family pages.

December 04, 2009

Class of '76 - Our condolances to the family of Susie Johnson, who's death was reported in today's paper.

December 02, 2009

Class of '65 - Another new photo has been added to Mary Henderson's scrapbook. It is Halloween 1956.

December 01, 2009

Class of '65 - A new photo has been added to Mary Henderson's scrapbook. It is the ?1961-62 JV Cheerleading squad.

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