Iroquois Village

I remember that project vividly Tom-I thought you were the rich kid!!!!!

John Ryan

I am not sure how the John Ryan stuff started-but-I remember the funeral-God forgive me- I can't remember for who-I am sure it was the first wake alot of us went to:but my memeory is John saying-"He looks fake or something like that" We all were so serious at the time and then after John said that we were all imploding trying not to laugh. I pulled a muscle in my stomach trying not to laugh!

"Damm Cold"

Josephine Arias-Unbelievable-Where did you learn to talk like that_ I thought you were St. Josephine-I guess not!!!!!!!

Halloween

So.. I am manning the fort for all the trick or treaters ! Any good stories about halloween from Queens? I remember bombing the buses on 62nd drive with eggs-Who else admits it?

Prepositions

so... Heres a memory-I forgot the name of our class mate that was not all that motivated at school-but... he memorized every preposition-I can remember it now to this day him saying-" about , above ,across, after .... He was unbeleivable-he didn't graduate with us though. So.... who is he?

Molloy Reunion

so many things going on - I just won't be able to make-But-the OLA reunion - we will be there! Why not a cold barbecue Sonja-You were always the tough one!

Falling at the Ball game

I still tell that story to my friends. But it WAS at a METs game. I swear-I have never laughed so hard seeing francisco pereda, stumble and fall 5 rows vertically landing on a bunch of people. I remember it vivdly-almost seeing it in slow motion!To this day its my favorite story to tell people how vertical the upper decK was at Shea!

Josephine

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-Tom

OLA Reunion Blog - 14 Strong and Growing!

_____________________________________________________________________________________
Please welcome Barbara Geisslinger (Lumina) as the 14th member of our group.

Susan Powers, Matthew Monahan and Jorge Bustamante have been in touch and will be
registering onto the Blog soon. Carol Hager (Strauss) will be attending the FHHS reunion tomorrow and
will certainly return with a few email addresses. Leo, John and Doug will be attending the Molloy reunion
on Saturday and will do the same.

Here is the updated list:

Arias, Josehine (member)
Bianchi, Suzette (member)
Bubello, Roger (member)
Bustamante, Jorge (pending)
Carol Perez
Carreras, John (member)
Carreras, Leo (member)
Carreras, Santiago
Casali, Estela (member)
Causo, Zeida
Colon, Michael
Cordero, Linda
De Curtis, Paul
Falcone, Robert
Figlia, Francesca
Garret, Manuela
Giorgiana Guelke
Guzman, Richard
Hernandez, George
Izawa, Hiroshi
James, Lola
Kearns, Thomas (member)
Korman, Glenn
Kostro, Anna (member)
Langowski, Paul
Leigh, James
Lumina, Barbara (member)
Meany, Elizabeth
Monahan, Mathew (pending)
Paniagua, Maritana
Pereda, Francisco (member)
Powers, Susan (pending)
Rodriguez, Marlene (member)
Rodriguez, Miguel
Roll, Douglas (member)
Ross, Margaret
Ryan, John
Ryan, Michael
Schafran, Sonja (member)
Schechinski, Lisa
Schechinski, Louise
Shaw, Pierangela
Strauss, Carol (member)
Troy, John
Wile, Robert

To receive an Excel file with complete contact information, email: Marlene Rodriguez at mar9454@hotmail.com
To invite others to join the Blog, email addresses to: Tom@Kearns.net or Josephine Arias at sefineedu@aol.com
To invite others to read the blog, point them to: www.OLAreunion.Blogspot.com
Reunion logistics planning: Leo Carreras at vonreissig@cs.com
Food and Entertainment: John Carreras at john.martini@bbvany.com
OLA School Liaison: Open
Molloy Liaison: Open
TMLA Liaison: Open
FHHS Liaison: Carol Hager (Strauss)
SJU Liaison: Jpsephine Arias

John Ryan and the Embalming Room

Wait a minute. I was going to tell the same story!

Leo, you forget one very important tidbit. John mentioned that he had never been to a wake before. When we all arrived at the Funeral Home, one of the older altar boys told John that he was going to take him downstairs for a tour of embalming room. Words cannot describe John Ryan's reaction!

I motion for a tie.

-Tom

Ms Marus

Yes, it is true. Ms. Marus passed away at least 15 years ago. After I became a teacher, she would come to my home to visit during the Christmas vacations. I heard that she was going grocery shopping for her mother, had just pulled her car into Queens Blvd. and was hit head on by another car and died instantly. If there is another Joan Marus who is listed, at age 70, I think that would be a little too young. Remember, our Ms. Marus had been a nun, left the order and then was teaching quite a few years at OLA, and yes, then at Stella Marris HS before her death. The math just doesnt work!
Suzette

Baseball Player???

John- Wasnt Hiroshi the mystery baseball player you mentioned in your BLOG? I remember he could play as well as any of you guys, but he just didnt "brag" about his abilities. I remember him as a quiet, studious, well-rounded kind of guy. Are my memories incorrect? Didnt he return to Japan prior to graduation?
Suzette

Bowling

Remember the little bowling alley we all went to across Queens Blvd. Ms Marus sponsored the bowling club, and to get into the alley, you went in the door, and then down a long flight of steps till you entered this dinky alley. I used to think I was sooooo cool, being able to go bowling on my own without my mother being with me. Ahhhhh innocence!!!!Forgot the name of the alley and wonder if its even still there. It's probably been converted to a Korean produce stand or something.
Suzette
PS- Carol, cehck it out for us in November when you attend the FHHS reunion and tell us the fate of the bowling alley.

Reunion

Just a question out to all. Are we REALLY going to do this reunion, and if so, are we unanimous about it being the weekend of April 17th? I am seriously contemplating returning to school (for either my 3rd Masters or to finish my PhD. ( not yet sure which), and time will be a short commodity for me for the next few years. I would like to carve out the reunion time, and would love to know as early as possible so I can schedule classes, etc. - let alone make arrangements for and with my family. Yes, I DO plan on attending alone, but will bring pictures of the family. Comments, anyone???????
Suzette

Miss Marus

When I was first placed in her class I was terrified because I heard what a "hard" teacher she was. Math was always my most difficult subject, and I remember one day breaking down in tears in class, while everyone else was out in the playground. Miss Marus was "tutoring" me - but inwhat part of math I cant remember now. I remember her sitting down next to me (and in those small desks it was not easy for someone her size) and soothing my hair until I stopped crying. She reached over, closed the math book, looked me straight in the eye and said "Everyone has their strengths and weaknesses. Math is your weakness, but I bet someday you will end up teaching math, and when your students dont understand a concept, you will always remember today." How right she was, God rest her soul.
Suzette

Best Story Contest

John,

If you liked the communion story, I have a better one.

First, I'd like to know what the prize is for best story.

-Tom

Sr. Joseph and The Christmas Tree

In seventh grade some of us went into the eighth grade class for reading (SRA). I think it was Raymond Asavado (?) who shot a paper clip at a Christmas tree ornament and woke up Sr. Joseph. I vaguely remember but believe there was an issue of no one being willing to tell who did it and the entire class was punished.

April Fools Day at OLA

Wasn't there an incident where the boys and girls switched ties and we all got in trouble?

-Tom

OLA Punishments

Sr. Louise - Pulling your hair
Mrs. Donnelly - Times tables
Sr. Paul - Demerit slips
Miss Maris - Writing chapters of history
Sr. Ignatious - Yelling "Knock the price tag off young man. Knock it off!"
Fr. Wood(s) - Either holding an eraser against the blackboard with your nose
or kneeling on pennies.

I was so sick of Mrs. Donnely's constant requests for times tables. One time I wrote them out in advance and delivered them to her immediately upon sentencing. Her reaction was not a pretty picture!

-Tom

First Holy Communion Day

Do you remember First Holy Communion Day. After we received, we came back to the pew to say our prayers, etc. and I told a joke to John Ryan. He started laughing and spit up the host. It fell on the floor in front of the first pew. They had to come over and do a special little ceremony with holy water, etc. to clean up the mess. I was in deep Kimchie that day! Ne how Jo.

-Tom

Edelweiss and Glenn Korman

Wait a second. Edelweiss was our class song! Remember singing it in church on graduation day? We were all amazing, even Jorge! Glenn was famous for singing Rawhide!

Just remember how to draw the G Clef because, as Miss Banachek taught us, Every Good Boy Deserves Fun.

Now let's start from the very beginning with Sr. Louise!

-Tom

Hello

Hello everyone....
I am just finishing up some lesson plans for this week and decided to go through my e-mail...It's amazing how many messages I had after a few days of neglect.

In any case I saw Tom's invitation to blog and here I am. It sounds like you guys are having a lot of fun.
I will try and come in more often.
Would love to hear what you are all doing these days...
Anna

Reunion

I saw some of the ideas on where and when-My two cents is to have it where we could do a barbecue and hang out outside-our kids could have some fun and we could get reaquainted without being in some stuffy reception hall.I guess I forgot though that Queens probably doesn't have something like that-what about Kissena park?Where I am in upstate NY we have state parks that make this a great way to get together.

Francisco Pereda

Were you really as old as we all thought? I always wondered why you were shaving in the 8th grade!

Molloy Reunion

My wife and I figured out that we could make this work-who else is going?
Carol-Are you going to still be in New York on that weekend/ lets hook-up with everyone we can

Who me?

Glad you signed in Sonja.

Leo,

Sonja is the oracle. Turn up the volume on the riddles.

John Ryan!

-Tom

OLE Auditorium (Cafeteria, Gym, Air Raid Shelter) and Milk Envelopes

Hi John,

Doug Roll posted a quick message on the blog this morning.

On having a tour of OLA, I have to admit, I am with the majority and would like to see the old place again. I can smell the milk now!

Lord knows I spent enough time at that school. I don't know if you remember but I used to receive a personal milk envelope each week from Mrs. Trapani (I think that was her name). She was the secretary to Sr. Paula and later Sr. Damian. I helped Ralph the custodian sweep the floors of the school every night. He was getting on in years and they though it would be a good idea for me to help him out. I would leave the school at 7:00 p.m. every night and would often have to back for 7 or 8:00 a.m. mass the next morning. Hey, I had some good money coming in those days, between the weddings, funerals, the milk and sweeping the floors. By the time I got to Molloy, that summer, I marched into Bro. Hugh Andrew's office and asked for a job. I was qualified! Hugh asked why I though I was so qualified and said that I though the fact that I had the nerve to come see him should have been enough to give me job. At the time he was feared by all as Dean of Discipline. Later they changed his title to Assistant Principal. By July 1st, I was working for Molloy six days a week making the I.D. cards, changing the locker combinations, answering the phones, working in the general office, running off the basketball scores for Jack Curran's camp and eating dinner every night with the kitchen staff. Later Bro. Richard Van Houten and Thomas Reithman taught me computer programming (IBM Autocoder) and I became a key punch machine operator for them. At Molloy, I got paid in milk envelopes too! Bro. John Alexis would settle with me every Friday, until Bro. James Maher came along....more later...

I think it will jar my memory to see OLA again and get me up to par with you and Leo in terms of remembering so many of the details. Actually it looks like Josephine is right up there with you two guys.

-Tom

Who has signed up for the OLA Reunion Blog?

Here are the current members:
John Martini martinij@mindspring.com
ola petersson ola@ipathhq.com
Roger Bubello rogerbubello@msn.com
sefine04 watt sefineedu@aol.com
suzette casabianca gcasabia@tampabay.rr.com
Carol Hager nycarolva@msn.com
Doug Roll doug.roll@aes.com
M. Marlene Rodriguez mar9454@hotmail.com
Leo von Reissig vonreissig@cs.com
Thomas Kearns Tom@Kearns.net

Here are the pending invitations:
grrttm@aol.com 2003-10-14 pending
Vale702@aol.com 2003-10-20 pending
Littlefdr@aol.com 2003-10-20 pending
hiker1@peoplepc.com 2003-10-14 pending
borina42@aol.com. 2003-10-21 pending
paulschott23@aol.com 2003-10-20 pending
nycarolva@msn.com 2003-10-21 pending

Still having trouble posting, send me an email: Tom@Kearns.net
or give me a call at 404-892-5958.


-Tom

Doug Roll is here!

Well-I think I made it to the site-but I am not sure-I'll do some testing today!

Doug

Pratt Pack

Sonja,

Did you know that Rober Bubello graduated from Pratt? I think he majored in Electrical Engineering.

Do you have an email address for Anna Kostro?

-Tom

Douglas Roll and the Iroquois

What comes to mind when I think of Douglas Roll at OLA? Apart from The Alter Boys, Rye Beach and funerals, the time we spent on the floor of his living room creating a model Iroquois Long House. I think that must have been in Sr. Paul's fifth grade. That was a great project! I grew up in a Rego Park apartment on the first floor. At the time, I thought that Douglas' family must have been super wealthy, living in a luxury apartment building, on such a high floor. Somehow the name of the building, The Saxon comes to mind. Remember the class trip we had to the Museum of the American Indian? -Tom

Say Hello to Douglas Roll!

From: Littlefdr@aol.com [mailto:Littlefdr@aol.com]
Sent: Friday, October 17, 2003 11:13 PM
To: Tom@Kearns.net
Cc: doug.roll@aes.com; nycarolva@msn.com
Subject: WOW


I walked in from seeing a High School football game and there on the answering machine was a voice from the past-Carol Strauss-Unbelievable-I thought I was in a time machine. I think we talked for at least an hour. It was great therapy to remember my past and all the fun we had.

I would love a reunion and would go anywhere the group wants. I live in upstate NY with my wife and two boys-we are about 6 hours away from Queens.

I read some of the postings and couldn't stop laughing. Everyone was right-I had and still have no repertoire!

Doug Roll

Calling All Email Addresses

I sent out a blog invitation to Matthew Monahan.
If you have other addresses, please let me know and I'll send out invitations. Marlene is the keeper of the official list with mailing addresses, etc.

Thanks,

-Tom

Upload your digital photos to hpphoto.com

Thanks Josephine. I'm sure that we all have some interesting photos from the OLA days. I have First Holy Communion, Confirmation and Graduation pics. I remember bringing a camera into the classroom one day and taking some serious heat for doing so. Anyway, while I figure out where those old photos are, find yours! Some current pictures are OK too. Upload them to hpphoto.com where the login and passwords are both OLA1969. After you sign in, just select the OLA1969 Album. Upload your photos and we can have a website. -Tom

Test

OLA Yearbook

I scanned in our yearbook. If you would like to see the 1969 OLA Yearbook go to www.hpphoto.com , then log in as ola1969. The password is ola1969. View album ola 1969. Click of the blue clover photo and view full screen. Eventually I'll set up a proper website to make this easier. Marlene can add the full roster to her master list. Enjoy. -Tom

Add Josephine and Raquel Arias to the list!

-----Original Message-----
From: Sefineedu@aol.com [mailto:Sefineedu@aol.com]
Sent: Monday, October 06, 2003 8:36 PM
To: tom@kearns.net
Subject: OLA Reunion


Hi Mr. Kearns, wherever you are!

I can't get into the blogger.

The ID has expired and I was directed to notify the sender, you.
..and it is Ana Kostro, I can't believe you people don't remember her name. She went to Mary Louis with a bunch of us.
..and no one mentioned Paul DeCurtis...remember?
...I thought Matthew Monahan was campaigning for Mario Cuomo a few years back (or am i imagining things?) I think Maratina still lives around OLA and I've heard she is a lector at the church.
I don't think Miguel graduated with us....he left for Florida during the sixth grade, how could you forget?.
oh, and after years of working with this man named "Vinny Benishek" I finally got a chance to ask if he was by any chance related to mrs. Benichek and sure enough, he is her son. He remembered our principal, (Whom right now I can't!) and said that his Mom was living in some adult community near Buffalo, still playing the piano, still entertaining the old folks in her community...and should be ~88 years old now.

I don't think I'll bring my family to the reunion. I don't think that would work, but I would love to bring my sister, Raquel, who got extremely nostalgic when she heard about all this.....

ooops I just remembered, it was Sister Damian.
ok, so take care
Josephine
oh did anyone mention Paul Langowski?

Br. Raphael

Remember Br. Raphael, the head of the Multi Media Center? Remember those Molloy Dances? The girls would line up on one side of the gym and the guys on the other. Within an hour everyone was paired up and Br. Raphael would begin pointing his flashlight at our interlocked faces. Remember how crazy it was? We should have introduced Bro. Raphael to Sr, Regina Rose. What a combo that would have been? Remember going to Mary Louis dances (The Crusader Dance) and the band was Jayson Garfield? Leo, who was your girlfiend was in the fifth grade anyway?

Our Lady of the Angelus School

Archbishop Molloy High School

The Mary Louis Academy

Forest Hills High School

New England Reunions

Join the Group - Send an Email

Calling all OLA Email Addresses!

Current OLA Reunion Blog Team Members:
John Martini martinij@mindspring.com
Ola Petersson ola@ipathhq.com
Roger Bubello rogerbubello@msn.com
M. Marlene Rodriguez mar9454@hotmail.com
Leo von Reissig vonreissig@cs.com
Thomas Kearns tom@kearns.net
Carol Hager nycarolva@msn.com

Pending Invitations:
grrttm@aol.com 2003-10-03 pending
gcasabia@tampabay.rr.com 2003-10-03 pending
hiker1@peoplepc.com 2003-10-03 pending
paulschott23@aol.com 2003-10-03 pending

To invite others, please send email addresses to: Tom Kearns
To see the published version of this web log see: www.OLAreunion.Blogspot.com
To receive an Excel file with complete contact information, email: Marlene Rodriguez

Class of '69 Reunion - April 17th, 2004?

April 17th is OK for me Marlene. What about everyone else?

Holy Thursday, Confession and Sin

Remember we were marched over to confession every Holy Thursday? One time I told Sr. Ignatious that I did not think it was fair that we all had to go to over to confession "every single Holy Thursday". She asked why and I said, "Sister, I didn't commit any sins this month". She pulled me by the hair in the hallway and said "Get in that line, Young Man!"
I thought to myself "I guess I'll just have to make them up again"...."I had unpure thoughts three times, I was unkind to my neighbor twice...I disobeyed my parents...."

From Carol (Strauss-Hager)

Dear All,

From my records I think Francesca Figlia, John Troy, Lisa & Louise Scheschinski, Maritina Paniagua, Elizabeth Griffen, Robert Wile all went to Forest Hills HS and if they did I will be seeing them on 11/8/03 at the 30th year reunion. Does anyone ever hear from Glenn Korman-Mr Rawhide, the last I heard he was in Texas but who knows. It was Lola James with the pretty blond hair. I wonder about Jorge Bustamante, Richard Guzman, James Leigh, Douglas Roll, Matthew Monahan, John Ryan, Michael Ryan, Michael Colon, Miguel Rodriguez, Paul Langowski, George Hernandez, Santiago Carreras and Barbara Lumina, Linda Cordero, Elizabeth Meany, Zeida Causo, Anna Kostro, Estela Casall and Susan Powers, had a younger brother Teddy. I am in touch with Manuela Garrett. I will see her also at FHHS reunion also. There were a bunch of classmates that only stayed a short time like Gabriel-with leg braces and Gigi a petite pretty girl. I also remember a girl that was in 1st grade and to my best memory, she stayed till 3rd. Anyway, her name was Margaret Ross, she had a younger sister named Kate. I also remember Perangela Shaw, and a Carole Perez. That is all the names that come to mind today.
Anyway if anyone knows if a former classmate of our is in Richmond, VA, just let me know and I willl try to find them.
Take care and lets make sure this reunion comes to fruition.
Be Well and keep in touch,
Carol (Strauss-Hager)

Marriott vs. OLA Auditorium or both?

We will probably be a small group. While I am interested in seeing the school and church again, it would be difficult to have a nice event in the school. I vote for a Saturday night event at the Marriott and possibly a coffee thing in the auditorium after church on Sunday as an option. Those that need to can fly out on Sunday afternoon. The LGA Marriott is convenient with car rental, airport and access to the bridges right there. I've stayed there many times over the years. It's not a great hotel, it's convenient.

Check out Classmates - Home. There are a few OLA people registered there but none from 1969.