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[09/29/13] - Here we are some years later. These first four pages are specific to our West View class. Feel free to wander elsewhere in -etc although you'll likely find it tiresome. Send me some pictures and I'll start a more modern page. Sincerely, Jack

[5/18/10] These were recently sent to me from Babs. They are dated, 9/20/07.

:...  Helen, Sally, Lois

:...  At Lunch

[28 March 2010] Here is info that just came my way re: the Alumni Band II reunion proposed for Sept 11 of this year: ((( Here's from 2007

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8tQfC7FjHE

To register with North Hills:

http://www.nhsd.net/alumni.cfm?subpage=69137

Hi Dear 56ers et al!
       ::: Put me down as a Sept 11 "YES." Note [yup, pun] that I don't use the word 'tentative.' if not now... when?Also, http://www.jack-etc.com/wvhs_56 is still there as a class reminder of both good and sad times. I can wake it in a twinkle and would love to. Send along stuff for inclusion anytime.
       ::: I'm otherwise ok. I continue playing in The City of Fairfax Band across the Potomac in VA. I continue living in Bethesda, teach a few private lessons to some neat kids and rehearse an older adult group. I'm an Uncle Blabby on Facebook as Jack Mauro and you can catch my restless drift if you wander the other pages on my http://. Soon I'll be a 4th time grand-one, this to be the first boy.
       ::: I send love to you all and look forward to contributing to the hoopla surrounding this coming Sept - what? I forget - duh...  kidding, 1111111           Hugs, Jack  

Sent from my iPhone

On Mar 28, 2010, at 4:58 AM, Barbara Moeller <handymema@yahoo.com> wrote:

Hi Everyone!!   Had to send this off to all of you...Read all the way down and hope you make it...Just got this email and wanted to pass it on to those in the "band".  I attended the '07 Band Reunion (the first) and Lord willing, I'll be there this year...it might be our last....duh!  Maybe those of us ('56) that get to Pgh. can get together for a "mini reunion" before next year.  I have to say, the Band Concert in '07 was just WONDERFUL...weather, performing bands and all those alumni that came.
 
Thanks to Areta..she's retired, but I'm sure she's responsible for putting this together in some way.  She told us in '07 to be prepared for 2010...and here we are.  I know this list of contacts is SHORT, so pass the word !!!
 
Let me know if you're going to make it...we can all plan to go to dinner one night and reminisce
 
Luv & Hugs to all....
Babs

 FW: Alumni Band

Joy Pilarski
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From: Areta Kalogeras [mailto:aretak108@comcast.net]
Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2010 9:54 AM
To: Joy Pilarski
Subject: Re: Alumni Band
 
Hi Joy,
 
Thank you for responding and passing the word along. To resgister , you go to the www.nhsd.net website, (North Hills School District); click on Alumni Band link and that should work. Please try it and get back to me.
 HOpe you are well and
From: Areta Kalogeras [mailto:aretak108@comcast.net]
Sent: Friday, March 19, 2010 2:52 PM
To: shirley.mullen@visitpittsburgh.com; calanmoore@comcast.net; handmema@verizon.net; joy.pilarski@comcast.net; lesliepapnia@hotmail.com; piscesangel33@hotmail.com; dphillistine@cal-tec.com; westview32wvu@yahoo.com; henryrichardson@aol.com; dianeprem@hotmail.com; Kathy Reilly; ckittpitt@aol.com; ksmith1921@yahoo.com; trace1137@yahoo.com; C Neidhardt
Subject: Alumni Band
 
Mark your calendars for Alumni Band II!
Saturday, September 11, 2010
 
Register on line at www.nhsd.org;  Click
 on the Alumni Band link and register on line.
 
Pass the word along! See you September 11th!
 
Go Indians!......We Are North Hills!
 
Areta Kalogeras
 
 


Sent from my iPhone
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 Now sad to report: 

*Marjorie A. Stauffer Urso (nee Poshard)*

Marjorie Urso, 70, passed away on July 8, 2009 in Norfolk, VA. Born in
Connellsville, PA, grew up in West View, PA and graduated from West View
High School. She was a Lake County, OH resident for 42 years before
moving to Norfolk, VA. She worked as a waitress, sales clerk, data entry
operator, and retired from the Illuminating Co. of Cleveland at The
Perry Nuclear Power Plant as a Control Room Assistant.

She had many interests and loved to sew, knit, read, play cards and
board games, do jigsaw and crossword puzzles and just be with people.

Survivors are daughter, Wendy (Christopher) Brennan of Geneva, OH and
son, Donald (Colleen) Stauffer of Norfolk, VA. Brothers James (Edith)
Poshard of Monroeville, PA, Fredrick (Faye) Poshard of Allison Park, PA
and Charles (Patricia) Poshard of Wexford, PA and many nieces and
nephews. Parents, Nell (Welling) and Charles Poshard and brother Joel
Poshard are deceased.

Memorial services will be held at St. Paul’s United Methodist Church in
Allison Park, PA on August 9 @ 2 p.m. The family requests that in lieu
of flowers, please make a donation to your favorite animal charity.

 Great Super Bowl Pics

http://nevertellmetheodds.org/t.php?id=85057&r=24

 [2/4/09] Thanks to Marge Urso for her contribution below. I have encountered a great amount of overt affection for our hometown. It seems everyone has a bit of the burg in them or wishes they did. And yup, the Bowl was a spectacular...  tears of joy. [jjm]

 
Subject: Pikksburghers
> WHAT'S THE BIG DEAL ABOUT STEELER FOOTBALL?
 
> Being a Steeler fan means so much more than football. It
> means being from a corner of the world unlike any other. It
> means being from a place where the people are so
> tough-minded that they have survived the Homestead strikes,
> the Johnstown flood and most recently the Etna Floods. These
> people have the DNA of hard work, in mills and mines,
> without the necessity of complaint.. They live simply, with
> no frills. They don't have movie stars or fancy cars.
 
> Instead, they have simple traditions like kielbasa,
> Kennywood, and celebrations. They live in distinctive
> neighborhoods like Polish Hill and the Hill District and
> all of the surrounding counties. These people are genuine.
> They don't have chic internet cafes and cappuccinos, but
> they have The Original Hot Dog joint, Primanti's, Eat
> n' Park
> and Iron City Beer. People from Pittsburgh don't have
> sunny beaches or fancy boats, but the rivers roll gently,
> connecting the small towns of people whose histories have
> been built on strength and humility. People from Pittsburgh
> don't have the biggest shopping malls or the best
> nightclubs, but they'll take Friday night high school
> football and Steeler Sunday over anything.
 
> Steeler football means so much more than you think. It
> symbolizes a Diaspora of generations who had the best
> childhood they could imagine. They ran free without a care
> or concern in the valleys of those Allegheny Mountains.
> Their blue-collar world was easy ... there was no one to
> tell them that they lacked material things. There was no one
> to tell them that they needed more.
 
> As the steel mills closed and the jobs disappeared, some of
> these people had to leave. While the world benefits because
> they spread their Pittsburgh values, they long for their
> home where things were simpler and more pure. They teach
> their kids about Jack Lambert, Lynn Swann, Terry Bradshaw,
> Franco Harris, Jack Ham, L.C. Greenwood, Joe Greene, and
> Myron Copein hopes of imparting not just the knowledge, but
> the feeling that they represented.
>
> They are everywhere, those Terrible Towels. They wave, not
> just for the team, but for the h earts they left behind.
> They wave in living rooms in Fort Lauderdale and in the bars
> of Washington, D.C. They wave all the way to the Seattle
> Superdome! They wave for the Ro
> oney family, whose values mirror our own - loyalty, grit,
> and humility. They wave for football players like Jerome
> Bettis and Hines Ward, whose unselfishness and toughness
> have allowed sports to be about the game and the team.
> Make no mistake that Steeler football is not just about
> football. I could not be prouder to be from the Pittsburgh
> area than I am right now!! Even if you no longer live in the
> area, you have South Western Pennsylvania in your blood no
> matter where you go. And deep down in your heart of hearts,
> you can still hear the Super Bowls of times past, the
> excitement in everyone's voices especially our fathers,
> cousins, and anyone else who gathered around the TV on
> Football Sundays!
 
> Make no mistake, its just as exciting right now! It's
> not just about rivalries and who is better than the other,
> it's about family, tradition and roots! It's more
> than football, but its football at its finest! If you now
> live in Arizona, Colorado, Ohio, Indiana, California,
> Florida, Nevada, or Texas, be proud of where you were born
> and who your FIRST favorite football team was! Go Steelers!
 
> Picksburgh GO STILLERS! Ah yes! "Picksburgh" (My
> cousin in NJ thinks these are hilarious!)
 
> Yunz is from the Picksburgh area or maybe you grew up in
> Punxsy if:
 1. You didn't have a spring break in high school.
 
> 2.
>  You walk carefully when it is "slippy" outside.
 
> 3. You often go down to the "crick."
 
> 4. You've told your children to "red up"
> their rooms.
 
> 5. You can remember telling your little brother/sister to
> stop being so " nebby."
 
> 6. You've gotten hurt by falling into a
> "jaggerbush".
 
> 7. Your mother or grandmother has been seen wearing a
> "babushka" on her head.
 
> 8. You've "worshed" the clothes.
 
> 9. I ask you to hand me one of those "Gum-Bands"
> an' you actually know what I'm talking about.
 
> 10. You know you can't drive too fast on the back
> roads, because of the deer.
 
> 11. You know Beaver Valley , Turtle Crick, Mars, Slippery
> Rock, Greentree and New Castle are names of towns. And
> you've been to most, if not all, of them.
 
> 12. A girl walks up to three of her girl friends and says,
> “HEY,YENZ GUYS!"
 
> 13. You hear "you guyses" and don't think
> twice. Example: "you guyses hause is nice."
 
> 14. You know the three rivers by name and under stand that
> "The Point" isn't just on a writing
> instrument.
 
> 15. Someone refers to "The Mon" or "The
> Yough" and you know exactly what they're talking
> about.
 
> 16. You remember the blizzard o f 1993 (or 1976, or 1950,
> or 1939, or...) and remember not being able to go outside
> because the snow was over your head and you would have
> suffocated.
> 17. Someone starts the chant, "Here we go
> Still-ers!" and you join in. In the proper cadence,
> waving20the appropriately colored towel.
 
> 18. Bob Prince and "There's a bug loose on the
> rug." hold special meaning for you.
 
> 19. You've either eaten a Farkleberry Tart or know
> someone who has.
> 20. You drink pop, eat hoagies, love perogies and one of
> your favorite sandwiches actually has coleslaw and French
> fries ON it.
 21. You know what a "still mill" is.
 
> 22. You expect temps in the winter to be record-breaking
> cold and temps in the summer to be record-breaking hot.
 
> 23. You know what Eat 'N Park is and frequently ate
> breakfast there at 2:00 AM after the bar closed and made fun
> of people.
 
> 24. You order "dippy eggs" in a restaurant and
> get exactly what you wanted.
 
> 25. You spent your summers, or a school picnic at Luna
> Park, Kennywood, Westview, Sand Castle , or Idlewild.
 
> 26. You've20been to the Braun's Bread Plant or
> Story Book Forest for a school field trip. We went to the
> Heinz plant and the Isaly's plant for Cub Scouts.
 
> 27. "Chipped ham" was always in your refrigerator
> when you was growin'up.
 
> 28. You refuse to buy any condiments besides Heinz unless a
> Pittsburgh athlete's picture is on the side of the
> container.
 
> 29. When you call the dog or the kids you shout,
> "Kum-mere" and they come.
 
> 30. Franco, Roberto, and Mario don't need last names
> and you can recite their exploits by heart.
>
> 31. Food at a wedding reception consists of rigatoni,
> stuffed cabbage, sauerkraut and
>  polska kielbasa.
>
> You'll send this on to family and friends who used to
> live in the Pittsburgh area as well as to those who have
> never lived there, just so they can appreciate how different
> western PA really is. Wonder how many of yinz guys actually
> understood all dat? Some folks just don't.

 [8/6/08] – Had you been in Rockville, MD tonight with me and Wally, you too would have been here at the Amalfi Ristorante, I bet. Have you given any thought to us doing a fall get-together? Something in the old hometown would be nice.
 
 
Also see the new last page here: usnb_alumni. That too was a good time with some REALLY old people in attendance. There were some shipmates dating from the WWII era. Come on! Let’s celebrate WVHS ‘56ers turning 70, or more. Sincerely,  Jack 
 

 
 
[8/3/08] - I know that you could still do this.
http://www.brightcove.tv/title.jsp?title=1438490562 
 
 
[8/2/08] - If any of you have doubt about what we kids paid for a coke and a sandwich at Woolworth's in the 1950's, here's proof of the era we lived........and it was a GREAT ERA to live as a teenager !!!! Babs

 

 
Vaught, Ilene Dodson
VAUGHT ILENE DODSON
69, of Perryville, MD, died on Sunday, June 29, 2008, at home surrounded by her family. Ilene was originally from Pittsburgh, PA, where she was a graduate of West View High School and Carnegie Institute of Technology. Ilene was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother and best friend who loved reading, cooking, gardening, shopping and family time. She was an active member of St. John's Episcopal Church, Havre de Grace, MD, and had a close relationship with St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Perryville, MD. She was a past president and long-time member of the AAUW Harford Branch. She was previously employed and more recently a volunteer at the Perryville Elementary School, Perryville, MD, and was an active supporter of many organizations, some of which were the American Cancer Society, Alzheimer's Association, Habitat for Humanity, Feed the Children, Heifer International and Friends of the Library. Ilene is survived by her loving husband of 47 years, Luther S. Vaught; daughter, Karen Calvert Hull and husband, Richard, and grandson, Lucas Calvert, Rising Sun, MD; daughter, Jennifer A. Vaught and fiance', Jim Smith, and his daughter, Kathryn, Havre de Grace, MD. A memorial service will be held Thursday, July 24, 2008, 11:00 am, at the LEE A. PATTERSON & SON FUNERAL HOME, Perryville, MD. Friends and family may call Thursday, July 24, 2008, 10:00 am, prior to the service. Father Robert R. Smith of St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Perryville, MD, will officiate. In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial contributions be made to Mercy Medical Center, denote in memo section "chemotherapy patients", care of Lee A. Patterson & Son Funeral Home, P.A., P.O. Box 766, Perryville, MD 21903-0766.
Send condolences at post-gazette.com/gb

Published in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on 7/17/2008

 
[4/16] - Dear Jack, Anne and Jerry,
 
First of all, let me add my thanks to Jack for putting together the picture album.  It really brought back a lot a good memories from past reunions, and indeed the more remote past.
 
I have been following the e-mail traffic about a '70th birthday' get-together of WVHS '56.  It is a great idea.  The '56 dinner we had last September in Millvale before the great WV/NH Alumni Band was a lot of fun.  Jerry had some good ideas for possible venues.  I do not have a good feel for which location would be the most central, but my instinct is that Charleston, Asheville or Charlottesville might be the best choices, if there is sentiment that we ought to go somewhere other than Pittsburgh.   (Should we think about a regional approach?)  I would come to any of the suggested places, but travel may be difficult for some people.   September or early October seem to me to be the best times; the summer tourists have gone, the weather is still decent, even warm in the South.
 
Let's keep in touch on this and see if we can make something happen.
 
Walt

 
[4/14] - Jerry has just checked-in:
Jack,
I think Ann's idea is good.  My suggestions:
    1.  Since we have a lot pf people in the Tampa Bay area, how about Palm Bay Club/Siesta Keys/Sarasota.?
    2.  Fort Lauderdale?
    3.  Savannah/ Hilton Head?
    4. Charleston ( I went to a reunion recently at the Holiday Inn in Mount Pleasant which is waterfront, with a chartered dinner boat for a tour of the Charleston harbor)
   5.  Grove Park Inn in Asheville, NC.

Charleston and Savannah are mobbed with tourists in the summer. September would be better.

What about something more centrally located - Charlottesville, Virginia/Boars Head Inn.

Williamsburg is beautiful but way too many tourists in the warm months.

Best regards,
Jerry Miller

[4/11/08] Dear ‘Classies,' …  I received the below message from Anne Babcock a few days ago. I urge us all to think of a quick-and-easy plan for a gathering. Sooner is always better than later. I’d love to post your suggestions here on this mishmash of a website. Sincerely,  Jack 
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Hey, Jackie,
Really enjoyed strolling down that memory lane! Thanks for sharing.
I have spoken or written to a couple of folks in recent months. It just seems that a 70th birthday celebration for classmates is in order, somewhere, sometime this year! But the devil is in the details. I don't have any brilliant ideas, other than it should be something that doesn't involve a lot of planning or work by any group of people. A cruise comes to mind, or a long weekend at some resort, or.....any ideas? Hugs, Anne
 
 
 [4/7/08] We’re out of touch again, aren’t we? Here’s a reminder of us as we were 4 reunions ago in September of 1991. Enjoy and use this as an excuse to get back in touch with classmates. Sincerely, Jack Mauro 

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 Fire destroys building in Conneaut Lake Park
Friday, February 01, 2008
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

[1/19/08] I've been hearing from very few classmates. We are in the cold of winter and the old fingers may be too stiff to fire-up the computer, all the same...   This clip is elsewhere on this disorganized site but I thought it best to reference it again here for our particularly appropriate age group. [jjm]

http://oldfortyfives.com/TakeMeBackToTheFifties.htm

This is a quite nice slide presentation.

http://www.pittsburghquarterly.com/pages/winter2008/large.html

[10/18/07] -- Dear Mates: As you know, organization is just one of my several weak points. Some things come my way that I don't know with what to do, ergo, check the other pages here as stuff also gets added elsewhere.

I'll add more pictures of the WVHS '57 REUNION as they are sent to me..
Judy Richardson and Dave Zinsner

Darlene Fassel: "Great Job!"
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[10/12/07]

The WVHS'57 50th reunion has come and gone. See: www.westview57.com to see what they might have to report.

                 YOU GOTTA LOVE THE STEELER FANS

A Steelers fan liked to amuse himself by scaring every Browns fan he
saw strutting down a Pittsburgh street in an obnoxious orange and
brown shirt. He would swerve his van as if to hit them, then swerve
back just missing them.

One day, while driving along on the North Side, he saw a priest
walking along the street. He thought he would do a good deed, so he
pulled over and asked the priest, 'Where are you going, Father?'
 
'I'm going to give Mass at St. Francis church, about two miles down
the road,' replied the priest.
 
'Climb in, Father. I'll give you a lift!'

The priest climbed into the passenger seat, and they continued down
the road.
 
Suddenly, the driver saw a Browns fan walking down the road, and he
instinctively swerved as if to hit him. But, as usual, he swerved back
 onto the road just in time. Even though he was certain that he had
 missed the guy, he still heard a loud THUD.
 
Not knowing where the noise came from, he glanced in his mirrors but
still didn't see anything.

He then remembered the priest, and he turned to the priest and said,
'Sorry, Father, I almost hit that Browns fan!'

'That's OK,' replied the priest, 'I got him with the door.'

Dear classmates:  Although the original site at http://journals.aol.com/westviewhs56/at50 will still be there, I've moved us here.  If you'd like to add pictures or commentary, please send them along.  Stay in touch.

Sincerely,  Jack

http://pittsburghskyline.com/   ...more pics

The Alumni Band

The North Hills Band in rehearsal in the 'T' shirt as seen above.

 .

Once, there was a West View Park.

...and streetcars

McConnell's Mill

This is a follow-up feature in the 9/27/07  Post-Gazette

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07270/820736-54.stm

This URL is the connection to the early-on Alumni Band Info.
http://www.nhsd.net/alumni.cfm?subpage=69137

Saturday, September 22 2007 was the occasion of a spectacularly presented event in the North Hills High School Martorelli Stadium.

The Alumni Band group included 'kids' dating from the 1940s in the West View era. The program listed more than 250 band, majorette and flag participants.

Saturday's program was also the occasion of the NHHS 47th Annual Marching Band Festival which featured 10 regional bands including NH. The most notable difference between the then-and-now styles in marching bands is the influence of 'corp style' marching. Many drum & bugle corp routines are computer designed and are a complex candy for the eyes. This is in combination with strong, energetic musical performance. Sometime take a moment to Google DCI and sample from the Drum Corp International archives.

All of the bands in this festival were different, each with its own distinctive style. The South Fayette "Little Green Machine" Marching Band was a special joy. They danced and kicked, and were all over the field in addition to playing well. They received a standing ovation. The closer for the evening was The Indiana University of Pennsylvania, "The Legend" Marching Band. They were very polished and closed the evening with a stunning rendition of Amazing Grace. The entire festival was enthusiastically received. 

We extend special thanks to Ms Areta Kalogeras, her students, staff colleagues and parents group for making it such a special day. Bravo North Hills High School for carrying on with the active and warm traditions that we so fondly remember.

WVHS 56ers and others who drop in here...  Please contribute your pictures and commentary.

Sincerely, Jack Mauro

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Friday Night at 

Grant's Restaurant 

in Millvale [9/21/07]

(It seems about time we get our next activity on the calendar.)