Go-Go Boots!

I remember, in about third grade, eyeing with great envy the bright, white, glossy Go-Go boots that were sticking out from under so many of the dowdy, blue uniforms up at the communion rail. “Everyone has them but us!” my two sisters and I pleaded to our mom. But our mother had already purchased our snow boots for that season… some big, chunky, black ones…. so not groovy! (Hey, remember carrying our shoes in a little case with a zipper and a handle when we wore our snow boots?) But after all, we were living in Northern Indiana and “A kid might need an extra pair of boots,” we cried. “They are not very warm,” my mom countered. The persistent begging went on for weeks until Mom finally caved, went to the shoe store at The Village and bought 3 pairs of Go-Go boots. The very next day Sister Theodore outlawed them. I suspect she was concerned that we girls were starting to look a bit too much like Goldie Hawn on Laugh-In, dancing the Frug in her cage! “Sock it to me, baby!”

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Polaroid of Cheerleaders 1973,I think the names are right.

8th Grade Class of 73

Courtesy of Laurene

Ms. Voller

Courtesy of Laurene

The Nova American

I also found our school newspapers......and Debbie,I do have the one with the cupid on it. Someone must have doodled on it.........

kickball

cheerleaders and vollyball

yearbook

Did we have a yearbook?

Does anyone remember our orange covered yearbook? Well, I found it. Enjoy the following posts!!!

Basketball Team

One More! Class 71&72

More of 72....thats it folks!

More Class of 72

Guess Who?

Having fun at the Village

Laurene said her and Jaye Markovich had this taken at the photo booth in the Village!

Class of 1973

I received this pic from Laurene Moore Cuprinski and also the same pic from Rhonda Cross Winandy. Rhonda wrote this is her 2nd grade class of 1973 taken the school year 1966-67 with Sister Theodore

Play ground games

Hi to all and thanks for participating on the blog.

I have been hearing a lot about the games we played on the play ground, such as:
Buck Buck, and British Bull dog, oh what was the other one Joe Tassone???

That was a time when kids really had an imagination, I'm wondering if there were more??
Come on girls we had to play on the play ground too?

Beth

First Communion Class of 1973

Courtesy of Laurene Moore Cuprinski

First Communion photo class of 1972

Hello,

Here is the class 0f 1972's First Communion photo. It is a nice picture too, of the interior of Blessed Sacrament Church.

Peggy Ernst 1972

Mr. Zagar...Please Report to the Main Office!

Okay, we're looking for the "Days of Future Passed"... for those postings you've written always meaning to send! Ü
Where are you...come join us! We all have great memories to share!

I've Located Mr. Vlasic!

Mr. Vlasic now lives in Puerto Rico! I acquired his address. I recently wrote him a letter and just received his reply. He said he certainly remembers our personalities and is looking forward to hearing from us! I will send him the BS Reunion Blog address so we can use this space to correspond and reminisce. If you'd like...post your comments for him here.
Stay tuned.....
3/27/08 We're connected...look for his comments listed under "Sunpup". Thinking he's getting a lot more of that sunshine in San Juan than we're experiencing here in lovely NW Indiana!

The Dumb Act

Beth asked me to write about the dumb act. As you know from 1st through 4th or 5th we went 2 by 2 everywhere; to church; to lunch; to an assembly; whatever. The dumb act was being at the end only the 2 by 2 line. When the beginning of the class went around the corner being lead by the Nun, we would turn around and run away from the class in the opposite direction. Then turn back and run to catch up and slide and walk on our knees or crawl or whatever dumb imbecilic thing we
could think of. Well one day we came running back to catch up and started our slide right when the nun came back to look around the corner. My mind is a blank after that, probably for good reason.
The dumb act was regularly performed by Frank Kissel, Steve Kratkowski, Greg Wisemann, myself and occasionally Joe Tusone and Keith Underwood. I know more have tried it but I can't think of who. Let them admit it themselves. (Paul, John, Billy, Craig and Phil)
Jerry

Class of 1972 Basket ball Team

We may have only won 2 games all season but nothing brought our class together like that team.
It was AWESOME MAN !!!!!!!!!! JP

Basketball Champions

Hi to all,

So what class was it that won the championship?

I am told it wasn't the class of 72 or 73 so was it 70 or 71???
I remember it was a big deal and we got to celebrate at school.

Please fill us in on that memorable moment.

Beth Settle

The Special Bond That Comes From Parochial School...

I am so happy that we are finally having this reunion...Chris,Debbie,I, and Eva have talked about it for years but none of us really got the ball rolling until now...Isn't it funny how when we graduated 8th grade some of us went to Andrean, some to other public schools in the area and of course have maybe attended our high school reunions but the memories of Catholic school seem to haunt ones' soul and you can never forget those dear classmates who endured the suffering of going to church on a daily basis, wearing school uniforms with the initials BS (ha ha), being told to finish all on your lunch tray because there were starving children in India(and of course we were going to pack up that food and send it to them,straight away...),waiting for Father Louie to peruse your report card as he stood at the front of the classroom,and God Forbid!!! you walked out of the confessional without getting your penance...AND THE NUNS!!!!! There is a novel in those stories, isn't there?? :)

Father Louie

I will never forget him. Like most of us. He baptized us and married us too. Also the 2 best friends in the world that any girl could have. Joyce C. and Patty T. We were the three stooges. Well maybe 2. Poor Patty was the "innocent bystander" But Joyce and I. All we had to do is "Look at each other". We were GONE, into uncontrollable "GIGGLES". Which believe me got us into MAJOR trouble. By none other then Sister Mary Theodore. Who could forget her? Our 2nd grade teacher. I will leave my comments at that.
A little unknown story about Father Louie. He had just become a priest. My father who is 86. Attended a school . Where Father was at. Well all the boys and Father were playing baseball. When someone hit the ball a little to hard. Breaking a school window. The Mother Superior came out with the ball in her hand. Everyone scattered, even Father Louie!
I am still til this day friends with Joyce and Patty. If ya hear from Patty. Ask her about her chocolate cake.

March Madness - BSS Broncos B-ball

Does anyone remember playing basketball in the small gym of at some Christian school (probably Baptist) where the fan seating was in the balcony behind the backboards? All I remember was that the "stars " of the team (Bill Jones and Ray Barrera) were playing in the CYO all star game, so I got to play a lot. I made 1 of 12 free throws and my parents were sitting right behind the backboard staring as I threw up brick after brick. I know Mr. Marker coached in 8th grade who coached in 7th Grade? Dave Wasil - 1973.

Remember the art teacher....

Yes, does everyone remember Mr. Gildamontes(I'm really not sure how to spell it correctly...but you can pronounce it.) Remember how weird he was? He would give us an assignment and then leave the room and then come back later to check out our work. I remember the girls with long hair in the class...he would play with their hair as he was commenting on the work, etc. Well...come to find out...years later...he was going into the teacher's lounge and smoking that wacky tobacco...when the nuns questioned him about the smell he said they were imported Cuban cigars...how would the nuns know??? I think that explains alot...:)

Class of 1971

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TOP ROW: PAUL BERNARD-JEAN BORSOTINO-CARL GORA-BLANCHE WIDELSKI-PETER REBA-CINDY MALECK-JEFF WARD-ZITA SAVITSKI-MIKE BILSKI-MARYANN VOSS-TOMSTINAR
SECOND ROW: MARY MONTI-JACK ERDELAC-RUTH WESTFORTH-CHARLES CHESTER-NANCY GOMOLKA-JEFF KOPIL-CHERYL MARKOVICH-DAVID TOMPI-JANET WAGNER-MIKE BUKAR-PAM SIMKO
THIRD ROW: JEFF WHITE-PEGGY WHITE-DENNIS KREJIC-KATHLEEN BOR-LORI CHOUNARD-DENNIS KARPEN-NANCY BRYAN-DAN LARA
FORTH ROW: LEONARD GREGORSKI-REGINA ERNST-CINDY STARKEY-DONNA SOHACKI-RICK KRAFT-LYNN KENNY-MARK SCHWINN-DEBBIE DELONG
FIFTH ROW: MARY MONTI'S TWIN :) - ZAK BOTSKO-APRIL HENSLEY-BRIAN CZEKALA-ROSEMARY KACMAR-JIM ARGENTA-TINA CUPRINSKI-HARRY RODRIGUEZ-CHERILYN TONETSKI
LAST ROW: MIKE BURKHART-JANET ARGENTA-TONY STARKEY-DEBBIE WAYMAN-ROY VASQUEZ

Class of 1970

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FIRST ROW: SR. VIRGINETTE-ERICA BRISTOW-RICH JANUSAITAS-ANNETTE ERNST-LOUISE BORSATINO-BERNARD BORJARSKI-KATHY KISSEL-GARRY ALOIA
SECOND ROW: RUBEN BARERRA-JOLYNN KOCHIS---GEORGE KASONOVICH-CHERYL PESDAN
THIRD ROW: JUDY HIGGINS-BILL McCABE-PAMELA KRATKOCSKI-LEORNARD COOKE-LINDA BURKHART-JERRY BARCZAK-
ROBIN KING-ELEANOR BUKOWSKI-LARRY PERSLEY
FOURTH ROW: DORI TANEF-VICKI GERAS-KEVIN KING-BARB BADYLAK-PHYLISS SLINGSBY-MARGARET SCHWINN-ELLEN SELEVITZ-JIM RYDLEWSKI-MICHELLE CIESKIEWITZ
FIFTH ROW: ELLEN WHITE-BLAS BELMONTE-DIANE BUCKO-MIMI TOMONDI
( I apologize in advance for any misspellings...see one, let me know)

Class of 1972

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ROW ONE: FRANK KISSEL- FLORENCE MAGALLON- PAUL EINIKIS -KATHY TOMPI-PHIL KLEMINSKI-ANNA DOYLE-TONY SATORIS- BETH SETTLE-GREG WEISEMAN
ROW TWO: ROSE KING-JERRY PERSLEY-KATHY BRYAN ----- DEBBIE WILLIAMS-KEITH UNDERWOOD-SHARON STINAR
ROW THREE: VAL VENTURA-JOE TASSONE-ALICE WHITE---FATHER LOU --- KRIS KLODZEN-DEBBIE WALTON-NANCY TRAJKOVICH
ROW FOUR: VAL KONIKOWSKI-MARK KACMAR-DIANE SUZICH-CRAIG BRISTOW-CHRIS COLLE-BILLY PRATCH-DEBY SARKEY-STEVE KRATKOCSKI-JANET EWEN
ROW FIVE: TINA GEORGIEFF-LENNY SKIERYS-FRAN LORENZ-RON SAVITSKI-ANGELA KORHEL-JOHN RYDLEWSKI-TONI DAURO


How's that for a blast from the past! Such sweet young faces...and look at all that hair!

We still have not located Anna Doyle, Tony Satoris, Steve Kratkocski, and Angela Korhel. We had classmates that came and left by the 8th grade, therefore not pictured here. Remember Gary Gato and Joey Rodriguez?...How about Charles Burros, Brenda Herz, Linda Cudzil, Donna Cotfer, Ramona Gough, and a boy named Vince, we think, from the 7th grade? Was it Vince Ventrella?? We haven't located any of them either. If you have any leads on any of these classmates, please let us know!

All of the others pictured above plus the classmates who left prior to 8th grade... Rhonda Cook,
Joey McDonald, Peggy Ernst, Dot Vitalone, Eva Claypool, Bernie Olis, Angela Verde etc. we're happy to report, we have contacted.

Class of 73 Pic

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TOP ROW: FATHER LOU-MR. KEVIN-ROBIN KACMAR -BILL BIELAK-MARY ELLEN MAGALLON-JERRY PALUMBO-PATTY TORCHIA-JIM SETTLE
SECOND ROW: DAVE WASIL-RICK GALLEGOS-MELYNDA NICKSIC- MIKE TERZICH-DEBBIE RETTIG-PAUL EVINO
THIRD ROW: REY BARERRA-DIANE ITIN-MIKE SCHWINN-PAULA WALTON-BOB KACMAR-BERNICE RUZGA-DAVE REBA-PATTY FERKULL
FOURTH ROW: BECKY BIRCHLER-JOHN BOR-CECELIA RODRIGUEZ-EARL WESTFORTH-DONNA WYDELSKI-FRANK TEUMER-DIANA BARERRA-KEITH KING
FIFTH ROW: LARRY ALOIA-JAYE MARKOVICH-BILL MARKER-GREG GOMOLKA-TERRI SCHIRELLI-BOB VAHARY-LAURENE CUPRINSKI
I apologize in advance for any errors or misspellings...See one, please let me know!

Pics

Class of 1973... any memories to share?

Okay...you're the babes of the group...young, innocent and oh so well behaved...at least that's what the "upperclassmen" were led to believe!

Class of 1972.... additional memories to share?

We've already started but we're sure that there are plenty of other dark secrets out there left to reveal! Do tell..... Ü

Class of 1971.... any memories to share?

Okay here's your chance to wow us with your stories!

Class of 1970...any memories to share?

Okay...you're the elders of the group... enlighten us!

Tales from the Spook House

There seems to be a variety of dark tales that originated from the back corner of the BS cafeteria. What ghosts, goblins and other paranormal activity originated there is left to be disclosed....do tell!

In MORE Big Trouble with Sr. Virginette

Hi Chris and Rose,
Fortunatly I wasn't involved in that caper. But what I do remember was the silence when we came back from the concert that Sr. Virginette had a group of us sing in. Remember? "Wade in the Water" Geesh I thought I'd never get that song out of my head.
Anyway...The silence was the sign that someone was in big trouble.

Who could it be I wondered?!?
There were only a few that I could think of. Keith Underwood, John Rydlewski and Paul Einikis. No they were at the concert with me.
Hummmm? Rose King of course, if there was mischief usually she was involved, but Chris Colle??? For shame.
The suspence is killing me who was the third girl involved. Come on Fess up.
I blame it all on Mrs.Tomondi.

Recently I have been asking friends from our class to email some of there fondest memories.
The most popular one is the Spook House.
I've been trying to clear the cob webs from the memory bank and seriously can't remember a thing.
Although I have been told that I played spin the bottle and kissed all of the boys, I guess those kisses weren't that memorable to me.Sorry guys.
So enlighten me boys!?!hehehe
I do remember Johnny Rydlewski trying to bite my neck....Johnny it's confession time for you.
I barly remember Mr. Vlasic and the stealing of the test caper.

So it is time to share your knowledge of the past no matter how painful or funny it is. Now when I look back I find that even though we were all snotty little brats I look back and laugh at how simple life was and how special each and everyone of you are to my memories.
Looking forward to seeing you all at the BS Reunion.
Beth Ann Settle

March 15, 2008 3:10 PM

Was it you, Tina Georgieff?

Okay Rose King....the public humiliation you spoke of that Sr. Viginette subjected you to sounded very familiar to me. You had to go to each classroom and apologize personally for the uncontrollable, and oh so inappropriate giggling, laughing and roaring over the school PA during the prayer. I say this not because I remember you coming into my classroom...it's because I was right there with you "trying" to recite the prayer...I remember Mrs. Tomondi was glaring at us...we couldn't contain ourselves...and she wouldn't TURN OFF THE MICROPHONE! Such a small task and it would have saved us....But NOOOOO.......Yes, twas I...your accomplice and partner in crime! And who was the third?...There were three of us...we were in deep %$#*. Big catholic trouble. Okay...someone fess up...who was with us? Was it you, Tina Georgieff??? Can't remember!