Trichter, Vol 14, No 1, Spring 2002.pmd
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Trichter, Vol 14, No 1, Spring 2002.pmd
NHS Trichter Der Nürnberger Trichter Trichter,, sicher und schnell, macht die Köpfe hell! Vol. XIV, No. 1 Nürnberg Alumni Association, Inc. Spring 2002 A flock will be congregating June 20-23 Won’t You Join Us in Las Vegas For the Gathering of LUCKY Eagles? Don’t Forget the Early Byrd Special Book by April 1 to be entered into a drawing for a one night’s free room. Who’s Coming? 300 Already Registered See ‘to-date’ list of attendees on page 6. IN THIS ISSUE Reunion News 1- 6 Jorgensen’s Jargon 7 In Memoriam: Fallen Eagles 8 Looking Backward: To 1960 9 Alumna Reconnects To 1950-54 10 Trichter Senior Issue To 1978 11 Ideas Transforming Art Education 12 by Donovan Walling, ’65 Memories of German I 14 Alumni Updates 15-17 Poll: Memorable Escapades 18 Next Poll: Travel ‘Bests’ 19 Travel: Alums Revisit Nürnberg 20 You can book up until May 1 The Flamingo Hilton Hotel & Casino will be holding you a room for $89 for Friday and Saturday, ($52, Thursday) if you call 1-800-888-2940 and ask for Ron or Marge before May 1 (See page 23 for Hotel, Flight, & Car Rental Form). The first night’s stay must be guaranteed, in advance, by credit card, but you may cancel your room up to 72 hours prior to intended arrival with no penalty. Our Association registration fee is $80 per person – with more than half of this fee going to pay for our Saturday night banquet and dance. All of this registration fee must be paid by June 1, but you can cancel it up until June 1 with only a minimal $15 penalty. When you register, we hope you will sign up for the optional Friday night Medieval Knights Show at the Excalibur Hotel & Casino. It’s a fabulous dinner and a show for $45. See your 2002 Reunion Kit for more information on this our very best ever tri-annual gathering. But most of all, we hope you will come to our sixth tri-annual reunion. No one has come away from a Gathering of Eagles wishing they hadn’t done it. – Doug Hatt, ’68 [Take the Doug Hatt Challenge on page 3] 2 NHS Trichter, Spring 2002 Vol.14, No.1 Board of Directors Nürnberg Alumni Association, Inc. Era Representatives Officers President Terry (T.D.) Jorgensen, Sr. (’62) 2002 North Woods Drive Marietta GA 30066 Tel 770-928-4948 Fax 770-928-9696 Nurnberg62@aol.com Vice-President — Advertising/Marketing Dave Ogé (’70) 3407 Harwood Drive Tyler, TX 75701 Tel 903-526-1971 Nurnberg70@aol.com Vice-President — Operations Ron Burgess (’72) c/o 1840 E. Barnett Rd., Suite B Medford, OR 97504 Tel 541-773-6462 Uniburg@aol.com Secretary/Treasurer Vint Wilson, MD (’71) 1150 Tulipwood Lane Athens, GA 30606 1947-1959 (including teachers) Betty Thomas (’54) P.O. Box 287 Penney Farms, FL 32079 Tel 904-529-9092 bettom@bellsouth.net 1960-1969 Doug Hatt (’68) 543 Main Street Half Moon Bay, CA 94019 Tel 650-726-8400 CaboDoug68@aol.com 1970-1979 Tom Kappelmann (’77) 13509 Copper Hills Drive. Manchaca, TX 78652 Tel 512-280-8412 Tom.Kappelman@amd.com 1980-1999 Ginger (Sizemore) Milling, MD (’91) 900 N. Oakland St. Carbondale, IL 62901 Tel 618-351-9912 FricknFrack73@aol.com Tel 706-546-9666 VintSusan@webtv.net Annual Treasurer’s Report Trichter Editor Bob McQuitty (faculty, 1958-62) NHS Trichter Volume XIV, No. 1 Spring, 2002 Published three times a year by the Nürnberg Alumni Association, Inc. Editor-in-Chief . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bob McQuitty Proofreaders: Jeanette McQuitty, Terry Jorgensen Send materials for publication to 202 E. Seneca Tel: 918-456-8443 Tahlequah, OK 74464 E-mail: bob@intellex.com Balance from 2000: $13,486.77 Total Deposits in 2001: $12,668.45 Expenses 2001: AOSHS donation $125.00 AOSHS building fund 314.00 AOSHS donation 1,000.00 Old web site domain fee 19.00 New web site domain fee 50.00 Archive storage 279.50 T-shirt design (for Vegas reunion) 200.00 OverSeas Brats membership 125.00 Kinko’s (for printing of 3 Trichters, 7,772.00 Alumni Directory) Postage 2,125.27 Administratives (incidental postage, ink, cartridges, paper, toner, envelopes, CD-ROMs, etc.) 2,601.99 Total expenses for 2001 $14,641.76 Balance on Hand: December 31, 2001: $11,513.46 Vol. 14, No. 1 Special Celebrations For Class of 1977 It’s a Silver Anniversary It’s been 25 years since the class of 1977 graduated. Lynn Tumey, class rep, has been trying to contact as many class members as possible in the hope of being able to welcome them to the upcoming reunion. Fourth Estate To Gather Bob McQuitty, former NHS Trichter It’s a scoop adviser, and Jackie Cauch,’61, will be hosting a luncheon party for the Nürnberg High School members of the Fourth Estate Saturday, June 22, in the Flamingo Hotel. The specific place and time will be in the Registration Arrival Kit. All those who ever worked on the Trichter are invited. McQuitty said he hopes to see as many of the students he worked with between 1958-62 as possible, and he assures them that their journalism grades will be changed to A. “I would also like to get acquainted with people who worked on the paper both before and after I was there,” McQuitty said. Flamingo Recommends A Baby Sitting Service Those needing a baby-sitter at the reunion may want to contact Around the Clock Childcare. They will send a sitter to your room. The charge is $44 for a four-hour minimum for one or two children, $9 per hour after that. The service is recommended by the Flamingo Hotel. For more information, call them at 702-365-1040. Better them than you NHS Trichter, Spring 2002 3 Tentative Reunion Schedule We will have a Registration Arrival Kit for all attendees, as you go through the Association’s registration desk manned by volunteers. This will contain the final agenda/itinerary, and you’ll also get your Stage Pass I.D. Card, on a rope, to gain access to all functions. But here’s what we know now. Wed. June 19 — Early Byrds, this will be an OPEN night. Enjoy the company as you dine with your closest NHS Eagle friends. Thurs. June 20 – OPEN night, to go party, dine, drink, dance, gamble with your friends. Fri. June 21 – Medieval Knights at the Excalibur Hotel & Casino is Tell ya what – if you are on the OPTIONAL, but we’re hoping that most fence about going to the reunion, will go with us for this fun-filled event, just go ahead and make the move to which includes a dinner and a “very come to Vegas. different show.” Then, when you get there, if you Friday afternoon there will be a don’t have a great time, you come Board of Directors meeting. tell me, and I’ll personally . . . (don’t Sat. June 22 – our final night in wait for me to say I’ll give you your town will feature the Hawaiian Luau money back – I don’t have it!) . . . buffet dinner and dance. Dinner is for apologize to you. sure, we’re just not sure about the DJ, On the other hand, if you want name of person or their company name, to give me a hug and say, “Thanks and the hours we’ll be negotiating to for nagging at me to come to this have him/her/them play. get-together, I’d love that. Actually, Saturday afternoon there will be a that’s my favorite part—hugging general membership meeting. Eagles. – DOUG HATT, ’63 Sun. June 23 – Brunch. Because we’re trying to save our people $$$, we Reunions Began in 1986 will not have an organized brunch in a The Nürnberg High School alumni private banquet room this year. Instead, we’re suggesting that you make arreunions began in November 1986 when rangements to meet with your friends at Terry Jorgensen ran into Dave Worland, one of the inexpensive breakfast buffets also of the class of 1962, in Greensboro, in the hotel or nearby. You’ll probably NC. Both realized they wanted to resee a bunch of other Eagles and faculty ignite the spirit of NHS in the United members sitting in the restaurant as well. States. Terry took Dave’s challenge to And don’t forget ALL DAYS are find enough alumni to have a reunion. OPEN for attendees to explore the city By June of 1987 Terry had located 234 alumni and persuaded 119 of them and the nearby lakes, take motor tours, take some gambling lessons (from pros to come to the first reunion in Atlanta. It was so much fun that they decided like George Estey or Mr. Lucier), or just to try it again, this time in Dallas, where lounge around the poolside of the Flamingo Hilton. It’s a perfect oppor238 attended. In 1993, 336 came to Lake Tahoe, tunity to enjoy a leisurely three to five CA. 275 found their way to Clearwater day mini-vacation with your friends. In short, there’s more to do here than Beach, FL, in 1996. An astounding 508 probably any other place on earth (so came to Breckenridge, CO, in 1999. The Association is hoping for a new they tell me, anyway)! – T ERRY JORGENSEN record this June. Take The Doug Hatt Challenge 4 NHS Trichter, Spring 2002 Vol. 14, No. 1 On the Town – What to See and Do Casino Shows •Alexis Park: “BaddaBing,” a Godfather’s interactive birthday party (dinner show) •Bally’s: “Jubilee,” an evening of showgirls and magic •Bellagio: “O,” an aquatic production from the famous Cirque du Soleil •Golden Nugget: “The Amazing Johnathan,” a comedy & magic show •Flamingo: “The Second City,” comedy show by some of the best comedians in the business •The New Frontier: “Rock ‘n Roll Legends,” tribute to the Beatles, Roy Orbison, Stevie Nicks, Neal Diamond, and of course The King himself, Elvis! •Imperial Palace: “Legends in Concert,” tributes to Madonna, the Temptations, Elvis, others •Luxor: “Blue Man Group,” music and comedy with three bald, blue men! •MGM Grand: “EFX Alive,” Rick Springfield •Mirage: “Siegfried & Roy,” long-running magic show •Monte Carlo: Lance Burton, master magician •New York, New York: “River Dance” •O’Shea’s: “HipNosis,” audience participation hypnotist •Riviera: “An Evening At La Cage,” the most beautiful “ladies” in Vegas •Reviera: “Splash,”an adult revue •Sahara: “The Rat Pack Is Back,” tribute to Frank Sinatra on his birthday in 1961: Frank, Sammy, Dino •Stratosphere: “American Superstars,” celebrity RON BURGESS,’72 We have been receiving numerous telephone calls and e-mails asking the question: “What events are planned?” The answer is not many. We think you would rather do your own planning, selecting from an enormous list of fun possibilities. Thurs., June 20, is the official start of the reunion. Nothing is planned for Thursday evening, so many of the class reps are discussing the possibility of BY having Era Get-Togethers. But, as always, the numerous casinos have a variety of evening entertainment. You might want to choose from the list in the box at left. Each casino also has its headliners, which change tribute show featuring Madonna, Ricky Martin, Elvis (gawd he gets around ), et al. •Treasure Island: “Mystere,” Cirque du Soleil production •Tropicana: “The Comedy Shop” •The Venetian: “Melinda, First Lady of Magic,” world’s no.1 female magician about every 30 to 60 days. Right now, we only have information on headliners through the end of April We will let you know on the web site who will be performing at each of the major casinos in June. If night club shows are not what you are interested in seeing, virtually all the casinos also have club and lounge acts, primarily musicians, for example: At New York, New York, “Coyote Ugly,” a bar based on the legendary New York City establishment. Caesars Palace has Cleopatra’s Barge, where you can dance on a replica of an Egyptian ship that rocks gently in five feet of water and also has a martini bar that serves 28 varieties of gin and vodka! At Mandalay Bay, the House of Blues The Luxor has Ra, the trendy nightclub where celebrities are known to visit and Thursday evenings are “Vixen Night” for the ladies! At MGM Grand, Studio 54 Barbary Coast has a karaoke lounge. Planet Hollywood is known for its unannounced visits by celebrities. And there are various adult theme shows at the various casinos. But if you are not into dancing, shows, or karaoke, Las Vegas has numerous exquisite restaurants. Virtually any taste from around the world can be found in Las Vegas, and don’t forget the numerous buffets! Here are a few restaurants: New York, New York: ESPN Zone, sports-themed eatery Hard Rock Café: A.J.’s – let’s talk steak and seafood! MGM Grand: Rain Forest Café, pasta, salads, sandwiches and a 10,000 gallon archway aquarium! Stardust: Tony Roma’s, the best rib house Las Vegas Hilton: Benihana’s –the best way to describe this restaurant is definitely interactive! Las Vegas also has great shopping at outlet stores, numerous free shows during the day and evenings, a variety of museums, indoor skydiving, tours of the Grand Canyon, golf, on and on and on. But, of course, you may prefer to do nothing but lounge by the Flamingo’s HUGE 11-acre swimming pool reminiscing with friends from days gone by. If there is something special you are interested in, a show, tour, whatever, let us know and we will research the costs and availability. Send your questions to Ron at Uniburg@aol.com or call toll-free to 1-800-888-2940. You can ask for Ron OR Marge. Getting Around NHS Trichter, Spring 2002 to Salt Lake City The Las Vegas Strip Trolley starts at the downtown Hilton and runs the strip to Luxor. The fare is modest, and trolleys run every 15 minutes from 9:30 to 2 a.m. Various free trams link some of the hotels: Treasure Island to the Mirage; Bellagio to Monte Carlo; Excalibur to the Luxor and Mandalay Bay; and Ballys to MGM Grand. Casino Resort Features to See • Best Indoor Woodland (rainforest) @ Mirage • Most Opulent Hotel Lobby @ Bellagio • Most Imposing Outer Space, Eiffel Tower @ Paris Las Vegas • Most Impressive Fake Skyline @ New York New York • Most Imposing Inner Space (inside a pyramid) @ Luxor • Wildest Casino Sculptures @ Orleans Hotel • Glitteriest Casino Entry @ Circus Circus • Best View of Las Vegas @ Stratosphere Hotel Tower 5 to Downtown Str atospher eT ow er Stra tosphere Tow ower Sahara Ave o Sahar a Sahara Cir cus Cir cus o Circus Circus Slots-a-Fun o o El R anc ho Ranc ancho W estw ar d Ho o ard Westw estwar o Rivier a Riviera Star dust o Stardust Ne wF New Frrontier o Las Vegas Strip Spring Mt. T e Island o Trreasur easure o Harrah’s T he Mir age o The Mira Caesar sP alace o Caesars Palace Flamingo Road Bella gio o Bellagio • Fountain Show (“dancing waters”) and Conservatory @ Bellagio Harmon Ave. • Circus Acts in the main casino @ Circus Circus • Fountain Shows (animated statues) at the Forum Shops @ Caesars Palace • Sound and Light Show, “The Fremont Street Experience” @ downtown Casino Center • Pirate Ship Battle @ Treasure Island (come early) Tropicana Ave. • Masquerade Show in the Sky @ Rio Suite Hotel • Sports Hall of Fame @ Las Vegas Club Sports Hotel • Sunset Stampede @ Sam’s Town Hotel • Volcano Eruption & White Tiger Lair @ Mirage Russell Road • Gondola Rides on the Grand Canal @ Venetian, across from Treasure Island Best Kids’ Attractions • Gameworks (arcade, carnival midway games) in the base ment @ Showcase, adjacent to MGM Grand • Adventure Dome (indoor amusement park) @ Circus Circus • MGM Grand Adventures (outdoor amusement park) @ MGM Grand • The Race for Atlantis (realistic motion simulator) @ Caesars Palace • Star Trek: The Experience (ride simulations) @ Las Vegas Hilton • Manhattan Express & Coney Island Midway (rollercoaster, arcade) @ New York New York • The Secret Garden & Dolphin Habitat (dolphin and animal sanctuary) @ Mirage Ten Buffet Survival Tips When most people talk about food in Las Vegas, they don’t talk about the famous restaurants, they talk about the buffets, which offer some of the best dining bargains around. However, the more popular and cheaper ones on the Strip often have long waiting lines. To avoid the wait, go very early. 1. Avoid buffets on Friday or Saturday nights, unless you enjoy standing in long lines. Interstate 15 Best Free Attractions Las Vegas Blvd. -- The Strip Vol 14, No. 1 o Imperial Palace o O’Shea’s Flamingo Hilton o Barbary Coast o Bally’s o Paris Las Vegas o Aladdin Boar dw alk o Boardw dwalk Monte Car lo o Carlo Ne wY or k New Yor ork Ne wY or k New Yor ork Ex calib ur o Excalib calibur Lux or o Luxor y Ba yo Mandalay Bay Mandala oMGM Grand o Tropicana McCarran International Airport to Los Ang eles Angeles 2. Patronize the more popular buffets -- food is fresher, turns over more quickly 3. Reconnoiter the food line once you’ve been assigned to a table to determine which items you’d like to try. 4. Don’t fill up on ordinary stuff. 5. Don’t embarrass yourself by taking more than you can possibly eat. 6. Avoid seafood at buffets, other than chilled shrimp and crab 7. Use a clean plate when you go back for a refill. 8. Ignore the sugar-free section at the dessert table. 9. Tip your server about a dollar or two per person. 10. Try not to stare at all the fat people with their heaped plates. Best Cheap Buffets Holiday Inn Boardwalk, open 24 hours Circus Circus Imperial Palace, across from Caesars Information on this page from Las Vegas: The Best of Glitter City by Don & Betty Martin Games People Should & Shouldn’t Play The best odds blackjack craps baccarat roulette The worst odds video poker machines video blackjack slot machines wheel of fortune bingo keno 6 NHS Trichter, Spring 2002 Vol. 14, No. 1 Who’s Coming as of March 2. Go to nurnbergeagles.com for an updated list Women are alphabetized by maiden name in italics where known. This is not usually a complete list of everyone in a given person’s party. Question marks indicate some doubts about registration. Check with Ron to confirm. Absher, Deanne Barga, Claudia Barrett, Edith Bartholow Smith, Patricia ’57 Bennett, Ken/Becca Benson, Jr, Barton Benson, Beaton Bingham Turpin, Michelle ’64 Binkle Shaw, Pat Brady, Hugh/Carol, Fac Brandon, Mark Braunstein, Robert ’66 Brewer, Don Brown, Charles Brown, Lanita Brown, Robert Brugger, Bridgit Buchieri, Mike ’71 Buchieri, Tony Buchieri, Donna ’70 Bulken, Wendy ’77 Burgess, Ron/Pam’72 Buther, Louie Buxton, Beverly/Frank ’67 Campbell, Cletus, Fac Casinger, Don/Debbie Cauch, Jackie ’61 Childers, Fred Cook, Charlie Cook Dillon, Judith Corriston, Gina Cousins, Steve ’72 Cunningham Priest, Tere Daly III, Wilbur Daly, Allen Daly Cook, Judy ’57 Davis, Bernie ’72 Davis, Herb ’77 Denda, Dick, Fac Dension, Michael Dickson, Dallen Dingman, Joan, Fac Doloway, Tony/Colleen Downing, Shannon Drouillard, Duane Dufree, Diana Dunn, Rudy ’83 Dunn Jaeger, Barbara’60 Durhan, Bill/Jane Eiscabar, Eileen Etler, Doretta Farrell, Jim/Marge Fischlein, Fred Flecker Ehinger, Darlene ’63 Flippen Conroy, Shelley ’73 Foster, Georgia/Mike Fraser, Baxter Frey, Kim Fry, Gary ‘Buz’ ’57 Cardinale Galloni, Fran ’56 Gamble, Harry ‘Woody’ ’54/ Audrey Hammond ’55 Garafalo, Toru (?) Gibson Stuhler, Fran Goold, Ken/Ann, Fac Gossard, Jim ’64 Gregory, Peggy Grey, Renal Hamilton, Patricia/Doug Hammer, Dale ’78 Hannahs Jr., Jim Hansen, Conrad/Marge Harnes, Holly Harrison, Kent/Barbara ’56 Hart, Horatio ’94 Hartman, Kenny ’77 Harwell, Bill Hatt, Doug ’68 Haugse, Joni Hedrick, David (?) Hedrick, Ted ’67 Howard, Shirley ’53 Hudachek Stephens, Mary ’76 Jannusch McKenzie, Rita ’63 Jansen Hetue, Franca’66/ Kenneth Jensen, Ingrid Johnson, JoAnn K., Fac Johnson, Michelle Johnson Smith, Rhonda Jones, Shannon ’95 Jordan, Monika Jorgensen, T.D. ’62 Kallio, Pete’77/Krista Campbell ’79 Kapplemann, Tom ’77 Kennerly, Jim ’64/Janice Kiley, Lawrence King Taylor, Lianda ’57 Kirby, Lenora Leseney, Joseph ’57 Liesch, Matthew ’84 Long, Sue/Nicholas Marler, Mike (?) Marrone Duet, Mary Jane ’65 Marvey, Bob/Barbara (?) Mathern, Larry/Norrine, Fac May, Tom Mayo Smith, Carolyn’54 /Bryan Mazares, Ann Mary ’57 Mazares, Joseph/Gloria ’61 McCarroll Wood, Pat ’59/ Francis McClure, Don/Charlene ’61 McCollum, Ellen McCoy, Tim’62/Gaye Richards ’63 McCullin, Edward/Melinda McKenna Henry, Jane ’60 McKenzie, John McLane, Joyce ’63 McMillan, Troy ’79 McMillon, Mike ’75 McMullin Eddie ’67 McNulty Ferris, Allyn McQuitty, Bob, Fac/Jeanette Melby, Naomi, Fac Mersinger, Marie/Janice Minder, Robin/George Moale Firth, Peggy ’62 Montieth, Tom/Sue ’72 Moudy, Tom’61/Joan Murray, Elizabeth Myers, Melinda/Stephen Nehammer, Jenná ’61/Karl Neighbors, Harley Travis Nemith, Wade’61/Susan Nemith, Bill ’60 Neville, Jack/Judy McLane ’62 Newman-Shruhan, Rick/Vicki Newsome Stanton,Nancy ’59 Nichols Blonder, Marie Nickle Borri, Janice’67 Nickle Piccioli, Janet’67 Nigg Alford, Debra’76 Norman, Larry and Lacey (daughter),’65 Odom, Chris Odom, Bettye ’59 Orcutt, Charles’60 Owens, Rebecca Peek Michael, Reni Peterjohn, Dick, Fac /Elspeth Pierce, Steve Poh Garcia, Michelle’59 Pohlman, Carol/John Porter Johnston, Connie ’53 Posey, Rick ’72 Pretzeus, Robin Rackin, Stanley ’49 Reberry Smith, Kay’62 Record, Sean Reed, Shirley Reitler, Randy ’65 Rich, Ron ’75 Rizor Parke, Georgine, Fac Roberts, Karen Rocha, Ken Seals, Frank/Karla Seals, Gregory ’79/Karla Shaller Traeger, Joanne ’60 Shields, Kim Sinason, Jeff ’76 Skiouing, Jeanette (?) Smith, Robert Sonneman, Julie Stephens, Mary H. Stevens, June Stille Ely, Claire ’55 Stockwell, Heyda Stubbs, Gordon Sultanik, Paul ’73 Tedesco, Tony ’72 Thayer, Ron ’62/Heidi Gottwald ’63 Thomason, Harold Thomas, Cindy Thomas, Elizabeth ’54 Thompson, Edward’50 Tracey, Mark Tumey, Lynn ’77 Turpin, Michael Vergara, Ann Voyles, Jack ’62/Tom Wade, Steve Walsh, Jemma Walters, John/Betty, Fac Warren, Doris ’67 Waters, John/Lorriane ’70 Wayson Reichwein, Connie ’66 Wells, Lisa Wendricks, Catherine Wenner, Bert, Fac /Inge White, Cindy ’76 Wilkerson, Larry Williams, Ron Williams, Clyde ’61 Williams, John Wilson, A.T. ’71 Young, Kathleen, Fac Younkin, Barbara ’64/Carl ADD YOUR NAME HERE BY CALLING RON AT 1-800-888-2940. Vol 14, No. 1 NHS Trichter, Spring 2002 7 Jorgensen’s Jargon From the Desk of the President As of April 1, we will only have 80 days left until the Eagles are scheduled to start arriving at the Flamingo Hilton Hotel & Casino, in Las Vegas. Time sure has flown since we left Breckenridge, Y‘all. I’m sure by now everyone is hurriedly attempting to make arrangements to come to this Gathering of LUCKY Eagles. One 1956 alumnus and class rep, Kent Harrison, is coming Wednesday the 19th, and departing for a family wedding on Friday the 21st, just so he can get to see all of his friends from that era. What a great American, to make that kind of effort. Thanks, Kent. We have been awaiting word from the Flamingo Hilton’s marketing department, regarding the coordination of our dinner-dance on Saturday, our DJ entertainment, etc., and will publish all the itinerary-agenda information, once finalized. We truly wish this information could be in this issue, but there are still some things Association V.P.-Operations Ron Burgess is trying to work out. He has been designated by the Flamingo Hilton as the agent responsible for room bookings for our Association. So, please make sure you give Ron your credit card number when booking your room so he doesn’t have to try to track you down, making needless long-distance calls, and wasting his and his staff’s time and resources. Thanks. We will try to create a link on our Association’s website, once final arrangements are made, that will show the actual official convention agenda. There will always be plenty of free time, since that’s what alumni seem to enjoy most when coming to these gatherings. However, there will be an organized outing to the Medieval Knights dinner-show at the Excalibur Hotel & Casino, down the street from the Flamingo Hilton. That will take place on Friday night, and we fully expect most will want to join us as we enjoy an early evening together. There is just so much to do in this city that Burgess felt that people will probably want to pair up with their friends and former teachers, and take in some of the sights together in order to explore the town and get as much out of their visit as they can. Then, on Saturday, (probably between 7:00 7:30 p.m.) we will be treated to a fabulous Hawaiian luau, with all the food, side dishes, condiments, and atmosphere of a tropical paradise. To get into the spirit of the luau night, male Eagle alumni should pack their favorite Hawaiian shirt, and ladies are invited to bring their favorite muumuu dress to match their significant other’s attire. Following dinner, there will be a disc jockey entertaining our Eagle crowd with music from all eras. And, yes, early on, DISCO, as the mid-to-late-70’s era Eagles have requested. Sounds good. I mean . . . who didn’t love disco from the 70’s?! Please be sure to contact your class rep or era rep/board member, should you have any last minute questions or requests, as we’ll be in contact with them via e-mail, so that no one will be without all the correct, current information they’ll need, to make plans. Should anyone experience difficulty in obtaining the answers they request from their class reps and/or era reps, please feel free to contact me directly. I can be reached at (770) 928-4948, during normal business hours, or you’ll be forwarded to my residence after hours until 9:00 p.m. (E.S.T.). I can also be reached by e-mail at Nurnberg62@aol.com. I look forward to seeing everyone in Las Vegas. 8 NHS Trichter, Spring 2002 Vol.14, No.1 Fallen Eagles – Gone but Not Forgotten William T. (Bill) Zeffiro A faculty member from the first decade of Nürnberg High School, Bill` Zeffiro died Sept. 9, 1997. He lived for more than 25 years after having had heart surgery in 1972. His widow reports that Bill went to Germany in the nineties to recapture some of his love of that country and time. He was an avid walker, and loved the South. He often talked of NHS and of getting to a reunion one year. But the year he thought he could come, he had a conflict after all, with a son's wedding. Charles Hitselberger, ’51 Wishing to update our records, Charlie Hitselberger, Jr., reports on the death of his father in June 1970. Charles Hitselberger, Sr., was president of the class of 1951. John (Jack) Barton A biology teacher at NHS in the 1959-60 school year, John (Jack) Barton of El Monte, California, passed away on Jan. 15, 2001, at the end of a long battle with several illnesses. He was 75 years old. Jack Barton is survived by his wife, four children, and five grandchildren. Jack Barton in 1959 A knowledgeable and enthusiastic science teacher, Jack knew how to bring lighter moments to the classroom as well. His former students will perhaps remember that on occasion he would bring his banjo to class and play and sing for the students. Though he was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, Jack Barton grew up, lived and worked in El Monte, California. Both his life as a student and as a teacher are associated with El Monte High School, one of the oldest public high schools in the state. As a high school student at El Monte, where he met Jorane King, his first and only love, Jack excelled in academics and sports, lettering in football, baseball, and basketball, which was his forté. Upon graduation at the age of 17, Jack enlisted in the Army. After completion of his basic training, he was sent to Europe with the 70th Infantry Division, which fought in the Ardennes/Alsace, Rhineland, and Central Europe campaigns. Following his discharge from the Army, he married Jorane (Ronnie) King in May, 1946. Later that same year he entered Whittier College under the G.I. Bill to pursue a degree in secondary education. At Whittier, Jack played on three consecutive conference championship basketball teams. After graduation, he returned to El Monte High as a teacher of general math and biology and assistant coach of the basketball team. In 1959 he came to NHS. After his year abroad at Nürnberg, Jack returned to his teaching position at El Monte, concurrently pursuing studies for a master’s degree. In 1961, he moved into counseling, and in 1966 became the assistant principal for instruction. In 1969 Jack became principal of his alma mater, a position he held for 14 years, an honor for which he was ever grateful. As principal, he strove always for close rapport with his students and staff, and many felt that the school flourished under his leadership. After retiring in 1983, Jack began a second career as a writer. He published A War Remembered, a memoir of his World War II experiences; Hurray for Hollywood, a book about growing up in Hollywood during the depression; and A Brief History of El Monte, about his adopted hometown. At the time of his death, he was writing My Love Affair with a High School, a history of his alma mater. The Bartons were traveling in Europe in 1995 and happened to be in Fürth at the high school the day that the closing of Nürnberg High School was commemorated. Jack, who remembered his experiences at NHS fondly, was introduced at the assembly, and both Bartons enjoyed visiting with students, staff, and parents that day. Storage Bin Problem Solved Since the closing of NHS in 1995, the Association has been storing school memorabilia. In the last few years the Association has been paying for its storage in a commercial facility, under the supervision of Gila Montfort, our historian. In January, Gila reported some good news. Ted Glover, representative for the class of 1969, called her to see if he might lend assistance concerning the storage area. He and his wife are building a new home in the Dallas area, and Ted said they would have plenty of storage room. He offered to keep whatever the Association needed stored. His house won't be ready until close to the time of the reunion, necessitating the need for a storage bin until that time, but Ted then made an additional offer. He would write a check to pay for storage for the next few months. “I know we are all grateful to Ted for his generosity. And this isn't the first time he's shown such generosity. Ted donated one year's storage fee when we first needed to move everything to that facility. So this is definitely above and beyond as they say,” said Gila. Vol 14, No. 1 NHS Trichter, Spring 2002 9 Marching to 1960 Backward John F. Kennedy elected President in narrow contest. Black students stage sit-in at lunch counter in Greensboro, NC, to protest segregated seating. Soviet Union shoots down U-2 reconnaissance plane. U.S.relations with Cuba deteriorate. U.S., Britain, France, and the Soviet Union conduct summit talks, but without results. Russian tanks stand behind the Czech border 100 klicks from Nürnberg. Der Adler fährt Wieder. Thousands were on hand Dec. 4 when a replica of the Eagle, the first train in Germany, steamed into Fürth. From the NHS Trichter, fall 1960 Enrollment Rises to 678, 43 Teachers and 67 Seniors Lenny Habas Elected Student Council President Seniors Elect Herby Browne Homecoming Queen Nancy McLane Commands Team to Win – They Do Football Team Wins 5, Loses 1 But Finishes 2nd in League And Where Are The Stars of Yesteryear? sity basketball game when the entire Teacher bench raced onto the floor to help its beleagued comrades protect a diminishing 45-42 lead. The referee then called a technical foul on the whole team, giving Eagle Pat Moran five free throws, but he only made two of them because he was greatly hindered by Mr. Goold’s unorthodox behavior. Final score: 45-44. Mr. Jahnke led the Teachers’ all-out attack with 20 points. Dave Worland, unruffled Eagle, tallied 14 for the losing Eagle Varsity. The Eagles’ Nest by Marie Ertl George Bingham doesn’t know what to make of faculty sportsmanship. In the game, George kept tryTeacher Terrors Vanquish Faculty-Varsity ing to get up after a scramble for a loose Varsity Basketball Team ball, but he couldn’t do it because Mr. Hedden had him by the arm. “Mr. by Larry Voelker Pandemonium reigned in the last Hedden! Mr. Hedden! What are you few seconds of the recent Teacher-Var- doing, Mr. Hedden?” We hear that Charlie Eagle is named after Mess Sgt. Charles Homer Albert Savoie, who presides over the Eagle Hall of Fame downstairs. Trichter Topics by Elaine Hudson, editor “How does a human react when his head is cut off?” This was a recent topic in Mr. Rosin’s English class. Next? Gil Frisbie and Toni Miller are keeping their distance nowadays–not because of incompatibility but because of incapability (crutches and a cast). Next? When Jenna Skirving was asked what one thing she would take to the moon, she promptly answered, “Tom.” When Tom [Turnmire] said he’d take a football . . . . Next? December Dateline: Joe Gazzo and Dianne Wiest, Sue Worley and Dave Worland, Judy Brown and John Sanderson, Bob Lipscomb and Nancy Marvin, Terry Morley and Buddy Goins. What’s Next? 10 NHS Trichter, Spring 2002 Alumna Who Reconnects with Former German Housekeeper Asks, Vol. 14, No. 1 Is a Dress the Most Important Thing? BY BETTY THOMAS, ’54 At the time Rita made an impact on my life, I was the typical self-centered Nürnberg High dormie teenager thinking only far enough into the future to plan my dress for the upcoming dance. But these many years later I have come to treasure the memory of her. I'm speaking of Rita Holtzmann, our housekeeper in Würzburg, where my father was stationed from 1950 to 1954. The last memory I have of her was when we moved from our "off-base" quarters to our "new" apartment. In the early part of this year, and quite by accident, I located Frank Schleehuber, who is affiliated with an army publication on the Würzburg base. I sent Frank an e-mail asking for his suggestion on how I could go about locating Rita. He went far and beyond any suggestion. Within two weeks I received an e-mail from him. He had located the former Rita Holtzmann, now Mrs. Eberhard Kultscher. The message also included her home address, phone number and fax number! Since then there have been many e-mail messages between us, some of which included recent pictures. Due to providence we've been able to go one step further. Previously I had scheduled a trip on a river cruise in Europe that was taking me to Bamberg, only 30 kilometers from their home, so on September 29, I spent the day there with Rita and Eberhard. It was a perfect day with incredible weather, incredible atmosphere, and perfectly incredible friends. In the early part of 1954, Eberhard became a dentist and opened his practice with Rita as his assistant. He said they were full of hopes and grateful to have survived the cruel war. He was an officer of the Bavarian Dental Association in Munich from 1974 to 1991. They have since retired and reside in Altenkunstadt. They "enjoy every day" and are fortunate in having their daughter Carolin and their grandchildren live Looking Backward Rita Holtzmann and Betty Thomas THEN close by. Eberhard said that they "consider retirement as wonderful, apart from looking for a doctor more often!" We have renewed our relationship by sharing many fond memories. Rita and Eberhard said that over the years they have often remembered the good times with the Thomas family. They remember my mother as a polite, beautiful, dark-haired lady. They remember my father as having treated them both very fairly and how he loved to buy his steaks from the German butchers. They even remember our dog. I remember Rita taking me shopping, to the opera, and to Betty and Rita NOW the German movies. They remembered some of my friends and the parties we had. Of course, if she and Eberhard have any bad memories they were far too gracious to mention them! Thanks to providence, the Internet, and the Grace of God, I’ve been able to let Rita know that I finally realize a dress is not the most important thing in the world. Looking Back At 1957 photo from Michele Poh Garcia,’57 My goodness, that’s Frau Ingrid Gutschmidt, the German teacher, a.k.a. the Berlin Bombshell, but who are these eager Studenten of Deutsch? Vol 14, No. 1 NHS Trichter, Spring 2002 11 Looking Backward at 1978 Seniors Publish Last Wills, Embarrassing Experiences, Memorable Moments Becky McAdams [Setliff] wills to Mr. Jenssen a permanent absentee pass. To Mr. Mulder she leaves a box of Birdseye Frozen Strawberries from Foodland. To Ingrid Moreira she leaves her Guinness World Book of Excuses and her big eyes and long eyelashes. Bob Davis wills his ability to look high, ripped, and drunk all at the same time to Mr. Jack Hass. To Brenda Weaver he leaves his 37” chest. To Tom Werner he leaves his ability to eat like a pig and not gain any weight. To April Warner he leaves the ability to breathe out of her ears so that she will not drown if she ever gets caught in a rainstorm. Blane Michael Kelly knows he’s not of sound mind and body but he has so many tough things to give away. His luck with the women, he gives to El Wimpy in the hopes he’ll get a date for the prom next year. To Tom Walter he leaves his sense of fair play because he never cheated Most Embarrassing during the wrestling season. He gives his full beard to Mr. Rodney Davis: Getting caught sending funny notices Mulder, knowing how much he loved it. to teachers and to students Viola Gonzales wills to Julie Sonneman her “I’m a Mike Porter: Partying at a Gasthaus 2nd hour and Mr. Barry Fan” posters and buttons. To Terry Mixon, she wills Kirsch [the principal] walks through the door! her collection of Marty Fledmann films. To Mr. Kampe she David Garcia: When I first came to NHS, almost leaves her fantastic coordination in typing and her multilineveryone said I spoke funny. It was so embarrassing that I gual abilities to April Warren. kept my mouth shut most of the time. Jocelyn McWhirter bequeaths to Mr. Judd a threeDebbie Brasfield [Stillinger]: I had my classes mixed year supply of chewed-up tenor saxophone reeds. To Eric up and went and sat in the wrong class for ten minutes and Greg she leaves all the pens she borrowed off them (if they can find them), and to next year’s Honor Society much before the teacher and I realized I was in the wrong place. Most Memorable success. Mike Wright: First class cafeteria meals. Fit for a king. Howard Segal leaves two bottles of tequila to Denise Rodney Davis: Trudy Green Rawls. Party Hearty! To Lori Gallo he wills his noteHoward Segal: All the fun times at lunch playing writing ability. To the next Student Council president, he football and buck-buck. wills the office. Mike Porter: When I was signing up and saw the most Tom Bookman leaves his jock to David Riley. He beautiful girl in the world! promises to show Duane Drouillard how to play football Debbie Brasfield: How easy it is to skip and not get the right way. He also wills him the name ‘Duck.’ He caught. leaves his weight-watchers book to Mel Bailey, and gives Marie Taylor to Duane Drouillard for the rest of the year. Ten Years from Now: A Guide to Regina Raab wills to Sharon and Heidi a lot more the Futures of NHS Teachers declensions and conjugations in Latin. She advises all underclassmen to enjoy their remaining Mr. Mulder will go to South Africa to find a market for years; they go by too fast. suntan lotion. Joe Cortez wills to the few “cool” Miss East will open a thrift shop of her old clothes in juniors his (funky) tolerance and ease! To New Jersey. the next senior class president, he wills a Mr. Denda will become a ballet instructor. London Trip Travel Agency. Miss Koch will go back and finally finish high school. Franny Curtis [Alvarez] wills to Kim Mr. Kampe will become president of the National Richie more sense in picking her classes. Society of Mentally Disturbed People She also wills to Keith more artistic ability Mr. Abramo will be wearing a funny white jacket with and art lessons at the Rec Center. sleeves that tie behind his back. He’ll spend his time yelling, Thanks to Christine Phillips,’79, for the Trichter “Everybody is late.” 12 NHS Trichter, Spring 2002 IDEAS BY How Computer Technology Is DONOVAN R. WALLING Albrecht Dürer, the German Renaissance master, created and used technology to assist with perspective, as can be seen in his woodcuts. Leonardo da Vinci blended art and technology as often in painting as in mechanical invention. In fact, art and science were inextricably linked prior to Gutenberg, when, as James Bailey argues in “The Leonardo Loop: Science Returns to Art” (Technos, spring 1998), “the printing press drove a 500year wedge between science and art, pushing the latter to the brink of extinction in the curriculum”(p. 17). Today the bits-and-pixels technology of Donovan Walling came to NHS as a 7th grader in spring of 1961, but moved back to the States at the end of the year, only to return in 1963 as a 9th grader. He attended NHS through his junior year. After earning degrees from Kansas State Teachers College and the University of Wisconsin, he was associated with the Sheboygan Area School District in Wisconsin for many years as an art and English teacher and curriculum administrator. He taught in Germany for the Department of Defense, 1981-83. He is now Director of Publications and Research at Phi Delta Kappa, an international professional association for educators at all levels. His most recent book is Rethinking How Art is Taught: A Critical Convergence (Corwin, 2000). the computer is bringing art and science back together. Computer technology is transforming the teaching of art through two types of activ- ity: using the computer to create or manipulate images and using the computer to study the visual arts. The first involves art making, while the second involves art history, art criticism, and aesthetics. Student artists in today’s classrooms can use the computer to create plans for sculptures, ceramics, or other three-dimensional objects; to produce finished “virtual” works; and to render twodimensional works. A student can make a sketch, for example, and electronically scan it. Then, using a program such as Adobe Photoshop, the student can manipulate the electronic image before taking it back to a paper printout to continue working by hand. Or the student can choose to refine the image wholly within the computer program. In the latter case, the finished work may simply be a computer file that can be viewed onscreen or it can be Why Art? – from the Army Brat, (published by the junior class of Nürnberg American High School) Jan.,1953 BY VIRGINIA CALNAN Americans spend more money on art than on anything else in the world except bread. There is an art-trained mind behind the pattern in your tie, the weave of material in your suit, the design of a silk dress, the shape of your new washing machine, the packaging of the very perfumes on your dressing table, and the box your Wheaties comes in. You cannot live in the modern world for five minutes without encountering at least a dozen products fresh from the drawing board of some art-trained person. Yet some people have the idea that art is a special field with no practical application for most of its students! Why? Possibly it is because most people think of the art field in its high form of the artist in Fine Arts – the portrait painter, the sculptor, the landscape artist. This is rather careless reasoning as there are few talents big enough to major in this field, anyway, but for every great talent in Fine Arts there are thousands of lesser ones producing daily the world’s advertisements, billboards, its newest cars, houses, wallpaper, or silk prints – and reaping the cream of industry’s wages as well. In thinking of the portrait painter it is as though we expected every child who has ever studied grammar to become a great writer! For those who cannot aim as high as the field of design, there is still much to be gained from art in public education. Every time you produce a crayon drawing or a design, you have said or expressed something that is yours and yours alone. No one could – or ever has, or will – say it in just that way or with just that outlook. It is as highly individual as a fingerprint – and no one can say whether one fingerprint is more valuable than another. If your effort is sincere, your drawing or design has said something about you, what you think and feel about your world, that no one else can ever do. When that happens, you have “created” something, and this is one of the valuable capacities within human nature. We all have it, but under the pressures of modern life, it is growing more and more confined. If it disappears entirely, then all people will be content to stop thinking for themselves, saying what they think; and they are then ripe for the first “master” who wishes to take over and do their thinking for them. It is too valuable a capacity for any people like Americans to lose. That is one reason why art is a prescribed addition to the public school curriculum. Vol. 14, No. 1 13 Transforming Art Education printed out for a more traditional, “frameable” work. Computer-assisted art making has revolutionized commercial art and consequently is altering how art is taught to students who plan to enter that field. But computer technology also is changing the “fine” arts, as students explore alternatives to traditional methods of art making. Computer technology also offers resources for teaching and learning about the visual arts. One form includes CD-ROM resources, many of which replicate but also enhance print resources. CD-ROM versions of print, from encyclopedias to art collections, offer students and teachers a wealth of information in a highly compact form. No competent textbook publisher in art education today would consider offering a program without a CD component — including the hardware to use it. And many programs not related to textbooks can be found to complement those resources. Typically CDs also include audio and video, such as visuals of historic events, sound bites from famous people, and so on. These “extras,” not available in print resources, enliven CDs. Students do not merely read the information, they experience it. While most CDs cannot replace books that include in-depth information about art, often they provide highly accessible basic information. Moreover, because the best CD-ROM resources are interactive, they also motivate students to learn. A second resource for teaching about art is connectivity to the Internet. School capacity for connectivity is increasing rapidly. Some 78 percent of schools were connected by 1997, according to the National Center for Education Statistics. As connectivity extends into literally can explore the world’s art online, and they can readily make connections between art and culture across national boundaries. Singly or in groups they can embark on “virtual field trips” to hundreds of museums and galleries, including some that exist only on the Internet. For example, students can take a Starting Points for Connectivity www.wwar.com World Wide Arts Resources. More than 500 types of resources and links to nearly 1000 websites of museums, indexes, galleries, art schools, and children’s resources worldwide. www.icom.org/vlmp World Wide Web Virtual Library. www.si.edu Smithsonian Institution www.louvre.fr Louvre Museum www.uffizi.firenze.it Uffizi Museum www.museoprado.mcu.es Prado Museum Art musuems and other histori- www.british-museum.ac.uk British Museum cal collections. www.libraryspot.com www.warhol.org Library Spot. Gateway to the Andy Warhol Museum websites of more than 2500 li- www.greatbuildings.com braries around the world. Great Buildings Collection more and more individual classrooms, art educators and their students are discovering the burgeoning array of museums, gal-leries, archives, and libraries that maintain websites, which are continually being updated and expanded. (See box for starting points.) Many websites also include lesson plans and samples to make teachers’ work easier. Connectivity is particularly important as art educators work to be responsive to cultural pluralism and diversity. Teachers and students virtual tour of the massive Louvre Museum in Paris. Several “visits” will be necessary for the complete tour, which is true of the real museum. For cross-over foreign language study, students also can take the tour in French, Spanish, or Japanese, in addition to English. Smaller and closer to home is the Andy Warhol Museum, physically housed in a converted seven-story warehouse in Pittsburgh, PA— and online, where a floor-by-floor virtual tour is offered. Ease of use and the wealth of resources also make the Internet ideal for serendipitous teaching and learning, for capitalizing on a teachable moment, and for nurturing creative approaches to art history. For example, not long ago I read a notice that the Italian government had rejected a request from the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., to bring the Bernini David to the United States. The sculpture was to be the centerpiece of the gallery’s celebration of the 400th anniversary of Bernini’s birth. However, Italian authorities deemed the six-foot marble figure too fragile to travel. Of course, few students would have been able to travel to Washington to see Bernini’s sculpture in any case. Far fewer are likely to travel to Rome’s Borghese Gallery to see the sculpture there. Apart from books, how might students discover (or be led to discover) more about the David and its creator? I decided to search the Internet. At first, my search was disappointing. Of the hundreds of museums that maintain websites, the Borghese Gallery, where the Bernini David stands, is not among them. And so I looked for other possibilities, beginning with the Uffizi Museum in (continued on following page) 14 NHS Trichter, Spring 2002 Vol.14, No.1 Transforming Art Education (continued from preceding page) Florence, Italy, which I thought might have information about Bernini. Indeed, the Uffizi site did show examples of Bernini’s work (and I noticed that the site can be explored in English as well as Italian) — but no David. Other “side trips,” hard to resist, led me to Professor C.W. Westfall’s Architectural History 102: Renaissance and Baroque Architecture (www.lib.virginia.edu), which offered pictorial tours of Bernini’s San Andrea at Quirile, Piazza San Pieto, and the artist’s contributions to the Palais du Louvre. In fact, if I had wanted to look at architecture in general I could have found a wealth of information at the Great Buildings Collection website, which catalogs well known architecture worldwide and offers a searchable database. But at last my fascinating meander in cyberspace took me to Thais — 1200 anni di scultura italiana, or 1200 Years of Italian Sculpture (www.thais.it). Not only did this site contain numerous examples of Bernini’s sculptures but, most importantly, it contained the David. The famous statue was shown in both a full view and a close-up of the head. In an art classroom I might choose to project these views for my students to study. A real-time projection could be created using a minimum of equipment to display a life-size view of the David. LCD projectors that interface with computers to display large-scale images range from under $2,000 to more than $11,000. But prices are coming down, and the LCD projectors are no more difficult to use than a standard overhead projector. Eventually, in the wired class-room of the future, they will be as common as the overhead is in today’s classrooms. Alternatively I could save the image as a file on my computer and then use it later in teaching a lesson. I could also print out a copy of the image on standard 8-1/2” x 11” paper that could be duplicated as a handout. By using a simple news item as a starting point, as in this example, a teacher (or an independent student) might embark on an Internet-based exploration that exemplifies the best characteristics of creative teaching and learning. And, because the Internet knows no national boundaries, it is explicitly multi-cultural. In this example I was able to move easily among websites in the United States and Italy. Although some foreign sites require at least a rudimentary knowledge of the host language, many are available in multiple languages, English invariably being one of them. Computer technology is a tool, or perhaps more accurately, a collection of tools, that is reshaping how art is taught. In schools and classrooms where such technology is still limited, the computer may be simply a tool for enrichment. But as the availability of computer technology increases, the potential also increases for the technology to be transformative. Errinerungen von Deutsch Eins Memories of German I Do you remember when you were at Nürnberg High School and you signed up for German so that you would be able to communicate better with the natives and at the same time learn something about German culture? Perhaps your dad forced you to sign up? Are your memories like these? Remember the incredulity you felt when you were told that each German noun had a gender, either masculine, feminine, or neuter – and each one had to be memorized one by one? Remember how disgusted you were to learn that while the word for ‘married woman,’ Frau, was feminine, both words for a ‘young girl,’ Fräulein and Mädchen, were neuter? Remember your elation when you learned that the German word for ‘bright’ was hell so that you could say with impunity in German class, “Unser Lehrerin ist hell.” (Our teacher is bright)? To learn German, you were told to asRemember how hip you felt when sociate with Germans. What better you could walk down the hall saying place than the Trinkstube of the “Wie gehts?” instead of a mundane Hofbraühaus? “How’s it going?” Remember how disappointed you were to learn that Götterdämmerung didn’t mean what you thought it meant but instead was the title of an opera by Wagner, Twilight of the Gods? Remember the glee when you found out – outside of class – the German words for certain four-letter activities? Remember how great you felt when you finished German I and could then find your way from any Bahnhof to the nearest Ratskeller and order and receive Bratwurst oder Wienerschnitzel mit Kartoffelsalat und ein Glas At the Rats’ Keller Bier oder Coke? – BOB MCQUITTY Vol.14, No.1 NHS Trichter, Spring 2002 Greetings from Ella Larson, ’53-’55 Dear Alumni, I’m so sorry to cancel my membership, but I am unable to read the interesting news [in the Trichter]. I have such wonderful memories of my teaching the “brats” from 1953 to 1955. I still receive greetings from some of my students. If any of you are in my area, please stop in to visit. I live in Northeast Nebraska about 40 miles west of Sioux City, Iowa; 40 miles southeast of Yankton, South Dakota; and 40 miles northeast of Norfolk, Nebraska. With fond memories – Ella Larsen Dean (Duncan) Woodland, Can’t Retire, Off to Cambodia to do Humanitarian Work I have so appreciated receiving a letter every year for the past several from the Alumni Association. It has been almost my only connection with other “overseas army brats” since we came back to the States in 1952. Even though I know only a few names that appear from time to time [in the Trichter], I would miss even that little connection. I attended Nürnberg High School for the last half of my freshman year after going the first semester to Munich (school year, ’50-’51). During the summer of ’51, we moved to Heidelberg, and I spent my sophomore year and first semester of my junior year there. We returned to the U.S. in November, 1952. There may be no one left that remembers me, but I remember many! Some time ago Delaney O’Rourke was mentioned – he was at NHS when I was there. Some of these names may be in the directory: Polly Davis, Alonna Heine, Sandra Morse, Harry Foster, Joan Domino. It would be great to find one or two of them. Because I really disliked being uprooted every so often, I made a decision early in my life that when I married I would sink my roots very deep and never move again. Actually, a mind set can often take you where you want to go. My husband is DeVon Woodland, and we will celebrate our 48th wedding anniversary in November, 2002. We are the parents of 10 children, 27 grandchildren, and 9 great grandchildren. We live in Blackfoot, Idaho, and farm 15 500 acres there. We haven’t figured out yet how to retire. However, for the next 18 months we will be in Cambodia serving in humanitarian work for LDS International Charities. For the last six weeks we’ve been learning the Khmer language, and my (limited) Deutsch is getting in the way a bit. It’s been great [living in one place all these years] but I still really treasure those years in Deutschland! Thanks again for stirring happy recollections. – DEAN (DUNCAN) WOODLAND, ’53 On the Road with Berta (Williams) Bryner Berta Williams, ’56, reports that she and her husband Jim have sold their home in Illinois and have been traveling the U.S. in their 5th wheel trailer. In early January they were enjoying the Texas Hill Country and were heading to California later in the month. They plan to summer in the upper penisula of Michigan and regret that they won’t be able to make the reunion. Peggy (Moale) Firth Anticipating Reunion Upon joining the Nürnberg Alumni Association, Peggy (Moale) Firth, ’62, was amazed that so many Eagles had found each other. “It has given me hope that some of my past is still alive and not lost in the emotional refuse of all of the military transfers I experienced,” she says. She still remembers her Eye by Peggy Firth, NHS art teacher, Mrs. Freda medical illustrator Harshbarger, as the person who introduced her to pen and ink drawing. She feels that she learned the basics in her class, and this helped her to land her first job as a medical graphic artist. Twenty-four years later she is still refining her style and is associated with USC and UCLA, writes and illustrates self-help books for women, and is working with medical publishers around the country. She is looking forward to the class reunion in June in Las Vegas, where she lived for two years while working at the University of Nevada. 16 NHS Trichter, Spring 2002 News from around the Nest Jim Kennerly Hoping to Hook Up With Classmates of the ’62-’64 Era Jim Kennerly, is planning to be at the reunion in Las Vegas in June and hopes to reunite with some of his schoolmates of the ‘62-’64 days. When he was going to NHS he commuted into Fürth daily via bus from Ansbach. If he had stayed a year longer, he would have been in the graduating class of 1965. After his family left Germany, his stepdad was stationed at Fort Hayes in Columbus, Ohio. He graduated from North High School, which is only a few blocks from Ohio State University. After one quarter of living on the Ohio State campus, he fell in love with it and did both his undergraduate and veterinary professional schooling there. During his sophomore year of veterinary school, he married his wife of 31 years. Following graduation, they moved to Akron, Ohio, where Jim did a 13-month internship, and his son, David, was born. Next they moved to California, at which time his wife made him aware they had been moving once a year since they had been married. She thought it was strange, but being an Army Brat, Jim thought it was normal. They have lived in California for 28 years now. Their son is a science teacher, and their daughter is in her first year of law school at Akron University. Jim’s wife has decided she likes traveling now. They have been in China, Hong Kong, several Canadian cities, Mexico, and the Caribbean. In 1998, they toured Europe for 21 days, stopping in Nürnberg to peer into the now-closed Nürnberg High School. “It seemed like I could almost see and hear the hustle and bustle of the students of yesteryear.” Later that same day he had lunch at the PX in Katterbach and visited the housing complex where he had lived as a teen in Ansbach. Twelve years ago, Jim (in the middle in tux and bow tie) moved into his new office building in Santee, California. Vol 14, No. 1 Janet Hill Conley, ’54, Connects with Classmate I was at Nurnberg American High School in the early fifties and thru the magic of your organization and the Internet, I have connected with two more friends from that time. I had the pleasure recently of meeting one of them, Mary Alice Beaudry MacDonald, in Virginia. Over a three-hour dinner, Mary Alice connected back to a time that was very important to both of us. We realized we had not seen each other since 1954 at the Nürnberg train station when I left to return to the U.S. after only 18 months there. We were in the ninth grade then. My dad had been the editor of the Nurnberg Post, Janet and Mary Alice got sick, and had to return to the U.S. for medical reasons. She brought her scrapbook and we had a great time. We agreed that when we talk with friends from Nürnberg we immediately revert back to giggling and have an urge to chew a wad of gum! We are in the talking stage of a get-together of Jean Brady Kerly and Laura Copeland Colbert, both of Texas, with Mary Alice and myself. – JANET HILL CONLEY Tony Tedesco,’72 – Policeman, Soldier, Postmaster – Recounts Life after NHS In a recent e-mail intercepted by the Home Office, Tony Tedesco recounted his life since leaving NHS. Here is an edited version of it. After graduating from NHS in spring of 1972, I went to the Univerity of Maryland in Munich for a year. It was a lot of fun, a lot of partying. [See p.17 for more details on his escapades in Munich.] From there I went to the U.S. and the University of Maryland in College Park. What a rude awakening. They really wanted you to study there! While going to school, I worked as a police aide doing night security. One day, I rode along with one of the cops and we got an emergency call. He drove and I worked the siren and that's all it took to let me know that I wanted to be a cop, not a diplomat. After three years I graduated with a major in political ) Vol. 14, No. 1 News from around the Nest NHS Trichter, Spring 2002 science and minors in German and law enforcement. After graduation in 1976, I became a summer cop (with pistol and all) in Ocean City, MD. After that I got hired as a University of Maryland police officer. In 1977, I went to the Police Academy and graduated number one in my class. Shortly after that I was told I was too gung ho to be a university policeman. I left and finally, in 1979, was hired as a deputy sheriff in Washington County, MD, a very rural area. I talked to animals a lot and avoided skunks! I would rather have wrecked my cruiser than run over a skunk. I did, however, put it through a telephone booth, which made me lose my take-home cruiser for a month. So I bought a 12-speed bicycle and bicycled 14 miles each day to work and back. One afternoon while I was out riding for pleasure, if you can imagine that, on my bicycle, I chased down and arrested a drunk driver in his car. The sheriff was not happy about the publicity I got and he didn't get. I had two other incidents in which I broke up a strongarmed robbery attempt and got into a bank robbery shootout, both off duty. For this I was named the Deputy Sheriff of the Year for the state of Maryland and got the Police Hall of Fame's Outstanding Commendation Award. The sheriff was playing golf during the shoot-out and wasn't too happy again because I got a week's worth of publicity and he caught hell for playing golf while his deputies were getting shot at. After almost three years, I decided it was time to part ways with my sheriff boss. I enlisted in the Army, hoping to be sent to Germany, which I hadn't seen since 1973. After Basic Training, I ended up in God forsaken Fort Riley, Kansas. But three weeks later I was back in Germany. I kissed the ground when I got out of the C-141. We were there for seven weeks on maneuvers. I was hoping to be taken as a prisoner of war and not returned, but I did get a week's leave to see relatives; my mom is German. Back in the U.S., I went to Officer Candidate School. From there I went back to Ft. Knox and from there to 3-12 U.S. Cavalry in Buedingen, Germany which is near Hanau. When I didn't make the Captain's List, I had to get out of the Army. I took a European discharge and finally got a job as a GS-3 mail clerk in Dec. 1986, and I now have worked my way up to a GS-9, Civilian Postal Officer (Postmaster), one of only three civilian postal officers working for the Army in all of Europe, and that on the little post of Hohenfels. I am looking for a job in the States now. I want to go 17 back. I have about 10 years left before I can retire and I want a house and land. I’m also looking forward to the NHS reunion. It sounds like a winner. – TONY TEDESCO Ginger Milling, ’91 Gives Birth to Baby Boy Malcolm Xavier Milling Ginger (Sizemore) Milling, ’91, gave birth to a baby boy by C-section on Jan. 4, 2002. Malcolm Xavier Milling weighed 10 lbs 7.9 ounces and was 21 3/4 inches long. Ginger says, “He’s happy and healthy, and we are working on the sleeping issue. He’s backwards. He sleeps during the day and is up at night . . . just like his mother.” Update on Barbara Carver Schneider, ’55 After leaving Nürnberg at the end of my junior year, I moved with my family to Ft. Sill, OK. I graduated from Lawton High School in 1955 and attended the University of Oklahoma for one year. I met a wonderful lieutenant named Bill Schneider in 1956 and we were married eight months later. Bill was a career Army officer and we, like so many others, made many moves. I finally graduated from George Mason University in 1980, just a few months before our son, Mike, graduated from West Point! Bill retired from the Army as a Lt. General in 1989. Sadly, he was diagnosed with non Hodgkins Lymphoma a few months later. He had a good quality of life for most of the next few years and was president of Texas Military Institute at the time of his death in 1994. I am very fortunate in having a great family. Bill and I have two sons, two daughters and eleven grandchildren, ten of whom are girls! Both boys are in the Army as is one son-in-law. I do have one daughter, son-in-law and three grandchildren and my parents in San Antonio. We are all runners and several of us are marathoners. For the past six and one half years I have been Executive Director of a non-profit educational organization, the World Affairs Council of San Antonio. I love San Antonio and always welcome friends who would like to visit this beautiful city." – BARBARA CARVER SCHNEIDER,’55 Tammy Renee Price, Class of ’91, Weds Lt. Col. John L. Salvetti At a ceremony in the Infantry Chapel at Ft. Benning, GA, Tammy Renee Price, a 1991 graduate of Nürnberg American High School, was wed to Lt. Col. John L. Salvetti March 2. Salvetti is a graduate of West Point. –Columbus Ledger-Enquirer 18 Now It Can Be Told! NHS Trichter, Spring 2002 Memorable Escapade Poll In the last issue we asked, What unusual adventurous action do you remember from your days at NHS, an action that ran counter to approved or conventional conduct? How to Get the Chalkboard Washed BY BOB MCQUITTY When I came to Nürnberg American High School in 1958 to teach English and journalism, I had taught school only three years and I didn’t know much, but I did know who ran the classroom. Two things bothered me about my classroom at NHS: 1) the chalk was soft and produced lots of dust, and 2) every morning when I got to school, the writing and dust from the previous day were still on the board. So after several weeks of dealing with dust, I wrote on the board, in my newly acquired best German, a message for the cleaning woman, the Putzfrau: “Waschen Sie die Tafel, bitte.” But she didn’t. So the next day I repeated the message. Nothing. On the third day I put in several more “bitte’s,” and got back a message in German from the Putzfrau that told me washing the blackboard was not part of her job. I was dismayed. Helen Crowell told me that it was true; some Army officer who was obviously not a teacher wrote the contract with the cleaning women and had failed to include cleaning the blackboard as one of the duties. The next day I wrote on the board a note that said if the Putzfrau didn’t clean my board, she would be sorry. Nothing. The following day I proceeded with my plan. Each English class began with a short quiz over the assignment, and when we had finished grading the papers and recording the grades, I asked a student to pass the wastebasket and told the students to put their papers in it, for I abhorred Now then, throw your a messy classroom littered with papers on the floor. papers. On this day, however, I told the students to throw their papers on the floor. At first they wouldn’t, but when I asked repeatedly, all but a few neatness nuts did. I repeated the request in the 2nd hour class In the 3rd hour class one student thought I was trying to trick him. After the 4th hour the room was, in places, up to ankles in paper. I wasn’t there, but was told later that when the Putzfrau saw the room, she shrieked and ran down to Norah Speck, the school secretary, babbling about the madman in 312. Vol. 14, No. 1 Waschen Sie die Tafel bitte. Danke Schon. In the end, though, with the help of the principal, she cleaned the room up . . . and washed the blackboard. Helen Crowell told me there was an easier way — give your cleaning lady a big bottle of whiskey at Christmas. Which I did henceforth. High School High Jinks BY PAT KNIGHTON GIBSON, ’62 If you lived in the NHS dormitory in 1960-61, you may remember the night an adult male broke into the girl’s side of the building. [Merilyn] Tschirhart [Fields], one of the dorm counselors, called the MPs, who in turn called the local police, and, voilà, we were in the papers! I put my foot in my mouth when I told my English teacher, Mr. [Bob] McQuitty, that I thought we might even make the “Over-Sexed Weekly.” Not amused, he dryly pointed out that the name of the publication was the “Overseas Weekly.” Later that year, someone with the initials SW [Sue Whittig?] rolled a trash can down the second floor hall and stairs just to get Ms Tschirhart all upset. It worked too! Ms T came puffing up the stairs in a huff. Wasn’t this the same time that some bold male student ran around the dorm nude? I also remember what happened to the woman brought in to substitute for Mr. [Bill] Davis, the advanced mathematics teacher who became seriously ill with meningitis. An officer’s wife with an advanced degree in math, this woman volunteered to teach for Mr. Davis. It seems she left the classroom in tears when some of her students got rowdy and climbed out the window onto the cafeteria roof and had a snowball fight. The Only Time Karen Ever Got in Trouble One day in English class Miss [Helen] Crowell had tried to play a tape recording, but it just wouldn’t turn on. Although usually not outspoken in class, Karen [Robinson Trevino,’61] blurted out, “Well, that’s good!” Miss Crowell turned abruptly and pointed to the person sitting next to Karen, “You, out! Report to the Principal’s Office!” Since it was her friend who had been singled out, in error, Karen confessed. Miss Crowell then said, “Well, Karen, then you report to the Principal’s Office!” Karen claims this was the only time she ever got into trouble in high school. Vol. 14, No. 1 NHS Trichter, Spring 2002 Memorable Escapades ’72 Grad Signs Autographs at Olympics, Steals Mugs, Gets Mugged by Police Dog TONY TEDESCO After graduating from NHS, I went to the Univerity of Maryland in Munich for a year and did all of the general education requirements and took a bunch of German classes by exam. It was the year of the Olympics. Norm Hawkins and I spent a day in the Olympic Village. We walked in the back gate with our Nürnberg letterman jackets on, and when we left out the front gate, we were asked to sign autographs. We also went to the Oktoberfest, and like all good Americans, we snatched a bunch of beer mugs, which in turn were stolen out of our hiding place. To make a long story short, I ended up getting back the mugs but got bit by a waiting German shepherd police dog. I got some nice black and blue marks, but wasn’t arrested. [Perhaps the German police officer thought the dog bites were enough punishment – ed.] Munich was a lot of fun, a lot of partying. We only studied the night before the exams, an all-nighter, with the coffee brewing in the percolator. BY 19 Next Trichter Poll Travel ‘Bests’ Nürnberg High School alumni are among the most intrepid travelers in the United States. Most of us have lived, worked, or traveled in several countries. What is the most beautiful country that you’ve ever been in? What is the most beautiful natural sight that you have ever seen? What is the most beautiful church that you have ever visited? You get the idea. Travel books tell us about the best things to see and do when we travel, but we don’t always agree with the travel books. We all have our own ideas about the best places and things we have seen in our travels. Take a look at Bill Lillevig’s picks below and then participate in the next Trichter Poll by e-mailing or posting me your picks. Tell me what you think are the best in the categories below – or make up your own categories. Make one pick or make a dozen, it doesn’t matter. Include pics with your picks, if you like. Send your “BESTS” to bob@intellex.com or to Bob McQuitty, 202 E Seneca, Tahlequah, OK 74464 by June 1. Bill Lillevig Picks His Travel ‘Bests’ Those who read Bill Lillevig’s account of his trip around Cape Horn in the last Trichter know that he and his wife Diana are world travelers. In the same package that your editor received Bill’s travel manuscript, he also received another in which Bill intrepidly set forth his list of “Bests.” This is his list: Most Beautiful Countries 1.Norway 2. Switzerland 3. Austria 4. New Zealand Best Natural Sights Yosemite Park in California Grand Canyon in Arizona – “for heights and depth” Crater Lake in Oregon – “for spectacular beauty” Grand Homes Biltmore Estate in Ashville, North Carolina Hearst Castle in California Meriwether Post home in Washington, D.C. Palaces, Castles Winter Palace in St. Petersburg, Russia Churches, Cathedrals St. Peter’s in Rome, Italy Lillevig must not have seen Linderhof, King Ludwig’s castle southwest of Munich. St. Isaac’s in St. Petersburg Chartres, southwest of Paris Museums The Hermitage in St. Petersburg The Rijks Museum in Amsterdam. Architectural Marvels Alhambra in Granada, Spain – “a marvel of geometry” The Blue Mosque in Istanbul Archeological Sites Acropolis in Athens, Greece – “these people knew how to build” Stonehenge in England Ephesus in Turkey – “walk the streets with St. Paul” – Bob McQuitty Unusual Sights Ayer’s Rock in Australia – “see it because it’s there” Plaza de Mayo in Buenos Aires, Argentina – widest street in the world The dike across the Zeider Zee in Holland – “an engineering marvel” Beautiful Harbors Rio de Janiero, Brazil; Stockholm, Sweden; Sydney, Australia 20 NHS Trichter, Spring 2002 Vol. 14, No. 1 Take Sentimental Journey Alums Revisit Nürnberg 50 Years Later taking photos, and waving us off. Randy said, “I’ve had people come to see me We were scheduled to fly on Sept. by car, train, bus, plane, but never by 20, 2001, to Budapest for the start of jumping ship to get here.” our European River Cruise. And then Within half an hour, we were at came Sept. 11. Like all Americans, we Soldiers Field and climbing the steps to were shocked and amazed by those Hitler’s speaking platform. The stadium events, those emotions mixed with is pretty much run down, with concrete sadness, anger and concrumbling off, pillars fusion. The airports shut gone, the grassy area in down and for the next week, front of the spectators’ we weren’t sure if the tour bleachers fenced in and would continue on schedule used for soccer practice. or not. As for our cancelling, On the other side of the that was not even considered. bleachers is a new My husband Donn and I enormous soccer stadium. knew that it would be at least From there we went to several weeks, if not a few Congress Hall, where months, before our governHitler was going to rule ment could or would retalithe World Congress, now ate. No, there was never a just an empty, roofless thought to cancel. shell. Though our 50th wedFrom then on, the day ding anniversary was at the is a fast blur. We went to end of June, we prefer to Stein Castle, where Donn travel in the fall. So the river Standing on Hitler’s Speaking Platform at Soldiers Field and I had our wedding cruise from Budapest to are (back row) Gaylord Long, ’52, Donn Adrian, Randy Reitler, reception when it was an Amsterdam seemed an ideal ’65; (front row) Benita Long, Joan K. McCarter Adrian, ’49, Officers Club. The Faberway to celebrate our Betty Thomas, ’54. Castell family no longer anniversary and to make that city, we were going to be late, so I told sentimental trip back to Europe. Vantage the tour director our problem. Ulla, a Travel Company conducted a great wonderful young woman from Austria, cruise. We spent 14 days on the boat talked to the Captain, and they decided with its wonderful crew, going through that we could leave the boat at a lock 68 locks on the Danube, Main, and about 25 miles from Nürnberg if our Rhine Rivers. We took tours every day friend could pick us up there. I e-mailed through cities we had visited years ago, the name of the lock to Randy with the and some we had never had a chance to phone number of the boat, and immevisit. All in all, it was about the most diately received a call from him that he Where Hitler stood. nearly perfect vacation we ever had. could meet us there at 10 a.m. It was But this story is only about the stop only a 30-minute drive for him and he uses it as a residence, but it is now a in Nürnberg on Sept. 28. was familiar with the lock. When we tourist attraction. I had brought copies Randy Reitler,’65, who lives in arrived, Randy, with van, was waiting. of our wedding photos taken on the Nürnberg and is a wonderful friend, When the Captain nudged the boat up lovely marble staircase and the banquet agreed to rent a van to pick up our small against the lock’s concrete wall, the deck room on the 3rd floor. The ladies group – Donn and I, Betty Thomas,’54, was about four feet it. Two crewmen got working there were charmed that we Gaylord Long,’52, and his wife Benita off the boat and helped all of us “jump were returning after 50 years. We – when we docked south of Nürnberg ship.” The 127 passengers on the boat requested to be allowed to take photos along a connecting canal. all knew that this was a special stop for in the same locations, but like most Due to heavy rains a couple of us and were in the lounge watching, museums they had a rule against taking BY JOAN KAY MCCARTER ADRIAN weeks before our arrival, the rivers were high, and since we were traveling against currents, we were not making the time schedule as planned. Though we were originally scheduled to dock at Nürnberg about 11 a.m., that was changed to 1 p.m. Since Randy had made lunch reservations in the walled Vol 14, No. 1 photos inside. However, a tour guide offered to take us to the banquet room on the 3rd floor, and when we were inside, she slyly said she had to shut the door but must do so from outside in the hallway, and she would leave us for several minutes. Naturally we got the photos. After a few minutes, she stuck her head in with a quick message: “mach schnell, mach schnell!” Obviously someone was coming and either she didn’t want us to get caught or she didn’t want to get caught letting us take the photos. On the way downstairs, there was a great deal of laughter, like kids who had been in the cookie jar. They did let us stop and take more photos on the marble staircase, where most of our wedding photos had been taken, so now we have our sentimental photos side by side – 1951 and 2001. Next we went to Dambach to locate the first home assigned to us after we were married. At that time the American apartments had not been opened, so we were assigned half of a requisitioned home. It is now a one-family home. Today Dambach is a very upscale neighborhood, and the officers’ quarters built some years after we returned to the U.S. are now owned by German families and very well maintained. Gaylord Long’s family was stationed in Nürnberg, and we went by his quarters as well to get some photos. He had not been back to Nürnberg since his family departed to Munich after his junior year (1951) at the Nürnberg school. Next we went into the walled city where we had lunch at Randy’s favorite restaurant, on the second floor overlooking the market square and the Beautiful Fountain, the Herrenbrau. At some point, we went by the old school on Tannenstrasse and got photos there, then out to Zirndorf, where Donn’s unit had been stationed, and then to the American housing area and the Kalb Community high school that opened in January 1952. Donn and I were moved into one of the brand new apartments on Dec. 1, 1952, at 56 Jacob NHS Trichter, Spring 2002 Wassermannstrasse. Our first daughter, Donna, was born on Dec. 29, and this was her home until we returned to the U.S. in fall, 1953. Today, the apartment Joan, Betty, and Gaylord stand outside “their school,” the building that was NHS from Jan. 1948 to Jan. 1952. units are all remodeled and the grounds well maintained. We also stopped at the Palace of Justice where I had worked for two and a half years. After the war trials were over in spring 1949, it became headquarters for the Special Activities Division, headed by Gen. Roy Rickard, father of Nürnberg alumnus, James “Jick” Rickard, ’50. Gaylord’s father had also worked in the Palace of Justice. We stepped inside the main lobby, but they have strict security and we were not allowed further. This was a weekday, and the courtroom where the trials had been held was in use. The old American hospital building has been bulldozed, and the land is being cleared for some sort of high-rise. When Randy had to leave us for a couple of hours, he dropped us off at the Grand Hotel (where Donn and I had met, and which at that time was also an officers’ club and had transient billets and the American Forces Network station on the 3rd floor). We went into the bar for a drink and admired the renovation of the lobby and dining room –all lovely pinkish, coral, and beige 21 marble and brass. The only thing kept of the original old hotel was the Crystal Ballroom at the back of the lobby. We then went into the walled city to shop and see all the rebuilt buildings. Betty Thomas and I had been back in 1992 before the base closed, but Donn and Gaylord had not seen the completed reconstruction of the walled city. We worked our way back to the Beautiful Fountain, where we were to meet Randy and go to dinner at another restaurant near the market square. After dinner, Randy returned us to the boat, now docked at the Nürnberg pier and due to leave at 10 p.m. for Bamberg. Randy decided that since it was going to be another lovely fall day on Sept. 29, he asked if he could drive to Bamberg and have lunch with his friends on the boat. The Captain granted permission, and we had another lovely day in Bamberg with Randy. At lunch, the chef presented us with a small celebration cake for our anniversary trip. Later, Donn and I found my parents’ home in Bamberg, got photos, walked about seven blocks down the street and got photos of the home of Ed Thompson, ’50, where his family had lived from 1946 to spring of 1949. The two wonderful days left us feeling nostalgic and full of memories. The entire trip had wonderful new and old memories mixed, and I am still sorting through a few hundred photos taken by me, Betty, and Randy. Later in the trip, I also got a lot of photos of the castles along the Rhine River and want to put them beside the photos from 1949 that I took on our Senior Trip from Wiesbaden to the Lorelei on Hitler’s yacht. There were no problems on this trip, everything turned out lovely, and 95 percent of the time we had great weather. Yes, there was extra security at the airports, especially at Amsterdam, but we felt this was a necessary precaution. We arrived back on Oct. 5. Our dream trip, planned for over a year, was over. 22 NHS Trichter, Spring 2002 Vol. XIV, No. 1 Alumni Association Inscribes Its Premium Paver Our Alumni Association recently wrote the inscription for the premium granite paver we acquired after donating $2500 to the American Overseas Schools Historical Society. The courtyards and walkways at the yet-to-be-built AOSHS Museum and Park in Wichita, KS, will be paved with memorials honoring educators, students, families, and friends who have been associated with the American education experience abroad. The park site was dedicated July 21, 2001. The Society is now in its fund-raising phase, and our association has been one of the first to become actively involved in supporting it. The inscription for the NHS paver appears at right. To view it on the internet go to http://aoshs.wichita. edu and then click Memorial Kiosk, then click Interactive Kiosk, then click “N” for Nürnberg. In addition to the premium paver, several members of the Association have bought memorials. Joan Kay (McCarter) Adrian donated money for a brick honoring the Class of 1949. Jeanette Hembree Kimes bought a brick honoring the Class of 1950. Betty Thomas bought a Ceramic Block honoring the Class of 1954. Hans Jenssen-Tusch and Edward and Mary Mantel purchased a brick in honor of the late Hazel Youngman (d. 1995), longtime teacher and administrator at NHS (1954-1977). A Memorial Fund for the late Edward Mantel (d. 2001), teacher and principal at NHS from 1972 to 1982, is now open for contributions. Those wishing to contribute to this fund may contact Barbara Burke, by mail at 16 Amity Place, Amherst, MA 01002 or email at potpourri@rcn.com. Donations may also be sent directly to AOSHS until May 30, 2002, when the fund closes. The Association encourages contributions to AOSHS as a way of furnishing tangible evidence of the Spirit of Nürnberg American High School. RISING IN 1947 FROM THE RUBBLE OF WWII, NURNBERG AMERICAN HIGH SCHOOL SERVED U.S. ARMY DEPENDENT STUDENTS UNTIL IT CLOSED IN 1995. THOUGH ITS CLASSROOMS AND HALLS ARE SILENT, ITS SPIRIT LIVES ON IN THE HEARTS OF FORMER STUDENTS, TEACHERS, AND STAFF VERBUNDEN IN FREUNDSCHAFT DEDICATED IN 2002 BY THE NURNBERG ALUMNI ASSOCIATION Contributers to the Memorial Paver The Nürnberg Alumni Association, Inc. and Bob Braunstein ’66, Margo Breeden ’68, Gail Hatchett Bursch ’74, Beverly Luce Buxton, Barbara Chandler ’55, Woody Gamble ’54, Audrey Hammond Gamble ’55, Bettie Rae Hairston, Kent E. Harrison ’57, Douglas Hatt ’68, Terrence D. Jorgensen, Sr. ’62, Donald McClure, Jr. ’61, Dawn Goad McCullough ’69, Rita Jannusch McKenzie ’63, Ginger Sizemore Milling, MD ’92, Jack and Judy Neville ’62, David Ogé ’70, Debbie McLean Ogé ’71, James Orcutt, Jr. ’58, David Slivka ’89, Nancy Sudduth ’61, Betty Thomas ’54, Joseph Tomblin ’60, Joanne Traeger ’60, Donna Trandahl ’80, Melissa Untersehr ’90, Marvin Wilson, Fac, Alvin ‘Vint’ Wilson ’71, Patricia McCarroll Wood ’59 and Hansi-Barbara Younkin ’64. You’ve Been in Germany Too Long If . . . You REALLY think AFN (Armed Forces Network) is quality entertainment. You realize that Ausfahrt (the exit sign on the Autobahn) isn't the biggest city in Germany. You reach for the Jaegermeister instead of Pepto Bismol. Sunday morning isn't complete without a ten-kilometer walk in the woods. You buy a new wool sweater for the 4th of July picnic. (It has snowed in July) You remember when the D-Mark was 4 to 1, 3 to 1, 2 to 1. American beer tastes like mineral water. You don't know anyone who doesn't own a VCR and belong to a tape club. You think that a line at the bank with only 20 people is great. You think ANY line with only 20 people is great. You think it is natural to pass Army tanks on the highway. Sunshine actually becomes a topic of conversation. You play "guess what town the driver in front of you is from” based on the letters on his license plate. (Plates have abbreviations of cities, one to three letters, the smaller the city or area the more letters.) You stop looking for appliances with dual voltage because you have all of them already. –THANKS TO TONY TEDESCO FOR THE LIST AND THE EXPLANATIONS. Vol. XiV, No. 1 NHS Trichter, Spring 2002 23 The Gathering of LUCKY Eagles Register electronically by mail Mail form to Ron Burgess 1840 E. Barnett Rd., Suite B by phone Log on www.nurnbergeagles.com and fill out the Registration Form there and submit it electronically. Call in the information on this form to Ron. Medford, OR 97540 Whichever method you use, to complete your registration, you must call 1-800-888-2940 (ask for Ron or Marge) and give your credit card information. This registration form will reserve you only after it is secured with the necessary credit card information. Air Transportation Fill out all that applies Departure City: ___________________ Contact Information: Departure Date: (MM/DD/YYYY)_________________ Name: _________________________________________ If you require airline tickets please provide name as it appears on your ID Preferred Departure Time: (hh; mm; am/pm) _________ Address:_______________________________________ City: _______________________________________ State: ___________________Zip: ________________ Telephone: ________________ Return Date: (MM/DD/YYYY) ____________________ Preferred Airline: _____________________________ Frequent Flyer Number: _______________ Class of service: _____________ Will you use upgrade certificates? Yes No Best time to call: ______________ Preferred Seating: ____________________________ Email Address: _______________ Meal Preference: _____________________________ Fax No. ____________________ Special Needs: _______________________________ Hotel Accommodations Arrival Date:(MM/DD/YYYY) ____________________ Check Out Date: ______06/23/2002_____ Change this date if checking out later. Number of people: _______ Bed Preference: King Size Smoking Preference: Car Rental Information Preferred Car Rental Agency: ______________________ Preferred Customer Number: __________________ Car Size: 2 Queen Size Non-Smoking Smoking Special Needs:(i.e., handicap accessible)_______________ Preferred Room Floor:___________ Preferred “neighbor”: _____________________________ (if I can arrange for you to be next/across from a classmate) Compact Mid-Size Full-Size Additional Questions or Comments ______________________________________ ______________________________________ ______________________________________ ______________________________________ Go to www.nurnbergeagles.com for updates on The Gathering of LUCKY Eagles Didn’t find your best buddies on the list of who’s coming on page 6? Give ’em a call or send an e-mail. The list of who’s coming will be updated on the website weekly. Information on the Headliner Shows at the hotels will be posted on the website as soon as it becomes available. The Strip at Night Got Questions? About what’s going down? -contact your class or era rep. About hotel rooms, flights, car Gathering of LUCKY Eagles rental, shows? -- call or e-mail Flamingo Hilton Ron Burgess (Uniburg@aol.com). LAS VEGAS, NEVADA June 20-23, 2002 About registration fee or if having difficulties? -- contact Terry Jorgensen (Nurnberg62@aol.com). This could be you across the street from the Flamingo Hilton. This could be you relaxing at the Flamingo swimming pool. Feeling Lucky? Watch out for onearmed bandits.
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