Welcome to the Web Site of the Great Torrington High School Class of 1954 Announcing a new schedule for class gatherings The THS Class of 54 has a new schedule for class gatherings.  Since the reunion committee is always asked by classmates when the next reunion will be held, and we are not getting any younger, we have decided to have monthly luncheons on the second Tuesday of every month.  Here are the details. Venue                   Fairview Golf Club in Harwinton, where we’ve had all our recent reunions Time                     12:00 Noon, every 2nd Tuesday of the month Ordering              Order off the menu.  Separate checks for everyone Reminders           None.  No phone calls or mailings from the committee.  Just show up.                               So put the dates on your calendars.  Here they are for the rest of 2018:                               Aug. 14   Sep. 11   Oct. 9   Nov. 13   Dec. 11. Note                     Since there are no golfers during the winter months, the dining room at                               Fairview is closed during Jan, Feb & Mar.                               So no luncheons during those months. THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THHS54THSTHS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54 Sad news Our class president has passed away.  Gerry Alaimo died on May 10, 2018.  He was buried at Hillside Cemetery on May 15.  His obituary can be found at: http://www.oneillfuneralhomes.com/obituary/james-alaimo THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THHS54THSTHS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54 Click for larger image Our 80th Birthday Party was a Yuuuuge success!! The attendance was a surprise; a total of 78 attendees including 55 classmates.  We were very happy to see several classmates who have never, or not in a long time, attended a reunion.  And there were a few more walkers and wheelchairs than we’ve seen in the past and those folks evoked our admiration for being there. John McLeod resumed his role as MC of the party and Father Fador started us off with an inspiring Benediction.  There were brief remarks by John Murphy and Carmela Heuschkel, followed by a delicious buffet luncheon provided by Fairview Farms Chef, Keith LaManna. We sang Happy Birthday to ourselves and the committee blew out the candles on the cake  There was a great vibe in the room throughout the afternoon, you could hear it and feel it. Everyone had a great time and several classmates asked if there would be any more gatherings.  It is an intriguing thought. There was no official photographer at work but if you took some photos and want share them with your classmates, email them to me and I will put them on the web site. Click for larger image THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THHS54THSTHS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54 Click for larger image OUR 60th REUNION The reunion was a huge success!  We had 53 classmates and 90 total people in attendance and everyone was asking “When is the next one?”  as they were leaving.  The food was good, the venue was great, we had videos of 50s hit songs, and old class photos of the 8th grade classes, all of the freshman sports teams and many ad-hoc photos of Lincoln Luncheonette, a house party, and a summer beach party, and other miscellaneous shots of classmates. Four classmates (Carmela Clapps, Beverly Rose, John Murphy, and Cal Bensch) put on a skit reminiscing about growing up in Torrington and attending THS that had everyone laughing.  People did not want to leave and many were still there at the 6:00 closing hour. Many classmates were taking pictures.  If you were one of them, I will put  them on the site if you mail them to me, michaelbz@sbcglobal.net   I have put up photos in the link on the left labeled 60th Photos.   Click on it to check them out.  ( Be patient, there are a lot of pictures and it takes a while for them to download to your computer.) So stand by for news of the next reunion.  Given the response to this one, we may need to do another in 2 years so we can all celebrate our 80th birthdays together. Click for larger image THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THHS54THSTHS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54 Our 57TH REUNION IS NOW HISTORY It was a great venue, the Cornucopia, a great meal, and a great crowd.  There were 42 classmates and a total of 67 people in attendance.  Even with all the reunions we've had many classmates were still connecting with people they haven't seen in years.  That's what it's all about, right?  If you want to see who was there, click on Classmates List on the left, follow the clickpath and look in the 2d and 3d columns in the address list.   Click on "57th Photos" on the left to see photos from Carmela Heuschkel and Steve and Teri Pinney.  I haven't had time yet to add captions.   If you have photos from this reunion or any other event that involves members of the class of 1954, send them to me, michaelbz@sbcglobal.net  We all enjoy the photos from our younger days as seen below. Stay tuned for news of our 60th, it's only 3 years away in 2014.  (2014?? Oy Veh, the decade is slipping by unnoticed!!) THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54   Checkout the nostalgia photos below Thanks to Gary and Marlene Parker and Carmela Heuschkel for the first two.  Joe Lucia sent in St. Francis 8th grade, and Mickey Vinisko Wetmore 8th grade.   If you have any similar ones, scan them in and send to me as .jpg files.  MichaelBz@sbcglobal.net Enjoy! THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54  Click on image for a larger picture East School Nativity Play - 6th or 7th Grade Everybody's there: the new baby, the beaming parents, the angels, the shepards, and the 3 kings.  The director told everyone to look at the baby but wouldn't you know, the only 2 people sneaking a peek at the camera are angels. The audience response to the performance at East School was overwhelming and the troupe had to do a second performance at St. Peter's Hall the following Friday night. The players are: Back Row, L to R: Joe Denza, Joanne Exner, Michael Bzullak, Jerry Alaimo, Dick Copertino, Larry Imrie, Bob Bollard. Front Row, L to R: Richard Lake, Sally Lamphier, Baby Jesus, Benita Cardegnio, Cute little red-haired girl 1 or 2 years behind us, Robert DalPozal. Wetmore 8th Grade - Miss Whitney's Home Room. Click on image for larger view. Wetmore School 8th Grade - Miss Whitney's Home Room (Rm 14) (Click on image for larger view.) There are still a couple classmates I can't identify.  Kids from East and North schools, help me out with the unknowns and any I got wrong.  Thanks. First Row, Lto R:         Beverly Rose, Jill Twitty, Joan Sparks , Betty Metle, Unknown, Merilyn Thompson, Joan McDonald, Harriet Ossen, Merilyn Peterson. Second Row , L to R: Eleanor Morton, Marjorie Peterson, Jan Peterson, Elaine Wolf, Sandra Meyer, Jane Woodhead, Lenora Summa, Olympia Teti. Third Row , L to R:     Paul Schroeder, John Kupcho, Gerry Zander, Jackie Valliere, Lennie Schmidt, Richard Silvernale, Robert Petrovits, Mickey Vinisko. Fourth Row , L to R:  Gary Parker, Frank Pennington, Pookie Piontkewicz, Ray Turbarge, Ronald Hitchcock, Charles Rice. Sanding, L to R: Miss Eva Whitney, Pussyfoot Johnson. Wetmore 8th Grade Graduation Classbook Thanks to Frank Pennington who sent in a copy of the Wetmore School classbook that was created by the students.  The class was made up  of students who attended the first seven grades in East and North schools.  Click on the link on the left to read the classbook.  It is a pdf file so you can adjust the page size using the circled minus/plus signs that show at the bottpm of the window. St. Francis 8th Grade. Click on photo for larrger image. St. Francis 8th Grade A big thank you to Joe Lucia for this one.  A different format than the others.  The hand-printed names are hard to read, even on the enlarged image so I'm providing a row-by-row list.    Top row, l to r:  Shirley Villar, May Harrington,    Joanne Toth, Eileen Smedick 2d row, l to r:    Willian Slaiby,    Elizabeth Gleeson 3d row, l to r:    David Lautz, Dorothy Hoben,      Angela Frigo, Robert Begey 4th row, l to r:   Rochelle Visini,  Nicholas Marracino 5th row, l to r:   Kathleen Magyar, Marcia Givanni,  Father Manning, Father Finn,  Ella Kosa, Theresa Porter 6th row, l to r:   John O’Connell, Raymond Smedick,    Josrfa Buryaczynska, Barbara Lee 7th row, l to r:   Robert Usher, Robert Smith, Mary Opperman, John Noonan, William Zavatkay, Joseph Ledda 8th row, l to r:   Eleanor Flynn, Jeannette Hache,          Kathleen Murphy, Donald Zele 9th row, l to r:   Claudia Thorpe, Concetta Andria, Henry Frauenhofer, Fiore Petricone, Patricia Hamm, Marguerite Kost 10th row, l to r: Raymond Fedorowicz, Henrietta Bolle,   Janet Nevin, John Doyle 11th row, l to r: Robert Nevin, Gerald Davis, Joan Buckley, Frances Beechnot, Thomas Burke, Lawrence Amoroso 12th row, l to r: Mary Ann Kubina, Patricia Perkins,    Bebe Casale, Frances Poll 13th row, l to r: Lynn Colligan, Margaret Kittle, Connie Kozlowski, Margaret Bendoraitis, Joan Seiser, Eileen Farley 14th row, l to r: Daniel Marcella, Richard Purcell,       John Rivers, Vincent Adams 15th row, l to r: Robert Garney, Robert Sharpenski, Patrick Higgins, Joseph Lucia, Thomas Budney, Thomas Gilson     Click on photo for larger image South School 8th Grade Sent in by Carmela Clapps Heuschkel (Click on it to get a larger image.) No need for help with this one, Carmela provided all the names.  Just to keep you on your toes, the names are from the top down and right to left in the rows.  Top Row, R to L: Edward Marfiak, Gerald Cantadore, Roger Bruttomesso, John Rudnyai, Reno Soucy, Vito Colucci, Thomas Iffland, Robert Smith Fifth Row, R to L: Joan Battistoni, Joann Veratelli, Elizabeth Frost, Gloria Baker, Angela Colangelo, Rae Cardillo, Dorothy Marchione, Shirley Sabia, Kathleen Iffland Fourth Row, R to L: Tillie Pagano, Regina Malone, Carla Auletta, Carmela Clapps, Roberta Valli, Junie Smith, Beverly Moscarillo Third Row, R to L: Amy Gangi, Loretta Cilfone, Sue Pergola, Barbara Michelet, Maire Torrizzo, Mary Ann Silano, Elizabeth Simmons, Beverly Bush Second Row, R to L: Elizabeth Misani, Ann Celadon, Shirley Clapps, Shirley Daley, Jackie Faliviene, Bernice Rhone, Elizabeth Yurashus, Marjorie Mossiman  Front Row, R to L: Wayne Richards, Gorden Thompson, Arthur Iffland, Pete Perlotto, Danny Vinal, Anthony Sarto, Julio Fassio, Frank Pagano                                              THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54 North School, 2d grade, or maybe 1st. North School 2d Grade, still some unknowns (Click on it for a larger image.) Thanks to Beverly Rose Caravati, Margaret Kittle Keywan, Cassandra Clark Westerman and John Murphy, we have been able to ID most, but not all, of our classmates in the photo.  Here's the latest (unk=unknown): Top Row, LtoR: unk, unk, Bebe Casale, Beverly Rose, Ms. Cramer, John Murphy, Ray Turbarge, Ms. Hogan 3d Row, LtoR: looking to the side=unk, unk, Jeannette Corey, Paul Schroeder, John Palladino, Donnie Bournuque 2d Row, LtoR: unk, Judy Mills, Catherine Jacob, Maron Jacob, unk, Bob Petrovits, unk Front row, LtoR: Joan Sparks, Mary Conlin, Georgianna Corlatti, Lynn Thompson, Lou Bruno, Pookie Zampaglione, John Woodilla, Gary Parker If you can identify any others or disagree with any of the above, please email me at michaelbz@sbcglobal.net  THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54   Our 55th reunion was a roaring success!  The decibel level did not diminish from start to finish!    If you were there, you know everyone had a great time. If you missed it, make sure you come to the next one.  We are planning to have another intermediate one in 3 years. Click on 55th Photos at the left for the first photos. If you want to see who was there, click on Classmates List on the left, then click again on the top line of the next page, and look in the second column for the Yes’s.  Send me your pictures If you have digital photos from the 55th reunion, please email them to me so we can share them here on the web site.  My email address is michaelbz@sbcglobal.net             THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54 The 53d reunion picnic was a roaring success! We had 57 classmates and a total of 93 attendees, just about half the number that attended our 50th reunion. Everyone enjoyed themselves spending time with classmates they haven't seen in a while. There were displays of old photos, THS54 clippings, and other nostalgia items. The food was good. The music was good until the laughter drowned it out and no one could hear it anymore. And of course the crowd was great.  THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54  Torrington Register Covers the Picnic The Torrington Register sent a reporter and photographer and there was a front-page article in the paper on Monday, July 23dalthough it was below the fold.   You can read the atricle by going to http://www.registercitizen.com, typing THS in the search field in the upper right corner.  Click GO.  Select a time frame from the "Articles from:" box.  Then click on the atricle titled: "THS class of '54 holds casual reunion."   THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54THS54 THS54 Click on photo for larger image Click on photo for larger image Click on photo for larger image Click on photo for larger image Click on photo for larger image