Guy Paul - Surfing the Decades

Kids & wives.  Gems, jazz & jail.  60-year friends.  Surfing with God.  Guy would have loved to attend our 50-year reunion, but was not able to do so.  He offers this video greeting in his place.

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Oldies But Goodies

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Biographical Update from Carol Callis Johns

The following was received as an email to our class from Carol Callis on 8/8/15

Greetings to the HHS Class of 65!
Since I am not going to be attending the reunion I did want to send my best wishes to the class.   I have to admit, I went to my husband's 50th reunion a few years ago (David Johns, Sharon HS Class of ' 63) and on our way home we talked about it and decided if we had it to do again we wouldn't travel from the State of Washington to attend.  Now, a couple of years later, it seems that the HHS Class of '65 reunion is taking on a life of it's own.  I must give credit to those who have been busy planning and organizing.  The enthusiasm is amazing!  David said to me this week, "We really might be missing something".  I am sure we are, however, our travel plans this year have been pretty busy and with children and grandchildren who live scattered around the country (Boston, Orlando and Chicago) we could not justify a trip to Sharon.

To let you know what I have been doing for the last 50 years, Wow!  I left home after HS and went to Allegheny General in Pgh to become a nurse.  I worked six months after graduation in Pgh and returned to Penn State graduating 12/69.  I got married and returned to Sharon General to teach in their nursing school while my husband finished at YSU.  We then moved to Baltimore, MD.  I went back to school at the University of MD and became a nurse educator, had two children and was divorced.  I ended up getting married to David who had custody of his two boys and when we were married our four children were 1, 2, 3, and 6.  I could write a book!  There was never a dull moment in our home in Jacksonville, FL.  We moved to Avon, Ct., that was where we were living when you had the 25th reunion but my in-laws were celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary the same weekend in Portland, ME (sorry I missed it!).  We moved to Fresno, CA where I taught Nursing at California State, Fresno and then on to Spokane, WA where I retired 4 years ago from Washington State University.  We finally did achieve an empty nest and our children are happy and productive adults. Now that they have children they wonder with amazement how we got them raised and educated, none of them are planning to have four children!  We celebrated our 36th wedding anniversary in May during an around the world trip that took 108 days ( who said it could be done in 80 days?).

I think it is amazing how many of you live in and around the area where we grew up.  I would love to talk with you and know what you have been doing.  We had a great childhood and were lucky to have grown up in Western PA!  I will be thinking of all of you next week and hope you have a wonderful celebration.  Best wishes and if we have a 60th I hope to attend!
Fondly,
Carol Callis Johns
Liberty Lake, WA


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HHS Class of 1965 2010 45-Year Reunion Photo

1. Jim Downing  2. Robert Gavala  3. Chuck Focht  4. Roman Namisnyk  5. Vic Ellenberger  6.  Donna Bonner Wansack  7. Jerry Keryan  8. Lynn Saternow  9. Jim Detelich  10. Ben Norris  11. Frank Beveridge  12. David Misko  13. Jim Fryman  14. Linda Merolillo Thornbrugh  15. Steve Laskey  16. Margie Grove Ford  17. Marie Halloran Kreidler  18. Greg Curtis  19. Dave Panin  20. Marilyn Thompson Bauer  21. Bill Barlett  22. Carolyn Tota Smith  23. Bob Muszik  24. Elaine Kuchmak Germadnik  25. Cynthia Hirsch Kosut  26. Evelyn Styduhar Perry  27. Shaun Lally  28. Andrea Bohach Grega  29. Pat Stanger  30. Ray Zagger  31. Ann Marie Sicilian Morocco  32. Tim Titus  33. Nancy Malone Titus  34. Bob McClimans  35. Bonita Shaffer Shaffer  36.  Leslie Elder Himes  37. Toni Kennedy Sheehan  38. Ron Klingle  39. ???  40. Margaret Miller Kananaan  41. Chuck Frankel  42. Ellen Muscarella Monroe  43. Darlene Collins  44. Jim Sparks  45. Tom Warrender

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That's it! Keep fit!

By Shirley Hodge Ulrich

I have done fitness walking for years. I wasn't able to exercise for a while because of a bad hip and spinal stenosis, but I had a hip replacement surgery in February 2013 and I'm good as new. Surgery was a blessing. Also I've done basic yoga, which I loved, but don't want to kick my new hip out of place, so yoga is on hold. 

Anyone not working out should just start to walk, a little at a time, You will feel great and it's so easy to do. Girls, buy yourselves some cute walking garb to lift your spirits and listen to some upbeat music. I walk to David Cook CD's (American Idol winner). Yes, I am a COOK COUGAR. 

Can't wait for the 50th class reunion.

- June 2014

Saternow on Klingle

Copyright, The Herald, Sharon, PA

Ron Klingle’s successes built by embracing risks

By LYNN SATERNOW | Posted: Saturday, September 6, 2014 7:00 am

Lynn Saternow

Lynn Saternow is sports editor of The Herald

ONE THING about Ron Klingle, he always thinks BIG. And so far his ideas have been big hits as well.

I say this after reading the front page Herald story Thursday about Klingle preparing to make the former Avalon Inn in Howland into a world-class destination, similar to Nemacolin resort in southwestern Pa.

When I emceed our 45th Hickory High School anniversary reunion, I lauded my 1965 classmate as: “How about Ron Klingle. He started out as a garbage man and he  now owns country clubs.”

Of course, he was a lot more than a typical guy driving a garbage truck who wakes you up early in the morning dumping your toter. He was head of a large waste company and parlayed it into a bunch of money.

He then became CEO and chairman of Avalon Holding Company, which brought about the huge expansion of the former Sharon County Club to become the beautiful palace known as Avalon at Buhl Park. And he oversaw work at both the former Avalon Lakes and Squaw Creek country clubs.

His idea was to provide country club settings for the average family, keeping prices low for all activities while serving the community. While some people scoffed at the concept at first, they have to be believers now.

Adding the Avalon Inn to the grouping of the three Avalon golf courses is a risk of course in today’s economy. But Klingle has never been afraid to take risks and that’s part of his success story.

I wonder if Ron would like to invest in a theater in downtown Sharon? Bringing in top national entertainment to coincide with people staying at the new resort hotel might not be a bad idea.

Hey, you can’t play golf at night. Then again, knowing Ron, he may want to put lights around all his golf courses so you can play 24 hours a day.

I’ll have to mention that at our 50th anniversary reunion next year!

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Speaking of people who think big, Frank and Julia Buhl were a couple who did just that when they donated Buhl Farm park to the people of this area.

And once again it was nice to visit the park on Buhl Day, which each year attracts thousands to take part in the festivities each Labor Day.

From the Buhl Community Recreation Center 5K race that opens the day, to the parade and all the activities at the park, again it was terrific. And once again the Buhls must have put in a word with Mother Nature, because the weather was fine.

As I talked with various people at the park, the one thing that was mentioned more than once was that there should be fireworks to conclude the evening, which would keep people later at the park.

Unfortunately, the Buhl Day organizers have a difficult enough time raising money to put on the day’s activities and the cost of fireworks could be prohibitive.

Maybe the Avalon at Buhl Park would sponsor them. Who owns that place, anyway?

LYNN SATERNOW writes this weekly column for the Opinion Page. He can be reached at lsaternow@sharonherald.com. Follow him atTwitter@HeraldSaternow.

Mrs. Young's Fudge Recipe

Mrs. Young had a home run with her Marshmallow fudge.  Mary Jo Bobish Peters and Ben Norris remember making it in class.  Nanci Wagner Bauer makes it still!  Thanks to Jim Banas for this vintage recipe:

Dug thru my Mom's recipe box and found the Mrs. Young fudge recipe. Here it is as written way back when:

           2 cups white sugar
           1 lg can evap milk
           1 Tblsp flour
           1/4# margarine or butter (original recepie said "oleo.")
           Cook together until forms a soft ball.  Let set on stove and add:
           8 oz. jar Marshmallow Creme
           2 bags chocolate bits
           1 cup broken nuts
           Stir until mixed and pour into a batter pan
               Makes 5#

Jim