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Bob has a love of playing ball that dates back to his early years playing sandlot ball in his neighborhood and at the summer YMCA Camp Rotary. Bob displayed his baseball talent at Classical as a hard throwing pitcher and right fielder on the Rams 1936, 37, and 38 baseball teams. During the non-baseball seasons, you would find Bob on the sidelines as a Classical cheerleader. By the end of his time at Classical, he rose to the position of Head Cheerleader. Following graduation from Classical, Bob unsuccessfully tried out as a picture for the Red Sox in 1941.

Bob continued his love affair with baseball after being drafted into the Army Air force in March of 1941 were he became an Air Traffic Controller serving at many Army Airbases throughout the States – “I played ball and directed airway traffic at all the stops along the way”. Following his discharge from the Army Air Corps in Dec. 1945, Bob’s involvement with playing ball got lost along the way, or so it seemed, when several years passed before he found his way back to the diamond.

Then in 1986, following his retirement, Bob and his wife Nancy moved to North Fort Myers, Fl. where Bob rekindled his love of “playing ball”. In 1988 at the age of 68 he tried out for the Lake Fairways seasonal softball league for those over 55 and made the team. By 2002 his softball career had brought him to the Fort Meyers Over 80’s Softball League. In 2002 and 2003 his team qualified and won back to back championships in the 80 Plus World Series Softball Tournament in Des Monies, Iowa. Sad to say that Bob’s outstanding softball career was suddenly ended by a serious auto accident in2006. He is now ok and is concentrating his efforts in mastering the more gentle game of golf.

Two World Series Championships, not bad for a 89 year old kid who learned his skills on the ball diamonds of Lynn, Ma.

So far, reps from classes of 1983, 1984, and 1985 are participating on the “planning committee”…

Date is set, Band is booked, additional details will follow in the next couple of months.

SPREAD THE WORD….. PASS IT ON…..

Contact Mark Ward via email with questions
markeward@comcast.net

When:

Saturday, October 2, 2010 at 7:00pm – 12:00am

Where:

Gannon Golf Course Function Hall
60 Great Woods Road
Lynn, MA

When:
Sat Nov 28th 7pm

Where
Tatiana’s Restaurant
70 Market Street, Lynn

What
DJ, cash bar, and appetizers will be served.
There will also be a 50/50 raffle to raise money for a class of 1994 scholarship.

Cost:
Cost is $20 per ticket- Please make checks payable to Amy Dunn c/o LCHS class of 1994.

Checks can be mailed to:

Amy Dunn
Lynn Classical High School
235 O’Callaghan Way
Lynn, MA 01905

You may also drop off cash or checks at the school for Amy Dunn
Once payment is received, your name will be put on the invite list at the door. Please send payment by November 19th.

The organizers of this reunion have also set up an  Evite Page Here to RSVP

Who and What:

Class of 1964 45th Class Reunion

When:

Saturday, October 24, 2009
From 6pm-11pm

Where

Franco-American Hall,
535 Western Ave.
Lynn, MA  01904

Price

$35.00 per person

There will be a hot and cold buffet and dancing.

Dress is CASUAL!!

Information

For more information, please contact

Cheri (Willard) Repecko
Tel: 781-598-6951
email: REVLNGDOOR@AOL.COM

Mary Giangregorio
Tel: 978-394-4104
email:  MARYGIAN57@YAHOO.COM

Paul Kelly
Tel: 781-595-6259
email: PAULSKELLY@COMCAST.NET

Instructions for paying by Check or Money Order.

Please do not send payments for this reunion to the Alumni Association.
Organizers of this reunion are requesting Checks or money order be made out to: LCHS-1964
and mailed to

Cheri Repecko
32 Curran Rd.
Lynn, MA 01905

Please include name, number attending, maiden name (if applicable), address, telephone number, and an email address.

The College Years and Beyond

After graduating from Classical, Jeff entered UMass Amherst, and later transferred to UMass Boston earning a BA Degree in Sociology. After graduating from UMass Boston, he worked for four years at Lanier World Wide, a Fortune 100 company specializing in the global sales of office systems and equipment. Upon leaving World Wide, Jeff went to work for Knight Rider (now known as Ikon), a litigation support company. While at Knight Rider, Jeff worked to aid companies in litigation to discover, publish, and disseminate relevant evidence information.

In 1993, Jeff bought a house in Lynn and a few weeks later married his wife Lori. Their first child Jennifer was born in 1995 and their second child, Josilyn, followed in 1997.

In 1997 Jeff left Ikon to work for American Personnel/Accountsource, a head hunting permanent placement company. All was going well as Jeff’s family was growing and his was career continued to advanced at American Personnel. Then in 2001, their daughter Josilyn was diagnosed with Cystic Fibrosis.

Over the next couple of years Josilyn and her family endured a total of 34 weeks in the hospital to treat her condition. Jeff still managed to continued to maintain strong career advancement and by 2002, he was the Director of the company’s Permanent Placement Division and overseeing the company’s recruiters.

A Change of Plans:

In 2004, resulting from the challenges Jeff and his family now faced, Jeff began to believe that he was investing too much of himself into his job and not enough into his family. It was at this time that he and his wife Lori decided he should leave American Personnel/Accountsource and open his own placement company.

In 2005, Jeff opened ASP Staffing in downtown Lynn. The successful growth of his company led to the opening of an ASP Staffing branch office in Holliston Ma.  while ASP headquarters moved to Centennial Park Peabody Ma. Jeff is proud of the fact that his company has successfully worked with many Classical grads to find them new and better employment.

Today, Josilyn is doing well. Jeff credits her doctors and the CF Foundation for her current well-being. Josilyn is now 11 years old and is a student at Sisson Elememtary School in Lynn, MA. Her older sister Jennifer is now 13 years old, and is a student at Pickering Middle School in Lynn, MA. Both are young athletes active in softball, Pop Warner Football, skiing, swimming, horseback riding and track, and according to Jeff, are super students.

Jeff and Lori are strong advocates and fund raisers for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, pointing out that the Foundation is recognized as the number one non-profit foundation in the world, with ninety cents of every dollar going to find a cure for CF.

Jeff, keep up the fight.

Following graduation from Classical, Clark entered the University of New Hampshire graduating in 1989 with a B.A. Degree in History and a Minor in Art and Environmental Studies. In 1995, Clark was awarded a Diploma in Acupuncture from the National Certification of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine. Also in 1995, he was recognized as a Doctor of Oriental Medicine by the State of New Mexico.

Clark and Maureen, his wife of 10 years, are now living in Georgia with their three children Annalise 16, Michael 4, and Benjaimin 5.

They say some things get better with age – Wine , Cheese, the finer things in life. If that’s true, then we must have some pretty extraordinary Lynn Classical Alumni out there and we’d like to hear from them.

The Search Is On

We are looking for the oldest living graduate of Lynn Classical high School. If you graduated from Classical before 1938 or know of a living alumna who did, we want to hear from you.

Please leave a comment here on our web site or send us an email to classicalalumni@lynnclassicalalumni.org

Nectar would like to get reconnected with his friends and classmates from LCHS. You can contact Nectar by email or by  snail mail* .

Email: nkirkir1@yahoo.com
Snail Mail (postal):

Nectar Kirkiris
1705 Pavilion Way #401
Park Ridge, IL 60068

* Snail Mail is also known as the U.S. Postal Service.  Slow compared to email.

While serving in France, John attained the rank of Platoon Sergeant and took part in the capture of German rocket scientist Wernher Von Braun. As World War II in Europe neared its end, John, because of his knowledge of French learned at Classical and German learned at Nebraska U, was reassigned to the Counter Intelligence Corps of the 44th Div. where he worked against German saboteurs and other 5th column agents.

Following the end of the war, John returned to Harvard and graduated in 1946. He then entered Boston University, earning a Masters Degree in German Literature in 1949. John, with his new wife Betty, moved to Washington DC. He became a member of the National Security Agency [NSA] where he used his knowledge and talents as a former combat soldier and an intelligence operative to help protect our country from the threat of the Soviet Union. In the NSA, John worked as a cryptologist and became the Commandant of the NSA’s National Cryptology School. John also served seven years overseas with the Department of Defense retiring in 1980 as an Assistant Director.

John currently lives in Maryland with Betty, his wife of 57 years. He and Betty have three children, five grandchildren and a “gaggle” of step-great grandchildren.

What does John say about the impact that Classical has had on his life and those who attended Classical with him? “I shall be forever grateful to the preparation for life it gave to us.”

John, thank you for your dedication and service to our country.

Army Sgt. Nicole Meagher (Duyon) Class of 2004 is serving the United States in Iraq. Nicole shipped out for a 14 month deployment this past fall with the 167th Combat Support Sustainment Battalion. Nicole joined the Army just before her graduation in 2004. She attended Marian Court College and received an Associates Degree in Business in 2007. Nicole and her husband, Sean P. Meagher of Peabody, were married on July 9, 2008. Nicole will keep her maiden name while she serves in Iraq in honor of her grandfather, Joseph Duyon, who passed away this past Sept. God’s speed and protection Nicole.

Two outstanding Classical female athletes from the Class of 2004 are still making their marks on the playing fields. Monique Lee, a Quinnipac College basket standout, is now a graduate assistant coach in the Quinnipac women’s basketball program. Paula McGinn, a two-sport standout in soccer and softball at Endicott College, is an assistant soccer coach at Bishop Fenwick High School.