Verona
High School Class of 1959 50th Reunion
Comments
Received from Classmates About the Reunion
October 25, 2009 e-mail
* "Please let the committee know that the event was terrific and
Ilene and I appreciate all their hard work. Thanks to all.
Regards, Mike Garlock"
"Karen and Steve, * "Our 50th Reunion was a great success thanks to
All of you who worked so hard to make it happen. I am very proud and
thankfull to have been a part of it. All my best to everyone for
a happy and healthy future.
Thanks again, Guy Vanderhoof"
October 26, 2009 e-mail
* "To all
members (official and unofficial) of the Reunion Committee
Speaking for all
participants at our VHS '59 Reunion, we would like to thank all those
responsible for planning, organizing and executing a terrific 50th
Reunion. Reserving a banquet hall, stocking a suite with munchies,
beer and wine (and salmon!), hiring a band (+ Guy), hosting a cocktail
hour, making tee times, preparing a Memories booklet (I could go on,
but you get the idea) -- are all things that don't happen without
someone making them happen. We very much appreciate the hard work and
substantial effort of all members of the Reunion Committee. Thank you
very much for this great event!
Carl Esser"
*
"Thanks to you all, it was wonderful to be "Together Again:; it was a
great time; we'll see you at the next one! Hillbilly's Forever!
Fred and Donna"
* "Joining our classmates....huge thanks to all on the committee
making this the very best, most memorable of all our reunions. We
appreciate your hard work and efforts making it such a successful event.
Betsy and Bill Flavell
* "To all of the committee -- thanks so much for a wonderful reunion
-- it was perfect and I know how much work went into planning such a
great event! And, to all the classmates and spouses who attended
-- it was so good seeing and chatting with you. To all those who
didn't attend -- they truly missed a wonderful weekend! Thank you
again.
Gaye Harrison Smith"
"What a great job all you planners did!! Thanks so much for an
amazing walk down memory lane and for the opportunity to reconnect with
so many great, fun and interesting people.
Guy, I played your CD all the way back to Wilmington and sang at the top
of my longs...hope no one nearby heard me. I want to encourage
everyone to fill out the survey and send it in so we can all learn more
about each other, otherwise only John will know.
So glad I attended - Sharon"
* "The Class of 1959-Words cannot express how wonderful our Reunion
Committee did in planning our 50th Reunion. The memories will last a
lifetime for everyone. It was wonderful to reconnect with old friends
and classmates (and spouses too). The friendships we made in high
school have endured for 50 years and will continue. Hopefully we will
all see each other again in 5 years (or maybe when we are all 70 in a
couple of years. To each of the committee members a heartfelt thank
you. It was beyond words. Maureen"
* "To the committee,
My sincerest thanks for putting together such a memorable weekend. The
place, the band, the food, our friends. The turnout was spectacular.
You have outdone all previous reunions. I know that you'll never be
able to live up to the 50th.
To all of you who attended, it was SOOOooo good to see you all again, to
relive memories to catch up on all of our lives over the last 50 years.
To dance, to sing, to drink together, to eat together. It was an
experience that I'll not soon forget.
I surely hope to meet you all again at the next one. Five years????
Reunion Committee, what do you think??????
Gene Sheninger"
* "What a great couple of days. All members of the VHS 59 Committee
did a super job of putting things together so all of us could have
such a great time. Thanks also to our fellow classmates for
keeping old friendships alive and forging new ones. I don't think I
talked to that many people when I was at Verona High. I thank All of
You for a great time, both Friday and Saturday. I feel very
honored and thankful to have been a part of it.
Guy" * "Hats off to the Committee. Once again you planned
every detail to perfection. How did you arrange for everyone to
look so young?!!! Thanks for the wonderful memories.
Rose Wurgaft Scharlat"
* "Again--- great job by you people-- Fantastic time--
Steve and Karen" * "To the committee who put this reunion
together. THANK YOU!!! You did a wonderful job. I
don't think anyone ever noticed it was raining outside. The
friendly faces that we came in contact throughout the day made the
day brighter. It will be a reunion I will always
remember.
Barbara (Swenson)"
* "I would like to add my THANKS. I had a wonderful time, as
usual.
Marta"
* "John, My compliments on your photographic and organizational
talents. Beautiful picture.
Best, Laird"
* "MANY THANKS, JOHN!! It was great
to see you, Buffy and the gang again!!!!!Barbara Berke"
October 26, 2009 letter
* "I
would like to thank you and all the reunion committee for a wonderful
job, a great time. I realize the time and hard work that goes
into all the planning. Again many thanks,
Dottie
Intile"
* "Hi
John, Thank you for putting together such a great reunion. I had a
wonderful time.
Thanks,
Justine Seymour"
October 28, 2009 E-mail
*
"WE can only repeat what others have already said to the Reunion
Committee.
What a special weekend you gave us. Your planning and hard work
resulted in an outstanding reunion.
You succeeded in generating what we would guess is a record turnout, and
everyone had a great time.
Congratulations on a job so well done.
Ann and Greg"
* "Hey John,
I just visited the (your/our) VHS59 website. It looks like I missed a
wonderful event. Maybe I'll get my sorry, lethargic ass together for
the 55th, God willing. Great job to you and the committee, for this
great event, and for maintaining this site for zilch all these years.
Go John (and Buffy)!
Now please take this with a grain of salt. I was wondering why loading
the website took "hours." So, I peeked at some of the "dinner" pics,
etc, and found them to be unnecessarily huge.
Why? Then, I saw that the background jpeg was 360KB. Wow! The dinner
table pics were about 176KB. Might I ask why? They could easily be
reduced by 66 to 75%. Think about it.
For old farts like me with dialup connections, these huge files are a
pain in the ass.
I humbly enclose just a couple examples of how resizing these photos
could drastically reduce download time.
All the best. Thanks for being/hosting the Webmaster duties all these
years (but, it would be nice to clean up all the outdated crap).
Maybe see you in five. Ginny and I wish you, Buffy and family good
health.
Thanks again,
Don" Response: Don - We too are sorry you did not
attend the 50th Reunion. You would have had a great time.
Thanks for the comments on the web site and the size of the photos.
The photos on the web site were reduced in size from the original with
the hope it would speed downloading. The question is always
sacrificing picture quality for speed. With most people now
having high speed service the decision was made to reduce them by over
60%. Frankly, I create approximately 2 web sites a month for
clients which are frequently photo intensive and have not gotten any
complaint about downloading speed until yours. To test your
suggestion, I created a sample page and used your downsized photo as a
background and placed the two photos you provided side by side to
compare quality. While the background was a problem, there was not a significant difference in the quality of the photos. You can see the results by clicking
HERE. Thanks
again for your suggestions. In the future I will experiment with reducing the photo size so people
with dial-up service are not inconvenienced.
John
October 29, 2009 - E-mail
* "To
all VHS '59ers,
Just back today from the East Coast, I too echo those who have
expressed their appreciation for the organizing committee's hard
work in coming up with such a great "itinerary" for our 50th VHS
reunion. It was a huge success, and I had a wonderful time.
As an FYI, please note Sue Somers' email address, which she wants
everyone to use when contacting her. While en route to W. Orange, I
visited her at her home in Pitman, NJ (near Glassboro) one week ago
today, Thursday, Oct. 22. She mentioned that her correct email
address is: wallybob1@verizon.net but
somehow the new address hadn't been registered with the VHS website,
so she never received any of the e-communications this year about
the reunion. I have appended it to the "To" list above.
Best wishes to all of you,
Anne Shlionsky"
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