CLASS OF 1959 / 50th REUNION GROUP PHOTO

Sarj,

People in Photo for 1959 Class Reunion

1st Row (Seated L-R) - Elizabeth Ebel Tracy, Martha Hertzer Hammel, Sue Cunningham Zucker, Joan Crilly Stoner, Bonnie Cline Estep, Sue Assenheimer Metz, Barbara Roland Strite. Susan Spencer Sevitz, Elaine Heck, Jeanne Mesnard Morgan, Kit Larick, David Pinkerton, Carl Lenhart

2nd Row (L-R) –Ernie Estep, Jim Sessions, Nancy Sherman Ferguson, Barbara Sfchlosser Karcher, Elaine Baugher Thom, Polly Williams Hoffman, Lyn Fauber Frontz, Carol Chinnis Taylor, Barbara Moffett Kingsmore, Betty Mitchell Hall, Betty Morrow Walker, Della Kimmel Rishty, Jean Fisher Angus, Lou Shepherd, Dorothy Moyer Drufee

3rd Row (Standing L-R) – Jerry Lupton, Fred Hepp, Larry Sager, John Eichhorn, Janis Briney Barba, Linda Mercer Cullen, Arlene Francis Cooper, Joan Reynolds Corriveau, Karen Blust Tuttle, Jackie Nusbaum Depp, Beverly Morris Mestrey, Margie Jacobs Johnson, Penny Heck Daughenbaugh, Mary Coleman Hohman, Tom Frederick, Bill Young

4th Row (L-R) – Carl Grieselding, Lynn Gamble, Bob Cress, Melvin Reedy, Dick Heebsh, Bob Taylor, Bill Roby, Robin VanCamp, Gene Miller, Wayne Shepherd, Bob Nichols, Gary Chaney, Steve Hartsel, Phyllis Feasel Banks, Monte Waters, Frank Bacon, Jerry Mathias, Ed Byrum

5th Row (l-R) – Jim Wetzel, Jim Drake, Rob Hartsell, Ralph Fraley., Jeff Inskeep-Fox, Gary Richardson, Burt Park, Doug Mills, Warren Spencer, Bill Stoner, John Morgan, Paul Moffett, Tony Briihl, John Durfee, Dean Strausbaugh, Lee Reed, Ron Wellman

Write-up of Reunion sent to the Advertiser-Tribune

50th Columbian Reunion

Tiffin Columbian High School, Class of 1959 celebrated their 50th reunion August 21-23, 2009. Activity highlights included golf, a dance at Hedges Boyer Park barn; tours of Clinton, Noble and our College Hill and Miami and Noble Schools; and a dinner Saturday night.

Out-of-state attendees were Frank and Patricia Bacon, Cornelius, NC; Ed and Carolyn Byrum, Jerome, MI; Bob and Margaret Cress, Smithfield, VA; Jim and Sara Drake, Fairfield Glade, TN; John and Dorothy (Moyer) Durfee, Dahinda, IL; John and Donna Eichhorn, Odessa, MO; Jeff and Sandra Innskeep-Fox, Clear Spring, MD; Ralph and Nancy Fraley, Adrian, MI; Lynn Gamble, Mariposa, CA; Carl and Martha Grieselding, Cartersville, GA; Steve Hartsel, Boca Raton, FL; Martha (Hertzer) and Ernie Hammel, Auburn Hills, MT;

Jeanne Mesnard Morgan, N. Augusta, SC; Doug and LouAnn Mille, Fort Wayne, IN; Barb (Moffett) and George Kingsmore, N. Ft. Myers, FL; John Morgan, Lexington, SC; Melvin and Jilma Reedy, Sacramento, CA; Gary Richardson, Escondido, CA; Barb Roland Strite, Indianapolis, IN; Barb (Schlosser) and Ken Karcher, Lakeland, FL; Jim and Janet Sessions, Safety Harbor, FL; Lou and Jane Shepherd, Flowery Branch, GA; Jim Wetzel, Virginia Beach, VA; and Bill and Mariska Young, McCormick, SC.

Tiffin attendees included Elaine Baugher Thom, Sue Brill Johnson, Jan Briney Barba, Mary (Coleman) and Claude Hohman, Joan (Crilly) and John Stoner, Lyn Fauber Frontz, Phyllis Feasel Banks, Jean (Fisher) and Joe Angus, Tom Frederick and Juanita, Elaine Heck, Penny (Heck) and Dick Daughenbaugh, Fred and Sue Hepp, Dave and Margie (Jacobs) Johnson, Della Kimmel Rishty, Jerry Lupton, Gene and Linda Miller, Betty Mitchell Hall, Paul and Alma Moffett, Bev Morris Mestrey, Bob and Cherie Nichols, Jackie Nusbaum Depp, Burt and Jane Park, Ernie and Janet Reed, Joan Reynolds Corriveau, Larry and Ina Sager, Wayne and Jane Shepherd, Nancy Sherman Ferguson, Robin VanCamp, Montie Waters and Polly Williams Hoffman.

Classmates and spouses from other Ohio sites were Sue (Assenheimer) and Doug Metz, Bowling Green; Karen (Blust) and Harold Tuttle, Upper Sandusky; Tony Briihl, N. Olmsted; Gary and Sue Chaney, Clyde; Carol (Chinnis) and Bob Taylor, Clyde; Ernie and Bonnie (Cline) Estep,

Akron; Sue Cunningham Zucker, Kingston; Elizabeth Ebel Tracy, New Albany; Arlene (Francis) and Paul Cooper, Luckey; Rob and Lynn Hartsell, Pickerington; Dick Heebsh, Findlay; Kit and Sally Larick, Geneva; Karl Lenhart, Attica; Betty (Morrow) and Art Walker, Gibsonburg; Jerry and Phyllis Mathias, Mt. Gilead; Linda (Mercer) and John Cullen, Akron; Dave and Carol Pinkerton, Troy; Bill and Bev Roby, McCutchenville; Sue (Spencer) and Tom Sevitz, Dublin; Warren and Ann Spencer, Green Springs; Bill and Sally Stoner, Fremont; Dean and Cheryl Strausbaugh, McCutchenville; Bob Taylor, Cardington and Ron Wellman, Maumee.

Thanks,

John & Joan Stoner

CLASS OF 1959 / 50th REUNION

Thanks to Barb (Moffett)Kingsmore Class of 1959 I have some photos of the party at the Barn the night before the reunion dinner. I have heard that a good time was had by all. I'm sorry I missed this party.

SENECA COUNTY COURTHOUSE

BREAKING NEWS!

Kay Huss class of '56 sent in this BIG NEWS STORY!

In case you are interested the seneca county commissoners voted 3-0 to save the courthouse yesterday.!!!

click on the following websites to view a video and a front page article wth pictures.

www.toledoblade.com

www.advertiser-tribune.com

Now to get the money!

CLASS OF 1954 REUNION

Barbara Kingsmore (class of 1959) attended her husband George Kingsmore's Class of 1954 Reunion this month and sent in these photos. Barb also attended her Class reunion the following week-end and has sent photos in for me to post for that reunion too.

Thanks Barb

For some of you that may not know Bill Groman of this class he was a very gifted football player and still holds some records in the NFL. Here's one link to follow RECORDS. You can google his name if you want more information, or maybe you want to buy his TOPPS CARD on eBay.

CLASS OF 1959 / 50TH REUNION

I have a lot of good friends in this class and I sure wish I could've been with them to celebrate. Bob Yeager made this note on his facebook page and I thought I would pass it on. I hope that Bob or others have photos for me to post. I keep hearing that everyone had a great time. Friday night dance in the Barn at Hedges Boyer Park, a fish fry and this was only Friday night.

Robert Yager

Last friday lunch at Hedges Boyer with about 40 classmates. Ross Kizer deep fried a whole bunch of perch, bluegills and crappie that he caught in CanadaWOW! Saturday lunch at Jolly's, dinner at Shellshuckers and then AMvets where the class of 59 was holhind their 50th. Great times with great friends.

HAPPY 70TH BIRTHDAY TO CLASS OF 1957

At the top is a photo I found on line of the Stainless Steel egg in Millennium Park in downtown Chicago.

Below that is the group from the class of 1957 that took the trip to celebrate their 70th birthdays.

Ed Mathias emailed me the photo and the letter below. I added the seal of Chicago to the photo thinking it would be a nice addition.

“Sarj,

As you know a few of us got together in Chicago to celebrate our 70th birthdays. Here we are under the big stainless egg in Millennium Park in downtown Chicago. Had a great time.

If you can't recognize everybody send me a note and I'll enumerate.

Ed”

Yes Ed send the name info and I will try to tag the photo so when you pass a mouse over the images the name of the person will appear. I know most of them but to be safe send the names in order.

Thanks Ed

Sarj

HOT SUMMER

I thought that since everyone in Tiffin has been telling me how Hot it is lately I would send you a video of Snow pictures I took over a couple of trips to Tiffin and some that friends sent me. The first photos are of Jim Wade's house during a blizzard a couple of years back. The next photos are of the house I grew up in on Franklin St. Then some of my second home, when I am visiting and that is Bob and Barb Bauer's house where the fron bedroom is called "The Bloom Room" because that's where I stay when I visit. The rest are just random houses that I took one day while driving around and the last is the windshield fo my car. DID THIS COOL YOU OFF? ARE YOU READY FOR WINTER YET? NOT YET YOU SAY!

VIVIAN BLANKENSHIP'S SUMMER VISITORS

Vivian Blankenship, a faithful contributor to my blog and web site, sent in these photos of (top) Walter Bowers in back and his lovely wife Jean (Mahoney '57) Bowers on the left and good friend Peg (Hunker '57) Thallman in the backyard of Vivian's house outside of Tiffin. The Bowers were visiting from FL.

Thanks Viv for sending in items to share.

Oops I got it wrong. Vivian wrote:

No you have it wrong it was in the Bell's back yard And they was visiting relatives in Elmore and friends in Tiffin

Sorry Viv....Sarj

OLD HOUSE IN TIFFIN

Vivian Blankenship sent these photos to me last year. It is an old house in Tiffin. I forget the location but maybe Vivian will tell us. Anyway I love buildings and old ones are a favorite too. Notice the brick street in front? Remember when all the streets were brick? Although I don't remembeer this particular house I do remember ones similar to it and it's part of my memories of Tiffin.

Vivian wrote back and said th house has been torn down now and it's only a vacant lot with weeds on the corner of Madison and Front streets.

thanks Viv

SEPT. LUNCHEON

Hello!

Lunch will be at TJ Willie's at 12:00 on September 4th. Please let me know if you can attend by August 28.

Thanks,

Vivian

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"THE HOOD"

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This is the neighbor hood of my youth. I roamed all the alleys and streets. I had friends to play games with and neighbor hood parents that you could go to for help if no one was home. I have great memories of the games we played. The accidents that happened and of course some of the dumb things we did as children. It was a good time to be a kid and as I look at this photo my memories take me back to those wonderful days of youth.

The house I grew up in is the third house in from Hall St. Good Ole' 245 Franklin St. see photo above.

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JUST A NOTE

Thanks to all of you that view the blog. Hopefully you will begin to leave comments or send in your stories and photos to shave with our friends from Old Columbian High.

FAMILY PRIDE

July 23 my grandson Vincent Tozzolo graduated from the U.S. Army Boot Camp at Fort Benning in Columbus, GA. My wife Jan and I drove up and stayed overnight to see the event. My daughter-in-law Mary Bloom and her children Richard, Julia and Olivia also made the trip and of course Vinny's parents and two sisters. So in all I had half of my grandchildren in one place which was great.

Vinny has really made this family proud, not just for joining the Army, but for the decisions he has made to take control of his life and set goals. I won't go into all the details but he made the choice to go back to school and get his HS diploma and then decided to join the Army to get the training and more education that will give him a good career. These are not easy decisions for a young man. Making such a commitment shows character that is missing in a lot of men today. I really don't know how to explain it but maybe you all know what I'm talking about.

Aside from the pride of seeing Vinny graduate and set off on his path to success I also got a sense from seeing all those fine young men that were also choosing to serve their country. If you watch the news today and hear some of the comments about our service men you may get the impression that not every things is well with our country. Well if you get the chance to wittiness a graduation ceremony or visit a military base you will come back with the impression that "All is Well" and our young men are just as brave, true and loyal as ever. I know because my grandson is one of them.

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