UCHS Class of 1957

From Buddy Cooper's recent email and thanks to Maurry, here is a partial list of teachers at Flynn Park, until June 1951. Can you add to it? Please post additions, corrections in Comments. Principal............Miss Helen Rossi Kindergarten.....Mrs. Vaux 1st grade...........Miss Rodman (later became Mrs. Heck) 2nd grade..........Miss Waite 3rd grade...........Miss Meyers, Mrs. Goldwasser 4th grade............Miss Porter 5th grade............Miss Estes 6th grade............Mrs. Myers, Miss Colley Gym...................Miss Johnson, Mr. Oppliger Penmanship.......Miss Cornwell Music.................Miss Colley, Miss Ringgold What years or classes? (Corrections? Years? Spelling?) Miss Byington Miss Duncan Miss Larson Miss Lindell Miss Osborne Miss Whanger  (Wagner?)

Are you a member of the UCHS Alumni Association? Did you even know of the Association? If you click on this link, it will take you to the website for the Association: https://mo02202179.schoolwires.net/domain/68 Scroll down and look for Update your Directory Information  and then click on the link in that line. That's where you can opt-in for information.

From Ilene Gallop TO THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE FLYNN PARK GRADUATES!!!!!!!!!!! Along with our fun-filled U. City High School Reunion, Class of 1957, we are planning a FLYNN PARK REUNION on Saturday morning, September 2, 2017 from 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. at our old school.  This WILL NOT conflict with any U. City Reunion plans.  We are going to have juice, coffee, doughnuts, etc. - not too much food since we don't want to talk with our mouths full - Mrs. Rossi wouldn't approve of that! Please let us know if you are planning to attend our Flynn Park get-together, how many, your complete name, address, phone number and email address and send to: Ilene Gallop Litvag, 655 Fairways Circle, Creve Coeur, MO  63141, 314-432-8378,  writerlit@aol.com                                                          OR Sandy Kornblet Rosen, 14308 Conway Meadows Ct., Chesterfield, MO  63017,  314-469-1674,   sandij116@aol.com . COMMITTEE:  Alan Cupples, Joan Furlong Huisinga, Il

[Edited 4/9/17] Thanks to the classmates who are informing me of the difficulty (or impossibility) of posting comments on this blog. Please follow these steps - exactly. If you wish to post a comment, click on "Post a Comment". Write your comment. Please include your name. See the words above your comment that read "Comment as: select profile". Click on the dropdown arrow. If you have a GMail or AIM (AOL) account, use that. If not, select Anonymous. Click on Publish. Check the box "I'm not a robot". Next, you have to solve 1-2 CAPTCHAs. These prevent robots and spam. Read the direction and click on the correct squares. You might have to do this twice. Click on Publish. You might have to click on a second Publish. Click on Publish. Good luck! Once you get the hang of it, it's easy. Kind of like when you first used a flip-phone or a SmartPhone. If you still have problems, please send an email to  gusphilpott@gmail.com

Click to enlarge Where's the best place for barbecued ribs in St. Louis? You know, St. Louis-style babyback ribs. Slow-cooked. With the sauce cooked in over several hours, not just sloshed on top before they hit your plate. The best place used to be the Philpott back yard at 550 Warder Avenue, right across the street from Ann Billmyer's and two doors down from Dorothy Gershenson, and a few more doors and across the street from Linda Lochhead. Next was Mac's BBQ on the Rock Road. Anyone remember Mac's? But it's years later, and times and places have changed. Now I'm talkin' finger-lickin' ribs. The roll-up-your-sleeves-and-get-sauce-everywhere ribs. For my last birthday, I didn't want cake. I wanted Birthday Ribs! And I got them, too. Name your favorite BBQ joint in a comment below. Include the address or location. And your name, so you can be duly thanked!

Would you like to recommend a new topic, such as a reunion for your own grade school? Let's try to keep the number of topics few in number, and post your comments and questions under existing blog posts. If you would like to suggest a new topic, please email gusphilpott@gmail.com OK, all. This is your blog. Throw in your 2¢ worth, whenever you're ready. Thanks for reading!!!

From the Reunion Committee: Dear Classmates, Thanks to the generosity of Sandy Jaffe and the volunteer efforts of Gail Eisenkramer, a 60th Class Reunion Booklet will be distributed at the reunion.  If you wish to be included,  e-mail your name (including spouse and maiden name), email address, street address, and telephone number(s) to Gail Eisenkramer ( gbern1960@gmail.com ) as soon as possible.   The deadline for submission is July 1. Gail (and helpers) will collect and organize the names and information;  Sandy will print the booklets at no charge to us. The deadline is important to give him time to do the printing.   Please do NOT send your information to Buddy; he's got enough lists to keep busy! PLEASE PRINT CLEARLY Name: ___________________________________________________________________________ Nickname: _______________________________________________________________________ Name by which you were known at UCHS: ___________________

Looking for some recommendations for dining out during the reunion week-end? Feel free to name your favorite spots and to urge others in the right direction. Use the Comment box below. If you aren't identifiable from your email address, please include your name with your comment.

We are all appreciative (well, I know I am) of Buddy Cooper's tireless efforts to keep us informed of the goings-on of the Class of '57. I especially like his placement of photographs from our yearbook. Buddy's skills far exceed mine in this area. When I saw today's email with my pictures, I remembered a comment from my brother, Jim (UCHS '60), after he saw the first picture of me with a beard. I had returned from a raft trip through the Grand Canyon and had sent him one photo. That trip in 1981 was a 23-day white-water trip. There were 15 of us in three little rafts for 23 days. My beard  was really shaggy then. Jim wrote back that he always knew what he'd look like in three years by looking at a picture of me. But what he hadn't known was that the hair on top of his head was going to slide down over his chin! Have any of you other guys stopped shaving?

For those of you (you know who you are) who like to plan ahead, the 70th Reunion of the UCHS Class of '57 will be held in 2027. No need to make hotel reservations yet ... And hold off on airline reservations, too. The Committee for 2027 has not yet been announced, but they might work out a deal with Amazon for delivery of classmates by drones. Stay tuned... Now, if you think that's crazy, just check out this article from Time last year!

Have you been wondering who all your hard-working classmates are who are slaving away to make the 60th Reunion of our class worth your time, effort and money to attend? Well, here they are, along with their email addresses. Mary Bulger   MBulgerTeach@yahoo.com Bob Cohn   BCohn@TheJewishLight.com Buddy Cooper   BUDDYCOOP@aol.com Locke Dame Davoli   LDavoli@sbcglobal.net Gail Eisenkramer   GBern1960@gmail.com Rochelle Sheinbein Enger   RochelleSE@sbcglobal.net Roz Glaser   RozLen1@sbcglobal.net Milton Goldenberg   Milton@GoldenMgt.com Sandy Jaffe   SJaffe@booksource.com Jerry Kraus   JKraus@GRLawSTL.com Sandy Kornblet Rosen   Sandij116@aol.com Ilene Gallop Litvag   Writerlit@aol.com Judi Scissors   jscissors@charter.net Myra and Irl Solomon   MyraIrl@sbcglobal.net Email addresses have not been tested. Please report any corrections or changes to gusphilpott@gmail.com

Is there any interest in a Flynn Park reunion on the Saturday morning - or noon -- of our high school class reunion???   If so, please make your druthers known by April 10, 2017. That's right around the corner. Contact  Ilene Gallop Litvag,  writerlit@aol.com  314-432-8378 or  Sandy Kornblet Rosen,  Sandij116@aol.com  314-469-1674 If you don't make it by April 10, send an email to them, anyway.

Your cost for the week-end is $18.00 per person. This does not include lodging. As previously announced, the deadline for payment of the reunion week-end is August 8. Please make your check payable to Judi Scissors (not to UCHS Reunion). Mail your check to Judi Scissors 14416 Valley Meadow Court West Chesterfield, MO 63017 Be sure to include your Class Name with your check. If your phone number is not on your check, please include it in the envelope. Also, please include your email address, in case there is any need to communicate with you about your check.

The following was written by Buddy Cooper (buddycoop@aol.com) and distributed previously to all by email.  A note before reading this email. If you know of classmates that are  NOT  getting emails please pass this on to them by phone. We are trying to reach  ALL  classmates. Secondly, we will be working on a method of developing a booklet with all classmates who what to share their  (Full name),current full address, phone number, and email with others. So if you will include this information when communicating with me.  Buddy  Dear Classmates, With about 5 months to go, here is the update for our Class of 1957 - 60th Reunion Celebration: Labor Day Weekend, Saturday Sept. 2 and Sunday Sept. 3. Saturday: Meadowbrook Country Club, 5:00 PM - 7:30 PM: Meet and Greet, Mix and Mingle, Hug and Kiss!  Heavy Hors D'oeuvres. Cash bar. Free Valet Parking.  (200 Meadowbrook Country Club Estates, Ballwin, MO. 63011) Sunday, Meadowbrook Country Club, 11:00 AM -3:00 PM: Su

Welcome to (y)our new blog. In celebration of our coming 60th Anniversary (can you believe it?), this blog will be a central location for information, questions and answers. I'm working out the kinks right now for posting Reunion information and instructions for how you can post comments. In the Comment section below each article, you can make comments, seek to connect with classmates, gather reunion information such as dates, places, times, and ask your questions about where to eat, sleep and sightsee. When you see a comment with a question, you can provide an answer. It doesn't have to be the answer, just an answer. Whom can you blame for this? Gus Philpott (a/k/a Frank)