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Philip Hopfe

Hi Suzanne,   It is so nice to hear from all our classmates and to receive the support they have shown.   Debbie and I couldn't agree more with you about moving being a new adventure and a new chapter in our lives.
 

How I arrived in Canada......  I met Deb, a Canadian, 43 years ago in Sweden and we were married 41 years ago in small town in western PA.   Prior to our marriage we started our adventure in West Virginia.  We then moved to PA,CT, MA, RI, and Vancouver, BC.  We came to Vancouver to be with and assist Deb's aging mom. When she passed away at 92 we crossed the strait to our present location , Chemainus on Vancouver Island.  We thought we were done as the plan was to retire here. Apparently, we got it wrong, too funny.  Oh, I forgot a we had a short stop back in Needham between PA and CT.  We are thinking that this next move to NS will be the last, but considering our track record, it may not be the case, HA!  Deb's Mom's family arrived in Canada in 1666, on one of the first boats from France. Her Dad's family were British loyalists  who moved up from Vermont in 1779.  French was Deb's first language and while her English is better than mine, she still defaults to Québécois when talking to family. And yes, Québécois is very different than French, French.   In Brittany one will find similarities seeing many immigrated here from Brittany in the first waves that came over from France. Well travelled, Deb also speaks a bit of Italian and a smattering of Swedish , but those are bit rusty and would need to be refreshed.  While I still retain my US citizenship , I became a Canadian citizen in 2011.  I now hold the dubious honour of be able to pay taxes in two countries.  Fortunately, we Expats do not get double taxed, but we sure do have a lot of reporting to do.  The CRA, IRS and the US Treasury like to keep tabs on us and require extensive filings which are quite detailed.  They also seem to enjoy follow up questions, which require even more additional filings.  "Cross border"  accountants are essential and they do very well.  No one tells you this stuff when you leave.  It was a real surprise for sure.  While tax season can be a burden I have never regretted moving to Canada.  It's not better or worse, just different.  We have all the same issues  and problems, but on a different scale.  One thing that does standout is health care.  We do prefer our healthcare system here even with its inherent problems. Sometimes it can be inconvenient as care is triaged. You get the care you need, if and when you need it. It is not free as we pay via our tax structure.  We like that our fellow citizens are all covered and no one will lose their home or life savings due to a catastrophic medical condition.
So far it has worked very well for us. 

I think one telling difference between Canada and the US was pointed out by a Canadian historian who once observed.....Canada's culture was based on,  "peace, order and good governance".  America's culture was based on, "Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness ".   Whether one would agree or not, it is an interesting observation.  
 

As for boats...I would recommend that anyone with obsessive or addictive tendencies stay far away from boats.  Knitting , gardening or lawn bowling might be a better choice. 

We are also prolific gardeners growing a wide array of organic veggies, herbs , and ornamental flowers. Chemainus is located on Vancouver Island in the Cowichan Valley.  The name Cowichan is an English adaptation of the local First Nations people and means, " warm land'.   We have what climatologist call a Mediterranean Climate .  We are the envy of all of Canada seeing we have the warmest weather to be found north of the 49th parallel.   Presently we are still harvesting, kale, lettuces, beet greens, chards and a variety of herbs as well as onions in our greenhouse. Palm and banana trees can be found throughout the valley and we are the home of some of Canada's finest vineyards.  It's quite a place.   Moving to NS will be different and we will have to change our approach to gardening, but like you said, it will be a new chapter in our lives and a new adventure. We are looking forward to the change and feel confident it will go well.

Thank you for reaching out and your positive perspective on our move.   At some point I'll send out an update, but I have no idea when. I might have to report at our next reunion. I believe we are going to be quite busy going forward. I send along best wishes to you and your family for this New Year. Take care and be well, Phil.

Pauline Harwood (Wright)

A new grand baby sue! How exciting!!!

And Phil, my hubby and I are into boats and boating too! you are right it's addictive!  My hubby's family sailed the had a 28 '. cape Dory  they took all over Maine coast , and long island sound etc,I grew up on the ocean down humarock, so we were a good match! I'm happy anytime I'm on the water , and fortunate we don't get sea sick! We've had a few close calls ourselves . One time in block island sound coming into Jamestown area in Narragansett bay on the west side of Jamestown island a mini tornado was swirling around , I thought we were going to die! my hubby found a little harbor and we dropped anchor,  or maybe grabbed a mooring, I forget, I said , let's get off the boat and get on land! He said no stay here!  He stayed in the cockpit and watched the storm, I went in the cabin, and turned on the Tv! So I wouldn't be paying attention , if I was going to die, I didn't want to be knowing about it ahead of time! Lol now wh have  vacation home in naine on long lake , and stay out of the I ocean, and do all our boating on long lake in a 23 foot four  wins bow rider! But it gets us out  on the water, and maintenance   is so much easier not in salt water!  ( I still miss sleeping out on the boat!)   I have something in common with your wife, I am French Canadian decent on both my mother and fathers side, my mothers family was from van buren Maine , Acadian French , who beat the Brit's and got land grants from King George in mid 1700's , 14 Acadian French families settked in van buren , my mothers grandmothers house is the one in the middle of the Acadian  village in van buren! My grandfather Sylvio martin was 6'3" tall and blonde French because they were from Normandy or Brittany part  france, so the were Brits , not Gauls, and somewhat related to the Dutch . ( tall and blonde)  tough  people!  Otherwise they would have been sent down to Louisiana with the rest of the French as in the poem Evangeline! I come from tough stock!  On my fathers side , his English ancester George Paul HaRwood came to Montreal in 1781 with the British royal Press  and married Marguerite leussoeur , so yes my HaRwood Royal name got lost to a French girl in Canada!!, fir generations of Harwwod men marrying French women, finally moved to Boston , and two generations of Harwoid men marrying Irish women!  And then my father married a French woman! , so we carry this very English royal name if HaRwood ! But we have very little English Bloiod ! Mostly French and Irish ! And maybe 1/4 English and  mostly  because in 23 and me, the French on my mothers side who are from Brittany. Show up as British! Anyway, we gave Vern to Nova Scotia and all of Quebec and New Brunswick and love it there! Love the surprisingly warm water in Prince Edward Island! Lunenburg is gorgeous , we stayed there on a vacation once! I'd love to meet your wife , her background sounds fascinating! Chris and Ginny I love Plymouth ! I'm jealous a bit! I get the new chapter thing, I'm writing this from Florida, we are here for a month! But we just rent for now, we are making no commitments to Florida! Kids and family are all in ma! So ma and naine is it for now! I finally llove my little town of hopedale and don't want to leave ! 

Nice catching up with old needham friends! 

Philip Hopfe

Hey Pauline,

Jamestown was one of our favourite places to visit on our boat when we lived in RI.   Dutch Harbour on the western shore just as you enter the western passage. The Eastern side the village of Jamestown just opposite Newport.  We spent many days in that area.  Chopmist Charlie's was a great watering hole and food joint at the top of the hill and  the Narragansett for beer, pool and Blues.  Across the bay to Newport with tons of stuff to do.  Boating in RI and Block Island is  tough to beat.  

The French Canadian people had strong ties throughout New England.   The second largest FC population outside of Quebec was Woonsocket, RI.   Still to this day you will hear French spoken in some of the neighbourhoods there.  They came down to work in the textile mills .  There is also the French Canadian museum of work and culture located there.

So, you reside in Hopedale now?  Interesting, another town I spent some time in.  Small world.  I can only imagine how much it has changed.  There was a pond or maybe lake in Sherbon where I first learn to sail. I want to say it was a penguin class, but  not sure. 

There was also a watering hole and good burger place out that way.  Maybe Hopkinton? The train tracks ran right next to it and if the train went buy you'd get a drink or discounted drink.   Funny what we remember.

I think we were all so fortunate to grow up in the area.  It also appears we were all afforded a good education at Needham High before we Rockets were launched into the world.  It pleases me so many have done well.  Sad to those hear about those who are no longer with us, but there's no escaping that last dance. Until then enjoy, eh!

Deb is amazed at how connected our class is .  She thinks it is great.   Me too.   As always, take care and be well.   Enjoy your stay in FL.

Philip Hopfe

Charles, nice boat !    We lived in Lincoln , RI for 19 years.  We raced, J24s, 30s, and a Capri 30 which was Catalina's stripped down racing boat. Not sure how, but I ended up crewing for folks like Ken Read a two time Yachtsman of the Year winner and Phil Garland of Hall's Spar a seven time J24 world champion.  I was definitely punching up above my weight.   Oh, that was it, they needed rail meat !  More in line with my abilities, Deb and I cruised our Pearson 26 , "Bateau".  It sailed well and was comfortable enough to spend a few nights on.  Deb raced on an all woman's Rolex J24 team and had BIG fun.   I could not agree with you more that the cruising the area around RI is some of the best in the world!   While we have had boats out here in BC and the Gulf and San Jaun Islands are in sight of my front porch we both miss the boating culture back East. Once  resettled, I'll be looking for two little boats, a day sailor and a OB skiff, both in the 16 to 18 foot range.  We have never done the Newport-Bermuda race , but friends from Jamestown have.  Pretty sure our friend  Rob Lambert took a third place in one class a few years back.    We kept our boats in Swansea,  Mt. Hope  Bay  at one time, as well as East Greenwich. Great time in those days.  When we have visited back East we generally hang with boating friends in Bristol and south Dartmouth. Part of the reason we're moving is to be closer to that area.  My ashes are going swimming in those waters one day!  Enjoy and be well...Phil. 😎
 

Pauline Harwood (Wright)

best now  Wow  Phil!  
yes Dutch harbor was where we anchored,! Fun place we got off in Jamestown a few times also , we took our 32,foot searay Sundancer ( yes motor not sail) to block island , cutting hunk, Montauk , watch hill, fishers island, and of course all around Narraganset bay, 

prior to that we had smaller boats we took all around Boston harbor and all the islands,  also the  south shore from Plymouth to hull ,

my son and his wife live in Salem, so maybe we will investigate the north shore , right now in Florida we have fun in Tampa bay . 

it's surprising when I see so many people from needham sharing the same interests as we age!

It's nice to see how well many have done also, my hubby worked for Fm Global , so we lived in the 80'd outside of Houston Texas near NASA in seabrook Texas , on clear lake which goes into Galveston bay, where we bought our first boat! And my oldest son was born  in texas

Then we moved to Atlanta so became a southern belle for awhile and learned to say y'all

opened my own dance studios in both Houston and Atlanta

my youngest was born in Atlanta , im glad for our times living other parts of USA, Bostonians can be rather provincial! It's nice to see how other people do things! But im happy to be back in nassachusetts

currently I live waterfront in hopedale pond! And we have two canoes and two kayaks! We can fish from our back yard ,. If the weather is right , ( not lately) we can go ice skating too ) we love Hopedale! It's great little town, the mill is torn down now! Nothing is there big long story about a fight between the rr owner and the town . 

Hope you make it to our 55th? Now that you are on the east coast there might be a better chance! Fun times in homeroom with Mr Frost! 
Abd probably a class or two with you over the years? 
 

Best wishes with the move , oh yes I know all about woknsocket

or woonsockette! !

Of course Pauline is a French name! So your wife I'm sure knows that!

my grandmother Pauline Yvonne LaCharitie spoke French before english

 but didn't let my mother learn French as a young child's  so she wouldn't getvteased! Bottom line , French language was lost by our generation , and the embarrassing thing is, I got a d in French 3c my junior year, tgat subjunctive tense just about killed ne! Lol 

however I can ask for coffee ice cream in Montreal! 
happy new year 

Philip Hopfe

Morning Charles,  Small  world indeed!  Ken wouldn't remember me seeing I was one of many rail riders that hung on his deck.   The same goes for his brother Brad.  Phil Garland would remember Deb and I as we would always drop by Hall Spars when we visited back East.  We all used to grab lunch at Adian's Irish Pub in Bristol.  I'm sure you know the place.  I met Phil on a plane one day.  Nicest guy going.  We were off to hook up with a friend and his Tartan 37 I think it was in the Bahamas and Phil was heading to Biloxi, MS to rig his Dad's boat.   
I'd love to run in into him again one of these days.   I raced with Jay Flannery out of Bristol on his Capri 30 , CLIMAX.  Maybe you have crossed his path as well.   We campaigned that boat for close to 14 years up and down the bay.   I'm sure you and I were out there racing each other at some point.   I also had had a few go arounds in the classic Herreshoff S Boat fleet.  Lovely old timers. You're a lucky guy living and sailing in RI and the surrounding area.  Good on you !   Fair winds to you.........

David Goethel

Hello everyone,

For those of you snowbirds in the Stuart, Florida area, I will be doing a book talk and signing for "Endangered Species", on March 15th from 6-7PM at the Loxahatchee River Center in Jupiter, Fl.  I would love to see some of you there.  Registration is required on their web page https://lrdrivercenter.org/events-list/

For those of you still up in the New England cold, I'll be back up north with a few talks in Mass and NH coming up in April and May. Stay warm, spring is on the way! 
 

Hi David i am trying to ssend you an email somehow its not going through this is what i have on reco

egoethel@comcast.net

Carol Atwood (Toran)

just saw this link posted on a Needham website. Thinking it might interest some of you. A little Needham history.
Who knew?
CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW

https://videoplayer.telvue.com/player/O7e6JrKKSJ3H_TX3VgEvpbSSL7Dbnrk2/media/424583?autostart=false&showtabssearch=true&fullscreen=false

Chris Pooley

This video was awesome!  Ginny and I enjoyed seeing the Town growing up.  The storefronts from the 60's, 70's and 80's bring back lots of memories.  Henry Hicks commentary is an added bonus.  While in high school Keith Crawford and I used to bike over to Lake Sabrina in "West Needham" and climbed around in the bear caves from the old Baker amusement park (no bears).  

#ourlittletown 

David Solomon

Hi Everybody,

I hope everyone is doing well.

Remember me?  For the vast majority, probably not.  😊

During high school, I worked at McNamara’s Pharmacy (Rexall), weekdays from 3 to 6, and Saturdays from 9 to 12.  McNamara’s was on Great Plain Avenue, next to Brigham’s.

Like our classmate David, I have written a book.  It was published last month and it’s a parenting (actually, parenting plus) book, titled The Peace, No Arguments Mindset and 50 Other Ways to Achieve Positive Outcomes and Happiness for Your Children and Family.

The book will help parents prevent and resolve arguments to achieve positive outcomes and maintain the many benefits of harmony within the family.  Children and the family can enjoy peace and happiness, and create and cherish wonderful memories.

My wife Kathleen and I adopted our two daughters, at 10 and 12 years of age.  My parenting philosophies, principles, and practices have been developed and shared with our daughters.  I learned about the challenges of parenting, especially with the additional challenges of caring for children adopted when they were older with pre-adoption traumatic histories.

In addition to effective parenting strategies, the book provides strategies for argument prevention and resolution, and creating positive outcomes, for everyone.

The parenting principles and practices described in this book will probably not directly apply to you, the members of the Class of ’71.  However, your sons and daughters, or their sons and daughters, may (hopefully would) find the information in the book relevant and worthwhile.

If you would like to take a look and get more information, my website is:

https://thepeacenoargumentsmindset.com

The website has links to some of the places where the book (eBook and paperback) is available, including Amazon, Apple Books, Barnes & Noble, and Google Play Books.

Thank you for considering. 

Bye for now,

Dave

James O'Neil

I want to wish Suze (Pike) Seri an awesome AA Anniversary, 13 years sober today. As she mentioned when she posted a picture of us together last summer, we were in the same homeroom throughout junior and senior high school but did not speak a lot. We traveled in different circles but that is another story. Somehow, probably through this website, we found each other as recovering alcoholics several years ago. I cannot put into words how grateful I am to have her in my life now and to walk with her in our journey of recovery. We now follow each other's progress and encourage each other. The great part of this path is that it has room for any people who want to join us.

Congratulations, you are an inspiration for me and others and you continue to be a Rockstar!!!! 

With Love,

Jim

Suzanne Pike (Seri)

Thanks, Jim!  It's been a real trip in sobriety.  So cool that we talked after not communicating through over 50 years in the Needham school system! 

I hope if anyone in our class is having issues with alcohol, they can get the same help I got.  I couldn't do it alone-what a gift!  Jim & I are examples of what happens when you need help and ask for it.  No shame or judgement involved.

Joseph Iagulli

It's fun reading the posts above, now we have two authors from our small class; five decades on and I read that Jim Papadonis has significant history as a surfer, I envy that.  Also it seems a big group went to Babson for MBA, I didn't think of the MBA option until late 20's, and already had two children.  However no complaints, I've had a great life.  My wife and I are approaching our 50th anniversary next July, and our fifth grandchild is due in three months.   My key diversion continues to be downhill skiing, this winter I hope to have some grandchildren join me on the slopes in Lake Tahoe this coming February.  Considering a little bit of wanderlust in my small RV, it's been much too long since I experienced a New England fall, leaves, chill mornings, lobster rolls.  However, my winter will definitely be back here in Scottsdale, AZ.  I don't like East Coast cold.  Any skiiers from Class of 1971 want to come to Tahoe, I can organize the condo's?

Philip Hopfe

 Good morning Class of 71 !   Reading about Joe's wanderlust , and his jumping in his RV to check out the NE fall , brings a smile to my face, as I'm planning the same in the coming weeks .   As a matter of fact, my wife Debbie and I are about an hour east of Montreal and about 14 hours away from moving into our new home in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.   We're a day or two away from completing our trans Canada road trip.  It's been pretty wild, having left Vancouver Island on Sunday the 18th.   I had posted a while back about our move and had a number of classmates comment on their family connections to Nova Scotia.  While I would have loved to join the 71 turns 70 party, Deb and  I will have our hands full settling into our "new", 150 + year old home in Lunenburg on Nova Scotia's south shore.   We're situated in Lunenburg's historic district and are about 3 blocks from the iconic "BLUENOSE"  fishing/racing schooner.  The last 8 months have been something else. Selling and buying a house, purging and packing and then the  good byes to our west coast family and friends of twenty years.  Now, two days from sleeping in our new home we couldn't be more excited or exhausted by it all.  No complaints, we are both easterners at heart and are looking forward to our return.  Yes and even the winters...I'm looking forward to our next reunion and would hope to meet up any and all that make it.  In the meantime, if any of you are heading to NS by all means let me know and we can plan on meeting up......I'll probably need a break from unpacking and moving in.    Lunenburg is a historic place, a UNESCO world heritage site and just a lovely place to visit.  Summer is packed with tourists from around the world, but early June and the fall are near perfect.   We actually spent last Christmas there and had a ball.  No snow, but cold crisp and blue skies.  It sure beat the cold, damp and grey Vancouver Island winter. Joe, if I recall correctly we played little league together on the Ralf Kiner's team.  I'm pretty sure your dad was the coach.  I was never a good ball player, but it was fun and part of growing up in Needham, as was dancing lessons at the village club.  Gloves, clip on ties and my dad making me polish my shoes.  Too funny!   Anyway, Joe if your RV ever crosses the border swing by Lunenburg.  I'm pretty sure I will be here until my last dance with the grim reaper.  As it stand now , my dance card is pretty full and he hasn't booked his dance yet.  I intend to keep him waiting in a chair on the other side of the room......  To everyone who's attending the  71 turns 70 party , have a blast and go ROCKETS !    Have to see if I can get a bit of rest.  It's 3AM and we want to get on the road by 5 AM......we'll see how that works out, HA!  Enjoy, take care and be well....

An old Irish toast,

There are good ships and wood ships and ships that sail the seas, but the best ships are friendships and may they ever be.....Cheers  all, Phil & the sleeping Debbie. 

John Dewey

I came acroos today.  For those of us who went to Pollard, Mr Sim passed away.

https://www.lastingmemories.com/paul-siemering

We bid farewell to Paul Siemering (Cambridge, Massachusetts), whose journey of life gracefully concluded on September 4, 2024 at the age of 96. Paul touched countless lives with warmth and kindness, leaving behind cherished memories that will forever echo in hearts. Family and friends are welcome to leave their condolences on this memorial page and share them with the family.

Though Paul may no longer walk beside us, his memory will forever be enshrined in the fabric of the lives of those Paul touched, a beacon of light guiding us through the darkness. In his absence, his spirit lives on — a gentle whisper in the breeze, a ray of sunlight on a cloudy day, a reminder that love knows no boundaries.

 Paul wanted to send a message to his students. To those at Pollard, Mr. Sim sends lotsa love out to all of you and thanks for all the fun. Peace. Love. Bye.

Carol Atwood (Toran)

 Looked up a teacher from way back and spent the afternoon reminiscing with Armand Kazarian. Just one of the kindest teachers ever. At 87 years old forever young.

Suzanne Pike (Seri)

I remember Armand Kazarian!  He was my social studies teacher & maybe a homeroom teacher too.

Too bad I didn't do well in social studies...I did like him though.  Necessity is the mother of invention-he said that a lot, when we were studying China or Japan in class.  Anyone remember this?

So cool that you got to see him, Carol!

John Dewey

Carol Atwood (Toran)

Thoughts to pass along  from the class of 1970

A Prayerful Reflection of Thanksgiving for the Needham High School Class of 1970

Our classmate Steve Krueger sends this reflection to all of you on Thanksgiving. You can find a PDF here.  Many thanks to Steve. 

A Prayerful Reflection of Thanksgiving for the Needham High School Class of 1970

God of community, hope, and healing:

As we reflect this Thanksgiving, we offer our deepest gratitude for the opportunity You gave us to begin our life’s journey together in the idyllic working middle class Town of Needham in a community that met five days a week for nine months a year on a hill that is home to Needham High School, one of the top high schools in the state at that time and to this day.

Unbeknownst to us then, our community – including members of our class, teachers, administrators, and all at NHS – nurtured us through the challenges of high school life at a time when those challenges were compounded by societal change and upheaval and a most divisive war. Mindful of the recent Veterans’ Day Holiday, we honor all those who have served in our armed forces, but especially in Vietnam and armed conflicts.

We thank You for the gift of a faithful, supportive, and thriving community that helped instill in us values that helped us make our way in the world and form us into good citizens – including the values of solidarity, inclusion, civic responsibility, patriotism, and generosity and service.

We give thanks for the memories of our high school years, which psychologists tell us are among the most vivid and long lasting of our lives. As a class of over 400, our interests and growing passions were diverse and could fill a Sears or Whole Earth Catalog.

Yet we are grateful that we could still share memorable times of solidarity with one another – sometimes carrying on traditions – including cheering on our Needham Rockets sports teams, for which we are mindful on this day, of the occurrence of the oldest public high school rivalry in the nation – the Needham-Wellesley football game.

We recognize that our community was not only shaped by the people whom we saw in the halls of NHS, but by the culture in which we lived and we reflect with gratitude to have been with one another during what the ancient Chinese may have called “interesting times.”

We give thanks for the historical privilege of being part of one of the most transitional generations of our lifetime, a generation that saw new possibilities, symbolized in our culture by The Summer of Love, the changing melodies and lyrics of our music, perhaps most notably in The Beatles’ Sgt. Pepperalbum, and Woodstock.

In our reflections, we hold a spirit of Thanksgiving that in our youth President John F. Kennedy asked us to reach for impossible dreams which we not only attained — although some took longer than others — but in the process gained an understanding through one Earthrise photo of what it means to be one human family, making our high school concerns seem not quite so important and the solidarity of our human family more so.

We were still being formed as adults when we brutally lost a holy man who was a modern day prophetand a uniting political leader with a prophetic voice within 62 days of each other in 1968.

We humbly give thanks for thehistoric witness our generation received from You, with which we were left to discern the responsibility we would each accept to bring the truth and love and justice, that these prophetic leaders symbolized to us, into our world for all of our sisters and brothers.

And yet, in spite of the tumult of the era, we lift our hearts in thanks for the serendipity, thrills, and peace enjoyed in our community: a Volkswagen “Bug” appearing in the hallowed halls of NHS; back to back state hockey and soccer championships led by a future Olympian; and the reassurance of seeing the “Blue Tree” that united the Needham community and set our hearts aglow during the Holiday Season.

While we are mindful of the toll of the years – which takes us from one another or from ourselves – and the toll of the present time, may we be strengthened by giving thanks this week and always.

Bless those who are no longer with us; may their legacy inspire us to cherish one another more deeply.Bless those among us who struggle, that they may find strength in Your love and in the bonds we share.

Let us reflect with gratitude on all we have experienced, for all the challenges we have overcome, for the enduring ties that unite us and the blessings we have today.

May we be attentive to howthanksgiving anchors hope in the present. And may that awareness lead us to a humble understanding that giving thanks – for even the smallest blessings – provides a foundation for us to place our trust in future blessings for ourselves, our families, our community and society.

And may we always remain aware that Thanksgiving and hope are found in the bonds of community,which together provide us with a collective strength beyond our own capacity.

With hearts full of thanks for each other – and especially for those who have kept us together over the years – and for all the blessings in our lives, may we bring our shared values that unite us, and the best of who we are and who we are yet to become, to our families, one another, and to the communities in which we live for the benefit of our children, our grandchildren, and future generations.

Amen.

Carol Atwood (Toran)

Its a long one but worth a read.

Happy Holidays

Love and Peace

To all the ones we have loved and also the ones we have lost. 

Betsey Hill (Fitzgerald)

Beautiful words to give us wonderful thoughts of our special community that was Needham and NHS. Blessings to all!

John Dewey

I know Robbie Ftorek was a year ahead of us, but I saw this on a WHA (World Hockey Association) website.

Carol Atwood (Toran)

I see that Walter Sheilds has joined our class website. He also sent this message 

"Hi Carol,

I hope you remember me. Please send my best wishes to the classes of 70 and 71. I have so many fond memories of those 2 classes"

He was a great teacher and coach. One of the many great mentors we had at Needham High.

His email address:    issswltrshiess@gmail.com

Carol Atwood (Toran)

HAPPY Spring !

We have sent a deposit for our 55th class reunion dinner to be held at the village club in Needham.
 

So save the date for Saturday October 10, 2026. 

Pauline Harwood (Wright)

messing up my Columbus Day weekend in Maine, but as you say it might be the last one! On the calendar Carol!