Dan Kirkley

Dan has left Canada and moved back to Fayetteville. 103 Fairfield St Fayetteville, NY 13066-2210 E-mail: dkirkley31@gmail.com

Jamie Steele

Hello Class of 66'ers from Jamie Steele, as we approach the 50 mark. I remember when my Dad went to his 50th HS reunion, and I thought 'how old' they all were when I saw the reunion picture. Well, that is now US. My Doc says I am pretty much OK, could lose 10+lbs. , but most of us should. No major body problems, and I recently strapped on my old tree climbing gear, and did some major tree trimming that pretty well impressed my 32 yr old neighbor, who is fond of calling me Mr. Wilson, as his 6 yr old is definitely a Dennis.

        My last communication to our site was likely about getting re-married in '05, and her job taking us to the 1,000 Islands, more specifically, Morristown, near Ogdensburg. I did a summer job on the last wooden, tour boat on the river for three years, and saw a lot of huge ocean going ships up real close. I created an exhibit at the local museum of some of my WWII collection, and restored the 1840's stone house, and grounds. I rather took a job break after 25 years of restoring houses in Syracuse, and ending up a landlord, having to deal with the four letter word; tenant. I had helped her and her two daughters finish advanced degrees, so it was a fair trade, but I was always busy. I also bought and sold antiques. Greg Wells helped me on the house restoration, as he did in Syracuse.

         A late life diagnosis of MS hit my wife, but she kept her job, however, it pretty much ended our dreams of hiking, canoeing, and huge gardens. Later, a near death illness, due to the MS, made her decide to live on her own, and dedicate herself to her children and grandkids. So, I had to sell the house, and move. Unfortunately, two plus years later the house remains unsold, it is really depressed in the north country.

        After a few difficult years, I ended up in Dansville, NY, an hour south of Rochester, with the sole purpose of being more active with the National Warplane Museum in Geneseo. About the time I made the move, they were preparing to fly our C-47 (civilian DC-3) back to Normandy for the 70th anniversary of D-Day. Reason being that our plane was the lead plane of the 2nd wave, the night of D-Day, and dropped 82nd Airborne troops into France. We did it. Look up Whiskey 7, or Return to Normandy, National Warplane Museum, and you can read all about it.

         As those paratroopers jumped feet first into France, I jumped into the museum with my rather extensive WWII collection of wings, pins, uniforms, home front, and other related items. They had no one to fill those shoes, so I was suddenly the display and collections manager, as it was never a place with exhibits, just piles of airplane parts, but they needed to be a real museum, and fast. It is all volunteer, but I just love it. I am often the only person there, in charge of the entire facility, and millions of dollars of historic airplanes. Yes, like most volunteer groups, only a few do most of the work.

      My pay off came with a ride in our W-7 on June 5th. We were to leave Geneseo around 7PM to do some fly overs for land events, and leave the plane in Rochester. Well, weather was the enemy for my trip, and we did not get airborne until 9PM. I did the math; add 5 hours to get to French time, made it June 6th, 2AM, exactly the day, and time our plane was spilling 82nd Troopers out the back door, 71 years prior. I looked at that door, and a chill overcame me. Our people found one man who jumped that day, and we took him up again in France. However, our folks also found four graves in Normandy of young men who jumped out that very door I was looking at, and did not survive the week. The pay back, bonus flight for me became a memorial flight, and I shall never forget it, or the men, our Fathers and Mothers, who saved our free world. If you find yourself near Geneseo, call me, and I'll give you the full tour.

      In the middle of all this transformation, my son, Andrew, and his wife, mostly his wife, gave the world Adelaide Braelyn Steele. They never talked about having kids, but here she is, nearly two now, and of course, very cute. She is so beautiful I told my son to give the mailman an extra twenty this year. Actually, she looks totally like his mom's family, and besides, he says his letter carrier is a lady. Both of them are social workers, and Andy works with our own Nancy Martin (White).

       My daughter, Elizabeth, was forced to leave her vet tech job due to back problems. She is now deep into a specialized radiology program, and will graduate soon. Kids these days really do have to adapt to the ever changing job market, and more education is the only way. Both my kids still live in the Syracuse area. Sadly, both my parents are  gone.

        So, here I am in a small town, rarely lock my doors, and love it. I have a huge garden, as I always have had, and keep busy with yet another old house. Greg Wells, again, has been here several times to help me do the fine tuning. He came down last winter from Old Forge just to stare at someone else's snow. We drank a lot of beer, toured around, and did more stuff on the house. He is the most skilled, and intelligent person I have ever known, he just doesn't look like it, (sorry Greg). We have great time. He fishes, I drink beer. I fuss with old uniforms, and he drinks beer. Perfect.

       I expect to see Terry Euston next week, and my door is open to any 66er who needs a place to stay in the west country. It is really beautiful here, and my dog is very friendly. If you have WWII stuff you don't need, bring it to the reunion, or call me. See you for the 50th (we all hope) Jamie Steele, jrs127@hotmail.com,  315-375-8516.

     

 

Camp Tellman

After 10 years labor and lots of $ we are leaving next week.  It is a major deal to close up house, throw out food, cancel cable, arrange for mail etc.

It will be a challenge to keep systems working, boat safe and wife happy!  We have the benefit of enthusiasm and a good resume of knowledge of our little ship "DULCINEA."

There will be a blog and we encourage your contributions.  We want to hear from you! 

Campbell Tellman

Hullar's Restaurant in Fayetteville

May 29, 2015

Jacob C. Hullar 3rd, 87, a lifelong resident of Fayetteville passed away peacefully on Friday. He was a graduate of Fayetteville High School and Morrisville College. During his school days he had his first job as bar mop at Hullar's working for his mother and father.

He continued what was to become a long and varied career, beginning as a farmer he combined from Pennsylvania to Connecticut. It was during this time that he met his wife Maria at The DeWitt restaurant where she was a waitress. He founded Hullar Enterprises and continued his work as an entrepreneur in many other business ventures. One which he was very proud was building Spring Ponds Hatchery on his property on Highbridge Street. He built the ponds and hatchery and for many years people have had the enjoyment of coming there to fish. Jake loved the challenge of work and the rewards it provided.

Nothing was more satisfying than a "hot tip" about a stock, especially if it proved true and made a profit! He loved farm animals and enjoyed the time he spent on his houseboat at Sylvan Beach.

Our father loved to tell stories about the characters that used to come and go in his life, when in fact he was the biggest character. He always looked forward to 6 a.m. breakfast with his breakfast club cronies. He loved nothing better than long rides in the country and reminiscing about his adventures and misadventures, over and over and over! (We'll leave Canada out!). Another love was the many years he enjoyed on the waters of Oneida Lake and the St. Lawrence River. Dad lead a colorful and checkered life. The stories spewed at family gatherings, appropriate or not. Dad would not want people to say "rest in peace", he would rather say "go raise a little hell" Dad always said "the after life must be pretty damn good, cause no one has ever come back", we love you Dad.

He is survived by his wife of 56 years, Maria Fabbri Hullar; his loving daughters, Susan Hullar, Nanette Hullar (Bernard Root III) and Nadia Hullar-Schepp; grandchildren, Joe and Jake Petro and Ethan and Larah Schepp; sister, Doris Bishop; and nephews and nieces, Don, Brad, Sherri and Jennie.

He was predeceased by his sister, Nancy Cross and brothers-in-law, Doug Cross and Ed Bishop.

Services will be private. Contributions in his memory may be made to Junior Diabetes Research Foundation, CNY Chapter, 100 Metropolitan Dr. #400, Liverpool, NY 13088.

Nancy Martin's father passed away

May 9, 2015 Lloyd Franklin Martin, Sr., 92, of Fayetteville, a winter resident of Jupiter, Florida, and most recently of the Nottingham in Jamesville, left this world on Saturday morning May 9, 2015, a year after his beloved wife of 70 years,...

Read Obituary

Published in Syracuse Post Standard from May 15 to May 17, 2015

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David Eckerson

 ... Dave Eckerson here ... I retired from the Foreign Service two years ago and now split time with my bride between houses in Northern Virginia and Seattle.  I was lured back to USAID to run our development program in Burma for a few months last September, and just did a month in El Salvador mentoring all the young'uns who now fill USAID's ranks.  On New Years Eve our daughter married the son of a family friend who died in the Asian Tsunami ten years ago.  We attended an amazing Buddhist remembrance ceremony on the remote island off the coast of Thailand where he died, along with survivors from around the world who came back to witness and relive that infamous day.  Five days later we had our daughter's wedding on the beach where her husband's dad was pulled out to sea.  Needless to say, the wedding and party afterward became one hell of a celebration of life on the island. We spent a month afterwards exploring Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos before returning to Virginia.  We head out to Seattle mid June via a northern route, and will return via a southern tack in October.  My email handle is davesbirthday@gmail.com if anyone wants to connect when we are either going or coming.     

Diane Storm

I'm glad I finally found our blog. Not much happening here, in Arizona. Yesterday was my first day at the pool since last summer. It sure felt good even though the winds were in excess of 25 mph. I'm looking forward to travelling back East this Fall and catching Josh Groban in Boston! I can't wait to see my daughter and family in NH, sister in VT, and maybe my daughter in GA.. The family is forever growing ~ 11 grandchildren (including triplets) and great grandson, Atty. Lots of plans to travel  'cause I'm really bored. Great to see what's happening with our class of '66!

Dan Sheedy

About the only "news" from here is about the two television series I've been doing for the past few years; "Living Alaska" and "Building Alaska."
Both are, obviously, filmed in Alaska and are based on life there. In "Living Alaska," we follow the home searches of families moving from the lower 48 to Alaska and in "Building Alaska" the film crew keeps track of wilderness builders who are struggling against the elements as they construct remote cabins and lodges out in the wild. 
Our older son, Ben, is getting married at the end of October. Jonathan, 24, is revving up his aerial video/photo business.
Jill and I are wobbling along together. Somehow, she has managed to stay married to me for almost 33 years. She must be crazy.

Maria Pulos Levy re Ed Zimmerman

Regarding ED -

It seems to me that he was a fictitious character in our class - Someone (wish I knew who) started signing "Ed Zimmerman was here" on desk tops, lockers, etc., etc.

WOULD LOVE TO KNOW WHO THAT "SOMEONE" WAS -

 

Cinda Meachem Sutton

....I am retired (almost 2 years now) from my "main job" of the past 29 years, teaching health & nursing & being the department head/director of the Practical Nursing program for our local Technical Center. I am currently working for a private company teaching review classes at schools of nursing for their national licensing exam.  I get to travel a lot & I love my job!  It is very flexible.  I can take an assignment or not, as I choose. I generally travel about 12-14 weeks a year.  I have 2 grand children who live a few blocks away & 2 others in Dallas.  I am hooked on my fitbit, walking 3-5 miles a day & doing swim aerobics daily when I am not on the road.  We see Larry Craigie each year, as well as Debbie Goode McCormick (FM Class of 67) I usually make at least 2 visits back to the FM area each year. We have a group of 8 of us who travel both in the US & abroad.  We are especially fans of River Cruising in Europe.  We will be spending a week in NYC this fall after spending a couple of weeks in Manlius with my Nursing School roommate.  All in all, it is a pretty nice life.  Can't complain! Just hard to believe it will be 50 years next year!! Where did the years go??

 

Lucinda Sutton

Linda Vandeven Beidleman

Linda Vandeven Beidleman lost her husband Jack last August. She has moved to Idaho to be near her son

John Beidleman* (1945 - 2014)   ( FM Class of 1963) 

John Bennett Beidleman Jr., 69, died Sunday, Aug. 3, 2014, at his home in Idaho Falls. He was born June 13, 1945, in Buffalo, N.Y., to John Bennett Beidleman Sr. and Mary Louise Stern Beidleman. He lived in Buffalo, Northboro, Mass.            

 

Herman Hale

Does anyone have a photo of Herman Hale?

News

Does anyone have news for the blog. Have not had contact with classmates in quite awhile. Is anyone even looking at this blog?

Please get in touch with me at debbydoolittle@yahoo.com

FM's Cross Country running team

Fayetteville Manlius High School cross country teams makes the news
see the link and click on it

www.today.com/video/today/57048488#57048488

50th Reunion

 

Just a reminder our

50th reunion

will be held in the fall of 2016

From Larry Carigie

 

My sister sent this to me.  I'm sure the 6666ers would like to see it.

Merry Christmas

Larry Craigie:
The Lombardi of Teen Running

High School Coach Bill Aris Has Won Nine National Titles by Stressing Teamwork Over Individuality

http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-lombardi-of-teen-running-1418431353

 

Aris became head coach at FM in 2004

Camp Tellman continued

Friends and Family,

We had a great Bon Voyage party on Sunday, November 30!  Weather was in the 60's, we stood around snacking/drinking/talking in the gravel road and almost everyone got to tour the boat.  I think it helped for people to see where we would be living and they realized the boat was less like camping...and in fact is a cozy little home w/ more ammenities than they imagined!

The next day we took our first trip on the boat in nine years. We went to Oriental (4 hour trip north on the ICW) to have radar installed and that went well.  However, during the trip we realized how rusty we had become from so many years of not boating...so it was a rather stressful trip (starboard bow line not there, ran aground, crash landings, etc).  Plus we still had several issues to solve...alternator, diesel heater, navigation screen that goes dark after 30 minutes.  We returned to Beaufort pretty stressed but kept working on issues and provisioning the boat...hoping for a December departure...and all the while waiting for this to become more fun! 

Well, at the end of the week one kind and brave friend of ours gently suggested we might consider delaying the trip south and do some local practice boating this winter.  And, we need to feel secure that everything on the boat is working well...something we don't feel right now.  That had been our plan for the fall...but we ran out of time so we were just going to leave and gain the skills on the way south.  We both quickly agreed that that plan made sense...so we are not going away this month after all.  Instead we are driving to Florida for a couple of weeks to be w/ my daughter and her family for Christmas.  When we return...we'll do short trips to New Bern, the Cape, Okracoke, etc.  Won't be the warm boating we'd planned on but at least we have a boat where we can be at the helm inside where it's warm. Richard...thanks for the great advice!

Disappointed?  Yes...but we've endured many worse disappointments in our lives!  So we'll just keep the faith and now we're looking forward to a spring trip...this time north?  Haha...we really shouldn't announce any plans!

Night, Lisa and Camp

Camp Tellman

Friends and Family,

Most of you know that Camp retired in June and Lisa is taking a trial year off from working so that we can spend the winter cruising on our sailboat.  It's been a lot of work to get ready but we are leaving within two weeks!  Our plan is go to where it is warm...south!  We will be in Ft Lauderdale near Callie and her family at Christmas and eventually start exploring the Keys and Bahamas.  That's the extent of our plans to date.  We'll return when it gets too hot down there!  Don't worry about our cat, Yeoman...he's going with us!

No, we've never cruised like this before...but we'll learn along the way. Camp has a lot of sailing experience and Lisa has been a first mate during all of our recreational sailing for a couple of years when we first met.  But the best way to learn is by doing so we'll gain a lot of knowledge.  We know the Coast Guard requirements and are fully compliant!

We will be traveling on a Nauticat '33, built in 1985.  This is not our boat but a stock picture from the Nauticat website nauticat.com.  These boats are made in Finland and are very seaworthy and good for living aboard.  Ours looks very much like this picture.  Her name is DULCINEA.

 

Camp has spent 9 years replacing/updating all systems so much of the boat is new (yes, 9 years...he's Dutch and can stick to a project like no one I know).  We have installed navigational systems that will keep us safer and make boating easier.  We are going to travel down the ICW with our friend, Dowl Bond, who has done it many times before.  When we cross the ocean to the Bahamas (just a one day or night trip) we will go with a group who has done it before.  So, we've done about as much as we can to ensure success.
 

If you would like to follow our travels please visit our blog:  http://elbarcodulcinea.blogspot.com/2014/11/blog-post.html.  In the right hand hand corner is a gray bar and you should be able to subscribe with your email in the 'followers' box.  If you do, you will receive an email to let us know that we have written a new post.  El barco means 'our boat' in Spanish.

 

 

Prayers for our classmate Dave Costello

Dave Costello

October 30 at 9:34am ·

Yesterday was a difficult day for me. It appears my time in Vietnam and exposure to Agent Orange has caught up to me. I have been diagnosed with the Leukemia noted below. That's a game changer and I am up for the challenge. God bless everyone and as I have said many times, enjoy each day you have as you never know when something like this happens. Prayers welcomed.

Chronic B-cell Leukemias and Agent Orange - Public Health

Veterans who develop chronic B-cell leukemias and were exposed to Agent Orange or other herbicides during military service do not have to prove a connection between their disease and service to be eligible to...

publichealth.va.gov|By US Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration

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By the way

I don't know if you noticed or not, but I listed a post as complements of Ed Zimmerman. Someone has been sending me obits for a couple of years now with a fake return address and signed Ed Zimmerman.

Any ideas on who it might be?

Tom Weller

It is Autumn in Alaska, one of the prettiest times up here.

We took a trip into the Interior about 150 miles northeast of Anchorage for a little R&R and a fall color journey.

I'll attach some pictures to this to give you a sense of the majesty of this great state. Winter is just around the corner, there is snow on the mountain peaks just north of town, so it won't be long before we revisit some of the typical Syracuse weather we tried so hard to get away from all those years back.

Hope you enjoy the pics.

 

Complements of Ed Zimmerman

James R. Hall  English teacher at FM junior high school.

Obituary James R. Hall, 81, of Jamesville, passed away Thursday. James was born in Cortland, the son of Clayton and Ruth Hall. He graduated from SUNY at Cortland in 1955 and did his graduate work at Bexley Hall, Kenyon College Ohio and Syracuse University. James was a teacher working for the Fayetteville-Manlius School District for 30 years and then 17 years with BOCES until his retirement in 2005. He loved his church and was a member of St. David's Episcopal Church. He worked for 30 years at the State Fair and was the Director of Cub Scout Camp Woodland. He was an avid sports fan. Surviving are his wife of 57 years, Gwendolyn; three sons, Scott (Gail) of Kirkville, James (Beth) of Herkimer, Keith (Kathleen) Hall of East Syracuse; four grandchildren, Morgan, Kathryn, Kelsey, and Bryce Hall; and 13 nieces and nephews. A memorial service will be held at 4 p.m. on Saturday, September 6, 2014 at St. David's Episcopal Church, 14 Jamar Dr., Fayetteville. Contributions may be made to if

 

Barbara Lipe passed away

Barbara C. Lipe

 Barbara C. Lipe, 87, of Manlius, passed away surrounded by family. Born on November 13, 1926 in Syracuse, Barbara graduated from Nottingham High School in 1944 and Syracuse University in 1948 with a B.S. in Food and Nutrition. Barbara was co-owner and manager of Lipe’s Dairy and established the first Village of Manlius Recycling Center. May 4, 1989 was declared Barbara Lipe Day in the Village of Manlius. Barbara was a crusader for the NYS Bottle Bill after opening a recycling center at Lipe’s Dairy in the early 1970s. She served on the OCCRA Board, received the F-M Rotary 1989 Citizen of the Year Award for volunteer service, the Post Standard 1990 Women of Achievement for Ecology the NSDAR Conservation Medal. Barbara was a charter and Board member of FM A Better Chance, member of the Preservation Association of CNY, served as a Trustee of the Manlius Library, a Girl Scout Leader, and volunteered for the Food Bank of CNY - Vista Volunteer Food Finder 1985-86, Regional Learning Service, Meals on Wheels and Literacy Volunteers. She served on the Environmental Management Council and was Task Force Chair and on the editorial staff of the CNY Environment newspaper. She was a member of Christ Episcopal Church in Manlius and Trinity Episcopal Church in Fayetteville and had served on the Vestry of both churches.
She was predeceased by her husband Willard C. “Bill” Lipe. She is survived by her children Pamela Lipe (Gary) Revercomb, Rebecca Lipe (Charlie) Fountain, Susan Lipe Edwards and Willard (Susan) Lipe; brother, Franklin Crandall; eleven grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; and two foster children: Don Perry and Vinh Vu.
A celebration of her life will be 3:00 pm Sunday, September 21, 2014 at Trinity Episcopal Church, 106 Chapel St., Fayetteville.
Contributions: may be made to FM A Better Chance, P.O. Box 355, Manlius, NY 13104, Women’s Opportunity Center, 901 James St., Syracuse, NY 13203 or the Food Bank of CNY, 7066 Interstate Island Rd., Syracuse, NY 13209.

 

Tom Weller

Hi all.

It has been a while since I have contributed to the site, so I thought I would update things a little. We have lost some great folks in the very recent past, so if you have not contacted your friends from class, it might be wise to do so. One never knows whether we will have the chance to communicate with those we were close to in school. As the years go by, we lose more and more friends and waiting until the reunions might be too late. Take the time to get in touch.
Anyway, I am still living in Alaska and enjoying every minute of it. While it might seem counterintuitive to have moved from San Diego to Anchorage, I believe it was one of my better decisions. This is an amazing state and I would highly recommend adding this place to your bucket list. Contrary to what you might see on TV these days, we don't all live off the grid and eat moose meat to survive, although given the state of the world, it might not be such a bad idea. However, civilization is alive and well up here.
After 38 years and many moves, I have retired from my career; that of repairing office duplicating equipment. While the career allowed me to work in some pretty amazing places(NYC, Philadelphia, San Diego), and work with some pretty amazing people, the business climate is becoming more challenging and less enjoyable, and I felt it was time to move on, if for no other reason than to regain my sanity a little. However, I was not ready to quit working, so I accepted a position working retail sales in the fishing department of the new Bass Pro Shops here in Anchorage. This is a 180 degree departure from my former career, but what better place could I wind up working in in Alaska? Probably will only be able to put up with it for 15 or 20 more years!!
That's about it from the " Last Frontier". Be well, take care, and as I said earlier in this rambling note, take the time to get in touch with those you cared about if you can. Tomorrow might be too late.
Tom

Memories

memories of the fifties….

 

Lost in the Fifties- Another Time, Another Place - Safeshare.TV

sent by Penny Zimmerman Jackson