WHO'S WHO ON THE CLASS PICTURE

With the great help of Mary Fischer, I've been able to identify the people on the class picture. (Actually, Mary got most of the names, I was an absolute eejit (as they say in Ireland) about who was who. Anyway, here is the list which will correspond with the class picture you were sent: (I only used first names and maiden name initials - you can find the full name on the list of attendees you were sent.)

Top Row: Bonnie W., Connie C., Delores R., Martha W., Barb A., Judy B, Geneva M., Sheila R., Ruth N., Pat H., Ruth L., Joyce J., Lois I., Carolyn A., Lucy F., Eileen L., Joy H., Marilyn K., Deanna B.
Row 3: Joanne S, Joyce F., Jane M., Marilyn P., Theresa H., Marilyn N., Wilma S., Connie S., Arlene W., Mary H., Valerie K., Mary Ann C., Madelyn K., Mary Alice H., Mary Jo K., Mary F., Peggy D., Carol L., Rita L., Judy B, Fran S.
Row 2: Marjorie K., Rosemary S., Joy K., Norma T., Mary Ann B., Jeanne D., Pat B., Sr. Barb P., Alice R. Ruth P., Mary Ann V., Lois M., Judy K., Kathy C., Diana L., Gail S.
Row 1: Toni G., Pat S., Donna H., Sally T., Judy Z., Carol T., Jeanne H., Bonnie H., Judy K., Ann S., Joyce D., Nancy B., Mary Grace H., Nancy E., Patii H., Pat K., Jean S.

I could easily have goofed on these names. If you have a correction, please send to me at Heimerm@fuse.net
Also, if you have any pictures that you would like me to include, please send them to me and I will add them to the gallery.

The Last of My Pictures!

These are the last few pictures I took at the Reunion. If you have some you would like to add, please send them to Heimerm@fuse.net
Picture 1: Sister Barb
Picture 2: Barb is Speaking; Valerie is enjoying it!
Picture 3: Nancy is listening.

Official Class Picture

The picture of our class came in the mail yesterday. It had the name of the blog on it so welcome to anyone who hasn't been here before as well as welcome to those who have been following it often. I'm getting to the end of my pictures, so if anyone else has some that you would like to have included, please send them to Heimerm@fuse.net
Thanks!
First names of the people in the pictures are as follows"
Top picture: Joy, Mary Ann, Norma
Middle picture: Mary Grace (Gracer), Sheila, Sally
Bottom Picture: Connie, Marilyn, Martha

The Mind is Going!

I'm just about finished with my pictures - don't forget to send along any that you would like everyone to see - Ruth is getting ready to send out the reunion picture and will include the web site in the mailing. (Thanks for the idea, Mary Fischer.) Send your pictures or ideas to me at heimerm@fuse.net
Unfortunately, my brain cells are just about shot and I can't come up with some of the names in the remaining pictures. Any help would be appreciated.
Top picture: Dianna and Joyce
Bottom picture: Judy, Pat, Marilyn and Pat

How My OLA Education Formed Me

A few people asked me to post this:

I learned many valuable things while at Our Lady of Angels:

---I learned to chew gum without moving my mouth.

---I learned that some staircases only go up, and some only go down.

---I learned that, if eaten with ketchup, mustard and pickle relish, a hot dog fulfills all a person’s daily nutritional needs.

---I learned you could get out of study hall if you volunteered to pray a rosary in chapel.

---I learned the proper form in volleyball:

if the ball is hit in your direction, immediately jerk to attention, cover your head with both arms, and duck.

---I learned that if you sew the neckline seams together, a bathrobe can be really hard to wear.

---I learned that, at the end of a long school day, you could wave good by to the nuns from a school bus window, and, AT THE SAME TIME, fan away the evidence of a lit cigarette.

Those bits of wisdom have saved me many times; and here is more:

---I learned to question and not to be deterred. In the book Catholic Girls’ Guide, written by a priest, I read that women shouldn’t study math---it’s too hard for their little heads.

I thought, what a wit! and went on, not just to study math but also to teach it---at the middle-school and high-school levels, and now to college students.

---I learned to value myself as a person and as a woman, by observing our admirable nuns as real PEOPLE and by succumbing to education at their hands.

---And I learned to value others, by getting to know, and working beside, you, my sisters and classmates.

I learned, and continue to learn, what a real friend is, and how to love even the flaws, how to love past my own flaws.

---I learned that God is always present, and so I can, and still do, pray: any time, any place---at home, at the supermarket, while driving, at work.

---From my days at Our Lady of Angels, I grasped somehow a sense of the sacred, and how to integrate it into my life, asking myself questions like,

what does God want from me, at this time and place?

I learned how to deepen and grow, day by day, though I can hardly say just how this happened.

I’m just grateful that it did.



All these things, I learned and lived by.

I treasure these memories of that brief time, and the wisdom imparted to me,

which so beautifully prepared me for my life up to now and steadies me, readies me, for my life yet to be experienced.

For I have learned that the best is yet to come.

And I look forward to sharing it with you!

(Nancy Ernst Conrad and I had long talks on the way to the school bus. I was always the questioning one - probably still am - but I must have absorbed some of those long-ago conversations. Also, thanks to my good friend, Connie Wolfer, who helped me put this into shape as I threw out most of the items in my fridge after our surprise visit from Hurrican Ike. - Mary)

Something in the Water

Here is some of the Saint Pete's contingent (all but Barb.) Someone commented how young they looked. Maybe it was the Reading water - though in later years we found out it came from radioactive wells!
Top picture: Mary Ann, Ruthie, Carol, Barb, Joy
Lower picture: Mary Grace (Gracer)

The Pics Go On

I'm getting close to the end of the pictures I was able to take at the Reunion. If you have some, send them to me, Mary Heimert: Heimerm@fuse.net and I will see that they are posted. Thanks, Mary

Gals in the pictures are
Top Pic: Marilyn
Second pic: Mary Jo, Sally, Lois
Third pic: Mary, Joy, Mary Ann