Cardinal Mindszenty High School Website
Dunkirk, New York

Cardinal Mindszenty High School
Web Site Editorial Page

To all Cardinal Mindszenty Grads and those of our sister school; St Mary’s  2/13/08

The Web Site had 43,259 as of 1-12-2007.

Today there are 47,943 visits. I guess this over 4600 visits in a little over a year indicate the popularity of the website. Still a one way street however. Not too many updates sent my way for inclusion to the web. 

In addition to the update, I went to the popular classmates.com and found listed under each class those grads who logged into classmates.com but not to the CMHS website. Perhaps some of you will contact them and ask them to supply the same information to our site. There is over 150 of them.

As many of You know, I have quit chasing down grads. This is the seventh year that it has been up on the web and hopefully it will be there for a few more.  

2009 will be the 55^th reunion of the Class of 1954.

Can You believe it? Dunkirk will probably have the 50^th reunion of the class of 58, 45^th of the class of 63 and so on. Perhaps someone from each reunion will take the time to send me the class update. We shall see. 

You will notice that on each class I have added 3 boxes on the bottom in the left hand column. Yellow, Green and Red. These indicate the year of the last update I have on the grad that sent in the information.

In Summary:

Still about the same. On the website, We have obtained 855 email addresses; roughly about a third of the total. 

We listed by State and by City so that you can see where the grads migrated to.

Tracking 2262 Grads.

429 stayed in Dunkirk

CMHS 60’s   77

CMHS 70’s   15 

REPEAT: Keep in mind that this is your website and the information contained herein is a collaborative effort. I have ceased chasing down the missing.   

THIS INTRO IS A WRAP

Happy Valentine’s Day

Sincerely,

Richard Gostomski (CMHS 54)

655 Beaverbrook Lane

Glendora, CA   91740

Tel: 626-335-3105

My email is        rgostomski@pcm3.com

The website is  http://mindszentymonarchmemories.yearbookhigh.com/

To all Cardinal Mindszenty Grads and those of our sister school; St Mary’s  1/12/07

 Before Christmas I sent out an inquiry to a selected few before posting it here to the site. Apparently there was none: nada: zip: So the message to this scribe was clear. No interest at all.

Saves me a lot of work.

However, since than about 8 or 9 grads thought it was a good idea and sent me along some info to start with. At least it’s a start. As a beginning I will have only one link with all grads posted to it. Should it necessitate we can than have it under each class. 

The Web Site has 43,259 as of this date. 

We have just finished sending out an inquiry to each class (Dec 29, 2006) along with their class directory, which hopefully will gather updated information. We received about 20 responses. This is an annual emailing.

In addition to the update, I went to classmates.com and found listed under each class those grads who logged into classmates.com but not to the CMHS website. Perhaps some of you will contact them and ask them to supply the same information to our site.

Some have noticed the difference between the individual class directories and the all encompassing one. As I get info from here on in, I will change it in both places. In the past when updating the individual class directories I did not post on a daily basis the information to these spreadsheets.

I did receive from about 10 grads the tragic happening surrounding Fr. Attea as he was at CMHS for a number of years. Our prayers are with him.

 This is a repeat from the last posting:

 In order to facilitate and keep the website informative and interesting we will attempt to provide info on each grad who wishes to participate in this venture. Your assistance as always is welcome. Keep in mind this info is not much different than that provided at reunions. Some very well done”.

Bio Information:

Education, Employment, Sports, Music, Military, Marriage, Children, Grandchildren Awards, Accomplishments

Any interesting facts U don’t mind sharing 

In Summary:

On the website, we have obtained 835 email addresses; roughly about a third of the total.

We listed by State and by City so that you can see where the grads migrated.

Tracking 2262 Grads.

429 stayed in Dunkirk

173 stayed in Fredonia and

1182 stayed in NYS followed by Florida (105), Ohio (62), PA (67), and CA (63).

There are also 153 grads that are deceased.

REPEAT: Keep in mind that this is your website and the information contained herein is a collaborative effort. I have ceased chasing down the missing.

THIS INTRO IS A WRAP

Sincerely,

Richard Gostomski (CMHS 54)

655 Beaverbrook Lane

Glendora, CA   91740

Tel: 626-335-3105

My email is        rgostomski@pcm3.com

The website is  http://mindszentymonarchmemories.yearbookhigh.com/

To all Cardinal Mindszenty Grads and those of our sister school; St Mary’s  1/2/07

Before Christmas I sent out an inquiry to a selected few before posting it here to the site. Apparently there was none: nada: zip: So the message to this scribe was clear. No interest at all.

Saves me a lot of work.

The Web Site has 42,949 visits.

In September 2006 we marked the beginning of the 6^th year of the CMHS Website. It continues to grow, although sporadically and usually after the first of the New Year when Grads are seeking info about their class reunion.

We have just finished sending out an inquiry to each class (Dec 29, 2006) along with their class directory, which hopefully will gather updated information. We received about 20 responses. This is an annual emailing.

So much for the directory: This is what I sent:

 “We are considering adding a link under each class which will contain short biographical information. This of course is a major undertaking and will therefore require some input and cooperation from the grads. Even though I know some of the stories, I do not intend to compose any of them.

In my conversations with many of the grads, I have listened to several stories and most of them of interest to me and would be to others. These of course I can’t manufacture; they need to come from YOU. 

We have found that it is easier to update the site on a daily basis rather than wait until we had several grad responses. You will notice at the top of each class is a date that indicates the last information we have for that class. 

We also updated as a source of information the lists, by State, by City, by email, the alphabetical list and the deceased. This is interesting information: I use it many times to locate persons that we need to update. These lists take time to format and so, as we recently found out, we will only produce semi-annually. To compose, I take each individual class directory and import it into a large spreadsheet. Than modify it to get the desired result. Hence, correct info contained in the individual directories and posted on a daily basis is not necessarily transposed to these spreadsheets.

“Using this information, I will try a test case (class) and try phoning to get the information as well as email. Whatever Works!!! It then can be used at reunions or for people who don’t attend; they can get information on their classmates. This in turn should be of CMHS historical interest. Hope this doesn’t offend anyone. If it does, U probably know my answer. 

In order to facilitate and keep the website informative and interesting we will attempt to provide info on each grad who wishes to participate in this venture. Your assistance as always is welcome. Keep in mind this info is not much different than that provided at reunions. Some very well done”. 

Bio Information:

Education, Employment, Sports, Music, Military, Marriage, Children, Grandchildren, Awards, Accomplishments.  Any interesting facts U don’t mind sharing .

In Summary:

On the website, we have obtained 835 email addresses; roughly about a third of the total.

We listed by State and by City so that you can see where the grads migrated to.

Tracking 2262 Grads.

442 stayed in Dunkirk

171 stayed in Fredonia and 1182 stayed in NYS followed by Florida (94), Ohio (62), PA (67), and CA (63).

There are also 141 grads that are deceased. 

REPEAT: Keep in mind that this is your website and the information contained herein is a collaborative effort. I have ceased chasing down the missing.

THIS INTRO IS A WRAP

Sincerely,

Richard Gostomski (CMHS 54)

655 Beaverbrook Lane

Glendora, CA   91740

Tel: 626-335-3105

To all Cardinal Mindszenty Grads and those of our sister school; St Mary’s 7/25/06

This is another update and posting of the website.  As of today, The Web Site has 41,137 visits. The flurry of site visits will go down until next spring when the site gets busy again. 

We have found that it is easier to update the site on a daily basis rather than wait until we had several grad responses. You will notice at the top of each class is a date that indicates the last information we have for that class. 

We also updated as a source of information the lists, by State, by City, by email, the alphabetical list and the deceased. This is interesting information.

 In Summary:

We have obtained 835 email addresses although there are still over 150 listed on classmates.com that have not responded to any of our requests. Additionally the promised class lists from the reunion coordinators have not been forthcoming. Promises made prior to their reunion become just that “promises” after the reunion.

There are also 139 grads that are deceased. As you can see we italicized them and put in red.

We listed by State and by City so that you can see where the grads migrated to. Tracking 2262 Grads.  442 stayed in Dunkirk.

171 stayed in Fredonia and 1182 stayed in NY State followed by Florida (94), Ohio (62), PA (67), and CA (63). 

REPEAT: Keep in mind that this is your website and the information contained herein is a collaborative effort. I have ceased chasing down the missing. 

Of note; we are still looking for two 1954 grads. Melvin Fafinski (ala Mel Forrester) and Ronnie Michalak. If anyone has information about them plz let me know. 

The Mike Orbinati testimonial was held a few weeks back and it was a smashing success. Paul Schrantz forwarded some photos, which we will post soon. Thanks to all that participated and hats off to Gary Hussion, Bob Muscato and all who attended.

THIS INTRO IS A WRAP

Sincerely,

Richard Gostomski (CMHS 54)

655 Beaverbrook Lane

Glendora, CA   91740

Tel: 626-335-3105

My email is        rgostomski@pcm3.com

The website is  http://mindszentymonarchmemories.yearbookhigh.com/

This is another update and posting of the website.  The Site has now over 38,793 visits.

We are posting the class directories that have been updated to March 1, 2006, as our intent is to keep the class lists current.  Please note there are still a lot of missing grads info.

The website visits will once again reach a flurry in the spring as each prepares for his/her visit to good “Ole Dunkirk, NY”. 

REPEAT: Keep in mind that this is your website and the information contained herein is a collaborative effort. I have ceased chasing down the missing.

Of note; we received an email from Gene Gallagher, CMHS 54. Amongst the missing for many years. Now in the fold.

Also there is a Mike Orbinati testimonial this summer spearheaded by Gary Hussion. Local connection with Bob Muscato.

THIS INTRO IS A WRAP

Sincerely,

Richard Gostomski (CMHS 54)

655 Beaverbrook Lane

Glendora, CA   91740

Tel: 626-335-3105

My email is        rgostomski@pcm3.com

The website is  http://mindszentymonarchmemories.yearbookhigh.com/

This is another update and posting of the website.  The Site has now over 38,200 visits. 

We are posting the class directories that have been updated to 10/24/05, as our intent is to keep the class lists on current.  Please note there is still a lot of missing grads info. 

Reunions are over for another year. We have heard from some classes and nada from others. It appears that with the locals not in attendance the grads that showed represent 25 to 50% of the class. (All classes that we know about). The website visits reach a flurry in the spring as each prepares for his/her visit to the City on the Lake. Right now not to many. As stated before some of them have just found out about the website. The grads that are interested do send in their updated information and this posting represents all the info we have to date. 

REPEAT: Keep in mind that this is your website and the information contained herein is a collaborative effort. I have ceased chasing down the missing.  I received this from a grad that I thought would be worth sharing. 

Class Reunions

 Every ten years, as summertime nears,
 an announcement arrives in the mail,
 A reunion is planned; it'll be really grand;
 Make plans to attend without fail.

 I'll never forget the first time we met;
 we tried so hard to impress.
 We drove fancy cars, smoked big cigars,
 and wore our most elegant dress.

 It was quite an affair; the whole class was there.
 It was held at a fancy hotel.
 We wined, and we dined, and we acted refined,
 and everyone thought it was swell.

 The men all conversed about who had been first
 to achieve great fortune and fame.
 Meanwhile, their spouses described their fine houses
 and how beautiful their children became.

The homecoming queen, who once had been lean,
 now weighed in at one-ninety-six.
 The jocks who were there had all lost their hair,
 and the cheerleaders could no longer do kicks.

 No one had heard about the class nerd
 who'd guided a spacecraft to the moon;
 Or poor little Jane, who's always been plain;
 She married a shipping tycoon.

 

The boy we'd decreed "most apt to succeed"
Was serving ten years in the pen,
While the one voted "least" now was a priest;
Just shows you can be wrong now and then.

They awarded a prize to one of the guys
who seemed to have aged the least.
Another was given to the grad that had driven
the farthest to attend the feast.

They took a class picture, a curious mixture
of beehives, crew cuts and wide ties.
Tall, short, or skinny, the style was the mini;
you never saw so many thighs.

At our next get-together, no one cared whether
they impressed their classmates or not.
The mood was informal, a whole lot more normal;
by this time we'd all gone to pot.

It was held out-of-doors, at the lake shores;

We ate hamburgers, coleslaw, and beans.
Then most of us lay around in the shade,
 in our comfortable T-shirts and jeans.

By the fortieth year, it was abundantly clear;
we were definitely over the hill.
Those who weren't dead had to crawl out of bed,
and be home in time for their pill.

And now I can't wait as they've set the date;
our sixtieth is coming, I'm told.
It should be a ball; they've rented a hall
At the Shady Rest Home for the old.

Repairs have been made on my old hearing aid;
my pacemaker's been turned up on high.
My wheelchair is oiled, and my teeth have been boiled;
and I've bought a new wig and glass eye.

I'm feeling quite hearty; I'm ready to party,
I'll dance until dawn's early light.
It'll be lots of fun; and I hope at least one
other person can make it that night.

I just received a CD from the class of 65 and will attempt to post it. It was most impressive, particularly showing each grad from the yearbook and than (for those that showed) a similar current one next to it in color. As a side note for the future it would be helpful if names could be attached to the photos as those who are interested but not from that specific class can relate.

This intro is a wrap.

Sincerely,

Richard Gostomski (CMHS 54)

655 Beaverbrook Lane

Glendora, CA   91740

Tel: 626-335-3105

This is another update and posting of the website.  The Site has now over 37,200 visits.

We are posting the class directories that have been updated to 5/1/05, as our intent is to keep the class lists on current.  Please note there are still a lot of missing grads info. 

As grads realize that this may be one of the years for their reunion, they start looking at the website. We have also noticed that for some of them they have just found out about the website.

Keep in mind that this is your website and the information contained herein is a collaborative effort. I have ceased chasing down the missing.

We have received some photos from Tim Donnelly via Pete Komada showing some of the 57 class. We will attempt to post these and ask the other classes for their info/photo’s so we can do the same.

This intro is a wrap.

Sincerely,

Richard Gostomski (CMHS 54)

655 Beaverbrook Lane

Glendora, CA   91740

Tel: 626-335-3105

This is another update and posting of the website.  The Site has now over 36,675 visits. 

We are posting the class directories that have been updated to 1/26/05, as our intent is to keep the class lists on current.

As grads realize that this may be one of the years for their reunion, they start looking at the website. We have also noticed that for some of them they have just found out about the website.

Keep in mind that this is your website and the information contained herein is a collaborative effort. I have ceased chasing down the missing.

This intro is a wrap.

Sincerely,

Richard Gostomski (CMHS 54)

655 Beaverbrook Lane

Glendora, CA   91740

Tel: 626-335-3105

My email is        rgostomski@pcm3.com

The website is  http://mindszentymonarchmemories.yearbookhigh.com/

This is a short posting of the web.

Primarily it is to display the 1954 combined HS reunion pictures in slide show format.  Photos are shown under Class of 1954, the link is Class Reunion Photos.

We have not attempted as of this writing to place names with faces.

You know who you are.

They were taken by Tony Vacanti, Paul Schrantz, Bob Wlodarek and yours truly.

We will in all likelihood use the slide show format to post the original yearbook pictures of each class.

To the other classes that wish to post their pictures to the CMHS website, send me the files, scans etc. etc. Since we are not local and don’t attend each and every reunion, we must depend on the grads to do due diligence. Remember it’s your website.

 As a reminder, we have scanned all CMHS yearbooks and they are available for the asking. No charge.

This intro is a wrap.

Sincerely,

Richard Gostomski (CMHS 54)

655 Beaverbrook Lane

Glendora, CA   91740

Tel: 626-335-3105

My email is        rgostomski@pcm3.com

The website is  http://mindszentymonarchmemories.yearbookhigh.com/

This is another update and posting of the website.  The Site has now over 34,500 visits

We are posting the class directories that have been updated to 7/29/04 as Our intent is to get the updated class lists on the website.

We have just attended the 50^th reunion of the first graduating class at CMHS in conjunction with St Mary’s and DHS (1954).  Photo’s and memorabilia will be in the next posting.

There were 29 new postings of grads on classmates.com.  We sent them all a note asking for info and received one response.

This intro is a wrap.

Sincerely,

Richard Gostomski (CMHS 54)

655 Beaverbrook Lane

Glendora, CA   91740

Tel: 626-335-3105

My email is        rgostomski@pcm3.com

The website is  http://mindszentymonarchmemories.yearbookhigh.com/

This is another update and posting of the website.  The Site has now over 21,666 visits

 We are posting the class directories that have been updated to 2/29/04.  We continue with the scanning of yearbook pictures for each class and will post them when we are able.

 This year is the 50^th reunion of the first graduating class at CMHS. (The Pioneer Class of 54) My Class. It is hoped that many will return for this event. “Pudgie” Miller of CMHS and Saranne Durkin (Karalus) from

St. Mary’s are representing these schools respectively. DHS of 54 will also be represented by Pat Biscaro. As of this writing the Dates are August 6^th ,& 7^th,  2004.

 You will also notice that there are many phone numbers listed.  A tedious time consuming effort. A few at a time.  However, if you have a phone and listed in the white pages, they are on the internet, which is where I got them.

There are still over 107 grads who have logged onto classmates.com that we would appreciate a response from. After at least 6 attempts to contact them we have given up.

 Where you see “classmates.com” in the class directories adjacent their name, this is where you can contact them.  In addition, updated class lists distributed at class reunions would also help.

It is also on a sad note that we report the following.  I received a note from Fr. Bechard SSE, that Fr. Sheehy SSE passed away on March 4^th, 2004 in Selma, AL.  For those of you old enough to remember, Fr Sheehy was in the first group of teachers at CMHS along with Fr. Lillis and Fr. “Mo”. (Picture is on the website) I logged numerous hours of detention from him as I tried to watch the construction of the new school thru the windows of the Gross Mansion. (Which concurrently happened to be in his Algebra Class). A fine person who will be missed and remembered.

This intro is a wrap.

Sincerely

Richard Gostomski (CMHS 54)

655 Beaverbrook Lane

Glendora, CA   91740

Tel: 626-335-3105

This is another update and posting of the website.  The Site has now over 21,600 visits

 We are posting the class directories that have been updated to 2/29/04.  We continue with the scanning of yearbook pictures for each class.

This year is the 50^th reunion of the first graduating class at CMHS. (The Pioneer Class of 54) My Class. It is hoped that many will return for this event. “Pudgie” Miller of CMHS and Saranne Durkin (Karalus) from

St. Mary’s are representing these schools respectively. DHS of 54 will also be represented. Date I heard last is August 6^th , 7^th and 8^th  2004.

There are still over 107 grads who have logged onto classmates.com that we would appreciate a response from. In addition, updated class lists distributed at class reunions would also help.

This intro is a wrap.

Sincerely

Richard Gostomski (CMHS 54)

655 Beaverbrook Lane

Glendora, CA   91740

Tel: 626-335-3105

This is another update and posting of the website.  The Site has now over 21,200 visits

 We are posting the class directories that have been updated to 12/31/03.  We continue with the scanning of yearbook pictures for each class.

This year is the 50^th reunion of the first graduating class (The Pioneer Class of 54) My Class. It is hoped that many will return for this event.  Pudgie Miller of CMHS and Saranne Durkin (Karalus) are representing these schools respectively.

DHS of 54 will also be represented. Date I heard last is August 4^th.

This intro is a wrap.

Sincerely

Richard Gostomski (CMHS 54)

655 Beaverbrook Lane

Glendora, CA   91740

Tel: 626-335-3105

This is another update and posting of the website.

1.      The Site has now over 17,600 visits

 We are posting the class directories only as we need to increase the size of the storage space so that we can continue with the yearbook pictures for each class. 

This intro is a wrap.

My email is rgostomski@pcm3.com

The website is     http://mindszentymonarchmemories.yearbookhigh.com/

Sincerely

Richard Gostomski (CMHS 54)

655 Beaverbrook Lane

Glendora, CA   91740 

 Tel: 626-335-3105

This is another update and posting of the website.

1.      The Site has now over 15,600 visits

2.      We are slowly but surely updating the database.  Some grads have sent in their revised emails.

3.      We approach 800 email addresses

We continue to be baffled by the lack of simple responses from a few of the grads. There are still over 70 that have logged on to classmates.com , which we have contacted, (several times) with no response from them.

There have been reunions, promised lists of grads etc . etc.  I can only post what information I receive.  So we appeal to those of you who do share the importance of the website to get off your duff and send me the info.  As we said before it’s your website.

As we go to press we received an updated list of the class of 1967 from Maureen  McGraw. (Stegel) Need about 15 more like her and we will have this database almost complete. She did an outstanding job. Should make her class proud. Shows what a little motivation and dedication can do.

As we approach the holiday season, many grads will be interested in contacting their classmates. Additionally the website may help those who are planning reunions for 2003.

In this posting we have started to display the class graduating pictures. Time consuming, so we will post a few classes each time. These are scans from the yearbooks we received from Coach Muscato. Current pictures would be helpful.

For those that want a CD Rom of a yearbook just let me know. It’s pretty simple to make a copy.

On a personal note we attended all the playoff and World Series games at Edison Field. Renews my faith in the game. Tremendous games. Outcome was always in doubt.  Also got rid of the canes and played a round of golf. (42 for 9 holes) “Keep your head down and eye on the ball”. Can’t hit what you can’t see. Next time out will tell the real story.

This intro is a wrap.

Sincerely

Richard Gostomski (CMHS 54)

655 Beaverbrook Lane

Glendora, CA   91740

Tel: 626-335-3105

This is another update and posting of the website.

1.      The Site has now over 12,700 visits

2.      We are slowly but surely updating the database. A bit here and a bit there. This posting is primarily telephone and address updates. A few photos.

We have not posted in awhile as this scribe underwent the knife for bilateral hip replacement surgery. Hats off to the medical profession and in particular to Dr. Dorr one of the worlds leading hip and knee replacement surgeons located right here in LA at Centinella Hospital.  Hospital to the Lakers & Dodgers. 

Today is post-op 30 and I am walking with cane ½ mile each day. 4 months out from a round of golf.

There are a few scattered photos we picked out from the Observer.

            Billy Mead’s passing

            Fr. Mo Obituary

Fellow Dunkirker, Dave Crisone who made it to the Major Leagues

We are also adding 2 interesting EXCEL files. One is a listing of grads by State Location and the other by Alphabet.  You will find them under the Statistics Page. A CMHS Grad may be living near you!!!

Still working on the best way to insert grad yearbook pictures. They are already scanned.

Also as we go to press, the reunion season should be well under way and we hope the beer tents and First Ward Falcons etc are getting the appropriate visits.

We hope that each class will have some photos to post on the website to be shared with those who did not make it back to Dunkirk.

My next scheduled visit to the Shores of Lake Erie will be next year in August as I tag along with Mrs. G (Dolly Cellino) for her 50^th reunion.

This intro is a wrap.

Sincerely

Richard Gostomski (CMHS 54)

655 Beaverbrook Lane

Glendora, CA   91740

Tel: 626-335-3105

This is another update and posting of the website.

1.      The Site has now gone over 11,500 visits

2.      We are slowly but surely updating the database. A bit here and a bit there. This posting is primarily telephone and address updates.

We are working on the best way to insert grad yearbook pictures. They are already scanned.

Repeat to the class of 79:  There were 14 Juniors that graduated with the 79 class and so we included their names in the 79 directories. I have no information on most of them. Let me know so we can update. 

This intro is a wrap.

Sincerely

Richard Gostomski   (CMHS54)   

655 Beaverbrook Lane

Glendora, CA   91740

Tel: 626-335-3105

This is another update and posting of the website.

1.      The Site has now gone over 8500 visits far exceeding my expectations. A real testament to the “CMHS Spirit”

2.      Due to folks changing email addresses  (because of failed servers), it would be helpful if you could send along a current one. I have no way of contacting you if you don’t visit the website and update your entry.

3.      We are slowly but surely updating the database. A bit here and a bit there.

4.      We have also used the Northern Chautauqua phone directory and AOL white pages to update addresses and phone numbers. I have heard no comments for or against so to help those searching, I am including addresses and phone numbers to the database. This is not privileged information as anyone who has a listed phone number is in the white pages on AOL. 

A few notes to consider when viewing the class directory “colors”.

“Blue” is a confirmed recent address.

“Green” is the last known whereabouts  on location; probably from a reunion list.

“Light Red”: is that an address or email has changed and I don’t have an update.

As soon as we have the most updated directories we will start to post the class pictures from the yearbooks.

One grad suggested getting a current picture of each so we can see past and present. Go for it. You send it. I’ll post it. Will get back to him and see if he’s the first to do so.

On the 27^th of May I received a note from Fr. Bechard informing me of the passing on May 25^th of our first Principal, Fr. Francis “MO” Moriarity. He was truly one of the great ones.

There were 14 Juniors that graduated with the 79 class and so we included their names in the 79 directories. I have no information on most of them. Let me know so we can update.

The database completion continues to be ongoing so we will try whatever means available to us to contact all grads.  THIS IS WHERE WE NEED YOUR HELP.

We are still missing about 1200 grads and hope that the referral system is alive and well to make the appropriate contacts.

REUNIONS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER

This intro is a wrap.

Sincerely

Richard Gostomski (CMHS 54)  655 Beaverbrook Lane         Glendora, CA   91740

Tel: 626-335-3105

This is an update and posting of the website. We have some comments for  your consideration.

1.      The Site has now gone over 7300 visits. Some upcoming class reunions have probably contributed to the use.

2.      Due to folks changing email addresses  (because of failed servers), it would be helpful if you could send along a current one. I have no way of contacting you if you don’t visit the website and update your entry.

3.      We are slowly but surely updating the database.  The reunion coordinators have been a great help.

4.      We have also used the Northern Chautauqua phone directory and AOL white pages to update addresses and phone numbers. I am debating whether or not to post these. Let me know your feelings.

The 1977 baseball team won it all; There is an excellent article written by Sean Kirst (77) detailing the events that led to the cup. Featured in the Buffalo Evening News Sunday Paper. I have the clipping which is quite large and would take some space and time to put on the website. However you can read all about it by going to the following  Just click on it and you should be there http://www.buffalonews.com/editorial/20020505/1042737.asp

Depending on the Buffalo Evening News archiving we may eventually need to post it here.

We are posting a few Articles from the Observer. Namely St Hedwig’s Church

In addition, we were in Dunkirk this past week for a funeral. As time was short we only had a few moments to take some  pictures of the churches.

St Joe’s and St Anthony's looked the same as we remembered them. Same with Mt Carmel in Silver Creek.  Sacred Heart and the Old Holy Trinity are wiped from the map and some non-descript apartments in their place.

Some time ago Frances O’Donohoe sent me several articles regarding the closing of our school  Most too depressing to print. However I did pullout the faculty in 79 as well as the grads (Juniors and Seniors) + closing flyer. There were 14 Juniors that graduated with the 79 class and so we updated the list. Had to dig for this one.Thanks Frances.

We have received a Memorial Day tribute to the grads of 1961 who were in the military; compliments of Roger Orcutt (61)

Look under the class of 61 where we posted it.

The database completion continues to be ongoing so we will try whatever means available to us to contact all grads.  THIS IS WHERE WE NEED YOUR HELP. Sharon Domst (66) recently sent me her updated class list. Jim Stryhalski (57) has sent his in as his class is having a reunion this summer. Between the 2 lists we have each gained some new information on grad locations.

We are still missing about 1200 grads and hope that the referral system is alive and well to make the appropriate contacts.

Some of you will be going to Dunkirk this summer and we hope you will pass the word to log onto the website . Classes of 57 & 77 are definitely on. Don’t know of others. Reunion photos would be appreciated. Special help from Bob Muscato and Joan Dean.

This intro is a wrap.

 Sincerely

Richard Gostomski (CMHS 54)

655 Beaverbrook Lane

Glendora, CA   91740

Tel: 626-335-3105

This is an update and posting of the website. We have some comments for  your consideration.

1.      The Site has now gone over 5200 visits.

2.      Due to folks changing email addresses  (because of failed servers), it would be helpful if you could send along a current one.

3.      We have tried once again to reach those who have logged on to classmates.com.  There are approximately 70  (2 have replied).

4.      We subscribe to the DK Observer and look for articles relating to CMHS Grads. When we find them we post them, as it is public information. Many of you have sent me notes and memos regarding your whereabouts and activities. We will not post anything without your permission.

5.     For you early Grads, I have just received word from Fr. Bechard (email is:bjbech1@juno.com ) that Fr. Sheehy has undergone surgery. Keep him in your prayers. You can reach him by emailing Brother Peter Stanfield. Email is pstanfield@juno.com.  Fr. Joe Hart, has access to Fr. Moriarty. His email is JHLSSE@aol.com.

6.      In the last 2 months, Two (54) grads have passed on. We offer our sincere condolences to their families.

You have all seen the enrollment numbers which we post every so often, 2148 total from 1954 thru 1979. We are attaching a new sheet to be found on the statistics page. It is not complete as we do not have a listing for all grads. It shows where Grads are located.

We will continue our work on the website and provide the forum that grads can use to contact one another.  The database completion continues to be ongoing so we will try whatever means available to us to contact all grads.  THIS IS WHERE WE NEED YOUR HELP. Sharon Domst (66) recently sent me her updated class list. Jim Stryhalski (57) is in the process of sending his.

We are still missing about 1200 grads and hope that the referral system is alive and well to make the appropriate contacts.

Some of you will be going to Dunkirk this summer and we hope you will pass the word to log onto the website . Reunion photos would be appreciated. Special help from Bob Muscato and Joan Dean.

This intro is a wrap.

Sincerely

Richard Gostomski (CMHS 54)

655 Beaverbrook Lane

Glendora, CA   91740

 Tel: 626-335-3105

This will be a short posting of the web with only this editorial and the updated class emails.

Although we recently cancelled the Las Vegas Get Together we have to editorialize just a bit and wish to make a few things clearer. 

We have not given up on the idea of what we started. Let’s just say we postponed it until 2003.

If the support is there vis-à-vis increased database, we will definitely give it another attempt.

 This hiatus will allow

1.      More contact to complete the database.

2.      We have numerous teachers who can’t make it during the school year.

3.      More planning is needed as I am not a convention planner.

We have refrained from calling this a reunion in fear that this would interfere with the local class reunion coordinators domain. The fact that with only 3 exceptions, we received no response from them regarding our request to share their grad lists. This lends some credence to our perception.

Each class has its own reunion in Dunkirk as it should be. Some classes were close knit and others not so. However they are what they are and treated as such.

For those that missed the point entirely, this is an opportunity to meet fellow grads from different years, not replace or infringe on local reunions.

Expand your horizons! Early on, with the start of the website it became apparent to me that meeting these grads would be an enriching & rewarding experience. It has not been done before and there is a thread of the CMHS SPIRIT that runs thru us all. Recent emails responses support this.

 Why Las Vegas ?

It has entertainment

It has hotels and accommodations second to none. It is fairly easy and cheap to get there as direct flights from almost every major City are readily available. 

Please! No more suggestions regarding holding the event in a tent at the CMHS football field in Dunkirk. This is a class event not a crass one.

We will spend a bit more time to find the right hotel with the right price and dates.  Grads shopping hotels for price was in direct conflict with what we tried to do at the NY NY.

By keeping a master list on EXCEL we are able to sort by City, by alphabet, by State, by Zip Code, by email etc. With the information we have so far here are some interesting statistics.

You have all seen the enrollment numbers which we post every so often. 2148 Total from 1954 thru 1979. We are attaching a new sheet to be found on the statistics page. It is not complete as we do not have a listing for all grads. 

We will continue our work on the website and provide the forum that grads can use to contact one another.  The database completion continues to be ongoing so we will try whatever means available to us to contact all grads.  THIS IS WHERE WE NEED YOUR HELP. 

We are still missing about 1200 grads and hope that the referral system is alive and well to make the appropriate contacts.  

We know that every summer (2002 NO EXCEPTION) there will be several class reunions held in Dunkirk and these events are being planned as this is written. Sending along a grad contact list by the reunion coordinators would be a plus for the website. We in turn might have located someone missing from your list. 

Some of you will be going to Dunkirk this summer and we hope you will pass the word to log onto the website and mention the 2003 event in Las Vegas. Reunion photos would be appreciated.

Sincerely 

Richard Gostomski (CMHS 54)

655 Beaverbrook Lane

Glendora, CA   91740

Tel: 626-335-3105

My email is rgostomski@pcm3.com

The website is     http://mindszentymonarchmemories.yearbookhigh.com/

We emailed all grads we have email addresses for regarding the Las Vegas Get-Together.

Additionally we sent out over 600 notices to those we had addresses for from the lists provided by Beth Marzullo & Roger Orcutt. As of this writing we continue as the list is long.

We sent a request to each and every CMHS reunion coordinator and with the exception of Roger Orcutt (61), Beth Marzullo (79)  Lisa Speziale & Jack Reilly (75) we received no response.

We sent a letter to each and every grad of St Mary’s from the clases of 1952 & 1953. We received a total of 6 responses out of a total of 59.

So what’s the purpose?: We spent hours and hours to create and maintain the website. There have been over 3250 visits, There are 388 grads who logged onto classmates.com. There appears to be a genuine interest in communicating with fellow grads

Some Comments we received.

“Why don’t we hold the event in Dunkirk?”

“I have 3 trips planned this year and Vegas would be the 4^th which we can’t make”

“The hotel is too expensive” etc. etc. etc. etc. etc.

To date (2/15/02) the NY NY hotel has received reservations for 9 grads & guests. Many have decided to stay in other Hotels because of the rates.  So be it!

We know from first hand information via email that there are at least 100 grads who have expressed their intent to make the journey.

With the current emails I have, we will make one more reminder attempt at contacting you with the hope that you will respond “yea or nea” 

It would be helpful if you personally could contact other grads, who may not have email or who have been out of touch (for whatever reason) to inform them of the event.

I have been getting a few returned emails for incorrect addresses (about 30)  Some of you have probably changed due to a few servers going defunct. Check the website and email me the corrections. 

Also been getting non-deliverable mail addresses for about 25 grads due to moving since last reunion update.

Sincerely

Richard Gostomski (CMHS 54)

655 Beaverbrook Lane

Glendora, CA   91740 

Tel: 626-335-3105

My email is        rgostomski@pcm3.com

The website is     http://mindszentymonarchmemories.yearbookhigh.com/

The group code at the NY NY is R09CMHS or

CMHS 25 Year Reunion

TO ALL CMHS GRADS & ST. MARY’S

This is the notification of the all-class (CMHS + St Mary’s) get together in Las Vegas.

Make your plans NOW. 

It will be held at the NEW YORK, NEW YORK, Las Vegas, NV on the 5,6,7, & 8^th of September, 2002.  After preliminary inquiries with the other Hotels, it finally seemed appropriate to hold the event at the NY, NY. After all, our school was in New York.

We plan a Friday night (9/6/02) dinner at 7PM (cocktails and social hour at 6) and a closing ceremony on Sunday @ Time to be determined.  In between times you can do as you like. You are the entertainment as well as your fellow CMHS / St Mary’s Grads. Catching up on old times will in all probability occupy your focus.

In our negotiations with the hotel, since we do not know how many of you will be there, we have established a drop dead date of of March 3^rd to give us an idea of how many are coming.  So please, if your intentions are to come, book the Hotel ASAP.  Please let me know when you book the hotel via email so I can track it on a spreadsheet. New York New York has a website: www.nynyhotelcasino.com

Even before this announcement we received a firm commitment earlier this week from  Dick Bartela (63) & Jackie Gula (Bartela) (66)  4 other grads have also decided to come. So lets follow suit.

The reason for the drop dead date: After March 3rd if the event is cancelled for any reason, I am on the hook personally for mucho bucks because of the Hotel's lost revenue.

Since I have personally guaranteed the financial commitment and will need to pay for the dinner ahead of time, you should send me a check for $200 (covers 2 persons) to cover the cost of same. If you are coming solo, It’s $100... if less I will refund the difference.

You make all your own reservations. Hotel and travel. Obviously you can come sooner and stay longer.

Check in is after 3PM.  Check out is at 11AM. Call the Hotel and ask for the Group Reservations Department.

The group code is R09CMHS or CMHS 25 Year Reunion

Each person is required to provide a major credit card for the first nights room and tax to be guaranteed accommodations. Reservations after the cut off date will be confirmed on a space available basis and at the prevailing room rates.

(Total NY NY rooms 2024) and discount them  Rates are special $89 for Thursday, $155 for Friday,$155 for-Saturday. If you stay over Sunday night, Room rate is $89.

There are several reasons for the early booking:

1. We are making special name tags.
2. There will be a special mementos of the occasion (need to know how many to make)
3. Favorable Hotel rates are dependent on room bookings
4. Dinner Reservations (seating capacity)
5. Events Coordinator

It would be helpful if you personally could contact other grads, who may not have email or who have been out of touch (for whatever reason) to inform them of the event 380 are listed on  www.classmates.com and we have had responses from 329. Total emails we have is 565  95% have been favorable for the get-together. If time allows and I have some help, I will try a snail mail to the grads I have addresses for but no email.

We have made an effort to post the website once a month and it will contain the latest information that we have. Any special ?’s email me. I will also post the spreadsheet of those planning on attending.

Fr. Don Fafinski (CMHS 58) has volunteered to contact the faculty.

I will contact the St Mary’s class of 54 as I have most of their emails. For those we don’t I will send them a note via mail. Same for the Class of 52 and 53.

There will be a handout. We will make copies of the grad lists sorted by class, alphabet, location & zip code.

As a side note there are at least 12 grads living in Las Vegas, maybe attending the event but not staying at the hotel. Let me know if you plan on attending.

The website has been visited over 2900 times and we hope the current info has proved useful.

I have been getting a few returned emails for incorrect addresses (about 30)  Some of you have probably changed due to a few servers going defunct. Check the website and email me the corrections.

Sincerely

Richard Gostomski (CMHS 54)

655 Beaverbrook Lane

Glendora, CA   91740

626-335-3105

My email is rgostomski@pcm3.com

The website is  http://mindszentymonarchmemories.yearbookhigh.com/

First and foremost we wish to thank all of you who have made a contribution to the website. Equally we wish each and every one of you a very Blessed Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Time again for a few updates. We finished scanning all the yearbooks on loan from Bob Muscato (55)  and returned them to him.

Other than St Mary’s 54, we have not had any response from the other classes perhaps due to newness of the site. We encourage those who can to contact these grads. You will see elsewhere in the website the St Mary’s classes of 52 & 53 because the local reunion coordinators provided me with their lists. Arlene Kuhn (DHS 53) and Jean Martin (DHS 52). These lists contain address and telephone #’s but not emails.

We continue to receive questions regarding the date for the all class get together in Las Vegas in late 2002. If I asked for a date convenient to all, we would have all 365 days requested. Human nature at its finest. Here’s the scoop.

1. Sometime in January 2002, We will pick a date wherein the hotel will hold a block of rooms. (hotels are hard to book in Vegas during Oct/Nov as this is their convention months.)
2. Our initial contacts with the hotels in Vegas suggests to us (based on normal seasonal occupancy and rates) that we plan around the following 2 blocks of time. The long weekends following Labor Day and Thanksgiving. September 5,6,7,8 and Dec 5,6,7,& 8.
3. Each grad can then make his/her reservation at the hotel or any of their choosing as well as travel arrangements. The get together will be 4 days but you can come before or plan on staying longer. We will choose 1 hotel as I will need to front the coin to hold the meeting room for the dates requested.
4. It will in all probability be a long weekend so that those still pulling the plough can make it if they chose. Until further notice. It will be a Thursday thru Sunday. If you want to stay longer, I’m sure there will be quite a few who will be doing the same.  I will canvass via the website what suits your fancy before making the date.
5. There is plenty of outside entertainment in Vegas as you all know, but our weekend will be for the grads to get together. You will be the entertainment.
6. We plan on an opening ceremony & dinner, on Thursday, say 7PM and a closing one on Sunday say 7PM. This will allow for flights out on Monday morning.
7. How many of the 2148 grads will attend?  My guess is about 400 + spouses. I will need to have a fairly good estimate before booking the room.
8. I have an email list for each class and will be sending the notification out sometime in late January 2002.

Last time we went thru each yearbook and took 3 representative picture pages from each year. The early years did not have many and the later years had more than enough. Any comments on this feature?

Each day we continue to receive a few Email addresses and as of this writing we are over 520. The email list and database is still on auto pilot and by word of mouth more and more grads are being told about the website.  Some grads have reviewed the email list and sent their corrections in as well as info on other grads. There are still about 72 grads listed in classmates.com who continue to ignore requests for email. So be it.

We received a few pictures from some classes and you will see them under their respective classes as we scan and add them to the web..  Please note that when you send in pictures, please identify the persons in the picture.

 Rather than look thru the entire website for updates, I will add here in the editorial page the things that we have added since the last update.

1. Updating the class email list
2. Enrollment page
3. Two new sub categories:

A. Current News of grads (Observer Clippings)

B. Sports all years. First add in is courtesy of Stan Kolassa (CMHS 57)

As we mentioned previously, the only contact I will be making over the next few weeks is with each class’s reunion coordinator in hope that they can send me their present contact list.

The CMHS Website has had almost 2400 visits as you can see when you log on.

We have started a spreadsheet for the Vegas get together, we need to know how many we can count on to be there.

A separate email to me (rgostomski@pcm3.com)  indicating