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Sunday, May 23, 2010 | The RepoRTeR | 3Fond du Lac High School - Celebrating 150 years!

Since 1859 when the first high school was established by Mr. Edwin C. Johnson and Miss M.S. Merrill, the Fond du Lac community has supported the ideals and objectives that made it possible for a thriving school system to pro-vide for its youngest citizens.

The Fond du Lac School District’s accomplishments are the direct result of the community’s beliefs that when we invest in our children, our investment returns to us in countless positive ways.

We firmly believe in the importance of developing dynamic community partnerships through collab-orative efforts.

This past year, as we celebrated Fond du Lac High School’s Sesquicentennial, we truly realized how es-sential those partnerships have been and continue to be for our success as an educational organization in the Fond du Lac community.

In partnering with The Reporter in the creation of the Sesquicentennial commemorative piece, we col-lectively pay tribute to and recognize alumni, parents, staff, community members and area businesses and organi-zations for their steadfast support of our schools.

It is hoped that this pictorial souvenir will provide com-munity members with an opportunity to reflect on how far we have come and recall with affection the events and ex-periences that have contributed to the consistent progress of our fine school district.

As a 1991 graduate of Goodrich, and now as superinten-dent of the Fond du Lac School District, this commemorative recognition of Fond du Lac High School’s enduring commit-ment to excellence is most certainly a keepsake.

It is my hope that this memento will touch the hearts of many proud citizens, past and present, for which Fond du Lac will always remain home.

On behalf of our entire Fond du Lac School District fam-ily, thank you for your ongoing support and may you simply enjoy this fantastic piece of history designed by the talented Reporter staff.

By James seBert superintendent | Fond du Lac schools

We want to pay tribute to alumni, community 150 years of educational excellence

TOP PHOTO—Jim Sebert puts up a shot for the Fondy Cards. MIDDLE PHOTO – Jim Sebert, Class of 1991. BOTTOM PHOTO — Superintendent of Schools Jim Sebert, 2010

COVER - FOuR HISTORIC HIgH SCHOOLS. The emblem signifying 150 years of academic excellence in the Fond du Lac High School experience is surrounded by images of four of the school district’s historic structures. Clockwise from upper left is an image of the first new high school building, constructed in 1865; the high school built in 1873 on Merrill Avenue, where Chegwin Elementary School is located; the “beak” of the current Fond du Lac High School on Campus Drive; and goodrich High School, 382 Linden St., which ceased operations as a high school in 2001.

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Eugene Noe was granted the respect he deserves at an all-class reunion held Saturday, May 8, at Fond du Lac High — for good reason.

Eugene Noe, 99, of Fond du Lac, is the oldest living graduate of Fond du Lac High School. His son, Dave Noe, accompanied him to the celebration.

The retired local postmaster graduated from high school in 1929, just before the great stock market crash. Though a derailed economy prohibited him from attending college, lessons learned during his high school days carried him through life, a career and his success as an artist and musician.

With a bird’s-eye view of Fond du Lac High School from his living room, Gene marvels at today’s expansive, red brick complex.

Completed in 2001, the $41 million, 400,000-square foot facility was made possible by the community through the passage of a $49 million school building referendum in 1999.

The referendum funding was used for technology upgrades, improving elementary schools, renovating the Goodrich building, and acquiring land and building a new high school.

It was during the late 1920s when Noe attended the city’s relatively new high school at that time at the corner of Linden and Ninth streets.

Gene and his family, including seven siblings, lived at 226 Fourth St., next door to a Civil War veteran named Mr. Howie, who held a big horn up to his ear to hear. The Noes walked to

Lasting memories made in high school during Depression years

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A walk down memory lane

the reporter photo by patrick floodeugene Noe, a 1929 graduate of fond du lac high School and an accomplished artist, shared stories about his high school years during a visit with fond du lac School district representatives cheri everson and Gloria Schmidt in early december. he fondly remembered Miss roberts, who taught public speaking; Mr. Schmitz, the band direc-tor; Miss haentze, who taught latin; and Mr. Merriman, who taught social studies. his hopes of attending college to pursue a degree in architecture were dashed when the economy plummeted due to the stock market crash. Noe was interviewed in recognition of the high school’s 150-year celebration and was asked to pose with his oil painting of fond du lac high School, a scene he views every day from his residence at lakeview estates.

yearbook photoeugene Noe, a 1929 graduate of fond du lac high


and from school in rain and snow, and pitied the students from farms who had to travel four-plus miles just to get an education.

“I mowed lawns for 10 cents. Sometimes a few of us would play baseball on our own, or go see a movie with actors like Fatty Arbuckle,” Gene recalled.

As a student, he took up clarinet and saxophone. His talents later led him to play in a 12-piece jazz band.

“Band teacher Joe Schmitz was a great influence on me. He represented music in the city back then,” he said.

Miss Roberts also made a lasting impression on her students, according to Noe. She was the one who taught students manners and how to speak in front of a crowd.

“She taught us how to act in restaurants and in public. I realized I could straighten myself out by having a kind of style,” Gene related.

Florence, his sweetheart and future wife, worked at Woolworth’s for 5 cents an hour. That was back when all the stores were located on Main Street, and the streets were crowded on Saturday nights.

“There were dances, so many dances. Dance halls were located in every small burg throughout the county,” Gene said.

Sometimes before a night out on the town, Gene and a friend would drive out to see the bootlegger on the farm. The purchase was always arranged in a cornfield.

When he was told he had enough credits to graduate early, Gene said no thanks. Jobs were scarce, and he wanted to savor his senior year in high school. After gradu-ation he worked for a decade at Rueping Leather Company.

‘Lot of tough times’“I remember a lot of tough times. There were homeless people who lived near the

river on the west side of town. I didn’t think about it a lot at the time. I was concerned for myself and my family,” he said.

Gene says he came through life “all right,” despite the fact he couldn’t go to college (he wanted to be an architect or an engineer). He retired as assistant local postmaster in 1973 and took up painting as a hobby later in life.

Gene and his late wife raised two sons, Dave and Don, and taught them to find a place in life they could enjoy.

If he could give one piece of advice to young people today, he would tell them to remain positive.

“Never put yourself down, or say you can’t do something,” he said.

“I preferred school and education over everything else. And I wanted to make sure that my children felt that way too,” he said.

THE REPORTER PHOTO BY PATRICK FLOOD Eugene Noe holds a painting he did of the new

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During the first couple of years that we were in the new high school, many tours were provided to com-munity members and other school districts.

I remember one elderly gentleman who stated that he wished he could come back to high school and ex-perience this wonderful new building as a student.

I have had the privilege of working at both Goodrich High School and the new high school.

I remember sitting at Woodworth Middle School with other school officials listening to the radio for the results of the school referendum on whether a

yes or no vote would be decided upon by the Fond du Lac School District voters. The vote was a narrow “Yes.”

I had no idea how fortunate I would be to be able to work in such a facility like Fond du Lac High School and serve the students and families of Fond du Lac.

The school was built to hold approximately 2,300 students. After the first semester, with an enrollment of almost 2,400 students, we had to add an additional 75 lockers in the academic area of the new building.

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Fond du Lac High School Principal Jon Wiltzius

THE REPORTER PHOTO BY JUSTIN CONNAHERFond du Lac High School Principal Jon Wiltzius addresses the audience during a celebration Feb. 19 of Fond du Lac High School’s 150th year. On the panel next to Wiltzius are images of Goodrich High School, top; Ed Fruth, bottom left, longtime coach and teacher (Fruth Field is named in his honor); and Lowell P. Goodrich, former superintendent of schools (L. P. Goodrich High School was named in his honor).

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When asked about my fondest memories of high school, I took the opportunity to go back and walk the route that I used to take to L.P. Goodrich every day.

It’s the simple things that I remember. Growing up on the corner of Tenth Street and Park Avenue, across the street from Thurman’s Store and Meat Market, I used to walk to Goodrich High School every day.

Walking the old route brought back all the good times I had with my friends, a time in life when the only bill you had was how much bubble gum you would need to get through the week.

We had the same group that would meet at my house and proceed to school every day. I am the only member of the old walking group still living in Fond

du Lac, but we still meet up a couple times a year.

It was at L.P. Goodrich High School that I met my future wife, Cheri Thornburg. I was not happy with my locker location my junior year and I moved into an empty locker next to one of my friends. As it turned out alphabetically, his locker was next to a really cute girl.

Besides, I knew she was there before I moved my locker and it was a perfect move for me. Twenty-five years later we have four wonderful children and are both very proud of the Fond du Lac schools.

When I think about my memories of old L.P. Goodrich, I am still living my fondest memories. It’s the lifelong re-lationships that high school has given to me that are the most important.

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January 1859 — The first high school

built in the city of Fond du Lac was organized and opened in January 1859 by

Edwin C. Johnson and Miss M.S. Merrill in what was known as the Sewell store on Main Street between Johnson Street and Merrill Avenue.

The students perpetrated many a joke over the fact that the nearest streets and the teachers had the same names. The school opened with nearly 100 students, being free to all residents of the city who could pass a pre-scribed examination in geography, arithmetic and grammar.

July 1859 — The first steps were taken to secure the construction of a high school. From its inception, the high school was considered an important and in-dispensable depart-ment in the rapidly advancing system of education.

Jan. 14, 1865 — A new high school costing $17,000 and having room for 430 students was built at the corner of Amory Street and Merrill Avenue. O.C. Steenberg was the principal.

Aug. 1, 1866 — The high school was declared unsafe for use by an exam-iner. The walls and floors had to be reinforced.

Dec. 4, 1868 — The high school was de-stroyed by fire. High school continued in rented rooms on South Main Street.

July 6, 1872 — Class of 1872 graduated eight students.

September 1873 — A splendid 4-story structure of brick and stone was completed on the site where the first one burned. It was built by Theodore Eul and cost $45,000, exclusive of the foundation. At the time it was considered the best high school in the state.

June 13, 1878 — Teachers at the high school received a salary of $300 per year.

Aug. 3, 1882 — A new high school was built on the corner of Marr and Second Streets.

April 25, 1883 — Each high school student was forced to pay 25 cents to repair walls that were written on.

Sept. 18, 1909 — The high school was enlarged and remodeled at the total cost of $100,000.

June 10, 1910 — The high school had 70 graduates.

Dec. 10, 1913 — Doing the tango at any school activity was barred by the principal.

1920 — The first Fond du Lac School Board consisted of three women and four men: Mrs. F.C. Chadbourne, Mrs. Charles Hotaling, Miss Julia Gibbons, W.A. Titus, John P. McGalloway, Frank Candlish and U.S. O’Connor. Professor R.W. Fairchild was the superintendent and Mayor J.F. Hohensee was the rep-resentative from the city commission.

March 20, 1920 — A Chicago archi-tectural firm finished plans for

the new high school to be built on Linden Street at a cost of $600,000. Twelve and a half acres of Ingram Grove were purchased for $25,000.

January 29, 1922 — The new Fond du Lac High School opens its doors for classes.

1923 — Lowell P. Goo-drich becomes the su-perintendent of schools in Fond du Lac.

Sept. 12, 1925 — A large addition to the high school was built. It consisted of an assembly hall, large gymnasium, cafeteria and science rooms.

June 3, 1935 — A total of 302 students were in the graduating class.

Nov. 7, 1940 — Lowell P. Goodrich takes position as assistant superintendent of schools in Milwaukee.

Nov. 6, 1941 — Fruth Athletic Field is dedicated to Ed Fruth, athletic direc-tor and coach at Fond du Lac High School.

1944 — Students’ reflections on World War II appeared in Fond du Lac Senior High’s March 1944 edition of Argus.

Summer of 1955 — Fond du Lac High School was renamed Lowell P. Goo-drich High School after the superinten-dent who served the district from 1923 to 1940.

1961 — Plans are drawn and approved for a $2.7 million addition to the west end of Goodrich High School.

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through the years...FROM “FOND DU LAC COUNTY: A GIFT OF THE GLACIER”

The first graduating class of Fond du Lac High School included, from left, Isa F. Mather, Emma Jane Ward and Kate Frame. The only male graduate in the four-member class, Kelsey M. Adams, was absent

when the photo was taken.

Coach Ed Fruth, in his prime, is shown in this photo from the 1920s. He would someday have an athletic field named in his memory.

Students say he was an “exceptional geometry teacher.”

TOP PHOTO- Life yearbook from 1911BOTTOM PHOTO - Boys in shop class in 1950s

Fond du Lac High School - Celebrating 150 years!

1923 — Lowell P. Goo-drich becomes the superintendent of schools in Fond du Lac.

Sept. 12, 1925 — A large addition to the high school was built. It consisted of an assem-bly hall, large gym-nasium, cafeteria and science rooms.

June 3, 1935 — A total of 302 students were in the graduating class.

Nov. 7, 1940 — Lowell P. Goodrich takes position as assistant superintendent of schools in Milwaukee.

Nov. 6, 1941 — Fruth Athletic Field is dedicated to Ed Fruth, athletic direc-tor and coach at Fond du Lac High School.

1944 — Students’ reflections on World War II appeared in Fond du Lac Senior High’s March 1944 edition of Argus.

Summer of 1955 — Fond du Lac High School was renamed Lowell P. Goo-drich High School after the superinten-dent who served the district from 1923 to 1940.

1961 — Plans are drawn and approved for a $2.7 million addition to the west end

of Goodrich High School.

1962 — Renova-tions are com-pleted for the high school. They include a café, bridge, class-rooms, library, gym and music areas. A dedica-tion is held.

1964 — Renovations are

completed in the science rooms at the high school.

1965 — North end of the 1925 addition is demolished to make way for the 1965 addition, which included the theater, art, graphics arts and auto area shop.

1967 — Renovations are made to the high school’s heating, plumbing and electri-cal systems.

Jan 20, 1969 — Goodrich High School band members perform in Washington, D.C. in the inaugural parade for Presi-dent Richard Nixon.

1970-71 — The Goodrich High School

Cardinals football team is ranked first in the state.

1970 — Bonfires were once common homecom-ing activities

1984-85 — Renovations were made to Goodrich High School in the music and physical education areas, girls locker room and second floor weight room.

1991 — The Community Aquatic Center is built. In 1989, a $2.6 million referen-dum was passed to fund construction of the swimming facility at Goodrich High School.

June 1991 — Future superintendent James Sebert graduates from Lowell P. Goodrich High School.

June 7, 2001 — Commencement is held for the last graduating class at L.P. Goodrich High School. There are 448 graduates.

Summer/Fall of 2001 — A portion of L.P. Goodrich High School is demol-ished and the complex is renovated to house the Administration Center.

September 2001 — The new $41 mil-lion, 400,000-square foot Fond du Lac High School (renamed by the Fond du Lac Board of Education) opens for classes.

June 12, 2008 — 100-year flood dam-age hits Fond du Lac, causing exten-sive damage to Riverside Elementary School (site of the former Goodrich High School), the Community Aquatic Center and the Facility Services De-partment. Most repairs are completed prior to the start of school in fall.

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through the years...

Source: History of Northern WisconsinCopyright 1881, Donnelly, Gassette & Lloyd

Compiled by the Fond du Lac School District

I.N. Mitchell, 1887

Edward McLaughlin, 1892

L.A. Williams, 1895

Myron Keats

William Wilson, 1902

Thomas Jones

Guy R. Smith, 1910

J.E. Roberts, 1914

R.W. Fairchild, 1920

Lowell P. Goodrich, 1923

Theodore Jensen, 1941

Harold C. Bauer, 1946

Robert P. Moser, 1961

Ludwig A. Petersen, 1967

Jerome N. Strupp, 1970

Elwood Bilse, 1982

William Halverson, 1983

Alan Osterndorf, 1986

Michael Homes, 1993

Dewitt Jones, 1998

James Gryzwa, 2002

Greg Maass, 2003

James Gryzwa, 2008

James Sebert, 2009

Fond du Lac School District superintendents through the years...

FROM “FOND DU LAC COUNTY: A GIFT OF THE GLACIER”The first graduating class of Fond du Lac High School included, from left, Isa F. Mather, Emma Jane Ward and Kate Frame. The only male graduate in the four-member class, Kelsey M. Adams, was absent

when the photo was taken.

A yearbook photo from the Chatterbox.

SuNDAy, MAy 23, 2010 | THE REPORTER | 11Fond du Lac High School - Celebrating 150 years!


THE REPORTER FILE PHOTO BY PATRICK FLOOD Langdon Divers is assisted as he enters Fruth Field to deliver the commencement address to the last graduating class of Goodrich High School on June 7, 2001. Divers, a noted local historian, was a member of the first graduating class of Fond du Lac High on Linden Street in 1922. The school was renamed Goodrich High School in the summer of 1955. Divers was 99 years old when he spoke to graduates in 2001.

THE REPORTER PHOTO BY PATRICK FLOOD

Fond du Lac High School students fill the hallway on the way to their next classes on Wednesday morning, May 19.

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Invitation to Washington accepted

Goodrich Band will march in 2nd Inaugural Parade

The Goodrich High School band has been chosen to march in its second consecutive presidential inau-gural parade in Washington, D.C.

School officials today confirmed that they have accepted an invitation to the band to march in the Jan. 20 parade, which will mark the inauguration of President-elect Richard M. Nixon.

The selection was made by State Republican Chairman Ody J. Fish and stems somewhat from a Lincoln Day dinner at St. Mary’s gymnasium last

February. Presidential candidate Nixon was the speaker and members of the “Los Bandidos” stage band from the high school provided the entertain-ment.

Nixon replies Boys in the band sent a note to Nixon saying, “If

you are elected, we would be honored to play at the White House.”

Nixon laughingly acknowledged the note and re-

plied, “If you come, I’ll play the piano.”

Members of the Los Banditos at that time also were members of the band. The same group played at Oshkosh during the summer when Vice President-elect Spiro T. Agnew spoke there.

The entire high school band marched in the 1965 inaugural parade for President Lyndon B. Johnson. At that time, 92 students and eight adults took part in the train trip, leaving on a Monday morning and returning on a Thursday night.

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130 eligible Band Director Calvin D. Moely said that about 130

students would be eligible to take part this year. Plans are to fly the band and several adult chaperons to Washington so that less school time is missed. The band would leave Saturday, Jan. 18, and return the night of Jan. 20.

Dirk S. Van Pelt, president of Fred Rueping Leather Co., has been named chairman of the Goodrich Band Boosters, a steering committee that will organize and plan the trip and spearhead a fund drive for approxi-mately $18,000 which Van Pelt said would be neces-sary to cover expenses.

“We figure we will have to raise $18,000 to cover flying the band to and from Washington and their room and board while there. We want to fly them so they will not miss more than a day of class.”

Fund appeal Van Pelt added that there would be a general fund

appeal to citizens of Fond du Lac and the school dis-trict but that there is no set plan of attack for a fund-raising drive at this time.

In addition to Van Pelt, other Band Boosters members are Claude Cartwright, president of Music Parents; Ludwig A. Peterson, su-perintendent of schools; James Nelson, high school principal; Mrs. Marian Simons, school district music director; Moely; Nathan Manis, president of the School Board; and Thomas Meiklejohn, county Republican chairman.

$9,890 raised For the 1965 trip to Washington, $9,890 was

raised — all of it in fund drives — to cover the full expense of the band.

Van Pelt asked that contributions be directed to the “Goodrich High Band Parade Fund” and sent to his attention at the Fred Rueping Leather Co., 96 Doty St.

The combined Goodrich bands will open their con-cert season Dec. 5 at the high school, presenting “An Evening of Marches and Selected Short Subjects.”

REPORTER FILE PHOTOS LEFT PHOTO - Goodrich High School Band march-es in President-elect Richard Nixon’s inaugural pa-rade in 1969.RIGHT PHOTO - Band students visit the grave of President John F. Kennedy at Arlington National Cemetery, where the eternal flame still burns.

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THE REPORTER PHOTO BY JUSTIN CONNAHERThe $41 million, 400,000-square-foot Fond du Lac High School, shown in this photo on May 18, opened its doors to stu-dents in the fall semester of 2001.

THE REPORTER FILE PHOTOFormer football coach Jim Johnson achieved legendary status when he prowled the Fruth Field sidelines from 1964 through 1974. His first team went 0-8 to add to a 27-game Fondy losing streak, but his Cardinals won the first game of 1965 and he even-tually guided the Cardinals to a 65-24-2 record in his 11 seasons. Over Johnson’s last eight years, Fondy went 59-6-1 with five Fox River Valley Conference championships and wire-service state titles in 1969 and 1974.

REPORTER FILE PHOTOThese are the first members of the Fond du Lac School District’s Hall of Fame, honoring those individuals who have had a lasting impact on Fond du Lac High School athletics. The first Hall of Fame banquet was held April 24 at Knights of Columbus Hall. From left are Don Bestor, brother of inductee Glenn Bestor, Hub King, Ann Klapperich, Rick Koeck, Pete Johnson, Jim Bond and Dick Diener. At the far right is Fondy High Athletic Director Brian Skortz.

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“Being called Mr. Sadoff by the one-and-only, teacher extraordinaire Mr. Larry Cooper on a daily basis was great!

The state champion-ship in 1987 was big, but the victory over

Manitowoc (ending their 40-plus-game winning streak) on

Oct. 31, 1987, in the state quarterfinal was even bigger.

Lunchtime at my friend Wil’s house was excel-lent — one hour every day to relax and catch up on ‘Days of Our Lives.’”

- Aaron Sadoff (School superintendent of the North Fond du Lac School District)

Class of 1990

“I was voted junior prom queen. We went to lots of dances back then. We were the first class to have caps and gowns, and graduate during an evening ceremony.”

- Dorothy Todd Fritz | Class of 1941

“I had a poodle skirt, and then, of course the big trend was sweaters. We had to go to Merwin’s (store) to buy matching socks to wear. They had to match your sweater.”

- Janet Berg | Class of 1958

“Probably my most lasting memory of high school is from my junior year and the WIAA basketball tournament in the spring of 1973.

“The Cardinal boys advanced to the quarterfinals at the UW Fieldhouse in Madison in the Thursday afternoon match-up with Madison East. Fondy was victorious and moved on to the semifinals against

Kimberly the next afternoon. Another win, and the Cards earned a trip to the State Championship fi-nal versus Beloit Memorial.

The Saturday night game was a tough fought affair and our Cards came up one point short, 60-59!

But we were still proud of our guys, having taken 14 student buses on Thursday, 15 on Friday, and 16 for the Saturday night game. Number 2 in the state, but Number 1 in our hearts.”

- Jeff Keenlance | Class of 1974

“I enjoyed the young girls in school who were dressed nice. I recall we wore suits to school.”

- Donald R. Singleton | Class of 1941

“Certain teachers at Goodrich were cool, and you could joke and talk to them. Others, like Mrs. (Alma) Salchert would get you for hold-ing hands in the hall. If you were caught kiss-ing, you were really in trouble.”

- Sandy Osborne Class of 1975

“I was blessed with a tremendous number of out-standing teachers. Many were near retirement, and an awful lot of them were talented women. Many of them, including my mother, went into the field of education.”

- U.S. Rep. Tom Petri Sixth Congressional District | Class of 1958

“I couldn’t belong to any extracurricular activities because I had to work.

My family had no money so I worked for room and board in the city so I could attend the high school. It meant doing all the housework, baby sitting, even running home during the lunch hour to do dishes and then return to school.”

- Maybelle Adashun | Class of 1934

“We took dates to the drive-in mov-ie, or when they were older, to the minor bar, where they could get a

beer even though they were underage. I got out of school early each day so I could work my job in the mailroom at The Reporter.”

- Jim Schaeve | Class of 1956

“Gas was cheap at 20 cents a gallon, and teens from Fondy High cruised along a desig-nated strip of Main Street

called ‘The Gut.’ I drove a 1955 Ford two-door sedan, and we’d travel from Lakeside Park

to Gilles and the Beer Hut. That was the route.”

-Dale Luther | Class of 1968

“I walked to school, it was probably two miles from where I live, all uphill. I built a solid cherry end-table in woodworking class. It got me hooked on woodworking for life.”

- Roy Treadwell | Class of 1941

Fondest memoriesfrom Fondy High

THE REPORTER PHOTO BY PATRICK FLOODDean and Sandy Osborn are shown with a photo of them when they were dating as Goodrich High

School students in the 1970s.


“My senior year I was named homecoming king and I

acquired a Model A Roadster from my grand-mother. The engine was in the rumble seat, and she told me if I could fix it, I could have it.”

- Steve Strong | Class of 1951

“I created and coached the school’s first base-ball program. We started from absolute scratch and played our first game three months later.

The kids were wonderful back then. We only had to deal with two major prob-lems — kids chewing gum and running in the halls. ”

- The late Jack Putman, teacher for 38 years

(hired in 1947)

“I developed a love for

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teacher and mentor Cal Moely. He was such a great influence, probably half a dozen kids that graduated from that class became band teachers, including me.”

- Brad Curran | Class of 1970

“I was one of the country kids. Sometimes I walked, some-times I rode my bicycle and sometimes I got a ride to school with a neighbor who had a car.”

- Ralph Holterman | Class of 1947

“We were on the prom court to-gether, and that year there were nine sets of twins

attending school. Most of them were members of the band.”

- Kris and Kate Bennett | Class of 1971

“I was named junior track queen. In our economy class, we debated whether the U.S. should have conscription, drafting young men. War was de-clared right after we graduated.”

- Peg Stateson Remmel | Class of 1941

“I played in the band, I sang in the choirs, I ran on the track team. But when my class gradu-ated, I was already in the Navy. I turned 18 in January, and left shortly after that. I had enough credits so I still received my diploma.”

- Fred “Fritz” Krueger | Class of 1944THE REPORTER PHOTO BY PATRICK

FLOODRalph Holterman, class of

1947, holds up a photograph of his mother taking a cutter sleigh to school. While she attended school, she kept the horse in a livery that was set up behind what is now Joe’s Fox Hut on Main Street.

THE REPORTER PHOTO BY PATRICK FLOODStephen Strong is the spitting image of his high school gradu-ation photo for the Class of 1951.

THE REPORTER PHOTO BY SHARON ROZNIK

Kris and Kate Ben-nett, 1971 Goodrich

graduates, attend the 150-year all-

class reunion.

“We had great music, great cars, a good baseball team and good teachers who were concerned about their students.”

- Don Krueger | Class of 1953

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