Home Page












Ellet Class of 1974
Sensational Sixty Birthday Weekend

August 19 - 20, 2016





This is the note from Valerie Smith
that she included with her RSVP for the birthday party.


Dancing Orange Guy


The Ellet Class of 1974 wasn't done celebrating our Sensational Sixty Birthday with the end of Friday night at Lock3.

NosirreeBob!

We still had our Saturday Picnic to attend.

Oh, what fun THAT was!

Many MORE people came to the picnic than those who went to the Concert.
And it was even MORE fun for everyone!!
This should bring back fun memories of that day
(or make you promise yourself to attend the NEXT big function we have).



Dancing Orange Guy



What slave-drivers my Classmates are...
'Class Mommy' was kept behind "Caution: 60th Birthday Party in Progress" Tape!!!


Dancing Orange Guy

Okay, now y'all sit back & get comfortable....there's a LOT of fun to see.


Dancing Orange Guy



Dancing Orange Guy








Dancing Orange Guy


Dancing Orange Guy


Dancing Orange Guy



Anna Skeriotis Karvounides, Rita Reeves, Jeff Bennetts, Diana Staubs Madonio, and Patti Postlewaite Hetrick
with Dennis Denham (hiding in the left/rear),


Dancing Orange Guy



Cathy Skinner Bondurant and Jeff Bennetts


Dancing Orange Guy



Gil and Cheryl Stadler


Dancing Orange Guy



Christine Labbe Fox (and Cindy Grill Newell's eyes!! LOL)


Dancing Orange Guy



Ok...let's see how good I really am...
L - R:
In the back row, there's Tina Thacker, Sue Pascu Midcap, Kathy Callahan Livak,
Cynthia Pirogowicz Sheeks, Karol Kocher Brown, RoseMarie Livigni, and Sheila New Herron.

Then, in front of them, there's Kathy Kocher, Nancy Hawkins, Debbie Latham Guthier,
Diana Staubs Madonio, Patti Postlewaite Hetrick...and, making sure he got in on this....Jeff 'Jeffy' Boggs!
(Jeffy came all the way from Arizona to celebrate with us!)


Dancing Orange Guy



On the left: Cole Diaz, and behind her is Paul Sprouse, Leanne's husband.
On the right: Jeffy and behind him is Leanne Cox Sprouse.


Dancing Orange Guy



Here's Connie Lute Miller, Cathy Skinner Bondurant, and Cindy Grill Newell


Dancing Orange Guy



Cynthia Pirogowicz Sheeks, Kevin Marsh, Nick Grimaldi (Class of 1973, and a good friend of ours), and Sheila New Herron's friend, Ed.
Kevin's home is now in Florida, as are Sheila's and Ed's.
They couldn't wait to get up here to see us!
YAY!!


Dancing Orange Guy



Cynthia Pirogowicz Sheeks and Nick Grimaldi's wife, Cheri


Dancing Orange Guy



David Byard


Dancing Orange Guy



Here's David Turnmire and Kathryn Thomson


Dancing Orange Guy



Debbie and Randy Maust


Dancing Orange Guy



David Byard and Kathy Callahan Livak


Dancing Orange Guy



Dave Byard, Kathy Callahan Livak, and Paul Suso


Dancing Orange Guy



Dennis Denham, Karol Kocher Brown, Candy Manning


Dancing Orange Guy



WOW!!
We had LOTSA raffle prizes!!
(Thanks, very much, to all who made sure we DID have a lot of prizes)


Dancing Orange Guy



Diana Staubs Madonio, Anna Skeriotis Karvounides
WooHoo!
Anna won a raffle prize!!


Dancing Orange Guy


Lotsa folks took part in the Chinese Raffle....
...too many to name (especially with their backs to the camera)




Dancing Orange Guy



Don Harvey and Tina Thacker
(going by the name tags, I'm fairly sure Don doesn't know WHO he is...)


Dancing Orange Guy



These folks think they're 'The Village People', spelling 'O-H-I-O'
Maybe they need hobbies....


Dancing Orange Guy



Ellie Fotion Ahan and Deb Grable Laferty
(I don't think that's the right way to play 'chicken', girls!!)


Dancing Orange Guy



Ellie Fotion Ahan, Rick Usner (Pam Stephens Decker's brother-in-law) and Pam
Rick and Pam came from Texas to join us.
Thanks for coming, friends.


Dancing Orange Guy



Don Harvey and Tina Thacker


Dancing Orange Guy



Hey!!
There's Garry!!


Dancing Orange Guy



Two of my dearest friends, Garry and Linda


Dancing Orange Guy



Gladis and Greg Westmeyer on either side of Karol Kocher Brown


Dancing Orange Guy



Jeff Bennetts, Janice Newcome Schwarzinger and her husband, John Schwarzinger


Dancing Orange Guy



Janet Stump Feeman and Jerry Feeman


Dancing Orange Guy



Jeff Bennetts, Kathy Kocher, and Paul Suso
Kathy now lives in Colorado, and she came all the way to Akron to be with us.

Dancing Orange Guy



Anyone have a Gold Medal handy?
It seems we have some Olympic swimmers in the pool!


Dancing Orange Guy






This is the band we were lucky enough to have for entertainment = 'The Justin Other Band'
Sue Pascu Midcap's daughter, Jen Midcap, is their Lead Singer.


Dancing Orange Guy



Karl Krausse and the Westmeyers, enjoying the music!!


Dancing Orange Guy



Kathy Kocher and Dennis Denham


Dancing Orange Guy



Kathy Kocher, Dennis Denham, Karol Kocher Brown, and Candy Manning


Dancing Orange Guy



Rita Reeves


Dancing Orange Guy



Kevin Woods, his wife, Carol, and their grandchildren


Dancing Orange Guy



STILL lovin' that music, but now they have Lemonade Jennie involved!


Dancing Orange Guy



Luanne Pirogowicz and Jennie

Dancing Orange Guy



Luanne Pirogowicz


Dancing Orange Guy



Looky there!
We caught up with our host,
Mark Manning


Dancing Orange Guy



Mike and Sue Longo
who came up from Vandalia, OH (outside of Dayton) to be with us.


Dancing Orange Guy



Nancy Hawkins and Chris Koerber
Chris came in from Tennessee for our party


Dancing Orange Guy



Nancy Hawkins, Dave Byard, Debbie Latham Guthier


Dancing Orange Guy



Patti Postlewaite Hetrick, Nick Grimaldi, Sheila New Herron, Rosemarie Livigni Heppe
Cheri Grimaldi, and Sam Laferty, who is Deb Grable's husband.


Dancing Orange Guy



Now we have Patti Postlewaite Hetrick, Sheila New Herron, Rose Livigni Heppe, and Cheri Grimaldi
...so, where are Nick and Sam??


Dancing Orange Guy



Randy Maust
just chillin'


Dancing Orange Guy



Randy, and his beautiful granddaughter, Molly.


Dancing Orange Guy



Hey!! It's Rick Dickey...all the way from Philly!!
Look at that shirt!!
WooHoo!


Dancing Orange Guy



Rita Reeves and her partner, Debbie Johnson


Dancing Orange Guy



Roger Chaplin


Dancing Orange Guy



Sue Longo, Mary Derrig, and Jeffy Boggs


Dancing Orange Guy



Sue Pascu Midcap
Always smiling


Dancing Orange Guy



Roger Chaplin, Debbie Latham Guthier, and Nancy Hawkins


Dancing Orange Guy



Valerie Smith, who came from Georgia to be with us, and Ellie Fotion, who came in from Maryland


Dancing Orange Guy



It's always good to see these guys:
Wayne Wilson and Kevin Woods


Dancing Orange Guy


TIME FOR OUR CLASSIC CAR SHOW!!!



Mark Manning's 1966 Chevy Nova supercharged small block pushing 600 hp


Dancing Orange Guy



Paul Suso's 1966 GTO


Dancing Orange Guy



Mark Manning's 2015 Dodge Challenger hellcat stock 707hp


Dancing Orange Guy



Mark Manning's 2015 Corvette convertible
(Red must be this year's color, eh?)


Except... for my niece Jennie's.
(Y'all know Jennie...'Lemonade Jennie', from our parties.)


I hope I'm saying this right:
Her car is a 1965 V8 Ford Falcon Futura 289.
It may not be a GTO or a Corvette, but it goes 0 - 60 in 13.8 seconds.
This was the last year for this car.
It was replaced by a new car.....something called a Mustang.


Dancing Orange Guy


Let's look at some of the Snap Shots of this day...





Chris Koerber, in 'Snap Shot'


Dancing Orange Guy



Snap Shot of Cynthia Pirogowicz, Kevin Marsh, and Eric Pirogowicz


Dancing Orange Guy



Better not leave ME out...this is MY Snap Shot!!


Dancing Orange Guy



Here's a Snap Shot of Eddie Latchaw, Kathy Callahan Livak, and David Byard


Dancing Orange Guy



Garry Moneypenny and Cynthia Pirogowicz Sheeks, in their Snap Shot

Dancing Orange Guy



Kevin Marsh, in his Snap Shot, while Eric Pirogowicz looks on...


Dancing Orange Guy



This is a Snap Shot with Mike & Diana Madonio, with Don Harvey


Dancing Orange Guy



Mike and Diana Madonio in another Snap Shot
(I think Diana's trying to figure out where Don Harvey went....)


Dancing Orange Guy



Rick Dickey's Snap Shot

Dancing Orange Guy



SusanBeth Boyts Pangburn mugging in a Snap Shot, with Kevin Marsh

Dancing Orange Guy



And...of course...Jeffy had to put his best...um...cheek....forward!


Dancing Orange Guy



I don't believe this is EVERYONE who came to the Birthday Party, but it's sure close.
It's also the best group shot...out of 16!!
Y'all gotta learn to hold still...together!

Dancing Orange Guy



Flowers of appreciation.
Thank you so much.


Dancing Orange Guy



Debi-Ellen & Linda Harp Engle

The work I do is very time-consuming.
And, at our events, it's almost frantic!

I would have been lost, this time,
had Linda not graciously agreed to help me.

Thank you, Linda.
As one of my longest friends...
(notice I didn't say old)
You know I love you.


Dancing Orange Guy


I want to take this time to thank Michael Madonio.
Since I can't do 19 things at once, I handed him my camera, and sent him off to do his thing.
We all know he's a madman with a camera...



So, our very last pic is how Michael ended our day.











Chris Koerber sent me a gift. The card said that this what he thinks I am worth.





And, if you are so inclined.....lemme show you where I keep my gratuities......

ROFLMBO!!!

But, seriously, it has been my pleasure.

It has ALWAYS been my pleasure.


















Back


d-e b   02-18-17