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SPECIAL NOTICE

This notice is for one of our own Billy Palladino, Staples H.S. graduate, class of 1968. He was diagnosed with throat cancer in November of 2009 and has been hospitalized since Feb. 6, when complications from throat cancer surgery in November robbed him of his ability to speak. He had an operation where they removed his epiglottis, the flap that covers the trachea during swallowing so that food does not enter the lungs. He had a Tracheotomy and now is unable to speak. He is presently in Danbury Hospital and is receiving Chemotherapy and Radiation and hoping to go home soon.

With all this going on for Bill, another tragedy struck his family. His wife, Janice Ann McClenathan Palladino, age 45, passed away from a massive heart attack on February 11, 2010 at her home in Sandy Hook, CT. She was also a Staples High School Graduate, class of 1983. Not only did his wife meticulously prepare meals that were injected through the feeding tube Bill had implanted after his surgery and monitor his medications, her full-time job at a small manufacturing company in Oxford provided the health insurance that covered the bulk of his medical bills.

Now there is no income for family and they don't know how long the insurance from Janice's job will cover Billy's medical bills. They have 2 daughters, Michelle and Sarah Palladino who are both in college.

We want to let you know that a trust fund has been set up for Billy and his family at:

Newtown Savings Bank
30 Main Street
Danbury CT 06810
Phone: (203) 205-0080

For those of you that want to contact him or send get well cards to, his home contact information is:

Bill Palladino
7 Overlook Knoll
Sandy Hook CT 06482
(203) 426-8960

Here are some links for more information:

Article on Billy in the Danbury News Times, Feb. 21, 2010.

Obituary from the Westport News on Janice Ann McClenathan Palladino.

Please help out where you can. Collectively we can all make a difference for Billy and his family, no matter what the $ amount is. Words of support are also needed if you can't make a donation during these hard times.

Thank you, Shelby Goodlett Pike

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Greens Farms Elementary.. the beginning of my problems with authority - Why? Jack Reddy! One day at recess I kicked four of the red 4-square balls onto the roof of the gym. So - I was summoned to Jack Reddy's office - where I was informed I would have to PAY for the 4-square balls (something like $3.76 ea) because, according to Jack Reddy, they all burst when they landed there. I told him that I wanted to see the balls because I did not believe him, asking, "What do have up there, a bed of nails?." He was FURIOUS - refused to show me the balls - gave me six weeks of "Control" (sitting at a table facing the wall in the cafeteria instead of going out to recess. After a few weeks, I went up to Jack Reddy and informed him, "Ya know Mr. Reddy, I been sittin' at this table and wondering why you call it the 'Control Table'? - and finally it occurred to me you want to CONTROL ME!" Then laughed and went to my next class. Jack Reddy Famous Cafeteria Quote: "Alright little people, let's keep it to a low-growl" Then there's the time I went to the Ed Sullivan theater with my family where, thanks to a golfing friend of my father, we were invited to a rehearsal of Elvis Presley before his second appearance on the Sullivan show. We met Elvis later that afternoon and I asked for and received an autograph from him. The next day I brought the Elvis autograph to school - Kenny Whitman asked 'to borrow' it during lunch. After lunch I asked Kenny to return the autograph - he said he 'lost it' and I never did see it again. Note To Kenny Whitman: You are a lying bastard. In the event you were not aware, Green Farms alumni ZAZEL WILDE is the woman standing in the doorway - looking at the midget in the alley - of the photo on the rear of the DOOR's "Strange Days" album. Mrs. Henke was a wonderful teacher - one day she saw I had some food on my face and suggested, "I know what you had for breakfast today eggs." To which I replied, "No that was yesterday" (A joke I made up on the spot - she laughed bigtime) Janele Voigtlander was a super-fox - even in the 5th grade - wonder where SHE is today? If you didn't know - incredibly brainy and talented Rick Harmel became a pediatrician in Florida. One day I got a ride downtown with Angela Miles and her Mom. I tried to tell a joke - and a week later they had me down at Police headquarters because Mrs. Miles thought my joke was obscene - somebody had written a really nasty note to a girl who live on West Parish Road and they thought it might have been me. Of course, it was not me - here's the joke I told in the car with Angela and her Mom "Guy goes into a restaurant and asks the waiter, 'Do you serve crabs?' - and the waiter says, "Sure, what'll you have?" - The joke as heard by Mrs. Miles: "Guy goes into a restaurant and asks the waiter, 'Do you HAVE crabs?' and the waiter replies, "Sure, but what'll you have?" Well - they caught the kid who DID write the note - but it was fun telling the cops the REAL joke after I asked how it was they were thinking it was me who wrote that note. Well - there were a bunch of wonderful people at Greens Farms - with the special exceptions of Jack Reddy and Kenny Whitman - it was THE perfect little school and something right out of casting for the MadMen TV series. Well - I gotta go leave some notes in the LONG LOTS bulletin board. These days I am living in Santa Fe, NM - and writing software for the net and Apple products.	Lance Drake 1965 view posts Wednesday, 03/31/2010 20:57:11
I do remember Mr. Williams, a science teacher who could have been nicknamed "Mr. No-Nonsense." A great guy of whom it was rumored that on a particularly cold day, he tweaked a frosty kid's ear, and part of it broke off!	Henry Ottinger 1959 view posts Wednesday, 02/24/2010 08:55:24
Does anyone remember the principal Mrs. Leary, teacher Mr. Williams and Mrs. Marino or going to class in the quonset huts and the air raid drills?	Linda Dinsmore Tufts 1960 view posts Sunday, 08/23/2009 11:58:46
Does anyone remember the "Greens Farms" song? ..."Greens Farms you're our school, we sing to you. Honor and glory ..." What was the rest?	Blythin Leggett Johnstone 1965 view posts Thursday, 05/14/2009 23:42:12
Wow. I didn't know about this board. I've been writing away in the class of 70's board, but Mr. Ready...clearly this is where I need to share! Later though. I'm off to dinner. Great and otherwise memories. Thanks, all!	Lynn Backalenick 1970 view posts Wednesday, 05/06/2009 17:02:25
I remember your brother Randy Stone. I went to Greens farms with him. He was always so nice.	Carol Violette 1974 view posts Monday, 04/20/2009 17:34:35
These are terrific stories! I can picture myself back in time in good old Greens Farms! Let's see...teachers included Mrs. Lewis for kindergarten and 3rd grade. Mrs. Banks for first grade. Mrs. Banks sent home a progress report to my parents and noted that I was rather obstreperous! Well, my mother recalls that she had to get the dictionary out to look up the word! Mrs. Sloan was my 2nd grade teacher...and made class interesting. Mrs. Healy for 4th grade. I remember Mr. Doohan fondly. He taught reading and math. He took me to a Staples basketball game one time! Ms. Day was the 5th grade homeroom and reading teacher. Mrs. Ganley for science. Mr. Ittner for music, and Mr. Chernow for art. Sixth grade was Miss Weinstein for homeroom and some classes, and Mr. Whitmire was the science teacher. Mr. Ready was a trip! Actually, he was kind to me and my brother, Randy. I had some orthopaedic problems and missed lots of school. I spent much of the 4th and 5th grade on the speakerphone for classes, which was rather progressive for public school education at the time. I remember when the Special Ed started, another Westport Public Schools progressive initiative. I think my claim to fame was being on the camera crew...which meant that I would help set up those classroom and indoor recess movies on those ancient projectors! There were time when the film became spaghetti all over the place, so being an esteemed technician wasn't that career-enhancing! I live in the DC area, so when we talk about ‚Äúthe wall,‚Äù well, you GFS students can understand how that can be so confusing! Another factoid: cooties. All girls had cooties. But, there was a girl named Rachel Sametz (or Samatz). I think she was a year ahead of me. Well...she may have moved on, but her alleged cooties lived on...for years. Heck, kids today at GFS probably still give her cooties to kids they don't like!	George Stone 1971 view posts Saturday, 03/14/2009 17:13:13
Thanks Ed Bensey for making available those great class pictures! I remember tugging my hair down as close to my eyes as possible with hopes of looking almost cool. Remember fishing out old pants from the back of the drawer that fit really tight and - for reasons that I no longer recall - really short? Who in those pictures is still in the Westport area? I live and teach in central New York. What are you all up to these days?	Thomas Wilson 1972 view posts Wednesday, 01/14/2009 12:53:45
Does any one else beside me remember putting in a time capsule by the flag pole? I'm sure it was dug up when they renovated the school or perhaps it's still there. This was done I beleive in 1976 I had Mr. Engstrand and Ms. Bailey. Also, who remembers the infamous campout for a week? How we all had to go to the school in the mornings and learn how to pitch a tent, make a campfire and cook.Great times!	Suzanne Thomas 1982 view posts Monday, 01/12/2009 13:46:27
Michael, it was definitely Matt Cooper! I lived just down the hill from his house and he spent quite a bit of time at my house from 5th grade on through 9th, ranging from innocent, playing war with my brothers and sledding, to many other recreational activities! Would you be willing to scan the 6th grade photo? I do not have it anymore and would love to see it. Do any of you remember the 6th grade end of year party at Frank White's house? I will never forget Mr. White eating a peanut butter and sardine sandwich!	Amy Goode 1976 view posts Saturday, 12/13/2008 09:52:45
Amy, I believe you are right. I also remember being a cub scout and my Dad throwing the actors out of the gym one night so w cold have our meeting and they were mad that they couldn't play basketball. The hill at Greens Farms was he best place to sled on that side of town. I can remember walking there from Maple Ave in the snow with a saucer. I also remember the gym uniforms and the fact that we had lockers in grammar school. Danny Doniger bet all his money on the world series that year, against the Mets as I recall. He is a hospice nurse in NYC now I think. He, Mike Zimmereman and I used to race each other in Mr Doohan's arithmetic class on division tests. I think Hilary Good and Hatsy Mays did as well. I think Hatsy works at NY Magazine now.	Bill Shaner 1976 view posts Tuesday, 11/25/2008 21:19:36
The film "Loving" used a Long Lots' alum's house for the interior shots, Mike Kopko's house had the holes in the wall left behind where the camera was placed for some of the shots. My younger brother Jeff was one of the Greens Farms students filmed. Was it a Christmas pageant they filmed?	Amy Goode 1976 view posts Friday, 11/21/2008 14:17:19
I am just fine, a bit older but I am in very good company!! I am just loving this board, nostalgia to the max! Do you remember ice skating on the asphalt behind the school one year when it rained and flooded then froze? The stinky pond project using Hatsy Mays' pond with her attack swans? All the crazy sledding down the steep hill? The truly terrible gym uniforms? The brand new measles shot, lining us up life concentration camp victims on a death march to go get our MMR? The time during the 1969 World Series where we got to choose in social studies to either watch the Mets play or watch the brand new PBS show Sesame Street? We chose the PBS show by a landslide, voted on by even Danny Doniger, who I thought was the biggest jock in the 6th grad and would never go against the Mets. Frank White getting caught in the rain and combing his hair straight up, spiked,where it dried and stayed up, a fashion forward move if there ever was one. Fun stuff.	Amy Goode 1976 view posts Friday, 11/21/2008 14:14:38
the wall you are right Amy! no one in this day and age could do anything like that...how are you?	Bill Shaner 1976 view posts Friday, 11/21/2008 13:12:30
Ugh, "The WALL" No one I tell this story to really believes me. Thanks for the reminder about Mr. Ready's name.	Amy Goode 1976 view posts Friday, 11/21/2008 10:22:29
I have very fond memories of Greens Farms. I got there in 1965 as a second grader. I remember the teachers being tough, but dedicated. Jack Ready was tough, but then I look around today and a little discipline might go a long way... I remember the voting machines in the gym, same ones today, cub scouts and boy scouts in the gym, the library parade, the school fair. I remember when them filming that bad George Segal movie. I also have a funny Jack Ready story: when I was in college I was bartending in Boston's Back Bay at a aTGI Friday's. This guy, who looks kind of familiar, pays with his AMEX card, the name on it is John E REady JR. I ask him where he's from. Turns out he's Mr Ready's son, who is still a friend of mien...small world	Bill Shaner 1976 view posts Saturday, 11/15/2008 19:10:33
Ralph....great story, thanks for sharing! Do you know Steve Miner '66, the Producer?	Gail Latimer Gorian 1966 view posts Wednesday, 08/27/2008 04:08:05
That movie that was made was called "Loving",with George Segal and Eva Marie Saint, I know first hand because I was chosen,along with Debbie Clark and Kevin Johnson as extras to run through downtown Westport for a scene. The movie was a box office disaster,however it was what inspired me pursue a career in the movie industry.From 6th grade extra to VP of Product Development at Paramount Studios, what a ride.As for my favorite prank,it would be the time Drew Coley and I took a big roll of tickets for the 1969 school play and unrolled all the way down the 2nd floor hall. Old Redface Ready never found out who did it.there was so much more, too numerous to mention.	Ralph Widmann 1975 view posts Monday, 08/25/2008 07:08:43
Hey, do you remember WGFS the 1976 morning radio show over the intercom? I was the Lunch announcer that was planned for the week. Any memories you may have would be greatly appreciated even the fact that I was a Heavy breather. Thank you, Bruce E Paver	Bruce Paver 1982 view posts Sunday, 07/20/2008 06:07:02
Does anyone have a 1965 picture, Kathy Rothermel submitted one and my twin brother Dan Brodax is in that class. I was wondering if anyone was in my class Doug Brodax	Douglas Brodax 1973 view posts Tuesday, 05/20/2008 01:05:33
In looking at the caption on the 1965 class picture, the one unidentified person is Tom Slaughter.	Gary Yudewitz 1973 view posts Sunday, 05/11/2008 13:43:17
Holy cow, I remember all of those teachers. I went to the same 3 schools and graduated from Staples in '74. Even though Mr. Ready had given me the wall several times, he probably saved my life when I was in the 4th grade. I was out on the steps waiting for my mom to pick me up for a dentist appointment and a man drove up and told me that my mom asked him to pick me up instead. Of course in those trusting days I believed him and walked down the steps to get in his car and just as the creep opened the door, Mr. Ready came flying out of the front door and down those steps. After that day I saw him watching out of his office window and he was especially kind to me in his own way- he even made me bus monitor! I thought I could get away with anything and almost did until the last day of school in the 6th grade. I wore a one piece culotte outfit and he had the gym teacher drive me home and wait while I changed into a skirt, then she took me back to class. Without my parents' knowledge or permission! On the very last day of school, and I think it was even a half day!! Can you imagine how that would go over today?	Cindy Muskus 1974 view posts Wednesday, 05/07/2008 21:27:35
I went to Greens Farms Elementary (then Long Lots, then Staples, and it is hard for me to think of Greens Farms Elementary without remembering having "wall" for recess for my entire 6th grade. Mr. Ready gave about 5-6 of us "wall" all year for throwing orange peels at the movie screen during indoor recess. I can't remember who was with me, other than Allison Brickley. Maybe some of you fellow felons are out there...	Heather Grahame 1973 view posts Sunday, 10/28/2007 18:41:06
Does anyone remember the name of that very smart young, female gym teacher? In 65-66, we all seemed to feel obliged to rebel and hate gym class. So, one day she told us to bring in all our favorite records--Beatles, Stones, the Kinks, anything! And we danced for a term. Just danced. Really, it was aerobics before aerobics was invented. We all won Presidential Physical Fitness Achievement Awards on 23 June, 1966. Was her name Susan Potts? That's who signed it.	Linda Seehafer Berkeley-Bulliqi 1972 view posts Tuesday, 08/29/2000 18:29:16
The "gymsuits" at Greens Farms were yellow tops with green shorts made out of the stiffest cotton they could find. The Long Lots gymsuits were one piece fire engine red with snaps that were always too short waisted even for short people!!! Mrs. Allard is still alive and looks pretty much the same. She lives in Southport and is often pictured in the local newspaper for various activities she participates in. Miss Weinstein always had her hand in her shirt adjusting her polka dot bras. She always wore a shirt you could see through. I swear, I think she loved the fact that we could all see that her bra was polka dotted!!! I always remembered the preserved "specimens" that Mr. Whitmire had in glass jars in his closet. He was the science teacher in 6th grade. Very tall, gentle, softspoken...	Nancy Powers Conklin 1969 view posts Tuesday, 08/29/2000 23:55:32
We moved to Westport when I was in 6th grade. Life was very different in Chevy Chase, Maryland than Westport, Connecticut! Changing classes was brand new to me, and the way kids dressed! I was still a little girl, going to school with a bunch of "Young Sophisticates" (my favorite store later on in life). I had Mrs. Allred for homeroom, Mr. Whitmere (Whitmare?) for English; some old lady down the hall by the counselor's office for Social Studies; across the hall was the reading and math teacher, and then 6th period with Miss Weinburg. What a riot that lady was with her filmstrips! Mr. Ready absolutely terrified me! I had never participated in a gym program, so those red uniforms! And that horrible physical ed. test where you had to walk/run the 600 yards. Thought I was going to die! The cafeteria was also a new experience as was hot dogs with saukeraut! It was a hard time to transition and I must admit that my days at Greens Farms are not looked back upon with great enjoyment. But I'm glad they (the Founding Fathers) have not torn it down! It was a neat old building!	Becki Miles Whittington 1967 view posts Tuesday, 08/29/2000 02:46:25
Yes, I remember avoiding the red chairs in the cafeteria at lunch to not "sit in Mr. Ready's lap" (oh the agony as you realized that the chair you were unavoidably destined to sit in was red!). And yes, there was the time that I ended up on the dreaded "Mr. Ready's Wall" and my parents happened to walk by on their way to a conference with my sister's teacher (I later learned they had done their best to adopt the stern parental faces when they really were suppressing laughs). But I mostly remember caring and energetic teachers, like Mrs. Robotham(later Mrs. Manchester...Gina Zottola and I did our book report on Stuart Little as a play), Mrs. Weinberg (1st grade), Mr. Enstrand (science...I remember a bunch of us daring Liz Ziehl to bite into the onion whose skin we were examining under the microscope...she did), Mrs. Allard (with her two-tone shoes and Robert‚Äös English), Mr. Doohan (when my son had to do timed multiplication tests, memories of his two minute tests came rushing back), Mrs. Lewis (create your own sandwich and dioramas), Mrs. Mulheron (4th grade recorder and music), Mr. Adams (who called my house to convince me not to change from clarinet to trumpet), Mrs. Poor (who, along with her bent index finger and ruler, taught us the "dewey decimal system" as part of library...I still see where the Dr. Suess books and National Geographics were) and of course Burt Chernow and Miss Hudson (Art). There was four square, cats cradle, and cootie catchers out at recess, the bell to call us in from recess, book fairs up behind the stage, when the gym was redone, those gymsuits(!), no pants allowed for girls (even in winter!),when Mr. May and Miss Hudson(?) got married, the Haunted House at Halloween, the thrill of becoming an "upper-grader" who changed classes, and of course, the great kids I got to meet and grow up with as part of the whole experience. I hope my kids are as lucky!	Dawn McCabe 1977 view posts Tuesday, 08/29/2000 22:29:30
I am just grateful to have only spent two years at Greens Farms. I remember very clearly those recess periods when Mr. Ready would lose it and smash some poor boys head against the brick wall. I also recall Mr. Doohan being quite liberal with his ruler.(He was also fond of pulling my hair for punctuation purposes.) In hind sight its a wonder that these characters were allowed to run that school for so long. I don't think any of our parents believed the reports we made to them regarding the level of punishment that was going on regularly at that school. I can't even imagine what I would do if one of my children came home from school with the kind of complaints we did!	Lindsey Presson 1977 view posts Tuesday, 08/29/2000 03:30:44
Many of my memories of Greens Farms weren't that great. Recess time was sometimes rather unpleasant. Looking back I think that firing Ready and bringing in Mr. Byteck was very good. Many of my teachers were rather angry-Healy, Engstrand, Bailey, Stevens. On my return trip in '97 I found out that Mrs. May is now principal at Coleytown Elementary. Mr. Adams did a good job running band-now he teaches out of his home on Long Lots Road. In 1st grade I appeared on Romper Room, and in 5th grade I always looked forward to band practice.	Larry Smith 1983 view posts Tuesday, 08/29/2000 03:25:47
I came into Greens Farms in the middle of the 4th grade. I had Miss Weinsteins' homeroom, language and science class. I felt so grown up coming from a school with one teacher to "changing classes". We all feared Mr. Ready and called him "Red Hot Ready" because of his temper. When I was in the sixth grade they started doing this thing where two sixth graders at a time would have their lunch in Mr. Ready's office with him. My day came and I was so nervous. I can't remember the classmate I was with but we were in his office waiting for him and he never showed up! We were afraid to talk because we thought his office was bugged and he was recording us. Makes me chuckle as I write this...I always felt sorry for the kids standing against "the wall." My favorite teacher? Mr. Doohan. Wonderful childhood memories. Now those were the days!	Kathy Rothermel 1973 view posts Tuesday, 08/29/2000 03:16:06
I think I can still name all of my teachers but I'm sure I can't spell their names. I guess it's only fitting that I butcher the spelling seeing as they're the ones who taught me how to spell... Kindergarten - Mrs. Hogenour First - Mrs. Wineburge Second - Mrs. Volk Third - Mrs. Charlston (Charlton?) What a mess I was that year. Fourth - Mrs. Hudson Fifth - Mr. Doohan. Sixth - moved away for one year. What a great school. I remember fighting over the garden tools at recess in kindergarten. Our choices were the rake, hoe, and shovel. Man if you got the rake you were bummin'. I remember the little pretend stairs in the back of the room where David Foley did a puppet show once or twice. I remember being afraid of buying hot lunch so I always brought my lunch in a Superman lunch box (tuna fish on white). I remember Mr. Doohan making us do our multiplication tests in under two minutes or we had to stay in from recess and practice. I remember his little baseball bat and knowing that he would use it. I remember the bronze statue in the front hall of a girl that was made by someone related to Katie O'Conner (I think she said that) Standing against the wall. Playing kick ball in the gym when it rained. Being old enough to stand on the back shelf in the library to reach the upper books. Playing "Chinese music" in music class. Recorders. Mr. Adams and band in fifth grade. Storybooks on parade in the gym. Miss. Sunderland? the gym teacher and Mr. Flynn when we got older. Mr. Wizecoff. The janitor (Cal?) getting the balls down off the gym roof. I remember a lot of good kids who I drifted apart from as I got older. Does anyone remember the year ('69 I think) when they made a movie in our school? I seem to remember a kid, who's father was making the movie, in our class for a while and some film stuff up around the office. Mr. Ready. That guy scared the crap out of me. He was the perfect principal. Well that was fun.	Dana Long 1980 view posts Tuesday, 08/29/2000 04:44:30
My kindergarten teacher also my dad's kindergarten teacher (We're "old Westport," huh?). When I was enrolled, she said to him that she hoped I would be smarter than my dad. Years later, my father told me that he had gone to kindergarten only being able to speak Polish. These were the days before the expanded bilingual services! His new teacher sent him home with a note: the child was retarded. He could not speak English. When he learned English (and was no longer retarded), he could return to school. I don't believe that my father ever uttered another word in Polish... I remember that the milkman (remember those guys?) would deliver crates of 1/2 pint milk cartons outside of the cafeteria door. They would sit in the bright morning sun until whatever time the cafe staff would bring the milk into the kitchen. By the time we got these little cartons of milk at lunchtime, you were almost guaranteed cottage cheese. UGH! And the cafe aides would make us DRINK THIS SOUR MILK! No wonder Robert Yudkin puked in class that time! I remember Mr. Ready! What a tough old guy. The girls locker room was right across from his office. When I was in sixth grade, there was so much noise coming out of the locker room that Mr. Ready WALKED HIS BUTT RIGHT INTO THE LOCKER ROOM WHILE WE WERE CHANGING AFTER GYM and told us that we were all being punished. We were to get ourselves dressed and get ourselves lined up against the wall outside of his office until he said that was enough. What an SOB! I cried while I was standing against the wall - I had never had the dubious honor of standing against the wall and I wasn't one of the girls making all that noise. There were nice things, too. I remember calling my first grade teacher, "Mommy" all the time. She was such a nice lady.	Diane Stapkowski Calabro 1974 view posts Tuesday, 08/29/2000 17:45:21
One morning we were all lined up in the back waiting to get into the school. At the top of the stairs was the principal, Mr. Ready. As I recall, he was not a very tall man, but he was stern so that made him imposing. As we started entering the school, I could see he had a small box in his hand and he was handing something to some of the girls. As I got closer, I could see he was giving out barrettes to anyone with hair in her face. The closer I got, the more nervous I became since I didn't want to be stuck wearing one of those stupid things. He did give me one, and I probably wore it for just that day. Does anyone else remember this little incident? During recess I remember playing on the bars that are only about three feet from the ground. We used to have races on them, spinning around three times.	Andrea Lewis 1974 view posts Tuesday, 08/29/2000 12:37:39

Greens Farms Elementary School Image Gallery

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Mrs. Folk's class of 1967[422k]
Front row: Leslie McCabe, Susan Doniger, Patty Krause, ???, Beth Padula, Joyce Goodman, Mary Hanulik
Second row: Julie Rogers, Sherry Levin, ???, Gail Ripp, Polly Barry, ???, Ken Zimmerman, Joe Strolin
Third row: ??? Brian Perkowski, Grant Lobrano, Robert Schmidt, ???. Sean Duffy, Tom Wall, Joe Hewes (me)
Fourth row: Mrs. Folk.
Sent in by Joe Hewes

class of 1958[178k]
Cindy Gough, top row, first on left
Lucinda Mirk: middle row, first on right
Christopher Tolkien?: top row, second from right
From Cindy Gough: "Wish I could provide more names, but maybe others from Staples class of 70 can fill in!" Sent in by Cindy Gough Stalnaker, Staples '70

Miss Day's 4th grade class, 1957[408k]
Sent in by Connie Avery Sargent, Staples '66

1965 class [235k]
Sent in by Kathy Rothermel, Staples '73

1966 entire class - wide[403k]
1965 5th grade class[140k]
1964 4th grade class[278k]
1962 2nd grade class - wide[113k]
1962 2nd grade class - close up[351k]
1960 class - wide shot[90k]
1960 class - close up[283k]
Sent in by Ed Bensey, Staples '72

1958 class[308k]
1960 class (wide)[290k]
1960 class (close up)[357k]
Sent in by Gail Latimer, Staples '66