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Where in the World is Larry Peacock? (Class
of '59)
Check out the link taking you to the missing alumni
list in your class. They may not even know they are
missing!! If there’s someone on the list whom you
might know the whereabouts of (dead or alive) please
email us the information or have them contact us. As
you will see there are only a few classes that have a
lot missing. Most classes had someone who took the
initiative to keep their class list current. This is
not an easy task to undertake, but does make it
easier for the reunion committee. Check all the
classes. There might be someone’s brother, sister,
aunt, uncle, parents or even neighbors on the list.
The list spans 30 years.
MISSING ALUMNI
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Classmates Remembered
Theresa O'Connor, ('63) had writen a poem to
our deceased alumni. Click the to read.
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Patt (Martha)
Moll '42
Passed 6/1/07
Welhisco Dance Queen
Sign Guest Book
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Luke Hoskins '46
passed 6/08/07
Student Body President,
Sign Guest Book
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For those who are unable to attend a
wake
and/or funeral but would like to share a
story or send condolences to the family, now available
online, is a
Guest Book
where we can sign helping to celebrate the
life of our friend and alumni. Click the
'Guest Book' link under the picture and
follow the instructions. The book will be
available online for after their death.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR:
I received a beautiful
necklace from the LUNATICS of 1965.
I would like to send a Thank You note.
Can you tell me where to send it??
Donna Ijames '65
Editors note: Hey guys, the gals want to
say 'Thanks' for their necklaces. Let
us know where they can send the notes.
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I would like to know if anyone
has memories of the Highlands Theme
Park and if they could share
those with us some time? I remember being in sixth grade
(1961-62). Those were the best
years of my life when we lived
in Wellston from kindergarten
till moving in 1962 to St.
Charles. I lost all of my
friends from Wellston and would
really like to hear from any one
who can remember those years,
and me, Judy Blake. My
addy is
[email protected]
Thanks. I really enjoy the
Flashlight and look forward to
reading it each month.
Judy Blake - (Class '66)
NOTE FROM EDITOR:
Judy, here's a
link
(Click Here)
which gives a little history on the
Highlands. However, there's a
whole section dedicated to the
Highlands on the WHS website
Click Here plus
a lot of other fun things to
check out. A reminder, everyone
should check the WHS website
often as it's always being
updated with new and exciting
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I just read
Sandy Gibbons' editorial piece on Miss Niles. She was my
favorite as well. She was truly an educated sophisticated lady
and made a deep impression on me. I only saw her once after
graduation but wish I could have known her better and longer. I
DID take Miss Carrie McCann's Latin class. She, too, was a
well-disciplined, educated lady. She came across as hardnosed
and sometimes mean. However, she was a softy at heart. I
learned English grammar in her Latin class. I also remember
going to her home when she had us there for Latin Club. As a
freshman I was in awe. She and Miss Niles were up on my
pedestal.
Lee Erwin - '57
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I remember
the Notre Dame Carnivals
very well. Usually each year
Mom got several pairs of
pillowcases for us girls (my
sister Catherine Pelikan
Molini, my deceased sister
Cecilia Pelikan McDevitt,
and I) to embroider and then
crochet an edging around for
the booth run, I believe, by
the Mothers' Club. I recall
helping set up the posters
for booths on the afternoon
before the Carnival began,
and then helping put things
away the following Sunday
afternoon. My dad usually
helped with the Poker Booth,
and my brother Joe Martin
was with the Boy Scouts in
their booth. It really was
a family-involved affair for
us! Like Tom Duffy (I was
in his class all from
Kindergarten through 4 years
of High School at Mercy
High), I don't recall any
rides, but I also left,
entering the Sisters of
Mercy in September, 1955. I
know that for the time in
which they were held, they
offered a pleasant diversion
for our little parish, as
well as bringing in needed
income to help support Notre
Dame School. Sincerely,
Sister M. Lalemant (Mary
Virginia) Pelikan, rsm
Mercy High '56
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I'm
a graduate of Notre Dame ('56). I've
checked with some of my
classmates confirming they
indeed had rides by the time we
graduated from school. I remember a Ferris
wheel plus a few other smaller
rides and booths of various
kinds. I really liked the fish
pond because you always won a
prize. There were cake walks and
other hand crafted articles sold
or raffled. The carnivals
were always a true delight and a
family affair. Cheryl
Horn '61
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Editorial note on
the June Flashlight Gaslight
Square article
The feature on Gaslight
Square in last month's
Flashlight brought back
memories of that place and
time. A quiet
walker-friendly oasis of
music and art studios and
antique stores prior to its
transformation, accelerated
by the tornado of 1859, to
an exciting entertainment
area, Gaslight Square
offered delightful venues
like The Three Fountains
restaurant, Circle in the
Square art gallery and, my
favorite, The Crystal Palace
theatre. The closing of
O'Connell's Irish Pub, in
1972, (and subsequent
reopening at the corner of
Kingshighway and
Shaw), marked the end of The
Square as many of us had
known it, but it's nice to
see that the area is now
being revived, Phoenix-like,
as a new residential
neighborhood.
Bill Voos '48
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flat-top and emerge full of
real-meat flavor, complemented by
fresh, crisp, hand-cut toppings of
lettuce, tomato and onion. Also
available are catfish sandwiches,
cushy and delicious beef tamales,
Coney Island dogs, vanilla Cokes and
malts—fast food with 1950s flair,
which is as it should be, seeing as
how the north-county location has
been in business since 1957. Once
upon a time eight Chuck-A-Burgers operated throughout the St. Louis
area.
night' on the
weekends, making it a meeting place for
classic cars, carhops, and the 50s and
60s music. So, if you want to take a trip to
the past, hear the oldies music, see some pretty neat cars and
maybe an old friend like Les Schwenk
('60) and his backward
'65 GTO....Click to
These were
essentially gambling games which
the police simply turned a blind
eye to. Most of the other
stands were set up for the whole family
but mostly for the kids like a fish tank
- throwing a baseball
to knock down milk bottles -
ring toss - penny toss into cups
- roll big ball to stop in
colored cups - cake walk - quilt
raffle - etc. All these games had
typical carnival prizes from
trinkets to stuffed animals. The
food and refreshment stands were
always good, too. Every year after
the war (WW2), they raffled off a
car. There were hourly
attendance prizes. All booths were
rented from a carnival
supply company, but were manned by the people of the parish.
It was
really a great time and fun for all
in a period coming out of WW2 and
during the Korean War. Tom Duffy,
'55, who attended Notre Dame,
said "Maybe in
later years they may have gone to
some small rides, but that would have
been after I married in 1957 and
moved away." 
