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Across from the desk in the home office of Dr. Sam Bonney '42 is a drafting table covered with sketches and drawings he's working on. Around the room are a few other finished art pieces, and hanging above a chair in the living room is one of Bonney's paintings. Seeing this artistic talent is an unexpected side to a man of medicine - someone many people in this area know as the "grandfather of emergency medicine" because of his role in founding the Emergency Medical Treatment and Paramedic Training program at East Central College and in establishing the Washington Area Ambulance District and the regional emergency helicopter program - but art is a hobby Bonney has long enjoyed.
After
graduating high
school, he was
drafted at age 18.
World War II was
raging. Bonney was
placed in the Army
and assigned the
role of medical
corpsman caring for
wounded soldiers on
the battlefield. He
didn't know it at
the time, but the
assignment set the
stage for his life.
Bonney was
introduced to the
work of medicine,
and he liked it.
After working in
family practice for
years, Bonney became
interested in
emergency medicine
and joined a group
of local physicians
who staffed the
hospital's emergency
room on the
weekends.
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Class of 1966
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FRIDAY NIGHT MIXER TABLE PICTURES SAT NIGHT DINNER SUNDAY PICNIC Photographer's photo's If you know the names of someone in any posted picture that is wrong or not named, send us the picture number and name so we can correct it. NAMES |
There
is so much information on the Internet but
nothing as interesting as our home city,
Wellston and St. Louis. Dave Lossos, has created
a website with all this information at our
fingertips. This
will
keep you busy for days, weeks, even months! Have fun looking at our days gone by: |
REMEMBERING WORLD WAR II Does anybody out there remember WW II, the one right after the, “WAR TO END ALL WARS”? I was 4 years and 2 months old, to the minute Pearl Harbor was attacked and I remember it well. We had gas, tire, fat, sugar, meat and numerous other assorted sundries rationed. My dad worked in the defense portion and had been allowed extra gas to go to his job, but not extra tires. He helped build the gliders used in the invasion of Holland. Dad’s job was to build the wings, (ref: Cornelius Ryans’s book, “A Bridge Too Far”). We had ration cards in Germany for home heating oil and gas for cars. We also had them in Taiwan and the Philippines. I had one in Vietnam in 1962. I am unable to find our card from the P.I. but the control # was 16-003, it’s on the bottoms of all the ceramics we poured in the hobby shop during our free time. Bill Eggert '55 |
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Doug Garner was so fascinated with Forest Park Highlands when he was a child, now that he's grown up he has written a book about it plus he has posted the most interesting website for all of us to enjoy. Take a trip down memory lane - plan on spending some time here! |
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9th Reunion Nortre Dame de Lourdes Wednesday, May 19th, 2010 Luncheon 11:30 am at Grappa Grill (St. Charles, MO) Contact: Jerry Sullivan, 314-843-5529 [email protected] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
Destin was one of the hot spots in Florida for Welhisco Alumni ‘snowbirds’ however, the weather didn’t accommodate very well! Temperatures ran 15 degrees below normal but it was still warmer than STL weather! Larry Turner '60, Pat (Miner) Slatton '62, Jerry Slatton '57 and JoAnn (Williams) Croce '60 were spotted having dinner at the Ocean Club after a round of golf at one of their favorite golf courses. |
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The
Gulf Shore snowbirds came up to Santa Rosa
Beach to have lunch with Colleen
Oliphant '51, Herb Eberle '56 and
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Herb
Erbele
took a
weeks’ vacation with his bride Wilma at
Top Sail state park in their RV. They
met up with John and JoAnn (Williams)
'60 Croce for a romantic dinner
cruise on the Choctawhatchee Bay. The
food was great and the music wonderful,
but the weather could have been a little
warmer that evening they all said! They
boarded the cruise in Bay Towne Wharf,
cruising the bay area.
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FaceBook’s
Willy Wellston has brought back so
many old memories such as the time I
was standing in Piggly Wiggly’s
parking lot staring at a new ’57
Ford with a hideaway hardtop at the
dealership across the street
listening to my dad complained about
spending $34 for a week’s groceries.
I remember on Ogden and Easton the
bowling alley, the Clark station and
junkyard behind Moog‘s factory.
Once I was at Bruce Eyster’s house
when I put a 22 bullet on the street
car track to see what would happen.
I loved hopping on the back of a
Hodiamont
street car riding it to page and I
loved hanging out in Claude Hunter's
basement. I remember getting my
first flat top hair cut and the time
I bought a bottle of slow gin at the
A&P store and drinking the whole
thing! What good memories……does
anyone remember the name of the
bowling alley the bowling met at
after they closed Wellston Lanes? Craig Percell '65 |
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What fun to read the February
Flashlight. When I say the pictures
from Central Elementary I was
surprised to see me in the Choral
group - front row, 4th from right.
I don't even remember Mrs. Simone!
Gloria (Schwenk) Turner '59 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
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Our Flashlight--The past, present and future of WHS students illuminated |
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Where in the World is
Jack Daniel '54? 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 that you know the whereabouts of (living or deceased) please email us the information, or have them contact us. As you see there are only a few classes with people missing. Most classes have someone who takes the initiative to keep their class list current. While this is not an easy task to undertake, it does make the job easier for the Reunion Committee. Check all the classes, because someone’s brother, sister, aunt, uncle, parents or even neighbor, might be on the "Missing List". The list spans a period of over 30 years. MISSING ALUMN |
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The Flashlight shining a light on Wellston High School through the years |
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March, 2010 |
New Weapon In The Battle Against Cancer |
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As we reach a certain age, it seems that more
and more of our friends are being diagnosed with some form of
cancer. This can be disheartening and frightening. However,
cancer is not inevitable part of growing older! Arming yourself
with the right information on how you can prevent cancer from
happening in the first place can help lessen your fears and
improve our overall health. You can help prevent the two most
common female cancers—breast and ovarian. Breast Cancer One of the hardest thing for Susan Lark to do as a physician is look into the face of a woman who has just been diagnosed with breast cancer. This malicious disease not only attacks the physical body but also rips apart a woman’s identity, her sense of self, and her sense of beauty. During the 1950s, it was estimated that one in every twenty American women would develop breast cancer. Since then, the incidence has skyrocketed to one in eight. This makes breast cancer the most common cancer among American women, second only to lung cancer in the number of deaths it causes each year. Whether you’re facing breast cancer or working hard to prevent it (as we all should be doing), I’d like to tell you about two supplements that are becoming powerful allies in this fight. Magnificent Melatonin Melatonin runs our internal clock known as the circadian rhythm, or the sleep/wake cycle. But studies have shown there is much more to melatonin than a good night’s sleep. We’ve known since 1995 that when melatonin levels are low, or when the pineal gland’s production of melatonin in out of sync with the day/night cycle (as in jet lag), the resulting sleep disturbances cause measurable physiological stress, complete with chronically elevated levels of stress hormones such as cortisol. We’ve also known for a long time that chronic cortisol elevation impairs the immune system, which is one of the mechanisms by which stress is thought to increase the risk of cancer. Supplementing with melatonin, however, can break this cycle and is fast becoming a strong tool in breast cancer treatment and prevention. In a study published in the November 2006 issue of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, two groups of laboratory rats with mammary cancer were put on an intense, forced exercise program (30 minutes of swimming, five days per week). At the same time, one of the groups was also given supplemental melatonin. After one month on this program, the rats that got melatonin had normal blood stress hormone levels and no increase in tumor growth, while the rats that were not give melatonin had significantly increased blood levels of stress hormones and their tumors were significantly larger. In another study (October 2006, Breast Cancer Research), 142 samples of breast cyst fluid from women with gross cystic breast disease were analyzed, then added to tissue cultures of breast cancer cells. Breast cyst fluid containing higher levels of estrogen stimulated growth of the breast cancer cells—which was no real surprise, since breast tissue growth is stimulated by estrogen. However, what surprised scientists was that breast cyst fluid containing higher levels of melatonin significantly inhibited breast cancer growth. The payoff from this finding may be two fold: a new laboratory test of breast cyst fluid that can help determine whether a woman with cystic breast disease is at risk for developing breast cancer, and more evidence for the potential of melatonin as a therapeutic and preventative treatment. Since melatonin is so closely linked to sleep, researchers wondered whether melatonin’s role in breast cancer is purely an issue of sleep deficiency and stress. But the results have suggested it isn’t lack of sleep per se—at least not directly. In some studies, women who got less than seven hours of sleep per night showed a slight increase in breast cancer risk, but several studies showed either no effect or even a higher risk of breast cancer in women who sleep more than eight hours most nights. From a research standpoint, there are too many factors that can affect the quality of a woman’s sleep, ranging from anxiety, depression and stress to a substandard mattress or noisy neighborhood. One study in the October 2001 issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute suggests that women who slept in bedrooms that had “light pollution” (too much light) had a higher breast cancer risk. (Darkness is what triggers the pineal gland to secrete melatonin.) So, while sleep is a less reliable factor, the evidence linking higher breast cancer risk with low melatonin levels continues to mount. If all of this news about melatonin isn’t exciting enough, additional studies has shown that melatonin is a powerful antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, free radical scavenger, and immune system modulator. A review article in the December 2006 issue of the Indian Journal of Medical Sciences notes that in many randomized controlled trials, patients receiving supplemental melatonin in addition to standard cancer therapies had substantially higher survival rates and significantly few side effects. And the October 2006 issue of Cancer Research includes a report indicating that, in addition to melatonin’s potential as a cancer preventative and inhibitor of tumor development and growth, it appears to increase the efficacy of chemotherapy, while decreasing side effects and protecting a woman’s ovaries against premature menopause. And another study (December 2006 , Toxicology) shows that when low doses of melatonin were added to cell cultures of ovulated mouse follicles, the eggs matured and actively secreted hormones, apparently protecting them against toxic and oxidative stress. The evidence keeps mounting, and it’s clear that melatonin is likely to be a woman’s new best friend in the fight against breast cancer. To reap the benefits of melatonin, Susan Lark, MD suggests the following: · Turn the lights off. Aging tends to decrease a woman’s natural levels of melatonin, and nighttime light pollution interferes with the pineal gland’s normal levels of melatonin secretion. She recommends that you sleep in a fully darkened room, without night lights or any other light pollution. Also consider wearing an eye mask to bed. · Avoid drugs and other substances that deplete melatonin levels. Such as NSAIDs, sleeping pills, tranquilizers, caffeine, tobacco, and alcohol. · Take vitamin B12. Research suggests that drops in vitamin B12 and melatonin production are common as women age, and that supplementing your diet with vitamin B12 significantly increases melatonin synthesis by the pineal gland. Therefore, she recommends taking sublingual methyl B12 (methylcobalamin) to see if this highly absorbable form of B12, and the natural increase it stimulates in melatonin secretion, boosts your sleep to seven or eight uninterrupted hours per night. The brand Susan Lark recommends trying is ReadiSorb TM, Methyl B12 Spray (www.readisorb.com) Twice daily, use one spray (500mcg) under the tongue, wait for 20 seconds then swallow. · Take Melatonin. The amounts of melatonin used in the studies mentioned (10 mg and higher) are quite a bit higher than typically utilized for insomnia, depression and preventative health care. Susan Lark would only recommend using dosages that high under a physicians care. For breast cancer prevention, and to maintain healthy levels for good mood and sleep, much lower dosages should suffice. I recommend taking 1-1.5 mg of melatonin each evening before bed, although a recent study showed excellent results with as little as 30 mcg per day. You can find melatonin in most health food stores. If you prefer using sprays, I recommend using ReadiSorb Melatonin Spray. A note of caution: If you have blood sugar imbalances or have a tendency toward over acidity, avoid sprays and use other forms instead. Mary’s Note: I take 3 mg of Melatonin each evening and have seen the significant results mentioned in article regarding sleep and leveling out hormones. Until I came across this information I was not aware of the cancer research. My 31 year old son suggested melatonin to me. Listen to your children! |
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