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761 are active on the Distribute site. The site had 2,996 unique visits last week. This issue is at: http://www.jasperjottings.com/2007/jasperjottings20070128.htm Send email to http://tinyurl.com/yh34ut (gives you an email address), fax 781-723-3746, or call 732-917-4816 (It’s the phone on my computer) anytime.
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JASPER EVENTS THAT I HAVE HEARD ABOUT
Saturday February 24, 2007
The Treasure Coast (FL) Alumni Club First Annual Golf Tournament will be held at the Heritage Ridge Golf Club, Hobe Sound, FL. Breakfast will be served at 7:30AM and a shotgun start will go off at 8:30 AM. A great Lunch will be served starting at 12:30PM and several super awards and prizes will be offered. Cost is $125/golfer for breakfast, golf & lunch or lunch only for the non-golfers is $20. Make checks payable to Manhattan College & send to S.J. DeSalvo, Alumni Relations Office, 4513 Manhattan College Parkway, Riverdale, NY 10471 If you are a snowbird in Florida ...C'mon over! Otherwise.. C'mon Down & enjoy the warm weather!
April 21-29, 2007
Trip to the Italian Riviera sponsored by MC (at least according to the snazzy brochure I was mailed). Book by 10/17 and save $200! 800-323-7373. Sigh!
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My list of Jaspers who are in harm's way:
- Afghanistan
- - Feldman, Aaron (1997)
- Korea
-- Stephanie (????)
- Unknown location
- - Lynch, Chris (1991)
- Uzbekistan
- - Brock (nee Klein-Smith), Lt Col Ruth (1979)
… … my thoughts are with you, and all of you that I don't know about.
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QUOTE OF THE WEEK:
When I get a little money, I buy books; and if any is left, I buy food and clothes. -- Desiderius Erasmus (1465-1536)
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Exhortation
http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/12/30/D8MB1R780.html Vatican Spokesman Denounces Execution Dec 30 3:04 AM US/Eastern {Begin Quote} VATICAN CITY (AP) -- The Vatican spokesman on Saturday denounced Saddam Hussein's execution as "tragic" and expressed worry it might fuel revenge and new violence. {End Quote} One has to wonder at the hubris of politicians. Do they think that “what goes around” doesn’t “come around”. Force leads to more force. An “eye for an eye” leads the world blind. Says one of the instruction manuals. Or so I’ve heard. Abortion, the Death Penalty, Socialism, Genocide are all tied together by an inability for people to MYOB. When I write my instruction manual, (thus starting my own religion), after I plagiarize the Golden Rule, I’ll put that in next. But, I’m sure my fellow alums already obey both, and I’m just the slow old injineers bringing up the rear.
Reflect well on our alma mater, this week, every week, in any and every way possible, large or small. God bless. "Collector-in-chief" John reinke--AT—jasperjottings.com
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CONTENTS
0 Messages from Headquarters (like MC Press Releases) 1 Good_News 9! Obits 3 Jaspers_in_the_News 3 Manhattan_in_the_News 9 Email From Jaspers 0 Jaspers found web-wise 0 MC mentioned web-wise 0 New Jasper Bloggers (14 Previously reported)
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PARTICIPANTS BY CLASS
Class	Name	Section
????	Zayas-Bazan, Maria	Email03
1935	Holder, John H.	JObit5
1938	Lahey, Msgr. Maurice C.	JObit6
1938	Rafti, Donato P.	JObit9
1940	Pope, William C.	JObit4
1948	Nicholson, Paul G.	JObit8
1949	Manley, William J.	JNews1
1949	Redington, John M. Sr.	JObit7
1951	Irish, James F.	JObit1
1953	McEneney, Mike	Email03
1953	McEneney, Mike	Email08
1953	McEneney, Mike	JObit9 (reported)
1963	Doran, Arthur J.	Email08
1964	Murray, Tom	Email05
1967	Valentino, Philip	Good1
1969	Armstrong, Rev. Daniel F.	JObit3
1973	Cifu, John	Good1
1975	Fitzpatrick, Joseph	JNews3
1977	Borsellino, Ben	Email03
1980	Moore, Kevin	Email09
1987	Carducci, Thomas J.	JObit2
1994	Lozefski, Johnny C.	Jnews2
1997	Valentino, Jim	Good1
1997	Valentino, Jo Anne Cifu	Good1
2009	lizzle2fresh	Email01
2010	xashhx	Email02
2012	Mypinkblender	Email04
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PARTICIPANTS BY NAME
Class	Name	Section
1969	Armstrong, Rev. Daniel F.	JObit3
1977	Borsellino, Ben	Email03
1987	Carducci, Thomas J.	JObit2
1973	Cifu, John	Good1
1963	Doran, Arthur J.	Email08
1975	Fitzpatrick, Joseph	JNews3
1935	Holder, John H.	JObit5
1951	Irish, James F.	JObit1
1938	Lahey, Msgr. Maurice C.	JObit6
2009	lizzle2fresh	Email01
1994	Lozefski, Johnny C.	Jnews2
1949	Manley, William J.	JNews1
1953	McEneney, Mike	Email03
1953	McEneney, Mike	Email08
1953	McEneney, Mike	JObit9 (reported)
1980	Moore, Kevin	Email09
1964	Murray, Tom	Email05
2012	Mypinkblender	Email04
1948	Nicholson, Paul G.	JObit8
1940	Pope, William C.	JObit4
1938	Rafti, Donato P.	JObit9
1949	Redington, John M. Sr.	JObit7
1997	Valentino, Jim	Good1
1997	Valentino, Jo Anne Cifu	Good1
1967	Valentino, Philip	Good1
2010	xashhx	Email02
????	Zayas-Bazan, Maria	Email03
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HEADQUARTER'S MESSAGES
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GOOD NEWS
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From: Jo Anne Cifu Valentino (1997) Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2007 6:51 PM Subject: jasper jottings note Hi John, Just passing a little alumni note along. My husband and I (Jim Valentino and Jo Anne Cifu Valentino) had a baby boy on 12/28/06. Andrew James was 6lb 13oz and 19.5in. Jim and I are both Jaspers (both chemical engineering Class of 1997) and both of Andrew's grandfathers are also Jaspers - John Cifu (1973) and Philip Valentino (1967). Thanks, Jo Anne {JR: Vunderbar! That’s absolutely great news. On a week with nine obits, I was beginning to feel like I was in a Charles Dickens novel and being told to repent. With such a set of Jasper connections, I’m sure Brother President is penciling in the cashflow for 16 years down the road. With so many Jasper genes, the little fellow will obviously be smarter, faster, and handsomer than the average. Now to balance the nine obits, I have to find 8 other new Jasper Parents. Come On boys and girls get down to business and do your part to reverse the “graying of America”. We have a lot of Jaspers who’ll need that social security. Seriously, congrats, best wishes, and mozel tov. It’s news like this that makes my week. }
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OBITS
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http://www.antonnews.com/roslynnews/2007/01/19/obituaries/ http://tinyurl.com/2etrfp James F. Irish James F. Irish died on Jan. 10, 2007 at age 79 of Parkinson's related causes. He was born in Syracuse, NY in 1927 to James A. and Ethel Irish. His father was a veteran of WWI and among the first mounted troopers with the New York State Police in the 1920s who later was with the Department of Corrections at the state prison in Napanoch, NY. James F. grew up in upstate New York with four siblings, graduating from Ellenville High School with the class of 1945. He was a standout athlete and won six varsity letters for baseball, basketball and soccer. Like his father, Mr. Irish led a life of service to country and state. He was a veteran and served with the US Army in Europe during WWII and with the US Marine Corps during the Korean War. He retired a Captain in 1962. After his military service, he lived on Long Island in Stony Brook and Roslyn for 45 years. He worked for the Nassau County Probation Department for 27 years, retiring in 1990. He was a probation officer and later in department management. He authored a number of crime related publications and studies over several decades. He often said, "my business is crime and business is always good." He was a 1951 graduate of Manhattan College and received a M.S. from St. John's University in 1964. James was active with his school and Marine Corps alumni organizations and was interested in family history, gardening and fishing. He had a life-long passion for Manhattan College basketball. Mr. Irish's second-wife Eleanor, is retired from the Port Washington School District where she taught for 30 years. James is also survived by a brother Thomas(Newburgh, NY), two sisters Sally Ann(Zellwood, Florida) and Kathleen(Fletcher, NC) and 5 children; James K. (Augusta, SC), Michael(Buffalo, NY), John(Irvington, NY), Elizabeth(Philipsburg, NJ) and William(Alpharetta, Georgia) and nine grandchildren. His first wife, Madeline died in 1974. A Memorial Mass was held at St. Mary's Church in Roslyn on Jan. 11. He will be buried at Long Island National Cemetery in Farmingdale. ### {Reported As: 1951 } Guestbook for your comments is at: http://www.legacy.com/RecordOnline/GB/GuestbookView.aspx?PersonId=86112720 http://tinyurl.com/yogets ###
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ACTIONABLE OBIT: EXPIRES 24JAN07 Denville NJ MC1987 Carducci, Thomas J. http://www.legacy.com/StarLedger/DeathNotices.asp?Page=LifeStory&PersonId=86114426 http://tinyurl.com/2g54f6 ***Begin Quote*** Thomas J. Carducci CARDUCCI Thomas J. Carducci Regional sales manager, of Rockaway, 47 Thomas J. Carducci, 47, died at his residence in Rockaway, N.J., on Saturday, Jan. 20, 2007. Relatives and friends are invited to attend services on Wednesday, Jan. 24, at 11 a.m. at the New Hope Community Church, 52 Cooper Road, Denville, N.J. Relatives and friends will be received on Tuesday, Jan. 23, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at the Norman Dean Home for Services, 16 Righter Ave., Denville, N.J. normandean.com. Born in Brooklyn, Mr. Carducci was a resident of the White Meadow Lake section of Rockaway for the last seven years. He was a regional sales manager in IT software in several companies throughout the Metro area. Mr. Carducci was a graduate of Manhattan College, New York City, with a bachelors degree in marketing. Surviving are his wife, Kathleen, and children, Christopher, Alexander, Robert, Jessica and Michael; his mother, Barbara, and stepfather, Carmine Sodora, of Staten Island, N.Y.; his father, Phillip Carducci of Brooklyn, N.Y.; his sister, Noreen Monier; his brother, Steve Carducci; his half-sister, Marjorie Basso, and his stepbrother, Carmine Sodora. He is also survived by an extremely large Italian family. In lieu of flowers, donations to the New Hope Community Church, c/o Thomas Carducci Trust Fund Care for his Children, 52 Cooper Road, Denville, N.J. 07834 would be appreciated. Published in the Star-Ledger on 1/22/2007. ***End Quote*** [mcALUMdb: 1987] Guestbook for your comments is at: http://www.legacy.com/StarLedger/GB/GuestbookView.aspx?PersonId=86114426 http://tinyurl.com/2lkm96 ###
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The Indianapolis Star (Indiana) January 23, 2007 Tuesday FINAL EDITION Obituaries SECTION: OBITUARIES; Pg. 4 The Indianapolis Star publishes free, basic obituaries for residents of Marion, Boone, Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Johnson, Madison, Morgan and Shelby counties. The basic obituary includes the deceased's name, age, city of residence and details about visitation and services, OR a single item regarding contributions. Families who want to personalize their loved one's obituary by including more information, a photo or emblem may do so at a cost. Your funeral home will provide information on personalized obituary rates. Obituaries are coordinated by the Indianapolis Star Classified Advertising Department. {extraneous deleted} Rev. Daniel Foster Armstrong 1931-2007 Was born on May 9, 1931 in Richmond, Indiana to Foster Armstrong and Teresa Cotter. He attended grade school at St. Andrew parish in Richmond and high school at Richmond Senior High. He attended La Mennais College with graduate studies at Manhattan College. His seminary education was completed at St. Augustine Seminary, in Canada. He was ordained by Archbishop Biskup on May 20, 1978 at SS. Peter and Cathedral. His pastoral assignments included: 1978, full time religious instructor at Chatard High School; 1979, administrator, St. Mark, Perry County; 1980, pastor, St. Mark, Perry County; 1981, pastor, St. Anne, New Castle; 1985, pastor, St. Joseph, Shelbyville; 1986, pastor, St. Vincent de Paul, Bedford and St. Mary, Mitchell; 1994, Chaplain, St. Vincent Hospital; 1994, pastor, St. Leonard of Port Maurice, West Terre Haute and St. Mary of the Woods Village Parish; 1996, retired from active ministry. May the risen Christ come to receive his faithful servant! Fr. Armstrong is survived by his sister, Celeste Scheibler (Robert); nephews, Lt. Col. Ret. Mark Scheibler and Scott Scheibler (Malya). There will be prayers for the reception of Fr. Armstrong's body at Our Lady of the Greenwood Catholic Church, 335 S. Meridian St. Greenwood, IN 46143 on Wednesday January 24, 2007 at 6pm followed by visitation at the church until 7:30 p.m. when an evening prayer vigil will be conducted. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Thursday January 25, 2007 at 11 a.m. officiated by The Most Reverend Daniel M. Buechlein, Archbishop of Indianapolis. Friends may call from 10 a.m. until the time of Mass. There will be a luncheon at the church immediately following Mass. Graveside services will take place at 3 p.m. in St. Andrew's Cemetery in Richmond, Indiana. Daniel F. O'Riley Funeral Home is assisting with arrangements. {extraneous deleted} LOAD-DATE: January 24, 2007 ### {MikeMcE reports: Dear John, I believe that Father received his Masters in 1969. May He Rest In Peace. Mike (Thanks, Mike.) }
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The Record (Bergen County, NJ) January 23, 2007 Tuesday All Editions OBITUARIES SECTION: LOCAL; OBITUARIES; Pg. L08 {extraneous deleted} WILLIAM C. POPE, 88, of West End, N.C., formerly of Ho-Ho-Kus, died Saturday. He had been a teacher for the New York City school system. He was a graduate of Manhattan College and received a master's degree from Columbia University. He was a Navy veteran of World War II. Arrangements: Boles Funeral Home, Seven Lakes. {extraneous deleted} LOAD-DATE: January 23, 2007 {MikeMcE reports: Dear John, I believe that William is a member of the Class of 1940. May he Rest In Peace. Mike (Thanks, Mike.) }
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ACTIONABLE OBIT: EXPIRES 26JAN07 MORRIS TWP. NJ MC1935 Holder, John H. http://www.dailyrecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2007701240325 http://tinyurl.com/27rgcg ***Begin Quote*** John H. Holder 92, veteran Wednesday, January 24, 2007 MORRIS TWP. -- John H. Holder died Monday, Jan. 22, 2007, at Morristown Memorial Hospital. He was 92. He was born in New York City, N.Y. and was a resident of Morris Township for 51 years. Mr. Holder was a graduate of Manhattan College with a BA in finance. He was a CPA for the IRS in Newark for 35 years. Mr. Holder was a veteran of the Army Air Corps in World War II and Air Force during the Korean War, attaining the rank of captain. He was a former Morris Township committeeman, from 1974-1976, and was past-president of the Morris/Sussex Chapter of NJSCPA, from 1962-1963. He was also a former member of the Church of the Assumption in Morristown, and was the first chairman of its Lay Advisory Council, as well as chairman of the first Parish Council, from 1966-1970. His wife, Jane D. Holder, died in 2005. Survivors include his two sons, John C. of Baltimore, Md., and George J. of New York City, N.Y.; and his two grandchildren, Justin and Alexander Holder. A Mass of Christian Burial will be at 9:30 a.m. on Friday, Jan. 26, at the Church of the Assumption in Morristown. Interment will be at Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne, N.Y. Hours of visitation are on Thursday, Jan. 25, from 6 to 8 p.m. at Doyle Funeral Home, 106 Maple Ave., Morristown. (24, 25) ***End Quote*** [mcALUMdb: 1935] Guestbook for your comments is at: http://www.legacy.com/StarLedger/GB/GuestbookView.aspx?PersonID=86132446 http://tinyurl.com/2bwz98 # # #
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JObitxx: Lahey, Msgr. Maurice Cameron (MC1938) http://www.legacy.com/Bakersfield/Obituaries.asp?Page=LifeStory&PersonId=86128375 http://tinyurl.com/2eyvxw ***Begin Quote*** Msgr. Maurice Cameron Lahey 1916 - 2007 A Rosary followed by Mass will be celebrated on Thursday, January 25th, 9:00 am at St. Francis Parish Church for Msgr. Maurice Cameron Lahey, Pastor Emeritus of St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church, Bakersfield, who passed away peacefully at Nazareth House in Fresno, California, Sunday, January 21, 2007. Msgr. Lahey was born to Ruth and Henry Lahey on April 19, 1916, in Cedar Grove, N. J. His early years were spent in New York and he graduated from Manhattan College. After six years as an insurance agent, Msgr. entered the Christ the King Seminary in St. Bonaventure, N.Y., in 1946. He was ordained to the priesthood June 8, 1950, at Our Lady of Lourdes, Brooklyn, N.Y. His first assignment in Bakersfield was as an Assistant Pastor at St. Francis from 1950-1954; he was Pastor at St. Francis from 1980-1993, retiring from active ministry to Nazareth House in Fresno. During his many years with the Diocese of Fresno he served the parishes of Bakersfield, Sanger, Fresno, Porterville and Livingston. He was Chaplain for Garces High School; Director of Catholic Youth Organizations; Director of Catholic Welfare; and Financial Administrator of San Joaquin High School. Msgr. was a simple man of God, who devoted one hour every day to prayer, believing prayer to be the foundation of all priestly and religious life. Those who were privileged to meet him found in him a wonderful model of the priesthood. Msgr. Lahey will be buried next to his mother at Holy Cross Cemetery in Fresno. It is requested that in lieu of flowers, donations be made to St. Francis Parish School, c/o St. Francis Parish Church, 900 H Street, Bakersfield, 93304. Msgr. Maurice Cameron Lahey Apr. 19, 1916 - Jan. 21, 2007 ***End Quote*** [mcALUMdb: 1938] Guestbook for your comments is at: http://www.legacy.com/Bakersfield/GB/GuestbookView.aspx?PersonId=86128375 http://tinyurl.com/yqv4hy {MikeMcE reports: Dear John, Msgr. is a member of the Class of 1938, not 1987 as listed at the foot of the Obit. May He Rest In Peace. Mike (Thanks, Mike.) } {JR: Mike even catches my typos and blunders. ;-) Thanks, Mike. Tough taskmaster. }
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http://www.legacy.com/PJStar/Obituaries.asp?Page=LifeStory&PersonId=86129644 http://tinyurl.com/2xl8b6 ***Begin Quote*** John Redington Sr. PEORIA - John M. Redington Sr., 83, of Peoria passed away at 7:54 a.m. on Monday, Jan. 22, 2007, at Proctor Hospital. Born on April 15, 1923, in Liberty, N.Y., to Bernard A. and Catherine Mullen Redington, he married Marjorie Dauch on Feb. 25, 1951, in Park Forest, Ill. She survives. Also surviving are six daughters, Theresa (Douglas) Many of Quincy, Ill., Diane Redington (Roy Buchta) of Pittsburgh, Pa., Jayne (Anthony) Hawe of Victoria, British Columbia, Judith (David) Moore of Atlanta, Ga., Patricia Redington of Quincy, Ill., and Jennifer Redington of San Francisco, Calif.; one son, John (Debra) Redington of Peoria; 12 grandchildren; and four great-grandsons. He was preceded in death by two brothers and one sister. He was a graduate of Manhattan College in New York City. John was a salesman in the steel industry for many years in Chicago and Peoria. He was a World War II Marine veteran. He was a member of St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church, where a funeral Mass will be at 11 a.m. on Friday with Rev. Jason Gray officiating. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. on Thursday at Wright and Salmon Mortuary, with recitation of the rosary at 7:30 p.m. Additional visitation will be 30 minutes before the Mass at the church. Cremation rites will be accorded after the Mass. Burial of ashes will be in St. Peter's Cemetery in Liberty, N.Y., at a later date. Memorial contributions may be made to Emmaus Community of Pittsburgh, 2810 Carey Way, Pittsburgh, PA 15203. Tributes and condolences may be submitted to www.wrightandsalmon.com. ***End Quote*** [mcALUMdb: 1949] Guestbook for your comments is at: http://www.legacy.com/PJStar/GB/GuestbookView.aspx?PersonId=86129644 http://tinyurl.com/39w56p ###
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JObitxx: Nicholson, Paul G. (MC1948) http://www.legacy.com/Savannah/Obituaries.asp?Page=LifeStory&PersonId=86060699 http://tinyurl.com/28g9nm ***Begin Quote*** Paul G. Nicholson -Savannah- Paul G. Nicholson, who retired in 1987 as Chief Engineer of Construction of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, died Saturday, January 20, 2007 at Memorial Hospital in Savannah, Georgia. He was 81 years old. Mr. Nicholson was in charge of major projects that are fixtures in the New York metropolitan area during his more than 48-year affiliation with the Port Authority including the World Trade Center on which he worked closely with I.M. Pei. Projects for which he had direct construction engineering oversight included the George Washington Bridge Bus Station, designed by architect and master builder Dr. Pier Luigi Nervi, the Bus Terminal, Trans-Hudson (PATH) railroad, The Lincoln Tunnel and Holland Tunnel and other Port Authority facilities. He managed budgets up to $300 million annually and was directly responsible for a staff of over 250 employees. After his retirement Nicholson remained a consultant to the Port Authority until 1994 mentoring aspiring minority and women contractors. Mr. Nicholson was hired by the Port Authority shortly after graduating Valedictorian from Manhattan College in 1948 with a degree in civil engineering. Mr. Nicholson interrupted his career with the Port Authority in 1956 to accept a three-year assignment as Coordinator of Design and Construction of the US pavilion and theater (designed by Edward Durrell Stone) at the Brussels Worlds Fair of 1958 for the U.S. Department of State. He returned to the Port Authority in 1959, was named Manager of the Construction Division in 1970 and became Construction Chief Engineer serving in that capacity until his retirement in 1984. A licensed professional engineer in the states of New York and New Jersey, he was a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Society of Professional Engineers, The Moles, The Maintenance Committee of the International Bridge, Tunnel & Turnpike Association and the Steel Structures Painting Council and a visiting Lecturer at the University of Chicago. Nicholson served in the Navy as an electronics specialist, Radar & Loran during World War II at the Naval Research Lab in Anacosta, Virginia. A resident of Upper Saddle River, New Jersey for many years, he served as member and Chairman of the Upper Saddle River Zoning Board of Adjustment for 19 years, Nicholson devoted his private time to his family, home and church serving as a founding trustee, lector and in Religious Education programs at the Church of the Presentation. In 1993, Mr. Nicholson moved with his wife of 57 years, Dorothy Nicholson, to Savannah, Georgia, who survives him. He is also survived by his three daughters, Maura Nicholson deVisscher of Greenwich, CT, Tara Nicholson Olson of Rye, New York and Ann Nicholson Brown of New Canaan, CT, and grandchildren Patrick and Luke deVisscher, Morgan and Meredith Olson, and Dorothy and Oliver Brown. There will be a funeral mass at St James Catholic Church, 8412 Whitfield Avenue on Wednesday, January,24th at 11:00 am. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to:St. James Church, Building Fund for the Adoration Chapel, 8412 Whitfield Avenue, Savannah, GA 31406 or Skidaway Island First Responders, Box 601, Savannah, GA 31411 Please sign our guestbook online at www.foxandweeks.com Savannah Morning News January 23, 2007 Please sign our Obituary Guest Book at www.savannahnow.com ***End Quote*** [mcALUMdb: 1948] Guestbook for your comments is at: http://www.legacy.com/Savannah/GB/GuestbookView.aspx?PersonId=86060699 http://tinyurl.com/3d2c3f ###
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From: Mike McEneney [1953] Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2007 4:30 PM To: John Reinke Subject: Fw: Donato P. Rafti '38 Dear John, FYI Mike ----- Original Message ----- From: Grace Feeney Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2007 1:39 PM Subject: Donato P. Rafti '38 Donato P. Rafti, ’38, died on December 29, 2006. Sent in by his daughter Phyllis Rafti 2330 Wickham Avenue Bronx, NY 10469 Grace Feeney Alumni Relations Officer {JR: Thanks Mike. } {JR: Attention All Jaspers: This dying has to stop immediately. Any one caught dying will be reported to the Head Brother. There will be no dying while you still have work to do. Appropriate discipline will be given to violators. (Hey all these obits makes me sad and punchy!) }
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WWII flyboys Gabe Hernandez/Valley Morning Star From left, Bill Manley, Mahlon Hanson, Ed Cooper and Herman Goldhagen were the crew members of a B-24 Liberator bomber during World War II. The four men flew bombing missions against the Japanese in the Pacific during the war. By ALLEN ESSEX SOUTH PADRE ISLAND – More than 60 years ago they were teenagers and 20-year-olds in a B-24 Liberator bomber blasting Japanese-held islands in the Pacific. The four men, now all in their 80s, gathered together again Saturday at a hotel on South Padre Island to renew their wartime bonds. Remarkably, eight of the original 10 crew members are still alive. But bad weather and illness prevented the other four from participating. The reunion was organized by the youngest of the crew, Ed Cooper of Santa Rosa – with lots of help from wife Frances – who was barely 18 when he joined the crew. Cooper was one of four members of the crew who got their training at what was then called Harlingen Aerial Gunnery School. It was later called Harlingen Army Airfield, then Harlingen Air Force Base in the 1950s, before closing in 1962. Those four didn’t meet until later. The wartime leader was Army Air Force 1^st Lt. Mahlon Hanson, the pilot, who had picked up the nickname “Ming the Merciless,” because he was tall and stern, like the sinister villain in Flash Gordon serials. But the crew also called Hanson “The Wheel” and themselves “the spokes.” The crew were part of the 307^th Bomb Group, known as “The Long Rangers,” which was part of the 13^th Air Force. Cooper recalled his time training in Harlingen. “We were on duty 24 hours a day,” Cooper said of his training stint at HAGS, before the name was changed to Harlingen Army Airfield. They had eight hours of classroom training, eight hours of flying and then were off for eight hours, he said. Soldiers who trained at the Harlingen base were only 18 or 19 years old, Cooper said. Some of the enlisted men who became part of his crew were trained as aircraft mechanics, radio operators or in other skills before they were sent to gunnery training, he said. After training at Harlingen, soldiers went on to other bases, where they were formed into a crew before shipping out to a war zone, he said. “We were assigned to a crew in Walla Walla, Wash.,” he said. On a B-24, there was a pilot, a co-pilot, a navigator and a bombardier, all officers. There were six enlisted men: flight engineer/gunner, radioman/gunner, armorer/gunner, and three 18-year-old recent recruits as waist gunners and tail gunner. Cooper became top turret gunner and was the youngest member of the crew. “We were all single, no married guys on our crew,” he said. “It was great, just a bunch of kids with no responsibilities at home or anything. “If they came and blew the whistle in the middle of the night, and said, ‘We’re leaving,’ we didn’t have to worry about where our wives were going to be. I felt so sorry for those married guys. “I think I flew my 13^th mission on my 19^th birthday,” Cooper said. Two crew members were from New York City, two from Minnesota, two from Texas, one from Oklahoma, one from Missouri, one from New Mexico and one from Oregon. They were Catholic, Protestant and Jewish. Although many World War II aircraft had racy “nose art,” often pictures of voluptuous women, and a name for the plane, Hanson’s crew flew various B-24s, depending on the readiness of a plane for the next bomber run. Engines often needed changing and battle damage had to be repaired after each day’s bombing runs, “so we flew whatever was available,” Cooper said. When he joined the Army Air Force “A couple of us guys came from Shepherd Field, Wichita Falls, about this time of the year,” Cooper said. “Up there, it was sleeting, ice and snow, and, when I came to Harlingen, there were palm trees and bougainvillea’s blooming. To me it was the prettiest base, by far, that I was ever stationed at.” Hanson was studying structural engineering at Duluth Junior College when he volunteered, he said. “The Air Force was my first choice, I wanted to fly, one way or another,” he said. But unlike millions of young Americans, he really didn’t want to be a pilot, he said. “I wanted to be a navigator.” In the Far East, the B-17 Flying Fortress, which received most of the glory in the bombing campaign in Europe, was not adequate for the vast distances between islands, Hanson said. “They couldn’t carry enough bombs and they couldn’t hold enough gas,” he said. But even the B-24s were stretched way beyond their designed limits, Hanson said. “We had rubber bladders to hold extra gasoline in the bomb bay,” he said. Even after the B-29 Superfortresses arrived in the Pacific, their job was strictly to bomb the Japanese homeland. There were no islands with airstrips close enough for a B-24 to reach Japan, Hanson said. But there were plenty of enemy targets in the Dutch East Indies, Borneo, Sumatra and also in the Philippines. The whole crew knew they had little chance of being rescued if engines failed, fuel ran out or some other problem caused them to splash down in the Pacific, Hanson said. On the first mission, the navigator failed to bring them back to their home base, a tiny island near Borneo, he said. After crisscrossing the area, they were lucky to spot a smaller B-25 bomber and, after signaling it in Morse Code with a flashlight to avoid breaking radio silence, they were guided back to its base for the night, landing on a narrow air strip cut in the jungle of another island. They landed in a rainstorm on steel mats in the dark, Hanson said, his brow furled as he recalled that tense incident. “He (the navigator) was only 18,” Hanson said. “After that, he grew up fast.” The next day, their plane was refueled and they found their home base in daylight. “If you didn’t return at night, it was assumed you weren’t coming back,” he said. “They would start divvying up your personal stuff, your goodies.” Their most exciting, and worst, mission came on Nov. 8, 1944, in the central Philippines, Cooper said. They were expecting P-47 Thunderbolt fighters to escort them. But the fighters that did show up were not friendly, he said. “Someone said, ‘There’s our fighters,” Cooper said. “I said, if those are our fighter escorts, why are they firing at us?” The rear section of the B-24 was perforated with bullet holes, the tail gunner, Ben Smith, was killed and the two waist gunners were nearly killed, he said. Cooper climbed back into the rear of the plane to attempt to repair the broken manual control cables, he said. Blood was everywhere. The navigator, Carman Kurth, and Cooper tried to give first aid. The pilots finally managed to limp back to a landing strip, using the automatic pilot after Cooper was unable to repair shot-up manual control cables in the back of the plane. The plane returned to its base six hours after the Japanese attack, said Herman Goldhagen and William Manley, who were waist gunners and both critically injured by machine gun fire, the veterans recalled. Although they don’t remember much about the hours after the attack, Cooper said doctors operated on both men for hours in tents, saving their lives. They were later transferred to a hospital on a safer island. To this day, only one other crew member has died. He died in a car of a burst appendix after the war. After the war, Goldhagen attended Northern Illinois College of Optometry, completing accelerated studies in 2 ¾ years, becoming an optometrist. Manley went to Manhattan College in Bronx, N.Y., becoming an accountant at a brewery and a clothing company, he said. Both New Yorkers married and had children after the war. Both men had had to live with their families after the war, due to a housing shortage, but eventually did well in their careers, thanks to college funded by the G.I. Bill, they said. {MikeMcE reports: Dear John, A William J. Manley graduated from the School of Business in 1949. This might be the same Bill. Mike (Thanks, Mike.) }
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Hartford Courant (Connecticut) January 20, 2007 Saturday 1S NEW HAVEN COUNTY/SHORELINE EDITION IN OUR TOWNS SECTION: CONNECTICUT; Pg. B2 {extraneous deleted} Two Promoted In Department MIDDLETOWN – Two veteran members of the Middletown Police Department, John Lozefski and Heather Strick, were promoted Friday during a ceremony at city hall. Lozefski, formerly a sergeant, was elevated to lieutenant. He joined the department in 1997 and was promoted to sergeant in 2003. A member of the SWAT team, Lozefski has received several departmental honors, including a Meritorious Unit Citation in 2006 and an Exceptional Service Award in 2001. Lozefski has a bachelor’s degree in business management from Manhattan College. {extraneous deleted} LOAD-DATE: January 22, 2007 {MikeMcE reports: Dear John, A Johnny C. Lozefski graduated in 1994. This might be the same John. Mike (Thanks, Mike.) }
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http://www.acorn-online.com/news/publish/article_13047.shtml Jan 24, 2007 Weston High School auditorium: Cost estimate $1.6 million by TERRY CASTELLANO According to the latest estimate, it’s going to cost Weston more than $1.6 million to renovate the high school auditorium. With the need to replace the school’s roof becoming more urgent every day, the question of where exactly that money is going to come from remains unanswered. Joe Fitzpatrick, a member of the Weston school board and the chairman of both the town and school building committees, presented a schematic cost estimate for renovating the high school auditorium to the school board at its last monthly meeting, held Jan. 16. The estimate, which totals $1,627,838, includes construction costs, architectural and engineering fees, construction management and owner representative fees, and miscellaneous expenses. Costs related to air conditioning are also included. Owner’s costs, including financing, are excluded from the estimate. Mr. Fitzpatrick’s estimate is based on the March 21, 2006, Weston High School Needs Assessment Study, which was prepared by Theatre Projects Consultants. Timing Mr. Fitzpatrick prefaced his recommendations in terms of project timing, saying that project subdivisions should be considered only if and after the total program receives approval. “We are moving quickly on a new high school roof installation project,” said Mr. Fitzpatrick, who is also chairman of the school board’s facilities subcommittee. Referring to the benefits of coordinating these two projects, Mr. Fitzpatrick said, “Consideration should be given to consolidating program items and phasing in the work to achieve economies of scale and to minimize cost duplication.” A partner at TDX Construction Corporation, Mr. Fitzpatrick completed the schematic cost estimate pro bono. TDX specializes in the management of complex construction projects for public and private institutions. Mr. Fitzpatrick holds a master’s in business administration from George Washington University and a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Manhattan College. Theatre Projects Consultants also offered its needs assessment services at no cost to the community through WestonArts Inc. Town plans for financing Last summer, the school board voted unanimously to defer further action on a proposed middle school performing arts center because costs were significantly higher than the funding approved in a November 2001 referendum. With that in mind, the Board of Selectmen appears to be moving toward asking the community’s approval to reallocate approximately $2.9 million in remaining funds from the now-deferred performing arts center toward the cost of installing a new roof at the high school, or using part of the remaining funds to cover costs associated with the renovation of the high school auditorium. There is also a possibility that a portion of that money may be needed to cover claims of underpayment related to the recently completed school building project. It would be during a town meeting that the selectmen would ask residents for approval to reallocate the $2.9 million. At the same meeting, the selectmen also are expected to ask for approval to transfer approximately $1 million from the general fund balance to assist in covering costs of either the new roof or the high school auditorium renovation. Tom Landry, town administrator, said the town is awaiting a final projected cost “down to the penny” for the new roof. Until that time — which should be mid-February — the selectmen will not make a final decision as to the wording of questions to be posed to residents at the Town Meeting. According to Rick Darling, town finance director, the Town Meeting will be held no later than mid-March of this year. Roof The cost of the new roof is projected to be about the same as the amount remaining in the account for the deferred performing arts center. With the total cost of the new roof and high school auditorium renovation reaching approximately $4.5 million, the town most likely will also use approximately $300,000 remaining in the current year’s capital budget for one of the two projects. According to Mr. Fitzpatrick, an additional $300,000 would need to be raised through fund-raising efforts, should the town decide to use $1 million from the general fund balance and $300,000 from the current capital budget to cover costs associated with the high school auditorium renovation. “First and foremost, there has been a lot of thought put into this process,” Ellen Uzenoff, school board chairman, said, referring to plans associated with the renovation of the high school auditorium. “There has been valuable input from the capital budget advisory committee, which is comprised of representatives from the boards of finance, selectmen, and education, as well as town administration,” Ms. Uzenoff added. “Discussions regarding the renovation of the high school auditorium and the need for a new roof for the high school have been very collegial, with the goal of doing what is best for the town.” ### {MikeMcE reports: Dear John, There appears to be a Joseph Fitzpatrick that graduated in 1975 and at one time lived in Connecticut. Mike (Thanks, Mike.) }
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US Fed News January 22, 2007 Monday 1:06 AM EST MEMBER MOTION, ACCOLADES FOR JAN. 2007 BYLINE: US Fed News DATELINE: ALEXANDRIA, Va. The Association of Fundraising Professionals issued the following news release: AFP members are always accepting new challenges and exciting career opportunities, as well as receiving accolades for their commitment and service. Here are some job announcements, appointments, promotions and recognitions for January 2007. {extraneous deleted} Joseph Ferraro, CFRE, is joining Carl Bloom Associates in White Plains, N.Y., as its new vice-president of marketing and business development. Previously, he served as director of development for Manhattan College in Riverdale, N.Y. {extraneous deleted} LOAD-DATE: January 24, 2007
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The Toronto Star January 20, 2007 Saturday A swipe of faith; American churches welcome 'ATM for Jesus' as a modern alternative to the collection plate BYLINE: Nestor Arellano, Special to the star SECTION: RELIGION; Pg. L10 Excuse me brother, will that offering be in cash, debit or credit? Parishioners swiping their debit or credit card in lieu of dropping their donation onto a plate might strike some as an intrusion of commercialism into the realm of the sacred. Yet more than a dozen churches in the United States have lined up to follow the lead of the Stevens Creek Community Church of Augusta, Ga., which, for nearly two years, has been using automated kiosks to collect donations from the faithful. As people enter this predominantly upper-middle-class church they are greeted by one of three sleek pedestals topped by a black computer screen, numeric key pad and magnetic strip reader. Called Giving Kiosks, the machines are not much different from automated teller machine stations found in shopping malls and airports. Parishioners slide their cards through the slot on the side, punch in the personal identification numbers (PIN) and key in the amount they want to donate. Their donations are instantly routed to the church's coffers and the machine spits out a receipt. "It's just like an ATM for Jesus," says Pastor Marty Baker of the Pentecostal church. As jarring as Baker's comments may be, it's not hard to imagine why more than a dozen churches in the U.S. want the machines and at least one Canadian church has made inquiries. The three Giving Kiosks units developed by Baker and fellow churchgoer Eric Bradley accounted for about $274,000 (U.S.) in donations or an estimated 15 per cent of the 1,100-member church this year. Baker says he was driven to build the kiosks out of a need to bring his church in line with its young and increasingly techno-savvy congregation. He said most people today do not travel with cash in their pockets and paid for purchases using credit or debit cards. "What would these people do if they were in church and God prompted them to give?" In his spare time, the 42-year-old pastor began inquiring about devices that might facilitate card-based donations. Each time, Baker got the same response: "That's a great idea, but we don't offer it." Baker and Bradley began work on the Giving Kiosks in 2004. Bradley wrote the program for SecureGive, which processes secure automated transactions. The e-commerce firm, Ingenux Corp. of Edmund, Okla., hosted the application and another software company, Q1-Technology of Augusta, developed a PIN debit system that integrated with Bradley's program. The first unit was tested and deployed in 2005. There was some resistance at first, Baker admits. "There were those who said 'Not in my church you don't.' Others thought I was the devil himself." The congregation, with nearly 70 per cent under the age of 40 and a choir is known to cover Aerosmith's "Dream On," took to the kiosk quickly and two other units were soon added. "When I walked into the church and saw the Giving Kiosk, I knew this church was for me because they understood how I live my life," says Amy Forrest, an employee of the National Wild Turkey Federation who attends Stevens Creek. To date, the pastor says, 14 churches are waiting for him to install Giving Kiosks costing $2,289 and $5,724 each in their buildings. Baker's company, which is separate from the Stevens Creek Community Church, charges a $286 set-up fee and an additional $57 monthly hosting and licensing fee. A card processing company also gets 1.9 per cent out of each transaction. Tim Williams, pastor of the Northview Community Church in Abbotsford, B.C., says he recently contacted Baker about the SecureGive system, but has since decided against it. He says he had reservations about the fees Baker and the card processing firm charged. "The kiosks do provide a great deal of convenience, but the fees they are asking would mean money taken away from our church," says Williams. Northview Community Church avoids transaction charges by collecting donations the old-fashioned way, by passing the collection plate. It does, however, use a PIN-based debit and credit card point-of-sale (POS) system to receive payments for other functions and services. The card reader is stationed in the church office. Williams also says the Giving Kiosks are not really new technology, but rather a "re-application of a familiar device in a new environment." In 2003, the Cathedral of St. Joseph, a Roman Catholic church near the Mississippi River in Baton Rouge, La., began testing a POS system developed by local programmer that integrated the software with an interactive kiosk developed by PlannedLegacy of Winnipeg. The system was set up to accept donations in cash, cheques, or by debit and credit cards. As an added feature, the unit's screen also provides prayer and mass schedules and co-ordinates volunteer activities as well. The system worked fine, but "when the time came to install the kiosk in the cathedral, it just didn't sit well," says Mark Blanchard, stewardship director for the diocese. Church officials pulled the plug on the project. Mike Ba