Nostalgia

Nostalgia

IDENTIFY PLAYERS IN 1953 NHS Junior Class Play

As the years go on, I guess we tend to become more reflective of our earlier life. We are no different from the rest of you in this regard, so I thought I would share some things from our past that may be of interest to some of our friends and acquaintances. You can expect to see things here, presented visually, that describe or show some of the things we've done, places we've been or people we've met.

Here are photographs of Joe's high school senior class. Joe went to school in the Far East in postwar Occupied Japan, as described elsewhere. The school he graduated from was called Narimasu, as it was located near the village of Narimasu, a suburb of Tokyo. The school was operated by the U.S. Army for military dependents and certain other eligible civilian dependents. The photos below are from his yearbook - the Sensu. Joe knows of seven of his classmates who have passed away.

NARIMASU HIGH SCHOOL 1954 SENIOR CLASS
(Click on any photo to see larger view)
(Names in RED = address available or known deceased, contact Joe Pehoushek)
(Those whose photos are bordered in black are believed to be deceased)

Janice T. Aoki Hawaii	Muriel J. Bachelor Blairsville, PA	Shirley Y. Barnes Phoenixville, PA	Oscar E. Bell Panama City, FL	Robert W. Brown Spokane, WA
Robert E. Bryan Lexington, VA	William L. Burbank Columbus, GA	Joseph E. Burer Manassas, VA	Julie A. Cairns Riverside, CA	Barbara G. Chapman San Antonio, TX
Marcelle Chou Shanghai, China	Robert A. DeHond Williamson, NY	William J. Ferris La Plata, MD	James R. Fest San Antonio, TX	Geraldine A. Frick Tacoma, WA
John B. Furse Decatur, GA	Amy M. Goda Hawaii	Georgine Goodwin San Jose, CA	Robert R. Gorry Pallisades Park NJ	Allan D. Grace Russellville, AR
Maryanne E. Gray Phila., PA	Clair Hall El Paso, TX	M. Johnson Hagood Chapel Hill, NC	No Photo John W. Henderson Des Moines, IA	Lawrence Hoffman Lakewood, CO
William E. Howden Los Angeles, CA	Phalen "Chuck" Hurewitz Santa Barbara, CA	Eileen K. Jackson Honolulu, HI	Joan F. Jackson San Francisco, CA	William M. Jones Ogden, UT
Richard G. Kidd Starke, FL	Bai Chee Lee Shanghai, China	Barbara T. Londell Plainfield, NJ	Richard Mackintosh Bethesda, MD	Ben Mandolado Manila, Philippines
Judith A. Martin Phoenix, AZ	Adolph Masschelin East Moline,IL 1989	Claude R. Matchette Greentown, IN	Michael P. Matson Helena, MT	Cynthia Mawhinney Columbus, OH
Patricia A. McInnes Freeport, NY	Sylvia Gay Meadows San Antonio, TX	Ibby Z. Metsker Indianapolis, IN	Mickey J. Morgan Portland, OR	Richard J. Murphy Long Island, NY
Robert J. Murphy Santa Monica, CA	Patricia A. Murray Van Nuys, CA	Alexander J. Napier Long Beach, CA	Johnnie Sue Newman Morrilton, AR	Anson O'Connor Uvalde, TX
John A. Palinsky	Joseph W. Pehoushek Minneapolis, MN	Patricia E. Pilcher Cordele, GA	Raymond R. Ramsey Chattanooga, TN	William M. Roberts Greenville, SC
Lois M. Schaefer Killeen, TX	Susan B. Schubert Tucson, AZ	Uwe Thorsten Scobel Berlin, Germany 25 Mar 1964	Marie A. Serlick Norfolk, VA	Ray M. Shirven La Crosse, WI 1992
Shelley J. Sturdy Turlock, CA	Elsingah M. Terwilliger Washington, DC	Patricia A. Theiring Portland, OR	Richard M. Thompson Miami, FL	Richard T. Vanderhoof East Orange, NJ
Orvis A. Waldron Squire, WV	Georgine Winslett Spokane, WA	William Y. W. Wong Shanghai, China ~ 1980	Ann K. Yamada Cold Spring Harbor, NY	James J. Zmudzinski Pittsburgh, PA
No Photo Lloyd Daniel Bell Petersburg, VA	No Photo Harry Wm. Bright New York, NY		No Photo Tom McDonald Baltimore, MD	No Photo John L. Reber Ambler, PA

Remember our Veterans

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The 'OLE SWIMMING HOLE

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Songs from our youth (?)

Here are a few songs I've been able to find dating back to 1954. If anyone has others available, please send them to me and I'll post.

Some of these are ".mp3" others are "midi" format, either Real Audio or Windows Media Player will play both "midi" and ".mp3". Arrangement and quality is generally lousy .... but the songs are memorable. To download and save any of these, right click, then "Save Target As".

(click on each to play)

Shina no yoru (long download)
Arirang (Korean Nat'l Anthem) (long download)
Mr. Sandman
Endless Love
Secret Love
Shake Rattle & Roll
Sh Boom
Thats Amore
How Much Is That Doggie in the Window
Crying In The Chapel
Canadian Sunset
Unchained Melody

Roberta (Humphrey) Devore [NHS '56] and Joe Pehoushek [NHS '54]

at the San Juan Co., WA Fair Aug 16,2002

John Henderson [NHS '54] & Joe Pehoushek [NHS '54]

at Joe's house in Punta Gorda,FL. Jan 3,2003

Meguro Classmates at lunch Punta Gorda Country Club, FL Jan 9,2003
L to R: Bill Curtis (left Meguro 1951), Joe Pehoushek (Meguro '48-'52, NHS '52-'54),
Nancy Fish (Hawkins) (Meguro '48 - '53), Pat (George) O'Brien attended NHS until 1951, then Meguro in '51/'52, graduating 1952.

Remember the old monument to Japan's First flight? Sits right outside where the back door to the Wash. Hts. Teen Age Club was.

The only old Washington Heights house left standing in 1981. It is located within a hundred feet of the wall surrounding Meiji Park. Does anyone have an old Wash Hts. directory to identify who lived in House #530 ? (After looking closely at an aerial photo showing house numbers, I've concluded this house, based on it's location, is really #258 . Numbers might have been changed as they demolished the houses.)

Here is a composite view of the area around Washington Heights, the old 40's - 50's era U.S. Military Dependent housing area. I've superimposed a 50's aerial photo on top of a modern day satellite image (courtesy of Google Earth). The old roads are traced in light blue. A rectangle on the left indicates where the teen-age club hangout was. A white "X" on the right indicates Harajuku station near the main entrance to Washington Heights. Shibuya station is off the bottom.

North is (roughly) to the left.

Click here to see a satellite image without the overlay.