Philip MacDonald
Residing In: | mesa, AZ USA |
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Spouse/Partner: | Paula Fiorillo |
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Occupation: | Mechanical Engineer, Re-Tarred, Purdue, 1975 |
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Children: | Kelly Christina MacDonald Weeks- born 1981, PhD in American Studies at Bowling Green, OH, now living More… |
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My 7th & 8th grade math teacher, Carmen Ponader, was an HO train freak, and a seriously grumpy old man (he was probabably younger than I am now, but he was LOTS grumpier, methinks?)
:D
I do believe that he and Victor got to be friends over this hobby?
Ponader would find train enthusiests in his classes by dropping subtle hints, and those kids would swarm to him like moths on a porch light, as Ponader has so much more money and space to pursue his hobby.
My 7th & 8th grade math teacher, Carmen Ponader, was an HO train freak, and a seriously grumpy old man (he was probabably younger than I am now, but he was LOTS grumpier, methinks?)
:D
I do believe that he and Victor got to be friends over this hobby?
Ponader would find train enthusiests in his classes by dropping subtle hints, and those kids would swarm to him like moths on a porch light, as Ponader had so much more time, money and space to pursue his hobby, than would a 7th or 8th grade kid?
Happy Doodah Rita!
You are finally a Very Old Person!
Welcome to the club, dearie!!!
mac
I went thru gradeschool @Foreman with Jo Faye.
Oh, and, her name was never just "Jo Faye." She ALWAYS introduced herself as, "Jo Faye Dick."
Always. Always. Always.
--->>> There you have it, classmates!
I always felt she was daring you to make a joke about her surname? Who knows?
She was always a most kind sweety. I did not know Joe Faye all THAT well, but she was always KIND and PLEASANT when I interacted with her.
--->>> Never heard that woman say an unkind thing about anybody. Nope. Never.
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How many of us are now gone that we know of?
--->>> It seems a frightful percentage of our graduating class to me have passed on, my friends.
mac
Rod:
Sorry I din't make it this time. I really wanted to be there. Oh, Lord, did I want to be there?
I was undone by the lack of vaccination in Indiana (not that much different than Arizona?)
I have a 7 month old granddaughter in Los Angeles I've never met. Don't want to have no "sleeper infection" when I go to see her around thanksgiving.
So sorry.. I'd been looking forward to this for ever so long.
Hey Patty!
I'm not going to make the reunion. However I would dearly love to zoom with Peggy Nier (Schammert) while you are providing this awesome service to us.
tanks
pcmacd
I heard that you won’t make it to the reunion. I enjoyed your stories about me at the last one. I really wanted to hear more. Lol
Randy was in my catechism class at Augustana Lutheran Church for several years. He was also a serious electronics nerd, as was I. He knew lots more than I did about electronics so I befriended him over that.
Further, we were both crazy into bicycles, riding over 40 miles per day in the summer of, probably, 1968. I lost ten pounds that summer! Only ten pounds? Sheesh.
We rode our bikes up and down unfinished portions of I-65!
It was Randy who turned me onto this craziness. It was AWESOME, to have this stretch of concrete at our feet, unencumbered by automobiles!!!
We had to be careful when we came to overpasses, as they were not all complete..... think about that?
Ed's parents introduced mine. My parents lived with his when mine were first married. I have pictures of Ed and me side by side in kiddie chairs around a year of age - thus, I knew Ed all my life. The last time I saw Ed was at my Dad's wake at the Hobart VFW in 1984 not long after Thanksgiving.
I was corresponding with Chris Schenk much later asking if she knew where he could be located. She said she'd look into it. I found out about a week later from my mom that he died right about the time I was thinking about him. Heart trouble, I expect. His dad had all manner of heart issues.
Ed was just a really, insanely crazy guy at heart, and was always getting into me into all manner of mischeif when we were very young.
"DA" was in all of my Foreman classes. He was quiet as a kid, but more voluable at our last reunion.
What a nice guy he was...., and, oh, the crazy autos he used to draw. The man had talent, indeed.
Posted on: Mar 30, 2021 at 10:02 PM
Rodney:
I will likely attend with my cousin Karen Ensign.
Don't know why they want us to snail mail stuff.
When my plans become more solid, I'll be happy to do the snail mail thing and send a Czech.
Still, we should be offered an e-option for estimates.
After all, this is the 21st century? Eh?
Sure glad we were not the class of '70? Imagine how their 50th went into the shitter?
I knew Danny from Boy Scouts around 6h grade. He was a nice guy with a great attitude, and well liked.
As I recall his arm was amputated due to cancer... I actually asked him what had happened to it.
I think I remember him around at the beginning of 7th grade, and then I realized he was no longer around and figured cancer had gotten the best of him. Danny was likely the first person not a relative that I knew who passed on.