THE READ A WEE July, 2010 B

Good news everyone! Our next AND All-Alum meeting will be on Sunday, September 19, 2010. For those of you who can make it, we will first meet at for Mass at St. Henry's Church at 10:30 AM. http://www.psichurch.com/churches/051sthenry/

Then, we will go to Althoff around 11:30ish to view our AND room. As some of you remember, there is a drive to name a room in the renovated Althoff High School in honor of AND . http://www.althoff.net/

We are very close to our first goal, so we are proceeding with plans for the dedication. Hope you can make it. If you can come, let me know. There will be light refreshments at Althoff and we'd like a ballpark number. BTW, if you have any pictures or other memorabilia that you'd like to share, let us know. Contact: Marilyn Kinsella

In case you are still wanting to donate to the Althoff building/AND room naming fund:

“Do not go where the path may lead; go instead where there is no path and leave a trail” Emerson

Melanie Grimm: We are looking for some photographs of Notre Dame girls . We are getting naming rights to a room at Althoff via their Capital Campaign, and it will represent the alums of the Academy!!! Let Marilyn Kinsella markinsella19@hotmail.com or Melanie Grimm know if we can borrow them to look at. Plan is to enlarge them and frame them to hang in the AND room!!

Anyone reading this, who would like to have their email address added to a master list of former AND graduates, please contact Melanie Grimm (Wondolowski)

Please include your current name, the name while at AND, and the year you graduated.

        Upcoming Reunion News

The combined classes of 1964, 1965 and 1966 will hold their 45th reunion on Saturday, September 18, 2010. Contact the alumni below, if you have not received an invitation...

45th Combined Class Reunion
09/18/2010

45th Combined Class Reunion for the following Classes:

Cathedral, Class of 1964                 Jerry Gaa - jgaa@asfglobal.com

Notre Dame, Class of 1964               Judy Schneider judy.schneider@att.net

Althoff Catholic, Class of 1965          Bob Buehlhorn - rbelhrn@aol.com

Notre Dame, Class of 1965               Barb Johnson - barb@jpisites.com

Althoff Catholic, Class of 1966        Gary Blome - gblome@att.net

Notre Dame, Class of 1966         Marilyn Buehlhorn mbuehlhorn@stclair.k12.il.us

Golf Scramble - Orchards Golf Course @ 11:00 a.m.
Mixer - Alberts (the old Augustine's Restaurant), Belleville, IL @ 7:00 p.m. 1200 Centreville Avenue, Belleville, IL 62220-3007       (618) 236-9000

2009/2010 Reunions

Class of 1949 - 60 year Reunion

The Notre Dame Academy Class of 1949 held its 60-year reunion Oct. 14 at the National Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows in Belleville. A Mass for the class was celebrated at the Church of Our Lady of the Snows, followed by a buffet social at the Banquet Center, a commemorative program and entertainment. The academy was located on West Main Street in Belleville. Members of the reunion committee were Marlene Miller, Gloria Kurwoski, Joan Hormberg, Ada Knussmann, Dorothy Feder and Erline Metcalf. Seated on floor, from left: Pat McGraw Mehrten, Joan DuFour Whealen, Alice Biver Hasenstab, Louanne Marxer Drone and Pat Potts. Seated: Mary Jane Prosser Hoenig, Betty Kohl Bolt, Jackie McClane Daenzer, Ada Mees Knussmann, Gloria Simich Kurowski, Erline Brooks Metcalf and Virginia Brennan Oliver. Standing: Mary Sue Combs Koller, Joan Soucy Hormberg, Dorothy Gramann Feder, Mary Thebus Newton, Pat Jackson Wright, Marcella Tojo Cermak, Lois Rix Heiligenstein, Ellen Long Hayden, Marlene Blumenstock Miller, Joan Wilbret, Lucille Fox, Rita Bretsch Wahl and Mary Ann Bedel Hausmann.

1960 - 50th reunion

"Notre Dame Nonsense (Class of 1961) did a skit for us about our high school days -- it was hilarious. "

For the rest of the 1960 Reunion Review click HERE There is a lot to see and links to more pages.

Thanks to Pat Enright Baeske for the pictures, power point and review. www.baeske.com

Mary Mueller Schanuel Hi, Mary Mueller (now Schanuel) from the class of '69. Any other 69ers out there?

Kay Forest Hi, I'm Kay Kastel Forest a 1966 graduate. Don't see too many of the 1966 grads on the wall yet. Hope more join. Anyone know anything about our next class reunion. Don't we always do it with some of the other years??

Mary Ann Mills Hi Marilyn thanks so much for pulling us all together. I am Mary Ann Ames Mills ,class of 65. My family and I all live in the San Francisco bay area.

My husband Al and I have three children, and a son-in-law and daughter-in-law ,one grandson, James and a granddaughter coming in the spring. We love being back in the mai...nland after 17 years off and on living in Hawaii. Life is good and loving every day. Aloha ma

Cheryl Gregory I am Cheryl Cleary Gregory and we just had our 50th Class Reunion in Oct.What a fantastic time we had. We are planning on meeting once a month the 3rd Monday of every month at Our Lady of the Snows

Jan Walters I am Janice Klein Dunlap Walters. I graduated from Notre Dame in 1959. I've been living in the Chicago area for over 40 years. I would love to link up with former classmates via facebook.

All Facebook users: There is now an Academy of Notre Dame, Belleville, IL group. Check it out and join in on the conversation and updates. Just click the AND group icon located, at present, on the left side of your home page. Type in "Academy of Notre Dame, Belleville, IL" and it should show up.

Hope to see you there!! Marilyn