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ball or basketball, even cross country. What were practices like? What was it like in the locker room? Any stories about the coaches, toughest opponents, bus rides? There has to be some good stuff. In the yearbook Garey mentions Bob Eplett falling off the trash truck…Details?? I do re- member getting all the slop from KP duty and taking it outside to the old trash truck, and I am pretty sure it was Brian Hassel with me, when we drove to the dump in February. The garbage was frozen, and with the truck extended up and the hatch open, we had to climb in and chop the ice with our hammers to get the yukky stuff out. It smelled horrible, and we were 60 feet over a pit. Garey was also known for fixing “man hole covers.” What did that involve, were there some fumes coming out of the tunnels?? Just asking? Garey continues, “I have not strayed far from the area. Although I worked on several projects around the country, my family and I have called home Delaware County and Chester County. I live in Unionville, Pa., with my amazing wife. My children are married and have children of their own. Two live in Chester County and one lives near Raleigh, N.C. Currently, I am working at Exelon’s Oys- ter Creek Generating Station and before that I spent many years at Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station. I look forward to seeing you at an upcoming Williamson event. Warmest re- gards, Garey. Some of the guys are meeting at Mike Link’s place at the beach at the time of this writing, so hopefully “all the news that’s fit to print” will make its way to me. But would love some stuff from our vicious “cottage basketball” league. Where poor Doc Keller tried to referee the games in “Pigeon Palace.” Mark Waidell was a shooting guard, Chris Toth dominated in the paint, Dennis Warner and Bill Wanamaker pro- vided a one two punch, or hip check as the case may be. My roomie, Hammering Hank Ferri, had a pretty good shot from the outside. He called me not too long ago. Hank, like me, had three different roommates in three years. He is having a tough time recovering from his hip re- placement. But he still puts on the tool belt and works at some government housing projects. I would love to poke some fun at Walt Er- benich, but there is nothing written below his picture. Nothing! So, someone please send me something! Jay DeMuth, aka “Bear,” are you in Wisconsin or back in western Pennsylvania? FYI- they are tearing down the mall across from the hospital. Making it some kind of re- tirement village. Maybe just in time for some of us. But remember the first year when Sears was the only store open? Walking through the fire trail to get to watch TV? Orange Julius was a favorite spot. Tom Krall doubted my claim to be able to run 20 mph and made me chase his car, a green machine, across the parking lot one night. Tom was right! It says Tom “played across the line from Bill Bergey?” What is that referencing? I remember the all-pro linebacker Bill Bergey from the Eagles coming to play a softball game, but was there another event? Oh, Wayne Edwards gave me a call yesterday. He is still painting and doing some property management in the Ridley area and waiting on a shoulder surgery. Still trying to outdo me with quick quips and funny comments. This summer, a big trip to Alaska is sched- uled for me on a Disney Cruise with my ven- triloquist buddy Ryan Bomgarner. And by that time my first book will be out. Tentatively titled “Growth Spurts and Growin’ Pains” ( the struggles and success of a skinny stud muffin). It is a combination Readers Digest, biography, and inspirational comedy book with a touch of MAD magazine. There is a chapter on William- son, as my time there was instrumental to me in many ways. Facebook, email, LinkedIn are all good ways to drop me a line, update me, share a memory. You could even call. Thanks, Garey and Hank, for your news and help in this issue. Gratefully, Gordon 77 W Thomas M. Heisner 3645 Worthington Road Collegeville, PA 19426-3429 610-489-9151 [email protected] Hey, guys, as you all must know, it’s now been 40 years since graduation. Hard to believe, I know. It would be great to see as many of you as possible at the reunion this year. Let’s try and make it happen. I also want to congratulate our classmate Rev. Mark Specht for being selected as Alumnus of the Year. Would love to hear from you guys so drop me a line or two. 78 W Gregg S. Trexler 238 Hearthstone Road King of Prussia, PA 19406 610-275-0259 Cell: 215-806-7996 [email protected] Not a lot to report, guys. Mongo and Flint the Wolf have been occasionally playing a round of golf. And, a bunch of us have already hit the big birthday. Bress is the latest to be added to the reunion notification list. How about you? Any- one retiring this year? Mrs. Hayes is retiring this year, so we all wish her well. Trex, A-67 79 W Bob Duncan 108 Beechtree Dr. Broomall, PA Home: 610-356-7188 Work: 610-645-6102 [email protected] We had six classmates attending the Wil- liamson Alumni Association’s Beef-n-Beer this spring. Bill and Janet Bonenberger, Brian and Tammi Cosgrove, Sam Lappen, Mike Miller, Tom Noden, and I were all in attendance. It was a well-attended event and a good fundraiser for the Alumni Association. Bill and Janet look great and they currently have a few new residential developments un- der construction in the Bucks and Montgom- ery County area. Bill was the lead speaker at the Rowan Hall dedication ceremony. He said he had two hecklers in the audience from the Class of 7W9. Brian and Tammi have a very busy year com- ing up with two weddings to plan. Their son is getting married this fall and their daughter is getting married early next year. If you contact Brian and he seems stressed, you’ll know why. Sam Lappen recently retired from Boeing af- ter working there 37 years. He is playing some golf and catching up on projects around the house. Mike Miller is still working with Murph and is performing the caulking work on the new dorm at Williamson. Tom is back in the real estate business and is looking to invest in and flip some houses in the next couple years. I just returned from visiting my son in Washington D.C. What a great city. We did a lot of walking and checking out the neighborhoods of the rich and famous. Art Lallo informed me that he and Renee recently celebrated their 25th wedding anniver- sary. They celebrated by spending some time at the Jersey Shore in March. We also had another classmate return to Wil- liamson to speak at a chapel session recently. On March 3, our fellow classmate James “The General” Douglas MacArthur spoke to students at a Chapel session. He has traveled around the world as a missionary and ended up losing his Williamson diploma. His brother Jeffrey 8W1, power plant, show up and surprised him with a new framed diploma. Mike Collins also contacted me and informed me that he ran into Rob Kinsey at a painters’/ paper hangers’ meeting in December. Mike re- tired a few years ago after getting his 35-year pin. Mike also sees John Condo every now and then. Every time we get together with classmates, I hear about another retirement. Are we all really that old? Bob Duncan 82 W Steven Spiese 20 Alanrose Court Newark, DE 19702 302-456-9198 (home) 302-229-5363 (cell) 856-339-3722 (work) [email protected] Greetings gentlemen, My sincere apologies for somehow miss- ing the deadline for the last edition of the Williamsonian. I surely hope this finds each and every one of you in good health and spir- its. Time marches on in rapid fashion these days. I will soon complete my 32nd year with PSEG. Retirement is a daily option now! I do believe I will stick around a wee bit longer and see how the process plays out politically to keep nuclear plants viable going forward. The very low price of natural gas seems to have rung a death bell for many facilities as of late. I have not heard much at all from the rest of our class so I will have to improvise a bit here. Facebook reveals that Frank, Cyndi, and Kyle Mackell are traveling more miles then Apollo astronaut crews as of late. Bill and Stella Ma- honey are loving the life in the high country of Colorado. John Prokopovich remains rock steady near Atlanta. Dave and Joyce Pihanich enjoy the great outdoors of the southwest. Jeff and Linda Maziarz recently vacationed in beautiful Turks and Caicos. Ken and Chris- tine Connor are loving life and being grand- parents in Cambridge, Md. I must also add on that Misha and I are enjoying our grand- babies as well! They grow so fast! So it is now 2017, which means if I can count anymore that it will be our 35th re- union coming up. I will be in touch with the Tech so see the details shortly. Plan on mak- ing an appearance if at all possible. There are a large number of you that I have not laid eyes on since May of 1982. Until next time my brothers, be well and enjoy! Love you Misha! Miss you Mom! Steve Spiese B-80, Tri-Captain Football 3 93 W John Libertz 18910 Fisherman’s Bend Dr. Lutz, FL 33558 813-601-0733 [email protected] Fellow 9W3 grads, hope everyone is enjoying life and in good health. But you’re old and we are quickly approaching our 25th anniversary. I’m looking forward to hearing some details soon on that weekend. As for me, Florida is treating me well. In the last few years I’ve gotten to spend some time with some other members of our class. Have been able to spend a couple of occasions catch- ing up with my neighbors, Mark Beckey and Jamie Gillespie. Rob Burkhart also lives close, but I have not had the chance to verify he is breathing. In 2015, Jim “BDL” Lentz stopped down to watch the Birds play the Bucs. He, Gils, and I were able to spend some time at Frenchie’s in Clearwater for some beach views and beer. In 2016, I was able to enjoy a mini-power plant reunion weekend hosted by Corey Helfgott. Poor Fawn had to deal with Corey, Jim But- ler, Joe Pozzuolo, and me in Charlotte. After a great tailgate, we watched the Birds and the Panthers. As the class fund chair, I’d like to ask anyone who hasn’t checked into Willy for a few years to please go to the webpage and update your con- tact info. There’s a lot of outdated info hanging out there (and some people are just MIA). Enjoy the summer, and anyone coming down for Phillies spring training and wants to catch up, let me know. 95 W John Queeney 471 Kirk Lane Media, PA 19063 215-416-8800 [email protected] First, I would like to apologize for the lack of class updates. With social media being what it is today we are probably as up to date as ever on the lives of our classmates. With that being said, it is a poor excuse as I owe it to you to submit articles to the Williamsonian. I promise to do a better job in the future. During a recruitment trip to Williamson’s Career Fair, I ran into a few of our 9W5 class- mates. John Youngblood was there represent- ing and so was Troy Zimmerman and Corey Knowl. The best thing about bumping into guys from our class is no matter the time in between seeing one another it seems we can always pick right up where we left off. If you have an opportunity to attend anything up at school I highly recommend that you take the chance to do so. Seeing the students and listen- ing t o them tell you what they experience day to day and their plans for the future will bring you right back to that time in your own life. It will make you feel old and young at the same time. At least it did for me. As the years go by and new perspectives are gained it makes me realize how fortunate each of us was to attend the “Harvard of Trade Schools.” That same blessing continues in the lives of the current students as well as the high school senior hop- ing that he gets the chance we were all given. Another great run in occurred a few months back when I saw Justin “Gap” Mann out one night. While conversing at an Eagles of Death Metal concert was not easy, it was great to see him and I can report that he still looks like the guy who made more saves than any other goal- ie in Williamson history. Not sure if that record still stands but the bottom line is it was great to see him even if we could not hear each other. Please feel free to reach out to me if you want something to be relayed to the class or even better, just to say hello. I plan on phoning someone from the class of ’95, commonly re- ferred to as “The Year of the Foreman,” so that I can highlight what they are up to and where their life has taken them. The plan will be to continue that practice moving forward. To keep things authentic, these calls will be made from a pay phone located in a dorm. Talk to you soon. John Queeney 17 W Shane Goodworth 1W7 622 Delaware Ave. Norwood, PA 19074 [email protected] Shane Goodworth is the Class of 1W7’s class rep. Please keep him updated with news from your lives so he can keep the class in- formed. His contact information is above. 21