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Judy Cherny Albaum (6/62) has an inquiry for WHS Alumsters:
Is anyone else planning to be buried in Gomel Chesed Cemetery on the border of Newark/Elizabeth? Or have relatives buried there? There are available plots in the annex, but the main grounds are full, I used to go visit the site twice a year. The area is deserted and no one there save for the High Holidays. Won’t go there alone, empty. If anyone is planning to visit there or have relatives from Proskurov buried at the cemetery, I would appreciate contact and company for the next visit to Gomel Chesed. I can be reached at judyjla@hotmail.com. Judy
Thanks, “Teach:”
Arnold Bressler (67)
To my classmate Elias Roochvarg, I remember Mrs. Schwartz very well. She taught us songs that I still can sing (only when alone) such as the Erie Canal Song, Bicycle Built for Two (including a seldom sung second verse), The Battle Hymn of the Republic and Dixie (obviously it was a very different time). She was a diminutive lady. Even in elementary school we towered over her but she dominated us through the force of her personality. Arnold
Ron Schaffer (64)
Miss Klayman (maiden name) married in the late 1950s and became Mrs. Schwartz. She indeed was a most wonderful music teacher. The Art teacher was Mrs. Tso. I have fond memories of walking from my house at the corner of Bergen and Hansbury to Maple Avenue School. On the way, we stopped at Belfer’s, corner of Hansbury and Maple for candy and baseball cards. And, then being with my teachers and classmates.
Mrs. Schwartz and the 8th grade teachers, Mrs. Brown and Mrs. Rohrer arranged a splendid graduation held on June 22 1960 at Maple Avenue School. Songs with a Broadway motif were 76 Trombones from “Music Man” and June is Bustin Out All Over from “Carousel.” Students were also paired up to dance to a waltz. Mrs. Brown arranged for me to dance with Arlene Chausmer. That afternoon, my parents took me to the Tavern Restaurant to celebrate.
The next day we had to return to the school just for the morning. As I left, I encountered our gym teacher, Mr. Grindlinger, and got his autograph, I still have that autograph book purchased at Fishman’s on Bergen Street. Every year on June 22nd I have reviewed all that my classmates wrote. The only two years I was not able to do that were 1969 and 1970 as I was in the Army. Ron
Sam Hilt (65)
Correct ion to comment by Elias Roochvarg (67), Mrs. Klayman and Mrs. Schwartz were one and the same person. "Klayman" was her maiden name when she married Mr. Schwartz who was my violin teacher. Mr. Schwartz was a stern teacher and a no-nonsense kind of guy. There was only one time that I saw him express any emotion. At the end of one violin lesson, he choked up and his eyes filled with tears as he told me and my mother that he was engaged to be married to Miss Klayman. It was a moment I still remember vividly after 60 years. That fall, when senior year started, our petite conductor, Miss Klayman, announced to us that she had gotten married and that her new name going forward would be "Mrs. Schwartz." Sam
Talking Weequahic:
Binnie Klein (WHS 64-66)
Proud to be one of 3 sisters who attended Weequahic High School. So very sad to mention that my sister Dr. Marilyn (Mickey) Klein Silverman, Class of 1956 passed away in December, 2021. She was 83 and lived in Connecticut where she spent many productive years as a Clinical Psychologist and writer. The third of the siblings is Susan Klein Bordo (class of 1964). I attended Weequahic from 1964-66. For any inquiries, I can be reached at binniek@comcast.net. Binnie
Ronnye Windholtz Bertoglio (Battin 64)
As to Silver’s Bakery on Hawthorne Avenue, I remember their delicious Victory Cakes, especially for birthdays. And their Charlotte Russe and rye bread were favorites! Ronnye
Bette Krupenin Kolodney (6/60)
To Ira Megdal (Union), the Chinese restaurant on Bergen Street was Fong's, not Wong's, and the Chinese restaurant on Lyons Avenue was Ming's. Fong's is forever etched into my memory.
My parents, Harriet and Herman Krupenin (aka Herb Kaye) started to open luncheonettes one at a time in Newark after he was honorably discharged by the army. He served in Arkansas in the officer's mess hall during WW II and learned the restaurant business. He did not fight in the war because he got injured in basic training. The first luncheonette was the Bette Lynn Sweet Shop on the corner of Bergen and Lehigh. Another was the Leslie Sweet Shop on Chancellor and Leslie. His last two in a series of 6 was Junior's on Broad Street next to the Little Theatre and then Herb Kaye's underground on Broad and Market.
On Sundays, my parents liked to go out to dinner to upscale restaurants like The Treat, The Tavern, The Newarker, and Far Hills Inn, but also Ming's and Fong's. I did not like Chinese food back then and would have a lettuce and tomato sandwich. But on January, 1955 I agreed to eat chow mein. I got really sick that Sunday night and on Monday night at 8 pm I had an appendectomy at Beth Israel Hospital. My family has a history of appendicitis so I am not blaming Fong's. Bette
Ron Schaffer (64)
I was drafted in August 68 after graduating from Rutgers Newark. I initially had orders to be sent to Vietnam, but managed to get that canceled and then served a year in Vicenza, Italy. While in the service, I saw fellow Weequahic grads Michael Gottfried (1/64) at Ft Dix, David Ontell (6/63) at Ft. Polk, Louisiana and Charley Rosen (65) at F.t Huachuca, Arizona.
Then, when in Italy, several soldiers from my battalion went on leave to Venice and upon their return to the base, they told me they met a Sonia Rosen (64) from Newark. My fellow soldiers knew that I went to Weequahic. We had seen the movie” Goodbye Columbus” at the base theater and when I saw Benny Ribnick (64) seated at a table in the wedding scene, I stood up and yelled, “Hey that is Benny Ribnick from my high school! Ron
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