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Karin Richards and Celaine Hershdorfer created a primitive-style piece showing a graduate moving from the old building to the new one.  The class of '54 was the first to graduate from the new building.

News

Several issues of "The Citizen" are now online:
September 14, 1953
December 21, 1953
May 24, 1954

From Beverly Cramer Rudolph (’54) I really enjoy “The Nottingham Connection” – keep up the good work! It helps me to keep up at least a little bit now that we live so far away.

Carole Engel Gladstone (’56) reports that she has recently reconnected with Hans Broden, from Sweden, who was an American Field Service exchange student from 1953-1954, staying with the Engel family. Carole’s brother Dick (’54) passed away Feb. 6, 2008.

August 16, 2007

A Syra “Que” Reunion was planned for August 31 – September 2 for people who lived in the 15th Ward of Syracuse. Different groups settled there before Route 81 cut through it. The reunion coincides with the release of Marvin Simner’s (’54) book, “Growing up Jewish in the 15th Ward”.

Greg Clarke ('55) & Carol Clarke ('54), of Georgia, have both passed the background checks and the drug tests and are now working volunteers of the Southern Museum of Civil War and Locomotive History.  Carol is volunteering in the Education Department, and Greg is working in the Archives Department.  Greg write, “I have fallen into the greatest position a person could ever hope for.”

Richard Roomian (’54) “Keep up the great work!  Sometimes the news is sad but it’s the main connection.  Enjoy the sunshine and thank you.”

Anita Strausman Kuppermann (’54) and Lewis Kuppermann (’51) celebrated their 50th Wedding Anniversary on the weekend of August 25th, 2006. Family members include children Andrew and Brett Kuppermann, daughters-in-law Marcy and Diane, and grandchildren Alex, Elana, Glenn, & Leah.

Joan Bassett ('54) - Joan Bassett was only 20 years old when she died, but she had many good friends who still remember how active she was in cheerleading.  She had a twin brother John and an older sister Ann.  Both she and Ann were cheerleaders. Joan went to Cortland State Teachers College to be a physical education teacher, but died of illness about Christmastime of her sophomore year,  It was a family tragedy to lose a wonderful young woman.  Her twin still lives in the Syracuse area. An anonymous donation has been given to the Nottingham cheerleaders in Joan’s memory.

Greg (’55) & Carol Cobb Clarke (’54) from Douglasville, GA: It was with pride and pleasure that we received the latest edition of the "Nottingham Connection". It was also a very sad experience to see my good and great friend Judy Gray on the front page. She was a very special lady and Carol and I cherish the time we were able to spend with her when visiting Central New York. We had quite an e-mail correspondence for several years.

On another sad note, The class of 1954 lost two members not mentioned in the "Connection". Howard Pabst and Edward "Buddy" Frick, both life long friends starting with Salem Hyde School, Lincoln Junior High and Nottingham. Both these individuals grew to be fine men and were accomplished in their chosen fields. Howie after graduation from the Naval Academy went on to have a rewarding career with the US Navy. Buddy, an engineer had a great career with the New York State Department of Transportation. Two men Nottingham can be proud to call their own.

Carol and I continue to volunteer in the archives of the Southern Museum of Civil War and Locomotive History. for the past year we have been working with the presidents files of the Southern Railroad,(Now the Norfolk and Southern). following the civil war, the south had much to do to get back on their feet, and railroading was one of the several means of doing this. From the files of Samuel Spencer and those that followed him are cleaned, cataloged and made ready for researchers of the future. Many of the principals working for and administrating the Southern were former officers in the Confederate Army and more often than not refer to one another by their former military rank, from Captains to Colonels. The unfolding of the history is what the real world was like at the end of the 19th century and the early days of the 20th. You folks are doing a great job with the Nottingham Connection. in our household it is read from cover to cover and then reread. Keep up the great work.

Obituaries

Roberta (Bobbie) Badaines King (’54), 72, died April 3, 2009, in the tragic shooting at the American Civic Association in Binghamton. She taught English as a second language there. Bobbie taught in Syracuse before moving to Binghamton in 1966. She was predeceased by her husband of 40 years, Abraham Aaron King. She is survived by ten children, a sister, Eleanor Schwartzberg (‘57), of Phoenix AZ, and a brother Joel Badaines of Sydney Australia.

Richard L. Engel (’54), 71, of Fayetteville and Ballston Spa, died February 6, 2008. Richard graduated from Yale and Yale Law School and was an attorney in practice since 1961. He was also an adjunct law professor at Syracuse University, teaching trial practice, law and medicine and equine law. He coestablished the Engel Family Fund at the Syracuse Jewish Federation and at Temple Society of Concord. He also owned thoroughbred racehorses. He is survived by two sons and two grandchildren.

Barbara Joan Dresner Ellis (’54), 70, died March 10, 2008, in Atlanta, GA. She was married to Dr. Eric H. Ellis (’52). They lived in Sewanee, TN, for 44 years. Barbara pioneered special education in middle Tennessee. She was among the first women to join the Sewanee Volunteer Fire Department in 1971. She is survived by Eric, her husband of 49 years, four children and five grandchildren.

Dr. Eric H. Ellis(’52), 72, of Sewanee, TN, and Fayetteville, GA, died July 12, 2008. He graduated magna cum laude with a physics degree from SU in 1956, where he was a coxswain in crew. He also received a master’s and doctorate in physics from SU. He was a lifelong professor of physics at the University of the South in Sewanee, TN. In 1993, he received a heart transplant, beginning a friendship with Dr. William Frist of Vanderbilt University, later to be a US Senator and majority leader. After the transplant, Eric nicknamed himself “Tin Man”. Eric was married to Barbara Joan Dresner Ellis (’54) for 49 years. They co-founded Cumberland Mountain Learning Disability Center, later incorporated into the special education program of Franklin County Schools. He is survived by four children and five grandchildren. Barbara passed away March 10th, 2008.

Sandra Phillips Farsaci (’54), 70, died September, 2007. She lived in Clayton, NY, and Naples, FL. She was co-owner with her husband of Pier 225 Marina in Clayton. She was a devoted Yankees fan, but her greatest joy was spending time with her grandchildren. She is survived by her husband of 47 years, Michael, three children, and seven grandchildren.

Nancy J. Steenberg Peet ('54), 69, of Baldwinsville, died January 17, 2006. Nancy was an active volunteer in her church and the community. Nancy was a founding member of the Baldwinsville branch of Tough Love International. She raised over $3500 and donated it to the new children’s hospital at SUNY Upstate.

Theodore J. Spector (’54), 70, of Manlius, died September 15, 2006. He attended Syracuse University and was the owner of the Torchlite Motel on Wellesley Island for 19 years and the former proprietor of the East Room in Eastwood. He was an avid fisherman and SU fan.

Joseph S. Spaid, Jr. (’54), 70, died November 4, 2006, in Syracuse. Joe attended Hartwick College and served with the FBI for five years before starting a career in education, retiring in 1991. He taught civics and economics in Anderson, SC. He resided in Fair Haven, NY, and Naples, Florida.



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