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Fall 2016Towson High School Alumni AssociationInside This IssuePage 2Annual Fund DonorsMichael PhelpsPage 3Alumni Award WinnersNew Lifetime MembersOfficer FiedlerPage 4Reunion NewsCommencementProgramsPage 5Anniversary ofColophon ReadingHall of FameFrances Shore MeginnisCongratulationsPage 6In MemoriamPage 7Membership Donor FormPage 8Thank YouCongratulationsMeet The OfficersIam the new Treasurer of the AlumniAssociation and a 1975 Towson Highgraduate. I have to admit that overthe years, while I supported Towson Highathletics and was active during the yearsmy children attended Towson, I was notactive with the Alumni Association. I’mnot even sure I knew all that the association was doing.That has all changed this year withthe election of new officers and theaddition of new board members. I’mgetting to know Towson High Schoolall over again and helping to find waysto support the school and the students.Through the dedication of the previous board who worked long and hardto keep our association viable, moneyhas been raised and that money hasbeen used for scholarships for graduating seniors and for classroom supplies, equipment and materials to enhance the educational experience forcurrent students. The association alsomade contributions for the new turffield and scoreboard.With new people come new ideasabout ways to support Towson HighSchool’s students and teachers. Wehope to share all of the generous donations we receive equitably and with every part of the student body, across alldisciplines. Through the school’s administration, we reach out to department chairpersons and teachers askingthem what their needs are, those notcovered in the BCPS budget.There is so much negative newsabout public education in the media but at Towson High School, chil-dren are learning, being challenged tostretch their minds and dream theirdreams.Towson’s graduation ratecontinues to be exceptional. There ismuch to be proud of in these old hallways. The goal of the Alumni Association is to continue to support ourstudents as they strive for excellenceand the achieving of their goals. Wewelcome all of you and encourage youto get involved, either by making acontribution to the annual fund or byjoining us in person, working with faculty, staff and students.Kathryn McClelland Bojanowski (’75)UpcomingAlumniAssociationMeetingsThe Alumni Associationmeets in the school library the 3rd Tuesday ofthe month at 7:00pm. All Alumni are welcome!January 17th 2017 is the Annual Meeting and Board Elections will be held. While we doneed some positions filled, youdo not need to volunteer for aposition to attend the meeting.
Annual Fund DonorsWe thank everyone for their support! For those that did not donateto the Spring campaign, please consider a donation to the Fall campaign. The following list reflects donations received from April 1, 2016through September 30, 2016.GENERALS1951 Margaret Goette Peters1968 AnonymousGENERALS1953 Ed Covahey1961 Richard Lenham1989 Charles MaloyGENERALS194619541955197119771979Louis HauseClay WarringtonJoan Hartwell JohnsonRodney BensonSuzanne HolmenBryan 196119611962196219621962196319642Harry TrebingJoyce Hens GreenGertrude Zoellner ArmstrongCharles LudwigShep SheppardWalter BurnhamHelen Howard KavanaughGenevieve Baginski RaffertySam GreenClarice Ernst LancasterJohn ArmstrongWilliam O’ConnorJean Eckhart SmithDavid CollignonWilliam BevansRichard HerdJean Johnson OpekaAdam PoppDon SedlackEvelyn Sims SedlackNancy Stroterhoff PetersRichard StephensonJim GeistMargaret Dorn WilhelmBill McMahonLouanne Van Fossen MoberlySusan Wheeler O’BrienAlan BricelandGeorge GoodDouglas DentonJames KaneAlbert MichaelsTerry FeelemyerRichard SparenbergDonald KeyserEleanor MetcalfDennis BarnesClass of 1962Ann Swenson EderBetty RigneyRonald AlbrechtMarilee Shepler 20042010Ben BrookhartLinda Cox EthridgeRoy FrickGene ScarpullaLouise Kolakowski EmmertRichard PollardSally Skeen NesbittSteve KimballDave WestJohn PruittKaren GearyLita Rinaudo HughesLarry SauerweinAnne Keyes TurkosBetsy Hendrickson BleakieSteven CasperRemi DriganRic HughesLisa MatthewsKristin Hoskins HarwoodSteven KenneyDavid DavickWoody HughesLaura SchottShawn PhillipsEthan 5619571957Don GriffinBarbara Blackstone HanlonFrederick WellsFannie Mink DosterEvelyn Leuschner HilkertBob WhittenJames McDonaldAlvin MoellerFrank KaufmannAdele Schmidt WalterMary Wyatt WhittleJan PortsAlice Simpson DeragonCarroll Trine LisleGeorge StrickerGeorge DahlerJohn SwansonPatricia Stiff GrafWadeen Walter HepworthRobert HipleyDick MatthewsConstance Edmunds AtkinsMargaret Pfeiffer BowenPatricia Grams HurleyShirley Bush JohnsonCharles RuzickaSusan Edwards ArmstrongMary Cole DickermanNancy Sutton ElsonRobert GayNils LarsenRobert WaudbyHelen Clark ReinhoferEbbie WheelerGeorge FoxEleanor Eschmann 6519651966Faith Radebaugh MiltonChip WoodJohn DavisSandra Gould KrutzValerie Kidner NettingPreston PooleCarol Wheeler StevensonWayne LyngenJoanne Tankersley MaloneCarole Harvey BrownLois Henderson CarrLinda Anderson EgloffCharlie MandatoJohn MoweryCatherine Richardson ReeseLynn Smith ShortSarah Jones BurtonCaroline Beeler EhrhardtGeorge SackDorothy Bareham SimmsHelen Bukovack TrentlerJean Shure AmosLes DavidsonJohn HartThomas HuberWilliam KakelChip CostaSharon Stocksdale KelleyRebecca Brouillet KirkKenneth WatersSue Shannon BrownDonna BushClif DavidsonBob KrebsMarcia MaldeisDebbie Gauvin PortsEdward StrobelDonna Ringger 8519922008Joseph GabischGrace Venable JenchuraElizabeth Bush GuthrieStephen SachseMarjorie BookhoutJohn SimonsJohn BosleySusan CreagerDebra Antrim DensmoreAllyn ArnoldJames HalbertDeborah Bitter WilsonJames KarnsPetesy OwenFrank WeaverStephen GisrielSue Snyder LaHatteTimmy RuppersbergerSteven StewartKam Young MadaryVanessa GlascoeNancy Raimondi AnastasiadesRebecca Cline FletcherSuzanne Rupp DemallieCory Siegman PohlnerAlexa Carney“GENERAL”KEY TO DONATIONS 1000 500- 999 250- 499 100- 249 1- 99Michael PhelpsCongratulations to Michael Phelps ’03, themost decorated Olympian of all time, forwinning anincredible five goldmedals and one silvermedal at the Summer Olympics inRio! This brings hiscareer total to 23 goldmedals and 28 medals overall. And ontop of all that, he washonored with a special Wheaties LifetimeAchievementbox cover!NEWSNOTE
Alumni Award WinnersMarc NagibFounded in 1907 byWilliam Cole thefounding father ofthe alumni association. This award has been the mostprestigious award the alumni association gives and is given annually to thestudent who graduates with the highest academic average.Mattie WasiakArthur C. CrommerMath AwardFounded in 1928and named in honorof a revered principal that served from 1905 until hisdeath in 1928. This award is givenannually to a student that, in addition to being preeminent in character and conduct, has excelled inmathematics.Ted PrinceMemorialScholarshipFounded in 1919 inhonor of the onlyTHS student killedin WWI. This award is given annuallyto a senior that, in addition to being agood student, possesses integrity andstrength of character as well as showing a spirit of loyalty and service toTowson High School.Natalie ‘Syd’MillerThe R. Louise BallsAwardFounded in 1928 andnamed in honor ofan English teacherwho taught at THS for 50 years. Thisaward is given annually to a studentfor excellence in classroom and creative English.New Lifetime MembersLifetime memberships fund the Ted Prince Memorial Scholarship. Ted Princewas the only THS student to perish in World War I after volunteering followingcollege. The following Lifetime membership were recorded April 1, 2016 throughSeptember 30, 96119621962Anne Newton RorapaughDoris Ritter EnsmingerRon EngelNils LarsenEarl ToyPatsy Masters McCloskeyTerry CrossfieldGrete Jordan FurrowBob BonasLynn Stevens CurlJoanne AlthoffValerie Holliman BuschAnn Venables DownsBarbara Smith LawVaughn PartsWalkerMiller-BreetzAlumni Medalof 199020022015Kathleen Powers FreemanJames HallHeidi JoosEllen Gould ArestyCheryl Clapper LohuisBrian PeacockRussell RenoLinda Hallam HooverCarrie Carson GoldrickAndrew SarverEric MyersLucy MitznerMichael WilliamsThe Nannie FeastLaw AwardFounded in 1932 andnamed in honor ofa commercial andbusiness teacher thattaught for 50 years. Today, this awardis given annually to a student for excellence in the law and public policyprogram.Mary HaasThe Frances ShoresMeginnis AwardFounded in 2016 andnamed after a teacher fondly recalled bythe many studentsshe taught during her 14 years at THS.This award is to be given annually to agraduating senior who shows promiseas a scholar in the humanities of Literature, Language, History, Drama, Artor Music.Officer FiedlerCongratulations to TowsonHigh’s resource police officer, Officer Timothy Fiedler.Officer Fiedler was honored byBaltimoreCounty officials June 14,2016 as oneof the Best inthe Countyfor the 20152016 schoolyear. OfficerFiedlerhasbeen at Towson High forover 13 years.TOWSON HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION3
IReunion Newsf your class is planning a reunion, let us know! Each class is responsible for planning their own reunion, but we can assist by providingyour class list and posting reunion details in the Newsnote, on Facebook and on our website. Email at towsonhighalumni@bcps.orgwith the details.Class of 1947 70th ReunionHigh School Class of 1987’ for more information.A 70th reunion is being planned for 2017. Contact Irene GrovesHowland (410) 870-3039, irehow12@gmail.com or Cecil ScottOffutt (410) 584-2561 neoffutt@gmail.com for more information.Class of 195660th Reunion was held September 24th and 25th, 2016 atthe Bluestone Restaurant and the Radisson Hotel North. Forfuture reunion information contact Binnie Bonhage Baileyat 410-823-5122 binniebailey@verizon.net.Class of 196650th Reunion was held October 8th, 2016 at the HuntValley Inn and included a THS Football game and a schooltour. For future reunion information contact Susan Gloverat sglover1editions@aol.com (329 Epping Way, Annapolis,MD 21401) or Margie Seim DeHoust at mdehoust@aol.comClass of 1991 25th ReunionA 25th Reunion is being planned for Spring 2017, with moreinformation to follow. Contact: Erika Batten Goldwater:erikabatten@hotmail.com , (617) 407-3578Class of 199620th Reunion was held November 26th, 2016 at the RecRoom in Towson. For future reunion information contactEmily Liadakis eliadakis@aol.com.Class of 200610th Reunion was held November 25, 2016 at CVP in Towson.For future reunion information email TowsonHS06@gmail.com or friend them on Facebook – “TowsonHigh ClassOfOhSix”.Class of 1970 and 1971Class of 2011 5th ReunionClass of 1976Classes of 1941, 1946, 1951, 1961 and 200145th Reunion Weekend was held May 20-22, 2016. Forfuture reunion information contact Neil Bates neilbates@aol.com or Leslie Krimski Kleban leslie@lkkconsulting.com.40th Reunion was held October 22, 2016 at the The CountryClub of Maryland. For future reunion information contactTHSclassof76@aol.com, Janet Houck Kines jlkines@hotmail.com, Mary Osmeyer Weldy mosmeyer@aol.com, MicheleBoeri mboeri2000@gmail.com or go to our Facebook page‘Towson High School Class of 1976’.A 5 year reunion is being planned. Contact Bridget Rungeat runge.bridget@gmail.com or (443) 326-4085 for moreinformation.We do not have information about these classreunions. If you do, please let us know! If you would like toorganize the reunion, we can help!Class of 198135th Reunion was held November 12, 2016 at The Rec Roomin Towson. For future reunion information contact JulieFowler justjulie63@gmail.com.Class of 198630th Reunion was held October 15th, 2016 at HayfieldsCountry Club in Hunt Valley. For future reunioninformation contact Lisa Gray Handy lisahandy@comcast.net or Jen Myers Manzo jenmanzo@gmail.com.Class of 1987 30th ReunionA 30th Reunion will be held June 17th, 2017 at theCharles Village Pub in Towson. Visit Facebook ‘Towson4Commencement ProgramsWe are looking for the followingCommencement Programs for ourarchives. Although we would love the original,a photocopy or scan would be great too! Sendit to us at Towson High Alumni Association,69 Cedar Ave, Towson, MD 21286 or emailtowsonhighalumni@bcps.org.1907, 1928, 1929, 1972, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981,1991 and 1995 through 2001NEWSNOTE
Hall of FameNicholas K. VenetoulisCAnniversaryof ColophonReadingColophon is Towson HighSchool’s nationally recognized,award-winning, student runLiterary and Arts Magazine. This pastyear the students worked incrediblyhard to select the best stories, poemsand artwork from the 1966 through2015 annually published editions. Theresult was an unbelievably professional, yearbook sized, 50th anniversaryissue. To celebrate the issue, the Colophon staff invited the selected writersand artists to attend a reading of theirworks. The reading was held May 20thin the library and was a huge success.Congratulations to the entire Colophon staff for a job exceedingly welldone. (For more information aboutColophon, visit their website at http://thscolophon.weebly.com/.)For a list of the alumni whowere published in the anniversaryissue, visit our website nn Bratt ‘17 who was voted byher peers to be the student member on the twelve (12) person Baltimore County Board of Education.ongratulations to Towson HighAlumni Association Hall ofFame inductee Nicholas K.Venetoulis and the Class of 1956!Nick began his music careerat 19 and became known professionally as ‘Nick Venet’. By 21 hewas a producer and head of A&Rat Capitol records, where he signedthe Beach Boys, producing some oftheir early material. Over the yearsat Capitol he signed and producedThe Letterman, Bobby Darin, GlenCampbell, Jim Croce, The Kingston Trio, Ricky Nelson and manyothers. Years later, at United Artists, the long list of artists includedDon McLean, Sam Cooke, WayneNewton and Frank Zappa.Nick was one of the founders ofthe National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS),the organization that awards theGrammys.He remaineda trustee ofNARAS until he died in1998, at theage of 61,fromlymphoma.Nick washeavily involved in communityservice, including long-time involvement in the American Indian Movement. He received theGeorge Washington Carver Memorial Institute’s Award of Meritand Honorary Fellowship for hisvolunteer work promoting music in troubled areas of L.A. Thiswork was later adopted by NARASand became their ‘Grammys in theSchools’ program, which is stillactive today.Is there someone in your class that deserves to be in the Hall of Fame? Contact the Alumni Office for more information about the nomination process.To see the complete list of Towson High Alumni Hall of Fame inductees go tohttp://www.towsonhighalumni.org/hof.asp.Frances Shores Meginnis ScholarshipThe following list reflects donations received from April 1, 2016 to September 30, ane Ellicott FlatteryRix DieffenbachDouglas VaughanPeggy Priester ForsterLowell SunderlandAnne Pittinger BucklerSusan ColeBurgess HildrethJohn StephensAnne Sartorius PayneNancy Appleby FriendTOWSON HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI ASSOCIATIONValerie Holliman BuschSusan Nicol SaundersTom WillisJohn FergusonNancy Anderson MossRich SolliMary Lord LaughlinMarjorie BookhoutAnn BenzJean BienemannMolly Hunter5
In MemoriamDavid A. DanielDavid A. Daniel, who taught Sciencein the ‘70s and early ‘80s, died June 16,2016 at the age of 69.Frances Shores MeginnisFrances Shores Meginnis, a memorable Towson High School English teacher, who taught from 1953 to 1967, andwhose lessons were lessons in life, as wellas in literature and writing, died July 7th,2016 at the age of 95.“Her class was pretty rigorous anddemanding. She had a sense of humorthat was dry and sarcastic and not allstudents liked her at first,” said Mr. HalPiper, who studied with Mrs. Meginnisfrom 1955 to 1956. “You quickly realizedshe was asking you to be better than youwere, and there were lots of challenges,”he said.F. Carvel Payne ’60 recalls, “Youquaked in your seat when you were inher class, as she did not suffer fools silently.” And with a laugh “She wantedyou to know that your latest epistle wasnot a gift to God’s literary world. ButI loved her, and most people did welllater in their college English classes because of her.”In recognition of their teacher, a6group of former students led by Mr.Payne, established the Frances ShoresMeginnis Award, a memorial fund thatannually honors a student who has overcome challenges and who shows greatpromise in the humanities.Mrs. Meginnis was alive to see thevideo of the first annual presentation ofthe award given in her honor at the Senior Awards Program on May 26th, 2016.For more information on Mrs.Meginnis life and the challenges that sheovercame, see the full obituary online atthe Baltimore 421942Mary PhillipsMary Phillips, who taught Englishand Home Economics from 1953 to1957, died January 7th, 2003 in Annapolis at the age of 90.Additional MemorialsWilliam Logan10/5/2009Edgar Price8/21/1988Doris Britton EkinAlice Byers HosierRuby Heuisler08/1999Thelma Fries Gross4/27/2016Esther Miller Sims1/29/1995Maude Fahey Condiff7/1985Jane Huntley Klingelhofer 6/15/2009Phyllis Burgess Moriarty 12/24/1998Lillian Forthuber Gunther 11/11/2001Douglas Sparks12/213/23Therma Henning Schneider 1/11/2011Arthur Deoms1/13/1996Ralph Hoen7/10/2010Mary Woolen Hughes2/3/2009Mae Peterson Kocher5/1/2009Mary Morfe Michel12/30/2014Raymond Byron9/1993Bertha Southwick Crowther12/20/2015Harry Kakel1/24/2014Grace Reese NielsonBenjamin Wilson3/17/2010Roy Dorfler8/30/2015Shirley Waters Bayle3/20/2016Lillian Chaffman Fitch2/28/2005Marion White Roettger7/5/1988Helen Stapleton Schnick 12/21/2009William Rauck10/2/2014Eliot SperryLavonne Leichsenring9/12/1996Pearl Kearney Long5/4/2016Mildred Streett Shanklin 4/20/2016John Francis12/23/2014Ann Reisinger Frost2/19/2013Richard GroningerMarjorie Jones MartinEileen Zulauf 19531953195419551955Doris Lee Scheller2/6/2011Gladys Jackson Tenney1/20/2015Ruth Bell Cockey5/4/2016Jerry Prodoehl Hunt6/21/2015Richard Loehe2/19/2016Joan Jelliman Krug1/4/2015Robert Myers9/19/2014Virginia Crue Hawk2/22/2015Jeanne Hoff Neuman4/11/2016Jack Scarborough3/8/2004Norman StrickerBob Timlin3/15/2013Chuck EdmondsRaymond Fitzberger6/13/1974Minnetta Lowery Groom 12/4/2012Robert O’NeillRichard Perry1/17/1996Mary Wyatt Whittle6/18/2014Bonnie Benton Brown9/19/2016Gene Hiser8/20/2014Ellen Leedy Chicknoski7/5/2014John Cyphers4/7/2016Gerry Colestock Darnaby 6/26/2015Louis Hoen9/9/2007William Wolfe8/5/2014Pat Cannaday Fahy3/15/2016Bobbie Perry Jones2/9/2016William Ashburn4/18/2004Kenneth TaylorDick Woodward4/17/2016Barbara Bishop Ensor8/6/2016Ed Suess1/13/2016Patricia Adolph HollandEleanor Snyder RamslandGary Maddox8/26/2016Dolores Wright Barnickel 7/30/2012Donald Huber7/24/2016Continued on page 7
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Towson High School Alumni AssociationNon ProfitUS PostageP A I DBaltimore MDPermit No. 3361c/o Towson High School69 Cedar AvenueTowson, MD 21286TThank Youhank you to the following people for donating yearbooksand other memoribilia to theAlumni Association.David Smith for donating his grandmother Doris Britton Ekin’s ‘26 yearbooks (1922, 1923, 1925, 1926, 1927)and his parents Gordon Leroy Smith’58 and Judy Ekin Smith’s ’59 yearbooks (1955, 1956, 1957, 1958). Alsodonated were many photographs andmemorabilia.Jane Schwanebeck Clark in memoryof her parents, W. Donald Schwanebeck ’30 and Margaret Allen Schwanebeck ’29, numerous yearbooks (1924,1925, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1932), photographs and memorabilia.M. Ann Lynch Denkevitz for donating her neighbor’s 1934 yearbook.The Coale Family for 1937, 1938, 1962and 1963 yearbooks.Lee Gough ’46 for senior class minutes and photographs.Hal Piper ’56 for his 1956 GraduationCeremony brochure.Joan Stutzka Cranston ’57 for her1957 yearbook.Carolyn Case Wnuck ‘65 for her 1965Yearbook.Dale O’Connor Newhart ’68 for donating 23 issues of the 1965 through1968 Talisman.Danita Dohmer ‘89 for her 1988 and1989 yearbooks, including graduationprogram, parking permit and othermemorabilia.CongratulationsJack Thomas ’70 for being inductedinto the Maryland State Athletic Hallof Fame. Jack was a three-star athleteat THS and went on to play lacrosse atHopkins. He was inducted into the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame in 1989.Gil Stange ’82 and the Towson HighSchool Boys Track Team for winningthe first regional championship in theschool’s history!Ryan Major ’03 Former Army Sargent for competing in the InvictusGames and winning Gold medals forrugby and seated shot put and SilverMedals for indoor rowing and seated discus.Abby Swift ’05 for being namedAll-Metro Girls Lacrosse Coach of theYear while at John Carroll in Belair.Rachel Valsing, Art Teacher for beingone of 24 Visual Arts teachers, whoseworks are displayed at the Greenwoodcampus of the Board of Education inTowson, as part of Baltimore CountyPublic Schools annual Teacher as Artist Exhibit.
Towson High School Alumni Association Fall 2016 I am the new Treasurer of the Alumni Association and a 1975 Towson High graduate. I have to admit that over the years, while I supported Towson High athletics and was active during the years my children attended Towson
