Newark Talk

[Guest]

I remember Sister Grace Mercedes very well. I started school at Good Counsel grammar school in 1940 and graduated from the high school in 1950. Most of the nuns taught me one thing or another. They wore habits then and took a vow of poverty. But they were still darned good teachers and many of them had graduate degrees.

[Darlene]

[henryu]

[henryu]

[tom k]

hello henry that is a true,uncle gene is in n.carolina and my mom is down the shore retired.i remember bernies well. it was a real teen sweet shop hang out. bernie and his wife ran it. my mom and uncle gene were always down in belmar as well back in the day. they still call belmar and spring lake the irish riviera.i only came on the scene in the early 60s.but i will never forget that nieghborhood.i think there is a picture on this site of genes drum and bugle corp.after he left. the were the woodside drum and bugle i think?

[henryu]

Tom,

Great to hear from you. Both Bernies and the Drum Corps were a large part of all of our lives back then. We started out simply marching in parades sponsored by the church and then when the church could no longer support us, our families got together and formed the Woodsiders. We had some wnderful times travelling to competitions. We used to go up against Blessed Sacrament, St. Josephs, and the other corps that were almost all sponsored by the area Catholic churches. We would lose of course, but it was great fun. I guess the only one left is the corps from Garfield known as the Garfield Cadets. I see them sometimes on TV. Boy has the Drum Corps business changed!!!
As for Bernies, what can I say? That is where we all spent an awfully lot of time just standing on the corner and acting foolish. There was nothing like Belmar in the summer and we all would flock down there every Friday night like lmmings. I know during my senior year I worked all week in a paint brush factory to get the money to spend on the weekend.
Looking back and seeing how things have changed, I really wish today's kids could have had some of the same experiences we had.
My best to your Mom and Uncle Gene.

Regards

Henry Urna

[tom k]

hello again henry. was talking to my mother she said to give you a big hello.she was asking for you and was delighted to hear all this.she was wondering what your up to now.i also have great memories of belmar,springlake,manasquan,pt pleasant. do you remember sidderoffs hot dog stand?fabulous dogs.i hear its still there but not as nice dogs as back in the day.boy do i miss jersey sometime. henry do you ever make it to the reunions? i think my mom is on the commitee or at the least she is very active in alumni stuff. its sad to here that lovely little school is closing.or may already be.

[William McTernan]

There's going to be a reunion in May. It will be in Spring Lake this year. The old stand by the lake in Belmar is going to be leveled to make way for condos. Expensive condos, of course. But I'll be there and happy to say hello to anybody you can think of. One of you is related to Franny Nulty Mahon. I'm sure she'll be there.
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William McTernan

[henryu]

Tom

Not sure what happened, but I think that I was in the middle of saying that I was thankful for the wonderful education that I received from OLGC.

Regards

Henry Urna

[henryu]

Tom,

Guess I must have messed up a rather long diatribe detailing some information to your mother regarding what I had been doing all these years. I will send you a private message that details a lot of that stuff since everyone here isn't particularly interested in the story of my life. For now just give your mother my regards and tell her I hope she is well and enjoying life.

Henry Urna

[henryu]