June 1, 2026
- Jun 1
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SPECIAL THANKS to FOA - The Friends of Angels Ltd who own the Alumni House and
sponsored today's luncheon. Kewpee's Hamburgers, Cheeseburgers and Fries were the main course. FOA Board consist of Chris Gorman president, Frank D'Acquisto vice pres, Bobby Letsch Jr treasurer, Don Klemt, Dan Petersen, Jeff Pulda and Lori (Gross) Azarian
Joining Us: Dave Benjamin, Tom Miller, Jerry Jardina & grandsons Nolan, Dolton, Shaefer,
Jimmy Ruetz, Chuckie Schovain, Lloyd Tremmel, Dan DeMatthew, Amy DeMatthew,
Chris Gorman, Sue Gorman, Rick Jones, Terry Toll, Tom Konieczko, Pam Mano,
Mark Mano, Monica DaPra, Kellie Arson, Cindi Sanchez, Nick Comande,
Rick Ropiak, Tristan Ropiak, Dan Kovara, Don Klemt, Tom Goebel, John Ketarkus,
Mike Lewis, Bobby Letsch Jr, Bill Horvath, Dave Cook, Lori Azarian, Joe Woitach,
Bill Dombrowski, Frank D'Acquisto, George Oteman
Table Pictures thanks to..........Lloyd Tremmel '60
Jerry Jardina '61 pictured with his grandsons visiting from AZ
Colton, Nolan, Jerry, Schaefer - Yes, Colton & Shaefer are twins
Special Guest..............
Eight young ladies from SCHS spent a day cleaning the Alumn i House basement.
Unfortunately only two could join the Monday gang for lunch.
Mikalah Smith, Beverly Sanchez , Asst Principal Zach Prideaux
Out & About............
CRIBBAGE.................SEMI CORRECT ???
Table #1: Monica DaPra/Chuckie Schovain 2 - 1, Lori Azarian/Chris Gorman 1 - 2,
Chuckie, Chris, Monica, Benji, Lori
Table #2: Dan Matthew/Bobby Letsch Jr 1 - 4, Don Klemt/Rick Ropiak 2 - 3,
Joe Osterman/Bill Dombrowski 2 - 3
Bill, Bobby, Don, Joe, Dan, Rick
Table #3: Canadian Cribbage.............
Mark Mano/Rick Jones 4 - 6, Joe Macareno/Lloyd Tremmel 6 - 4
Lloyd, Mark, Joe, Rick
CONGRATULATIONS..............
FYI................
More road construction starting.
Part of Project Do-It-Again, sewer work to start on Durand Avenue between Ohio and Taylor.
We're not sure who is over-consuming the cheese or other dairy, but this is getting out of control.
To lighten the load on all, Food trucks will line the median on Thursday's.
Stop out, grab a bite to eat and get a first hand look at construction progress
#Wisconsin #CityofRacine #racinewisconsin #racinewi #satire #sewer #roadconstruction #foodtruck #spring #summer
Did You Know ???
Lots of talented people have come from Racine. Lane Brody, aka Lynn Voorles, is a Horlick High grad, class of 1969. She had a passion for music as a child and started writing songs when she was twelve. Her pursuit of a music career took her all the way to the top of the charts. In 1977 her song 'You're Gonna Make Love To Me' was a hit. Her song, 'Over You' was nominated for an Oscar in 1984 and She and Johnny Lee were No. 1 on the Country Music charts with 'The Yellow Rose'. Brody's career expanded to include television with appearances on Taxi and Heart of the City.
Point to Ponder..............
AMEN...........
Dr Robert Jaklich '76 was recently honored at one of the HS he oversees by the staff and graduation class with a commemorative banner. He is serving as interim superintend for the one of the seven district in San Antonio. He balanced the districts recent $300,000 budget deficit.
Trip Down Memory Lane............The Good Old Days
Alfonso Iannelli was an Italian immigrant who came to America in 1898. Here he began to pursue his love of several different forms of art; design, sculpture, jewelry craft, and architecture. He began to make a name for himself and Frank Lloyd Wright took notice. Wright invited Iannelli to collaborate on a project but the relationship soured after Wright took credit for Iannelli's sculpture designs. Iannelli did maintain a working relationship with a draftsmen in Wrights studio by the name of Barry Byrne. Byrne went on to design St. Patrick's Church in 1924 and engaged Iannelli to design the stained glass windows. Iannelli later went on to design consumer products for several home appliance companies, including Oster.
One of Racine's last "streetcars" is seen here heading south along the 700 block of Wisconsin Ave. around 1940 or so.
This car, with the route sign of "23rd St." will end its journey at the "Case South Works" plant at 23rd St. and Mead St.
The building in the background was the Rapid Transit building that was a terminal for the interurban rail lines and bus services between Milwaukee and Kenosha.
Some years later, it was a franchise store for Firestone with auto services and appliance sales.
That entire block was purchased by the County of Racine in the 1970's for the construction of the Racine County Law Enforcement Center
John Ketarkus '56 visits the past............
LAUGH FOR THE DAY...............
A young family moved into a house, next to a vacant lot. One day a construction crew turned up to start building a house on the empty lot. The young family's 4-year-old daughter naturally took an interest in all the activity going on next door and spent much of each day observing the workers.Eventually the construction crew, all of them "gems-in-the-rough," more or less adopted her as a kind of project mascot.They chatted with her, let her sit with them while they had coffee and lunch breaks, and gave her little jobs to do here and there to make her feel important.At the end of the first week, they even presented her with a pay envelope containing ten dollars.The little girl took this home to her mother who suggested that she take her 10 dollars "pay" she'd received to the bank the next day to start a savings account.When the girl and her mom got to the bank, the teller was equally impressed & asked the little girl how she had come by her very own paycheck at such a young age.The little girl proudly replied, "I worked last week with a real construction crew building the new house next door to us.""Oh my goodness" said the teller, "and will you be working on the house again this week, too?"The little girl replied, "I will, if those jackasses at Home Depot ever deliver the damn drywall." |
Angels Connecting.................
Classmates: Where are they Now ???
Special Thanks to '56 Classmates Ed Evenson & John Ketarkus '56
'56 Nancy (Quinn) Hussey now lives in Appleton WI
'56 Patricia (Bonner) Limbach now lives in Naples FL
contact via Facebook Messenger
'56 Jack Evenson he and his wife Barbara live in Centervillle, Ohio.
937-287-4553 - jackevenson@earthlink.co
‘56 Julie (Haislmeir) Linehan lives in Scottsdale AZ.
Phone/text 262-957-7286
‘71 Cece (Ketarkus) Metzger lives in Henderson NV.
Text message 262-937-0077
‘59 Joe Woitach lives in Racine WI with his wife, Mary (Dacquisto).
‘61 Bobbie (O’Claire) Rehbein lives in Racine
‘79 Marcia (Ketarkus) Tomka lives in Henderson NV.
'56 Lawerence Funk lives in Kenosha
'56 Jerome Gross lives in Brighton, MI
'56 Jane Holt lives in Alphasetta, GA
'70 Denise Ketarkus lives in Racine
'56 James "Jim" Henes lives in Appleton, WI
'60 Donna (Lamers) DeFatte & hubby Martin live in Racine
'60 Lloyd Tremmel & wife Jane live in Racine
Text message 262-762=3959
'56 Ralph Principe lives in John's Island ,SC
1st Thursday of the Month - Alumni & Friends meet 9:30am (time Change) at DeRango's
on Washington & West Blvd
Class of '76 - Committee is meeting and planning for their 50th Class Reunion next summer. Contact Nick Comande - MTCLIMBR@EXECPC.com
Class of '73 - Luncheon was Tuesday December 9th at the Alumni House. Paul Sklba is coordinating the get-together.
Class of '62 - website: SCHS1962.org - Compliments of John McNamee '62
• Class of '60 -They also meet the last Wednesday of each month at Dynasty restaurant.
- contact Renee (Ricchio) Benjamin for details - rsbenjam@sbcglobal.net
• Class of '59 - meets the 3rd Tuesday of each month at Castlewood restaurant
- contact Mary (D'Acquisto) Woitach for details - JWOITACH@yahoo.com
• Class of '58 - meets 1st Tuesday of the month at Dynasty restaurant
- contact Karen (Petersen) Verbeten for details - Kverbeten1@wi.rr.com
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Racine Happenings..............
Angels in the news..................
Prayers for families of deceased Alumni - Friends
Prayers for Alumni & Friends dealing with Health Issues:
Terry Toll dealing with Health issues
Jim May is at Brookside in Kenosha dealing with a number fo Healh issues
Denise Ketarkus, had a stroke and is in Aurora hospital recovering.
Lloyd Tremmel was transported to Aurora Hospital recently and spent a couple of nights. Reason now unknown.
Lori Prideaux diagnosed with breast cancer for the 2nd time in two years.
Will have surgery in next few weeks.
Mary (D'Acquisto) Woitach '59 dealing with lung cancer
Ron Janaky '58 is at Lakeshore in the memory care unit and his mind is very limited
SPECIAL PRAYERS.............
Denise Ketarkus, Lloyd Tremmel, Joe & Mary Woitach, Jim Mascari, Terry Toll, Joe Ingrasci, Dave Schilling, Fr Joe Hornack, Chris & Sue Gorman's grandson Elijah, Walt Strini, John Hansen, Don Heck, Bob Letsch, Mickey Postorino, Helen (Wilmes) Miller, Mike O'Brien, Dick Albregts' wife, Marty Defatte's wife Donna, Bill Halberstadt's wife Judy, Dan Peterson's wife Donna
Important Dates.................................
Sunday June 14th - Flag Day
Sunday June 21st - Father's Day
Saturday July 4th - Independence Day
ANNUAL SCHONERT PICNIC
From Pam Mano: Here is the link to RSVP for our counts. You can hyperlink it in communications. https://host.nxt.blackbaud.com/registration-form/?formId=9518e19f-0e33-43e2-880b-4713f29d1d35&envId=p-ebe0g_ChVU-vsrbjHzOGnQ&zone=usa
Here is the tentative SignUpGenius to volunteer to bring a dish, organized by broad categories. Please let me know if you would like more specifics or if the numbers should be adjusted. Marty, please provide specifics on setup times. https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0944AEA629ABFCC43-63987958-schonert
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