The Cathedral High School Class of 1964 celebrated the 60th anniversary of its graduation on Saturday, October 5, at the Twin Hills Country Club in Longmeadow (owned and operated by classmate Attilio Cardiropoli)

Seventy-seven members of the class, along with 18 guests, attended the reception and luncheon. Below is a list of classmate attendees in alphabetical order, with women classmates listed by maiden name.

Classmates and guests
Michael Baker and Patricia Baker
Lynn Albano Bayeur
Josephine Albano Pellegrini
Rita Arsenault Spencer
Jacqui Artiano Ruest
Ann Judy Belleville Rosso
David Bierschied and Mary Bierschied
Janet Boyer Hourihan
Raymond Brassard
Sandra Bruschi
Jane Buckley Peterson
Attilio Cardaropoli
Judy Cignoni McChesney
John Collins
Judith Cross Donahue
Judie Curto Hourihan
Caroline Demers Tougas and Paul Bernard
Bill Devlin and Jane Devlin
Mary Diotalevi Ryczek
Dianne Dillon
James Dion
Paul Donahue
Patricia Doyon Proulx
Mary Driscoll Commisso
Paul Dufresne
Joseph Fallon and Linda Fallon
Carol Ferraro McKay
Mary Fitzpatrick Brassard
Mary Foy Holmes
Margaret/Frances Garvey Talbot
Joanne Gatti Kendall
Doris Gaudette Leduc
Ernest Gaudette
Robert Green Jr. and Fr. Richard Riendeau
Joanne Hamel Sagendorph
Andrea Hayes LaPlace
Kevin Hourihan
Patricia Kelly Conz
Mona Klicka Daponde
Helene Lambert Salier
Karen LaRiviere Audette
Mary Lou Lattinville McCormick
Joanne Lyons Fenney
Maureen Lyons
Pauline Manning Baab
Ann Mattson
Robert McCann
Mary McDonald Kiddy and Richard Kiddy
Eva Mercier Dion
Peter Mulvagh and Charlene Mulvagh
Anne Murphy Kellner and Steven Kellner
D. Lynn Murray Kleindienst
Thomas Nolan and Noreen Nolan
Nancy Norris Gates
James O’Malley
Trudy O’Malley
Mick Ogulewicz and Cyndi Ogulewicz
Reid Oslin and Susan Tierney Oslin
Connie Piccirilli McCann
Gail Perodeau Carrington
Carol Phillips McCarthy
Maureen Pollard Hershel and Ray Hershel
Bob Pouliot and Pat Pouliot
Helen Reid Stewart
Andrea Saliba Ingham
Sandra Secchi Roy
Barbara Shean Lippert
Thomas Sheedy
Ron Somers and Maureen Somers
Maureen Spring Fontaine
Mark Sullivan
Nancy Thompson
Luke Turgeon and Ghislain and Robbie Turgeon
Louis Valley and Peg Valley
Francie Veale Cornwell and George Cornwell
Edmund Wallace
Theresa Yesu and Don Byrum

Reunion Committee members Donna Roy Kielbania Nodurf and Marion Johnson were unable to attend.

Photos taken by Patricia Baker, wife of classmate Mike Baker.

At this link is the first group of photos from the event. Click on each to enlarge. More than a dozen additional photos are to be added soon.

Members of the CHS Class of 1964 reunion committee met in early January to advance plans for the October 11 event.

Seated are Robbie Quirly Phaneuf (email), left, and Jacqui Artiano Ruest (email). Standing, from left: Anne Murphy Kellner (email), Tom Murphy (email), Karen LaRiviere Audette (email), Tom Sheedy, Nancy Thompson, Joan Hamel Sagendorph, Donna Roy Nodurf (chair) (email), Maureen Spring Fontaine, Susan Hartley Mantoni (email), Bill Devlin, Geri Achin Sarnelli, and Francie Veale Cornwell (email). Other members of the committee, unable to attend this meeting, include Tom Hamre (email), Sally Batista Iwaniec (email), Linda Duchesne Ferrero, and Ben Aleks (email).

Say hello to committee members and let Donna and any other member of the committee know if you have ideas for the event. Next meeting is Tuesday, February 4, first floor, Holy Name Social Center. All classmates interested in helping out are welcome!

Yes, the Holy Name Social Center, site of those infamous Friday night dances . . . and seemingly little changed, as current photo attests. Somehow, when those dances are mentioned, the Isley Brothers just come to mind. Shout!

Music for the reunion event is to be provided by Max Salvador aka “Music to the Max.” Shout! better be on his list. Though . . . will medical services be available, just in case?

Where did you hang out on weekend nights? You know, those places where you expected to find kids you knew, either from school or the neighborhood.

Think of the hours we spent nursing sodas, munching pizza or burgers, talking, laughing, having spats. The hangouts were crucibles for sometimes intense interaction . . . and they were places where many hours were spent on pretty much nothing.

In the South End, one place was Ray’s Grinder’s on Longhill Street. Here’s a picture of the place now, from Google Street View. It’s called Antonio’s.

Current view of what was Ray’s Grinders in 1963-64.

One expects and certainly hopes the place has been renovated in the last 50 years, but it remains very true to its early-Sixties self. The parking lot in front, the “patio dining area” at left. The food there today is rated quite good on Yelp, but food was probably not the criterion in our day.

On Hungry Hill, it was the Van Horn Spa, affectionately called “Leo’s” after its owner. It was on the corner of Carew and Armory streets, across from Our Lady of Hope church. Sadly, it has succumbed to “progress” and is no longer there.

Kids today have many more options for entertainment, but our lack of same may, at least, have encouraged us to get out and about and connect with others. Sure . . . it also led sometimes to trouble. Is it better now to be safe and in front of a video box?