Hello Everyone,
Snow, ice, winter; it is all here now yet we had 16 guys come to socialize at the Pool Yacht Club today.
Truly an enjoyable couple of hours. A great deal of discussion on the corporal punishment methods at Cretin in our day. Talking about Len Horyza, Jim Tocko, and of course Bro Josephus. Hardly anyone in attendance escaped at least one event in our time at Cretin
We started the lunch with a remembrance of the men in our class who passed away during 2025. They are, John Jansen, Jack Hanson, Mike Giefer, Steve Keys, Bill Haskamp, Don Danneker, Red O’Gara, Phil Reichenbach, Richard Dennis, Dick O’Neil —-God bless them and may they rest in peace.
You may recall that because our classmate Joe M McGrath kept every issue of the student newspaper The Comment, I have Joe’s collection and each month I will bring an issue to pass around to the guys. Today’s issue was from April 1963. FUN READ—-Thank you Joe!
One of the fellows attending today is referred to by Pat McDonnell as THE RED RAIDER. Pat is referring to Mike Roach who was with us Freshman and Sophomore years and then due to his family moving to the western suburbs started attending Benilde in St Louis Park. Benilde is known as the Red Knights so you see how the RED RAIDER came to be.
Great to have Mike be with us and he plans to play in the annual class of 63 golf outing in 2026.
Our next lunch will be THURSDAY JANUARY 8TH 2026.
Don’t forget to always check out the class of 63 web site. Joe Schufman developed this terrific site and is always after new content to use on the site.
Best to all of you for the Christmas season and a Happy and Healthy 2026
Tom Troskey
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