A beautiful summer day at the river 85 and sunny. Not much more of this ………
Had eleven guys breaking bread, socializing and reminiscing. Enjoyable time.
I forgot to take a photo inside so the two attachments are from outside showing the Pool and Yacht Club and John Runyon, Joe Schufman and in the back ground Dave Tyree leaving the restaurant.
Calendars
Thursday the 15th of September—One CDH event at CDH—–see CDH web site for more details www.cretin-derhamhall.org
Friday the 16th —–Cretin verse St Thomas Academy at St Thomas Academy—-I have been advised that there will be a bus running to the game from the Union 32 Crafthouse located at 2864 Hi way 55 (intersection of Dodd Road and Hi way 55) This establishment is owned by Dan Redpath 86’ who is married to Tammy Trenter 87’ the daughter of our friend and classmate JIM TRENTER. If they are there tell them you were a classmate of Jims!
Thursday October 12th—– class of 63 lunch at Pool and Yacht Club.
A couple of fun get togethers for the class of 63 this week.
On Wednesday, the 9th annual class of 63 golf outing at Highland National where three foursomes and one rules coordinator spent 4 hours enjoying the great weather and excellent conditions of the golf course. But most importantly the groups were playing to lay claim to the CHARLIE trophy. Classmate Charlie Schuldt started this golf outing in 2014 and ran it until he passed away in Sept of 2016. Since Charlie’s passing Dave Britz has been handling the golf outing and doing a fine job. You will see in photo 2653 the guys who have THE CHARLIE trophy for the next year. They are; Tim Valento, Dick Butler, Jim McCormick and Gary Stoffel.
Although three foursomes started on the 1st tee only two finished 18 holes—–there is more to this story but none of the missing foursome was at the class lunch today to clarify the story.
Photo 2635—all the players
Photo 2644—Stoffel, Butler, McCormick, Valento
Photo 2647—Troskey, Dimond, Danneker, DiPrima
Photo 2650—Neils, Swenson, McKee, Sund
Today, Thursday 15 classmates gathered at the Pool and Yacht Club for a few hours of socializing.
Mark your calendars
Next Class Lunch Thursday Sept 8th
ONE CDH alumni gathering at CDH Thursday Sept 15th
CDH St Thomas Academy Football game at ST Thomas Academy September 16th
The attached photos shows the plaque and program page showing the undefeated 1960 Cretin football team. This team was honored along with several other CDH teams and individuals who were recently inducted into the CDH athletic Hall of Fame on June 16th 2022.
As you can see there were seven members of our class that were part of the team. I did not know how many of you might already have seen this plaque and list so I asked Bert Christensen (younger brother of Matt and Nick) if I could share Matt’s plaque with the whole class. Thank you very much Bert! You know that Matt and Nick were wonderful guys that many of us got to know.
Just got back from the regular monthly class of 63 lunch where a dozen of the class gathered to break bread and socialize.
One of the guys scheduled to be at the lunch was injured playing pickle ball earlier today and had to cancel—we wish Tim Valento a quick recovery.
Dave Britz who is the organizer of our golf outing is away on vacation but wants to be sure all who want to play in the class of 63 golf event (THE CHARLIE) on Wednesday August 10th contact him at 651 459 1858 or britzie37@aol.com
Speaking of golf, you may recall I solicited input from the class on who may have scored a hole in one in their golfing career. I got six replies.
Before I show you the list and some detail, did you know the odds of getting a hole in one for the average golfer is 12,500 to 1. Because we have a classmate who along with holes in one has also achieved a double eagle (albatross) which is far rarer than a hole in one and the odds to make an albatross are estimated to be about 600,000 to 1, that feat is added to the list.
So here is the list of the guys achieving these rare events in golf.
Bob O’Malley (2) one in 2014 at Biltmore Links and one in 2015 at Paradise Valley golf club. Both of these courses are in the Phoenix area where Bob resides. Bob said he saved a lot of money because the club houses were closed when he finished both rounds.
Pat Quinlan (1) Makaha Country club in Hawaii in 1970.
Terry Bacigalupo (1) Myrtle Beach SC in 1986 with a group of 32 guys on a golf vacation. Terry said that he recalls a very high bar bill!
Mike Swenson (1) Maddens Classic in Brainerd in 2015 and Mike has a plaque to prove it.
Richard Bulter-No Details
Don Danneker (2) One at Inver Grove Golf club in the mid 80’s and one at Como golf in St Paul in 2016. Don has the Double Eagle (Albatross) at Hastings Club in 1988. Don says the 2 holes in one cost him a bundle!
Well congrats to those comes from the rest of us who have been trying for many years with no success.
A few other things; you may recall CDH has organized an annual ALL alumni (Cretin, Derham Hall and CDH) get together. It was suppose to kick off last September but Covid got in the way. So this year it is scheduled for Thursday September 15th at CDH. Here is a link to give you more info https://www.cretin-derhamhall.org/onecdh/
Since all three schools are included in the annual event Mothers, Sons, Daughters Fathers, Brothers, Sisters etc are all invited to have an enjoyable evening together as ONE CDH ALUMNI CELEBRATION.
More info is due out soon.
Mark your calendars
Wednesday August 10th—-golf outing at Highland National
Thursday August 11th—-regular monthly class lunch at Pool and Yacht Club
Thursday September 15th—-Annual CDH ALL ALUMNI gathering at CDH
A very heartfelt thank you to all who contributed to help pay for the maintenance costs of our class website.
Those who made donations include –
Eugene Bovy
Dave Britz
Joe Brooks
John Campion
Don Danneker
Jim Dimond
Tom Golden
Tom Hofer
John Hughes
Jack Lamont
David Lieser
Joe M McGrath
Larry Moser
Ted Moudry
Stephen Nachtsheim
Dave Odlaug
Gary Pates
Tom Rubbelke
John Runyon
Jim Schubert
Tom Troskey
Dave Tyree
Tim Valento
Funds are being used to pay for the annual cost of hosting services, domain registration, and add-on software (security, backup, image management, etc.). Your generosity means we have covered our website contract services into 2025! I am very grateful for your support.
15 guys from the class of 63 got together today for lunch. Beautiful day as we watched the mighty Mississippi flow rapidly by.
Lots of chit chatting and reminiscing and someone brought up the fact that next year will be the 60th anniversary of graduating from Cretin.
Start thinking about what we should do to celebrate.
John Runyon has some thoughts that he will put together to share with all of us very soon.
In the nearer future we have next month’s class lunch at the P&Y on July 14th, mark your calendar!
In August we have the 9th annual Class of 63 golf outing at Highland National. This event is known as the CHARLIE in remembrance and honor of our classmate Charlie Schuldt who started the event in 2014 and Charlie passed Sept 3rd 2016.
A separate email will be sent out about the golf gathering in the next week—-look for it and sign up to play.
Tom Troskey has been taking photos of classmates at our Class of ’63 Luncheons since they began. Many of them pre-date the implementation of our class website. Tom and Dave Britz thought we would appreciate a walk through his archives. Below are photos from various lunches we had at O’Garas as well as an image from one of the “Charlie” Schuldt golf outings….
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Tom took these five images during our first Class of ’63 Luncheon at O’Garas…
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And here is a classic photo from the first “Charlie” Schuldt golf outing at the Elk River Golf Club, of which Charlie was a member (he also served on their board of directors)…..
Tom Hofer recently reached out to us about posting an item of interest on our website. This certainly qualifies. Here is Tom’s note….
I am the President of the St. Pete Area (FL) Chapter of the Military Officers Assocation of America (MOAA) and I recently had the opportunity to present four $1000 scholarships to St. Pete JROTC graduates in May of this years
In my short speech presenting the award, I noted that as a JROTC cadet, I sat in their place 59 years ago in May 1963 in St. Paul, Minnesota. I told them that I never dreamed that my journey would include 29 yrs of military service service and an additional 10 yrs with civil service. I emphasized that this could be their journey as well. I was very proud to note the seriousness and attention to detail of the cadets. (Important to note that 3 or the 4 schools that have Army JROTC programs are inner city schools and the majority of the cadets are Black or Latino.
Here is a photo of me in uniform making the presentation to the outstanding military graduate at Hollins HS – JROTC cadet, Ms. Gabriela Potrero-Luna. She will be studying engineering at the University of South Florida here in Tampa.
Regards.
Tom Hofer, CW5 USA RET President St Petersburg Chapter – MOAA #MOAASTPETEAREA.COM NEVER STOP SERVING
On Sunday, May 15, Joseph M. McGrath celebrated his 75th birthday along with his 77th (his 75th was postponed because of the pandemic). A good sized crowd showed up at the Lift Bridge Brewery in Stillwater to wish Joe a Happy Birthday!
Several of the Class of ’63 luncheon contingent made an appearance. And we ran into classmate that most of us had not seen in decades, five in my case. Michael Schilling was in my homeroom and he is just right of the birthday boy in the photo below. Others in the photo are Gary Stoffel, Joe Brooks, Tom Troskey, Joe Schufman, and Dave Britz.
We all enjoyed the positive atmosphere that gave us a reason to celebrate. And we are hopeful that Mike Schilling will join us at a future class luncheon.
What a climate. Last month April 14th we had the class lunch and it was a snow storm; today sunny and 90 degrees. I’ll vote for the 90’s!
14 classmates got together today to socialize and enjoy each other’s company.
When looking at the photo in the u shaped table setting from the left—–GaryStoffel, Ed Sund, Tom Troskey, Dave Britz, Joe M McGrath, Dave Tyree, Don Danneker,Gene Bovy, John Lentsch, Joe Schufman, Joe Brooks, Larry Moser, Tom Schleck, and John Runyon.
I heard from Greg Halbert this week and he wondered if we could have an outdoor lunch this summer. As many of you recall, for the past 6 years our classmate George Bonfe hosted a class lunch each August at his home on Forest Lake. I asked the group to think about how we could do this this summer. Any ideas let me know—THANKS.
Dave Britz has got the golf outing ( The Charlie) scheduled for Wednesday August 10th at Highland National with tee times beginning at 11:00 AM. After golf a trip to the NOOK for something to eat and drink.
Dave also spoke with the St Thomas Academy class of 63 who also meet at the Pool and Yacht Club the same day we meet to see if they have an interest in doing a combined golf outing with us. Dave will keep us informed as to how that develops.
Over the past couple of months the topic of our 60th anniversary of graduating from Cretin was brought up with the idea being what should we do. Along those lines John Runyon has been thinking and formulating some ideas about what we could do to honor the veterans in our class with a financial tie in to CDH which would be directed by us on how CDH would use our gift. John will be working on how this might work and sharing his thoughts with us; and if anyone has ideas about this please contact John at jrunyonnov@gmail.com
So that’s it for today and hope you guys are well and don’t forget to check the class web site https://cretinclassof1963.org If you have something you would like to post on the class web site let me of Joe Schufman know.
