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Dear
CCS Alumni and Friends,
I hope this finds you well and ready to sit down to a Thanksgiving
feast on Thursday. When I think of how the Lord has blessed me, the
CCS Alumni often comes to mind. I am so grateful for all the love
and support shown me through the almost 12 years I have been doing
this website and newsletter. I appreciate all the kind emails and
messages I receive and those who take the time to send in something
for the newsletter. I know all of us enjoy reading what is going on
with fellow CCSers.
Kathy
Kelleher, CCS class of 1980
Recently I had the opportunity to sit and chat with Mr. Dawson, CCS
former art teacher in the 1950's, 60's and 70's. He retired in
1977. He will be 96 on November 30, 2015 and I thought some of his
former students might want to send him a card with a note enclosed.
He is in good health and is the total caretaker of his wife,
Lorraine, who had a stroke nearly two years ago. He said that the
hardest part is the monotony of caring for her because every day is
the same and since Lorraine has lost her memory he needs to repeat
answers to her questions dozens of times each day. They live alone
in Shushan and since she is not mobile, Mr. Dawson must stay at home
with her unless someone stops by to visit with Lorraine so he can go
to church or go to the store. He cooks all their meals (he treated
me to one of his homemade oatmeal raisin cookies- it was yummy) and
does the all the housekeeping! Their daughter will be visiting from
Texas from Nov. 28th - Dec. 10th and they do have other family
members in the area. However, I thought that if any local alum has
the time, I'm sure Mr. Dawson would appreciate a visit. He's still
an accomplished piano player and I believe he still paints, although
I did not ask. As I mentioned, notes with tidbits of your life or
photos or doodles or anything would probably be most appreciated. I
see so many wonderful posts on this website, if this reaches one of
the students that was inspired to do something further in art, I
know he would be sincerely touched to hear about it. His phone
number is #518-854-3261 and his address is: Mr. Richard Dawson,
Newman Road Ext., Shushan, NY 12873
Thank
you and have a Happy Thanksgiving!
Jennifer (Morris) Anderson.. Class of 85...
Happy Thanksgiving to all my Family and Friends still in Cambridge.
My family and I live in Ramstein Germany supporting the US Army.
Winter is upon us here but we have been blessed with a beautiful
long weirdly sunny Fall. It looks as if our time here is coming to
an end but what an adventure this has been for us! Take care all.
Tschuss (Bye)
Bob Inslerman,
Class of 1963 – Saranac Lake, New York
Fall in Cambridge also included the opening of hunting and
trapping seasons. I can still remember how proud I was when I
passed my Hunter Safety Course, in a house on South Union Street, at
the age of 14. It was on a beautiful Saturday in late September or
early October when the leaves were changing, the smell of fall was
in the air and the sky was a deep, dark blue. From that point on, I
couldn’t wait to get off the school bus and go pheasant hunting or
run my muskrat trapline on my bicycle. I would be remiss if I did
not mention that my interest in hunting and trapping was largely due
to the support and encouragement of Rupert Jennings, a
custodian at the time, whom I admired and who was an inspiration to
me. I wanted to be a hunter and trapper just like him which
ultimately led to a life-long career as a wildlife manager with the
NYS Department of Environmental Conversation’s Division of Fish,
Wildlife and Marine Resources. Over the years, Rupert and I have
had our differences about how to manage deer and pheasants in
Washington County but I remember reading in a CCS Newsletter that a
tradition in the Jennings family is deer hunting on Thanksgiving
Day. Well, Rupert, I want you to know that your love for hunting,
and tradition, has been passed on to yet another generation, my
older daughter Rebecca who is an avid deer hunter in her own right.
The attached picture, which is also on page 33 of this year’s NYS
Hunting Syllabus, is of her the day before Thanksgiving last year.
(NOTE: The picture is on Page 5 of Seasons: Fall on the website)
And, if tradition holds true, she (and hopefully yourself) will be
out again this year, on Thanksgiving, or the day before, for what we
hope will be another successful year that began so many years ago
with your support and encouragement of me, for which I will be
forever thankful.
I received word about Alex
DeVito, Class of 1956 from his daughter Joyce.
She said Alex loves stories &
cards from people he knows so she just wanted to let everyone know
your thoughtfulness is appreciated. She reads the newsletter to him
which he enjoys. She is sorry Al can't put his thoughts on paper
anymore.
Alex’s Address: 15 Dartmouth Drive, Delran, NJ 08075
Hope you will take the time to
visit the web site….
www.ccsindians.com to see what is new.
WISHING YOU AND YOUR FAMILIES
A VERY HAPPY AND BLESSED
THANKSGIVING.
Alex DeVito, 15 Dartmouth Dr, Delran, New Jersey 08075 Alex DeVito,
15 Dartmouth Dr, Delran, New Jersey 08075 Alex DeVito, 15 Dartmouth
Dr, Delran, New Jersey 08075
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