March 19th Date - Sadie Pope Dowdell Public Library

February 6, 011 South Amboy-Sayreville Times
“FIVE GENERATIONS” (l-r) Joan Downs, great-great grandson Sean, great-great grandmother
Eleanor Kukucska (recently passed Dec. 21, 2010), grandmother Linda Leander and mother
Heather Leander. Photo was taken Nov. 2010. (Photo/Info submitted)
Mick Moloney & Friends Return
Middlesex County Cultural and Heritage
Commission, the Folklife Program for
New Jersey, in association with the City of
South Amboy welcome the return of musician
and vocalist Mick Moloney for the
17th year, at 7 pm on Wednesday, March
9, 2011, at South Amboy High School, 200
Governor Harold G. Hoffman Plaza on
John T. O’Leary Boulevard, South Amboy,
NJ. This free program is funded in part by
Middlesex County Cultural and Heritage
Commission, Middlesex County Board of
Chosen Freeholders, and New Jersey State
Council on the Arts/Department of State, a
Partner Agency of the National Endowment
for the Arts.
Combining the careers of arts presenter
and advocate, folklorist, and professional
musician, Mick Moloney is an accomplished
singer as well as an excellent mandolin and
tenor banjo player who possesses a vast
storehouse of songs and instrumental pieces
from the Irish and Irish American traditions.
He will be joined by Athena Tergis, fiddle;
Dana Lyn, fiddle; Jerry O’Sullivan, uilleann
pipes and tin whistle; Billy McComiskey,
button accordion; Brendan Dolan, piano;
and Niall O’Leary, step dance. Together
they will present a truly lively and spirited
evening of soul-rousing music, droll stories
and spirited dance.
As a young man in Ireland, Mick Moloney
was exposed to the Irish folk music
traditions that were played by legendary
master musicians. He learned to play the
traditional instruments and music from the
Irish countryside - music that was passed
down from generation to generation. Today
he performs the folk music and songs from
the 18th and 19th centuries that deal with
themes such as the great famine, emigration
to America, the American Civil War, and the
development of Irish and Irish-American
music in America.
Mick Moloney: Traditional Irish Music,
Song & Dance, is offered free of charge;
however, registration is required. To attend
this Folklife program, please contact the
Commission, 732.745.4489. Persons with
hearing disabilities may call 732.745.3888
(TTY users only), or 711, the New Jersey
Relay System. South Amboy High School
is an accessible site. An Assistive Listening
System will be in use during the program.
An American Sign Language interpreter is
available with a two-week advance request.
For changes due to inclement weather, please
call our Weather-line, 732.296.8966, on the
day of the scheduled program.
yearbook-St. Mary’s 1961
As St. Mary’s HS Class of ’61 returned
for its final school year in early September
1960, Elvis Presley ruled the radio waves
with his #1 hit, “It’s Now Or Never,” and
shortly afterwards, Chubby Checker’s
“The Twist” dance became a worldwide
sensation.
At St. Mary’s, James Griswold was
Student Council President, and Richard
McCloud , VP. The basketball games were
always exciting, and the school play, “Showboat”
packed them in at the gym. The Book
Fair, and Magazine Subscription Day were
also memorable events.
1961 was a big year, as Maris & Mantle
chased Babe Ruth’s home run record…John
F. Kennedy was sworn in as President in January…The
Berlin Wall was built…Astronauts
Shepard & Grissom went into orbit…JFK
started the Peace Corps.
Does anyone remember these cute nicknames
of St. Mary’s seniors? Lulu, Shorty,
Doodles, Pogo, Grizzy, Major, Flip, Hooter,
Ducky, Gootch, Cecil, Pristine, Sleepy…
Some of the 144 graduates selected
randomly included; Raymond Andrejewski,
Frances Banfield, Suzanne Brennan,
Arlene Conway, Joseph Coughlin, Thomas
By Tom Burkard
Cudo, Thomas Cross, Lawrence Hanko,
Leon Kaboski, Arthur Kennedy, John
Ciszewski, John Lukie, Patricia MacNeil,
Joanne Nagy, Joseph Nebus, Philip Purcell,
Ann Ryan, Joanne Suminski, Marie Tarallo,
Leonard Tice, Joseph Toris, Joseph Dooling,
Jacqueline Dowling, Carol Fabiszewski,
Richard Ferguson, Stephen Flanagan,
Constance Hansell, William Hansell, Mary
Ellen Jankowski, Melvin Hospidor, Judith
Margaretta, Dennis O’Leary, Maureen
O’Toole, Rita Potts, Linda Potts, Patricia
Smith, Joanne Sobush, Beverly Sorrentino,
Barbara Stramback, Bernadette Trpisovsky,
Jeanne Trzoniec.
The Blue & Gold had several fine senior
athletes including All-State baseball players
John Seaman and Patrick Marotta, Vincent
Halleran, James Heffernan, Walter Lange,
John Cesare, Kevin Beebe, John Toscano,
Gary Cross, John O’Hare, Lawrence Pristavec,
Ralph Treadway.
Roy Orbison’s “Running Scared” 45
record was a big hit at graduation time along
with Pat Boone’s “Moody River.”
St. Mary’s Class of 1961 featured plenty
of fine people who went out and made positive
marks on the world!
Middlesex County College to Offer
Workshops on Financial Aid Process
Workshops on applying for financial
aid for college will be offered at Middlesex
County College. The workshops, which
are open to current Middlesex students and
those who have applied, will be held on
the College’s Edison campus and the New
Brunswick Center.
“The financial aid process can sometimes
be confusing,” said Aretha Watson,
director of admissions and assistant dean of
enrollment and student support services. “At
this workshop, we’ll help you go online and
apply. By the time you finish the workshop,
you will have applied for aid.”
The workshops on the Edison campus,
2600 Woodbridge Ave., will be held
Mondays from February 28 through April
25 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.; and Thursdays
from February 17 through April 28 from 2-4
p.m. In addition, the workshops will be held
from 9-11 a.m. on the following Saturdays:
February 26, April 9, April 30, May 7 and
May 14.
The New Brunswick sessions, which
are at 140 New St., will be at 6 p.m. on
February 16, March 23, April 6, April 27,
May 11, and June 15.
To register for a workshop on the Edison
campus, call 732-548-6000, ext. 3711. To
register for a workshop at the New Brunswick
Center, e-mail infonb@middlesexcc.
edu or call 732-745-8866. You will receive
an e-mail listing the items you need to bring
with you on that day.