Inauguration Weekend - Moravian College

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to make sure they are using the available
resources. Joan and Peter have children and
grandchildren and enjoy traveling.
1965
William F. Horwath; 22300 Maplewood Dr.; Southfi
eld, MI 48034; will@m-m-s.com
From the Alumni House:
Suzanne Erskine Fretwell found her
ideal retirement town two years ago on the
North Carolina intercoastal waterway, Cape
Fear River. She has started a small calendar
business using her own photos of this beautiful
area. She is reading, writing, learning
to shag dance, and shepherding a fun fl ock
of “senior singles.” In between, she travels to
visit children in Oregon and London and her
siblings in Maine.
1964
Kathleen Cavanaugh; 448 King’s Hwy. East; Haddonfi
eld, NJ 08033; Katcav1@gmail.com
1963
Reunion Alumni Weekend
May 16-17, 2008
Bill Leicht; 16819 N. 59th Pl.; Scottsdale, AZ
85254; Fax 602 493-1949; Leicht1@cox.net
1962
Merr Trumbore; 1040 Ebenezer Church Rd.; Rising
Sun, MD 21911; trummy@zoominternet.net
Emma Demuth Williams; 1013 Nicholas Street;
Bethlehem, PA 18017; eldw@ptdprolog.net
From Merr:
In a recent e-mail received from Judy
deBray Dominici, she relayed that after
about a year’s hiatus from painting, she has
returned to one her favorite pastimes. She’s
also enjoying the relatively warm weather in
South Carolina and welcomes e-mails from
our classmates. Her e-mail address is posted
on Moravian’s alumni online community.
I also received a surprise e-mail from
Sigma Phi brother and fellow physics major
Ron Smith ’63. Ron spent his professional
career with RCA/Stanford Research in
Princeton, N.J. and before retirement was
the only employee to receive “staff member”
status without a doctorate. Ron and his wife,
Renate, are the parents of four children and
grandparents to six grandchildren. He retired
six years ago and both are enjoying his
retirement in South Carolina.
1961
Sam Maczko; 14 Sunrise Way; Towaco, NJ 07082;
sfmaczko@yahoo.com
From Sam:
As I am writing this article it is the end
of March and snow is still on the ground. My
wife, Irene, and I have just returned from a
brief vacation on Marco Island, Fla. Our oldest
daughter Kristie was able to join us and
made the trip more enjoyable. We also missed
the biggest snow storm of the winter so far.
In November I attended the Moravian
Hall of Fame Induction with Joe Castellano.
We met Truman Eshbach ’58. Truman has
been involved with the Moravian athletic department
for over fi fty years keeping scores
for various sports.
Joe Castellano and his wife Jo Ann, and
Monk Morelli ’59 and his wife Pat, attended
the Alumni Assocition’s Mardi Gras dance at
the Hotel Bethlehem in February and had an
enjoyable evening.
John Bregman was getting a late start
for his winter trip to Orlando, Fla., leaving
on April 1, and planning to be there until
July. Ken Sepe was on his way back from
Florida after spending the worst of the winter
in Fort Myers.
John De Cesare retired in June 2000
after forty years of working in public schools
in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. During
his 14 years of teaching social studies and
English he was at Easton Area High School.
He was later an assistant principal at East
Stroudsburg High School and principal of
Muhlenberg High School. His twenty-six
years in New Jersey included positions of
high school principal, assistant superintendent,
and superintendent in Belleville,
Nutley, and Cedar Grove respectively. John’s
wife, Betsy DeCesare, is a retired career educator
and they have spent the past six years
since retirement traveling the U.S. and pur-
suing hobbies such as gardening, classic car
restoration and shows, boating and grandparenting
their six grandchildren. Their four
children are a doctor, a dentist, a university
professor and a deputy sheriff.
Jeff Gannon has adjusted to retirement
in The Woodlands, Tex.and fi nds plenty to
keep him busy. He is starting to incorporate
jogging into his daily physical fi tness routine.
1960
Peter French; 7018 Honeysuckle Terrace; Bradenton,
FL 34202; french@sar.usf.edu
From Peter:
There has been virtually no news from
classmates in the past few months but
there is the third annual Moravian College
Weekend in Sarasota to report. We gathered
on February 24 and 25. Fred Woitschek ’56,
Ken Briggs ’62, and I played golf and made a
tourist from Kentucky an honorary alumnus
to make up the foursome. On Friday evening
we gathered at the Golden Apple Dinner
Theater for food, drink, conversation and the
musical Bingo. The group included Burke
’61 and Eleanor Johnson, Nancy and Chuck
Samley ’54, Joyce and Jim Rohrbach ’59,
Wanda and Fred Woitcheck ’56, Bonnie and
Ken Briggs ’62.
On Saturday, Peter ’64 and Andria Bilan
hosted the entire gathering at the Laurel
Oaks Country Club where our guests were
President Chris Thomforde and his wife,
Kathy. The president reported on the state
of College and shared his vision for the
future of Moravian. Jack Finelli ’58 and
Elaine were there and it is clear that the
table for the Finellis and Tony and Pat Falco
produced the most laughter. Others who
were able to come for the luncheon included
Mille Diefenderfer Thompson ’39, Rich
Senker ’96, Clararose Bosek Clymer ’49 and
Ellwood, Jim Rohrbach ’59 and Joyce, Burke
Johnson ’61 and Eleanor, Fred Woitscheck
’56 and Wanda, Lee Weaver ’57 and LaRae,
Grace Keeler Hodge ’46 and David, Kenneth
Briggs ’62 and Bonolyn, and Charles
Samley ’54 and Nancy. The evening gathering
for those staying on in Sarasota was at the
Columbia Restaurant on St. Armand’s Circle
because it is Bertie Francis Knisely’s ’69
favorite place to eat in Sarasota.
In organizing the weekend, I talked to
or heard from Allan Finegan in Fort Mey-
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