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Volume 4, Number 3,
October 1999
MIDNIGHT
SUN ONLINE
-The Online Newsletter for
Robert E. Peary High School Alumni-
MSO WEB SITE - http://www.pearyhs.org
INTRODUCTION
OUR LOSSES: Dr. William F. Brennan,
age 73, and Peary's second
prinicpal (from 1975-1979), passed away on Sunday October
10, 1999 after
many years of battling lung cancer. Brian Brennan (1983),
nephew of Dr.
Brennan, has provided information in this newsletter. A
full obituary
will be placed on the website shortly.
From Marjorie Boswer Hewitt (1978) and Bryant Brooks,
we're saddened to
inform you that Chuck Bowser, Class of 1974, died of lung
cancer on July
27th. He is survived by siblings and Peary classmates
Robert, Patrick,
Marjorie, William, Gregory, and Catherine Mabry.
On Sunday October 10, Mr. Scuderi, father of 10 Peary
Alumni: Karen,
John, Jerry, Ann, Janet, Chris, Connie, Toni, Mark, and
Chip, passed
away from an aneurysm.
PRAYERS: From Debby Carey Brogan
(1966)... "Alan Scott Carey, Class of
1969, needs prayer for his son, Mark Austin. At the
tender age of five,
he has been diagnosed with leukemia. He is currently in
Hershey
Hospital; Hershey, PA, and will soon undergo bone marrow
transplant. We
praise God that Mark's sister, Jessica, was a perfect
match. Your
prayers for healing are needed and very appreciated. My
husband, Bob
Brogan, is also very ill with liver disease and I am
requesting prayers
for healing and strength for me and my children. We have
been going
through quite an ordeal with this illness and we
appreciate your caring
and kindness." Alan may be reached at dcdist@sub-link.com.
Debby may be
reached at dbrogan@mail.cvn.net.
— The Robert E. Peary High School Community and
the Midnight Sun Online
wish to express prayer and condolences to the families
who are
experiencing these difficult times. —
WEDDING BELLS: George Powell (1983)
will be married on December 18th
at the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. Congratulations to
Dave Rush (1971)
who was married on October 16th, to Melissa Davis Munson
(1982) who
tied-the-knot in June, and to Jean Lejnar McCormick
(1979) and Robert
Perry (1980) who each married this month (note, not to
each other)!
SIGHTINGS: Victoria Oscar (1985) is
on a national tour of Annie as Miss
Hannigan, scheduled to appear at the Warner Theatre in
Washington DC
November 30 through December 5. The show is also
scheduled at the Lyric
Theatre in Baltimore in June 2000, Reno NV March 24-26
2000 at the
Pioneer Center, and Tucson AZ March 3-5 2000 at the
University of AZ.
Watch for the production coming to your town!
Paula Marshall (1982) continues her starring role on
ABC's "Snoops" with
Gena Gershon, which airs on Sunday nights. Allie Raye aka
Lisa
Salsitz/Talmud (1981) recently completed national print
ad. Bob Lau
(1976, yours truly) landed a role as the
neighbor/lawyer-type of the
co-star (Guy Torry) in a new Warner Brothers TV series
that airs on UPN
on Tuesday nights, "The Strip." Also starring
Sean Patrick Flanery
(Young Indiana Jones) and Joe Viterelli (State of Grace),
my first
appearance and the episode's working title is "We
Will Rock You" — will
keep you posted of the airdate (I can't seem to get away
from these
Homicide: Life on the Streets "comic relief"
type characters... on
either coast). The network series is produced by Joel
Silver (The
Matrix, Die Hard I and II, Analyze This, and the Lethal
Weapon series).
Did you happen to catch Dave Spurlock (1966), one of
the original
bagpipers, and his wife, Carol, at the Maryland
Renaissance Festival in
Crownsville?
REUNIONS: Class reunions in 1999 have
been successes! There's a report
from Ken Roseman in this issue about this year's last
event, the Class
of 1969's 30th on October 15th. We look forward to some
photos soon,
too! The Class of 1979 photos are accessible online now,
but we still
need to get around to posting the snapshots from the
Class of 1974
reunion that we received.... soon... along with Ron
Bostwick's (1977)
Fourth of July wild weekend "wrap" adventure in
Colorado with other
alums and "Ms. Felicity Shagwell" (see the
September 1999 issue).
Planning continues for the joint 1963-65 reunion and 1980
reunion in
2000 — see updates from Eileen Brown Carter and Mary
Hight (Classes of
1965) about the 63-65 event in August.... and the Classes
of 1970 and
1975 have begun planning their 30th and 25th,
respectively, as well!
OCEAN CITY, MD: Melina Mahassel Bates
(1985) and her husband are
relocating to Ocean City very shortly — and may
still be looking for a
rental, even if for short-term. If you can help, e-mail
Malina at
meenie@webtv.net or
ocdiva@webtv.net.
Plus, Melina suggests an alumni
event sometime on the Eastern shore/beach next year
— let's keep that
in-mind!
THANK YOU: To those who have recently
provided financial support to the
Midnight Sun Online, and to those who continue donating
regularly. The
MSO relies solely on your generous contributions!
Articles for the next issue of the Midnight
Sun Online are due Saturday
November 20th. Let your former classmates know what
you've been up to
all these years!
Happy Halloween,
Bob Lau, Editor/Webmaster
The Midnight Sun Online
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