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Volume 5, Number
11, June 2001
MIDNIGHT SUN ONLINE
-The Online Newsletter
for Robert E. Peary High School Alumni-
MSO WEB SITE - http://www.pearyhs.org/
INTRODUCTION
Greetings
Huskies:
FORMER
TEACHER PASSES ON:
From the Washington Post Obituaries Wednesday, June 13, 2001; Page B07,
courtesy Doug Adams (1970)
Muriel
Nicholson Hoover - Teacher
Muriel
Nicholson Hoover, 89, a retired District of Columbia and Montgomery County
Public Schools educator, died of pneumonia June 9 at Carriage Hill Nursing
Center in Bethesda.
Ms.
Hoover, an 80-year resident of Takoma Park, was born in Grafton, W.Va.,
and came to the Washington area with her family as a child.
She
graduated from Central High School, where her father, Lawrence Grant
Hoover, was principal, and from Wilson Teachers College.
She
received a master’s degree in history from the University of Wisconsin.
For more than 30 years, Ms. Hoover taught history and geography at Alice
Deal Junior High School and Anacostia High School in the District and at
Robert E. Peary High School in Rockville. She retired in the mid-1970s.
She
traveled to such areas as Pakistan, Nepal, Tibet, Europe and Mexico, using
those journeys to enliven her teaching. Ms. Hoover was a member of the
League of Women Voters, the American Association of University Women and
the Takoma Park Historical Society.
She
leaves no immediate survivors.
[If
you remember the centerfold/map incident, you remember Ms. Hoover]
TIME
CAPSULE: A reminder that John Horvat is collecting items for the Peary
time capsule, including essays entitled “What Peary Meant to Me.” The
deadline is July 15th and should be e-mailed to Terry Brooks
(1969) at terry-b@att.net. They will be copied onto a CD for permanent residence in the
time capsule and also posted on the Alumni Association website.
You must include your name and year of graduation.
PHOTOS
AVAILABLE:
You may have already noticed the links on the MSO website to photos of
former teachers and activities from Peary-Henson Day and the Alumni
Association’s Anchor Rededication Ceremony held May 27, 2001. Also, photos from the “1965 Girls” Lunch Group!
Thanks to Gale Senseman Privette (1966) for mailing the photos to
MSO for posting online.
DONATIONS:
Thank you, to the two alums who made donations to MSO this month. We hope to receive a response one day from 3,000+ former
classmates aboard the MSO to help support this almost-5-year-old project.
Information is available on the MSO website for both benefactor
donations and regular donations. Visa and MC accepted online for your convenience, too.
MSO is “covered” through August by your generous support... two
months only (we would like to be able to say two YEARS).
Thank you for your consideration!
POLO
SHIRTS: A reminder that Peary shirts are available for sale, in sizes from
Medium to XXL. These shirts
read “Robert E. Peary Huskies” with the husky logo.
Proceeds from the sales directly support the MSO.
Information and a printable order form are online.
CLASS REUNION COMMITTEES are encouraged to bring these forms to
their events to hand out or take orders in-person!
FROM
Rick Foote (1972): An article, with photo, featuring Jim Hage
(1976),
who won the Marine Corps Marathon in 1988 and 1989, at
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/health/fitness/focus/running/
And
Jim’s article “Self-described running nut Jim Hage says non-racers
belong on non-marathon courses” from the Post Health section, at
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/health/fitness/focus/running/A51008-2001Jun11.html
TONY
AWARDS:
Congratulations to Brad Oscar (1982) on his Tony Award nomination for his
role in “The Producers” (the Broadway musical, with other cast members
Matthew Broderick and Nathan Lane). We’ll
be watching again closely next year!
REUNIONS:
Detailed reunion info is available in your Class Information
Section online.
CLASS
OF 1986: Reunion picnic Saturday, October 6, 2001
CLASS
OF 1985: September 21-23, 2001
CLASS
OF 1981: July 24-29, 2001. The
registrations deadline is Monday JUNE 25, 2001.
CLASS
OF 1975: “ANNUAL” REUNION: Saturday, August 4th, 2001
CLASS
OF 1966: August 17-19, 2001. If
you haven’t registered yet, the price goes up to $110/person on July 1,
2001.
MR.
HILL’S 75th BIRTHDAY: The
presentation of the Memory Book to Mr.
Hill for his 75th Birthday, was held on June 3, 2001 at
Dave and Busters, White Flint Plaza in Rockville, Md.
He was born on June 7, 1926. Text
of what was read by Gale Senseman Privette (1966) for the presentation is
available online. Mr. Hill
will bring the Memory Book with him to the Class of 1966 reunion for
people to browse if they’d like.
The
deadline for the next issue of the Midnight Sun Online is Saturday July
28. “Submit an Article”
or “Sign-Up/Update” on the MSO website to let your friends know what
you’ve been up to!
Have
a safe Fourth of July..... there is an unusual blurb inserted at the end
of this issue about your tax refunds, FYI.... thought you might find the
information useful!
Bob
Lau, Editor/Webmaster
The
Midnight Sun Online
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