Brunswick '81: The Night After

Some of those who survived the Friday night festivities made it to Augies on Saturday.

Jim and Joe

The Day Dripper

Stein, Day, Weintz, Tranfo

Men of Brunswick

Amy, Ricky and George

The few, the proud . . .

12/27/06 Photo Upload

A belated Merry Christmas to all! Here, courtesy of George Brownell and Jim Stein, is your present: More photos! Enjoy!

Pam, George, Courtney

The Olneys and the Pitts

Barend, Laura Noonan Ford, Bill Aron

Ken deGot, Matt Fahey, Bill Aron

Steins, Stowells, and a Tranfo

Olneys, Days and Courtney

Gregg Delany, Carol Davenport, Joe Tranfo

Brownell putting the squeeze on Mrs. Stein

Brownell, van der Vorm, Tranfo

Eric Weintz

Elise and Brownell

Chris Hoeffel (Ellen O'Toole's husband) and Pam Christensen Olney

Chris and . . . ?

The unmasked man

"I really don't do requests."

Nice ink

Now that James Brown is dead, here's the hardest working man in show business.

Barend and Elise

Barend and Elise, moving their act to the dance floor.

Elise and a blissful (?) Brownell

Barend, Laura Noonan Ford, Bill Aron

Bill Aron

Courtney and Brownell (with Haley Rockwell Elmlinger's husband Joe in the background)

Elise Hillman Green, Greg Green, Courtney

Barend and Anne Wallace Juge

10/31 Photo Uploads

Laura Dewart Bartone, Laura Noonan Ford, Suzanne Branch

Mr. and Mrs. James R. Stein (at Augie's)

Elise Hillman Green, George Brownell, Courtney Bauer Burnham

In the Tent

Missy Fahey, Chris Day, Jane Tranfo, Joe Tranfo, Matt Fahey

Photos from the Party

Don Connor, Steve Duennebier, Jacques Olivier Bouffier

Jane Tranfo, Amy Springborn Pagnani, Ray Bartone (Laura Dewart's husband)

Janice Day (Chris' wife), Pam Christensen Olney, Forddo

Diana Burger, Neil Burger, Laura Noonan Ford

If you send them, I will post.

Letter From Bill Douwes


Late last week I received the following letter from Bill Douwes. As it is intended for all of us, I am reprinting it in its entirety:

10/23/06

My Good Friends,

Because of back surgery I am unable to attend your reunion - Thanks for inviting me - Had I been able, I surely would have come . . . There's so much I want to hear from each of you.

Hilary and I live in Maryland and have two boys, Alexander (10) and Andrew (7). Son Tom (27) is a psyche nurse in Harrison NY and is my hero.

Please assemble a list of mailing addresses, phone numbers and emails for me. Unfortunately, my email has died, but I will get out my new address soon.

Please, if you are ever in the area, call and come and visit. We are in Freerick which is less than an hour from Baltimore, Wash DC and Harrisburg PA.

I've included a rather tacky news article on my days at the Frederick Police Department for the last 7 years.

Although I've never attended a single Brunswick alumni function, this one I was very much looking forward to enjoying.

My best to each of you,

Bill Douwes

Bill included the photo above with the letter.

In the interest of not spreading Douwes' contact information with the world, I will circulate an email with his address and phone number (and the text of the newspaper story about him) so that those of you who are interested can get in touch with him. And as soon as gets a working email, I will circulate that as well.

The Night That Was

(click photo to enlarge)

Present and accounted for (more or less left to right):

Forddo
Richard Vorder Bruegge (Forddo brought the hat)
Don Connor
George Hopley
Barend van der Vorm
Ken deGot
Eric Weintz
Matt Fahey (in back)
Bill Aron (up front)
Chris Day
The Artist Formerly Known As Goggles Paisano
Marc Laibe
Teague Crocco
Neil Burger
Bill Russell (used to be Daseke . . . and no, I don't know why, ask him yourself)
Bill Stowell
Phil McDonough
James Cummiskey
Gregg Delany
Joe Tranfo
Reese Hughes

Also present, but somehow absent from the photo, were Jim Stein, George Brownell, Tom Bacon and Andy Morton.

And then there were the girls / ladies / women:

Pam Christensen Olney
Amy Springborn Pagnani
Courtney Bauer Burnham
Ellen O'Toole Hoeffel
Carol Davenport
Cindy Long
Haley Rockwell Elmlinger
Anne Wallace Juge
Elise Hillman Green
Lisa Oppenheim Schultz
Suzanne Branch
Laura Noonan Ford
Tina Pray Gagne

Did I mention faculty? In addition to Don Connor, Jacques Olivier Bouffier, Steve Duennebier, and George Boynton all made the scene.

Bad weather and other life circumstances beyond their control conspired to force Dave Holland (and Alison), Bill Wright, Andy Huntington, Ann Snowden Johnson, Ted Stolar and Bill Douwes to be late or last minute no-shows. They were missed.

Stay tuned for many more photos and updates.