ANGELA BELLANTE
Angela loves to travel. She arrived home from her 2nd trip this year just 2 days before the reunion. And she is already planning for next year, before she is even caught up from this year's adventures. She speaks French and loves Paris, where this photo was taken and where she finished her most-recent trip. Doesn't she look Parisian? Her birthday occurred during this last trip, and she managed to celebrate it as often as she could. Here she is celebrating with Terrance Gelenter, who writes a blog as the "Paris Expat." You can read more about this dinner at:
http://paris-expat.com/bistros-restos/6th-to-10th-paris-arrondissements/bouillon-chartier/?utm_source=October+6%2C+2015&utm_campaign=Paris+News+from+Terrance&utm_medium=email
(Make sure you get the entire URL.)
BIANCA RATTO CASERZA
Another extremely active teacher, Bianca came to the reunion with her daughter Liz. They usually do something special every Friday, but this was a Thursday. Did they still go out the next day?
As Al Figone reminded us, she attends Mass every day at Holy Angels, where Al sees her when he is in town. At the reunion, she recounted her recent travels. First to Italy, to see more than one hundred relatives. She hosted 3 separate luncheons: for her father's side, for her mother's side, and for her husband's side, totalling 87 relatives. The week before the reunion she returned from a magical trip to Hawaii with Liz: 4 nights in Honolulu, then a week-long cruise to other islands. And she doesn't skip her daily walk. No wonder she has so much energy!
GEORGE HINKLE
George is a great believer in fitness. Here he is with the quilt of his racing shirts his daughter made for him. The photo is taken from yet another newspaper article about him and his activities:
http://www.dailydemocrat.com/general-news/20141205/commit2fit-motivates-a-man-on-a-mission
He is still tapping, teaching ballroom dancing to seniors, working with the Cancer Society on the annual Relay for Life, etc. He may overdo it a bit; he cracked a few ribs while designing a new tap dance routine. And he did miss the reunion when his doctor told him to cut back a bit and advised against the long drive from Woodland. But recent medical tests look good.
ELMAN ROSE
Elman did not like living alone after his wife died, so he moved to a senior living compound in Danville, near where his son lives. His son, Ron, is retired, so is available to drive him to doctor appointments, etc. Elman is 102, the oldest in the facility, so he no longer drives. Unfortunately, Ron was out of town for a family wedding at the time of our reunion, so he could not bring Elman. I visited him a few days after the reunion. We reminisced about our days at Jeff. At lunch I was introduced to the ladies who came by to check me out as, "My former student from 62 years ago." He also told me about some experiences teaching P.E. before he started teaching Geometry. During the war (WWII), he designed and had the boys build an amazing obstacle course for their P.E. I saw the photos; it looked like what the Marines have to go through on Parris Island. He also recounted the amazing coincidence of the two Daly City boys who grew up near each other. One went to Jeff, the other to a Parochial school. In the same year, the one from Jeff, John Madden, won the SuperBowl over the Vikings, and the other, John Robinson, in his first year coaching at USC, won the Pac-8 Conference, the Rose Bowl, and was ranked #2 nationally. I looked it up; it happened in 1976 (the SuperBowl took place in 1977, after the 1976 season). Nothing wrong with Elman's memory.
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