SANTA CRUZ HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OR 1955 REUNION

HEY, HEY, HEY!! THE GANGS ALL HERE!
Photo above (l-r): Jim Ceragiol, Marvin Del Chiaro, Muriel Prolo, Ivan "Zorch" Comelli, Jerry Mungai.

IVANO SAYS: RECEIVED THE BELOW NOTIFICATION FROM MURIEL (McPHERSON)PROLO REGARDING THE SCHS CLASS OF '55 REUNION. NOTICE TO ALL SCHS'55ERS :MARK OCTOBER 16 AS
THE DATE TO BE IN SANTA CRUZ. IF I STILL CAN COUNT THE YEARS CORRECTLY THIS WILL BE OUR 55TH YEAR REUNION. SEMPRE AVANTI


Dear Classmates,

Our reunion committee (David Hara, Ivan Dodson, Marvin Del Chiaro, Josephine
Hart, Esther Wilson, Lois Esposito, and I) planned all for October 16th,
2010 at the MacKenzie Bar and Grill at Pasatiempo from 5:30 - 11:00. All
further info will be sent to you (including lodging suggestions etc.)
during the week of February 9th. We had fun planning it all; in fact we
even recognized one another!!!! Muriel
Posted by Ivano Franco Comelli at 1:57 PM
Labels: la nostra costa - santa cruz
5 COMMENTS:

LEN K. SCHS '54 said...
Ivan,
Ceragioli, Comelli, Del Chiaro, Frizza-Wilson, Mungai, Van Orterendorp-Esposito -- That's quite a reunion committee lineup.
What did you have to do to get on the committee? Grow up on the West Side or up the Coast?
But the real reason I'm writing: What is Josephine Hart's maiden name? I posted the reunion committee picture to the Class of '54 web site, but I have no idea who Josephine Hart was? I could find only one Josephine in the '55 yearbook: Josephine Tinetti. Is it she? Another Italian?
Len
9:06 AM

ZORCH said...
Len: I don't know Josephine's maiden name. Perhaps someone on the committee could answer your query.
BTW: The four "boys" in the photo -
Ceragioli,Del Chiaro,Comelli and Mungai, are also graduates of Laurel School and were members of the award winning "Traffic Boys" Squad. Also, I do believe Muriel attended Kindergarten at Laurel. I'm sure if she would have continued on she would have been selected by the principal(Miss Edith King) for the equally prestigious Traffic Girls' Squad that monitored the traffic in the hallways. Sempre Avanti ivn

Saratoga Sam said...
Hey there "Zorch". Seems that the four guys in the photo are also from the Coast. Am I right? SS
9:26 AM

IVANO said...
Right you are Sam. Jim Ceragioli,
Marvin Del Chiaro, Jerry Mungai and I, are "Figli della Costa" (Sons of the Coast). Muriel was born and raised in Santa Cruz. As an aside, she married Stan Prolo the son of Eugene Prolo who owned the Prolo Chevrolet Company in Santa Cruz. In 1949, my father and mother bought a brand new Chevrolet from him. This was a major event in our family and is properly recorded in "La Nostra Costa. ivn0

CHILD ABUSE FURLAN STYLE/ ANON FURLANA

ANON'S MOUNTAIN TOP IN FRIULI ?

What ever possessed my parents to send a 12-year-old girl (alone) up a winding, narrow and sometimes icy mountain road, leading two oxen attached to a big carriage to load firewood?

The round trip was about 40 miles and many times I had to make the trip in the snow and rain with temperatures sometimes hitting 20 and 40 below zero . During my childhood in Friuli this type of work was common and I didn’t mind the work, but I did mind very much the responsibility that they placed on my shoulders. Thinking about it today, I still can’t forgive my parents for putting me in such a dangerous situation. The carriage itself was unstable and the old brakes kept failing as it moved down the mountain side. On top of that, the road was so narrow that you could look over the side, 40 to 50 feet below to where a river ran through the rocks. A little mistake on my part guiding the animals would have sent the carriage and all of us with it over the side to our doom. To this day, I can not forgive my parents for putting me in such a dangerous situation. Was this not a form of child abuse? Read on.

The fear of falling has stayed with me all my life. I still dream of falling off a cliff into a deep hole. In my dreams I’m on top of a mountain, either leading that old Ox cart, or driving a car. The ending is always the same – off the side I go and down into the abyss below. The only thing that saves me is that I wake up shaking with fright.

I have many fond memories about growing up in Friuli, but this is not one of them.

Anon Furlana

A CHORUS LINE WITH ANDREW ROUBAL AS "MARK"

ANDREW ROUBAL IN THE ROLE OF "MARK" IN "A CHORUS LINE" IS COMING TO THE SACRAMENTO COMMUNITY CENTER THEATRE - MAY 19 TO MAY 30.

Ivano says: Andrew (above) is the Great-Grandson of my parents, Bronco and Valentina, Grandson to my brother Giovanni Primo (John) and his wife Donna, and son of my niece Christine Roubal and her husband Louie. Therefore (if you are able to figure all this out), I am proud to announce that he his my Great-Nephew. This is quite an accomplishment for this young man who just was graduated from University of California - Fullerton in June 2009.

Congratulations , Andrew. Your Aunt Mildred and I are planning to come see you and the rest of the cast 0n May 29. Maybe we can sneak back stage to see you. Sempre Avanti, your GREAT Uncle Ivan.

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Ticket information: Sacramento Convention Center Box Office (916) 808-5181, press "O"

California Musical Theatre Box Office (916) 557-1999

Website http://www.sacramentoconventioncenter.com/

Also if you wish further information on the Broadway National Touring Company and "A Chorus Line", go to: http://www.achorusline.com/ . Their Website carries the complete cast with bios and photos, plus history of the musical. You also can order tickets thru their website.