DHS Class of '48 meets for lunch

Class members around a table for lunch

This post updated to include class statistics

Eight members of the Dennison High School Class of 1948 met for lunch Tuesday, September 30, 2008 at the Pro's Table restaurant, 878 E. High Ave., New Philadelphia, OH.

Attending the get-together 60 years after graduation were Frank Angelo of New Philadelphia, Tony Caputo of Knoxville, TN, Carme (Cirincione) Welz of Uhrichsville, Patty (Foutz) Bente of Dennison, Dick Fisher and wife Judi of Uhrichsville, Harry Liggett of Akron, Mabel (Mathias) Wesson of Dennison and John Russo of Uhrichsviille.

Click on the headline above to go to a photo album of the lunch.

Report on the class:

Here’s a report by Harry Liggett who is trying to update information on the class to include birthdates, wedding dates, full names (first and last) of spouses and death dates of the 11 deceased. If you know any of this information, please email it to hliggett@sbcglobal.net

There were 40 members in the graduating class. We know of 11 who are deceased. Thirteen still live around the hometown area and 16 live out of the area. We have had contact with all but eight and are trying to contact them. Some could be deceased.

Here’s what we know:

40 Members in original class

11 Class members are deceased:: Dorothy (Arnold) Marty, Earl Finn, Gene Heddleston, Lois Jean (Hickey) Kail, Don Hodkinson, Miriam Jones, Jack Kiste, Ralph Kopp, Charles McCray, Ed Richardson and Rose Ruggeri. The death of Miriam Jones is not confirmed. The recent deaths include Charles McCray, March 9, 2001; Dorothy (Arnold) Marty September 21, 2007; and Lois Jean (Hickey) Kail, December 25, 2007. Dick Bente, wife of Patty Foutz, died February 6, 2006. Albert Nelson's wife, Pamalee, died June 21, 2008.

13 Still live in the hometown area Dick Fisher has email

16 Live out of the area. Caputo, Liggett, Nelson, Pershing, Phinney and Zeimer have email.

10 Live out of area and have no email. We have contact with Lucille (Dudgeon) Gilcher and Mary (Menapace) Maniscalco, but we are trying to make contact with the eight others. They are Gloria Aldergate, Westerville, OH; Walter Chambers, Westerville, OH,. Juanita (Garner) Barnett, Detroit, MI; James Gold, Alexandria, VA; Clifford Hill, Coshocton, OH; Mary Lou (Hunter) Santrock, Homestread, FL, Sybil (Patterson) Wilbarber, Almoro Springs, FL; ;and Shirley (Staneart) Robinson, Concord, CA..

DHS Class '48 to meet for lunch September 30

The Dennison High School Class of 1948 will have a reunion lunch at noon on Tuesday, September 30, at The Pro's Table, 878 E High Ave., New Philadelphia, OH 44663 Tel. 330-339-4212. The restaurant is in the old Bassetti restaurant location.

Click here for restaurant information and directions.


Harry Liggett in Akron, OH
330.724.5808

Update from Dick Zeimer, DHS Class of 1948

Here's an update from DHS classmate Dick Zeimer. He and wife, Ferrell, moved to Vancouver, WA, in May.

For 31 years we lived in the San Fernando Valley of Southern California . I worked for Rocketdyne where I did structural analysis and tests of rocket engine components and for Atomics International where I did the same for nuclear reactor components. At Rocketdyne we built the rocket engines for the Atlas missiles, the engines for Apollo that put men on the moon, and for the Space Shuttle main engines.

In 1990 we moved to Deersville and ran the Mulberry Lane Bed and Breakfast for 13 years. During those years, and up to May of 2008, we were involved with many community projects. With the help of Bill Dudgeon and others, we started the Deersville Library. It had to be closed when the village sold the old church building where it was located. I got the Tappan-Moravian Trail Scenic Byway designated as a state Scenic Byway and arranged to have 1500 flowering trees planted along Route 250 at Tappan Lake . We were both active in the Deersville Community Players and the Deersville Improvement and Historic Preservation Society (DIHPS). We helped DIHPS get Deersville’s Main Street listed on the National Register of Historic Places as an Historic District. With the DCP I helped build sets for the live performances at the Community Hall and was their official photographer. I also served on the village council for several years.

Recently, I suggested to the Dennison Alumni Association that our High School building should be listed on the National Register of Historic Places. With the help of Marilyn (McCarroll) Wilson and others, this was done and a plaque was installed on the building and an Historical Marker placed in front of the building.

With another couple from Deersville we updated “The History of the Village of Deersville , 1815-1952” which was written by Homer Poulson. We added the village activities and people since 1952 and included the story of Homer Poulson’s trip across the country in a Model T Ford in 1911 with his wife and two young daughters. He kept a good diary and took many photographs which are included. This was reprinted in 2007 and is available at the Deersville General Store or from Mary Jane Engler, PO Box 2 , Deersville , OH 44693 .

In May we finally retired again and moved to Vancouver , WA near our daughter Cheri and family. We live in Fairway Village and our back yard is the 8th fairway. I get to play golf with Cheri, her husband Rick, and grandson Grant. We are not volunteering for anything for the time being.

This is a late update from the front page of the Sept. 8 Harrison News Herald. Sen. Obama passed along Tappan Lake on his way to a gathering in Jefferson Co. and said …”and driving through here I saw that this is as pretty a piece of real estate as there is anywhere in the world.” If you would like to refresh your memory of how nice this area is, go to the Ohio Byways website and click on Tappan-Moravian Trail Scenic Byway and then on Other Points of Interest.

Click on the headline to visit the byway. Be sure to look at Dick's photos.

Erin Liggett's speech wins Council presidency

Erin Liggett, daughter of Tom and Susan Liggett and granddaughter of Helen and Harry Liggett, was elected president of the Student Council at St. Paul School in Akron on Friday, September 5, 2008.

Erin, an eighth grader in her last year at St. Paul School, also was a member of the Student Council last year and starred in productions of the Saint Paul Drama Club. She was Gertrude McFuzz in Suessical the Musical last year and was Annie the year before. She consistently wins honors in Academic Achievement awards at the school and is a regular altar server.

Click on the headline to read the winning speech she gave to win election.

The Necklace: A nice touch for 90th birthday party

Wanda Liggett with daughter, Donna, and sons Ronald, Gary, David and Thomas

It was a nice touch to the 90th birthday party of Wanda Kathryn Liggett.

In one display of photographs was one of Wanda as a young girl being held by her mother, Lucy O. (Sauers) Riley. Showing quite nicely in the mother-daughter portrait was a beautiful necklace she was wearing.

Some attending the party on Sunday afternoon may not have known, but that same necklace was being worn--nearly nine decades later--by Lucy's granddaughter and Wanda's youngest child and only daughter Donna Kay (Liggett) Prulhiere.

The party for Wanda was at the home of Donna and her husband, Richard, in Tallmadge. Also there were Wanda's four sons, Ronald Lee, Gary Ray, David Lawrence and Thomas Allen. Wanda also has 13 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.

Wanda Kathryn Liggett was born September 2, 1918 in Tuscarawas County, the daughter of Clarence and Lucy (Sauers) Riley and was a 1937 graduate of Midvale High School.

Wanda was married October 5, 1940 in Greenup, Kentucky, to Lawrence Liggett, son of Percy and Grace (Parker) Liggett and grandson of Frank and Nora (Penn) Liggett. Wanda still lives in their home on Greenfield Circle in Tallmadge. Her husband died 21 years ago on October 25, 1987.

Dorothy Huston, a sister of Lawrence, sent an album of photos from the early days. There was a huge cake which said " Happy 90th Birthday Wanda, Mini, Grandma, Great Grandma" and the greeting "Happy 90th Birthday Grandma!" was written with pink chalk on a blackboard.

Wanda's first avocation has always been art. She described for us how she recently used a new medium to capture in paint a photograph she noticed and liked in the newspaper. She still has one grandchild art student and her older graduates were among grandchildren gathered for the big day.

Happy Birthday, Wanda.

CLICK ON HEADLINE ABOVE TO SEE OTHER PHOTOS

Wanda Liggett to celebrate 90th birthday

An open house is planned Sunday to celebrate the 90th birthday of Wanda Kathryn Liggett of Talllmadge who was born September 2, 1818 in Tuscarawas County, the daughter of Clarence and Lucy (Sauers) Riley and was a 1937 graduate of Midvale High School.

Wanda was married October 5, 1940 to Lawrence Liggett, son of Frank and Nora (Penn) Liggett.

The birthday party will be at the home of her daughter, Donna and Rich Prulhiere, 280 Hanna Drive, Tallmadge, OH.

Cards may be sent to Wanda at 488 Greenfield Circle, Tallmadge, OH 44278

Denning cousins talk about family history

Robin L. Malernee of Rancho Cordova, CA, and her father from Canton visited Denning cousin Harry Liggett in Akron on Saturday to talk about Denning family history.

Both are descendants of Alexander and Margaret (Couch) Denning. One of the Denning children was Caroline Denning who married William McDonald Liggett. Another daughter, Adeline Betty Denning, married Ezra Malernee. Both Liggett and Malernee served in the Civil War.

Robin, a native of Canton, was home to attend a high school reunion.

Eddie Edwards to attend Stark State

Here's the 2008 Green High School graduation photo for Eddie Thomas Edwards, son of Trisha (Patricia Josephine Friel) Edwards.

Eddie will attend Stark State Colllege of Technology where he will major in networkng and Sciso Securities.

Latest photos of CJ Espenchied

Here are a few of the latest photos of Cecilia Jane Esenchied from a photo shoot on Saturday, July 19, CJ is the daughter of Zack and Lisa Espenchied of New Philadelphia and granddaughter of Barry and Sue Williams of Uhrichsville. CJ was born October 4, 2006.

Catching up with Joyce and Bill

Catching up with the family of Joyce (Liggett) and Bill Terazzi:

Daughter Tiffani and husband Mark Andrew Wing went to Paris and London on their belated honeymoon in April.

Joyce was laid off a couple of weeks ago and is looking hard for work. “The casino business is very bad,” she reports. “No one is traveling to here from california and other states because of the gas prices. Memorial Day is usually very busy here because everyone comes over for boating and jet skiing but not this year the casinos were hurting. Alot of the other casinos here laid off alot of people.”

Granddaughter Chelsea is having some medical problems and is down to 93 pounds. . She has been taken to several specialists and no one seems to know what is going on. She does not have any eating disorders. So Joyce is very worried about her. She will be turning 20 in August.

Remembering my Mother

Today, June 1, would have been the 110th birthday of my mother, Lillian Mary (Bilderback) Liggett.

Mother was born June 1, 1898 in Colliers, Brooke County, West Virginia, the daughter of William Fenton Bilderback and Lillian Mary Baker. Her mother was born in 1869 in Demorestville, Sophiasburg Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada., the daughter of William Baker and Mary Garrison. William F. Bilderback and Lillian Mary Baker were married March 2, 1892 in Demorestville, Prince Edward County. She died October 26, 1898 at Colliers several months after giving birth to twins and is buried in the cemetery at Burgettstown, Pennsylvania Mother's unnamed twin brother died at birth.

Mother and my father, Harry Doyle Liggett, son of Frank and Nora (Penn) Liggett of Cadiz Junction, Harrison County, Ohio, were married November 17, 1917 in the parsonage of the First Christian Church, 220 N. Fourth St., Steubenville, Ohio, by the Rev. H. D. Darsie. They honeymooned in Syracuse, New York, staying at the home of her aunt and uncle, George and Anna Baker.

Harry Doyle Liggett was working as a telegraph operator in Colliers,for the Pennsylvania Railroad when he met mother who was working as a saleslady at the Woolworth store on Market Sttreet in Steubenville.

They lived in Colliers after their marriage until he was transferred to the old DY tower east of Dennison and the family moved to Dennison on December 19, 1919, living at 211 McCook Ave. He left the railroad and drove a taxicab for six months before going to work as a motorman for the old streetcar line operated by Ohio Service Co. which became the Ohio Power Co. He retired August 31, 1960 as a line foreman after nearly 40 years of service.

The Liggetts moved to 917 W. Court Street in 1922 and to McKee Road, Dennison, on December 17, 1938. They celebrated their golden wedding anniversary at their home in McKee Road where mother died July 6, 1973 after suffering a heart attack. Father died February 11, 1983 at Twin City Hospital in Dennison. They are buried in Ridgecrest Memory Gardens in Dover.

Mother worked for the Pennsylvania Railroad for two years during World War II, operating the turn table and servicing engines. She was a member of the Good Shepherd United Brethren Church and its Friendship Class.
~ Harry Liggett in Akron, OH

Sebastian McComb will celebrate his 18th birthday June 6th he is the Son of Brandi McComb , she is the daughter of Don & Jean McComb..

Jaylin McComb 7th birthday

JaylinMcComb turned 7 on april 18 th , celebrated at Auntie Anne`s in the New Towne mall at New Philadelphia .. she had about 8 friends from school plus family to help her celebrate. She had a Hannah Montanta birthday cake , plus they made pretzels .. Jaylin is the one on the right in the blue flower dress and her little sister in on the left in pink standing off to the side a little then her big sister is in the black shirt second row

Rev. Hombre Liggett by Sea of Gallilee

The Rev. Hombre Liggett in front ot the Sea of Gallilee

The Rev. Hombre Liggett by the Sea of Galilee. It is mentioned in The Bible by 3 other names: The Sea of Kinnereth (or Chinnereth), The Sea of Tiberias.and The Lake of Gennesareth.

Much of the ministry of Jesus Christ, and numerous of His miracles took place in the area of the Sea of Galilee.

From the fishermen of the Sea of Galilee came at least four of The Twelve Apostles - Peter, Andrew, James and John. Jesus stilled the raging storm on the Sea of Galilee that was about to swamp their boat. Jesus, and Peter to a limited extent, walked on the water there. Near its shores Jesus fed the five thousand men, women and children from the miraculous multiplication of five loaves of bread and two fish. Mary of Magdala, the first human to see and speak with the Savior after His resurrection, was from the town of Magdala on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee.

Look on any map of Israel and the Sea of Galilee is difficult to miss. It's the large body of water in Galilee, in the northern part of the land of Israel, directly east of Mount Carmel. Damascus is to the northeast, the valley of Armageddon is to the southwest.

The other photos are from Jerusalem

Hombre sends photos from Jerusalem

The Gate Beautiful at left and a
rabbi at the Wailing Wall

The Rev. Hombre Liggett sent back a couple of photos from Jerusalem. One is the Gate Beautiful where Peter and John healed a crippled beggar (See Acts 3: 2-10) and the other is of a rabbi at the Wailing Wall.

Here is Hombre’s note to his mother.

Hello mom,

I love you so very much. I am rather emotional. Yesterday we walked around Old City Jerusalem. I was at King David's grave, the gate called Beautiful, the Wailing Wall, the Mount of Olives...and the list goes on an on.

I did include a picture of the wailing wall when I email Marci. I will include a picture with this email of the Gate called Beautiful. This is where Peter and John healed the crippled begger, and another picture of a Jewish Rabbi at the wailing wall.

I love you.

Hombre

Joyce Terazzi on Mountain hike

This is one of five photos dated March 18, 2008 of Joyce Terazzl and girlfriend who went 4X4ing on their day off up in the mountains. They hiked up a mountain trail to get the photos.

Click on the headline to see other photos.

A St. Patrick's Note from Akron

It' s time again to wish a "Happy Birthday" to my great-great grandmother Eliza Cotter who would be 181 years old this St. Patrick's Day. She was born on a March 17 near Newry in County Armagh.

She had a daughter, Mary Elizabeth "Mollie" (my great-grandmother), who like my granddaughter Anna was born on Christmas Day. And, of course, my other granddaughter is named Erin. Myself, more like an ordinary three-leaf clover, was born on the third day of the third month of 1930.

~~Harry Liggett

McCombs celebrate anniversary

Jean & Don McComb just celebrated their 37 anniversary on Feb 27. They took a short trip to Apex, North Carolina.

Brylee McComb celebrates second birthday

This is Brylee McComb who celebrated her second birthday on January 17, 2008. She is the daughter of Jason Lee and Joyce (Jones) McComb and granddaughter of Donald Lee and Gloria Jean (Liggett) McCombs.

Tiffani and Mark at Christmas

Tiffani (Terazzi) and Mark Wang celebrating Christmas 2007. At right is Joyce (Liggett) Terazzi.

Tiffani, daughter of Joyce and Bill Terazzi of Bullhead City, Arizona, was married Saturday, August 4, 2007, to Mark Andrew Wing of Stanton, CA. See earlier posts.
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Photos were sent by Joyce Terazzi,.