It's Grandpa Jim Friel--for the fifth time

Jim Friel's son Robert Todd and wife had their third child Friday and Grandpa Jim was so excited he sent emal to everyone, but it did not include the message. So you will have to excuse us if he fails to mention where the baby was born, mother's and grandparents' names. Here's what he wrote:

Jennsen Lorren has arrived. She was born today, May 29, 2009 @ 12:29 pm. Mother and daughter are both doing fine. She came in at a whopping 8lbs 13ozs at 21 inches long. She is a little cutie. She looks very healthy. She is very quiet. We hadn't heard a sound out of her. Grandma and Grandpa Bantum and Grandma and Grandpa Friel all have had our first chance to spoil her. Her siblings didn't know what to think, but they were happy to see her. Now I know why Todd went back into the Marines. He is going to have to raise three girls and that will take a lot of protection. So he is getting ready. I will try and get some pictures out for you to see as soon as I figure out how to do it on the computer. I hope everyone is doing fine.
Talk with you later
Grandpa Jim, Fifth time

Chelsea Alexis Terazzi

Joyce (Liggett) Terazzi sends us some nice photos of her granddaughter Chelsea Alexis Terazzi which were provided by Chelsea’a mother, Wendy.

Click on the headline to see others.

Ong to speak at Claymont baccalaureate

UHRICHSVILLE —John D. Ong of Hudson, a former ambassador to Norway, will be featured speaker at the Claymont High baccalaureate Thursday at 7 p.m. in First Presbyterian Church at 633 N. Main St., Uhrichsville.

The service is sponsored by Claymont High and the Twin City Ministerial Assn.

Seven students will be awarded scholarships during the service from area churches and/or Claymont High and all graduating seniors will be recognized.

Ong, a native of Uhrichsville and 1951 graduate of the former Uhrichsville High, was appointed by President George W. Bush as ambassador to Norway in 2001 and served until Nov. 30, 2005.

“As in the past we have always had a graduate from Claymont or its predecessor, Uhrichsville or Dennison High School as the main speaker,” said Rev. Mark Unrue, host pastor. “This year we are especially blessed to have John Doyle Ong be our speaker.”

Ong is chairman emeritus of the B.F. Goodrich Co. and retired as chairman of the board of directors in 1997 after more than 36 years of service to the company.

He held a variety of positions during his tenure at B.F. Goodrich, including vice-president and president of International B.F. Goodrich and president and chief operating officer.
From 1979 until 1996, he served as chairman and chief executive officer.

In 1984, President Reagan appointed Ong to the President’s Commission on Industrial Competitiveness, where he served as co-chair of its International Trade Committee.

He is a life trustee of the University of Chicago and is a trustee of Ohio State University, the Musical Arts Assn. of Cleveland, Ohio (Cleveland Orchestra), and the Fort Ligonier Assn., and a trustee emeritus of Western Reserve Academy in Hudson.

Ong received his undergraduate and master’s degrees from Ohio State University and his law degree from Harvard University. He is married to Mary Lee (Schupp) Ong; they have three grown children.

Helen is home after emergency surgery

Note from Harry Liggett:

Helen got home from Akron General Medical Center yesterday after emergency surgery at 2:30 a.m. Thursday for a perforated ulcer in the back of the stomach (a hole that had to be closed by surgery.) She had been having severe pains. She seems to be doing fine except this was our first week of nice weather and she is really aggravated because she loves to be outdoors working in the yard and garden.

Thanks for all your prayers and help. Sorry I don't have time to email you all personally
I am busy doing grocery shopping and housework which I also do not enjoy.

Mass for Mary Ann Gabelman is Friday

[She is the mother of Susan (Tom) Liggett, grandmother of Erin and Anna Liggett]

Mary Ann Gabelman, 76, passed away peacefully, surrounded by family, on March 23, 2009 after a long illness.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Donald, and one grandchild.

Mary Ann was a homemaker for 57 years. Also, she was a talented seamstress and a dedicated volunteer. Her clothing designs ranged from simple summer shorts, to exquisite prom dresses for her daughters, to a family baptismal gown that has been worn by many of her grandchildren. Each grandchild received a homemade quilt from Grandma on the day of their birth. She also helped design and sew costumes for many Hoban High School musical productions in the early 1980's. She was a lifelong member of Immaculate Conception Church and belonged to the Altar and Rosary Society. Additionally, she was a long time volunteer at the Interval Brotherhood Home.

She leaves her children, Donald (Mary Alice), Robert (Kathleen), Patricia (Russ) Wilson, Mary Ellen (Rocky) Dysart, Catherine (Gil) Shepherd, and Susan (Tom) Liggett. She also leaves 15 grandchildren, Jared, Shiloh, Nathan, Angela, Hannah, Nicole, David, Kristina, Joshua, Jeremiah, Justin, Jonathan, Jordan, Erin, and Anna; and three great-grandchildren, Sabrea, Davis, and Daniel.

Also surviving is her faithful cat, Chloe, and many other relatives and friends.

Mass of Christian Burial will be Friday at 11 a.m. at Immaculate Conception Church (2101 17th St. SW) followed by interment at Holy Cross Cemetery. Friends may call from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. at the Dunn-Quigley Funeral Home (811 Grant St.) prior to the Mass.

The family would like to thank the staffs at Chambrel at Montrose (especially the wonderful nurses and aides in Heatherwood Hall), and Hospice of Summa for their care and support. In lieu of flowers, please consider honoring Mary Ann's memory with a donation to your favorite charity.

``May the Lord's face shine upon you, Mom, and give you peace forever."
[Beacon Journal, Akron, OH, Wednesday, March 25, 2009, page B6. col.. 3 ]

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 182 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

A comment about Granny from Dale Friel

I was particularly moved by the tribute to Granny posted June 1, 2008. I tried to make a comment but I got too wordy for the space provided. I want to express the memories and feelings that the photo and article evoked in me.

Granny was a loving, patient and remarkable woman. I have so many fond memories of spending time with her and Granddad at McKee Road , a place where I always felt welcomed and at home. If I close my eyes and clear my thoughts I can recall some of my oldest memories, the smell the sawdust, and the machine oil from the metal lathes in Granddad’s workshops. I remember the warmth of the concrete walks and patios in summer, the apple tree and the giant swing made from power polls and the thrill of being swung by you, uncle John uncle Bill and Granddad. I remember the love, gentleness and kindness I always felt from aunt Helen and aunt Betty. And if I'm really still I can hear Granny’s voice as she calls out to Grandad in the shop, "Doyle, time for dinner". So much of my world view is shaped from the values, and principles that were modeled for me by my mother’s family. I have a good life and I feel blessed to have been born into the Liggett lineage.
~Dale

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Sophie Adele Friel joins the family

Sophia Adele Friel, daughter of Kyle and Christina Friel, was born Friday, January 30, at 10:01 p.m. She weighs 8 pounds 0.5 ounces and her length is 19.5 inches. Mom and baby are bothdoing fine.

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Helen and Harry Liggett in Akron, OH

Joyce and Tiffani Terazzi: Christmas 2008

Tiffani Terazzi and mother Joyce (Liggett) Terazzi on Christmas Day 2008

Merry Christmas

from

Harry and Helen Liggett

in Akron, OH

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the story of the
first Christmas

Pirates fire on classmate aboard cruise ship

A Dennison High classmate , Tony Caputo, sent me this email from the ,middle of the Indian Ocean.

Phyllis and I are on a long cruise (about 6 weeks) from Rome to Singapore by the way of Egypt , Dubai , India , Thailand and Malaysia . Did you catch in the news (CNN) that a cruise ship was attacked by PIRATE’S between Oman and Dubai ??? That was US!!

They did fire at us but our captain and crew had spotted them earlier and went full speed ahead and we out-ran them. How about that!! Then we were supposed to stop at Mumbai but we did NOT!

We get back to the USA ( Houston ) in time to spend Christmas with the grandkids, Ann and her husband Mitch.

More later after we get back to Knoxville.

Eugene McCluskey dies

Many of my DHS classmates new Eugene McC\luskey

Eugene Donald McCluskey Sr., 79, of Dennison, O., passed away suddenly on Monday, Dec. 1, 2008, while enjoying one of his favorite activities, hunting with friends and family.
Born July 13, 1929, near Stillwater, O., he was a son of the late John Franklin and Ona Elizabeth (Donley) McCluskey and was a lifelong resident of Dennison.

Gene was a graduate of Dennison High School in the class of 1947 and a member of the former Grant Street United Methodist Church in Dennison. He worked tirelessly throughout his life to better his community and was a staunch supporter of many of the town's charities and public works.

In addition to serving as a councilman in Dennison from 1956 to 1960, and from 1998 until the time of his passing, he had also worked on projects too numerous to mention for the village's parks and recreation departments, as well as serving on the board of Union Cemetery. Gene had so much to offer his community and never held anything back from serving his friends and neighbors in the Twin City area.

Gene proudly served his country in the U.S. Army during the Korean War from 1949 to 1952. Of particular note is his service as a member of Gen. Douglas MacArthur's honor guard while stationed in Japan at the height of the Korean War.

An avid outdoorsman, Gene loved the time that he spent in nature while hunting, trapping and fishing which he enjoyed with many of his friends and with his sons. He also enjoyed carpentry and masonry, having built his own home, as well as many garages in the area.

Gene was employed by Associated Grocers from 1965 until 1991. Previously, he had been a police officer for the village of Dennison in the early '60s and had worked in the local clay industry for a number of years.

On May 20, 1949, he married the former Mary Lou Trimmer who survives him. They have two sons, Eugene D. McCluskey Jr. and his wife, Martine, of Ashburn, Va., and Timothy L. McCluskey and his wife, Jackie, of Chesterland, O.; and four grandchildren, Kaitlin, Matthew, Morgan and Vincent McCluskey.

Gene is also survived by four sisters, Mrs. Jim (Lois J.) Huff of Uhrichsville, Mrs. Harold (Betty J.) Berquist of New Philadelphia, Mrs. Charles (Irene F.) Riley of Dennison and Mrs. Renate (Mary K.) Barnabi of Dennison; sisters- and brothers-in-law, Harriett McCluskey, Barbara Richardson, Lois Jane Trimmer, Donald Richard "Moe" Trimmer, Ora Trimmer and Carolyn Trimmer; and many nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by a brother, John F. McCluskey Jr.; and five sisters, Beulah M. Arnold, Dorothy V. Hite, Josephine M. Hykes, Sophia E. Golec and Sally A. Polen.

Services for Gene, officiated by Rev. Harry Milligan, will be held at 11 a.m. on Thursday, Dec. 4, in the R.K. Lindsey Funeral Home at Dennison. Interment will follow in Uhrichsville's Union Cemetery with a military committal service.

Family and friends are invited to call at the funeral home from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Wednesday (today). In lieu of flowers, those wishing to honor Gene's memory may do so by making a charitable donation to the Dennison Railroad Depot Museum or the Twin City Hospital Foundation.
R.K. Lindsey (740) 922-1970 www.lindseyfh.com
[Times-Reporter, New Philadelphia, OH,Wednesday, December 3, 2008 ]

Della Liggett moved to new nursing facility

Della May (Reneker) Liggett has been moved to another nursing home due to her increased wandering and behabiors related to Alzheimer's. The new facility has a locked Alzheimer's ward that offers a much more stable environment for her. This also put her much closer to her sister, Gloria Shephard, who does much to help with Della.

See the facility at www.greenmeadowscarecenter.com
The address is:
7770 Columbus Rd.
Louisville, OH 44641
Tel. 330-875-1456

Her son, Sheldon Scott, writes that he does not go to see her often "as she only sees me as a big guy who she doesn't know and is at times shy or fearful around me."

Here's an update from Sheldon who has moved back to Ohio:

Steve and I moved back to Ohio in May of 2007. I am currently working at Mercy Medical Center in Canton in the CVSICU (open heart unit.}. While I liked the Travel RN opportunities, it is nice to have a place to call home.. In July of 2008 we bought a house in the Portage Lakes area. It sits on a corner lot and has one acre of land with it. The neighborhood is wonderful and filled with friendly folk. My new address is 95 W. Caston Rd., Akron, OH 44319."

His new email address is scott.liggett@yahoo.com. (There is a perod between scott and liggett.)

Della, , who celebrated her 80h birthday on May 22, 2008, was married on October 22, 1967 to William Fenton Liggett who died June 19, 1997.

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