Here are email addresses of other #1 Schoolers from the 1950s-60s.
Appleby Edward J. eappleby@rochester.rr.com
Auburn (McAuley) Nancy neamca@msn.com
Bardenstein (Birnbaum) Joan birnbaumva@hotmail.com
Barone Vince vbarone@rochester.rr.com
Beckwith David dbeckwi1@rochester.rr.com
Bickal Ellen bickal.ellen@dorsey.com
Bickal Jean jbickal@earthlink.net
Braverman,Carol ckauf515@aol.com
Brenner Jean S jeans.brenner@worldnet.att.net
Briggs (Roberts) Becky broberts@brobertstravel.com
Briggs Brad bradford.briggs@mtnsat.com
Britzius (Jerome) Connie lamodevogue@aol.com
Campbell Valerie Vgrahamc@aol.com
Carr Steve scarr1@aol.com
Cassetti Mark monroe5@monroecounty.gov
Chandler George gchandler@vtforge.com
Cooke (Lewis) Bess bclewis96@aol.com
Cooke (Taylor) Margy margytaylor509@gmail.com
Cookson Elizabeth ecookson@coloradocoalition.org
Croog Robert rdcroog@gmail.com
Eighme Lory leighme@comcast.net
Eisenberg Elliot elliotedc@comcast.net
Eisenberg Sallie LAYDSAL@aol.com
Erenstone Richard erstone1@gmail.com
Frost Warren just4frost@aol.com
Garretson Anne doghouse392@frontiernet.net
Garretson David maildave@frontiernet.net
Gillies Leslie hbober@rochester.rr.com
Gillies (Holthausen) Tina cgholt2001@yahoo.com
Giuffrida David david@davidgiuffrida.com
Glassman Marc marcglassman11@gmail.com
Greaves (Nichols) Phyllis phyllisatlanta@yahoo.com
Greenbaum (Barnes) Joni jonisails@verizon.net
Haley Rodger rodgerii@rochester.rr.com
Heal (Calpus) Pam pcalpus@comcast.net
Hellman Barb bdhellman@frontiernet.net
Herz Josh jh2rf@frontiernet.net
Herz (Meredith) Judy judymeredith@sbcglobal.net
Herz Sue sueherz@rcn.com
Herzog Phil philhersock@hotmail.com
Jacobson Jessica jessrabbit55@gmail.com
Jacobson Philip R. eyepaint4u@yahoo.com
Joehler Tom tjoehler@diamondproductsinc.com
Jossem (Mitloff), Susan sjm724@verizon.net
Kaplan, Jamie jimblevins@aol.com
Katzen Danny dkatzen@email.arizona.edu
Katzen Ezra ezrakatzen@gmail.com
Katzen Josh joshkatzen@gmail.com
Katzen Mollie mollie@molliekatzen.com
Klein Karen Kaplan artmagic@embarqmail.com
Ladne Paula pladne@fhcrc.org
Lawson Hank mr_henry_the_roofer@hotmail.com
Lawson Maitland jmaitlandl@aol.com
Levi Mel mellevi@smile.net.il
Levy, Rob roblevy@rochester.rr.com
Levy, Roger freewheelersroger@gmail.com
Lewis Ellen elewis72@rochester.rr.com
Lewis Judy JudithSLewis@aol.com
Lipson Wendy reikiprof@msn.com
Locke-Finkel Bea bealocke10@gmail.com
London Lois lois.london@gmail.com
London (Russell)Susan SLR@ooa.state.md.us
Louis (Yunker) Carol VPKelly@aol.com
Lovenheim Robert roberto@robertolov.com
MacConnell Carol neel36@aol.com
Meltzer Evan Evan.Meltzer@va.gov
Meltzer (Gold) Sherry goldie63@aol.com
Michaels Dave davemichaels@mrhs.org
Neal Larry vert53@aol.com
Ness Mrs. Mildred mness18@aol.com
Ness Paul DeuceDk@aol.com
Nichols Gail gmnichols@oregonfast.net
Osgood Matt Matt.Osgood@gmail.com
Pelusio (Haher) Donna dhaher401@gmail.com
Posner Alan http://www.blogger.com/APosner@rubinrudman.com
Rockford Ed erockford@rochester.rr.com
Rockford Richard r.rockford@att.net
Rogoff Hal Hal.Rogoff@earthlink.net
Rogoff Ken krogoff@harvard.edu
Rosenthal Barbara bsrosenthal@nyc.rr.com
Rosin Kathy moonbeam1920@cox.net
Rotach Brian Rotachb@aol.com
Schatz David Dschatz33@gmail.com
Schwarz Jim adifferentbob@frontiernet.net
Schweizer J. (John) Allan utica42@gmail.com
Silverberg, Gale Galia62@aol.com
Silverberg Jamie Artlaws@aol.com
Sklover (Loveria) Michal mloveria@binghamton.edu
Smedley Sandy sandy.smedley@gmail.com
Stein Andy Atty502@aol.com
Stein Terri terri.tabarcea@gmail.com
Steinberg (Levine) Carol cgould@fau.edu
Steinberg Liz esteinbe@rochester.rr.com
Stern (Alton) Michelle "Shelley" malton@savientpharma.com
Stern Jeff jeffstern1@cox.net
Sussman Jill Ladykole1@aol.com
Terry Orrin orrint@yahoo.com
Unruh (Lenahan) Kathy lenahanhf@frontiernet.net
West Bob westr@upstate.edu
Wiley Cliff cwileyone1946@gmail.com
Wray Billy wwray1@frontiernet.net
Wray Mary Mary_Wray@urmc.rochester.edu
Wray Sue sue765@rochester.rr.com
Yudelson Michael myudelson@frontiernet.net
Zwick Ron Ronald.Zwick@tusd1.org
Colby Street Subway Bridge
I crossed it four times a day and was crossing guard on the bridge in 1956-1957 while in Mrs Colgan's 7th grade class. A new bridge was built in 1957 and this one demolished in the Spring of 1957 by the Atlas Wrecking Company. I watched the whole thing from my vantage point on the new bridge. Very sad, as the Subway was our playground and had a big impact on our young lives. No freeway can compare. At the north end of the bridge was the "Colby Street Hill" where we would sled after school in the winter.
One of my happiest memories is from December 1952. It was the last day of school before Christmas Vacation. We all sat in the auditorium for Christmas Carols and the B&W movie "March Of The Wooden Soldiers". Then sledding on the hill at the foot of Colby Street, all while listening to Subway cars winding up from their stop at Colby Street Station. It was great fun!
Warren Frost
#1 School 1951-1957
Class of '59 Reunion - Report
I just wanted to tell you that we had an unbelievably successful #1 School Class of 1959 Reunion the weekend of November 12-14. We had 40 people altogether...About 27 classmates who came from all over (Florida, Vermont, Mississippi, Arkansas, Virigina, Maine, and New York State), plus some brave spouses. We even had one teacher, Mrs. Arlene Stolnitz, who came up from Florida for the event. We had a school tour, an Open House, a dinner at Tay House, and a Sunday brunch. We put together a booklet with bios from everyone, telling about their last 51 years, nametags with our 7th grade pictures on them, a #1 School Trivia Quiz, '50's music and decor, and display boards with old pictures, memorabilia, and pictures of all the houses that each person lived in. Mel Levi actually set an alarm for 4:30 a.m. so he could skype with us from Israel Friday night. It went beyond our wildest expectations, and everyone is still circulating rave e-mail reviews about it. I'll send you a few pictures so you can see what it was like.
Carol Louis Yunker
#1 SCHOOL
BIG CAMP
TOURING IN THE AUDITORIUM
TAY HOUSE
GROUP PICTURE (MRS. STOLNITZ IS IN THE FRONT ROW, 3rd FROM LEFT)
DINNER
CAKE WITH PICTURE OF THE SCHOOL WHICH READ "WE'RE STILL #1!
Class of 1954
Middle row: Allan Schweizer, Bill Lee, Bill chapin, Dave Chasen, Marsha Metz, Gail Wiseman, Geraldine Weintraub, Vickie Nichols, Mary Ann McAndless, Beverly de Klerck, Harvey Schnier, Dave Parker, Bob Patterson, Steve Ogden, teacher Marguerite Colgan.
Third row: Ron Alpert, Richie Braverman, Annette Jengo, Joyce Upshaw, Linda (?) Burns, Sheila _?, Ron Schultz, Jean Pinkney, Ann Hopkins, Diane Sheerin, Frances Gell, Dave Cowley, Ricky Kummer.
Class of 1957
1st Row (left to right):
Nancy Steinberg, Donald Bittker, Susan Kemp
2nd Row:
Mrs. Parker, Jeffrey Lewis, Alan Posner
3rd Row:
Kathy Spentner, Mary Schleber, Carol Atkin
4th Row:
Barbara Koval, Bob Croog, Sue Barney
Class of 1958
Top Row:
Steve Braverman, Roy Cheffins, Jack Dinaburg, Bill Morse, Bruce Wallace, Bill Watson, Eddie Cribb, Thomas Semproch
Bob Goldberg, Charles Frankel, Peter Debes, Gary Wiseman, Steve Brownstein, Richard Black, Robert Infarinato
Naomi Silverberg, Sue Milliman, Toni Forman, Kathy Unruh, Diane Van DeMar, Sue Gordon, Shirley Gallant
Mrs. Parker, Ralph Brown, Bart Slepian, Bev Michelson, Sue Updaw, Sue Jossom, Michael Sanow, Lou Laurent, Miss Colgan
Bottom Row:
Ann Buerschaper, Diane Barron, Pam Wilkens, Carol Reich, Barbara Siegel, Jane Lovenheim, Beth Johnson
Mrs. Parker's 7th Grade Class - 1959
1st row:
Susie London, Kathryn ("Keetsie") Lewis, Carol Louis, Linda Ford
2nd row:
Jeffrey Wilkens, Dale Schaeffer, Evan Meltzer
3rd row:
Janet McCullough, Joan Greenbaum, Caryl Levinson, Barbara Solomon
4th row:
Vicki Woerner, Nancy Rubens, Gail Nichols, Jenny Bach, Diane Balter
Miss Colgan's 7th Grade Class - 1959
1st row:
Elizabeth Steinberg, Debbie Harpending, Diane Stadnyk, Jane Gordon, Margot Townsend, Karen Garrison, Donna Miller
2nd row:
Christopher Thompson, Tommy Cameron, Melvin Levi, Barbara Berman, Suzanne Haber, Judy Conlin, Richard Koval, Alan Levin (aka "Brother Wease"!!!), Harvey Meislen
3rd row:
Marjorie Fien, Penny Debes, Mary ?, Nancy Vanderzell, Rose Ann Atkin, Sandra Goldberg, Judy Rockowitz
4th row:
Miss Marguerite Colgan, Alan Levine, Louis Hinman, Bobby Allen, Arthur Gallancy, Sandy Sabin, Richard Chazan, Michael Eberlein
5th row:
Jimmy Ulp, David Nugent, Don Lewis, Clair DeLong, Fred Schleber, Philip Weintraub, Greg Lapham
Class of 1960
Row 1: ___? Carol Frankel, Sue Stein, ___? ___ Nugent, Shelly Kemp, Cynthia Alpert, ___Robson (I think)
Row 2 : Miss Colgan, Richy Erichson, Michael Grossman, Richard Rockford, Phillip HerNecker, Peter Berger, Robert Levine
Row 3: ___?,___?, ___?.Judy Burgett, ___/, Barbara Rosenthal, Marion Goldberg, Mary Shields
Row 4: Jeff Parnell, ___?, David Aurand, Jeff Stern, Steven Finn, David Gimple
Class of 1961 Part 1
Top Row: Alan Gilbert, Harvey Finn, Larry Kaplan, John Vanderzell, Phillip Glickman, Donald ?, David Koval , Steven Osgood, Stephen Natapow3rd Row: Dave Banker (?), Ed Fuller, Rick ?, Howard Prince, Stephen Margolis 2nd Row: Carol M. Collins - Principal, Jane Schnarr, Carol Adams (?), Marian Komlos, Janet Westman (??), Sandra Smedley, Penny Summers, Maureen Cameron,MarleneGengo, ?? Ms. Gladys Parker - TeacherBottom Row: Wendy Schulman, Ann Clements, Darlene Shane (?), Nancy Shatoff, Sylvia Margolis, Sue Wray, Judy Herz, Leila Grossman
Class of 1961 Part 2
Top Row: Carol M. Collins - Principal, Alan Sweedler, Doug Posner, Joshua Katzen, Alfred Lanze, David Lewontin, Robert Eberlein, Mr. Borreno; Bottom Row:Anita Bardenstein, Sue Lum, Tina Gillies, Margie Goldstein, Gail Thomas, Johanna Horowitz, Joan Prugh, Jackie Eberlein, Cathy Barney
Class of 1964
Back row, L to R: Paul Reese, David Halpern, Jim Scherens, Rodger Holley, Jay Birnbaum, John DeFazio, Bruce Hapeman
2nd row, L to R: Bill Dorman, Jim Schwarz, Bruce Greenberg, Nancy Cheffins, Suzanne Levis, Carol Braverman, Stephanie Lawson, Loretta Foote, Ellen Lewis, Tom Robinson, Charlie Zysman, Ronnie Schnarr
3rd row, L to R: Larry Shuhart, Jamie Lewontin, Terry Snyder, Bill Hoffman, Hal Rogoff, Mark Rooney, Andy Suter, Jan Goldberg, Ricky Bloom, George Chandler, Harvey Miller, Nicky Christoff
2nd row, L to R: Bill Dorman, Jim Schwarz, Bruce Greenberg, Nancy Cheffins, Suzanne Levis, Carol Braverman, Stephanie Lawson, Loretta Foote, Ellen Lewis, Tom Robinson, Charlie Zysman, Ronnie Schnarr
3rd row, L to R: Larry Shuhart, Jamie Lewontin, Terry Snyder, Bill Hoffman, Hal Rogoff, Mark Rooney, Andy Suter, Jan Goldberg, Ricky Bloom, George Chandler, Harvey Miller, Nicky Christoff
4th row, L to R: Mr. Borrino, Teri Koval, Cheryl Alcorn, Kathy Rosin, Bonnie Lewis, Ann Salter, Susan Sweedler, Linda Bardenstein, Jill Sussman, Wendy Lipson, Melinda Prince, Karen Isaacson, Mrs. Ness
Class of 1965
Back Row: Mr. Ben Richardson, Vernor “Beanie” Kreuter, Ron Zwick, Frank Piersol, Danny Case, Jeff Zlotnick, Danny Katzen, Steve Rooney
Third Row: Rodger Haley, Vincent Barone, Patty Jacobs, Jean Bickal, Gregory Herzog, Tom Suter
Second Row: Mr. Borino, Bob West, Bradford Briggs, Andy Klein, Matthew Raisz, David Beckwith, Tom Thiel, Mark Cassetti, Mrs. Ness
Front Row: Ann Hamilton, Anna Marie Isoo, Nina Osborn, Mary Alice Sullivan, Judy Blostein, Laurie Schoenberger, Christine Smedley
Class of 1966
Top Row: Phil Herzog, Michael Garrison, Ken Rogoff, Greg Hoch, Peter Cowan, Terry Whipple, David Pinkney, Reed Williams, Michael Kruk, Brian Rotach, David Giuffrida, David Garretson, John Leity, Jim Klein, Orrin Terry
Second Row: Bob Buerschaper Nancy Auburn, Brenda Maracle,4, Judy Silver, Bess Cooke, Cathy Ling, Larry Neal
Third Row: Ben Richardson, Mrs. Ness, Tom Schoenberger, Steve Dorman, Peter Whitbeck, Andy Hamilton, Peter Greaves, Chuck West, Steve Townsend, Phillip R. Jacobson, Joe Weiss, Miss Laudisi
Fourth/Front Row: 1, Cindy Perry, Debbie Heal, 4, 5,Liz Rolick, Carol Neill, Michal Sklover
Second Row: Bob Buerschaper Nancy Auburn, Brenda Maracle,4, Judy Silver, Bess Cooke, Cathy Ling, Larry Neal
Third Row: Ben Richardson, Mrs. Ness, Tom Schoenberger, Steve Dorman, Peter Whitbeck, Andy Hamilton, Peter Greaves, Chuck West, Steve Townsend, Phillip R. Jacobson, Joe Weiss, Miss Laudisi
Fourth/Front Row: 1, Cindy Perry, Debbie Heal, 4, 5,Liz Rolick, Carol Neill, Michal Sklover
Class of 1967
Back row: Peter Young, Tom Joehler, Roger Levy, Matt Osgood, Mike Pelusio, Gerard Wilcox, Mr. Spindler, Miss Laudisi, Mr. Martin, Mr. Cavallaro, Ezra Katzen, Andy Stein, Bob Wightman, Michael Giese, Steve Glenns, Steve CarrThird row: Beth Cookson, Alan Krieger, 3(Alex), Paul Rooney, Nancy Pinckney, Connie Britzius, 7(Althea), Carol Christy, Shelly Weinstein, Valerie Campbell, 11, Inez Parker, 13, Lauren Giebel, Susan Bell, Ron Infernato, Tommy Romano, Judy Lewis
Second row: George Davis, Josh Herz, Scott Taylor, Gary Hutchison, Pat Bukowski, Mark Lanze, Vaughn Dewar, Jim Cassetti, Jonathan Raisz, Mark Haley, David Rosenbaum, Mark Barford, Gary Hapeman, 14, Andy Freeman, Tony Saxon, Ed Rockford, Wally Morse
Front row: Joan Bardenstein, Ann Dingerson, Sherry Saunders, Gale Silverberg, Lisa Furfaro, Sallie Eisenberg, Leslie Wainger, Aline Yudelson, Lisa Cowan, Jane Hamilton, Phyllis Greaves, Laura Levien, Cindy Collins, Peggy Curran, Kate Borden, Becky Briggs, Anne Garretson, Peggy Maltinsky
Class of 1968 - Seventh Grade
FRONT ROW-1.?2. Debbie Kaiser, Janice Hall, Patty? 5. Gewn Gale 6. Cindy McBride 7. Linda Perry 8. Jessica Jacobson 9. Kim Collins, Barbara Norton 11.? Cindy Baker SECOND ROW 1. Chris Fefarro 2. Gary Sussman, Marc Glassman, 4. Tommy Morris, Jamie Silverberg 7.? 8.? 9. Carl ? 10. Larry Cohen 11. ? THIRD ROW 1. Wintress Miller Carol MacConnell, Judith Prince, Brenda Harrison, 5. Patty Heal 6. Mr Latona Beryl Lynn Jones, Debbie Talley, 9. Donna Pelusio 10.? 11.? 12. Debbie? BACK ROW
Ann-Michelle Barone, girl?, Greg Bulger, guy?, Ronnie Woerner, Bob Smedley, Ralph Leidy, Jon Ertzgard, Ernestine Porter & Mitchell Chait
TOP ROW OF STUDENTS SITTING DOWN(from L to R)
Wintreess Miller, Carol O Connel, Judy (last name?), Brenda Harrison, Patty Heal, Mr Latona. man, man, Debbie Pelusio, girl?, girl?, Debbie Taylor
Class of 1968 - Sixth Grade
TOP ROW 1, 2, John Aistrauts 4, Bobby Wilcox, 6, 7, 8, Mark Wakeford, 10, Kenny Shean Clinton Cross David Pelusio
2nd ROW FROM TOP Laura Wakeford, Mary ?? Arlene Schiff, 4, Anne Tweet Mr. Cavallaro, 7 Mrs. Moshenberg Mr. Latona Leslie Strong Kathy Rushworth (?) Mary Almy Priscilla? Penny Stephany
2nd ROW FROM BOTTOM Mark Russell, Raymond Infarinato, Shawn and John Downey, Robbie Morse, Michael Yudelson, Kevin Cole, Neil Ooley, Jon Cooke, Christian Thomae, Larry Kohn, Harvey Fitch David Michaels Richard Rogoff Rob Levy
BOTTOM ROW Mary ? Leigh Dingerson, 3, Kathy Hughes, Patty Dunn, Barbara Smear, Lori Eighme, Shelly Sweedler, Barbara Beckwith, Mary Wray, Valerie Fay Paula Ladne Laurie Slavny Maria Tomae Kim Kephart
Nostalgia Trip
For some other Rochester nostalgia from our youth, check out these clips:
THE BLIZZARD OF '66 (the only time school ever closed for snow)
GARBAGE PLATE AT NICK TAHOU'S
THE JACKRABBIT AT SEABREEZE
ROCHESTER'S SUBWAY
WILMER & THE DUKES
MIDTOWN PLAZA
THE BLIZZARD OF '66 (the only time school ever closed for snow)
GARBAGE PLATE AT NICK TAHOU'S
THE JACKRABBIT AT SEABREEZE
ROCHESTER'S SUBWAY
WILMER & THE DUKES
MIDTOWN PLAZA
Bickal for Congress
Some folks have told me that they remember when my father, Robert Bickal, ran for Congress in the 1962 elections when I was 9 years old. My father had been on the School Board in Rochester for several years when he was asked to run for an open Congressional seat as a Democrat. No Democrats had been elected in that district for many years because the part of the district in Wayne county was overwhelmingly Republican and outweighed the votes in the City of Rochester. So it was a hopeless cause but nobody told us children that. I thought he was going to win.
The picture on the on left was from when Congressional candidates met with President Kennedy. The other picture of our family: my mother Janet, my sister Ellen and my brother Jim and I wa
s also used in campaign ads.The other memorable feature of the campaign for us kids was the Bickal Bus. My father had an old school bus covered with campaign material and it had a loudspeaker that played, "Happy Days are Here Again" as we tooled around Wayne County. Our neighbor, Joe Yudelson, drove the bus.
Dad lost the election by about 30,000 votes to Frank Horton.
Recent Photos of the Old Place
The sign out front is new, but the rest of the place looks pretty much the same.
The Bridge. Which side did you live on? I crossed the bridge four times every day (remember walking home for lunch?) but it wasn't this one. This is the 3rd bridge to occupy this spot during my lifetime. If I live long enough, maybe I'll see one or two more!
How many cold winter days did we wait outside this door, waiting for the bell to ring?
The Main Office. "You just wait right here, young man. I know the principal will want to have a long talk with you about your behavior."
If you are old enough, you'll remember this as the entrance to the bike room. In later years it was converted into the Industrial Arts shop for Mr. Gurley.
Tay House still sits on the little hill behind the school, and it is still the meeting place for Boy Scout Troop 19. They held the annual Tay House Carnival as a fundraiser. I belonged to a different troop (116) which was affiliated with Tay House in the "Highlanders." By the way, our scoutmaster Harmon Strong is still going strong at age 92, I bumped into him the other day.
How thick is the ice?
Needed to be 6" thick before they'd open the pond at Cobbs Hill (Lake Riley) for ice skating. Imagine this place with snow around it.The bad news? These days, absolutely no swimming or ice skating is allowed at Lake Riley.
Rocking and Rolling to WBBF
WBBF was our radio link to the rock and roll scene blasting out the Top 40 24X7 to Greater Monroe County. Of course, there was Hullabaloo, Shindig, and American Bandstand on network TV, but locally there was WBBF. (WCMF - FM rock radio was still years away.) Attached is a brief aircheck from Jessica Savitch who later achieved prominence as an anchorwomen for NBC News. Also see a WBBF pick list for March 1967 with the Top 40 songs for the week and a DJ schedule. And remember, if you wanted to purchase any of those hot 45s, it required a trip downtown to Midtown Records or Jay's Record Ranch to get the best selection.
Luke
I wanted to include something about the people we all remember from our #1 School days. Unfortunately, if you Google "Ken and Birdie Button" the only reference you'll get is to this blog! And Sgt. Moynihan may have made a big impression on us when he told us to look both ways before crossing but apparently his reach was limited.
You don't have to be a baseball fan to remember Luke Easter as one of the icons of early 1960s Rochester. I remember taking off school to attend opening day (it was always in the afternoon) when I was in about 2nd or 3rd grade, way too young to know anything about baseball but old enough to appreciate the opportunity to sit in 500 Norton Street eating cotton candy instead of sitting in 85 Norris Drive learning arithmetic. The next day, the teacher asked me to tell the class about the game and I said "Luke Easter hit a home run." I don't think that Luke was even an active player by then.
Here's some stuff I found about old Luke:
Luscious "Luke" Easter was murdered during a robbery on March 29, 1979. From that day he died back until the day he was born, though nobody is sure exactly when that was, Easter lived his life on and off the field in a manner that can be best described as mythical.
The 6-foot-4-inch, 240-pound slugger batted left-handed and in six seasons with the Indians, batted .274, with 93 homers and 340 runs batted in. His best seasons were from 1950 to 1953 when he hit 28, 27 and 31 home runs, respectively.
Before joining the Indians in 1949, and while playing in the Negro League, Easter once hit a home run into the center-field bleachers at the Polo Grounds in New York, a 475-foot blast. Only two other players, Joe Adcock and Lou Brock, duplicated that feat. "When a fan told him (Luke Easter) that he had seen Luke's longest homer, the response was, 'If it came down, it wasn't my longest'." - Pat Doyle in Luke Easter; Myth, Legend, Superstar (Pat Doyle, Baseball Almanac, 09/2003)
As the 1959 season began the Rochester Red Wings, nearing the end of a productive, but increasingly acrimonious relationship with the St. Louis Cardinals, were in need of a left-handed hitter with power. Even a defensively-challenged occasional pinch hitter would be welcomed. And when Buffalo gave Easter his pink slip, Rochester general manager George Sisler, Jr., and manager Cot Deal agreed that he could help their troubled ship. Thus, minor league stop #6 was about to become Luke's final venture in professional baseball. And, like all the others, it would be a memorable one.
During Luke's years in Rochester fans treated him with admiration and respect - even the occasional boos were good-natured. In his new home the chorus changed to "Luuuuuuuuuke" as he won the hearts of the city with a booming bat, a big smile, and a willingness to cheerfully sign autographs as long as there was someone who wanted one. Civic appearances and playground clinics became commonplace as the community-owned franchise sought local support.
Throughout his playing days in Rochester and after his retirement, Luke was also a coach, assisting in the development of the young sluggers sent to the Wings by their new major league affiliate, the Baltimore Orioles. Future major leaguers Boog Powell, Curt Blefary, Pete Ward and others attributed much of their success to the gentle giant. In addition, local fans reveled in watching their first base coach as he engaged opponents, umpires, and the fans themselves in conversation and laughs. Among his biggest fans were the men he played with. Rochester manager Cot Deal remembers, forty years later, that "He was very popular with his teammates wherever he played".
(Here's an interesting link for those of you who WERE Red Wing fans back in the day.)
Hurrah!
Hurrah for #1 School
The school that we love best
The school that has the spirit
It's as good as all the rest*
It has the grandest teachers
The finest pupils too
Hurrah for #1 School
We give three cheers to you!
*Original text was "It's better than all the rest" but P.C. set in early at old #1, and it was apparently felt preferrable to teach us to strive for mediocrity than to risk hurting the feelings of other schools' students despite the fact that they (1) would probably never hear the song and (2) were patently inferior.
The school that we love best
The school that has the spirit
It's as good as all the rest*
It has the grandest teachers
The finest pupils too
Hurrah for #1 School
We give three cheers to you!
*Original text was "It's better than all the rest" but P.C. set in early at old #1, and it was apparently felt preferrable to teach us to strive for mediocrity than to risk hurting the feelings of other schools' students despite the fact that they (1) would probably never hear the song and (2) were patently inferior.
The Real Martin B. Anderson
"The college president is expected to be a vigorous writer and public speaker. He must be able to address all sorts of audiences upon all sorts of subjects. He must be a financier able to extract money from the hoards of misers, and to hold his own with the trained denizens of Wall Street. He must be attractive in general society, a scholar among scholars; distinguished in some one or two departments of learning; gentle and kindly as a woman in his relations to the students, and still be able to quiet a 'row' with the pluck and confidence of a New York Chief-of-Police."
- Martin B. Anderson
Martin Brewer Anderson (1815-1890) became the first president of the University in 1853 and served until 1888. His starting salary was $1,800 per year.
In 1861 he oversaw the University's move to what later became known as the Prince Street Campus. At the time of his retirement in 1888, the University had three buildings and 172 students.
Prior to Anderson becoming President in 1853, the leadership of the University was undertaken by Ira Harris, who served as Chancellor, a position later held by W. Allen Wallis one hundred and twenty years later.
No dormitories were built during Anderson's tenure as President. He regarded them as places with "every facility for the propagation of evil principles and habits." Instead, students found housing with Rochester families, and occasionally even lived temporarily with Anderson and his family. The President's House on the Prince Street Campus stood at 440 University Avenue.
Anderson Hall was the first building erected on the Prince Street Campus. When it was being built in 1861, President Anderson used a hammer to "test" the blocks of stone being used in the construction. This apparently annoyed the contractor, but Anderson was undeterred; the first UR president later told Professor Fairchild (who donated the hammer to the University Archive) that he "stuck to the job." Anderson Hall stands firm to this day, although it is no longer owned by the University.
The cost of Anderson Hall was approximately $38,000, and from the start was named for President Anderson. A trustees resolution at the time stated that "...the new home...mainly obtained by the zeal, the labors, and the self-sacrificing spirit of its noble-hearted president" would bear Anderson's name. According to the May History of the University, it was believed that Anderson Hall would provide enough room for the University for the next 50 years.
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