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11/29/09 12:24 AM #1    

Linda Dias Caulkins

Maria,
I also had Mrs. Cohen and at that time was in the Business Course of course. She took me aside and told me that I could be an accountant if I went to college.

College....but I never took any College courses. She talked to me alot that senior year and convinced me to enroll in evening courses to take the required at that time.

So I did, but didn't end up in college until my forties...but I can truly say Mrs. Cohen was one of the reasons that I did, and majored in business..


11/30/09 12:05 PM #2    

Arlene Fuller Cloutier

Hi Maria,
You need to contact the New Bedford Historical Society 508-979-8828 and WHALE(Waterfront Historical Area League)997-1776. Both these organizations could help steer you in the right direction. Good luck.
Arlene Fuller Cloutier


12/02/09 06:47 PM #3    

Maria de Melo Gulla

Hello:
Thank you.
Sarah D. Ottiwell is a very special school. The friezes on the outside, the huge fireplace in the kindergarten area, just for examples. I'd hate to see another piece of the city history to disappear.
Thanks for the sugestions.
Maria


12/04/09 12:48 AM #4    

Linda Dias Caulkins

I believe it is the New Bedford Preservation Society that would work with WHALE on this type of project.


01/04/10 08:19 PM #5    

Nancy Rothwell Gorban-Brennnan

This isn't a response...but a new topic...I love the picture of the New Bedford High School we all knew. I can't imagine another building being NBHS...Something else I thought about..how many of us still have our class rings?? Not sure if the design has changed, but the original design is so unique and the whaleman statue is what makes it New Bedford.

Nancy Rothwell (Gorban-Brennan)


01/05/10 09:01 PM #6    

Maria de Melo Gulla

Hello:
Yes, Nancy, I still have my high school class ring and I love it. That's a good question and I wonder if anyone else thought about it.
Isn't it fun to catch up with former classmates?
Sincerely,
Maria


01/10/10 06:43 PM #7    

David Pacheco

Yes Nancy that was a great school building. As far as many are concerned is the ONLY New Bedford High School.
Dave


01/14/10 12:45 PM #8    

Linda Dias Caulkins

We only had to deal with EAST Wing and West Wing, the kids today deal with colored coded buildings. The fact that the new high school looks like a commercial building and has had problems with PCB's.....is another issue.

"The high school" will always be on County Street and the top of William Street. I sometimes refer to the old high school as a reference point when giving directions. Problem is it is usually to someone either not familar with "the old high school" or too young to remember it!!

And yes, I still have the ring!!


01/22/10 11:04 PM #9    

Kenneth George Monteiro

We were the last class to graduate and march down William Street to the Olympia Theater with nearly 1,000 graduates...we were and still are grand and fine representatives of New Bedford High School and New Bedford, Massachusetts.


01/26/10 12:48 PM #10    

Carl Weinstein

This reunion website seems to have started as a trickle and is now gathering a lot of momentum. I have been receiving messages from people I have not seen since 1965.

Who knew back then that we would be able to send a note to one another from across the world, in a matter of seconds, rather than just across the asile. We don't even have to worry about being caught and sent to detention hall!!!!!!!!!!!

I just want to mention a couple of teachers who have been part of my life since graduating from NBHS - Dorothy Laflamme (Castaldo) and Mary Ann Peters(Chomak).
What great teachers and mentors. They have the "right stuff!!"


01/26/10 12:49 PM #11    

Carl Weinstein

Just remembered something. Were we the first graduating class to sit in the new seats in the auditorium? I still remember the smell of the adhesive that was used to glue the VINYL ASBESTOS floor tiles to the concrete and the LEAD paint that was used on the wood work. How did we ever survive 1965?


01/28/10 05:49 PM #12    

Maria de Melo Gulla

Hi:
We survived because we were young and indestructible, right? I remember when there was a fire in the auditorium. I go by the old building every time I visit New Bedford. To me that's the high school.
See you in August, Maria


02/08/10 01:10 AM #13    

Edwin Mello

Hi to all that have posted..I don't know how many of you remember me but 65 was my first and last year at New Bedford High..I could tell you what has happened to me but I could write all night so please go to my profile and you can read about me..yes, I still have my high school ring and my tassel with the gold 65 numbers on it and it is hanging from my rear view mirrow in my 1965 Mustang fastback and the pen holeder with 1965 on it is on the dash..for anyone that don't remember me good, if you heard about the guy that rode his skate board down the center isle in the auditorium the last day of school, that was me..I still have my year book and I am on page 71, bottom right..Peace and Chow to all..Edwin (Buddy) Mello.


02/10/10 07:18 PM #14    

Jack Nunes

Buddy was my neighbor. It'll be good to see him and all of you this next August! Alive in 65'


 
03/02/10 11:11 PM #15    

Carl Weinstein

We have had the good fortune of having many caring and dedicated teachers at NBHS.


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