Robert Haskell

I would just like to take a moment to reflect on and outstanding event this weekend, just being able to see and talk with my friends and classmates has brought great joy into my life.  To see all of your faces and be able to spend time with you to laugh and joke about the past is priceless.  I wish to thank the reunion committee for a job so well done, you over came many hurdles to make this happen, you guies hit a home run on this one.

thanks bhaskell

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David J. Medeiros

Committe members!   Job well done!    It was a great evening!!

All - Great to see so many classmates!   I now look forward to the 50th!  

To those who missed this one - see you in 2015!  Don't miss the next!

Dave M

Linda Dias Caulkins

What a great two days!!  Thanks to the hard working committee who indeed deserve a standing ovation.

Without your hard work, we wouldn't have been able to connect with old friends and make new ones.

Hopefully we will not have to wait 5 years for another reunion.  In five years we will not be able to dance has long.  But we will give it a good try.

Also the tour of the old New Bedford High was indeed a high light of the weekend.  For those that missed it, it was truly a walk back in time.  We even got somewhat lost just like when we were sophmores!!.  The stage and gym had seemed so hugh and now seemed to fade back in time. 

We all took pictures of us sitting in those seats with both old and new friends.

I all I can say is thank you to the committee you accomplished your goal!!

Katherine Furtado Arruda

To everyone who worked so hard to put the event weekend together, congratulations on a job well done  It was a terrific weekend and was such a joy to see so many old friends and make new ones. Thanks to all who worked together to create a smashing event.   I look forward to the 50th and would be happy to help out as you go along in any way that I can.  Kathy (Furtado) Arruda.

Elaine Cowell Robbins

This past weekend was the most wonderful time. I am still "high" thinking about it. I really had a hard time not crying when I hugged some of you. Life is not easy, and it seems that many of us have faced some pretty difficult times, but we have persevered through the Grace of God. Aren`t we truly blessed to have been a part of "1965? " I think we did not realize it then, but what a wondeful Heritage is ours. To our committee, ...for all the meetings, notes, phone calls, missed dinners, and frustration, ...thank you, thank you, thank you from the bottom of my heart.

William Ward

 I'M SORRY I MISSED THE REUNION. I WAS IN THE STATES UP UNTIL THE WEEKEND BEFORE (AUG. 8TH I LEFT)  Well i'll just have to see yaul in 5 years!  BILL WARD

Melissa "Trudy" Faria Medeiros

What a lot of work went into this weekend. Thank you to everyone on the committee for all your efforts to see that all the events went so smoothly. The reunion on Saturday evening was somewhat  bittersweet  due to memories of friends no longer with us. Aside from that it was heart warming to see so many old friends and make a couple of new ones. Thank you all so very much and many blessings.............

Marjorie Costa Costa

To the committee,  Thank you so much for all your hard work.  It was good to see old friends and classmates.  The music was awesome and we still have what it takes to get on the dance floor and dance the night away.  If you need any help for the next reunion, count me in.  Thanks again.

David Pacheco

A reminder - live chat is still up and running on Wednesdays at 8PM Eastern.  Come and chat with classmates

Sandra Wade Rovas

We just returned to Michigan via an Erie, PA visit with relatives.  I hated that I had to leave the reunion by 11 to get on the road by 6 AM.  I was having such a wonderful time greeting old friends & making new ones.  My kudos to the committee.  You did a wonderful job.!!!  I hesitated on going to the reunion as friends told me (not NBHS Class of 65 friends, mind you) that at reunions they had attended, folks tended to sit at tables with their old friends & there wasn't much mixing.  Also, I was concerned that I wouldn't recognize anyone.  Well, we have certainly aged well as I recognized most folks - those smiles don't fade with age.  We sure are a good looking & fun loving bunch!  And the committee kept folks mingling.  Thank you for a wonderful evening & the chance to make and share more memories with the best class at NBHS.  Go Class of 65! 

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Maria de Melo Gulla

Hi everybody:

As I type, I'm looking at my NBHS '65 class ring.  Yep, I'm still wearing it.  I put it on before I got on the plane to Mass, July 30th and now back home in Florida, I'm afraid that if I take it off I'll stop feeling like a girl and will begin feeling like a middle -aged schooll marm, heaven forbid.  Seriously, looking at Amelia's, Rita's album and my own makes me smile and am grateful to all who made it possible.  Till we meet again,

Maria de Melo Gulla

Nancy Barrett/Breton

Patricia Dragon and her son TIM want me to whole heartedly thank the committee for inviting them as guests to the reunion . The class of 65 and committee with Hank and Nancy at the helm pulled off this magnificent evening. Tricia wants everyone to know that she will never forget this memorable evening. It was the first social event she had attended in more than 25 years and everyone made her feel like "queen for a day". I was so pleased to see so many classmates go out of their way and come over to her wheel chair to talk.

I am Trisha's old, new friend. We have reunited after 45 years and I will not let her out of my sight again.

Lastly, if there is any thought of a reunion in 5 years rather than 10, I'd be happy to be a committee member. The thought of waiting ten years scares me.

Nancy Breton Barrett

Elaine Cowell Robbins

I am loving that this is continuing! ...

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Maria de Melo Gulla

Hard to believe!

January 20th, 2011 is the 50th anniversary of JFK's inauguration.  Thinking about it and all the anticipation we felt, all the optimism.

Hard to believe!

Claudia Aguiar Settele

Glad to hear we will be reuniting again this coming August.  I really enjoyed our get together on Friday evening at the Waterfront Grille.  It was a great way for all of us to get reaquainted and share some memories.  Thanks Nancy, Maria and Henry for all your dedication and  to help keep us all connected again.

Linda Lassow Kaldeck

It's Groundhog Day! One of my favorite movies, also it feels like living in the movie with all the snow we've been getting every week. I live in Natick,MA. I can't wait for spring. This summer my town is getting a traveling half size Vietnam war memorial for a few days. I don't know of any of our classmates are listed on the wall. Does any one know of any one listed there? I would like to pay my respects to them.

David Pacheco

Gong Xi Fa Cai  (Happy New Year) - Today Feb 3rd is Chinese New Year. Year 4709 the year of the rabbit

Roger Goyette

We were a very lucky class, as we had a lot of members serve in Vietnam, in all branches of the service, but we didn't have anyone killed over there. We had a lot of our members come back with a lot of problems because of what went on over there, and what they did or saw. A lot have gotten help and some keep on fighting the same fight. For some it will NEVER end. If you look at our military page, you can see who served and when.

As a person who has talked to a lot of Veterans,  both from our class and others, Yes some did die there, "mentaly". they will never come fully home, but their names are not on the Wall.

If you gat a chance to see it, PLEASE DO, and remember, MOST OF THEIR LIVES ENDED THERE, A LONG WAY FROM HOME.

Roger Goyette, 1968-69 Vietnam vet.

Nancy Otis Cusson

I did see the wall at U Mass years ago, and the real one about 5 years ago.  It was very moving and overwhelming.....God Bless America is what I say...and thanks to all that have kept us free....

Linda Lassow Kaldeck

Well I did make it through that ugly winter, and as I promised myself I am not complaining about 90 degree temps. Just go from air conditioned house to car and enjoy it. I did see the VietNam war memorial last month at even at half size it was quite rerkable. I would like to let all know that I submitted my yearbook [yes I still have it after 7 moves since high school] to Classmates.com and it is available online for all to see. I know from all the classmates I have contacted that many no longer have their yearbooks so have nice trip down memory lane.

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David J. Medeiros

Hoping everyone who was in the path of "Irene" got through safely ...

Robert Lavoie

I was lucky enough to be on our UAW Veteran's Committee, when we brought the wall to Syracuse, NY where I live. I had a good friend Bob Goneville, who is from New Bedford and I shed a lot of tears when I worked my hours at the Wall. I haven't been able to come to any of the reunions, but I loved my time At NBHS and I'm still proud to have graduated from there.

                                                                                                                         Bob Lavoie

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Karl Kristiansen

I've seen the Wall in Washington and the Travelling Wall twice, once a UMASS Dartmouth and again in Middleboro. I'm looking forward to visiting it next summer in Fairhaven. I will take my grandkids and explain to them what it is and what it stands for.

I think it is a shame that so many young people don't have a clue about the military other than what they see on TV or playing video games.

It is hard to explain the camaraderie and trust you have with your fellow soldiers, sailors, marines, airmen or coastguardsmen.

When I see someone wearing a service connected cap or shirt, I always stop and thank them for their service, especially WW II vets. I'm always able to strike up a conversation even though  we have just only met. If it is a navy veteran the conversation usually lasts for a while. No matter what the era we served there is always a commonality of events that happened to us.

My wife and I were in Atlantic City a few years ago. We were walking along the Boardwalk and I saw a WWII vet sitting on a stool collecting money for a veterans group. He was wearing a uniform. I thanked him for his service and gave him a salute. I started to walk away and I felt a tap on my shoulder and a gentleman looked at me and said only one word, "Vietnam?". I told him, "Yes sir". He shook my hand and we continued on our ways. I thought to myself, "I bet he's a Vietnam vet too."

Seeing the way Vietnam vets got treated on return to civilian life, long ago I promised myself I would always thank a vet for his or her service.

So this Veterans Day, if you know a veteran, please thank them for their service and when you do, remember, you are shaking the hand of someone who has contributed to securing the freedom you enjoy every day.

Thanks,

Karl

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Maria de Melo Gulla

Hello:

I was asked recently on our chat line last  Wednesday whether or not we were having a 50th reunion.  This is true, I'm not making it up and I'll check with the person if I can reveal the name.  Well, I said, the question should be:  when, where, how and what, not if, right?  Well, Nancy has been the guiding light for all the reunions, I've been told, but in the end, it's up to the classmates if we are to celebrate our 50th high school graduation.  The person also said, it's not too early to start planning and collecting ideas.  Of course I agree.

So, any thought?

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Geraldine Cardoza Bailey

I was able to attend one of the luncheons at 6th Bristol this past summer.  It was so great to see so many old friends.  My husband and I go back and forth to Florida, so I can't always attend.  I'm looking forward to seeing everyone again soon.

Gerry