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Janie Albright (Blank)

My mom made delicious homemade scalloped potatoes and ham for dinner however if we didn't have leftover ham she used Spam. It was good. It's what I was familiar with. It didn't carry any stigma for me until much later. 

Bonnie Jonas (Jonas-Boggioni)

RE TB:

I believe Michelle Pendergast was the one who had TB...she had been out of school for a while, so I don't know if it was active or not...WE all had to have the skin tests every 6 months!  Over the course of the years, I developed an allergy to the preservative; not a typical "positive" reaction...my entire forearm would become itchy and reddened.  Whenever I went to ework in a hospital, I would have to have chest xrays instead!  Never any signs of TB!

James Hamilton, M. D.

Joe D.,

You are correct (mostly) in that your father was in a sanatorium, a TB hospital (or a TB ward in a hospital). Technically a sanitarium is a heath resort, not a hospital. (I just mention this because our class' excellent writer, author and expert in the English language, Mike McLeod, may be reading this .)

Once your skin test is positive it remains so for the rest of your life. If you have not already done so, you should make sure that your current physician makes note on your heath record under "Past Medical History" that you have a positive TB skin test.

Bonnie,

Indeed, chest xray is the screening test used for those who are skin test positive and must be screened for TB.  Your reaction may be allergic but it would definitly preclude you being retested in that manner. There is now a blood test that can be done but is expensive and not readily available in many places. 

Mike McLeod,

Congrats on your article!

Jim

Michael McLeod

Anybody else recall an early chilodhood inclination gravitating towards the vocation you wound up with in life?  Looking back at "The Immaculatum" -- I think that is what our 8th grade yearbook was called at I.C. -- I listed my vocabulary as "my pet peeve." I guess I was already intrigued with words and what they meant way back when. Though that didn't stop me from being a lousy student with mediocre grades, I might add, all the way through high school. 

James Hamilton, M. D.

Lawrence Foster

Mike and Jim,

The IC 8th grade yearbook may have been a one-of-a-kind item.  My brother who graduated the year before us in 1961 did not have one and neither did my sister in 1964 and my younger brother in 1967.  We may have been very lucky to have had parents and teachers that supported (and/or tolerated) us and the project. For any IC graduates who would like a copy I have it scanned along with our class graduation picture.  It is a total of 36 pages and I will be glad to forward it to you.  I will be glad to forward it to any of those from outside of IC who would also like to see.

The class flower was the Venus Fly Trap and if I remember correctly it was Earl Allen who publically suggested it and us boys really got into it.

Mike, I think that the only thing that gravitated me towards an eventual career as a librarian was the fact that I was not a good learner from some books.  In time and patience with myself that obstacle was overcome. Occasionally a story with a hero would grab my attention for a while. I started reading Tarzan novels in the summer of 1962.  Sophomore year Mrs. Campbell had us read Mutiny on the Bounty.  It took me 3 days to complete the whole book which back then was amazing for me.  Silas Marner? - never finished reading it. Even picked it up about 4 years ago and tried again.  It seemed like the entire first page was only two sentences long and that did it again for me.     

I have always been drawn to art, sorry for the pun.  In 1961 there was a television show called Learn to Draw with John Gnagy.  And there was an art kit that could be purchased.  I asked my parents for it that year for my birthday and it was the only gift I got.  About 6-8 years ago I found an updated version of the kit with the original instruction book and now it has pastels, water colors and pencils.  I have done some of the projects over again.  My younger brother remembers my drawings of the covered bridge and Doberman Pincher projects in the book.  It may be that for me the adage of a picture being worth a thousand words was a more effective way of communicating.  Possible reasons may include A.D.D. but also in those days it included a lot of immaturity.  But, I survived!!!        

Linda Weiner (Bennett)

I My grandfather was diagnosed 1969 with TB at OSU Hospital and was transferred to Columbus TB "Sanitarium" I thought it was called. It closed soon after. In 1969 I believe OSU's TB Hospital (Means Hall?) had closed.

I hope my memories are correct here.

Linda Weiner (Bennett)

Larry, I would like to have a look at  IC Yearbook. Please. 

Donna Kelley (Velazquez)

Does this mean that we have finished with all our high school memories and are ready to head back to 1962?? Wow, time really does fly!! 

Larry, I would love a copy of our IC yearbook since mine sure didn't make it across the Atlantic with me.  I will reimburse you for the overseas postage. I am not sure what I wrote in the yearbook about how I saw my future then but I imagine I said I wanted to become a nun and a teacher.  I tried the first for 6 months and the second for 25 years before moving into a design career which reminds me I had better get back to work!

Timothy Lavelle

Jocko, how the hell did you get a division sign into the middle of "dreaded"? I've looked all over the keyboard...but dude, finish your story, I'm on pins n needles here....

Donna....a nun.....really! What a huge loss to Spain that would have been. "Sister Kelley, Sister Kelly, I think Bobby Curtain just peed on my shoes here....". No way!

James Hamilton, M. D.

Beth Broadhurst (Murray)

Larry 

I would love to have a copy of the IC yearbook. Thank you for scanning all those pages!

Jim, Tim, Dave, Fred, Larry, Michael, Janie, Claire, Donna etc. etc.

Many Thanks to all of you for continuing to takes us on a long walk down memory lane

I am continually astounded by all of your long term, detailed memories.

David Mitchell

'Xcuse me for breaking onto this "I.C. club" private chat room, but I need some help. My FAX machine just broke. Does this mean I'll have to learn to use an "alternate fax" ?

James Hamilton, M. D.

Timothy Lavelle

Dudes n dudettes...Larry F sent me the IC book via e-mail...it's an 11 meg download so I was surprised that Yahoo mail did not crater...but it was a delightful if somewhat voyeuristic trip for me.  Some of you truly look just like you did, I am serious. Phil Enright and Brad Neilson look like med-school students instead of 8th graders. "Hammy" and Vicki Smith, Kevin Cull and Bob Berkemer - simply much younger versions of their current selves. Donna Kelley...I just made a joke about your possible vocation and here you are looking like a model amongst chidren. Maggie Clark, Joe Donahue, Christine Oneal just amazing...And the familiar names like 'Squirrel' Croyle. Pat McGroovey. Earl (whatever happened to Earl?) Allen and another big head scratcher....where in  the world is John Hickey? Everybody should get this thing from Larry - who by the way has not aged a day!

But Donna....in my best street voice....Damn Girl!! 

Robert Berkemer

Say Larry, could you send me a copy of the I.C. Yearbook. I have no memory of it at all. I still have the picture of our graduating class but thats about it. Can you just send these as an attachment and save time and expense?

Thanks, Bob

Michael Boulware

Check out Don Holland and Becky McGee Holland's son, Nate. He is a world class snow boarder. Nathan has been world champ multiple times and was just edged out last week. He'll be on NBC this Sunday . Nate handled himself very well in the interviews after the competition last Sunday. Daddy Don had has mug on the national screen as well.Nathan is trying to make the U.S. Olympic team for the third time.

Donna Kelley (Velazquez)

Just look what you have started now! Larry, thanks again for sending me the yearbook. It was great to see many of our friends who were important in our lives but who are no longer with us.

Yes, Tim I had a close brush with the habit but the universe had a very different destiny awaiting me----shaking up a nation living under Franco's dictatorship for 36 years. It took me 4 years but he finally succumbed. (Remember the line on SNL about Franco?) .Thanks for the compliment and making me blush....now put away that oregano, please.:-)

PS Bobby C, I know you wouldn't do that!

Janie Albright (Blank)

Mike, thanks for the update on Nate Holland. The last two times he was in the Olympics I sent out notices to our class. You probably notified me or maybe Jodelle. I actually saw Don in one of the tv appearances along the course. And I signed up for Nates instagram and have seen pictures of his wife and baby. I went to St. Mikes with Don so we go way back. A lot of fun to vicariously enjoy something like the Olympics through the eyes of someone you grew up with. Please continue to send updates as you get them. 

Fred Clem

To you Clintonville folks, here's an article about the redevelopment of the Olympic Pool site:

http://www.dispatch.com/news/20170125/clintonville-apartments-to-be-for-55-and-older-crowd

You'll probably have to copy the link and paste it into your browser.

Janie Albright (Blank)

FYI there's a little link symbol at the top of the posting page you can click and paste your text to make a link active. 

Mark Schweickart

Donna,

So glad to hear how you managed to boot out the Franco regime. I always wondered who did that. And as odd as this may sound, I actually wrote a song about living under Franco called "Looking for Lorca." I mean when one sits back to write a song lyric, there's no telling what might pop into your head, right? Spanish Civil War just sort of jumps right to the front for most people, and I guess I am no different.  Any way if you want to listen to it, go to my website: www.marqmusic.com.

Note: you will need to scroll down quite a bit. I think it is about the 30th song down the list. Also, note that I made this with quicktime files that are no longer suppported by Chrome or Explorer, so use Safari or Firefox if you have that. And with Firefox, when you click on the song, you will probably see a warning at the top asking you if you want to authorize using Quicktime. What a hassle. Sorry about that.

Nonetheless, I think you will like the subject matter.

Mark

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Timothy Lavelle

"....and this news report just in, Generalisimo Francisco Franco is STILL dead".

Monica Haban (Brown)

Larry-

Please email a copy of the I.C. yearbook to me as well.  I taught at Immaculate Conception School for six years during the '70's. The great honor was that 20 years later, I taught many of their children at Our Lady of Peace School. Glad to have moved back to Columbus from Dallas,Texas!

David Mitchell

Tim,

Still?