Millennium Reunion

This page updated April 11, 2001
Cocktail Party Pictures updated November 6, 2000
Building Pictures updated August 9, 2000
Around Town Pictures updated November 5, 2000
Main Event Pictures updated November 9, 2000
Breakfast Pictures updated November 5, 2000
Old Photos updated August 17, 2000

Miss Simmons died unexpectedly on March 3, 2001 one day after her 90th birthday. Her memorial service will be Saturday, April 28th at 2pm at the Presbyterian Church in Millerton. Her obituary was published in the Poughkeepsie Journal March 4.

Front Page News!

Thanks to Sandy Berger, Webutuck  class of '63 (who also happens to be the National Security Advisor), our reunion got on the front page of the Sunday, July 30, 2000 edition of the Poughkeepsie Journal.

And did you see the whole page of pictures on page B1 of the August 3, 2000 issue of The Millerton News?

Here is an open letter of thanks from Sally Smith.

We have pictures from the Cocktail Party Friday night, the Building Viewing and Around Town Saturday, the Main Event Saturday night, and the Breakfast Sunday morning. I've put up all the pictures I took and all I've received. If any of you have any you'd like to see here, send them to me. If you see a picture you don't want up, let me know. I've already taken down two.

Sally Smith and a cadre of helpers organized a multi-class (1956 through 1964) reunion. You can call her at (518) 766-9298, write her at PO Box 469, Millerton NY 12546, or e-mail her at sassers at earthlink.net. The reunion was held on Saturday, July 29, 2000 at 5:00 p.m. at Island Green Country Club in Amenia, NY. 

[A quick lesson for web newbies: Any word or phrase that is (usually) underlined, like "People" in the second line of this page, is called a "hyperlink". You click on it and something happens. Usually it will take you to another page in the web site. Sometimes it will take you into your e-mail program ready to send an e-mail to Sally or me or someone else. It should be obvious from the context what will happen. Clicking on "People" above takes you to a page with each class on it as a hyperlink. Clicking on a hyperlink for one of the classes takes you to a page for that class. Use the "Back" button on your browser to work your way back to this page. Another trick is to "bookmark" this page or save it as a "favorite". That means you won't have to type in that long web page address again. Just select it from your list of bookmarks or favorites.]

Webutuck Millennium Reunion Memory Yearbook
If you didn't get a chance to order Webutuck Millennium Reunion Memory Yearbook at the party on Saturday night, you can order now.  This is how:

• Call American School Pictures, Inc. at 800-321-1595.

• When they answer, immediately press 0 or hold for the operator.

• When the operator comes on, tell him or her you want to order a book for the Webutuck Millennium Reunion and give them job number 21737.

• Price:  $22.50.

• All major credit cards accepted.  Books will not be completed and mailed for approximately six months.

Lost and Found:

• Found Friday night at the Hamilton Inn: one camera lens cover.

• Found Saturday night at Island Green Country Club: a pair of glasses.

• If these belong to you, please contact Sally Smith.

• Lost: 8 by 10 signed and autographed original picture of Palmer N. & Steve B. in bermuda shorts with Mrs. Terni. Please contact Steve Blanchard, (413) 298-5440 or steve at sblanchard.us.

Sally Smith hopes that you filed out and returned the Questionnaire on page 2 of the Directory. Here's the committee shortly after they reviewed your responses. Now they know how to do it better next time. (Why does Sally have her eyes closed? See no evil in those responses?)

There were articles about the reunion in The Millerton News, February 3, 2000, June 1, 2000, July 27, 2000, and August 3, 2000. Did you see them? A recent Lakeville Journal had an article, too. So did the August 3, 2000 issue of the Harlem Valley Times.

Reunion details:

• More than 300 people showed up! It's was great!

• There was an informal cocktail party at The Hamilton Inn in Millerton Friday, July 28, starting at 4:00pm.

• All Webutuck school buildings were open during the day Saturday, July 29 from 11am to 2 pm for us to visit.

• The main event is Saturday, July 29.

• 5:00 to 6:00pm - Cash Bar & Hors d'oeuvres.

• 6:00 to 8:00pm - Buffet.

• 8:00 to ? - Visiting and Partying. (Original witching hour of 10:00pm was extended.)

• There was a photographer taking pictures for a memory book. It will be available in six months or so.

• There was an after-reunion buffet breakfast at Christina's Greek Restaurant on Route 22 in Millerton from 8am to noon on Sunday, July 30. We jammed the place.

For old times sake, I've dredged up some old photos. Please rummage through your old photo albums and pick out some classics that I can add to these. If you can get them scanned, so much the better. E-mail the jpeg files to me (steve at sblanchard.us). Otherwise, send the photos to me at the address below. Make sure you mark each one with your name and address so I can return them. And please identify people in the photo if you can. To protect people's privacy, I only use first name and last initial as it was in high school.

I've also included links to personal web pages. If you have a personal web site you'd like me to include a link to, e-mail the link to me (steve at sblanchard.us) and I will add it.

Are there any other blasts from the past you'd like me to post here? Stories? Drawings? Quotes from yearbooks? Cheers? E-mail them to me (steve at sblanchard.us) and I'll post 'em.

Steve Blanchard
4 Willard Hill Road
West Stockbridge MA 01266
(413) 298-5440
steve at sblanchard.us

"The halls of Webutuck Central School have already seen many styles come and go but with summer supposedly on its way, the above were noticed on their way to class. Chatting with Mrs. Paul Tierney[sic], whose face registers something but we know not what, are Palmer Newman and J. Stevens Blanchard."
(Bruce Taft Photo in the June 12, 1958 issue of The Harlem Valley Times.)

Mrs. Terni's name is really spelled "Terni" and she is Mrs. Arthur Terni, not Mrs. Paul Terni. You can't believe everything you read.