44-Spring 2020 Alumni Calumet Compressed Postal Edition
As we celebrate our 22nd Anniversary, WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT! So please JOIN the Weequahic High School Alumni Association or RENEW your membership. We look forward to the next 22 years of providing opportunity to the students at Weequahic High School. ALUMNI MEMBERSHIP Alumni - $25 Orange & Brown - $50 Ergo - $100 Sagamore - $500 Legend - $1,000 BY CHECK Send a check (made out to WHSAA) to: WHS Alumni Association P.O. Box 494, Newark, NJ 07101 BY CREDIT CARD To pay by credit card, call our Executive Director Myra Lawson at (973) 923-3133 Please enjoy reading our 44th edition - Spring 2020 Alumni Calumet Newsletter 1 ON THE INSIDE: Alumni Association 22nd Anniversary / Hall of Distinction Ceremony Remembering Hal Braff, Co-Founder, WHS Alumni Association 2019 Weequahic High School Alumni Scholarship Recipients Alumni Association, Vision, Goals and Accomplishments Ruby Baskerville, 1961, elected new Alumni Co-President A Son Pays Tribute to His Dad: Alvin Attles, Basketball Hall of Fame Weequahic High School’s new Allied Health Academy Victor Parsonnet, 1941, Inducted into NJ Hall of Fame Brian Logan, 1982, inducted into Newark Athletic Hall of Fame Larry Layton, 1963, Inducted into NJ Boxing Hall of Fame Jacob Toporek, 1963, Impact on the Jewish Community in NJ Two Weequahic Centenarians: Philip Agism and Thelma Gottlieb 2019 Alumni Association Highlights Lenny Wallen’s Pleasantdale Kosher Market in West Orange The story of Mildred’s Corset Shop, originally on Bergen Street 2020 Reunion Information and 2019 Reunion Pictures The Passing of Newark’s Mayor Kenneth Gibson “In Loving Memory” of alumni who recently passed away 2019 Hall of Distinction Ceremony Collage Page 2 Celebrating our 22nd Anniversary with Hall of Distinction Ceremony On the evening of October 17, 2019, 250 alumni Hisani Dubose Sheila Oliver 1971 1970 and friends gathered at the Renaissance Newark Airport Hotel to celebrate the 22nd anniversary of the Weequahic High School Alumni Association and the induction of 20 distinguished alumni into its Hall of Distinction.
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