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Ocean Township HS Class of '70

Mini-Reunion of Class of 1970

Hello Ocean Township High School Class of 1970!

Can you believe it’s coming up on 55 years!!

To acknowledge this milestone, a mini-reunion is being planned. This would be a nice chance to reconnect and reminisce with classmates.  Here are the detais:

Sunday, May 4, 2025 --3:00pm 

Miller’s Ale House  (Ocean Commons – corner of Deal Rd. & Rt. 35., Ocean Township)

https://millersalehouse.com/locations/ocean-township/

It will be very informal….all you need to do is show up! There will be a cash bar and appys/food available to order.

If you can make it, please email Ed Rainer with your RSVP

by April 30th, so that we can give the restaurant a headcount.

Thanks! Hope to see you there!

reunion1970oths@gmail.com

RSVP Now

OTHS Class of 1970 52nd Reunion Information

Welcome to The Way We Were - the Class of 1970's 52nd Reunion Website.

Here you'll find information on the Oct. 22, 2022 reunion, which was held at 

Charley's Ocean Grill in Long Branch NJ.

Explore the links to content related to our high school years and the 1960's. 

Here is the link to a video montage from the Oct. 22, 2022 reunion 

prepared by Sheila M. Fernekes.


https://vimeo.com/765467420


Click on the links below to download OTHS Class of 1970 52nd Reunion information.

 

OTHS Class of 1970 52nd Reunion Flyer (pdf)Download
OTHS 1970 Graduation Program-List of Graduates Page 1 (pdf)Download
OTHS Class of 1970 List of Graduates Page 2 (pdf)Download

Here are links to our 6 main sections

Click the description below each image

Timeline

Quotes That Defined The 1960s

Timeline

A Timeline from Sept. 1966 to June 1970

Our Town

Quotes That Defined The 1960s

Timeline

Images of Ocean Township 

Quotes That Defined The 1960s

Quotes That Defined The 1960s

Quotes That Defined The 1960s

Famous Quotes

Work and Play

Work and Play

Quotes That Defined The 1960s

Where We Worked and Played

Our Media

Work and Play

What We Wore

Popular Culture: Music and TV

What We Wore

Work and Play

What We Wore

Fashion

Memorial List: OTHS Class of 1970

Although They've Departed, We Cherish Their Memories...

Note:  Names shown here are those used in the OTHS Sandpiper yearbook.


Abrams, Joel

Aiello, John

Alderelli, Nicky

Arlington, David

Baselici, Alberta

Berman, Sanford "Sandy"

Bonosevich, Karen

Brady, Joseph

Busch, Bonnie

Bush, Jan

Cahill, Kevin

Chambrone, Ronald

Clayton-Helms, Duane

Cohalan, Chris

Cook, Deborah

Couto, Mark

Cucurullo, Sharon

Darwell, Elizabeth

Davidson, Deborah Joy

DeSanctis, James

Devine, Joseph

Dodd, Robert

Enda, Steven

Gamroth, Pater

Gerard, Judy

Gill, Eugenie

Gilliam, Robert

Gross, Jeffrey

Heard, Lois

Hiller, Bruce

Hipschman, Judith

Hoppach, Peggy

Horn, Walter

Kenney, Glen

Koitz, Barry

Kopf, Richard

Kurinsky, Belden "Denny"

Lang, Thomas

Lent, Wayne

Malikowski, Jon

Malikowski, Meredith

Mandel, Sol

Mansfield, Sherry

Martell, Merry

McAllister, Thomas

Migliazza, Frank

Miller, Jed

Murphy, Kevin

Olsen, Bobby

Paul, Richard

Regan, Kevin

Samaha, Carol

Schaefer, Bonnie

Scharber, Ann

Schlossberg, Robert

Scimeca, Jacqueline

Sharer, Frank "Paco"

Slater, John

Smock Nanette

Solomon, Jed

Sorrentino, Raymond

Tarrant, Geri

Tilson, Donna

Van Houten, Ronald

Vitelli, William

Webb, George

West, Deborah

Williams, Michael

Wolotsky, Edward

Woolsey, Bruce


Learn More about the 1960s

Bibliography

Here is a selected listing of books on the 1960s that can help you learn more about this decade that shaped our lives and which remains iconic for so many Americans.  I've chosen books that provide a broad overview of the decade, with some emphasis on popular music given its significance as a barometer of cultural change.  


Brokaw, Tom.  Boom!  Talking About the Sixties.  New York:  Random House, 2007.


Bukszpan, Daniel.  Woodstock:  50 Years of Peace and Music.  Watertown MA:  Charlesbridge Press, 2019.


Charters, Ann (Ed.).  The Portable Sixties Reader.  New York NY:  Penguin, 2003.


Collins, Gail.  When Everything Changed:  The Amazing Journey of American Women From 1960 to the Present.  New York NY:  Hachette Books, 2009.


Dickstein, Morris.  Gates of Eden:  American Culture in the Sixties.  New York NY:  Basic Books, 

1977.


Farber, David.  The Age of Great Dreams:  America in the 1960s.  New York NY:  Hill and Wang, 1994.


Farber, David and Bailey, Beth (Eds.).  The Columbia Guide to America in the 1960s.  New York NY:  Columbia University Press, 2001.


Fraser, Ronald (Ed.). 1968:  A Student Generation in Revolt.  New York NY:  Pantheon, 1988.


Gitlin, Todd.  The Sixties:  Years of Hope, Days of Rage (Revised edition).  New York NY:  Bantam, 1993. 


Goodwin, Richard H.  Remembering America:  A Voice from the Sixties.  Boston MA:  Little, Brown and Company, 1988.


Isserman, Maurice and Kazin, Michael (Eds.). America Divided:  The Civil War of the 1960s. 5th edition.  New York NY:  Oxford University Press, 2015.


Jackson, Kenneth T. Crabgrass Frontier:  The Suburbanization of the United States. New York NY:  Oxford University Press, 1985.


Sander, Ellen.  Trips:  Rock Life in the Sixties (Augmented edition).  Mineola NY:  Dover Publications, 2019.  Original edition published in 1973.


Savage, Jon.  1966:  The Year the Decade Exploded.  London UK:  Faber & Faber, 2015.


Sayres, Sonia, Stesphenson, Anders, Aronowitz, Stanley and Jameson, Frederic (Eds.). The 60s Without Apology.  Minneapolis MN:  University of Minnesota Press, 1988.


Unger, Irwin and Unger, Debi (Eds.). The Times Were a Changin':  The Sixties Reader.  New York NY:  Crown, 1998.


Wilentz, Sean.  Bob Dylan in America.  New York NY:  Anchor Books, 2011.

                                                                                                                            








Acknowledgements and Other Class Reunion Content

Photo Sources

Many thanks to the following individuals and institutions who supplied photographs and related images for this website:  Gary Edelson, Gary Falcone, Margo Hooker, Patsy McMahon, Township of Ocean Historical Museum, Ed Rainer, Bill Scheumeister, Bruce Stewart.

Website Design

Sheila Fernekes provided invaluable website design and technical support in the development of this website.

Class Reunion Images: 20th, 30th, 40th and 52nd Class Reunions

Click on the links below to access PowerPoint slides of class reunions.

Reunion Images

OTHS 1970 40th Reunion Part 1 9-19-22 (pptx)Download
OTHS 1970 40th Reunion Part 2 9-19-22 (pptx)Download
OTHS 1970 40th Reunion Part 3 9-19-22 (pptx)Download
OTHS 1970 40th Reunion Part 4 Rev 9-21-22 (pptx)Download
OTHS Class of 1970 52nd Reunion Photos-Part 1 PDF Version (pdf)Download
OTHS Class of 1970 52nd Reunion Photos Part 2 PDF Version (pdf)Download
OTHS Class of 1970 52nd Reunion Photos Part 3 PDF Version (pdf)Download
OTHS Class of 1970 52nd Reunion Photos Part 4 PDF Version (pdf)Download

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