A Bit Of L.V. History Down Here In Virginia

We Virginia Memmotts were surprised to see this case on a table at the Lucketts (Va.) Fair on Saturday.

The antique dealer who was using it to display some of her items didn't want to sell the case to me, unfortunately. It would have looked nice in our dining room.

2011 Dinner: Another Fine Evening

Well, the 2011 Alumni Dinner was yet another "good time had by all" evening.

Harlow Fisher, Class of '61, was the keynote speaker. And as you can tell by the audio (click "play" below), he wove together an address that was funny and inspirational (if you want to download the audio, click here):

(Photo by John Memmott; he has more from the dinner posted here.)

Class Of '71 Looking To Get Together

Julie Dykstra sends this along to her classmates:

Class of 1971: Look for an invitation to our 40th reunion weekend (if we can find your address)! We’ll start slow with a casual dinner at the American Legion on Friday, June 24, then move on to a snacky reception in Ellicottville at Tips Up Café Saturday afternoon. Thoroughly primed, we’ll attend the Alumni Dinner Saturday evening.

Contact Julie Dykstra (jmd3@pitt.edu), Kathy Lindell (jdrkfl@roadrunner.com) or Mike Young (for the locals who see him around; he's at 716-257-9157)) for more information.

If you have contact info for any of our class, please get it to Julie so we can reach everyone. Ditto for suggestions, inquiries, pictures, memories, etc.

2011 Dinner Invitations Are Out

Your 2011 Alumni Dinner invitation should be arriving in mailbox this week, if it hasn't already.

Here's the key information:

Guest speaker: Harlow Fisher, Class of 1961.

Caterer: The Old Library restaurant, from Olean.

Dinner options:
-- Boneless stuffed chicken breast. It comes with cornbread stuffing and Swiss steak. $18 per person.
-- Two mesquite-grilled vegetable kabobs (they come with plum sauce, wild rice and a potato-crusted veggie cake). $17 per person ($1 less than last year!).

Everyone, according to the letter, also gets a "decadent dessert." And, of course, salad, rolls, coffee or tea.

Members of the Class of 1961, by the way, get to eat free (as the 50-year folks always do). So hit up one of them for a beer.

Dues: $5; same as last year.

Deadline: The Alumni officers would really like to receive your reservations by June 20. That's not an absolute-must, but would be much appreciated.

Mailing address:

-- Little Valley Alumni Association
-- P.O. Box 162
-- Little Valley, N.Y. 14755-0162

As always, if you wish you can also send along contributions to either the:

-- Little Valley Central School Alumni Association's General Fund

or the

-- Memmott-Langhans Scholarship

Just include a note (if you haven't gotten your invitation form) about where you'd like the donation to go and if you'd like it to be in memory of a fellow alum.

Checks should be made out to the "LVCS Alumni Association."

Hope to see many of you there.

This Year's Speaker: Harlow Fisher

There's confirmation from Alumni President Kevin Andrew that the featured speaker at this year's Alumni Dinner (scheduled for June 25) is the Class of 1961's Harlow Fisher.

Many alums will recall that Harlow's brother Joey had some fun at his sibling's expense a couple year's back.

Sad News: 'Jed' Jedrzejek Has Died

We're sorry to be a little late passing along the news that Edward W. "Jed" Jedrzejek, died on April 15. He was 88, according to the obituary printed in the Olean Times-Herald.

Along with being the husband of Jeanette, father of Kathy, Mary and Mike, a World War II gunner on bombing missions over Japan and a former mayor of Little Valley, Mr. Jedrzejek was an educator. And his teaching years included some at LVCS, where he taught driver education, science, math and industrial arts.

Later on, he was the first vocational principal at the North Area BOCES in Ellicottville.

According to the Times-Herald, "memorials may be made to the Little Valley Ambulance Service."

Class Of '79 To Gather On July 3

Ron Johnson writes:

Attention members of the LVCS Class of '79. We are planning a reunion/get together Saturday July 3rd, 2011 [that's one week after the Alumni Dinner]. The place has not yet been selected. Some members of the class are using Facebook to catch up. Updates will be made to this site as details are finalized. Feel free to contact Ron Johnson at ronson.johnson03@gmail.com with questions or comments.

'76 Plans Shaping Up

Fellow members of the Class of '76 -- Here's the latest word from Nell:

Ron, Pam, Ray, Dori and I met last night and discussed many subjects....some related to the reunion :)

Here we go:

-- informally meet at the Legion on Friday evening, June 24.

-- picnic noon to 3 or 4 on Saturday afternoon, place to be determined.

-- attend Alumni dinner on Saturday night, June 25.

Also, maybe a quick tour of what memorabilia the Alumni Association has gathered in "museum" currently housed in the Municipal Hall. Maybe a tour of the school too?

We'll keep you informed.....we plan to meet again Thursday night, April 7 at 7:00 at Hughes'.

Class Of '76: Let's Get Together!

All right folks. It's time to plan how to mark our 35th.

Nell and Pam and probably some others are starting to toss around ideas. What about gathering some place (the Legion?) on the Friday night (June 24) of alumni weekend.

Or, perhaps something on Saturday (though many may be busy with other things and the alumni dinner that night).

I'm glad to act as a clearing house for suggestions. You can e-mail me: memmottmark@yahoo.com.

Or, Nell's e-mail is Nell_Fellows@caboces.org.