Suzy Sherkel Nagle, Tom O'Day, Joanne Shimel Magnuson and Dennis Mollura

Joyce Moody Fletcher, Bonnie Henchbarger Powell, Herb Maney and Dennis Mollura

Linda Smith Dale, Sam Lansberry and Joyce Moody Fletcher

- All Sharp and Clear Photos by Karl Nagle

Joyce Moody, at the Tender Age of 7

As we come up on our 50th-Year Reunion planning meeting this Saturday, Aug. 2, from 10 a.m. to noon at the Shaw Library, it is fitting, proper and long overdue that we pay tribute to the one, only, and incredible Joyce Moody Fletcher, who provides the spark, the cohesiveness and the glue for all our reunion efforts.

Joyce has worked tirelessly (and mostly alone) for many years to keep the knowledge, the records and the spirit of Clearfield Area High School alive - not only for the Class of 1959 but also the Golden Bison Alumni Association.

If you ever attended Clearfield Area High School, she has a record of it. If you've ever been "lost"or "gone missing," she'll track you down. That's how she earned the nickname Jessica, as in Jessica Fletcher of the TV series "Murder She Wrote." (Believe Karen Shirey pinned that moniker on her.) And if you've ever died, well, she has a record of that, too.

So, here's to you, Joyce Moody Jessica Fletcher! We love you and we appreciate you, more than you know.

Clearfield Area High School Class of 1959

50th-Year Reunion Planning Meeting

August 2nd - Shaw Library - 10 am - Noon

Come Join in the Planning

and

The Fun!

Betsy Kephart Kruckenberg Uncovers a Treasure of Photos

Betsy Kephart, maybe Seventh or Eighth Grade.

Somedays you open your mail and a wonderful gift arrives. Our classmate Betsy Kephart Kruckenberg produced an envelope full of memorable photos, both students and teachers, primarily from our Junior High School years. What you see here and below are but a fraction of the photos. Watch this website though the next few months for the complete file. Thanks, Betsy. You really came through for your classmates.

Great Group of Girls - Can you Name Them?

Vickie Libreatori and Betsy Kephart

Linda Wright and Kay Skinner

Jerriann Jury

LaRee Luzier

Keith Knepp - This Man Obviously Loves To Party

Keith Knepp's birthday party, 1959

Dressed for the Senior Prom, 1959

White sports coats, pink carnations, and two lovely women in their elegant prom dresses. From left, Fred King, Corrine Gelnett, Sue King and Keith Knepp.

- Copies of photos from Keith Knepp

Molluras Drop In on the Nagles in Indiana, PA

On their way home from a family reunion in Clune (Coal Run), PA, Dennis and Rosemary Mollura had a great idea - why not drop in on Karl and Suzy Nagle at their lovely new home on School Street in Indiana.

The visit was brief but filled with lots of fun and laughs. Suzy and Dennis dominated the conversation, mainly about our 50th-year class reunion in 2009 and some memorable CHS moments and characters. Suzy even promised to deliver the long-awaited "Growing Up in Hyde City" article that she's been "writing" for this website.

Karl and Rosemary played the patient spouse routine and let the conversation wash over them. What choice did they have?

Karl, ever the gracious host, served coffee and made these "historic" photos. We're looking forward to the Reunion Planning Committee this Saturday at the Shaw Library in Clearfield.

- Dennis Mollura

Classmates and Prom-mates, 49 Years Later

Suzy and Dennis, reunited at the Nagle's new home in Indiana, PA on a sunny Sunday morning.

- Photos by Karl Nagle

Tom and Dawn O'Day on the Ice Fields of Alaska

We're not sure which is more breath-taking, the O'Days or the Alaskan Ice Fields.

Interesting note about Dawn. "She married me for my last name," O'Day says. "In Irish she is Dawn of the Day Clan. She really is a 'morning' person."

O'Day could go on and on with this, but we won't let him, at least for now.

Tom and Dawn (of the Day) on Cruise Ship with Glacier in Background

Finally, An Opportunity To Reconnect with Gary Greene

Classmate Gary Greene and his lovely grandchildren, Chasidy Marie, Keirsten Nicole, and SeAnne Elizabeth) ages 8, 7 and 5.

It's been almost 50 years since most of us have connected with classmate Gary Greene. He has not attended any of our class reunions but says he is looking forward to our 50th-year bash in 2009. Gary has led an eventful and fruitful life since we last saw him.

After graduation, he attended Bucknell University and planned to become a biochemist. But a tragic explosion which claimed the life of his father Norman Greene in July 1960 forced him to to leave school for a spell. He enrolled at Indiana State Teacher's College (now University) in 1961 and became a successful junior and senior high school science teacher at Elkton, MD, High School from 1965 through 1995.

He then taught science at Mount Aviat Academy in Maryland for 11 years before "retiring" in 2006. Not one to stay inactive, Gary has been substitute teaching in Cecil County since then, "29 schools, any grade, any subject." During the 2006-07 school year, he taught 187 days in a 180-day school year. How so? Some days he worked two jobs.

Now for a real Clearfield angle. At CHS, Gary was an aspiring wrestler. Although he never stepped on the varsity mat, "I apparently learned something," Gary says. He organized the wrestling program at Elkton High School in 1970 and compiled an impressive record for 23 seasons. Among the highlights of his coaching career, Gary led his team to an undefeated season in 1972-73 and organized the Cecil County Junior Team and the first Cecil County Junior Tournament in 1983 (which, of course, his team won).

After his retirement, the Elkton wrestling program went downhill, so the school invited Gary and his son Mike to return to the mats last year as co-coaches. Talk about being in demand!

Congratulations, Gary, and welcome back. We look forward to seeing you and your family at our 50th-year reunion.

Coach Greene With His Undefeated 1972-73 Wrestling Team

Riding to Victory in Donkey Basketball