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An Internet
email newsletter
connecting the alumni
of
Volume 2, Number 3
------------------ November 2002
Larry L. Oatman,
Editor
<HOME ROOM LINK>
Welcome to <BATH
LINK> a newsletter for and about
anyone who graduated or
attended
information about
classmates, reunions, school events, teachers, plus web
site links, a pop quiz,
some humor and other items of alumni interest. The
newsletter, due to
having 45 graduating classes (and all are important), is
somewhat long. It is
suggested that if you don't have time to read it all
right now, save it in a
special folder named, "BATH LINK," and then read it
when you do have the
time.
(Ed. Not: A couple of
explanations for you out-of-towners: The ISP used for
the email address of bathllink@wcoil.com, WCOIL stands for West
Central
as Elida, OH, when
actually it really is in
Post Office delivery
area. Also, thanks to all of you who took the time to
reply to the inquiry of
"Are you related to..." The newsletter subscriber list
has grown to over 1200.
So, please keep me posted on any email address
changes.)
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The Wildkitten's incredible 46-game winning
streak was broken in
maybe it was the cold
weather, maybe it was fate, but it wasn't lack of
defense or heart that
won one more game to
become state champions.
A true team effort through out the season, with
star pitcher Grace
Luginbuhl getting 26
wins and coach Laura Ford getting career victory No.
400 in her 19th year at
would require to list
the entire rooster.
So, the four graduating seniors are 2B-Sarah
Alger, 3B-Leslie
Grace Luginbuhl and
C-Tessa Mosley; the four juniors are OF-Amanda
Barnes, 1B-Korrie
Collins, DH-Janika Horrison and CF-Andrea Plaugher;
the five sophomores are
OF-Caitlin Bradley, OF-Jenny Sawyer, RF-
Stephanie Sielschott,
LF-Mary Simindinger and 1B-Brittany Taylor; the three
freshmen are OF-Jenna
Andrews, LF-Amanda Cogley, SS-Amanda
Houchin. Great season,
great team!
<MUSIC ROOM LINK>
The Bath Music Association is holding its
annual fruit sale from now until
Nov. 27. Members sell a
variety of fresh fruit. Contact a high school band
memberor the choir
direction at 419-221-0366 to place an order. The fruit
will be available for
pick Dec. 6 and 7 in the high school band room.
Several
jazz bands in the
community.
Amanda Burkhart (BHS'03) was selected to
perform in the Ohio Music
Educators Association's
Honors Concert Band, and Matt Burden (BHS'03)
was selected to perform
in the group's honors Jazz band. He was also
chosen for a select
orchestra. This year, the association started a group of
junior high students.
Selected from
Wright and Jenny Linton.
The Bath Symphony Band was recently invited
to perform at
State University and
will perform in
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-- Annual Get-together,
Class of '59,
-- 43rd
-- 40th
-- 35th
-- 30th
-- 25th
-- 20th
-- 15th
-- 10th
-- 5th
Check individual
<CLASS LINK> for more details.
RING-G-G-G-G-G-G!
There's the school bell. Time to go to your class.
<1957 CLASS LINK>
Kay (Crawford) Reynolds
(BHS'57) has lived in Garden City, MI, since
1958. She was divorced
from Don Terfinger in 1970 and then was married
to Virgil Reynolds for
almost 29 years until he died in 1999 of a massive
heart attack. She has
five children, 11 grandchildren and two great-
grandchildren. Her
brother, Mike (BHS'58), lives is
builds houses.
NEW '57 SUBSCRIBERS:
Carolyn (Baker) Schmidt of Columbus Grove,
OH; Marilyn (Baker)
Welch of
Larry Bilbrey of
(unknown); Larry Fett of
Hempker of
Lynch of
Marilyn (Trempert) Lynch
of
<1958 CLASS LINK>
Lana (McKanna) Bowsher
(BHS '58) writes that she has lived in
since 1982, where she
works as a Human Resource Manager for
Manhattan Insurance
Group in
been married for 41
years and have three children and nine grandchildren.
And she says. "It
is great! You can have them for the day, love them, then
send them home. We love
to golf, fish and read a lot. We are very active in
our church, Rosehill
United Methodist. In high school, she was involved in
band, honor society,
school newspaper and yearbook."
NEW '58 SUBSCRIBERS:
Patricia (Craine) Cady of
of
<1959 CLASS LINK>
It is with deep sadness
the following is reported.
Francis Sylverster "Boog" Ginter,
61, of Kodak, TN, formerly of
at
He was a member of the Class of 1959,
however he quit school after his
junior year in 1958. To
his credit, he later went back to school, not for a
G.E.D, but a full
diploma and graduated in 1974 from Lima Senior High.
He was born
Johnson, who preceded
him in death. His stepfather, Carl Johnson,
survives in
Francis retired in 1989 from Ford Motor Co.
Lima Engine Plant. He was a
native of
Survivors also include a son, Dan (Betsy)
Ginter of
stepsons, Cain Treadway
and Luke Treadway; both of Kodak, TN; two
daughters, Cheryl
Schiffler and Christine (Scott L.) Frueh, both of
stepdaughter; Nikki
Treadway of Kodak, TN; a brother, Arthur (BHS'58)
(Carol) Ginter of
Lafayette; six grand-children, Tierra Schiffler, Tiffany
Hyter and Robert Frueh,
all of
of
great-grandchild,
Madison Hyter of
He was preceded in death by a sister, Barb
Ginter; and a
great-grandchild,
Maridian Hyter.
(Ed.Note: Like a number of you, the last time
I saw Francis was at the '59
Class reunion in 1996 at
the Lost Creek Country Club. Unfortunately that
night, he quietly
slipped away from the gathering when classmates were
given an opportunity to
stand up and talk about themselves. Obviously, he
wasn't much for public
speaking and as the MC that night, I never would
have asked him to speak
if he'd rather not. I admired Francis for going back
to school and graduating
from high school, something that must have been
difficult for him, since
he was five years older than his classmates. After
working at Ford and
retiring to
home, again something to
his credit.)
Jeanette (Gross)
Lawrence (BHS '59) is a successful realtor with over three
million dollars in sales
in the
daughters. Jeanette is
remarried to Joseph J. Lawrence.
NEW '59 SUBSCRIBERS:
Karen Sue (Briley) Williamson of
<1960 CLASS LINK>
It is with deep sadness
the following is reported.
Michael T. Knotts (BHS'60), 61, died
February 2002 after
serving six years as fire chief for the
Fire Department. He had
joined the department in 1979 and during his
career, he served as
senior fire investigator, fire inspector, association
president, lieutenant,
captain, and assistant chief. He also had farmed for
several years and
retired from Roundy's in 1995.
Born
Isable Taylor Knotts,
who survive in
Carolyn Trempert
(BHS'61), who also survives, along with a son, Greg
(BHS'81) of
OH, and Amy Shaw
(BHS'95) of
Jenkins of Columbus
Grove, OH; and four grandchildren.
Since the Class of '60
has never had a class reunion, several members are
seriously talking about
having one this year. It would be an odd year, the
43rd
interested mailto:bathlink@wcoil.com and you email will be
passed along.
Sandy (Bruno) DeStefano (BHS'60) of
for 37 years and has a
daughter and two grandchildren. Those who saw
her on recent visit to
ever seen. Must be all
that tennis she loves to play.
NEW '60 SUBSCRIBERS:
Sandy (Bruno) DeStefano of
Higbie of
Adahbelle (
Dale Skinner of
<1961 CLASS LINK>
John Carl Wooley (BHS
'61) married Sara Lawton (BHS '64) and they live
in
free-lance photographer.
NEW '61 SUBSCRIBERS:
Carolyn Louse (Trempert) Knotts of
<1962 CLASS LINK>
Robert J. Scheer (BHS
'62) of
Labor Relations Counsel
for Smurfit-Stone Container Corp. since 1968 after
stints with the Fuller
Henry law firm in
Crown Zellerbach in
College (Indiana) in
1966 and from the
in 1969. (No lawyer jokes,
please.) He and his wife Judy have lived in the
Bay Area since 1982. She
is a graduate of The University of Toledo and is
a software analyst at
PeopleSoft. Their son Mike was born in 1983; was All-
State in high school
football, an Eagle Scout and is currently a student at
The University of
California-Davis, where he plays football. Bob adds that
his brother Bill (BHS
'58) lives in
in
NEW '62 SUBSCRIBERS:
Thomas M. Hawk of
(Smith) O'Brien) of
<1963 CLASS LINK>
Robert W.
"Rick" Meade (BHS'63) has lived in
except for several years
in the Navy. He retired from the Nevada Test Site
and now is in law
enforcement in
safety expert providing
training at the police academy. He is married and
has two sons, one
daughter and two grandsons.
NEW '63 SUBSCRIBERS:
Weldon Lester Jenkins of
Henrietta (Lewis) Atwood
of
Vegas, NV;
<1964 CLASS LINK>
It is with deep sadness
the following is reported.
Stephen L. Birchfield
Sr., 55, (BHS'64) died
Robert McKinley and
Addie Matilda Birchfield. On
married Nancy L.
(Sartain) Harelson (BHS'63). He was a sergeant at the
Boy Scout master and a
member of the Forest Park United Methodist
Church. Survivors
included his mother; wife: a son, Stephen; a daughter,
Nancy and two
grandchildren.
Juanita "Nita"
(Jenkins) Kissick (BHS '64) writes that she manages a
museum store, where she
does the buying, advertising and writes a
newsletter. She has six
children and is active in her church, including the
choir that has recorded
two CDs. She lives on a golf course, loves antiques
and doll collecting.
NEW '64 SUBSCRIBERS:
Alan Buck of
of
(Loescher) of
LA; Linda (
<1965 CLASS LINK>
It is with deep sadness
the following is reported.
Larry Dean Griffin, 54, of
8, 2002, at his
residence. He was a 1965 graduate of
Born
He was a parts sales-manager for Auto Zone,
Humble, TX, and had
worked as a surveyor for
Inter-Globe Marine Consultants. He was an Air
Force veteran.
Survivors also include a daughter, Sarah
(Patrick) Henry of Palm Bay, FL;
a stepson, Robert Haley
of
Griffin of Lima; a
sister, Kim (Dwayne LaRue) Brown of Cloverdale; and two
grandchildren, Taylor
Henry and Patrick Henry.
Memorial services were June 13, at
Chamberlain-Huckeriede Funeral
Home. Memorial
contributions may be made to the American Heart
Association,
Condolences may be to mailto:chfh@nicsweb.com
James A. Meyer (BHS'65)
lives in
manager.
NEW '65 SUBSCRIBERS: Al
Dean Best of
Eugene Goetz of
Alyce (Whetsel) Hawk of
<1966 CLASS LINK>
Robert Eugene Hempker
(BHS'66) of
miles from Branson. Bob
is an outstanding steel guitar player and for over
20 years was a member of
Loretta Lynn's band, the "Coalminers." His
name is listed in the
closing credits of the movie, "Coal Miner's Daughter.
He took a six year
sabbatical from the music bus from 1986-91. He
returned in 1992 and
currently is a member of Roy Clark's band, "
Toys."
NEW '66 SUBSCRIBERS: Dr.
James J. Augsburger of
Thomas Robert Clark of
Eugene Hempker of
NV; Nancy (Parlette)
Buck of
<1967 CLASS LINK>
C. Robert Cales (BHS'67)
has written his first novel, "Devil Glass," a love
story laced with horror
and set in
Barnes & Noble.com
and [ http://www.antitheus-vitrum.com ], his own web
site. Watch out Stephen
King, here comes Bob. Now that's scary!
NEW '67 SUBSCRIBERS:
Rev. Gail Lynn Altstaetter of
Edward Ansley of
Louise (Baughman) Lee of
OH; Mary Margaret
(Bohyer) Van Wagner of
Brown of
Caton of
Burroughs of
Lewis Edward Graham of
LaGoy of
Hilyard of Spencerville,
OH; Donna Marie (Offenbacher) Cummans of Lima,
OH; Robert E. Wireman of
Lima, OH
<1968 CLASS LINK>
Ben E. Diepenbrock
(BHS'68) is a CPA and running unopposed for the
Allen County Auditor in
the November General Election. He was a deputy
auditor for the state of
Ohio for 21 years. Ben graduated from Bowling
Green State University
and is a Viet Nam veteran with two tours in the Air
Force. He lives in win
Lakes addition in Bath Township, where he is an
EMT for the Bath Fire
Dept. His wife, Shelly is a real estate agent for the
Cowan Co. They have
three children: Ryan, 24; Greg, 20; and Emily, 14.
NEW '68 SUBSCRIBERS: Ben
E. Diepenbrock of Lima, OH; Kathi (Best)
Mourningham of Lima, OH;
Mike Kannard of Shaker Heights, OH; Ann
(Kissel) Bush of Citrus
Heights, CA; Gary Allan Kunkleman of Elida, OH;
Michael Joseph McPheron
of Colorado; Byron Smith of Maryland; Rexine
(Niebel) Thompson of Tampa,
FL; Roger Neal Thompson of Tampa, FL
<1969 CLASS LINK>
Rhonda (Whetsel)
(BHS'69) of Dayton, TN, is a regional advisor for the
Longaberger Company of
Newark, OH. She married classmate John Craig
Cameron Kammeyer (BHS'69)
and they have three daughters: Nichole
Jessica, 23; Ashley
Elizabeth, 17; and Caithlin Leigh, 12. Both Nicole and
Caitlin followed in
their mother's footsteps as drum majors for their high
school.
NEW '69 SUBSCRIBERS:
Gary Alan Czeto of Lima, OH; Janell (John) Del
Vesco of Lima, OH; Diane
Lynn (Lewis) Smith of Waterloo, IN; Michael J.
Mattevi of Lima, OH;
Janet Sue (Metzger) Basinger of Lima, OH; Gregory
Michael Stevenson of
Dublin, OH
<1970 CLASS LINK>
Dennis Wayne Hanthorn
(BHS'70) is the General Director of the Florentine
Opera Company in
Milwaukee, WI. He has also been the Managing Director
for Ohio's Dayton Opera
and the General Manager for Cincinnati Chamber
Orchestra. He has spent
time consulting for National and International
opera companies and
various arts organizations throughout the years.
Dennis lives in
Cedarburg, WI, with his wife Rebecca and three children,
Rachel, Micah and
Hannah.
NEW '70 SUBSCRIBERS:
Janice Kay (Evans) Roosenberg of Harrisburg,
PA; Prisscilla (Fedele)
Connors of Lakeland, FL; Steven Wayne Haller of
Spencerville, OH; Dennis
Hanthorn of Milwaukee, WI; Marlene Kay (Hover)
Prenzlin of Union City,
TN; Karen Jean (Jett) Swallow of Lima, OH; Randall
Allen Landes of East
Liberty, OH; Carleen Elizabeth (Shepard) of Lima, OH;
Sandy (Williams) Robbins
of Elida, OH
<1971 CLASS LINK>
Donald E. Jennings (BHS
'71) moved back to Ohio about a year ago after
living in Orlando, FL,
for three years. He is a computer programmer for the
city of Westerville. Don
was married for 17 years and divorced last year. He
has a daughter: Alishia,
17; and a son, Brad, 16. His twin brother, John also
lives in Columbus and
works for the city of Westerville as an accountant.
NEW '71 SUBSCRIBERS:
Karen Lee (Best) Schultz of Petoskey, MI; Pam
(Diepenbrock) Swickrath
of Elida, OH; Rick Jenkins of Cairo, OH; Nuanna
(Kannard) of Columbus,
OH; John O. Smith of Hunt Valley, MD
<1972 CLASS LINK>
Vicki (Mattevi) Wilson
(BHS '73) posted that she enjoys working in a private
school with grades six
through 12 as a Guidance Counselor and also has a
private counseling
practice. She and her husband Rod, who she met in
graduate school, live in
Salem, OR and have three sons: Andrew, 23;
Zachary, 19; and
William, 17. At Bath she participated in marching band,
choir in her freshman
year. She posted, "Since I love singing, I enjoyed the
musicals, even though I
never had a lead role, being part of a production
was awesome! Also being elected to Student Council, All
Sports Court and
Cheerleading meant a lot
to me. They were confidence builders, but most
of all I cherish the
friendships during high school."
Sorry that last months
newsletter incorrectly listed Rhonda (Boraten) Hawk
(BHS '72) as a member of
the class of 1971.
NEW '72 SUBSCRIBERS:
David S. Boyles of Lima, OH; Tryna L. (Burtchin)
Brown of Lima, OH; Dan
Fifer of Lima, OH; Becky (Hawk) Hollinger of
Marion, OH; Jeff A.
Helser of Lima, OH; Donald Hunt of Ada, OH; Jackie
Johnson of Lima, OH;
Barbara (Koontz) Powell of Columbus, OH, Mark
Leedy of Lima, OH;
Bonnie (Lewis) Landes of Toledo, OH; Linda (Long)
Branstetter of Tarpon
Springs, FL; Greg Markley of Lima, OH; Cindy
(Mattevi) Beyer of
Warsaw, OH; Frank Newbauer of Cincinnati, OH; David
White of Columbus, OH
<1973 CLASS LINK>
Susan (Goedde) (BHS'73)
married Dan Fifer (BHS'72) and they live in
Lima, OH.
NEW '73 SUBSCRIBERS:
Linda (Kissel) Boyles of Lima, OH; Jill
(Caughman) Carter of
Marysville, OH; Carol (Fedele) of (unknown); Garry
Goetz of Belle Center,
OH; Cynthia (Skeid) of New Port Richey, FL
<1974 CLASS LINK>
Belinda Jo (Lehman) Zipf
(BHS'74) of Worthington, OH, is married and the
mother of six children,
a 17 and 13-year-old still at home. She owns two
businesses: a medical
practice and a freelance technical writing consulting
firm. She is a
three-time OSU graduate and has worked in healthcare and
marketing settings.