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St Marys 1971 announcements

 

2019 gathering dates have been added. 
Please mark your calendar and watch for email updates in the event changes are necessary!
For Dragons living away from STL please let us know date(s) you plan to be in town. 
Every effort will be made to hold a gathering while you are here.
Unless specifically requested no RSVPs are needed.  
All events are open; friends and family are encouraged to join us!
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Mike Donahue sent a request
asking if any classmates have video of our graduation.
Pretty sure if the old 8mm movies have been converted to DVD
they can be uploaded to YouTube then posted on our class website.
My dad took slide photos
 
After almost 50-years it would be fun to watch a video! 
Please click here to let us know if you have something we can post
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Last summer Bill Fillman moved to Texas and is enjoying retired life. 
Bill asked the following message be posted to this page
 
"Gordon Beck has been fighting liver cancer for the past six months.
John Pearson and John Buerman finally tracked him down.
Gordon is in hospice at Life Care Center of Florissant,
1207 Garden Plaza Dr, Florissant MO 63033, Room 222, phone 314-831-3752."
 
Bill said Gordon has his mental acuity and would enjoy a visit by any of our classmates.
If not a visit certainly prayers for God's speed and comfort.
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7:00PM Thursday  March 14, 2019

DB Cooper's Safe House
"Dragon owned and supports Taste of SM"
( Celebrating Kevin Humphrey's birthday )
6109 Gravois Ave near Christy

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SM Alumni Meeting
7:30PM April 18, 2019

At St Mary's Cafeteria, free refreshments

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5:00PM Thursday April 25, 2018

With the Benedictine College Golf group at Failoni's
To enter  or support the Benedictine Golf Tournament 
please contact Phil Miceli

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7:00PM Thursday May 16, 2019

The Mack
4615 Macklind Ave
"Dragon owned and supports Taste of SM"

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1:00-4:00 pm Saturday day June 1, 2019

Dragon Fest in the St Mary's Quad
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7:00PM Thursday June 20, 2019

Doc Haus
(Celebrating Daniel Armbruster's birthday)

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SM Night at Grizzlies Park


7:05PM Gametime
Thursday July 25, 2019 vs Lake Erie Crushers
$7 general admission ticket
meet at right field picnic tables
from the JB bridge exit Mousette Lane the go left

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SM Alumni Meeting
7:30PM Thursday August 15, 2019

At St Mary's Cafeteria, free refreshments

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7:00PM Thursday September 19, 2019
J. Smug's Gastro Pit  BBQ

"Dragon owned and supports Taste of SM"
2130 Macklind Ave on the Hill

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SM Alumni Meeting
7:30PM Thursday October 17, 2019

At St Mary's Cafeteria, free refreshments

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2019 4th Annual Taste of SM
Dragon-owned restaurants come together 
for one of the most fun events in the gym each year 

Date to be announced
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SM Alumni Christmas Party
7:00PM Thursday December 5, 2019

At St Mary's Cafeteria, free refreshments
Take this as your reminder to renew your
$25 annual membership

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 Please  join the Alumni Association by 
clicking the link below.  It's only $25 and all us  would love to 
be able to say Class of '71 has the most members of any graduating class!

Click the dragon to go to the Alumni Association's website to join up for only $25
St Mary's has a goal of a minimum of 500 annual members.
We are currently at 343
Let's do our part to help make it happen.
 
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-Past Events-
 
February 21 Alumni Meeting
At the alumni meeting were Board members; Kevin Humphrey and Larry Held, along with
Surprise Dragon David Tornatore, Frank Flesch and Dan Armbruster.  Not pictured, Ed DeGreeff and Rick LaGrotta
Class of 71 well represented
 
DeGreeff Family also well represented
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Thursday January 3, 2019  Beckerle's Hiltop Tavern
 
Pipitone, Dauphin, R Simokaitis, Rutledge, Armbruster, Fairchild '72 and Miceli
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Denny Werner's 2018 Doc Haus Christmas Party


John Pipitone, Marty Erickson, Rick LaGrotta, Tom Fitzsimmons,
Bob Simokaitis, Ed Weindell, Frank Flesch, Kevin Humphrey, Mike Dauphin
not pictured Larry Held, Jack Favre, Dan Armbruster and Phil Milceli
Click the photo to see more pictures from the party.
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2018 Alumni Christmas Party
Ed Weindell, Dan Armbruster, Bob Simokaitis, Mike Paneri, Rick LaGrotta, Rich Rutledge,
present but not pictured; Larry Held and Kevin Humphrey
 
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Mike Dauphin's son Michael was
appointed City of St Louis Assessor
Congratulations to the Dauphin family
for such a fine accomplishment
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November 8 at Stacked Burger Bar
Marty Erickson, Mike Dauphin, Steve Buchheit, Steve's friend Lynn, Larry Held, Rick LaGrotta,
Rich rUTLEDGE, Mick Rea, Bob Simokaitis and not pictured; John Pipitone
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2018 SM HOF Banquet
At the 2018 SM HOF Banquet, John Roeslein and his family
were joined by '71 classmates; Frank Flesch, Dan Armbruster, 
Mike and Len Panneri, Tom and Terry Fitzsimmons and Rick LaGrotta
Click here to see more photos from the evening
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2018 Taste of St Mary's was a great success
From '71 we had Kevin Humphrey,Larry Held,
Rich Rutledge, Frank Flesch, Pat Wheatley, Mike Vetz, Ed DeGreeff and Rick LaGrotta
 
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October 18 Alumni Meeting
Larry Held, Rick LaGrotta, Phil Miceli, Dan Armbruster, Kevin Humphrey, Rich Rutledge
Larry and Kevin are Alumni Assn board members
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July 26 Grizzlies Game
LaGrotta, Flesch, Fillman, Collignon, R Simokaitis and Miceli
Dan Armbruster and John Mernah called to become part of the group by phone.
Bill Fillman is credited for suggesting this annual event.  Last night may have been Bill's last time there.  
We wish Bill well as, this Fall, he will be moving to Texas to live the retired life.
 
One of the things that make's the Grizzlies' game so cool  
is the spectacular view watching the sun set over the St Louis skyline.
Grizzlies trailed most of the game but sealed the win with a grand slam in the 8th.
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April 20, 2018
"Over the Rainbow  Gala"
Supporting Mike Rea's non-profit; Rainbow Villiage were:
Leo Haas, Rick LaGrotta, Mick Rea,
Scott Puettmann. not pictured;
Kevin Thorpe
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The school and its president are working wonders to maintain and grow St Mary's academic and athletic traditions
while slowly updating buildings, grounds and technology needed to be competitive in today's education market.
Choosing an educational path, young men and their families have some pretty good choices.
St Mary's is still in the running offering a great education at a reasonable price. 
The school's aim moving forward is to have and even stronger positive influence on the south side;
educating and guiding its young men while helping to stabilize the neighborhood
setting a high example and by welcoming all to make use of its state of the art athletic facilities.

 
 
The term Renaissance was chosen because of the program's objective;
a rebirth of St Mary's and of the South Side
 
St Mary's Alumni is one of the school's biggest strengths.  
18% of St. Mary's Alumni contribute annually to the school.  
Compared to 5-6% for alumni from other Catholic schools, we are far and away the best!
"St. Mary's" is a great answer to the St Louis question; "Where did you go to high school?"
You don't need a meeting or a special invitation to do what you know is right.  
Please donate as you can to help the rebirth and to keep the tradition alive. 
 
St Mary's High School
4701 South Grand
St Louis, MO 63111
 
 
The class reunion was a blast!
Paul Mueller, Mike Dauphin, Earl Carrol, Phil Miceli, Bob Simokaitis
 
Class photo 
Click either photo to see more shots from the reunion.
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Our class website is always looking to add classmates. 
Currently we have 114 active and 154 inactive!
Visit the classmate profile page to see which guys have not joined the site
and if there is someone there you know well,  ask him to create a profile.
Guest members  (classmate friends and family members) are welcome too!
 
Creating a "Classmate profile"...it's easy and it's free! 
Go to Classmate Profiles click on your name,
confirm your contact information and enter a password. 
 For more details about this website click:  Getting Started
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Class of '71 Website Stats

Home Page Visitors:

72,752

(cumulative total visitors we've had since creating our class web site)
Percentage Of Active Classmates: 41.8%

 

A: 115 Active
B: 155 Inactive

Please encourage fellow classmates to create a profile on the website.
Go to "Classmate Profiles" click your name, insert  email address then click send.

      

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See photos of past class reunions courtesy of Mike Krull

This class website was created: 2/4/2011