It's beginning to look a lot like.....

Best wishes for a great holiday to all our DEAR friends!

Some former fifth grade DIS teachers got together or breakfast (it has become a Christmas Eve Day tradition). So good to see everyone, and so glad that we have all stayed in touch!

Allen Zwick, Roberta Sallee, Jackie Bell, Ron Carraci, Kathryn Schneider and assorted spouses!

Holiday time....have a good one!

Wishing all of our DEAR friends a very good holiday. 
See you next year! :-)

December 2018 Dooney's Pub

November lunch

Today was fun! Thanks for the good time!

See you in December. Meanwhile, stay warm and dry....and, if you have the chance, head over to Moorestown for Bruce's concert on December 7th.

Missing summer warmth?

It was a sunny, yet cold and windy, day as we met at Dooney's yesterday for our October lunch rendezvous.

New lunch menu at Dooney's! The food was delicious and all in attendance had a good time...and missed those of you who weren't.

Our next lunch date is Tuesday, November 27th. Meanwhile, enjoy the fall and have a wonderful Thanksgiving!

September Lunch Rendezvous

Marcia, Barbara, Janet, Bruce, Ron, Judy, Marion, Jeanne, Rosina, Barbara, Joan, John

Our thoughts are with our absent friends, especially those affected by Hurricane Florence.

We'll be seeing some of you at the BCREA Fall Membership meeting Oct. 18. Hopefully we'll be finding out more about the upcoming healthcare changes there as well as the NJREA meeting next week.

Our next DEAR lunch is October 24th, 12:30 at Dooney's Pub. Hope to see you there.

School Bells Ring....

This is my 12th year of not having to be ready to go back to school. I have to say, it makes me very happy.
I had mentioned the annual First Day of School Trip to Seaside, but it was really hot on Tuesday so that didn't happen this year.
I hope you all had a great summer and I look forward to seeing you for some of our lunches this coming year.

Our next one is September 18th, a Tuesday this time. Hope to see you there!- Roberta

Just a reminder- we have lots of photos from lunches and other events over the years at: https://seeingoldfriends.shutterfly.com/

There's a GoFundMe for Morris Burton going on

Marge Gessmann wanted to share this information with everyone. 
In case you didn't know him, Morris Burton was a Delran school board member for many years and was a good friend to all.
This is the link that explains his current situation:
https://www.gofundme.com/help-me-help-morris-burton

We talked about him and many other subjects at today's lunch at Dooney's Pub.

                               More photos

Look who came! Mary Catherine! (We haven't seen her in awhile).
Kathryn was newly back from her Alaska trip (she loved it). Rosemary and Bruce are Ireland-bound soon. Ron, Marcia, Judy, Jean, and I had stories to share.

Jennie, hope your mom is okay. All on vacation, hope you're having fun! Hello to Jackie in France! All babysitting...good for you...enjoy those kids! 
Good wishes for a wonderful summer to you all and hope to see you next time. (No date set for August yet*).
*Update: August 23rd (a Thursday!) is the next lunch date!

Hot enough for you?

4th of July Fireworks display

Hi! I hope your summer is going well!
I am looking forward to seeing some of our DEAR friends on July 25th at Dooney's for lunch at 12:30.
What have you all been up to?
I am in Ohio for our annual (honeymoon!) Jamboree in the Hills. :-)

Enjoying country music  in the hills of Ohio

School's Out for Summer

Barbara, Ron, Marcia, Peg, Bruce, Judy, Jean, Rosina, Judy, Ginny

Our June lunch at Dooney's was another fun get together. Non-retiree Ginny Morales was able to join us and I encourage you to invite other available non-retired-but-on-vacation colleagues to our summer lunches, the next of which is Wednesday, July 25th.
More photos

Delran Retirement Lunch 2018

June 12th The Merion  Photos from this year's retirement luncheon

https://delranea.shutterfly.com/

    So many new faces! I have been retired since July 2006 (!!), and a lot of friends have retired, too, in the interim between then and now. That's why I treasure our DEAR lunches.

Karen won the 50-50!

Congratulations on your retirement, Jennie! <3

Have fun this summer; hope to see you this winter!

Ani is just one of the many Delran teachers that I had the pleasure of teaching!

Hope your summer season is going well and hope to see you next week! 

Cancellation of Bruce's Concert

Sadly, due to outside circumstances (weather and church considerations), Bruce's Community Concert group will not be able to perform tomorrow night (Friday, June 1) at the Strawberry Festival. 

I know you those of you who were looking forward to attending are as disappointed as I.

Costa Rica Tripping

Our retired Delran colleagues Joanne Karwacki, Wilma Kaelin, Marcia Konieczka, and their friend Judy Erickson are having big big fun on their annual Girls Trip....this year in Costa Rica.

Judy posted this photo on Facebook.

Don't they look happy? :-)

Guess who we ran into?

All was good for the May gathering, despite the fact they had given our orignal table away to another group.
Good friends, good food, good times.

We were delighted when a group of DIS teachers came in and sat at a nearby table on their "half day".

Hard to believe another school year is drawing to a close.
The retirement lunch for Delran is June 12th. Who's in?

Weather, right?

I hope to see many of you Wednesday (May 16) at our next scheduled Dooney's lunch (12:30) and that your spring season has been going well.

The outrageous weather our nation (and we specifically) have been experiencing reminds me of many a disaster movie.  You too?

I am looking forward to the strawberry and ice cream and cake treats that they'll be selling at the Annual Strawberry Festival at the First Presbyterian Church of Moorestown on Friday, June 1st and listening to Bruce's (free) concert at 6:15. Hope to see you there, too!
Here's the poster of the event, if you are there for more than just the concert.

Another fun gathering at Dooney's

It was great to see everyone again after this cold, snowy winter season.
(Photos at https://seeingoldfriends.shutterfly.com/ )

Tom Parente was a first timer and welcome attendee. Joan Klaus took time from packing for her upcoming trip to join us now that she is home in NJ from her home in Miami.

Upcoming events include Bruce's Moorestown Community Band concert Friday, April 20th and the BCREA Spring Meeting/Luncheon on May 10th.

Our next lunch is set for Wednesday, May 16th at 12:30 at Dooney's Pub in Delran. Hope to see you there!

Fun in FL and next lunch date

Ron and I had a very lovely mini DEAR lunch at Joan's place in Miami...beautiful!

Now we are looking forward to the next Dooney's DEAR lunch on Wednesday, April 11th.

In other news, just a reminder that Bruce's concert has been moved to Friday, April 20th. Hope to see you there, too!

Sorry we got snowed out!

 Our March 7th date was a bust....but better to stay home and be safe.

Hopefully the snow will be past us by our next get together - date unset as yet.

We are welcoming Susan Caccese to our group; thanks, Rosemary for sharing her email.

Also, we are looking forward to Bruce's concert April 13th and hope you can join us!

First lunch in the New Year

It was great to see everyone who could make it today! We had a lot of fun talking and enjoying the good food at Dooneys.

Hope a lot of you can make it to the next one- Wednesday, March 7th.

Congratulations to Warren on the purchase of his brand new, as of today, Chevy Colorado.

Holding Suzanne in our thoughts as she undergoes surgery tomorrow morning.

Condolences to Doris Christie's family. I was so sad to learn of her passing.

Warm thoughts for our friends in Florida....... Ron and Joan, I look forward to seeing you soon!  and Janet looks like she's having a great time.

And, in conclusion, E A G L E S......Eagles!!! 

More sad news

Charlotte Baker, our former colleague passed away on January 1st.

Charlotte Anderson Baker of Cinnaminson passed away on January 1, 2018. She was 95 years old, leaving this earth beloved by her family and many friends. She was a life-long resident of Burlington County, born in the Bridgeboro section of Delran. At a time when many peers left school without a degree, she graduated Palmyra High School - 1938; received a B.S. degree from Trenton State Teachers College now the College of New Jersey and a Master’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania...

Honored ECW Woman - 1999; Honored Senior member of St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Riverside - 2012
 Friends and relatives are invited to her visitation 9 to 10:30 a.m. Friday, January 5 at Lankenau Funeral Home, 303 Bridgeboro Street, Riverside, NJ. A funeral service will follow at 11 a.m. at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, 324 Bridgeboro Street, Riverside, NJ 08075. Interment with then be held at Lakeview Memorial Cemetery, Route 130 North, Cinnaminson, NJ.

May she rest in peace.