West Orange High School 50+1 Reunion
Class of 1971
Welcome to the West Orange High School 50+1 year Reunion attendees!
This website is to provide information concerning our upcoming school reunion.
You can email the program coordinators listed at the bottom with any questions.
The Class of 1971 has scheduled its 50+1 reunion for:
September 10, 2022
6PM-10PM
Zanzibar Rooftop at Turtle Back Zoo
West Orange NJ
Cost is $85 per person which includes food and soft drinks, with cash bar for beer and wine (hard liquor is not permitted on the Zoo premises.) Payment is only possible through check – your own, or through your bank’s online banking.
Make checks payable to:
WOHS Class of '71
c/o Beth Vecchio
16 Ridgedale Ave
Cedar Knolls, N.J.
07927
More than 56 people have paid!
Save the date!
September 10, 2022
Please join FB and see what your classmates are saying!
Class Directory
The committee would like to create a directory for distribution to you. If interested, please send Beth Vecchio any or all of the following information listed below.
Full Name (Maiden and Married), Phone, Street Address, Email)
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Memorial Display
The committee would also like to "Remember" those who have passed away. Please send Beth Vecchio the name of anyone you might know.
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Deadline: 8/28/22
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Whether or not you plan on attending you can still be listed in the directory. Those who attend get a hard copy everyone else will get an electronic version email to them. Please send Beth your info ASAP.
And now for the long awaited rest of the reunion weekend plans! We have been looking for venues for Friday night Meet and Greet and Sunday Brunch which, like the Zanzibar Cafe, allow us to be together outdoors. Friday night will be at McLoone’s, next door to the Turtleback Zoo at 7:30. We were there once before and it’s perfect because it has a really nice, large outdoor patio/ bar overlooking the reservoir. Saturday during the day, if you would like to visit Turtleback Zoo before our reunion, the Zoo has made arrangements for anyone attending our reunion to get admission to the zoo for $10. Just say you are attending the WOHS ‘71 Class Reunion when purchasing your ticket. If you haven’t seen it recently, you will be amazed at how it’s grown. Since some of our classmates have reserved rooms at the Cambria Hotel in Essex Green, the Cambria has agreed to allow us to use their outdoor patio for brunch on Sunday. They have a cafe in the hotel with a breakfast/ brunch menu and we can order at the counter and bring it out to the patio which is furnished with umbrella tables and chairs. Sunday Brunch is called for 10:30. We hope you can attend some or all of these events. And if you have any school yearbooks, pictures or other nostalgia bring it along!
"I haven’t been to any previous reunions, but I fully intend to be at this one. It would be great if we could get a lot of first timers like me to join the core group that’s been to every other reunion and I hope we get a chance to toast those we’ve lost over the years."
- Carl Lang
Payment Deadline
August 25, 2022
People Paid and Attending!
Al Tulane
Ana Barbone
Barbie Rickle Ochs
Beth Vecchio
Bonnie Schaal
BJ Comerford
Carl Botti
Carl Lang
Cathie Bonda Rankin
Cathy Rauchbach Chandler
Cynthia Rosenberg Harney
Cynthia Ciangio
Cynthia Slavin
Craig Haber
Dan Dorner
Donna Chase​
Paid and Attending!
Elizabeth Temple Casper
Fred Goodman
Gail Goldstein Pardo
Hank Jacobs
Howard Krieger
Irene Jacobs
Janice Moskowitz Horn
Jim Poznak
Joan Learner
Jacqueline Hawley
Jane Krupnick
Jeff Wolfson
Jeff Lawler
Jim Laskey
Ken Johnson
Laurie Holmes Baritine
Louis DeRose
Maryann Zarro Papanestor
Martin Rheinfeld
Hurry.... you still have time!
Can you picture their faces?
Look in the digital yearbook below!
Mark Tepperman
Meg Siegler Callahan
Michelle Zemen
Mindy Kirshbaum
Miriam Gillenson Cohen
Nancy Cott Harding
Patti Moss Vernam
Patty Gordon Minsky
Phillip Krasner
Richard Charmoy
Ricky Greenberg
Rick Vicedomini
Robbbi Juliano-Villani
Robert Abrams
Robin Ginsberg Guarino
Robin Hendler Eastern
Stephanie Garthson Singer
Sylvia Lanno Ferrie
Steven Tulin
Sue Spielman Clarke
Tim Fegan
Vickie Learner Adams
The committee has arranged for discounts at these hotels.
Please follow the instructions provided by each place.
Lodging
Cambria
West Orange
Stay at Cambria Hotel West Orange in West Orange, you'll be within a 15-minute drive of New Jersey Performing Arts Center and Rutgers University Newark. This hotel is 8.1 mi (13.1 km) from Prudential Center and 3.3 mi (5.3 km) from Turtle Back Zoo.
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The Cambria is our "official hotel". If you would like to share your room with a classmate please contact: Cathie Bonda
Reunion
Coordinators
A big thank you
to the coordinators!
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Robin Ginsberg Guarino
Cathie Bonda Rankin
Robbie Juliano-Villani
Barbie Rickel Ochs
Stephanie Garthson Singer
Melanie Moore Phelps
Beth Vecchio
Carl Botti
Contacts
"Guys.. all should try to make it .. it will be a blast WO​"
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"Looking forward to it. I’ll be there"
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Can't wait!! Hope to see everyone!!!"
Cost
$85 per person
Payment deadline 7/20/22
Make checks payable to:
WOHS Class of '71
c/o Beth Vecchio
16 Ridgedale Ave
Cedar Knolls, N.J.
07927
(Please email Beth when you send in $$
and/or have questions - TY)
People Finder
Please use this website to encourage friends to attend!
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Here is the link!
We have to get at least 50 people to attend!
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Head Count to Date
Paid & Attending
57
"As of now I will be there. I believe I have been to all of them"
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"I plan on it.."