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21th Anniversary!
WHS Washington High School
Milwaukee, WI  USA
Thursday March 28, 2024
1955
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Class News

11/6/2009
Classmate Barb (Schulze) Rich is VP of AGLOW Lighthouse Development in Wisc
A VP of Lighthouse Development serves as a chief "interest-creator" for Aglow in our area. Barb Rich recently joined the Area Team, and will now serve Southern Wisconsin in focusing on est . . .  Continued

10/19/2008
Robert Confare is ALIVE !!!
Robert Confare, who is listed in the 50th reunion book as deceased, is LIVING in CHANDLER, AZ. WELCOME BACK ROBERT. . . .  Continued

9/15/2008
Marge (Walls) Carseth
The Kerr County Women's Chamber "Woman of the Year" honor was given to Marge (Walls) Carseth. Presented by Nan Schiavo, who noted with amazement of how one person could do so much in o . . .  Continued

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We had our 55th Reunion on Aug 27th, 28th & 29th, 2010
We all had a good time,
but we missed seeing a lot of our old friends.










March Birthdays


March 2 ... Elaine (Chitlik) Steinberger
March 2 ... Robert Hirsch
March 5 ... Janet (Anderson) Kastelic
March 5 ... Vicky (Stein) Benedon
March 6 ... Joan (Dobke)Trotter
March 10 ... Elaine (Sellin) Ryder
March 12 ... Roger Plotkin
March 15 ... Allan Sorensen
March 15 ... Mary (Hotchkiss) Coneway
March 16 ... Shirley (Buwe) Salo
March 18 ... Thomas Johnson
March 18 ... Edward Stuessy
March 18 ... Joanne (Noebel) Fabich
March 25 ... Nadine (Shaw) Zuckerman
March 28 ... Donna (Kirchman) Billings
March 29 ... Pauline (Forman) Joseph



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On Friday, Nov 14th 2008, Irv Hansen (class of 1956) hosted a luncheon at the Wisconsin Club for Richard Westfahl, (class of 1955) who was visiting Milwaukee from Houston Texas. The Wisconsin Club is a beautiful historic building located at 9th & Wisconsin Ave.




On Saturday Sept 13th I toured Washington High School with the Class of 1958, who were having their 50th Reunion that weekend.



You can see the same Still Photo Album HERE
Click on the arrow in the picture to see next large photo.




Here is some memorabilia from Carole (Pagel) Frank (1955)
The Washington Song Book

Thanks to Carole for sharing.


Some of the Slide Shows were moved to separate pages.
Please Click on the name of the Slide Show
that you would like to see.
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1955 Scroll Yearbook Picture Slide Show
Old Milwaukee Slide Show
Milwaukee Now Slide Show
Remember Taking These Vacations with Your Parents?
People who got some of our Allowance Money
1947 Blizzard Picture Slide Show
2007 Mini Reunion Slide Show
2008 Mini Reunion Slide Show
2009 Mini Reunion Slide Show
Army - Ft Leonard Wood & Ft Lewis
Look at Us Now Slide Show




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  EVENTS OF 1937 [email protected]

  To all of those born in 1937--Crypto Chr

Sat 3/29/2014 3:22 PM

  Reunions Sylvia Roitblatt Redleaf

  There's a good article in Parade Magazin

Sun 9/26/2010 3:43 PM

  I will be there Yvonne Pietenpol Cole

  Hey classmates...I will come to the 55th

Thu 4/15/2010 4:24 PM

  2008 Mini-Reunion Bob

  We had our Mini-Reunion on Aug 19th, 200

Sun 9/27/2009 10:12 AM

  Keith Landers wife Janet had surgery Bob

  Keith Landers wife Janet is recovering f

Thu 10/23/2008 8:03 AM

  Complete recovery from quadruple bypass F. John Kessler

  I have made a complete recovery from my

Sun 5/18/2008 2:57 PM

  F. Jonh Kessler recovering after surgery Kessler

  I got to the hospital about 0430 Monday

Sun 1/13/2008 7:54 AM

  F. John Kssler to have surgery Kessler

  The results of my Friday procedure were

Sun 1/13/2008 7:52 AM

  Dick & Nancy (O'Brien) Strobel Dick & Nancy

  Hi All We wish we could be with you for

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  If you are a newcomer WELCOME!!! Here

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  So much to click on, to bring back memor

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   Some statistics from 1955: Bob

  US GDP (1998 dollars): $415.1 billion Fe

Mon 3/26/2007 9:37 PM

  WHS 1955 Class Year Book Photo Page Bob

  We have a Photo web page for the WHS 195

Sun 3/25/2007 10:04 AM

  Washington High School Class of 1955 Photo Al Bob

  We have a Photo web page for the WHS 195

Sun 3/25/2007 9:57 AM

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Today's Featured Biography

 

 
Martin Wiviott


The chronology since 1955:
UWM for a few years. Worked in the UWM Theatre Department (Student President my Junior year). 1959: Started working at the old Fred Miller Theatre on Oakland Street as a Stage Manager. Also worked as a Stage Manager for the revues at the old Fazio's on Fifth Supper Club (how come everything is "old" ?? ). 1960: Drafted into the Army and spent two years in Germany where I was supervisor of all SArmy theatre groups in Germany. 1962: Back to Milwaukee where I became the Stage Manager at the "old" Swan Dinner Theatre downtown on 2nd street. 1963: Stage Manager at the Tenthouse Summer Theatre in Highland Park outside of Chicago. It was a 2500 seat music theatre. In 1965, I was off to California (the first time) for a few years. In 1968, I was the General Manager of the Hawaii Civic Light Opera (another music theatre in Honolulu). Do you sense a pattern developing ?? I lived there for a year. That was fun ! After the performance every night, we went swimming at Waikiki ! Then, in 1969, I returned to the scene of the crime: Milwaukee, where I became the General Manager of the "old" Milwaukee Melody Top Theatre out on Good Hope Road. Two years later I became the Producer there and remained until 1979. So, 25 years after graduating from WHS, in 1980, I went back to California (Los Angeles)to see what I could do in the rest of the world. I had only been in Los Angeles a month when I became Associate Producer on a film: The Attic, with Carrie Snodgress and Ray Milland. What an experience that was !! Working in live theatre was certainly less hectic than films ! In 1981 and 1982 I was Associate Producer at the Sacramento Music Theatre. I had worked with the producers there while I was in Milwaukee, so they invited me to come and work with them in Sacramento In 1983, I became the Producer of the Long Beach (CA) Civic Light Opera, a 3,000 seat musical theatre in Long Beach. In 1990 I was hired by the Nederlander Organization (owners of legitimate theatres in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, 1/2 the theatres on Broadway, and several in London) to supervise their theatrical operations in Los Angeles, including the world famous Pantages Theatre at Hollywood and Vine Streets. I'm still there and enjoying every day ! We currently (4/07) have a long running production of "Wicked" in the theatre. Whew !

Producers John Bowab with Melissa Manchester and Martin Wiviott

at The Actors Fund's Musical Mondays in the lobby

of The Pantages Theatre.







Marty Wiviott, Diane Sawyer, and Marty's sister





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 Death   Harold Keith Landers age 86, of Monona, passed aw
 Posted by: Robert Hirsch

 2/20/2024

   Margot (Cohen) Raz Passed away on February 9, 2024
 Posted by: Robert Hirsch

 2/17/2024

 Death  Arlene (Heiny) Zuckerman, Tucson, AZ has passed aw
 Posted by: Robert Hirsch

 2/17/2024

 Death   Funeral services for Yvonne Levine Stephan, 86,
 Posted by: Robert Hirsch

 1/29/2024

 Death  Jon Edward Kaliebe, 87, passed away on December 28
 Posted by: Robert Hirsch

 1/9/2024

 Death  Diane Lichtig) Vesokie Passed away January 3, 202
 Posted by: Robert Hirsch

 1/3/2024

 Death  Eileen (Gootel) Hersh We are heartbroken to sha
 Posted by: Robert Hirsch

 12/31/2023

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