BCHS Class of 1955
Battle Creek Central High School, Battle Creek, Michigan

Marjo Dingledine Siano: The Battle Creek Chapter of the DAR won 1st place for the Michigan American Heritage Award for the ballroom decorations and decorating which I worked on last summer and decorated on September 30.  I am thrilled and thought I would share as I had written quite a while ago about it. (10425, 4/12/08)

Harry Boesch’s “Gull Lake Jazz Orchestra” performed April 6 at Bayview Gardens at Gull Lake. Dennis Bracey went to hear them, as he's done many times in the past, and sat the evening with Nancy Hoffman Westcott and daughter. Denny's opinion - “These guys are fabulous.” (10419, 4/7/08)

Sincere regrets to Carleton (Bo) Miller on the death of Nancy Wessinger Miller. It was a rough year for both after many good years of tennis, golf, camping, foreign travel, and many other activities. We are sad, we are sorry. Click here to read Nancy's obituary. (10407)

Coach Ted Kjolhede died 2/24/08 in Mt. Pleasant. (10366)

Dick Hale: Just thought I would check in. I am glad to hear about the "55th". Probably not much I can do to help from Maine, but I am offering! Continual notices about deaths of classmates saddens me. It is truly remarkable how such a short time in our lives (3-4 years of BCHS interaction) impacts our lives given everything else that we have experienced. I am still working, owning and running an electronics company. I also found retirement boring after running a large public (NYSE) electronics company for a goodly number of years. My wife and I have 4 kids and 7 grandchildren. We live in Maine on the water, race sailboats in the summer, and try to do some traveling to somewhere warm in the winter. Hope everybody is well. (10286, 12/26/07)

Daniel Marshall Zook died November 28 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (10272, 12/14/07)

Marjo Dingledine Siano's grandson, Jonathan Bowen, 15 years old, has accomplished his goal of visiting all 50 State capitals with a visit October 18 to Juneau, Alaska. (10244)

Ross Morrison: I just checked in on the wonderful BCHS website and must say I'm very happy to see so many classmates still enjoying work.  I've tried retirement three times and so far none have worked.  Like some others I seem to be doomed to never retire.  Carol and I are working as independent contractors (mostly for our oldest son) doing various marketing projects for a variety of companies whenever it involves Chicago and suits our desires.  We both agree that our son either recognizes that "senior citizens" show up for work, or it's a sign of bad parenting and he's getting even. I'm glad to hear we're considering a 55th reunion and I look forward to seeing everyone. (10222, 10/31/07)