The Stags

Forxwoods

2009-06-14T20:27:00.000-07:00

Here's the design for the Stags cap to be distributed at the Foxwoods get together

Florida Reunion --JANUARY 2009

2009-02-03T17:31:00.000-08:00

Natey Freedman arranged for a reunion at the very appropriate Boston Restaurant, on the ocean at Delray Beach, on January 24, 2009. Natey and his wife Ellie were staying in Deerfield Beach for January and Gerry Kawadler was at a 4-day golf weekend in Boca Raton. Merv and his wife, Deborah, were at their condo in Hollywood. Bobby Winn was at his condo in Delray Beach. Gordy Morse, Herbie Wallace and Big Archie Kruskall all live in the area, so it was a grand 7 Stag luncheon rendezvous.
While earlier in the month, Merv, Natey and Gordy (with wives in tow) met at Gordy’s home in Coconut Creek for drinks, and then went out to dinner. And Natey and Ellie had dinner with Herbie Wallace and his wife, Linda, at the Polo Club. But for the most part, we hadn’t seen each other in over 55 years!
We all sat in the upper level of the restaurant overlooking the ocean on a clear, beautiful and sunny day. After the hugs and kisses, with bloody Mary’s and drinks in hand, we settled down to wonderful reminiscing. Right from the start, there was the same special, spirited camaraderie that we had when we were kids. From then on, there was a series of old-time tales with many laughs. Typical of our Boston days, with the exception of Big Arch and his burger, we chowed down on nice lobster rolls.
Here are some of the luncheon highlights:
Big Archie had an earring in his left ear (but no tattoos were in sight) and was still spouting off jokes and his wonderful asthma tales of despair. Same old, lovable Archie.
Herbie noted many tales of Mel Stern and his wild days at Dean Academy.
Herbie and Bobby bought their first car together for $50. It had a rumble seat in the back. Winn never paid up his share, leaving Herb with the whole payment and the car.
At Gordy’s Navy send off party at a hotel on Huntington Ave., Paul Spiegel was supposed to bring some dirty "stag" movies, but he didn’t. The party got out of hand and they were all tipsy from the rum punch. They were playing football in the room. Herb and Mark were puking on Eddie Kezar.
Brownie and Bosse were the noted "experienced" ladies men of the group, with all sorts of girls around in and out of the back seat of the cars! There were a few funny "coming of age" tales.
Gerry Kawadler told a tale of Herbie using his father’s Hudson (with reclining seats). He took Fifi out parking in the Blue Hills one night, left the car running and ran out of gas (maybe both literally and figuratively!).
Herbie remembered some of his wonderful, funny experiences in the Navy Reserves and later in the Navy when he was stationed on an aircraft carrier; and a meeting with Lt. J.G Mark Goldberg in Norfolk, Virginia.
There was some fun laughter about the joining of the Knights of Pythias Solomon Lodge and all the rituals; and Chico Krantz, a wild guy and a great athlete who later became a gangster!
Eddie Green, Herbie Wallace and Mel Stern took up golf. They went to Raymonds Dept. Store in Boston and bought their equipment. They were all playing golf at the Ponkapaug Golf Course and out of the clear blue, this guy comes out of the woods stark naked looking for his golf ball. They couldn’t believe it!
Those steamed hot dogs at the G & G deli on Blue Hill Ave. after Hecht House meetings and dates were great.
Paul Spiegel (6 foot 6) was nicknamed "Hondo".
There were some noted comments about playing basketball at the West End House and making sure we left there in a hurry to avoid being attacked. Merv noted that he was a member of the West End House and that’s where he learned to play basketball at age 11. In college he was a West End House camp counselor up in Kezar Falls, Maine. He was friends with Norm and Dick Levine from Lorna Rd., whose father grew up in the West End and they introduced him there. (It was Herbie Wallace who remembered their names). Merv used to go over to their house on Tuesday nights to watch the Milton Berle Show. Herbie said Norm was a track coach at Brandeis and died about 5 years ago. His brother, Dick, is a dentist. (Herbie said they played football for Boston Latin).
Note: Bobby’s last name is WINN, not WYNN. Bobby graduated in the Class of 1951 (not ’50) at Frank V. Thompson, and Class of 1954 at Boston English, with Herbie Goldberg. Bobby’s e-mail address is: Bobwinnr@excite.com.
We discussed the time and place for a Stag Reunion for the entire group. We reviewed the options and it was unanimous that the Foxwoods or Mohegan Sun Casino Resorts would be great places, and that all 7 of us would attend. It was proposed that we have it on a weekend in the summer after July 4th. The wives would attend and that we could have one meeting with only the guys and another including the wives. A preliminary date for the reunion is the weekend of July 18. Merv graciously agreed to organize the event.
After parting hugs and group photos, we all left feeling very good. It was just so great! As Natey and I got in my car, Gordy said "Gee, where did all those years go?!"
P.S. Loving thanks to my wonderful wife, Dashing Deborah, for typing and editorial assistance..........BEST WISHES, MERV

Dave Bosse*

2008-12-11T08:28:00.000-08:00

Dave grew up on West Selden St with the group ( Morse, Green, Spiegel, Dennis, Weiner). He was in the class of 1949 at Frank V Thompson Jr High and then went to Hyde Park High School and graduated in 1952. He married Sandy Newman in 1954. He started out as a draftsman and later became an electrical engineering technician. Dave had many different jobs and they lived all over the country including: Charleston , SC; Bay City , MI; Philadelphia: and Haddonfield , NJ. They ended up in West Orange, NJ where they lived for 25 years. At the time Dave worked for Gibbs and Hill ( a Subsidiary of Dravo) in NY City. They then settled in Deerfield Beach , FL.
Sandy and Dave had 4 children; 3 boys and a princess" ( Sandy notes).
Dave died in 1995 of Emphesema.
After his death, Sandy remarried her Brother-in Law ( sister's husband Lenny Bloom) and now lives in Deerfield Beach, FL.
Sandy has 10 grandchildren from Dave's marriage and a total of 16 from both marriages. She has 3 great grandchildren. Her daughter lives in Boca Raton. One son, 55 has a PhD in Computer Sciences and his wife has a PhD in Biology. They live in North Potomac, MD. Another son lives in Monument , CO ( getting remarried next week…12 /14/08). The third son has a PhD in Biology and lives in Robbinsville , NJ with his wife ( PhD also).
Sandy Newman Bosse Bloom

Email:bossnana10@gmail.com

NOTES
Dave Bosse's brother, Danny became a priest (Gordy Morse).
Sandy noted that her mother did not accept Dave because he was not Jewish and when she was invited to a Prom by Dave, Natey Freedman picked her up wearing sneakers and jeans and her mother exclaimed . "He's going to a Prom in sneakers and jeans?" Then Natey took her over to Dave's.
Merv remembers that Dave was an Old Gold chain smoker. He would have a cigarette the moment he got up in the AM. Dave was a good, loyal friend.

Butch Dennis: Dave played football for Hyde Park High (QB or RB). The reason Dave didn't play many sports was he had a trick knee that would lock up on him. I would kid him about the Hyde Park High School colors (black and blue).
We went to see the South Boston High School (Shamrocks) play the East Boston High School(Chipawarriors). -- The Irish against the Italians---The city of Boston wouldn't let these two teams play in George White Staduim after they had a big fight and the stands from both sides emptied into the field and fought. So they let them play in an old football field that had no stands or dressing rooms. At kickoff, the ball went down the field and the two teams started to fight. Dave was on crutches and boy did we leave that field fast. The Boston cops did nothing but watch. Dave was a good person. Nate you should have worn a tie with your sneakers and jeans.

Gordy Morse

2008-12-10T17:22:00.000-08:00

Gordy is going to be 74 in January, 2009. Gordy grew up on West Selden St ( with Bosse, Green, Dennis, Spiegel & Weiner). He graduated The Frank V Thompson Jr High, Class of 1949 ( with the group) and Boston English in 1952. After High School, he joined the Naval Air Reserve at Squantam Naval Air Station, Quincy, MA. . He went on active duty in 1953 for 2 years and with the G. I. Bill attended UMASS, Amherst . He was in the TEP fraternity with Max & Merv. After 2 years , however, he married his wife, Freddie. He then completed his education at A. I. C. in Springfield, MA and got a Bachelors Degree in Business in 1962.
Gordy & Freddie have been married 49 years. At their wedding were the following Stags: Herb and MarkGolberg, Charlie Itchkawitz, Eddie Green & Mel Stern.
After graduating A.I.C., Gordy taught business management at Husson College in Bangor, Maine for 2 yea rs. He really enjoyed it and decided to go for an M.B.A. at the University of Miami . He got his M.B. A. in 1966. He really had a strong desire to go for his doctorate degree and went to the University of Iowa for 2 years. At that time they had their 1st son, David. With a second child, Drew, on the way, he decided to leave and went back to U of Miami and taught business there for 2 years.
They moved again to Maryland in 1970 where he taught Business at the University of Maryland ( College Park) for 4 years.He took some additional courses at the time but then landed a job at teaching Practice Management to dentists in the School of Dentistry in Baltimore which he did for 4 years.They lived in Laurel, MD. He started doing a lot of Consulting work in such far off places as Trinidad, Barbados, Panama, World Health Organization in Venezuala.
He then landed another teaching position at The University of Gettysburg in PA. for a few years, but did not like it there. Finally, he taught at the George Mason College in Fairfax, VA for about 9 years and then retired.He moved to a condo in Coconut Creek, FL about 4 years ago.He is the Building Director.
Gordy and Freddie have 2 sons and 3 grandkids.His son, David lives in Faifax, Va and is in a computer operation there. His son, Drew, just moved to Tamarac, FL , has a grandchild 5 yrs old , and is with Ricoh as a Customer Trainer.
Gordy is in good health.
They enjoy traveling , cruises & tours and have been to many places( Australia, NZ, Europe, Barcelona, Holland, Belgium, Greece). Gordy enjoys salt water fishing. His next trip this winter is to South America.
NOTES
Eddie Kezar went to BU . During summers he was a waiter at the Berkshire Country Club, a resort in the Berkshires. He referred Gordy there for a Life Saving Job . That's where Gordy met his wife , Freddie in 1956. Norm Crosby, the Comedian, who grew up in Dorchester used to perform there.
Gordy talked to Dave Bosse's wife Sandy Newman recently, who informed him that he died of Emphesema due to heavy smoking.Gordy had a younger brother, Richard, who died in 1998. Eddie Green's aunt was married to Gordy's uncle.

Natey remembers: "Gordy was the first of the group to go into the service so we took him out on the town the night before and he had a significant amount to drink. I remember his mother saying 'Oh Gordy!' when we delivered him home and he fell into the house about four hours before he was due to report for enlistment.

Bradley Clayman

2008-12-07T14:12:00.000-08:00

Brad will be 74 in January. Bradley lived on 12 Crowell St. Brad went to the FV Thompson Jr High and graduated in the class of 1950. He went to Dorchester High School and just 6 months before graduating in 1953 , he joined the Navy and they allowed him to get his high school diploma. He was very close friends with Francis McIntosh, Billy's brother. He was in the Navy 4 years till 1957. He got married in 1956.
After his discharge he moved to Chicago and worked as a bus driver for the Transit Authority there. At that time there were a lot of bus drivers being killed (shot) , and he quit his job and joined the Navy Reserves for 8 years and was stationed in Glenview , Illinois. After his discharge he worked for the Brown Shoe Company in Chicago for 16 years. He was a District Manager responsible for 4 States and 17 stores. They went out of business. He then worked for the First Security Division who had a contract with the Plymouth Rubber Company, which brought him back to the Boston area and he lived in Quincy, MA.
Around 1982 he worked for WW Granger and after 1 year they transferred him to Miami, Fl. He had a string of different homes from Dallas, Miami, Pompano Beach , Hialeah and finally Jacksonville, where he has lived for 13 years.
He cannot remember when he actually went through a messy divorce . His 3 kids remained with his ex wife and he has had no contact with them ever since.
He got remarried 3 years ago to his wife, Madeline, who is from Hollywood, CA. She is an ex model and worked for Universal Studios and as an LAPD dispatcher.
They live in a Sr Citizen subsidized complex in Jacksonville, FL. He is retired but works part-time , 3 nights a week, covering the security desk there.
His brother Barry is about 62 and lives on Cape Cod.His sister Sandy Kelly lives in Pembroke.
NOTES
His brother Barry just informed him that Fifi, an old girl friend of Herbie Wallace , and who also lived on Crowell Street died recently.
He remembers that Archie's brother, Subby, was a very strong personality guy that just did things his own way with an attitude of "let me do it my way and I will suffer later." Archie`s mother always knew when Brad was visiting because he ran up the stairs quickly. Archie had asthma and was always slower. He remembers that Archie always turned over jigsaw puzzles and applied glue and made them permanent pictures.
Brad notes he was always getting into mischief like breaking the glass at St Mathew's church.
He remembers that guys would gather at Herbie Wallace's house and practice dancing for the dance nights at the Hecht House.
He noted getting caught playing hand ball at the Thompson and being brought into
Police Station 19.

George "Butch" Dennis

2008-11-10T17:01:00.001-08:00

BORN IN SOUTH BOSTON 1934 . WE MOVED TO NEW HAMPSHIRE IN 1941 FATHER WORKED FOR ARMY AIR FORCE.
IN 1947 WE MOVED TO WEST SELDEN ST AND I WENT TO THE FRANK V THOMPSON SCHOOL AND MET YOU GUYS. THAT STARTED MY CAREER IN SPORTS ON HOT TOP STREETS, CEMENT BRICK SCHOOL YARDS AND SIDEWALKS. TO ME THE PLACE WAS CALLED CEMENT CITY.
WENT TO BOSTON ENGLISH TO MY JUNIOR YEAR. TRANSFERED TO BOSTON TRADE. GRADUATED 1954 (STUDIED GRAPHIC DESIGN). WORKED FOR FACTORY MUTUAL ENGINEER DIV FOR ABOUT A YEAR. THE DRAFT WAS BREATHING DOWN MY NECK SO I JOINED THE AIR FORCE FOR FOUR YEARS IN (1955). ENDED IN TOPEKA KANSAS IN S.A.C. THEN WAS SHIPPED OVERSEAS TO FRENCH MOROCCO. ENDED MY TOUR IN UPPER STATE N.Y. ALL THE TIME I DID GRAPHIC DESIGN FOR FOUR YEARS. I ALWAYS WANTED A TWO SEATER ENGLISH SPORTS CAR. SO I BOUGHT A RED TRIUMPH TR2. ALSO OWNED A GAS STATION AND SOLD USED CARS FOR A YEAR OR SO. I MISSED ENGINEERING SO I GOT A JOB IN A SMALL COMPANY.
I MEET MY WIFE SEDA AND WE GOT MARRIED IN 1966. WE HAD A SON KEITH WHO WENT TO MERRIMAC COLLEGE AND MAJORED IN ACCOUNTING. HE HAS TWO CHILDREN HANNAH AND HAILEIGH. I ATTENDED NORTHEASTERN NIGHT SCHOOL FOR MECHANICAL ENGINEERING. I LIVE ON THE UPPER CAPE IN PLYMOUTH FOR 9 MONTHS AND THE OTHER 3 MONTHS IN ACTON, MA. I WORKED FOR RAYTHEON FOR APPROX. 35 YEARS AND RETIRED AT THE AGE OF 681/2. WELL THATS MY STORY AND I AM STICKING TO IT. OH I ALMOST FORGOT MY WIFE OWNS A GIFT SHOP ON THE WATERFRONT IN PLYMOUTH.

Phil Schaffer

2008-11-06T12:46:00.000-08:00

PHIL SCHAFFER

Phil (“Flippo”) went to William Bradford (K-3), Roger Wolcott (4-6), and graduated from Frank V. Thompson Jr. High (7-9) in 1949. He played baseball, basketball and ran track at Thompson. He then went to Boston English and graduated in 1952. Phil lived on Winston Road for 19 years, moving there from Roxbury, at the age of five. He earned his B.S. from MIT in 1956 and later earned an M.S., both in Metallurgy/Materials Science at MIT. He played both intercollegiate baseball and football at MIT.

He joined the Army National Guard in 1957: was on active duty for six months, under the Reserve Forces Act; was stationed at Fort Dix (NJ) and Fort Bliss (TX).

He married his wife Fern in 1963: they have been married for 45 years, living in Lexington for nearly 43 years. They have a daughter, Jennifer (42), living in Colorado, and a son, Daniel (38), living in Cambridge, MA: each with two children (ranging in ages from 1-9).

Phil primarily worked in defense electronics, at M/A-COM (Microwave Associates), Burlington, MA, for 23 years. He retired at age 55, then worked as a consultant for four years. He worked previously at both Watertown Arsenal and Lexington Laboratories (Cambridge) for eight years.

One of the most exciting things he has done was go to Red Sox Fantasy Camp six times, from 1993 to 2003, all in Winter Haven and Fort Myers (Florida). He pitched and played first base on teams managed by Bill Lee (1), Lee Stange (2) and Bob Stanley (3). He also pitched in a game at Fenway Park in 2003. He was a coach for the Lexington Blue Sox, of the Intercity (Park) League for seven years.

He still runs road races, has competed in many Masters’ track meets, does aerobics and yoga classes daily, downhill skiing and cycling. He remains involved in many town/community activities, Temple activities, and has been taking classes at local colleges for eleven years. He feels that growing up in Dorchester was a very positive, meaningful experience which greatly influenced his life.

Merv Weiner

2008-11-05T19:09:00.000-08:00

Merv grew up on West Selden Street along with Dave Bosse, Butch Dennis, Gordy Morse, Paul Spiegel, and Eddie Green. He first met Herbie & Mark Goldberg who were visiting an aunt there and were playing catch on the street. He joined them in a baseball tag game and later became friends. Merv went to the Roger Wolcott grammar School and then entered Boston Latin in the 7th grade. He graduated Boston Latin in 1953 and played softball and basketball there. He went to UMASS and was roommates with Max Reinstein in his freshman year and was a member of Tau Epsilon Phi with Max , Charlie Itchkawitz, Skippy Ellman and later Gordy Morse. He graduated in 1957. He was interested in going to Medical School but did not get in. He then joined the Army Reserve under the Reserve Forces Act and served 6 months active duty at Fort Dix (Basic Army Administration School). He then landed a job with Raytheon in the Production Control Dept and after 6 months took a job as a Research Assistant at Tufts Medical School Dept of Biochemistry. Tufts offered him a Research Fellowship and he received a Masters Degree in Biochemistry in 1962.
He started his career as a scientist ( Radiobiochemist) at a small entreprenurial firm , New England Nuclear Corporation ,which later went public and was a Wall Street " darling"for many years . He was married in 1962 . He obtained an M.B.A. with Honors at B.U. during a special evening part-time program that was newly established after the Harvard Program.
After getting his M.B.A. he set out to gain management experience and left Boston in 1967 and joined Hoffmann-LaRoche, the Swiss based Pharmaceutical Company with U.S. Headquarters in N.J. to help establish a new non- pharmaceutical medical device business in the Princeton area. During this period he worked in marketing, gained experience in strategic planning and mergers and acquisitions(M & A) activities. Over the years his science and business background combination allowed him to develop a specialty niche in medical products and devices and he became a M&A /business development professional.
He spent a few years with Pfizer in NY City, did a fling in L.A. for 3 years as a Vice President of a small Clinical Lab ( 6 Months), consulted and was an adjunct Professor of Marketing at Cal State University Long Beach. He returned to the East Coast in 1980 to live in N.Y. City and worked for Bristol-Myers Squibb Company in Corporate Development. He retired as a Vice Pesident of Corporate Development- Health Care in 1995 after 16 years of service.
His first marriage ended in Divorce in 1978 and he was a bachelor for 20 years. He married in 1999 and his dashing wife, Dr Deborah Cleveland, is an Associate Professor of Oral Pathology at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey in Newark , N.J. She is known as "The Jewel of New Jersey Dental School’’. They live in West Orange, N.J. and have a home In Hollywood , FL.
Merv has 2 distinguished sons. Joshua is a prize winning poet/ writer and an Associate Professor in the English Department at the University of Maryland and lives in D.C. Michael is an Associate Professor of Internal Medicine /Geriatrics /Informatics at Indiana School of Medicine in Indianapolis.
He has 4 grandkids ages 7-13… (3 boys & 1 girl). Merv enjoys tennis, fishing, sailing, traveling, music, wine and lots of garlic.

Merv is 73 and is in pretty good health. He has Diabetes( type 2) and has a Coronary Stent and a Pacemaker. He keeps movin & groovin!

Charles "Itchy" Itchkawitz*

2008-11-01T15:38:00.000-07:00

Deceased*

Charlie graduated from Boston English in 1952. He then went to UMASS and was fraternity brothers at TEP (Tau Epsilon Pi) with Max Reinstein, Skippy Ellman and Merv Weiner. He graduated UMASS in 1956.

Merv: "Charlie and I used to do many things together. I remember going to NY City with him and hitting many Jazz Clubs together. We also went to the show, Pajama Game as well as attending a TV show, the Sid Caesar Show. He used to love to go to the Dog Races at Wonderland and I remember some Friday nights there with him."

After college he held a variety of jobs and was a manufacturer's rep for Wrentham Corp, a plumbing supply Company with Herbie Wallace and Paul Katz. Later Charlie had a Dry Cleaning business in NY State. In time he went back to school to become a school guidance counselor which he did for many years at Wappinger Falls HS in New York State untill retirement. He loved to referee and he did that for years also.

In his last years Charlie moved to Connecticut to be close to his children & grandkids.

Merv adds, "Charlie was a wonderful, guy with a special wit and spirit. Even during his last days he kept his sense of humor with me. He was anxious for a reunion and suggested Foxwoods close by in Stratford, CN."

Natey remembers Charlie had a great imagination and one day, when they were very young-- maybe nine years old, they sat around with some other kids, and Natey and Charlie told lies about great adventures they had when they were even younger.

Bobby Wynn "Winegrad"

2008-10-31T17:41:00.000-07:00

Bobby lived on Capen Street. Jerry Schwartz was his next door neighbor there.
He Graduated Boston English , class of 1953. Herbie Goldberg noted that he was a great golfer. Herbie used to triple date with him and Mikey Lieberman. Herbie noted that in the old days he liked cards and some drinking.
Bobby owned a printing business and retired about 10 years ago at 62. He turns 73 in about a week. He was divorced and remarried.His wife's name is Francine. She is in the real estate business.
He has breakfast on Sundays with Richie Stern & Mikey Lieberman at a Deli in Stoughton.
He has a daughter, Jamie who is married and has 2 kids and lives in Foxboro. His son , John is 36 and just got married.
Bobby lives in Stoughton 7 months a year and has a condo in Delray Beach Florida where he spends the other 5 months. He usually is in Florida Thanksgiving to May.
He is very enthusiastic about a Reunion..

Mike "Mikey" Liberman*

2008-10-31T17:36:00.000-07:00

Mikey grew up on Calendar St in Dorchester, MA. He graduated from Boston English in Class of 1952 with Mark Goldberg, Phil Schaffer, Gordy Morse, Charlie Itchkawitz, Herbie Wallace and Natey Freedman. He was in the National Guard and was on active duty 6 months, stationed 3 months in Ft Dix for basic training where he played baseball and then went to Fort Sam Houston in Texas. He worked for NEPCO (New England Provision Company) for about 10 years. Then opened an AAMCO transmission shop which he had for 15 years.
Mike is divorced 25 years and is single. He has 2 daughters who live in Boston ( 40 yrs old & 43 yrs old) and has 5 grandchildren …4 boys & 1 girl.
He eats often with Bobby Wynn and is friends with Richie Stern & Freddie Holtzman
whose wife died recently. Freddie was also in the class of `52 at Boston English. Bobby attended Freddie's wife's funeral in Connecticut and Charlie Itchkawitz 's funeral was at the same funeral home the same day.
He is still working selling auto body supplies.
Last Sunday he attended a Franklin Field Association Luncheon which had 260 people.There are 1800 members. He saw Jerry Kawadler there. Jerry noted that he had spoken to Max Reinstein recently.
Phil Schaffer notes that Mike was a great all around athlete.

He has had By-Pass Surgery & has a Stent but is doing OK.
He noted that he and Phil Schaffer (Flippo) used to date the same girl…Iris Hunt.

Mel Stern*

2008-10-31T17:28:00.001-07:00

*Deceased.

Mel graduated from Boston English High School in 1952 and starred on its basketball team in that year. Toward the end of a championship game against Sommerville in the Boston Garden he made a series of long set shots to bring the team into serious contention, Boston English eventually lost. Merv remembers staying up late to hear the game and almost sleeping through the College Boards given the next morning at Boston Latin.

His grandfather had established a cooperage (building barrels out of wooden slates and putting metal hoops around them to make them strong and water proof). The family business was so well established it lasted for many years after its competitors had left the business.

Mel was the first of the Stags to be married. He married Cecily Pill. They had three childen Celia, Eric and Peter

Mel's two sisters Selma & Jackie live in Mashpee, Mass . Mark Goldberg sees them on the beach every now & then. In additiom Mel had two brothers Ritchie and Freddie
Richie, Mikey Lieberman & Bobby Wynn have breakfast together on Sunday Mornings
Richie Stern has a Janitorial Supply Business with two of his sons in business with him.

Through the Volunteer Draft Mel went into the 101st Airborne Division and after basic was trained as a medic. He served in Korea (postwar).

Mel passed away in 1968 at the age of 32.

Paul Spiegel*

2008-10-31T17:27:00.001-07:00

*Deceased. Seeking Details

Some of these notes provided by Herb Goldberg

Paul lived on West Selden St . But it is unclear when he moved there and may be
later during High School days. Paul graduated Boston English class of 1952. As a Stag he was a tall lanky guy and he played basketball. .
He went to Northeastern and got a degree in Accounting. He went into the Army and was an officer .
It is believed he had a big job as Treasurer of the Discount Store Arlans, which went Public and that he made some decent money there.
He lived in the Westridge section of Sharon.
He died of a Heart Attack in Florida.

Billy McIntosh*

2008-10-31T17:26:00.001-07:00

*Deceased. Seeking Bio Details

Eddie Kezar*

2008-10-31T17:23:00.001-07:00

*Deceased. Seeking additional bio details.

Nate Notes: Eddie's family had a lamp store on Blue Hill Avenue. I remember he also had a dog, a boxer, which he was crazy about. I last heard from him when I was just back in NYC, I guess it was 1962 or 1963. I got a call from him. He was living in New Jersy, was married and was very excited about his work doing technical writing for some science based company. He urged me to consider that as a career. I did not meet with him, I'm sorry to say, though we spoke about it. Perhaps my fondest memory of Eddie was the day he got up at a Stags meeting at the Hecht House and urged the club to buy some land, it could be anywhere he said but just owning it in common, he said, would keep us together as a group through the years. The idea was to eventually build a camp of something there, but even if we did nothing with it it would be a good investment and give us a geographic home through the years. He was right, of course, and I'm sorry it was voted down. I believe I voted for it. Natey

Eddie Green*

2008-10-31T17:22:00.000-07:00

* Deceased

Eddie Green grew up on West Selden Street in Mattapan, Mass.
He Graduated Boston Latin Class of 1954 with Warren "Buzzie" Becker and earned a B.S. Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Northeastern . He was President of ETA Associates of Newton, MA. He lived in Stoughton, Mass. Bobby Wynn lives down the street. His wife's name is Brenda, his daughter, Rachel DeAntonio.

Phil Schaffer worked with Eddie in 1961-62 at High Temperature Materials Corporation in Brighton, MA . Phil knew his wife Brenda.

Comments by Brenda June 3, 2009

After leaving Latin school, Ed spent five years at Northeastern University earning a Bachelor of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering while simultaneously working on a cooperative basis at Raytheon's Missile Systems Division. He then worked for a number of years as an engineer in the aerospace industry and eventually phased into the area of sales and marketing of technical and scientific products.
For 36 years Ed owned and operated a New England based Independent Sales Agency specializing in Analytical Instrumentation for the industrial and scientific markets- ETA Associates Inc of Newton MA. In 1964 Ed and I were married and lived in California for several years before returning to our roots in New England. We lived in Newton MA for 30 years where we raised our only child, Rachel. Rachel (DeAntonio) and her husband Brian with our three grandchildren live near my current home in Apollo Beach, Florida. Our grandchildren are Stephen, who is 16, Zachary, who is 10.5 and Emily who is 8. Ed was a wonderful grandfather and very involved as I continue to be in the lives of the grandkids. Ed and I spent a significant time cruising our 36' sailboat around coastal New England with a special fondness for coastal Maine. In the winter months we split our free time and energy skiing and traveling to warm weather climates, such as Florida, the BVI & other world destinations. Through the years he remained a presence as “Uncle Ed” in the lives of Mel Stern’s fabulous kids Eric, Celia and Peter. After the sudden onset of Acute Myelogenous Leukemia (5 months) and a valiant effort Ed passed away on October 27, 2007. He was buried at Sharon Memorial Park. Our beautiful daughter, Rachel, chose “Loving Man.......Our Hero.” for his memorial plaque.

Paul "Brownie" Brown*

2008-10-31T17:07:00.000-07:00

*Deceased.
Merv Post:Paul Brown ( Brownie) and I were good friends. He went to Franklin Thompson Jr High School and graduated in the class of 1950. His father had a gas station downtown and Paul used to work there washing cars and doing other helpful chores on Saturdays . He had a brother Obie. He used to get to ride his dad's red Jeep and often we would go to Nantasket Beach in it . It was an open, really bumpy ride. Brownie graduated Boston English in the class of 1953 (with the group) and later continued his studies and graduating from Northeastern. He and I were lovers of music and we would spend lots of time hanging out listening to all sorts of records. Brownie was the " Ladies Man "and a good dancer of the group and one of the first of us to get laid as a teenager making us all very envious. He married Beverly Landsman who I used to tutor in Mathematics at UMASS. They had a few boys and lived, I think, in Westport, CN. My parents were very close friends of his parents ( Jean & Harry). I last saw them in Florida in 1987 when visiting my dad after my mother's death. His dad at the time was suffering from Parkinsons Disease.

On May 14, 2010 Natey Freedman noted a posting on our STAG blog from Corey Brown, the son of Obie Brown, Paul`s younger brother ( 6 years). Cprey expressed interest in learning more about the Dorchester STAGS, but did not leave any forwarding email address. Natey quickly came up with several Corey Browns in the Boston area (the beauty of the computer) with addresses and phone numbers. Merv followed up and left messages on the answering machines. Lo & behold, the mysterious Corey called Merv at 9PM that night.

Paul, son of Jean and Harry Brown grew up on Fuller St.. As you know Harry owned a Mobil Gas Station on Albany St. downtown and several parking lots. Brownie used to help his dad out on weekends washing cars and pumping gas.

He loved music,was a neat dancer and had raging hormones. He graduated from Frank V Thompson Jr high school and then went on and graduated from Boston English in 1953. He was a ladies man of the first degree and was an outgoing groovin guy.. He graduated from Northeastern and went on to Graduate School at Syracuse University. He was an accountant .

He married Beverly Landsman in 1958. Beverly grew up in Winthrop and attended UMASS Amherst for a few years and was in the sorority STD. Beverly transferred to and graduated from B.U. Paul took a job with the Ford Company and they moved to Ann Arbor, Michigan. They had two sons:Jeffrey and Eric. Later they moved back east to Connecticut and lived in Old Greenwhich and later settled in Westport. We think he worked for NBC for a short time then Corey thought he worked for the Playtex Company.

Paul died on January 14, 1976 at the early age of 40 from a heart attack. When Beverly remarried she wed Paul`s first cousin, David Young (His mother`s sister`s son ). Beverly married David (now 61) who was about 12 years younger and the couple moved out to California. Beverly was a teacher in the LA area. She is about 73 years old now.

Jeffrey is now about 47, is married to Susan and they have a son, Branden.

Eric, Paul`s youngest son, died in 2000 at the age of 34.

Harrison "Butch" Fishman

2008-10-30T14:39:00.000-07:00

Butch was in the class of 1950 at Frank V. Thompson Junior High School along with Paul Brown, Bradley Clayman, Butch Dennis, Max Reinstein and Mel Stern. He graduated from Roxbury Memorial High School in 1953. He went to B.U. for 2 years. After that Mel Stern and Butch went into the Army Volunteer Draft with the 101st Airborne Division in Ft Jackson, South Carolina.
Butch went to the Nike Missile Training School and Mel went to Medic School in San Antonio, Texas. Mel then was shipped to Korea. Butch was in the service 2 years and when he came out he went to Suffolk University and Graduated with a Marketing Degree.
He married his wife Florence in 1958 who he met while in the Army stationed in Wisconsin. He moved to Wisconsin where he has been living for about 48 years. He spent his life in the Insurance Business and has had his own Agency there.
Butch has 3 children and 6 grand kids . His son lives in Milwaukee and sells phone systems. He has 2 daughters. One lives in Salt Lake City. The other lives in Las Vegas.
He is in pretty good health and has had By Pass Surgery about 19 years ago.
Butch and his wife take life easy there in Wisconsin and travel around the country and often visit their kids .
He used to play a lot of Softball and tag Football, but hasn't done that in awhile. He is anxious for a reunion …"the faster the better while we can enjoy it!"
Butch keeps in touch with some of the old friends like Max Reinstein and also Richie Stern, Mel`s brother.

Arthur (Archie) Kruskall

2008-10-30T07:35:00.000-07:00

Archie graduated from Dorchester High School. He married his wife Loreen Sooper in 1955 and they lived on Westmore Road, then on Calendar Street near Franklin Field. Later they moved to Brockton where they lived for 26 years. They then moved to Easton , MA. From Easton they moved to Indian Springs in Boynton Beach , FL where they have been living for 4 years
Archie worked in the Hilltop Meat Market ( slogan : " You can`t beat my meat") for many years. A friend suggested that he go to school and become a licensed Nursing Home Administrator which he did and he did that for 19 years.
Archie is 75 and married 53 years. He has 3 children all College educated- 2 boys and a girl and 3 grandkids. ( 13 boy, 16 & 18 girls) .One son went to UMASS, the other Bridgewater State and his daughter, Northeastern. One son lives in West Hollywood, Los Angeles another in San Francisco. His daughter lives in North Andover, MA.
He is an avid Gin Rummey player. He does volunteer work at a local YMCA in FL from 5AM to 9AM , 20 hours a week.

Warren "Buzzy" Becker

2008-10-30T07:11:00.000-07:00

Buzzie is 72 years old He graduated Boston Latin School Class of 1954 and played football there. Like Merv his family moved to Newton, MA and he completed his senior year there. He sort of drifted away from the Stags at that point. He graduated from B.U. then went off to N. Y Medical College in NY City. He returned to Boston and did his Residency & Internship at Boston City Hospital. He has been on the staff at Harvard Medical School and the Brigham Hospital since then. He is a Gynecological surgeon.
Buzzie has been married and divorced twice. His first marriage ended after 15 years and he then remarried for 30 years.He went through a second divorce after 30 years and has been now single 3 years and vows that he will not go through another marriage.
He has 4 children –Jill , Wendy , Sean & Russell and 2 Grandkids ( 2& 8 )
One son is a Harvard Law School Grad and litigation Lawyer in Houston. His daughter is a Physician and she is married to another Lawyer and has a child . Her husband commutes to & fro Manhattan in his law practice. He has a son 18 years old who is a senior at Weston High School. His second daughter is in Marketing in Boston.
Dr Becker has done a lot of great Humanitarian Medical work with the UN .
He is in excellent health and notes that he is working harder than ever.
He is a big Celtics fan, skis and is an avid fly fisherman( trout) and belongs to a well known Megantic Fish & Game Club.

NOTES
Merv remembers that Buzzie had a white Volvo and on several occasions drove him home from Nantasket Beach to Newton. He also had a passion for tropical fish. Very impressive.
Buzzie notes that Archie `s mother & father were Annie & Al
He also recalls a trip with Archie to get some coffee in NY City and his Chevrolet caught fire from a cigarette that flew in the back seat of the car!
He last saw Archie in the Blue Hills Russian Steam Baths in Norwood.
He noted that Skippy Ellman's grandmother and his grandmother were very good friends
Buzzie and Herbie Wallace dated the same girl- Phyllis "Phifee" Satter at one time.

Natey notes: "Phifee" was a neighbor on Crowell Street and was a close friend of Barbara who married Jerry Kawadler.

Herb Goldberg

2008-10-27T19:30:00.000-07:00

Herbie graduated from Boston English,class of 1954. He graduated from B.U. then went into the Army via Reserve Forces Act for 6 months. He then landed a job in the Shoe Business. He married his wife Joan who came from Brockton. He has 3 daughters all private schooled in Sharon; 2 who are married and one who is single. One daughter lives in Port Orange ,Florida near Daytona Beach and has 4 kids. Another married lives in NY City and has a Brownstone in Greenwhich Village and has 4 kids. The single daughter works for NBC and also lives in Manhattan.
Herbie became a Shoe Importer and owned a business for his last 7 years. He retired in 2000. He is an avid golfer and plays 4 times a week He lived in Sharon for many years and belonged to the Sharon Country Club with Bobby Wynn who he noted is a terrific Golfer.
He went to Nantucket for the summer for about 40 years. His wife, Joan owned a Quilt Shop on Nantucket for many years. She works occasionally and does odd jobs there .

He is, of course, Mark Goldberg's younger brother

Max Reinstein

2008-10-27T19:07:00.000-07:00

Max graduated from Boston English in 1953. He then went to the University of Massachusetts (UMASS) and roomed with Merv Weiner his freshman year. They were in the same fraternity (TEP) together with Charley Itzkowitz. He graduated UMASS in 1957 and then went into the US Army Reserves under the Reserve Forces Act and served on active duty for 6 months from January 1958 –June 1958. He married his wife, Lois, in October, 1958 and has his 50th wedding anniversary coming up. His family moved from Dorchester to Florida and Lois's family moved from Newton to New Jersey. Max and Lois then moved to the Washington, DC area where he went on to become a CPA with his own accounting practice. They settled in Potomac, Maryland, a suburb of D.C. where he has lived ever since. Max has two sons Jay & Alan and a daughter, Nancy . Jay lives in North Carolina. Alan and Nancy are teachers. Max has 4 grandkids. He still enjoys basketball and is in good health. He is still working but manages to take it more easy these days. He & Lois travel and eat out a lot.

Jerry Kawadler

2008-10-27T15:37:00.000-07:00

Jerry went to Boston Technical High School and graduated in 1953. He continued his studies at Northeastern in their six year work-study program of studies. He married his wife Barbara (Sandofsky) in 1956 and lived in Mattapan. Jerry then worked for Worthington Corporation in New Jersey for about 3 years and they moved to Newark, N.J. .They later moved back to the Boston area and had an apartment in Milton and later a home.
Jerry has a Heating and Air conditioning business and a son works in the business with him. Jerry and Barbara have 3 children(2 boys & 1 girl) and 7 grandchildren. His oldest son is 47 and is single and in business with him. Another son, Wayne, lives in NY City and is on the NY City Council. Their daughter, has 4 kids and is an practicing attorney living in Easton, MA.
Jerry notes he used to have season tickets to Celtic games which were close to those owned by Warren "Buzzie" Becker.
Barbara owns 2 women's clothing stores in Canton, MA. Jerry is in good health. They spend a lot of time on weekends in their home in N.H.
Jerry loves the outdoors and especially cross country skiing and golf. He is a member of Spring Valley Country Club where Herb Wallace was also a member. He goes to the gym 2 nights a week.

Natey remembers when Jerry Kawadler lived on Crowell Street, before moving to Norfolk street near Morton.

Herb Wallace

2008-10-27T15:13:00.000-07:00

Herb graduated from Boston English High School in 1952 together with Gordy Morse, Phil Schaffer, Charlie Itchkawitz, Mark Goldberg, Mel Stern and Natey Freedman

After graduation and a few years after working for a Boston based Manufacturers Representative as their Connecticut Rep, he was drafted into the Navy where he spent 2 years on an aircraft carrier,The USS Tarawa, with his friend Paul Katz. As the carrier was also based in Connecticut he was able to spend many weekends home.

Herb met his New York born wife, Linda, while she was attending Emerson College in Boston. They have been married 48 years, have 3 daughters and 3 grandchildren.

In time Herb bought the Massachusetts territory from the company we worked for. He sold it in 2004 and moved from Newton Centre, MA to Boca Raton, FL where he now resides though he travels back to Massachusetts to visit his daughters and grandchildren frequently..

Phil Schaffer

2008-10-27T15:08:00.000-07:00

I graduated from Boston English High (1952), went to MIT; earned a B.S. and M.S. in Metallurgy/Materials Science; primarily worked in engineering/research/management activities; long time in semiconductor materials/defense electronics.

Spent six months on active duty (1957) in the Army and several years in the MA National Guard.
In retrospect, if I were not an engineer, I would have been a good coach/manager in baseball, football or basketball: would have preferred to have played seriously, but I knew early on that I was not good enough to play at that level.

I have lived in Lexington (MA) for 42-plus years, married for 45 years, daughter (42), son (38), four grandkids (ages one through nine): took early retirement at 55, worked as a consultant for 3-4 years. Presently involved in many town, Temple, academic activities, attempting to remain both physically and mentally challenged.

Natey Freedman

2008-10-26T16:47:00.000-07:00

Natey was Stags 25. The 25 was for 25 Crowell St where he lived. He graduated Boston English High School in 1952. Then he went to Boston University Junior College. After 6 months he transferred into the College of General Education of B.U. for one semester and then went into the Army Volunteer Draft. He served two years in the Army and was stationed in Korea (peacetime). When he got out of the Army, he returned to B.U. earning an Associate in Arts Degree from CGE and two years later received his Bachelor of Arts Degree in Public Relations and Communications from BU's SPRC on Commonwealth Ave. At that time he was head of the news department of the B.U. college radio station WBUR. He auditioned for WCOP in Boston and became a street reporter. Later he joined WBZ as a street reporter. He met his wife, Yael, a New Yorker (whose parents met and married in Israel) at B.U.. Nate and "Ellie" married in 1961 and have been married 47 years.
While at WBZ in Boston, he wanted to cover the Eichmann trial in Israel and subsequently
got WINS in New York City to be his base station and to feed his reports from Israel to the seven other US radio stations Natey had brought together in a one-time network. He went to Israel and lived there 3 and a half years; first covering the Eichman Trial, and then spending 8 months on a Kibbutz. Following that he worked as English Articles Editor for the Israel Ministry of Tourism in Jerusalem and then for the Israel Technion in Haifa.
They have 3 children; a daughter and 2 sons. His two sons were born in Israel- Noam and Ilan. His daughter Talia was born in the US and lives in Albuquerque. Ilan is employed by the US Department of Homeland Security (US Customs) in New Jersey. They have one step grandchild. Nate and Ellie returned to the US in 1964 and has lived in N.Y. City ever since. In New York he worked for the United Press Radio as a news editor, an editor at ABC Radio Network and as a street reporter for WABC-TV. In later years he held jobs as Public Relations Director for the Israeli Tourist Dept ( 7 yrs); the Zionist Organization of America (4 Yrs); and the American Jewish Distribution Committee (7 Yrs).
At age 50 he retired from Public Relations and opened up a PIP Quick Printing Franchise in Manhattan and ultimately owned 2 stores, one in SOHO and one in Union Square. As small copiers began to erode the business of small printing shops, he came up with another venture, The New York Firefighter's Friend. Also located in SOHO the store was a favorite of friends of the New York Fire Department (FDNY) and became a city "institution" regularly visited by firefighters from around the country. Articles regarding the store appeared in the New York Times on four occasions as well as in other local and occasionally national publications.
Natey retired from business 6 months after the events of 9/11 at age 68. His son Noam has the business now.
Since retirement Natey has taken up painting.
His art website is
http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/yourgallery/artist_profile//53678.html
The firefighters Friend website is
http://www.nyfire.com/

Mark Goldberg

2008-10-25T15:12:00.001-07:00

Mark graduated from Boston English, class of 52. He went to Massachusetts College of Pharmacy. His family moved from Fuller St to Newton Centre around 1957. He served in Navy as a Naval Officer from 1956-59.
With a few partners he owned several Drug Stores which he later sold and had his own in Natick for 29 years.
He had a summer house in Yarmouth, Cape Cod since 1972 . He sold it and bought a home in Mashpee about 12-13 years ago and has lived there full time for the past 8 years
Mark lives in Mashpee with his wife Elaine. He has 2 sons and 3 grandkids. One son lives in Bellingham, the other lives in Duxbury. He still works 3 days a week as a Pharmacist at CVS Caremark.
He is in good physical shape and plays racquet ball .
Although he has a pacemaker he doesn`t take a single pill.

Information for this post was provided by Merv Wiener