Welcome to The Wheatley School Alumni Association Newsletter # 225,

CLASS OF 1960 REUNION

Ken Martin (1960) Writes - “HI ART, THE CLASS OF 1960 WILL ONCE AGAIN MEET FOR OUR ANNUAL ‘MINI’ REUNION. THIS TRADITION WAS STARTED AFTER OUR 50^TH, WHICH WAS HELD AT THE WHEATLEY SCHOOL AND THE WHEATLEY HILLS GOLF CLUB. OUR LATE CLASS PRESIDENT, JACK LANGLOIS, WHO ATTENDED WHILE QUITE ILL, WAS SO IMPRESSED, HE LEFT US $5,000 TO HAVE ANOTHER REUNION THE NEXT YEAR. WE DID SO, AND THEN SOME. SINCE OUR 50^TH, WE HAVE HAD 14 OF THESE MINIS (COVID KNOCKED OUT ONE YEAR).

THIS YEAR, WE WILL HOLD THE MINI AT DANFORDS HOTEL AND MARINA IN PORT JEFFERSON, NY, ON THE 17^TH AND 18^TH OF OCTOBER. THE EVENT INCLUDES A MEET AND GREET PARTY AT THE HOTEL ON FRIDAY NIGHT, JOHN MONCURE’S FAMOUS BLOODIES ON SATURDAY MORNING, PILING ON A BUS AFTERWARDS AND HEADING WEST TO THE EAST WILLISTON SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND THEN TOURING THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND STOPPING IN FRONT OF HOUSES OF THE CLASSMATES WHO ARE ON THE BUS. THE CLASSMATE WHOSE HOUSE IT IS WILL THEN DISCUSS MEMORIES OF HIS OR HER HOME BACK IN THE DAZE. ONCE THE HOUSE TOUR IS COMPLETED, WE WILL HAVE LUNCH AT HILDERBRANDT’S. THAT NIGHT, AFTER HEADING BACK EAST, WE PLAN TO DINE SOMEWHERE IN THE QUAINT VILLAGE OF PORT JEFFERSON, A TOWN KNOWN TO MANY OF US, AS WE HAD SOME MEMORABLE PARTIES ON THE SAND HILLS DUE EAST OF IT. SUNDAY MORNING WILL BE BREAKFAST AND FAREWELLS.

AS OF NOW, WE HAVE 18 PEOPLE SIGNED UP, AND WE WELCOME OTHER CLASSMATES AND FRIENDS TO ATTEND. IF INTERESTED, EMAIL KEN MARTIN AT KEN@LODGINGKIT.COM.

THE CLASS OF ‘60”

Class of 2005 20th-year Reunion

The members of The Wheatley School Class of 2005 are having their 20th-Year Reunion on Saturday, October 4th, 2025, at 7:00 PM, at Brooklyn Music Kitchen, 177 Vanderbilt Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11205. All Class of 2005 alumni and teachers are welcome to attend. Admission with food and drinks - $50 pp. Prior to the event, Venmo Adam Greenberg @greenie430. Questions? Contact Melissa Katz Melissaivyk@gmail.com

The Wheatley School Alumni Association 2025 New York City Luncheon - Friday, 10/3/2025 - 12:30-3:30 PM - Rosie O’Grady’s - 148 West 51st Street - ALL CLASSES WELCOME!!! - The Menu is Established!

The Polls are Closed, the votes have been tabulated, and the winners are as follows:

SALAD

Mozzarella Tomato & Basil (beat out the Caesar 11 to 6)

PASTA

Farfalle with Mushrooms & Spinach (v) (beat out the penne and the pesto)

MAIN DISHES

‣ Chicken Marsala (by a mile)

‣ Filet of Salmon Dijonnaise (by a mile)

‣ Eggplant Rollatini with Ricotta (by a mile)

SIDE DISHES

‣ Roasted Potatoes & Seasonal Vegetables

‣ Fresh Baked Rolls

DESSERT

‣ Assorted Cakes, Pies, Tarts & Fresh Fruit

BEVERAGES

Coffee and tea

Wine, beer, and soft drinks

Suggested Price - $125 pp. Wildcat Angel Price - $150. If you can’t pay that, pay less, or pay nothing. To date, 20 people have paid, several over $125, including two people who paid $200 and four people who paid $300, all six of them just for themselves!!! Pay via Zelle to ARTENGORON@GMAIL.COM or mail check made out to Arthur Engoron to 117 Plandome Road, Manhasset, New York 11030.

Rock & Roll in the Wheatley Gym - The Young Rascals

Howard Kirchick (1967) Writes - “I also remember the Rascals concert well. My recollection is that it was Helen Sparks’s (1967) father who was able to arrange the Rascals coming to Wheatley.”

Ken Gallard (1968) Writes - “Say Art...I love the piece about the Young Rascals concert. I certainly remember them playing in the gym. I was a big fan of theirs. When I was working at Carvel near the corner of Jericho Turnpike and Guinea Woods Road, they would occasionally come by for ice cream. I always got them their order for free (I think that the statute of limitations on free ice cream has passed by now). I would also see them at a guy named "Duchy's" place (I think that was his name) He ran a foreign car service shop on a side street across from the Sheridan Bowling Alley on Jericho Turnpike. With their new-found commercial success, some of them bought exotic, quirky European cars, which in those days frequently needed service.

The Rascals were "regular guys." Unfortunately, drummer Dino Danelli passed away a couple of years ago. The other members are still with us. Felix Cavaliere (keyboards/vocals) is the one who has remained the most active (as a member at times of Ringo Starr's All Starr Band--as well as other projects). The Rascals were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame a few years back. Cool deal that somebody from Wheatley still has that ticket. I still have my Woodstock tickets in mint condition.

All the best, Ken”

Bill Kirchick (1969) Writes - “Hey Art – If my memory serves me right (but as I am about to become 75, my memory is fading, and so I could be wrong) Hazel Spark’s (1969) sister Helen Sparks (1967) was instrumental in getting the Young Rascals to perform at the school. She had been a waitress at some bar at which they performed in their early years, and she had gotten to know them very well, or so I thought……….

Regards, bill k//”

George Meyer (1969) Writes - “Hi Art, With a big smile I read the story about the Rascals concert. I operated the follow spotlight that night. It was so much fun. In the late 1980's, I ran into Gene Cornish at the Howard Schwartz Recording Studio (where I worked for 30 years and had my own room). I asked him if he remembered that night, and he said that he did. He remembered it was a big crowd. The Rascals’ first album came out in March, as was their first appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show. Pretty amazing that we had such a big band play in our gym. Good memories.”

Jane Madison (1970) Writes to Karen Mannheim Fraller (1971) - Hi Karen, I remember the concert very well. Did we go together accompanied by two lads from Manhasset? It was my first concert, also.”

Art Engoron (1967) Writes - “The Young Rascals” became “The Rascals” in 1968, well after the Wheatley concert.

Three Sparks Sisters, who lived on Fox Hollow Lane, graduated from Wheatley: Helen (who now apparently goes by “Lynn [or Lyn] Scher”) (1967); Hazel (1969); and Florence (1975). I no longer have valid contact information for any of them, and I would appreciate any help finding them.

The hearsay that I heard is that Helen worked for some producer or manager close to the Young Rascals.”

Graduates

1963 - Louise Sobin - “Dear Art. Recently, I went to Rehoboth Beach, Delaware. I sat next to a lovely couple at breakfast. The guy asked me where I was from. When I told told him, “Roslyn,” he told me that he went to Wheatley. Allen Gordon (1958) lived in Westwood Circle. We had a great time talking and reminiscing. I hope that he comes to visit me, and we can go on a memory trip.”

1967 - Six Intrepid Travelers Head West - August, 1968

Starting Out

L-R - Peter Kaplan, Steve Kornfeld, Scott Frishman (all 1967)

At Mount Rushmore

L-R - Scott Frishman, Steve Kornfeld, Peter Kaplan, Lorraine Eisner (all 1967)

In Yellowstone National Park

Bottom Row - Lorraine Eisner, Marion Standish (1967)

Middle Row - Steve Kornfeld and Peter Kaplan

Top Row - Ginny Bindman (1967)

Camping out in Yellowstone National Park

L-R - Marion Standish and Ginny Bindman

Entering the Promised Land

L-R - Marion, Steve, Ginny, Peter, Lorraine, Scott

Lorraine Writes - “I love the photos! They bring back such great memories! And what a beautiful country we have. We were so innocent. And then the 1968 Democratic Convention took place, and the world changed.”

1967 - Someone - “Classmates Merrill Stanton and Lee Fein, and Lee’s wife, Sharon, all look great.”

1972 (Jackie Obrant Millstein) - “Hi Arthur, Recently I joined Lustre.net – a site created by two retired female NY attorneys as a way for other retired professional women to connect. They have periodic zooms where anyone is welcome who is a member. I hope that you have a good turnout at the upcoming luncheon. I’ll be out of the country, so I’ll have to wait for the next one. Best, Jackie”

1974 - Bob Berta - “Hey Art and Keith--I always find the Newsletter informative. Members of the alumni are always doing amazing things. I want to play lawn bowling, as described by Merrill Stanton, Class of 1967. And the memorabilia from the Young Rascals recalls for me great things that would happen at Wheatley. For example, the PEER program, in which instead of hiring substitutes, the school hired speakers. Amazing............/s/ Bob Berta (1974)”

Miscellaneous - Manhasset Apartment for Rent

Art Engoron (1967) writes - Sometime between a few months from now and July 1, 2026, I will be vacating the apartment in which I have been residing for 14 months, and it will be for rent. It’s on Plandome Road in Manhasset, a little north of Northern Blvd. It’s a second-floor walk-up (20 steps). There are two small bedrooms, a living room, a modern kitchen, and a private bathroom. It comes with a parking space. The neighborhood has everything you could want (restaurants, shopping, banks, a post-office……and pizzerias!). It’s quiet. It’s a four minute walk from the Manhasset LIRR station. The rent is $2,500 (IMHO, a good deal). The owners are a very sweet family. Please let me know if you are interested.

Fan Mail

Ellen Alpert Aronow - “Thank you for all you do! I appreciate you, and I know so many others do, too!!”

1968 (Lois Hegyi Goldstein) - “A big thank you for all these Newsletters throughout the years. It’s nice to hear about all my classmates and what they have done since graduating from Wheatley.”

1968 (Ilene “Cookie” Levine) - “Thanks for keeping us well-informed about the lives of our school-mates. Seeing what has become of their lives is fascinating.”

1970 (Ellen Dellis) - “Thank you for all you do.”

1974 (Bob Berta) - “Issue # 224 was a great Newsletter, as always. Keep up the good work.”

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Closing

That’s it for The Wheatley School Alumni Association Newsletter # 225. Please send me your autobiography before someone else sends me your obituary.

Arthur Fredericks Engoron, Class of 1967