We now have 11 bios on our website.Tom Veilleux sent his bio in for our website. Thanks Tom.

Here is an excerpt; you can read the entire bio on our website.

What are you waiting for...send your bio to me so we can all catch up!

I was always a newspaper nut, and in fact while I was in high school, I not only worked on our school newspaper, I was contributing occasional items to the Danbury News-Times.

After college, I worked briefly in public relations for a NYC company that had moved to Danbury, and then jumped aboard the Bridgeport Post, now the Connecticut Post, where I spent six years as an editor and feature writer. During those years and for years after, I worked part time for both the Waterbury Republican and New Haven Register. I then spent almost 20 years working as an editor and feature writer for various trade and business magazines, mostly in New York, and at one time created and ran my own magazine for one of my employers. I eventually left that world behind, although I continue to write occasional freelance articles and got to see every part of the U.S. and most of Canada along the way.

I'll bet everyone has at least one story about the Danbury Drive-In! How about sharing your drive-in story with us?

I posted a memory in a previous issue and here are a couple more from other DHS Classmates..

As an adult, with my wife, we continued to go occasionally and used to bring brought the oldest of our children along when she was very little and the drive-in was (barely) still operating. We used to park next to my wife's sister and husband and small son.

Tom Veilluex - Class of 1967

We brought our own snacks, but were allowed to buy ONE soda each at the refreshment stand. Due to the space limitations inside the vehicle, my brother and I opted for the front fenders of the old Chev' where we could not only watch the movie, but the skyfull of aerial activity above, and the goings and comings of our neighbors.

I remember the movie as not holding my interest very well, but the airplanes and constellations and meteorites of a warm summer night were fascinating. Suddenly, I noticed what looked like a very bright star moving VERY slowly across the sky. Far too slow to be a "shooting star", and much too high, and without the telltale red flash of an airplane's port wing lamp.

I watched, fascinated, as the object passed the zenith point and slowly descended toward the horizon. Then, when it was about fifteen degrees above the trees it just disappeared. The fledgling Space Agency that was to grow exponentially into NASA had launched a big mylar balloon into earth orbit, and was experimenting with bouncing radar and radio waves off of it for military and communications purposes. I had observed a passing of the "ECHO". Anybody else remember it???

Jim Gilbert - Class of 1966

Gene picked me up in his dad's old grey Dodge station wagon with a ram's head on the front, wearing a blue mohair sweater with his hair slicked back, and I was ready to bolt. However, as it turned out we had a great first date, saw "Valley of the Dolls" and by the end of the date I was sure Gene was the one I wanted to spend the rest of my life with.

We had many happy and memorable nights at the drive-in after that. And, both Gene and I remember happy times at the drive-in with our families before we met. My mom would always pack some Pepsi's and home made Italian style sandwiches for us. We'd no sooner park the car before we'd be begging her for some.

Wish our kids and grandkids knew the joy of being outside on a summer's night watching movies, swatting mosquitoes, feeling cozy in our old familiar car, and just being together.

Carol Pane Bates - Class of 1966

The year was 68 or 69. My then girl friend, Jessie Ballard and now wife of 35 years were, uh...watching a movie the name of which I do not recall in my 65 Corvair. I could smell gasoline but didn't really think anything of it when someone walked by and said there was gas leaking out of the back of my car. A rubber connection in the fuel line had broken and gas was pouring out, good thing we didn't smoke. So we left the drive in and raced to find an open gas station, remember when were gas stations actually did repairs instead of just selling gas and lotto tickets? We made it to an open service station on White Street before the car blew up, the car was fixed and we lived happily ever after.

Edward J. Albanetti - Class of 1967

Please share your drive-in memories with us. Click on link below to send an email with your drive-in story.

Dear Classmate

I would like to welcome all the classmates who have added or corrected their email addresses to our list. Adding to that the 90 mailing addresses that Maryann and Al Silvestri helped to provide, we are now in contact with over 50% of our former classmates. We still have a way to go. So please review the attached listing of still missing classmates. Should you be in contact with them, or know how to reach them, please let them know to contact either Mike Marinaro mmarinaro@nc.rr.com or me, in order to keep them updated on the class reunion.

As I have mentioned in previous emails, for the reunion, we are planning a social event for the Friday night before (September 28th) being coordinated by Joe Pannozzo joepannozzo@sbcglobal.net. Anyone who wishes to assist Joe in that event, please contact him directly.

Joe Scalzo will be in charge of the Saturday night (September 29) event at Capellaro's Grove. Joe is going to need some help and support in making this a successful event. Any volunteers should contact Joe directly at either joes@jmw.com or joes1963@gmail.com

Jeff O'Hora jeff@jeffohora.com has volunteered to put together a Sunday (September 30,) event (picnic of some sort).

Dominic Palumbo has agreed to co ordinate the cash in take and expenditures (at least for the Saturday night affair). We will be working out those details as we get closer to the event.

Some of you may have been reading that Capellaro's Grove is about to change ownership. I've been in contact with them, and they are just selling the land. We are still booked for September 29th, so the show will go on.

As we get closer and closer to the reunion, the excitement is starting to build; I truly look forward to seeing you all there.

Kind Regards

Michael Zarour