Belknap Reunion / Dedication October 22-24, 2010
Friday, October 22, 2010
*8:00 PM Welcome-Evening at "The Mug" (62 Daniel Webster Hwy, Center Harbor)
Music by David Young
*7:00 PM-The Mug is reserved for Belknapians who wish to dine there before the reunion party begins.
Saturday, October 23, 2010
*1:15 PM Belknap College Dedication - In front of Nichols Library, in the Center Harbor Square near the fountain
*2:00 PM Coe House Reception
*8:00 PM Belknap Reunion Celebration at Waukewan - Pavilion - cocktails (166 Waukewan Rd, Center Harbor)
*9:30 PM stroll in to The Barn for music by "In 4 the Time"
Video of the dedication of the bench and marker...You'll have to wait through a short commercial but it is worth it! http://www.veoh.com/browse/videos/category/educational_and_howto/watch/v20538294qAJa7nhy Thanks to Tom Berman '74 for recording this video. .
In addition to the photos below, more photos by Henry Scarfo are at this link: http://www.henryscarfo.com/henry/BelknapCollegeReunionDedication/index.html
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Kona Indian Boy
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Jim joins us on the porch of Nichols Store
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Jim - Judy and Noelle
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Before the unveiling
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John, Sally, and Joe
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Henry bestows Mike with his own Belknap Diploma
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Coe House Girls
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Ed and Carol
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Bob Zewski & Maddie
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Meredith News, October 27, 2010 - Reprinted with permission
Belknap College alumni return for dedication
by Erin Plummer
CENTER HARBOR — Belknap College alumni shared their memories with the town as they unveiled two markers commemorating the college.
Belknap College operated from the early 1960s to the early 1970s out of Founders Hall, which is now part of the New Hampshire Music Festival campus, and several other buildings in town.
Belknap College alumni have included several local officials, including Meredith Selectman Miller Lovett, Moultonboro Town Moderator Mel Borrin and the late Inter-Lakes School Board Chair Paula Adriance. Other prominent alumni include meteorologist Bill Hovey, who worked for Channel 5 in Boston.
Previous reunions for the college have been held in the past 20 years, ranging from a formally organized reunion of around 300 people to smaller reunions, including one in Florida. Efforts have been in the works in the past year for another large reunion, though the idea also evolved to raise money for a memorial for the college.
A group of alumni got together over the Internet last fall and decided to raise money to buy a bench and a memorial plaque. Eventually a website was formed for classmates to contact each other. Ideas for two different reunions were then combined for the reunion October.
Around 150 Belknap Alumni gathered in Center Harbor for the reunion with a dedication of the bench and marker on Saturday.
Members of the "Belknap Five" including Henry Scarfo, Mike Sehl (along with his wife Susanne), Gene McCaffrey, Jim Mulligan, and Virginia "Biddy" Irwin gave a joint speech telling the history of the reunion as well as thanks to founders Royal Frye and Virginia Brigham.
"Here today 47 years after its founding we have alumni, former students, faculty, and staff along with officials from the town and the library," Sehl said in his speech.
Sehl said he left Belknap College in May of 1966 after attending for two years.
"But even though I attended other colleges and earned my advanced degree at other schools, Belknap has remained with me as a part of my education, as a part of my growing up, as a part of my spirit," Sehl said. "Our children grew up hearing mythical stories of Belknap, its professors, its students, and the wonderful people of this town."
"When you look around at all of you that have traveled great distances because you had such wonderful and memorable experiences, it's absolutely amazing," Scarfo said. "Other colleges don't seem to have that bond."
Mulligan and Tom Whalen helped unveil he granite bench in front of the library. A historical plaque was then unveiled on Main Street.
Members of the alumni group gave special thanks to the Board of Selectmen and the Library Trustees for their support in this project.
"We appreciate very much a memorial such as this to (recognize) the college while it was here," said Center Harbor Selectman Charley Hanson. "It's nice to have something there to remind us of what was a part of us."
Scarfo then presented Sehl with an honorary degree.
"Mike is the inspiration of why we are here," Scarfo said.
The alumni are planning further reunions. A reunion is being planned for 2013 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the college's founding.
"It's overwhelming to see the loyalty and the people who came from every where because they went to Belknap," Irwin said. "It's just great. I'm feeling like we were all just down the street."
Mike ('69) and Gerry Lafferty, Drew & Linda ( Vander Veld) Cochrane, Margo & Dan Dutile?, Joe & Karen Tutrone, Louise (Bearman Macgregor Frame) & Judd Vermillion, Pat (Ryan) & Bill Stens, Art and Lynn Anderson?, Nat Horn and Myra Fecteau, Rod & Linda Weinberg, Jim Mulligan and Noelle Beinish, Diane & Duke Kline, Frank and Anita Marks?, Larry and Bobbi Mack, mona & marty phillips, Yale Geftic? Ken Breen, Steve & Jayne Massas, Gayle DeSimone Wyckoff, James and Renee McKay, Daryl Messina & Ed Clancy, Ike and Sarah Meredith, Gene McCaffrey, Cathy and Ed Madden ?, Joe and Lucille Ferraiolo?, Jan Sterling (guest?), Bob and Amy Schultz, Henry and "Sam" Scarfo, Judy and Greg Karr, Jim and Francine Neufel, Steven Kraus & (Barbara Datesh?), Steve Rhodes, Denny Coumbe & John Thorson ,Mark and Cindy Gleckman, Nina and Dick Gardner, Mike & Suzanne Sehl, David & Susanne Grich, Donald Taylor, Howard Taylor, Bill and Carole Wiquist, Judy [Merino] Murphy and daughter, Christine Stanley,, Ken & Lynn Sutelman,, Mary (Frisina) and Brad Dennis ?, Lee & Linda Pappas, Dennis & Mary Lunderville, Biddy (O'Brien) and Peter Irwin, Rosemary Batchie, Mike and Carol McCutcheon, Sherry and Richard Dixon, Ed Reville & Felise Llano?, Mel & Tina (Crowe) Borrin?, Bob and Eileen Zewski, Charlie and Ellen Roberts, Ron and Debbie Ulm, Tony and Faith Livingston, Jonathan Lingel, Jane Tucker ?, Mark Kleinberg, Paul DeFranc,Gene Meacham, *James Miller, Jim Miller, Mick Terrone, Bill and Susan Fraser?, Ralph and Sandy Spayd, Jim and Marlene Price , Charlie and Michaele Wezwick, Jack & Katie Casey, Sara (Sally Meredith) and Jim Nortrup, John & Janet Petrella, Ed and Kathy Kimmel, Deborah Regan, Tom & Linda Pavlesich, Steve & Nina Kotoros and son, Donna & John Jones, Jan J Batchelder, Suzanne Rattigan Trefsger, Tom & Sally Whalen, Mark & Mary Brady, Bill & Denise Kraut? Class of 1969, Greg and Jill Dietz, John Ekdahl, John and Trish Stansfield, Susan Cobb, Jack and Andy Schaffnit, Mike Myrick and ?, Tom Berman