Batavia (NY) High School Class of 1975

11/20/2024

ATTENTION BHS '75 CLASSMATES:

We need some help.

Years ago, a memoriam was published to honor those from our class who have passed away. Sadly, we have lost more of them since its publishing.

We are working on an updated tribute to the departed members of our class.

It is our hope to include the date they were born and the date we lost them, if possible. Coming up with these dates is no easy task in some cases.

At the moment, we are coming up empty for these two classmates:

-Ray Grady
-Deb Scopano

You can help if you have information on their:

-Date of birth
-Date of death

If you have a photo of either (that shows a clear view of their face), that will also be appreciated for future projects as neither appears in the senior section of the 1975 BHS Yearbook.

If you don't have data or photos, you will also be able to help if you have any information on who may have been close to either of them and might be able to help.

As the project continues, I will be reaching out for this information regarding other classmates.

When the tribute is complete, it will be posted in this group and the plan is to update it in the years to come as it becomes necessary.

Please take a moment to help if you can. They are deserving of our recognition, remembrance and respect.

Thank You!

11/19/2024

11/11/2024

The BHS 50-Year Class Reunion Planning Committee met Saturday to select a venue and get the wheels turning on lots of other good stuff for the weekend.

We will post information as it becomes available, so keep checking back!

(Please encourage your friends from our class to follow this group to stay informed of updates and developments.)

11/09/2024

Perseverance, flexibility, and technology skills were evidenced today for the reunion planning meeting. A huge fire on Howard Street left Coffee Press without power, so we shuffled down Main Street to McDonald’s where we used their WiFi to get on a zoom call to welcome class members Melinda, Doug, and Pete into the meeting. Good progress was made, and the next meeting was scheduled for Saturday, January 11 at 10 am. Please join us in person at Coffee Press, or by zoom (comment below and we’ll send you the link). We’d love your help and input! And mark your calendars, August 1 and 2, 2025. More details to come…

11/03/2024

With our 50 year class reunion approaching, I thought this was worth reposting.

It has now been 36 years since we lost him.

11/01/2024

Jan 1 H. R. Haldeman, Ehrlichman, Mitchell and Mardian convicted of Watergate crimes

Jan 6 "Wheel of Fortune" debuts on NBC-TV

Jan 15 Space Mountain opens at Disney World in Orlando, Florida

Jan 18 "The Jeffersons" spinoff from "All in the Family" premieres on CBS

Jan 23 "Barney Miller" premieres on ABC TV

Jan 31 Barry Manilow's single "Mandy" goes gold

Feb 11 Margaret Thatcher defeats Edward Heath for leadership of the British Conservative Party

Feb 21 Watergate figures John Mitchell, H. R. Haldeman & John D. Ehrlichman sentenced to 2½-8 yrs for conspiracy and obstruction of justice

Mar 1 Eagles' "Best of My Love" reaches #1

Mar 3 Linda McCartney is charged in US with possession of ma*****na

Mar 9 Construction of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System begins.

Mar 15 "That's the Way of the World" 6th studio album by Earth, Wind & Fire is released (Billboard Album of the Year 1975)

Mar 19 Pennsylvania is 1st state to allow girls to compete with boys in HS sports

Mar 25 Linda Ronstadt releases cover of the Everly Brothers' 1960 song "When Will I Be Loved" as a single; climbs to No. 2 in the charts

Mar 26 Ken Russell's film "Tommy", based on the rock opera by The Who, premieres in London; Roger Daltrey and Ann-Margret star, Tina Turner and Elton John are featured

Mar 29 "Lady Marmalade" by Labelle reaches #1 on US singles chart

Apr 4 Microsoft is founded as a partnership between Bill Gates and Paul Allen to develop and sell BASIC interpreters for the Altair 8800

Apr 18 John Lennon gives what becomes his final public performance at a gala salute to British media mogul Lew Grade at the Grand Ballroom of the Hilton Hotel, NYC; he performed 3 songs - Little Richard’s “Slippin’ and Slidin’”, Ben E. King’s “Stand By Me”, and closed with his own “Imagine”

Apr 30 North Vietnamese troops capture Saigon, ending the Vietnam War

May 26 "Rhinestone Cowboy" single released by Glen Campbell (Billboard Song of the Year, 1975)

Jun 7 "Thank God I'm a Country Boy" by John Denver hits #

Jun 7 Sony introduces the Betamax videocassette recorder for sale to the public

Jun 14 Janis Ian releases "At Seventeen"

Jun 20 "Jaws", based on the book by Peter Benchley, directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Roy Scheider is released

Jun 25 Barry White's "Can't Get Enough of Your Love Babe" is released

Jul 7 TV soap opera "Ryan's Hope" premieres

Jul 17 Apollo 18 and Soyuz 19 make 1st US/USSR linkup in space

Jul 25 RCA releases David Bowie single "Fame", with cameo appearance by John Lennon

Jul 30 US Teamsters President Jimmy Hoffa disappears in suburban Detroit; Hoffa legally declared dead in 1982

Aug 5 Stevie Wonder signs a 7-year, 7 album, with $13 million advance contract with Motown Records

Aug 25 Columbia Records releases Bruce Springsteen's landmark third album "Born To Run"

Sep 1 Gunsmoke goes off the air

Sep 1 NYC transit fare rises from 35 cents to 50 cents

Sep 5 First assassination attempt on US President Gerald Ford by Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme in Sacramento, California

Sep 18 American publishing heiress-turned-bank robber Patty Hearst captured by FBI in San Francisco, California

Sep 20 David Bowie's "Fame," single goes #1 for 2 weeks

Sep 22 Second assassination attempt on US President Gerald Ford by Sara Jane Moore fails in San Francisco

Sep 22 World Football League folds

Sep 28 Bill authorizes admission of women to military academies

Oct 1 The Thrilla in Manila: Muhammad Ali stops Joe Frazier in 14 rounds in Quezon City, the Philippines to retain his WBC/WBA heavyweight title

Oct 7 US decides John Lennon won't be deported due to UK pot conviction

Oct 11 "Saturday Night Live" created by Lorne Michaels premieres on NBC with George Carlin as host

Oct 18 Simon & Garfunkel reunite on "Saturday Night Live", sing "My Little Town"

Oct 20 Supreme Court rules teachers could s***k their pupils after warning

Oct 21 Coast Guard Academy 1st allows women to enroll

Oct 23 English rock star Elton John receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

Oct 25 Columbia Records releases "Still Crazy After All These Years", the fourth solo studio album by American singer-songwriter Paul Simon; it features the title track and the hits "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover" and "My Little Town", and wins 2 Grammy Awards

Nov 3 Good Morning America premieres on ABC (David Hartman & Nancy Dussault)

Nov 6 First performance by punk band the S*x Pistols at St Martins College, London

Nov 19 Film adaptation of "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" based stage adaptation of novel by Ken Kesey, directed by Miloš Forman and starring Jack Nicholson and Louise Fletcher, is released (Academy Awards Best Picture 1976)

Nov 28 "As the World Turns" and "The Edge of Night", the final two American soap operas that had resisted going to pre-taped broadcasts, air their last live episodes.

Nov 28 Bobby Orr plays his last game for the Boston Bruins

Nov 29 US President Gerald Ford signs Education for All Handicapped Children Act requiring states provide free education for children with a disability

Dec 11 US 1st class postage rises from 10 cents to 13 cents

Dec 17 Lynette Fromme sentenced to life for attempt on US President Ford's life

Dec 19 British guitarist Ron Wood joins the Rolling Stones

Dec 20 Joe Walsh recruited to join Eagles

Dec 26 George Harrison teases his hit "My Sweet Lord" before breaking into "The Pirate Song" on Eric Idle's Rutland Weekend Television Christmas Special (UK)

Dec 28 "The Hail Mary", with 32 seconds left in the NFC Divisional Playoff Game, Cowboys quarterback Roger Staubach throws a legendary 50-yard winning touchdown pass to Drew Pearson to defeat the Minnesota Vikings, and the "Hail Mary" play gains national recognition.

10/31/2024

SAD, SAD AWFUL NEWS!

I just learned a moment ago (from her sister, Dawn) that Mary LoCastro has passed away. This hits really hard!

There are few I loved as much as Mary.

10/21/2024

This group of your classmates gathered yesterday to work on planning our 50th reunion. The next meeting is Saturday, November 9 at 10 am at Coffee Press on Jackson Street in Batavia. Won’t you join us? We would love to have your help.

10/20/2024

SAVE the DATE
August 2, 2025
50th class reunion
Details to follow

10/03/2024

The next class reunion planning meeting will be held on Saturday October 19 at 10 am at Coffee Press. Please respond to the two survey questions on this page before that time. And come out and help plan our 50th!

09/09/2024

On Monday, 9/16, there will be a meeting of anyone willing to help plan our 50th class reunion. We will gather at 10:30 am at Coffee Press on Jackson Street. All are welcome! Also, if you have ideas on what type of gathering you’d like, please comment here.