Our Classmate Augie Tietz never to be Forgotten!

Leaders sing praises of Tietz as Jefferson County preps tribute

 

How To Survive a Heart Attack When Alone

 

Read this for info:  Dear ALL,   1 Let's say it's 7.25 pm and you're going home (alone of course) after an unusually hard day on the job.   2 You're really tired, upset and frustrated.   3 Suddenly you start experiencing severe pain in your chest that starts to drag out into your arm and up in to your jaw. You are only about five km from the hospital nearest your home.   4 Unfortunately you don't know if you'll be able to make it that far.   5 You have been trained in CPR, but the guy that taught the course did not tell you how to perform it on yourself.   6 HOW TO SURVIVE A HEART ATTACK WHEN ALONE? Since many people are alone when they suffer a heart attack without help, the person whose heart is beating improperly and who begins to feel faint, has only about 10 seconds left before losing consciousness.   7 However, these victims can help themselves by coughing repeatedly and very vigorously. A deep breath should be taken before each cough, and the cough must be deep and prolonged, as when producing sputum from deep inside the chest.   A breath and a cough must be repeated about every two seconds without let-up until help arrives, or until the heart is felt to be beating normally again.   8 Deep breaths get oxygen into the lungs and coughing movements squeeze the heart and keep the blood circulating. The squeezing pressure on the heart also helps it regain normal rhythm. In this way, heart attack victims can get to a hospital.   9 Tell as many other people as possible about this. It could save their lives!   10  A cardiologist says If everyone who gets this mail, kindly sends it to 10 people, you can bet that we'll save at least one life.   11 Rather than sending jokes, please.contribute by forwarding this mail which can save a person's life....   12 If this message comes around you ......more than once.....please don't get irritated......You need to be happy that you have many friends who care about you & who remind you of how to tackle....Heart attacks....

Interesting, Unique Photos of the Past

 

These photos are from Dick Karcher.  Thanks Dick.

One quick click and you will be in the web site:

http://www.douglascountygensoc.org/photos004.html

66th Class of 1955 Reunion Held

 Some of you probably found the class photo of our Watertown High School, Class of 1955  66th Reunion in the local Daily Times on  Wednesday, August 18, 2021.  And what a superb photo it is:

Watertown High School Class of 1955 celebrated its 66-year class reunion at Lindberg’s by the River Thursday. Josephine Lindberg was a classmate of the 26 schoolmates and the chef for her Class of 1955 Reunion. 

Those attending included, from left, back row, Jack Bast, and Josephine Willman Lindberg, third row, Donald Fredrick, Jack Nass, Wallace Scheiber, Peter Hartwig, Dave Veldhuizen, Leon Gans, Buddy Aufdermauer, and Paul Voegeli; second row, Al Worden, Rich Block, Augie Tietz, Dolly David Wetzel, Harriet Hoppe Balmer, Marialyce Hartmann Wackett, Janet Borazo Boeder and Rosemary Rowe Rennhack; front row, Rosemarie Fitzgerald Ulmer, Audrey Fuchs Zautner, Donna Howard Lehman, Leah Richter Mullane, Mary Lou Hoffer Beggan, Dorothy Minning Cuccia, Beverly Haseleu Saniter and Betty Meyer Lillge. The 1955 class won the state baseball tournament that year.

 

Now you can enjoy a closer look:

A special thank you to Leah Richter Mullane who stepped up at the last minute to take best friend absentee committee member Pat Melius Cease of River Falls place at the door.  Sadly, Pat was unable to attend because daughter had to work. Thank you to all family members who took off from work to get their parent to our class reunion.  

Augie Tietz looking great. His friendly nature makes
everyone around him smile. Always a good-time person

Rosemarie Rowe Rennhack arrived with the nicest smile.
Obviously she is happy to be here!

Rosie Fitzgerald Ulmer & Audrey Fuchs Zautner
worked so diligently for the reunion to make it a success!

Wallace Scheiber has his friendly face on for
all of his classmates. Nice to see you Wally!

Joey Kaul, with her wonderful smile,
 brings Tommy Kaul's spirit with her.

Paul Voegeli and Leon Gans

Dawn and Dave Veldhuizen who drove from
Minocqua.

Harriet Hoppe Balmer arriving with her wonderful smile.
She drove from Hartland.

Don & Donna Fredrick are ready to enjoy
the reunion.

Betty Meyer Lillge and her dear grandson made
sure she made her happy arrival with no trouble.
You look great Betty in your red, white, and blue.

Donna Howard Lehmann was so happy to be here too.
Whoops! Dot Minning Cuccia caught her blinking.

Jan Milbrath and Jack Nass

Marialyce Hartmann Wackett

Son, Mike Worden with dad Al Worden

Mary Lou Hoffer Beggan and daughter
Ann Beggan Subry traveled from Illinois.

Paul Voegeli

Rich Block with his guest Gilda

Jack Bast and Dave Veldhuizen. Love the shirt, Dave!

Honorary Classmate Buddy Aufdermauer, all the 
way from out West.

Peter Hartwig and wife Loretta drove up from
Indiana.

Jack and Carole Bast

Leon Gans and his wife Bobbi Sue from Oklahoma.

Bev Haseleu Saniter was an early
arrival, and she is happy to be with
her classmates.

Gilda, Richard Block's guest; Dawn Veldhuizen and 
Carole Bast getting the thumbs up from Dave.

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Donna Howard Lehmann, Harriet Hoppe,
and Mary Lou Hoffer Beggan.

Betty Meyer Lillge and Joey Kaul

Al Worden, Buddy Aufdermauer, 
and Augie Tietz

Audrey Fuchs Zautner, Rosie Fitzgerald
Ulmer, and Leah Richter Mullane---the attendees
were greeted by these special helpers. And we miss
Pat Melius Cease so much!

A fun time it is for Sis Hartmann Wackett, Bev
Haseleu Saniter, Dolly David Wetzel, and Janet Borazo Boeder 

Donald and Donna Fredrick meeting
up with Rosemary Rowe Rennhack.

Rich Block mingling with Jan Milbrath, Jack Nass
Wally Scheiber, Peter Hartwig and his wife Loretta.

Janet Borazo Boeder and Dolly David Wetzel

With cars in the Lindberg by the River parking
lot around 3:30 it was a fun cozy 66th Reunion party!

Never To Forget
This is the table we set up In Memoriam for all our classmates who have passed on before us.
Audrey Fuchs Zautner just lit the white candle with a blue ribbon wrapped around it.

And when everyone arrived, we had all the name tags set. Audrey Rieck Williams, yours is here too!  We missed you.




Because Dot Minning Cuccia was busy taking these beautiful
photos and our classmate chef Joey Willman Lindberg was preparing the dinner, you will not see them featured in the individual photos as well as the groups. But you can see them in the above class photo at the beginning of this edition to our blog. And to be certain, everyone enjoyed the chicken dinner that Joey prepared.  Surprise! We had chocolate cake for dessert.  Yummy!

Committee member Mamie Lueck Else added the decorations for our Memoriam table as did Dawn Klemme Ross, our editor for the Class of '55 Blog.  Unfortunately, both were unable to attend. Thanks again for stepping up behind the scenes.

The count of classmates was 25, plus one honorary, one single, and
nine partners which gave us a grand total of 36 attendees for our 66th Class of 1955 Reunion.

Thanks to Dot Minning Cuccia for writing most of this edition of our blog. Dawn Klemme Ross, however, did manage to edit it a wee bit as well.

AND, thanks to all of you who attended. It takes a special
effort to get out of our comfort zones!

Another Super Recipe

 Thanks to Dot Minning Cuccia, you have another recipe to try.

Thank you Dot.

 Pumpkin spice muffins or cake

1 can 100% pure pumpkin   (15 oz size Libbys for example)

1 box any brand cake mix called: Spice cake   (Betty Crocker for example)

3/4 cup water

Mix together:  Muffins 350 degrees 30 minutes  or mini muffins for 15 min.

Make a cake if you don’t have muffin tins!

A Diagnosis of Anosognosia!

This is a good one from Dick Karcher. Thanks Dick!

 Anosognosia

Check this out.  It might reassure you!

Have you been diagnosed with Anosognosia (temporary forgetfulness)?

In the following analysis, a French Professor, Bruno Dubois, Director of the Institute of Memory

and Alzheimer's Disease (IMMA) at La Pitié-Salpêtrière - Paris Hospitals / addresses the subject in a rather reassuring way:

"If anyone is aware of his or her memory problems, they do not have Alzheimer's."

1. I forget the names of families.
2. I do not remember where I put some things.

It often happens in people 60 years and older that they complain that they lack memory.

"The information is always in the brain, it is the 'processor' that is lacking."

This is "Anosognosia" or temporary forgetfulness. Half of people 60 and older have some symptoms that are due to age rather than disease.

The most common cases are:

- forgetting the name of a person,
- going to a room in the house and not remembering why we were going there,
- a blank memory for a movie title or actor, an actress,
- a waste of time searching where we left our glasses or keys.

After 60 years most people have such a difficulty, which indicates that it is not a disease, but rather a characteristic due to the passage of years.

Many people are concerned about these oversights hence the importance of the following two statements:

"Those who are conscious of being forgetful have no serious problem of memory."

"Those who suffer from a memory illness or Alzheimer's, are not aware of what is happening."

Professor Bruno Dubois, Director of IMMA, reassures the majority of people concerned about their oversights:  "The more we complain about memory loss, the less likely we are to suffer from memory sickness."

Now for a little 3-step neurological test:  Only use your eyes!

Step 1- Find the C in the following table:

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOCOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Step 2- If you have already found the C, then find the 6 in the next table:

99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999
99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999
99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999
69999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999
99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999
99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999

Step 3- Now find the N in the final table.  Attention, it's a little more difficult!

MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMNMM
MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM

CONCLUSION:  If you pass these three tests without a problem:

- you can cancel your annual visit to the neurologist.
- your brain is in perfect shape!
- you are far from having any relationship with Alzheimer's.

So, share this with your over-60 friends, it might reassure them too.

 

A Few Words of Wisdom!

Thanks to Dick Karcher who received this through Jeanne Flath Oxendine

Subject: Wisdom

THE MANY ROADS OF LIFE AND A FEW WORDS OF WISDOM.
GREAT TRUTHS THAT LITTLE CHILDREN HAVE LEARNED:

1) No matter how hard you try, you can't baptize cats.

2) When your Mom is mad at your Dad, don't let her brush your hair.

3) If your sister hits you, don't hit her back. They always Catch the second person.

4) Never ask your 3-year old brother to hold a tomato.

5) You can't trust dogs to watch your food.

6) Don't sneeze when someone is cutting your hair.

7) Never hold a Dust-Buster and a cat at the same time.

8) You can't hide a piece of broccoli in a glass of milk.

9) Don't wear polka-dot underwear under white shorts.

10) The best place to be when you're sad is Grandma's lap.

GREAT TRUTHS THAT ADULTS HAVE LEARNED:

1) Raising teenagers is like nailing Jello to a tree.

2) Wrinkles don't hurt.

3) Families are like fudge...mostly sweet, with a few nuts.

4) Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.

5) Laughing is good exercise. It's like jogging on the inside.

 6) Middle age is when you choose your cereal for the fiber, not the toy.

GREAT TRUTHS ABOUT GROWING OLD:

1) Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional.

2) Forget the health food. I need all the preservatives I can get.

3) When you fall down, you wonder what else you can do while you're down there.

4) You're getting old when you get the same sensation from a rocking chair that you once got from a roller coaster.

5) It's frustrating when you know all the answers but nobody bothers to ask you the questions.

6) Time may be a great healer, but it's a lousy beautician.

7) Wisdom comes with age, but sometimes age comes alone.

THE FOUR STAGES OF LIFE:

1) You believe in Santa Claus.

2) You don't believe in Santa Claus.

3) You are Santa Claus.

4) You look like Santa Claus.