Port Byron Alumni Banquet Reservations

Saturday, June 8, 2019 – Dana L. West Jr. Sr. High School, 30 Maple Ave. Port Byron
5:30 PM – 6:15 PM Reception – Meet & Greet in the High School Commons
6:15 PM – Dinner in the High School Gymnasium
Business Meeting/Presentations in the Auditorium following dinner

MENU from Mooney’s Catering

Chicken, Roast Beef, Baked Ziti, Steamed Vegetables, Chef Salad with choice of dressing, dinner rolls/corn bread,
dessert, and drinks, (coffee, tea, punch).

 We will be honoring and recognizing the Class of 1969, the Class of 1994, installing the newest Hall of
Fame honorees and voting on new Hall of Fame inductees.
 Alumni Awards will be given to members of the Class of 2019. Thanks to your support, we will be giving
awards of $600. The Kelly Green Lipiska Scholarship will also be awarded.
 We are now receiving 2019 dues (January to December). Would you consider mailing in your dues now to
assure adequate funds for the operation of the Alumni Association?
 We are also doing our best to update mailing lists. If you have changed your address or know of a
classmate who may have moved, please share that information with us.
Please take a few moments now to fill out the form below and return it. Even if you cannot join us this year, we
look forward to hearing from you.

President: Ken Emerson Vice President: Debbie Keenly Truex (tkdtruex@aol.com)

Secretary: Cathy Mack Martinez Treasurer: Carolyn Waterman

___I wish to make my reservation for the dinner, ____ persons at $25 per person $ ___
(special dietary needs accommodated if possible, please advise)

___ I am enclosing my/our dues at $5 per alumnus ____

___ I am enclosing my contribution for the Alumni Award ____

Total $______

Make checks payable to: Port Byron Alumni Association and mail to: Port Byron Alumni,
PO Box 285, Port Byron, NY 13140. Deadline for reservations is May 25, 2019.

Name __________________________________ Maiden Name ________________Class of______

Name _________________________________ Class of_________ Guest _______

Address ____________________________ City______________ State____ Zip __________If new “X” ____

Email _______________________________________________________________________
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Do you wish future mailings emailed? Only release to classes planning reunions.
Dear Alumni,

I would like to take this opportunity to invite you to the Port Byron Alumni annual meeting and banquet on
Saturday, June 8, 2019 at the Dana L. West Jr/Sr High School.

The evening will begin at 5:30pm with a short reception and a chance to visit with friends. The banquet will begin
at 6:15 followed by the annual alumni meeting with a special recognition for the class of 1969, and the class of
1994.

Along with the Alumni Scholarships, we will also announce the recipient of the Kelly Green Lipiska Memorial
Scholarship, new inductees to the PB Hall of Fame and the very first Pioneer Award.

For 2019, the Alumni Officers elected not to send invitations through the mail to Alumni who have graduated
between 2000-2018. This decision essentially has saved enough funding to support one additional award. If you
have a family member that you feel would be interested in attending the banquet, please have them provide
us with an e-mail address (tkdtruex@aol.com) or have them respond through the Port Byron Alumni page
on Facebook.

The Port Byron Alumni Association thanks you for your dedication to our Association through your membership
and donations in support of our Port Byron Students.

Thank You,
Ken Emerson, President
 Your Port Byron Alumni Association – News & Highlights
Alumni – we hope you can join us, we have lots of fun and fellowship abounds!

Alumni Weekend begins with a band concert and ice cream social on Friday, June 7 th at 7 PM hopefully
outside the Athletic Entrance. If you would like to ‘dust off your instrument’ and play, please contact Dana L.
West High School band director James Bearup at jbearup@pbcschools.org for music. It is great fun for both
players and the audience members. Last year we had 15 alums from the classes of 1961 to 2017 joining the current
band members for patriotic and movie themed music.

Dawn Roe has some exciting contributions to our business meeting – a football retrospective (you are invited to
share your memorabilia on a special table) and honoring our first Pioneer Hall of Famer. The Pioneer Award, a
new sub-division to the Alumni Hall of Fame, will be awarded for the first time . It honors high school graduates
prior to centralization for career excellence and/or exceptional community achievements. The first recipient of this
award will be given in memory of Dr. Frank McElroy Huntoon, MD, a bacteriologist and graduate of the Port
Byron Free Academy Class of 1897. Huntoon devoted a career to teaching and researching infectious diseases. His
work Included the development of the pneumonia antibody, as well as publishing in many scientific journals. His
injection methods were also used in Government clinical trials at Bellevue Hospital in NYC. Please join us for a
special program presented by Dawn Roe as she highlights the life of Dr, Huntoon (1881-1948) a graduate who
contributed to the betterment of mankind.

Hall of Fame Inductees Clifton Mills (1943) and Mary DeBottis Guiffreda (1940) will be honored.

We appreciate your support of our Awards program and thought you might like to hear of some successes!
Alumni award winner Amanda Chuttey (2018) thanks you for her award: “I am thoroughly enjoying my time at
Nazareth College. The alumni scholarship made the cost of textbooks and supplies much easier to manage. I have
made lifelong friends and am already looking forward to next fall.” Amanda is the starting goalie for field hockey,
on the Dean’s list and works part-time at campus safety. Sandra Waterman received a Port Byron Alumni
award in 2001. Sandra used the award to help pay for textbooks and supplies, which were surprisingly
expensive. Sandra also sincerely appreciates the encouragement she felt from being the recipient of the award.
“My name is Timothy Cobb and I graduated from Port Byron Central School in 2000. I attended LeMoyne
College and then Medical School at New York College of Osteopathic Medicine. I secured a residency position
and spent 5 years in Philadelphia where I met my wife. We decided to move back to Central New York and start
our family. I was an Emergency and family physician at St. Joseph’s hospital for 5 years. Last year, when the
opportunity to practice medicine closer to my home town became available, I took a job at Auburn Community
Hospital. It has been an honor to care for the communities that helped lay the foundation for my journey. I was a
past alumni award winner and cannot thank the committee enough for taking a chance on me. Your hard work and
dedication provides an invaluable resource to our community and are an essential component for future student’s
success. So thank you!” Mark DeBois (2002) graduated from the University of Buffalo with a degree in Civil
Engineering. “I have worked at Kiewit, a Fortune 500 company with revenues consistently over $8 billion, since
graduation and have held numerous roles and titles including field engineer, estimator, lead estimator,
superintendent, project engineer, project manager, chief estimator, and sr. engineer. I have helped build some very
challenging, unique infrastructure projects and have also estimated all types of projects from dams to transit
stations, bridges to substations, and everything in between, ranging from $100k to $1B+. The scholarship money
helped buy books and a new computer for college, which gave me my foundation for my career today.”

A number of folks celebrated the 21st reunion at our ‘southern’ outpost. All are invited to 22nd
Florida Reunion gathering on January 25, 2020 at the Golden Corral Restaurant in
Zephyrhills from 11-3. Come enjoy a day of reminiscing about the good old days at Port Byron
and find out what your classmates have been up to. Guests are welcome. There will be a tasty
buffet lunch, lots of laughs and spirited discussion! For more information please contact Ken
Aldrich at kenaldrich76@lcloud.com OR Virginia Benedict Halstead at ghalstead@gmail.com
 Port Byron Central School Alumni Hall of Fame Nomination Form

Name of Nominee _______________________________________________ Year of Graduation _________

Address of Nominee, if living_________________________________________________________________

Nominated by _________________________________________________ Phone #_____________________

Address ________________________________________________________________________________

Particular achievement of nominee: Feel free to enclose copies of newspaper clippings, awards, and other
documentation, use additional sheets if needed.

Hall of Fame committee will receive nominations by March 31 of each year. Nominations will be checked,
screened and approved by the committee. Members of the Alumni Association present at the Annual Alumni
Banquet will vote on submitted names. The candidate(s) with the highest number of votes will be announced and
installed the following year. Individuals who are not graduates of Port Byron Central School will be considered in
light of special circumstances i.e. graduation interrupted by military service and death, however this is an Alumni
honor, other worthy individuals can be honored by the Carnegie Institute, Chamber of Commerce, United States
Congress, etc. We are the only PBCS Alumni Association!

Nominees may be submitted at anytime. If received before March 31, they will be considered for that year. Names
placed in nomination may be considered in future years, if not selected in the year of nomination. Nominations
may be sent to: Joni Lincoln, 10376 State Route 38, Port Byron, NY 13140. More forms will be available at the
Alumni Banquet.

Describe achievement of nominee/details supporting the nomination: feel free to enclose copies of newspaper
clippings, awards and other documentation, use additional sheets if needed

Criteria: Please check all that apply.

___ Graduate of Port Byron Central School

___ Performed significant community service, service to humanity or social contribution

___ Distinguished in occupation/vocation

___ Worthy character

More forms will be available at the banquet

Revised 2013