Thomas Cushman, Class of 1952

I had to go back to the yearbook to even recall most of the names but these were my favorites:

Tony Carosello, the band instructor: only teacher I had at any level who played basketball and corkball with us.

Alene Sadler - English. Must have had a positive effect on my use of the language...I've been in the writing business for 50-plus years.

Tillie Dale Williams, Spanish. Great patience with students, many of whom were hearing a language for the first time.

Jerry Ford, Class of 1960

I had three outstanding teachers at Central---

Tony Carosello --great trumpet player and mentor;

Bill Ewing -- great jazz woodwind player -- we performed together for many years;

and Jack "Pug" Russell -- he was a great coach, a great person and a wannabe piano player!