FYI: The Briarcliff Campus - reimagined

Hello again Liggett Ladies,

We just got back from a couple of weeks "up North" at the cottage.  Summer is slowly peeking in at us but some cold (by comparison) nights.  I am just getting caught up on mail, etc.  Here is an article in the Grosse Pointe News about what will become of the school on the Briarcliff campus for those who may be interested.


http://www.grossepointenews.com/Articles-News-i-2014-06-05-253521.114135-Plans-revealed-for-Legacy-Oaks-condos.html

If any of you have something you would like to share (pictures from the reunion, family pictures you'd like to share, projects you are working on, etc. please forward to me and I will share it with our classmates.

Alice

Reunion Wrap Up....

Sometimes words are not necessary when pictures "speak" volumes...  So, here are some pictures from our class reunion time together.  Enjoy!

If anyone else has some pictures to share send them to me and I will happily add them.

                                           Clarification/confirmation of the weekend events...

Thursday, 5/15            First arrivals start coming....please, if you
                                              haven't already, send me your flight arrival
                                              and departure times so classmates might ride
                                              together to Grosse Pointe.


Friday, 5/16                  11:30am  Ladies Luncheon @ Country Club of Detroit
                                                                 

                   

                                                   After the luncheon we will travel down to
                                                   "old Liggett School (which is now Detroit
                                                   Waldorf School) for a tour of our old
                                                   stomping grounds.  This will probably be
                                                   around 1:30pm.

                 

                                                        We will go out to eat at The Hill Seafood   
                                                        & Chop House which is very close to my house
                                                        and Joan's.  I have made a tentative reservation
                                                        at the restaurant but would like to have a "firm"
                                                        number  as soon as possible from each of you
                                                        who will be going in case I need to add to the number.

              

Saturday, 5/17          The morning and afternoon are somewhat open on Saturday so
                                           people go for a walk,  just relax and/or chat.

                                           The Alumni Cocktail Party at the school campus
                                           is from 5pm to7pm.

                     

                                       
                                           After the cocktail party we can come back to my
                                           house and hopefully relax, chat, take pictures, etc.
                                           I hope the weather will nice and we can enjoy the
                                           patio as we have done in the past and also that
                                           maybe we may have other local classmates join us.

Sunday, 5/18 -
Tuesday, 5/20           Departures........
                                           

Greetings!  I just sent out an email to everyone but thought I would also send out a blog message:

Hello all, 

I hope everyone has made reservations with the school for the luncheon at the Country Club of Detroit and the cocktail party at the ULS campus.

After the cocktail party we can meet and relax a bit before going out for dinner.

We may even have a glass of wine...

The general consensus as to dinner was to go somewhere else for dinner.  So, I think I have a great restaurant which has great food and beverage and is close by to my house.

The Hill Restaurant on Kercheval is about 6 short blocks from my house.  Here is the menu for the restaurant for your perusal:

The Hill menu - Grosse Pointe Farms, MI 48236 - (313) 886-8101 

	The Hill menu - Grosse Pointe Farms, MI 48236 - (313) 886-8101 Restaurant menu, map for The Hill located in 48236, Grosse Pointe Farms MI, 123 Kercheval Ave
	View on www.allmenus.com	Preview by Yahoo

As you will see the variety of food is plentiful and the price range for entrees starts at $9.  The price range for wines is $7/8 for a glass and $28 and up for a bottle to share.  

Any questions?  Just give me a call (313) 910-0258 or shoot me an email.  

See you soon,

Alice

Looks like we may be going to visit the old Liggett School 

for a tour. 

Make that WE WILL be going to visit the old Liggett School

a week from today after the luncheon at the 

Country Club of Detroit.

Be sure to bring your cameras and 

your memories. 

Less than a week to go.....

Liggett School Tour

LIGGETT LADIES

Looks like we may be going to visit the old Liggett School 

for a tour.  

                                                                Should be fun....

                                                        Bring cameras, find your locker...

  

                                                                  More info soon...

SUNDAY, MAY 4, 2014

                                                                    Greetings Liggett Class of 1964

     It is time to give another update on our upcoming Homecoming Weekend in less than 2 weeks!
Best of all it looks certain that we will NOT have any SNOW. About a month ago I could not with any certainty say that.  Right now the sun is shining brightly, the grass is greening up and hopefully the sun will grace us with a beautiful weekend.

      Just wanted to give everyone an update of who will be coming to the Reunion Weekend coming up very quickly.  Lynn Krieghoff Sewell, J.J. L'Heureux, Mary Low, Joan Priest Weaver, Mikie Shelton Tornow, Jessa Tewalt, and yours truly.

     Those who may come for one "activity" (the luncheon at the Country Club of Detroit,  cocktail party at the         school, dinner at the school) are Leslie Beckenhauer, Betty Irwin, Joy Orley Nachman and Rory Nelson.

                                                                            That's all for now.  

                                                                                            Alice

                                                   Greetings Liggett Class of 1964

     It is time to give another update on our upcoming Homecoming Weekend in less that 2 weeks!
Best of all it looks certain that we will NOT have any SNOW. About a month ago I could not with any certainty say that.  Right now the sun is shining brightly, the grass is greening up and hopefully the sun will grace us with a beautiful weekend.

      Just wanted to give everyone an update of who will be coming to the Reunion Weekend coming up very quickly.  Lynn Krieghoff Sewell, J.J. L'Heureux, Mary Low, Joan Priest Weaver, Mikie Shelton Tornow, Jessa Tewalt, and yours truly.

     Those who may come for one "activity" (the luncheon at the Country Club of Detroit,  cocktail party at the school, dinner at the school) are Leslie Beckenhauer, Betty Irwin, Joy Orley Nachman and Rory Nelson.

                              That's all for now.  I look forward to seeing YOU very soon.
                                                     Then let the memories begin.


                                                                      Alice

Hello again Liggett Ladies

Activities for the Homecoming Weekend:

Those of you who will be in town and would like to go to the luncheon at the Country Club of Detroit please contact the school (or me) to make a reservation.  I have gone for several years and it is a very nice function.                         

 

There seems to be more a lot more interest in not only going to the school campus for the cocktail party but also for the dinner.  That can be done by each of us by contacting the school or, if you prefer, let me  know and I will contact the school with the number coming.  We will still have an afterglow at my house for all to participate in and continue our reconnecting.

If you happen to have any questions please email me at alicebaetz@yahoo.com or give me a call at (313) 910-0258.

I look forward to seeing all attendees...very soon.

Alice

50th Liggett Reunion Activities

Well, I guess it's time to resurrect my previous blog for Liggett Class of 1964.  So here it is...again.

Decisions, decisions, decisions...  Who's coming? When are they coming?  What to wear for which activity? Where will everybody be staying? And finally, what to do about DINNER on Saturday evening???

Who can help me figure out the answers to all of these questions? YOU!!!

Below is a FULL schedule of events...

Weekend Events

Thursday, May 15 at University Liggett School

Distinguished Alumni Award Ceremony

William Shelden., Jr.
6 p.m.

Friday, May 16 at the Country Club of Detroit
8 a.m. Golf Outing & Lunch at the Turn
Non-member Fee $125; $25 for club members plus club rules and fees apply.

11:30 a.m. Ladies Luncheon
$35 with open bar

Saturday, May 17 at University Liggett School
University Liggett School Tours
Main Entrance Lobby
10 – 11:30 a.m.

Alumnae Lacrosse Game
Athletic Fields
11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Alumni Cocktail Reception
Manoogian Arts Wing
5 - 7 p.m.
$25 with cash bar.
Includes school tour, Spring Raffle drawing, Alumni Giving Awards & Class Cup presentation

Class Reunion Dinners

7 - 9 p.m.
$75 per person

"What's for dinner?"

Decisions, decisions, decisions...

Who's coming? When are they coming?

What to wear for which activity? Where will everybody be staying? And finally, what to do about DINNER on Saturday evening???

Who can help me figure out the answers to all of these questions? YOU!!!

Mary Low inquired via email this morning - "I went to the Liggett website and there is a dinner for all alumni on Sat night after the reception, all at the country club. I assume we need to make reservations for our class which is listed on the website as one of special ones. Has anyone looked and registered for dinner?"

So, I emailed Michael Zarobe who is Assistant Director of Alumni Relations and he answered back in part:

"Here’s a list of the class dinners at the Country Club of Detroit. In each case, a class secretary or another class rep called to let me know they were interested in a class dinner (based on interest from other classmates). However, a reunion dinner can also take place at a restaurant the same night or some other night."

For our year of 1964 this is the class that responded and reserved the French Room:

"Grosse Pointe University School Class of 1964
45th Reunion Dinner
French Room, Country Club of Detroit
$55 per person"

So now we return to the title of this blog: "What's for dinner?" Then we can add in to the "formula" the photos: A) Country Club of Detroit - with the GPUS class of 1964, B) a BBQ, C) a pizza party - or any other suggestions??? Time is getting very short!!!

Please email me back ASAP:

1) Will you be coming to any of the Reunion Weekend activities? _________________

2) If so, which ones?________________________________________________

3) For the Saturday night dinner which is your preference - a) Country Club of Detroit, b) a BBQ, c) a laid back pizza party get together, d) no preference

Looking forward to hearing back from you soon.

Alice

RSVP: alicebaetz@yahoo.com

Peek-a-boo...do I see you???

Greetings again!!! I am writing to you from Ft. Myers, Florida while on vacation visiting Andy's sister Kathy and her husband John. Next week we will be up in Orlando at a timeshare and my daughter Cheryl and her husband Mark will join us there.

I am looking in my online email box to see who may be coming to the Reunion festivities this coming 1st weekend in May. Have I heard from you?

I spoke with Nancy Smith Johnson Sunday and found out that she will be unable to come to this year's Reunion but is definitely looking forward to our 50th in 2014.

So, if you are reading this blog and have yet to inform me if you will be coming - now is the time!

As for the informal "poll" as to what to do after the Saturday evening cocktail party at the Country Club of Detroit - it looks like a more casual affair of maybe a BBQ or dinner out a local local restaurant. Vote now on that, too.

I hope everyone had a nice Easter. Happy Spring!!!

News from Leslie, Betty and Travel Plans for JJ...

Leslie Beckenhauer Tranter checked in and wrote via email..."At this point in time I think I can make it. Will drive in and stay with my family." So, we look forward to seeing her. I think the last reuntion she came to was for the 25th when we were "based" at Betty Irwin's house on Iroquois in Indian Village. Betty also set up a tour of the school on Burns Avenue & Charlevoix.

Betty is definitely planning on attending this year's festivities over the weekend of May 1 - 2 and says she wants to be a part of the "sleepover", too.

J.J. L'Heureux had originally planned on attending the reunion weekend but just emailed me the following: "A few days ago I had an offer I could not refuse. I leave Monday 6 am for Las Palmas, Canary Islands - Lisbon, London, etc - up to Hamburg as the ship's artist for the group I go to Antarctica with. .....so.....I return the week-end of our class reunion. Sad to say I will not be able to attend. I do have a ticket so in the next few weeks after the reunion I will be visiting and hopefully we can enjoy dinner and a walk and you can tell me all about what happened. I am disappointed to say the least. I was looking forward to visiting with all who could get to "us".

So that's the up-to-date update for now. What about YOU??? The reunion will be here before we know it and over a month from now. Shoot me back an email to let me know from you - yes, no or maybe.

Lynn Reports in from California...

Well, two guesses who this blog is about. Lynn Krieghoff Sewell sent an email today to me and here is what she said...

"It looks very much as though I, unfortunately, will not be attending the reunion in May. I just have too many obligations keeping me in CA. Please give my greetings to everyone. Hopefully, I'll make our 50th.

Our granddaughters Sophie (8) and Fiona (7) are growing up fast. They live in Los Angeles, love to travel, ski, ride horses, dance, sing, and have performed in several musicals.

Our son, Bill, continues to grow his company, http://www.wiredrive.com/, an interactive agency and software developer for the advertising, production and post-production industries. His wife, Lisa, participates actively in community and school activities.

Our daughter, Sarah, a photographer and a fine arts oil painter, plans to marry her fiance, Matt, at the end of the summer. We're delighted! Ironically, Matt used to play in a band (sometimes practicing in our garage!) with our son Bill during high school and Sarah knew Matt's sister, but Sarah and Matt had never met until a bit over a year ago.

Chris retired several years ago but continues to be active with volunteer work. Often I get involved too, such as going on a 2 month trip to Kazakhstan a few years ago where he was sent by USAID to help small businesses with marketing. Otherwise, I'm still very active with my Christian Science Practice, church work, and wedding planning.

Love to all,
Karolyn (Lynn)"

The above pictures are just a few of the ones Lynn sent to me. The first of Lynn with her Mother, Mrs. Krieghoff Waters. The second is of Lynn with her granddaughters Sophie and Fiona. The last of Lynn with Chris.