Hello to all,

Can any of you guys forget graduation????We had a class that loved to party!!!! Bob Badeer, do you remember going through town in you car with so many of us hanging onto the seat, bumpers, etc???!!! What a great day!

After graduation I worked for Lizza Bros. for about a year. I was going nowhere sooooo in October '57 I enlisted in the army. Took basic in Fort Gorden, GA. The second eight weeks at Fort Bragg. Upon 16 weeks of infantry training they finally ask-----haha----TOLD me either drive a tank or become a medic. George, I agree with you, no steel coffin for me. I chose medic, schooled at Fort Bragg then shipped (literally) to Germany. I beat you there George! Stationed in Wurzburg in the 10th Field Hospital, yes, those training fields in Germany are cold, but I still had a ball. Oh the beer/cognac!!! Got to travel all over Europe at the government's expense. Norway was my favorite. I lived pretty good on $96 a month.

Upon my return to the states in '60 I got a job with the infamous Lilco and became a lineman. Even though it was a good job I didn't feel right, so I made a critical career change. I became a police officer for Nassau County. Sometime early in my tenure as a police officer I received my BA in Political Science from New York Tech.

Like many of you I divorced and joined the crowd of divorcees. Proud of all you guys that made it last. I have three children, Greg and Erin and adopted daughter Meredith from Viet Nam. Meredith has give me two grandchildren, Brandon 8 and Brianna 2.

I had various assignments with the police department throughout Nassau County. (Glad I didn't bump into any of you guys, haha.) I retired after 20 years of service in April '89. That April I landed a lucrative job with an ad agency delivering film and packages all over New York state. I delivered at least twice a week to the WTC Tower I. However, I had fully retired and moved to Texas long before 9-11.

I now live with my present lovely wife Joann in Livingston, Texas. Texas is far different from what you see in those old western movies. You never see any trees in those --- there are many national forests around this area. We live in a lakeshore home on a 95 sq. mile lake. Love to travel, fish and coin collecting. So ya'll come on down and enjoy the best bar-b-cue and chicken fried steak and of course to fish.

A surprise last month. My son Greg called to say he had become a police officer for NY City. A great move of course. After a masters degree in finance and a few years out there he chose to become a cop. Go figure??

Enough for now---hope to see all of you at the mini-reunion in Florida.

Love you guys,
Roger (Vinny) Aliperti
Roger????Now that's another story.
Me in Texas (How?) that is another story.