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 Scroll down to See Other Mumford Class of "61" Home Page content changes and additions:

1. A Mumford High School Reunion Reflection - by Mel Chinitz

2. In Memory Notices - George Leikin

3. Remembering our Mumford Website co-founder Ben Craine

4. Mumford Memories

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1. A Mumford High School Reunion Reflection

Below is an article written by classmate  Mel Chinitz appearing on our page with permission 
from The Jewish News (Detroit) - where it appeared July 30, 2024.
This is Mel's Mumford - After reading feel free to tell us if this was your Mumford and add
your thoughts and comments. To comment, tap the Blue link at the article's end to take you into our private website. 
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Mel and Karol (Snyder) Clinitz
 
For many in our community, Mumford was where we went to high school.
In the 1930s, it was Northern High School. In the ’40s and early ’50s, it was Central. And in the 1950s and most of the ’60s, it was Mumford,
that beautiful blue and burgundy building on Wyoming. Afterward, it would be Oak Park High, in southeast Michigan’s version of Levittown.
We came from Hampton, MacDowell, Schultz, Vernor, Bagley, Post and Pasteur.
We grew up in Palmer Woods, Sherwood Forest, Green Acres, the University District, Marygrove, Bagley and other neighborhoods.
Some were from wealthy homes; others were not.
When I was at Mumford, 75% of us were Jewish. On the High Holidays, 100% of us were.
Did you know that the school boundaries were gerrymandered to send as many Jewish students as possible to Mumford?
We were segregated.
We shopped on Livernois and Seven Mile, the Avenue of Fashion. Marty Furst, Junior Gentlemen, Ranier’s Bakery, B Siegel, Kresge and Cunningham’s.
You could get lox and other goodies at House of Foods until midnight Saturday and bagels and your Sunday paper next door at New York Bagel even later.
We ate at Billy’s, Lou’s Finer and Sol’s.
At Larco’s, the Chinese Village Inn and Maria’s Pizzeria.
At Zukin’s, Robin Hood Grill, and dare I mention Checker Barbecue? And of course, the granddaddy of them all, Darby’s.
We avoided Cupids. Our place was Fredson’s.
In the neighborhood, we had Adas Shalom, Ahvas Achim, Beth Aaron, Beth Abraham, and Temple Israel,
plus a number of small Orthodox shuls. Shaarey Zedek had a school branch building on Seven Mile.
We saw movies at the Royal, Mercury and Varsity.
We ate ice cream at Brown’s Creamery, Wilson Dairy and especially Sanders.
We got cured at Sinai, Mount Carmel and New Grace hospitals.
Most prescriptions were filled at independent pharmacies. Don’s Drugs and Chippewa Drug were two that were near me.
Wyoming had Jerome Shoes, Modern Office Supply, Mumford Music and Joe Cornell. Curtis Drugs, Grunt’s Market and Dexter-Davison.
The Raleigh House and Wy-7 Bowling.
 
When I was there, Mumford had 4,000 students. It was designed for fewer than 2,000. So, I didn’t meet my wife, Karol, class of ’62, until college.
There were so many kids that my class had two with the same name, so they got numbers. We had Ronald Cohen No. 1 and Ronald Cohen No. 2.
There were 11 class periods.
Lower classmen went in the afternoon, and upper classmen in the morning.
My freshman year, I started at about 11 a.m. and finished after 4 p.m.
My senior year was great. I started at 8 a.m. and was done before 11:30.
No yellow school buses. As a guy, you stuck out your thumb, hoping for a ride before the DSR bus came by.
And your parents weren’t concerned if you walked home from a friend’s at 11:30 at night.
We learned to drive on the track in front of the school.
There was only one left turn.
You pretty much drove only clockwise, round and round.
During my time at Mumford, they had one stick shift vehicle, a station wagon, three on the tree, no power steering.
The objective was to get the car up to 20 miles per hour, and into third gear, on the backstretch along Wyoming.
We really learned to drive on Sundays, at Northland.
I’m told that the girls had tank suits to wear for swim class. The guys swam au naturelle.
According to the Mustang Manual, and I quote, “The wearing of jeans by girls is not to be countenanced.”
We didn’t have much of a football team. Jewish kids didn’t want to get knocked around.
However, we had great golf and tennis teams.
You raced from class to the lunchroom. Lunch period was 20 minutes.
If you were at the end of the line, it was 5 minutes. In the late ’50s, lunch cost 35 cents.
There were large trays of homemade rolls. They were the best. You wanted to be there when they brought out a fresh tray.
Milk was sold in small glass bottles.
When you dropped one, everybody watched it bounce, waiting to see if it broke, and you then had to clean it up,
embarrassed by the cheers and clapping. And you had to pay for the bottle.
Among others, Mumford produced epidemiologist Dr. Larry Brilliant, jazz musician Earl Klugh,
Grammy-winning songwriter Allee Willis, movie producer Bob Shaye, and his sister Linda.
You might remember Linda as Magda, the orange-faced lady in There’s Something About Mary.
 
If you went to Mumford, I hope this brought back some pleasant memories.
If you didn’t, hopefully you learned something of what it was to be a Mumfordite. 
 
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Calling All Mumford High Grads from 1952-1970
Congregation Shaarey Zedek in Southfield will hold a Mumford High School Shabbat Saturday, Aug. 17, at 9:30 a.m.
CSZ will honor graduates from 1952-1970. Lunch will follow services.
Respond to the synagogue office at (248) 357-5544 by Monday, Aug. 12.
Share your name and graduation year to be included in the special printed Mumford High School program.
To register, visit tinyurl.com/2024MumfordShabbat.
 
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2. In Memory Section:



                   

 

 

 

 

 

 

George Leikin of Bloomfield Hills, Mi passed after sunset on October 28tht,  2024. His Funeral is October 30th

To add your thoughts and memories of Grorges go to his page.  Tap this live link: In Memory to do so.

 May his memory be a blessing and may George rest in peace

 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
3.  Remembering Our Mumford Website co-administrator, Benjamin (Ben) H. Craine  of Bloomfield Township, Michigan,
passed away after sunset on June 26, 2022. 
As Co- editor, this website reflects his true goodness, caring nature and inclusive values.
As a true mensch he made your heart smile, knew the right thing to do and as a decision maker
artfully shared his thinking. Ben's page - Tap this live link:  "In Memory" 
 

FYI: By tapping any link  "In Memory"  above, you will be taken to  our classmate's page to add your thoughts -

to remember.

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Reunion Pictures:

**Photo Images are best viewed on computer not cell phone**

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Jackie DeYoung, Alyssa Kahn Mertz, Judie Hertz Lax

Bobbie Malin

Suzanne Finkel Rosen, Bobbie Malin, Judy Goodfriend Sanders

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Arnie Collens, George Economy, Linda Pollard Puner

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   Reunion committee members:

(L-R) Henry Gornbein - Music, Judy Schultz Ancell -Notify the Class, Peppy Pont Levy - Venue, Bob Dovitz - Co-Chair, Judie Hertz Lax - Notify the Class, Edie Morris Hoffman - Decorations, Bobbie Keystone Malin - Registration, Sandy Melder - Accommodations, Arnie Collens - Website & Co-Chair. Not pictured: Mike Kasky - Bus Tour Chair, Mike Schermer - Notify the Class Chair, Marv Weinstein - Treasurer,  Shel Goldstein - Music   

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Mumford Pool - (L-R) Mike Schermer - Chair Notify the Class, Audrey Feldman - Notify the Class, Mike Raick, Sandy Melder, Bill & Marlene Rosen Oleshansky, Henry Gornbein, Linda Cole Berry, Carol Steen Jones, Shirley Saltzman, Sheila Goldstein Cascade 

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Mumford 61 Class Officers January Class Secretary - Sandy Yolles,

June Class Vice President - Fred Doner

Julian Smith in the background

Barry Tigay, Marty Portney, Carol Steen Jones, Arnie Collens

   1.  Thank You - Reunion comments 

"What a warm feeling - the Committee outdid itself"

"I was touched! Reconnecting is beautiful"

"Attention to detail made every minute more special"

"If you didn't have a chance to read Shirley Saltzman's 

We Are One poem, it is moving"    

(Shirley has posted it. To read, Tap the button "Class Chat Talk & Share" above) 

"How can you have a whole weekend event, and say                       when it is over, no one is complaining?" Smiles!!

"Last minute, had to cancel - know it was spectacular!"

"We had fun - true - laughter is the best medicine"

"Bus Tour was beyong great then I got to the Brunch -Wow"

"Still smiling. It was a time warp and I loved all of it. Saw old friends and found new ones"

Classmates that asked to share their email with you:

         Worth waiting 60 years for

                     Dear Arnie, Bob and the Entire Team,

               Thank you for perfection! 

               Every detail was attended, every need anticipated, every comfort crafted. 

               This couldn’t have been the outstanding weekend it was without your tireless

               commitment to the ideal experience. 

                With deep appreciation and gratitude,

                           Sandy Rubin Tessler

                      David Soffa remarks:

                  Recovering from jet lag and reflecting on the special experiences of the weekend.

                On behalf of those who just came and enjoyed all your hard work,

                I want to thank all the committee members.

                You did a great job and I know the surviving members of the class of 61 are truly grateful.

                 Hope to see you all at the 70th Best David  

 

2.  Coming soon - A new Gallery for posting reunion pictures 

      Get you  reunion pictures ready to load on to our site this weekend 

3.  Now a Memory:

 

  

 

 

 

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Mumford Memories - RESCUED

   

                                            Trophiy: Mumford Track - City Champions

 

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Would you like to  select how often, when, what, and from whom you want to hear from class members or the class? Interested in following what classmates are doing?
 
               Set your Personal Preference settings on our website:
                                         Here's How:
 

 Using "Notify Me":  When and How do you want to be notified about changes to our Website and Class News? 

 1.  Log in to our Mumford61.com website. Look at the very top right corner of the page. 

 2. In the purple headband click on the person icon 

 3. Select Notify Me: 

Notify Me offers a convenient way of keeping up with what's happening on our site by asking you how, what and from who you wish to keep in contact and receivie personal or class email.

 4. On the Notify Me page, you select from a variety of options.  Selecting in the "Immediate" column generates email as it is sent to you.  You may decide to select the setting to receive email "Once Daily;" to reduce the number of emails you receive on any given day.  Also, you may selectively decide to "Never" receive certain classes  or types of email. 

You decide when you want to hear from the class and can select from our class list only those you wish to hear from.

 5. The choice is yours.  Take the time to look now, fill in each question to best meet your     needs.

Hint: Add getting notices from "Class Chat: Talk & Share" to join the conversation and let us Mustangs in on what you're thinking. Have you tried it?

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Some Facts about our Website . . . We Communicate!!

  • We opened the site October 1, 2010  
  • We've enjoyed over 177,540 classmate visits to our site since inception. Only classmates may use our site
  • We have never had a day without a classmate visit
  • We've exchanged thousands of in site messages and countless off site communications
  • Thank You !!

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Now Gone - Our Mumford remains a reflection within the New Building by: A Collens 

What does it look like Where you Live? 

Send pictures, we'll credit you and put them here:

Downtown Detroit & Riverwalk Images

by: Arnie Collens

                                           

Good any time of year: the wall at Buddy's Conant & 6 Mile, Detroit
Have a picture? Post in Class Chat: Talk and Share  What Summer looks like where you live.

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Visit our MUMFORD TODAY Photo Gallery to see images of the demolition on 7/24/2012 [Out with the Old] and some photos of the new building [In with the New].

 

 

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Note: If you are a class member who has not yet joined the website, find your name in the list on the CLASSMATE PROFILES page in the left grey column, click it and register.

 

              Send Your Pictures to our PHOTO SECTION (<-- click to go to photos).

 

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To update your PROFILE information, please click on CLASSMATE PROFILES, here or in the gray column to the left.  Then, find your name in the list of classmates, and click on your name.  During the update, you will have the opportunity to determine how much of your information you want available to the public [anyone who visits the site] and how much you want restricted to class members who are logged in.  Some thoughts with regards to . . .

Security

When adding your PROFILE information be sure to update the following fields:

1.  PROFILE VISIBILITY:   We URGE you to CHECK this box. Leaving this box unchecked will allow ALL persons (members and non-members) to see portions of your profile.  Checking this box will secure your data so that ONLY members can view this. 

2.  CONTACT DETAILS:  This box should be UNCHECKED if you do not want your address and phone numbers visible on this site.

 

 

 

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