Suzanne Linfield (Spindler)

Arthur Gechman

I thought our classmates would be interested in this obituary for Ken Kaye, ETHS 1963.  He was a wonderful fellow.  And he was a great contributor to our field, psychology.  Art Gechman. https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/nytimes/name/kenneth-kaye-obituary?pid=198862102

Rosanne Bass (Keynan)

Art, I was sorry to read the obit for Ken Kaye; thanks for posting. I never knew him at ETHS and somehow never heard of this remarkable person who contributed so much to his community, his field and the world. A great loss. 

Alice Rosengard

Ruth Gross

How did I miss meeting and knowing this remarkable individual at ETHS?  I can't believe our paths never crossed, but I don't remember him. Despite that, it saddens me to know we have lost yet another of our classmates.  News of these losses is coming all too swiftly these days. 

Alice Rosengard

Paula Massey

Yes, a member of Class of 1963.  Wasn't he editor of the Key?

Robert Lindner

I had some friends in the classes of 63 ans 65, Do they have web sites too?

As for Ken, I don't think I knew him.

Muriel Evens

Ken was editor of the newspaper. I knew him from working on the paper. There were quite a few very bright kids at ETHS, but even among them, Ken stood out. And he was also a decent guy, not all into himself. At least that was my experience with him.

Arthur Hallstrom

Regarding the 63 and 65 websites, the class of 1963 does not appear to have one in a web search. Lots of sites listing alumni and even the Key listed student graduates but not a website like 1964.  The 1965 class does have one. https://www.eths1965.org/class_index.cfm. Nicely done and still used. Only one I could find for them.

Patrick Furlong

Just popped in for my quarterly visit to our website, and a post from quite a while ago by Bill Gelderman that contained a picture of Diane Craane (later, Martindale), one of our music teachers at Nichols JHS, prompted me to search for her on Google. I'm saddened to report that Ms. Craane passed away on March 19 of this year at the age of 87.

As I wrote before somewhere on our site, I had a terrible crush on Ms. Craane during 8th grade, as did Mark Duwe, who was my closest friend at the time. So much so that we pestered her with long phone calls and spent much of the summer of 1960 at Clark Street Beach with her and her toddler son. Today our relationship probably would be looked at askance, but that was a more innocent time, and so was our friendship. The flame burned bright, but it was short-lived, and I've always regretted that, except for one visit back to Nichols during Freshman year, I did not stay in touch with her and never saw her again.

If you're interested, here is her obituary: https://operawire.com/obituary-director-diane-martindale-passes-at-87/

Robert Lindner

Pat: I remember we did Amahl and the Night Visitors with Mrs Craane. 

Art:Thamks I tried the 65 website, but couldn't get on. They are very exclusive.

Patrick Furlong

Bob, I believe Ms. Craane portrayed Amahl's mother in a couple of area productions in '58 and '59, with, I think, Bob Shuford (ETHS, '63) in '58 and Roger Dewes (ETHS, '65) in '59 singing the part of Amahl.

As for the Class of '65 website, while it's organized a little differently from ours, it functions very similarly and looks as though it's on the same platform. Some pages and "locked" profiles are off-limits to non-registrants, as with our site.

Robert Lindner

Pat: The problem with the 65 site was they would not let me register. 

Patrick Furlong

Art, under what circumstances does our site allow non-classmates to register? Open to all? Some legitimate connection to our class (e.g., brother, sister, spouse, or child of a classmate)? Other?

Thanks!

Ruth Gross

Diane Craane was a super music teacher.  She was an inspiration to us--girls wanted to be like her and guys all had a crush on her.  I also remember the accompanist she used for classes and rehearsals--Terry Lusk.  He was a lovely person as well.  These people engendered a love of music in their students that we took with us into our adulthood.  Once again, the education we got living in Evanston was unbelievably special.  We were truly fortunate.

Just have to add--the craziest thing--when I went to Diane Craane Martindale's obit, I saw that she was affiliated with the DaCapo Opera Company.  My daughter had worked there as stage manager in 2010, and when I asked whether she knew her, she said, of course.  When I went to see The Seagull there, Diane Martindale was in the house, but I never knew her by her married name, so we never connected. It's so strange how worlds intersect--even those of your children.

Arthur Hallstrom

Pat: Fred B: determines what guests get access. I know they are few and far between as the site is for our class. But some guest have access. Perhaps like a person who attended with our class but did not graduate. Fred B: Could you please address Pat's question?

Arthur Hallstrom

Robert: Pat is right. The 65 site (with their slightly bigger class size) runs on the same platform as the 64 one. You can see the basics but to view individual classmate profiles you have to log in to THAT site. The only way to do this is with their webmaster permission. Their webmaster might make you a 65 guest if you ask. Would be the only way to get inside access. Art

Arthur Hallstrom

If you have not seen it, I found this good website about ETHS. Filled with alot of facts.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evanston_Township_High_School

Arthur Hallstrom

Here is a really cool utube video.

Patrick Furlong

Art, thanks for the site information.

Ruth, I'm really surprised that you, or anyone for that matter, would remember Terry Lusk. He and Ms. Craane were very good friends, I believe, and she persuaded Mark Duwe and me to accompany her to what I think was his graduation recital at Northwestern, where she also went. I'm not sure, but I think this may be him:

https://ccmopera.wordpress.com/2012/03/10/ccm-opera-faculty-profile-terry-lusk/

It tracks on several points--from Chicago; went to NU; his hardest job was teaching one year at a junior high school(!). Perhaps others know for sure. Regardless, as you said, Ruth, he was a very nice guy, and it is indeed a very small world!

Fred Brostoff

Regarding the question of access to our website by people who were NOT in the ETHS '64 graduating class, we have been authorizing access to individuals, on a case-by-case basis.  There is no firm criteria for such access.  In the past, I have reviewed access requests with the chairperson of our class reunion committee, and we made a joint decision whether to grant access.  Generally, the criteria for access is as follows:

* People who, at one time, were in the ETHS Class of '64 but left ETHS before graduation.

* Close relatives of members of our graduating class.

* Others who have expressed valid reasons for wanting access to our website.

Patrick Furlong

Those criteria seem very reasonable. Thanks, Fred!

Ruth Gross

Pat,

Thanks for sending the link to the CCM website. I think that it was definitely "our" Terry Lusk who ended up as a conservatory professor.  It sounds as if he had a great career.

Susan Spiegel (Pastin)

Good criteria for accessing our website. Sometimes I wish I could like post that I made