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Name: Carol Adler Maiden: Feinsmith Graduated: 1969 e-mail: CAD58@aol.com CAD58@aol.com currently living: Brooklyn, NY
Name: Joseph Beim Graduated: 1966 e-mail: successacademy@home.com successacademy@home.com I presently live in: Kendall Park, NJ After I left P.S. 199: Hudde JHS-Brooklyn Tech HS-CCNY (Civil Engineering)-Polytechnic Institute of NY. Civil Engineer and Marketing Specialist My current profession, job: Two positions: Head of Transportation and Marketing for Paragon Associates in Sayreville, NJ, and owner of The Success Academy, a marketing consulting firm duties include: Oversee all transportation-related production for the engineering firm and business development. For TSA, I run a marketing-advertising/copywriting and corporate training firm.
Name: Mike Bratter Graduated: 1982 e-mail: pdxentrepreneur@yahoo.com pdxentrepreneur@yahoo.com After PS 199 - Went to Cunningham JHS, ER Murrow HS and Vassar College I presently live in: Portland, OR Other info: I would love to hear from any of my fellow classmates who remember me.
Name: Diane Brown Graduated: 1970 I went to Cunningham JHS, and Madison then Midwood HS; SUNY Albany and Brooklyn College I am self employed in public relations I had a great time at PS 199, and particularly enjoyed 6th grade with Mr. Cohen. One of my most enduring memories was celebrating the 1st Earth Day singing "Air" (may not be exact title) from the play Hair, outside the Elm St. entrance. e-mail: DBrownPR@aol.com DBrownPR@aol.com
Name: Ellen Burns (Rooney) Graduated: 1978 Currently live: Cape Cod, MA UMASS Dartmouth, B.A. English/Writing Currently self-employed as a web designer/consultant. Email: eabr@capecod.net eabr@capecod.net
Name: Stewart Epstein Graduated: 1950 E-Mail: stewart.epstein@oracle.com stewart.epstein@oracle.com After I left P.S. 199: Went to PS 99 in Bklyn, Moved to Forest Hills, Graduated from NYIT Old Westbury NY I presently live in: City: Palm Beach Gardens State: FL My current profession, job: Computer Software Consultant
Name: Brian Feinblum Graduated: 1979 E-Mail: iampld@aol.com iampld@aol.com I presently live in: City: New York State: New York My current profession, job: duties include: Publicity Director for Planned Television Arts, a division of Ruder Finn, one of the world's largest public relations firms
Name: Sherryl Feinblum Graduated: 1976 (back when Mr. Wachtel was the fabulous principal) E-Mail: seluto@aol.com seluto@aol.com After P.S. 199: I went to SUNY-Binghamton and New York Law School. My current profession: I am an attorney. I am also married with two children.
Name: Debbie Feinsmith Married Name: Dweck Graduated: 1967 E-Mail: Djoy35@aol.com Djoy35@aol.com Currently living in: Brooklyn, NY
Name: Norman Feinsmith Graduated: 1964 E-Mail: norman.feinsmith@uphs.upenn.edu norman.feinsmith@uphs.upenn.edu Currently reside in Cherry Hill, New Jersey Married, 3 children Where is Mr. Cohen? Was his first name Ronald? Presbyterian Medical Center Philadelphia Heart Institute Suite 2C Philadelphia, PA. 19104 Telephone 215-386-2400 Fax 215-662-9733
Name: Kim Furman Graduated: 1964 e-mail: minimallet@yahoo.com minimallet@yahoo.com After I left P.S. 199: Cunningham, James Madison High, Lakeland High I presently live in: Sarasota, Florida My current profession, job: Orthopedic Surgeon
Name: Paul Goldberg Graduated: 1957 E-Mail: kalbah@mac.com kalbah@mac.com After 199 I attended Cunningham J.H.S. and James Madison H.S. I then attended Brooklyn College, receiving a B.A., an M.S. in Education, and an Advanced Certificate in Educational Administration and Supervision. I later attended N.Y.U., receiving a Ph.D. in Educational Administration. I am currently a Technology Staff Developer in Community School District 21, having previously taught at I.S. 303 for 32 and a half years. I live in Merrick, New York My teachers: Kindergarten - Mrs. Levy 1st grade - Mrs. Kochman 2nd grade - Mrs. Goldman 3rd grade - Mrs. Levine 4th grade - Mrs. Jeanette Miller 5th grade - Mrs. Jeanette Miller 6th grade - Mr. Wachtel Principal - Mr. Becker I was in the music class and performed in the Glee Club plays of 1956-1957. In June we performed "Good News." I played the male lead - Tom Marlowe. Andrea Bratman played the female lead. Other lead roles were played by Elizabeth Gutkin, Paul Bloom, and Ira Dobren. I was also a Service Squad monitor, was promoted to Sargeant and then to AAA Crossing Guard. I also was a school banking monitor. I lived on the corner of Avenue N and E. 12 St. - 1414 E. 12 St.
Name: Tom Hoeg e-mail: TH487@aol.com TH487@aol.com
Name: Richard Kossoff Graduated: 1947 e-mail: Chemkos@aol.com Chemkos@aol.com I presently live in: New York City Following 199: I went to James Madison and recieved degrees from Cornell University. Have been President of an International Consulting firm serving the chemical, petroleum and allied industries. Still visit with Betha Savad Polakoff (teacher in 1946) who lives in Century Village, Fla. Currently Chair of the James Madison Wall Of Distinction More...
Name: Charles Mandracchia Graduated: 1971 e-mail: drac55man@aol.com drac55man@aol.com
Name: Linda Mandracchia Graduated: 1969 e-mail: deemimi31@webtv.net deemimi31@webtv.net Currently living in Brooklyn, NY
Name: Joel A. Miele Graduated: 1946 e-mail: jmiele2@nyc.rr.com jmiele2@nyc.rr.com My name is Joel A. Miele Sr. and I attended P.S. 199 from Kindergarten through the sixth grade. I graduated in 1946 and continued at Seth Low JHS leaving there for Brooklyn Technical High School in February of 1948. I graduated from the 3 year College Preparatory Course in February of 1952 and went on to the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn (now Polytechnic University) to study civil engineering and graduated in June 1955 with a Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering. I then went to work as an engineer for my father's architectural firm and, in 1957, I enlisted in the U.S. Navy and went to Officer Candidate School. After OCS I was commissioned an Ensign in the Civil Engineer Corps and served over three years on active duty. In 1960 I left active service (but remained active in the Naval Reserve and NY Naval Militia), became licensed by New York State as a Professional Engineer and returned to work at the family (now) architectural & engineering firm. I eventually became the senior partner in that firm where I worked with my brother, Jean Miele, who also attended P.S. 199 graduating four years after I did. In July 1990 I was appointed Commissioner of the New York City Planning Commission and served there until February 1994 when Mayor Giuliani appointed me Commissioner of the NYC Department of Buildings. In August 1996 Mayor Giuliani appointed me Commissioner of the NYC Department of Environmental Protection where I served until July 2002 when Mayor Bloomberg appointed me Commissioner of the NYC Board of Standards & Appeals where I am currently serving. As a community-involved person I am President of Peninsula Hospital Center, Peninsula General Extended Care Facility and the International Parkinson Fund of the Netherlands; Executive Vice President of the American Parkinson Disease Association and the Queens Council of the Boy Scouts of America; and Past President of the NY State Society of Professional Engineers and the Queensborough Public Library. I am now retired from the Navy as a Captain; from the NY State Naval Militia as a Rear Admiral; and from the family architectural & engineering firm, Miele Associates. I live in Howard Beach, NY with my wife Josephine (Cottone) Miele and we enjoy our three children Joel Jr., VitaMarie and Janet and the seven grandchildren hey have given us. I learned of this web site when I served as Principal for a Day at P.S. 199 in April 2003. The school still looks the same except for the enlargement. my email address is jmiele2@nyc.rr.com
Name: Francine Naomi Myers First name: Francine Last/maiden name: DeFranco Married name: Myers Graduated: : 1989 e-mail: fmyers01@tampabay.rr.com fmyers01@tampabay.rr.com After I left P.S. 199: I went to Cunningham J.H.S 234, then upstate NY and graduated from Valley Central H.S. I presently live in: City:Tampa State:Florida My current profession, job: duties include: A stay at Home mom of 2 little girls ages 3 & 1 1/2
Name: Jeff Newman Graduated: 1973 or 1974 e-mail: jnewman@pobox.com jnewman@pobox.com currently living: Brooklyn, NY Mr. Wachtel was principal when I attended P.S. 199. I remember my teachers somewhat fuzzily as: 1st Grade: Mrs. Miller 2nd Grade: Mrs. Futterman (who I saw again just before moving in 1992). 3rd Grade: Mrs. Goldstein / Mr. Weinstein 4th Grade: Mrs. Human 5th Grade: Mr. Kaplan, who taught me the multiplication tables 6th Grade: Mrs. Schwartz After graduating PS 199, I attended Hudde JHS then Edward R. Murrow HS, graduating in 1980. I continued on to New York City Technical College, CUNY, earning two AAS degrees in 1982 and 1984. Those degrees are in Hotel Technology and Data Processing, respectively. I am a network engineer with almost two decades of corporate computer experience; over 11 years of that on Wall Street. I lost the best job I ever had after 9/11, with the general downsizing that occurred due to the attack and the downturn in the financial markets. In 1992, I moved from Midwood to Sheepshead Bay when the family home was sold and my parents retired to Hazelton, PA. My sister, Diana Newman, attended PS 199 two years after I did. She is now Dyana Cohen and lives in Harrisburg, PA. She is married and has two boys, Andrew and Zachary (she wanted boys from A to Z!). Both my Mom, Shirley Newman -- who passed away in April -- and my sister were active in the NYC Public School system while still in New York. My sister now works for the Harrisburg School system.
Name: Bruce Rebold Graduated: 1963 e-mail: Babananu@aol.com Babananu@aol.com After I left, I went to Hudde JHS, and then on to James Madison HS, followed by Brooklyn College. I now live in Oyster Bay, NY I am a Obstetrician/Gynecologist
Name: Dave Rosenthal I graduated from P.S. 199 in: graduation year: 1965 e-mail: dkrosenthal@aol.com dkrosenthal@aol.com I presently live in: City: Huntington Beach State: CA My current profession, job: Director of Sales
Name: Joya Sabouni Maiden: Mastroianni Graduated: 1972 e-mail: sabouni4@msn.com sabouni4@msn.com I had Stuart Singer as my 6th grade teacher. He was wonderful, and I remember him as the most creative and inspiring teacher I ever had. Does anyone know what happened to him?
Name: Robert Tanzilo Graduated: 1978 e-mail: btanzilo@execpc.com btanzilo@execpc.com After I left P.S. 199:I went to Cunningham JHS (234) and Edward R. Murrow High School. Then moved to Milwaukee, where I attended University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. I presently live in: Milwaukee, Wisconsin My current profession, job: I am a writer and a musician and work as a publicist and webmaster at an independent bookseller. Other information: P.S. 199 was a wonderful school. My teachers, including Mrs. Royceman and Mr. Jack Pepper were integral to my development and I made wonderful friends there. There were also some memorable moments, like arriving at school when I was in Mrs. Schwartz's 5th/6thj grade bridge class to find our classroom had burnt down! I was a door monitor there and a crossing guard at E. 12th St. and Ave. N. A wonderful place.
Name: Amy Garber Ween Graduated: 1952 (I think) E-Mail: ABGW00@aol.com ABGW00@aol.com I went to Hudde and then on to Midwood. Went to college in New Hampshire- taught for three years at P.S.255 in Brooklyn and then we moved to New Jersey. Have four grown children and grandchildren we moved to Florida in 1983 and I resumed teaching. Many of the fabulous teachers at 199 had an effect on my career- I remember Mrs. Duberstein (who I know passed away)-Mrs Murtha ( if you are around I know you will remember me) and Bertha Savad who had both my sister and me as students. I remember the following people who I'd love to hear from: Adrienne Goldberg Elenow Honingsein Barbara Meisel
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Mrs. Boguslav
Mrs. CeresnyI just was informed about the P.S. 199 web site and would love to hear from some of my former students. I now live in Monroe Township, N.J. and lead a very active life. I noticed a few familiar names in the literature given to me and look forward to hearing from some of you. Muriel Boguslav e-mail: muriel611@webtv.net muriel611@webtv.net
Mr. Cohen
Doris Futterman
Evelyn Goldstein
Mr. KaplanHi I am Evelyn Goldstein and I taught at P. S. 199 for twenty-one years from 1963 to 1984. I taught 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th grades and have many happy memories of my time and the students that I taught. I'd love to hear from anyone who remembers those days. I now live in Orlando Florida and my e-mail is evygo@aol.com. Evelyn Goldstein e-mail: evygo@aol.com evygo@aol.com
Mrs. Murtha
Jack Pepper
Bertha Savad Polakoff
Mrs. Robbins
Mrs. Lynne Roisman
Adele Schwartz
Memories My name is Bruce Rebold. I graduated PS 199 in 1963. After I left, I went to Hudde JHS, and then on to James Madison HS, followed by Brooklyn College. I now live in Oyster Bay, NY and I am a Obstetrician/Gynecologist.....as well as an actor. My e-mail address is Babananu@aol.com. Here are the roster of teachers I had..... Kindergarten.........Mrs. Peret 1st Grade............Miss Steppe 2nd Grade............Mrs. Miller 3rd Grade............Miss Lavelle 4th Grade............Mrs. Landers 5th Grade............Mrs. Turim 6th Grade............Mr. Cohen While I was there, George Becker was Principal and Fred Wachtel was Ass't Principal. (How is this for a memory!!??!!) Actually, I have a lot of wonderful memories of that time....a simple and wonderful era in the 50's and 60's ....would be very interested in getting in touch with anyone from that era, or anyone who might want to tap my memory on '199 stuff'........ Email: Babananu@aol.com
Name: Joseph Beim Graduated: 1966 e-mail: successacademy@home.com successacademy@home.com I presently live in: Kendall Park, NJ After I left P.S. 199: Hudde JHS-Brooklyn Tech HS-CCNY (Civil Engineering)-Polytechnic Institute of NY. Civil Engineer and Marketing Specialist My current profession, job: Two positions: Head of Transportation and Marketing for Paragon Associates in Sayreville, NJ, and owner of The Success Academy, a marketing consulting firm duties include: Oversee all transportation-related production for the engineering firm and business development. For TSA, I run a marketing-advertising/copywriting and corporate training firm. Other information: From birth until I was 16, I lived on East 13 St. between Ave K & L (opposite the house where Chris Stein lived...he is the boyfriend of Debbie Harry of Blondie). I had relatives on the block until two years ago. Moved to NJ in 1992 (for 14 years I lived near Church and McDonald Avenue and for eight years in Canarsie). I will attribute PS 199 and a great teaching staff who helped me develop basic life skills...not just the 3 R's. Paraphrasing the chief of the Iron Chef TV show..."If memory serves me right..." my teachers and administration staff were: 1959-1960: Kindergarden: Mrs. Maley (later she remarried and was Mrs. Milder) 1960-1961: First Grade: First, Mrs. Clothe, then Mrs. Bogaslav (a very nice lady I used to see occasionally when she lived across the street from Hudde) 1961-1962: Second Grade: Mrs. Greene (who I was terrified of...but made sure I learned my stuff!) 1962-1963: Third Grade: Mrs. Caplan (this is one year I may not have correct...but her face is in my mind right now. Nice lady) 1963-1964: Fourth Grade: Miss Martha Doyle (looking back, she had a bit of a resemblence to Julia Child). Strong personality, but I was a bit of a teacher's pet to her, but I knew not to get out of line with her. I remember she took us on several field trips, such as to the original Brooklyn Children's Museum in Crown Heights, The Sailors' Maritime home in the area now near City Hall, the Metropolitan Museum of Art (I remember pamplets we bought about their Egyptian and Chinese collections, and our lunch). She always showed off Catholic churches that we passed on the trips, my first exposure to other religions. I wish we could be in touch...I sensed she had big asperations for me. 1964-1965: Fifth Grade: Mrs. Grace Martin (another nice lady...easy going and made learning interesting) 1965-1966: Sixth Grade: Again, Miss Martha Doyle. Principal: George Becker Asst. Principal: Fred Wachtel Music Teacher: Mrs. Landers (who lived around the corner from me on Avenue L) Librarian: Mrs. Lyons (although I didn't use the school library much as my teachers did not offer "study hours"... I used the Midwood Library on E. 16th St. by Ave. J very often...to this day I am a "Friend of the South Brunswick Library" due to my love of books I have developed from those early experiences. Memories: I was a AAA monitor, assigned to the corridor where the eraser cleaning machine was, under a girl supervisor named Ellen (whose father died during the school years, my first exposure to a death so close to a schoolmate). My mother worked as an aide to the teacher of the handicapped children (Mrs. Gerri Lable). She was a friend to my mother outside of school. Another memory of Chris Stein: somewhere in his house, he had a chainmail armor suit, probably from an overseas or historical war. He brought it around the many classes in a form of show and tell. One fun thing I especially enjoyed were the slidestrip presentations, keyed by a tone on an accompanying record. One in particular was of the Firebird Suite. The day I graduated in June of 1966, I had my last Cookieburger platter at Cookies at E. 16 St and Ave. M. My older cousin, Marietta Beim, who lived one block from me, also went to PS 199. She now is a CPA in Morris County, NJ. One bit of a negative memory is that I was the typical "outcast" kid who was picked on quite a bit. But it made me much stronger as an adult and in hindsight, I learned much about life and interpersonal relationships. But go tell that to a sensative seven year old. Kids I grew up with (give or take a year) that I would like to say hi! to: Robert Riemer Marc Sidenworm Fred Zwieg Michael Rosensweig Gregory Koller (a past good friend and fellow Dave Clark Five fan) Sharry Lipson Elaine Levy Anthony DeMeglio Richard Harris Richard Taub Ellen Chernoff Dave Chernock Debby Young (who I knew better from Hudde) Holly Lapiroff (who later in my 20's I dated shortly) Sherry Berka Ed Gross Randy Martin Michelle Sonenblum (one of my first crushes) Ina Sorens Steve Lorber (another big comic book collector like me) Howard Callender (ditto) Debby Munz Mark Weinberg Cathy Larson Other memories...going into the Straus store near Christmas/Chanukah to see the new toys (and smell of the tires), climbing up the staircase on the Chestnut Street embankment, adjacent to the Brighton train, to the site of the former South Greenfield platform of the Long Island Railroad (the railroad used to be twice as wide until 1937 when a branch of the Long Island Railroad ran just east of the current D/Q tracks, where the houses on E. 16 Street are now). Until Murrow High School was built, there was a repair shop for Olsmobile and a Sanitation Department truck garage on Chestnut Street by E. 16 Street. I used to get very close to the trains to watch the old QT and QB go by. I remember the fear I had when the oral polio vaccine was distributed...I was afraid I was going to get a shot by the school nurse until she gave me a sugar cube with a red dot of liquid on it...what a relief. And now, to pass the torch, my twin three-year old girls, Sarah (the lawyer) and Marissa (the doctor), started Preschool (what we used to call Nursery School) yesterday. Just think of two adorable girls dressed in identical red jackets, with white hoods and red "Pooh" backpacks, holding hands with Mommy (my wife, Cindy) and their new teacher, Mrs. Girsky, as they walked into school for the first day of a long school career. And the memories of my doing the same thing 41 years ago (Kindergarden, not Preschool) at PS 199 came right back to me. I remember my first day...my mother let me play in the little playground on the E. 12th St side of courtyard...before the teachers came out to great us, have us form lines and march in...to a school career that didn't end until 1983...with a Masters Degree in Transportation and Planning. And now I see my kids continue this tradition. Such naches (blessings). Where did the time go? Unfortunately, my kids won't experience the stickball and stoopball played on E. 13th Street. Phil's grocery and Angie's restaurant at Elm and E. 12th (and where I had my first cheeseburger). Who can forget Angie's great greasy fries served in a paper cone and Phil's heros and the wax candy he sold in bottle caps, and the candy dots on paper strips? Now my kids have Barney, the Dinosaur. We had Barney, but he came with Betty, Fred and Wilma (in PS 199, Bamm Bamm and Pebble weren't even around yet). They have Burt and Ernie. We had Burt and Harry (Piels) (aka Bob and Ray). They have the overpriced Sesame Place. We had Freedomland, Palisades Amusement Park, Steeplechase and two years of the World's Fair. They have Blue's Clues. We had Mrs. Joan on Romper Room. They have play dates. We just played. They have "Explorations". We explored. My kids won't take the subway to high school. They will take a bus to the Township high school (all two floors of it). Brooklyn Tech had eight. I rode the Coney Island Avenue trolley and took the Church Avenue trolley where it went under Ocean Parkway. My kids won't see the trolley buses on Cortelyou Road, or the other lines on Flushing Avenue and elsewhere. But they will ride new trolleys on our Hudson-Bergen Light Rail line and perhaps soon on the trolley museum under contruction in Red Hook. They won't get a ticket to record their food purchases at Dubrows on Kings Highway (remember the mural?...and the lucksun koogle with the hot cherry sauce...Ah Machayah!). I don't get suits anymore at Simon Ackerman, Charles or Robert Hall, but my kids can shop at any one of many factory outlets. Although we're Jewish, who knew what a falafel was back in the days of the Ashkinazy-based culture? Girls had Bas Mitzvahs, not Bat Mitzvahs. We had Shobbas, not Shobbat. A different culture. Oy. And shopping at John's Bargain Store on Ave. J, next to the Dime Savings Bank, for toys and school supplies (when we didn't get what Mommy wanted at Cheap Charlie's on J between 12th and 13th.). And remember, we got our first bankbook for a deposit of 15 cents in PS 199's effort to teach us to save, and each week, handing a dime to the teacher, who subsequently deposited it in the Manufacture's Hanover Trust branch at Ave. J opposite the Brighton train station. And to bring PS 199's memories to a head, my kids brought back a list of school services. The South Brunswick lunch program offers a half pint of milk for 40 cents if not bought as part of the full $1.55 lunch program. Every day, my mother made sure I had FIVE CENTS for a PINT of milk, and Two cents for a pretzel stick. (Remember the fellow who sold the best twisted pretzels from a stick he carried in traffic at Kings Highway and Linden Boulevard...three for a quarter or a dime each)? And God Forbid the current school system should offer such a high-salt carbohydrate treat as a pretzel stick today! I remember showing off the first clad dime (January 1965) to kids in the PS 199 auditorium...and once getting my hand stuck between the seat and the seatback in the auditorium (of course, wearing the regulation white shirt, black pants and tie that resembled a 1" strip of cloth overlapped over the opposing end, with a mother-of-pearl-covered snap on it)...the custodian had to come and unscrew the seatback to release my hand. Boy, was I developing a memory that lasts to today. And everyone who went to PS 199 got their school supplies (NO LOOSE LEAF NOTEBOOKS UNTIL FIFTH GRADE...a true sign of growing up when you could use one) at the five and ten on Kings Highway between E. 14-15 Streets, at Estroffs on Ave M (who never liked kids) and the toy store just beyond E. 19 St on Kings Highway. Or how about at Silver Rod? And seeing bandleader Mitch Miller walking on Ave M after filming his TV show at the NBC studio (he used to tell the neighborhood kids he went into the A&P to get yogurt...it was good for his beard). All happy memories being a student at PS 199. Even if I did get picked on. And hi, Mrs. Boguslav. Please eMail me if you can at successacademy@home.com.
The graduates of 1947 spent their tenure during the war years, which made our experience unique. We helped the war effort by planting "Victory Gardens", collecting scrap metal and paper, rubber, etc (often from merchants on Avenue M)., and buying savings bonds. Many of us kept maps on our walls to follow the direction of the war. At school we had air raid drills. Many of the teachers had husbands in the service (e.g. Julia Rafkin). There were shortages of everything but no one complained. Teachers included Savad, Rafkin, Murtha, Beebe, Waterman, O'Brien and Erhardt. It was a time to pull together and all of us still remember that special experience. Richard Kossoff '47 Email: CHEMKOS@aol.com
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