Announcements
If anyone from the Class of 74 is planning to play golf on Sept. 20 during the 50th Reunion weekend, please contact Rick Lang ASAP so he can get a count and make plans at OGC.
His contact info is in the reunion flyer (can be found here if you don’t have it).
The Wayne boys basketball team defeated Friends Academy 61 – 48 in the semi-final game to advance to the Class A State Championship game. They will play Glens Falls at 5:15 PM on Saturday March 16.
The game will be streamed live, also On Demand later, though a subscription/fee is required. See https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/associations/nysphsaa.
There is also a watch party planned at K2 Brothers Brewing (former Freewill Elementary School).
Go Eagles!!!
Wayne Boys basketball finished 14 – 0 in the Finger Lakes East league, and 16 – 2 overall in the regular season. They have won their first two matchups in sectionals (Class A), and play Pittsford-Sutherland in the semi-finals Feb. 26th, 8PM at Webster-Schroeder High School.
Come out and support the Eagles! As far as I can tell, tickets only available electronically for a smart phone at :
https://gofan.co/event/1428439?schoolId=NYSPHSAAV
Here is where all the info can be found about tickets:
https://sectionv.org/sports/2022/5/24/gofan_digital_ticketing.aspx
Hopefully classmates have received a reunion flyer in the mail. If not, maybe you’ve moved or we just couldn’t locate an address. Here is the basic info, to download a copy of the info with form and info to send back, go to the Reunions page.
Thursday Sept 19 – a bonfire at Bill Dixon’s, 3689 S Main Street, Marion, NY starts at dusk – BYOB and lawn chairs.
Friday, Sept 20 – Golf outing – email Rick Lang for details and to register if interested by May 1st – (his email on the form at page linked above).
6PM – TGIF gathering at Young-Sommer Winery, 4287 Jersey Road, Williamson, NY 14589. Young -Sommer wines by the glass and locally crafted beers will be available for purchase. Lite snacks will be provided.
Saturday, Sept 21 – A tour of Wayne Central High school. Time is TBA. Then in the evening, we’ll be meeting at the Ontario Country Club, 2101 Country Club Lane. 5:30 cocktails 7PM dinner. We’ll have music provided by Pat Runne (Class of ‘73) and you may even see one or two of your favorite teachers to reminisce & chat with!
Sunday Sept 22 – Cap off a great long weekend with a farewell brunch at Casey Park, Knickerbocker Road, in Ontario. It will start at 10 and there will be a sign up at our Saturday night dinner for items needed for brunch. (for those of you traveling, there will be items that can easily be picked up at Tops or Wegmans – no baking necessary!)
Go to Reunions page to download the mailer we sent out.
It can be accessed by going to the main menu Photos/Yearbooks > Complete Eagle Yearbooks
or this link: 1966 Yearbook.
Another yearbook scan complete. It can be found using the menu: Photos/Yearbooks > Complete Yearbooks
or it can be found using this link: 1968 Yearbook.
The complete 1964 Wayne Eagle has been scanned and uploaded here as a PDF. It can be viewed or downloaded. Access via menu > Photos/Yearbooks > Complete Eagle Yearbooks or directly here: 1964 Wayne Eagle.
I scanned these over 15 years ago, and they haven’t been available on the website the last 7, so located the files and have put them back up. They can be found under Photos/Yearbooks > WMS Echo Yearbooks.
Or use these links:
And the newly scanned 1970 WMS Echo
Over the years, I have scanned hundreds of pages of Wayne Eagle yearbooks, using various flatbed scanners that I have owned. It is fairly tedious, as the bound books don’t often fit on the platen very well, they are hard to get straight, the center binding area is often cut-off, there are often moire effects that degrade the image, and a lot of editing often is required to get a decent image. It also puts stress on the binding of the yearbook. It is a very slow process, which is why I have only completely scanned two yearbooks to date.
I just ordered a new type of document scanner which will hopefully be much faster and easier to scan complete yearbooks. Assuming that it pans out and I scan all the yearbooks that I have in my possession, I will be looking to scan yearbooks that I don’t have here so they can be put online. I will try to contact the Ontario Historian, Ontario Public Library, and Wayne Central Library to see if what yearbooks they might have and if my system is portable enough to take on the road. My guess is that there will still be yearbooks that I cannot access, so I am hoping maybe some alumni could loan me yearbooks so they can be scanned. Yearbooks that are heavily signed may not be good subjects for scanning. I can edit out some stuff, but it would be difficult to try and edit many pages of personal text that is over photos or other text.
Local is probably best, but even shipping back and forth can work. I think I can access most of the 50s, and have many of the 60s and early 70s, so basically all yearbooks from 1977-2000 are definitely ones I don’t not have, and also anything from 2008 onward. I hope the school can help me out with these, as I don’t think too many alumni from that era are visitors here.
So watch this page, as I will put out a call for yearbooks to borrow to complete this task as I progress through this project.
Sad to note the passing of former Wayne instrumental music teacher Gerald McClure.
https://www.anthonychapels.com/obituaries/Gerald-Jer-Mcclure?obId=28566807
Some effort has been made to re-enable a registration system again for the website, and also create an alumni directory display similar to what we had previously. An improved registration form has been created to help with this, as the one tried a few years ago was lacking.
Unfortunately, for the 50 or so people who registered a few years ago, you probably received an email (I did) saying your account was deleted. It was necessary as we had to change the database. You will need to re-register if you want to be in the directory.
Hopefully methods to help avoid spam will work. If not, there might be additional steps that can be taken.
Hello Fellow Wayne Alumni, I hope you are all well and striving to move forward!
As Wayne Central is preparing to graduate another class of seniors, I would like to seek your assistance in this exciting event of their lives. It has been eight years since the passing of my father Al Gentile in 2013. At that time my sisters and I set up a memorial scholarship award to a graduating senior. We established this award to preserve Al’s legacy to the Wayne Central student community. This Wayne senior is chosen among student athletes who have
demonstrated good sportsmanship and have made significant contributions both in the classroom and to their sport.
A committee of teaching staff review the candidates and make their selection. The college bound senior receives a $500 scholarship towards their tuition. The Al Gentile Scholarship Fund is managed by the Wayne Central School District. The fund is running low and we are petitioning fellow Wayne Alumni to consider making a monetary contribution to keep the Eagle Pride alive. No amount is too small and will help our fellow Wayne student.
This scholarship has been very appreciative by our senior scholar athlete both male and female. The award is presented at the Graduation ceremony where I have the opportunity to meet and personally congratulate each recipient.
You may send your contributions by check payable to:
Wayne Central School District
Chris Nasella
PO Box 266
Ontario Center, NY 14520
Please make attention to: Al Gentile Scholarship Fund
Thanks for keeping the Wayne memories alive!! Go Blue and Gold !!!
Sincerely,
Tom , Debby, Pam, and Renee
Here are names of the past award winners!
2014 / Bryan Landry
2015 / Dominque Hamman
2016 / Jack Martino
Sorry for the lack of new posts the last few months, just been awfully busy. I’m still looking for people who might want to create and add content occasionally for this site. It is quite simple using the system we have in place. I would just have to provide logins and probably point you to a short video on how to use it (if you’d even need it).
This is the type of content that would be nice to have people contribute:
If anyone is interested, you can contact me (minus spaces) at: b d o n o v a 1 (at) r o c h e s t e r . r r . c o m
For many various good reasons, we are starting over with the alumni directory. Here is how to add yourself:
Hello!
Hoping everyone can make it out again for the 9th annual Wayne Basketball Alumni Game, which is set for Saturday, January 7, 2017,@ 11:00 am at the High School. Games and teams will be set up similar to last year so there will be time to rest and socialize in between games.
A $10 Donation will go to the Connor Burns Ideal Teammate Scholarship, established to honor the memory of Connor, who passed away in 2009. This donation will also help fund the Kyle Stewart memorial scholarship as well. Kyle passed away in 2014.
The hope is that many will join together to honor and remember both of these fine young men. Money will be collected that day.
Please respond as soon as possible to let John know if you will be there.
Text John Cotsonas at 585-737-fivethreezerofour.
This is helpful so he can have a general idea of teams before game day! Also, PLEASE pass this info along to any other basketball alumni- there are many others out there who may want to play or just come and visit with old friends!
It took some gentle prodding, but I was persuaded to give this another go. Since the site needed major updates, and the cost at the previous host was not insignificant, I decided to take advantage of initial lower rates for 3 years by switching to a different hosting service. I also switched to a mostly WordPress based web-site for managing content. This will make things easier to manage, and I can take advantage of many available features as needed.
One major benefit is the site is now friendlier to mobile devices.
I was able to restore the posts from the old site. Many of the posts, like the old Yearbook Picture of the Week posts, will be missing the photo, and some links may not work. I might be able to fix those at some point, but not the first priority.
It will take some time to restore some of the other pages. I don’t expect the email directory to be back, it outlived it’s usefulness. I will restore the In Memory section. Yearbook pictures is another area that will be recreated in some fashion. Most of the sports info too.
It will take some time, but hopefully not too long.
Thanks to our supporters for funding the website hosting for the next 3 years:
Hello!
We are hoping everyone can join us again for the 7th annual Wayne Basketball Alumni Game, which is set for Saturday, January 3, 2015,@ 11:00 am at the High School. Games and teams will be set up similar to last year so there will be time to rest and socialize inbetween games.
A $10 Donation will go to the Connor Burns Ideal Teammate Scholarship, established three years ago to honor the memory of Connor, who passed away in 2009.
We are all so deeply saddened by the passing of Kyle Stewart, who we lost last month. The coaching staff will be starting a scholarship in his name to honor and remember him.
We hope you can all join us to honor and remember both of these fine young men. Money will be collected that day.
Please respond as soon as possible to let us know if you will be joining us. This is helpful so we can have a general idea of teams before game day! Also, PLEASE pass this info along to any other basketball alumni- we know there are many others out there who may want to play or just come and visit with old friends!
Apologies to all for lack of updates on this website in the last several months. Lack of time and motivation. After doing this for 17 years, I’m a little burned out. As another bill for the website will be coming soon, time to reevaluate options. Changes in the internet world have relegated parts of this site to be somewhat obsolete. These are some possibilities:
#1 is easiest for me. New registrations have dropped to maybe 1 per month. There is a huge amount of content, here, but not much new added recently.
#2 would be some effort, but I’d rather see it kept going in some form.
#3 Though $100-$150 / year may not seem like much, over 10 years it is pretty significant. Every year, it gets harder to renew. 20-25 people /year donating $5.00 would be all it would take to remove any financial issues.
#4 is something I’ve been planning, but it is a major effort and haven’t had time. It would make things easier to manage in the long run, and allow more contributors to the site. Depends on #3 and whether there is enough interest in keeping a website going.
#5 Facebook is free, allows more user interaction, but would allow news and photo sharing. Some people refuse to use Facebook however.
#6 Maybe something else I haven’t thought of?
Feel free to comment or send me an email.
Liz Albright, the Ontario Town Historian, is looking for the following yearbooks for the Historian’s collection:
If you have any extra Wayne Eagle yearbooks from these years and would like to donate one to the town, please contact Liz Albright at: historian”at”ontariotown.org
http://www.legacy.com/obi…0229&fhid=13392
Ontario: Born in Brooklyn, NY on May 20, 1923, Al passed away peacefully on October 23, 2013 in Pultneyville, NY at the age of 90. Al is predeceased by his lovely wife of sixty six years, Mary; brother, Michael Gentile and sister Regina Cronin. Al is survived by his daughters, Deborah Wilson of Sterling, VA, Pamela (John) Pierri of Fairport, NY, Renee Erb of Evergreen, CO; son, Thomas (Shelley) Gentile of Pultneyville, NY; 8 grandchildren, Stefany Glessner, Lindsey Ortega, Nicholas and Chris Pierri, Renee Bryce, Korey and Kaitlyn Erb, Emily and Jared Gentile; 5 great grandchildren, several nieces and nephews.
Al was raised by his father Carmen in Albany, NY & attended Christian Brothers Academy. He obtained his BS degree in physical education from Ithaca College. Al was in the United States Navy for 3 years, 3 months and 3days during WW II. Al spent 35 years teaching, coaching, and administering in physical education at Wayne Central Schools, Ontario Center, NY. Among the many accolades Al received over his career was his recognition in the Section 5 High School Athletic Hall of Fame for both soccer and wrestling.
Friends are invited to gather on Monday, October 28, 2013 from 4-8PM at the Murphy Funeral & Cremation Chapel, 1961 Ridge Road, Ontario. Al’s Funeral Mass will be celebrated on Tuesday, October 29, 2013 at 10AM in St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Walworth Road, Ontario. Inurnment with military honors is scheduled for 1PM on Tuesday at Lakeview Cemetery, Pultneyville, NY. Memorials in memory of Al may be directed to Lifetime Care Hospice of Rochester, NY. – See more at: http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/democratandchronicle/obituary.aspx?n=alphonse-t-gentile-al&pid=167700229&fhid=13392#sthash.2cYKT4kf.dpuf
Walworth: Thursday, August 22, 2013, age 86. He leaves his wife of 60 years, Arline; daughters, Mary Ellen Taber & Joan Taber; granddaughters, Sara & Maggie; brother, Nelson (Betty) Taber; several nieces & nephews. Jay was a US Army veteran and a retired teacher from the Wayne Central School District.
Friends may call 2-4 & 6-8 PM Monday at Willard H. Scott Funeral Home, 12 South Ave., Webster. A Memorial Service will be held 10:00 AM Tuesday at Immanuel Lutheran Church, 131 W. Main St. Webster. Interment Walworth Cemetery. Memorials may be directed to Mended Hearts, Rochester Chapter (www.mendedheartsrochester.org) or Immanuel Lutheran Church. – See more at: http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/democratandchronicle/obituary.aspx?n=jay-c-taber&pid=166586322&fhid=13401#fbLoggedOut
Hello!
We are hoping everyone can join us again for the 5th annual Wayne Basketball Alumni Game, which is set for Saturday, January 5th, 2013,@ 11:00 am at the High School. Games and teams will be set up similar to last year so there will be time to rest and socialize in between games.
A $10 Donation will go directly to the Connor Burns Ideal Teammate Scholarship, established three years ago to honor the memory of Connor, who passed away in 2009. Money will be collected that day.
Please respond as soon as possible to let us know if you will be joining us. This is helpful so we can have a general idea of teams before game day! Also, PLEASE pass this info along to any other basketball alumni- we know there are many others out there who may want to play or just come and visit with old friends!
