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55'ers designated For Opening Salvo In PHS Centennial Celeb
The Class of 1955 was designated to contribute the opening number of the week long PHS Centennial Celebration. The PHS'55 Alumni Association requested Philip Punzalan aka Elvis Presley of 55 to anchor the presentation. 100 55'ers who will stay in the background, will hold 100 balloons (with doves, we hope or close surrogates) which will be consigned to the sky at the end of Philip's performance. Brochure of the Centennial celebration is reproduced below:
FROM PERICLES MENESES
Dear Fellow 55ers,
I am so happy to find that the flame of "55" is still burning. And I remember Artemio writing "Go forth : yours is to continue, not to lie and rest." And that has always been and will always be.
Mario and Marion (my brother and sister-in-law 55er) gave me the web sites of the class. I have been away for so long and, not having been back so often, I fear being too long out of touch. Let me put you up to date. Since I left the Philippines, I have been to the University of Virginia (USA), the University of Nancy (France) and the School of Mines (France) for my degrees : two doctorates in Solid State Physics and in Materials Science.
Joining the CNRS (National Center for Scientific Research) where I pursued my whole career in research, I taught at the same time in the School of Mines and at the University of Nancy, later in the University of Metz and finally in the School of Physics in Grenoble. For the last ten years of my activity, I also served as a member of the French National Committee for Scientific Research.
That's about it ....and I am retired since January 2005. But I was asked to continue serving France as a Commissioner for Public Inquiries. This keeps me still on my toes.
Married to Huguette (retired Urbaniste) and four children : Jean-Marie, 27, Engineer ; Alexandra, 25, MD Rheumatology ; Alexis, 24, Engineer and Efie, 21, Engineering student at the School of Mines.
I gathered a few photographs taken around the end of 2004 and early 2005 to coincide with the 50 years of PHS55.
Huguette & Pericles (top left), Pericles (top right), Alexis & Elfie (middle left), Jean Marie & Alexandra, retirement talk (School of Physics) lower right and last meeting (National Committee for Scientific Research).
Pericles MENESES
4, rue Jean Baptiste Pradel
38000 GRENOBLE (FRANCE)
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San Nicolas de Tolentino (Macabebe Patron Saint)
A number of 55'ers raided the house of Zenaida Borja on the occassion of the feast day of San Nicolas de Tolentino on September 10, 2007. Delicately prepared dishes were served but the best seller is the paksing licauk (Pat Binuya help me on the spelling). Likewise, the guests left with plenty of bring home stuff. The pictures below capture the faces of the attendees. Mabsi na la.
Shown in the above pictures are the following: Mel Pineda, Normalita David, Lilyflor Juat, Emil & Eling Gozum, Ben & Mrs Mercado and Esto Pineda. As usual the hostess, Zeny Borja, despite the pressure of preparing the food the night before exuded glamour and poise.
Dateline Tidewater Area, USA (July,2007)
Three PHS55ers met in the Tidewater Area, US East Coast:
Ruben Pineda & wife Maura hosted Marina Manaloto-Laygo & husband Romy Laygo MD and Art Basa MD & wife Rica at their residence in Virginia Beach, Va. Likewise, the three with their spouses attended a formal dinner at Marriott Hotel, Waterside, Norfolk, Virginia after a symposium of the Society of Philippine Surgeons in America, of which Dr. Art Basa was a past president.
Reports From Pending Fausto
Carolina Ermitano
Pending Fausto wrote that Andro Camiling PHS’54) met Carolina Ermitano his neighbor in Pasudeco Compound. She is married to Conrado Zarate and are now residing in Carlson, California. Her telephone number is
The son of the late Cresencio Chamian wrote:
To PHS Class '55,
I was surfing the internet and I incidentally got into your website. My father, Cresencio Chamian, was one of your classmates. I recall him saying how proud he was to be in your class when I was a little boy. He would have enjoyed your Golden anniversary in 2005 but he was almost completely paralyzed because of multiple strokes that time. He died a year ago. Looking at the pictures and notes you posted reminded me of him. It gave me an idea of how much fun he had during those days. I applaud this wonderful website you have created. Keep it going and God bless!
Best regards,
Dr. Noel M. Chamian
Noel Chamian MD at: noelchamian@msn.com
Pending Fausto’s February, 2007 Visit
Pending Fausto’s visit last February, 2007 enabled him to treat his “ka section” to lunch at the Fortune Restaurant in San Fernando City. The first picture below highlighted the event. Likewise, Pending visited UP Diliman and was hosted by Esto Pineda. The two discussed the PHS'55 music collection stored in Esto's computer. It was estimated that the Class has a collection of old songs & music of about 2,000. Pending promised to keep on sending very old songs & music for storage in the PHS'55 Music Collection. The second picture below shows the two in Esto's faculty office at the College of Business Administration UP Diliman.
Left to right, the men: Agustin Cosme, Rodolfo Deang, Mariano Garcia, Alejandro Gonzales & Pending Fausto/ The girls, left to right: Eduarda Vega, Julieta Tongol, Aurelia Mallari & Aurea Panganiban.
