Walter Baumann
23 Gascony Circle
Manchester, NJ 08759
 732-408-1585   
Spouse: Carolyn  Bellis  BHS '54
Children:   2           
Grandchildren:6   
 Year married: 1957    
Walt spent three years in the Navy as a second class machinist's mate      aboard the destroyer, USS Hugh Purvis, in the North Atlantic. Walt retired in 1996 after 43 years as a journeyman sheetmetal worker/heliarc welder with Sheetmetal Workers Union 28 in New York City.  He's a past VFW Commander, a VFW Aide-de-Camp, a scoutmaster and a Neighborhood Commissioner.

Walt's current interests are working on the computer, reading and traveling with Carolyn.  He reports: " I fractured my leg last July while standing in front of the refrigerator to get a drink of water.  I blacked out for a moment and spent five weeks in the hospital".  But, on the brighter side, "I still have all my hair".

Florence Beck Jacobs
643 W Shannon St,
Chandler, AZ 85225
480-963-5678   
Spouse: Forrest
Children:    4         
Grandchildren:    10
 Year married   1958

After graduation from BHS Florence attended Montclair State Teachers College for one year.  She moved to Arizona with her family in August of 1955 where she enrolled at Arizona State Teachers College as a music major on a piano scholarship.  In February of 1956  she met her future husband, Forrest, who was completing his MA in education at the time.  He graduated in May of '56 and began teaching in Parker, Arizona (a little town on the Colorado River), 160 miles west of Phoenix, Arizona. Florence completed her degree in May of 1958 and they were married June 28th of the same year.  She was also able to land a teaching job in Parker at the elementary and secondary school level while Forrest remained at the Parker High School teaching Biology.  Parker is in the middle of an Indian reservation, so 2/3 of her students were of Indian origin, (a rather unique experience for a "city girl").
In 1960  they moved to Chandler, Arizona.  They had been blessed with their first child and decided it was time to get back to civilization.  Forrest started teaching Biology at Chandler High School, and their home there (which they still occupy) was in the process of being built.  Suddenly Florence was stricken with Herpes Encephalitis, and for several weeks her life was severely threatened.  Thankfully, they all came through it, and stronger in many ways, as a result.  Florence taught 6th grade in Chandler until their second daughter was born in 1963.  A son arrived 18 months later.  By then she was a full-time mom, church choir director and substitute teacher, when time allowed!
Florence became very active in their church as music direct and wedding coordinator for almost 10 years, until their second son was born in May of 1974.  Needless to say, with four children ranging in age from 13 to newborn, she had her hands full, and life has never been the same or dull since.
They now have 10 beautiful grandchildren - 7 girls and 3 boys - and there's still a chance for more because son #2 is still single !!  They are both greatly involved in volunteer work in their community and life goes happily on.