Values shift for 1968 Middletown graduate John Franklin
John Franklin class of 1968 reflects on shifts in values and goals since high school. He recalls honors in math and science, MIT experiences, changing career plans from engineering to politics, and a broader view of success. He notes the era’s economic pressures and the generation gap shaping teens then and now. Franklin lives in Trenton and works at Armco.
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Middletown High School
John Franklin
Franklin
Rensselaer — Polytechnic Institute Science and Math
T.F. Olt
Lion's Club
Mu Alpha Theta
Quill and Scroll
Goolden
MIT
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Boston
Miami University
University of Cincinnati
Antioch
Cconomiics
Seventeen era shaped Helen Smith Schrier’s youth and career
Helen Smith Schrier recalls the class of 1968 and the Seventeen magazine culture. She contrasts teen conformity with today’s individual judgment, describes the hippie era, and explains her path from art to art direction and freelance work. She urges goal orientation and notes education matters but isn’t the end of the world.
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Helen Smith Schrier
Seventeen
Helen
Fenwick High alum recalls high school grit and growth
Mrs. Francie Warmoth Schavone, Fenwick High School graduate and former cheerleader, reflects on her era’s pressures and lessons. She emphasizes communication, independence, and close friendships formed in high school while noting she avoided the late 1960s radical movements.
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Francie Warmoth Schavone
Fenwick High School
Sixties Era Reflections From Students and Veteran
A Fenwick 1969 graduate recalls the era as a campus movement with strong student activity while noting lesser involvement in high schools. Dennis Schiavone, closer to the war, served in the armed forces during the late sixties.
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Schiavone
Dennis
Fenwick
High school era reflections and 1978 outlooks from Mrs Schiavone
The interview recalls 1960s fads, heroes, and the impact of Kennedy's assassination. Mrs Schiavone compares 1964 and 1978 teens, praising open, less cliquish youths, and predicts future leaders. She urges authenticity, steady finances, and 1 percent effort in any chosen path.
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Vietnam
Schiavone
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Srad
By Kitty Franklin
Radical Politics
Andit
Armco
Armeco
Trenton
David C. Ludden
Kitty Franklin Middletown High School
Sheckler
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Mrs. Schrier
Branch
Associated Press
Joseph Stalin
Soviet Union
V.M. Molotov
Karl Marx
Prussia
Arkansas
Union
Eiffel Tower
Paris
Britain
Edward VII
Margaret
Antony Armstrong Jones
London
Westminster Abbey
Italy
Hominy Falls
W.va
Mexico
Cuba
Terrance Leonhardy
Guadalajara
Carter
Allied Nations
France
Valery Giscard d'Estaing
Orson Welles
Willy Mays
C. E. Greathouse
High Hool
Nana Ape
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