Published October 21. 2026 12:48PM<\/p>\n
During their senior year (1963-1964) the Liberty HS class of 1964 experienced some notable history with the assassination of President John of Kennedy in November 1963, the advance of Beatlemania with the Beatles first USA visit in February 1964, and increasing civil rights violence.<\/p>\n
On Sep. 9, sixty-five members of that class and their guests gathered at a private residence in Bethlehem to celebrate their 80th birthdays, and spend their time reminiscing and updating each other about their lives then and since.<\/p>\n
Organized by a committee that includes Donna and Steve Henning, Ken Irvine, Linda Kichline, Nancy Miltenberger and Mary Squarcia, attendees traveled from places far like Maine, Vermont and the Carolinas and near like Bethlehem and the Lehigh Valley.<\/p>\n
Their secrets for longevity included \u201clook for awe and wonder every day,\u201d by Alyson Stocker Breisch; \u201clive the previous seventy-nine years well,\u201d by Carol Henn; \u201cit\u2019s just luck,\u201d by Pat Lowman; and Steve Henning\u2019s, \u201clisten to your wife and when you\u2019re wrong admit it, and when you\u2019re right keep your mouth shut.\u201d<\/p>\n
They worked in careers like teaching, automotive sales, ATT project manager, writing, and civil engineering to name a few and now are enjoying their retirements, but for four hours that afternoon the clock turned back as lifetimes melted away to their teenaged days.<\/p>\n
Food and refreshments were provided by Pats Pizza and Bistro of Bethlehem.<\/p>\n
Alyson Breisch and Patricia Davis page through their Class of 1964 Yearbook.<\/p>\n
The 80th birthday celebration is announced by signage at a private residence.<\/p>\n
Ken Irvine welcomes Charles \u2018Buddy\u2019 Daluisio to the party.<\/p>\n
Food was provided by Pats Pizza & Bistro.<\/p>\n
Friends socialize beneath tents set up in case of inclement weather.<\/p>\n
The 80th birthday party committee: Donna and Steve Henning, Ken Irvine, Linda Kichline, Nancy Miltenberger and Mary Squarcia.<\/p>\n
Classmates enjoy lunch and socializing.<\/p>\n
Press photos by Dana GrubbThe guys reminisce about days gone by.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published October 21. 2026 12:48PM During their senior year (1963-1964) the Liberty HS class of 1964 experienced some…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":311738,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[119,121,120],"class_list":["post-311737","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-allentown","tag-allentown","tag-allentown-headlines","tag-allentown-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311737","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=311737"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311737\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/311738"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=311737"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=311737"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=311737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}