J.B. Ganley:  

CLASS OF 1967
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Central High SchoolClass of 1967
Manchester, NH
Shore Regional High SchoolClass of 1977
West long branch, NJ
Immaculata High SchoolClass of 1969
Manchester, NH
Memorial High SchoolClass of 1967
Manchester, NH
St. Joseph's Grammar SchoolClass of 1963
Manchester, NH

J.B.'s Story

Life It was in high school that I began my rebellion against convention, wanting to transcend the mundane careers available to most of us at that time. In college I toyed briefly with going to medical school, but learned that such a career path was only for geniuses, those with tunnel vision, blind ambition, or all of the above. I chose to pursue other interests instead. College graduation brought with it the stark realization that a good education and strong work ethic were not the stepping stones to career success my generation and those following had been led to believe. With no contacts or influential relatives to help me get my foot in the door, I took a job as a bouncer in a rock 'n roll nightclub. Not my best career move by a long shot. There's more. Somewhere along the way I became involved with competitive bodybuilding and moved to Southern California. I managed a gym in San Diego part time and ma...Expand for more
de ends meet by working for a skanky, charter bus outfit cleaning buses. I also worked in a car wash, and as I did these things, I often reflected upon the media messages of my childhood: "To get a good job....get a good education." Sure. Presently, I'm divorced and living in Bow, New Hampshire with my son, Joe. Eventually, after having sat through countless frustrating job interviews with bored, tired old men and ditzy, female human resource people, I figured I might as well start my own business. That's exactly what I did eleven years ago. It's a health and fitness consulting practice serving corporate and private accounts. As successful as this venture has become, I'm still looking for other jobs.....having become weary of having obese, chain smoking, jelly doughnut addicts cry on my shoulder as they wonder why they can't lose weight. Mention my name if you hear of any interesting jobs Later, Jim Ganley
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Yearbooks

Central High School 1967 yearbook cover photo
1967 Yearbook
Central High School
MANCHESTER, NH
Central High School 1966 yearbook cover photo
1966 Yearbook
Central High School
MANCHESTER, NH
Reunions
Memorial High School Class of 67 50th Reunion reunion event on Aug 26, 2017 image
Aug 26, 2017
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Memorial High School Class of 67 50th Reunion
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Jul 29, 2017
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Shore Regional Class of 1977 40th Reunion reunion event on Feb 28, 2016 image
Feb 28, 2016
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All Pumped Up
Crazes, Trends, and Fads The above can only occur when a majority have much leisure time. It has been noted that leisure is the basis of culture. If so, then popular pastimes are relatively recent, occupied as humankind ha
Just Like One of the Girls For the last 30 years I have been self-employed, making my living as a fitness consultant serving corporate as well as private accounts. However, recently the COVID-19 Pandemic eroded my client
Getting To Base On Balls My introduction to the great American pastime came by way of my father’s incessant watching of the televised games. This was a holdover from his days as a standout third baseman for St. Joseph High
Minor Fisticuffs For the past decade the media has been in a frenzy over the “bullying” of our children. While bullying is nothing new, the publicity it receives certainly is. It may very well be part of the human conditio
BFR The Weight Room crew at the Manchester, NH YMCA was a diverse group. This was especially true when considering the disparity of age between members, which ranged from mid teens to mid thirties. Among the older member
BFR The Weight Room crew at the Manchester, NH YMCA was a diverse group. This was especially true when considering the disparity of age between members, which ranged from mid teens to mid thirties. Among the older member
BFR The Weight Room crew at the Manchester, NH YMCA was a diverse group. This was especially true when considering the disparity of age between members, which ranged from mid teens to mid thirties. Among the older member
As Bad As We Wanted To Be Late Spring, 1976 I met her at The Old Road Steakhouse on a Thursday night, though try as I might I cannot recall her name. She said she was living in an apartment on the Southwest corner of Beec
Here Come The Cops! My intro to police came in kindergarten. Officer Luther of Manchester PD used to visit the class rooms to go over all the important points we kids needed to know. Look both ways when you cross the stree
Answering God’s Call While none of us realized it at the time, my friends and I were on a fast track to the priesthood. At least that’s what the nuns and priests seemed to think. First, we were students at a parochial scho
Confessions Of The Instructor I got my start in late 1970. It was a ‘Work/Study’ position for college, brokered by one of the Manchester YMCA’s Physical Committee members. His name was Arthur Cooper, AKA ‘Super Dooper Coop
Combating Our Concupiscence It started in the 8th Grade. One of the parish priests took all of my male classmates into an empty classroom and read us the riot act about reported acts of sexual experimentation which had ala
Conflicting Advice Most of us are aware of the conflict. No two experts agree on the specifics of how to improve our health and fitness. This experience is universal, and it matters not if one is a youthful athlete seeking
Of Blind Alleys And Box Canyons It’s been all over the media for at least the past couple of decades. We’re told that most of us are too fat. All anyone doubting this need do is look around and the existing situation will
Pornography The prohibitions against it were not long in coming. It might have been in Sr. Jacinta’s 2nd Grade Catechism Class. We were in the process of learning the Ten Commandments, specifically the 6th Commandment,
Eulogy I have been asked to deliver a few words in memory of our mutual friend, Dennis Michaud, better known as Mitch to most of us. One of life’s ironies is that we have to live it in a forward mode, while it only makes
Pornography The prohibitions against it were not long in coming. It might have been in Sr. Jacinta’s 2nd Grade Catechism Class. We were in the process of learning the Ten Commandments, specifically the 6th Commandment,
Paper Trail Bishop Bradley High School, April 1964 As into aviation as my friends and I might have been, we were awestruck when one o
Paper Trail Bishop Bradley High School, April 1964 As into aviation as my friends and I might have been, we were awestruck when one o
Snowburned It was an uphill battle for my friends and I. Bodybuilding champions is what we hoped to become, but the obstacles in our path were many. It started with the defective equipment in the Manchester YMCA Weight Roo
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