BOB GAJEWSKI:
CLASS OF 1963
Sacred Heart High SchoolClass of 1963
Dearborn, MI
St. Hedwig High SchoolClass of 1963
Detroit, MI
BOB's Story
O.K., LET ME DO A REWIND BACK1959 TO 1960. ATTENDED SACRED HEART STARTING OUT IN 1959 AND HUNG OUT WITH DAVE YAQUINTO AND TOM NEAL OR NEALY? ALSO WENT TO THE CALVIN SWEET SHOP AFTER SCHOOL, WHICH WAS THE HANGOUT OF MOST OF THE JUNIORS AND SENIORS. THINK MY HOMEROOM WAS CLASS 106. ANYWAY................REMEMBER GETTING CAUGHT WITH MY SWITCHBLADE IN THE CAFETERIA AND THAT WAS DEPOSITED IN THE PRINCIPALS OFFICE FILE TO GO ALONG WITH MY RESUME. AFTER THE NINTH GRADE MY REPORT CARD INCLUDED A NOTE THAT I WAS GIVEN A 'LEAVE OF ABSENCE" FROM SACRED HEART AND THAT I COULD RETURN AFTER MY 40TH BIRTHDAY! SO I WOUND UP GOING TO ST. HEDWIG IN THE TENTH GRADE IN THE FALL OF 1960. ST. HEDWIG WAS LOCATED IN DETROIT ON JUNCTION AND MICHIGAN. IT WAS A REALLY 0-L-D SCHOOL THAT REMINDED ME OF ALCATRAZ. BUT HEY, AT LEAST GOOD OLD DAD FOUND A SCHOOL TO ACCEPT ME.
GOTTA TELL YA THAT WAS A REAL EXPERIENCE.. MET A GREAT GANG OF GUYS THERE. AFTER SIX WEEKS THERE I WAS GRANTED A THREE DAY SUSPENSION FOR BEHAVIOR UNBECOMING OF A NEWBIE. BUT I GOT BACK IN!! KIND OF BEHAVED MYSELF FOR AWHILE, BUT.....................DUE TO SOME UNFORSEEN BEHAVIORAL PROBLEMS I WAS AWARDED ANOTHER SUSPENSION. HMMMM, DO I DETECT A PROBLEM THERE? AFTER MY PARENTS MET WITH A JURY OF NUNS INCLUDING THE PRINCIPAL AT THE CONVENT, I WAS ALLOWED BACK IN SCHOOL WITH THE ULTIMATUM IF I DIDN'T BEHAVE MYSELF, I WOULD BE GIVEN A PERMANENT FURLOUGH FROM ST. HEDWIGS. THAT KIND OF CHAPPED MY DADS ASS BIG TIME. SO FROM THAT TIME ON I WAS AN "HONOR STUDENT". THAT IS "YES YOUR HONOR, NO YOUR HONOR! THOSE TURNED OUT TO BE THE MOST MEMORABLE YEARS OF MY HIGH SCHOOL YEARS THAT RESEMBLED AMERICAN GRAFFITI AND REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE. I COULD WRITE A BOOK ABOUT THOSE YEARS FROM 1960 TO 1963. WHAT A GREAT BUNCH OF KIDS AND I THINK I AGED EVERY NUN THERE ABOUT TEN YEARS.
STOLEN CARS, STOLEN HUBCAPS AND MANY BEERS LATER I FINALLY GRADUATED. THEY DIDN'T DARE FLUNK ME CUZ THAT WOULD MEAN I WOULD BE CO!MING BACK AGAIN!! IF I HAD TO DO IT OVER, I WOULD DO IT AGAIN. THOSE MEMORIES OF...Expand for more
GOING TO BASKET BALL GAMES WITH EIGHT OF US STUFFED INTO A '52 CHEVY PASSING AROUND THE G.I.Q BOTTLE OF BLACK LABEL BEER, THE BASEMENT PARTIES, THE RECORD HOPS. I DON'T THINK I WOULD HAVE EVER LIVED THIS IF I REMAINED AT SACRED HEART.
ANYWAY, LET'S FAST FORWARD TO CURRENT EVENTS. WORKED FOR CHRYSLER CORPORATION IN DEARBORN FROM 1965 TO 1980. HELD POSITIONS IN PLANT ENGINEERING, TOOL STORES SUPERVISOR AND MATERIAL CONTROL SUPERVISOR UNTIL THEY CLOSED THE PLANT. THEN WOUND UP IN CHRYSLER DEFENSE IN PURCHASING AS A SENIOR BUYER. FINALLY RETIRED IN 2000. GOT MARRIED IN 1970 TO A STRAIGHT "A" STUDENT AT CHADSEY HIGH SCHOOL. JAN GOT HER DEGREE IN COMPUTER SCIENCE WHILE WORKING AT FORD MOTOR. SHE GOT STRAIGHT A'S ATTENDING COLLEGE TOO. GEEZ, WHAT DID I DO TO DESERVE THIS? MET HER IN 1966 AND SHE PLAYED IN AN ALL GIRL GROUP. SO I TOOK UP DRUMS AND WE FORMED OUR OWN BAND AND PLAYED ALL OVER THE AREA. THEN IN 1974 WE BUILT A NEW HOME IN DEARBORN NEAR OAKWOOD HOSPITAL, RAISED TWO KIDS AND I PIMPED MUSCLE CARS ON THE SIDE FOR ABOUT TEN YEARS. OWNED A 1965 COMET CYCLONE SHOW CAR AND A 1968 DODGE CHARGER SHOW CAR.
AFTER 33 YEARS IN DEARBORN, WE BAILED OUT WHEN JAN RETIRED AND MOVED TO KNOXVILLE, TN. WHAT A GREAT MOVE THAT WAS. LOVE IT HERE IN TENNESSEE. GOT TWO KIDS NOW LIVING IN LAS VEGAS. NEITHER ARE MARRIED, SO THERE'S NO DRAMA THERE. ANYWAY, THAT BARELY SCRATCHES THE SURFACE, SO I TIRED TO ENCAPSULATE MY LIFE SINCE MY BRIEF STAY AT SACRED HEART. BUT I REMEMBER ALL OF YOUR AND YOUR NAMES. HARD TO BELIEVE THAT WAS 56 YEARS AGO.
HOBBIES ARE COLLECTING VINTAGE DOO WOP RECORDS AND RAISING HELL HERE IN MY 2015 500 HORSEPOWER DODGE CHALLENGER. BUT I STILL REMEMBER ALL YOU GREAT KIDS AT SACRED HEART. SORRY I DID NOT FIT AT THAT TIME, BUT MY YEARS AT ST. HEDWIG WERE STUFF MOVIES WERE MADE OF. NO REGRETS AND I WOULD DO IT OVER AGAIN IN A HEARTBEAT. WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM THE CLASS OF '63 AT SACRED HEART. HOPE ALL OF YOU ARE DOING WELL . WOULD LOVE TO HERE FROM YA'ALL!!
GOD BLESS, TAKE CARE AND ROCK N' ROLL! BOB GAJEWSKI
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