Last update: June 24, 2009
Purpose of this site
This site was put up and is being maintained to promote cohesiveness and
camaraderie among, and to contribute something that is geared towards the greater
glory of, "The 59ers of MNHS".
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Who we are
We are the 13th batch of graduates from the Mangatarem High School (MHS) [now
Mangatarem National High School (MNHS)] in Pangasinan, a province of the
Philippines north of Manila. Having graduated in 1959, we chose to be called "The
59ers of MNHS."
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Where we wish to go
As one group, we commit ourselves to be true to the aims of secondary education
instilled in our minds by our MNHS teachers, namely: 1) moral character - 1st year,
2) personal discipline - 2nd year, 3) civic conscience - 3rd year, and 4) vocational
efficiency - 4th year . Moreover, we believe that life is a journey and that where it is
heading to, how one acted during the journey matters.
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What we wish to do
As one group, we undertake to:
1) keep the font of nostalgia constantly flowing,
2) meet as often as possible to drink from that font, and
3) do Annual Eye Medical Mission (AEMM) for the "needy in our town" of
Mangatarem as our means of giving back what we took during our youth.
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Where are we now
Life is a journey from the cradle to the grave.
Surprisingly, its attributes (e.g. vigor, vitality,
virility, etc.) follows what scientists call the
"normal curve" as shown on the right.

Since we have all passed our prime (peak point
of the curve) & living the sundown of our years,
we must all be now nearing our "fall" at the right end of the curve. It may seem
intriguing that if we were but a spirit before we were born (before the left end of the
curve), we go back to become a spirit after death (after the right end of the curve).
MNHS new iron gate
donated by Class '57.
Picture taken on Feb. 17,
2009
Quote
"If you don't stand for
something, you'll fall for
anything." . . Unknown
1. What's Inside
Home page
1. What's inside
2. Purpose of this website
3. 'Golden Reunion' souvenir photo
(New)
4. MSAA Newly Elected Officers


The 59ers page
1. Contact us
2  What we believe in
3. How we measure life
4. Class '59 front-runners with their Principal Mr. Fortunato Olegario
5. Our thinning Class list
(New)
6. What makes a 59er a fun to be with
7. Joe Gonzales: The 'No Mercy' Surgeon (afod01)
8. Febe Valdez: The 'Indestructible' (afod02)
9. Fil Olegario: The 'Nucleus' (afod03)
10. Ben Ramos: The 'Pioneer' (afod04)
11. Turing Bautista: The Coordinator 'Extraordinaire' (afod05)
12. Felix Vince Cruz: The 'Hygienist' Par Excellence (afod06)
(New)

Mission page
1. The beacon that lights our way
2. How the Class '59 annual Eye Medical Mission (EMM) was born
3. Class '59 2009 & 2008 Number of Patients Seen
4.Class '59 2009 EMM Financial 'Balance Sheet'
5.Bucacliw (Aguilar) EMM As I Saw It
6. Class '59 2009
Additional EMM Pictures & Delivery of MAI Donation

Afterlife page
1. What matters to us
2. What will matter
3. "Herein lies the departed Class '59 members"
4. Cash "abuloy" to family of departed members (Fely Aguilar & Pascasio  Dancel

Reunion page
1. The four kinds of reunion
2. The 1986 reunion in Mangatarem
3. Mini-reunions in Mangatarem
4. The coming of RINAs
5. Felix Vince Cruz: What "RINA 1" Means to me
6. The drama of Class '59's GR
7. GR's Part 1/4 photos (9 pcs)
8. GR's Part 2/4 photos (34 pcs)
9. GR's Part 3/4 photos (23 pcs)
10. GR's Part 4/4 photos (50 pcs)
11. How the GR was funded
(corrected copy)
12. For every beginning, there is an ending ("Thank you" note to all GR attendees/
>>supporters)
mangataremNHSclass59.org
Quote
"If you don't know where you
are going, any road will get
you there." . . . .Lewis Carroll
4. MSAA Newly Elected Officers
(Excerpted fromMSAA News sent in by Martina Carpio-Vergara)
Class '59 Annual Eye Medical Mission (AEMM)
One author said that "we are all, like swimmers in the sea." Aside from providing us
(59ers) some kind of spiritual mooring in that sea called "life", we view our Class'
medical mission activity as an expression of our "civic conscience." Please visit
Mission page.
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The birth of RINAs
In late 2001, 59er Felix Vince Cruz took the initiative of tracking down the addresses of
class members who are residing in mainland USA and Canada and rallied them to
hold a reunion which he billed as "Reunion In North America" or RINA. To date, there
has been four RINA "babies". To see who helped Felix deliver the "babies" (hosts),
please visit
Reunion page.
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Golden Reunion's quest: Aren't we there yet?
If our "vision-land" is represented by the four high school convocation themes
mentioned earlier, one may ask "Aren't we there yet?" During the Golden Reunion in
Mangatarem on Jan. 23-24, 2009, we invited one of our teachers, Mrs. Magdalena
Alamillo-Santamaria, to speak on the topic "How close has Class '59 come to realizing
their high school ideals?"

From what we heard from her, we have arrived our destination.
3. Golden Reunion's Souvenir Photo
By Roger Mondala
1. Jun Asperin
2. Felix Vince Cruz
3. Max Banaga
4. Tony Frias
5. Magdalena Alamillo-Santamaria  
    (Guest Speaker)
6. Orling Budomo
7. Roger Mondala
8. Emong Mondala
9. Carlito Sindaydiego
10. Lolit Gonzales-Garlitos
11. Lea Blanco-Pimentel
12. Dalen Guarin-Mondala
13. Unrecalled
14. Gilberta Fuertes-Lalas
15. Bing Aviles
16. Freny Lledo-Balisalisa
17. Estrellita Reyes-Lanuzo
18. Bing Seril-Ignacio
19. Febe Valdez-Armstrong
20. Josefina Agliam-Joven
21. Gertrudes Banaga-Ayad
22. Unrecalled
23. Olivia Vinluan-Cabrera
24. Ely Solis-Sangalang
25. Fil Olegario
26. Tony Jugueta
27. Turing Bautista
28. Tito de Vera
29. Arsing Gutierrez
30. Pete Collado
31. Jun Saura
32. Fely Rosal
33. Mike Seril
34. Pepe Arellano
35. Rudy Orduna
36. Martin Saura
37. Vicente Perigrino
38. Andoy Mendoza
39. Remy Quibal
2. Purpose of this site