ZGH Class '62 Reunion in Las Vegas
Text & Photos By AIDING D'ORAZIO
L.A. ZAMBOANGA TIMES
Bureau Chief, Canada

   TORONTO, Canada  --- Class ’62 of the Zamboanga General Hospital School of Nursing held a rollicking reunion party at the residence of Dr. and Mrs. Rene Vicente (nee Ditas Intig) in Las Vegas, last October 19.   
   Twenty-two members from different parts of North America were present with their spouses and friends in tow.  With paid entertainers to help liven up the party, the group enjoyed the moonlit evening dancing on the Vicentes’ spacious terrace overlooking the glittering cityscape of Las Vegas, eating a sumptuous buffet dinner and chatting non-stop with former classmates, some of whom had not seen each other for forty years.  
    A surprise number was the Muslim dance performed by the charming hostess, Ditas Intig, who was costumed as a Tausug Princess. Irrepressible Linda Fernandez Skinner drew cheers from the crowd as she performed a striptease (without stripping) dance with flashing lights on her breasts.
     Elnora de Vera Timpauer, organizer of the event, sums up their reunion with this statement:  “A very memorable and heart-warming get-together for a special and the best class of ZGH.  Twenty-two classmates flew in from Canada and the U.S. to recollect fond memories of forty years past.  It was a fantastic time for all; food was superb; entertainment excellent.  We rejoined the next day for brunch at Dr. and Mrs. Rene Vicente --- more delectable dishes and joke swapping to culminate a perfect class reunion.  We plan to meet again in 2004, God willing.”
     ZGHSN Class ’62 members present were: Bernardita Intig Vicente, Delfin and Violeta Fernandez, Floridel Arañez Manuel;,Perla T. Reyes, Cecilia Jimenea Kolmegies, Sarah Baconga Casiple, Eulimpia Halasan Knoblach, Aida Enriquez Nado, Rosalinda Fernandez Skinner, Florinda Falcasantos Gloss, Gloria Javier Guerrero, Aurelia Macrohon Paladio, Fredeswinda Gonzales Duntugan, Teresita Evangelista, Violeta Maglangit Joki, Felicidad Nisperos Puno, Ester Ko, Rosemarie Zamorano, Elnora de Vera Timpauer and Elisa Bucoy Wight.