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 Advertisement for the Windjammer restaurant -- which one is Shamp? |
 Tom with his wife Gail |
| "... After graduating from MCS, I took off to Florida with Roger Boynton and met up with Danny Tracey down there. We had a lot of fun but ran out of money so came back to go to Delhi where I graduated in '75 with a degree in Hotel/Restaurant Management. Skiing drew me to take a job at Killington Ski Area in Vermont. I worked more then skied but had a great time and met my future wife there. Left there to move to Burlington, VT and worked in a restaurant while going to the University of Vermont where I graduated with a degree in Recreation Management. Got married in '82 and moved back to Killington where I managed a base lodge as the food and beverage manager. Worked there until '85 when my wife and I bought a motorcycle and took off to see the country. Went 15,000 miles in 3 months traveling all over including a trip into British Columbia. Wonderful time but I still walk a bit bow-legged from the bike. Back we went to Burlington where I took the job as the general manager of the restaurant that I worked at when going to college. Did that until '90 when they transferred me to be the general manager of a hotel we were building but the recession took hold and we sold the property. I went to work for a friend of mine who started Vermont Teddy Bear Company. I did a variety of jobs including marketing/promotions, running production and opening up their retail operations. Enjoyed it a lot but felt it was time to leave in 99' so back to the same company again to be the general manager of their other hotel but switched into sales after about a year. Work with a great group of people and my wife and I love Burlington. We have no children but a lot of great nieces and nephews. My folks moved up here a few years back and Lucia (Enders) Davidson lives in the next town over so we do get some news from the old town now and then..." |
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Occupation: Sales Manager at a Hotel in Burlington, Vermont College Attended: Delhi with an Assoc. in '75 and University of Vermont with a BS in '82. Marital Status: Married to a great gal - Gail Children: No - just me Most Exciting thing: 3 month motorcycle ride across country with my wife. We put on 15,000 miles, and I still walk a bit bow-legged. Any funny stories: Well, there are plenty but how about this - On my second skydiving attempt, they wanted me to pull a dummy ripcord so that I would learn to jump without a static line which pulls the chute out for you. Well, after jumping out of this rickety plane I tried to pull the dummy ripcord but grabbed the real ripcord for the reserve chute which started getting tangled in the now deployed main chute. I managed to free it up and threw it to the side so that now I was coming down with 2 chutes and no steering. I landed in a grove of pine trees about 20 feet up. Nothing bruised except my ego. I had to buy a case of beer to give to the jump crew because they had to pack the reserve chute again. Teacher: I am having a hard time on this. Not sure if any of them got through to me. Mrs. Ceretta (not sure of spelling) in 6th maybe. Funny HS stories: Not sure this is funny looking back but one day Pat Alger and I were riding the back roads (someone else was with us but I can't remember who) and of course we had tipped a few. All of a sudden Pat swerves into a field and we go bouncing along until he hits a woodchuck. He had seen it and since we didn't have a gun I guess he figured the next best thing was the car so we mounted carcass on the hood of the car and proceeded to show our trophy to everyone as we rode up and down Main Street. And who says there is nothing to do in a small town on a Saturday afternoon. Where I thought I would be: Never thought that I would have met such a great lady and that she would say Yes when I got up the nerve to ask her the important question. I guess that I thought that I would be involved in the business that I am in now. Maybe making more money but "who need stinking money when you are having so much fun". Other people: I am doing this at work (yes, I know that I should be working but my home computer is giving me trouble) so I can't remember what they had said in the yearbook. Danny Tracy: Working in the circus training possums to steal people's wallets. Andy Klindt: Trapping possums for Danny when he is not working a con game on the streets of New Berlin. Roger Olson: Committed Cliff Costello: Going on to become a leading man in commercials. He take over for the Maytag repairman but is never quite satisfied with his life. Roger Boynton: Inventor of a thousands of useless products and tries to sell them door to door but gets hit in the face so many times that he finally invents a extended door knocker that NASA buys the rights to as it is perfect for pushing away the cargo from the shuttle. Roger becomes a multi- millionaire and loses it all in Vegas. Bill Bundy develops a new type of pocket protector that catches the eye of the fashion world and he is heralded as the "in" designer and featured on Time and Newsweek. His latest creation was seen on Halle Barre which was a duct tape ensemble with a plunging neckline. Here is a real weird one: Joy Bryden falls in love with Leon Tracy and actually marries him. I know that this is a bit too unbelievable but this really happens. I can't believe it either but Leon has always been a lucky SOB. Billy Crumb qualifies for the pro tour and is the first person to make 3 hole in ones on one round but then blows it and ends up with a score of 112. He can be seen on the Wheaties box but on the side panel which features bloopers in sports. They make a movie based on his career called Rimming the Tin Cup which never gets released. Richard Craft transfers to another high school after graduation so that he can stay in school as he doesn't want to miss out on all the parties. He did this until 1989 when someone caught on. He now runs a frat house at Dartmouth College. Mark Gregory actually stumbles on the secret of life but after writing down the last formula he accidentally knocks over the Bunsen burner and the whole report goes up in flames. He of course can not remember how he proved his theory and goes insane. He is now the roommate of Roger Olson and they can be seen getting their jollies by licking 9 volt batteries. |