On Friday, October 14th we celebrated the 50th Anniversary of one of our beloved teachers, Suzanne Hoos, at a surprise luncheon in her honor at Saint Thomas the Apostle Pastoral Center. Our township's Mayor, Mayor Owen Henry, was there to present Mrs. Hoos with a proclamation! This is Mrs. Hoos’ 70/50 year -70th Birthday(September) and 50 years of teaching. Sue’s sense of service paralleled her mother and father’s. Her mom cooked for the priests at Saint Thomas the Apostle Church for decades. Mrs. Hoos graduated from Saint Thomas the Apostle School in 1966, followed by her graduation from Saint Mary’s in South Amboy and received her Bachelor’s degree from Middlesex College. Sue was 19 years old when she started teaching at Saint Thomas the Apostle School. Sue met her husband Gary of 43 years at college. Together they organized and participated in community theater all around Old Bridge area. They co-founded GB productions and provided an arts center for community theater in this city. Ms. Hoos loves Disney and traveling. Mrs. Hoos has taught Language Arts and grammar to more than 4000 Saint Thomas the Apostle students, many have become lawyers, doctors, engineers, bankers, nurses, teachers, a priest, parents and EVEN [POLITICIANS) LOL reference to our Mayor Owen Henry of Old Bridge. Mrs. Hoos has a few 2nd generation students where she taught the parents of a student, she always teases it’s time to go when the third generation arrives in her class! She is also a published author of numerous romance books