6 North Shore Towers Courier n February 2013 JUDY AND MEL GOSSETT Neither Mel nor Judy Gossett knew that a friend’s small party would bring them together, but the moment they met, they knew it would be forever. “It was a one chance meeting,” said Judy. “Had we not met that night, we never would have met. We clicked right away, we knew right away.” Judy’s best friend, who she is still close with today, hosted a party and invited “some college guys,” Mel included. “In he walked, and I looked at him, and I said, ‘Oh, he’s cute,’” said Judy. Mel echoed his wife’s sentiment recalling, “I said to myself, ‘That’s a cute little girl.’” Mel wrote Judy’s phone number down on a napkin, which he has saved to this day, and after three months of keeping in touch, they were engaged to be married. Judy went to Boston to finish school, and Mel finished optometry school at Columbia. Then, the two got married, and “life took over.” They have been married for 56 years; have three children and six grandchildren. They lived in Plainview, Long Island for about 30 years, and then moved to the Towers. “We’re just very happy, and we hope that we have many more years,” said Judy. QQQ DEBBY AND HY NEWMAN Hy and Debby Newman have spent their 70 years together all over the world – from here in the States, to Israel, to Turkey, the adventures never stopped. Their love started at a summer camp in Highland Mills when the two were just teenagers, spending camp casino nights together. “We did everything together,” recalled Debby. “We really fell in love,” Hy responded. After the summer, Hy went to Penn State, and Debby went to California. The two didn’t see each other for a year, but that didn’t stop their romance from growing. “I told him, ‘Marry me, or I’m going to marry someone else,’” laughed Debby. From then, the two hit the ground running. Hy studied in Boston to become a veterinarian, and Debby enrolled in nursing school, also in Boston, so she could be close to Hy. After finishing school, they moved to Virginia, then to Texas when Hy was drafted into the Army, then back to Virginia once he was discharged. Hy started his own veterinary practice, and they continued to raise their daughter. When the war was over, Hy and Debby, Zionists, went to Israel for a time to help fugitives from internment camps start their lives over. Hy sold his practice, and the two dedicated themselves to the program in Israel. While they weren’t working, Debby and Hy greatly enjoyed sailing. They also spent a great deal of time in the air, flying with Hy’s pilot license. Hy was also active in Israel’s opera. “We had such a life,” said Debby. “We were involved with so many things.” Now, things have slowed down, and the two do “a whole lot of nothing, but we do it together,” according to Debby. After all of these years, their love has not faded, and they have a wonderful life to look back on. (continued from page 4)
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