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There are still ominous
clouds hovering over East
Cleveland Board of Education
meeting as a result of a storm
last June that did havoc to
construction on the Rozelle
eight-room addition.
The Board Monday night re
fused to settle the $7,300 dam-'
age claim for $4,000. Member'
Charles G. Hamilton suggested
the four contractors should
pay the whole bill.
The school system, as is the
normal procedure, withholds a
certain percentage of the cost
Eight High Schools
To Provide Grand
Night for Singing
It wi’l be a grand night of
singing at rhe Shaw High Gym
tomorrow night when the choirs
of the eight Lake Erie League
High Schools lift their voices
in song. The 90-100 voice choirs
of Brush, Cleveland Heights,
Euclid, Lake wood, Parma,
Shaker, Shaw and Valley
Forge High Schools will begin
the annual festival at 8 p. m.
bv performing as individual
cnoirs.
The evening will close with
A treat for both the audience
and the performers as the voic-
Gardeners
Celebrate
Birthday
Hilltop Garden Club will cele
brate its 33rd anniversary on
Wednesday at 1:30 p. m. at
Calendonia School. This is to
be a Special Guest Day and
members are urged to bring
guests.
At the meeting Mrs. Louise
H. Taylor will talk on “Chang
ing Times in Flower Arrang
ing.” and demonstrate space,
abstract and Japanese arrange
ments.
Mrs. Taylor will be accom
panied by Mrs. Fumiko Taka
batake, a teacher of flower ar
ranging in the Scgetzu School
in Tokyo, Japan. Mrs. Takaba
take will demonstrate flower
arranging in the Sogetzu style.
Mrs. George Maxim is Hos
tess Chairman assisted by Mrs.
Richard Askue, Mrs. Earl
Chamberlain, Mrs. G. N. Gas
coigne, Mrs. Wenner Funk,
Mrs. Bruce Aiken, Mrs. William
Jones and Mrs. Samuel Pearce.
By John Alexander and
Dianne Senger
Shaw High School’s 1963
spring production, “Bye Bye
Birdie,” is in full rehearsal for
its three performances on April
4th, 5th, and 6th in the Shaw
Auditorium.
This Broadway musical com
edy concerns a famous teenage
recording star, Conrad Birdie,
who pays a most important
visit to the small community
of Sweet Apple, Ohio. A hu­
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Bills Rain on Board
From Storm Last June
until all work is considered
completely satisfactory.
Thus they are holding back
roughly $8,000 of the $140,000
bill until the storm damage
claim is settled up.
What is alleged to have
happened is that the contractors
drilled through some tile when
pouring concrete for piles and
inadvertently plugged up a
sewer that didn’t show on the
drawings.
Then when the terrific rain
fell last June, the overflow did
the damage. Board Member
es and colorful robes are
massed into a festival choir of
nearly 800 voices.
Miss Judith Warren, direc
tor of the Shaw choir and
chairman of this event, will
conduct this large group in
two choral works. Sam Tay
lor, director of the Euclid choir,
will also, conduct two composi
tions.
This large group of young
people will gather at Shaw
High at 1:30 p. m. tomorrow
afternoon to rehearse the
massed numbers.
Following two and one-half
hours of r.hearsal they will
have the opportunity of en
joying the recreational facili
ties of the school for about an
hour.
Some will go swimming, eth
ers will enjoy the Korb Lounge,
and still others will make use
of a study room that will be
avr.il, ’bit.
Beginning at 5:30 they will
eat their dinner in the Shaw
cafeteria.
The group will be fed in
two shifts by Mr.?. Ruth Kerr
and her cafeteria crew. Follow
ing dinner the choir members
will adorn their robes and pre
pare themselves for the eve
ning concert.
The festival is open to the
public and tickets will be sold
at the door.
Library Concert
Monday at 8 p. m., the East
Cleveland Library presents Di
ana Hoagland, mezzo soprano,
James Jones, tenor with James
Tannenbaum at the piano.
These talented young people
are students at the Cleveland
Institute of Music.
The concert is free to the
public.
morous musical satire, the pro
duction is patterned after Elvis
Presley’s entrance into the
Armed Forces.
Shaw students who have
been cast as leads for this pro
duction are Roger Horvath,
Conrad Birdie Edith Gower,
Kim Mac Afee John Welniak,
Mr. Mac Afee Christine Drei
fort, Mrs. Mac Afee Marge
Maloney, Rose Alvarez Bill
Howell, Albert Peterson Anne
Psihountas, Mae Peterson
NOTHING LIKE A FAMILY PORTRAIT and these teenagers and their adopted
grandmothers at the A. M. McGregor Home, took time out from a busy schedule
to pose for the photographer. The "grandmas" in the back are left to right,
Mrs. Anna Inman, Mrs. Alice Harshaw, Mrs. Esther Wilson, Mrs. Gertrude Walker,
Miss Grace Brooks, Miss Frances Lucas. Their "granddaughters" left to right
are Kathy Hetzler, Cynthia Seaman, Diane Hocevar, Kathy Eckel, Jane Scott
and Lois Fawcett
Richard Gottron sided with
Hamilton and wanted to stand
pat on the payment even if it
meant a court action.
However, Member Ralph
Peckinpaugh pointed out that
a court action would be costly
in itself. It was then agreed
that the Board would share
the damage cost with four con
tractors and pay one-fifth or
$1,460.
In other business, the Board
received a letter from the Pros
pect PTA expressing favorable
action to the Shaw campus
plan.
Urges Parking Ban
However, the correspondence
expressed grave concern for the
parking plans contemplated on
Euclid ave. The letter suggested
a ban on student parking dur
ing the school day.
Board President Robert A.
Henderson said the suggestion
was well-taken and when asked
by Mrs. Jeanne Seidel, repre
senting Prospect PTA at the
meeting, whether the Board
would ban student parking, he
referred the problem to the
building and grounds commit
tee comprised of Hamilton and
Peckinpaugh.
A decision on the issue is
expected to be made by the
April Board meeting.
A subject that offered no
controversy at the meeting was
a fine diagnosis of the summer
school program by Philip H.
Worcester.
The summer school princi
pal stated that this year, the
system will concentrate on an
enrichment program, a plan
where students will attend
chemistry, art and math classes
for extra knowledge rather
than to make up grades or
credits.
He said that last year there
were 685 in attendance with
43 non-residents and about
seven per cent from parochial
schools.
Adrienne Lasley
Is Honored for
10-Year Service
Miss Adrienne Lasky, 1875
Forest Hill blvd., was among
the 29 new members welcomed
into Blue Cross of Northeast
Ohio’s Ten Year Club by John
R. Mannix, executive vice
president. This mushrooming
organization is for employees
who have served ten or more
faithful years of service at
Blue Cross- Blue Shield.
Enrolled with appropriate
honors, this new contingent
boosts the Club’s roster to 121
active members—representing
more than one-third of Blue
Cross-Blue Shield personnel.
Employees who have served
upwards of five or more years
—over 56.7 per cent of the full
staff—were also honored.
Shaw Black 'N' Red 'Bye Bye Birdie' Rehearsals Start
Ken Grenne, Randolph Mac
Afee Diane Minardo, Gloria
Rasputin Helen Barrick, Ur
sula Merkle and Armond
Spikell, Hugo.
The show's student director
is Kay Prouty. Many other
Shaw students are involved in
the musical scores, staging,
and a number of behind th”
scenes committees.
Faculty Members Assist
Faculty, members contribut
ing their assistance in the an­
^1.
On the transportation com
mittee: Richard E. Clark, Ray
Snyder. Robert Graham, and
Jesse Hart.
Food and lodging committee:
Mario R. Funari, Mrs. Walter
Koenig, Mrs. Henry Apthorp.
and Mrs. Richard A. Gottron.
Typing and mimeographing:
Miss Jean Richardson, Miss
Elaine Staebler, and Mrs.
Charles D. Webster.
Public, relations: Gene Hersh.
A. W. Quattrochi. Edward Mc
Kay and Bruce Holdebaum.
Medical Care: Fred K. Ham
ilton, M.D., George E. Spencer
M.D., Richard N. Westcott.
M.D., and Sally Elliott. R.N.
Facilities: Neil Skinner. Mrs.
Helen Parsh, and Nelson F.
Leist.
Tickets are on sale at Shaw
High School or through Jack
nual Black and Red production
are Mrs. Barbara Beesley, di
rector Mrs. Georgia Ureaney.
associate coordinator James
Durkin, producing and staging
S. Robert Fraser and Miss
Judith Warren, music Mrs.
Greta Ettinger, choreography
Douglass Stallsmith, construc
tion and Miss Margery
Shields, coordinator.
Student and community en
thusiasm for this production
has already pushed the patron
By Ruth Klimowski
It is sad, but true, that we are living
in an era when some parents and
other adults consider the average
teen-ager to be a little more than im
possible, and a little less than a social
impossibility. Here’s a story that is
calculated to strengthen confidence in
our young folks.
Just before Christmas, a group of
“Y-Teens”, under the direction of Miss
Audrey Eaglen, Program Director of
the East Cleveland YWCA, discussed
possible activities for this group of
girls. Now that their project is an
accomplished fact, none of the group
(all of whom are tenth-graders at
Shaw, with one exception) really re
members who initiated the idea. It is
generally agreed that the original
idea came from “Y” Camp.
East Cleveland’s “Y” being parti
cularly well-situated for the execu
tion of this project, the seven girls
involved were given permission to go
ahead with it, providing they prom­
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REGISTERING senior citizens for CIS half fare rates are seated left, Mrs. H. S.
Weaver, Mrs. William Hartford and Mrs. Joseph Nally. Mrs. Nally is president
of the FOP auxiliary.
Over 600 Sign Up for CTS Reduced Fare Plan
Over 600 senior citizens have day for residents of the east
signed up for CTS half-fare side who qualify to sign up in
rates at the East Cleveland this neighborhood.
City Hall. Tomorrow is the last For those who missed reg-
National Diving Meet Will
Keep Local Residents Busy
For many East Clevelanders
the 1963 Women's Senior Na
tional AAU diving champion
ships and Pan American trials
will be a busy period.
Here is a lineup of those
working on various committees
for the portion of the diving
meet that will held at
Shaw's Korb pool March 29th
to 31st:
City Manager Grant T. Ap
thorp is Honorary Chairman.
On the ticket committee are:
Henry Apthorp, John G. Wach
ter, Walter Koenig, Paul Ham
mer and Mrs. W.- A. Alstedt.
On the hospitality committee:
Harold L. Nichols, Wayne C.
Blough, David Costill, Nancy
Jo Deonise, and Donald H. For
tune.
Wachter at $1 for preliminaries
and $1.50 for finals. Student
tickets for the preliminaries
are available at 50 cents each.
Seats are not reserved, but
tickets will he limited to the
500-seat capacity of the pool.
Film Program
The East Cleveland Public
Library will present its next
film program on Thursday,
March 21st at 8 p. m.
“Wind from the West” is
the story of a ypung Swedish
boy who watches the wind
from the west bringing the
first signs of spring and prep
arations for taking the rein
deer herd? into the colder
mountains. Nils daydreams of
the time when he, too. will be
able to go with the older men.
“Treasure of the Bahama-.”
the colorful story nf two chil
dren and their dog who live in
the Bahamas, and “Corral’’ will
also be shown.
Council Meets
The Community Council
meets tonight at 7:30 p.m.,
Shaw Auditorium, with Robert
Becht, past president of the
Cleveland Home Improvement
Council, discussing “Home Im
provement.”
Anyone interesterd in helpful
hints and ideas for improved
home maintenance, is welcome
to attend.
promotion campaign we’l over
the $1,200 goal, soaring to a
record $1,570. This is the larg
est amount ever raised by
Shaw students.
Student winner- of trophies
for their outstanding work are
Sher i y Shankland, Kathy
Musk, Bill Johnson, Pat Bozik.
Bill Bailey, and Walter Steph
ens. Including these winners,
twenty members of the pro
motion committee have now
won smorgasbord dinners
istration or will reach their
65th birthday after tomorrow
must wait until permanent reg
istration office is set up in the
future by CTS.
Registering chores at the
city hall were handled by the
East Cleveland Fraternal Order
of Police Auxiliary. The mem
bers (policemen’s wives) vol
unteered their services under
the supervision of Mrs. Howard
Eller.
Kiwanis Hears
AFS Students
Two American Field Service
exchange students at Shaw
High School will speak at next
Monday’s meeting of the East
Cleveland Kiwanis Club.
Appearing at the luncheon
meeting at the East Cleveland
YMCA will be Andrea Honorati
of Italy and Walter Cabral of
Brazil.
Honorati is living with the
J. A. Billington family. 1923
Rosemount ave., while Cabral's
“foster parents” are the T.
Cyril Noons, 16328 Glynn rd.
Become Nurses
Mrs. Pauline Condon. 14514
Dover ave., and Mrs. Phyllis
Ries, 2130 Westhurn rd., will
receive their pins and diplo
mas tonight at the third grad
uation exercises of The Euclid
School of Practical Nursing.
The ceremony will he at 8
p. m. in Forest Park Junior
High School auditorium and
the public is invited.
Surprise Party
A surprise open house was
held hy the son and daughter
of Mr. and Mr«. Charles E. Mc
Noldy. 13407 Fifth ave., in hon
or of their golden wedding an-
niver«ary recently.
The celebration was held in
the home of the daughter. Mrs.
Gene E. Allen, 1557 Knuth ave.
Friends and relatives came
from the surrounding area and
from Pittsburgh.
Retirees Dance
Members of the East Side
Retiree Center. 13816 St. Clair
ave.. will bp dancing to the
strains of the Golden Age Or
chestra of Cleveland Thursday.
March 21st at 1 p. m.
Refreshments will be served.
This Is Super-Teenagers Adopt Grandmas
ised to maintain their interest.
The project? The seven “-Teens”,
with the cooperation of the staff of
the’McGregor Home. 14900 Terrace
ave., have each “adopted” a “grand
mother.” Three of the ladies have
never had children of their own: all
of the girls have real grandmothers
living.
Youth and agp seem to have
achieved a delightful common bond in
this experiment in human relations.
The pleasure in each others’ com
pany seems to be mutual.
Mrs. Esther Wilson's room is the
customary meeting spot for the
group. The girls sometimes visit
after school, or during the weekend.
While not always as a group, each
girl manages to make at least one
visit a week, and often more.
Their activities have been on the
frivolous side, to be sure. A Christmas
party, with gift exchange, and a
Valentine party these have been
enjoyable for both the residents of
City Plans
Exam For
4 Firemen
The East Cleveland Civil
Service Commission will hold
an examination for firemen
on Thursday. April 18th. Ap
plications will he available
at the city hall starting Mon
day.
The city plans to add four
new firemen. Three will bring
the manpower up to the au
thorized 16. The fourth will
replace a man retiring.
The additions will allow
for 15-man shifts and five
men for each piece of fire
apparatus.
Ron Kramer
Places 3rd
While competing in the Ohio
State High School Swimming
Championship Meet at Ohio
State Universty last Friday and
Saturday. Shaw’s Ron Kramer
placed third in the 100 yard
breaststroke.
Kramer, a junior, posted a
time of 1:07.7 in the prelimin
ary heats to qualify to compete
in the finals.
In the finals, he lowered his
time to 1:07.0 to place him
third behind John Landgraf of
Cleveland Heights (1:05.7) and
Larry Yamahiro of Cleveland
West (1:06.8).
Other Shaw swimmers com
peting in the Stat” Champion
ship Meet were Fred Klaas',
who placed seventh in the 100
yard breaststroke: Bob Web
ster. who placed seventh in the
100 yard butterfly, and Keith
Evans, who placed 15th in the
100 yard freestyle.
The 200 yard medley relay
team of Mike Watters, Fred
Klaass. Rob Webster, and Jim
Hartory placed eighth and the
200 yard freestyle relay team
of Dave D.owns, Dave McKay.
Jim Hartory. and Keith Evans
nlaced 12th.
Tom Smith
Joins Army
Thomas I). Smith
Thomas D. Smith, who re
sides with his grandmother,
Mrs. Simricht at 1854 Marloes,
enlisted in the United States
Army for a period of three
years.
Thomas was a graduate of
Shaw high school. He also
went to Western Reserve for
one term. He was admitted to
the United States Naval Acad
emy in 196] and resigned af
ter eight months. Thomas was
the Boy Scout Counselor and
the Deacon of Windermere
Presbyterian church here in
East Cleveland.
the Home and for the girls.
Just the visiting alone seems to
reap the customary amount of teen
age laughter one of the girls
described being with her “grand
mother" as “having a ball.’’’
The therapeutic value of having
young people in and out of the Mc
Gregor Home must be considerable
this is a fresh wholesome group of
girls, who (tn a mother’s eye) look
just exactly the way 15-year-olds
should look.
Since the adoption of this program,
other groups at the “Y” have be
come interested in the same type of
thing, mainly through the glowing
reports of the tenth-graders.
This kind of voluntary, good-will
service is being done in many areas
by other equally-good-hearted teen
agers. The next time you hear some
body talking about how kids of today
are “going to rack and ruin”, just tell
them about these seven girls and their
seven “adopted grandmother!.”
Place Burden On Schools
The most discouraging com
ments on the bill came from
Dr. Nichols who further stated
"the income tax proposal is
a procedure for the State of
Ohio to place the burden of
school financing on local school
districts and already Ohio ranks,
very low (43rd) in public
school support.”
He added that the machinery
for collecting a local income
lax has not been fully outlined,
but this procedure could be very
complicated and costly.
Almost Impossible
“Getting agreement," Dr.
Nichols said, "on how to raise
money for schools on a local
basis woud be almost impossible.
Board members themselves
would not be able to determine
the type tax to seek and, as
suming agreement by the Board
of Education, there would be too
many opportunities for dis
sension.”
It was pointed out that many
of the large cities in Ohio al
ready have income taxes.
Dr. Nichols explained that in
principle the hill has an ad
vantage over some means of
taxation because it makes pro
visions for schools to keep all
money in the district.
School Funds Dw indie
The well-informed superin
tendent added that the state
sales tax was originally slated
for schools but the big problem
has been that every state leg
islative body since 1940 ha
given the school systems less
money from the General Fund
each year.
Discussion on this bill brought
up the suggestion that there
ought to be a local group to
support or oppose legislation
effecting East Cleveland.
Mrs. Griffith noted that this
would he hard to do because
there is only one legislative
chairman per each of the eight
school PTAs.
EAST CLEVELAND'S
OFFICIAL FLAG
Income Tax
For Schools
Is Opposed
A proposed state legislature bill came under attack
Monday night by a School Board member, the super
intendent of schools and a PTA representative. The
legislation, House Bill 234, is a measure which would
permit Boards of Education to levy an income tax up
to one per cent for all domicile
residents of a given school dis
trict.
“It would he wise to oppose
this bill,” said Board President
Robert A. Henderson.
“We should be better in
formed on it,” advised Cale
donia PTA representative Mrs
Jean Griffith.
“It would kill a community
like East Cleveland and split
education in Ohio wide open,”
retorted School Superintendent
Harold L. Nichols.
Red Cross
Thanks A
High Donor
During March the Red Cross
is commending outstanding
outstanding blood donors who
have given 5, 6. or 7 gallons
of blood to the Greater Cleve
land Red Cross Blood Program.
Among those receiving spe
cial thank- and congratulations
from Red Cross Chapter Chair
man Frederick Lynch, jr., was
Norman L. Proctor, 15409 Eu
clid ave.. who has given five
gallons, through the Tapco unit.
“There are many thousands
of people who have given fewer
pints of blood and I’d like to
recognize them too, even though
space doesn't permit using all
their names here.” said Lynch.
During March, which is Red
Cross Thank You Month, spe
cial tribute is being paid tn all
Greater Cleveland and Geauga
County residents who have
given loyal support to the Red
Cross or contributed to the
United Appeal fund drive last
October which raised over 13
million dollars. The Red Cross
received over 1t-2 million dollars
for its local and national pro
grams.
Recruiter Is
St. Joe Speaker
Sfc. Robert W. Milnes, re
cruiting sergeant for the Unit
ed States Regular Army. 14236
Euclid ave., will speak on the
Army and its opportunities to
high school graduates at the
annual Career Week of St.
Joseph High School, 184*91
Lake Shore Nvd.. tomorrow
at 8:45 a. m.
Sfs. Milnes is one of 45
speakers whn will participate
in the program.
Property Group
Hears Apthorp
City Manager G. T. Apthorp
will speak to the Rozelle-Su
perior Property Association
when the group meets at Ro
zelle School Tuesday at 8 p. m.
APPROVAL of Sally Culver's knitting is given by the
Shaw teenager's adopted grandmother, Miss Ada
Christian at the A. M. McGregor Home. “Grandma"
took time out from reading poetry to Solly Io check
the knitting.
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