THE ALUMNI VOICE

FALL/WINTER 2012

VOLUME 33 * ISSUE 1 WILDCATS

MAYFIELD

Mayfield students not only excel in academics but in activ-ities outside of the classroom as well. Immediately follow-ing the tragedy in Connecticut, the Key Club put together an opportunity for students to make snowflakes for Sandy Hook. Wildcat focus classes dedicated time to make snowflakes as well. It ended up being a great success. Sophomore Michaela Shannon said, “I think doing a craft for the school was a great way to show that we care, es-pecially since so many students got involved!” Earlier in the fall, the annual Homecoming Dance was held. About 300 students spent a wonderful night in Poly-nesian Paradise. During the week, many students partic-ipated in the bonfire, parade, and pep assembly. Junior Austin Crowl said about the dance, “I really enjoyed the music and I was able to have a great night with all of my closest friends.” The Homecoming event crowned Mikki Vance as our 2012 Homecoming Queen. Vance is secre-tary of the senior class, a member of the varsity soccer team, and a student in the Excel TECC early childhood education program. Vance said, ”Being crowned Home-coming Queen made me feel that my friends like me as a person, which is a great feeling. I honestly didn’t think it was going to be me.” Joining Vance on the Homecoming court were Annemarie Paravoles, Teresa Eisler, Laura Lenaeduzzi, and Kylie Tritt. To raise funds for the English Department, the student band Evolution performed a concert in January. Senior Vittorio Valletta and junior Christina DiFranco are lead vocalists in the band, which plays a variety of rock, pop, and folk songs. English teacher Nicholas Somich said, “Vittorio and Christina are so talented. We were fortunate to find out Evolution was so willing to help us with our fundraiser.” The concert – in addition to a concert t-shirt sale – raised funds to help pay for Shakespearean actors to teach some of the 10

th and 12

th grade Shakespeare

units. “I love it when the Shakespeare actors come in; it’s very interesting and a great experience!” said junior Nate Shultz.

SO, WHAT’S GOING ON AT MY ALMA MATER?

On the athletic field, our Wildcats made us proud once again. The football team went 6-4 and advanced to the Division One - Region One playoffs. “We faced almost all the adversity that could have been thrown at a team and we never gave up and finished our season strong without any regrets,” said senior wide receiver Mitch Lon-go. Longo and senior quarterback Drazen Markovic earned All-Conference. Markovic also made the All-District team and was awarded Conference MVP. Al-though the Cats lost to St. Edward, the number one team in the state, Coach Larry Pinto’s team was proud of how hard they played this season. Senior John Pasquale said, “Our season had ups and downs but with the sched-ule we played we didn’t give up and as a result we made the Division One playoffs, which only a small amount of Mayfield football teams have done.” On the soccer field, the varsity boys won the conference and districts once again. Finishing with a record of 11-7-3, captain Amari Williams was thrilled to see the team overcome the loss of many of starters from last year. Wil-liams said, “This season went way better than expected. We proved a lot of people wrong because everyone thought we wouldn’t do as well as we did.” The lads lost in the Regional Semi-Finals to St. Edward 1-0. Erika Brown, Class of ‘14

Excellent with Distinction: 4 Years in a Row

The Mayfield City Schools again have earned the state’s top rating “Excellent with Distinction,” according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education. Mayfield officials were notified in October that they are among the best school districts in Ohio. “The report card results are a celebration for every student, teacher, administrator, parent, and resident of our great school system,” said Superintendent Keith Kelly.

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The following people donated to our scholarship drive during the 2011-12 school year. The scholarship categories represent the cumulative donations made by these contributors since the inception of our scholarship program. Any donations made after August 31, 2012 will be recognized in The Alumni Voice, Vol. 34, No. 1.

THANK YOU 2011-12 SCHOLARSHIP DONORS

PREMIER SOCIETY ($50,000 or more) Albert Jenkins, ‘40 CHAMPION SOCIETY ($20,000 or more) Jonathan Green, ‘73 Hal & Nancy West, ‘55 BENEFACTOR ($10,000 to $19,999) - - - - GOLD $5,000—$9,999 Frank & Annette Alvarez, ‘57-’58 Andy & Amy McCartney, ‘88 Wanda Sterba, ‘42 SILVER $1,000—$4,999 James Albrecht, ‘58 Anne Baird, ‘39 Frank & Wendy Brown, ‘73 City of Mayfield Hts. (Vojticek Run/Walk) Joe & Esther Campanella Robert Clasen, ‘62 Kimberly Delfs-Watkins, ‘95 Anthony & Dolores DiVita Wayne Farinacci, ‘63 Megan Gadke Rhett Gadke Sherrie Korman, ‘68 NAACO Industries Donald Reeser, ‘44 Linda Rytell, ‘56 Aina Schuster, ‘47 Lois Shaylor Bill Snyder, ‘79 (DeLauro Golf Outing) Ed Soeder

David Spetrino, ‘55 John & Jeannette Svet, ‘54 Robert & Kathy Tribby, ‘62 Donna Vitantonio, ‘63 Beth & James Whetzel BRONZE $500—$999 Roger Arenswald, ‘55 Gerry Beach Dorothy Carlson, ‘37 Judy Delfs, ‘67 Karen Delfs, ‘93 John DiDonato Sr., ‘47 Brandon Gadke Nancy L. Green, ‘69 Stephen Gulyas, PhD., ‘89 Lee Hock, ‘50 Glenn Hodges, MD, ‘59 Dave Hoehnen, ‘58 Carrie Jackson, ‘48 Alexander Kennedy, ‘53 Stephen Kutnar, ‘90 Paul Licurs Jr., ‘57 Judy McNulty, ‘59 Karen Miller, ‘73 Mike & Cheryl Niland, ‘63 Ralph Phillips, ‘57 Ronald Pircio, ‘59 Karen Savransky, ‘70 William Sciortino, ‘76 Tim Seifert, ‘68 Richard & Cindy Six, ‘70 Bob Snyder, ‘82 Jack Walsh, ‘57

WILDCAT $100—$499 Betty Babb, ‘53 Fern Borland-Pfister Joe & Cathy Catullo Marie Cinadr, ‘73 Carol Coffman, ‘60 Caherine DeCaprio, ‘79 Gina DeFranco, ‘93 Anthony DiVita, ‘73 George & Ellen Eichenberg, ‘43 Al Farinacci, ‘61 Patti Ferris Janet Gockel, ‘57 Jack & Mary Grootegoed ‘48-’49 Ken Grugel, ‘68 Mary & Fred Havlice Al & Kathy Hess, ‘72 Noreen Jones, ‘70 Nancy Kempert, ‘50 Irene Kirkham, ‘50 Neil Leighton, ‘55 Judy Levak, ‘64 Toni Lopardo-Orecchio, ‘77 Richard Madole, ‘54 Robert Mahlstede, PhD, ‘44 Suzanne Mayher, ‘65 Kelly Misch, ‘91 Carole Morris, ‘57 Eleanor Mountsier, ‘42 Judith Nechols, ‘68 Rose Newman, ‘57 Vera Nichols, ‘44 Kevin O’Connell, ‘82 Susan Quiggle, ‘74 Paul Sabatino Vernon Schwemler, ‘45 Steve Seiple, ‘74 Patricia & Gregory Snider Andrew Spero, ‘74 Regina Staedtler, ‘40 Gloria Strasshofer, ‘49 Joan Synenberg, ‘75 Angela Timperio, ‘75

Sandy & Bruce Turner Arlene Tyler, ‘66 Tim & Laura Valentino, ‘79 Craig & Betsy Virnelson Michael Zingelmann, ‘57 GREEN & WHITE $10—$99 Linda Anderson, ‘68 Keith Baker, ‘94 Jackie, Richard & Hallie Brooks Sue Csuhran, ‘78 Lisa Davidoff, ‘78 Robert DeJohn, ‘74 Kay DelBrocco Nicholas DiIorio, ‘11 Janet Drnach, ‘78 Sue & Dave Eastman, ‘65 Lois Eichenberg, ‘50 Mary Lynn Gattozzi, ‘78 Alyce Gligor, MD, ‘46 Bill Hunt Stephen & Lynne Jerome ‘73-’75 Stephen Jerome Jr., ‘04 Daniel Just, ‘49 Antonia Kopp, ‘10 Phil Leuty, ‘52 Joe Mercurio, ‘86 Catherine Monsegur, ‘57 Gayle Mormile,’66 Sharon Walker, ‘53

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Members can contact the Mayfield Alumni Association with newsletter infor-mation, class reunion inquiries, or to ob-tain answers to your questions.

Mayfieldalum@sbcglobal.net

Two New Scholarships to Begin with Class of ‘13

Wayne Farinacci Dedication and Commitment Scholarship

Since the inception of the Mayfield High School Alumni Association in 1980, Wayne has served as President for 32 of our 33 years. For the past 15 years, Wayne also has served as the Alumni Coordinator. In that time, he has devoted himself to the positive development of the Alumni Association and service to Mayfield High School and its student body. Wayne has led by example all of these years, and now wishes to establish a scholarship that will be earmarked for a student with similar traits and drive. This $1,000 scholarship will be awarded to a stu-dent who demonstrates the qualities of leadership, ser-vice, and commitment to teams, offices, or clubs during the student’s high school career. While this student must be highly involved in student offerings, he/she must also maintain the ability to influence his peers in a positive manner. Down the road, we are hopeful that one of these scholarship recipients will become a future Presi-dent of the Mayfield High School Alumni Association.

“Little Joe” Micale Literary Scholarship

In his book CONFESSIONS…of a Hollywood Hairstylist, Little Joe Micale confessed he was bitten by the writing bug in Grade 4B at Willliam H. Brett Elementary School in Collinwood when he wrote his first play for Mrs. Clark. His interest in writing morphed into passion when he was in his freshman year at Ohio University. In 1960 Joe’s fa-ther, Paul, moved the family to Hollywood to pursue a movie acting career. As a hairstylist in Hollywood, Joe’s first client was Sidney Skolsky who wrote for Photoplay Magazine. Sidney introduced Joe to Clint Eastwood and his hairstyling career took off. Joe had a 22-year friend-ship with Freddie de Cordova and became Johnny Car-son’s “Go-To” guy. Among his clients were his good friend, Casey Kasem, followed by Red Skelton, Frank Sinatra, Alan Alda, Vic Morrow, Carroll O’Connor and Jim Carrey, to name a few. Joe wrote comedy scripts for Hol-lywood Squares and worked on project developments with Tim Conway. Joe and his wife, Ginny, moved to Cape Coral, Florida in 1999. He never imagined himself as a newspaper columnist, but Joe enjoyed writing pro-files for The Islander Newspaper on Sanibel Island, and became well known when he wrote the LITTLE JOE’S HOLLYWOOD column for The News-Press, a Gannett Newspaper. Confessions… contains the cream of the crop of Little Joe’s Award-Winning Newspaper Columns. When Joe died on November 26, 2011, he was the Enter-tainment Writer/Editor for the “Snowbird Journal,” an on-line Southwest Florida Publication. He would have been proud to encourage and help support a student who seeks a writing career. This $500 scholarship will be awarded to a student who has achieved specific literary accomplishments or plans to pursue a literary career. It is designed to encourage and help support a student who seeks a writing career.

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Wildcattin’ With Kitty

Alice Charlillo Nihiser, ‘62 and Bud Nihiser, ‘59, have run off into the sunset to enjoy their retirement in Hilton Head Island, SC. Both Bud and Alice served on the Ex-ecutive Board of the Mayfield Alumni Association. Bud served as Social Chairman for two years while Alice served as Secretary for eight years. They join up with daughter Laurie, ‘83, who has resided in Hilton Head for the past several years. Hilton Head is getting a little pop-ulated with “Wildcats” as Vince Fultz, ‘83, Jim Shelby, ‘63, and Vic ‘63 and Marie ’65 Kobe also reside there either full or part time. Mitch Longo, ‘13 is one of the top center fielders in the area. After his senior year, the Wildcat will become a Bobcat. Longo has given his commitment to Ohio Univer-

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sity to play baseball. His older brother Lee, ‘11, plays first base for Eastern Michigan and he tried to get his younger brother to follow him, to no avail. Tim Wetzel, ‘11 also tried to interest Mitch to commit to Ohio State, where he plays center field also. Jim Walsh, ‘52 attended Cornell University. He worked at Caneel Bay Plantation in the Virgin Islands, Skytop Lodge in the Pocono Mountains, and the Stouffer Foods Corp. When he was a golf club manager, Jim hosted five former US Presidents, two former first ladies, and scores of Hollywood stars and sports celebrities as well as prom-inent politicians. Jim sent the Association two pictures of him with Bob and Dolores Hope and President Gerald Ford to add to our Alumni Museum collection. Jim and his wife, Patti, live in the Palm Springs area and have three children and four grandchildren. Retirement is not for him, so he is head of security for a gated community adjacent to the Thunderbird Country Club. Scott Snyder, Mayfield Schools Treasurer Auditor of State David Yost announced Mayfield City Schools, un-der the financial leadership of Treasurer Scott Snyder, has earned the Auditor of State Award with Distinction. “Clean and accurate record-keeping are the foundation for good government, and the taxpayers can take pride in your commitment to accountability,” Auditor of State Yost said.

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Scott Finerman, ‘78 Dr. Steven Troeger, ‘67

2012 Mayfield High School

Dr. Steven Troeger is a successful chiropractic doctor in Denver, Colorado. However, Dr. Troeger also moon-lights as a singer and musician. Professionally, Dr. Troeger runs his own practice which focuses on sports injuries and nutrition. As the official chiropractic doctor for the Colorado Ballet Company, Dr. Troeger volun-teered to treat a great many dance and athletic injuries from the very youngest dancers and athletes to the pro-fessional elite. Before earning his chiropractic degree, Steven Troeger traveled across the country for a year with the music group “Up With People.” As a highlight, Troeger played in front of an audience at New York Met-ropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center. Following his musical ambition, Troeger toured nightclubs for three years playing rock-and-roll with two fellow Mayfield High grads. Following his music career, Troeger earned his bachelor degree from Northeastern Illinois University, and eventually earned his Doctorate of Chiropractic in 1978. Dr. Troeger is actively involved in his community as a leader in his church and neighborhood. Notably, he has for 20 years volunteered his skills and time with the Salvation Army clinic and the Denver Rescue Mission clinic providing the poor and indigent with much needed health care. In addition to his community service, Dr. Troeger stays active in music as part of an a cappella group. His group has several CDs and performs regular-ly in his hometown. MHS taught Dr. Troeger discipline, which, he concedes, led him to achieve in college. Spe-cifically, Dr. Troeger credits Mr. Sabatino for his kind-ness and Mr. Andrews for his toughness. Mr. Treu taught young Steven Troeger to love music, which has continued throughout his life. Troeger states, “I certainly have always considered MHS a substantial donor to the path of my life’s success.”

Mr. Scott Finerman paved his way to success by earning a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Michigan in 1982. By 1987, Mr. Finerman had earned his Juris Doctor from Cleveland Marshall College of Law. Regional public accounting firm Cohen and Company hired the fledgling CPA where he worked his way to the title of partner in 1990. Crain’s Cleveland Business named Scott Finerman as one of the “Forty under Forty”, and he was also the recipient of the Cleveland State Alumni Emerging Leadership Award. In 1999, Mr. Finerman joined the firm Second Generation, Ltd. as its CFO and Vice President. Scott Finerman’s civic service reflects his deep commitment to his community. Notably, Mr. Finer-man served as Treasurer for Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson’s Campaign Committee. He currently serves as the Treasurer to Cleveland City Council. Additionally, Mr. Finerman can claim the title of youngest person to be-come President of the City Club of Cleveland, an organi-zation to which he still belongs and is actively involved. Known as the “Citadel of Free Speech”, the City Club has fostered many long-standing personal and professional relationships for Mr. Finerman. Dear to his heart is his leadership within the Cleveland Baseball Federation. Mr. Finerman feels greatly rewarded that the CBF provides positive experiences in the lives of children who are often victims of poverty and family challenges. Scott Finerman attended Mayfield Schools from kindergarten through Grade 12. While in school, Mr. Finerman credits his expo-sure to people from all walks of life and various back-grounds for his civic dedication. At Mayfield he also learned that “input equals output.” Mr. Finerman also credits his experiences outside the classroom playing ten-nis and serving on Student Council as a sturdy foundation for his accomplishments.

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Kathleen Atlagovich, ‘85 Michael Sloe, ‘80

Alumni Hall of Fame Inductees

As a student, athlete, coach, business leader, and par-ent, Michael Sloe has experienced great success since walking the halls of MHS. Mr. Sloe is currently the own-er of Total ID Solutions, a leader in the identification business. He is an active member in the community and continues to carry on the tradition of Mayfield excel-lence. Mr. Sloe excelled both on the field and in the classroom during his tenure at Mayfield High. He earned an athletic scholarship to attend Youngstown State Uni-versity where he was a three-year starting quarterback, despite suffering a severe knee injury as a freshman. His ability to overcome this typically career-ending injury earned Mr. Sloe the Goodwill Industries’ Guts and Cour-age Award in 1982. Mr. Sloe finished his time at YSU as an assistant football coach and earned a BS in Market-ing Management in 1985. Mr. Sloe credits his time at Mayfield with helping mold him into the successful indi-vidual he is today. Total ID Solutions created and in-stalled a digital ID management system for all 88 county sheriffs’ offices in Ohio. He also helped create an inte-grated system for Child Identification Cards, which was endorsed by the CEO of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. Additionally, Total ID Solutions had the great honor and responsibility of managing identification and credentials for the 2004 International Children’s Games in Cleveland. Mr. Sloe also is an ac-tive member in the community and a member of the St. Paschal Baylon Church. Mr. Sloe’s generosity to the community has also allowed Total ID Solutions to spon-sor many charitable endeavors. Organizations such as “The Upside of Downs,” “The Horizon of Hope,” and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children have received contributions to fund their causes.

Kathleen Atlagovich has spent her illustrious career providing medical services as a nurse, as a mentor, and as an Officer in the United States Army. After complet-ing her honorable service for the United States Army Medical Department Regiment, Ms. Atlagovich has been a key employee at several top medical facilities in North-east Ohio. She has worked for University Hospitals, the Cleveland Clinic, the Breen School of Nursing at Ursu-line College, and is currently serving as a Pediatric Acute Care Nurse Practitioner at Akron Children’s Hos-pital. Ms. Atlagovich has earned multiple degrees since graduating from MHS in 1985. After earning a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Ursuline College, Ms. Atlago-vich was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant through John Carroll University’s ROTC Program. She served her country for more than three years as a staff nurse and supervisor at Tripler Army Medical Center in Hono-lulu, Hawaii. Ms. Atlagovich also earned a Masters De-gree in Nursing from the University of Akron, and later completed her Post Masters as a Pediatric Nurse Practi-tioner. Ms. Atlagovich has found great personal suc-cess in the field of nursing. However, her greatest achievement is helping to develop the Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Acute Care Program at the University of Akron. This program helps to certify advanced practice nurses. Ms. Atlagovich finds enjoyment through teach-ing aspiring nurses to care for pediatric patients and advance in the field of nursing. Ms. Atlagovich credits Mayfield with helping her to become a well-rounded indi-vidual. Ms. Atlagovich stated, “The entire science de-partment was truly an amazing group that not only taught us science but encouraged a true love of sci-ence.” Ms. Atlagovich proud to maintain friendships to-day that were formed during her time at MHS.

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Staff Hall of Fame

Edward Andrews, Chick Beach, Gerry

Beach, Fern Borland, Harriet Bush, Joe

Chilbert, Dave Chordas, Kay Del Brocco,

Ed Ferris, Mary Grootegoed, Gene Havas,

Bill Hunt, Carrie Jackson, Lee Johns, R.

Wallace Lackey, Margaret McKee, Rod

Meadows, Rick Miner, Mike Niland, Mike

Ostovic, Joanne Paller,

Barb Pfender, Joe

Popelka, Lou Ramicone,

Carl Roth, Frank Rus-

sell, Paul Sabatino, Er-

nie Safran, Joe Santora,

Harvey Scheetz, Dutch

Schmidt, Bill Shaylor, Bob Sheridan, Ed

Siebenhar, John Steadman, John Szuhay,

Herm Treu, Sandy Turner, Jean Zasio.

Request for a Multi-Class

Reunion Sent In

The Alumni Association received a request from Steve Gulyas, ‘89 regarding Multi-Class Reunions. Below is Steve’s inquiry and the Association’s response.

Steve asks: I wanted to make a suggestion regarding reunions, but wanted to bounce this off of you first to see if perhaps it might have been previously brought up. Has the idea of a multi-year class reunion ever been consid-ered? My thinking is that since alumni may have had friends that were a year or two behind or ahead of them that they might like to see, they would never get to see them at one of the regular class reunions for their class alone. I have no idea what kind of interest there is for this type of reunion or what kind of planning effort/resources this might require, but would this be an idea you could bounce off of the Executive Board or perhaps some class presidents to gauge their reaction?

Association’s response: Not only is this a good idea, but the Alumni Association has used it. We have had "Multi-Class Reunions" when we used to have our Reverse Raf-fles. We’ve not had Reverse Raffles for the past four years and will probably not have them again because sell-ing tickets was difficult. The Multi-Class Reunions were actual reunions. For example, 1963, 1968, 1973 and 1983 had one. We did this for about seven years with dif-ferent classes. Smaller classes in the 40’s or 50’s have done this also where reunions were grouped in a string, e.g. 1943 - 1950 in 2011, among others. The Association would consider helping classes create such a reunion. I suppose classes, like you just did, would have to let us know they are interested is such an event. We can take it from there. Class reunion committees would share the responsibilities and costs, but the Alumni Association would provide ample assistance to make the job much easier than each class holding it’s own reunion. Having it around the Alumni Golf Outing is an added possibility!

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IN MEMORIAM Kathryn Marcy Christen, ‘35 passed away July 27, 2011 Leonard McGurrer, ‘38 passed away January 23, 2012 Norma Dover Wills, ‘41 passed away May 28, 2012 Madge Buchanan Mell, ‘43 passed away April, 2011 Robert Pappas, ‘44 passed away July 15, 2012 Maxine Burtonshaw McGurer, ‘45 passed away November, 2005 Shirley Bower, ‘46 passed away November, 2012 Dorothy Lyczko Yarrow, ‘47 passed away August 12, 2012 George Hartman, ‘50 passed away August 18, 2012 Robert Hodges, ‘50 passed away August 27, 2012 Donald Roseum, ‘50 passed away January 20, 2012 Frank Rytell, ‘55 passed away Jan. 17, 2013 from a massive stroke Tex Collaros, ‘62 passed away April 19, 2012 Donna Lantz Tausz, ‘64 passed away January 6, 2013 Milton (Mickey) Brown, ‘65 passed away Oct. 4, 2011 Frank Ippolito, ‘65 passed away June 1, 2012 Dan Sapanaro, ‘68 passed away March, 2012 Bruce Moses, ‘72 passed away May 27, 2012 as a result of complications from diabetes Eric Bryll, ‘84 passed away Nov. 26, 2012

STAFF DEATHS Herb Benning, Middle School teacher Kay DelBrocco, Millridge Elem., Staff Hall of Fame Connie Gottshalk, Lander Elementary teacher

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WELCOME NEW MEMBERS

We are pleased to acknowledge the following individuals for joining the Mayfield Alumni Association. Whether referred by a classmate, friend, or relative, the Alumni Association continues to grow and has become stronger through the participa-tion of new members. A lifetime membership to the Alumni Association is only $35. It is the surest way to be located by your class reunion com-mittee and stay up-to-date on your alma mater’s activities. Also, it becomes much easier to participate in Association events. Remember, there is no fee for those alumni who are over 65 years old. Also, married Mayfield graduates can join for the same $35 lifetime fee. Please feel free to copy the registration form from this newsletter and give it to a fellow al-um. If you have any questions regarding membership, you may contact us at: Mayfieldalum@sbcglobal.net

A warm WILDCAT WELCOME to:

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James Walsh, ‘52 Dottie Nietzel Onigkeit, ‘55 Judy Hill Shiffer, ‘58 Sharon Davis Daviso, ‘62 Richard Oberle, ‘62 Fred Robertson, ‘62 Robert Voigt, ‘62 Faye Greene Bendau, ‘68 Susan Krahe McGrath, ‘71

Frances Lechowicz Lancaster, ‘73 Kathleen Atlagovich, ‘85 Jill Turner, ‘85 Frank Fini, ‘87 Annemarie Rash Comes, ‘90 Morgan McGrath, ‘12 Stephanie Nemeth, ‘12

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Class of 1963

Our 50th Class Reunion is right around the corner. At-tire for the entire weekend of events will be casual. Please save the dates and plan on joining in on all the fun the weekend of:

Friday, July 26th There will be a social gathering at the Hilton Garden Inn, on Beta Drive in Mayfield Vil-lage.

Saturday, July 27th Dinner, “our” old music and a lot of reminiscing at the Club Molisani Party Center.

Sunday, July 28th Brunch will be held at Wayne’s house (Club Molisani if raining). At 1:00pm we will walk across the street for an hour long tour of our old high school.

We are planning to invite many of our former teachers who impacted our lives. Several have already promised to be there because we were in one of their first classes and they remember us well. Staff of 1963 - Get Ready. The committee would appreciate any help you can offer in locating a current address, e-mail, or phone number for anyone listed to the right. Any alum is asked to send this information to:

Wayne Farinacci, mayfieldalum@sbcglobal.net

Gail Bicker Rye, gail2003@windstream.net

Phylis Ludwig, 45pajl@gmail.com

Jeff Abrams Steve Arsenault Robert Ausflug William Bene Henry Carlson Sheldon Dolinski Sandra Franklin Roy Gerstenbereger Iola Goss Dennis Greene Al Gutin Leslie Frank Heiman Robert Hirsch Phyllis Kraynak Hirvath James Kehl John Kelly Linda Brooks Kelly Mary Alice Killmeyer Rose Kirby William Koteles Wayne Krupitzer Judi Lane Martin Leonardi Donald Miller David Moore Connie Morris Roger Morris Cynthia Myers Rich Novak Martha Miller O’Brien

Gary Ozawa Joseph Parker Carl Pavlin Kathy McCann Perdue Pat Downs Priest Leslie Prybe Karen Ponsart Renko Robert Riester Janet DiCicco Rossi Leonard Sanders Barbara Schmidt Gary Schwartz Karen Scott Terry Scott Robert Shaw Don Simone Brenda Slusher Steve Spisak Don Staley Richard Thoburn Gerry Tighe Robert Tuhacek Karen Bardou Van de Merwe Ann Law Vellenga Nancy Nowjack Voigt David Wahl Margaret Perry Wilkins Bernadette Yarup Lenfrey (Buck) Young

Some of the Past and Present Wildcat Logos

The Association is happy to print any pre or post Class Reunion information your committee wants to submit.

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The officers of the Mayfield Alumni Association shall be President, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer. The officers shall be elected annually in the month of May pre-ceding the fiscal year in which the elected officers shall serve. The election of officers will be conducted at the May meeting of the Association. The officers will be elect-ed from a list of those nominated, as set forth. The nomi-nee of each office receiving the majority of the votes of those members present and voting at said annual May meeting shall be deemed elected to the office. Officers shall assume their official duties on September 1 of the next fiscal year following their election and shall serve for a term of one year and/or until their successors are elected. The last Executive Board meeting each year shall be a joint meeting of the newly elected officers and

Election of Officers to be Held in May

the retiring board at which time each retiring board mem-ber shall turn over all pertinent information to the new board member. Members who are graduates from Mayfield may put them-selves in nomination of any of the four offices of the Asso-ciation between January and April preceding a May elec-tion. The nominees for President shall have served at least one term on the Executive Board with the exception of the first President of the Association. An announce-ment shall appear in each Fall/Winter newsletter informing the membership of the upcoming election, including pro-cedures and timeline. If you are interested in putting your-self in nomination, or wish to nominate another graduate member, please do so via the Association’s e-mail ad-

dress - Mayfieldalum@sbcglobal.net

Looking for Lost Members Whether due to moving, divorce, passing away, or many other reasons, Alumni Association members seem to periodical-ly disappear. If you have information on any of the following, would you please contact the Association with their infor-mation so we can reinstate their membership. We only had space to list 1914 - 1962. Thank you for your assistance.

CLS FIRST MAIDEN LAST 1914 Ethel Dawson Patterson 1926 Alice Perkins Harrivel 1928 William Gilmore 1929 Frank Shoemaker 1929 William Disbro 1930 Marjorie Wills Kazsuk 1930 Ruth Ziegler Strock 1933 James Sloan 1933 Norman Trenhaile 1933 Delmar Trump Scherrer 1935 Phyllis Southouse Brown 1935 Lois Thompson Saben 1935 Florence Dover Hamrich 1936 Evelyn Huston Jefferson 1936 Shirley Martin Marsek 1936 Margaret Parker Shott 1936 Donald Stevens 1936 May Jarvis Striegl 1936 Walter Wolfert 1936 Jack Wollen 1936 Frank Wood 1936 James Basigkow 1936 Wallace Burlingham 1936 Hazel Draper Byers 1936 Peggie Walter Eschelback 1936 Edith Scharsu Fedie 1936 Pauline Saben Russell 1937 Georgianna Goodrich Kolar

CLS FIRST MAIDEN LAST 1937 Corinne Kasper Peterson 1937 Betty McKee Duncan 1937 Ralph Thorstrom 1937 Lucille Huelsman Juskiewicz 1938 Ed Fussett 1938 Lawrence DeGennaro 1938 Helen Raymor Ilse 1938 Grant Scott 1939 Betty Bolson Fiocco 1939 Robert Schaefer 1939 Ellen McClane 1939 Dan Dahl 1940 Mary Lou Smith Palfy 1940 Mildred Rabek Camp 1940 Joseph Crane 1941 Janet Ramsey Albrecht 1943 Lois Baxter Schnieder 1944 Art Barker 1944 Ralph Lightman 1944 John Mellon 1944 David Waltermire 1944 Don Eggett 1944 Jack Sherlock 1945 Charles Mooneyham 1945 Jean Mellon Sandberg 1946 Vivian Tait Morgan 1946 Jack Rabbe

CLS FIRST MAIDEN LAST 1947 Eleanor Cortese Scaccia 1948 Imelda Fahey Alexander 1948 Howard Meyers 1948 Nazzario Stephany 1948 Glenna Allen Tokman 1948 Roger VanVolsem 1948 Nancy Eville Priebe 1948 William Harris 1948 Gilbert Lucie 1949 Delores Shaw Saheim 1949 Nancy Rawson Hinrichs 1949 Carol Smith Peterson 1952 Gerald Downey 1952 Betty Janossy Roach 1953 Marian Fioretti Strnad 1953 Jacquelyn Depaoli Whitaker 1953 Ronald Williams 1953 Lois French Palladino 1954 Gail Montgomery Dwyer 1954 Mary Anne Ely Nutt 1954 Don Solochier 1956 Richard Maxfield 1957 Marianne Tillan Foley 1960 Barbara Beck Harris 1960 Linda Wennerstrom Baumgardner 1961 Susan Smith Spuzzillo 1961 Leonard Miller 1962 Allan Goodman