Special Edition of TThehe ClevelandCleveland JournalJournal A publication of the CLEVELAND HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION

A new life begins at 80 for Cleveland High School

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Cleveland High School All School Reunion & Open House Saturday, September 22, 2007

CLEVELAND HIGH SCHOOL Non-Profi t Org. ALUMNI ASSOCIATION U.S. Postage P.O. Box 94004 PAID Seatttle, WA 98124-9404 , WA Permit No. 2571 2 The Cleveland Journal How Cleveland Was Born the First Time By Don Duncan (’43) In 1923, Cole sat down with the school lish and composition, and Miss Henrietta that summer Hollywood released its fi rst leveland’s very existence is a miracle, board and said, “Gentlemen, it’s time we Burgess, art and extracurricular activities. talking-picture, Th e Jazz Singer, starring Cranking along with having Boeing, take a hard look at the need for a South Cole suggested that to make room Al Jolson, and that fall Babe Ruth 60 Microsoft, Starbuck’s and Nordstrom all End high school.” for the new high school, the four-room home runs and had his salary raised to wind up in Seattle’s backyard. Th e all-male school board, dressed in Maple Elementary School at the corner $100,000. When asked if it didn’t bother No one is exactly sure when the idea the dark suits and stiff collars of the time, of 15th Avenue South and Lucile Street him to earn more than the president of of a South End high school was fi rst pro- listened as Cole laid out the pros and be moved several blocks to the north and the , the Babe replied, “I had posed to the Seattle School Board. Most cons. Th e chief opposition, the superin- that additional land to the south and a better year than he did.” likely it was around the end of World War tendent said, came from those who felt west be purchased through a $15,000 Th ose memorable events all came after I (1918). there were not enough students in the bond issue. the Big One on Jan. 3, 1927. Th e school board politely responded area to justify a new high school. Cole Th e school – designed by Floyd On that day Principal Gridley, teach- that there weren’t enough young people disagreed. Naramore, the district’s main architect ers and students picked up boxes fi lled in the area to warrant building another If a school were built – with the same – would cost the then-outrageous sum with maps, books, chalk, erasers, paper high school. Next item on the agenda, fl oor plan as Garfi eld and Roosevelt, but of $750,000. Construction on the fi rst and pencils and began the now-famous please! with everything “just a little bit better” phase (the west side of the building) “Walk Up the Hill” from Georgetown By the early 1920s, however, South – pressure would ease on the other high- began in 1925 and was completed in Elementary School – across Duwamish End PTA’s and Improvement Clubs had schools and the high dropout-rate in the December 1926; the second phase (the Avenue (now Airport Way), where they become increasingly vocal, arguing that South End would fall, Cole argued. In east hallway) began in the summer of held up traffi c, and on to the many fl ights students from South Park and the west short, “build it and they will come,” which 1927 and was completed in December of of stairs up the old wooden Lucile Street side of Beacon Hill were causing over- sounds like the plot for an academic ver- that year. Bridge. crowding at Queen Anne, West Seattle, sion of Field of Dreams. It was tentatively decided to name the Finally, they arrived at the new – still Broadway and Franklin high schools. To guarantee suffi cient enrollment to school Woodrow Wilson Junior-Senior uncompleted – three-story Grover Cleve- Th ey added that while getting up at 5 justify building a new school, the super- High School, in honor of the president land Junior-Senior High School, with its o’clock every morning to catch a streetcar intendent proposed including a two-year who led the nation during World War 31 classrooms and 240-seat cafeteria. across town had become a way of life for junior high school in the package, making I. Almost immediately a protest was Upon entering the new school, stu- many South End teenagers, an increas- it a six-year educational facility. launched by the large Republican contin- dents were ushered into the auditorium ing number were dropping out of school Th e school board bought the idea. It gent on the school board. and lectured by Principal Gridley on the because of the inconvenience. was agreed that in the beginning stu- It wasn’t just that Wilson was a Demo- do’s and don’ts of good citizenship in In 1923 the “we-want-our-own-school” dents for the new high school would crat, they said, but he had been president such a wonderful structure “built for your chant caught the ear of Th omas Cole, be drawn from Georgetown, Maple, too recently and been too controversial education.” then Seattle’s superintendent of schools. Concord, Van Asselt and South Seattle el- for his name to be attached to a new Although the auditorium was not yet ementary schools and be housed tempo- school. completed, Architect Naramore said it rarily on the second fl oor of Georgetown A compromise was called for. Demo- eventually would be as impressive as Elementary School. In time, Cleveland’s crats and Republican met and settled Seattle’s new Fifth Avenue, Coliseum CLEVELAND HIGH SCHOOL boundary would be expanded to include on Grover Cleveland, the only president and Orpheum movie theaters. It was ALUMNI ASSOCIATION Beacon Hill teenagers living west of Bea- to serve two separate four-year terms. perhaps a slight exaggeration, especially P.O. Box 94004 con Avenue. Th ose on the east side would He was a Democrat, like Wilson, and his promise of a great chandelier to hang Seattle, WA 98124-9404 go to Franklin. although he had fathered a child out of from the ceiling, presumably as a prop for Seventy students showed up in the fall wedlock nobody talked about it much. Be- Th e Phantom of the Opera. Th e chande- OFFICERS of 1924 and were greeted by a principal, sides, Cleveland’s time in offi ce had been lier never materialized, and by the time President H.N. Gridley, who had been teaching his- far enough in the past to be acceptable to people got around to missing it the coun- Don Mills ‘49 tory at Broadway High School and would the Republicans. try was mired in the Great Depression. (206) 878-2401 continue to do so at the new school. Grid- 1927 was to be a year of consider- But give Gridley credit. Th e school [email protected] ley had a staff of three teachers: Kenneth able historical signifi cance in the United board had given him the option of having Hassenmiller, math and science and a States. In May, Charles Lindbergh made a large study hall or an auditorium in Secretary little coaching; Miss Beryl Smith (women the fi rst solo fl ight across the Atlantic the new school. Gridley wisely chose the Ken Dorsett ‘54 teachers were all Misses back then), Eng- in the monoplane “Spirit of St. Louis,” more expensive auditorium. (206) 232-2149 Among the special features of the [email protected] school were soundproofed rooms for music, typing and oral-expression classes, Treasurer and such “modern kitchen gadgetry” as Alison W. Sing ‘64 an electric potato-peeler, a steam-cooker (425) 742-1782 and an automatic bread-slicer. [email protected] Despite some grumbling about the cost, South End voters – wanting their BOARD MEMBERS new school to be the very best – de- Michelle Burge ‘81 manded that the auditorium be fi nished (206) 723-1312 and that the school be provided with [email protected] gymnasiums. Naramore also had included a swimming pool in his original plans, Pat Coluccio ‘47 something that was to be found in no (253) 852-4229 other Seattle school. Th e school board [email protected] weighed all the options, against available money, and approved the gymnasiums Bernie Moskowitz ‘57 and the auditorium. Th e swimming pool (206) 772-6285 disappeared from the plans. According to offi cial Seattle Public Ginny Ogle ‘64 School records compiled by Kenneth (206) 937-2209 Selby, Cleveland’s third principal, there were 50 students in Cleveland’s fi rst JoAnn Victor Smith ‘56 graduating class June 14, 1928. (425) 487-3952 Th e valedictorian was Marguerite Fox [email protected] and the salutatorian was Mona Mueller. membership database coordinator Other student speakers included Lulu Sakura, Walter Fisher, Gunnar Carlson Peggy J. Soong-Yaplee ‘71 and Marjorie Brown. (206) 723-4138 Class offi cers were Walter Fisher, presi- [email protected] dent, and Jean Wilson, Bob McChesney and Kathleen Everham. Jim Southcott ‘56 Selecting colors for the new school (206) 762-0334 was relatively easy. No other school had chosen red and white. Nicole R. ‘80 Picking a nickname took more time. A (253) 941-2375 student-body nicknaming contest yielded [email protected]

Vera Chan-Pool ‘91 Th e original Cleveland High School facade See How Cleveland Was Born on next page CHSAA Newsletter Editor Special Edition 3 A New Life Begins At 80 For Cleveland By Don Duncan “the same old Cleveland.” Not only has High School now buys just a nice, but not became Edison Vocational-Technical (’43) the original façade been preserved, but al- especially imposing, four-bedroom home School. Edison was later reborn, with a his is your most all the labor-intensive brickwork on in Bellevue. major makeover, as Seattle Central Com- Tinvitation to the original school building has survived. It is the new buildings that will draw munity College. return to Cleve- Th e innards, however, have been the most ohs and ahs from returnees. Th en, as attendance declined in city land High School totally revamped. And there are several Remember the “new” gymnasium schools over the years and boomed in the on Saturday, striking new buildings – one a three-story built on the south end of the property in suburbs, Queen Anne and Lincoln were September 22, classroom, the other a huge gymnasium/ 1969 to replace the cracker-box gyms we closed. to see the results commons. Add them all together and the had for the fi rst 42 years? Th e remodel Th e super-remodels began a few years of a two-year student capacity has been boosted from required that the ’69 gym be reduced to ago with Ballard. Facelift complete, the remodeling project and, coincidentally, to 783 to a potential 1,000. rubble and hauled away. In its place is home of the Beavers became the most celebrate your old school’s 80th birthday. Everything, of course, is state-of-the- that handsome three-story classroom popular school in the district. Roosevelt Imagine, a real two-for-one off er at a art, high-tech. If you recall telling fresh- complex. was remodeled next. And now Cleveland! time when -features at movie the- men to “take the elevator to the roof gar- Th e really eye-popping building, a Th at Cleveland was selected for a aters and Sunday double-headers at the den,” the elevator part is no longer a joke. two-story aff air, is the huge one that multi-million-dollar remodel surprised ball park are quaint anachronisms! Th ere are now “lifts” in every building. has sprung up on the north end of the many. For some time, it was rumored Cleveland’s facelift, without benefi t No roof garden yet, but $67 million property. It houses a gymnasium almost, that Cleveland almost certainly would of botox, was dreamed up by Mahlum – the cost of the remodel – doesn’t buy as but not quite, large enough to satisfy the be closed, due to declining enrollment Architects and executed by Absher Con- much as it once did. new owners of the Sonics, a spacious new and less-than-ideal location on the edge struction. If you’ve checked the real-estate ads cafeteria and lots of gathering-and-talk- of the city’s most industrialized area. If Th e remarkable thing is that motor- lately, the $750,000 it cost to build the ing space. Cleveland did survive, many thought it ists whizzing by on I-5 see pretty much original Grover Cleveland Junior-Senior Remember how the racket created by might be more community college than airplanes taking off from Boeing Field traditional high school. or fl ying low out of Sea-Tac interrupted But the Cleveland that you will visit classroom activities? To dampen the on Sept. 22 still has high-school preten- loudest outside noise to a whisper, the tions. Students who spent the past two How Cleveland Was Born contractors have installed double-thick years in “exile” at Louisa Boren Junior windows and gobs of sound-proofi ng High School in West Seattle are expected from page 2 material, with extra heavy layers on the to enter the newly remodeled school after Mugwumps, Busy Bees, Larks, Buff aloes, School cooperative venture designed to noisy west side.. Labor Day. Panthers, Ionians, Bearcats, Cardinals, provide readily accessible health care Cleveland always looked much nicer Almost certainly there won’t be Highlanders, Hottentots, Hillclimbers, to students. Old grads returning to the from the front than it did from its drab enough students to fi ll the school at the Redcoats, Wildcats and Eagles. school in the ‘90s were surprised to see a and monotonous 15th Avenue side. Th at outset. A student-faculty committee met to large condom dispenser just outside the said you’ll like the landscaped plazas that But the school board has pinned its make the fi nal selection. After the fi rst door to what, for many years, was the of- break up what used to be a -long hopes on the attraction of a truly beauti- vote, three names remained: Eagles, fi ce of Vice Principal Ray K. Imus. stretch of concrete and brick. ful new building, complete with all the Highlanders and Cardinals. Th e most recent change to the school Back when Cleveland was built there latest electronic bells and whistles. “Cardinals” was removed after a teach- – until the massive remodeling -- was the were eight public high schools in Seattle Don’t miss the opportunity to tour er noted that the name already was in addition of a detached building at the – Broadway, Queen Anne, Garfi eld, Roos- your old/new school on Sept. 22. use by Stanford University, “and we don’t school’s South End in 1996 to accommo- evelt, Lincoln, Ballard and West Seattle. Besides, it may be the last chance you’ll want to copy anyone.” Th at left Highland- date aquaculture tanks for the school’s Cleveland made the ninth. Shortly after have to see your old boyfriend/girlfriend/ ers and Eagles. Fish & Roses project. Th e goal was to World War II it was back to eight, as bestfriend, who hasn’t had the benefi t of And so “Eagles” was chosen, right? raise fi sh for commercial sale and use the Broadway quit being a high school and a $67 million facelift. Wrong! Th e committee decided to waste to fertilize roses in beds. combine the two names and call the new And so the years passed. school’s teams “Th e Highlander Eagles.” Cleveland marked its 25th birthday Principal Gridley was pleased with the with an all-school reunion in 1952. decision. Another big party was held at the I Didn’t Know That (Part 1) Highlander Eagles, however, proved school for its 50th birthday (1977). An to be too much of a mouthful for most estimated 1,000 alums walked the halls, uperior Court Judge Clarence Seeli- After serving as a deputy chief students. Before long – with an read anniversary editions of Th e Cleve- Sger, of Decatur, GA., who graduated of staff for Mayor Norm Rice in the from Seattle sportswriters who found the land Journal and greeted former class- in 1958, once said that running for early ‘90s, Della became community name too long for headlines – everyone mates and teachers. student body president at Cleveland in aff airs director for United Way of was calling the team “Eagles.” By 1931, By the time of the 70th anniversary 1957 and being “rejected overwhelm- King County. As a city councilman, he Th e Cleveland Eagles became offi cial. – in 1997 – the ranks of those who had ingly” prepared him for his later runs has spearheaded numerous projects, Th ere was no problem in selecting a taught at Cleveland or graduated in the for public offi ce. including skateboard parks, aimed at tune for the Alma Mater. Half the high ‘20s, ‘30s and ‘40s had been dramatically Seeliger said he didn’t decide what meeting the needs of youth. schools in the country already were writ- depleted by wars and age. Alums from he wanted to do with his life (go to law ing their own words to Cornell’s Alma the ‘50s, ‘60s and beyond were stepping school) until he was 27 and had spent ◊ Vince O’Keefe (’30) died in 2004. But Mater (“Far above Cayuga’s waters. . .”). forward to lead the way. almost fi ve years in the Air Force. He the longtime associate editor of Th e Cleveland joined the crowd. Th e 75th anniversary celebration in credited a Cleveland faculty member, Seattle Times sports section left us For the fi rst 30 years of its life, Cleve- 2002, was a noteworthy because what Jamie Kourkemalis, with “exposing with a delightful story: land remained pretty much as those fi rst had been “the newest high school in him to writings, both political and Cleveland’s 1927 and ’28 football students remembered it. Seattle” in 1927 was now the oldest literary – that stretched the boundar- teams had failed to record a single Th en, in 1957, a one-story rectangular original building in the system. Further- ies of my thought” in a contemporary score in two seasons. It was not until structure was attached to the northeast more, the student body was so small and problems class.” Kourkemalis’ method the fi nal play of the fi nal game of the end of the building to house music, art the interest in football so lukewarm that of inquiry,” he added, “marked me for ’29 season that Miro Kinkella, Cleve- and metal-shop classes. Within the next the school that had won the city football life, creating a lifetime habit that con- land quarterback, threw a 40-yard year, chemistry, physics, food, clothing championship in 1937 couldn’t even fi eld tinues with me in my work as a judge.” touchdown pass to Willie Segalla in a and mechanical-drawing rooms were a team one year and had recently joined game against Ballard. Although Bal- remodeled. the Nisqually League, playing the likes ◊ David Della, a Seattle City lard won, it was Cleveland’s fi rst-ever In 1969, Wick Construction began of Port Townsend, Chimacum, Vashon Councilman and native varsity touchdown and the school its work on a new, detached gymnasium Island and Orting. Seattleite, is a graduate boosters went wild. When Bill Segalla, at the south end of the original build- It was rumored that Cleveland almost of Cleveland High School who made the historic catch, died ing. Th e brick-faced building, designed certainly would go the way of Broadway, (Class of ’73). Della went 68 years later, his obituary in both by Edward Mahlum & Associates, was Queen Anne and Lincoln or, at best, un- on to attend the Univer- Th e Times and P-I noted, “he scored formally dedicated with a dinner-dance dergo some largely cosmetic changes like sity of Washington and Bastyr Univer- Cleveland High School’s fi rst varsity the evening of April 17, 1970. Among the the ones that had taken place at Franklin. sity Leadership Institute. touchdown.” speakers were Seattle Mayor Wes Uhlman In the spirit of Mark Twain (who re- See page 4 for more! and John Cherberg, the state’s lieutenant portedly said, “rumors of my death have governor and coach of Cleveland’s city- been greatly exaggerated”) Cleveland champion 1937 football team. didn’t die. Furthermore, it continues to In 1995, the old vice principal’s offi ce show the durability of its namesake, Gro- leveland High School would like to thank the Seattle School District, and adjacent student-services areas were ver Cleveland, the only president elected CSeattle School Board, and the citizens of Seattle for supporting the ren- remodeled to accommodate the new to non-consecutive terms in the White ovation project. Th e Alumni Association thanks Mahlum Architects, Butch Cleveland Harborview Health Clinic, a House (1885-89 and 1893-97). Reifert, Principal, and Erica Hildebrand for the cover and spread of Harborview Hospital-Cleveland High Go Eagles! this special edition of Th e Cleveland Journal. 4 The Cleveland Journal Come Experience Our New School Pancake By Donna Marshall, Principal, CHS So, please consider this your invitation Seattle for the past two years, while the y the time alumni and friends of to attend a one-day open house on Satur- renovation was taking place. Breakfast BCleveland High School read this, day, Sept. 22. You’ll have an opportunity Cleveland High School, as you know, workers will be putting fi nishing touches to walk the halls, ride the elevators (yes, was born in January 1927 when students Sunday, Sept. 23 on the “new” high school that has re- the “new” Cleveland has elevators) and and teachers walked up the hill from New Commons placed the old one at 15th Avenue and tour a new gymnasium/commons area Georgetown – the fi rst of thousands of 9 - noon Lucile Street. that almost certainly will have you say- students and hundreds of teachers to $5/individual, $10/family Shortly after Labor Day, students will ing, “Th ey didn’t have anything like this walk the school’s halls. . be greeted in wonderfully spacious new when I was in school!” Now we’re ready to show you what Th anks to Isernio’s Sausage classrooms by teachers who have spent Settling down in a permanent nest will high school is going to be like in the 21st for their donation. weeks preparing for their arrival. be a major change for the young Eagles Century. We’re so proud of the new school that and staff who have “camped out” at Don’t miss it. we want all of you to see it. Louisa Boren Junior High School in West Cleveland’s Principals and Vice Principals leveland High School has had 19 succeeded by Donna Marshall, who has Vice Principals since 1965: Cprincipals in its 80-year history. Th e held the job since 2004. fi rst, H.N. Gridley, who led the historic Bruce E. Wilson (1965-68), Al Shier “Walk Up Th e Hill” from Georgetown Principals since 1965: (1969), William Butler (1970-72), Chris “High School” (Jan. 3, 1927), had the Kato (1973-76), Chris Kato/Ammon Mc- Richard J. West (1965), Robert Tate longest tenure - 12 years (1927-38). Washington (1977), Carol N. Simmons/ (1966-69), Charles Hough (1970-71), Th ere was no vice principal until 1939, Robert L. Cox/Edward Yakushijin (1979), William Maynard (1972-76) Gordon when Ray K. Imus was appointed to the Richard Dyksterhuis/Edward Yakushi- H.N. Gridley Ray K. Imus Albright (1977-78), Edmonia Minnis position. Imus became an institution, jin (1980), Cathy Hayes/Ed Yakushijin (1979-81), staying 26 years (1939-64) – the longest (1982-84), Joan Butterworth (1985-87), Edmonia Woolridge (1982-83), Edmo- and Susan McDaniel/Randy Wiseman tenure of any of the Cleveland’s adminis- Wanda Williams/Paul Stimovich (1989), nia Jarret (1984-88), Andres Tangalin (2000-02); Rick Harwood/Ryan Stevens trators. Wanda Williams/Ted Howard (1990), (1989-92), Chris Kato (1992) and Ted (2002-03); Ryan Stevens (2003-04); Gridley was succeeded as principal by Michaela Hoyt/Ted Howard (1991), Howard (1993-03), Rick Harwood (2003- Glenna Haynes/Wayne Floyd (2004 –) Heber D. Johnson in 1939, the same year Michaela Hoyt/Larry Smith (1992-93), 04); Donna Marshall (2004 –). Imus arrived as vice principal. In 1941, Betty Gray/Susan McDaniel (1994-00) Johnson was succeeded by Kenneth Selby, whose fi ve years as principal were highlighted by the purchase of Th e Cleve- land Memorial Forest with money from I Didn’t Know That (Part 2) the graduating classes of 1943 and 1944. Selby’s successor was Homer Davis, leveland High School chess teams, Mikado, directed by Norman Webb. ◊ Th e stained-glass window at the front who spent nine years as principal (1946- Ccoached by Terry Whaley, won Although Th e Mikado was a huge suc- of the school, over the middle set of 54). Harry L. Garrison took over from back-to-back state championships. Th e cess, it was never again performed at doors, was designed and executed Davis in 1955, staying through 1958. team members in 1988-1989 were An- Cleveland. by Ted Ishida, who once headed the Next came Loren Ralph, who served for thony Oloans, Alvin Graylin, Kin Lee, school’s art department. six years (1959-64). Daniel Chinn and Gin Yee. In 1989- ◊ Two of the darkest days in Cleveland’s When Ralph left in ‘64, Imus retired as 1990 they were Alan Lee, Su Ho Cho, history were: ◊ During World War II, Dora Leavitt (lat- vice principal, creating the fi rst-ever vice Daniel Chinn, Kin Lee and Gin Yee. Dec. 8, 1941, when the entire er Dora Leavitt Hay), school librarian, principal’s vacancy at Cleveland. When student body gathered in the audi- and Martha Whittaker, mathematics classes began in the fall of 1965, Cleve- ◊ Lyle Anderson (Class of ’59), now a torium to hear President Franklin D. and biology teacher, joined Th e Waves. land was 37 years old. During that time, resident of Arizona, is the chief golf- Roosevelt, via radio, respond to the there had been six principals and just one course designer for Jack Nicklaus. attack on Pearl Harbor the previous ◊ Paul Barden (’54), who vice principal. day. Roosevelt solemnly declared that spent 28 years of his life In the next 43 years – including this ◊ Cleveland’s yearbook was named a state of war existed between this na- in politics, says that these year’s 80th birthday - Cleveland would Aquila because Aquila means “Eagle” tion, Japan, Germany and Italy. days he’s in the “well- have 13 more principals and 23 more vice in Latin. Th e fi rst yearbook, in 1928, Feb. 19, 1942 when President Roos- ness business, teaching principals. was called Cleveland Spirit. Th ere was evelt signed Executive Order 9066, people how to live long Stability was restored in 1993, when no name on the cover again until 1934, which ordered West Coast persons and healthy lives.” Barden has had Ted Howard, who had served two years when Aquila appeared for the fi rst of Japanese descent (including many one of the most varied careers of any as vice principal, was named to the top time. Cleveland students) to be evacuated Cleveland grad – policeman, banker, job. Howard remained as principal for 11 immediately to internment camps. four terms in the State House of years, second only to Gridley’s 12. ◊ In 1939 - two years prior to the attack Many Cleveland teachers and students Representatives, fi ve terms on the Rick Harwood served for one year on Pearl Harbor – Cleveland’s an- wept openly when the evacuation King County Council and then “his after Howard’s departure in 2003. He was nual operetta was Gilbert & Sullivan’s order was carried out. crowning achievement,” several terms on the Cleveland High School Alumni Association board of directors. At 70, I want to invest in the next 80 years of Cleveland High School. he’s a poster boy for wellness. Please accept my tax-deductible donation to Cleveland High School. ◊ Richard “Whitey” King (‘’44), who I want to become a Cleveland High School benefactor by making a gift of sports a striking white moustache $10,000 or more. Please contact me. these day, was one of those rare athletes who lettered in two sports at I would like to join the Millennium Club with a gift of the . Whitey $1,000 $5,000 more $ played halfback on the Husky foot- Payment Methods: ball team under Ralph “Pest” Welch I would like to join the Century Club with a gift of and basketball under the legendary Check enclosed, made payable to $100 $250 $500 Clarence “Hec” Edmundson. But his Cleveland High School I would like to support Cleveland High School with a gift of $ biggest accomplishment, he says, may Visa or Mastercard - Card #: have been graduating in architecture, Please send donations to: Cleveland High School, c/o Offi ce of School Partnerships, “because they didn’t think a dumb jock MS 33-300, P.O. Box 34165, Seattle, WA 98124. Expiration date: could do it.” Name: CHS Class of Signature: ◊ Joe Colello (‘60) won the Washington Address: State Open Golf Championship in City/State/Zip: My company will match my gift. 1968 — the same championship won Name of my employer: 10 years later by a young man named E-mail: Phone: Fred Couples, an O’Dea grad who For more information, contact Dick Lee at [email protected] or 206-252-0476 learned golf at Beacon Hill’s Jeff erson Park Golf Course.

All donations are tax-deductible. Th e Alliance for Education is the fi scal agent for Cleveland High School. Special Edition 5 The Smartest Boy in School lthough Cleveland’s student body Th e President’s Medal is awarded an- parents – who had immigrated from Ahasn’t done especially well on stan- nually to the top undergraduate scholar China and Hong Kong – spoke very little dardized tests in recent years, a Cleveland at the UW. Chan had fi nished fi rst out of English and had never set foot inside a High School graduate – Roy Chan (’98) nearly 6,000 graduates. college. – was awarded the President’s Medal at Not only had Chan come from “little Chan, who lived on Beacon Hill, com- the University of Washington in June of old Cleveland High School” in Seattle’s piled a 3.98 GPA (4.0 is perfect), with a 2002. less than upscale South end, but his double-major in comparative literature and Russian. Others might have been surprised, but not Chan’s UW professors. “He is a phenomenon,” Comparative Published Student Authors Literature Prof. Willis Konick said in an interview with Th e University of Wash- Park and Beacon Hill areas, including ack in the late 1940s, students at ington Alumni Magazine soon after the Cleveland High School, from the time BCleveland High School – under the award was announced. “He was able to of Native Americans and early pioneers direction of Margaret Walthew – ac- skip third-year Russian and go onto the through World War II. A second printing complished a rare feat for high school stu- fourth level, a feat akin to hopping over in the early ’90s had a new foreword. dents, writing and editing a manuscript the moon and pushing on to the sun.” Copies of Duwamish Diary can still be for a history book they titled Duwamish Chan said he received mixed signals While attending the university, Chan found in most local libraries. Diary. from high school teachers he asked about tutored high school students in Russian, Th e book, fi rst published in 1950, cov- his chances of succeeding in college. directed a Russian conversation table at ers the history of the Georgetown, South Many told him that although he was a top the UW and spent a summer studying student at Cleveland he would fi nd the in Russia. After graduation, he pursued competition at the University of Wash- graduate studies at Cal-Berkeley, focusing ington very stiff indeed and he shouldn’t on Russian, French and Chinese litera- Scholarships Awarded to set his sights too high. ture. Two CHS Students By JoAnn (Victor) Smith ’56 Joanne Duong plans on majoring in Eagle Pavers on Sale Now wo $2,500 scholarships were awarded Business at the U of W. She was also e one of the fi rst to help pave the way Tfrom a fi eld of seven senior students involved in several community volunteer Bat the new Cleveland High School by who applied for the alumni association projects and played tennis and was on the purchasing your Eagle paver today. You scholarships this year. cross country team. Her senior project can choose to commemorate an alum, Heansang Ratha Chhay plans to attend research the aff ects of Birth Order and teacher or group. Or choose to put your community college in her pursuit of a she maintained a 3.5 GPA. message in stone for generations to come. degree in the fi eld of nursing. She volun- Th e scholarship committee considers Just complete the form below and mail it teered at a medical clinic and the Cambo- GPA, activities in the community as well in with your payment. dian Cultural Museum and Killing Fields as extra curricular activities at school, Previously purchased pavers will be Memorial. She also earned a varsity reviews their senior project, essay and in place already - look for yours! athletic award in tennis and received an personal recommendations. award from the Rotary Club. She main- Sandra Bunning, Bernie Moskowitz, tained a 3.8 GPA and her senior project JoAnn Smith and Sharon Victor comprise Yes, I want my paver at Cleveland! dealt with Cambodian Genocide. the scholarship review committee. Name CHS Class of Address City State Zip Thanks to the Haas Day Phone Email Each 8 x 8-inch brick can be printed with up to three lines of type with each line having a maximum of 20 characters including spaces and punctuation. Foundation One Line Brick $70

mong the many fi ne traditions at years. One story involved a top student ACleveland High School is one of who was having problems at home. Fi- assisting students in need with funds nancial stress was taking its toll. Having Two Line Brick $80 provided by the Saul and Dayee G. Haas transferred in from another school, it Foundation. Th is program provides op- was a hard time to adjust and fi nd new portunity for students through friends. Th e circumstances became over- • grants for health support whelming. After trying out and making • personal needs including clothing the tennis team, assistance was needed to Th ree Line Brick $90 • supplies such as textbooks pay the fees. Th e Haas Foundation paid • activity support for uniforms, shoes, for the activities and a uniform. By play- and musical instruments ing on the team, the student was able to • academic support including gradua- gain new friends and improve self-worth. tion expenses and testing fees Th e Saul and Dayee G. Haas Foun- • activity cards and fi eld trips. dation and Cleveland’s matching fund Mail thie entire form to: By providing parity, not charity, the program is a meaningful way to support Cleveland High School Pavers, c/o Offi ce of School Partnerships, MS 33-300, P.O. goal is to encourage students to stay in students who might not otherwise get Box 34165, Seattle, WA 98124. school, return to school or get involved the chance to participate in sports, art within their learning community. classes, or graduation ceremonies. You HELP SUPPORT CLEVELAND HIGH SCHOOL, ORDER Th ere are countless stories of how can assist students in need by contribut- YOUR EAGLE PAVER TODAY! Cleveland students have been impacted ing to Cleveland High School through by the Haas Foundation. About 40 stu- the Haas Foundation Adopt-A-School All proceeds from the sale of pavers benefi t Cleveland High School. All payments dents were helped in 2006-2007 — program. Become part of the tradition at are tax-deductible. hundreds more assisted throughout the www.haasfoundation.org. Method of payment Check payable to Cleveland High School Charge: Visa MasterCard Thanks James Louie Card Number Exp. Date to our partners: Class of 1943 Name on Card Signature We reserve the right to approve any engravings. 6 The Cleveland Journal Transforming a landmark

Th e dramatic renovation and Th ese new buildings are designed as When it opens this fall, the Principal addition to Cleveland High School is modern interpretations of the historic 168,000-square-foot school will provide Donna Marshall transforming this Seattle landmark. school. Materials, and the rhythm students with innovative learning BEX II Program Signifi cant facades of the original and fl ow of openings refl ect those of environments that support smaller Don Gillmore

three-story school building, built in their predecessor. In their simplifi ed class sizes, accommodate future change, Architect 1926, are benefi ting from historic form, however, they graciously defer and foster school pride and identity. It Mahlum Architects rehabilitation and seismic bracing. to the landmark. Th e new structures is hoped that integrated investment in Contractor Later additions built in 1958 and fl ank the historic building to create educational delivery and facilities will Absher Construction Company 1969 have been demolished to make outdoor plazas and a campus entry enhance the academic achievement of way for a new classroom wing and that connects Cleveland with the this diverse student body and strengthen Project Management Heery International, Inc. integrated commons/gymnasium. community, from which it has been ties with the South Park, Georgetown, long separated by a two-story wall. and Beacon Hill neighborhoods.

Rendering of the school bus drop-off on 15th Avenue South at the new student entry to Cleveland High School.

A photo tour: 2005 to 2007

November 2005: January 2006: January 2006: Aerial photo showing the removal of the 1969 gymnasium building. Th e original gymnasium in the 1926 building begins its facelift. Th e two-story wall on 15th Avenue South is rem

July 2006: September 2006: November 2006: Th e steel structure of the new commons/gymnasium is in place. Th e new and old architecture come together. A view of the new acade Special Edition 7

Rendering of the north courtyard with a view into the new student commons.

March 2006: June 2006: moved. Th e new academic building’s foundation is poured. Terra cotta and brick on the historic structure are cleaned and repaired.

May 2007: June 2007: emic building from 15th and Orcas. Th e north facade of the new academic building. Concrete for the grand stair is poured at the east entry. 8 The Cleveland Journal Sports Before Your Eyes Cleveland Coaches 1976 Eagles Basketball Team Called State’s All-Time Best

Who Moved Up leveland’s 1976 basketball team, Even though Cleveland was a small Th e reserves were known as the “Blue hree former Cleveland High School Cwhich won the state 3A champion- school, even by 2A standards, Coach Fred Bandits.” Tcoaches went on to coach at the Uni- ship after winning the state 2A cham- Harrison felt the team had the ability Four members of the ‘76 team went on versity of Washington: pionship the previous year, was named to step up the next year to 3A (then the to play Division 1A college basketball. Johnny Cherberg: Coached the Cleve- by Th e Seattle Times as the fi nest prep state’s highest classifi cation). His faith Ervin, who twice made the all-state land Eagles to their fi rst and only city basketball team in the state’s history in a was justifi ed as the Eagles went 50-1 in fi rst team and still holds the AAA tourna- football championship in 1937. In 1953 2005 article. two seasons. ment assist mark (35), was selected for - after a four-year stint as the Huskies’ Although the Eagles, who were unde- Cleveland was led by center Jawann the mythical all-time fi rst team all-state frosh coach - “Cowboy” Johnny Cherberg feated at 17-0 in 1975, lost one game in Oldham, 7-0; forwards James Woods, basketball squad by the same coaches and became head football coach. After being ’76, to go 23-1, they were rated ahead of 6-8, and Eli Carter, 6-3, and guards Ervin, sports writers who felt the Eagles were fi red by the Huskies a few years later, such powerhouses as: 6-1 and Brad Bowser, 6-1. Robert Keller, the best prep team of all-time. Cherberg ran for lieutenant-governor. Th e ‘74 Garfi eld Bulldogs (24-0), 6-2, was the main man off the bench. He won and held the offi ce for the next Mercer Island’s 1985 team, led by Quin 35 years, at the time the longest-- Snyder (28-1), Everett’s 1940 team (29- ning lieutenant-governor in the nation’s 0), so dominating it won the state cham- history. pionship game 64-19; Davis’s 1965 team Art McLarney: In 1951 – After leav- (25- O) and the 1890 Garfi eld Bulldogs ing Cleveland to coach basketball at (25-O), which coach Al Hairston felt was Roosevelt, he became frosh coach at one of his best. the UW. He later succeeded the legend- Cleveland’s lone loss in ‘76 was to ary Clarence “Hec” Edmundson as head Lincoln of Tacoma, the defending state coach. McLarney left after a few years 3A champions, in the second game of the and coached briefl y at Bellarmine Prep in season. Th e Eagles avenged that defeat Tacoma before dropping out of coaching. in the fi nal game of the season when, Bob McDonald: In 1977, fi ve years with just seven seconds left, Carl Ervin, after his Cleveland team won the Metro Cleveland’s all-state guard, sank an baseball championship, he became head 18-foot jumper to clinch a 42-41 victory baseball coach at the University of Wash- at the Seattle Center Coliseum. ington. After 15 successful years with the Cleveland had won the 1975 2A cham- Huskies, he was hired as baseball coach of pionship by blowing out Mark Morris, 1976 Cleveland High School Basketball Team the U.S. Naval Academy. 77-57, in the fi nal game. The Kid The Best Cleveland Football Team Ever Who lthough Cleveland’s 1937 football Ateam was the only one to win an all-city championship in football (2-0 Stuttered over a much bigger Garfi eld team in the n a hot July evening at Civic Field championship game), the 1979 team won Oin 1938, curly-haired, 22-year-old the Class AA championship and the 1930 Al Hostak – who had attended Cleveland football team was undefeated. Th at’s High School six years earlier – stunned right, Cleveland didn’t lose a game in the world by knocking out Taco- 1930 – when its record was one victory ma’s 32-year-old in one and three ties. minute and 42 seconds of the fi rst round at Seattle’s Civic Field, thus becoming the new NBA prizefi ghting champion of the world. Former heavyweight boxing champion Sonics and Storm , who refereed the bout, proclaimed Hostak, who grew up in Rescue Cleveland Georgetown, “the hardest hitter, for his weight, I have ever seen.” Hostak would Uniforms lose the title, regain it, then lose it again he uniforms of Cleveland’s boys’ in the next few years. But on that July Tbasketball team were stolen earlier night he was the toast of Seattle. this year. Th e SuperSonics and Storm At the age of 81, Hostak was one of Foundation and the foundations of Sonic the honored guests at Cleveland’s 70th players Ray Allen and Rashard Lewis birthday party. He told the audience that quickly came to the rescue, replacing the as a youngster living in Georgetown he uniforms and giving the Eagle players stuttered whenever he felt pressured. an opportunity to see that at least some And when he stuttered, students laughed. NBA stars have hearts almost as big as “I used to go to bed at night and cry, their salaries. wondering what was to become of me, and whether I would ever be able to get a job,” Hostak said. “Maybe that’s why I turned to boxing and dropped out of Cleveland at age 16. I didn’t have to talk. I just threw punches.” Hostak Thanks to our partners: was inducted ’75 into the Interna- tional Boxing Hall of Fame in 1999. He died two years ago in White Center. Special Edition 9 80 Years of Sports Champions he following lists were gleaned from Metro Track 1963 Metro and State AAA Basketball 1976 Metro AA League Football 1979 Tyearbooks, plaques and trophies at Bill Phelan, coach; John Richardson, asst. Fred Harrison, coach; Marvin Morris, Ben Wright, coach Cleveland High School. If there are omis- Wes Acrey, 220 yd. dash; Tom Higgins, asst. Eugene Bruce, Todd Corpuz, Dale Corpuz, sions or misspellings, notify Th e Cleveland long jump (also All-State long-jump John Bell, Brad Bowser, Gary Bowman, David Cooper, Glenn Evans, Gary Fetui, High School Alumni Association so the champion) Carl Ervin, Tony Carter, Jesse Gardner, Tim Fields, Ronald Flowers, Jim Foley, record can be set right. William Hunter, James Jones, Robert Dean Herrington, Wade Jackson, Curtis Metro Basketball Southern Division Keller, Tom Kihara, Jawann Oldham, Jordan, Hilton Keller, Kurt Kaufman, All-City Football 1937 1964 Larry Roberts, James Woods. Scott Koizumi, John Lam, Joe Logan, John A. Cherberg, coach; Max Starcevich, Rex Scott, head coach; Paul Wallrof, asst. Steve Mikami, Tim Miyamoto, Leo asst. Jerry Bailey, John Banchero, Dennis State AA Track 1976 Pulido, Eddie Roleford, Scott Sakagami, Eddie Blakely, Bill Evans, Don Harney, Calhoun, Don Deschenes, Jim Deyungan, Mike Abbott, coach Brad Santos, James Sasues, Edward Sim- Bill Jones, Bayne Lamb, Ken Manzo, Bob Jurcan, Redmond Kincaid, Dave James Jones, 440 yd. dash; Matt Shea, mons, David Suguro, Steve Suyama, Vince Dick Maurer, Jack McGee, Don McMil- Pounds, Tom Steinbach low and high hurdles; Jack Stillmaker, Vigil, Richard Wayman, Reggie Wilson, lan, Dave Petrig, Jim Rohletter, Clarence mile and two-mile; Carl Th ompson, long San Yamada, James Young, Mike Zuppe. Rach, Val ReBahn, George Richardson, City Tennis Doubles 1965 jump (4th), jump (4th) Bob Rounds, Andy Th omas, Bernie John Smith, coach First-team All Metro: Eugene Bruce, Th omas, Joe Ulrich, Joe Williams, Harold Gordon Yee and Wilbert Look Wrestling ‘70s Todd Corpuz, Glenn Evans, Gary Fetui, Williams, Bill York, Masau Zamasaki. Ed Yakushijin, coach Tim Fields, Ron Flowers, David Suguro Metro Tennis Doubles 1966 1972 Metro, Jose Valenzuela 126 lbs.; Defensive Lineman of the Year: All-City Track (Half-Mile) 1943 John Smith, coach 1974 Metro, Alan Hatcher 190 lbs.; 1975 Eugene Bruce Gaylord Peltier, coach Wilbert Look and Gordon Yee Metro, Robert Dalzell 101 lbs.; 1975 Defensive Back of the year: Gary Fetui Robert Griffi n Regional, Satbir Sandhu 115 lbs.; 1976 AA Football Coach of the Year: Ben Metro Tennis 1967 Regional, Harvey Peques heavyweight; Wright. All-City Baseball 1952 John Smith, coach 1977 Metro, Victor Yagi 129 lbs. Rex Scott, coach; Ed Landon, asst. . Curtis Chin, Ozzie Diamond, Jerry Fujita, Dick Bronson, Jim Burgess, Warren Alvin Ko, Willon Lew, Glen Kiyonaga, 1953 Cleveland Cardoza, Jim Collins, Ron Foisy, Bob Doug McKnight, Bob Mito, Ron Soo, Baseball Team Glitschka, Bob Henry, Ventris Ingram, Randy Tada, Eugene Usui, Darryl Yee, in Action Ken Kane, Dick Minice, Don Mozzone, Gordon Yee. (Also Alvin Ko and Gordon at Ballard Denny Peterson, Dick Stuns, Sherm Yee won the All-Metro Doubles; Gordon L to R: Swanson, Ron Wayman, Darrell Wehr- Yee was Metro tennis doubles champion Don Glitschka, wein, Ray Wilfong. three straight years). Sherm Swanson, and Dick Stuns All-City Basketball 1953 Rex Scott, coach; Ed Landon, asst. Metro Tennis 1969 Dick Beers, Joe Davis, Bob Fossatti, Dick John Smith, coach Minice, Dan Niksich, Ken Pinyerd, Paul Curtis Chin, Gary Kiyonaga, Mike Ko, Redmond, Phil Rich, Dick Stuns, Sherm Myron Ko, Willon Lew, Rod Louie, Al Swanson, Ron Wayman. Pastores (won fi rst round in state tournament; lost Gary Yee, All-City Singles. next two games) Metro Tennis 1970 All-City Baseball 1953 Tom Champoux, coach Rex Scott, coach; Ed Landon, asst. Gary Hanada, Gary Kiyonaga Jim Ko- Harlan Bruhjell, Jim Collins, Phil Gesner, dama, Tim Louie, Al Pastores, Ggeorge Don Glitschka, Jerry Hammack, Sam Tsukamaki Ingram, Ken Kane, Dick Mozzone, Don Gary Yee, All-City Singles. Mozzone, Dan Niksich, Bob Onustach, Denny Peterson, Paul Redmond, Dick Metro Baseball 1972 Stuns, Sherm Swanson, Frank Urpman, Bob McDonald, coach; Jim Sampson, Ron Wayman. asst. Alumni Welcome to a Jim Burgess and Bob Henry, mgrs. Tom Anderson, Dan Bossuyt, Tim Gor- man, Dan Hagan, Bill Harwell, Warren All-City Baseball 1954 Higa, Bernard Holland, Eugene Kato, New Cleveland (played for city championship; lost in Howie Nelson, John Nelson, Doug Nikai- playoff ) tani, Gary Pankiewicz, Gary Patterson, his is a pride. To be able to see the reopening of Rex Scott, coach; Ed Landon, asst. Mike Sandhop, Corry Ward Tprivilege a new Cleveland is a once-in-a-lifetime Joe Davis, Pat DeFeo, Dick for a kid from opportunity and a special occasion. Dondero,George Dull, Gerald Egbert, Sam South Division Soccer 1973 South Park Th e spirit we experienced while attend- Ingram, John Martin, Dale Miller, Dick Harold Johnson, coach; Don Roos, asst. to be the ing Cleveland has helped us through real- Minice, Tim O’Brien, Dennis Peterson, Jose Ahumada, John Barron, Randi President of life challenges. Th e never-give-up attitude Paul Redmond, Ken Sturman, Don Val- Bonari, Dan Bossuyt, Robert Budinich, the Cleveland that was instilled in our student body is lalla, Mike Yurina. Mark Della, David Everett, Jim Ferrari, High School ever present. Steve Fontana, Gilbert Gardner, Jim Alumni As- I ask all past alumni to come walk the All-City Tennis Doubles 1957 Gordon, Bill Harwell, Chuck Harwood, sociation. I same halls we knew so well, celebrate our Jack Dolstad, coach Richard Medina, Pasquale Palmermo, feel I am so history and reminisce with former class- Quin Chin and Munn Chin Gary Pankiewicz, Roberto Papini, Gary lucky to have mates. Come and see your new school Patterson, Gene Wu. grown up in the South Park community and share in this signifi cant celebration. All-City Track 1957 and graduated from Cleveland High Th is is a very exciting time. I invite you Howard Glazier, coach; Dick Eisenbrey, State AA Track 1975 School. Some of my teachers would be to celebrate our weekend festivities on asst. Mike Abbott, coach very happy to know that I am represent- September 22 and 23 and share in the Darce Lamb, pole vault; George Roney, Mike Abe, triple jump; Greg Ford, 100 yd. ing so many alumni and I am so honored. success of our new buildings honoring 440 yard run dash; Paul Giralmo, two-mile (5th). Over the past few years a beautiful new Cleveland’s generations of alumni. school has emerged, fi lling the surround- Donald R. Mills All-City Tennis 1958 Metro And State AA Basketball 1975 ing communities of Beacon Hill, South President Jack Dolstad, coach Fred Harrison, coach; Marvin Morris, Park, Georgetown, and South Seattle with CHS Alumni Association Jerry Akita, Joe Alba, Darrel Ankeny, Bob asst. Bushman, Lunn Chin, Munn Chin, Jerry Randy Furukama and Rodney Tibbs, Kiel, Jim McDonald, Allan McFadden, Al mgrs. Thanks John Foley ‘79 Woo, Richard Woo; Tom Jones, mgr. John Bell, Brad Bowser, James Brown, Eli Mike Foley ‘47 Carter, James Carter, Carl Ervin, Danny to our All-City Tennis Doubles 1963 Horne, Robert Keller, Keith Lowery, Frank Fujii, coach Jawann Oldham, Philip Petty, Buddy Wil- partners: The Original Charles Chinn and Sherman Woo. liams, James Woods, Maurice Young. Time Out Ale House and Grill

34525 16th Ave S. Federal Way, WA 98003 10 The Cleveland Journal 2007 Eagle 100 he Eagle 100 includes those individuals who have made contributions to Cleveland High School Alumni Association of $100 or more in a year. We would like to thank the TEagle 100 members for 2007: $1,000 or more Bill C Lantz, ’51 Clarence (Chuck) Seeliger, ’58 Clarence R Smith, ’39 Ron & Janet Henkel, ’54 Howard Wang, ’59 Forrest (Bill) Bullington, ’52 Susan Araki Yamamura, ’58 Alex J. Carmichael, ’43 Beverly McKnight, ’56 Steven T Mikami, ’80 Deryl Moses, ’52 Kathleen Gemmill Stremick, ’59 George W Miller, ’43 Joann Victor Smith, ’56 Evelyn L Fish Griffi n, ’55 Phyllis Roberts, ’64 John R Moser, ’43 Quinn W Chin, ’57 $201-$999 Frances E Brunie Mc Daniel, ’55 John A Hunter, ’45 John C Pavone, ’58 Frances Cozy John, ’34 Dick & Bev Minice, ’55 $100 Richard T.&Pearl Erickson, ’50 William A Tracy, ’59 Kazuko Umino Bill, ’38 Judy Mc Donnell Keithley, ’57 Walter E Berg, ’37 Ray E & Edna Metter, ’51 Kerry A Knowles, ’63 Eva Di Luck Borak, ’41 Mary Ann Bosnich Mc Cord, ’57 Gale W. Cook, ’39 Walter T Detrick, ’54 Leslie G. Imlay, ’64 Stanley G Ridings, ’44 Mary Schenkenberg Taylor, ’64 Stan E Moran, ’46 Debra Lenci Pietromonaco, ’49 Akira Suwabe, ’50 Douglas Wong ’73 Thanks to our partners: Warren Saito Assoc.

$101-$200 Frances Williams Renfrow, ’36 Howard R Myers, ’41 Charlotte Eldridge Teufel, ’44 Helen Cooper Evans, ’45 Lois Allan Olson, ’45 Phyllis Anderson Jurkovich, ’46 Donald Armeni, ’49 Donald & Doreen Mills, ’49 Pat Sullivan Rosenkranz, ’49 F. Ross Burgess, ’51 Cleveland HS Alumni Association: Donors 2007 We would like to thank these individuals who generously donated to our Association this year: ’ Catherine Stewart White, ’34 Phyllis (Arleen) Heimberger John (Jack) E Evans Dr., ’59 Karen Okumura Hori, ’62 Sue Kos Rutherford, ’69 Vitt Ferrucci, Dr., ’37 Hubbell, ’55 Lanette Holmes Keri, ’59 Judy Hancock Legge, ’62 Dean R Haugen, ’70 Mike & Shirley Yellam, ’38 Carolyn A Cinotto Russell, ’55 G.Darrel & Helen Schafer, ’59 T. Lewis Anderson, ’63 Trina C Hing, ’70 Mary Henderson George, ’40 Richard S. Sigurdson, ’55 Linda L Vincenzi Benson, ’60 Robert W Babka, ’63 Terri L. Wong Naito, ’72 Emil Martincevic Martin, ’40 Carol Leach Vincent, ’55 Beverly Reichle Brazil, ’60 Bill Branshaw, ’63 Ronald T Roletto, ’73 Ray & Betty Rosatto, ’40 Kristine L Forbes Anderson, ‘56 Virginia E Traverso Dvorshak, ’60 Kathy Nelson Gullidge, ’63 Melna Sakura Skillingstead, ’73 Norman C Sargent, ’40 Ronald & Virginia Fairbairn, ’56 Susan Schenkenburger Goodman, ’60 Sally Stewart Mollica, ’63 David J Everitt, ’74 Catherine Krisewich Weidum, ’40 Sharon L. King Jimenez, ’56 Carol Mc Leod Kemery, ‘60 James D. Sroke, ’63 Jennifer L Ferry Woods, ’74 Mary Rizzo Barber, ’41 Kirby C. (Al) Young, ’56 Patricia Bosnich Reindel, ‘60 Doug R Fast, ’64 Pelly & Sheryl Chinn, ’75 Edgar L Combs, ’41 Ed & Kay Haarmann, ’57 Jackie Padgitt Solomon, ‘60 Darlene Robertson Galvan, ’64 Roger Sklar, ’81 Mary Albanese Wiseman, ’41 Jon & Lyla Koloski, ’57 Kalman Brauner Jr, ‘61 Sally Sullivan Padilla, ’64 Don Jonson, ’85 Th eresa Yellam Lytle, ’42 Richard L & Peggy Lesher, ’57 Ida Steele Graham, ‘61 David Wm. Bailey, ’65 Bryan E. Clenna, ’87 John M. Sitan, ’42 Pearl M Du Bry, ’58 Dale A. & Hazel Johnson, ‘61 Edna N Harrison Whalon, ’65 Sachiko J Yari-Doty, ’89 Robt. W & Bernice Taylor, ’42 Katherine Budnick Goucher, ’58 Ron & Diane Malaspino, ‘61 Judith D Landry Alfred, ’66 Betty Jane King, Assoc. Betty Empens Truman, ’42 Rae M. Pike Bretzing, ’59 Charles Widger, ‘61 Robert Cason, ’67 Richard Asher, Staff Alfred Chris, ’43 Dorothea Widger Brooks Dr., ’59 Martha Hedgcock Cantwell, ‘62 Teresa Roseberry Forde, ’67 Barbara Smith Frazier, Staff Mario Di Grazia, ’43 Munn Chin Md, ’59 Patrick & Mary Caso, ’62 Colleen (Tina) Jensen Palmer, ’67 Cecelia M. Moore, Faculty Irene Chichetti Wicorek, ’43 George V. Janecke, ’44 Lillian Clark Maloney, ’44 Gloria Suter Stone, ’44 I want to support the Cleveland High School Alumni Association. Ted & Mary Sholdra, ’45 Dorothy J. Swanson, ’45 Please accept my tax-deductible donation to the Cleveland High School Alumni Association. G. Don & Marji Aaland, ’46 I would like to be designated a Platinum Eagle with a donation of $5000 more: $ . Bob Finnigan, ’46 Stan Brewer, ’47 I would like to be designated a Golden Eagle with a donation of $1000 - $4999. Donation Amount: $ . Pat Coluccio, ’47 Doris Litch Lee, ’47 I would like to be designated an Eagle 100 with a donation of $100 more: $ . Don Mitchell, ’47 I would like to support the Cleveland High School Alumni Association with a donation of $ . (Please enter total Gordon & Berna Parker, ’47 of your check here.) John E Randall, ’47 Donna Rutledge Roseveare, ’47 Please allocate my donation as follows: Marjorie Hartmann Sherard, ’47 Mailing expenses ($10 suggested) $ Alumni Association General Fund (unrestricted) $ Marjorie Ripley Walsh, ’47 Aubrey S Skip Adams, ’48 CHS Athletic Fund $ Scholarship Fund: Pat Matzek Ashcraft, ’48 Memorial Forest Fund $ Annual Scholarship Awards $ June Anderson Evanoff , ’48 Lucy Muscolo Frint, ’48 Endowment Fund (unrestricted) $ Elsie Vanni Jorgensen, ’48 Mail donations to Cleveland High School Alumni Association, P.O. Box 94004, Seattle, WA 98124-9404 Edwin T & Joan Knutson, ’48 John L Mitts, ’48 Name (First, Maiden, Last): Class: Vincent & Julia Mine, ’49 Dee W Pinkerton, ’49 Address: City/State/Zip: Patricia Blanar Volkman, ’49 Loretta Holmes Ward, ’49 E-mail: Phone (with area code): Shirley Biscanter Bell, ’50 Lois Bill Clark, ’50 I’d like to volunteer; please contact me. I am interested in the following: Gerald G Fitzgerald, ’50 Phillip & Lillian Isernio, ’50 I’d like to serve on a committee (Alumni Relations, Scholarship, Golf Scramble, Finance & Budget, Memorial Forest, Audit, Bylaws Betty Moretto Minardo, ’50 Review, and/or Nominations/Election). Please state your preference: Julia Calder Mine, ’50 I’d like to help out with an event, activity, or in some other way. Miriam Baughman Munro, ’50 Robert C Perovich, ’50 Payment Methods: June Drennan Whitson, ’50 Ronald F Jones, ’51 Check enclosed, made payable to Cleveland High School Alumni Association Lynn Smith Redmond, ’51 Mary Ann Sitko Burt, ’53 Visa or Mastercard, Card #: Expiration date: Dennis & Carol Kirkpatrick, ’53 John O Mc Arthur, ’53 Signature: Alexander Roberts, ’53 Kenneth Haag, ’54 My company will match my gift. Name of my employer: Dwight & Teresa Vallala Moberg, ’54 Special Edition 11 Kings Of Swing Still Swinging he 17-piece dance band that will be Serenade.” But all agreed the memories Theard at the 80th Birthday/Grand Re- were great. opening celebration originated in the fall On the basis of that get-together, of 1943 as the Cleveland High School Pep seven of the original members who re- Band, under the baton of Cleveland music sided in the Seattle area decided to revive teacher Ed Ottum (who died in 1996). the band. Th ey practiced a lot, got good It soon became known as Th e Kings of again and, as original members died or Swing, featuring the Big Band music of moved away, added new blood. Members’ the ‘40s in the style of Glenn Miller and now range from their twenties to their Tommy Dorsey. seventies. After graduating, the band members Th e Kings of Swing have performed at continued to play through 1949 at service such varied venues as Th e Space Needle, clubs, YMCAs, USOs and high school Rainier Club, 5th Avenue Th eater, Seattle Today’s Kings of Swing proms. Th ey disbanded after this country Tennis Club, Museum of Flight, Folklife entered the Korean War. Festival, Eastside Community Street Fair Gordon Parker, an original member, and the Seattle Trade Center. decided to revive the band in the late Th e alumni association’s fi rst president ‘80s to play for his class’s 40th reunion. (Don Cliff ord) and his successor (Don Twenty-two of the original members Case) were members of the original Kings showed up – from as far away as of Swing. and Oklahoma. Th e Original Kings of Swing: Some hadn’t touched their instru- Roland Pennyhoff , Fred Johnson, Aubrey ments in years, and the rust showed Adams, Bob McCaff ree, Burr Cline, Bob when they opened with “Moonlight Peck, Dick Case, Bob Furlan, Don Case, Harry Cameron, Gordon Parker Sneak Preview of the Renovated Cleveland High

(Don Duncan ’43 and Don Mills ’49 toured Students no longer will have an excuse question: who chooses the channel? Other highlights: Th ere are no less the not-yet-completed school near the end of for not hearing the teacher. Even with When Cleveland opened its “new” than three huge science rooms in the new June, guide Ian Kell, Seattle School District a bad case of laryngitis, teachers can gymnasium in 1969, the complex was school, with enough equipment to stock project supervisor, and Wayne Floyd, assis- easily be heard, thanks to the miracle of considered to be one of the fi nest in the the lab of a pharmaceutical company. tant principal. Th is is what they saw) wireless clip-on microphones. Th ey’ll also Seattle School District. Th e “new” gym is Th e library, on the third fl oor of Building have head sets to listen to messages from gone, to make room for the new 3-story 2 (that’s the original school that we all he “really old” Cleveland gymnasiums the offi ce. classroom building on the South End of remember) has ample room for rows of T(boys and girls) have a new incarna- Th ose student lockers into which the school. Th e “new-new” gymnasium is computers and is fl ooded with natural tion – as drama rehearsal rooms attached earlier generations stuff ed books, lunches a true mind-boggler. You’ll fi nd a weight light from a long wall of windows looking to the Performing Arts Th eater. Surprises: and extra clothing have been a thing of room, boys’ and girls’ locker rooms, and out over Georgetown and Boeing Field. an orchestra pit, although Cleveland the past for quite a few years. Because facilities for volleyball, badminton and Oh yes, and there’s room for quite a few doesn’t have a school orchestra at this today’s students carry everything in a wrestling. Th ere are six baskets on the books, too. time; dressing rooms for performers; and backpack – as if they were going to climb basketball court, and pull-out bleach- Disappointments: While there is a a theater (the old auditorium) that still Mt. Rainier – there are hooks on the ers to accommodate 1,350 spectators at nice music room, with several rehearsal has a balcony but is slightly smaller (seats backs of all seats. games. Th e red-and-white scoreboard is rooms across the hall, there is currently a 536) and a lot nicer than the original. In keeping with its culinary arts pro- already in place. paucity of music instruction, except for a Th ere are box offi ces in the lobby and a gram for budding chefs, it is no surprise Although all rooms are accessible for student “drum line.” And hopes that the motorized projection screen on the stage. that Cleveland’s new kitchen is state-of- the handicapped, those in wheelchairs Seattle Parks Department-owned track Let’s face it, as much as we love the the art, mechanized amd microwaved to will have to cover a lot of ground to get and football practice fi eld to the West place, Seattle often is dark and overcast. the teeth. Th e main cafeteria – in the new from here to there in some cases. Eleva- of the school might fi nally be improved To combat the dreariness, the archi- commons/gymnasium building on the tors are for the use of staff , the handi- have once more been put on hold. Wayne tects have greatly increased the size and north end of the school – seats 250. If capped and students toting uncommonly Floyd, assistant principal, thinks alums number of windows, fl ooding potentially the food and conversation aren’t enough heavy loads. A card must be inserted to might join in putting pressure on the city dark corridors and classroom nooks and to keep them occupied, they can watch a operate them. But not on Sept. 22 – when to fi nally give Cleveland a break. corners with loads of natural light. huge fl at-screen TV on the wall. Th e big everything will be operating for old grads. Enjoy your tour!

Cleveland Memorial Forest 11th Annual Trek

By Pat Coluccio ’47 Each student reading emphasized Cleveland students, Abas Sheiko and Don Cliff ord (’44) of University Place atriotic readings by a dozen or so service and sacrifi ce for the betterment Josh Holbert. once again emceed the program. PCleveland students set the tone for of all. Sheiko and Holbert folded the fl ag Th e Trek to the Rock — a short hike this year’s 11th annual CHS Alumni As- An impressive fl ag-raising ceremony with professional skill at the conclusion through the woods from the fl agpole to sociation Memorial Day Service & Trek featured two men in WWI doughboy of the ceremony and presented it to Pat the rock bearing the names of Cleveland’s to “Th e Rock” at Th e Cleveland Memorial uniforms, courtesy of American Legion Rosenkranz (’49), author of a book on war dead in WWII, the Korea and Viet- Forest. Doughboy Memorial Post #138 in Univer- Clevelandites who have given their lives nam — ended the day. sity Place, and an Honor Guard of two in war. Bernie Moskowitz played Taps. Fallen Eagles 2006 to present Listed below are alumni who have passed away recently. Th ey will be missed. Agnes Ferguson Baker, ’29 Cliff Smedley, ’35 Bernice L Byers Taylor, ’42 Cecil L Duncan, ’51 Benny De Palmo Jr, ’60 Gladys L. Rosburg Shukis, ’29 William A Green, ’36 William D. Smith, ’43 Bill Rosebrook, ’51 Gary Deyak, ’60 Fyrn Abendroth, ’30 Vera Hylton Nelson, ’36 Arthur Adams, ’44 Russ Truman, ’51 Margo Salvador Lai, ’60 Fern Th orgerson Gwin, ’30 Lorita Greff e Anderson, ’37 A. Paul Hilborn, ’44 Eugene Knighton, ’54 Mickey S Lazar, ’60 Vincent O’Keefe, ’30 Jack Say, ’37 Alice O’brian Leech, ’44 Patricia Little McCaff ree ’54 Robert Th ompson, ’60 Helen O’Rourke Corner, ’32 Frank Desimone, ’38 Richard Looney, ’44 M. Carol Morris Endal, ’55 Ronald D Hess, ’61 Arthur Maurice Du Long, ’32 Ellen Hofmann Di Donato, ’38 Raymond Smith, ’44 Frankie Marion Dotson Olsen, ’55 Jackie O Hoglund Bylund, ’64 June Maurer Martin, ’32 George M Mukasa, ’38 Virginia Ritscher Farncomb, ’45 Stanley Holmquist ’56 Robert Berg, ’67 Al Hostak ,’34 Robert Wilson, ’39 George Le Mert, ’45 Norine A. Buchinsky Nitzel, ’56 Laurie Homann Th ompson, ’68 Christine Vendetti Manincor, ’34 Merrill Johnson, ’40 Lilian Finch Spiker, ’46 (Frances)Jeanne Th omas, ’56 Vance Richard Roberts, ’69 Glenn S Miller, ’34 T.W. (Bill) Nicholson, ’40 Roland W Donnem, ’48 John A. Th ompson, ’56 William C. (Bill) Huff , ’72 Phyllis Jones Stenson, ’34 Harry Callas, ’41 Donald Haack, ’48 Sheila Bradley Williamson, ’56 Donald Ray Zeitler, ’73 Fred Taylor, ’34 Hiroshi Harry Eguchi ’41 Peggy Allen Sussman, ’48 Del C Kaiser, ’57 Robert V Coluccio, ’74 Sandra Dolce Hansen, ’35 William C Perovich, ’42 Ivan L Madzuma, ’49 Henrietta (Tarrach) Wickham ’59 Kim Kammerzel, ’78 Marie Davidson, ’82 12 The Cleveland Journal

Join Us for a Grand Opening Visit! The Cleveland Forest ack in 1944, Cleveland vice princi- students. Th e latter, mostly from teacher Th e Renovated Cleveland High School Bpal Ray K. Imus paid $300 at a King Faith Beatty’s classes, often read patriotic All School Reunion County tax title sale to buy a little less poems and essays. Bernie Moskowitz than 160 acres of forest land east of Is- (’57) concludes each ceremony with Taps. Saturday, September 22, 2007 saquah. Among those who have devoted consider- Th e money had been raised by able time to the Memorial Day service are Something For Everyone! Cleveland’s classes of 1943 and 1944 to Don Cliff ord (’44), Don Mills (’49) and Golden Grad Reception purchase a memorial honoring former Pat Coluccio (’47). Former and Current Staff Reception Cleveland students killed in World War II. When it was rumored a few years ago Chat Rooms for all Alumni A year later, Principal Kenneth Selby that the School Board might consider Community Open House – who determined that the school would selling the property, Cleveland alums Hosted by the Cleveland High School Alumni Association not be able to develop the property strongly protested. An oversight com- on its own – signed a quit-claim deed mittee – made up of alums and school and turned it over to the Seattle Public district offi cials – meets several times a Event Day Schedule Schools. year to discuss activities at the forest. Upon arriving, you’ll be provided with a map of the remodeled school to guide Development has been spasmodic Byron Coney (’47), an attorney and your tour. Be on the lookout for the “Chat Room” where you’ll fi nd alums who the past 63 years. Students have cleared former alumni association board mem- graduated in your decade. trails. Several buildings have been erect- ber, fi led a lawsuit to wrest control of the 10 a.m. ed, and a few structures have fallen. forest from the school board and run it as Golden Grads (pre-1958)* Reception A plaque bearing the names of former a privately-endowed alumni foundation Cleveland students who have died in this dedicated to environmental studies in 10:30 a.m. nations wars, from World War II on, has memory of Cleveland’s war dead. Chat Rooms for classes ‘58 - ‘70s been affi xed to a large rock in the middle Although the lawsuit was unsuccessful, of the property. A fl ag is fl own on Memo- the forest still bears the name “Cleveland 12 noon rial Day from a fl agpole donated by the Forest,” and the “memorial” aspects of Welcoming Ceremonies in the new Gymnasium: family of Jim Rohletter (’39) who played the forest have been broadened to include Musical entertainment from Th e Kings of Swing and Marilee Winn Johnson ‘52 on Cleveland’s championship football Cleveland alums who have died in all wars Memories of Cleveland team in 1937 and served in the Navy in since World War II. Welcome to the Future World War II. Th e Cleveland Memorial Forest is, in 1 p.m. Th e traditional Memorial Day cel- 2007 as it was in 1944, always a work in Chat Rooms for classes from the ‘80s, ‘90s, and 2000s ebration regularly attracts alums and progress. *Golden Grads and handicapped parking will be available entering at the south end of the school off 15th Ave S. Sunday , September 23 9 - noon Pancake Breakfast 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. Self-guided School Tours

We need you! We need volunteers to help out during the All School Reunion. If you’re willing to help, please contact any Alumni Association Board member listed on page 2.

Upcoming Reunions - Look for Yours Here! Class of 1987 – 20 year reunion August 10, 7:30 p.m., Acme Bowling, Billiards, & Events Saturday, August 11, 5:30 - 8:30 p.m., Potluck Picnic at Newcastle Beach Park Contact: [email protected], Kyle Okada 206-683-8493 Class of 1997 – 10 year reunion August 25, 6 p.m., Champagne Cruise from the Dock on Lake Union Cost: $65 per person Contact: [email protected] or www.myspace.com/cleveland1997 or cleve- Cleveland seniors LaSharon Walker, left, and Clara Ulugalu landhighschool1997.classquest.com raise the fl ag to start the ceremony at Cleveland Memorial Forest. (2006) Phone contact: Allen Abad 206-763-2785 Photo courtesy of Steve Ringman/Th e Seattle Times Class of 1952 – 55 year reunion See page 11 for more on the 2007 trek to the Cleveland Memorial Forest. September 12, Noon – 5 p.m., Glen Acres Golf and Country Club Cost: $45 per person includes sit-down luncheon. Classes of 1951 and 1953 are invited. Contact: Jim Lambo 206-243-6553 or [email protected] Cleveland’s Honored War Class of 1957 – 50 year reunion September 14, 15 and 16 Friday - Tour of remodeled school at 4 p.m., followed by Wine bottling Party at Dead Castle Bridge Winery to bottle your own ‘Class of 1957” labeled wine. he best record of Cleveland’s World Kennewick ‘41, Noel Kent, Milton King, Cost : Evening with w/ a bottle of wine, $19.57. TWar II war dead is contained in the Warren Edward Kraff t ‘34, Mike Lagozzi- Saturday – Dinner and music at Fairwood Golf and Country Club book “Honored Dead,” by Pat Sullivan no ‘35, Gordon Larson ‘40, William Rich- Contact: Kit (Fredericks) Carlton [email protected] or Rosenkranz (’49). ard Lewis ‘41, John P. McLaughlin ‘41, Karen (Bird) Flamboe 206-935-2125. In the book, Rosenkranz tells the Frederick Morris Jr. ’43, Yoshito Noritake Class of 1977 – 30 year reunion stories of 32 men from Cleveland, It in- ‘40, William A.Rach ‘36, Robert Rizzo ‘41, September 21, Informal gather w/cash bar at: Jubilante’ Restaurant & Music cludes photographs of the men and maps Francis Schoenmaker ’45, John Swick ‘42, Club, 7 p.m. to midnight indicating the areas in which they fought. Leonard Th ibaut ‘42, Louis H.Wolfe Jr September 22, 6 - 11 p.m., McCormick & Schmicks Harborside Copies will be available at the 80th birth- ’41, Eric John Zackrison ’41. Cost: $65 per person, $125 per couple day/grand reopening celebration. Contact: Mark Holmes, 206-726-9044 or [email protected] Th e author may be reached at P.O. Box Korean Confl ict: John W. Churchill, 85, Ocean Park, WA 98640. Stuart A. DeWalt Jr., Robert A. Foster, Class of 1962 – 45 year reunion Richard (Dick) E. Larson, Gene Moden- October 12, 5:30 p.m., tour of school followed by a casual gathering at Uncle World War II: Richard Baggott ‘39, Sid- ese, Arlen John (John Jack) Morgan, Ray Mo’s Planet, Georgetown ney Bienke ‘35, Richard Cornell ‘40, Hugh Oleson. October 13, golf tournament and buff et dinner at Maplewood Golf Course Craven ‘45, Eugene Cummings, Lawrence Cost: $50 per person before Sept 1 and $60 thereafter Decker ‘40, Hubert S. DeWitt Jr ‘42, Vietnam Confl ict: Ignacio Duro, Robert Contact: Website www.freewebs.com/aschuehle/ Philip (Bud) Carl Fander, Andrew Harlin (Bruce) Richards, Th eodore S. Rolstad, Email [email protected] , mail CHS Reunion, PO Box 412, Clinton, ‘42, Lawrence K. Harrison ’39, Herbert Kenneth Henry Visintin. WA 98236 or phone: Geri Nelson 206-323-3600 Clayton (Toby) Holm ’39, Bernard T. Kelly ‘39, Jero (Jiro) Kanetomi ’35, Robert