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ON THE COVER: West Central Ohio’s magazine for the mature reader year of 1951 October 2015 our Volume 13, Issue 10 By John Grindrod Daughter-in-law Carmella, Generation’s 81-year-old Charles, and magazine Farley Banks are trying to cope with the effects that Alzheimer’s disease has had upon Charles’ ability for fun to live alone. Family shares their Alzheimer’s lessons Photo courtesy of the Banks How to manage credit crOSSWOrd family this holiday season 11 The making of the American Mall FREE 12 eVenTS cALendAr 14 2 | October 2015 | Our Generation’s Magazine Inspire

Story by Christina Ryan Claypool Family shares their Alzheimer’s lessons

“Dementia is a general term for a decline in mental ability severe The Alzheimer’s Support Group meets enough to interfere with daily life,” the ﬁ rst Tuesday of every month at 7 p.m. at Elmcroft of Lima presented by according to the Alzheimer’s Associa- Amy Fleming, LSW. Call 419-331-2442 tion Website, www.alz.org. Alzheim- for more information about the free er’s disease is the “most common type meeting. of dementia” which “accounts for 60 to 80 percent of cases.” Farley and scream when she got upset, another Carmella Banks, of Lima, know a lot time … she bit me.” Carmella played about this incurable illness, because Gospel music to try to soothe her. Farley’s parents and his grandmother Farley’s father, Charles seemed to have had it. be in denial about what was happen- For two decades, Banks has been a ing to his wife and initially chose to local attorney. But in January 2014, stay in his Maryland home supported he and Carmella became full-time by a network of friends. Sadly, he too caregivers for his late mother, Emma was beginning to struggle with his Banks. memory. For almost a year until her death “My father always prided himself Jan. 16, the couple cared for the on paying his bills immediately; then 80-year-old woman who “couldn’t I started to notice he would write the do anything for herself,” said Banks. checks, but he wouldn’t mail them,” He credits his wife of 15 years for said his concerned son. the ability to care for his mom at The Allen County lawyer has been their Shawnee residence. “I am really proactive in supporting those affected blessed that she has been with me by Alzheimer’s disease and joined the every step of the way,” said the Ohio association’s area board. For the past Northern University graduate. four years, Farley and Carmella have It all began when Farley made a also participated in the September visit to his parents’ home in Oxon walk to raise awareness for Alzheim- Hill, Maryland, a suburb of Washing- er’s in honor of his grandmother, who ton D.C., and realized that his mother suffered with dementia in the late was no longer capable of living with- 1980s. out assistance. “At that time we didn’t know it was “There were some issues dealing called Alzheimer’s. We just called it with her behavior … my father, too, senility,” said Banks. but not to the extent of my mother,” Through his work on the board, he said 57-year-old Banks. discovered the monthly Alzheimer’s Eventually, “She wore diapers. I Support Group that meets at Elmcroft bathed her and changed her,” said of Lima. The couple gleans support Carmella who is an assistant manager and knowledge through these free at Lima’s Dunham’s Sports store. meetings. “She probably had dropped down to “I started going there before Mom 80-some pounds.” even came here, because I started There were also a few times during wondering if there is anything I can that year, when the normally docile do from 400 miles away, because at woman became violent. that time Mom was still living with Courtesy of the Banks family “She slapped me once when I was Dad back in Maryland,” said Farley. Daughter-in-law Carmella, 81-year-old Charles, and Farley Banks are trying to cope with the effects that trying to dress her,” said her daugh- Alzheimer’s disease has had upon Charles’ ability to live alone. The former Maryland resident recently moved ter-in-law. “She would just … yell and See INSPIRE | 7 to Ohio to be with his son. Our Generation’s Magazine | October 2015 | 3 Seasonings

HASSELBACK How to make Hasselback potatoes POTATOES 4 baking potatoes, By Traci Arbios scrubbed The Fresno Bee (TNS) 4 tablespoons melted butter Being so clued-in to social media can be 4 tablespoons Parmesan a blessing and a curse. The blessing: One cheese learns about new and amazing crafts and reci- 2 tablespoons panko pes that one must try. The curse: One learns breadcrumbs (or other about new and amazing crafts and recipes dry breadcrumbs) that one must try. At issue: My “must do” list Salt and pepper stretches ahead into next January, while my budget limps along back in July somewhere. Preheat your oven to Luckily, one of the nifty items on my list 425 degrees. Place a was the Hasselback potato — that beautiful, washed potato on your fanned-out baked potato making constant cutting board, and set appearances on my Facebook timeline. I’m a wooden spoon handle not sure who first put forward the post, but next to it, running along it seems I run into a gorgeous photo of these the length of the potato’s delicious-looking spuds every few days, usu- base. With a sharp knife, ally at my most ravenous moments. Traci Arbios/Fresno Bee/TNS Crispy and delicious, the Hasselback potato hails from Stockholm, but demands your culinary attention. begin making thin (1/8- The sad sorry truth is, I’m not a huge pota- inch to 1/4-inch) slices to maker. For years, low-carb diets have been across the potato’s width. the trend and I have a ton of very positive As you cut downward, use things to say about reducing carbohydrates the spoon’s handle to act in one’s daily consumption. But — and with Place the sliced as your cutting guide so carbs, there is always a very large but (buh- potatoes in a you don’t slice down all doom-bah) — the high-starch, carbohydrate- baking dish. Drizzle the way through the pota- laden potato is delicious. Before dieters with 2 tablespoons of butter and to. Prepare all 4 potatoes permanently write off these beloved tubers, in this way. know that they have roughly 4 grams of pro- season with salt and pepper before Place the cut potatoes tein and plenty of fiber. baking. in a baking dish. Spread “In addition,” says Prevention Magazine, 2 tablespoons of butter “one medium baked potato (including the atop the prepared pota- skin) provides 20 percent of your daily potas- toes. Season with salt and sium, a known hypertension fighter.” Grant- pepper, and bake for 40 ed, I prefer my hypertension fighter drenched minutes. in butter, sour cream and bacon, but the Remove the potatoes potato can be consumed in other delectable, from the oven and top less-fatty ways. each potato with the If you’re looking for a solid side dish to Place a knife handle or panko breadcrumbs, wow friends or a simple entree to enjoy in wooden spoon Parmesan cheese and the front of the TV, give the Hasselback potato next to the remaining butter. Re-sea- a try. Apparently a Swedish dish, the Hassel- potato before son with salt and pepper back is a thinly sliced, fan-like baked potato cutting to and bake for another 20 that — much like virtually any other type of keep from to 25 minutes. slicing all the baked potato — can be topped with any num- Remove from oven ber of delicious items. This recipe does call way through the potato. and let then cool slightly for butter and Parmesan cheese, but it also before consuming with requires no peeling and keeps all the nutri- abandon. ents that linger beneath the skin intact.

4 | October 2015 | Our Generation’s Magazine Your Money How to manage credit this holiday season

Courtesy of Metro When making in-store can’t pay the balance in its and many retailers both purchases, chances are entirety. big and small now accept Holiday shopping takes the cashier will invite you • Try not to juggle various types of cards. up a considerable amount to sign up for a retailer cards. Many shoppers Keep a close eye on your of time between Thanks- credit card, even offering juggle multiple cards to balances, checking them giving and Christmas Day. an immediate discount if avoid building up too big online after each shopping Shoppers who scour in- you do so at the registers. a balance on one particu- trip. This can help you store and online retailers While this discount may lar card during the holiday control your spending and in the hunt for the perfect seem too tempting to season. But that’s an easy also can alert you to any gift annually spend hun- ignore, keep in mind that way to lose track of how fraudulent activity. dreds of billions of dollars many retailer credit cards much you have spent. Shoppers who must during such pursuits, and come with considerably Rather than juggling use their credit cards what they swipe when higher interest fees on bal- cards, use only the one this holiday season can making purchases could ances that are not paid off with the lowest interest employ several strategies go a long way toward how in full. So that discount at rate. to ensure they don’t dig their new years begin. the register may end up • Monitor your balanc- themselves into a fi nancial Overreliance on credit costing you more money es. Swiping a credit card hole by the end of Decem- cards to make holiday pur- if you get to January and is easy and hassle-free, ber. chases can prove crippling once the calendar turns to January. 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The group is designed remembering things, he Farley and for caregivers, spouses feels he should remem- Carmella Banks and friends of those bat- ber. … I have to remind have been tling Alzheimer’s. him, ‘Dad, Mom died in caretakers “One of the things I January. It’s okay you can’t for Farley’s learned is not to take remember, you have an ill- elderly parents. things personally,” said ness. You can’t help it.’” His mother’s died this past Carmella. This comforted Farley’s own health January, while her when her mother- was in jeopardy this past his father will in-law was occasionally March when he had a soon make his combative. Her husband heart attack and two permanent learned the valuable les- mini-strokes, which began home with son about the disease with a kidney stone. the couple. They are also affecting everyone differ- After being in the hospi- the parents ently. tal for six weeks, he has of 23-year-old In June, it became clear slowly been regaining his Jaede Bristel. that 81-year-old Charlie strength, despite needing Banks could no longer to assist his elderly father care for himself either, who spent time at Shaw- season for the Banks’ taking “One day at a time. and came to stay with his nee Manor temporarily family. Carmella relies on That’s such a cliché, but son. due to falling. her faith and Scriptures essentially, that’s what it “He knows he has “We plan on taking care to cope with “the anxiety is.” dementia,” said Farley, of him indefi nitely and are and stress and turn it who is an only child. “He going to bring him to our around,” she said. Christina Ryan Claypool is a Courtesy of the Banks family freelance journalist and inspirational Over a decade ago, before Alzheimer’s disease ravaged their lives, the gets upset with himself, home,” said Farley. While Farley says he speaker. Her Website is www. late Emma and now 81-year-old Charles Banks enjoyed a class reunion because he has trouble It has been a heavy has gotten through it by christinaryanclaypool.com. together. They were married for almost 59 years. NOTICE!! No More M Maintenance D 40777261 Bills* It’s not just where they live. O A It’s where they live it up. lden Lan At Elmcroft, life-enriched programs o“Active Senior Community” e like our Vitality Club enables seniors G to meet people, go places and *1&2 bedroom garden apartments experience new things. *All inclusive Senior Living | Memory Care Call BETTY 2075 N. Eastown Road | Lima, OH 45807 | 419.741.0719 M for information* D elmcroft.com goldenlanelima.com 40790794 419-999-1614 4079092140484565 Our Generation’s Magazine | October 2015 | 7 This feature is a cooperative eﬀ ort between the History newspaper and the Allen County Museum and Historical Society.

By Greg Hoersten The making of the American Mall LIMA — The American Mall The last days of autumn 1963 came down much more quietly provided evidence that retail than it went up. growth had just begun with a The mall, demolished over rapid-fi re series of announce- the winter of 2013-‘14, was built ments that began Sept. 18 when nearly 50 years earlier despite the News reported a 51-acre the objections of just about shopping center and housing everybody. Downtown busi- development was planned for nessmen didn’t want it; nearby a former dairy farm owned by residents really didn’t want it. Orville and Emma Koop. The city was okay with it, will- In the same story, it was ing to extend a welcome but reported the Montgomery-Ward not willing to extend waterlines store was considering a move or West Market Street. At one from the Public Square to a pro- point the city erected barricades posed shopping center on land to prevent Market Street from owned by C.C. Cary at Cable being put through to the mall. A and Spencerville roads. city councilman called develop- On Sept. 19, the News report- ments like the American Mall ed yet another developer had the “death knell” of the central begun “negotiations for Lima business district. property for use as a third com- The American Mall was not mercial center. Speculation cen- Youngstown developer Wil- ters on Elida and Cable roads, liam A. Cafaro’s fi rst venture in west of the Rinks Bargain City Lima. In fall 1960, the develop- Store.” That speculation was er purchased a 35-acre site just correct. Edward DeBartolo and north of Northern Avenue and Co., another Youngstown-area Allen County Historical Society photo east of North West Street. By developer, would construct the An artist’s rendering from 1964 shows Montgomery-Ward at the west end and the mall’s iconic sign with star. Nov. 27, 1960, The Lima News Lima Mall on the site. downtown to become tenants. values. The West Market Street tactics in the hopes that metal was reporting that construction Developers of the Cary site Ward’s and a newcomer to the Boulevard, they warned, no lon- and steel on West Market Street of “Lima’s new $3-million shop- requested water. “By its vote, area, Bailey’s Department Store, ger would be a quiet street but will vanish one night and that ping center, Northland Plaza, is council will set the policy of would anchor the American instead a main thoroughfare — shopping centers become a slated to begin within 30 days.” whether water should be grant- Mall. City Councilman Neal particularly if it were extended dream of the past,” Poulston The opening of Northland ed under the surcharge system O’Connell told the News the loss westward to a proposed com- told the News on Nov. 5, 1964. in 1961 paired with Westgate, with the hope of annexation of the three national chain stores mercial area.” Council, backed by downtown which opened in 1956, gave the or whether services should by “sounded the death knell for the So, when plans for the Ameri- merchants, defeated Poulston’s News cause to brag on Oct. 28, withheld until the property is central business district.” can Mall became offi cial in May, proposal Nov. 25. 1962, of the city’s growth as annexed to the city,” the News Foes of the American Mall the group was waiting, fi ling In December, the mall devel- “refl ected in the construction of wrote Sept. 29, 1963. The Cary had begun organizing against for and receiving an injunction. opers announced they would two large shopping centers in request was denied in Novem- it long before that formal That injunction was one of sev- drill a 170-foot well on the prop- the past decade on the west and ber 1963. announcement. “Owners … of eral that would be granted and erty. They also threatened a law- north sides of the city …” And On May 13 and 14, 1964, other property in the sector — subsequently lifted. suit to force the city to remove Lima was growing — in retail the Lima Mall and American location of some of Lima’s fi nest In early November, Council- water lines from their property. prowess as well as population Mall, respectively, unveiled homes — launched efforts last man James Poulston recom- By then the relationship during the 1960s. Considered formal plans for “mall-type” January to head off commercial mended the city grant water to between the city and the mall the retail hub of a 10-county shopping centers with concur- development,” the News noted both the Lima and American had been going rapidly downhill area, Lima’s population would rent announcements that Sears- April 17, 1964. “They voiced malls. “We are not fooling any- for several months, exacerbated peak at more than 53,000 by Roebuck, Montgomery-Ward fear of depreciating property body at this point with delaying 1970. and J.C. Penney would abandon See HISTORY | 9 8 | October 2015 | Our Generation’s Magazine History, continued from page 8 by a late September attempt charges were dropped against by Cafaro employees to extend the Cafaro employees for West Market Street from the attempting to remove the Mar- city’s western edge to the mall. ket Street barricade. And, as The city put up barricades — traffic increased on West Elm which the News called “Lima’s Street with more mall stores miniature Berlin Wall” — at the opening, support increased for boundary, and Cafaro employees the extension of West Market tried to remove them. Street, particularly from par- Cafaro found an unlikely ally ents of students at St. Charles in Councilman O’Connell, who elementary school on West Elm had predicted suburban shop- Street. ping centers would kill the cen- “The shadow of West Market The Lima News file photo tral business district. O’Connell Street arches ever more west- Citizens were so enraged by the idea of Market Street becoming a thoroughfare told the News Sept. 27, 1964, ward,” the News wrote July 29, that barriers were erected at the end of it, preventing traffic from continuing west that Cafaro was guilty of three 1965. “Soon it’s expected to to the site of the proposed American Mall. things: wanting to invest $5 take shape and substance and million in Lima, wanting to cre- become a twin-stemmed boule- ate 700 to 1,000 new jobs and vard reality to Eastown Road. attempting “to improve a street The city planning commission which the city lacked funds to recommended Wednesday that improve since 1925.” city council finally open the On Oct. 15, 1964, the city 400-foot strip of unimproved planning commission recom- street between city-erected bar- mended that 430 feet of Mar- riers at Lawnwood Avenue and The Lima News file photo ket Street west of Lawnwood the eastern edge of Howlindan The 375-foot water tower was sold and Avenue be “neither opened nor Subdivision.” On Aug. 19, 1965, moved to Texas. It was taken down in improved.” Less than a week city crews pulled down the 1987. Water lines were finally routed later, Youngstown attorney Ron- barricades and work began on to the mall in 1973, making the water ald Galip, representing Cafaro, extending pavement toward an tower unnecessary. “A lot of people are told the News, “There will be a already completed section that going to miss it,” Frank Melton, the mall maintenance supervisor, told the News shopping center on West Elm stretched east from Eastown on Sept. 12, 1987. “For years, while this Allen County Historical Society photo Street Road. It will be built with Road. When a neighborhood part of town was growing up, people The Koop dairy farm was on the land where the American Mall was built. or without city cooperation. committee announced plans a used that old water tower as a reference And you bet it is going to be month later to turn the West point for getting around.” mall’s west end to go with Value feet of commercial shopping built to completion.” Market Street boulevard into City on the east end would spur centers since American Mall And indeed, it was. a “boulevard of roses,” Cafaro A little more than a year after growth. By 2009, the Ander- in over a dozen states across Actress Dorothy Lamour, who donated $500 to the project. the News welcomed Bailey’s, son’s was the American Mall’s the country, the former Ameri- joined Bob Hope and Bing Cros- Montgomery-Ward soon was Bailey’s left. It was replaced by last tenant. The store closed its can Mall and Lima, Ohio, still by in a series of “On the Road” getting company in the mall. Welles Department Store, which doors that November. hold a special place in our movies in the 1940s, found her- Among them was Cleveland- already had an outlet in North- When plans for what a Cafaro hearts and memories,” Cafaro self on the road at the American based Bailey’s Department land Plaza. Two years later, on executive called, “an open- wrote in an e-mail. “In fact, as Mall in October 1966 cutting Store. Feb. 15, 1970, the American concept property,” which would a kid growing up in our fam- the ribbon at the shopping cen- On June 22, 1966, a full-page Mall boasted 33 retail outlets. include a medical office build- ily business, I fondly recall my ter’s “official” grand opening. ad in the News touted the mall’s After September 1987, the ing, fell through in 2010, the grandfather’s sense of pride In February 1965, Wards Auto 19 stores. The American Mall, Mall could no longer boast of a mall’s fate was sealed. On Nov. whenever discussing American Service Center became the first the ad promised, “offers a new water tower. The 375-foot struc- 5, 2010, workers opened it to Mall. Although he took pride business to open its doors at the world of shopping splendor for ture, rendered unnecessary by sell fixtures. Demolition began in every property he developed, mall. The Montgomery-Ward the families of Northwestern the extension of city water lines in mid-December 2013. I always got the sense that he department store “is expected Ohio. Regardless of where you to the mall in 1973, was sold for The American Mall was perceived his first major devel- to open shortly, after the Public live in a 25-35 mile radius of $20,000 and moved to a suburb among the first generation of opment — American Mall — as Square store closes in March,” Lima, all roads lead quickly of Dallas, Texas. enclosed malls in the country, the accomplishment that firmly The Lima News reported Feb. and conveniently to this all new Always perceived as Lima’s a fact Anthony Cafaro Jr., co- established him and his busi- 24, 1965. Wards department shopping complex completely “other mall,” the American Mall president of the Cafaro Co., said ness.” William M. Cafaro died store opened in the mall March under one roof, air-conditioned was struggling by the 1990s. his grandfather took pride in. in April 1998. 18, 1965. and designed for your shopping It was hoped the opening of an “Although our company has developed millions of square Reach Greg Hoersten at TLNinfo@ By the summer of 1965, pleasure.” Anderson’s General Store on the civitasmedia.com. Our Generation’s Magazine | October 2015 | 9 Final Travel Part

Story and photos by John Grindrod A ﬁ nal night in Frisco, at the ballpark

I always try to plan some- current AT&T, the amenities A ticket from thing special on the last day of and the setting have remained a Dodgers- any pleasure trip, sort of, as a the same. Giants game. cherry on top of the sundae. At a capacity of just under And, for me, that cherry often 42,000, which the Giants draw has a sports theme. And, in the almost every single home game, middle of April when the home- the park follows a template town Giants are in town and many of the newer parks have entertaining their bitter rival, followed, a bit smaller than the the LA Dodgers, on a night behemoth parks of yesteryear commemorating Jackie Robin- but parks with better sightlines. son, the fi rst to break the color Certainly, among its many barrier in what was once a very unique features, one that isn’t racist sport, that meant Jane seen is the fact that the stadium and I were off to AT&T Park. was built without public funds, When we arrived an hour the fi rst to lay claim to that before the 7:15 p.m. fi rst pitch since Dodger Stadium, which to pick up the tickets I’d pur- opened in 1962. chased online prior to the trip, I While the evening was beau- experienced a bit of panic when tifully clear and quite special the lady at will-call told me she since it was Jackie Robinson couldn’t fi nd the tickets from Day throughout Major League the broker I used, which is the Baseball, a day when every play- common way baseball tickets er wore Robinson’s uniform No. are sold online for virtually all 42, the evening grew increasing Major League clubs. chilly as the game progressed. Finally, after consulting A note of caution, even if it’s a A panoramic view with the Dodgers another agent, she located the July or August evening, if you and Giants on the baselines on Jackie tickets and Jane and I headed go to AT&T, take a jacket. Robinson Day at AT&T Park, San in but not before admiring a From our seat in the upper Francisco. terrifi c sculpture of the Giants’ deck behind home plate, Jane most iconic fi gure, the great and I had an unimpeded view invitingly close wall (only 309 Willie Mays, who arrived from of so many of the park’s unique feet to the foul pole). We also New York in 1958 along with features, not the least of which had great views of the huge his other Giant teammates and is the expanse of water beyond replica of a ball glove behind the electrifi ed the city at the then- the right-fi eld stands in San leftfi eld bleachers as well as the home of the Giants, Candlestick Francisco Bay called McCovey 80-foot-long Coca-Cola bottle Park. As an homage to Mays, Cove as a means to honor Willie that has both playground slides the actual address of AT&T McCovey, a teammate of Mays’ and the capability of lighting AT&T Park entry, the home of the giants. Park is 24 (Mays’ uniform num- and a prolifi c Hall of Fame up and blowing bubbles when a ber) Willie Mays Plaza. homerun-hitting fi rst baseman Giant homers. like Mays and McCovey and were announced rather than The Giants left Candlestick of the Candlestick era and long- I discovered the concourses in hurler Juan Marichal but also just the starters and all aligned for the brand-new AT&T Park time fan favorite. the stadium were comfortably the recent players on the Giants’ on the foul lines as players do in 2003. The stadium sits right Several boats and a few kay- wide and absolutely covered World Series-winning teams of to start an All-Star Game or off San Francisco Bay and is aks bobbed in the chilly waters with pictures and accompany- 2010, 2012 and 2014. to start a World Series. Doing beautiful. While corporate as those onboard awaited hom- ing text of the team’s history. Of The pre-game ceremony the announcing were two Hall sponsorship has changed from ers known as splash hits that course, that would include not honoring Robinson was most Pacifi c Bell to SBC and on to its clear the stands beyond the only Giant heroes of yesteryear impressive, as entire rosters See TRAVEL | 11 10 | October 2015 | Our Generation’s Magazine Just for Fun

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of Fame broadcasters, Vin Scully, and chopped parsley leaves and got that hit or caught that fly or longtime Dodger announcer, and liberally sprinkled with salt. As for stole that base, she was dead on in Jon Miller, who broadcasts for the beverage, while Jane quaffed a Diet responding, “Number 42!” Giants. Coke, I enjoyed a frothy Anchor After the game, due to the late- For us, no trip to the ballpark is Steam, one of San Fran’s most ness and darkness, we hailed a taxi complete without sampling some popular brews. to get us back for a final night of food and beverage, despite the fact The Dodgers prevailed in extra repose in our Holiday Inn Express that ballpark prices really are so innings, but that didn’t dampen the on North Point Street. The next high. And, at AT&T Park, no food enthusiasm for me. Part of the fun morning it would be off the San is more famous than garlic fries, of the evening was that Jane knew Francisco International Airport for The view from behind the left field stands at AT&T Park, San Francisco, which are generously sliced spuds every answer I asked her about the flight back to Ohio. Thus ended home of the Giants. cooked in olive oil, garlic cloves the game. Whenever I asked who our Northern California odyssey. Our Generation’s Magazine | October 2015 | 11 Events Calendar Thu Oct 1, 2015 7:30 pm Downtown LaFayette, 101 TOPS Club 8:00 am Cable Road Alliance 4900 Allentown Road, Elida. Main St., LaFayette. $9. 4:00 pm Trinity United Methodist Church, 2264 North Cable Road, Fall Buckeye Bash Financial Peace University Church, 301 W. Market St., Lima. Lima. 5:30 pm Willow Bend Country Club, 10:00 am The Church at Allentown, Financial Peace University Wrestling and Respect 579 Hospital Drive, Van Wert. $15. 4900 Allentown Road, Elida. 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by John Grindrod The vintage Rosarian year of 1951 It’s always diffi cult for students to return to school. After all, who wants to trade in all those lazy, sun-drenched summer days for the disapproving looks of teachers and the drudg- ery of homework? But for those returning to St. Rose High School in 1951, especially the athletes like John Zerante, Bill Bourk and Ernie Bonanno, there was still some residual giddiness after they contributed to a Class B state title in baseball in the spring, a season in which the Cardinals were a perfect 15-0. It was indeed a new year, however, so it was time to put the memories of diamond suc- cess aside and turn their attention to football. One of the key fi gures on that state champion baseball team, John Zerante, who had fi ve of the team’s 15 total wins, at that point, had only played baseball. Recalls Zerante, “In my fi rst couple of years in high school, I really hadn’t fi lled out physi- cally. You see, I was a full year John Zerante wears No. 29, first row, first from left, in this St. Rose Cardinals photo from 1951. Courtesy of John Zerante younger than my classmates because I started school early he had a strong arm. Addition- on two undefeated teams his start at quarterback without Like many teams of that era, when we were living in Chicago ally, everyone also knew that the senior year. ever having played. I told him Willoughby and his assistants Heights. So, even going into my quarterback position was open Zerante recalls, “The head that I could throw a football 50 installed the spinner T offense, senior year, I was still only 16. since Dick Finn, the 1950 quar- coach was Allen Willoughby and yards, and he said, ‘Show me.’ which was designed to allow “As a freshman and sopho- terback as well as top pitcher on his assistants were Bill Arthur “I threw the fi rst one 45 yards a running back in motion to more, I was only about 5’3” the baseball team with ten wins, and Tom Hannan, who was also and the second one 50 yards. receive the ball at full speed. and around 130 pounds. But, had graduated and moved on to the school’s athletic director. He looked at me and said, ‘I The “spin” part of the offense during my junior year and over Columbus to play baseball there Both Willoughby and Arthur think we just found our quarter- referred to the spinning the the summer before my senior at Ohio State. were really just starting out in back.’” quarterback would do to add year, I’d grown seven inches and In the fall of ’50, Finn, who coaching, fresh off the campus Donning the pads for the fi rst deception to the sets. gained 50 pounds, so I started Zerante calls one of Lima’s best at Ohio Northern. time, Zerante did indeed win Despite never having played a thinking at the end of the sum- schoolboy players of all time, “Well, I went to Arthur and the job and led the Cardinal high school down to that point, mer that maybe I wanted to give had guided to Cardinals to an told him I thought I could play squad onto the Cardinals’ home Zerante ran the offense fl aw- football a try.” outstanding 8-1 record, with quarterback. Now, Arthur knew fi eld at Lima Stadium and also lessly and was aided greatly by Zerante knew, as most at St. just one blemish against Shaw- I’d never played before, so he onto visiting fi elds throughout See SPORTS SPOT | 15 Rose who saw him pitch, that nee keeping Finn from playing asked me why I thought I could the region.

14 | October 2015 | Our Generation’s Magazine Sports Spot, continued from page 14 two of the best backs in the city tant points after touchdowns by that year — Bill Bourk and Jim Zerante, who fulfilled another Stolly — who shared Lima’s key role as a first-year player, scoring title that year with 11 knotted the score at 14-14, touchdowns each. which is the way it ended. On the road in the opener, the St. Rose ran the rack from Cards rolled over Coldwater, there, 39-12 over Columbus 31-0 behind a stout defense, Holy Cross in week seven, 48-7 three Bourk TD runs and an in week eight over Waynesfield, 11-yard TD pass from Zerante and in the ninth and final week, to Kevin O’Connor. 34-0 over Rockford. Zerante Week 2 was another convinc- played well in all three games ing win, 25-7, against Carey. and certainly saved his best Bourk again was the big horse, game for the last two. In the with 256 yards rushing and Waynesfield win, the man many three more TD’s. know as “Z” had a 40-yard TD Two more wins followed in run from scrimmage, returned a the next two weeks, 13-6 at punt 45 yards for a second TD Marion St. Marys, and then and threw a 45-yard TD pass to a more comfortable 26-7 in Bonanno. Columbus against Columbus In his final game, the first- St. Marys. Zerante was locked year quarterback who had to in that night, tossing three TD audition by proving he could passes, one to Bob Williams, throw a football a half a foot- one to Jim Stolly and another to ball field had perhaps the best Bill Bourk. game of that 1951 fall of any Then St. Rose ran roughshod area quarterback. He threw four over Ada, 58-20, and stood a touchdown passes and kicked perfect 5-0 heading into the four extra points. revenge game against Shawnee, The team with just 33 boys the team that spoiled the Rosar- on the roster was 8-0-1, the best ians’ perfect season in the fall of record in school history. And, 1950. At that time, the St. it was time to store the football Rose-Shawnee game was pads and look to the gym for approaching the South-Central Courtesy of John Zerante another season. game as Limaland’s best John Zerante shares photos from his high school football career. Please join me next month football rivalry. for a look back at the St. Rose St. Rose headed into the to Lima Stadium that night. Despite the advantages that into halftime. However, a strong basketball campaign of 1951 in contest winners of seventeen of Recalls Zerante, “The stadium were supposed to come playing second half by Ernie Bonanno, a final installment of the best its last eighteen football games, was electric, and the place was at home, St. Rose quickly fell who scored on TD runs of 58 athletic year ever for the McKib- and Lima football fans flocked packed, over 5,000 fans.” behind 14-0, the score carrying and 22 yards, and two all impor- ben Street Cards.

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