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Spring, 1998 Vol. 14, No. 1 Jerry Meals is a real pro New traffic cop on the diamond ,., ... /

By Lois Firestone ('50) off." Making the leap from calling balls and strikes on Jerry's journey began, almost accidentally, three Salem's sandlot baseball diamonds to heavy decision­ years after his graduation from Salem High in 1979. making on the Houston Astrodome turf might be an For no reason other than his love for the game of impossible dream for lesser people. baseball and the joy he found working with children, But not for Jerry Meals. he started umpiring Hot Stove leagues in Salem. On March 24, 15 years after he became a His knowledge of the rules and an innate ability to professional umpire, Jerry signed a contract as one of handle every situation made him a standout among 36 full-time umpires with the National Baseball the local baseball contingent. Soon baseball League. aficionados were nudging him toward umpiring as a "It's a remarkable feeling," he told Salem News career, something he had never seriously considered . ( Sports Editor Ron Firth a day later after working the At the time, Jerry was pumping gas at Don Finch's Cleveland Indians-Philadelphia Phillies game in service station. His romance with his high school Clearwater, Fla. "You work a long time for something sweetheart, Don's daughter Robyn had continued you dream about and it happens. It doesn't always after Robyn graduated in 1980. Robyn says at the work that way. But I kept plugging away and it paid (continued on page 2)

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time she assumed Jerry would eventually buy her did get to see one of Jerry's professional league father's business, the two would get married and games. settle down to a placid life in Salem. As the 1998 season approached, Jerry was aware So when Jerry broached her about enrolling in a five National League umpire positions were open - professional umpire school, she was dismayed at first. one official was retiring and, because it was an Then, she says, "I was a sophomore at the University expansion year, there were tour spots to fill. The of Akron pursuing what I wanted, speech pathology, respect Jerry had earned from players, officials and and when Jerry told me he wanted to pursue spectators hadn't gone unnoticed by Paul Runge, the umpiring, who was I to tell him he shouldn't?" National League administrative director, and in March He was 21 when he enrolled in former major Runge recommended Jerry to fill one of the league umpire Joe Brinkman's professional umpire vacancies. school in Florida, one of 350 candidates the school Only weeks into his first full-time year, Jerry had an accepted. The majority of his classmates, he soon experience umpires relish. Positioned behind home ,./ learned, had had much more experience. Most of plate, he called a record 20-strikeout gp.me on May 6 them had worked high school and college games. As during a Chicago Cubs-Houston Astros contest. In his he has done throughout his career when confronted fifth career start, Cubs rookie pitcher had by a roadblock, Jerry's determination to succeed tied the major league record set by Roger Clemens kicked in and he worked hard. The five-week course against Seattle on April 29, 1986; and matched by was a grueling one - mornings in the classroom and Clemens against Detroit on Sept. 18, 1996. the remainder of the time out working in the field . Back home in Salem, Robyn Meals has little leisure When he graduated, he was one of 16 chosen to time, her life a busy one with the children and her job take part in a development program for professional as a speech therapist with Salem schools. The Meals umpires. The group began working in rookie leagues. were married in 1984, and have five children, Laci, In 1983, his first year as a pro, he was sent to the 1O; Peyton, 5; Jansen, 3; and 19-month-old twins, St. Louis Cardinals spring training camp in Florida, Raegan and Rylee. then on to the Appalachian League. Hours behind the Jerry is aware of the heavy burden his job has wheel followed as he traveled from one series of placed on Robyn's shoulders, and says often that games to another. An example: After a night game in without her solid support he wouldn't be doing it. "It's Memphis, he jumped into his car tor the 900-mile an emotional time when he leaves," Robyn says. "It drive to a game series in Orlando. tears him apart. I can't tell you how many times he's In the years that followed, Jerry was escalated to said, 'If you tell me to quit, I will.' But I could never do the Class Triple-A level, and tor the past few years that. Baseball is a big part of his life and a big part of was a substitute in the major league. His mother and ours." father, Ruth and Ron Meals kept in close touch, Robyn and the children are always in his mind in always supportive - and proud of their son . Ron the months he's away. His uniform number is 41. Meals was 54 when he passed away in 1994, but he That's for his tour girls and boy.

Umpire Jerry Meals prepares to call out San Diego Padres runner Ed Giovanola as Atlanta Braves third basemen Chipper Jones makes the tag in the third inning of the May 8 game at Turner Field. Atlanta won 6-3.

2 Florence Schafer was loyal to Salem High Alumni By Dale E. Shaffer years tor prudently investing the Tavern door, where he dipped large ( When Charles Gibbs recently told organization's assets making them 10¢ Andalusia Dairy ice cream cones. me that my cousin, Florence C. grow into a sizable fund , the annual Often, youngsters had cones in hand Schafer, had left part of her estate to yield of which is used tor when they went next door to get The Salem High School Alumni scholarships. Florence's gift has weighed tree on the huge scales at Associations, I was not surprised. been added to that fund. The Farmers National Bank. Jesse's This was, indeed, one of her favorite Florence lived in Salem all of her early tavern was called The organizations. When Florence died life, loved the town, and read Rathskeller Cafe, located across the on November 21, 1996 at the age of everything she could regarding its street. 91, she left $231 ,002.50 to provide history. She graduated from Salem Jesse Schafer's grave marker at tor future scholarships. High School in 1923 and worked tor Hope Cemetery is an exact duplicate From the time the Association 30 years in the offices of Gem Clay of Franklin D. Roosevelt's,., stone at moved into its new quarters in 1984 Co. in Sebring, Ohio, retiring in 1960. Hyde Park, New York ~ through the efforts of Daniel E. Smith, Florence is also remembered in Charles Gibbs, and Robert Dixon, connection with Schafer's Tavern, Florence was a quiet, independent Florence took a deep interest in the owned by her father, Jesse Schafer. It person who liked privacy. In her early activities of The Alumni Association was once located on the ground floor years she did a lot of traveling, taking and the scholarships being awarded of the present Alumni Association many trips abroad. In later years she to SHS graduates. She watched the building. Florence's apartment was continued living in her large Victorian scholarships grow from about $6,000 on the second floor. home, the one protected by a in the 1970s to $119,500 in 1992, and The Schafer Restaurant was wrought iron fence and located on the was impressed with the generous known tor its baked ham sandwiches northeast corner of East Third Street gifts from Max Fisher, Leon Colley, - pedestrians couldn't miss the and North Lundy Avenue. She was a Doris Tetlow, Dr. Floyd Stone and delightful aroma - and tor many familiar figure outside, raking leaves, Cora May Rich Stone and the many years, Florence baked the hams. working around the yard and caring friends of The Alumni Association. After her father's death, she and tor her beautiful flowers. ( With the advice of her long-time her brother, Tom owned and operated Salem's St. Paul Catholic Church 11 1end, Charles Gibbs, Florence the Tavern until it closed in 1974. was one of the important influences decided to leave part of her estate to Salemites who grew up in the on Florence's life. Evidence of her the Alumni Association. Charles is 1930s and '40s may remember Jesse devotion was shown by the large gifts treasurer of The Scholarship Fund Schafer. He would not allow children she left to the church and to St. and has been responsible through the to proceed any further than inside the Paul's School Foundation. Alumni office is on the web Salem High School Alumni Association is on the Web: find us at: http ://www.salemohio.com/al u mn i and email us at: shsalumni@salemohio. com Our first email came from Amy Breckenridge Smith , telling us of her new baby daughter, Morgan, born 4/20/98. We found Amy on Salem's home page, Salemohio.com. Our page is up and running, but still has some bumps to be smoothed out. Digital Venues, owned and run .... ,, SHS graduates, Jock Buta, '88 , Members of the Salem High School Class of 1949 have been raising money btt Thomas, '87 and Dom Ferreri, for their 50th class reunion to be held Sept. 17, 18 and 19 in 1999. Along with '93 are working hard to get the final working lunch stands for local auctions, they are selling golf-size red links done so all our great SHS alums Quaker Sam umbrellas for $20. These can be seen in the Alumni office or can keep in even closer contact. purchasers can call Norma at 222-1991. 3 Shaffer joins Class Reunions and Picnics For 1998

LTD group 1933 - June 6: Luncheon - Salem Golf Club 11 :30 a.m. Contact Margaret Meg rail Chidester at 330-337-6587 or Rhonda Shaffer ('71) has been 1337 E. 11th St., Salem appointed to the newly established 1938 - June 5: 6 p.m. Dinner at Salem Hills Golf Club Sutherland Group Ltd. Technologies June 6: Breakfast at Salem Hills Golf Club Leadership Council, a management June 7: Breakfast at Bushwacks. model that involves the input of Contact Mary Bohr at 330-332-5423 or 267 Hawley Ave., Salem selected employees to develop strategies, procedures and processes 1942 - July 19: Picnic Contact Sam Pridon at 330-337-7160 or 555 N. Union Ave. or to guide the organization. The Henrietta Hilliard Kilbreath at 330-337-7405 or 1976 N. Union Ave., Salem participation process contributes to the company's evolution and future 1943 - June 5: Dinner at Salem Golf Club 6 p.m. direction. June 6: Alumni Banquet Rhonda is a senior account June 7: Breakfast at Timberlanes 9:30 a.m. August 25: Picnic at Berlin Yacht Club executive with Aspen Technologies. Contact Carl Thomas at 330-222-1348 or Aspen is a wholly-owned subsidiary 33025 Coffee School Rd ., Salem of the Sutherland Group. Based in Rochester, N.Y., the Sutherland 1948 - June 5: Dinner at Salem Golf Club: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Golf Group is a leading provider of 6-7 p.m. Reacquaintance time and class picture integrated marketing and technical 7 p.m. Dinner, Program and Dance June 6: Alumni Banquet services to business equipment and June 7: Breakfast at Timberlanes 8:30 a.m. information technology companies. Contact Rudy Maroscher at 330-332-1644 In 1996, Rhonda was presented with the SGL Outstanding Achieve­ 1953 - July 11 : Dinner at Saxon Country Club at 6:30 p.m. ment Award during Sutherland's July 12: Brunch at a place to be decided later Contact Joyce Cosgrove Ehrhart at 330-337-9358 annual employee meeting. Making the presentation were Sutherland 1958 - July 4: Reunion at Stamp Farm Group President Dilip Vellodi and July 5: Brunch? General Manager Greg Sanders. Contact Penny Parker Lippiatt at 330-337-9652 The President's Award is the 1963 - August 7: Get Together at BB Rooners 8:00 p.m. - ? company's highest form of employee August 8: 5:30 Dinner/Dance at Salem Golf Club recognition and given to employees Contact Lora Edwards Herbert at 330-337-9246 or who exceed the requirements of their 4859 Industrial Rd ., Leetonia, OH 44431 position and exhibit superior leadership and team skills. 1968 - July 24: 7:30 Informal at Pumproom at Timberlanes-Cash Bar and Snacks July 25: 6 p.m. Registration at Saxon Club She was also the recipient of the 6:30 p.m. Pictures• 7 p.m. Dinner• 8 p.m .-12 a.m. Music 1997 General Manager's Outstanding Contact Cathy Mccaffrey McKinley at 332-8412 or Performance Award and a charter 1232 Mound St., Salem member of the President's Club. Sutherland Group Ltd . is a 1973 - July 11 : Salem Saxon Club computer hardware, software and Contact Sue Bricker Kyser at 330-332-4691 or 230 Apple St., Salem technology solutions provider. 1978 - June 20: Golf Outing at Hideaway Golf Course Utilizing their extensive product mix, Dinner Dance at Salem Little Quaker Banquet Hall competitive pricing structure and 6 p.m. Social• 7 p.m. Buffet• 8 p.m. Band technical support personnel, Rhonda Contact Melissa Moffett Costa at 330-337-1421 or offers clients a level of service 1465 N. Lincoln Ave., Salem unparalleled in the industry. 1983 - Sept. 4: Friday night football Salem vs. West Branch Her community service includes Sept. 5: Saturday golfing in a.m. membership on the Citizens Advisory Dinner at Timberlanes Council of the Ontario County Contact Bill Jelen, 1750 Karg Dr., Akron, OH 44313 or on the internet at Department of Social Services and http://members.aol .com/SHS83/index.html the Ontario County Community 1988 - June 27: Casual Dinner/Dance at The Barn Services board of directors. She also June 28: Golf Outing - Bear Run Golf Course served on the Alcoholism and Picnic at Sevakeen Country Club Substance Abuse Subcommittee of Contact Kristin Cranmer Bush at 330-688-7110 or the county's Community Services. at 4236 Kenneth Rd ., Stow, OH 44224 4

- Baker SALENI ATHLETIC rJeteran BOOSTER teacher CLUB Margaret K. Baker, who taught English in Salem schools for 42 The Salem Athletic Booster Club is currently conducting its years, passed away Jan. 19 at age annual membership drive and is seeking support from Salem High 89 in the Salem Convalescent Center. School graduates. The club has promoted Quaker athletes and the Born Jan. 6, 1909, in rural Salem, sports programs for many years. she graduated from Salem High School, Kent State University and The club currently helps fund all 17 SHS sports and si,r).ce 1990 Ohio University. Her last duty in their expenditures total nearly a quarter of a million doHars. Some Salem schools was as chairman of of its recent purchases are High school trophy cases and gym the English department at the Salem Junior High School. plaques, $5000.00 of "jump stretch" exercise equipment, weight Margaret and her husband, sets, team warm-ups and practice equipment, a wrestling clock, a William C. Baker, who died in 1996 portable timer for track and cross country and digital weight scales. after 54 years of marriage, were avid travelers and visited North and South Funds have also been used for locker room renovations, America, Europe and Asia. They banquet and awards programs, all-star ads, a computer and fax especially enjoyed birdwatching and machine for the athletic office and numerous other items for the traveled to wherever that "special" teams. The group also sponsors a senior night recognition for each bird was. An avid reader, she also sport and presents each senior with a specially designed enjoyed sewing, collecting recipe f(Ohooks and travel tickets, listening to sweatshirt as a gift of thanks for their efforts. \\ ssical music, and playing cards. Other activities include operation of a concession stand during Although she was a patient at the Salem Convalescent Center, she football season, printing of the football and basketball programs maintained her Euclid Street home. and commissioning and sale of the Reilly Stadium replicas. Alumni who care to support the club can fill out the form below Alumni notes and send with $5 per name membership fee. All names will be printed in the football and basketball programs if received by "We take pride in being a part of an alumni association showing such August 10, 1998. Memorial donations are also accepted. continuing pride of community," writes Contact person for the club is Mark Zocolo who can be reached Lowel Shallenberg, Class of 1935, of at 330-337-3363. Tullahoma, Tenn . ************************************************************************* Dr. Patricia Ross French, Class of 1956, of Chevy Chase, Md . scribes a Names: ______,and thank you for the newsletter and adds, "Special thanks to Lois for picking up the editorship of it. Who are those HyTimers? That is, what did Address ______City ___State __ they do?" (ff!Y (ff!Y (ff!Y Memorial Donation ($5.00 per name) ______Dr. Matthew Yerkey of Salem, Class of 1982, writes a note of thanks to the alumni office: 'Thank you for all /l~ur help with our 15th class reunion \\.Y 1982. Although we had a poor Please indicate memorial donation next to name. turnout, we still had money to donate Mail to: Salem Athletic Booster Club to you . Thank you again. We appre­ P.O. Box 895, Salem, OH 44460 ciate your help." 5 The total contributions to the Salem High School Alumni Association from Gus Paparodis June 1, 1997 to May 31, 1998 total $301,985.78. Daniel ('46) and Jeanine Smith Salem, OH This total includes the bequest of the late Florence Schafer and Guy L. and Helen A. Coppock Richard M. ('56) and contributions to the F.E. and Doris Cope Scholarship Fund. Trelma A. Coppock Colorado Springs, CO The lists of general contributions in addition to those "in memory of" are Helen Dora Copacia Schneider 'S3 included on these pages. Judith Tame Winder Gibb '53 San Diego, CA Howard F. Krause '42 David Crowe '66 Kenneth Krause '63 Pt. Reyes Station, CA In Memory Of Leo J. Taugher '63 Salem, OH Donald Milligan '42 Coronado, CA David Schmid '67 Jeanne Vaughn Zeck '44 Lois Whinnery Belan '64 Russell, KY Jill Klepper Moore'57 Salem, OH R. Kathleen Kerr Salem, OH 1943 Breakfast Club Memorials John Keener Camill e L. Jones '43 Bradenton, FL Betty Bischel Lowry '40 Salem, OH Mike ('39) and Alice ('41) Bill and Mary Ann Howells ('58) Lyden Poland, OH Alice Ruth Vincent Piper '41 Sabona Oana Salem, OH Mary Alice McBane Mathews '40 N. Fort Myers, FL Marylou Vincent Duncan '46 San Antonio, TX John Paul Olloman Don ('61) and Karen Whitehill Salem, OH Marilyn R. Fenton '60 Vorhees, NJ All 1934 Graduates Deceased of the class of 1941 Steve and Helen Oana '34 Canton, OH John Solomon '3S Irene White Wilson '41 Granbury, TX Nicholas Solomon '44 Salem, OH Ann Solomon Seroka Dick Lautzenhiser '43 Nicholas Solomon '44 Salem, OH John Yakubek '41 ,. / Dick Lautzenhiser E.W. Bliss Employees Tr6st Salem, OH Annual Golf Tournament Salem, OH Audrey Vaughan Cummings 'S4 Torch ('40) and • Edward ('53) and Jacque ('46) Nedelka Salem, OH Marilyn ('55) Litty Hart Salem, OH Doug Stamp '8S Theodore ('84) and Arlene ('85) John ('8 1) and Brenda Dickey Salem, OH Jim ('81) and Betty Ablett Bartha '40 Weikert Burger Nazareth, PA James ('37) and Chris Lehman Dickey Salem, OH John P. Yakubek '73 Margaret Schuster Bartha Mesa, AZ Duane H. Yeagley '46 Mentor, OH William (Bud) (141) and Mike (39) and Alice (41) Robert Musser '46 Ch ristiansted, VI Sabona Oana June Zocolo Salem, OH Earl and Betty Solomon David Yakubek '78 Salem, OH Betty Colian '47 Salem, OH Dorothy Yakubek Salem, OH DeRienzo's Italian Foods Salem, OH Nicholas Solomon '44 Salem, OH Linda Yakubek Murphy '80 Stowe, OH Mike ('39) and Betty Varinaitis Jones '44 F.E. and Doris Cope Scholarship Fund Alice ('41) Sabona Oana Salem, OH John ('44) and Betty Rance Salem, OH Michelle Cope Weaver '60 Costa Mesa, CA Beth Dickey '86 Salem, OH Mark Snyder '63 Hamilton, OH Neighbors of John Yakubek Salem, OH Burt Carl Capel Jr. '42 Joan Schuller Pollitz '53 Mapleton, IL Rick and Janis Capel Paynter ('67) Mary Gordon Forbes Pittsburgh, PA Allison Dickey Fithian ('77) Salem, OH and family Horsham, West Sussex Bessie Mileusnic Carlton '32 Beverly Hills, CA Bill ('S 1) and Fran Dickey Salem, OH Bruce Capel '60 Salem, OH Boardman Girls Track Team Boardman, OH Edward and Nancy Willeman Salem, OH Capel Trust Account Salem, OH Salem Hunting Club Salem, OH Victoria Detwiler Columbiana, OH Wm C., Leroy E. and Susan Cope Guehl '65 Salem, OH John D. McGee '68 Salem, OH Harry J. Grim Salem, OH 8th Grade South Side John ('44) and Betty Rance Salem, OH Herman and Sandra Pennington Sevill e, OH Middle School Columbiana, OH Dan and Richard ('39) G. Capel and Southside Middle School Staff Columbiana, OH Elizabeth Stewart ('44) Oldcorn Salem, OH Nadine Yannayon Seville, OH John and Mary Lucille Guehl Dayton, OH Marena Carmello Salem, OH James L. Koran, '48 Salem, OH Jack T. ('57) and Sarah ('60) Sebastian and Snyder Sanders Rowlett, TX Esther Tetlow ('36) Esposito Salem, OH Carol Cosma Conroy 'S8 John and Scott Early Salem, OH Bill and Sue ('58) Davidson Salem, OH Cathie ('68) Shoop DeFazio Li sbon, OH Ohio Track and Cross Country Joseph M. Celin'41 Charles H. Dunlap'4S Coaches Robert S. ('41) and Freda Schuster Salem, OH Nancy Cope Murphy '58 Tucson, AZ Jean McCulloch, Jr. Salem, OH Charles and Salem Grange # 1261 Salem, OH Kathryn "Trnk" GiHin Layden '37 Salem, OH Helen Marie ('57) Hayes Salem, OH Richard and Gayle Detwiler John ('44) and Betty Rance Salem, OH Salem Boys Basketball Boosters Salem, OH Juliano '65 Ambler, PA Charles (43) and Margaret Gibbs Salem, OH Donald Milligan '42 Coronada, CA Joyce "Molly" Malloy Dennis '41 Robert S. McCulloch, Jr. '41 Salem, OH Eric C. and Gina M. Elliott Hansell '41 Salem, OH Arthur Schuster '64 Salem, OH Lewandowski Canfield, OH Irene "Renee" White Wilson Granbury, TX Jack E. ('44) and Betty Rance Salem, OH Marilyn R. Fenton '60 Voorhees, NJ Mrs. George Baillie Salem, OH Quota International of Kenneth D. ('68) and Robert S. (141) and Salem, Inc. Salem, OH Cynthia ('69) Vogel Kenst Salem, OH Jean McCulloch, Jr. Salem, OH Bruce P Gordon, '52 Salem, OH James E. Miller '66 Louisville, KY Mike ('39) and Bill and Sue ('58) Davidson Salem, OH Robert Musser '46 Christiansted, VI Alice Sabona ('41) Oana Salem, OH Richard ('44) and Dr. Joseph Kelley '45 Shaker Heights, OH Marjorie Greene Salem, OH Max M. ('26) and ' Joyce Rafferty Marjorie S. Fisher Bloomfield Hills, Ml John Piontkowski Salem, OH Cheryl Moffett Schnorrenberg Janet Patterson Turnbull '56 Denton, TX Bruce Capel '60 Salem, OH Nicholas Solomon '44 Salem, OH Judge Joel H. Sharp Lucia Sharp Dexter '4 1 Class Gilt 1938 Frances Kline Campana '49 Brevard, NC Guilford, CT Evelyn Cody '38 Salem, OH Daniel ('46) and Jeanine Smith Salem, OH Kathleen Moffett George Nagy '38 Canton, OH Kenneth Krause '63 Pt. Reyes Station, CA Ronald E. Moffett '53 Salem, OH Harold and Mary Helen John ('53) and Bruderly Hoprich '38 Sun City, AZ Vivian ('54) Varek Hively Fairlawn, OH Kenneth Shallenberg '44 Wm. (Tasi) and Lowell Shallenberg '35 Tullahoma, TN Class of 19S4 Karen LehwaldCarter '64 Plymouth, Ml Gary ('54) and Wilma Moffett Salem, OH Kent Mayhew '43 Fredrick McKee Campbell Agnes Kamasky Tuilis '43 Salem, OH Danny Lockhart'49 Dr. Robert E. ('49) and Dr. Jerry L. Rice '49 Colorado Springs, CO Nancy Campbell Haverford, PA LeAnn Zimman '8S David Carl Capel '63 Th eodore ('84) and Gayle Griffiths Metcalf Arlene ('85) Weikert Burger Nazareth, PA Linda Crawford '63 Delman, NY Marie Gibson Berlin Center, OH James J. Altiero, Jr Youngstown, OH Evelyn Lewis Diehl and Loren Early Frederic ('63) E. and Janet Siekkinen Canfield, OH Tom, Sue and Adam Buttermore Kent, OH Beverly ('6S) Krauss Naragon Salem, OH Floyd A. and Alice W. Crum Wayne Agency Company Cuyahoga Falls, OH Gary L. Cosgrove '66 Salem, OH and Family Port St. Lucie, FL Bruce Capel '60 Salem, OH Marilyn A. Mellinger '47 Capel Trust Account Salem, OH George Kleon '39 Gary ('64) and Leo J. Taugher '63 Salem, OH Harry and B.J. Cooper ('68) Abrams Salem, OH Ca rl ('42) and Mary Capel Salem, OH Florence ('35) Kleon McCarthy Salem, OH Mary Lou Haessly Loudon '47 Salem, OH James L. Koran, '48 Salem, OH Janis Capel Paynter ('67) Gerald L. Yunk 'SS Mary A. Mclaughlin '33 and family Horsham, West Sussex Robert L. Hockey '55 Massillon, OH Anna P. Mclaughlin '27 Salem, OH 6 (continued from page 6)

Mary Ann Minamyer Rhodes '66 James E. Miller '66 Louisville, KY John E. ('66) and Contributions Ann M. Hurray Excelsior, M N Gloria Steffel McNeelan '48 Salem, OH Mr. and Mrs. Donald P. McCoy Uniontown, OH John Pridon '46 Salem, OH Ms. Alice S. Witt Kensington, CT ((yCosma Whitehill '39 Robert Whitehill '36 Salem, OH John Evans '39 Silver Springs, MD Ms. Li nda K. Smith Salem, OH Helen Marie Potter Hayes '57 Salem, OH Mr. and Mrs. David T. Hoople Falmouth , ME Mary Yunk Fadeley '43 Amelia Mitchell Bogus '32 Boca Raton, FL Mr. Edward G. Emch Vienna, OH Agnes M. Tullis '43 Salem, OH Wm. A. Urbanowicz, Sr. '48 Leesburg, FL Dr. and Mrs. Christopher Butl er Pittsburgh, PA Melba Barnes Smith '29 Susan Stone Walsh '79 Coll eyvill e, TX Mr. and Mrs. Samuel L. Ki rkland Salem, OH Dee and Fred Lyo ns Foundation Kansas, MO Max M. and Marjorie Fisher Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Roberts Salem, OH Mary Baxter Eckstein '36 Salem, OH Support Foundation Detroit, Ml Mr. and Mrs. Wi lliam F. Crean Pittsburgh, PA Karen Smith Ude ll '60 Wooster, OH John ('49) and Lillian Krepps Salem, OH Class of 1982 Salem, OH Mr. and Mrs. Joseph M. Caruso Canton, OH Kent ('43) Mayhew and lamily Salem, OH Carl W. Kaufman '52 Medford, NJ Marilyn Lesch Hoopes '51 Salem, OH Jack ('49) and Ruth ('46) Mayhew Dorothy Lieder Curry '29 Naples, FL Mr. Ronald Maniscalc Salem, OH Cramer and fam ily Salem, OH Regina Hilditch Webb '42 Salem, OH Mr. and Mrs. Eric Alan Sarginger Salem, OH Quota Club International Salem, OH Dr. and Mrs. Richard Lyons Everett, WA Elizabeth Eppinger Heim '42 Salem, OH Mr. and Mrs. John Pukalski Salem, OH Dr. Jerry L. Rice '49 Colorado Springs, CO Mr. and Mrs. Frederick D. Baker, Jr. Salem, OH Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Guappone David L. Starbuck '59 Wyomissin g, PA Mr. and Mrs. Brooke Anderson Salem, OH Grace Guappone Preston '36 Scottsdale, AZ Florence Schafer ( 1923) Estate Salem, OH William Holloway '33 Sun City, AZ Mr. Hagedorn Mary Wailers Hari '41 Alliance, OH Leslie B Hardy '65 Jacksonville, FL Dr. Jerry L. Rice '49 Colorado Springs, CO Beverly Thomas '67 Cincinnati, OH Margaret Roose Milligan '47 ,'Slllem, OH Steven A. Wald '58 Gastonia, NC John P. Barrette '86 . Villeneuve D'Ascq, Nicholas Chitea '39 Anthony Chitea '61 Lancaster, PA Dr. Patricia Ross French '56 Chevy Chase, MD France Dominick Alessi '44 St. Louis, MO Jim ('74) and Nicholas Costa, Sr. Robert J. Ketterer '34 Alliance, OH Sarah ('75) Boone Wiggers Columbus, OH Nicholas ('57) and Amber Costa Redlands, CA John A. Knepper'35 Pittsburgh, PA Frank Za rnarelli'82 Salem, OH Norma S. Coburn Mary Mercer Krogness '56 Cleveland Heights, OH Sa lly Field Gaines '72 Hudson, FL Wilbur L. Coburn '29 Chicago, IL Charles ('43) and Margaret Gibbs Salem, OH Dr. Lowell R. King'49 Al buquerque, NM Rich Geary Madison, OH Ms. Sheron Lee Curcio Salem, OH Olga Zatko Panuska '37 Mr. and Mrs . Nile G. Beltempo Salem, OH Kath ryn "Tink" Giffi n Layden '37 Salem, OH

Richard Boughton '42 Elaine Slosser Davis '45 Salem, OH Virginia Oana Begalla '44 Salem, OH John ('44) and Betty Rance Salem, OH Mural will pay tribute to Cope Leland ('44) and Dorothy ('48) Shoop Long Salem, OH In innumerable ways, E. Cope high school's athletic arena. Barbara Buller Greene '44 Salem, OH F. Mike ('39) and and Salem High School mascot Frank and Yvonne Parks, longtime Alice ('41) Sabona Oana Salem, OH Doris Prim m Boughton '44 Salem, OH Quaker Sam were allied for decades friends of F. E., conceived the idea for Donald Mi lligan '42 Coronado, CA Dorothy Yakubek Salem, OH as part of the tradition of promoting the tribute and the Salem Board of (. hard Burcaw '42 excellence in Salem athletics. Education approved. X-Tra Mile Club \ 1 Donald Milligan '42 Coronado, cA Now, the Salem X-Tra Mile Club President Ted Marroulis said the Richard C. Albright '32 Mary Jean Reeves and the Summitville Tile Co. are Wayne Russell Foundation has Weigand, '43 and fami ly Akron, OH joining the two legends in a special donated $2,500 for the $6,000 Rick Faulkner '72 Gary R. and memorial to the late athletic director. project. Vivian Knight Saunders '72 Salem, OH A likeness of Quaker Sam , a 21 by Donations can be sent to the F. E. Robert B. Waggoner '38 21-foot mural will be dedicated to Cope Memorial Fund, Citizens John Waggoner '36 Columbus, OH Cope who died on Oct. 1 , 1997 at the Banking Co. , 193 S. Lincoln Ave., Robert Berg Labbe '64 Kare n A. Miller Chesapeake, VA age of 90. The Summitville Tile Co., Salem 44460. If donations received Robert Donahey an international firm headed by David exceed the cost of the mural, that Judith Ziegler Green '67 Vall ey Ci ty, OH Johnson of Salem, will create the money will be given to the alumni Robert Parks '37 Kathryn "Tink" Giffi n Layden '37 Salem, OH mural which will be placed at Reilly association's F. E. and Doris Cope Robert Pa xson School, overlooking Reilly Field, the Scholarship Fund. Carolyn Paxson Core '57 Sewickl y, PA

Rolf Vogt '70 Marita Spack Nocera'71 Wesley Chapel, FL Mullins observes 80th birthday The Breakfast Club Memorials Camille L. Jones '43 Bradenton, FL In a special message from his Rancho Santa Fe, Calif. Golf Club on Theda Mclivain Bowles '37 hometown of Salem to faraway May 30 were SHS graduates Walter Ji ll Klepper Moore '57 Salem, OH Mary Kaley Klepper '36 Salem, OH California, Salem Mayor Larry Deming ('28), Andrew J. Chitiea ('42), Thomas Griffiths '63 DeJane proclaimed June 1 Jack and Robert Anderson. Family Leo J. Taugher '63 Salem, OH Frede ric ('63) E. and Mullins Day. members included his wife Jane, Beverly ('65) Krause Naragon Salem, OH The occasion was the 80th daughter Judy, sister Priscilla and Tom Scullion '49 Jack ('44) and Betty D. Rance Salem, OH birthday of F. J. "Jack" Mullins, a 1935 Leslee, the widowed daughter-in-law

V. Dorothy Engle graduate of Salem High School and of his son David. Geoffrey and Kim Goll Salem, OH member of the school's varsity team. Jack retired as vice chairman of Virgil Whinnery '36 { i Robe rt Whitehill '36 Salem, OH Another souvenir of Salem the board of directors of American ~ dbur Youtz '51 presented to Jack was a replica of Airlines in 1972 after 34 years with Mike ('39) and Salem's "Mullins Street" sign. the airlines. The Mullins' have lived in Alice Sabona ('4 1) Oana Salem, OH Among the 80 friends and family Rancho Santa Fe since his William E. Byers '45 Robert S. McC ullouch, Jr. '4 1 Salem, OH members who celebrated at the retirement. 7 Alumni generosity offers youth hope for future By Helen Potter Hayes ('57) Therefore, gifts of appreciated death, the estate receives Thank you for your past support of property can often be made at a charitable deduction and there will the Salem High School Alumni much lower after-tax cost than a no income tax, thus relieving other Association . Your generous gifts of comparable gift of cash. assets of the burden of taxes. cash, stocks and bequests have Retirement Plans are subject to enabled the association to continue tiath income and estate taxes. With­ Your memorial gifts and generous its primary goal: to support graduates drawals may be made from a contributions continue to provide of Salem High School in their efforts qualified retirement plan for charitable economic help for the hopes and to secure education beyond the high gifts. The withdrawals must be dreams of the next generation of school level. This education effort reported as income, but an offsetting Salem High School graduates. Given continues to grow in costs and the charitable deduction is generally from the generosity of your hearts, ability of our students to attend the allowed. And by naming the alumni graduates of the future learn from you college or university of their choice association as one of the bene­ what it means to be agfaduate of our continues to be stretched to the limit. ficiaries of the retirement fund at Salem High School. • If you are considering ways in which you can help this effort we would like to suggest that there are . some methods that provide the help for our 'Doors of Salem' Poster programs while at the same time Producted by Salem Community Theatre providing tax relief for you. In fact, the * Unique poster features 16 full-color photographs recently enacted Taxpayer Relief Act of selected homes, businesses and churches in the Salem area of 1997 preserves existing benefits and makes some types of charitable * Photographs by Nick Cool of Image Works gifts more attractive than ever. * Your poster purchase supports the fund-raising The very success of our associ­ efforts of Salem Community Theatre ation is the result of the support of our * Great gift-giving ideas for birthday, graduation, graduates and friends. But its con­ house-warming, anniversary, wedding, college student tinued success requires continued support in the form of lifetime be­ * Theatre receives a contribution from quests, both large and small, and Donna Chappell for every 'Doors of Salem' gifts under our wills at the time of brought to her business for custom framing death. By making a bequest or other Actual Color Poster 19"x27" gift, future educational opportunities are ensured for deserving young Make check payable to SCT-Poster and mail with this order form to: people. Making the Salem High Salem Community Theatre, Box 851, Salem, OH 44460 School Alumni Association the beneficiary of an insurance policy could be a very inexpensive way of Address (include city and zip code) ______providing many young people help with their educational efforts. Life insurance from a matured policy can Check quantity desired ___One poster $20 __Two posters $35 total_ also qualify for estate tax benefits. And there are income tax benefits as ___Three posters $50 total well if ownership of a policy is Include $3 per poster for shipping/handling. transferred to the alumni association To avoid shipping handling fee, call Salem Community Theatre at 332-9688 during the owner's lifetime. to arrange pickup. For information on discount purchases of more than three Securities and other properties posters, call SGT board member Joyce Hazen at 332-5715. that have increased in value yield a To charge your order, circle either. dual tax benefit. Generally deductible at full fair market value, the donor VISA or MasterCard may deduct not only what he paid for Card Number ______Expiration Date _____, the property, but also the "paper profit" in the investment, completely Print Your Name As It Appears On Card ______bypassing the capital gains tax that Signature ______would be due if the asset was sold. 8 Kilbreath leaves, Hayes takes over ( ( , After more than six years with the /-\lumni office, coordinator Henrietta Hilliard Kilbreath ('42) has retired, on April 30. She says "it has been my pleasure to have worked with all you wonderful alums. Printing class lists, running labels, offering suggestions to your many questions are just a few of the many jobs that made the days fly by. Sometimes I felt like a detective helping to track down lost classmates through family and friends. I will miss all of you but it is time for me to get on with my personal life. As part of my retirement Walter and I will be going to Italy in October. We love to travel; our friends ask, where are you going next?" Henrietta Kilbreath (left) and Helen Hayes go over office details in Filling Henrietta's shoes is Helen preparation for Henrietta's retirement on April 30. Potter Hayes, ('57) . Helen graduated from Mount Union College and Youngstown State University and taught mathematics at the Junior and Senior High Schools for 32 years. Retiring from teaching in June of . ':197, she started part time at the ( ( _ umni Office in November and assumed the coordinator position are making available a Shepherd's Heart Foundation May 1. She says "it is really fun to Realistic Wooden Replica of The have the opportunity to see so many Salem High School 6th Street Entrance. familiar faces. I look forward to being The 1998 Edition includes the Greenhouse. • Great gift idea. a part of the ongoing effort to see our Salem students continue their The month of June you may pickup the replica at Vogel-Peters & Associates, 1098 East State Street, Suite "C" weekdays between the hours of 9-11 a.m. and 2-4 p.m. The month of July you education and become part of a great may pickup the replicat at Young & Merrill Agency Inc. 542 East State Street, Salem, alumni tradition." weekdays between the hours of 9-5 p.m. THESE LOCATIONS ARE FOR PRE-PAID ORDERS ONLY, NO SALES.

Alumni notes ~ ____ _!'Le_:,1 se_k~p ~ii~1p~e 1!o~io~fo_!__'Y'!_i11::_ ·e ~r~" _____ ~ Mary Mercer Krogness, Class of 1956, of Cleveland Heights, Ohio, Please detach here and send bottom portion along with your payment to: writes that she appreciates her Salem High School Choir Boosters, P.O. Box 1265, Salem, Ohio 44460-1265 growing-up years in Salem - her parents, Edith and Tom Mercer who Quantity Description Unit Price Total reside in Salem are 92 and 94-years Wooden School Replica $15.00 $ old. "I'm delighted to receive the SHS PLEASE PRINT Alumni Association newsletter, chock­ If you would like to have the full of fascinating articles about Name: ______replica mailed to you please people I've known and am proud to add $3.50 for each replica know are living rich and worthwhile Street address: ______for Shipping and Handling $ lives. And what a stunning alumni City: ______.,______.. ( sociation that so generously gives , young people each year. Thanks, State: ip: ____ l.,T•O•T•A•L-c.o.sT____ _._$ ___ _., Lois Firestone, for editing such an Phone: ( excellent newsletter." CHECKS PAYABLE TO SALEM CHOIR BOOSTERS 9 F.E. Cope's abilities were limitless By Bob Dixon ('40) here?" Without missing a beat, Smith bellowing out instructions through Not even a well-written, detailed said, "Why, that's because we've got megaphone while still coaching obituary could do justice to the life of a sports writer with us." That was the team . He concluded the meet and Frederick E. Cope ('25) who died last ultimate in humor for Fred Cope. managed to guide his Quakers to the year at the age of 90. He was a He operated for years as athletic meet championship, outpointing teacher-coach-athletic director at director in a tiny office in the north­ second place Boardman 64-46. Salem High from 1934 to 1975 and east corner of the old high school Charlie Dunlap was MVP with wins was fiercely loyal to his school and its gym, working at a desk that was in the 100 and high jump and thirds in athletes. always covered by notes written in his the long jump and 220. Frank (Slats) He served as meet director for the very fine hand. Nearby was a Entriken won the pole vault and low Northeast District for an unbelievable secretary, recruited from the school's hurdles and was second in the highs. 60 years and officiated at the state secretarial classes. The secretary Others on that team included Bill meet for decades. He is in the Mount was always one of the most attractive Stoudt; Charles "Muff" Schaeffer, Union College Athletic Hall of Fame. girls in the school. Purely a coinci­ Charlie Myers, Bill Wa'~d, Tony At Mount Union he set a two-mile dence, one may conclude. Hoover, Bob Shea, Ed Ferko, record that stood for 26 years. After Fred was used to having an Danny Kleon, Walt Brian and Rance. Mount Union he tried out for and just attractive female nearby because he For many years Bob Zeck ('43) missed making the U.S. Olympic was so lucky as to have married has been a track official and worked team in 1932. He later attended the Doris Shoop, a biology teacher and with Fred at all levels. Two weeks 1936 games in Berlin where he possibly the most loved faculty before Fred's death Zeck visited him. roomed with Jesse Owens, winner of member in SHS history. After they talked for a while, Fred four gold medals in those games. Fred was always a bundle of said, "You know, Bob, I am going to Fred was my home room teacher energy. In later years, I wanted to do go to heaven pretty soon and I'd like when I entered SHS in the fall of a feature story about him and plumb to hold a track meet up there. The 1936 and I learned to appreciate the some of his sports recollections. I trouble is , they've never allowed a man for his knowledge, teaching never got to do the story because I track official through the pearly ability and good humor. Students could never get him to sit still long gates." from that era still say his course on enough. He always had somewhere More F.E . Cope humor. ancient and medieval history was one to go and had to be there in five of the most interesting they ever had. minutes. It was a loss to the reading He had been to Europe and knew his public because Fred had volumes to Class of '57 plans subject thoroughly. tell. The class of 1957 had a wonderful He never tired of teaching and He was a fierce competitor in reunion last summer, so much so that even after retirement came back to everything he undertook. He battled they have continued on with serve as a substitute teacher. When for 10-cents a hole at the Salem Golf Burton Schoffman, the now departed Club as hotly as if it was the U.S. September mini-reunions in the fall of superintendent of schools, took time Open. He went head-to-head with Bill 1997 and spring of 1998. So that all away from directing the much-criti­ Ward, East Palestine's fine track their classmates have the chance to cized reconstruction of Reilly Stadium coach, for years, each trying to gain join in on the fun , the next mini­ he decided Fred could no longer work some sort of edge in the county meet. reunion will be Sept. 19, 1998 at noon as a substitute. For that, Fred loathed Each accused the other of under­ at the Salem Hills Golf Club. They the man and didn't hesitate to say so. handed "tricks" but-neither ever tired hope to see many of their classmates F.E., as he was known, was a of the game. at that time. perfectionist when it came to proper Jack Rance ('44) loves to tell of English usage and never hesitated to the trip to Urichsville in 1944 by the correct people when they mis-spoke. Salem track team . That team was to Alumni notes Woe to those who might employ a win the county meet and all of its dual double negative. meets. It was entered in the 7th Judith Tame Gibb, Class of '52, of His sense of humor was painted annual Urichsville Relays against 1 1 San Diego, Calif. writes that she en­ with a broad brush. For fully 58 years other teams. Upon arrival Cope dis­ joys hearing of classmates' he never tired of reminding me of the covered that all the men who had run successes and travels. Judith also night I rode to Youngstown in his old the relays in the previous six years admired Helen Dora Copacia Ford with him and Dean of Boys Lew had gone to war and no one knew Schneider. "She was a terrific Smith. I went along with them to write how to conduct the meet. person," Judith writes. "I still about a tournament game for the The solution was simple: Fred remember Lois Firestone, althou tJ school paper. During the ride, Fred took over. she left school as I was starting my looked suspiciously at the car's Clad in his long topcoat (It was sophomore year in 1950. Exemplary heater and said, "What's that smell in April), he dashed all over the field, journal." 10 1998 Alumni Association Scholarships $4,500 John Berlin, Brett Blankenship, Stacey Gardner, Angela Marroulis, Dan Sabatino ( $4,250 Jennifer Lippiatt, Christina Miller, Courtney Pilch, Kevin Smith 1$3,600 Annie Crowgey, Amanda Jackson, Laura Kornbau, Michael Sabatino $3,200 Lori Cyrus, April DeMar, Jennifer Fawcett, Jennifer Lipp, Nick Peters, Greg Zeigler $2,800 Lisa Eckhart, Chris Parker, Michael Staudt, Abby Stevenson, Betsy Wrask $2,100 Joe Lecocq, Stacy Shuman $2,400 Wesam Abdlrasul, Matt Bender, Chad Shultz, Shannon Sutherin, Ben Thayer $1 ,800 Trisha May $1,900 Trevor Goerig, Mack McConaha, Gretchen Mueller, Douan Phanpheng, Casey Rhodes, Megan Walsh , Casey Ward $1,650 Rob Welch $1,400 Aarika Denton, Kelly Kosch, Drew Theiss, Aaron Weir

MAX FISHER ATHLETIC SCHOLARSHIPS y _,.,/ $1,000 Ryan Fritz, Kim Kilgore, Jeff Ruple $750 Allison Burtnett, Geoff Callahan, Brad Davis, Eric Davis, Shannon Leininger

VOCATIONAL SCHOLARSHIPS $1,000 Angela Mansour $750 Amy Chappel, Eric Swiger

TOTAL 1998 SCHOLARSHIPS: $134,900 - 55 STUDENTS 1908-1998 SALEM ALUMNI ASSOCIATION $1,905,750 958 STUDENTS 1973-1998 MAX FISHER AWARDS $146,750 148 STUDENTS 1987-1998 VOCATIONAL AWARDS $47,900 50 STUDENTS 1993-1998 FOX AWARDS $61,000 39 STUDENTS

( TOTAL $2,161 ,400 1195 STUDENTS 1

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r I I ------L ------~ 11 Gartner named SHS Alumnus of the year By Lois Firestone studied ceramic engineering for two 1970, served as secretary in 1969 Carl W. Gartner, president and years at Ohio State University. He and program chairman in 1967 r - chief executive officer of General has served as national · chairman of 1968. He currently is an emeri , Color and Chemical the Annual Fund at Mount Union and member serving on the Corporate Co. in Minerva, has is a member of Century Raideers. Relations Board. been named Salem Inducted into the Navy in early His memberships include St. High School Alumnus 1945 during World War 11, he was Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Year by the recalled into the Navy five years later, in Minerva, The President's Club at Salem High School serving for two years during the Ohio State University, "32" Scottish Alumni Association . Korean War. Rite in Canton, Al Koran Shrine in Carl, a 1944 In 1996, he was named a Fellow Cleveland, Great Trail Model A'ers, graduate of Salem High, was the of the American Ceramic Society, an National Carousel Association. guest speaker at the annual alumni honor given for outstanding A Central Trust-PNC bank board awards banquet Saturday, June 6 at contributions to the ceramic arts or member for 20 yeats, he is past Salem High School. sciences through broad and president of the Board of Public The Class of 1948 were honored productive scholarship in ceramic Affairs of Minerva village. His hobbies as part of the tradition of inviting the science and technology by are antique autos and coins. 50-year class to attend the event. conspicuous achievement in the He and his wife, the former Martha Fifty-five graduating seniors received ceramic industry or by outstanding Hawkins were married in 1953 and awards totalling $134,900 from the service to the society. reside in Minerva. The couple have alumni association. A member of the society since four children , two sons, Keith Gartner Carl , a member of the board of 1948, Carl served the society and its of North Canton and Seth Gartner of trustees at Mount Union College divisions as chairman of materials Pittsburgh; two daughters, Mrs. Brad since 1980, earned a bachelor of arts and equipment in 1972, was Ptrie of Canton and Beth Gartner of degree from Mount Union, and chairman elect and vice chairman in Columbus; and four grandchildren. NEWSLETIER EDITED BY LOIS FIRESTONE, CLASS OF 1950

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