| STORIES from WGH... |
| note: stuff in italics is modern commentary. Saturday, July 6, 1974 �We persuaded Dad to give us a ride in his old truck - it�s a 1949 Dodge. There was me, Char, Marty, Tracey, Dino Tambures, Vanessa Spenser and Tsambika Klimantis.� [Man, we LOVED to ride in Dad�s old truck.] �He agreed to take us to Dairy Queen tomorrow if everyone brings his own money for ice cream.� [The next day:] �Dad kept his promise and took us to Dairy Queen today, but this time Mom, Kirk, Lisa Tsigaris and her brother Bobby came too.� [I�m sure Mom rode up front, and Kirk, since he was a baby, so that made nine of us in the back of the pickup!] Saturday, July 13, 1974 �Char bought a second-hand 3-speed bike for $55. Speaking of prices, they�re going up and up, for everything. Gasoline is about 55 cents a gallon now, and it was only in the 30�s at the beginning of the year. Bread is up to 40 cents a loaf, and sugar went up 40 cents this month alone!� [Wish it was that now!] Wednesday, Sept. 25, 1974 �Tracey left for 6th grade camp today, at Whitewood. I don�t think that�s the one we went to [for our 6th grade camp]. We had so much fun. There were classes from about six different schools, and we had assigned seats at meals, so we sat with kids from all the schools. Jim Gibson and I were the only ones from Laird [Aveune Elementary School] at our table. Our class (Mr. Koker�s) tied for first place in the trailblaze, where you follow Indian signs to find hidden numbered papers. Jim Tambures found most of ours. One night the boys threw a giant frog in our cabin and we all screamed. On the second night the camp director had to come in and yell at us to go to sleep. We sure had a good time!� Wednesday, Oct. 2, 1974 �School is boring already. Math and history are my favorite classes, because of Mr. Hahn and Mr. Lacy. I don�t really care for math but it comes pretty easy to me, so it�s not so bad. History I love. I�ve liked it since 8th grade when I had American History with Mr. Rider. I guess he was enough to make anyone hate history, but somehow I didn�t mind. He made it a challenge to learn all that stuff, and while I learned it I got to like it. He gave us an exam every Friday - 180 questions which he read aloud and we wrote down the answers. It went so fast we had to come to class with our sheets of paper already numbered, because we didn�t have time to number them as we went along. And woe to you if you numbered wrong, because if you had the right answers but in the wrong spot, Mr. Rider didn�t care. At least most of the questions repeated from week to week, so you already knew them.� [Wow! I still remember that! And I bet I still could answer a lot of those questions, after being drilled in them so many times. Of course, the first several weeks of school there wasn�t enough material for 180 questions, but once we worked our way up to that number, it never decreased.] Monday, Nov. 4, 1974 �We heard there was a fight at Reserve [Western Reserve High School] today. The story is that yesterday three black guys got shot at and apparently they didn�t think enough was being done about it and decided to get their own justice in school today. It started a race riot in the school! School was closed and the sophomore football game between Harding and Reserve was cancelled.� Saturday, Dec. 21, 1974 �I was at Georgia�s, and Peggy Panagis came over. She told us about the Earth Shoes she just got. The heel is lower than the toes - it�s supposed to be better for you. Peggy said when she tried them on at the store and stood up in them for the first time - she fell over backward! The clerk laughed at her. She says she�s used to them now, though. The funniest things happen to that girl. She�s something else!� [Earth shoes! That�s the 70�s for you! If they were so good for us, why don�t we still have them?] Friday, Feb. 14, 1975 �When Rick Hart came in [to trigonometry class], everyone joked about his fancy duds. Paul Kowalczyk suggested Rick model for us, so Rick stood on a desk and turned around a few times. He was wearing a black turtleneck with white stitching, his red basketball jacket, bright red plaid pants, red socks and shiny red platform shoes. He was a sight!� [I can still picture that, but I don�t know if that�s a good thing!] |
| Okay, I just started at the beginning and copied stuff from my journals that was meaningful to me. Don't feel you have to wade through all of it! So, have a stroll down memory lane, and enjoy! |
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| Laird Avenue Elementary 5th/6th grade choir, March 1970 |
| Laird Avenue Elementary kindergarten 1963 |
| Gee, don't we all look happy? Not! Can't remember all the names any more, but a long time ago I wrote them on the back of the photo, the ones I could remember at the time. Row 1: Esther Pecorelli, Mark Matthews, Charles Corbet, Danny ??, George Annos, ??, ??, ??, Kathy Bare, ??, Ricky Bacon, ??, Karen Flanagan, Chris Mackey, Linda Cunningham Row 2: Mrs. Quintilla Watson, Debbie Conner, Tessie Rodites, Debbie Udall, Angelo Lerakis, Debbie Tabacco, Richard ??, Duane Alderman, Chris Mines, Tammy Hill (Gettig), Mike Steele, Val Lowry, Maria Magiassos, ?? Row 3: Jim Horkey, ??, Maria Hazapis, Kathy Pytlik, Maria Ventura, Jim Tambures, Edward ??, Bob Conner, Diane Cikosh, Terry O'Brian, Max Hicks |
| Row 1: Charles Corbet, Bob Griffing, Debbie Sebben, ??, Debbie Vargo, Mark Spencer, Joanie? Rolls, Tammy Hill, Rhea ??, Donna Daugherty, Debbie Conner, Lydia Spelich, Jean Donahue, Teddy Pantelas, Nick Petridis, Emanuel Koupiaris, Rick Daugherty, Mary Campana Row 2: Miss Linamen, Serena Witherspoon?, Bill Gibbs, Cindy Pleasea, Debbie Glass, Esther Pecorelli, Kathy Leiby, Tom Megalis, Chris Mines, Greg Rhinehart, Ken Thomas, Miss Underwood Row 3: Tammy Bokros, Eddie Gibbs, Cindy Zucco, Betsy Kourtis, Lora Pritchard, Mary Beth Jewell, Alice Cochran, Steve Pasternak, Anette Pardee, Colin Murray Row 4: Debbie Udall, Betty Maretti, Sue Gibson, Sherry Ross, ??, ?? McMillion, Fred Holiday, Roxanne McFarland, Maria Magiassos, Sharon Zucas, Laurie Kimpinski Row 5: Anthony Lozzi, Jim Horkey, ??, Margie Mariano, Cindy Mitchell, Carol Jones, Theresa Cavalier, Carol Rock, Caroline Rhuel |