Teacher stories
I really miss being on the reunion committee..{live too far away] I am so grateful to all of you for the hours of work you all put in...Thank you Ray for this modern method to give us all the chance to chat and share. I really credit the teachers and the class of 54..for all that is good for me...Mr Reid was a great Art Teacher and gave me the stuff to continue on. Jim Cox class of 53 has been my anchor and was the same kind of Dad and Grandpa. I love to tell my family about our gang,,,never a dull moment at CHS..Mr Rhimer was agreat band director and really put up with a lot from all of us...the last seat on the bus after a game at Shaw was the best place to be..and for special band nights I remember that George Voinovich was so out of tune I asked him to fake it and he did. The set designs and construction was left up to the stage design crew and the sub basement was a great "hide out" until Miss Rebert found out about it...the smoke was so thick you could hardly see...but when she saw Ann ,our valadictorian, among us she told us not to be long and left us with smoke still heavy in the rafters.Not everyone knew that the 5th floor in the tower was the beginning place for the future of the great plays CHS would put on. LOVE THOSE GREAT DAYS!!!
Ray Berardinelli
Miss Rosencrans always had trouble pronouncing my last name.She taught English on the 2nd. floor.She would read from a card when she called upon students for attendance.Whenever she reached my name she would start out...Raymond.....long pause, staring at my last name....and then butcher the pronouncement, never getting it right. I eventually got used to it but Ernie Mazzaferri would think it hilarious. In her class he would refer to me as Ray Bading-a-dang-dinelli.
Bill Richards
One of the things that is in my memory is being in physics class one day and turned back talking to someone and Mr Stringer whacking me in the head with his physics book which if you remember was about 3inches thick. I never forgot that.
Harry Jones
i must have been mr hudsons favorite, seeing i was in the office almost daily.. thats when i didnt skip school
Ray Berardinelli
| School Story: | We had some great times at CHS. I remember walking to school about 15 blocks in the dead of winter with just a light jacket and no boots, which was really hard on my blue suede shoes, and jacket. I was frozen stiff but I wanted to look good when I got there. Bobby Gallitto and I would meet on the corner of Kipling and Rondell at 6:00 in the morning and walk to early basketball practice, called by Coach Stafford. Who could forget the Centaurs, the Social Room, sitting on the rail at Five Points,Royal Castle,D & D Tailors, Bill's Clothes? Ernie Mazzaferri worked at Erv's Men Store and I worked at Davids Men's Wear for a time. I remember the shop classes where we forged copper soldering irons, wooden windmills and peg puzzles. And Bobby Dunn filing a bullet in metal shop which shot a hole in the floor. Mr.Unkefer, Mr. McStay, Mr. Steigerwald and his type setting class? Good memories all. |
Paul Carson
| School Story: | I didn't realize that you were supposed to bring books home in to study in order to complete homework, etc. I began to recognize, after I took my first college course, that I was only "semi literate" - it took sometime, but I finally caught up. My favorite teacher was Mr Stringer (pinky) - he was a credit to humanity and the teaching profession. I hold him as my standard--he is proof that teachers can make a difference |