Eleven people will
join nearly 100 who have made their way into the Lima
City Schools Distinguished Alumni Hall of Fame.
-David
Bowers (Class of 1965)
-The
late Edward DeGarmo (1935)
-The
late Ronald E. Dotson (1929) was a teacher and track and
cross-country coach at
Lima
Central and Lima Senior high schools.
-Dr.
Sanford Glazer (1954) spent 20 years as a U.S.
Navy Dental Corps officer, retiring as a captain. He has
taught at the University of Health Sciences at the
Chicago Medical School and the School of Medicine of the
Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences, and
served as chairman of the Department of Preventive
Dentistry at the Navy dental graduate program. He serves
as a consultant and director of technology of a firm
specializing in developing infectious waste disposal
equipment. He's also a forensic dentist for the
Department of Homeland Security.
-Jonathan Hollingsworth (1976)
-Dr. Alan Mikesell (1960)
-Thomas
Mullen (1957)
-Donald
Percy (1951)
-Basilda Reese Rockhold (1956)
-Dr.
Rachelle Sheely (1960)
-Michael Ward (1969)
The
hall of fame began in 1987, with new people getting
inducted every three years.
As discussed at our 55th Reunion, we will have
the next reunion in three (3) years instead
of five (5). Preliminary plans have been made for the class
reunion to be held August 10, 11,
&
12, 2012.
The scheduled events are:
Friday, August 10th
– 7:00 p.m. –
Informal “meet and greet” at the View at Tamarac located at
the Tamarac Golf Course on Stevick Rd. Hor d’oeuvres will be
provided. Cash bar.
Saturday, August 11th
– 10:00 a.m. Golf
for men, women, and family. Wapakoneta Country
Club, located on S.R. 501, south of National Rd., approx. 2
miles
Saturday, August 11th
– 6: 00 p.m. –
Social hour. Cash bar. Dinner at 7:00 p.m. Program
will follow. Shawnee Country Club
Sunday, August 12th
– 9:00 a.m.
Breakfast Wingate Inn (Wyndum Hotels) Corner of Market
and Elizabeth streets, next door to the Civic Center. This
is the recommended hotel for out of
town classmates. Rooms will be blocked under the Central
High School Class of 1954. Their
phone number is 419-228-7000.
More details will be sent later when plans are finalized and
estimated cost figures are provided.
Send donation checks payable to
Martha Jo Backstrom and send to - 2 Hansom Lane,
Cridersville, OH 45806.
Please advise if you have any changes in your address, phone
number (cell phone) or e-mail
Ron and Nancy Cook, Tom and Donna Greenland, Carolyn Redd
Detrick, Martha Jo Davis
Backstrom, John Bercaw, Ann Edmond Schneidhorst, Betty
Pritchard Grubaugh, Shirley
Lambert Daley, Marjorie Roeder White, Craig Tone, Mary
Rossfeld Wolfe, Lee Dally Martz,
Rollie and Carol Smith.
October 1,
2011
To: Central High Classmates
From: Ron and Nancy Cook
Subject: Mini-class reunion –
October 1, 2011
Due to the Homecoming game is a
night game, we are having our mini-reunion on October 1st after
the Michigan State game.
When: October 1, 2011
Time: After the game. Game time has
not been set.
Where: Baxter’s restaurant at the
University Plaza Hotel located at 3110 Olentangy River Road.
Rooms: If you plan to spend Friday
and/or Saturday night at the University Plaza,ten (10) rooms
with king-size beds have been blocked under the name of Lima
Central High School. Cut-off date is September 9, 2011. Rates
are $115/night (less than last year). A full breakfast buffet is
included with the room rate. For reservations call Kara
Krispinsky at 614-456-1154.
Dinner: Drinks and dinner will be
on your own. Afterwards we will adjourn to our suite and
continue the party.
If you don’t have tickets to the
game, join some of the classmates in the lounge of the hotel and
watch the game on the big screen TV. Depending on game time
those at the game should be back within an hour after the game
is over.
Please let us know if
you plan to attend by no later than September 28, 2011 so that I
can inform the hotel how many to set up for in the restaurant.
You can contact us at 2835 Riverwalk Blvd., Lima, OH 45806,
419-222-9086, 913-568-9206 (cell), or e-mail at
pcicook@kc.surewest.net. Sure hope you can attend.
Ron and Nancy
Mini-class
reunion – October 23, 2010
10/4/2010
The following is an updated list of those planning to
attend
Mini-class reunion
Tom and Donna Greenland, Marjorie and Gene White, Rollie
and Carol Smith, Sandy and Cherry Glazer, John and Ann
Bercaw, Sharon and Ed Edwards, Joan Shepard, Lee Martz,
Jerry Milbourn, Mary and John Wolfe, Steve DeWeese and
Sadie, Marv and Amy Watkins, Jim Gross and his oldest
son along with two grandsons, Shirley and Chuck Daley,
Judy Miller Huston and her daughter Molly, Carol Guyton
Goodell and Bill, Tom Burkholder, Martha Jo Davis
Backstrom and Don, Ron and Nancy Cook.
Thus far, this is a total of 36 people, which is one of
our largest group. We are pleased to have with this
year Carol and Bill Goodell from San Mateo, California
and Judy Huston and Molly from Poplar Grove, Illinois.
If anyone else is planning to attend please let me know
ASAP.
Looking forward to seeing everyone and having a fun
time.
There must be a story here... we will
leave it to your imagination for now - but soon the complete
story will be printed here, as soon as someone, who knows all
the facts, writes it.... Just enjoy the video.
It's too bad that the sound track is missing. It is part
of Ron Cook's past.
...ask and ye shall receive...
"The Big Kiss"
In 1957, my senior year for football, Ohio State won the Big
10 and National Championships. As Big 10 champs, we played in
the 1958 Rose Bowl game against The PAC 8 (now PAC 10)
champions, the Oregon Ducks.
Several days before the game, the Rose Bowl Committee hosted
a dinner for the team at the Biltmore Hotel in LA. The ballroom
was packed with OSU fans, alumni, the band, and cheerleaders.
After the dinner a variety show was held with Bob Hope as Master
of Ceremonies. Bob had just returned from an USO trip and had
with him Miss Jayne Mansfield.
Before the show Bob Hope talked to Coach Woody
Hayes about having one of the players on stage to receive a kiss
from Jayne. For whatever reason, Coach Hayes selected me to go
on stage.
During the show Bob Hope called me up on
stage. After some witty remarks, Bob said he had a special gift
for me and he said "Here she is Miss Jayne Mansfield". She came
walking out in a tight dress, black hat and high black heels.
The crowd went wild. After Bob introduced us he left the stage
to Jane and me.
After a few pleasant words, Jayne said "You
know Ron, they say animals are raised and humans are reared". I
said OK. And then she said "Are you ready". I said "Anytime you
are". She then closed her eyes and puckered up. I thought to my
self, this is only going to happen one time. So I grabbed her
like I was going in on a tackling dummy and put a big kiss on
her. I wasn't about to let go. Finally, she wiggled lose and
with her big wide eyes turned to the microphone and said "I can
see you were raised". Needless to say the crowd really went wild
and I was the envy of all the guys on the team.
One of the assistant coaches filmed the show
on 16 mm film. Several years later I was able to make a copy of
the film showing the big kiss, where we stayed the night before
the game, and the field goal that eventually won the game for
us, 10-7. I was able to convert the 16 mm film to a video
and then to a DVD.
Marvin and
Amelia (Hammond) Watkins were married September 6, 1959 in the
garden at the home of the brides' parents in Powell. They are
the proud parents of four sons: Mark (Donna) of Copley; Kevin of
Mesa, AZ; Donald (Katie) of Solon; and Douglas (Kelley) of
Hilliard. They have five grandchildren: Connor, Aaron, Alexa,
Nicholas, and Nathan. Marvin retired from Rockwell International
Heath, Oh. Amelia retired from Licking County Health Dept. A
family celebration dinner was hosted by their children.
From the Sunday, September 13th
Columbus Dispatch
8/12/2009
The news clipping below was sent to Toby Fields
by Clarence Jones
lou723@bright.net recently...Thanks Toby and
Clarence for sending it. Rollie
55th Year Class Reunion
Front Row, L to R – Craig
Tone, Nancy Gordon Cook, Marilyn Thomas
Hathaway, Ann Bercaw,
L to R - Tom, Ann E, Lee, Ann M,
Craig, Donna, Marjorie, Shirley, Nancy,
Mary, Martha Jo, Betty, Carolyn,
Ron, John, Rollie
Classmates Attending the Reunion
John Bercaw
Ed Berthold
Margaret Branson Krouse
Tom Burkholder
Shirley Chancellor Miller
Ron Cook
Sharon Croy Edwards
Leota Dally Martz
Martha Jo Davis Backstrom
Steve De Weese
Ann Edman Schneidhorst
Toby Fields
Sandy Glazer
Nancy Gordon Cook
Tom Greenland
Jim Gross
Carol Guyton Goodell
Jerry Hance
Larry Harman
Clarence Jones
Barbara Jones Burget
Paul Krouse
Shirley Lambert
Virginia Lee Lhamon
Dick Lhamon
Ann Mathews
Wally Maurer
Kathleen May Reinke
Lvera McLaurin Sprague
Shirley McMichael Sprinkle
Jane McRitchie Miller
Jerry Milbourn
Judy Miller Huston
Beverly Oard
Donna Parsel Greenland
Jace Patton
Maurice Pfeifer
Betty Prichard Grubaugh
Carolyn Redd Detrick
Iris Richter McElfresh
Marjorie Roeder White
Frank Romaker
Mary Rossfeld Wolfe
Fay Shellenbarg Mort
Brenda Schneider Fischer
Marjorie Schofield Miller
Joan Shepard
Paul Sillin
Rollie Smith
Don Snook
Marilyn Thomas Hathaway
Craig Tone
Marvin Watkins
Russ Wilt
Jim Woodward
Missing Classmates from the Lima Central Class of 1954
The
following is a list of classmates that we have been unable
to contact either because of mail or e-mail being returned
or we have no address information at all…If you have
information about any of those listed below please contact
either Rollie Smith at 419-423-3724 or email
rollyk@aol.com or Ron Cook at 419-222-9086 or e-mail
rcook26@woh.rr.com
