The Scratch Sheet, Volume 12
IN THIS ISSUE
A.
1.
COMMITTEE
ACTIVITIES
2.
PLANS FOR
FOUNDERS DAY
3.
MAKE YOUR
HOTEL RESERVATIONS NOW
4.
THINGS TO DO
IN
5.
WORKS IN
PROGRESS
B. GETTING YOUR HUM RECORDS
C.
LOSSES TO CLASS OF 60 FAMILY
D.
CLASS GIFT COMMITTEE REPORT
E.
WHAT WE NEED FROM YOU
F.
THINKING ABOUT OUR MOMS
G.
ALUMNI AWARD RECIPIENTS FROM THE CLASS OF 60
H.
UPCOMING EVENTS
I.
ALBERICI’S NICKNAME QUIZ
J.
MEMORABILIA
A.
1. COMMITTEE ACTIVITIES
Since the last Scratch Sheet, the reunion
committee has had three meetings to advance the planning for our
In July, we had an informal meeting in
In August we met at Ron Saracini’s home at the
We must say that we had forgotten about one of the shops afforded us in the Hum: the landscaping and gardening unit. Both the Culvers’ home in Lincoln Park, and the Saracinis’ home in Manahawkin had spectacular grounds, and made the meetings that more enjoyable as we were able to sit outside for most of the time we were meeting.
We must say that in all three meetings, getting the input from guys, (and their significant others,) who do not serve on one of the committees was invaluable. Alberici, the Bullocks, the Lambrechts, Linda O’Hara, Fay Culver, Sandy Ferro, Lorraine Saracini, Seaman, and even Houghton’s dog all contributed ideas and opinions which have enhanced the various committees’ efforts. At the end of this Scratch Sheet you will find photos of most of the attendees at the three most recent meetings.
Our next meeting will be on Saturday, September 26
from 12-4 at Joe Frigiola and Linda O’Hara’s place in Brigantine, NJ. All classmates are invited to attend to get
their two cents in on the planning process.
Brigantine is only an hour drive from
2. PLANS FOR
FOUNDER’S DAY
Thursday, May 20
9PM Cheese Steak and Hoagie Buffet
Friday, May 21
8AM Alumni Golfing Outing
6PM Class Dinner at the Library in the Hum
Casual dress. Because of space requirements the dinner will be restricted to classmates and a significant other. Multi-media displays, buffet dinner, Hum quiz, 5 minute open mike for anyone who would like to speak.
Saturday, May 22
10AM Chapel Service (Jacket and tie)
Processional to Pomp and Circumstance
Stephen Girard Award, Alumni Student Award
Class speaker(s)
Student Music
Memorial reading of the list of deceased classmates with photos projected.
Awarding of Honorary Diplomas to classmates who did not graduate
Class sings Farewell, Farewell from the stage. (We are considering inviting the Class of 2010 onto the stage with us to join in the singing.)
Recessional to War March of the Priests
12PM Lunch
The Alumni lunch is traditionally held in the Armory. Since a number of classmates have indicated the desire for a Hum meal we are considering having the Class eat the traditional Founders Day Lunch in the D & S.
This will be a guided tour of the Hum visiting the old and new buildings and even the tunnels.
6PM Alumni Dinner and Dance (Jackets suggested.)
A cocktail hour is followed by dinner, which will then be followed by a dance with our disc jockey, and music from the 50s and 60s. We are considering requesting that classmates who may not want to attend the dinner, be allowed to come to Founders’ Hall for the dancing.
11PM Hospitality Suite
Sunday, May 22
These groups of 10-15 will be around selected topics of our Hum experience, with a group leader, and a final report on issues discussed. Spouses and guests will be able to sit in. We are planning 8-10 topics with panels running simultaneously, with each panel about 45 minutes long.
3. HOTEL RESERVATIONS
FOR THE CLASS OF ’60
The reunion committee has selected the Crowne Plaza Philadelphia Main Line as the hotel site for our reunion next year. The hotel is in the City Line area of the city just a 12 minute drive from the Hum. Founder’s day next year is May 22, and the committee has activities planned beginning on the evening of Thursday, May 20, and continuing through lunch on Sunday, May 23. We have blocks of rooms set aside for us beginning on the 20th, and continuing through check-out on the 23rd. (You can make reservations for all these evenings, or just one or two evenings.) John Kane has negotiated all the details, and is available to help you through the process. Give him a call at 215/343-5769 if you have any problems.
The negotiated rate for those evenings is $119 with an approximate 15% tax, which will bring the cost to around $139 per night. Reservations for those evenings can be made directly at the hotel’s Girard 1960 website which can be accessed at:
https://resweb.passkey.com/go/c551dff0
We strongly recommend that you make your
reservations as soon as possible. You can cancel your reservation at any
time up to
NOTE: MANY GUYS HAVE ALREADY MADE THEIR
RESERVATIONS. SO MUCH SO, THAT JOHN HAS
HAD TO INCREASE THE BLOCKED ROOMS TWICE.
HOWEVER BLOCKING ROOMS MEANS THAT WE HAVE TO COVER A PERCENTAGE OF THE
COSTS OF UNUSED BLOCKED ROOMS, SO IN THE NEAR FUTURE WE WILL STOP INCREASING THE
BLOCKS. YOU NEED TO REMEMBER THAT THE
4.
THINGS TO DO IN
Dan Ferro has taken on the
responsibility to facilitate folks who would like to make their reunion trip,
an opportunity to visit
Dan Ferro’s Report
As you begin making your plans to
join us at the
(PC/Windows Users: Before
clicking on any of the links below, you may need to hold down the Control key
first)
To help make that a reality for those of you who are in a position to do so, we will be providing information about local Philly activities and places to visit, as well as any extra curricular events taking place at that time …..Like maybe a walking tour of Philadelphia Murals (http://www.muralarts.org/pdf/virtual_map.pdf) or something comparable. Another way to approach this is to contact me (dferrosr@verizon.net) to assist you or maybe a group of you in researching something special you wish to do. I’ll check it out so that you can plan accordingly.
For starters, a comprehensive
website to visit is http://www.gophila.com/ On this website you will find all of
the standard type of things to do or visit like historic stuff, Museums &
Arts, Sports & Outdoors, Shopping, Dining & Food, Nightlife, Spring in
Philadelphia, Maps & Directions, “Getting Around”, Podcast Tours, FAQs,
Free Brochures, Authentic Philly Cheese Steaks, The Reading Terminal Market, Top 10
Art Excursions in Philadelphia plus much more!
Here’s a brief slideshow to
check how to tour Philly like a Local > click
Here!
Another comprehensive
website is > http://www.phillyfunguide.com/
I like it’s coverage of
Outdoor activities, the Theater and Music.
For a nifty land and water
tour of Philly, check out Ride the Ducks!
For you mystical folks out
there click here.
For Atlantic City Casinos click here.
Now for a few of my
favorites (You’ll need a car for some of these):
Grounds for Sculpture, a
fantastic garden of contemporary sculpture with a gourmet restaurant;
Chanticleer, a
fantastic natural landscape garden located in
Longwood Gardens, a world
premiere Garden of 1050 acres + 11,000 plants!
Jim’s
Steaks - Screw Pat’s and Geno’s; for a real Philly
cheesesteak go to Jim’s and then tour South Street for it’s funky shops and
funky people.
By the way, when are you
going to do all of this stuff? Friday of our
And here’s two more ideas
suggested by Toby: The Three Stooges Museum located in Ambler, PA (about an
hour away) – The Stoogeum and
(Here are the links for
pasting into your browser to manually access the above sites.)
Ride The
Ducks - http://www.phillyducks.com/
Ghost
Tour of Philly - http://www.ghosttour.com/philadelphia.html
Grounds
For Sculpture - http://www.groundsforsculpture.org/
Jim’s
Cheese Steaks - http://www.gophila.com/C/Dining_and_Nightlife/223/Dining_Restaurants_and_Food_in_Philadelphia/221/Authentic_Philly_Cheesesteaks/361/U/Jims_Steaks_South_Street/1045.html
Three
5. WORKS IN PROGRESS
a.
Bob Culver and John
Kane have developed an identification lanyard which folks can hang around their
necks. This comprises an ID tag with our
pictures from the Corinthian, and a Girard lanyard. Examples are displayed on the last two pages
of this Scratch Sheet. (And sorry for
the misspelling John Myers).
b.
Culver will be
producing a DVD which includes the movie about the Hum shot in our senior year,
Harold Cohrs’ tape of our 30th reunion, and other assorted goodies.
c.
The Michaluk Scratch
Sheets will soon be on the web site, with an Index developed by John Few which
covers the Michaluk, DiRomaldo, and 21st Century Scratch Sheets.
d.
Mike Quinn is working
with the Hum’s audio visual department to produce a video of our 50th
reunion.
e.
We are just getting
started on producing a Corinthian II.
B.
GETTING YOUR HUM RECORDS
When we
were in the Hum they kept a lot of records about us, which is normal in any
institutional environment. However,
uncharacteristically, those records are available for all of us to peruse. To our knowledge three classmates have done
so, Rich Adams, Bill Evans, and Peter Shoemaker. Rich has told us that he was shocked that
the records noted that he picked on Dennis Gries excessively. In a note he indicated that he didn’t
remember that, but assured us that he intends to apologize to Dennis the next
time he sees him. Overall, Rich
indicated that the $50 investment was well worth the expenditure. On the other hand, Peter Shoemaker has told
us that he was disappointed by what he received. Of course, we should
understand that institutional recording tends to focus on the negative, and all
of us remember that Pete was a “good boy”.
Actually, Pete felt that the material he received was slight compared to
what he imagined. Consequently, if you
really want to get everything we suggest you indicate that in your request an unedited version. So what is there to say If you would like to receive your records do the following. Send a letter to:
Ms. Elizabeth
Laurent
Director of
Historic Resources
State your name, years of attendance, and the
address to which the records should be sent.
Include a check for $50, made out to
Finally
we get to Bill Evans: a real “bad boy.”
Bill has taken the time to give us some insight into what you will
receive, if you request your record:
Bill Evans: A Cold Case File –
Part of This Boy’s Life
The older I get the more my thoughts take me back to my youth that was shaped by the time that I spent at Girard. There are some significant gaps in my memory bank from those years that I was hoping might be plugged by a peek at the student records from my stay at The Hum. I was also curious to find out what The Man had on me so I ordered the archive search. The following is a description of the search results, what I learned, and some observations and comments about these results:
Transmittal Letter
This personalized letter was authored by an alumni volunteer who performed the search and was from the class of ’47. I was alerted that “in the fifties there was no such thing as ‘political correctness’; some of the comments may seem blunt, however, that’s how things were back at that time. I thought you would like to have as much information as possible without censoring.”
A Brief History of
Seven paragraphs that highlight Stephen Girard’s career and how his generosity shaped his vision for the school and curriculums over 160 years.
Birth Certificate
Admissions Application and Interview Documentation –
This was a rough read because it re-kindled the sad memories around the parenting bind my mother was in following the tragic death of my father.
On
That first night I cried like a little bitch; it was apparent that I wasn’t going to be ‘living the dream’. The next day I shook off any sign of malaise and became integrated into predictable life style that would be unparalleled for the next ten and one half years.
K. R. Friedmann Warning Letter (Banker Hall – Nov 16, 1955)
One of the great devious philosophical questions of all time is, "If a tree falls in a forest and there's no one there to hear it, does it make a sound?" I flat out don’t remember this event or the letter from “the dark-eyed stranger” to my mother.
I’m casting a gill net out to my classmates to hear whether any of the other three co-defendants would be willing to identify themselves to me as well as the person who was purportedly intimidated.
While the letter has some serious framing flaws, the real mystery is why ‘Moms’ McGhee was copied. Were we being put on a watch list to be excluded from The Coke Party? When I reminisce about Moms I recall that she was a nice lady with integrity. I don’t think that we goofed on her very much. Perhaps we sub-consciously felt that we needed to soak up all her social etiquette tips in order to enhance our chances of getting laid at some future (hopefully sooner) date.
Student Household Report (Banker Hall – May 7, 1956)
This form contains the housemaster’s (‘Skimp’ Myers) assessment of my personal presentation, development, and personality rating. The following are the sub-categories with pre-defined judgments:
Personal Presentation (My term)
|
Health |
Response to Group |
Personal Cleanliness |
|
Play (indoors and playground) |
Sociability |
Special Interests |
|
Work |
Spending Money |
Statement – Strengths / Weakness* |
|
Attitude toward Adults |
Personal Appearance |
|
*Skimp wrote, “Has the makings of a good boy or a bad one – still immature.”
Development Scale – Rating (Very Good – Average – Below Average)
· Dependability
· Work Habits
· Maturity
· Initiative
Here it looks like “Boot Joll had the pen because his check marks are different from Skimp’s and he initialed an additional remark - “Needs guidance”.
Personality
· Intro
· Extro
· Ambi X
· Flexible
· Rigid
Right up there with putting someone down for having bad breath was to call someone immature; a crushing ego neutralizing putdown. It’s amusing, but as I watched my wife read this particular page. I could see thought bubbles percolating from her dome that said something to the effect, “What’s changed?”
Skimp was an ok ‘guy’ who was quite
fond of burning those nasty
Conduct Report (Mariner Hall – Nov 15, 1957, 7:00pm)
Give necessary details:
“William V. Evans pulled a rug from under Alex Markauskas and toppled him to the floor in Front Room.”
Remarks:
“This boy gets away with a lot undercover rowdy and provocative actions.”
Action:
“Chastise next offense.”
Relations with:
Boys Good
Teachers Fair
Members of Household Poor
As one can see from the above documentation, the “Flying Carpets” of Mariner Hall are validated. ‘Skimp’ Myers again wrote me up and it looked like he cut me some slack and let me off with less than the proverbial slap on the wrist.
Informational Data Sheet - Seniors
This was a sheet that we filled out some time in the latter stage of our senior year. It contained information about:
1. Vocational – Hum curriculum completed, career preference, and hobbies
2. Employment Contacts – Name of person or persons who may help
secure employment
3. Guardian’s Status – Name, address, phone number, and place of
employment of mother or guardian
4. Home Activities (After graduation) – Includes phone numbers and
church information
5. Advanced Education – Name of institution planned to attend, course of study, and expected financial aid
This is one of those forms that was perhaps designed with good intentions, but it is doubtful if it was ever used for any meaningful purpose other than satisfying that it.was completed.
No Title – I’ll call it, Final
High School Recap Summary
An assorted collection of factoids:
· Name, date and place of birth, admittance date, Number, and religion
· Mother/Guardian – Name, address, and phone number
· Academic Preparation, Final GPA, Class Rank, I.Q. and Vocational Training
· School Activities
Personality Usually well-balanced
· Initiative Does routine assignments
· Reliability Usually dependable
Reason and date
for leaving – graduation
Copied and displayed on this page were notations about when and where copies of transcripts were sent five years after graduation.
What I expected but wasn’t included in the search results
A letter from my junior year
regarding the VO I received when
‘Hack’
The sum and substance is that the search results were a decent return on the expenditure as my curiosity was satisfied. I was hoping for some sort of material from the middle and elementary school years, but I’m content with “be careful for what you wish for”.
C.
LOSSES TO THE CLASS OF 60 FAMILY
Mario Rullo
Dennis Gries provided the following.
“Mauro Mario Rullo, 67, of
Beloved husband of Michele Jo Walsh Rullo for 43 years. Loving father of
Matthew M. of Phoenixville, Joseph M. (Amy) of
Mr. Rullo was a business owner both in air-freight trucking and wholesale
produce and retired in 1999 to spend more time with his family.
He was an avid lover of opera and an excellent chef. He loved trucks and
spending time playing with his grandsons and his beloved dog, Etta.
He attended
Mr. Rullo is also survived by three grandsons, Jake, Joseph and Michael; a
brother, Louis Rullo and a sister, Sarah Pappas.
He was predeceased by his first-born son, Michael Mario Rullo.
Relatives and friends are invited to his viewing on Thursday, Sept. 10, from 7
to 9 p.m. and Friday after 8:30 a.m. at the Donohue Funeral Home, 1627 West
Chester Pike, West Chester, and to his Funeral Mass on Friday at 10:30 a.m. at
SS. Simon & Jude, 8 Cavanaugh Court (at Rts 352 & 3), West Chester.
In lieu of flowers, the family request donations in his memory to the American Lung Association, 527 Plymouth Road,
Plymouth Meeting, PA. 19462.
Domenick Candeloro
Don’t remember Domenick? Well he’s the guy who introduced you to
pizza. He was Ed DiRomaldo’s
step-father, and was a bread baker in
From the time we were allowed to go home on Saturdays and Sundays
Ed always returned with a slew of pizza slices. Man did you want to stay
on Ed’s good side. Of course, capitalism produced a “pay-for” competitor, the Cohrs-Fiore bakery, but that was only in Senior Year.
Ed has been in nightmare terrain for the last few years. Not only Domenick but , Ed’s mom, and his sister have passed away in these years. All three
required institutional care, and Ed had the burden of managing all of that.
All of you know that Ed has been a major factor in our class sticking
together, and our sympathy goes out to him. Meanwhile you will note
that Ed is back as a major contributor to our reunion efforts.
D. CLASS GIFT COMMITTEE REPORT
We’ve added one new name to the donor list since the last report. Al Bullock has sent us a check. Thank you, Al. That makes 31 donors so far and 53 not committed yet; a very good % participation, but not near the 100% we are seeking. We currently have over $117,000 and several additional pledges.
We know we still have close to 7 months before the big celebration, however, we urge you to please let us know what you plan to give. Please make your pledge, large or small. We want to hear from everyone.
E. WHAT WE NEED
FROM YOU
Well we getting to crunch time guys. About 20 of us have been working very hard to produce a memorial weekend for us all, and also to give back to the institution which in many ways shaped our lives. We understand that there are many reasons which might motivate some or all of us to want to get together. Among them might be:
· Just shooting the shit, and laughing a lot.
· Gaining some understanding of a major force in shaping our lives, and understanding better who we are, and what caused us to be this way.
· Catching up with people who were once important to us, and who we loved (or hated). What happened to them? Who are they now?
· Collecting materials and providing experiences for our children, and those beyond, which will provide some history of our lives and background.
· Giving back in some small way to the trust which Stephan Girard established.
Obviously the group of us encompass very different people. We came in as such, and the environment we were exposed to had a differential impact on all of us. Some of us hated the place and our situations within it. Others loved it. Some of us were bullies, others the bullied. For many of us, the Hum advanced our lives, for others the experience may have been detrimental. All in all, though, the members of the various committees, established to affect one or all of the goals listed above, are dedicated to just getting together, for better or worse.
Sometimes, for the committee members, it seems that we are just talking to ourselves. We understand that the Hum experience represents only about a sixth of all of our lives, formative as those years may have been. We have been to war. We have had great careers, or we have just got by or not. We have spouses, children, grandchildren, and more. Tragedy and triumph have been experienced by most of us. So we’re hoping everyone interested in joining us for the reunion will start to actively respond to our requests and queries, and use the next few months to contact others in the class to begin a dialogue that will reach its apex next May. So below are a list of things with which we hope you can help us.
1. Get into the attic and find those old
Hum photos. The Scratch Sheet has
regularly published photos from our years in the Hum which have been provided
by classmates. (On a later page of this
issue we provide a posed photo of Class 10-2 provided by Dave Phillips. Given the crowd in the background it appears
that this was a planned event and there should be photos of the other three 10th
grade classes.) It is truly amazing the
number and types of photos which guys possess, single individuals, small and
large groups etc. So dig them out guys
and send them to Ed DiRomaldo who will package them for the web site,
Corinthian II, and various displays we plan for the reunion. There are three ways to do this:
a. Just mail them to Ed at
b. Scan them yourself, place them on a
CD, and then mail the CD to Ed.
c.
Scan them, and email them to Ed at pomodon@comcast.net.
To assure the best possible quality Ed
says that a. would be the preferred method followed by b, then c, but he will do his best with whatever you do.
2. While in the attic look for other
memorabilia which would make interesting displays at the reunion. Recent examples of such are the following:
a.
Joe Alberici recently provided us with a copy of the Girardian from our
Senior Year. We will be publishing
material of our “literary magazine” in upcoming issues. He also gave us a perfect copy of the album
made in the early sixties of the Hum band and choir which features music we
will all remember. We had a copy, but
ours was quite worn, and Joe’s copy is in great shape. He found it at a flea market. He also sent us a photo of the Hum mascot
which we used to call the “Hum rat”. We
will feature it in an upcoming issue.
b.
At the meeting at the Saracini’s we were gifted with two books that
Some
specific materials we would like to receive are:
a. Copies of the Girard News from our senior
year.
b. The spring 1960 issue of the Girardian.
c. The Michaluk Scratch Sheets for the first two
years after our graduation, presumably dated from 1960 through 1962. (We have all the others.)
If you find materials which would be of
interest, please let D’Amico know:
301-229-0834, or rdamico@ihsm.com.
3.
We will shortly be distributing a copy of our working Class List to all
classmates to facilitate communication, and also to the Alumni Association. The list covers all classmates, whether
graduates or not, for whom we have information.
It lists spouses, addresses, and phone numbers, and email
addresses. If you would like your
information suppressed from distribution, you need to let D’Amico know by
October 15. (Bob Franco, and Salvatore
Bovoso have made such requests, so if you don’t want your info shared be sure
to call or email.)
F.
THINKING ABOUT OUR MOMS
So most of us lost our dads at an age where the loss was directly felt. Shortly thereafter, we were shipped off to the Hum. A double trauma for young boys. However, I have rarely, probably never, heard expressed the impact of these events on our mothers. They also experienced a double loss, their husbands, and then their child. Given the times, for the most part they were not work place ready. Social Security Survivors’ benefits were minimal, and in the early 50s only half of the working population was part of the covered population.
A number of months ago Rich Adams
was talking with Dave Thomas, class of ’61.
Dave is a neurosurgeon who is originally from the
· Some of us, who in later years talked to our moms about these issues.
· Surviving moms, and here they don’t necessarily have to be our own moms. Moms of other Girardians might be able to shed light on some of the issues we are concerned with, witness Dave Thomas’ mom.
· Our older siblings who may have better recollections of what transpired in those years.
So if you have potential candidates for Linda to interview please give Rich or Linda a call at 570-287-7191 or email them at radams150@aol.com, or mail-lindaadams4@aol.com.
G.
ALUMNI AWARD RECIPIENTS FROM THE CLASS OF 60
The Alumni Association has announced that four members of the Class of ’60 have been determined to merit special awards. Bob Himmerlich, John Kane, and Jim Stidham have been elected to the Girard College Sports Hall of Fame. Rocco D’Amico is one of four Girard alumni who will this year receive the Alumni’s Award of Merit. Rocco is the fourth member of our class to receive this award following Don Ratajczak, Myron Caplan, and Pete Shoemaker.
Himmerlich was clearly one of the truly outstanding athletes in our class. He lettered in soccer for two years, and was the starting center halfback on the undefeated 1958 team, the only starting non-Senior on that team. He also lettered in baseball for two years, and was an effective pitcher and power hitter on those two teams.
Kane lettered in wrestling for three years, and was a senior starter on both our soccer and baseball teams. He was a champion at the Episcopal Wrestling Tournament held at the Palestra, and a key contributor to the 58-59 team’s victory in that tournament.
Stidham was the unequaled diver of our generation of Hummers. He lettered on the swimming team for four years, and also lettered in soccer in our Senior year.
It is a wonder that D’Amico, that jerk, won any award. He feels that his award is really a recogonition of the Class of 60’s drive to stay together and support the Hum over the last 50 years, and that he is really the representative of over 20 classmates who have contributed to those goals over the years. In his acceptance speech he will concentrate on that point, and will acknowledge each and every one of you who have been involved in those efforts.
The Alumni Association has grouped the award ceremonies together with the installation of Girard’s new President, Autumn Adkins. The current scenario is the following:
Friday,
October 16th,
Soledad O’Brien of CNN, and some guy named Shoemaker will be featured speakers
Saturday,
October 17th
Saturday,
October 17th
All classmates are invited to all
of these events. Please let Joe Frigiola
know if you might be able to get to any of these events. We are also thinking about a luncheon at
Jack’s Firehouse during the afternoon of the 17th, but that still
needs to be determined. Toby Caplan and
Bill Evans have already indicated that they will be coming from
H. UPCOMING EVENTS
September 26: Committees meet at Frigiola’s in Brigantine
October
16: Installation of New President,
Autumn Adkins,
Possible dinner that evening somewhere
in
October 17: Hall of Fame Induction, 9AM
Possible
committee meetings at Jacks Firehouse
Award
of Merit Dinner
November-December Committee Meetings TBD
I. ALBERICI’S NICKNAME QUIZ
So you remember Joe Alberici, a funny guy. One of his modes of humor was to stick people with nicknames. He recently sent us a test of nicknames. Now we need to remember that many of the nicknames were peculiar to Joe and never caught on. Joe himself, when sending the list noted that many of them were alternate nicknames. (Your editor, he of the prodigious memory, could only match about half of them.) But even with those which were new, I was struck by the aptness of many of them. So see if you can come up with the right answers. The answer key is on page 22 below. By the way, when Joe sent these he labeled himself “Ahmejinidad Alberici.”
1. Cohrs A. Kookie
2. Evans B. Whale Babe
3. Garfein C. Tuna
4. Grey D. The Man
5. Hill E. Python
6. Miller F. Knobby
7. Minimier G. Boner
8. Mitchell H. Elvis
9. Morgenroth I. Worm
10. Mylnarczyk J. Sleepy
11. Paulson K. Turtle
12. Phillips L. Pig
13. Quinn M. Oil Can
14. Siren N. Howdy Doody
15. Snyder O. Knot-Knick
16. Tait P. Monitor
17. Walsh Q. Wild Bill
18. Werley R. Professor
19. Woods S. Greek
Culver,Saracini,D’Amico, Alberici,Houghton, Frigiola, Kane
Al,& Bernardette Bullock, Kane, Frigiola and Linda O’Hara, Damico, Dennis & Carolyn Lambrecht, Sandy & Dan Ferro
Culver, Alberici, Damico, Gries, Seaman, Saracini,
Quinn, Adams, Kane, Frigiola, Snyder, Ferro
THE 10-2s 1. Did we really elect these guys in front? 2. Why does Bachman get his own step? Sergeant at arms? 3. How bout that bare light bulb. Budget problems? 4. Did Carlson really have to stand on a phone book? 5. Saracini: can you figure out where this photo was taken? 6. How about those 10-2 wannabes, Mitchell and Paulson. 7. Who’s the guy in the window to the left?
Well, Culver was never a speller!
Answers to Alberici Nicknames:
1M,
2G,3O,4Q,5S,6R,7P,8N,9I,10E,11L,12J,13A,14K,15H,16C,17F,18D,19B
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