Glenville High School - Olympiad Yearbook (Cleveland, OH)

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tables and drooling over lovely waitresses. The big hit of the night was the dance where balloons came tumbling down from among the stars to bombard the dancers. And so another record breaker was made. One of the biggest triumphs was our Hot Dog Howl. As 12B's, we invaded Forest Hills Park, June 2, 1950, to make our picnic number three on our Hit Parade. The girls began the fun with an exciting game of Red Rover. No one will ever forget the battle cry of When you get right near them, jump! The boys had an exciting baseball game but took time out to watch the girls in their game of The Noble Duke of York. Then Elaine Grossman led the girls in a conga line across the field to get the boys to let the weaker sex join the game. Under the excellent umpiring of Mr. Flavius David, the boys won the game (all two innings of it) 10 to 0. Toby Halper cut ninety-nine hot dog buns and finished a perfect afternoon by cutting her finger on the hundredth. High in the number two position was the 12A Apple Bob. October 26. 1950. All sorts of odd Halloween costumes were seen in the girls' gym. competing with the witch and scarecrow decorations for first place in the costume contest. Energy left over, after hours of senior homework, was put to use in bobbing for apples. Square dancing, polkas, and dreamy dances, plus cider and donuts, completed a wonderful evening. Leading the list, in first place, was our Class Prom. It was dances and dreams to the themes of Gene Beecher on December 16. 1950. at the beautiful Commandery Room where in spite of the festivity of the occasion there existed a nostalgic feeling among the dancing couples. And now that the three years of our Hit Parade are over, we have our diplomas, our Olympiads, and our memories to remind us of the wonderful times we had together. It is time to give a word of thanks for the hard work of the class officers, Mr. David, our homeroom teachers, our administrative leaders, the Entertainment Committee and last, but not least, its chairman, Claire Diamond. These were the disc jockeys that made it possible to spin those wonderful records of three years of a Hit Parade of good times. Page 19

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’Pa iade January, 1948 - January. 1951 Nineteen-forty-eight saw the beginning of a Hit Parade of sensational affairs which were to become better and better as the semesters passed. Number six on our Hit Parade was an affair that broke the record and the ice. as we got acquainted with our brother and sister disc jockeys for the next three years. This affair was, of course, the Sophomore Stomp, given for us by the class of June. 1949. We really did get acquainted with each other, even though the boys held up one wall in the gym. and the girls, ihe other. Next was a January '51 Extra. It has not been customary to have any dances before a class is organized, but the Disc Jockeys of January '51 are not conventionalists. So we had an 1 IB party that was a huge success. A few of the bolder fellows went so far as to dance with the girls! Friday. April the thirteenth, saw us as 12B's entering the Girls' Gym with fingers crossed. This was to ward off the curse of having to walk under a ladder to get into the Jinx Jump, fifth on our Hit Parade. No one ever would have guessed that the life- sized black cat wandering around was Fran-cine Feldman. Miss Meow Feldman led the group in multiplication and number dances. Everyone was amused by the sight of Bert Spiwak as a long-limbed and lovely (?) girl, looking over her great-great grandfather's Annual and reminiscing. A trial took place. Accused were Larry Chesses, for overcrowding a poor helpless notebook with an accumulation of old papers, and Richard Davis, for failing to remain wide awake and attentive in such interesting classes as American History, English, etc. Hazel Chandler and Nancy Hogan were guest star singers. Don Mitchum played his always famous rendition of Harlem Nocturne on the sax. The affair was completed and made perfect by the reading of a poem written by Elaine Mitchum. Star bright, star light, I wish I may, I wish I might, go to Cafe Stardust tonight. Presto, a star blinked, and Cafe Stardust hit the record albums as fourth on the Hit Parade. April 28, 1950, was the night when dreams came true. The gym was transformed into the glitter of a night club with a professional magician, dancing, dreaming over little Page 18

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Seconded 'Zit CLAIRE DIAMOND TOMMY McGUIRE Heartbreaker ETHEL GROSSER Baby Face AL MILSTEIN DOLORES HOLLIS Sophisticated Lady HERBERT KINDS Homework BARBARAMARIE GREENE Hair of Gold HOWIE GUGGENHEIM I've Got Rhythm EVE TYLER You're Wonderful RICHARD DRAKE Green Eyes DOLLY STEIN Oh, You Beautiful Doll(y) SAMMY BESKIN Nature Boy FRAN CINE FELDMAN . Dark Eyes HARRY LEAF Dry Bones ALVIRA BURFORD Five Feet Two WILLIAM McWORTER The Old Master Painter IRENE WALKER Good Night, Irene JOHN TUCKER Oh, Johnny HARRIET BROWN Sweet and Lovely ALAN SILVERMAN Money Song SHIRLEY ROSENFELD Prisoner of Love HARRISON ADAMS NANCY HOGAN—HAZEL CHANDLER Tooether RICHARD DAVIS The Kid's a Dreamer VICTORIA SCOTT Little Girl Page 20