From the President Jim Driggs The Holiday season is officially started, Thanksgiving is over and the month of December is at hand. Another year is almost behind us and I want to thank everyone for your support of the Alumni Association. On a sad note, our Vice President, Richard "Dick" Heinlein, died suddenly at his home in an accident. Dick was a '61 grad and a tireless worker for the Alumni Association. Dick ran the car show at the picnic and was a huge help at the Oldies Dance. Not only I, but all of us, have lost a wonderful friend and dedicated worker. Let’s all think of him and also remember Sharon and his family. I hope everyone will have a joyous and wonderful Christmas and a Happy New Year. Jim Driggs Volume 2, Issue 16 December 2008 Inside this issue: Photos—7th Annual SHSAA Picnic 2 Remembering Tom Moody 3 Photos—October ‘08 3 Breakfast at Plank’s Remembering Dick Heinlein ‘61 6 New SHSAA Board Members 6 Oldies Dance February 7th! Remembering Ruth Lang—Teacher 6 Our annual Oldies Dance will be held Saturday, February 7th at the “Grotto”. Tickets will go on sale January 2nd. Tickets will be $10.00 each. The dance will start at 7:00 PM and conclude at 11:00 PM. Good food and beverages and the usual great music and wonderful friends will add up to a fun time to be had by all. Buy your tickets early as there are no sales at the door. Contact Jim Driggs (614/893-8174) or any of the board members for your tickets. From the Neighborhood Paper 7 Editorial Policy 7 New “Dawgs” 7 Obituaries 7 Communication Committee 8 Dates To Remember In ‘09 Breakfast at Plank’s 8 January 17 February 7 April 18 July 18 September 20 October 3 Breakfast at Plank’s Cafe Oldies Dance Breakfast at Plank’s Cafe Breakfast at Plank’s Cafe 8th Annual SHSAA Picnic at Hoover Y-Park Alumni Association Breakfast and Annual Meeting at Plank’s Cafe Page 2 Bulldog Bulletin 7th Annual SHSAA Picnic at Y-Park September 21st Dave Gruber ‘62 Volume 2, Issue 16 Remembering Tom Moody Page 3 From the South High School Web Site Thomas Moody, former Mayor of the City of Columbus and member of the 1947 graduating class of South High School, has passed away at Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus from natural causes. He was 78 years old. Tom was born on November 26th, 1929, and grew up on the South Side of Columbus during the great depression. After attending South High School, Moody would attend The Ohio State University, where he graduated with honors. From there, he would proceed to Franklin University, where he would later earn his law degree. Tom is a Mayor who will be missed by his city, and an alumnus that we can all be proud of. Our thoughts go out to his family and friends. SHSAA Breakfast at Plank’s—October 4, 2008 HILDENBRAND REALTY JIM HILDENBRAND, BROKER APPRAISALS, SALES, TRADES (614) 409-1800 44 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE 3163 S. HIGH STREET COLUMBUS, OHIO 43207 Page 4 Bulldog Bulletin Volume 2, Issue 16 STEDMAN FLOORS 836-3190 P.O. Box 418 Groveport, OH 43125 Page 5 Bulldog Bulletin Page 6 Class of ’61 Bids Sad Farewell Judy Park Davis The Class of ’61 lost one of our most active members, Richard (Dick) Heinlein on October 30, 2008. The south end, South High School and our class lost a friend, an advocate and a historian. He seemed to know everyone who lived in the south end or attended South High in the last 60 years. Better yet, he not only knew them but remembered their brothers, sisters and sometimes even their parents. When he ran into someone he knew he always seemed to have an old story to remember them by. He was the vice-president of the SHSAA and was the driving force behind the car show at the SHSAA picnic every year. He was so proud of his ’46 Ford. Those of us closest to him knew of his proclivity toward organization. Everything he did was done the right way. One of our favorite stories is the day he reorganized Sharon’s spice jars and cans of vegetables in alphabetical order. Also his workshop / garage was a site to behold. Every tool was laid out by size and purpose. Besides his classmates and friends, he leaves behind his wife Sharon (McKitrick, ‘64), two children and four grandchildren. Newly Elected Members of the Board of Directors At the October 4, 2008 Annual Meeting of the South High School Alumni Association these people were elected to the Board of Directors: Peggy McCathran (’64), Sandy Duff (’65), Dee Hendricks Lewis (’68), and Carol Driggs Wolfenbarger (’61). The Board of Directors is composed of twelve active members of the Alumni Association. The responsibility of the Board is to plan the work of the Association in accordance with our By-Laws. Each year at the Annual Meeting in October there are four directors elected. Ruth Lang Carol Driggs Wolfenbarger (’61) Those that graduated before 1970 will recall Miss Ruth Lang. Miss Lang taught office machines, shorthand, and typing. In the 1961 Lens there is a photograph of Miss Lang and three students, one of them, Janet Trott, is using a comptometer. [We’d appreciate if any one trained on a comptometer would write a short piece for the next SHSAA newsletter about what this machine did and where one would work who used this.] Miss Lang and Mr. Youmans were the advisors for the January, 1961 senior class. Miss Lang who graduated from The Ohio State University in 1926 and did her masters work at Columbia State Teachers College, died earlier this year at the age of 103. Miss Lang retired from teaching in 1969. She and her sister Josephine never married and neither had any children. The sisters lived together till Josephine died in 1979. Miss Lang’s estate valued at over 1.3 million dollars was left to The Catholic Foundation. In the foundation’s newsletter Blessings it said the Columbus Diocese will use the bequest to “respond to needs in the Diocese”. Miss Lang was part of Christ the King Parish. Volume 2, Issue 16 Page 7 From the Neighborhood Paper Obituaries C o n t r i b u t e d b y Larry Latta ‘72 SHSAA’s Oldies Dance Dancin’ to the Oldies Saturday, February 7, 2009, at The Richard J. Kollmer ‘52 (S&T) Grotto”. Tickets to go on sale January 2, 2008. Call Jim Driggs at 614-893-8174 Drusilla Webb Sachs for information and tickets. Mary Lou Smith ‘45 TAT LUNCHEON All Classes Welcome. 3rd Wednesday of each month. 11:30- Jerry Carver ‘69 12:30. TAT at Livingston Avenue and James Road. Lillian V. Hicks Truax Please submit your announcements to Larry Latta at LATTA1013@aol.com (614- Donna M. Daniels ‘89 Forrest “Joe” Womeldorff ‘49 882-1519). Editorial Policy Carol Driggs Wolfenbarger ‘61 At the June 14, 2005 meeting of the Board of Directors of the South High School Alumni Association this Editorial Policy was adopted: 1. Articles for the Bulldog Bulletin will be edited for form, spelling, and to fit the space available in the Bulletin 2. Subject of articles will pertain to the broad audience of SHSAA members 3. Because of space consideration articles may be held for a later issue 4. Articles may be submitted by SHSAA members and others interested in promoting the goals of the Association 5. Publication of all articles is subject to the judgment of the editor/s New “Dawgs” In The Pound Clarence“Pete” Nonnemacher ‘39 Robert Donald Thomas Betty Elnora Foreman Collins William R. “Bill” Findley Thomas M. Smith Donald E. Banks ‘65 Arthur C. Dellenbaugh Jene Richardson Ross ‘43 Douglas Leonard McMillion Richard P. Heinlein ‘61 Rhonda Arlette Perry ‘76 Alexander Kitsos Marian Rose Elzey Darr ’42 Linda M. Johnson Young ’64 Cheryl Archer Nye ’63 Darrel Henkel ’58 Richard “Dick” L. Bishop ‘60 Marianne “Mimi” Tomlinson Mary L. Persig Poenisch ‘38 Thomas Moody ‘47 Lena H. Doersam Eddie McCarty Ruby Hoyt Arnold Here are the newest “Dawgs” that were in the pound by the time we went to press. If you know any other pups who might enjoy reading the Bulldog Bulletin, and would like to be aware of the activities we report, encourage them to join and they can see their names in print too! Also remember… if you have any type of article or piece of information to share with other alums, those of us at the Bulletin are happy to help you. Contact any of us and we’ll work with you to get your input into the next edition. And thank you for continuing to support us. These notices are collected from the Columbus Dispatch and from inforTina Decker ‘64 Dave Elerick (Jan) ‘59 Paul Gallion ‘71 mation sent to the Alumni AssociaJudith Hall ‘55 Steve Leffler ‘62 Antoinette Allen Miklos ‘68 tion. If there are death notices that Karen Maxwell Kim Miklos ‘67 Malcolm Parsons ‘62 we have missed, please call Jim Driggs (614-893-8174) and these will Anita Telfer ‘58 Nancy Winton Price ‘58 Saundra Mays Schaub ‘61 be listed in our next issue. JoAnn Smith (Jan) ‘59 Patt Veitch Snyder ‘51 Peggy Dupler White ‘64 SHS CLASS OF 1946 B r e a k f a s t a t P l a n k ’s o n P a r s o n s Av e n u e Saturday January 17, at 9:00 A.M. Members of the Alumni Association and anyone else with connections to South will meet for breakfast at Plank’s. Join us for good food and best of all, great conversation. Plan to be there! Communication Committee SHSAA President Newsletter Jim Driggs Jim Driggs, Peggy McCathran, Carol Driggs Wolfenbarger, Cecelia Ginther Denney Newsletter Editor Bev Oursler Truax Newsletter Publisher Larry Latta