Below is a copy of the full graduation issue of the Hy-Breeze, the Brecksville High School student newspaper, published on June 5, 1959.  It was generously contributed by Ray Orley.  Click on the individual images below to view each page in a size suitable for reading.

Photo courtesy of Ray Orley

Cub Scout Pack 59

Row 1: Sonny Pinchot, Jack Kohl, Joel McHugh, Milton Pasternak, Bill Vigor, Bill Taylor,

          Don Faulhaber, Steve Burnett, Dan Biggs, David Stecker, Buddy Vopat, Jack Dostal,

          Bill Martin.

Row 2: Jim Pelouch, Terry Hafner, Bill Boyd, ?, Bill Slama, Ed Chase, Dick Gravatt, Bob Pelouch,

          Ray Burgoine, ?, Gary Hennis, Myron Lewis (?).

Row 3: ?, Paul Missal, Dow Jordan (?), Roger Studley, Larry White, ?, ?, Warren Biggs,

          Joe Hruby, Roger Cook, Frank DeWolf, Fred Schweitzer.

Row 4: Lee Packard, Bill Stevens, Tony Dixon, Jim Steiger, George Klein, ?, Bob Steiger,

          Ray Orley.

Row 5: Bob Morris, Al Jordan, John O'Brien.

Photo courtesy of Ray Orley

Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts

Adult scoutmasters and assistant scoutmasters:

   Left aisle from front: George Hafner, ?, Larry White's father.

   Right aisle from front: John O'Brien, Bob Morris.

Flags: Terry Hafner and Steve Burnett.

Row 1: Charlie Rose, Ronnie Maeroff, Bill Martin, Jack Dostal, Bill Taylor, Kit Taylor,

          Harry Onufrock, Tony Dixon, Gary Hennis, Bill Vigor.

Row 2: Joel McHugh, ?, ?, ?, Warren Biggs, Don Faulhaber, ?.

Row 3: Bill O'Brien, Bill Sharp, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?.

Row 4: ?, ?, ?, Nick Sabadosh, Ray Burgoine, Joe Hruby, Buddy Vopat.

Row 5: Jim Steiger, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?.

Row 6: Henry James, Larry White, ?, Roger Studley, Bob Steiger, Bill Stevens, ?.

Row 7: ?, Dick Gravatt, Bob Pelouch, Paul Missal, ?, Ray Orley, Fred Schweitzer.

Row 8: George Klein (?), Bill Slama, ?, Lee Packard, Frank DeWolf, David Stecker, Dan Biggs.

Sixth grade celebrity roles

This scrap of paper, preserved from Miss Behal's sixth-grade class, appears to be a  list of celebrity roles taken on by members of the class.  The purpose and origins of these assignments are unknown.

The typist clearly has not yet had the benefit of Miss Heinemann's typing class.

Bill Taylor in the News

This is a newspaper article circa 1950 or 1951 about Bill Taylor petitioning the Brecksville City Council for a public ice skating rink.

Photos courtesy of Dale Kittle and Ray Orley

Ninth-grade student photos from Dale Kittle

These individual student pictures were given to algebra instructor, homeroom teacher, and Drama Club advisor Dale Kittle by members of his class in 1956.  Mr. Kittle provided these copies to Ray Orley when they reconnected via email in 2010--fifty-four years later!

The students pictured are Ray Orley, Bill Martin, Terry Lequyea, Rachel McHugh, Diane Liebner, and Betty Muscaro.

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Photo courtesy of Dale Kittle; cast identification by Dale Kittle and Ray Orley

Drama Club production of "You Can't Take It With You" - 1956

Players above, left to right: Mike Lister (Ed Carmichael), Ray Orley (in a deep bow as Mr. DePinna), Jeff Wagner ( Paul Sycamore), Ron Giere (seated as Grandpa Martin Vanderhof), ? (Penny Sycamore), Bill Ellenberger (Boris Kolenkhov), Pat Tarkington (Grand Duchess Olga Katrina), ? (Essie Carmichael, curtsying), ? and ? (G-Men).

Other cast members, not pictured: Judy St. John (Gay Wellington), Marilyn Meyers (Alice Sycamore), Carol Vana (Rheba), Rick Lee (Anthony W. Kirby).

Director and Drama Club advisor: Dale Kittle.

Additional characters for which the players are currently unknown include Tony Kirby, Miriam Kirby, three G-Men, Wilber C. Henderson (IRS agent), and Donald (a handyman and Rheba's partner).

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Photo Courtesy of Pat Tarkington Agnello

The Drama Club's production of "You Can't

Take It With You" was performed during our

freshman year.  The picture is a copy of a

slide taken by Pat Tarkington Agnello's father

with a 35mm Voigtlander camera.

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Photo Courtesy of Pat Tarkington Agnello

Here is another slide of "You Can't Take It With

You."  Pat Tarkington is in the white dress with

a blue sash at center stage.  She is playing the

Grand Duchess Olga Katrina and was selected for

the part because she could fake a foreign accent.

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