Class Notes for 1886-1936 -- The Golden Years

�The tumult and the shouting ends � the captains and kings depart!� The 70th Year Reunion is over for the �Golden Jubilee Class of 1936� of John Carroll University � forever! It comes around only once in a lifetime, nevertheless you would never know it happened. Nothing was mentioned in the last Alumni Journal of the two members, Bill Muth and Larry Kelley, of the Class of 1936 who showed up. Bill and I have a picture to prove that we were there! What happened to the other seven that are still around? Ken McCarthy�s wife was very ill at that time and Marie (Tighe) died shortly after our reunion. From the 2004 alumni directory, there are six more listed � Bert Beadle, Ben Belkin, Hank Dombrowski, Rev. George Follen SJ, Mike Hitchko MD, Tony Muni, DDS (I�m sure Tony is among us � the last time I saw him, he looked just like he did when he was a freshman over on West 30th!) If anyone of you want to come back to the John Carroll campus and need a ride, call me. I have a handicapped van � room for three wheelchairs. My wife, Frances, is confined to a wheel chair. In the journal on page 8, I noticed that the �golden� boys of the class of 1956 really did themselves proud � they gave over $1 million, the largest 50th reunion gift ever, also the largest class gift and the highest attendance at the Reunion. If Bill and I each gave a dollar as a reunion gift, we could have been listed as the class that gave the least ever � at least they would have known we were there! I wonder how many of the class of 1956 will show up for their 70th Reunion in 2026? ... We lost another one who was a regular at our monthly luncheon of those from JCU during the 1930s. Al Weiler �38 died on August 9, 2006. We go back a long way � he used to ride up to Carroll in my old Ford Roadster with Don Birmingham, Jim Foti �38, Rocco Marotta and Jack Lavelle �38. Our paths crossed many times. We both went overseas together � same stateroom. When I was in the trucking business with Tony Rocco �32 and Frank McCaffrey �32, he was our accountant. After Tony was killed in a car/railroad accident on December 8, 1950, we both parted again. When he moved to the Westside after Betty died and he remarried, we took up where we left off in the �50s. He called me about two weeks before he died � he talked about all our past encounters. After he hung-up, I mentioned to my wife, Frances, that I thought Al was saying goodbye! He died the following week. Keep praying. Just Larry

How can you write a column about fellow alumni that graduated before your class finished JCU -- when my own classmates are at least ninety years old! When I look in the bathroom mirror in the morning and see my reflection, I�m very thankful! ... Since Francis Burns, M.D. and Jim Darling died last year, I haven�t heard a word from any of you! Maybe it�s time to fade away and make more words available to the generations that follow us. It would give the other columnists about 15 additional words before the editor starts �editing� the columns. I lost about 50 words from the tail end of my last column. Maybe somebody is trying to tell me something? Nevertheless, they may be right � this year is our 70th Reunion. I wonder how many will show up? Right now all I�m sure of is Bill Muth and me � maybe Al Weiler �38 and Ken McCarthy and his lovely wife, Marie. I hope to see all of you at our Reunion � that�s June 23-25, 2006 � at least attend Saturday night! ... {need to check the following with the photo I gave you}The picture of me as a captain and major Jack Lavelle was taken in the summer of 1945 at the P47 Fighter Air Base in Germany � I was stationed in Fulda, Germany. It was the first time I saw Jack since I left Randolph Field, TX. Jack was an instructor at the time. In June 1940, I was best man at his wedding to M. Josephine McEllin. I arrived back in July of 1941 for basic flight training as a flyer cadet. Jack stayed in the Air Force and became JCU�s first Major General. Jack had a heart attack and died July 10, 1979. ... Keep praying, just Larry

As usual I�m late. Michele had to call me � I was a week late already! ... This past year had been quite a year � I lost a lot of very dear and close friends and four close relatives � three were from the �baby boomer� generation (in their 50s and 60s)! And this year is starting out on a sad note -- On January 5, Fr. James E. �Ned� Farrell, SJ, died. He had a stroke last July and fully recovered. He was driving � and had another stroke and died. The �JCU �30s� bunch made him the honorary chaplain of our gang. Ned and I were the only two to meet at the last luncheon held at the Rockcliff on December 7, 2004. We ate at the bar! -- His funeral Mass was held at St. Ignatius High School, St. Mary�s Chapel � I think every Jesuit at the Detroit Province was there. His brother, Fr. Walter, SJ, celebrated the Mass. Walt was two years behind Ned at St. Ignatius � both entered the Society of Jesus from High School. Between the two of them they gave nearly 150 years to the Jesuit Order. Both were and are still very active. ... I went out to JCU for the monthly luncheon with those �youngsters� who graduated in the �50s! There was a big crowd. School was in recess so it was possible to find a place to park. Missed seeing the Muth brothers -- Bill the elder one was my classmate at JCU. ... Maybe I can get this to Michele before she goes home. Keep praying. Just Larry

This is the most difficult column to start � after 25 years you�d think it would be easy. Back in the �80s and �90s, there were more of our contemporaries to write about � today I think that only about nine from our class are still alive. That brings me to the reason I�m having difficulty writing this column. We lost two more classmates � and I didn�t know until long after they were buried -- Jim Darling on July 27 and Francis Burns M.D. on September 5. I found out about Jim when I dropped in at the Journal office during August and they told me that Jim had died! And only yesterday when I called Joan Brosius at JCU did I find out the date Francis passed away. I knew he died, because I received a note from Kaye, his wife, � addressed to the �JCU Alumni Association� thanking them for having a Mass said for Francis. These two fellows put on more mileage getting their education than the rest of our class. Francis lived in Ashtabula, OH, and rode the train (both ways) � first to Latin at E. 107 and Euclid Ave. for four years, then four more to JCU � three to W. 30 and Carroll and the last one to University Heights. Jim took the train for three years to JCU on the West Side and drove from Mantua, OH, to University Heights his last year. Jim was the first columnist for our class until 1980 when he asked me to take over the job. However, every year I would hear from him often � a card from someplace in Europe or a phone call from San Antonio, TX, (for years � he took care of his wife who had a heart condition.) ... My Frances has been back in the hospital twice since we came back from Washington, D.C. Getting into bed, her right leg got tangled up with her shoe brace, the wheel chair and the bed � resulting in a broken femur bone in her right leg � this put her in the hospital for four weeks. Later she returned for another two weeks with an infection � but she�s bouncing back very slowly. June 23-25, 2006 is �Reunion Weekend� at Carroll for the years that end in 1 or 6 (Father�s Day is the week before so it won�t interfere with the Reunion.) So get your wheelchairs in shape, your crutches polished and show up � the university is �Handicapped Accessible� and stay on campus if you are able � if you have any special needs � contact Rosalie Massey at 216.397.3014. ... �til later keep praying. Just Larry

If I can finish this column and fax it to Michele, it will be one of the few times in the last 25 years that I will be on time -- my first column was published in July 1981. ... I had three replies to my list of alumni who were listed in the Alumni Directory as No information available. Two are now deceased: Anthony Savoca �30 and Frank Hearns �36 who died August 1997. Jack T. Hearns �61, Frank�s grandson and fellow columnist, called me with the information on his grandfather. The third alumnus was Fr. Herman J. Muller, SJ �31. He has spent his entire priesthood teaching at the University of Detroit (except for several sabbatical years teaching in Ireland.) He�s 95 years old and living at University of Detroit Mercy Jesuit Community, Lansing Reilly Hall, PO Box 19900, Detroit, MI 48219-0900, phone 313-993-1600. He is the oldest member of the Detroit Province of the Society Jesus. His family owned land on what is now JCU. His father was a master carpenter who did the paneling of the 1st floor dining room, 2nd floor former recreation room and 1st floor chapel in Rodman Hall. All this data and more was in a letter to me from Fr. Glenn Williams, SJ �45 JCU and Ignatius in �41 who is at the Colombiere Center. ... I received some sad news! I got a letter from Kaye Burns, her husband Dr. Francis Burns had a stroke Easter Saturday morning. It was a massive one involving his left side. He�s had many complications since. His mind is sharp and he can read. So drop him a card: his home address is 303 N. Meramec Unit 203, Clayton, MO 63105 �On July 8th, Frances and I drove to Washington, D.C. I haven�t been there since Jack Lavelle �38 died, 28 years ago. I didn�t recognize the district or the surrounding area. It�s all polluted with buildings, people, houses, and vehicles. We saw the WWII Memorial and Arlington Cemetery and visited Jack�s grave, as well as his widow, Josephine McEllen Lavelle, who has moved in with their daughter, Gerrie, on five acres of beautiful land in a house built 350 years ago. Chief Justice John Marshall once bought the house but died before he could move in. The place is beautiful. ... Frances and I had our 60th wedding anniversary on May 8. So just keep praying, Larry

In my last column I said that I would list those with �address unknown.� I�ll start with the class 1929 as I knew most of them -- if not by name then at least by sight. If anyone can furnish any information on the following, let me, the Alumni Office, or Joan Brosius at 216-397-4332 know so we can update the records (if deceased or whatever information you can supply). Class of 1929: Mieyal, Stanley John -- Class of 1930: Savoca, Anthony J.; Sheehan, Nicholas R.; Waldron, James J. -- Class of 1931: Eredics, Louis; Evans, Joseph F.; Muller, Herman -- Class of 1932: Hennessy, James R. -- Class of 1933: Karnes, James J.; Wolf, John W. -- Class of 1934: Fallon, Chris J.; Tetalman, Samuel -- Class of 1935: Downey, Thomas E. Sr. -- Class of 1936: Goodman, John L.; Gross, Ervin J.; Hearns, Frank E.; Muni, Anthony B.; Shultz, Richard C. ... This is the list of the Alumni from the classes of 1929-1936 listed as �unknown address.� It is very important to know where you are as you are always a member of the Alumni. It helps especially when it comes to matching funds from foundations. ... The next time a new �directory� is printed, add a person (or persons) who will be able to give us information about you if you�re unable to reply. ... The only classmates I heard from were my faithful classmates Jim Darling and Dr. Francis Burns -- They are still praying for my wife, Frances. She has an appointment at the Cleveland Clinic in May. By the way if we both make it to May 8th we will celebrate our �60th wedding anniversary.� We were married on �V.E.� Day in Southport England -- she was in the American Red Cross. A native of Canton, OH, she graduated from Kent State in 1940. By the way last February 23, I reached the big �90.� ... We lost another one, Stanley Kynkor passed away last month. He�d been living in Maine. Pray for him and for the rest of us. ... Just keep praying! Larry

At the December �04 luncheon we only had two show up. Myself and Fr. James �Ned� Farrell �32. We didn�t need a table, we ate in the bar! I�m almost ready to call it off or find one of the younger graduates who wants to take over. We need a person whose family is �out of the house� and has time to �remind� others as to �date, time, and place! I enjoyed it because it kept me involved with other JCU graduates and closer to the university. Writing the column for the past 25 years has been more rewarding. ... When I was still working at NASA and traveled, I always carried a copy of the �Alumni Directory� with me. I called quite a few JCU grads over the years. After I retired and continued to travel, I still called or made contact with men from JCU. One of the last touring trips Frances and I took was to a wedding in upstate New Jersey and ended up in Key West on our way home! That was the last time I saw Bob Asmann and Frank Farrell, Bob in Ormond Beach, FL, and Frank in Coral Gables, FL. We just missed seeing Hugh McCaffrey �37 and his wife, Leatrice, by one day. They had just left for California to see a new grandchild. The first time I met Leatrice, I was introduced to her by the name �Butch� -- a name given to her by her mother and it was not appropriate for she was a beautiful black eyed and jet-black hair beauty! They lived in Fairhope, AL, (still on our way home!) ... As usual I heard from my remaining faithful classmates Francis Burns and Jim Darling. And Jim was not on a cruise ship but home! In San Antonio, TX, with all the rain they are having in the south and west, he can sit on the front porch and watch the water flow by. ... I just received the JCU Alumni Directory 2004 (soft cover -- best for packing) and went to the listing for the �class of 1929.� This was the year they were seniors in college and I was a freshman at St. Ignatius High School. I knew a lot of them � the high school and college were in the same building at West 30th and Lorain until October 5, 1935 when our class moved out to University Heights. There are some listed as �address unknown.� I think for my next column I will furnish the names and, if possible, when we last heard from them from the old Directories. The oldest directory I have is 1965 -- which cost $2.00. ... My Christmas was better than I predicted. The Saturday before Christmas (the 18th) I brought Frances into the ER with very high potassium. After three days in ICU and two sessions on the dialysis machine she came back. I didn�t think I would be bringing her home but on Christmas Eve day, the doctor let me bring her home. Thanks for your prayers. ... So till next time keep praying. Just Larry

This column will be brief and late! I just got Frances home from the hospital. This time her kidneys gave out � one is gone but they got one to work! It looks like we might make our 60th wedding anniversary on May 8, 2005. On her way to surgery she told her cardiologist that he had to keep her alive until May 8th. She spent 16 days at Fairview Hospital, another 15 at St. John�s Westshore. ... At the last luncheon on October 6 we had another vacant chair � John Drain �37 pass on at home on September 30th. When we parted on September 1, he shouted to me in the parking lot of the Rockcliff Restaurant � �I�ll see you next month, God willing.� I guess God had other plans! When John arrived at the gates of Heaven, I�ll bet he was greeted by his beloved Ann, with their son, Peter, in one hand and a chimpanzee in the other. I only met Ann twice in my life � but I never forgot her performance at one of our Sunday luncheons when we invited our wives and the widows of the JCU men who had past on. She told a story about a �bus accident and a chimpanzee � if Johnny Carson heard and saw her � he�d be laughing yet. I could never repeat the story � and do it justice. ... I must close for now, so keep praying. Just, Larry

I�ll start out with news about Ernie Ryavec who graduated with a B.S. degree in �38 and in 1940 he got his MS from Case. (I�m not sure what they call it to day -- it seems the name changes with the last highest contributor to the school. One time it�s �Western Reserve-Case� then back to �Case-Western Reserve.� Ernie was in the Naval Reserves in 1934 and went on active duty in 1940. He retired in 1976 from Hughes Air Craft Company in California. He and his wife Gaye, whom he married in 1949, live in Santa Monica, CA. They raised six children -- 3 girls: Carole, Lisa and Janice and 3 boys: Charles, Mark and Steve. If any JCUers are in the area, look him up. I think we have a Carroll Alumni group in the area. (Paul Hribar �37 should take credit for he furnished me a copy of the �American Home� -- a Slovenian daily newspaper.) On June 19, 2004 JCU lost one of its most loyal and famous black alumni, Chester J Gray �35. He was my friend. I met Chet when he was a freshman in 1931 and was playing basketball on the freshman team. I was a senior at St. Ignatius and I used to go over to the gym and wait for my brother, Norman �32 who played on varsity. Our paths crossed again in the late �60s when the Federal Minority Business Program was put under my office at NASA Lewis Research Center. Chester was then director of the Equal Opportunity Commission in Cleveland. After we retired in 1984, we started having lunch during the summer when our �wealthy� friends: returned from Florida, namely, John Kovacic �32, immigration director; Morrie Koogan, civil-service director, and Charles Stebbos, commerce director. After John Kovacic died and Morrie moved to Florida, Chet, Charles and I kept up the luncheons. We were to have lunch, the Friday that Chet was buried. I lost a very close and dear friend. Please pray for him! ... From my favorite classmates -- Jim Darling and Francis Burns. Jim was in Europe (Italy) checking out the Amalfi Coast, Sorrento, Pompeii, Naples, Rome, Pisa, Florence and Venice. By now he�s been home -- rested and making plans for the winter months! How about Australia and New Zealand? The �doctor� and Kay just spent a week at the �Cloister� on Sea Island, GA. Then off to Michigan in August. These classmates are the wise ones -- go while you can -- because there will come a time when you can�t. The only thing Francis missed on our �list� was to take the train from Toronto to Vancouver, and return on the U.S. side from Seattle to Chicago. ... Last but not least, I want to thank Jerry Pockar, our editor and his staff for the �Silver Quill� Award which I received at the Alumni Awards Dinner on May 21, 2004. I�m sure Father Scott S.J. (freshman English) is turning over in his grave at my getting an award for writing in English! Our new columnist, Paul Hribar �37, was awarded a plaque, by the Euclid Veterans Association last January. He was named �Mr. Euclid Vet for 2003.� During WWII Paul spent 42 months in the Coast Guard, chasing U Boats in the Gulf of Mexico and North Atlantic before being transferred to the Pacific -- planning for the invasion of Japan. What goes around, comes around. Last year at Paul�s 90th birthday party, Mike Dwyer �37 was toast master -- the affair was videotaped -- after Mike died last December, Paul took over his column. I got to see that tape! Keep praying. Just Larry

I just reread Paul Hribar�s �37 first column in the last Journal. As I predicted, as a columnist he put the rest of us to shame! I would love to see the video of Mike Dwyer �37 taken on Paul�s 90th birthday where Mike was Master of Ceremony. ... The luncheon group from the ��30s� is getting smaller. At the last one John Drain �37 and I were the only ones available. Since the last column, in addition to Mike Dwyer �37, we lost Msgr. Jim McIntyre �34 and Edward A. D�Alessandro �37. Al Weiler �38 couldn�t make it neither could Fr. Ned Farrell SJ �32, who had to give a retreat in Detroit, and Sheila Drain �77, who is teaching English at Baldwin-Wallace on M-W-F this semester. Bob D�Alessandro �59 was still in Florida. I hope we have a full house next month so we can decided either to �carry-on� or �fade into the night�! ... Last month I was invited to join the JCU group that meets on the 2nd Wednesday at the Playhouse (82nd and Carnegie.) I believe they had around 40 or 50 (mostly from the late �40s and �50s.) A few old timers were there too -- Bill Muth �36 and his brother Bob �41. Also present was Chester Gray �35. By the way Chet had an excellent article in The Plain Dealer on February 8, 2004. After our college days on West 30th and Carroll Ave. (where Chet was an excellent basketball player and during the football season he �beat a mean drum!� in the marching band) our paths crossed again when he was director of the U.S.E.E.O Commission of Ohio and I had the Minority Business Program in my office for NASA Lewis Research center (now Glenn) in the late �60s until I retired in 1980. We still have lunch, with Charles Stebbins (OSU �36) retired director of Commerce for the U.S. Government in the district that included Ohio. ... As I closed my column last time, I was wondering about my two faithful correspondents that I had not heard from for a while -- both came through! Doc Francis Burns is enjoying �condo� living. Now he can play golf everyday! And Jim Darling also came through with a card of the �Queen Mary 2� and I predicted he was on the water -- this time watching the Super Bowl Game on board the maiden voyage of the QM2. He used to dream of capers like this voyage when he commuted those 4 years to JCU from Mantua, OH. Jim is trying to decide whether to throw a block party for his neighbors or come to the JCU reunion to celebrate his 90th birthday -- my suggestion is do both -- my dad always said he never saw a �Brinks Truck� in a funeral procession! Keep praying, just Larry

I can�t remember when I wrote my last column � it�s been so long that I forgot how to write this one � and it was due on January 16th � today is the 20th. ... The only news I have is a list of those who have passed on � Ever since Bill Young �40 died on December 24, 2000 our group from the �30s that lunched on the first Wednesday of the month has diminished rapidly. Following Bill�s death, we lost eight more before Christmas 2001. These last two months (December �03 and January �04) we had three each month attend the luncheon � John Drain �37 and myself both months with Father Ned Farrell SJ �32 in December and Sheila Drain �77 (John�s daughter-in-law) in January. ... Before our December luncheon, both Mike Dwyer �37 and Al Weiler �38 had strokes and were in �rehab� at Lakewood Hospital at the same time. When I visited them, I found out that Doc John Brennan �40 was also in �rehab� -- all on the same floor. I believe they had their strokes on the same day. Later I found out that Msgr. Jim McIntyre �34 was also in �rehab,� only on the 3rd floor, and was still there when I called him for the December luncheon. Later he called me and said that he would be unable to join us � the legs gave out. I can�t put this off any longer � the only one who didn�t survive was Mike � I visited him at hospice before he died. They tell me that he went with a smile. I�ll bet he saw �Connie� and �God� waiting for him! All who knew him will miss him. ... However, we all welcome his successor who will continue the column in the magazine � Paul Hribar �37. I know he is a gifted writer and will no doubt �shame me and the other columnists. I was so happy and pleased when Paul called and told me that he had been asked by our editor to continue the class of �37 column. I haven�t heard a word from Jim Darling �36 � I don�t think he is on a cruise � they had so much rain in San Antonio this past year that he could sit on his porch in a rocking chair and have the same pleasure as on the deck of a boat. Francis Burns �36 has moved into a condo within a mile of his old home � and enjoying it. So �til later ... just Larry

Class Notes Up To 1939 -- The Golden Years -- REUNION June 19-21, 2009 --

	Larry Kelley 16213 Marquis Avenue Cleveland, OH 44111 216.941.1795


fall 2008	After Reunion is the most difficult time to gather news for the column, unless it’s your anniversary year. Then you can thank all who attended and fill pages on what they have been doing since they graduated -- and criticize those who didn’t make the affair. I missed this year’s Saturday night affair for we graduates who have 50 years or more since we left JCU. This is the first one I missed since I retired from NASA in 1980. I had a prior engagement in Columbus and was too late getting back to Cleveland -- rain and hail! Bill Muth called me earlier in the week to see if I was going to attend, later on he called me and had to cancel. He wasn’t feeling to well -- his legs are giving him a little trouble. ... Honors are still coming to Charles “Chuck” Heaton ’38. In the Plain Dealer on July 19, 2008, at the end of Mike McIntyre’s column “Tipoff” he stated that the Press Club of Cleveland had established an award in his name. “The award will be given in November to the print, radio, or television journalist who best exemplifies the sensitivity and humility which, along with his writing talents, were traits exhibited by Heaton.” This will be a tough job for the members of the Press Club. ... I don’t think I could close my column without mentioning. Tim Russert ’72 and his untimely death. Not only is it a loss to John Carroll and Cleveland-Marshall College of Law but to anyone that had met him. My wife gave me a copy of his book, “Big Russ” about three Fathers Days ago and I finally finished this past summer. He mentioned visiting Dachau and Southport, England, where his Dad crashed in a B-24 on his way to a hotel that the Air Corps took-over and used for R&R. His Dad was pulled out of the burning plane. Frances, my wife, was in the Red Cross assigned to the hotel after she closed up the Aero Club in Ireland. On VE Day May 8, 1945, we were married at St. Mary Catholic Church -- our reception was held at the Aero Club. Maybe I’ll send the pictures to Luke, Tim’s son, who is a “big chip off the old block.” So ‘til later -- keep praying. Just Larry


summer 2008	If you read the April 18, 2008 issue of the Universe Bulletin you all know that our classmate Fr. George Follen, SJ, died on April 8 at Colombiere Center in Michigan. He was the “chemistry wizard” of our class. If Professor Frank Burk, freshman chemistry class, had a question that no one knew the answer to, he’d look at George -- who always camp up with the answer. He finally authored a chemistry book in the early ’60s. In his later years he was in pastoral ministry and was much in demand instructing converts to the Catholic Church. ... Over a year ago, I got a call from Bob Eredics, the son of Louis Eredics ’31 (the other half of the twin brothers who were star halfbacks in the late ’20s and early ’30s – Bill Eredics, the elder, graduate with the class of ’30). If my memory is correct both played for Lakewood High School (Ohio). Lou died on May 5, 1995. Remember them in your prayers and all the other “Golden Agers.” ... Since Chuck Heaton ’38 died on February 14, 2008, I am the lone survivor of the group of the alumni from the ’20s to ’30s that met the first Wednesday of every moth. So as a word of warning to Carl Giblin columnist for the class of 1940, he better keep raying for me as he is the next in line for columnist of the “The Golden Years.” ... Getting back to Chuck Heaton, it was tragic to lose Patricia Hurd, his first wife who died suddenly leaving Chuck with five children (Mike the middle one was 14 years old). God gave him Cecilia who enabled Chuck to carry on with the “Browns” and become the famous and successful sports writer for The Plain Dealer and the Browns. Chuck had been ill for sometime. I’ve been “caretaker” for my wife, Frances, since 1994 so I know what Cecilia has been doing the last few years -- and all my children were adults and on their own when Frances became ill. ... Reunion weekend will be here June 20-22 – all of you over “50” years since leaving John Carroll, come back for the Saturday night dinner. ‘Til then, keep praying. Just Larry


spring 2008	Right after the Christmas holiday is the most difficult time to write your column – the big letdown and paying the bills! The Kelleys had their Christmas Eve gathering at Houlihan’s in Westlake – 34 sat down to dinner (five couldn’t make it – Kevin and Amy in Dayton and Nora Marie Kelly – great-granddaughter who was born January 7, 2008, Don and Mary (she’s the DVM in the D.C. area – this is a busy season) and grand daughter Jennifer who I pray for every day. ... Out of the blue I received a call from CPT. William Kenealy USN (Ret) ’52. He was on duty in Vietnam and knew of Jack Lavelle ’38 but did not know that he was from JCU. I sent him copies of the Air Force Museum data concerning the scandal of President Nixon and Henry Kissinger that broke Jack’s heart. Maybe CPT. Kenealy can tell us more. Maybe Kissinger will clear his wrong doing before his time comes! ... It was a shock to me when Jerry told me that he was retiring as editor. Now I’ll have to find somebody to disagree with – may I take on Michele?! ... Please say a prayer for my wife, Frances. She’s been through so much. ... So ‘til later, keep praying. Just, Larry


fall 2007	Michele called me this morning looking for my column -- I thought it was due on October 26 but I was off by 10 days it was due Oct. 16. So this will be a short column as I have very little news! I’m still doing my “side job” as the “obituary editor.” Since the last column we lost Ken McCarthy on July 27. On the class picture of our “50th” Class Reunion, he is the last one to die. Frances and I were too late for the picture -- how lucky can you get! ... Ray McGorray’s ’40 widow, Dolores (Rosfelden), died on October 5. Jack Brennan, MD, ’40 a classmate of Ray’s, both at Carroll and St. Ignatius High died on October 8. On October 8, Jay Ansberry ’44 passed very suddenly -- after raking leaves! So all those who read this column, take it easy!” ... While I’m on this somber mood, as a suggestion when your time comes, have at least one afternoon and evening at the funeral home for paying respect. Not just a memorial Mass in the morning! Some of us “older people” have problems in the a.m. or are “caretaker” for our spouse or other family member. Only a suggestion! (Mornings are very busy in our house) ... In my last column I mentioned the article about Jack Lavelle ’38 clearing him of any wrong doing on his own that appeared in the New Yorker magazine (Mar. 26, 2007) and where to find details of it on the computer at the AF magazine. Norm Kempel ’38 took he time to get it and sent me a note thanking me. I thank him! ... The following comment was deleted for my column last issue. I hope it’s because the column was “so many words” and not “censorship!” I had hoped that our fellow alumnus Tim Russert ’72 (and also mine from Cleveland-Marshall College of Law ’54) would see it and if he ever gets Henry Kissinger or Melvin Laird on Meet the Press he might make a comment about the affair. There is a lot of material in the two articles. Maybe either one would like to send a note to Jack’s widow with the truth. ... So ‘til next time keep praying. Just, Larry


summer 2007	Before I started to write this column, I glanced at my last one ... the way I started the last few columns, I could get a job as the “obituary editor” at The Plain Dealer. This one will start out the same way – On July 5, I went to the funeral of Fr. John Rath ’32 at St. Stephen Church on West 54th Street, just north of Lorain. Father Rath (or John as I always called him) was the last living member of his class and of the class of 1928 of St. Ignatius High School. He also was the oldest living priest of the Youngstown Diocese. He was a classmate of my brother Norman at both schools and like him was in the Youngstown area when the Youngstown Diocese was formed from the Cleveland Diocese in the late 1930s with Bishop James McFadden being the first bishop. The day my brother stopped in at the Youngstown Chancery to congratulate the new bishop at the same time handed him a letter requesting a transfer back to the Cleveland Diocese. He looked at Norm and told him that he only accepted the appointment because of priests like him. Norm was very fortunate to have stayed. Father Otting, SJ, (who taught me ethics at Carroll) was teaching at Youngstown State, kept me informed of Norm’s progress. He was a pastor of St. Rose in Girard, Ohio, when he was 37 years old. He never would have been that successful in Cleveland. The only Jesuit on the altar at Fr. Rath’s funeral was the new Bishop of Youngstown, The Most Rev. George V. Murry, SJ. ... Right at this moment I’m at St. John West Shore Hospital – my wife, Frances, is having outpatient surgery for removal of a malignant lesion on the side of her nose. With all she has been through for the last 12 years, she should go right up the “golden stairway” when God calls her. Her only complaint is her diminishing vision. She can no longer play the piano or organ (can’t read the music), read or sew, and she’s confined to her wheel chair. ... In June I attended my 75th Class Reunion from St. Ignatius. I was the lone attendee! I was hoping that Hank Dombrowski would make it. I met his cousin at JCU’s Reunion Weekend (can’t remember his name or the year he graduated from Carroll) and I asked him to try to persuade Hank to come. But “no dice.”... I had hoped to make a call to Hugh McCaffrey ’37. I hope he’s still in Fairhope, AL, as that’s the only number I have from the Alumni Directory 2004. ... I still keep in contact with Jack Lavelle’s ’38 widow, Josephine Lavelle, who is now living with her daughter Jerrie in Marshall, VA. The true story about Major General John D. Lavelle U.S. A/F Retired can be found in the Air Force Magazine online at http://www.afa.org/magazine/nov2006/1106lavelle.asp and www.afa.org/magazine/feb2007/0207tapes.asp. Get both the Nov. 2006 and Feb. 2007 for the whole story. I was first alerted to the story by an article in The New Yorker, March 26, 2007, page 31 that nearly briefly cleared Lavelle of wrong doing on his own. I got my son, Pat (XU ’69) to get both the articles from the Air Force Magazine on his computer. I hope our fellow alumnus from JCU (and my fellow CSU Cleveland-Marshall College of Law ’54) ever gets Henry Kissinger or Melvin Laird on “Meet the Press” (Laird may want to advertise his book) he could get a letter (with the truth) from either one to Jack’s widow would be a welcome gesture – I have her address if Tim wants it! ... So ‘til next time – keep praying. Just Larry


spring 2007	Two more from the ’30s at JCU have died, both were Jesuits and in retirement at Colombiere Center in Michigan. Rev. Herman J. Muller, SJ ’31 died on April 19, and five days later Rev. Joseph P. Owens, SJ ’38 passed on April 24, 2007. Both were also graduates of St. Ignatius High School in Cleveland and both taught at JCU. The last time I saw Fr. Owens was at the Cleveland Clinic shortly before he was transferred to Colombiere. He was the Catholic chaplain and attended to my wife, Frances, when she was a patient in 1995. May they rest in peace. ... I got a long letter from one Fr. George Follen who is retired and living at Colombiere Center in Clarkston, MI. “George” was the “whiz kid” in chemistry in our undergraduate days at JCU. One of these days I will answer his sister – just as soon as I find her letter – again! It’s somewhere in my office. ... This year will be the 70th reunion for the class of 1937. It won’t be the same without Mike Dwyer ’37 (fellow columnist!), Jim Priebe ’37 and Bill McMahon ’37 – both cheerleaders with me at JCU. Jim worked at NASA – Lewis Research Center and we retired on the same day, January 11, 1980. ... During the war, I bumped into Bill McMahon in the men’s room at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York. He was in the Navy – in charge of the gun crews on tankers – carrying 150 octane aviation fuel to the ETO. I think I prayed for him every night as I was with a outfit that was with an anti-sub air patrol out of Charleston, SC. Tankers were prime targets of the German Subs in the Atlantic Ocean. ... Nadine Nardi Davidson – thanks for the letter and address. ... ‘til later, keep praying. Just Larry


winter 2007	The first thing I want to do is apologize to our editor, Jerry Pockar, I did not want to shame him into running the picture of Bill Muth and myself taken during Reunion Weekend. We should have kept the class banner “Class of 1936” in front of us, and then maybe the photographers would have furnished a copy of the photo to Jerry. Never the less both of us thank you. ... Since the last issue I received two more letters, one from a recent graduate of JCU and the other a widow of a graduate and a good friend of mine, Mike Krisko, MD ’37. (Mike delivered four of our seven children.) Mary Krisko moved to the Columbus, OH, area and two of her daughters live nearby so she gets good care there. The recent graduate was Kathryn Schlenker ’00 from Cincinnati, OH. She enjoys big “updates” and finds the “Golden Years” column very interesting. I wish she could have come to one of our luncheons back in the ’80s and ’90s where we always had 25-35 present. When Coach Ralph Vince had his 90th birthday, we had over 100 JCU graduates, all lettermen, who played or served under him present. Too bad nobody made a tape of the “Birthday Party.” I made my “letter” as cheerleader. Mike Zappone, who owned Mr. Z’s restaurant, said that it was the largest group from the college he ever had at the luncheon. Mr. Z’s was located off of 117th and Lorain. It is now a chain drug store! When the Cuyahoga River was “re-invented” he lost the luncheon crowd from City Hall and the crowd from the courts -- municipal, county, and federal. If you had the jury present, you could have tried the case right there! ... If I’m still around on May 31, I’ll celebrate another reunion -- my 75th from St. Ignatius High School. ... This is a note to Bill Nardi’s ’35 daughter in California -- please send me your address. I misplaced it or put it in a safe place and I can’t remember either one. That happens with growing old! So until later, keep praying. Just Larry


fall 2006	�The tumult and the shouting ends � the captains and kings depart!� The 70th Year Reunion is over for the �Golden Jubilee Class of 1936� of John Carroll University � forever! It comes around only once in a lifetime, nevertheless you would never know it happened. Nothing was mentioned in the last Alumni Journal of the two members, Bill Muth and Larry Kelley, of the Class of 1936 who showed up. Bill and I have a picture to prove that we were there! What happened to the other seven that are still around? Ken McCarthy�s wife was very ill at that time and Marie (Tighe) died shortly after our reunion. From the 2004 alumni directory, there are six more listed � Bert Beadle, Ben Belkin, Hank Dombrowski, Rev. George Follen SJ, Mike Hitchko MD, Tony Muni, DDS (I�m sure Tony is among us � the last time I saw him, he looked just like he did when he was a freshman over on West 30th!) If anyone of you want to come back to the John Carroll campus and need a ride, call me. I have a handicapped van � room for three wheelchairs. My wife, Frances, is confined to a wheel chair. In the journal on page 8, I noticed that the �golden� boys of the class of 1956 really did themselves proud � they gave over $1 million, the largest 50th reunion gift ever, also the largest class gift and the highest attendance at the Reunion. If Bill and I each gave a dollar as a reunion gift, we could have been listed as the class that gave the least ever � at least they would have known we were there! I wonder how many of the class of 1956 will show up for their 70th Reunion in 2026? ... We lost another one who was a regular at our monthly luncheon of those from JCU during the 1930s. Al Weiler �38 died on August 9, 2006. We go back a long way � he used to ride up to Carroll in my old Ford Roadster with Don Birmingham, Jim Foti �38, Rocco Marotta and Jack Lavelle �38. Our paths crossed many times. We both went overseas together � same stateroom. When I was in the trucking business with Tony Rocco �32 and Frank McCaffrey �32, he was our accountant. After Tony was killed in a car/railroad accident on December 8, 1950, we both parted again. When he moved to the Westside after Betty died and he remarried, we took up where we left off in the �50s. He called me about two weeks before he died � he talked about all our past encounters. After he hung-up, I mentioned to my wife, Frances, that I thought Al was saying goodbye! He died the following week. Keep praying. Just Larry


summer 2006	I didn�t read the letter from Jerry dated June 14 until I got a call from Michele office notifying me that the column was due on July 21. I thought it was another transmittal letter of his �Column Handbook.� Why not send a �post card� with the due date � like Tim Ryan uses for the �50 year luncheon group� � then I can paste it with all my bills that come due � it will be cheaper too. ... Reunion weekend was a great success for all the classes � the Class of 1936 � can�t shout very loud as only two of us showed up � Bill Muth and me. I now know why Ken McCarthy didn�t make the reunion. Marie, his charming wife, is being buried this week July 25 at Holy Cross. Marie was a graduate of Ursuline College 1936. Remember both of them in your prayers. ... What happened to the other remaining classmates from 1936? These we know are still among the living: Hank Dombrowski, Benny Belkin, George Follen, Mike Hitchko, and Tony Muni. Remember we have wheel chairs, student workers to assist you, and elevators in every building -- not like �W. 30th and Carroll Ave.� ... I apologize if my column last time did not much sense � About a picture of John Lavelle �38 and me taken in Germany. Guess the picture took up too much space?! ... I may stick around with the column as long as I have all my �marbles.� Following is a letter I received from Bill Nardi�s �35 daughter. Dear Larry, We met in the fall of 1994 when my dad, Bill Nardi, was inducted into the John Carroll Hall of Fame and our whole family went back to Cleveland for that happy celebration. Since then, I have looked forward to reading your column. Particularly after both my parents passed on, �The Golden Years� has become for me, one of the few remaining links to their past and a connection that I cling to. So please know that, when you think about giving up writing your column for lack of news from the few remaining classmates, that some of us out here who didn�t even attend John Carroll University, would dearly miss your reminisces and the warm way you keep the Golden Years alive. Sincerely, Nadine Nardi Davidson ... I remember Bill and his teammate Mitty Valerian �35 tutoring the rest of the football players at a table in the back of the lunchroom on West 30th. They were the scholars of the class. ... Well I don�t have any more to say except a big �thanks� to Bill�s daughter Nadine � It�s a letter I will always treasure. ... Keep praying, just Larry


spring 2006	How can you write a column about fellow alumni that graduated before your class finished JCU -- when my own classmates are at least ninety years old! When I look in the bathroom mirror in the morning and see my reflection, I�m very thankful! ... Since Francis Burns, M.D. and Jim Darling died last year, I haven�t heard a word from any of you! Maybe it�s time to fade away and make more words available to the generations that follow us. It would give the other columnists about 15 additional words before the editor starts �editing� the columns. I lost about 50 words from the tail end of my last column. Maybe somebody is trying to tell me something? Nevertheless, they may be right � this year is our 70th Reunion. I wonder how many will show up? Right now all I�m sure of is Bill Muth and me � maybe Al Weiler �38 and Ken McCarthy and his lovely wife, Marie. I hope to see all of you at our Reunion � that�s June 23-25, 2006 � at least attend Saturday night! ... {need to check the following with the photo I gave you}The picture of me as a captain and major Jack Lavelle was taken in the summer of 1945 at the P47 Fighter Air Base in Germany � I was stationed in Fulda, Germany. It was the first time I saw Jack since I left Randolph Field, TX. Jack was an instructor at the time. In June 1940, I was best man at his wedding to M. Josephine McEllin. I arrived back in July of 1941 for basic flight training as a flyer cadet. Jack stayed in the Air Force and became JCU�s first Major General. Jack had a heart attack and died July 10, 1979. ... Keep praying, just Larry


winter 2006	As usual I�m late. Michele had to call me � I was a week late already! ... This past year had been quite a year � I lost a lot of very dear and close friends and four close relatives � three were from the �baby boomer� generation (in their 50s and 60s)! And this year is starting out on a sad note -- On January 5, Fr. James E. �Ned� Farrell, SJ, died. He had a stroke last July and fully recovered. He was driving � and had another stroke and died. The �JCU �30s� bunch made him the honorary chaplain of our gang. Ned and I were the only two to meet at the last luncheon held at the Rockcliff on December 7, 2004. We ate at the bar! -- His funeral Mass was held at St. Ignatius High School, St. Mary�s Chapel � I think every Jesuit at the Detroit Province was there. His brother, Fr. Walter, SJ, celebrated the Mass. Walt was two years behind Ned at St. Ignatius � both entered the Society of Jesus from High School. Between the two of them they gave nearly 150 years to the Jesuit Order. Both were and are still very active. ... I went out to JCU for the monthly luncheon with those �youngsters� who graduated in the �50s! There was a big crowd. School was in recess so it was possible to find a place to park. Missed seeing the Muth brothers -- Bill the elder one was my classmate at JCU. ... Maybe I can get this to Michele before she goes home. Keep praying. Just Larry


fall 2005	This is the most difficult column to start � after 25 years you�d think it would be easy. Back in the �80s and �90s, there were more of our contemporaries to write about � today I think that only about nine from our class are still alive. That brings me to the reason I�m having difficulty writing this column. We lost two more classmates � and I didn�t know until long after they were buried -- Jim Darling on July 27 and Francis Burns M.D. on September 5. I found out about Jim when I dropped in at the Journal office during August and they told me that Jim had died! And only yesterday when I called Joan Brosius at JCU did I find out the date Francis passed away. I knew he died, because I received a note from Kaye, his wife, � addressed to the �JCU Alumni Association� thanking them for having a Mass said for Francis. These two fellows put on more mileage getting their education than the rest of our class. Francis lived in Ashtabula, OH, and rode the train (both ways) � first to Latin at E. 107 and Euclid Ave. for four years, then four more to JCU � three to W. 30 and Carroll and the last one to University Heights. Jim took the train for three years to JCU on the West Side and drove from Mantua, OH, to University Heights his last year. Jim was the first columnist for our class until 1980 when he asked me to take over the job. However, every year I would hear from him often � a card from someplace in Europe or a phone call from San Antonio, TX, (for years � he took care of his wife who had a heart condition.) ... My Frances has been back in the hospital twice since we came back from Washington, D.C. Getting into bed, her right leg got tangled up with her shoe brace, the wheel chair and the bed � resulting in a broken femur bone in her right leg � this put her in the hospital for four weeks. Later she returned for another two weeks with an infection � but she�s bouncing back very slowly. June 23-25, 2006 is �Reunion Weekend� at Carroll for the years that end in 1 or 6 (Father�s Day is the week before so it won�t interfere with the Reunion.) So get your wheelchairs in shape, your crutches polished and show up � the university is �Handicapped Accessible� and stay on campus if you are able � if you have any special needs � contact Rosalie Massey at 216.397.3014. ... �til later keep praying. Just Larry


summer 2005	If I can finish this column and fax it to Michele, it will be one of the few times in the last 25 years that I will be on time -- my first column was published in July 1981. ... I had three replies to my list of alumni who were listed in the Alumni Directory as No information available. Two are now deceased: Anthony Savoca �30 and Frank Hearns �36 who died August 1997. Jack T. Hearns �61, Frank�s grandson and fellow columnist, called me with the information on his grandfather. The third alumnus was Fr. Herman J. Muller, SJ �31. He has spent his entire priesthood teaching at the University of Detroit (except for several sabbatical years teaching in Ireland.) He�s 95 years old and living at University of Detroit Mercy Jesuit Community, Lansing Reilly Hall, PO Box 19900, Detroit, MI 48219-0900, phone 313-993-1600. He is the oldest member of the Detroit Province of the Society Jesus. His family owned land on what is now JCU. His father was a master carpenter who did the paneling of the 1st floor dining room, 2nd floor former recreation room and 1st floor chapel in Rodman Hall. All this data and more was in a letter to me from Fr. Glenn Williams, SJ �45 JCU and Ignatius in �41 who is at the Colombiere Center. ... I received some sad news! I got a letter from Kaye Burns, her husband Dr. Francis Burns had a stroke Easter Saturday morning. It was a massive one involving his left side. He�s had many complications since. His mind is sharp and he can read. So drop him a card: his home address is 303 N. Meramec Unit 203, Clayton, MO 63105 �On July 8th, Frances and I drove to Washington, D.C. I haven�t been there since Jack Lavelle �38 died, 28 years ago. I didn�t recognize the district or the surrounding area. It�s all polluted with buildings, people, houses, and vehicles. We saw the WWII Memorial and Arlington Cemetery and visited Jack�s grave, as well as his widow, Josephine McEllen Lavelle, who has moved in with their daughter, Gerrie, on five acres of beautiful land in a house built 350 years ago. Chief Justice John Marshall once bought the house but died before he could move in. The place is beautiful. ... Frances and I had our 60th wedding anniversary on May 8. So just keep praying, Larry


spring 2005	In my last column I said that I would list those with �address unknown.� I�ll start with the class 1929 as I knew most of them -- if not by name then at least by sight. If anyone can furnish any information on the following, let me, the Alumni Office, or Joan Brosius at 216-397-4332 know so we can update the records (if deceased or whatever information you can supply). Class of 1929: Mieyal, Stanley John -- Class of 1930: Savoca, Anthony J.; Sheehan, Nicholas R.; Waldron, James J. -- Class of 1931: Eredics, Louis; Evans, Joseph F.; Muller, Herman -- Class of 1932: Hennessy, James R. -- Class of 1933: Karnes, James J.; Wolf, John W. -- Class of 1934: Fallon, Chris J.; Tetalman, Samuel -- Class of 1935: Downey, Thomas E. Sr. -- Class of 1936: Goodman, John L.; Gross, Ervin J.; Hearns, Frank E.; Muni, Anthony B.; Shultz, Richard C. ... This is the list of the Alumni from the classes of 1929-1936 listed as �unknown address.� It is very important to know where you are as you are always a member of the Alumni. It helps especially when it comes to matching funds from foundations. ... The next time a new �directory� is printed, add a person (or persons) who will be able to give us information about you if you�re unable to reply. ... The only classmates I heard from were my faithful classmates Jim Darling and Dr. Francis Burns -- They are still praying for my wife, Frances. She has an appointment at the Cleveland Clinic in May. By the way if we both make it to May 8th we will celebrate our �60th wedding anniversary.� We were married on �V.E.� Day in Southport England -- she was in the American Red Cross. A native of Canton, OH, she graduated from Kent State in 1940. By the way last February 23, I reached the big �90.� ... We lost another one, Stanley Kynkor passed away last month. He�d been living in Maine. Pray for him and for the rest of us. ... Just keep praying! Larry


winter 2005	At the December �04 luncheon we only had two show up. Myself and Fr. James �Ned� Farrell �32. We didn�t need a table, we ate in the bar! I�m almost ready to call it off or find one of the younger graduates who wants to take over. We need a person whose family is �out of the house� and has time to �remind� others as to �date, time, and place! I enjoyed it because it kept me involved with other JCU graduates and closer to the university. Writing the column for the past 25 years has been more rewarding. ... When I was still working at NASA and traveled, I always carried a copy of the �Alumni Directory� with me. I called quite a few JCU grads over the years. After I retired and continued to travel, I still called or made contact with men from JCU. One of the last touring trips Frances and I took was to a wedding in upstate New Jersey and ended up in Key West on our way home! That was the last time I saw Bob Asmann and Frank Farrell, Bob in Ormond Beach, FL, and Frank in Coral Gables, FL. We just missed seeing Hugh McCaffrey �37 and his wife, Leatrice, by one day. They had just left for California to see a new grandchild. The first time I met Leatrice, I was introduced to her by the name �Butch� -- a name given to her by her mother and it was not appropriate for she was a beautiful black eyed and jet-black hair beauty! They lived in Fairhope, AL, (still on our way home!) ... As usual I heard from my remaining faithful classmates Francis Burns and Jim Darling. And Jim was not on a cruise ship but home! In San Antonio, TX, with all the rain they are having in the south and west, he can sit on the front porch and watch the water flow by. ... I just received the JCU Alumni Directory 2004 (soft cover -- best for packing) and went to the listing for the �class of 1929.� This was the year they were seniors in college and I was a freshman at St. Ignatius High School. I knew a lot of them � the high school and college were in the same building at West 30th and Lorain until October 5, 1935 when our class moved out to University Heights. There are some listed as �address unknown.� I think for my next column I will furnish the names and, if possible, when we last heard from them from the old Directories. The oldest directory I have is 1965 -- which cost $2.00. ... My Christmas was better than I predicted. The Saturday before Christmas (the 18th) I brought Frances into the ER with very high potassium. After three days in ICU and two sessions on the dialysis machine she came back. I didn�t think I would be bringing her home but on Christmas Eve day, the doctor let me bring her home. Thanks for your prayers. ... So till next time keep praying. Just Larry


fall 2004	This column will be brief and late! I just got Frances home from the hospital. This time her kidneys gave out � one is gone but they got one to work! It looks like we might make our 60th wedding anniversary on May 8, 2005. On her way to surgery she told her cardiologist that he had to keep her alive until May 8th. She spent 16 days at Fairview Hospital, another 15 at St. John�s Westshore. ... At the last luncheon on October 6 we had another vacant chair � John Drain �37 pass on at home on September 30th. When we parted on September 1, he shouted to me in the parking lot of the Rockcliff Restaurant � �I�ll see you next month, God willing.� I guess God had other plans! When John arrived at the gates of Heaven, I�ll bet he was greeted by his beloved Ann, with their son, Peter, in one hand and a chimpanzee in the other. I only met Ann twice in my life � but I never forgot her performance at one of our Sunday luncheons when we invited our wives and the widows of the JCU men who had past on. She told a story about a �bus accident and a chimpanzee � if Johnny Carson heard and saw her � he�d be laughing yet. I could never repeat the story � and do it justice. ... I must close for now, so keep praying. Just, Larry


summer 2004	I�ll start out with news about Ernie Ryavec who graduated with a B.S. degree in �38 and in 1940 he got his MS from Case. (I�m not sure what they call it to day -- it seems the name changes with the last highest contributor to the school. One time it�s �Western Reserve-Case� then back to �Case-Western Reserve.� Ernie was in the Naval Reserves in 1934 and went on active duty in 1940. He retired in 1976 from Hughes Air Craft Company in California. He and his wife Gaye, whom he married in 1949, live in Santa Monica, CA. They raised six children -- 3 girls: Carole, Lisa and Janice and 3 boys: Charles, Mark and Steve. If any JCUers are in the area, look him up. I think we have a Carroll Alumni group in the area. (Paul Hribar �37 should take credit for he furnished me a copy of the �American Home� -- a Slovenian daily newspaper.) On June 19, 2004 JCU lost one of its most loyal and famous black alumni, Chester J Gray �35. He was my friend. I met Chet when he was a freshman in 1931 and was playing basketball on the freshman team. I was a senior at St. Ignatius and I used to go over to the gym and wait for my brother, Norman �32 who played on varsity. Our paths crossed again in the late �60s when the Federal Minority Business Program was put under my office at NASA Lewis Research Center. Chester was then director of the Equal Opportunity Commission in Cleveland. After we retired in 1984, we started having lunch during the summer when our �wealthy� friends: returned from Florida, namely, John Kovacic �32, immigration director; Morrie Koogan, civil-service director, and Charles Stebbos, commerce director. After John Kovacic died and Morrie moved to Florida, Chet, Charles and I kept up the luncheons. We were to have lunch, the Friday that Chet was buried. I lost a very close and dear friend. Please pray for him! ... From my favorite classmates -- Jim Darling and Francis Burns. Jim was in Europe (Italy) checking out the Amalfi Coast, Sorrento, Pompeii, Naples, Rome, Pisa, Florence and Venice. By now he�s been home -- rested and making plans for the winter months! How about Australia and New Zealand? The �doctor� and Kay just spent a week at the �Cloister� on Sea Island, GA. Then off to Michigan in August. These classmates are the wise ones -- go while you can -- because there will come a time when you can�t. The only thing Francis missed on our �list� was to take the train from Toronto to Vancouver, and return on the U.S. side from Seattle to Chicago. ... Last but not least, I want to thank Jerry Pockar, our editor and his staff for the �Silver Quill� Award which I received at the Alumni Awards Dinner on May 21, 2004. I�m sure Father Scott S.J. (freshman English) is turning over in his grave at my getting an award for writing in English! Our new columnist, Paul Hribar �37, was awarded a plaque, by the Euclid Veterans Association last January. He was named �Mr. Euclid Vet for 2003.� During WWII Paul spent 42 months in the Coast Guard, chasing U Boats in the Gulf of Mexico and North Atlantic before being transferred to the Pacific -- planning for the invasion of Japan. What goes around, comes around. Last year at Paul�s 90th birthday party, Mike Dwyer �37 was toast master -- the affair was videotaped -- after Mike died last December, Paul took over his column. I got to see that tape! Keep praying. Just Larry


spring 2004	I just reread Paul Hribar�s �37 first column in the last Journal. As I predicted, as a columnist he put the rest of us to shame! I would love to see the video of Mike Dwyer �37 taken on Paul�s 90th birthday where Mike was Master of Ceremony. ... The luncheon group from the ��30s� is getting smaller. At the last one John Drain �37 and I were the only ones available. Since the last column, in addition to Mike Dwyer �37, we lost Msgr. Jim McIntyre �34 and Edward A. D�Alessandro �37. Al Weiler �38 couldn�t make it neither could Fr. Ned Farrell SJ �32, who had to give a retreat in Detroit, and Sheila Drain �77, who is teaching English at Baldwin-Wallace on M-W-F this semester. Bob D�Alessandro �59 was still in Florida. I hope we have a full house next month so we can decided either to �carry-on� or �fade into the night�! ... Last month I was invited to join the JCU group that meets on the 2nd Wednesday at the Playhouse (82nd and Carnegie.) I believe they had around 40 or 50 (mostly from the late �40s and �50s.) A few old timers were there too -- Bill Muth �36 and his brother Bob �41. Also present was Chester Gray �35. By the way Chet had an excellent article in The Plain Dealer on February 8, 2004. After our college days on West 30th and Carroll Ave. (where Chet was an excellent basketball player and during the football season he �beat a mean drum!� in the marching band) our paths crossed again when he was director of the U.S.E.E.O Commission of Ohio and I had the Minority Business Program in my office for NASA Lewis Research center (now Glenn) in the late �60s until I retired in 1980. We still have lunch, with Charles Stebbins (OSU �36) retired director of Commerce for the U.S. Government in the district that included Ohio. ... As I closed my column last time, I was wondering about my two faithful correspondents that I had not heard from for a while -- both came through! Doc Francis Burns is enjoying �condo� living. Now he can play golf everyday! And Jim Darling also came through with a card of the �Queen Mary 2� and I predicted he was on the water -- this time watching the Super Bowl Game on board the maiden voyage of the QM2. He used to dream of capers like this voyage when he commuted those 4 years to JCU from Mantua, OH. Jim is trying to decide whether to throw a block party for his neighbors or come to the JCU reunion to celebrate his 90th birthday -- my suggestion is do both -- my dad always said he never saw a �Brinks Truck� in a funeral procession! Keep praying, just Larry


winter 2004	I can�t remember when I wrote my last column � it�s been so long that I forgot how to write this one � and it was due on January 16th � today is the 20th. ... The only news I have is a list of those who have passed on � Ever since Bill Young �40 died on December 24, 2000 our group from the �30s that lunched on the first Wednesday of the month has diminished rapidly. Following Bill�s death, we lost eight more before Christmas 2001. These last two months (December �03 and January �04) we had three each month attend the luncheon � John Drain �37 and myself both months with Father Ned Farrell SJ �32 in December and Sheila Drain �77 (John�s daughter-in-law) in January. ... Before our December luncheon, both Mike Dwyer �37 and Al Weiler �38 had strokes and were in �rehab� at Lakewood Hospital at the same time. When I visited them, I found out that Doc John Brennan �40 was also in �rehab� -- all on the same floor. I believe they had their strokes on the same day. Later I found out that Msgr. Jim McIntyre �34 was also in �rehab,� only on the 3rd floor, and was still there when I called him for the December luncheon. Later he called me and said that he would be unable to join us � the legs gave out. I can�t put this off any longer � the only one who didn�t survive was Mike � I visited him at hospice before he died. They tell me that he went with a smile. I�ll bet he saw �Connie� and �God� waiting for him! All who knew him will miss him. ... However, we all welcome his successor who will continue the column in the magazine � Paul Hribar �37. I know he is a gifted writer and will no doubt �shame me and the other columnists. I was so happy and pleased when Paul called and told me that he had been asked by our editor to continue the class of �37 column. I haven�t heard a word from Jim Darling �36 � I don�t think he is on a cruise � they had so much rain in San Antonio this past year that he could sit on his porch in a rocking chair and have the same pleasure as on the deck of a boat. Francis Burns �36 has moved into a condo within a mile of his old home � and enjoying it. So �til later ... just Larry


summer 2003	I�m later than I usually am with my column, and if it wasn�t for Michele McFarland, there wouldn�t be one. I completely forgot! Must be old age! ... The only people I heard from were two of the �younger� graduates. Patrick Anson �76 and Vincent Passerell �86. Pat is the son of Jim Anson �35 and the nephew of Sam Anson �34. He was looking for stories (good or bad) about his dad, Jim, who died in 1965 when Pat was 11 years old. I can�t be of much help. All that I remember about Jim is that he was the �quiet one� - never got into any trouble. That�s more than I can say about your Uncle Sam �34, he was not the �quiet one.� (If my memory serves me right, the Anson family owned the �Shopping News,� which I delivered when I was in grammar school! If any of you �old timers� remember any stories, send them to me or you can contact him directly. He lives in Glendale, CA and his office phone is 818-957-8076, ansoncom@yahoo.com. You can look up his home address in the JCU Alumni Directory. The other youngster, Vince Passerell �86 was looking for any information on his grandfather. I have a call in for Vince to get the correct spelling of his grandfather�s name. I told him he can call Pete Bernardo �67 at the JCU Alumni Office, or he can use the Alumni Directory and contact those still living that might have known his grandfather. ... My congratulations to Chuck Heaton �38 and Bill Sweeney �48, two of this year�s winners of the Alumni Medal. Chuck was a regular at our luncheons on the first Wednesday of the month. Until his health slowed him. Bill Sweeney �48 and I graduated from Cleveland-Marshall Law School in �54 and we both passed the bar the same year. My congratulations to the other two recipients, Martha Walther �76 and George Wasmer �58. To see pictures and hear brief audio segments of the 2003 Alumni Awards dinner visit http://www.jcu.edu/alumni/news/awards03.htm. ... The article on Paul Hribar �37 by John Sheridan �62 was excellent. We need more such articles by �Alumni on Alumni� if we want to call it the �JCU Alumni Journal.� ... I can�t print any news about our classmates. If nobody writes me I can�t pass it on! Keep praying! � Larry


spring 2003	When I called last fall and wasn�t able to get an answer from Charles Bynane in Roanoke, VA, I knew something was wrong. I always heard from Charley at least once a year ever since I started writing this column in 1980. On January 7, 2003 he died in Houston, TX. With his Irish-tenor voice I�m sure Fr. Keifer SJ was there to welcome him as the �newest� member of the heavenly �JCU Glee Club.� While a student at JCU, Charley was one of the stars at Fr. Keifer�s yearly �Glee Club Concerts.� I got a letter from Michael Bynane, Charley�s son; with a copy of the death notice that ran in the Houston paper (the Cleveland Plain Dealer ran the same notice on 1-15-03). Mike said he comes from a JCU family -- besides his father, his mother�s brother, Vincent Fiebig �35, as well as his wife�s father, Frank Sindelar DDS graduated from St. Ignatius college before the move, and brother, Paul Sindelar MD �51. Besides Mike and Miriam, Charley is survived by a grandson Paul Michael Bynane and Kathryn Sindelar Bynane, daughter-in-law (all of Houston, TX). Charles� immediate family in Cleveland is all deceased. Charley earned the first Bachelor of Science in Business Administration BSBA from JCU. ... We still meet for lunch at the �Rockcliff� on the first Wednesday of the month. The gang who went to JCU during the �30s is getting smaller. Any JCU student of the �30s is always welcome, just show up and we can add a chair. ... I received a note from Dr. Francis Burns (I�d sent him a copy of Charley�s obituary, both were classmates at Latin and Carroll). The Burns are moving into a condo next month, two blocks from their current residence in Clayton, MO (St. Louis area). ... Jim Darling must be on the high seas, in the air, or on a camel caravan; he is always traveling! I sent him a copy of Charley�s obituary. ... I find it very difficult to get started on my column. It can�t be writer�s block after Fr. Scott (freshman English) and his �red� pencil, I could never write! I�m going to stop now and fax this to Michele McFarland and hope she can read my writing! ... So keep praying, just Larry Dear Mr. Kelley, The latest alumni magazine arrived just after my father, Charles �Bud� Bynane, passed away. My mother, Miriam, who sends her best, wanted me to send a copy of the obituary that ran in the Houston paper. We also put a notice in the Plain Dealer. John Carroll was so much a part of his life as well as our whole family. Mom�s brother, Vince Fiebig �35, was another �old timer.� And my wife�s father Frank Sindelar DDS, graduated from Ignatius before the move to University Heights and her brother from Carroll, Paul Sindelar MD �51, as well. All are gone now, but I am sure reunited. In memory of these things, I wore my dad�s ring at his funeral mass. He had worn it religiously all these years and it showed the years. The jewelers call it �patina,� I think and it had plenty. We all enjoy reading your notes for the �Golden Years.� All the best Sincerely, Michael C. Bynane BYNANE Charles Edward �Bud� Bynane, 88, passed away on January 7, 2003, in Houston, Texas. He was born on April 25, 1914 in Cleveland, Ohio. He and his wife Miriam moved to Roanoke, Virginia in 1966 with the N&W Railway. He moved to Houston permanently in 1999, from Roanoke, having split residences since 1988. He was a proud alumnus of Cathedral Latin High School. In 1930, he earned the first Bachelor of Science in Business Administration degree conferred by John Carroll University, in Cleveland, Ohio. He built on his family�s Conneaut, Ohio heritage in the railroad industry when he went to work for the New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad Company (Nickel Plate Road). Giving 42 years of service, he stayed with the same company and successors until his retirement in 1979, as Senior Assistant Comptroller of the Norfolk and Western Railway Company. Professionally, he was a member of the Association of American Railroads (Accounting Division), The American Railway Engineering Associating, the Institute of management Accountants and the Tax Executive Institute, Inc., serving as President of the Cleveland Chapter. He remained an avid reader since childhood. As a young man he was a city tennis champion, a scratch golfer and played football for one season with the Cleveland Rams before their entry into the NFL. Later in life he became a devoted sailor and was a life member of the VISA Yacht Club of Smith Mountain Lake, Virginia. His exceptional Irish tenor voice earned him accolades as a child cantor in a Cleveland synagogue, a stint as a featured performer in minstrel and vaudeville shows with Bob Hope, numerous musicals and stage shows and a 52 year involvement with the Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barbershop Quartet Singing in America (S.P.E.B.S.Q.S.A.), most recently as a member of the Cardinal Chorus in Roanoke, Virginia. He was an accomplished pianist and later took up both the banjo and guitar. He wrote �The Wishing Song� with The Most Reverend Paul Hallinan, the late archbishop of Atlanta. He was active in St. Andrews Roman Catholic Church in Roanoke and achieved the rank of 4th degree in the Knights of Columbus. He was preceded in death by his mother Sarah Charlotte Mooney, his father Charles Francis Bynane, and his brother Robert, all of Cleveland, Ohio. He is survived by his loving wife Miriam Fiebig Bynane, his son, Michael Charles Bynane, grandson, Paul Michael Bynane, and daughter-in-law, Kathryn Sindelar Bynane, all of Houston, Texas. The Mass of the Resurrection was celebrated on Saturday, January 11, 2003, at Our Lady of Willingham Roman Catholic Church, Houston, Texas, with the Reverend Bruce Noble, Catholic Chaplain of the Methodist Hospital, officiating.


winter 2003	The US News and World Report in their ratings of colleges and universities has dropped John Carroll to 7th place, below our sister college in Cincinnati, Xavier. As I understand the drop was due to the �decline of alumni participation in university affairs� (which means fewer numbers and less dollars!). Maybe the �upper echelon� should take a good look as to why. � The 30�s graduates are still meeting at the �Rockcliff� the first Wednesday of the month, but the numbers are getting smaller. On October 2, they were joined by Pete Bernardo �67 of the Alumni Office. He brought us up to date on the university. He even brought pictures of the new Dolan Center and invited us to a �sneak preview� in October or November. Present were Msgr. Jim McIntyre �34, Fr. James �Ned� Farrell, SJ (I-32), Al Weiler �38, John Drais, Mike Dwyer �37, and Bob D�Alessandro �59. Bob generally picks up his Uncle Ed �37 and Al Weiler, but his wife is in the hospital and he could only make the lunch. Ed couldn�t make the lunch. Al said his �better eye� was acting up. � For all the other �old timers� from JCU, drop me a line and let me know how you�re doing? � I can remember a few years back. I had seven years on W. 30th, four at Ignatius and three at JCU before we moved to University Heights. But I go back to 1924 when my brother Norm �32 started as a freshman at Ignatius. Keep praying. Larry


summer 2002	I�ll try - but how can anyone follow the successful column of Ralph �Pete� French �34? He loved Carroll right up to the very end of his life. You could feel it when you read his column. When I visited him in the hospital for the last time, he knew that the end of his earthly journey was near. He said, �Good luck, Larry -- The Golden Year column is yours!� So here goes! ... Francis Burns �36, M.D. of St. Louis is the only one who has dropped me a note. He has slowed down in his retirement years. Only playing golf twice a week and not traveling as frequently as he and Kay use to. They still go to Michigan every August (since 1958); Hilton Head, South Carolina, in October; Sea Island in the spring - how about the wintertime? I�m sure glad Kay can go with you - wish I could say the same for my Frances. She�s back in the hospital - since July 1st. The nurse and cardiologist suspected a small stroke - tests after four days ruled out the stroke - but the pain in her left leg (since April) turned out to be a fracture in the hip bone area. She�s in �rehab� and can�t put any weight on the leg for six weeks. Surgery is out as she is not a good candidate. ... Since Texas has had so much rain I don�t think that Jim Darling �36 will have to leave San Antonio to go on a cruise this year - he can embark from his front steps! ... The JCU gang from the �30s still gets together the 1st Wednesday of the month at the Rockcliff in Rocky River. However, we�re down to a maximum of eight. Last year�s deaths took a �big bite� out of the attendees. Back in the late �70s we had between 25 to 35 guys every Wednesday. When Coach Ralph Vince had his 90th birthday, we had around 100 members of the �Monogram Club� at �Mr. Z�s Restaurant.� ... This might be a good place to pay tribute to Lenny Brickman �30 and Lou Duchez �34, who died last year. I was hoping that �they� would have a little more to say about both of them. Both were football captains when Ralph Vince coached - Lenny the first year in �29-�30 and Louie for Ralph�s last year �32-�33 as coach. At least they were mentioned in the �Deceased List� in the journal. ... On June 15th, the Saturday night of Reunion Weekend, at the dinner for all alumni who graduated 50 years or more, we, from the �30s, had two tables. Accompanied by one of his daughters, Charles Prochaska �31 was there in his wheelchair. Chuck played both football and basketball - he is the only center (football) that ever scored a touchdown. He intercepted a pass in the Carroll victory over Valparaiso University (Indiana) and ran it in for a touchdown. From the class of �35, Chester Gray was the sole representative, as were (Frances) and I from �36. The class of �37 had the greatest number, Mike Dwyer, Dr. Ralph Pelegrin (and Margie). ... I was not happy with the �Editors Note� in the Spring Issue 2002 of John Carroll magazine that stated �turning more towards the students, the faculty, campus life ... beginning next issue we will limit their (Class Notes) magazine presence to 600 words.� Why should the alumni budget funds be used for other than alumni uses? Let�s go back to the old �Alumni Journal� format! Any comments? Just Larry


spring 2002	I want to thank Jerry Pockar, our editor for the excellent article on Jack Lavelle �38 JCU�s first military person to attain the rank of general, and a special thanks to William R. Harmon �60 for bringing the matter to JCU -- you�ll find the article on Jack Lavelle on page 24 and Bill Harmon�s letter on page 3 of the last issue of John Carroll magazine (vol. 5, Issue 4). Jack and I became close friends when JCU moved out to University Heights. I inherited my brother�s old Ford convertible after he graduated in �32 and entered St. Mary�s Seminary. Jack, Al Weiler �38 , and Rocco �Roxie� Marotta -- who lived nearby -- rode up to Carroll. Don Birmingham, who lived at our house his last year at Carroll, sat in the front with me. The last two to join us sat in the rumble seat. The 1935-36 year was a cold and snowy winter. After Jack graduated, we both tried to enter the Army Air Corp through the flying cadet program. In 1939, Jack passed the physical. In the next two years, I passed everything, but the height requirement of 5�4��. The Navy was going to give me a wavier (their height requirement is 5�6��), two weeks later the Army Air Corp measured my height at the beginning of the physical early in the morning the flight surgeon, a Captain Skowl, said 5�4��. Never in the next 5 years was my height ever checked. On April 28, 1941, I was a �flying cadet.� Jack graduated from Kelly Field in June 1940. My mother and I brought Josephine McEllin to San Antonio, Texas, where Jack was assigned to be an instructor. He was one of the �top five� in his class. I was best man at their wedding at Randolph Field, TX. A year later, in July, I arrived at Randolph Filed -- the day their first daughter, Barbara, was born. On July 10, 1979, Jack died (the �Lavelle heart� he often joked about). He was buried at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia as a major general. I think I�ll send a copy of the magazine to Kissinger, the former Secretary of State under Nixon. He was the only one alive when Jack got �orders� from his Commander in Chief. ... Our �First Wednesday Luncheon Group of the gang from the �30s� has really taken a blow. We lost eight last year -- starting with Bill Young �40 and ending with Lou Duchez �34. The four men in the �Obituaries of the Journal� were all regulars -- Pete �34, Leo �37, the Judge �37, and Al �40. Lenny Brickman �30 died on June 13, 2001 and Lou Duchez died on December 9, 2001. If my memory serves me right, I believe that Lenny Brickman was captain of the football team at JCU for Coach Ralph Vince, and Lou Duchez was captain for the last team Vince coached at Carroll -- his last year was as the athletic director. ... John Pokorny �37 called me last week about Dr. Charles Prochaska �31 (John and �Doc� both were awarded the Alumni Medal last year). �Doc� developed a blood clot in his leg, which required amputation. I remember him when he played football and basketball at Ignatius and Carroll. He was always in �top condition.� He may not be bowling this year, but I�ll bet he�ll be playing golf. He can ride between swings. ... The only classmates who dropped me a line are my old faithful ones -- Dr. Frances Burns and Jim Darling. Both are okay. Doc has been waiting on his wife who had surgery and Jim is either on a cruise, getting on a cruise, or getting ready to go on a cruise. My other faithful, Charley Bynane, has been silent. I do not know where he is at this time of the year -- Roanoke, VA or Houston, TX. ... I hope I did not bore you too much at the beginning, but reading about Jack brought back a lot of memories. So keep praying for all of us. Just Larry

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Class Notes Up To 1939 -- The Golden Years -- REUNION June 19-21, 2009 --

Class Notes Up To 1939 -- The Golden Years
-- REUNION June 19-21, 2009 --