Charles F. Brush Alumni Association Email Newsletter for December 4, 2023 - Volume 13

About | The Charles F. Brush Alumni Association Email Newsletter includes a copy of our printed newsletter in digital format, as well as other informative emails provided throughout the year. Find out more today at: https://www.brushalumni.com/

Dear Brush Alumni,

In this issue of the Charles F. Brush Alumni Association Email Newsletter:

Happy Holidays From The Brush Alumni Association
Released: 12/4/2023
The Alumni Association wishes all of you a very happy holiday and all the best in 2024.
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Lyndhurst High School Principal Dies After Battle With Cancer
Released: 12/4/2023
The Brush High School Alumni Association is saddened to learn of the recent passing of Principal Mike Fording. During a routine colonoscopy in June, it was discovered that Mr. Fording had stage four colorectal cancer, that spread to his liver. Mr. Fording had just completed his first year ...
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The Brush Alumni Association Fall 2023 Arc-Lite Newsletter
Released: 12/4/2023
Welcome to the The Brush Alumni Association Fall 2023 Arc-Lite Newsletter.
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Your Newsletter
Released: 12/4/2023
This is your newsletter! Although we are here to facilitate its publication, we cannot be entirely responsible for its content. That's up to you! Doing something interesting that you think other alumni might want to read about? Getting together with some classmates for a dinner? Weekend ...
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Yearbooks Needed
Released: 12/4/2023
In order to keep a complete set of yearbooks, we are in need of year-books from the following years: 1932, 1933, 1934, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1943, 1952, 1956, and 1992. If you have a yearbook from any of these years you would like to donate, we would appreciate it.
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Join Us
Released: 12/4/2023
To Join the Alumni Association and/or to sign up for our electronic newsletter, visit https://www.brushalumni.com/.
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Tripi Family ~ 4 Generations of ARCS
Released: 12/4/2023
When Giovanni Tripi graduated in May of this year, he joined his older brother, P.J. (Phillip Tripi IV) (Class of 2021) as a fourth generation Tripi to carry on the tradition of attending Charles F. Brush High School. When Joseph and Josephine Tripi moved their family to South Euclid a few ...
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1983 Greater Cleveland Conference Champions: Brush Arc Football
Released: 12/4/2023
By Rick Bloom '80 (BHS Athletic Dept) & Kim Kingzett Behm '72. On a recent September evening when the Arcs hosted Bedford, a group of Brush alumni assembled at Korb Field. It was a special anniversary celebration for the Brush team of 1983. 40 years earlier, this group of ...
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A Huge ARC Thank You to Pete Vaughn, '63
Released: 12/4/2023
From the bottom of our hearts we express our sincere thanks and gratitude to Pete Vaughn who served as an active member of the Alumni Association for close to ten years. Pete served as Vice President, in addition to participating in just about everything we do. Pete was the primary ...
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Brush High School Alumni Night ~ Homecoming 2023
Released: 12/4/2023
The Alumni Association, in cooperation with the Athletic Department, hosted the first Brush Alumni Night on September 22, 2023. Approximately 100 alumni visited Brush High School. Members of the Alumni Association and current Brush students conducted tours of ...
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2023 Alumni Association Scholarship Presentations
Released: 12/4/2023
By Bonnie Slabaugh Abbey: On May 11, in the Charles F. Brush High School Performing Arts Center, the annual Senior Scholarship Awards Night was held. Proud seniors who earned a GPA of 3.0 or greater took the stage as they were honored. The families and parents of these seniors were ...
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Brush 55th Reunion Class of '68
Released: 12/4/2023
By Bonnie Slabaugh Abbey, '68. “We were great, in '68” is our motto, and to celebrate our 55th Reunion, we were great, again! The weekend of July 28-29 proved to be beautiful with over 100 attendees at our events. Friday's Happy Hour was celebrated at the Highland Hts. Panini's ...
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The Pudabalk's
Released: 12/4/2023
Organized in the early 1950's, the Pudabalk's were a group of Brush students who, according to Bill Loparo, '54, were just a "bunch of Italian guys who were proud to be Italian and wanted to have our own group." Hoodlums? Hardly! Their first civic project, held in 1952, was a benefit ...
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'76ers Keep Annual Golf Outing Alive
Released: 12/4/2023
August saw the 8th rendition of the Brush Arc '76 Golf Extravaganza. Twenty-six players hit the links at Manakiki Golf course for a beautiful, fun-filled day. Organized by Steve “Scutch” Pasquale, the event has become an anticipated annual event. Following golf, the group headed over to Steve's house for refreshments, and for those who dared, swimming! ...
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Local Business Spotlight ~ Fioritto Funeral Home
Released: 12/4/2023
Class of '76 graduate, Mario Fioritto, Jr., is proud to share the story of Fioritto Funeral Home located in Lynd-hurst. During the depression, in a Cleveland neighborhood known as Blue Rock Springs (University Circle), Marianna Fioritto, a young widow and the mother of Mario Sr., owned ...
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Commemorative Pavers
Memorial Walkway Paver Order Form
A Perfect Gift for Your Brush High Alum
Released: 12/4/2023
Are you looking for a lasting memory of your days at Brush? Consider purchasing a paver engraved with your name, graduation year, favorite song title, sports number, or anything! For more information email scottandrewmills@gmail.com ✉.
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Upcoming Reunions
Released: 12/4/2023
Just a reminder about upcoming 2023 Class Reunions. General information along with information on who to contact for details is included.
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2024 Brush Homecoming Alumni Night
Friday, October 4, 2024
Released: 12/4/2023
Save The Date: The 2024 Brush Homecoming Alumni Night will take place on Friday, October 4, 2024.
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Visit the Brush Alumni website today to learn more about the Brush Alumni Association.

About Us

The Brush Alumni Association was established in 1992 to help keep track of our 32,000 + database of Alumni, and to enrich a positive rapport with the high school, its activities, and its student body.

Our officers and trustees meet monthly to ensure that a number of projects are ongoing, including our annual Wall of Achievement induction ceremony, our generous Scholarship program and a number of other initiatives.

Please join and / or donate to our Alumni Association today with only a $15 Annual Membership Fee, and consider making an additional donation to our nonprofit organization.

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Your donations help to defray the cost of our newsletters, scholarships for seniors, restoration projects, contact information updates, the Wall of Achievement Recognition Dinner, maintaining our website, and general office operations.

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The Brush Alumni Association is a registered Nonprofit Organization under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. All Membership Fees and Donations are therefore tax-deductible under IRS TAX ID #: 34-1728052.

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The Charles F. Brush Alumni Association Email Newsletter includes a copy of our printed newsletter in digital format, as well as other informative emails provided throughout the year.

Alumni Association

Trustees:
Debra DiLillo Betz, Class of 1976
Neil Brofman, Class of 1973
Chris Ricchiuto, Class of 1976

President:
Norm Rogozin, Class of 1963

Treasurer:
Bonnie Slabaugh Abbey, Class of 1968

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Elizabeth Mulhall Tarkowsky, Class of 1999

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Sally Shortle Miller, Editor, Class of 1971
Deb DiLillo Betz, Editor, Class of 1976

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