Grandview Heights Alumni Association

October 2024

Dear Alumnus,

The new school year is underway. The Ox Roast and Alumni Night with all its reunions still glowing in our memories. It is a great reminder of the fantastic experiences we shared growing up in Grandview Heights. We were blessed with opportunities for education, recreation, and enduring friendships with our classmates.

This year presents new challenges and opportunities for the Grandview Heights High School Alumni Association as we expand and improve upon our mission to keep alumni connected and informed. We publish print and online versions of our newsletter three times a year and send them out to every alumnus for whom we have contact information. Please consider a donation to keep this tradition alive. We also provide college scholarship opportunities for current GHHS students. Alumni have always responded generously when we’ve asked for support and we’re asking again for contributions to help the GHHSAA continue its work.

More new Legacy Society scholarships were established for the 2024 school year. The

combination of scholarships awarded through GHHSAA, Legacy Society, and Brotherhood of Rooks totaled almost $37, 500 for 2025. Given the rising costs of a college education, it is important we strive to do even more in 2025. Your tax- deductible contributions to the GHHSAA make an significant difference.

There are two ways to pay your $40 yearly dues or contribute an additional donation. If you like the receiving the newsletter, please consider an additional $10 to defray the printing and mailing costs:

1. PayPal – Visit www.grandviewheightsalumni.com, click on “Join- Donate”, click on

“PayPal” and follow the instructions.

2. Check – Send in a check, payable to GHHSAA,
GHHSAA
PO Box 12116
Columbus, OH 43212.

We look forward to hearing about the events in your lives and sharing them in the newsletter. Please provide your e-mail address so we can deliver newsletters to you faster and more efficiently. We appreciate those who donate annually and thank all graduates for being a part of our proud Grandview Alumni community. We hope to see you at a future Alumni event.

Ron Cameron ‘64

Trustee GHHSAA

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Make check payable to: GHHSAA, PO Box 12116, Columbus OH 43212, or pay electronically by going to www.grandviewheightsalumni.com, clicking on the menu then “Join-Donate” then “Buy Now” to make your donation.

Let us hear from you so we can keep your fellow Bobcats updated!

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Please submit updated addresses for you, your siblings and/or your GHHS Alumni children.

Contact us via U.S. mail (address above), or at www.grandviewheightsalumni.com or email GHHSAA@hotmail.com.

Database updates keep mailing costs down and ensure valid contact information for reunions!

GRANDVIEW SCHOOLS NEWS

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GRANDVIEW ATHLETES

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A LOCAL BUSINESS

FROM ABBOT TO ZUHARS

With all graduates of GHHS in aphabetical order, Adam Abbot ‘03 begins the list, and it ends with David A. Zuhars ‘56.

Listed below are the last names that occur the most times, up to 10, among the graduates of GHHS.

Out of 9,696 graduates of GHHS from 1916 through 2021, nearly 1% have had the last name of Smith. The names that occur 10 times are a little over 0.1% of all graduates. Many of the names at the beginning of the list are your more common names, but may be true partially by the following statement. Most of the smaller numbers are accounted for through large families and extended family and/or many generations remaining in Grandview Heights through the years.

Did your name make the list?

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2024 Sports Hall Of Fame Inductees

CONGRATULATIONS

Boardman Family's Generous Donation

Enhances Grandview Heights School Facilities Project
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The GHHSAA welcomes you to our online gathering place. We are pleased that you have stopped by.

The desire to connect with old classmates is strong and we hope you'll enjoy coming home again -- digitally! This website is a portal for all the news and information we can gather and share with you, and complements our printed NEWSLETTER.

While this public site is available to everyone, your official GHHSAA MEMBERSHIP is still needed to fund the many activities and services that we provide to Alumni, current students and the community of Grandview Heights. Please support the GHHSAA. Enjoy the site!

~ Register with the GHHSAA: REGISTER HERE
~ Post a message to all Alumni: MESSAGE BOARD
~ Join the GHHSAA: JOIN TODAY
~ Contact the Board: CONTACT US
~ Past issues of "CatMews": NEWSLETTER

GHHSAA MISSION STATEMENT

To promote the welfare of the

Grandview Heights School System

and to encourage fellowship among the

Grandview Heights Alumni.

PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE

Dear Fellow Bobcats:

Thank you for sending in your dues and contributions! GHHS Alumni are extremely generous and we appreciate your support.

Three new Distinguished Alumni were recently inducted bringing the total to 27 over seven years. All nominees not yet honored will be considered in future years. We thank all who submitted nominations and congratulate this year’s honorees.

I am honored and humbled to serve as your newest GHHSAA President. The previous presidents’ shoes will be hard to fill. The association originated in the 1920’s and 1930’s, but was unable to sustain momentum and operate continuously. The current GHHSAA was incorporated in the State of Ohio in 1981 with its first president Bob Keitz ’39 doing a wonderful job for more than six years. Stan “Bucko” Jones ’51 took the reins for most of the next ten years. He organized alumni participation in the Grandview Heights Memorial Day Parade and the Alumni Night football games. He was instrumental in soliciting donations to continue the newsletters and GHHSAA scholarships. Gunner Riley ’59 was the third President. He brought the association into the computer age, planted the seeds for Distinguished Alumni recognition and started involving the GHHSAA in current school projects. Ron Harris ’56 has served the last four years and played a major role in the GHHS auditorium renovation, getting the website http://grandviewheightsalumni.com online, upgrading the newsletter, starting the Legacy Society and basically being a real hard act to follow. I salute each and every one of these men and their board members for their hard work, dedication and love of Grandview Heights.

Now, what can I do? Most people know that I can do a little bit of everything, but am not great at anything except perhaps organizing. The GHHSAA Board has many great meetings throughout the year and every meeting produces great ideas. In most cases, we have the funds to pursue those great suggestions, but we rarely have enough volunteers to execute the plans.

I need you! Please join our GHHSAA Volunteer Group. Could you help re-establish the Alumni vs. GHHS Faculty Basketball Game? Could you be the main contact for your graduating class and help us maintain your classmates’ contact information. Are you out of town? Would you like to start a GHHSAA group in your city or state? What do you think about having an annual Alumni Talent Show? Let me know how you think the

GHHSAA should serve the City of Grandview Heights, the schools and, most importantly, the alumni.

The GHHSAA is YOUR association and it’s a great association. Let me know if you can help make it even better for everyone.

Go Bobcats!

Tom Smith ‘63

DATABASE PROJECT - ATTENTION ALL GHHS BOBCAT ALUMNI
You have told us how much you enjoy receiving the Alumni newsletter via the postal service. To keep printing and postage costs manageable, we must reduce the quantity of returned "undeliverable" newsletters. Please help by registering with the GHHSAA by clicking REGISTER HERE. We ask that you register even if you are currently receiving the newsletter satisfactorily. Thank you!

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