A Call for Memorabilia and Artifacts
A Call for Memorabilia and Artifacts
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QUESTIONS ABOUT donating an artifact to the TCHS Exhibit should be directed to
Subject Line: MEMORABILIA
Artifacts can be mailed with an official TCHS artifact donation form, or dropped off to:
Panther Band Exhibit
c/o Tony Marshalek
4070 Tod Ave., W,
Warren, Ohio 44485
Please strongly consider sharing your precious memories with this extraordinary exhibit, before they are someday lost forever.
The WGH Fleming Era Band Exhibit is moving forward!
The WGH Fleming Era Band Exhibit is moving forward!
We are continuing to accept memorabilia donations.
Your name and graduation year will be displayed with the artifact as its donor in the public TCHS exhibit.
Our memories will forever be preserved at the Trumbull County Historical Society (TCHS), and some wonderful artifacts have arrived.
Among the collection:
WGH Panther bass drumhead
A complete black and white marching band uniform with hat and plume
Marching band 16mm halftime films from 1962-1969, including the 1964 ABC TV film with sound of the College All Star game halftime in Chicago, and halftime performances in Mollenkopf Stadium showing the band shell lit with its glowing "W."
Concert Band vynil albums and recordings
Letter Sweaters
A majorette "Friday" uniform
Signed photographs of Mr. Fleming
TCHS will preserve our collected artifacts for the exhibit as soon as the collection is complete!
Alumni have donated the First Band Night program, news articles, and personal photos.
If you have saved something, such as pro-football game programs, Band Night or banquet programs, photos, films, and newspaper articles, a uniform or hat, please share to the collection.
As memorabilia is donated, it is safely stored at the Medici Museum of Art in Howland, Ohio until the collection is complete. It will then be given to TCHS so they may begin preservation and design of the exhibit for public viewing.
Our goal is preservation: restoration, protection, and permanent safe storage of all artifacts. The committee is collecting all Fleming-era marching films and concert recordings, including filmed second Chicago pro-football 1967 half-time performance on Soldier Field!
Above: 1964 Band letter sweater in pristine condition. Donated by Doug Johnson WGH '64
Above: Bass Drum Head, Donated by Lynn Brewster WGH '69
Above: Paper hat for dedication of Mollenkopf Stadium, Oct. 2, 1964. Browns game ticket for WGH Band halftime show September 1964. Donated by Kay Iacozili Ralph WGH '66
Above: 1967 Band letter, removed from sweater. Donated by Joyce Ormsby Meyer '69.
Memorabilia DONORS:
Anonymous -- Mr. Fleming's Conducting Baton
Janet Pickup Anderson WGH '69 -- her father's band hat from the 1930s (Carter Pickup WGH WGH '39)
Rick Bartunek WGH '64 -- News articles, programs, photos, digitized WGH Concert Band recordings from original vinyl record albums, Rick Muccio cartoon of Mr. Fleming and the Band Shell inscribed with his name 2009.
Jim Brodell WGH '70 -- Fleming signed portrait, programs, news articles, personal Fleming items
Robert Brodell WGH '71 – Uniform Pillow
Lynn Brewster WGH '69 – Bass Drum Head 1968
Joyce B. Brothers WGH '71-- Red Record (Fight Songs), Harding Panther Tote Bag, 1971 Football Champions banner
John Bugzavich WGH '65 -- Snare sticks, wire brush, letter sweater, marching code pre-game, mimeographed percussion score, programs, photos
Pamela Tomlin Chapin WGH '73 -- Numerous photos of the band from 1970 - 1973
Joan Cicero WGH '73 -- Majorette uniform and boots, newspaper articles
Tony Ferderber WGH '71 -- Identified rare sound film of ABC televised WGH 1964 College All-Star halftime show, Chicago
Elaine Marshalek Ferguson WGH '65 -- First Band Night program, and numerous football programs
Jean Neidhart Hood WGH '69 – Marching Band Flute 1966-1968
Colleen Tomlin Janis WGH '70 -- Photos
Doug Johnson WGH '64 -- Letter Sweater with "W"
Bill Kush WGH '71 -- Full WGH Black and White Musician's Uniform with hat and plume, Panther Mascot head
Therese Marchin WGH '69 -- James Friend WGH print, Friday Majorette Outfit (Letter sweater, skirt, embroidered blouse)
Tony Marshalek WGH '64 -- Repaired, restored, digitized 35 films of multiple WGH halftime shows 1962-1969 ("Monday" band films)
Joyce Ormsby Meyer WGH '69 -- Concert Band vinyl albums, news articles, telegram, programs, photos, memorabilia
Merry Lynne Ormsby WGH '72 -- Marching and Concert band trombone.
Darlene Hoffman Owen WGH '68 -- White Band Letter Sweater with "H," news articles, telegram, programs, photos
Janet Petiya WGH '71 -- Fabric Band Logo, Chicago College All-Stars 1967 program
John Radu WGH '68 -- 1965-1968 White band jacket with red and black Panther Band Logo.
Kay Iacozili Ralph WGH '66 -- News articles, programs, numerous photos, memorabilia
Kris Zickefoose WGH '89 -- Several Christmas Concert cassette tapes 1986 - 1989.
Above: October 1964, the WGH Band makes their exit up the steps into the band shell with the brightly lit "W" glowing against the night sky. Note the smoke from fireworks, the drum line, the cheerleaders on the sidelines, and the majorettes making their baton-swing turn-around! Still shot captured from a film of the 1964-65 band's half-time show. Film courtesy of Elaine Marshalek WGH '65
Above: 1964-1965 Band Notes, donated by Kay Iacozili Ralph WGH '66
Above: Drum sticks, wire brushes, donated by John Bugzavich WGH '66
Below: Mimeographed marching cadence for percussion, courtesy of John Bugzavich WGH '66
Mimeographed itinerary of the Buffalo trip, 1965-66 Donated by Kay Iacozili Ralph WGH '66.
Above: Game schedules, donated by Kay Iacozili Ralph '66
Above: 1965 Turtles box, 1965 Band Night Program, and 1966 programs donated by Kay Iacozili Ralph WGH '66.
Above: Marching Code ("Drill Sheet") for Homecoming game Fall 1965, courtesy of John Bugzavich WGH '66
Above: This should look familiar, since all concert band musicians who performed at state competitions 1963-1968 received one. This certificate is April 1965 -- another "1" superior rating for the 1964-65 Concert Band!
Above: Buffalo Bills vs Boston Patriots tickets, Donated by Jim Brodell WGH '70
Above: Cleveland Stadium NFL tickets for a televised half-time show, Donated by Jim Brodell WGH '70
Above: November 7, 1966, Western Reserve Kiwanis Club News Notes informs its members that Robert Fleming and John Kobasiar will speak at the November 9 meeting. They will narrate a film of the 1966-67 WGH Band's recent appearance at a televised Brown's game, describing it as an "almost flawless" performance. From Western Reserve News Notes, donated by Jim Brodell '70
Chicago 1967 Itinerary and Band Notes, donated by Jim Brodell WGH '70
Above (unreadable text):
Jim Ognibene, who was a soloist in our band in 1965 playing clarinet, is attending Indiana University. Jim is a Music Major there, studying education. Michael, his brother, is in our band this year.
Jill Klippel who was our head majorette last year, is working at Carlisle’s this summer and will enter Bowling Green University.
Leslie Armstrong, who was Head Majorette when the band went to Chicago in ‘64, is a junior at Belmont College, W. Virginia, majoring in English and French Education. She is president of her sorority .... Beta Chi Chapter of Phi Mu and attended a Leadership Conference at Purdue University this summer.
Band Notes and Chicago Trip Itinerary donated by Jim Brodell WGH '70
Above: Mimeographed Letter to Band after August 1967 Chicago trip. Donated by Joyce Ormsby Meyer WGH '69
Above: Postcard of Chicago restaurant where the band celebrated after our Aug 1967 halftime show courtesy of Joyce Ormsby Meyer WGH '69.
Above: Page from the WGH Band Senior Banquet 1968 program, donated by Darlene Hoffman Owen WGH '68.
Above: 1967 College All-Stars game, Soldier Field, Chicago program, Donated by Janet Petiya '71.
Above: 1967 -- Delivered to Mr. Fleming from the WGH Cheerleaders before the Chicago half-time performance on Soldier Field for the College All-Stars vs Green Bay Packers game. Donated by Darlene Hoffman Owen WGH '68.
Above: "This telegram was hand-delivered to me by Mr. Fleming as the band gathered in the lobby of the Conrad Hilton, still in our uniforms after performing our Chicago half-time show. The congratulations came to us from a fellow WGH '69 classmate, Doug Blank, an editor with me on the WGH school newspaper, after his family viewed our performance on TV at home in Warren." Donated by Joyce Ormsby Meyer WGH '69.
Above: 1967 Commendation Resolution passed by the Ohio House of Representatives after the '67 All-Star half-time performance in Chicago. Donated by Jim Brodell WGH '70
Above: Browns vs Cowboys program and ticket donated by Jim Brodell WGH '70
Above: Fabric Panther Band Logo, Donated by Janet Petiya '71
The '13 Cents' Bet
Above: Perhaps becoming a convert because of their 1964 NFL championship season, Mr. Fleming was an ardent Browns fan. He absolutely hated it each time the Browns lost, and every season, he predicted, would be a championship year. My dad was an eternal Browns skeptic who set up a weekly 13 cent wager with Mr. Fleming on every Browns game. When the Browns lost, Mr. Fleming would send my dad a cute but regretful communication, money included, predicting great future success for his team. These are circa 1968.
Donated by Jim Brodell WGH '70
At left: I believe “Litkenhouse” was an old-time predictor of who would win sporting events. So, this was a Fleming “tip of the hat” to my dad for beating him again on a Browns’ point spread.
Above right: Note Mr. Fleming’s rhyme with his initials lower right corner.
Above: A poorly-edited Plain Dealer article about the Top Notes, formed in 1962, and which Mr. Fleming joined in the mid-'60s. Donated by Jim Brodell WGH '70
Above: Post Card showing Mollenkopf Stadium with Band Shell and glowing W in end zone. Donated by Janet Petiya WGH '71
Above: Signed caricature gift to Rick and Cindy Bartunek from Mr. Fleming depicting the iconic band shell dedicated in his name. Artist: Rick Muccio 2009. Courtesy of Rick Bartunek WGH '64.
Above: Signed portrait gift to Jim Brodell. Donated by Jim Brodell WGH '70
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