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Test your memory of Coaldale people, places and events by trying to answer the Coaldale Quick Quiz question numbered 105. Scroll for the previous week's answers, they are found above the questions. The archives have prior questions and answers. Click Here |
| ANSWER TO QUESTION 105: 105. b. Keyhole |
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105. These 2 documents are actual photo-copies of the Humor section of the 1962 graduation edition of the CHS student newspaper. What was the name of the newspaper?
a. Grapevine |
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| ANSWER TO QUESTION 104: 104. A=Jeannie Perchik, B=Creddy Jones, C=Annie Burns, D=Peggy Lankalis, E=Joy Ann Welsh, F=Millie Terry, G=Gail Yankovich, H=Ruth Barron. |
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104. Identify these eight young women of Coaldale (circa 1950s/60s) by referring to their brothers’ nicknames which are: A. Giesel, B. Fireball, C. Moe, D. Tootser, E. GiGi, F. Coogie, G. Sonny, and H. Chickie. |
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| ANSWER TO QUESTION 103: 103. Third Street and Seventh Street. A=7, B=8, C=None, D=9, E=10, F=11, G=None, H=1, I=2, J=3, K=4, L=5, M=6. |
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103. This is a 1940s-era photo of Eva’s Bar which was on Ruddle Street in Coaldale.  A former Coaldale resident provided this nostalgic remembrance of Eva’s: “My favorite Eva's memory is going for walks down the woods on Sunday mornings wit h my father, and if we went by Eva's, you could actually see teeth on the street from the fights that would break out on Saturday nights.” Ah, memories. Anyway, back to the question: According to the July 1991 issue of The Valley Gazette, just two “streets” in Coaldale never had a bar or club located on them. Match the following bars/clubs with the street on which they were or are located and then determine which two streets in Coaldale never had a bar or club located on them. A. First Street ............ 1. Fritz’s, Malarkey’s, Joe Franko’s, Sylvester Polansky’s B. Second Street .........2. John Mateyak’s, Babe Gould’s, VFW C. Third Street............ 3. Mike Daniels’, Korsak’s, Pavlik’s D. Fourth Street.......... 4. Tony Miller’s, Godanis’ E. Fifth Street ..............5. Patchie’s, Uzup’s, Rose McGeehan’s F. Sixth Street ............ 6. Mitchell’s G. Seventh Street ........7. Puschak’s, The Russian Club H. Water Street ..........8 Joe Domin’s, Mickey’s, American Legion I. Ridge Street ............9.Joe Wargo’s J. Ruddle Street ........10 Lithuanian Club K. Phillips Street .......11. West Ward Rod & Gun Club L. High Street M. Lehigh Street |
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| ANSWER TO QUESTION 102: 102. A=4, B=2, C=1, D=3 |
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 102. Match the statements in column 2 with the name of each of these Coaldale lads in column 1:Column 1........................... Column 2 A.Whitey Plocinik ..........1. He became a Postmaster of Coaldale. B. Ron Plocinink ............2. He was named by the United Press as an ..................................... ....Honorable Mention All-State Center for the .........................................1954 Coaldale Football Tigers. C. Danny Gildea ............3.He is an Associate Professor of .........................................Communications/Sports .........................................Journalism at Springfield College in .........................................Massachusetts. D. Dennis Gildea .............4.He attended Seton Hall University on a ..........................................basketball scholarship. |
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| ANSWER TO QUESTION 101: 101. A is Andy Kalen, who was the designated foul-shooter for the Tigers hoopsters in 1923. Andy also coached the Tigers football squad in the late 1940s and early 1950s. B is Steve Martinec who was a great football player at Susquehanna University, served as an assistant coach for the Tigers gridders in the early 1950s, taught History and Physics at Coaldale High, and eventually became the principal at Panther Valley High School. C is Jack “Honeyboy” Evans, whom Casey Gildea once called “the greatest Big Green football player of all.” D is Jack Welsh who was born in Coaldale, became a great basketball player for St. Mary’s High School and for St. Joseph’s College in Philadelphia. |
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 101. Which one of these four gentlemen was the “designated foul-shooter” for the 1923 Coaldale Tigers basketball quintet? Yes, that’s right: the designated foul-shooter (DFS). His CHS teammates in the 1923 season were Shimkus, M. Jones, Snorch, and Houdini. |
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| ANSWER TO QUESTION 100: 100. Dr. Rich Miller was a co-Captain of the Tigers’ 1962 undefeated and untied (11-0) team and also co-Captain of his football team at Lehigh University in 1967. During his four football seasons at Lehigh, Rich started every game as either a Tight End or Split End. He established three Lehigh pass-catching records: most passes caught in one game (13 against Rutgers University), most passes caught in one year (58 in 1966), and most passes caught in a career (132 in three seasons). The 58 passes he caught in 1966 ranked 1st in the East and 7th nation-wide. In 1967, he was named as a first team Split End on the All-Middle Atlantic Conference team and as a member of the prestigious NCAA All-American Academic Team. He represented Lehigh U. as the Lehigh Valley Scholar-Athlete at the 1968 National Football Foundation and Hall of Fame. Upon graduation, Rich received an offer to play professional football with the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League and offers to attend the football camps of both the Philadelphia Eagles and the Cincinnati Bengals. |
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100. This is a photo of Coaldale’s Bob “Bogie” Griffith. Bogie played college football in 1964-1967  at Division III Moravian University where he was named as an All-Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference (ECAC) Tackle and was a co-captain of his team in his senior season. He was also, along with George Hoffman and Martin Kodlick, a co-captain of the very last Coaldale Tigers football team which went 10-2 in the 1963 season. Name another Coaldale Tiger who also was a co-captain of his CHS football team as well as a co-captain of his college football team. |
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| ANSWER TO QUESTION 99: 99. Faye Lewis |
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99. Name this Coaldale woman. Hint #1: She had a very successful and effective career in the field of education after earning a bachelor’s degree in Physics at Susquehanna University and a master’s degree in Physics from Penn State. In 1998, The Panther Valley Chamber of Commerce named her as the “Educator of the Year.” She previously taught at Lansford High School and Boiling Spring High School in Reading, and she headed the mathematics department at Newtown Square High School. Her volunteer efforts have earned for her the praise, appreciation, and admiration of Coaldale’s citizens. She graduated from CHS in the same class as successful CHS football coach Geno Poli. Hint #2: COALDALE HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI REUNION |
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| ANSWER TO QUESTION 98: 98. John ‘Chief” Kuzman. See: John Kuzman - Larger than life |
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After starring on the gridiron for the Tigers of Coaldale, this gentleman moved on to become a starting Tackle for the Rams of Fordham University, where he:--played for Head Coach Jim Crowley (one of the fabled Four Horsemen of Notre Dame); --blocked for Lansford’s great running back Pete Holovak; and, --was named to the All-American team in 1940. He also played professional football with the Chicago Cardinals and the San Francisco Forty-Niners. Name him. |
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| ANSWER TO QUESTION 97: 97. Rice coal is the smallest size and steamboat coal is the largest size lump of coal. |
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 97. This is Coaldale’s No. 8 Coal Breaker, which was erected in 1921-1922 to replace the previous wooden breaker that was destroyed by fire on May 12, 1921. In the breaker, coal was broken into various lump sizes which are listed here in alphabetical order: buckwheat coal, chestnut coal, egg coal, grate coal, pea coal, rice coal, steamboat coal, and stove coal. Which is the smallest size and which is the largest? |
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| ANSWER TO QUESTION 96: 96. Louie Brida. |
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| 96. This is a 1947 photo of the Golden Dragons of Panther Valley Catholic High School in Coaldale. One of the Coaldale players on this team later owned and operated a popular Laundromat business on Phillips Street in Coaldale. Name him.
Front row (L to R): Patsy Donahue, Tom Benek, Bob “Weaser” Menconi, Ken “Kanute” McGeehan, Francis McLaughlin, Gene Bonner, Ted Hertzig, Jack “Chick” Mc Laughlin. Back row: John “Cutter” Sweeney, Elom Bonner, Francie Desiderio, Paul Hutta, Stanley Kastrava, Pete Riley, Lou Brida, Bill Lewis, Bob “Bip” Delay, Frank Hutta, John Cannon, and Jack Malarkey. |
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| ANSWER TO QUESTION 95: 95. Captain John Busavage, US Coast Guard. CHS Class of 1962. |
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95. One of these members of the 1956 St. John’s (both Greek Catholic & Lithuanian) Little League team graduated from the United States Coast Guard Academy. Name him.
Left to Right: Vince Busavage, Leonard Stokes, Nick Trubilla, Bob Cipko, Joe “Babe” Popik, Teddy Bortnick, John Busavage, Unknown, Joe Sicenavage, and Kermit Hoffman. |
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| ANSWER TO QUESTION 94: 94. What these guys all have in common is the first name of “Thomas.” Top row (L to R): Tom Moyer, Thom Terry, Tom Durich, Tommy Sabol. Bottom row (L to R): Tommy Sopko, Tom Raymer, Tom Edwards, Tom Zak. |
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 94. What do these eight Coaldale Tigers have in common?
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| ANSWER TO QUESTION 93: 93. Gene Ambrose, Donald “Dinty” Butts, Joe Lopez, and Andy Yarosky. See: Our Past Alumni History |
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93. This is a photo of Coaldale’s 1947 Black Diamond League baseball champions. Four of the players on this team are now members of the Carbon County Area Chapter of the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame. Name them. Hint: One of them is in the front row, two are in the second row, and one is in the back row.
Front row (L to R): John “Midnight” Kozak, Steve Lehotsky, Bernie Radocha, Gene Ambrose, and Louie Brida. |
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| ANSWER TO QUESTION 92: 92. What these gents have in common is the name of “Urban.” Left to Right: Coaldale’s Carbon County Area Hall-of-Fame Sportswriter, Eddie Urban; head football coach for the Florida Gators, Urban Meyer; Coaldale native baseball player and champion bowler with Tamaqua’s Losos Keglers, Frank Urban; and, CHS ’62 graduate and football End Bob Urban, who is the Editor of the Lehighton Times-News, the son of Frank Urban, the nephew of Eddie Urban, and, as far as we know, is not related at all to Urban Meyer. |
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| 92. What do these four gentlemen have in common?
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| ANSWER TO QUESTION 91: 91. Dick Reinbold and Bob Scutta. |
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91. In the 1950s, Soap-Box Derby races were held on Phillips Street in Coaldale. This picture, taken around 1950, shows the winner (seated) and the second-place guy. Name them. Hint: Their initials are D.R. and B.S.. |
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| ANSWER TO QUESTION 90: 90. b. Greg Posta |
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90. This is a photo of one of the best all-around athletes ever to appear in a CHS athletic uniform. Pick his name out of these five other outstanding all-around CHS athletes. Hint: He graduated in 1959.a. Rich Miller b. Greg Posta c. John Posta d. Steve Bitsko e. Ed Kassak |
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| ANSWER TO QUESTION 89: 89. Wayne Marek. Please see: http://www.coaldalehighalumni.homestead.com/files/omay_28_7.html |
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89. Name this Coaldale Tigers football player. Hint: He was a sure-handed, tough-blocking End for the Tigers, and he went on from Coaldale to earn a Bachelor of Science degree at Bloomsburg State Teachers College and a Masters Degree in Math Education at Rutgers University. He taught high school mathematics in Bristol Township School District for 30 years and was an adjunct professor at Bucks County Community College for ten years. |
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| ANSWER TO QUESTION 88: 88. d. 4 in 1942, 1944, 1958, and 1960. |
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| 88. This photo of the 1959 CHS majorettes was taken at the north end of the CHS football field. In the 42-year Thanksgiving Day football series with Lansy, the Tigers held a great advantage on this home field turf. Coaldale’s overall record versus the Panthers was 25 wins, 14 losses, and 3 ties. How many of their 14 losses to Lansford did the Tigers sustain at the CHS field?
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| ANSWER TO QUESTION 87: 87. c. Ernie Sandri |
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| 87. This is a 2007 photo of the building where pizzas were first made in Coaldale in the 1950s. Name the Coaldale businessman who made, sold and delivered the pizzas.
a. Buck Culley b. Charlie “Bircho” Dougherty c. Ernie Sandri d. Louie Brida |
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| ANSWER TO QUESTION 86: 86. e. George Welsh |
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86. Who is this CHS Quarterback?
a. Bob Parfitt |
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| ANSWER TO QUESTION 85: 85. The trophies are in the same place that they’ve always been, in the trophy case in the CHS Complex. |
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85. This is a 1955 photo of Peggy Lankalis and Bob Scutta inspecting the trophy case at CHS. In 1955, Lankalis was the head majorette at CHS and Scutta was named as an Honorable Mention All-State Quarterback by both the United Press and the Associated Press. The question is: Where are those trophies today? |
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| ANSWER TO QUESTION 84: 84. Photo A (left to right): Bill Evans, Ted Matrician, Gerry Sabol, Jack Filler |
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84. The Lords of Flatbush is a 1974 American motion picture drama about a 1957 street gang from the Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York. One of the quartets of guys in these photos starred in that movie, and the other quartet is an actual gang of guys from Coaldale and Seek in the late 1950s. Which photo, A or B, portrays the Coaldale and Seek guys?
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| ANSWER TO QUESTION 83: 83. Attorneys-at Law: Paris J. DeSantis, Bernard J. Duffy, and Johnny Earley. |
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83. This house on the corner of 2nd Street and Ridge Street in Coaldale was the home of three Coaldale lawyers at one time or another -- name them. Hint: Their initials are PJD, BJD, and JE. |
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| ANSWER TO QUESTION 82: 82. General Parfitt is the third person from the left. The other generals (left to right) are U.S. Grant, William “Tecumseh” Sherman, and Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson, all generals during the U.S. Civil War era. |
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82. Each of these four gentlemen graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, NY, and each attained the rank of General. One of the four is a Coaldale native, General Harold Parfitt, who also graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.) and was Governor of the Panama Canal Zone from 1975 through 1979. . The others are General Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson, General William “Tecumseh” Sherman, and General Ulysses S. Grant. Which one is General Parfitt?
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| ANSWER TO QUESTION 81: 81. c. Vince Gildea and Steve Zaleha and The “Golden Dragons.” |
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| 81. This is the first Panther Valley Catholic (PVC) football team. The photo was taken in 1944 in the East bleachers at the Coaldale High School field, where the PVC gridders played their home games. PVC was the forerunner of Marian Catholic High School. The team went 0-3 in its first campaign and their first gridiron win came the next season when they whupped St. Pat's of Pottsville, 13-0. Name the two Coaldale men who coached the team and the team’s nickname.
b. “Super” O’Brien, “Midnight” Kozak, and The “Harps” c. Vince Gildea, Steve Zaleha, and The “Golden Dragons” d. “Blue” Bonner, “Casey” Gildea, and The “Little Green” |
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| ANSWER TO QUESTION 80: 80. John Watto, assistant at Summit Hill; John Harkins, assistant at Lansford; Thomas Paul Raymer, Coaldale; Hugh “Wink” Gallagher, Marian; and Dick Forester, Lansford. |
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80. These are the coaches for the Panther Valley All-Star football team for the Unico game in about 1960. Identify the coaches and their high schools. Hint: Their initials, left to right, are: JW, JH, TPR, WG, and DF. |
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| ANSWER TO QUESTION 79: 79. Teeler Jabbo, Frank Priggins, and Andy Kalen. See: http://www.coaldalehighalumni.homestead.com/files/history.html |
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79. This is a photo of the CHS Track Team which in 1941 won the state championship meet held at Penn State University and the District 11 Track Meet held in Pottsville.Which three of these Coaldale gents are members of the Carbon County Area Chapter of the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame? |
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| ANSWER TO QUESTION 78: 78. Front row: Frank Sloboda, Frank Skrabak, John Posta. Back row: Roman Tenetylo, Jake Novitsky. |
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 78. What are the last names of these five Coaldale football players who played in the Anthracite All-Star Football game at Lansford Stadium on November 27, 1951?
The game pitted the best players in Carbon County versus the best in Schuylkill County. The first names of the guys in the front row are Frank, Frank, and John. The first names of the guys in the back row are Roman and Jake. |
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| ANSWER TO QUESTION 77: 77. e. The printing press in the Coaldale Observer building on Ruddle Street. |
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| 77. What is this piece of machinery shown in this photo of a Coaldale establishment?
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| ANSWER TO QUESTION 76: 76. CHS Teachers: A. Marcella Furey, D. Sonia Lang, G. Mary McElhenney, H. Catherine Dolan. CHS Students: B. Nancy O’Boril (CHS ’64), C. Marianne Smith (CHS ’63), E. Sharon Culley (CHS ’61), F. Nancy Zemanik (CHS ’62). |
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| 76. Four of these young women were CHS teachers and four were CHS students. Pick out the teachers.
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| ANSWER TO QUESTION 75: 75. b. James “Blue” Bonner. (According to the July 1989 issue of The Valley Gazette, “Blue” was given his nickname by a reporter who interviewed him once while he was showering after a Big Green game. The reporter observed that Bonner’s legs were covered with “blue bruises from the hips down,” and from that day forward he became known as “Blue” Bonner.) |
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| 75. Name this Coaldale Big Green football star.
a. Charles “Froger” Giltner b. James “Blue” Bonner c. Jack “Honeyboy” Evans d. “Goo Goo” Davis e. James “Bubby” Melley |
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| ANSWER TO QUESTION 74: 74. c. Paul “Whopper” Paslawsky |
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74. Name this Coaldale gentleman who in the 1980s was honored as the Panther Valley area’s oldest coal miner.
a. Bill “Umper” Paslawsky b. Mike “Pussy” Paslawsky c. Paul “Whopper” Paslawsky d. “Ginter” Paslawsky |
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| ANSWER TO QUESTION 73: 73. A. Randolph Harvey; B. J.E. Gildea; C. A.C. Moser; D. Wilbur Berger. |
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| 73. All of the following were administrators at Coaldale High.
Match the picture to the Name: Wilbur Berger, Randolph Harvey, J.E. Gildea, A.C. Moser |
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| ANSWER TO QUESTION 72: 72. Ed Hedes. |
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 72.This photo was taken after Panther Valley’s 1966-67 basketball team won the school’s first District XI Class B championship. In the photo, left to right, are Charles McHugh, John Harkins (who was PV’s head basketball coach at the time and who now resides in Coaldale), Frank Bydlon of Lansford who was Harkins’ assistant coach and, at the bottom of the photo, a Coaldale lad who was the statistician for the team. Name him. Hint: He is now the Managing Sports Editor for the Lehighton Times-News. |
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| ANSWER TO QUESTION 71: 71. Ann Kehoe. Note: More info about John Zacherley and “Roland” may be found at: http://www.zacherley.com |
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71. In 1958 this Coaldale girl was instrumental in arranging for WCAU TV personality Roland (John Zacherley) to preside over a dance billed as “Roland’s Hop” (see the ticket) at Wenzel Auditorium in Tamaqua. Who is this young lady?
Hint: In 1958, she was a freshman in Marian High School and, at that time, the freshmen attended St. Jerome’s in Tamaqua. The Dance was such a hit that the State Police had to be called because of a massive traffic jam on Center Street in Tamaqua. Hint: She graduated from Marian High School and her older brother Jerry graduated from CHS. |
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| ANSWER TO QUESTION 70: 70. This group of Minstrel end-men were the first not to wear black faces in the history of the CHS minstrel. |
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a. Hugh “Wink” Gallagher, Jack Malarkey, and The “Colts”
a. A wine press that Reno Nardini had in the back of his store on Phillips Street; 
70. This is a picture of the end-men of the last Minstrel ever performed at CHS in 1964.
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