Alumni plan party

The two individuals who
composed the school alma mater will be recognized.

CAMPBELL — The Campbell Memorial High School Alumni Association will hold its first Homecoming Football Game Reunion and Tailgate Party from 5 to 11 p.m. Sept. 28 at the Sanderson Avenue parking lot.

The reunion is being held in conjunction with the Memorial High football team’s homecoming game against Howland High that will start at 7:30 p.m.

All alumni are invited to bring their families to reunite with old friends and classmates, to celebrate the tradition of Memorial High School and its football team, and to enjoy the football stadium and facilities and the campus surrounding the school.

Alumni are encouraged to bring food and refreshments in the tailgate tradition, while an alumni tent and food court also will be set up by the alumni committee.

Alumni are encouraged to park their vehicles in the Sanderson Avenue parking lot adjacent to the school and the alumni tent to fill the parking slots and create a tailgate atmosphere.

The alumni committee also will be selling Campbell Memorial alumni sportswear, while also distributing information to alumni about the association, which was founded on Jan. 10 of this year; and how they can become part of it.

Honoring alma mater composers

During halftime, the alumni will present a plaque to the high school to recognize the two individuals who composed the high school alma mater in 1947. Raymond Spagnola, a music teacher, wrote the music for the alma mater while Josephine (Grohovsky) Parise, a senior student at the time, wrote the lyrics. After the presentation, the alma mater will be sung.

The alumni association now has 23 founding trustees, each having contributed $1,000 to fund and launch the association. The latest trustee is the Shipka family: Robert (1955), Donna (wife), Al (father) and Ann (mother).

The alumni association awarded $5,250 in scholarships to Memorial High graduates this year.

The association will be accepting contributions to become a founding trustee until Jan. 10, 2008.

For more information about the homecoming festival and other alumni events, contact the alumni office at (330) 799-1232 or info@campbellalumni.org. The association’s Web site is www.campbellalumni.org