Cleveland's Southside--Thank You to contributors and Site Index

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Susan Mandzak, Pauline Knish Mills; Paul Ziats; Frank Kowalski, Pulaski Post #30;
Michael Ruffing, Librarian, History Department, Cleveland Public Library;
Bob Camburn, Honor Roll Chairman of the Greater Cleveland Veterans Memoral Project (GCVM);
Michele Skrovan, Microform Department,Cleveland Public Library;
Virginia Duly Romanko (Mrs. Charles); Ronald Skrovan; William Larkins;
Dennis Donohoe, Manager Facility Placement, Cleveland Municipal School System;
Brett Stolle, NMUSAF/MUA, Research Division, National Museum, USAF;
Dorothy Senal Pavelka; Robert ("Councilman Bob") Leech; Karl Anderson, Lincoln 'Ole Sports; Doris Ruder;
June Pagel Lenthe; Carol Schuette, Candle in the Wind Travel; Catherine Eisenhauer; Vic Hanchuk, Lincoln 'Ole Sports;
Loretta Weber; Ann Olszewski, Preservation Department, Cleveland Public Library;
Dennis Kowallek; Marilyn Zoloty Kowallek; Helen Zayatz Metzger; Michael Robusto;
Joseph Hornack, Surname Location Reference Project (SLRP); Paul Hatala;
Archie DiFante, Archivist, AFHRA/RSA, Maxwell AFB, Alabama; Mary Kranides Catalano;
Helene Maloy Cushenan; Sigmund T. Brinsky; Sandra Wanicki Rozhon; Mary Ann Bezek Silberhorn;
John Bender, III; Debbie Greenlee, Polish_Genius forum; Stanley Zylowski;
John Maczko; Laura Nicklas-Hine; Patricia Donnellan Lindak; Lois Leibert Nicklas;
Carol Reisinger Eskra; Bill Jubak; John Pestovic; Edward Schenk; Audrey Srp Syder;
Peggy Holt Hircak Harp; Rosemary Pestovic Sounik; Robert L. Miller; and, Evelyn Marie Wood Miller Jucikas.

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History of University Heights, eventually known as the
Southside and/or Tremont, Cleveland taken from various
sources.
Photos

Introduction

Ongoing updates of new items and points of interest.

Dedication

Dedicated to Susan Mandzak. Contains a written history of
the Southside and her church, Holy Ghost Greek
(Byzantine) Catholic Church.

Maps

1868 Wallings Atlas map of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County,
Ohio.
City of Cleveland, Ward 13, 1869.
Aerial view of Southside, 1932.
1934 map of area from book Between Spires and Stacks.
Early 1940's map of Southside from a gas station map.
Southside 1984.
City of Cleveland, Southern portion of Ward 13, 2007.

Memories

Mary Kranides Catalano -- Herman Pirchner's "Alpine
Village."
Easter and the Southside
Marilyn Zoloty Kowallek -- Living on the Southside.
Ella Grant Wilson, 1854-1939 -- Early Jennings Avenue and
the Valley.
Julia Maharidge Cherevkoff -- St. Joseph's Convent and the
Cuyahoga Valley
Robert Leech -- "The Projects"
June Pagel Lenthe -- Memory of her grandmother Emilie
Wenzel Torno, living on Clarence Court
Susan Mandzak -- Growing up on the Southside.
Paul Ziats -- West 7th and Railway Avenue
Pauline Knish Mills -- 605 Railway Avenue
John Bender, III -- Lincoln graduate, music.
Bruno C. Stanczyk -- Lincoln graduate, WW II war hero
John Maczko -- Memory of his stay at Grace Hospital.
Laura Nicklas-Hine -- Memory of her stay at Grace Hospital

Notable Persons

Ora Coltman, 1858 - 1940, artist, Jefferson Branch Library
construction consultant
Michael De Capite, 1915-1958, Lincoln High School
graduate and novelist.
Raymond De Capite, novelist
Joseph Filkowski, ?-1931, gangster and Southside resident.
Karl Mackey, 1924 - 2002, Lincoln High School graduate,
actor
Ambrose Paliwoda, Lincoln High School graduate, artist
Nick Sabodosh, 1908-2003, Lincoln High School teacher
and humanitarian
John W. Teyral, 1912-1999, Lincoln High School graduate
and artist.

Elementary Schools

Tremont, Cleveland public
Holy Ghost, Byzantine Catholic

School Photos

Our Lady of Mercy, Slovak Roman Catholic
St. Augustine, Irish Roman Catholic
St. John Cantius, Polish Roman Catholic

Lincoln High School (a Website of its own)

Welcome

The Landmarks

Tremont War Memorial
Polish Legion of American Veterans, Pulaski Post 30, 1041
Starkweather Avenue.
Valley View Homes aka "The Projects."
Jefferson Branch Library, 850 Jefferson Avenue
506 Literary Avenue

Churches

Ecclesiastical Snippets
Churches featured in the "Spiritual Heritage of the Tremont
Community" Open House, May 22-29, 1966.
Pelton Avenue M. E. Church later known as Grace M. E.
Church (1870 - after 1879), lastly known as the Lincoln Park
M. E. Church
St. Augustine Roman Catholic Church, West 14th and
Howard Ave.
Zion United Church of Christ, West 14th and Branch Ave.
Our Lady of Mercy Slovak Roman Catholic Church, West
11th St.
Martin Luther Slovak Evangelical Lutheran Church, 2139
West 14th St.

Holy Ghost Greek (Byzantine) Catholic Church

History
"The Rusin People" by Rev. Joseph P. Hanulya
"Vruchanie"/ "Dedication" (Rusin National Anthem) by
Alexander B. Duchnovich, with photo of bronze bust
dedicated at the Rusin Cultural Garden, Cleveland, Ohio.
Parishioner lists
List of Priests who served as Pastors
List of Cantors
List of Priests who may have served as Assistant Pastors
Link to Holy Ghost Elementary School
Photos (under construction)

The Pilgrim Congregational Church (Under Construction)

History
Pen and ink drawing

St. Theodosius Greek Catholic/Russian OrthodoxChurch
(Under Construction)

History
St. Theodosius' Photo Album
WWII service men and women

The Home Front

War Bond information.
YB-29/XB-39 -- "The Spirit of Lincoln." A super bomber named
for Lincoln High School
Honor Roll in Lincoln Park, 1944.
Persons who were killed in action during World War I, World
War II, the Korean Conflict and the Vietnam Conflict (War) who
listed their Home of Record as an address on the Southside.
Persons killed in action and in the Armed Services during
World War II who were members of St. Theodosius Russian
Orthodox Church.

Databases

Southside Street Names and Additions.
Tremont Service Bureau, 1938, 1949-1950 and 1951-1952.
Tremont Area Civic Association, Executive Board and
Membership List, March 24, 1949.
List of official "landmarks" designated by the Cleveland
Landmarks Commission.
List of cemeteries that may have been used by persons living
on the Southside.