Here’s the caption for this photo in the November/December 1974 Tower Topics for the opening of the Richfield Coliseum:
RESPLENDENT in rented finery, these Beacon Journal luminaries turned out for the biggest social event in Northeastern Ohio (with the possible exception of Super Desk) to hobnob with the crowd at the grand opening of Nick Mileti's Coliseum in Richfield. Or maybe this IS the gra
nd opening of Super Desk. Anyway, Tom and Kay Suchan, Mickey and Suzanne Porter, and dapper photographer Tom Marvin quickly muscled their way to the front of the drink line and pestered the photographer in hopes of making Betty Jaycox's society column. The photog, who shall remain nameless, was thoughtful enough to aim his box camera so as not to reveal Suchan's sneakers, Porter's pointy-toed cowboy boots, or Marvin's sandals. Afterwards, Frank Sinatra asked for Mickey's autograph. Porter told him to (expletive deleted) off. .Click on the photo to enlarge.
[ The Coliseum at 2923 Streetsboro Road, Richfileld, OH, seated 20,000.. The same issue of Tower Topics had an article on the combination of the city and state desks.]
When I had a "Polish party" in the garage of my Cuyahoga Falls house, Suchan was most appropriately dressed in "Polish," and carried a Polsky shopping bag. And he wasn't in costume!
ReplyDeleteHe wore tennis shoes, as we called them then, instead of his usual attire of one brown and one black shoe, which was part of his work clothes!
--John Olesky