Back to Euclid Beach!

Back to Euclid Beach – the Annual Remembering the Sights & Sounds of Euclid Beach Park came to Euclid Beach State Park for the 7th year, on Sunday September 25th, sponsored by ODNR, Euclid Beach Park Now & the Euclid Beach Boys.

All the usual happenings were there – the Rocket Ship and Thriller Cars were giving rides, Laughing Sal, and Rudy Nagode (with his wonderful collection of “things Euclid Beach”) were there, the Car Show (including the Kiddie Hook & Ladder) was there, all the signs were up and tours given – all the usual fun (and memories.) In spite of the weather (it thought about raining once or twice, then really buckled down to it late in the event!), people enjoyed seeing Euclid Beach once more.

New this year, was the return of the Rocket Ships’ Artisan Band Organ, owned by the Euclid Beach Boys, and restored beautifully by Debence Antique Music World of Franklin PA – it filled the entire Park with the “happiest music on earth”. There were also new food vendors, so we had kettle corn as well as Humphrey popcorn balls to choose from, lemonade, a new hot dog vendor, and, as always, Weber’s Frozen Whip.

It was also great to see more neighborhood groups there – our own Collinwood Nottingham Historical Society, the Euclid Beach Adopt-a-Beach team, Northeast Shores Development Corporation, HCR ManorCare – Euclid Beach, and Neighborhood Connections, along with the Cleveland’s Euclid Beach Park Carousel Society. And as a special treat, the North Ohio Classic Parks club brought out a wonderful collection of Geauga Lake goodies – including Geauga Dog and Dandy Lion!

Part of the day’s events included a brief introduction of the new Euclid Beach Park Carrousel Site Sign. State Park Naturalist Carol Ward made a brief statement of how this came about, EBPN President John Frato introduced a survey about future such signs, and Councilman Polensek talked about the future of the Park. Committee members Mary Louise Jesek Daley and myself (your humble correspondent) represented the rest of the Sign Committee.

Getting this sign done was the Community Outreach Committee / Euclid Beach Carrousel Sign Committee, whose members included many organizations. Members were Ohio Department of Natural Resources (Carol Ward), Euclid Beach Park Now (John Frato, Rich Wickens, Dave Masek, Oscar Ericsson, Jim Seman), the Euclid Beach Carrousel Committee (me again, Mary Louise Jesek Daley, Sarah Gyorki, Barb Clint) the Collinwood Nottingham Historical Society (Mary Louise and me!), Northeast Shores (Brian Friedman) and the Ward 11 community including Councilman Michael Polensek. Over the course of many meetings beginning last fall, we hammered out the design, priced it out (with EnviroSign being the choice of manufacturer) and finally getting it installed. Plans are to keep installing signs like this through out Euclid Beach State Park, grouping the various rides etc together. Pictures included with this article – be sure to check it out!

All in all, a good day remembering Euclid Beach!

Elva Brodnick

President / Chair – Euclid Beach Carrousel Committee

Euclid Beach Carrousel Committee
PO Box 91162 –  Cleveland OH 44101
Email: ebcarrousel@gmail.com or carrollsell@gmail.com
Phone: 440–942–1493
Facebook: Euclid Beach Carrousel Committee