Halloween is right around the corner, so there will be plenty of tricks ahead, so I'll give you a treat with this photo.
This was a prank that the Romeo High School (RHS) seniors enacted 50 years ago this year.
This picture was on the front page of the June 13, 1974 issue of The Romeo Observer. According to the accompanying article, graduating senoirs "performed 'an engingeering feat' by placing a Volkswagon shell" on top of the Romeo High School building. This was when the school itself was located on West St. Clair Street.
The article then mentions that the shell was taken down twice by construction workers at the request of school officials. However, at each time, the car was replaced "until a truce was declared and the vehicle was allowed to remain for two days, then removed finally."
For those wondering how these seniors managed to pull a stunt like this, the story doesn't explain.
If you are a member of the RHS Class of 1974 and were involved with this senoir prank, please let me know how you did it. Don't worry, you won't be punished for something you did 50 years ago.
To see more Romeo Observer photographs, you can contact the Romeo Community Archives at rca@romemodistrictlibrary.org or call (586) 690-4890, or you can access them through our online Archives Catalog.
Images and sources courtesy of the Romeo Community Archives; Melvin E. and Joan D. Bleich Collection, The Romeo Observer, June 13, 1974, p.1-A