Education: Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Oliver High School 1936 Yearbook Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Diane McEwen, dianemc@azstarnet.com USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, material may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material, AND permission is obtained from the contributor of the file. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for non-commercial purposes, MUST obtain the written consent of the contributor, OR the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. THE OMICRON Published by THE CLASS OF FEBRUARY,1936 DAVID B. OLIVER HIGH SCHOOL PITTSBURGH, PA FEBRUARY 1936 STAFF: Elizabeth G. Gannon Director of Activities John F. Bailey Principal Mary McArdle Vice-Principal Lorena Rogers Girls Advisor M. Elinor Smith Vocational Advisor Andrew H. Gregg Custodian ART Gertrude M. Hayes Edith Reilly Ella M. Schilling Helen C. Sohn INDUSTRIAL ARTS James R. Berry Lewis W. Corbin C.B. Duff Wm. B Farrel Parmella B. Kirsopp Wallace MacMaster John W. Zimmer LANGUAGES Wynona M. Baker Nellie L. Flannigan Harold K. Hess Harriet Kelly Pauline Kirwan ENGLISH Alice E. Chapin Ida Grace Cramer Frank H. Herrington Margaret Kiskadden F.A. Lutz Elizabeth Miller Mary E. McAnlis Myrtle McCready Geraldine D. Scott Jessie M. Scott Lottie Claire Scott Mary H. Seybert Mary B. Shaw Adaline E. Van Kirk Julia S. Van Kirk LIBRARIANS Ella M. English Mary M. Jamieson MUSIC Ethel Disay Arthur Goetz Marie Kleyle Marie A. Saul MATHEMATICS Rosemary Geary Robert K. Hall Nellie E. Hudson Catherine A. V. Lyons L.O. Packer Mary Ann Porter Nan W. Reniers J.C. Stuchel Howard L. Trussel S. Elizabeth Walker S. Merle Washburn CLERKS Caroline G. Fink Lillian E. Gainor Lillian E. Glover Nettie Hallberg SOCIAL STUDIES Florence A. Dutney Helen E. Frazier Lucile Fruit Ida M. C. Gealey Oscar I. Harter Mary Kraus Ruth Lyons Lily Lee Nixon Noralie Stickle James C. Tallant James E. Tomb Bertha M. Vaughn SWIMMING MATRON Bessie McKay COMMERCIAL Henry S. Baumgarten Alma B. Bosmyer Maud Clayton Martha Davidson S.C. Diver Mary Catherine Donnelly Flo A. Dowler L. L. Hammond Elizabeth Ann Hill Emma M. Hood Bernard J. McCormick SCIENCE A. J. Brownmiller Cornelia Ecke Howard C. Gregg Frank W. Murphy G. A. Schnabel Emily M. Thompson Thomas P. Webster Michael Zukovich HOME ECONOMICS Miriam R. Colvin Genevieve Cushwa Helen R. Falkenstein Laura M. Myers Martha A. Proven PHYSICAL EDUCATION Robert D. Bell Harry C. Brown Wayne Christian Alma A. Fenske Bess A. Hankey Helen L. McNaugher Raymond W. Peters Evelyn B. Spindler 12A GRADUATING STUDENTS: (there is more detailed information and pictures) Mildred Marylene Aronoff Nicholas R. Astarb Helen Roberta Behring Joseph Mark Beierle Edward F. Benevent Joseph F. Bill Frances Louise Black Grace June Bottles Muriel Patricia Brannan Harry Buch Carl G. Buchner Jean Elizabeth Burry Michael F. Cammarata Eleanor Loyetta Carl Helen Jeanette Clark William F. Cleary Herbert Gaston Coo Alice Elizabeth Cook Violet Virginia Cook Frank M. Daley Anne Danyla Francis J. Dauer Reta Margaret Davies Irene A. Davis Grace Catherine Deily Ruth Mathilda Demmler Howard Dick George Doernberger Robert Dummer 12A STUDENTS CON'T John F. Ensworth Peggy Jane Euwer Andrew Daniel Fec Arthur Watter Fennell Arthur Fink Beatrice Ford Clifford J. Fowler John E. Frey Edith Emma Fueller William Henry Gamble Margaret Jane Geyer Frances A. Gordon Rose Marie Gracicia Edith Virginia Grove Joseph P. Gualtieri Julia Hall Thelma O. Haselton Henry R. Heinemann Jean Estelle Heinle Jacob A. Herman Helen Gertrude Hill Frank A. Jeletic Edna A. Jesteadt Elizabeth Jane Johnston Thomas Woodrow Jones John George Kapurka George E. Kinross Katherine Elizabeth Kirkbride Milan J. Kocerha Michael Krul Robert Tomer Kubiak Elva Mae Kuschel Ethel Martha Kuschel Esther E. Langhorst Ernest Layland Harriet Marie Lent Donald G. Lerch Ceridwen E. Lewis Helen Elizabeth Long Ralph William Mannka Jack P. Marks Katharine E. Marterer Mary Louise Marterer Norma Dorothy Mason William John Matthews William McCarter June Constance McKinley Robert L. McLaughlin Walter S. McLaughlin Violet McNeil Ruth Thelma Meals Margaret Anna Mielke Frances A. Monath John William Morgan Clarence James Nash W.R. Nesbitt Ruth Esther Nething Frances V. Nickerson Richard S. Nickeson 12A STUDENTS CON'T Ruth Virginia Nord Alexander Novak Olga O. Ondek Dominic Onorato Mary V. Paukiz William Petkevich Marion Gladys Pfalzgraf Edward Thomas Philipp, Jr. Samuel Naismith Phillips Edward T. Piotrowski Josephine U. Potoczny J. Louis Price John Proch Charles Frank Prochazka Edna May Quinn Edward Redman Robert Rieger Ethel Jean Rieseck Stephen Alvin Santa Ralph Sapp William F. Schomaker Blanche Elizabeth Seifert Frank Theodore Senko Ethel Septak Helen S. Sisko Marie Skundrich Beth Lenora Slaney Betty Jane Smith Olive Snyder John Paul Sollami Frank J. Solosky Lawrence Spence Thomas Steele Dovie Anna Stevens Gertrude Mae P. Stewart John L. Sullivan Mike Terak Clarence E. Thomas Lawrence M. Turick G. Taylor Urquhart Arthur Alfred Vignal Harriet Alphonse M. Verdi Margaret Wedlock Leo A. Wehner Mathilde Williams Ruth C. Williams William Gibson Wilson Joanne Woch Charles William Wood Mary Wowk Mary Yassick Alice Lavina Yost Harry Louis Zutell GROUPS/ORGANIZATIONS: (START NEXT COLUMN) OMICRON STAFF: Violet McNeil Editor-in-chief SENIOR COMMITTEE Olga Ondek Ruth Williams John Frey Donald Lerch Irene Davis Gertrude Stewart PHOTOGRAPHS COMMITTEE Edward Philipp Reta Davies Eleanor Carl ART COMMITTEE Milan Kocerha Anna Danyla Marie Skundrich Steve Santa Lawrence Turick CLUBS COMMITTEE Muriel Brannan Olive Snyder Dick Nickeson BUSINESS MANAGER Joseph Beierle ADVERTISING MANAGER Edward Benevent ADVERTISING COMMITTEE Thelma Haselton Joseph Gualtierri Charles Wood John Kapurka Helen Hill Betty Johnston John Ensworth Samuel Phillips Dorothy Mason CIRCULATION MANAGER Michael Krul CIRCULATION COMMITTEE Robert Dummer Clarence Thomas Ruth Demmler Jean Rieseck Ruth Nething TYPISTS Josephine Potoczny June McKinley end of Omicron Staff STUDENT BODY CABINET: Ralph Sapp Gertrude Stewart Milton Dickson John Sullivan Nick Astarb Irene Davis 12B CLASS OFFICERS: Armand Kihm Thomas Williams Betty Parkhill Joseph Andrews Fred McKiernan 11A HOMEROOM PRESIDENTS: Gladys Taylor John Kennedy Clarence Stubert Edward Hackett Hazel Ward Ruth Williams SENIOR COUNCIL: Gertrude Mae Stewart Betty Parkhill Edward Fohl, August Oakley Mervyn Framer Gladys Taylor Alma Frankovsky Thomas Kopchak Dorothy Berfield William Wilson John Becker Clyde Paul Doris Young Andrew Fec Lillian Williams James Kunkel William McCarter Lois Wilson Alice Lloyd George Rozman Irma Hotz Armand Kihm Edward Hackett Katherine Brahm Jack Kennedy Lillian McCartney Mildred Elwell Barry Thomas Frank Shaginaw Clarence Stubert James Teeters Elva McClinton Eleanor Young SENIOR COUNCIL CON'T Josephine Potoczny William Kirkland Rita Parey Alvin Ludwig Leroy Morris Ruth Fisher JUNIOR COUNCIL: Milton Dickson Eleanor Plank John Gualtierri Nick Londino John Fasco Dave Balom Henry Bergener Steve Mosur George Hector Ray Holmes Richard Shaffer Eva Mae Klug Ezron Manco Fred Plank Sylvia Goldberg John Klofferstein Betty Wessels Henry Burke Robert Bittner Norma Eckert Mary Brannan Eugene Very Robert Glancy Kathryn Lepore Andrew Malay Matilda Gray Yolanda Petroccelli Bertha Hromlak Bernice Parry Alonzo Friebairn Floyd Sitting Charles Rahenkamp Wilberta Hune Ben Glasco Emma Johnston Ruth Schmidt Marie Critcheon Ruth Keiser James Horne Edward Bowman Betty Hess SENIOR OLIVER NEWS STAFF: Armand Kihm Jack Vogel Loretta Eisenhauer Mervyn Framer Robert Guckert Olive Cavanaugh SENIOR OLIVER NEWS STAFF CON'T Regis Klingensmith Leo Eisentraut Alice Hanna Jane McMunn Frank Miller Agnes Silay George Craig Joe Halloway Lawrence Panno Anna Mae Milligan Thelma Stickman Harry Succop Sarah Burke John Moschak John Affolter JUNIOR OLIVER NEWS STAFF: Margaret Sisak Don Grant Ella Latto Lorraine Di Lisio Gertrude Ward Audrey Roberts Beverly Becker Billy Glassbrenner Emmerson Phillipp Jean Bayer Lorraine Varzo Ruth Natoli Charlotte Besser Clarence Summers Ethel Piquet Dorothy Miller Ida Marchetta Joe Kress Louis Rusiski SENIOR ORCHESTRA: E. Metzger C. Miller B. McCain B. Patterson E. Platek N. Londino Loebig H. Bartalac V. Ibsen M. Singleton M. Kurowska R. Mamay R. Schellman E. Armstrong D. Morgan M. Kinter P. Thackeray E. Gyekis H. Ryan SENIOR ORCHESTRA CON'T S. Falconer H. Glasco D. Hazlett W. Palmer J. Truchan S. Cameron H. Wilson E. McCreary J. Archibald V. Reeder L. Kunkel C. Marcus N. Koelliker J. Teeters A. Sualn J. Sullivan H. Platek A. Davis T. Cameon T. Urquhart L.. Murphy L. Stamerra W. Wilson J. Kennedy R. Petrush D. Buter W. Hitchcock M. Framer H. McMurtry G. Arnold OLIVER BAND: James Graham Harry McMurtry S. Falconer P. Thackeray E. Rudolph M. Framer W. Hitchcock W. Paloka J. Seigland J. Kennedy M. Cochrane D. Butler R. Petrush J. Kurtz W. Karol C. Ott E. McCreary F. Boney G. McCoy F. Schoeneweis L. Stamerra R. McBraide T. Urquhart L. Murphy A. Sunal S. Mconey N. Catizone E. Kuschel H. Katz LaRue Miller C. Miller H. Chappell H. Wilson W. Wilson E. Holstein C. Tryon R. Weiss H. Postler S. Rigby C. Wolfe E. Littleford A. Sanders W. Hagan A. Kirkbride J. Teeters C. Marcus M. Batts N. Koelliker N. Bayne J. Jurecko S. Cameron T. Cameron E. M. Weiss H. Slusher R. Schellman C. Waleschmidt B. Gochine E. Ela L. Kunkel C. Sterrett J. Blackman C. Cebek G. Arnold C. Nesbitt C. Zellers Gladfelter GIRLS ETIQUETTE CLUB OFFICERS: Edith Grove Edna Jesteadt Ruth Meals Thelma Haselton Betty Johnson BOYS ETIQUETTE CLUB OFFICERS: Edward Philipp John Kapurka Bob McLaughlin Tom Jones Bill Schomaker CO-ED GO-TO-COLLEGE CLUB OFFICERS: Olga Ondek Edward Phillip Peggy Euwer Milan Kocerha June Staib Edman Holstein Elsie Mielke Robert Jones Betty Waters Wade Miller Dorothy Winkler Frank Miller Ida Griffith Willard Ela Ceridwen Lewis Donald Lerch BIOLOGY CLUB: William Warrington Hazel Ward Betty Price David Welsh David Steele John McHugh Robert Greer Anna Dobransky Gertrude Mikeska Stella Plizga Julia Krul Margaret Tendner Ruth Jodkin William Good Joseph Sepko John Betza Frances Ritchie Jane Brunner Evelyn Miller Carl Younger Julius Richardson James Richardson John McCauley Carl Buchner Jack Vogel Frank Macilac Florence Boney Edith Tau Harriet Glasco John Sepdy Charles Sterrett Lindsay Garrity John Struss Jack Howard Anthony Warbaneth Bob Guckert Helen Imber Edward Garden James Conley BIOLOGY CLUB CON'T Edgar Lipton Clyde Kapinos Albert Kirkbride William Mielke Eugene Richards Joseph Gulanda Jean Maier Jean Garland Anna Finley Ruby Czar Annie Cook Margaret Buckley Betty Reiter Josephine Bler Mary Farnauf Virginia Wagner ORPHEUS CLUB OFFICERS: Charles Dickson Bill Schomaker Dorothy Morgan OLIVER CHOIR OFFICERS: Joseph Harrington Sarah Robertson Ethel Schaefer DIP AND DRAW CLUB: Marquis Best Helen Brown Richard Baird James Casey Dorothy Corbin Anna Danyla Ruth Dice Lillian Fredrick John Gualtieri Ruth Hazlett Frank Jurecko Walter Kuryivchak Dorothy Lutz Joseph Marnell Mike Radisin Rita Rush Betty Rishke Charles Sapachak Annabell Shaw Joseph Sallomi C. Strange Lawrence Turick Robert Valentine Charles Walsh DARK ROOM DEBS: Walter Carpenter DARK ROOM DEBS CON'T Walter Rudolph Charles Mannka Harry Knight Charles Trischler Rudolph Linder James Moore Joe Pazzinski Steve Locoski John Bowen George Klein Charles Freed Louis Karkos SENIOR BOYS LEADERS CLUB: John Kapurka Fred McKiernan William Gamble Andrew Syka Mike Kenny Sam Phillips Ralph Sapp Andrew Fec Andy Rabitin Nick Fec Frank Jahovich Clarence Thomas Tommy Williams Bob McLaughlin Idzi Sykola Richard Smutney John Solonino John Marsenk Ray Quinn Andy Drobniewski Mike Bronky Alex Epstein Armand Kihm AERO CLUB: Charles Rose Roland Stewart Clarence Stubert John Hertz Frank Solosky Edward Gumell Fred Hartung Robert Siedlarski Edward Knecht Stephen Kundrat Alexander Kunsak George Waller Earl Eckler George Kallstrand Robert Johnston Harold McMeechen Ralph Lutz SENIOR KNITTING CLUB: Margaret Belonesky Jane Brunner Ruth Foley Alma Gomory Mariane Groetzinger Stafania Korez Margaret Kennedy Alice Lloyd Pauline Lipsitz Rita Markovich Ruth Martin Tillie Middleton Margaret Miko Mildred Miserendino Frances Monski Annamae Novak Louise Pazicky Josephine Potoczny Angeline Profita Edna Mae Quinn Anna Mae Romano Josephine Sepdy Fern Staley Veronica Swish Grace Thomas Irene Tushnik Ethel Weinberg Irene Wisko Gertrude Reagan Helen Behring Olive Snyder JUNIOR KNITTING CLUB: Alice Kundrat Ella May Reeves Edith Riedel Dorothy Roth Orvella Scull Margaret Rinier Betty Megahan Irene Whitesell Jean McKenna Ellenora McSteen Esther Hung Esther Rice Rose Mavratil Helen Snyder Elizabeth Lescheditsky Doris Conway Delores Canners Lena Marcus Eleanor Baries Eleanor Seelhorst Gladys Stivers Helen Finley Jennie Karahalis Natalie Kirwald Helen Bokar BUSINESS SERVICE GUILD OFFICERS: Helen Hill Dorothy Joyce Dolores Foley Rose Simpson Sarah Dixon STAGE MAKE-UP CLUB OFFICERS: Dorothy Mason Virginia Wolffe Grace Fagan Helen Blair Rose Marie Luksik LATINI LAETI (LATIN CLUB): Walter Aughengaugh John Betza David Bolam Marilyn Bolton Betty Bullock Theodore Dreveniak Mary Jane Dunlap Henry Herchenroether George Jacobs Dallas Johnston Helen Kossert Alvin Ludwig Leola Mack Betty McGee Anna Mikulich Louis Rusiski Lenora Nelson Edward Sauko Vernice Shickert Regis Sismour Robert Stroyne SENIOR GIRL RESERVES: Barbara Garver Priscilla Cunningham Alice Solomon Clara Ott Barbara Charles Dorothy Kunsman Marion Baker Rose Blancato Helen Brown Elizabeth Crawford Mary Cernansky Mary Ann Cripps Hazel Devereux Elizabeth Eisenhauer Mary Hamadak Mildred Kenyon Julia Kertstukas Evelyn Leech SENIOR GIRL RESERVES CON'T Mary Louisi Elizabeth Louisi Mary Mahoney Martha McKee Betty Jane Martin Helen Malay Violet McNeil Mary Preitzer Betty Rapp Mary Reinhart Helen Hellman Dorothy Stanck Jean Scott Elsie Uffleman Dorothy Zeise GIRLS CHORUS CLUB OFFICERS: Jean Bell Sylvia Dosch Eleanor Klein Velma Shirey Roxie Flowers FOOTBALL SQUAD: Fec Sykola Stanek Rohanich Redman Mass Sterrett Holloway Kinross Thomas Sciranka Wood Syka W. McLaughlin R. McLaughlin Ludwig Donaldson Neuhatt Moschak Daufenbaugh Rymniak Zeler Herinda Kopchak Epstein Miller McCarter Kunsak Oakley Berele Vignal Puskar C. Thomas FOOTBALL SQUAD CON'T Kean Micinski Phillips Kenny Kapurka Bottles McKiernan Rabatin McKnight Gamble Waronsky Sapp A. Fec Williams Maree Sinatra Cannuno SENIOR GIRLS LEADERS CLUB OFFICERS: Ruth Nord Gertrude Stewart Ruth Demmler June McKinley Mary Raynak Josephine Potoczny Margaret Straka Pauline Thackeray Mary Warren Margaret Lombardi Betty Parkhill Bertha Oleyar Grace Petrancosta Antoinette Garafola OTHER NAMES LISTED: (AUTOGRAPHS) Josephine Bler Philomena Ambrose Margaret Ziriak Midge Syrath Laura Dauer Mae Ridge Jane Sharer Jack King Dorothy Keller Helen Christopher Tillie Jeffries Genevieve Heckert Patrick Nyzboski Alice Christopher Buzz Mannke P L Jurart (sp?) Mildred Bodnar Grace Leuk (sp?) F.Flushman Mary Blaskeveck(Mrs..Smith) Welt Willman Al Salvatore Ann Hytha AUTOGRAPHS CON'T William Seaman Margie Flanigan Jean Blond--? Janey Marks Thomas Hanahan Jr. Mary Jane Louda Bertha Bigelow Betty Haley Peg Vryak (sp?) Marty McKee Betty Hess Caroline Bilenski Edith Dearden Mildred Hytha (Sp?) Robert Sinclair Evelyn McKenna Paul Steigerwald Carmella Amorato Betty Caufer Howard Kemper Grace Petrancosta S. Falconer John Stanek Edward Donaldson Russell Wood James Bruder Bertha Bigelow Dave Brickley Tom Boeh Eleanor Klein Bill Thompson Hazel Deveneaux Audrey Kean Rose Marie Luksik (sp?) S. Kundrat Ruth Dice Helen Brown James Moore Mary Campbill June Evelyn Start Dot Gray Lorraine Hechold Helen Heil Dwight Plyler Dot Butler Ray Simmons Eddie Kneckle (sp?) Margaret Hitchak Rebecca Wood Audrey Lord Lois Brinkman Betty Glass Helen Bartolac Lucille Schneider Margie Stick Bessie Jordan Al Smolensky Art Easer Clifford Dates AUTOGRAPHS CON'T Vi Sraka Jo Kumanchic Ginnie Abbott Catherine Straha (sp?) Dot Berfield Betty O'Keefe George Lewiche Jean Freeland Jessie Hunter Ken Pollre--? ADVERTISERS: The Studio Grande Portrait Studio Manchester Savings Bank & Trust Michael E. Fec Confectionery & Groceries Fort Pitt Typewriter Co. Lee-Thompson-Fawcett Co. (Condiments) Book Shoe Store William Good Hager's Bakery Union Barber Shop (Beierle and Neuhart) Fidelity Trust Co. Oliver High School Lunch Room Duquesne University Allegheny Trust Co. Superior Fire Insurance Co. (John R. Cooney, Edward Heer, H.J.A. Finley) Schellhaas & Son Funeral Directors Lloyd Lowndes Jeweler and Optician Volkwein's Music Ondek Markets Covert's Barbecue Duquesne Dye Works, Inc. Cleaners and Dyers Duffs - Iron City College Carl W. Geyer Insurance and Real Estate "Frances" Rho Sigma Tau Sorority Superior Market A friend North Side Deposit Bank North Side Buick & Pontiac Co. Byers Grocery Co. A friend Sarver Bros. Service Station McClure Theatre Delta Phi Delta Sorority Hollywood Beauty Shoppe Joe Metzger Home Dressed Meats and Groceries Standard Typewriter Co. Brighton Theatre & Brighton Bowling Alleys ( Harry Fleishman) John Crawford Park -Job and Commercial Printing B. Spitzer Groceries Paramount Theatre Variety Club Alleys (H.E. Earls) Pennzoil Service Station (John Rush and R P Myers) Bierman Brothers Printing Ludwig Floral Co. (Opposite Boggs & Buhl) Goldies Men's Wear Reliance Engraving Co.