David B Oliver High School - Omicron Yearbook (Pittsburgh, PA)

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CLASS OF JUNE, I946 UWARDA JEAN BAUST I Varsity Band IO, II: Leaders 'Club I2. Wardy . . . came trom Linwood via McNaugher . . . to play drums in Phil Spitalny's Orchestra . . . playing with Shallmar Melodiars . . . bowling, skating . . . claims, Don't take lite too seriously, you never get out alive . . . tall, blond, blue-eyes IR. M.l . . . enjoys night snacks . . . seen with D.D., E,T., L.D., A.L.l-I., J.S., J.C., T.P.S. girls. FRANCES E. BELANCIC Em-Rich Choral Club IO: Oliver 'Choir IO, II, I2: Oliver Varieties II, l2: Class Play IZ: Home Room Reporter I2. I-lappy-go-lucky Franny . . . Mclieesport via Conroy . . . to harmonize on C.B.S. with Julie . . . classical records, writing poetry . . . basketball, country hiking . . . Let's get primitive! . . . enjoys quarteting with Julie, Frank, and Ed: tenors, Ed's jokes . . . O.E. with E.A.M. rates high . . . Art Institute . . . haunts the halls with Julie and l-larold W. ? 7 ? . . 4 never without Julie . . . pals with l-loney, Gilda, Audrey Armstrong. FRANCES B. BENDEKOVICH Go-To-College Club IO: Dancing Club IO: Oral English Club II. Ben . . . Manchester via Conroy . . . tuture nurse, basketball, tootball, badminton, skating, volleyball . . . I-le who laughs last, didn't get it! . . . admires Van, Esther Williams, Eve, Joan Davis . . . likes chemistry, study periods, shuns conceited people, bags, brownies . . . he must have blue eyes, nice hair . . . seen with Virginia, Rosie, Vern, Evelyn, Peewee, Gilda, I-Ioney, Dolores, Jo. J I NORMAN F. BENZ. JR. y Cheerleaders IO, II: Ensemble Orchestra I2: Variety Jazz Band ii IZ: Varsity Band II, l2: Captain ot Cheerleaders II: Reporter of ' Chemistry Club II: Home Room President IO: Social Chairman II. Norm . . . stomped in trom Columbus . . . a criminologist and musician ot a hep aggregation . . . music, dancing, girls . . . 'iWork tascinates me: l could sit and watch it all dayl . . . Red Skelton, Jimmy Dorsey, Miss Ecke . . . band with Maestro rates . . .dislikes work, sloppy girls . . . 5' 4 blue eyes, personality lG.B.j . . . likes chewing gum . . . seen with Johnny, Costa, Donny, Jimmy, Bernie and Gerry. DONALD M. BILBY Varsity Band IO, Il, I2: Home Room Treasurer IO. Don . . . sent by Mary J. Cowley . . . likes to collect stamps, be jack ot all trades . . . swimming, tootball, baseball . . . Silence is golden! . . . laughs at Danny Kaye, Bob Hope and Benz . . . tavors math with Trussel, English with Kiskadden, nuts to know-it-alls . . . small brunette with a sweet personality . . . arguing with Mr. Trussel . . . pals with Benz, Levis, band class boys. , RUTH A. BIRKHOLZ Smiling, pleasant Birk . . . l-lalls Grove via Columbus . . . to be a successful housewite . . . swimming, bowling, volleyball . . . lt you must disagree, be pleasant about it! . . . Gregory Peck, Jeanne Crain, Marie , Murphey Glamour Girls . . . sewing with Miss Cushwa, Espanol con Senorita . . . dislikes hats, snobs, and baby-talk . . . 6 Ill Brown-haired, blue-eyed R.W.O. . . . seeg with Marie, Betty, Moody, Bobbie, l-lotte, Audrey, Chris, Rose, F . Page Fitteen

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THE OMICRON I ALICE ACKER Leaders Club II, IZ: Religious Education 9, IZ: German Club IZ. Shy, bashfulAIice . . . Columbus . . . to study medicine . , . passes time playing piano, reading, dancing, ping-pong, Badminton . . . Jeder ist seines Gluckes SchmiedI . . . Shirley Temple, Betty Grable, Gregory Peck, Alfred Lunt . . . favors Deutsch mit Fraulein, English with Miss Kiskadden . . . hates math, study periods . . . Pitt . . . seen with I-lelen, Emily, Allayne, Dolores. ROBERT ADZEMA Beta Hi-Y 9, IO, Il: Senior Hi-Y II, IZ: Varsity Band IO, ll: Chemistry Club II: Omicron Staff IZ: Home Room Vice President II: Reporter IZ. 'Bob . . . John Morrow . . . to catch a bigger fish than John . . . enjoys fishing, hitch-hiking, baseball, soccer, riding with Monty and gang: driving in the dark with 7 ? 7 . . . Can't beat a PontacI . . . Lash, Frey, I-Ianshumaker are tops! . . . English with Miss Miller . . , Pitt . . . fellow bachelor with I-I. E. and F. B. . . . seen with Kiddies, Turtle Creek soccer team. ERMA LUCILLE ALLEN Senior Orchestra IO: Go-To-College Club IO: Danc'ng Club IZ: Choral Club IZ. Giggling Erma . . . Columbus . . . to be an efficient book- keeper . . . roller-skating, swimming, picnics, dancing, driving . . . Variety is the spice of lfe . . . listens to Guy Lombardo . . . favors bookkeeping with Miss Clayton . . . loves cherry milkshakes, sorority meetings . . . business college . . . blond, blue-eyed . . . likes Latin, sports, Spanish . . . chums with the crows lOIga, Jean, Bets, Jeanl. ROBERT A. BALLINTINE Beta Hi-Y IO: Go-To-College Club IO, II: Oral English Club II: Spanish Club II, IZ: Variety Chorus II, IZ: Advanced Art Club IZ: Secretary of Spanish Club IZ. Bob . . . crowded in from Manchester via Conroy . . . successful commercial artist . . . swimming, skating, walking, paint- ing, old bills . . . There's no fool like a bold fool! . . . Carmen Cavallero, Bergman, Tierney, Bing, Bolton entertain . . . art and Spanish rate . . . dislikes brownies, conceited artists, money, spring fever . . . Carnegie Tech . . . 5' 5 brunette with fascinating eyes . . . seen with the Kiddies . MARGARET BALLO Round Table Club II: Chorus Club IZ: Go-To-College Club IZ. Sweet, little Margie . . . I-IaII's Grove . . . to meet new friends and influence people . . . collects pictures and letters . . . skating, swimming, dancing . . . Those who have loved longest have loved bestI . . . Perry Como, Jo Stafford, Paul and George . . . activity with Miss Stickle . . . hates street cars, work, snobs . . . a not too tall blond ID.S.l . . . walking through Riverview, alone ? ? ? I I I . . . Stefie, Ann, Alice, Julie, George, Paul. NORTON BASKIN Varsity Band IO, II, IZ: Senior Orchestra IO, Il, IZ: Chemistry Club ll: AI-Jean Choral Club II: Em-Rich Choral Club IO: Variety Orchestra II: Home Room Sergeant-at-Arms II: Judge of Elections l2. - Escaped from Conroy . . . future M. D .... swimming, bad- minton . . . It takes genius to begin a job: labor, to finish it! . . . laughs at the whip , Kate S., Woody I-Ierman, Dr. Murphey, Frankie I Buschke . . . music with Maestro, homeroom with Doc . . . hates 1 catty women, kno-it-alls, short femmes . . . likes 'em lengthy, good dancer . . . plays bassoon . . . pals with Nerm, Butch, all musicians. Page Fourteen I

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THE OMICRON RUSSELL BITTNER Bety Hi-Y IO: Senior Hi-Y II, I2: Traffic Squad IO, II, I2: Movie Club IO: Varsity Band IO: Home Room Sergeant-at-Arms IO, II: Treasurer I2: Chaplain of Senior Hi-Y II. Russ . . . John Morrow . . . tuture aeronautical engineer . . . tries to play trumpet! . . . tootball, basketball, hockey, baseball . . . Be it ever so humble, there's no place! . . . Bob Hope, Charley Shavers, Eddie Condon, Otto, Dale entertain . . . tavors aeronautics with Mr. Farrell . . . hates squares, conceited people . . . cute 5'l brownette lL.Y.l . . . flying low in a brown Olds or grey Plymouth . . . seen with Don, Jack, Jim, Otto. , MILDRED M. BLISTAN Pan American Club IO: Go-To-College 'Club IO: O. E. Club II: Home Room Reporter I2: Treasurer I2. Sweet Millie . . . laughed in trom Horace Mann . . . a private secretary . . . keeping a diary . . . tootball, basketball, bowling, ice skating . . . Always happy, always gay, always tossing cares away! . . . swoons at Frankie, Bob Walker, Van . . . tavors shorthand with Mr. Baumgarten . . . hates conceited people, rainy days . . . tall, blond, athletic lM.F.l . . . gabbing with Barb . . . seen with Barb, Helen, Edna, Mary, Dolores. CHARLES BOEHMER Chemistry Club I2: Home Room Vice President I2. Brilliant Charlie . . . brains ot the class from Samuel Hamilton . . . wants to do Screwball research . . . busy keeping away trom women . . . enjoys hunting . . . Perseverance generates success! . . . laughs at Bob Hope, Laurel and Hardy . . . collects cosmic rays . . . ta-vors physics and chemistry . . . despises love movies . . . Carnegie Tech . . . ideal is tall, thin and gruesome . . . T , pals qyrh with home room boys. I Joi-IN DloKsoN BoLToN, JR. f A Beta Hi-Y IO: Em-Rich Chorus IO: Spanish Club II, I2: Dancing Club II: Go-To-College Club IO: Variety Chorus I2: Social I Committee I2: Omicron Staff I2: Home Room Vice President IO, I2: Sergeant of Spanish Club I2. Dick . . . socialite from John Morrow . . . a tuture commercial artist . . . classical records, reading, bridge . . . 3:I5 at Oxies . . . Absence makes the heart grow tonder--, perhaps tor some other chaps! . . . Carmen Cavellero, Ingrid Bergman, Gene Tierney, Ballintine . . . must be a good dancer with personality . . . she's tall l5'5 l blonde lC.P.l . . . singe with Bill, Ed, Don . . . dislikes mayonaise and cokes . . . seen with the Kiddie's . DONALD GENE BOOK Basketball Squad IO, II, I2: Omicron Sta'FF I2: Beta Hi-Y IO, II: Senior Hi-Y II, I2: Traffic Squad I2: President of Student Body I2: Home Room President Il: Sergeant-at-Arms of Hi-Y IO, II: Chaplain II: Reporter I2. Don . . . hooked in from Spencer. W. Va. via J. M. S. . . . basketball with Hi-Y team, tootball, baseball, tiddleywinks . . . Crosby, Hope, Ed and Pat, Otto, Dreier . . . aero with Mr. Farrell . . . member ot C. S. A .... U. S. Naval Air Corp I ! ! . . . blonde or brunette with personality . . . knows Dick Horn I I I . . . Ioats with O.K., R.B., E.D., E.C.. W.L., B.C., J.H., J.J., L.H. JAMES A. BRAUN Varsity Band II, I2: Senior Orchestra IO, II, I2: Em-Rich Orchestra IO: AI-Jean Orchestra Il: Variety Jazz Band II, I2. I Jim . . . hep cat 'from John Morrow . . . to live' in California . . . collecting IOOO-dollar bills, dented tenders . . . Women are the root ot all evil! . . . entertained by Woodrow Herman, Stanley y Kenten, Bing, Wally Lash . . . Hamp's Boogie on the piano . . . pals with Bob, Jack. Smitty, Harry and 'first lunch gang. I Page Sixteen