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

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THE OMICRON E Page Fourteen EDWARD M. BENNETT Ben . . . ambled in from Columbus . . . going to picnics and shows with the gang . . . baseball, football, walking . . . Don't believe anything you hear, only believe half of what you see . . . Mr. Goetz's jokes, Jane Russell . . . hates parting with money, homework . . . 5 6 , red hair QA. KJ . . . gets up in the night to eat egg sandwiches! . . . seen with Dick, Skip, Willie, T. M,, G. B., R. A., and gang. THEODORE W. BERGFELT Home Room President 7B, 7A, SA, 9B. Ted . . . learned ABC's in Horace Mann . . . to sing on TV . . . singing in C. L. C. choir, model planes . . . favors base' ball, ping pong, bowling . . . Live to eat, eat to live . . . Milton Berle, watching G. E. dancing . . . dislikes sauerkraut, Ivan Rasputin . . . West Penn Tech . . . 5'7 , brunette . . . Andy Stedeford's jokes . . . seen with Mr. B , Nemo, P. S., W. B. KELSOR GRANT BILLINGS Junior Hi-Y 8, 95 Beta Hi-Y 11, 125 Football Team 11. Kel . . . haunted Manchester, then Conroy . . . to make a million . . . enjoys swimming, wrestling, Clawson's parties . . . baseball, basketball, football . . . All for one and one for himself . . . Boris Karloff, jane Russell amuse . . . favors algebra with Mr. Trussell . . . mortician college . . . 5'1 , brunette, personality plus . . . collecting scarfs . . . seen with Chuck, George. LOUIS PAUL BILOTTA Radio Club 9, 10, 115 Football 10, 11, 125 Literary Club 115 Baseball 10, 125 Sergeant-at-Arms 9, 105 Traffic Squadg Omicron Staff 12. Lou . . . cut in from St. Cyril . . . to be a huge success . . . taking cars apart . . . football, baseball . . . If at first you don't succeed, try, try again . . . Al jolson, Lana Turner, Milton Berle . . . shuns peroxide blondes, Arthur Godfrey . . . West Point . . . blonde, 5 6 , blue eyes QK. KJ . . . rides instead of walking . . . seen with Larry, Ed, Abe, Rattles, Bill, Skip, jimmy. WENDELL JOSEPH BLACK Art Club 95 Home Room President 75 Omicron Staff 12. Wenie . . . perambulated from Columbus . . . to be the same always . . . collecting poems, fashions . . . It's a great life if you don't weaken . . . Billy Eckstein, Fat Man, Errol Garner, moving aroun' with Mary Dee . . . English with Miss Kiskadden . . . Parson's School of Fashions . . . eating peanut butter sandwiches with mayonnaise . . . P. V .... seen with Aunt Emma, S. N., B. J. G., D. N., V. L. B., V. NJ, K. H., V. B., C. B. SHIRLEY FRANCES BLACKSTOCK Majorette Club 10, 11, 125 Chorus Club 11, 125 Dramatic Club 125 Varieties of 50 5 Count 86 Coed5 Meet Arizona5 Mikado5 President Home Room 105 Vice President 115 Social Chairman 115 Secretary, Chorus Club 12. Quiet Shirl . . . ran from San Diego with a stop at J. M. S. . . . to grow an inch . . . running to catch the bus with Mar- gie . . . ice skating, swimming, . . . To have a friend, be one . . . joan and Earl, Monty Clift, Peter Lawford entertain . . . shuns turnips . . . Pitt . . . short, fat, blind as a bat . . . roaming around the house at 4 A. M. . . always with Margie, Shirley, Fran, Pat, Bobby, gang from 211.

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RONALD HOWARD ADAMS Football 9, 10, 11, 125 Swimming 10, 11, 125 Track 9, 10, 11, 125 Basketball 7, 8, 9,5 Sanitation Squad 12A5 Swimming Club 11, 125 Traffic Squad 125 Treasurer Home Room 115 Vice President 105 Secretary 12. Athletic Ace . . . Columbus . . . to sing Mule Train like Frankie Laine . . . football, swimming, wrestling .. . Smile and the whole world thinks you're nuts . . . Frankie Laine, Georgia Southern, Milton Berle, six mules . . . anything with Miss Donnelly . . . girls who smoke . . . 5'7 , brown eyes, changeable hair . . . gentlemen of 121, Junior, Mayor, Mike, Hap, Tarzan, Bob, Chuck, Mo, Monk, F. F. G. JAMES AEBERLI Physics Club 125 Omicron Staff 12. Handsome Moose . . . North Woods via John Morrow . . . to be a knight of the open road . . . football, baseball, hoc' key . . . I'd rather wear out than rust out . . . Bob Hope, Spike Jones, jane Russell amuse . . . third lunch, gym with Pete , drawing with Mac . . . shuns overfexertion . . . VS , blond QMidgeQ . . . enjoys quiet evening at the morgue . . . one of U.'s cowboys, Mac's boys. COSTELL N. AKRIE Senior Hi-Y 125 Chorus Club 10, 115 Jazz Band 9, 105 Music Appreciation 9, 105 Meet Arizona 105 Home Room Presi- dent 11A5 Reporter 11B. Product of Manchester via M. S .... to learn to swim . . . stamp collecting, being late . . . baseball, hockey . . . All for me, and me for myself . . . Billy Eckstein, King Cole, Frankie Laine . . . orchestra with Mr. Goetz . . . stuck up girls are taboo . . . business school . . . 73 , sweet and feminine . . . Denson's sax . . . seen with Morrison, Denson, Chink, Phillips, Mitchell, Irwin, and 132 boys. GEORGE BACKOVSKI Home Room President 11, 125 Vice President 115 Basketball 10, 11, 125 Traffic Squad 10, 11, 12. Curlyfhaired G. B. from Halls Grove . . . to play for the Pirates . . . girls! ! popular songs . . . baseball, basketball, football . . . Don Cornell, Vic Damone, A1 Morgan . . . dislikes girls that smoke, shaving . . . nice personality, not hard to look at . . . shaving at midnight, walking with Anthony in the rain. . . . M. D., Lichy, Joe, George, Spike, Lester, gang at game gym. LARRY BANNON Religious Education 9, 10, 11, 12. Larry . . . tossed in from St. Francis . . . future major league base' ball player . . . baseball, hockey . . . Where there's life, there's hope - and where there's death, the heart stops beat' ing . . . Milton Berle, Lou Theze, Morie Amsterdam, Ink Spots . . . print with Mr. Zimmer . . .shuns people that like to pose . . . plays basketball in the rain . . . seen with Dave, Ed, Nip, Pete, Paul, Reg, Bill, George, Bernie. NANCY DOLORES BELO Modern Missg Pittsburghesque5 Swimming Clubg Future Home- makers5 Religious Educationg Gold Star Memorial Com- mittee5 Future Teachers of America5 Vice President Home Room. Clever B . . . danced in from Horace Mann . . . study nurs' ing at Pitt . . . dancing, roller skating, swimming . . . Who lends to a friend often creates an enemy . . . June Allyson, Frankie Laine, Irene . . . people who dominate others dis' gust . . . tall with personality, sense of humor . . . jimmy and his girls . . . inseparable from Ireneg seen with Irene, Faye, Mary Ann, Mary, Betty. CLASS OF JUNE, l950 Page Thirteen

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MARY LOUISE BLAND Future Homemakers 12g Spanish Club 10A. Chink . . . broke out of Conroy . . . eating . . . likes football . . . I'1l be your friend as long as I can . . . Dave, Tom E5 Jerry, D. B., Errol Garner provide entertainment . . . egotistical persons, sauerkraut disgust . . . handsome, loving and kind fDave H., . . . walking in the rain, making up with Dave . . . Dave, Dot, Sye, Flo, Bootsie, Barb, Willie. CHARLES BOYLAN Radio Clubg Religious Educationg Traffic Squad. Chuck . . . drifted in from St. Leo . . . to make an easy million . . . football, baseball . . . When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot in it, and hang on . . . Bing Crosby, Frankie Laine, Coal Hustler . . . 'i'4 , brunette, good looking CR. SJ . . . walking along the river in the rain . . . seen with Tom, George, Monk, Don, and Coal Hustler. RUTH P. BRAUN Religious Education 9, 105 Sewing Club 113 Library Club 12. Ridge . . . syncopated in from St. Joseph via Conroy . . . to be a good secretary . . . collecting dolls . . . swimming . . . Don't believe everything you hear, and only half of what you see . . . Scott Brady, june Haver entertain . . . catty people are taboo . . . 5 6M , light brown hair, blue eyes . . . walking in the rain with R. W. N .... seen with Jean, Shirl, Ruth, Janie, Ioan, Peggy. JACK M. BROWN Radio Club 9g Senior Hi-Y 12. Brownie . . . waved goodfbye to Columbus . . . to be an expert printer . . . Y. M. 'C. A., collecting 515' bills! . . . basket' ball, baseball, pingfpong . . . To be spiritually minded is life and peace . . . Milton Berle, Luigi, Ziggy . . . anything with Mr. Harter and Miss Donnelly ...favors no particular type . . . likes delivering papers . . . seen with Zig, Gene, Tom, Bun, Dan, Lee. MILAN M. BUCHER Beta Hi-Yg Senior Hi-Yg Omicron Staffg Hi-Y Reporter 113 Hi-Y Secretary 125 Home Room Vice President SA5 Treasurer 9A. Butcher .. , Horace Mann . . . to sell hot sombreros , . . walking the halls, art . . . track, football, baseball . . . On sail on! but this is far enough . . . lack Benny, Groucho Marx, Mitzie, .lack . . . likes certain girls CMJ, Ending out what makes it tick . . . people who move to sticks . . . will attend college with best offer . . . 5'4 , brown hair S., . . . seen with Brother Young, Don, Ray. ROBERT S. BYRON Band Club 9, 10, 11, 12g Orchestra 10, 113 Hi-Y 11g Chorus Club 125 Physics Lab 12g A Lucky Penny g In Old Vienna 3 12B Class Treasurerg Omicron Staffg Vice Presi- dent 95 Reporter 95 Sergeant-at-Arms 10. Bob . . . smiled in from M, S, . . to be a mad chemist . . . likes selling potatoes . . . basketball, baseball, hockey . . . Girls are just like streetcars, there's always another one coming along . . . Stedeford, O'Nions, jolson entertain . . . Allegheny College . . short blonde about 5' . . . trying to make pancakes at 8 a. m. . . . seen with Ed, Sheldon, Joe, jack, Fred, Bill. CLASS OF JUNE, 1950 Page Fiftee n