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

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Twenty February C1 ass BALLAD OF THE GREAT FIRE Gather 'round and listen to this tale Which my grandmother told to me, lt's about a tire and the loss ot two lives- As tragic as it could be. On the tenth of April, l845, A day with a clear, bright sky, Gusts of wind after a hot, dry spell Just right for clothes to dry. A tire was lit to wash some clothes And it was left unattended, A spark hit an ice-house right near by, Soon tire and sky were blended. At twelve noon, the ice-house burned And folks watched this big blaze, Thinking it an exciting event, Atter weeks ot common days. Pumped water proved to be mud As the reservoir was low, Seeing this, and showing their tear, From their houses folks did go. This fiery demon rushed on its way Down Ferry Street and Second, Right down the Third Presbyterian Church And there the men were beckoned. Men climbed high on the church And cut oft part ot the root, This saved a dozen blocks in the city, And this is the very truth. Buildings and homes were soon destroyed At eight million dollars cost, With twenty city squares laid waste, But only two lives lost. Pittsburgh re-built is now known For the manufacture of steel, If it weren't tor help in our hour of need, There wouldn't be a Bicentennial Seal! - Frances Dign I

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June Gmicron Staffs Advertising Committee: First Row lleft to rightl, Sandra Pensko, Chris Nozzerella, Chairman, Gerald Jackson, Chairman, Natalie Small, Co,Business Manager, Tom Dillon, Chairman, Dolores Sullivan, Chairman, Joanne Jones, Judy Neuman. Second Row: Robert Vaughn, Joe Nocito, Donna Casiglio, Clara Katich, Arlene Gliniki, Sylvia Ilcisin, Peggy Marunczak, Alice Werner, Dick Messmer, Phil Keil, Bob Creese, Dan Sielert. Circulation Committee: Third Row: Dee Helter, Helen Ziegler, Annie Freeman, Marylee Davis, Bob Walliser, Richard Hunt, Bill Oates, Osie Foster, Etta Washington, Lulu Williams, Barbara Charles. Absent: Miss Blieszner, Advisor. First Row cleft to righti, Arlene Gliniki, Audrey Gnipp, Jan Meredith, Dee Helier, Chairman, Gay Kutchmark, Donna Cristollino, Sandy Pensko, Joan Fairley, Charlotte Merz, Marilyn Schwartz. Second Row: Mr. Barnes, Advisor, Judy Emert, Donna Casiglio, Marylee Davis, Frank Steele, Chairman, Phil Keil, Chairman, Judy Neuman, Co- Editor, Margaret Marunczak, Chairman, Ellen Lindow, Chairman, Robert Richmond, Chairman, Clara Katich. Third Row: Lorraine Schoenecker, Jean Lucas, Dee Clawson, Kathy Phillips, Gene Rodanich, Sylvia Ilcisin, Rhoda Kennedy, Nancy Rice, Alice Werner, Toni Myers, Bonnie Johnson, Jerry Jackson, Dick Messmer. Third Row: Nancy Deily, Julie Mammay, Diana Makris, Dot Switzer, Jerry Kaut, Nancy Pells, Chris Nozzerella, Janice Woods Allen Schiegg, Nancy Karavlan, Marie Zerishnek, Janice Turk, Elvira Grommo, Wilbert Cato, Eileen Mathews. Nineteen

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