Schenley High School - Schenley Journal Yearbook (Pittsburgh, PA)

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1' I ' lf 'Y'!' HENRY JOHN LIPSKI was impressed by the friendly attitude of the faculty members. He is interested in airplane modeling and plans to enter an aviation school in Lincoln, Nebraska. Finds re- laxation in attending a good movie. JOSEPHYNE MARTfN is a girl with heaps of ambition. She's the type who knows what she wants and gets it. We are certain success will come of what she attempts. DANIEL MCCABE likes the scheme of things here at Schenley. He is sincere, and prepares and presents his work in an ad- mirable fashion to the envy of his many friends. Works as a shipper. GUS EDWARD MILLER, JR. desires to have his own business and be inde- pendent. Rides horseback when not in the company of a lovely blonde. ,lust couldn't wait for the period to end. JOHN A. MosEsso is employed by the Civil Aeronautics Authority of the govemment from Wash- ington. His plans for the fu- ture include a college course to further his career in the government service. ANNE M. MURPHY when asked what she liked best at Schenley replied, 'The ring of the bell, especially the last one. Horseback riding is her hobbyg and her aim-more education. ALBERT M. PADOLSKY a conscientious work- er who completed the task in February is uncertain as to the future. Our library at- tracted him. Enjoys base- ball, soccer and camping. CHARLES W. SIEFERT has an absorbing in- terest in electricity. Works now as an electrical contractor and plans to study electrical engineering at Tech. When he's not hunting or golfing, we find him active in Y. M. C. A. work. ALBERT SIMKUNASE dreams of working in the field of law. While he finds his greatest pleasure in sleeping, he really can work. Says he will remember Schen- ley's halls of art. EDWARD W. SoUKUP ' labors as a machinist at the Rosedale Foundry 81 Machine Company. Thinks electrical engineering a worth- while endeavor. Plans to en- ter Tech. EDWARD SUPCOE has achieved his goal at last. His plans include a return visit to Schenley just to learn. Ed just can't resist Forbes Field as he is a Pirate fan. U RUDOLPH TOTH As a candid camera fan, is following the footsteps of Ernie Kaul. We understand he has a taste for the beauti- fulg his collection of prints should be unique. As we talk with Rudolph We think of old Russia under the Czars. DoRo'r1-rv VELON is one young lady who likes everything about Schenley. At present her du- ties are that of bookkeeper- stenographer though she as- pires to be a mannequin. Riding and dancing afford her relaxation. RICHARD E. WINSLOW performs his task well as a coffee packer but dreams of a career in ac- countancy. Fond of all sports, Dick spends much time at the beach. We wish him much success. LESTER WYNICK though always pleas- ant can be very mischievous. A transfer from day school, he made the front page by frustrating a hold-up. He is more interested in work than in school. His aggressiveness warrants success. EVELYN ZoNA has heaps of person- ality in addition to being very studicnzs. Evelyn finds un- equalled joy in strolling through the park with her prince charming. Students who may make up credit deficiencies by passing State Board examinations or by attending summer school. E231 'f

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WHY SCHENLEY? In this district the name Schenley is heard and used so often that the newcomer is curious about its origin. History mentions no great American general or hero who bore the name Schenleyg there is no local family thus named, yet constant reference is made to Schenley this or Schenley that. Rarely does the individual realize that every time the name is used, it is a memorial to a man who never lived in America, Captain Edward W. Harrington Schenley. Captain Schenley was the English husband of Mary Croghan, a descendent of Captain James O'Hara, who settled here in 1783. She came of hardy pioneer stock, for Captain O'Hara emigrated from his comfortable home in the East to the town of Pittsburgh then a settlement of a few rude cabins reached by impassable roads. He brought with him his young wife who left behind her the luxury to which she was accustomed, and cheerfully set about establishing a home in this wilderness. She brought with her as many of her precious possessions as space would permit and placed them within her cabin, which quickly became the marvel of the town. Farm women travelled for miles to see and feel the carpets and woven rugs that covered the rough floors. James O,Hara's many business deals at this time stamp him as an energetic and keen business man. His interests were varied and his industries flourished. He purchased the huge tract of land now comprising the Golden Triangle, and later owned also the land along certain parts of both the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers, an area that a hundred years later became a great city with steel mills and factories built on land leased from the Schenley estate. James O'Hara built the first glass factory west of the Allegheny mountains, bringing in all the machinery by pack horse. The first green bottle produced in the factory cost the stupendous sum of thirty thousand dollars. This venture was itself a successful business, but James O'Hara was not satisfied to rest on the laurels thus gained. He organized and operated a salt train, bringing salt in wagons from the Onondaga works in New York to Lake Erie, across the lake by boat, and on to Pittsburgh by wagon train. This was a most remarkable feat, large enough in itself to occupy the energies of one man, but Mr. O'Hara had even more interests. He built a wooden boat in that city, loaded it with glass and other local products and Hoated it down the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers to New Orleans where he outfitted it with sails and set forth across the ocean for Liverpool. This ship was in regular ocean trade until captured by the Spanish and taken to Vera Cruz. Besides these enterprises he also operated a distillery, saw mill, grist mill and tannery. His only unsuccessful business venture was an iron foundry near the present town of Ligonier. James O'Hara died in 1819 and bequeathed equal shares of land to his three children. To Elizabeth went the land along the lower Allegheny to the Pointg to Mary, the land along the Monongahela, while to Richard went vast acres along E301