Stephen Ma

Math teacher and guidance counselor Arthur Chai used to sponsor Chinese students from Hong Kong. There were 5 or 6 of them in my class. Pictured above is Stephen Ma, having a bite to eat. To the right with her back turned, is Sue Vitali having a chat with someone.

Gloria Chisholm in the School Play

Gloria Chisholm is in a school play on stage in the auditorium. I can't remember any of the details, and neither can Gloria. She was amazed that this photo of her existed (we are both on Facebook -- drop me a line if you want to "friend" me -- I have a Facebook alias), and Gloria could not even recall this event.

Size Differential

I hurriedly snapped this pic to show the size differential between Andre Grotenhuis and teacher Gary Ranalli. Andre is in the black leather jacket, and no he is not standing on anything. He was a tall individual, and this photograph shows just how tall.

Merry Christmas

Wishing you and yours a very Merry Christmas. If you have enjoyed these memories of OCHS, drop me a line. I hope that all of your days are merry and bright this holiday season and into the years ahead.

Ken

Interim Report Card

Interim Report Card from November 1970. These were printed on spirit duplication machines. That year, my English teacher was Tony Meagher -- later a priest and eventually a bishop. Those are his initials in the English section. In Science it was Frank Sachetti who initialed here. I just remembered the French teacher -- it was Mrs. Kearns. I don't have a photo of her. And Ruth Nicholls taught typing that year. I have never regretted taking typing. (Click on the photo for a bigger picture).

Classroom shot

If you know who this is, please leave a comment.

Kevin Duignan & Terry Hopkins

This photo is from the kangaroo court series and student initiation. Here Kevin Duignan is about to receive his punishment from Terry Hopkins (left).

Odds and Ends From the Memory Box

In Grade 12 Biology, Henry Kowalewski and I sat behind Colleen Bulger and Patricia (Pat) Kilistoff. They were fooling around and decided to sign my paper. Colleen at the time was writing everything in mirror writing. "Killer" is Pat Kilistoff. I popped the fragment into a scrapbook.

I took this shot in 1969. It was boys wrestling in the gym. Joe Simiana is the top guy. I can't remember who was on the bottom in this shot.
And finally a blurry Vince Gedge in front of the stage. This was in the 1969 series negatives.

Card Playing

In all of my negatives, I am amazed at how many shots that I have of students playing cards throughout my high school years. It seems that cards were the timewasters instead of the internet now. I recognize some of the people in this pic, because there is another one in the same sequence. People that I can identify include Sharon Clark, Dan Dalby and Mary Coll.

It must have been near Christmas time or holiday time when much wasn't going on in the scholastics department. The clock on the wall says that it is seven minutes after ten in the morning.

Student ID Cards

When I started OCHS, we never had student ID cards. Then they came with the photography package each year. Here are a couple of samples of mine in two consecutive years. I could be wrong, but perhaps 1971 was the first year that these were introduced.

Cold Spectators

A group of OCHS students braved the cold day to travel to Bowmanville High School and watch the OCHS Saints trounce the Bowmanville Redmen. Pictured are Karen Smegal, unidentified, and Cathy Montgomery. On the left in the background are the Bowmanville High School cheerleaders.

Geography Club Almanac

Blair Morris was a geography teacher and also the staff resource for the geography club. I was a member. We put out an almanac that we sold around the school for 5 cents. This is the original artwork for the second edition of the almanac.

Band Pics

More pics of the "Downchild Blues Band" when they played at a school dance. John Coleman told me that he and Leo Barrett hired this band for this dance for princely sum of $500 in the early 1970's.

Photo Montage -- Kangaroo Court

I can't remember why this photo montage was created, but it was of kangaroo court and student initiations. In the top part we have teachers, left to right: Richard Wierfeldt (partially hidden), Bill Langley, Pat O'Brien, Jack Macchione, Sister Mary Jane Trimble, (unknown), and then Father Gary Harrison. In the bottom half of kangaroo court, I can only identify Joe Fitzpatrick, Kathy Taylor (the judge), Danny Cannon (paint on face) and Chuck Fairhart.

In From The Cold

Winter couldn't defeat the mini skirt in the 1970's.

Carolyn Corrigan

A vignette portrait of Carolyn Corrigan done in the OCHS photo club lab as part of our learning-techniques activities.

Sadie Hawkins Day Dance "Marriage"

This was the first "marriage" at the Sadie Hawkins Day Dance at OCHS. Lucy Jana kisses her date (his first name was Gary ... can't remember last name). Lucy was in Grade 10 and Gary was in Grade 12 or Grade 13, so all of the Grade 10 boys knew that they didn't have a chance of dating Lucy. Leo Barrett (RIP), acting as "Marryin' Sam" is hidden by the kissing couple, but you can make him out on the right.

Thanks to the poster who identified: Gary McCormick as the putative "husband". Thanks.

John Ten Haaf at Graduation

John Ten Haaf at his graduation from OCHS.

Elizabeth Deveaux

A portrait of classmate Elizabeth Deveaux done in the OCHS Photography Club darkroom/lab.

At The Dance

At the dance in the auditorium, Joe Pender is shown with his wife and an unidentified student along with his date. I would imagine that this was 1971 or thereabouts.

Yearbook Staff

Yearbook staff. Back Row (left to right) Joanne Robinson, Judy Bradt, Anne McNeely

Middle Row: Graham See, Cathy Murrant, Judy Leveque, Marie Gallacher, Kathy Mendyk, Carla Franssen, Geraldine Connelly, Sue Cunningham, John Stefaniak, Don Hamlyn

Front row: Maureen Thomas, Joanne Snowdon, Sharon Vitali

Anne Stovell

A portrait of Anne Stovell done for a photography club exhibition.

Pat O'Brien in the Classroom

A young, bearded Pat O'Brien presides over the classroom. This was before he moved off to London Ontario, and became a member of Parliament. The notation on the blackboard is mathematics, but Pat taught English History (thanks). It must have been left over from a math class in the same room.

Running

In the intervening years, I can't remember who this is, or why I popped this frame at Track & Field day at OCHS. Obviously the blur from the running motion doesn't help with the identification of this person, but if you recognize this student, please leave a comment.

Drinking

This image appeared in a yearbook one year. I have the negative, but I do not have a clue as to where the picture was taken, or who it is. Comments appreciated.

Montage - Frank Sachetti and Herbert Gentry

I am not sure why I created the photo montage above. I think that it might have been for a staff montage for possible yearbook inclusion. Above on the right is nattily dressed Frank Sachetti reading the bulletin board and on left is music teacher Herbert Gentry on stage doing a comedy skit.

Below is a horribly under-exposed picture of Frank Sachetti. Someone wrote "OUR PHYSICS TEACHER" on the blackboard for this photo.

In The Physics Classroom

The above pic is another digitized Polaroid shot. It was taken in the physics classroom. Identifiable students (left to right) are Michael Ivanco, Tim McKenna, Henry Kowalewski, Eva Stanko and Suzanne Nadon.

Cheerleader

I think that this cheerleader's name is Lucy Liz Jana, but I am not certain. If you know the name, please leave a comment. Thanks.

Update: A reader says that this is Liz Jana and I think that they are right.

Eva Stanko

A rather blurry shot of Eva Stanko in Grade 12 or Grade 13.

In Grade 13 Physics Class

End of the year in physics class. Tim McKenna is showing Kathy Seaver how to operate a 35mm camera. Students that I can identify (left to right) Diane Brisebois, Tim McKenna, Kathy Seaver, unidentified (front), Elsa Lack (next to Kathy Seaver), Mary Fitzsimmons (front) and Marie O'Connor. This image was digitized from a Polaroid print.

Linda Kawecki at Track & Field Day

Linda Kawecki participates in track and field day at OCHS. From the picture, I cannot tell whether it is shot put, discus, or javelin, but it appears to be one of those sports.

Graduation 1973, Oshawa Times Clipping

Above is the Oshawa Times clipping of the 1973 OCHS graduation. The caption reads: "The Oshawa Catholic High School, Stevenson Rd. N., recently held their graduation exercises where 76 students who graduated in June were participants of the ceremony. Terry Hughes was valedictorian. Diplomas were issued to scholars receiving 70 and 80 percent during the school year, as well as those students who were involved during the year with school activities. The Col. Sam McLaughlin monetary award was divided amongst 10 students who averaged 80 percent for the year".

Female Student at Fashion Show??

I need help identifying this student. I remember her well from school, it's just that I can't think of the name. I think that this was part of the fashion show, but can't be sure. Help me by leaving a comment.

(Check out the rotary dial public pay phone).

Lineup of People

Another view of the crowd at a football game. You see Mike Dionne blowing his horn, Cathy Clinton at far left, Diane Brisebois is center front, middle row is Mike Taras, Serge Dupont has his porkpie hat on, and Victor Suppan is visible at the top. Comments are invited to identify others in the photo.

Update: Kevin O'Shea is on the right. Thanks to the reader who left the comment.

Sister Theresa Rodgers on a Winter Day

By the time I had reached Grade 12, the school had grown and needed portable classrooms. This was one of them. Sister Theresa Rodgers taught Accounting and in this pic, she arrives from the wintery outdoors to teach the class.

Spectating

I am glad that I took a lot of crowd shots back in the day. They give a record of the spectrum of students. The identifiable faces in this shot include Mike Taras, Sue Mamelka, Marilyn MacAvoy, Wayne Stovell, Bob Gibbs, Andy Tass, Joanne Bond and Chris Montgomery.

Update: Thanks to the reader who left the comment that the student at the bottom of the pic is Mary Mamelka.

Paul Gimpelj and Joe Simiana at Track & Field Day

Continuing in the track and field day series, Paul Gimpelj (second from right) is next to Joe Simiana (RIP), far right.

I believe that the second from left person with his back to the camera is Andy Tass.

Monsignor Paul Dwyer Funeral Newspaper Clipping

I was away at University, so my mother clipped out this article for me from the Oshawa Times about Monsignor Paul Dwyer's funeral in 1975.

Graduation Invitation 1973

This is a scan of the 1973 invitation to the graduation ceremony at OCHS. I also have a scan of the 1974 printed program. Click on the "graduation" tag to see it.

Frank Sachetti and Jim Lamb at Track & Field Day

At Track & Field Day at OCHS, physics teacher Frank Sachetti who was recording results for the day, chats with a student who I believe is Jim Lamb. Corrections are requested via comment if I have any of the information wrong.

Chocolate Bar Sales 1976

This is a newspaper clipping from the Oshawa Times, dated April 9, 1976. OCHS students sold chocolate bars as a fund raiser. Pictured are Dean Sirizzotti, Joe Bodnar, Mike Bogowicz, and Matt Simmons (RIP).

Something is Happening in the Crowd

Something is happening in the crowd at a football game, making everyone look down. I am having trouble identifying people and would appreciate you leaving a comment if you know the identity of anyone in the picture. I believe that that the blonde in the lower right is Joanne Karas (?).

Update

The girl in the upper left is Joanne Ayotte.

Thanks for the comment.

Track and Field Day II

Some more shots from track & field day. In the back left is Karen Smegal standing facing the camera. Linda Kawecki is sitting on the grass in the white shirt. If you know the names of anyone else in the photo, please leave a comment.

Yearbook Receipt

I was thumbing through a yearbook to look up some names and came across this OCHS yearbook receipt signed by Kathie Andrews (RIP). The total price was $4.00 for a yearbook. I wonder what they cost these days.

July 18th, 1970

The above image of OCHS is in the archives of the Oshawa Historical Society. The information on the photo that the historical society chose to associate with it, is that the picture was taken on July 18th, 1970.

You have to click on the photo to get its full effect. It quite a large photo.