Sister Conrad and the boys

It looks like Sister Conrad Lauber has her hand in a big jar ready to pull out a name or something. The year is 1975. These boys look young. They must be minor-niners.

Update: A reader has left the following comment (Thank you):

The three lads in the photo are Mike Bogowicz, Kevin Williams, in the back, and Chuck? MacDonald on Sister's left

Update from another viewer: The lad in the check pants is Michael Cannon

Random Yearbook Snips II

These are random yearbook snips that I harvested from a scan that Joan Taylor sent me. Jane Landry was in my class for a couple of years. She was a guitar player and folk singer, and the first person that I ever met that played the guitar left-handed. Roland was in my older brother's class.

Cheerleaders in Action ~ 1972

OCHS cheerleaders in action at a home football game in 1972.

Mike Bukoski At the Blackboard ~1972

Mike Bukoski seemed enthralled at what he was writing down on the blackboard. The year was 1972.

Skiing in 1977

This photo depicts a class ski trip in 1977. I have no idea who the people are in this picture.

Update: Maureen Maloney supplied this info: "The two 'Sisters' were Sr. Joan (later known as Miss Peck - an excellent math teacher) and Sr. Mary Ann (McCarthy)".

Debating Club 1968

Sister Clare (Sister Mary Buckley) was the staff moderator. I recognize Greg Price on the end, .. Kathy .. somebody or other, and skip skip skip skip Pete Bathe at the other end.

Thanks to RonVanHoof for this: left to right Greg Price, Barb Mamelka (Bullet), Sister Clare (that's how I knew her), Melinda Marks, Darlene Levesque, John Bathe.

Mrs. Smegal and Maureen Thomas

Mrs. Shirley Smegal, the school secretary is seen in full flight passing Maureen Thomas who is carrying a major armload of books. Maureen Thomas went on to become a teacher at St. Gertrude's until her untimely death from cancer.

Staff vs Students Basketball Game, 1971

Sister Conrad Lauber consults with Mr. Bambrough on strategy to defeat the students at a Staff/Students basketball game in 1971. The antics were hilarious.

Blair Morris' wife who also taught at OCHS holds the basketball. Visible behind her is Marc Adams, Karen Smegal, Ted van der Laan and others.

The One and Only Pollution Club ~1972

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POLLUTION CLUB "The Pollution club is a newly formed club, concerned with our environment - the filth it contains and how to clean it up - be it air, water or noise pollution that is the offender." The quote on the back of the photo! Interesting to note that was the only year that OCHS had a club by that title

I was kind of shocked to see my brother's face in this pic. Maureen Moloney asked me what the replacement club was, and I told her that it was probably the Procrastinator's Club. They don't have the pic from 1973 yet.

People that I recognize in the photo include Ed Bodnar, Ed Johansen, Cathy Dixon, Doug Zochodne, Doug Hamlyn, Vince Gedge, Paul Pulla, Pete Maringer, David Cooper, Nancy Legree, Kathy Andrews and Mary Catherine Robinson.

Cheerleaders ~ 1974

Cheerleaders from the 1973-74 school year. People that I recognize are Cheryl Hambly, Barbara Dalby, Christie Marks and Karen Mary Lou Rush.

Update by a comment left: That is actually me Mary Lou Rush not my popular and prettier sister Karen! Also Debbie Sutherland and Heather Roach. This is an amazing blast from the past thanks Ken I will pass it on to the other Rush siblings. (My comment ~ all of the Rush siblings were beautiful -- never mind pretty. Your sister Cathy was in my class ~ Ken).

Nun Applying Make-up To Boy's Face

I have no idea why Sister Marie Claire (Sister Mary Buckley) is applying make-up to this boy's face. I think that the boy may be Peter Gurney, but I am not sure. Such kinkiness was no longer practiced when I arrived at OCHS. The year of this pic is 1969.

Got Yearbooks ??????

Got yearbooks? Don't want them any more? The school formerly known as OCHS will gladly take them off your hands. Contact me. Leave a comment.

I got a request from Maureen Moloney who is the ex officio historian at Monsignor Paul Dwyer High School. She tells me that they are looking for copies of vintage yearbooks. The need for a 1972-1973 yearbook is quite dire. For many years, there were copies in the library, and students would sign them out, cut pictures out of them, draw mustaches on the nuns and take out pages.

So if you had a bad time in high school, were dumped by your high school sweetheart, were emotionally scarred by your high school experience or never got a grade higher than your shoe size and have bad memories of the school, why not donate the yearbook back to the school? Why not let posterity see how dorky your classmates were?

Maureen says that she will put a big cast iron plaque on all donated yearbooks and indelibly inscribe your name as donor (and not on the bathroom wall either).

Even if history (or your kids) will never remember you, you have a chance to have a relatively modest place in posterity. Write me: ochsblogger-at- (use the @ sign) rocketmail.com.

Shnorhagallem and merci

Ken

Note: ALL years needed. 1988 is a mess too if you have a copy that the school can have.

Kathy Seaver - Snow Queen

I fired this sequence of frames at the Winter Carnival dance where Kathy Seaver (who is a cousin to me by marriage) was crowned Snow Queen.

A tearful Kathy Seaver talks to an unidentified person. The student at the right is Cathy Rush.

Jim Lamb was the master of ceremonies. The student on the right is Liz Fitzpatrick.

The student on the extreme right is Cindy Germanis.

Kathy is congratulated by Tim McKenna (left) and John Ten Haaf. The year was 1972

Students At Outdoor Mass 1974-1975

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This photo was taken during the 1974-1975 school year. it is the student body at an outdoor mass. I had already left the school at this point and the picture was provided courtesy of Maureen Moloney.

Patsy, .. I think

The negative was badly damaged. It was from a class trip on the bus to Stratford. She was in my brother's class. I think that her first name was Patsy. I think that the year was 1971.

Marty Kirkland and Joanna MacDonald At the Dance

Marty Kirkland and his date Joanna MacDonald are shown at a dance in 1972.

Suzanne Nadon On the Bus

Suzanne Nadon is pictured on the bus, on a class trip to Stratford in 1972.

New Pottery Kiln 1973

Dan Dalby and Sister Conrad Lauber are pictured with the new pottery kiln for the art classes. The year was 1973.

1972-1973 Bridge Club

Photo 1 1972 -73 BRIDGE CLUB

Back (L-R) S. Oortwyn, M. Walsh, K. Rush, C. Roache, P. Wilson, D. Elliot

Middle (L-R) Sr. Theresa, M. Meringer, P. Kasubeck, M. Orecchio, D. Ciosk, L. Byrne, Sr. Marie

Front (L-R) K. Rush, K. Buchanan, M. Novak, C. Yanch, D. Sutherland

Joanne Bond ~Macnab Award 1973

Joanne Bond, seated beside Sister Conrad Lauber is pleased to accept the Macnab Award as the outstanding female graduate.

Early Student ID Cards -- Bonnie Chisholm

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Bonnie Chisholm has provided her student cards from St. Joseph High School from 1964 to 1967.

Ron Yanch

Ron Yanch is shown on the bus with Eva Stanko on a class trip to Stratford.

Catholic School Board Description of the School 1993

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This is the information page from the Catholic school board in 1993 describing the school. It would be expanded from its original footprint to a larger school that would be ready for the 1995 school year.

Winter Carnival Snowball Fight 1970

During the Winter Carnival 1970, we had a school-sanctioned snowball fight. Sister Conrad walks among the students. I don't think anyone had the nerve to nail her with a snowball. Pictured left to right are : Serge Dupont, Joe Simiana, Linda Dupont (in background), Sister Conrad, Tim McKenna, Paul Power, Ed Johansen and Victor Suppan is peering around Ed Johansen.

Random Yearbook Snips

Joan sent me some yearbook clips along with another scan, and I thought that I would throw them up. John Coleman and Leo Barrett were in my class. I don't remember why they had the monikers attached to their pictures.