Sunday, May 31, 2015



Parma Kay Fetty, Class of 1973, heads the June list of Monongah High Alumni birthdays. Parma is an accountant for PKS Taxes. Her birthday is Monday, June 1.

Parma and Mike Hess, Class of 1975, are a couple. There’s something fish about their relationship, as you can see by the photo of Parma in the montage above. Mike was a welder fabricator for Industrial Resources.

Jim Birdsell, a North Marion grad from Monongah and married to Angela, will put another notch in his age gun on Wednesday, June 3. Kenneth Kincaid, Class of 1968, who lives in Shinnston, will hit another year Sunday, June 7.

Junior Koloskie, Class of 1944, is among the few Monongah High alumni older than me who are still alive. His birth name is John Koloskie, Jr. but everyone knows him as Junior. His son is Jerry Koloskie, who went from the athletic department at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas to the one at Albany (New York) University. His birthday is Monday, June 8.

Mary Toothman Fleming, Class of 1960, was a drum majorette and Student Council president at Monongah High. She lives in Venice, Florida with husband Daniel Toothman. Her birthday is June 10.

Dennis Jones, Class of 1954, played a crucial role in Monongah High winning its first of five state football titles, in 1952, then was with the WVU football team for three years. The retired general lives in Brentwood, Tennessee. His birthday is June 17.

You can congratulate most of them by going to their Facebook pages. Since they are Lions, it’s true to call them The Pride of Monongah High . . . for June, at least.

If your name is not on this list, email John Olesky at jo4wvu@neo.rr.com  with your full name, including maiden name, your birthday date, your graduation year and your current hometown.


June


1 – Parma Kay Fetty, Class of 1973

3 – Jim Birdsell, North Marion grad from Monongah; married to Angela

7 – Kenneth Kincaid, Class of 1968

8 – John Koloskie, Jr., Class of 1944

8 – Pat Slovekosky Morris, Class of 1970

10 – Mary Fleming Toothman, Class of 1960

13 – C.L. “Roy” Parker II, North Marion Class of 1982

13 – Rick Morrison, son of Kitty Ahouse Morrison, Class of 1968  

14 – Pamela Bombardiere, Monongah grad

14 – Regina McCoy Murphy, Class of 1973

17 – Delmas Gene Hartley, Class of 1979

17 – Dennis Jones, Class of 1954

23 – Ramona Fullen Michalski, Class of 1949

23 – Kathryn Manuel Marshall, Class of 1960

23 – Ron Manzo, Monongah grad

23 – Frankie Vandetta, North Marion grad

 

July


3 – Susan Ahouse Schrader, Class of 1971

4 – Bob Fox, Class of 1948

4 – Barbara Fleming Marsh, Class of 1947

5 – David Gowers, Class of 1971

5 – Bill Meredith, Class of 1957

7 – Alex Fazio Huff, North Marion 2005 grad

14 – Ted Nagel, Class of 1954

14 – Bentley Evans, Class of 1978

18 – Larry Zickefoose, Class of 1968

21 – Robin Huffman Satterfield, Class of 1973  

16 – Jean Nagel Viglianco, Class of 1949

19 – Jane Pritchard Moore, Class of 1975

29 – Pete Basagic, Class of 1972

 

August


1 – Kim DeMary Clowers, Class of 1979

3 – (Agnes) Jean Larry DiLaura, Class of 1950

7 – Dorie Mike Whetsell, Monongah graduate

8 – Sandra Ashcraft, Class of 1964

9 – Paula Kerns Fazio, Class of 1979

12 – Angelo Catania, Class of 1943

16 – Debby Morrison Harden, Class of 1966

18 – Jim McDaniel, Class of 1960

18 – John Fazio, Class of 1970

19 – Greg Postlethwait, Class of 1964

19 – Barbra Eller-Hanning, Monongah grad

20 – Irene Fazio Preolitti, Class of 1966

20 – Connie Warash, Monongah grad

29– Pat Meredith Wills, Class of 1950

30 – Beth Pritchard Brooks, Class of 1978

30 – David Harbert of Idamay, Farmington grad

 

September


 

1 – Claude Domico, Jr., Class of 1959

6 – Dave Domico of Monongah, Fairmont West grad married to Andrea Justice Domico

7 – Mary Louise Orsini, Class of 1948 (honorary)

7 – Phillis Tarley, North Marion grad from Idamay living in Fairmont

8 – Fred Moorehead, Class of 1964 

8 – Jackie Olesky Straight, Class of 1955

13 – Karen Manzo, Class of 1974

14 – Suzanne Barr Loss, Class of 1948

14 – Jim Shaver, Class of 1954

15 – Bettie Hensley Lowther, Class of 1948

17 – Patti DeMary Evans, Class of 1972

20 – Greg Patrick, Class of 1970

23 – Sally Wood Tarley, Class of 1959

24 – Joe Fazio, Class of 1974

25 – Marylee Hertzog Gwinn, Class of 1948

25 – Jim Davis, Class of 1964

26 – Nathaleen Cameon Oliverio, Class of 1948

27 -- Bonita Lavencheck Waybright, Class of 1968

29 – Dietta Harden Goush, Class of 1959

 

October


 

7 – Sherry McIntire, Class of 1975

8 – Valerie Vandetta Aldridge, Class of 1973

9 – Mary Frances Miller Myers, Class of 1951

11 – Felix Colisino, Class of 1947

11 – Jay Holman, Class of 1971

12 – Brenda Manzo, wife of Danny Manzo, Class of 1957

20 – Leona “Duckles” Davis Schooley, Class of 1953

21 – Dorman Keith Beckner, Class of 1942

21 – Ken Slovekosky, Gilmer County High Class of 1976.

26 – Lori Hawkins Ice, Fairmont East graduate living in Carolina

29 – Robert Boydoh, Class of 1956

31 – Patty Steele McCombs, Fairmont East graduate who lives in Monongah

 


November


1 – Tom Dean, Class of 1949

5 – John Olesky, Class of 1950

8 – Diana Pishner Walker

10 – Tony Orsini, Class of 1946

14 – Ann Marie Mascak Davis, Class of 1955

17 – John Todd Moats, North Marion Class of 1985

20—Hellen Snider Carpenter, Class of 1950               

20 – Kathryn Toothman Crim, Class of 1950

22 – Mike Ahouse, Class of 1968

23 -- Antheai Justice Turner, North Marion 1982

25 – Gerald Nelson Hartley, Class of 1955

28 – Danny Fullen, Class of 1961

29 – Dave Westfall, Marcia Westfall Michalski’s son

 

December


2 – Adam Michna, 1980 North Marion graduate

4 – Ronald Pearse, Class of 1961

4 – Jay Michalski, 1980 North Marion graduate

5 – Duane Harbert, Class of 1951

8 – Brenda Urban, Class of 1971

11 – Paulette Colanero O’Connor, Class of 1966

13 – Otis “Sarge” Shaver, Class of 1948

14 – Bev Morgan Colisino, Class of 1974

16 – Barbara Sweede, Class of 1956

16 – Shelvy Maze Cunningham, Class of 1964

16 – Henry Moore, husband of Beth Pritchard Moore, Class of 1975

18 – Bill Cameon, Class of 1960

20 – Mike Hess, Class of 1975

22 – Frances Wimer Miller, Class of 1951

23 – Jim Fullen

25 – Chris Shamrock Henning

27 – John Yokay III, son of John Yokay, Class of 1953

 

January


6 – Jeanette Barr Baczuk, Class of 1940

13 – Beatrice Salisbury Mills, Class of 1951

17 – Susan Colaneri Monell, Class of 1949

18 – Arlene Marteney Decker Edgell, Class of 1951

?? – Marie Bee Zwiegel, Class of 1951

18 – Bertha Pazdric Sullivan, Class of 1954

18 – Greg Vandetta, Monongah mayor, husband of Debbie Manzo Vandetta, Class of 1973

19 – Joe Martin, Class of 1957

19 – Joann Thompson, Class of 1962  

22 – Jo-Jo DeMary of Monongah, who lives in Chattanooga, Tennessee and is married to Yvonne King DeMary

24 – Marcia Michalski Westfall, Class of 1974

24 – Mark “Hooch” Aldridge, Class of 1973

29 – Kitty Ahouse Morrison, Class of 1968

 

February


1 – Debra Manzo Vandetta, Class of 1973

2 – Sylvia Edwards, Monongah grad living in Idamay

3 – Debbie Weaver Hurley, Monongah grad living in Monongah with husband Milton Hurley

3 – Rebecca Urish Anderson, Class of 1971

8 – Tom Fleming, Monongah grad living in Bridgeport

9 – Bob Nichols, Class of 1964

10 – Bonnie Nicholson Moats, Class of 1960

11—Linda Renay Hess Postlethwait, Class of 1968

15 – Jerry Koloskie, Class of 1975

17 – Larry “Danny” Eates, Class of 1970

18 – Mark Tarley, North Marion grad

20 – Harold Dean Kniceley, Class of 1960

21 – Eva Huey Jarvis, Class of 1975

24 – Mary Kelly, Monongah & North Marion

29 – Betty Sikinow Cunningham, Class of 1954

 


March


5 – Phil Colanero, Jr., Class of 1963

5 -- Doris Carpenter Rogers, Class of 1971

6 – Karen Fitzwater Pausch, Class of 1961

9 – Richie Basagic, Class of 1975 

9 – Brian Evans, Monongah graduate married to Patty DeMary Evans

11 – Benny C. Morgan, Class of 1948

15 – Donna Colvert Davis, Class of 1961, married to 1958 MHS grad Bill Davis

22 – David Haines, Class of 1964

25 – Sandy Cook, Class of 1959

25 – Richard Fitzwater, Monongah graduate

 


April


 

4 – Charlotte Walker Cahill, Class of 1954

5 – Bernie Fullen, Class of 1963

9 – Paula “P.J.” Hickman, North Marion 1983

11 – Leo Kubiet, Class of 1942

12 – Linda Sawyer Duckworth, Class of 1966

14 – Lyla Cosner Howell, Class of 1958

16 – Becky Shelosky Carvillano, Class of 1961  

30 – Shirley Knight Ritterhouse, Class of 1954

 

May


4 – Freddie Jane Colosino Villers, Class of 1964

5 – Frank Franze, Class of 1950

6 – Jerry Loss, Class of 1956

12 – Arlene Kitchin, main squeeze of Joe Martin, Class of 1957

14 – Donna Post Swiger, Class of 1955

14 – Mike Jurasko, Class of 1957

14 – Virginia Belle Littleton Curtis, Class of 1957

17 – Colette Stanley Melton, Class of 1970

20 – Linda Tomlinson Stevenski, Class of 1955

21 – June Paxton Rogers, Class of 1948

27 – Ed Graffius, Class of 1971

28 – Terri Orsini Saye, Class of 1972

30 – Dave Westfall, Class of 1948  

 

Saturday, May 30, 2015



24 Monongah High yearbooks among 41 free online albums with MHS alumni in them.

Check them out.

 

The 1961 Monongah High Black Diamond yearbook is the 24th yearbook I have converted from print to online album that anyone can see, without charge, on the Internet.

To see the 1961 yearbook, click on


I find that the best viewing is, once you get to a yearbook, to click on "Slide Show." That puts each page on there for 4 or 5 seconds and with much larger pages. But you can just call up one page at a time if you want to peruse longer.

I put online albums from 1939 through 1961 and 1964. I have promises of yearbooks through 1979 (the final graduation class) when I’m ready for them. I’m converting them one at a time because it takes up to 4 weeks to convert one yearbook from the printed version to the online album.

There are FORTY ONE online albums with Monongah High alumni in them because I also have posted online albums of Monongah High alumni reunions in Sarasota, at the Three Ways Inn in Fairmont, at Punta Gorda, Florida, in Michigan. And many other occasions.

If you or your former classmates are not in one of these 41 online albums, it’s not because I’m not trying.

My goal is to have EVERY Monongah High yearbook ever published as free online albums for alumni’s great-grandchildren to see some day. So far I’ve spent a decade stacking them up. I’m 82, but I hope to complete the project, at least the 1939 through 1979 yearbooks, before I take the Final Dirtnap.

This is gift to my fellow Monongah High alumni. With my 43 years of newspaper experience, it qualifies me uniquely to do this.

Click on or Copy and Paste the next line into your Internet browser’s http destination spot to see the online Monongah High Class of 1939 yearbook 


 Click on or Copy and Paste the next line into your Internet browser’s http destination spot to see the online Monongah High Class of 1940 yearbook


Click on or Copy and Paste the next line into your Internet browser’s http destination spot to see the online Monongah High Class of 1941 yearbook


Click on or Copy and Paste the next line into your Internet browser’s http destination spot to see the online Monongah High Class of 1942 yearbook


 

Click on or Copy and Paste the next line into your Internet browser’s http destination spot to see the online Monongah High Class of 1943 yearbook

 


 

Click on or Copy and Paste the next line into your Internet browser’s http destination spot to see the online Monongah High Class of 1944 yearbook


Click on or Copy and Paste the next line into your Internet browser’s http destination spot to see the online Monongah High Class of 1945 yearbook


Click on or Copy and Paste the next line into your Internet browser’s http destination spot to see the online Monongah High Class of 1946 yearbook


Click on or Copy and Paste the next line into your Internet browser’s http destination spot to see the online Monongah High Class of 1947 yearbook


Click on or Copy and Paste the next line into your Internet browser’s http destination spot to see the online Monongah High Class of 1948 yearbook


Click on or Copy and Paste the next line into your Internet browser’s http destination spot to see the online Monongah High Class of 1949 yearbook

 


 

Click on or Copy and Paste the next line into your Internet browser’s http destination spot to see the online Monongah High Class of 1950 yearbook

 


 

Click on or Copy and Paste the next line into your Internet browser’s http destination spot to see the online 2015 version of the Class of 1950 that updates their lives since Monongah High

 


Click on or Copy and Paste the next line into your Internet browser’s http destination spot to see the online Monongah High Class of 1951 yearbook

 


 

Click on or Copy and Paste the next line into your Internet browser’s http destination spot to see the online Monongah High Class of 1952 yearbook


 

Click on or Copy and Paste the next line into your Internet browser’s http destination spot to see the online Monongah High Class of 1953 book


 

Click on or Copy and Paste the next line into your Internet browser’s http destination spot to see the online Monongah High Class of 1954 book 


 

Click on or Copy and Paste the next line into your Internet browser’s http destination spot to see the online Monongah High Class of 1955 book


 

Click on or Copy and Paste the next line into your Internet browser’s http destination spot to see the online Monongah High Class of 1956 book

 


 

Click on or Copy and Paste the next line into your Internet browser’s http destination spot to see the online Monongah High Class of 1957 book


 

Click on or Copy and Paste the next line into your Internet browser’s http destination spot to see the online Monongah High Class of 1958 book


Click on or Copy and Paste the next line into your Internet browser’s http destination spot to see the online Monongah High Class of 1959 book


Click on or Copy and Paste the next line into your Internet browser’s http destination spot to see the online Monongah High Class of 1960 book


Click on or Copy and Paste the next line into your Internet browser’s http destination spot to see the online Monongah High Class of 1961 book


Click on or Copy and Paste the next line into your Internet browser’s http destination spot to see the online Monongah High Class of 1964 book


Click on or Copy and Paste the next line into your Internet browser’s http destination spot to see photos of Monongah High Alumni album

 


Click on or Copy and Paste the next line into your Internet browser’s http destination spot to see miscellaneous photos that have appeared in Monongah High Alumni newsletters, mostly recent photos of MHS grads mentioned in 2013 or later newsletters


Click on or Copy and Paste the next line into your Internet browser’s http destination spot to see photos of Monongah High’s Kendzior family


 

Click on or Copy and Paste the next line into your Internet browser’s http destination spot to see photos of Monongah High Alumni Reunion in Sarasota Jan. 21, 2012  

https://picasaweb.google.com/115483244393507838338/2012MonongahHighAlumniReunionInSarasota#

Click on or Copy and Paste the next line into your Internet browser’s http destination spot to see photos of Monongah High Alumni Reunion in Sarasota Jan. 19, 2013


Click on or Copy and Paste the next line into your Internet browser’s http destination spot to see photos of the 2015 Monongah High Alumni Reunion.


Click on or Copy and Paste the next line into your Internet browser’s http destination spot to see photos the 2013 Monongah High Alumni Reunion


Click on or Copy and Paste the next line into your Internet browser’s http destination spot to see photos of the 2012 Monongah High Alumni Reunion.


Click on or Copy and Paste the next line into your Internet browser’s http destination spot to see photos of the 2010 Monongah High Alumni Reunion. Everyone who was there, except those in the balcony at Westchester Village, is in the photos.

 


Click on or Copy and Paste the next line into your Internet browser’s http destination spot to see photos of the Kubiets, Pigotts and Weises

 


Click on or Copy and Paste the next line into your Internet browser’s http destination spot to see photos of the trip to Tom Dean, Class of 1949, to the Offutt AFB of his Air Force career, Missouri relatives, Monongah High classmates in Ohio and his Fairmont birthplace


Click on or Copy and Paste the next line into your Internet browser’s http destination spot to see the Henry “Dinkle” Martin tribute


Click on or Copy and Paste the next 3 lines into your Internet browser’s http destination spot, one at a time, to see each of the photos of the 3 visits by John Olesky, Class of 1950, to the summer home of Bob Kasper, Class of 1950, on Grand Lake, between Alpena and Rogers City in Michigan


 



Click on or Copy and Paste the next line into your Internet browser’s http destination spot to see photos of the visit by Bob Kasper, Class of 1950, to the home of John Olesky, Class of 1950, in Tallmadge, Ohio and the LSU-WVU game in Mountaineer Field


Feel free to send emails with details about your life since Monongah High, with photos if possible, to John Olesky at jo4wvu@neo.rr.com  so that we can share experiences and Monongah High and childhood memories.