After the original article was updated for later information, Dennis Basnett got even more information on this 1962 photo from Don Pitman.

I think we’ve got this sucker pretty well nailed down. If you know better, for sure, email John Olesky at jo4wvu@neo.rr.com and I’ll revise it for a 4^th time.

Dennis’ latest email:

Got some help today from another member of the class of ’62, Don Pitman <donpitman@doesitmatter.com>; fixed some of my errors and finished naming everyone (I hope).  Don also reminded me that he wasn’t in school that day; something about a test in Pittsburgh - so he isn’t in the photo!  I’m fairly sure there are more of this class that are deceased (and one that isn’t after all); maybe some others reading this will fill in that info in time.

Keep your powder dry!

On Dec 26, 2015, at 9:51 PM, Dennis Basnett <basnett@mindspring.com> wrote:

Just ‘discovered’ this photo using the search box looking for a former classmate.  I can add several more names to the list but can’t remember all.  Shall add more as I can.  May have to make a correction on one or two; hopefully that will stir others to work on this. Probably haven’t seen this picture in 50 years! Thanks for all you do for all of us old ‘Lions’.
Dennis Basnett (class of ’62)

Front Row: (L to R)
1. Dave Ayers (deceased)
2. Gary Moyer (deceased)
3. David Vanmeter
4. George Koski
5. Charles Thomas
6. Bob Mick
7. Terry Shea
8. Michael Batiste (deceased)
9. Leo Dalton
10. Paul Darway
11. William McKinney (deceased)
12. Lenore Wright
13. Connie Martin
14. Donna Watkins
15. Karen Goush
16. Rachel Stalkner
17. Loretta McDonald

18. Shirley Minor
19. Phylis Davis
20. Joann Garrett (deceased)
21. Delores Crayton
22. Marlene Davis
23 Gerald Woods
24. Nora Arnett
25. Edward Ramsey
26. Joann Davis

Back Row: (L to R)
1. Roy Jackson (NOT Deceased- bad information, thankfully)
2. Dennis Basnett
3. Roger Nesselrotte (deceased)
4. Robert Danko
5. Charles Keith
6. Joe McCullough
7. Ben Gandy
8. Ed Vozniak
9. Harley Swiger
10. Jerald Whaley
11. Theadore Williams
12. Patricia Fleming
13. Sandra Lipinski
14. Paul Shamrock
15. Sara Sturm
16. Mary Mikez
17. David Shears
18. Ina Kincaid
19. Karen Yelich
20. Carol Morgan Shupp
21. Lois Harbert
22. Linda Efaw
23. Joe Amalett
24. Joan Lushinsky
25. Christine Hawkins
26. Edna Haines
27. Ollie Mae Brown
28. Denver Browing (deceased)
29. John Fleming
30. Edwin Hardway
31. Edgar Burley
32. Donald Nicholson
33. Christy Morgan
34. William (Drew) Brown
35. Gary Blare (deceased)
36. Donald Fleming

 

Here is the original, revised article. Well done, Lions!

God bless Google.

I first published this photo on June 30 in this Monongah High Alumni blog.

Bonita Lavencheck Waybright, Class of 1968, was able to identify seven in the photo even though they were six years older than her.

Dennis Basnett, Class of 1962, was doing a Google search for former classmates when he stumbled across this photo on this blog.

So he identified 50 of the 60 seniors in the 1962 photo!!!

Still later, Janet Sowers Rinehart, Class of 1964, identified five more in the photo. That's a total of 55 identified out of the 61 in the Class of 1962.

Ironically, another Basnett, Barbara Basnett Cain, who started with the Class of 1956 before she left Monongah High and Worthington during her sophomore year and moved from Ohio back to Monongah in 1970, asked me to help her re-connect with former classmates in July 2014. Her father was Paul Basnett of Worthington.

I think Dennis Basnett’s father is the late Roy Basnett. Laura Basnett Shreve is Dennis’ daughter. Reed Patrick Basnett is his grandson.

I don’t know if Barbara Basnett Cain and Dennis are related, but I’ll ask Dennis. Meanwhile, Dennis, thanks a whole bunch for solving a mystery that’s been simmering for almost six months.

That’s one thing about Monongah High alumni. They help each other out, and they love to stay connected to each other’s lives long after they leave the MHS halls.

If you want to see the 1962 Monongah High Black Diamond yearbook online, free, click on https://picasaweb.google.com/115483244393507838338/1962MonongahHighBlackDiamondYearbook#