Happy birthday, WVU & Lions -- Susan, Arlene & his
honor the mayor
West Virginia University will celebrate its 145th
birthday on Tuesday, Feb. 7.
WVU was born on Feb. 7, 1867 from the Morrill Land-Grant
College Act of 1862. This act of Congress offered “land grants” of federally
owned land to states that agreed to establish colleges to teach agriculture and
the mechanical arts.
On Oct. 3, 1863, the state legislature voted to accept a
grant of land totaling 150,000 acres from the federal government. Funds from
the sale of this land were used to establish WVU.
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| Arlene Marteney Edgell |
As for Monongah High alumni, the next birthdays up are Susan
Colaneri Monell, Class of 1949, and Arlene Marteney Decker Edgell, Class of
1951. Sue’s is today, Saturday, Jan. 17, and Arlene’s is Sunday, Jan. 18, the
same day as Monongah Mayor Greg Vandetta, husband of Debbie Manzo Vandetta,
Class of 1973.
Arlene lives in Fairmont with husband Okla “Okey” Edgell, Class
of 1944. They were among the 21 who showed up at the MHS alumni reunion at the Three
Ways Inn in Fairmont on Dec. 30, 2014.
Okey played football at Monongah High.
His parents were Ray and Lucy Cain Edgell. His
siblings were the late Lillieray May “Pickle” Edgell Hall, Jeanette J. Edgell
Lane of Three Rivers, Michigan, the late Doak Edgell and the late James Edgell.
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| Mayor Greg Vandetta |
If your birthday isn’t listed, email John Olesky at jo4wvu@neo.rr.com and I’ll add it to
the list. Give me your full name, including maiden name, your birth date and
the year you graduated from Monongah High.
January
6 – Jeanette Barr Baczuk, Class of 1940
13 – Beatrice Salisbury Mills, Class of 1951
14 – Cathy Basagic of Monongah
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
29 – Kitty Ahouse Morrison, Class of 1968
February
1 – Debra Manzo Vandetta, Class of 1973
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| Joe Martin |
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
21 – Denver Browning, MHS grad, brother of Dorothy Browning
Woods, Class of 1955
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
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
June
1 – Parma Kay Fetty, Class of 1971
8 – John Koloskie, Jr., Class of 1944
8 – Pat Slovekosky Morris, Class of 1970
13 – C.L. “Roy” Parker II, North Marion Class of 1982
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
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
13 – Ronald Shea, Class of 1954
14 – Ted Nagel, Class of 1954
16 – Jean Nagel Viglianco, Class of 1949
August
1 – Kim DeMary Clowers, Class of 1979
3 – (Agnes) Jean Larry DiLaura, Class of 1950
7 – Dorie Mike Whetsell, Monongah graduate
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
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
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
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