GRADUATION CLASS OF 1935

Class names and other data are beneath photo

A very special thanks to Mary Gruner Schmitz, member of this class, who loaned the photo to Bill Vorbeck who scanned it for me. Also, see Mary's great story about the photo which is below the names.

Top row from left: 1. Robert Saxton, 2. Thomas Coad, 3. John Dolan, 4. Norbert Wynn, 5. Robert Anderson, 6. Daniel Murphy, 7. Michael Cenatiempo, 8. Francis Poll, 9. Arthur Schmitz, 10. Charles Billings, 11. Frank Houlihan, 12. Alexander Kotkis, 13. Fred Kuykendall

Middle row from left: 1. Thomas Brady, 2. Albert Frattini, 3. Richard Wack, 4. John Laven, 5. Virginia Cutelli, 6. Rosemary Hasty, 7. Mary Bonskowski, 8. LaVerne Noonan, 9. Mary Gruner, 10. Lillian McEvoy (later O'Shaughnessy), 11. William Henne, 12. Rolla Gittens, 13. John Eichner.

Bottom row from left: 1. Bernard McAnnar, 2. Grace Gallaher, 3. Dorothy Marshall, 4. Rose Rocchio, 5. Louise Columbo, 6. Anna Dempsey, Rev. Patrick J. O'Connor, 7. Frances Walsh, 8. Gloria Duggan, 9. Agnes Riegel, 10. Charlene Burch, 11. Edward Buckley

Mary Gruner Schmitz shares a great Father O'Connor story connected to this photo. Notice that unlike many of the other graduation photos, there is no nun pictured with the class. P.J. had come into the classroom just before they were to go and have this picture taken and told the class that the class of 1934 was one of the best classes St. James had ever had, but that THIS class was one of the worse. The nun, whose name Mary couldn't recall, was so angry with him that she would be photographed with him!