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ST. HILARY GRADE SCHOOL
320 Henderson Avenue
(Church: 340 Henderson Avenue)
Washington, PA 15301
1967-1968
Teacher in 6th Grade: Ms. Marilyn (Lynn) Cosgrove
Febuary 2006 I got an answer.
1st row from left:
Michele Karody, Judy Casper, Denise Maceyko Hartman, Diane Kobocik, Vincent
Mary, Shirley Sorice
Row two:
Darla Draucker, Joe Veltri, Tony Montecalvo, Kevin Seibel, Billy Montecalvo,
Kevin Sparrow
Row three:
Judy Florian, Rosemary Oliverio, Catherine Flynne, Greg Chmiel, Diane
Victoria, David Dindak
Row 4:
Michael Popeck, Joe Warco, Jackie Baker, Eddie Yankovitch cousin to Eddie
Korwikie?, Mace Maxwell, John
Camps
Row 5:
Lori Hammers, Bill Veltri, Theresa Wisczor, Bill Megesy (sister is Sharon), Cindy
Zullo, Eddie Korwikie?
Row 6:
Patrick Abbat, Judy Wolf, Gary ?? (He came to our class later), Patty Korba,
Kathy Tallarico, Diane Holsten
- from Denise Maceyko
*Hope the spellings are correct.
I think I remember these kids in the photos:
Judy Casper is the second in the first row? - Nope! Right row,
but one off.
Denise Maceyko is the third in the first row? - Hey, I got
one right.
Shirley Sorice is the sixth in the first row? - No, that
was Diane Holstein.
Rosemary Oliverio is the first in the second row? - No,
she is beside me in row 3.
___ Moticalvo (twin) is third in the second row? - Never
could keep Tony and Bill separate in my mind.
___ Moticalvo (twin) is fifth in the second row? -
Read above, giggle.
Now, does anyone know WHERE these folks are today?
Maybe I could do an update here, if my former classmates wouldn't mind?
We had a few lay teachers, but most were Sisters of St. Joseph
(motherhouse is in Baden, PA).
Some names from my 1965-66 Autograph Book:
Sister M. Apollonia (third grade teacher) - She was very old at
the time. I think she was the oldest teacher/Sister in the school back
then.
Mr. Trapuzzano (fourth grade teacher) - Most of the older girls thought he was
very cute.
Mr. Cobucci (teacher) -
Sister Mary Susan -
Sister Joseph Catherine - 1st-4th grade
Sister William Mary - Sr of St. Joseph, Baden
Sister Frances Bungo, younger sister
Mrs. Muci - Science Teacher
Sister Joan Marie "Nellie" - 5th grade
Sister Cyrilla
Mrs. Luba, School Secretary
Cindy ____?
Denise Carey
Catherine Flinn
Cathy Tallarico
Darla Jean Draucker
Jenny Market
Diane Victoria
Judith Anne Casper (mother was Alice?)
Denise Maceyko
Judith Anne Casper
Stephen Veltri
Patricia ____?
Diane Holstein
Lori Hammers
Theresa Wes
Chuckie Kulla
Diana Kuborcik
Anna Mikiata?
Others remembered: John Camps, John Veltri, Eddie Kowicki, Bill
Montecalvo, Eddie Yankovich...and I THINK, Mike Caruso are among the boys.
And, my friend Denise Maceyko.
The school has not changed in the years since I attended there.
A long
set of stairs led to the front doors, but the building also had entrances at
both ends (one closest to the back of the church, the other across from the
Convent's back door). The school housed eight (8) grades, four classrooms
on the bottom floor and 4 on the top floor. Every classroom had a wall of
windows along the back of the building, facing the alley. Under the
windows were shelves and the heating system's vents (was it vents? or
radiator?). The principle's office was a small room between the 3rd and
4th grade rooms. The boys' and girls' bathrooms were along the front of
the building on both floors. The basement had a cafeteria with long
folding tables and wooden folding chairs, with the kitchen at the end closest to
the Convent side.
Being the 1960s, everything we did outside the classroom was
done by walking single file, or double lines, even for fire drills when we were
taken outside (even when it was freezing), or for "Bomb Shelter"
drills when we were taken to the cafeteria. Several times in the lower
grades, I remember we had "inspections" when the Sisters took us into
the hallway with boys along one wall and girls along the other wall. The
Sisters had the girls (especially the older girls) kneel down in the hall so
they could see if the hemline of our dress/skirt touched the floor (i.e. hit at
our knees). My sisters who were older than I was hated those inspections.
The boys had to have their hair cut to above the collar -- and those nuns even
checked our fingernails and if we had washed behind our ears!
Our playground area in front of the school was paved over with
asphalt to give more parking on Sundays; I always hated that hot, oily black
parking lot. There wasn't one tree where we could get shade! In the
summers, inside the building was as hot as it was outside on the playground.
I had a few favorite teachers: Sister Incarnato(spelling?);
Sister Noel; and Miss Lynn Cosgrove
Others remembered:
Teachers from St. Hilary Grade School:
First Grade: ? Sister Incarnato(spelling?)
Second Grade: ? Sister Noel?
Third Grade: Sister M. Apollonia. She was very old at the time. I think she was the oldest teacher/Sister in the school back then. She used to fall asleep at the desk some days, and always carried a white hanky to wipe her nose.
Fourth Grade: Mr. Trapuzzano. Most of the older girls thought he was very cute.
Fifth Grade: ?
Sixth Grade: Miss Marilyn "Lynn" Cosgrove.
Seventh Grade: Mrs. Sworden. She was a very young woman who married the son of my next door neighbor. She was killed in a traffic accident that year.
Eighth Grade: Sr. Evangilista (spelling?)
We had a few lay teachers, but most were Sisters of St. Joseph (motherhouse is in Baden, PA).
Some names from my 1965-66 Autograph Book (some of these persons might have been cafeteria workers):
Sister M. Apollonia (third grade teacher)
Mr. Trapuzzano (fourth grade teacher)
Mr. Cobucci (teacher)
Sister Mary Susan
Sister Joseph Catherine
Sister William Mary
Sister Frances Bungo
Mrs. Muci - Science Teacher
Sister Joan Marie
Sister Cyrilla
Mrs. Luba
Anna Mikiata?
Map
to St. Hilary Roman Catholic School and Church
Special acknowledgement to my genealogy teacher,
co-researcher,
my grandmother Ruth Lane
McGary (deceased).
Special acknowledgement to my co-researcher, co-author,
and co-trouble-maker, my sister Cathy
Caldwell (deceased).
Site History and Updates: Dec '05; Jan '05; Mar
'06
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