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Class Photos for the Class of 1960, Bernhard Moos E.S., Chicago, IL
Wayne J. Straight
Wayne J. Straight
Bernhard Moos Elementary School is located at 1711 N. California Ave. in the Humboldt Park neighborhood of West Town Community Area, Chicago, just up the road from Humboldt Park. Named after the fellow credited with creating the Chicago Public Library system, it’s been around since 1843—a number of my family have attended over the years, including my Mom—June C. Conrad/Gilloffo, my sister—Linda Straight, my cousin Joan Kosla and myself.
These photos follow the class of 1960 from 1st Grade in March 1953 to grade 8 in 1960 (minus grade 3 in 1955). I remember only a few of my class mates’ names so if you or someone you know attended Moos during the 50’s, please check them out and let me know whether you recognize anybody. Our first grade teacher was a Mrs. Spaulding; I believe that our 2nd or 3rd grade teacher was British; and I have fond memories of a very nice teacher named Miss Mix.
I’ve tried to catalog the students in each photo by row —those students I can (or think I can) identify are numbered (Note: most of the ident's are actually virtue of Marsha Krueger Bowers, and the most recent idents are courtesy of Carol Stasch--thanks ladies). But, since its been almost 50 years, my memory just isn't up to the task—I really need your help.
1953—1st Grade:
Unfortunately, I don’t remember any of the girls in the back row (typical for that age, I thought girls were yucky). However Linda Malecki (nee Falkenberg) recognized her sister 1--Jean Falkenberg. In the 3rd row I was able to identify: 2--Bobby Murdock, 3--Ralph Ipcinski, 4--Roger Dallam and, of course, 5--myself (aww, wasn’t I cute!). Second row is a bust--for the same reason as noted above. In the front row is 6--Terry Antisdel and 7--Jimmy Floore--a real scamp, he was a fixture during my entire time at Moos. Also, according to Jim Curtis, the 5th girl from the left in the 1st grade photo may be Norma Page.
1954—2nd Grade:
We did a little bit better this time. In the back row is 1--Janice Marek, 2--Jacky Koval, 3--Arleen Hoffman, and 4--Susan Schessler. In the 3rd row is, 5--Harold O'Shea, 6--possibly Terry Lattin, 7--Bob Brekhus, 8--Mike Murphy, 9--Gary Fuchs, and 10--me again. In the 2nd row is 11--Kathy Jacobs (by this time I was starting to get interested in girls and often pulled Kathy’s hair--she finally clocked me and that ended that), and 12--Lisa Madsen. In the front row, is from the left, 13--Mack Hudson, 14--Gunnar Killingstad, 15--Jim Worlbey, and 16--Bobby Murdock. A really nice guy, Gunnar moved soon afterward and I didn’t catch up with him again until High School--Willowbrook in Villa Park. Poor Bobby was being treated for ringworm at the time of this photo. Thanks to Kathy Jacobs, we now know that the girl sitting between her Lisa is Donna Lepkowski--thanks Kathy.
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1955—3rd Grade:
I didn’t make it for the class photo in 1955--my little sister, Debbie, was born round about that time and I skipped some school to help out at home. If anybody has a copy of the 1955 photo I’d greatly appreciate receiving a copy.
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1956—4th Grade:
In the back row are: 1--Janice Marek, 2--Jacky Koval, 3--Sofie Bara, 4--Susan Schessler, 5--possibly Donna Smith, and 6--Pam Scott. In the 2nd row are: 7--Jim Grabowy--a close personal friend, 8--Eddie Johnson--he was Maxine Johnson's brother and Marjorie Rush's cousin (Carol recalls that they often came to school with lipstick on their cheeks from where their mom kissed them), 9--Dan Gonzales--my bosom buddy (and the older brother of two other close friends, Tony and Gary), 10--me, and 11--Florian Poloff-- a real cut-up, he had a way of flopping down in our dinky desks in such a manner as to pop out most of the screws. In the 2nd row are 12--Irene Lotysz, 13--my unrequited love, Kathy Jacobs, 14--Linda Benson, and 15--Helen Zawlick. In the front row are 16--Terry Antisdel, 17--Jim Floore and 18--Bob Murdock. Kathy Jacobs aggain came through for the boy between Danny Gonzales and myself, his name is John Jergens.
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1957—5th Grade:
In the back row are 1--Irene Lotysz, 2--Helen Zawlick, 3--Donna Smith, 4--Janice Marek, 5--Sofie Bara, 6--Jacky Koval, 7 Pam Scott, and 8--Florian Poloff. Row 3 includes 9--Dan Gonzales, 10--Ralph Ipcinski, and 11--myself (having a bad hair day). In row 2 is 12--Kathy Jacobs, and 13--Linda Benson. In the front row are: 14--Jim Floore, 15--Jim Worlbey, 16--Jim Grabowy, 17--Bob Murdock, and 18--Eddie Johnson. Kathy J. says that the boy to the left of Ralph is John Jergens.
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1958—6th Grade:
In the back row are 1--Norma Page, 2--Donna Smith, 3--Carol Kelly, 4--Jacky Koval, 5--Janice Marek, 6--Sofie Bara, and 7- possibly Ada Phelan. In row 3 are 8--Danny Gonzales; 9--Ralph Ipcinski; 10--Jim Christopher, 11--me (howd’ya like that tie?), 12--Roger Dallam, and 13--Florian Poloff. In the 2nd row is 14--Theresa Kosal, 15--Kathy Jacobs, 16--Linda Benson, and 17--Irene Lotysz. In the front are 18--Terry Lattin, 19--Dan Madsen, 20--Jim Floore, and 21--Eddie Johnson .
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1959—7th Grade:
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Thanks to Carol Stasch (front 4th from left), & Danny Gonzales (not pictured) )we now have all the 7th Grade names, which follow:
In the back are: Lucille "Dee" Fiordaliso; Mary Ann Steljes; Barbara Rehor; Arleen Hoffman; Charlene Connor, Susan Schessler, Jacky Koval; Jackie Zelienski, Susan Howard, Carol Van Kempen, and Charles Wolinski.
In the middle are: Mack Hudson, Gordon Skidmore, Frank Bozelli, Michael Murphy, Carl Malino, Robert Lopez, Bob Brekhus, Gary Fuchs, myself (looks as though I was having a bad everything day), Tom Wolf, Robert Soukup, and Bob Goodwin.
Up front are Mary Ann Makela, Theresa Kosal, Kathy Jacobs, Carol Stasch, Joann Reeves, unknown girl, Barbara Scothburg, Joy Panko, and Kathy Dolas (as testament to my fickle nature I had switched my allegiance to this new Kathy and was madly in love.)
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In the back are: Lucille "Dee" Fiordaliso; Mary Ann Steljes; Barbara Rehor; Arleen Hoffman; Charlene Connor, Susan Schessler, Jacky Koval; Jackie Zelienski, Susan Howard, Carol Van Kempen, and Charles Wolinski.
In the middle are: Mack Hudson, Gordon Skidmore, Frank Bozelli, Michael Murphy, Carl Malino, Robert Lopez, Bob Brekhus, Gary Fuchs, myself (looks as though I was having a bad everything day), Tom Wolf, Robert Soukup, and Bob Goodwin.
Up front are Mary Ann Makela, Theresa Kosal, Kathy Jacobs, Carol Stasch, Joann Reeves, unknown girl, Barbara Scothburg, Joy Panko, and Kathy Dolas (as testament to my fickle nature I had switched my allegiance to this new Kathy and was madly in love.)
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1960—8th Grade:
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Well here we are, the big shot eighth graders--getting ready to go on to high school. Thanks to Marsha Bowers (nee Krueger--4th from right, front row) we now have the names of all the graduates, which follow (reading left to right):
In the rear are: Frank Bozelli, Ada Phelan, Rory Wojick, Bob Eisenbeis, Paul Loring, Roger Dallam, myself (oh, all that glorious hair!), Pam Scott, Carol Kelly, Bob Murdock, Jacky Koval, and Ralph Ipcinski.
In row 3 are: Donna Smith, Arleen Hoffman, Norma Page, Joy Panko, Barb Scothburg, Bob Brekhus, Sue Howard, Sofie Bara, Sharon Northern, Janice Marek, and Gladys Ashley.
In row 2 are: Terry Latin, Ron Mangelsdorf, Jim Grabowy, Tom Lunbaugh, Dan Gonzales; Carl Malino, Jim Christopher, Jim Worlbey, and Jim Floore.
In row one are: Kathy Page, Theresa Kosal, Linda Benson, Kathy Dolas, Marsha Krueger, Helen Zawlick, Kathy Jacobs and Irene Lotysz.
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Well here we are, the big shot eighth graders--getting ready to go on to high school. Thanks to Marsha Bowers (nee Krueger--4th from right, front row) we now have the names of all the graduates, which follow (reading left to right):
In the rear are: Frank Bozelli, Ada Phelan, Rory Wojick, Bob Eisenbeis, Paul Loring, Roger Dallam, myself (oh, all that glorious hair!), Pam Scott, Carol Kelly, Bob Murdock, Jacky Koval, and Ralph Ipcinski.
In row 3 are: Donna Smith, Arleen Hoffman, Norma Page, Joy Panko, Barb Scothburg, Bob Brekhus, Sue Howard, Sofie Bara, Sharon Northern, Janice Marek, and Gladys Ashley.
In row 2 are: Terry Latin, Ron Mangelsdorf, Jim Grabowy, Tom Lunbaugh, Dan Gonzales; Carl Malino, Jim Christopher, Jim Worlbey, and Jim Floore.
In row one are: Kathy Page, Theresa Kosal, Linda Benson, Kathy Dolas, Marsha Krueger, Helen Zawlick, Kathy Jacobs and Irene Lotysz.
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Once again, if you recognize any of these folks, please drop me a line. Likewise if you have any anecdotes or memories of good ol’ Moos to share. #
Thanks, Wayne (woichi01@comcast.net)
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Hi Wayne,
Not sure if you remember me, since I did not go to Moos until 7th or 8th grade…(Gladys Ashley) but I am currently in Reno, Nevada with Ada Phelan and Helen Zawlick. We met here for a little “Mini Moos Reunion,” and we have had a great time reminiscing about our days at Moos Elementary, Lafayette Middle School and then of course Tuley High School. I currently live in Boise, Idaho, Helen is in Oakland, California, and Ada is still in Illinois. So we met in Reno, as a kind of “half way” point. I brought my computer, and we happened to “stumble” across your website in my Hotel Room, and you cannot believe how much fun we had scanning your site and telling old stories about our days at Moos. We just wanted to THANK YOU so much for creating this site and giving us such pleasure and reminding us of such fond memories of our misspent youth. Thanks again Wayne…… Gladys Ashley, Ada Phelan and Helen Zawlick |
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| Masugu | Website about Bernhard Moos | 0 | Jun 28 2007, 10:27 AM EDT by Masugu | ||
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A nice short bio, with photos, of Bernhard Moos can be found at: www.emrosebooks.com/moos.htm
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