1953-54 Northside School; Mr. Ouderkirk's 6th grade class

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First row: Ava Berg, Pat Miscovsky, Mike Gittleman

Second row: Steven Fink, Luther Kuhlman, Florence Pratt, Donna Hitchcock, x, Mal Karman

Third row: Kenny or Artie? Abelson (they were twins), Frank Colluci, Betty Barger?, Ellen Rees, Janet Goldberg, Kathleen O'Brien, Richard Fuchs

Fourth row: John Koehler, Phil Adrian, x, x, Betty Syvertsen, David Duer.

Fifth row: x, Artie Dorrmann, x

Back row: Mr. Robert J. Ouderkirk

Photo courtesy of John Koehler. Captioning by Mal Karman and John Koehler.

Not everyone has been identified (indicated with an X) and we are not sure of a few of the students (see question marks).

Our records show that there were three sixth-grade classes at Northside in the 1953-54 school year. The teachers for the other classes were Mr. Bob Torrance and Mr. James Donovan. Many of these students were in the first DAHS graduating class, 1960.

Northside School, May 1955: Mr. Ouderkirk's sixth grade class

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First Row: Wally Linder, Lenny Syden, Jay Miner, Daria Marusevich, Peggy Hessin

Second row: Judy Bowen, Dawn Robie, Karen Hogan, Al Greengold, John Fitzsimmons

Third row: Joan Louison, Clayton Citrano, Billy Rudolph, Jimmy Judson, Kenny Knight,

Forth row: Janice Grubber, Bob Bonacci, Valerie Mascara, Barbara Crenshaw, Arlene Gibson

Fifth row: Laraine Bond, Beth Kramer, unknown, Roya Sitkoff, Elizabeth Mitchell

Putting the caption together, after 55 years, was the result of the brain searching of Daria Marusevich and Wally Linder. Approximately 14 of these kids graduated from Division Avenue High School in 1961. The teacher, Mr. Ouderkirk, certainly had a neat bulletin board. Give him an A.

Photo courtesy of Wally Linder, 1961