onaway elementary school

shaker heights oh

My parents moved to Van Aken Blvd in Shaker Heights OH on St. Patrick’s Day 1961. By doing so, they integrated our neighborhood.

Imagine 1961 and nascent civil rights movement, both North and South. Now throw an unsuspecting, shy Black kid into 1st grade at Onaway Elementary School. That was me.

Can ya help me indentify who’s in these photos? I’ve done my best but old age seems to be trumping memory.

unknown, Margaret Lingner, Mike Arsharm
Evan Janovitz, Valerie Smith, Jim Herman, unknown, Darrell Austin
Jeff Whelan?, Jonas Thaler, Leec Callhoun, unknown
unknown, Mark Raines, teacher, Jerry Whiting, Kelly?
Doug Doer, Carol Fitzsimmons, Frank Avalon, Marsha Griggs
Tom Wirtshafter, Tom Wade, Dave Hutzel

Lee Callhoun, Janice Bondar, Tom Wade
unknown, Paula Rock, Tom Wirtshafter, unknown, Jon Aaron
Emily Whittimore, unknown, Cindy Cooper, Alan Schrader
Jeff Whelan, Kelly Paige, Doug Doer, unknown, Doug Singer
unknown, Marsha Griggs, Dave Hutzel, X Zettlemayer
Jerry Whiting, Valerie Smith, Bryan Mau

Jeff Whelan, unknown
Doug Murphy, Connie Hume, Doug Singer, Janice Bondar
unknown, unknown, Valerie Smith, Jan Stock, Larry Sugarman, unknown
Mark Raines, Cindy Cooper, Barbara Morgan, Frank Avalon
Jim Herman, unknown, Mr. Miller, unknown, Jerry Whiting, X Zettlemayer
Scott Whitimore, Marsha Griggs, Tom Wade, Janis Boyd
Jonan Thaler, Allan Schrader

Mrs. Zager, Larry Sugarman, Janis Boyd, Lee Callhoun, Carol Fitzsimmons
Marsha Griggs, Brian Mau, Jo Kirshenbaum, unknown, Barbara Morgan, Evan Janovitz, Paula Rock
Bryan Mau, Emily Whitimore, unknown, Dave Hutzel
Amy Rosenberg, Darrel Austin, Valerie Smith, Jim Herman, Susan Stein, Mark Raynes, unknown
unknown, Alan Schrader, Jerry Whiting, Jon Aaron, Rob Rosen

teacher, Connie Hume, Rob Rosen, Kris Mc.Ginley, Tom Wade
Darrell Austin, Susan Stein, Jim Herman, Marsha Griggs, unknown, Cindy? Mike Arsham
unknown, unknown, Doug Murphy, Janis Bondar
unknown, Paul Rock, Brian Mau, unknown, Margaret Lingner, Jerry Whiting
unknown, unknown, unknown, Emily Whitimore, Tom Wirtshafter