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.
Charlie Sawyer, Margaret Lingner, Mike Arsharm
Evan Janovitz, Debbie Deblassi, Jim Herman, Valerie Smith, Darrell Austin
Jeff Wieland, Jonas Thaler, Lee Callhoun, unknown
Cindy Ware, Mark Raines, Mrs. Humphreys, Jerry Whiting, Kelly Paige
Doug Dorer, Carol Fitzsimmons, Frank Avalon, Marsha Griggs
Tom Wirtshafter, Tom Wade, Dave Hutzel
Lee Callhoun, Janice Bondar, Tom Wade
unknown, Paula Rock, Tom Wirtshafter, Margie Lochner??, Jon Aaron
Susan Waldorf, unknown, Cindy Cooper, Alan Schrader
Jeff Whelan, Kelly Paige, Doug Doer, unknown, Doug Singer
Stewart Landefeld, Marsha Griggs, Dave Hutzel, Debbie Zettlemayer
Jerry Whiting, Valerie Smith, Bryan Mau
Jeff Whelan, Stewart Landefeld
Doug Murphy, Connie Hume, Doug Singer, Janice Bondar
John Melton, unknown, Valerie Smith, Jan Stock, Larry Sugarman, unknown
Mark Raines, Cindy Cooper, Barbara Morgan, Frank Avalon
Jim Herman, Fran Stoddard, Mr. Miller, Susan Waldorf, Jerry Whiting, Debbie 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, Stewart Landefeld, 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
Karen Zimmerman, Alan Schrader, Jerry Whiting, Jon Aaron, Rob Rosen
Ms. Kansus, Connie Hume, Rob Rosen, Kris Mc.Ginley, Tom Wade
Darrell Austin, Susan Stein, Jim Herman, Marsha Griggs, Stewart Landefeld, Cindy Cooper Mike Arsham
Susan Waldorf, John Waldorf, Doug Murphy, Janis Bondar
unknown, Paula Rock, Brian Mau, unknown, Margaret Lingner, Jerry Whiting
unknown, unknown, unknown, Emily Whitimore, Tom Wirtshafter
