Looking Back
Most Popular Classmate Names

(8)  Mary or form of   (5)  Cathy or form of    (3)  Carol or form of

(6) James                 (5)  Joseph                   (5)  Thomas

 

Our 8th Grade School Year....Breaking News

August 5, 1962 ......... Marilyn Monroe found dead of an overdose
September 25 ..... Sonny Liston & Floyd Patterson fight for the Boxing World title
October 1 ........ First black student, James Meredith, registers at University of Mississippi
October 11...... The Second Vatican Council convenes by Pope John XXIII – first in 92 years
October 13 ...... Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf opens on Broadway
October 24...... Cuban Missile Crisis - confrontation between US Navy and Soviet cargo ship
November 3 ..... The term "personal computer" is first used by the media
January 8, 1963 ......... Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa is exhibited for the first time in the US at the National Gallery of Art in DC
February 8 ........ Travel, financial and commercial transactions between US and Cuba are banned by the John F. Kennedy Administration
February 11 ...... Beatles record their debut album, Please Please Me, in a single day at Abbey Road Studios in London
February 12 ...... Northwest Airlines Flight 705 crashes in Florida Everglades killing all 43 aboard
March 21 .......... Alcatraz Island federal penitentiary in San Francisco Bay closes
April 1 .............. The long running soap, General Hospital, debuted on ABC
April 21 ............ Michael DeBakey performs first human heart transplant in a Houston Hospital
May 1 ............... The Coca-Cola Company introduces the first diet drink, Tab
June 5 ............... The first NHL draft is held in Montreal, Quebec
June 21 ............. Pope Paul VI succeeds Pope John XXIII as the 262nd pope
June 26 ............. JFK gives his famous "Ich bin ein Berliner" speech
July 1 ................ Zip codes are introduced in the Unites States

Tidbits - Can you believe?

Financial:
  New home ..... $12,650.00
  Annual income ....... $5,807.00
  Gallon of gas ........ 29 cents
  New car ....... $3,233.00
  Loaf of bread ..... 22 cents

Popular TV shows:
  Mr.Ed
  The Dick Van Dyke Show
  The Avengers
  The Flintstones
  The Andy Griffith Show

Popular movies:
  Cleopatra
  The Longest Day
  Lawrence of Arabia
  Mutiny on the Bounty
  To Kill a Mockingbird

Sports:
  World Series ........ LA Dodgers defeat NY Yankees (4-0)
  NBA ................ Boston Celtics defeat LA Lakers (4-2)
  NHL ................ Toronto Maple Leafs defeat Detroit Red Wings (4-1)
  Kentucky Derby ....... Chateaugay
  NCAA Basketball ...... Loyola IL. defeats Cincinnati (60-58) in OT
  NCAA Football ......... Texas (11-0-0) 

Popular Music of 1963

Be My Baby - The Ronettes
Da Doo Ron Ron - The Crystals
One Fine Day - The Chiffons
Up on a Roof - The Drifters
Wipe Out - The Surfaris
Walk Like a Man - The Four Seasons
It's My Party - Leslie Gore
My Boyfriend's Back - The Angels
Heat Wave - Martha and the Vandellas
Surfer Girl - The Beach Boys
South Street - The Orlons
To Faces Have I - Lou Christie
Fools Rush In - Ricky Nelson
You're the Devil in Disguise - Elvis Presley
The Night Has a Thousand Eyes - Bobby Vee
Judy's Turn to Cry - Leslie Gore
Donna the Prima Donna - Dion
Go Away Little Girl - Steve Lawrence
Another Saturday Night - Sam Cooke
Then He Kissed Me - The Crystals

Popular singers/groups of 1963

Johnny Mathis
Roy Orbison
The Drifters
The Crystals
The Miracles
Connie Francis
Jackie Wilson
Beach Boys
The Ventures
Dion
Gene  Pitney
Buddy Holly

1983 Reunion Info

Click HERE to view the 1983 PDF.

1993 Reunion Info

Click HERE to view the 1993 PDF.

High Schools (Public) -

Oak Park-River Forest:  
Donna Chiodo
Richard Dahms
  
Austin:
Joseph Palermo
Frank Scafuri

Proviso West: 
Mary Lou Perri

Glenbard East:
Dominic Luciano

Morton East:
George Augustin
Nancy Austin
Peggy Backlund
Jacquelin Bargholt
Phillip Blendowski
Larry Bilotta
Joseph Burdi
Madalina Calabrese
Caroline Caldarozzo
Angelo Catapano
Richard Colson
Charles DeBartolo
James DiGregorio
Mary DiOrio
Silvio DiVito
Charles Dougherty
Renato Espositista
Michael Esposito
Joseph Frustaci
Richard Gabriel
Frank Geslak
Phyllis Gierman
Rita Heller
Ronald Izzo
Thomas Janiak
John Korinek
Pamela Kutyna
John Lucia
James Machan
Dianne Maltese
Louise Marigliano
Jean Modugno
Rita Ocenasek
Kathy O'Connor
Patricia Pehanich
Victoria Persino
Ronald Piecz
Paul Prazak
Brian Quail
Thomas Robin
Linda Rozycki
Cathy Rude
Paulette Sarno
Rosemarie Sarno
Audrey Schoepf
Theresa Spera
Alan Talacek
Linda Taroli
Mariann Taroli
Ronald Wilzcewski

High Schools (Private Girls) - Immaculate Heart of Mary

Diana Brodman
Carol Cabrera
Barbara Ceran
Janet DeRose
Nancy Duben
Dorothy Fatur
Kathy Feulner
Melody Lord
Karen O'Halloran
Juanita Spirek
Susan Sytler
Laura Svec
Frances Thompson
Marijane Tomaeno
Virginia Wielgos
Dolores Wojcik

High Schools (Private Girls) - Nazareth, Providence, St Mary's

Nazareth:
Carolanne Gutowski
Barbara Holub
Rosemary Zika

Providence:
Kathy Andrews
Helen Pekny

St. Mary's:
Mary Helen Esposito
Tina Jandris
Andrea Poleski

High Schools (Private Girls) - Siena

Deborah Aiello        
Mary Ann Barnes       
Melody Bliss        
Virginia Caprio       
Cathy Hiebel        
Carol Jopek        
Mary Pat Judge       
Mary Ellen Juliano        
Donna Lunetta         
Patricia Meyers         
Judith Napoleon       
Camille Pasquale       
Christine Pazniokas       
Janet Pechous       
Susan Potsic          
Helen Rowe        
Mirella Ruffolo   
Geraldine Sheehy

High Schools (Private Boys)

Fenwick:
Nicholas Esposito
Patrick Hayes
Leonard Lioi
Robert Muhr
Kim Tetzloff
Joseph Trotta
Thomas Tryba

Gordon Tech:
Fred Wiewiora

St. Ignatius:
Alvin Pintozzi
Thomas Walters

St. Joseph's    
James Capparelli   
James LaSorella   
Stanley Tax    
Ed Collins     

St. Mel's:       
James Cerny      
Anthony Contursi     
James Lannon      
Thomas Lies
Joseph Papa       
Fred Wilson

St. Pat's:
Michael Meere
Edward Posuch

Webber:
Hector Herrera