| Pueblo County, Colorado Central High School Graduates |
Contributed by Sherry Daniels Central High School Class of 1886, where they were in 1935 From the 1935 Central High School Yearbook Central's First Class- the Class of 1886 Guernsey, Grace- living at North Bend, Oregon Jones, Ralph- died summer after graduating McCann-Cummings, Clara- living in Denver, Colorado MacDonald, Alice- principal of Bessemer school in Pueblo, Colorado McVey, Charles- retired Admiral of the United States Navy Smith, Harlan- cashier of First National Bank in Pueblo, Colorado Stonaker, Mabel- living in Pueblo, Colorado; later married Judge Mirick Walker, Nannie- retired school teacher; living in Pueblo, Colorado Young, Frank Central High School Pueblo, Colorado 1935 Yearbook Dunton, D. K., Prinicpal 1912-1935 Scott, Izora, Principal 1900-1903 Goode, Mrs. W.H.C., Principal 1889-1900 Barrett, H.M., Principal 1903-1912 Faculty Social Sciences Anderson, Hazel Forseman, Hulda H. Hardin, Achsah Kirk, Paul Lyle, Eugene McNally, Mary C. Stoddard, W.S. Mathematics Baker, Harlie R. Grout, Stella S. Woodside, Mildred E. Foreign Languages Gilleland, Tannetta Hull, Lois Fern Lamb, Clarice McIntyre, Mary L Ruple, Sarah K. Kirk, Virginia English Beatty, Richard Donohue, Jessie Garnett, Anna Maud Haworth, Nelle Leddy, Bula Lyster, Elsie M. Stratton, James C. Taylor, Blanche M. Sprengle, Dorothy Sciences Atkinson, V.P. Dunlap, John Kent, Ruth Laird, Rex Tedmon, Helena Tedmon, B.S. Commercial Bunning, Emma Carlson, Laurence Castle, Anna Darnail, Ivah Jones, Paul Kay, F.C. Industrial Arts Bennett, William H. Cowley, Earl W. Darnall, V.A. Haaff, Clarence F. Millinger, F.C. Schoenoff, Reinhold Teck, John Shelton, O.E. Music Frye, Agnes M. Stillman, H.C. Study Bell, Lida Librarian Wilson, Grace Domestic Science Mulnix, Sara S. Tomsick, Anna Lee Physical Education Brownlee, Marion Gray, Arthur O. Huling, Fred W. Ingold, Jacqueline Read, Hazel U. Art Gaines, Joysa Journalism Stratton, James C. Office Mayo, Olga Evans, Margaret Seniors (Class of 1935) Alexander, Faye Alexander, John Allen, Robert Anderson, Edwin Anderson, Marie Armstrong, James Arthur, Mary Askew, Robert Baker, Betty Baker, Donald Bailey, Ruth Baldridge, Ed Balloga, Henry Banks, T.P. Bean, Ruth Beatty, George Benning, Walter Benson, Evelyn Ann Bergner, Alice Beile, Geraldine Billington, Barbara Louise Blackburn, Barbara Black, Frank Bowers, Minnie Lucile Briggs, Elsie Brown, Dorothy Bruce, Avo Burdick, Peggy Burnett, Ruth Bush, Sylvia Butkovich, John R. Cairns, Dolores Cameron, Marian Cantrell, Marvin Capozzola, Nick Carlson, Blanche Carlson, Jeanette Carlson, Ruth Carpio, Frank Carter, Bernice Carver, Ed Cates, Helen Cerjanic, Earl Chandler, Howard Chappell, Burgess Chavez, Lena Clementi, Anna Clementi, Samuel Cless, Ralph Cline, Therma Cloud, Lucille Colby, Edward Colistro, Michael Comerford, James Concialdi, Samuel Cooper, Annabelle Corsi, Edith Corsi, Fred Cortese, Pauline Costanza, Adalyn Costanza, Rose Courtney, Howard Covy, Lena Crona, Carl Crowe, Elizabeth Crowell, Phyllis Cruncleton, Emmitt Culbertson, Ethel Davis, Betty Davis, Ellen Davisson, Harriet Denney, Alma Mae Di Ciacco, Helen Dickson, Virginia Di Iorio, Lillian Di Lullo, Rose Dorrell, John Drake, Jesse Drobnick, John Drobnick, Louis Dykstra, Henry Eden, Frances Edson, Homer Edwards, Bernice Egan, Harold Elich, Emma Elich, Pete Elliott, Mary Alice Elliott, Ruth Allan Ercul, Alex Estes, Aline Falletta, Tony Fennell, James Ferguson, Monclova Floyd, Blanch Frank, Edna Lou Franks, Lenore Ford, Helen Foxworth, Maud Furgeson, Edna Futamata, Mitchie Futamata, Roy Gacabone, Pascal Gale, Roy Galich, Alfred Garcia, Margarito Garcia, Stanley Garrett, Charles Genova, Jasper Genova, Joe George, Helen Gerland, Helena Germ, Lillian Giarratano, Rose Gideon, Edith Gobatti, Elvira Giordano, Philip Albert Grisham, Doris Gutierrez, Ruperta Haines, Elizabeth Hamler, Cathryn Hammill, Kenneth Harper, Frieda Lou Harris, John Hawkins, Georgia Mae Hayden, Victorine Haynes, Ellenor Hedrick, Roy Henderson, Leona Hendrickson, Lucile Henigsman, Mary Lou Hicks, Mike Hill, Naomi Hopkins, Maebelle Hopper, Maurice A. Howard, Llyndle Howe, Wilfred Hughes, Pearl Hughes, Thelma Hume, Irene Humphrey, Harold Hund, Joseph Carl Hunsaker, Donald Hurd, Annetta Hutchinson, Norton Hutchinson, Virginia Huyser, William Ivan, Bertha Jamnick, John Jeffers, Nadine Jeffers, Robert Jenni, Mildred Jersin, William Johnson, Earl Johnson, Robert Jones, Elizabeth Jones, Jack Jones, Joe Johnson, Clarence Juntilla, Judith Consuelo Juntilla, Mary Esperanza Kameoka, Ruby Kaplan, Elma Keenan, Robert Kendall, Anna Kernc, John Kindred, Robert Norman Klintz, Sylvia P. Knezovich, Sophie Kochenberger, Ruth Kochevar, Albert Kolbezen, Elsie Kopulos, Helen Kuntz, Harold Kusmeroski, Genevieve Ladd, Glover Lancendorfer, Albert Larson, Mildred Leiser, Chester Lientz, Joseph Limberis, Helen Lowrance, Janice Luellen, Marvin Lynn, Dorothy Lyons, Philip Marshall, Paul Marshall, Vera Martin, Ruth Masciotra, Grace Massey, Oscar Mathis, Lyle Maurello, Jasper Fred Mauro, John Maxwell, James Mayber, Jess McCaffrey, Dorothy McCarthy, Eldon McCarthy, Walter McCrery, Dorothea Helen McGovern, Walter McIntyre, Melba McLean, Helen Medonich, Milan Miklich, Frank Milburn, Virginia Miles, Frances Millburn, Arthur Miller, Louise Miller, Edward Miller, Harold Montera, Catherine Moody, Henry Moon, Harold Morton, Rebenta Motoski, Pauline Muranye, Mary Nelson, Bob Nicksich, Joe Novak, Anthony Novak, Joseph O'Conner, Margaret O'Dorisio, Camillo Oldham, Opal Olson, Marvin Owens, Blanche Pachak, George Pack, Kendrick Patton, Jewell Panepinto, Tony Papez, Olga Marie Parker, Jeanne Patterson, Ray Pearson, Chelsie Perko, Ray Perse, Josephine Petta, Rose Petric, Albert Pickerel, Cretta Phelps, Burton J. Porter, Jewell Presley, George Price, Meredith Prough, Clifford Ptomey, Lois Reed, William Rees, Barney Rennie, James Richards, Beryl Richie, Lois Ricotta, Judith Rogers, Roy Rohrer, Christine Roitz, Alex Rosenblatt, Gertrude Ross, Emma Nell Rossorellli, Armand Rotolo, Josephine Rougas, Norma Rudolph, Guilford Rule, Doris Russo, Mary Ryan, John Ryan, Mary Caroline Sabo, Elizabeth Sabott, Louise Sammartino, Stella Sandoval, Margaret Scheulen, Margaret Schwager, Bessie Scott, Henry Scott, Nellie Vivian Sheehan, James Sheeley, Merry Shephard, June Sherback, Walter Shontz, William Siatte, Phillip Simony, John Skinner, Ruth Skube, Anna Smelich, Ray Smith, Clarence Smith, Frances Smith, Lucille Snedic, Deloris Sneddon, Bill Sopel, Tessie Spelich, Edward Spera, Anna Staniforth, Howard Stark, Pauline Staten, Fred Stephenson, Velma Stevenson, Eleanor Stong, Earl Marion Stoops, Bill Strah, Edward Strah, Margaret Stravia, William Strumble, Rose Sullivan, Eddie Sullivan, Velma Sutton, John Talbot, Joseph Tavarozzi, Helen Terlep, John Tezak, John Thomson, Earline Thorne, Marybeth Thornburg, Doris Todero, Constance Tolin, Theresa Treichler, Carol Trosper, Arlene Vance, Gene Vidmar, Rose Vogan, Betty Vaught, Charles Wadsworth, Myrtle Walton, Letha Wesley, Louise Whalen, Thomas White, Bernard Wiklund, Jack Willett, Beatrice Willett, Geneva Williams, Velma Wilson, Eva May Wilson, Fred Wodishek, Anna Wright, Lucille Yarberry, Edward Zakraysck, Albert Zimdahl, Bob Zupancic, Anthony Central High School Pueblo, Colorado 1937 Central High School Yearbook Redmon, Ray E., Superintendent Pitts, Lemuel, Principal Keating, J.F., Consulting Superintendent McNally, Mary C., Assistant Principal Faculty Anderson, Hazel- B.A., University of Colorado; B.E., University of Colorado- Social Science-Junior Sponsor Ardell, Georgia- B.S., Colorado State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts- English, General Science- Sponsor of Athenian Society Atkinson, V.P.- B.S., Alabama Polytechnic- General Science, Physics Baker, Harlie R.- B.A., Colorado State College of Education- Mathematics, History, English Beatty, Richard- B.A., University of Colorado, English, History- Director of Junior Play Bennett, William H.- Colorado State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts- Printing, Sponsor of Roycrofters Brownlee, Marion- B.A., University of Denver- Health Education, Football Carlson, Laurence- B.A., Colorado state College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts- Commercial, Basketball Coach Castle, Anna R. - B.A., University of Colorado; M.A., University of Colorado- English, Typing- Sponsor of Business Girl's Club Conrad, Judd C.- Diploma Michigan State Auto School; Colorado State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts- Welding, Sponsor of Cats Clan Craig, Raymond- B.A., University of Colorado- History-Sponsor of Alpha Delta Sigma Croley, Charles- A.B., New Mexico Normal University- Typewriting Darnall, Ivah A. - Teacher's Degree, Gregg School of Chicago; B.A., Western State College- English, Stenography Darnall, V.A.- B.A., Western State College- Woodwork Evans, Margaret – Attendance Clerk Forsman, Hulda H. - B.A., University of Colorado- History-Sponsor of the International Relation's Club, Sponsor of Sophomore Class Frye, Agnes M.- B.A., Western State College; Public School Music Certificate- Vocal Director, Christmas Pagent, Operetta Gaines, Joysa- Pd. M., Colorado State College of Education- Art Garnett, Anna Maude- B.A., Colorado College- English-Sponsor of Owl Debating Society Gilleland, Tanetta- B.A., Lake Forest College; M.A., Lake Forest College- Latin, Algebra Gray, Arthur O.- B.A., Colorado College- Commercial, Football, Track Grout, Stella- A.B., University of Kansas; Pd.B., State Teacher's College- Mathematics- Sponsor of Girl Reserves Haaff, C.F.- B.S., Stout Institute; Colorado State College of Education- Supervisor of Industrial Arts Hardin, Achsah- B.A., Western State College; M.A., Stanford University- History- Sponsor of the Senior Class Haworth, Nelle S. - B.A., Colorado State College of Education- English-Sponsor of Clionian Society Hull, Lois Fern- B.A., University of Kansas; M.A., University of Colorado- Latin- Sponsor of National Honor Society Ingold, Jacqueline- B.S., University of Colorado- Health Education, Sponsor of Girl's Athletic Association Jones, Paul M.- B.A., Western State College- Commercial- Junior Class Sponsor Kay, F.C.- Ontario Normal College, Denver University- Bookkeeping Keith, Jenny- B.A., Swarthmore- English-Sponsor of Student Council Kent, Ruth- B.A., Western State College- English, Biology, General Science Laird, Rex- B.A., University of Denver- General Science, Biology Lamb, Clarice A.- A.B., University of Colorado- Spanish- Sponsor of Catsclan Leddy, Bula- B.A., University of Colorado- English-Sponsor of Aletheorian Society Lyle, Eugene- B.A., University of Colorado- History-Sponsor of the Freshman Class, Sponsor of the Junior Class, Sponsor of the Wildcat Business Staff Lyster, Elsie M. - B.A., University of Colorado- English Mayo, Olga- Secretary to Principal M'Intyre, Mary L.- B.A., Colorado State College of Education- Spanish-Sponsor of Spanish Club M'Nally, Mary C. - B.A., University of Illinois; M.A., University of California- Assistant Principal, Girl's Advisor, History, Guidance Mulnix, Sara S.- B.A., Colorado State College of Education- Home Economics Read, Hazel U.- B.A., Colorado State College of Education- Health Education, Supervisor of District 20 Ruple, Sarah- B.A., University of Illinois- Spanish-Sponsor of Sigma Society Schoenoff, Reinhold E.- B.S., Stout Institute- Woodwork Shelton, O.E.- B.S., Northeast Missouri State Teacher's College- Mechanical Drawing, Shop, and Club Sprengle, Dorothy- B.A., Ohio Wesleyan University; M.A., University of Southern California- English, Speech-Sponsor of Dramatic Club, Director of Senior Play, Director of Essay and Oration Contest Stillman, Harold S.- Ped., Salem College; B.A., Milton College; Manual Arts Diploma; Stout Institute- Instrumental Music Stoddard, W.S.- M.A., University of Colorado; B.A., University of Colorado; B. Ed., Nebraska State Teacher's College- History, Social Science, Guidance. Stratton, James C. - B.A., University of Colorado- English, Journalism-Sponsor of Wildcat Editorial Staff, Director of Publications Taylor, Blanche M.- B.A., Iowa State Teacher's College- Home Economics, Sponsor of Hostess Club Teck, John A.- B.S., in E.E., Colorado State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts- Machine Shop Council Sponsor Tedmon, B.S.- M.S., Colorado State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts- General Science, Chemistry-Hi-Y Sponsor Tedmon, Helena- B.S., Colorado College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts- Biology Tidwell, James- B.A., Colorado State College of Education- English, History, Mathematics Wilson, Grace- University of Colorado; University of Denver; Colorado State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts- Library Woodside, Mildred E.- B.A., University of Kansas- Mathematics- Sponsor of Catsclan "In Memoriam” Miss Jessie Donohue Miss Lida Bell Seniors- Class of 1937 Abbott, Helen Alexander, Zola Belle Alvarez, Lupe Alvarez, Joseph Alvarez, Val Anderson, Dorothy Anderson, Russell Cardell, Laurence Asti, Mary Austin, Clarice Baird, David Baker, Kathryn Sue Ballas, Bernard Barr, Harold Albert Bates, Edna Mae Baulesh, Robert Beale, Carol Bergles, Josephine Bettis, Esther Biggi, Bruno Bloomquist, Donald Bornschein, Bernice Boulse, Josephine Bovee, Virginia Bradfield, Audrey Bradish, Lawrence Brawn, Mary Lou Brayda, Mary Ann Brown, Martha Leah Buffington, Frank Burge, Carrie Beth Cameron, Christina Caponera, Marie Caporicci, Pasquale Cardinale, Tony Carlo, Roxy Carlson, Mary Casados, Ernest Casebeer, Betty Jean Chapman, Mary Eleanor Christensen, Dorothy Lou Circo, Joseph Clark, Fred Clark, Pearl Clark, Phyllis Clements, James Clutter, Betty Jean Cooley, Freda Costanza, Lillian Covi, Louis Covy, Jean Cox, Lucille Craddick, Ralph Culig, Ivan Cullen, Richard Davis, Le Roy De Bevc, Olga De Siata, Agnes De Vore, Jack Diaz, Elodia Dolph, Bill Dykstra, Lillian Eden, Marie Adelle Edmundson, Arthur Elich, Mark Engstrom, Dorothy Ercul, Lillian Erjavic, Bernice Fabian, Henry Fahey, Mary Ellen Fajt, Marjorie Falletta, Bennie Farabaugh, Gilbert Fengler, Clyde Ferm, Nickander Ferrara, Josephine Fish, Agnes Fisher, Charles Fleischer, Vivienne Formico, Loretta Freeman, Albert Galich, Albert Gallegos, Margaret Garber, Ada Garber, Vada Gardner, James Georgion, Bill Gernazio, Mike Gilman, Alice Gist, Wallace Glasser, Elmeda Gonser, Robert Goolsby, Charles Gordon, Vernon Graham, James Gregory, Doris Gruden, Elsie Guye, Dorothy Hale, Viola Harper, Elbert Hart, Marvin Hassel, Viola Hefner, Lois Hewitt, Dorothy Hewitt, Maurice Hibernik, Ann Himes, Vivian Hitchcock, Ruth Hoffman, Lois Hren, Anton Hren, Eddie Hughes, Lovell Hutchinson, Mary Jacketta, Edwin James, Mary Louise Jerman, Richard Jersin, John Jersin, William Johnson, Betty Louise Johnson, Edith Johnson, Joe Johnson, Vernon Johnson, Vernon Lee Johnstone, Clara Jones, Margaret Julian, Anna Marie Kochevar, Maxine Kahler, Margaret Karlinger, Elsie Kasiah, Helen Katz, Edythe Keator, Eleanor Ketchum, Margarette Kathleen Kirk, Douglas Klintz, Edward Knezovich, Dan Kogovsek, Raymond Kolbezen, Rose Korber, Bill Kotlar, Steve Krajacic, Martin Krall, Edward Krasovec, Bill Kuhns, Ellis Klune, Merko Kutsuma, Michi Ladd, Ruby Ladd, Ruth Lamb, Robert LaRue, Helen Lasavio, Angelo Lauricella, Mary Lesar, William Lewis, Earl Limberis, Jim Livingston, Charlotte Lobaugh, John Loeffler, Donald Lucero, Anita Marie Luellen, Dorothy Lundy, Thelma Lundy, Velma Martin, Neal Masciotra, Carmella Mason, James Massarotti, Francis Massarotti, Violet Massey, Gladys Mayhugh, Warren McCarthy, Naomi McCoy, Roderick McGann, Josephine McGill, Gwendolyn McGlothlin, Mary McLean, Frank Medonich, Rose Mendrick, Joe Merhar, William Metz, Lucille Meyers, Dorothy Micklich, Harry Mihalick, Sam Mihelich, Katherine Milano, Clara Miller, Myrtle Millson, Amelia Jane Minatta, Josephine Mismash, Olga Mitchell, Irene Mitchell, John Morford, Milton Morris, Harriett Motoski, Edward Mravich, John Mynatt, Lovetra Neblick, Helen Newell, Gail Nielsen, Lillian Novak, Joseph Novak, John O'Connor, Margaret Ogle, Norma Jane Okicich, Elizabeth Olson, Edna Otto, Doris Owens, Donald Pachak, Walter Parker, Gladys Passanante, Jack Pavlica, Mary Payne, Carroll Payne, Kenneth Pearson, Lyle Pechek, Charles Pecoraro, Tony Penaluna, Richard Petersen, Carl Peterson, Catherine Petric, Joe Pezoldt, Dorothy Pillitteri, Josephine Pobst, Allen Pobst, Fred Pope, Edwin Pope, Marvin Predovich, Walter Price, Virginia Pugh, Ralph Quigg, Richard Raspet, Harry Rebol, Ernest Ritchie, Josephine Roark, Lauron Roblek, Robert Rodgers, Emma Rogers, Alice May Root, Jacqueline Rosenblatt, Fannie Ruff, Opal Doris Rukavina, John Rupar, Anna Rush, Esther Mae Rush, Harold Earl Sabo, Leona Salazar, Henry Samples, Arthur Jr. Scherback, Anna Francis Schneider, Flora Mae Schwager, Mildred Scoleri, Leonard Serfling, Clarence Shanstrom, Morris Sheehan, Frank Shepler, Anna Margaret Siegle, Bernice Simony, Katherine Smith, Clara Anna Soots, Eugene Sougher, John William Spero, Jack Spitzer, Virginia Stamps, Scott Stancer, Anthony Steele, Helen Stefanic, Angela Stewart, Violet Stuart, Dale Stuart, Lester Stubler, Anna Studinsky, Helen Elizabeth Stupar, Bill Taullie, Annie Taylor, Alan Tedmon, Craig Tezak, Angelina Tezak, Marjorie Ann Thomas, Betty Jean Toedter, Ross Tomsick, John Tomsick, Rudy Towns, Robert Van Wye, Dean Vaught, Virginia Vidmar, Joseph Viles, Alfred (1938) Viles, Georgia Warbington, Martha Wiklund, George Williams, Lawrence Witcowich, John Francis Womack, Fuchsia Work, Dorothy Wyman, Eileen Yavornik, Marie Yenko, Annie Yersin, William Young, John Zakrasek, Olga Ziatz, Oscar Zupanicic, Elsie Zigich, Anne Juniors- Class of 1938 Abel, Elizabeth Ager, Helen Allen, George Anderson, John Avalos, Clarinda Bachman, Lurene Baker, Betty Baker, Carroll Baker, Warren Bayliss, Jenny Beck, Dolores Bell, James Benson, Ed Blackburn, Eunice Bloomquist, Charles Borden, Roy Bowman, Donald Boxwell, Sarah Browne, Granville Butkovich, Pauline Butkovich, Victor Burkett, Barbara Byers, Virginia Cardinale, Anna Cardinale, Josephine Carey, Frank Carlson, Gladys Cave, Sarah Clarke, Helen Colletti, Rosalie Conatore, Francis Conner, Marilyn Costanza, Carolyn Crawford, Lola Crumley, Lewis Dacenzo, Ellen Dakin, Ralph Dall, Naomi Dayton, Alfrieda De Bevc, Stephania Delliquadri, Angelina Delliquadri, Margaret Delliquadri, Orlando Di Siata, Ed Dillon, Ruth Di Nero, Al Divelbliss, Horace Dow, Troy Duffy, Peter Dusenberry, Velma Easter, Elmore Edmundson, Betty Elich, Bertha Else, Jim Estrada, John Falkenstein, Betty Fasulo, Joe Ferrelli, Evelyn Fitzpatrick, Josephine Frye, Kathlyn Frye, Vernice Fueda, Marjorie Gallaher, Jack Gallagher, Justine Garber, Bernice Gass, Albert Gatewood, Olive Georgion, Mary Gordon, Gladys Gordon, Matt Graf, Eleanor Griesemer, Wilma Guadagno, Joe Gum, Charles Guzousky, Felix Hadwiger, Dorothy Hall, Francis Hammerstrom, Louise Haney, Violet Hardin, Una Harris, Mary Anna Herman, Jean Hobbs, Mary Holmgren, Ruth Hutchings, Henry Hyde Juanita James, Bob Jimenez, Josephine Johnson, Jeanne Jonke, Josephine Keating, Betty Keith, Mildred Kendig, Genevive Kernc, Josephine Kilfoy, Patty Killough, John Kizlin, Edward Klein, Esther Knezovich, Mary Kochevar, Frances Kopulos, Tim Kosanovich, Betty Krout, Lois Kuchera, Elsie Lapsley, Lila La Rocco, Joe Lercara, Mildred Lewis, Lewellyn Lippis, Robert Little, Jack Lucksinger, Paul Lundy, Lalla Lupino, Charles Lyles, Richard Lytle, Helen MacDonald, Stuart Mack, Lawrence Manguso, Elizabeth Mapels, John Marcovecho, Esther Marshall, George Masar, Helen McDaniel, Gerald McDonald, Byron McGovern, Marie Medde, Ves Melvin, Betty Mencin, Joe Menor, Marie Milhan, David Milich, George Millson, Helen Monchak, Joanna Montera, Cecil Montoya, Susie Morphy, Bill Morris, Barlla Mortenson, Morris Mravich, Matt Mulay, Vivian Murray, Mildred Negomir, Irene Newmeister, Eddie Nicoletti, Edith Olear, Helen O'Toole, Helen Pahostkin, Lorraine Palermo, Carolyn Palko, Helen Perse, Pauline Pickett, Fred Pike, Lennia Plute, Irene Pollock, Juanita Ponder, Billy Porter, Albert Pryor, Harold Pugh, Bob Quigg, Helen Ray, Alys Reed, Catherine Reeves, Don Releford, Don Reivitt, Anna Ricotta, Josephine Roblek, Rudell Rocco, Rocky Rodgers, Fannie Rotolo, Rose Rougas, Irene Rumgay, Margaret Sabo, Kay Salinas, Vincent Sandoval, Alfonso Seacatt, Holmes Sedita, Josephine Serracino, Richard Serrico, Helen Serveny, Alice Seward, George Shabay, Katherine Shanstrom, Helen Sharp, Georgia Sheehan, Robert Sheets, Glen Sherrard, Laura Simonich, Milan Sipe, Bernie Sittat, John Skrifvars, Artie Smith, Eunice Smith, Willard Sneddon, Jack Sopel, Paul Sorenson, Elvira Sperry, Mary Spinuzzi, Tony Streamer, Martha Strumbel, Sylvia Studen, Ann Sullivan, Clifford Svedarsky, Sophie Taylor, Marjorie Thompson, Reese Tishma, Donica Todero, Lucy Tomsick, Bill Toth, Margaret Uhal, Margaret Ureta, Ruth Vadnal, Gladys Vail, Lois Velasco, Efren Valdez, Jennie Vogan, June Wallace, Betty Ward, Charles Warden, Louis Watson, Harold Willour, Charles Wirth, Alice Yarberry, Rodney Yenko, Frank Yoshimura, Isao Young, Janet Ziatz, Johnny Sophomores- Class of 1939 Abbate, A. Adams Alexander Allen Alley Allison Anderson Andrews Anglin Ansnik Avery Avery Barr, A. Barr, M. Bayliss Beck, James Bellinger Bensick, George Berta Bettis Biggi Blackburn Blatnik Boxwell Brill, Billie Louise Broberg, Marian Brooksbank Buchanan Buck Burnett Butkovich Carlile Caponera Capozzola, Grace Carter, Wayne Casebeer, Herbert Cebulski Cid, Pauline Clements Coffman Colletti Comiskey, Loretta Conatore Corducci Corry Courney Covi Cox Cox, Helen Crenean Crickenberger Culbertson, Wendell Cullen Cutierrez Cuzak, Helen Dayton, Doris Darazio Dase Delliquadri DeNardo DeSalvo DeSalvo, P. DeVore, E DeVore, K. DeWan, Frank Dibble DiCiacco Dillon, Joe DiLulo Dinero Disbrow Druva Ebrecht Eden Eden Ehl Elkins, Bassett Epstein Esvich, Agnes Fellion Fieldbar, Margaret Filer Filler Finnell Finney, Robert Foster Freeman Fruscella Frye Frye Futamata Gaide Galasso Gallaher Gavoto Genova Germ Gernazio Gettler Giarratano Giarratano, Sylvia Gionnette Gordon, Kenneth Gott Graham, Francis Greening Gruden Gugliuzza Hamilton Hannan Harris Hart Hellwig, Leroy Hewitt Hill Hill, Loretta Holt Horvath Howard, George Hughes Jackson Jamnick Jamnick Johnson, Robert Johnston Johnstone Jones Jones Jones Kastelic Keator Keithley Kilfoy, Betty Kittrell Kochevar Koncilja Krall Krasovec Kuhns Kuhns Lane Lapsley Lascano Lascano Lauthern Lesar Levstik Limberis Lloyd Loftis Lopez Lovette Luellen Lukanick Lusen Malito Marsh Mason, Justine Matulich Maurello McCaffrey McCarey McCown, Evelyn McDermett McDowell McFerren Mendrick Mergler, Norman Meyer Micklich Micklich, Richard Miklavec Mizelle Mohorich Moreschini Moore Muramoto Mutz Myers Neblick O'Connor O'Dorisio, Fred Okicich O'Resky Ottinger Paripovich Partridge Paulovec Pearson, Margaret Perkins Perryman Perse Phillips, Jane Pickerel Pitcock Platt, Robert Pobst Pograjc, Albert Porter Predovich Presley Price Price, Dau?(male) Prigmore Rainer Rebol Rebol, Jenny Rempel Ricci Riva Sabo Sabott Sakaley Sandoval Savage Scaman Scheuler Scheuler Schwartz Scott Serena, Richard Shabay, Vera Shirley Simony Simpson Skaro, E. Skaro, H. Skrifvars Smith Smith Smith Smith Smith, Ray Snyder, Dorothy Spencer Sperry, Bob Starr, John Stephenson Stone, Mary McKay Stravia Strumbel Taravella Taylor Tedmon Thielbar, Margaret Tishma Tizarelli Todaro Todd, Edith Toth Townsend Trenchak Tressler VanFossen Vansickle Volpe Wadsworth, E. Wadsworth, M. Walcher Walker Walker, Hazel Wallace Wasson Webb Welch Wetzig White White, M. White, Nellie Whittington Williams Williams, B. Williams, Bernice Wilson, B. Wilson, Forrest Yates, Dorothy Young Zink, D. Zink, Ruth Zittle, Helen Sophomore and Freshmen Abel, Betty Ann Allen Anderson Anderson Baker Ballas Beale Berry Bogard Bovee Byers Cebulski Costanza Delliquadri DeSalvo DiGrado Dunlap Edington Edmonds Elich Engstrom Epstein Eurich Fabiano Francis Gallager Garrett Glass Glavich Gordon Gray Geisler Grisham Gross, Alberta Guadagno Hall, William Haney Harsch Hennes Hill Hirsch Hitchcock Howell Hyde Jimenez Johnson Jones Kintsfather Kirkpatrick Krasovec Lamb Lane LaSavio Lewis Lobaugh Lynn Lynn, G. Magan Maye McConnell McCrery McWhirt Medicello Medina Millis Mitchell Morris Mueller Neelan Neil Nielsen Oaks Ortezo Pannunzio Parker Parrina Pavlica Pearce Peteet Pickerel Porfilio Pribanick Prince Punshon Ragn Rempel Richardson Roberts Rotolo Sakaley Samuels Sanders Scott Shilibra Spero Stanko Susel Sutton Taibi Tomich Tucker Uchida Val Valenich Vidar Vitale Wallace Weindling Yarberry Freshmen- Class of 1940 Abel, Margaret Allen Allen Anderson Anselmo Apel Bachman Baird Balch, Madelyn Bartley, Marjorie Beatty, Ruth Benson, Juanita Bergillio Berry, Rosemary Biggi, Gloria Birch, Lawrence Bole Borelli Brackett Brothers, Margaret Brown Brunovich Bucciarelli, Marie Buchanan, Alice Burge Burnham Burns, Margurite Cain, Gilbert Caldwell, Clara Calihoun Calkins Cambo Carlo, Josephine Carlson, John Carnes Castro Chanak Chance, Lois Chavez, Emilia Christenson, Mary J. Church, Ruth Clark Clarke, Georgia Mae Clemenson, Ruth Clementi Collins Conrey Corda, Jeraldine Cotchett, Dick Cox, George Dakin, La Verne David , Dan DeCessaro DeRemer, Doris Mae DeSalvo, Edith Dorazio Driscoll Easter, Bonnie Jean England, Dorothy Erjavic Fazio Filer Finch, Jeanne Flanders, Jewel Fleischer, Leila Foley, Frank Formico Freed, Katherine Freeman Futamata Gaide Gelvin, June Gerland, Clara Garrett, Jeanne Glanville, Vera Graddy, Beverly Grady, Ruby Jo Grebance Gutierrez Hagens Harshman, Royal Hatzel, Lois Hayden Henigsman, Frances Herman Herris, Maxine Hicks, Howard Hill Hirsch, Jean Holden Hutchings Irvine, Gladys Jacobosky, Betty Jeffers, Natalie Jiminez Juliano, Adeline Keating Kendall, Herbert Ketchem Ketchum, Melba Knezevich Kochevar Kouril Kushnir Kutsuma Lancendorfer, Elenor Leffler Lercara Linville, Oraletta Loeffler Lytle, Helen Maddock Magnelli, Carmella Mangum, Harriet Marsch Martin Martinez, Ida Massarotti, Alice McAvoy McClain McDaniel, Frances McDormet, Camilla McDurmett, Virginia McGovern, Robert McGowan McIntyre McKinney Mencin, Beatrice Micklich Miklavic, Barbara Middlekamp Milhan, Richard Miller Mismash Moore, Shirley Morton Montera, Lillie Mowry, Robert Murten Musso, Anna Marie Numoto Owens Palizzi Parlapiano Passanante Pavlin, Elsie Pecoraro, Bertha Penza, Antoinette Peterson Peterson, Irma Jean Pillitteri Pograjc, Helen Pollock Ponder, Helen Pope, Margaret Provinzano, Virginia Pugh, Maxine Rowley, Vivian Ruff Sajbel Sawtell Scaman Schmidt Schwab Sebree, Mary J. Shaffer, Naomi Shepler, Dorothy Sitter, Carl Skufca Sligar Smith Smith, Lila Mae Smythe, Virginia Spiller Spitzer Stinnett, Martha Straight Sullivan, Mary E. Sutton, Lillie Lou Tearpak Tilley, Ben Timme, Arvila Titman, Anna Lee Todero, Mary Jo Torbet Towns, Mary E. Trenchak Tryan, Delores Urban, Gladys Wall, Gwen Wasson, Edna Wasson, Jennie West White, Charlotte Whitlow, Janice Williams, Ada Mae Williams, Betty Jo Willour, Josephine Wilson, Alan Wolfe Zele |
Pueblo Chieftain 10-20-2003 - Central High - Central High School's hallways and inclines echo with a century of voices. Oh yes. Just ask the men and women who have worked there for generations. "When you are here late at night by yourself, you hear things," Principal Jim Manzanares acknowledged with a believe-it-or-not smile. "You don't know if it's voices or footsteps. Maybe it's all in your head." "No it's not," insisted John Rivas, who was head Wildcat from 1975 to 1981. "When you think about this building's long history and the thousands of students and teachers who have walked these halls. you're going to hear things."
Hear what? Maybe angry young men talking about joining up to fight in World War I. Or the crackle and snap of flames from the disastrous 1917 fire. Voices declaring their determination to whip Tojo and Hitler in the frightening days after Pearl Harbor. Civil defense announcements from the Cold War and anti-war protests during Vietnam. Decades of Wildcat fight songs and cheers. Brassy horns and soft clarinets from the Big Band "sock hops" being drowned out by the electric twang of rock-n-roll and then the heavy throb of hip-hop.
What else would you expect in this majestic, columned school that was first erected in 1906 (the east wing), then expanded in 1910 and 1912 until it reached the classic proportions that were first envisioned by its architect, Robert S. Roeschlaub of Denver.
Perhaps somewhere in those faint night sounds is the rattle of gunfire from the Civil War. The fact is, if a Confederate soldier had been a little better shot, Pueblo's Centennial and Central high schools would not have taken the shape that helped them become symbols of the city's heart and soul.
Roeschlaub was a Union officer in the 84th Illinois Volunteer Infantry during the war and he was wounded several times during three years of service. The worst was a severe leg wound at the battle of Chickamauga on Sept. 19, 1863. At the war's end, Roeschlaub was a captain and he was fiercely proud of his military service - and the three Medals of Honor he received. Which in some eerie way may have predestined him to become the father of Pueblo's oldest high schools (which produced three Medal of Honor recipients in later wars).
Central High School began in an old stone building on Pitkin Avenue in 1882, but it didn't take many years before the Pueblo District 20 school board began looking for a bigger and better location. When it came time to select an architectural plan, the board knew that Roeschlaub - who'd opened an architectural firm in Denver in 1873 - had already designed Pueblo's Centennial High School, which was established in 1876.
Roeschlaub liked to dress well and sported a large, finely tended moustache. He was connected politically in Denver and had a long resume by 1905, when he submitted his final grand plan for Central to the board. By then, Roeschlaub had designed dozens of schools, churches and office buildings, including the Colorado School for the Deaf and the Blind in Colorado Springs and the University of Denver library. In fact, Central High School would be the last school the architect would personally design, although his firm would do others.
Just look at the original plan with its classical columns, elegantly rounded wings and even a dome (which was left off during actual construction). This was a cathedral of a school, which Roeschlaub intended to serve generations as a monument to education, to District 20 - and to himself, of course. Total cost of project would be $400,000.
"You can't separate the history of Central from the history of Pueblo," said Lois Conatore, a social studies teacher at Central and a member of the class of 1977. "Working people, especially immigrants, wanted the best education for their children and they were proud to pay for Central.
"There is so much pride and tradition here," Conatore went on. "We have students who know their parents went to Central. And their grandparents. And for some of them, their great-grandparents. All of those generations have come through these doors and walked these halls. No other school can say that."
As Central heads toward its second century, there is a group of alumni - the Central High School Foundation - watching over the building with a loving eye.
In reality, Central was constructed in segments. The east wing was built first and opened in 1906. Old photographs are strange-looking because so much of the building is missing. But the colonnaded middle section and west wing followed in short order in 1910 and 1912.
From the beginning, Central had its distinctive inclines rather than traditional stairways. It had elegant woodwork inside and an auditorium that would seat 1,600 people. District Superintendent John F. Keating had his office on one side of the grand entrance and Central Principal H.M. Barrett had his office on the other side. There were classrooms and mechanical shops, a gymnasium and kitchens on the top floor. And that's where the trouble started on the night of Feb. 28, 1917. Pueblo Fire Chief Sam Christy said later that he'd warned school officials that Central needed an internal sprinkling system because of its wooden floors and ceilings. He became a prophet that night when a fire broke out in a top-floor kitchen in the west wing, igniting the school's ceiling. By the time fire crews arrived at the scene - and every fire crew in Pueblo was called - the west-wing ceiling was collapsing onto the lower floors in an explosion of flame and the floors caved in soon after. It was a snowy night and the horrified public, including students, helped get materials out of the school before the central section was destroyed. When the blaze was finally put out, only the original east wing was undamaged. The west wing was an empty, blackened shell and the middle area was nearly as ruined. The district had a $165,000 insurance policy on Central and announced they would rebuild immediately. Voters reached in their wallets again and approved another $160,000 in bonds to pay for the repairs.
Carefully walking through the deep storage basements in Central, Manzanares and Rivas tried to find some signs of that long-ago fire on the red brick walls. There are blackened areas in some places, but it wasn't clear whether they were just age spots, mold or scorch marks.
The basement, however, is a catacomb of rooms and barely lit tunnels that stretch underground to reach the Keating Learning Center and even the old Central school building on distant Pitkin Avenue. "Now you know why they used Central as a civil defense center during the 1950s," Manzanares said as he ducked under a low-hanging pipe. "You could keep a lot of people down here if you needed to."
Central was rebuilt and fairly quickly, too. W.W. Stickney was the architect who drew up the repair designs and the building was fully restored in 1919. It lost some of its elegant woodwork and other features in the process, but the basic school that Roeschlaub first designed was restored.
For the next 50 years, life at Central followed the ebb and flow of Pueblo and the nation.
The big, sandstone-faced building produced some renowned graduates, including U.S. Sen. Gordon Allott (class of 1921) and Pueblo's most famous athlete, Earl "Dutch" Clark, (class of 1926). Clark led the Wildcats to two state titles in football and basketball before going on to play professional football for the Detroit Lions, where he gained a place in the NFL Hall of Fame.
World War II pulled many Central students into uniform. Among them, future Central coaching great Ed Lesar (class of 1939) enlisted in the Marine Corps. So did future Medal of Honor recipient Carl Sitter. Television celebrity Dan Rowan (then known as Dan David) became an Army Air Force fighter pilot. Their bravery came at a price, however, as 36 Central students were killed in the war.
On a much lighter side, Central suffered a sporting disaster on Oct. 18, 1941, in its annual fight-to-the-death football game with Centennial. After several scoreless quarters, Central suddenly broke loose with three touchdowns. That's when Central Principal Lemuel Pitts noticed that several of the Wildcat players were academically ineligible to play. He climbed down out of the stands and informed Coach Art Gray that he would be notifying district officials. Although Central scored more points, the Wildcats had to forfeit the game. Apoplectic students hanged Pitts in effigy from the school's flagpole.
Unfazed, Pitts and his famous "Board of Education"- a wooden paddle - kept seats warm in the principal's office until 1946.
"During the Cold War years, city officials used to keep civil defense materials in Central's basement," recalled Sollie Raso, who was principal from 1956-68. Those supplies included big cans of water and food, blankets, cots and medical supplies. "One day, we even conducted a mass evacuation - and that wasn't easy to do without any buses," Raso said. "Students and parents volunteered to drive their cars and the exercise drill called for the entire student body to be hustled out of town. Believe it or not, it went pretty well."
Central revived its sporting prowess during the late 1950s and '60s when Lesar became head football coach. His Wildcat teams won the league championship four times and the state title in 1961 and 1965. The school's museum is named for Lesar.
The 1970s brought big changes to District 60 - the consolidated school district that was formed in 1946. District officials had targeted the old Centennial building for the wrecking ball in order to build a new high school further north - and to build new administration offices on the site of the old Centennial.
Central's future was also debated, but the alumni were dead set on keeping the grand old school intact. Remodeled maybe, but intact. Central supporters told the district that whatever else was done to the school, they wanted the entrance to remain unchanged. Its distinctive tile floor that had been in place since the 1919 reconstruction. District voters agreed to a $15 million bond issue in 1971 with about one-third of that dedicated to adding a four-story annex to the back of Central and renovating the old building, as well.
More than 50 years after Fire Chief Christy's warning about a sprinkler system, Central final got one, along with new classrooms. The new version of Central was completed in 1973. Its soul, however - Roeschlaub's majestic stone building - remained in place. So have the inclines. "Oh they are always a challenge," cautioned Manzanares. "Kids like to put baby oil on them to make them more slippery." Rivas nodded and laughed as the pair walked up slope. He recalled one senior boy who had been a great student, never giving teachers any trouble - until one day near graduation. "Well, I heard this motorcycle roaring up from the basement and about the time this kid tried to make the turn to go up another ramp, our wrestling coach jerked him off the bike," Rivas explained, shaking his head. "I couldn't imagine him doing this, but he told me, 'Mr. Rivas, I've been good for four years and I just figured it was time to do something wild'. Rivas pointed at the tile floor. "I made him scrub the tire marks off with soap and a brush."
As Central heads toward its second century, there is a group of alumni - the Central High School Foundation - watching over the building with a loving eye. Jo Perkins, the foundation president (class of 1952), said the group's goal is to have the building listed on the state and federal National Registry of Historic Places.
The foundation is also raising money for the school's museum, which right now is little more than a big room that hold timeless Central memorabilia, such as school annuals, old photographs, sports trophies and such. "If we could just get every Central grad alive to donate $20, we'd have plenty of money to make this into the museum it should be," she said wistfully.
Perkins and the other foundation members are not the only souls watching over Central, however. Manzanares said there are hints that some students and teachers just can't bear to leave the grand old school at 216 W. Orman Ave. "One of the cleaning staff was sweeping the auditorium stage one night when he looked out at the empty seats and saw this woman with a big hairdo sitting in one of the rows of seats," Manzanares told Rivas and Perkins. "He didn't think anything at first until he realized the school was closed. When he turned to look for the woman again, the auditorium was empty. That was too creepy for him, so he decided to go sweep someplace else." "Maybe it was Mary Richardson," Perkins laughed, but not in disbelief, and Rivas nodded in agreement. "You know how she loved to put on plays in the auditorium." Richardson was a beloved Central drama teacher who taught for three decades. She died in 1994 and the school's theater is named for her today.
Conatore isn't surprised by such stories. She recalled a 107-year-old woman who was recently interviewed on television about her life. The woman's favorite memories were of her years as a Central student. "I tell my kids today to keep that in mind, that when that woman looked back over her life, she wanted people to know she'd gone to school at Central," Conatore said. "This is a very special place."
