Ilion High School - Class of 1954

The Ilion Sentinel - June 29, 1954

Three Brother-Sister Sets Graduate In Ilion Tonight

Article 2

Three sets of brothers and sisters will be among the 89 graduates at the Ilion High School commencement exercises tonight at 8:15 at the Capitol Theatre.

Lawrence and Sheila DelGrego, 85 North Fifth Avenue, Anna and Phyllis Edgar, 400 Otsego Street, and Robert and William Steele, 262 Second Street, are the three brother-sister combinations to make the 1954 class one of the more unusual classes to graduate.

In addition to a talk by the noted lecturer, Cameron Ralston, a highlight of the program will be the awarding of prizes to members of the graduation class.

This will be done by Richard Everhart, principal of the Ilion High School, after which diplomas will be presented by Mrs. Lena Morton, vice-president of the Board of Education. She will be assisted by Joseph A. Baker, superintendent of schools.

The Ilion High School orchestra directed by Robert Weiler and the Eleven Belles, a musical group directed by Arthur Dauten, will perform. Sylvia Leistyna, the salutatorian, of the class, will sing accompanied by Miss Ruth McKelvie.

Here is the official graduation list as it will appear on tonight's commencement program:

ACADEMIC DIPLOMAS

Ralph Walter Abeling
Nancy Lee Adams
Duane V. Allen +
David Ronald Angell
Barbara Joan Babcock
Gerald Royce Birr *
Larry Bortel
Lawrence Bradford Bosquet
David Earl Bouck +
Dolores Jean Bouck
Nancy Lee Bower
John Albert Bowers
Peter Lewis Boyle
James Edward Bracken +
Gladys Irene Briggs
Thomas Henry Brown +
Dorothy Bruso
John Frederick Collins +
Charles Walter Conley *
Norma Rae Conte
Anne M. Corwin
Alfred Charles Costello
Lawrence S. DelGrego
Sheila Carol DelGrego
Ronald Edwin Denison
Michael Edward DeRocco +
Robert William Donahue
Anne Shirley Dougherty
James William Duffy +
Randall William Durgee
Anna Mae Edgar
Phyllis Jeanette Edgar
Elizabeth Louise Engells *
Barbara Jane Fager
David Clarence Getman
John Leonard Getman *
Carole Frances Gollegly
Pauline Sarah Goss
Guy Steven Gurski
Sally May Harter *
James H. Henry
Marjorie Ann Hicks
Marion Mae Holmes
Kathleen Lucille Horan *
Robert Newton Houseknecht
Phyllis Jean Jennott
Frances Edith Johnson
Richard E. Kinville
Kenneth Erwin Klippel
Sylvia Frances Leistyna *
Samuel Leonis +
Michael Allen Letts *
Richard Earl Lewis
Robert Jerry Loomis *
Paul Francis Lupinski +
James Patrick Manion
John S. Manley, Jr.
Joan Marie McDaniels
Ruth Marie McKelvie *
Marjorie Ruth Mead
Charlotte Marie Myers
Theresa G. Nalezny
Edna Mary Nelson
Charles Alfred Noll
Carol Annette Parks
Marilyn Jean Phillips
Loretta Revina Pierce
Ruth Carolyn Pollock
Younger Lovelace Power *
Marlene Janette Rands
Shirley Ann Rasmussen
John Joseph Remis
Loraine June Seymour
Kathryn Janet Smith
Arthur Sponburgh +
Patricia Ann Sponburgh
Sally Ann Spraker
Robert James Steele +
William Edward Steele
William Donald Stilwell *
Beatrice Mary Strait
Nancy Ann Tetlock
Donald Edward Thom
Carl William Tuttle
Noel Owen Williams
Barry Joseph Wilson
Leslie Richard Wilson *
John Frederick Yavornitzki
Nancy Mae Youda


* Member of National Honor Society
+ Vocational School Certificate

Note - Kathryn J. Smith and Carl William Tuttle appeared in the article but did not appear in the 1954 Mirror. Gail Furlong, Benjamin Metz, Janet Smith, and Lyle Trevor did not appear in the list of graduates but are in the 1954 Mirror.