Francis T. Nicholls High School
New Orleans, Louisiana
Band, 1959-1960

An uncropped, unnumbered version of the photograph can be found here.
Photograph courtesy of Mary Olivier Thurman.

Identifications, front to back, left to right. (For a larger version of the numbered photograph, click on the image above or here.)
 Row 1 (Front row)
  1. Ricardo (Biff) Baltazar
  2. Ronnie Martin
  3. Anthony Piazza
  4. Vernon Gagliano
  5. Frank Sanders
  6. Carl Walther
  7. Paul Cannon
  8. Tommy Reis
  9. Frank White
10.
11. Don Boe
12. Sterling Newsome, Jr.
13. Joe White
14. John Potter
15. Ed Decossas
16. Tommy Brewer
17. Norman Hellmers
18. Joe Guidry
19. Larry Bulot
20. Russell Lester

21. Joseph Lewis, band director
Row 2
22. Herbert Bollinger
23. Leslie Anderson
24. Tom Schmolke
25. Louis Holley
26. Richard Clavin
27. Joan Sanders [?]
28. Flo Becnel
29. Mary Netto
30. Larry Simpson
31. Betty Miller
32. Mary Olivier
33. Nancy Lassalle
34. Joyce Gayle [?]
35. Clara Lefevre
36. Carol Katsanis
37. Linda Giarrusse [?]
38. Edward Heil
39. Milton Frey
40.
41. Danny Kramer
42.
43.
Row 3
44. Albert Schumacher
45. Kippy Kimball
46. Anthony Mascari
47. Gary DeLucca
48. Arthur Leitell
49. George Vogt
50. Robert Wilson
51.
52. Nick Genovese
53.
54. Robert Nickel
55.
56. Tony Cuccia
57. Sidney Frieman
58. John Perez
59.
60. Kenny Paoletti
61. Ray Riecke
62. Gene Eisenmann

Row 4
63. Walter Pharris
64. Walter Ybos
65. Alvin Grille
66.
67. Andrew Deffes
68. Tom Blakeney
69. Mike Gaudet
70. Joe Thomas
71. Leon Letulle
72. Jerry Cheramie
73. Dale Borne
74. Pete Konos
75. Robert Richard
76. Pat Cooper
77. Ronnie Cooper
78. Ron Wismar
79. Jerry  Prestenbach
80.
Row 5 (Flagbearers)
81. Emily Caillouette
82. Lydia Spreen
83. Phyllis Thoele
84. Carol Marthet
85. Rosemary Lotz
86. Julie Miller
87. Dianne Walther
88. Carolyn Michon
89. Joan Birabent
90. Diane Crespo
91. Sandra Cannon
92. Marguerite Sykes
Band members not in photograph:
      Joe Pecoraro


A list of names is below. Please send any additional identifications to:
     Mary Olivier Thurman, mthurm @ bellsouth.net

The 1959-1960 band members' names were listed in the printed program for the Annual Spring Festival. Below are the signatures of the band members, flag bearers, and drill team. A larger image of the program page can be found here.


A transcription of the names
Names of those found in the photograph above are boldfaced.
    [Band]
Louis Andrews
Patricia Benit
Thomas Blackwell
Clinton Boynes
Milton Braxdale
Lester Hueschen
Richard Wistman
Wally Stein [not in band]
John McCoy
Angelo Lauro
Andrew Frechou
George Miller
John Varnado [not in band]
Bob Huibers
Andrew Deffes
Dale Borne
Norman Hellmers
Ronnie Cooper
Nick Genovese
Albert Schumacher
Edward Moore
Clara Lefevre
Joyce Gayle
Don Boe
Russell Lester


Anthony Mascari
Frank White
Joe White
Ray Riecke
Tony Cuccia
Larry Bulot
Pete Konos
Walter Pharris
Herbert Bollinger
Mary Netto
Tom Blakeney
Frank Sanders
Richard Clavin
Joan Sanders
Roy Herron
Kenny Paoletti
Gary DeLucca
John A. Perez
Lawrence Marsh
Robert Richard
Joe Pecoraro
Arthur Leitell
Sidney Frieman
Robert Wilson
Kippy Kimble

George Vogt
Gene Eisenmann
Calvin Lopes
Paul Cannon
Linda Giarrusse
Carl Walther
Mary Olivier
Danny Kramer
Clifton Achee
Anthony Gagliano
George Gowland
James Bourgoyne
Milton Frey
Betty Miller
Ricardo Baltazar
Larry Simpson
Carol Katsanis
Leslie Anderson
Edward Heil
Nancy Lassalle
Bill Wiemers
Frederic Morgan
Flo Becnel
Samuel Emanuel
Ronnie Martin
    Drill Team
William Wilson
Daniel Armond
Milton Braxdale
Peter Lassalle
Arthur Abadie
Richard Legnon
Keith Henderson
Thomas Schmolke
Teddy Leming
Mike Brown
Frank Nuccio
J. T. Zimmer
A. J. Bartholomew
Frederick Young
Edward Dabbs
    Band
Joe Thomas
Leon Letulle
Jerry Cheramie
Walter Ybos
Alvin Grille
Ron Wismar
Robert Campo
Eddie Holland
Beauford Hodge
    Flagbearers
Rosemary Lotz
Joan Birabent
Lydia Spreen
Diane Crespo
Carol Marthet
Julie Miller
Carolyn Michon
Sandra Cannon
Marguerite Sykes
Emily Caillouette
Phyllis Thoele
Dianne Walther
Carol Marsh
Karen Altman
Judy Ellish

    [Band]
Sterling Newsome
John Potter
Leo Brewer
Daniel Doll
Eddie Decossas
Thomas Hunt
Signed at the top are:
     Daniel A. Allain, Jr., Principal
     Hipolite Ridolfo, Assistant Principal
     Joseph E. Lewis, Jr., Director
     Ray J. Main, artist


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