James Smith (1943-2021) Warren Area High School class of 1962

 

 1962 Dragon yearbook

Nelson Funeral Home 

1967 Warren City Directory

• Smith Robert Z (Hazel H) Parish Battery & Electrical Service r51Mason Road

1983 Warren City Directory

• Smith Hazel 51 Mason Road
• Smith Robert Z (Hazel H) retired h27 Mason Road

The popularity of James as a baby name is graphed here.   Let's take a look at grandson Dustin. 

Source:  Social Security Administration

The Hollywood power of suggestion.  Dustin leapt onto the baby names chart in 1968, the same year that The Graduate was up for 7 Oscars, including Dustin Hoffman for Best Actor in a Leading Role.  (It won the statuette in only one category:  Best Picture.)  He ended up spending 23 years (1975-1987) in the top 100, peaking at #41in 1985.   He's now a long drop from his peak. 

Other members of the WAHS Class of 1962 (19)

2021

Elizabeth Hartnett Parinella.  (11/2)

Joyce Eileen Jefferson Coleman.  (8?25)

Linda Nasman Ferrie.  (7/24)

2020

Richard Alan Parker.  (11/3)

Bert Bliss.  (10/15)

Stephen Massa.  (10/9)

Bruno Vavala.  (7/2)

2019
Susan Mahood McGuire.  (11/24)

2018
Donald Gebhardt.  (12/3)

2017
David Kifer.  (11/26)
Jane Kay Simon Atwell.  (7/8)
Jerome Bowersox.  (4/14)
Judith Manchester Graham.  (3/2)
Andrew Gerbec.  (1/3)

2015
Carolyn Hummel Randas.  (3/3)

2014
Eleanor Haight Jones.  (12/10)
Cheryl Quiggle Wuertzer.  (12/3)
Martha Mathis Frederick.  (11/4)

Sarah Andrews Ahlgren.  (10/7)