Two Announce School Board Candidacies - Dominic Dascola, Dr. James O'Neill Enter Trustee Race

Two Announce

School Board

Candidacies

Dominic Dascola,

Dr. James O’Neill

Enter Trustee Race

Dr. James C. O’Neill, University

associate professor of French, and

Dominic D. Dascola, a barber and

owner of Dascola Barbers here,

today announced their Candida-

cies in the June 11 Ann Arbor

school board election.

They bring to eight the num-

ber of candidates who have filed.

 

The deadline for filing normi-

nating petitions to run for three

trustee posts is 4 p.m. today.

 

Dr. O’Neill, 46, of 1025 Baldwin,

declared about his candidacy,

"one of my concerns and major

interests in the state is the co-

operation between high schools

and colleges all along the line.”

 

He received his bachelor’s de-

gree in 1930, master’s in 1932 and

doctorate degree in 1941, all from

the University, where he has

(photo)

(date stamp superimposed over photo):

SAT MAY 12 1956

(Caption under photo:)

Dominic D. Dascola

taught in the department of ro-

mance languages and literatures

since 1932.

Dr. O’Neill during World

War II was a first lieutenant

in the Army Signal Security

Agency, serving between 1942

and 1946.

He is a member of the Modern

Language Association of America,

Central States Modern Language

Teachers Association and Ameri-

can Association of Teachers of

French. At the University he is

on the board of governors of the

University Student Religious As-

sociation.

Married, Dr. O’Neill has four

children, Molly, 8; Katie, 7; Ellen,

4; and John, 2.

Dascola, 42, has operated his

current business here since 1938.

About his candidacy, Dascola said:

"I have been an active partici-

pant since 1952 in the Citizens

School Advisory Committee,

whose recommendations have

been accepted and enacted by the

Board of Education.

"Having studied school prob-

lems and needs, I foresee a chal-

lenging future in educational

planning dealing with the tre-

mendous growth of our schools.

 

Stresses Needs

"More buildings are needed,

more salaries, a readjustment of

services and a continued evalua-

tion of our curriculum to main-

tain high standards without

slighting the ‘three R’s.’ The

problems of annexation and

transportation also have to be

settled.”

Dascola received his bachelor's'

degree in 1936 and master’s in 

1937, both from the University,

and did post-graduate work at the

University in public administra-

tion in 1938.

Memberships Told

Dascola, who lives at 2251 Bel-

mont, is a member of the Uni-

versity Alumni Club, the Michi-

gan Club, the Knights of Colum-

bus, the Quarterback Club, the

Ann Arbor Civic Theater, a mem-

ber of the Christmas Sing and a

member of the Thursday Noon

Men’s Club.

He also belongs to the Angell

School PTA and the Tappan Jun-

nior (sic) High School PTO and is a

former member of the Bach and

Mack Schools’ PTO’s.

Dascola for the past two years

also has been a member of the

Citizens School Committee, which

is dedicated to getting candidates

to run for school board posts.

Dascola belongs to the Ann

Arbor Chamber of Commerce. He

is past secretary-treasurer and a 

director of the State Barbers As-

sociation, past president and sec-

retary of the Ann Arbor Barbers'

Association, and a member of the

State-Wide Barber Committee of

1941, which helped to revise the

barber law to raise professional

standards and ethics of barbers.

 

Married, Dascola is the father

three children, Judy, 9, Robert,

10, and David, 13, all of whom

attend Ann Arbor public schools.