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William F. Huber Safety Patrolman at West Mifflin SchoolSubmitted by William R. Huber, son of William F. Huber The safety patrol helping the student across the Bethel Church Road, now Old Lebanon Church Road was the submitter's father, William F. Huber. His sister Kate is the young lady behind Howard Schwidt, the boy on crutches. Kate Gamble still lives in the Pittsburgh area about 5 miles from where this photo was taken. William lived to the age of 82 and died in 2002. This article appeared in the Post Gazette newspaper. West Mifflin school was located south of Pittsburgh in West Mifflin boro. The large hill in the background of the photo is the old slag dump from the local steel mills. If was very large and a train carrying slag circled it on the top and dumped hot liquid slag over the sides The school was located on the main road and not far from the current Allegheny County airport. William F. Huber was born and raised in the Pittsburgh area, working for USS at the Irwin Works. A number of family members still live in the south hills area of Pittsburgh. Click on any portion of the article to view an enlargement.
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