1956 National Championships
July 1 – 7
North Avenue Rollerway, Melrose Park, Chicago, Illinois
725 Contestants – 30 Artistic & 12 Speed Events
Senior Men Singles
1st – Bill Ferraro – Livonia, Mich.
2nd –Terry Eyler – Washington, D.C.
3rd – Hugh Devore – Bayonne, N.J. (picture to right)
Senior Ladies’ Singles
1st – Doris Dahl – Bayonne, N.J.
2nd –Avis Cook – Pasadena, Calif.(picture to right)
3rd –Carole Stull – Livonia, Mich.
Senior Dance
1st – Ray Tiedemann, Jeanne Tiedemann – Mt. Vernon, N.Y.
2nd –Madelyn Higgins, Earl Roberts – Bayonne, N.J.
3rd - William Thelgen, Carolyn Elias – Bridgeport, Conn.
Senior Mixed Pairs
1st – Bill Ferraro, Barbara Searles – Livonia, Mich.(picture to right)
2nd –Oliver Heisler, Marilyn Pavlick – Hackensack, N.J.
3rd –Elizabeth Cunningham, Hugh DeVore – Bayonne, N.J.
Senior Ladies’ Pairs
1st – Alice Betzler, Elizabeth Cunningham – Bayonne, N.J.
2nd – Susan Lessne, - Levittown, N.Y. & Judy Snyder – Mineola, N.Y.
3rd – Heather Wright, Sharon Wright – Livonia, Mich.
Senior Fours
1st – Oliver Heisler, Diane Ludwig, George Schmitt, Mary Lou Malloy – Elizabeth, N.J. (picture below)
2nd – William Binner, Dawn Brown, Daniel Kungl, Judy Foden – Trenton, N.J.
3rd – Ronald Fitzgerald, Betty Urbec, Edward Morton, Claudette Austin – Worcester, Mass.
Senior Men Speed
1st – Dee Rigg – San Francisco, Calif.
2nd – Al Eckwerth – Mt. Vernon, N.Y.
3rd – Jack Napornik – Melrose Park, Ill.
Senior Men 5 Mile Relay
1st – Ronald Spillman, George Thomas – Alexandria, Va.
2nd – David Bickel, Raymond Pennypacker – Reading, N.J.
Senior Ladies’ Speed
1st – Furn Walton – Washington, D.C.
2nd – Barbara Butler – Unattached - Passaic, N.J.(picture to right)
3rd – Barbara Fugel – Washington, D.C.
Senior Ladies’s Relay
1st – Furn Walton, Barbara Fugel – Washington, D.C.
Junior Men Singles
1st – Fred Wheeler – Bladensburg, Md.
2nd – Ronald Fitzgerald – Worcester, Mass.
3rd – William Binner – Trenton, N.J. (picture to right)
Junior Ladies Singles
1st – Nancy Gailbraith – Livonia, Mich.
2nd – Theresa Colaio – Bayonne, N.J.
3rd – Barbara Pastern – Mineola, N.Y.
Junior Dance
1st – Robert Lange, Carol Nanck – Levittown, N.Y.
2nd – Patrick McDermott, Judith Riker – Mineola, N.Y.
3rd – George Schmitt, Mildred Peletz – Elizabeth, N.J.
Junior Mixed Pairs
1st – William Binner, Dawn Brown – Trenton, N.J. (picture to right)
2nd – George Schmitt, Mary Lou Malloy – Elizabeth, N.J.
3rd – Orlando Brescia, Gerry King – Mt. Vernon, N.Y.
Junior Men’s Speed
1st – Peter Mangone – Mt. Vernon, N.Y.
2nd – Rony Winzhall – Ill.
3rd – Mike Nash – Washington, D.C.
Junior Ladies Speed
1st – May Hansen – Mt. Vernon, N.Y.
2nd – Pat Bicknell – Bladensburg, Md.
3rd – Ellen Burton – Alexandria, Va.
Intermediate Men’s Singles
1st – David Julien –Livonia, Mich.
2nd – Paul Zukowski – Elizabeth, N.J.
3rd – Jack Becker – Bladensburg, Md.
Intermediate Ladies’ Singles
1st – Dawn Brown – Trenton, N.J. (picture to right)
2nd - Judy Snyder – Mineola, N.Y.
3rd – Barbara Searles – Livonia, Mich.
Intermediate Dance
1st – Jay Slaughter, Janet Larsen – Chicago, Ill.
2nd – Leonard Wofsey, Barbara Pruett – Levittown, N.Y.
3rd – William Robenstein, - Paramus, N.J. & Patricia Lordan – Hackensack, N.J.
Intermediate Mixed Pairs
1st – Jack Becker, Sue Kalavitinos – Bladensburg, Md. (picture to right)
2nd – Lewis Anderson, Ruth Riegle – Davison, Mich.
3rd – Larry Seegot, Judy Snyder – Mineola, N.Y.
Intermediate Fours
1st –Richard Gatty, Lee Reed, Bob West, Theresa Colaio – Bayonne, N.J.
2nd – Becker, Kalavitinos, Wheeler, Beasley – Bladensburg, Md.
3rd – Derham, Kobane, Frazer, Minton – Livonia, Mich.
Intermediate Ladies’ Speed
1st – Joan Hobeck – Alexandria, Va.
2nd – Judy McGuire – Mt. Vernon, N.Y.
3rd – Alice Betzler – Bayonne, N.J.
Intermediate Men’s Speed
1st – Ronny Villetto – Mt. Vernon, N.Y.
2nd – Ted Stachurski – Mt. Vernon, N.Y.
3rd – A. Wilson – Ill.
Intra Dance
1st – John Hartnett, Anne Kessler – Levittown, N.Y
2nd – James Brady, Nancy Alink – Mineola, N.Y.
3rd – Edward Werst, Edna Schaefer – Levittown, N.Y.
Novice Ladies’ Singles
1st – Susan Lessne – Levittown, N.Y. (picture to right
2nd – Ruth Riegle – Davison, Mich.
3rd – Diane Ludwig – Elizabeth, N.J.
Novice Men’s Singles
1st – Robert McDonald – Trenton, N.J. (picture to right)
2nd – Paul Kreilick – Washington, D.C.
3rd – Larry Patrick – Dallas, Texas
Novice Dance
1st – John Sorrentino, Marilyn Sorrentino – Melrose Park, Ill.
2nd – Larry Harris, Dianna DeLisle – Noblesville, Ind.
3rd – Donald Gailbraith, Linda Kobane – Livonia, Mich.
Novice Ladies’ Pairs
1st - Linda Kobane, Sandra Somerville – Livonia, Mich.
2nd – Barbara Blair, Ruth Riegle – Davison – Davison, Mich.
3rd – Adelina Petranto, Barbara Prokop – Trenton, N.J.
Novice Mixed Pairs
1st – George Frazer, Sharon Minton – Livonia, Mich.
2nd – Paul Kreilick, Doris Woods – Washington, D.C.
3rd – Paul Flester, Nancy Wilson – Worcester, Mass.
Novice Ladies’ Speed
1st – Sandra Pettit - Bladensburg, Md.
2nd – Linda Kobane – Livonia, Mich.
3rd – Diane Bandstra – Paterson, N.J.
Novice Men’s Speed
1st – Robert Monar – Bayonne, N.J. (picture to right)
2nd – Keith Ward – Marion, Ind.
3rd – Edmund Gilday – Elizabeth, N.J.
Sub-Novice Ladies
1st – Linda Kobane – Livonia, Mich.
2nd – Jackie Zimmerman – Melrose Park, Ill.
3rd – Arlene Gerschwinder – Mineola, N.Y.
Sub-Novice Men
1st – George Frazer – Livonia, Mich.
2nd – Warner Frazer – Livonia, Mich.
3rd – Richard Jackson – Sun Valley, Calif.
Sub-Novice Mixed Pairs
1st – Warner Frazer, Sandra Elliott – Livonia, Mich.
2nd – Ronald Derham, Linda Kobane – Livonia, Mich.
3rd – Robert McDonald, Eunice Prokop – Trenton, N.J. (picture to right)
Sub-Novice Dance
1st – Arnold Vanderflught, Sharon Mitty – Melrose Park, Ill.
2nd – Ronald Derham, Linda Beaton – Livonia, Mich.
3rd – Warner Frazer, Sandra Elliott – Livonia, Mich.
Juvenile Girl’s
1st – Sandra Elliott – Livonia, Mich.
2nd – Tony Savanetti – Mineola, N.Y.
3rd – Michele Gaudenzi – Bayonne, N.J.
Juvenile Boy’s
1st – Gregory Brooks –Melrose Park, Ill.
2nd – Dickie Pezzopane – Melrose Park, Ill.
3rd – Paul Franks – Livonia, Mich.
Juvenile Mixed Pairs
1st –Patricia Seibel, Allen Kinsley – Bayonne & Elizabeth, N.J.
2nd – Kim Griffith, Sandra Durbin – Livonia, Mich.
3rd – John DiChiara, Dianne Orfe – Mt. Vernon, N.Y.
Juvenile Dance
1st – Steven Courtney, Gaya Jo Nelson – Marion, Ind. (picture to right)
2nd – Robert Cochrane, Cheryl Werner – Levittown, N.Y. (picture below)
3rd – Carl Henderson, Sue Cramer – Marion, Ind.
Juvenile Girl’s Speed
1st – Diana Loy – Bladensburg, Md.
2nd –Patricia Seibel – Elizabeth, N.J
3rd – Sue Phillips – Livonia, Mich.
Juvenile Boy’s Speed
1st – Kent Wall – Marion, Ind.
2nd – Allen Kinsley – Elizabeth, N.J.
3rd – Kurt Wall – Marion, Ind.
Tiny Tot Girl’s Free Skate
1st – Annette Hamblen – Dallas, Texas
2nd – Chere Villegas – Stockton, Calif.
3rd – Georgia Winters – Elizabeth, N.J. (picture to right)
Tiny Tot Boy’s Free Skate
1st – Tommy McDonald – Trenton, N.J.
2nd – David Miltun – Sun Valley, Calif.
3rd – Jerry Fuller – Livonia, Mich.
