G A R Memorial High School - Garchive Yearbook (Wilkes Barre, PA)

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SHEFHELD JON ABRAHAM . . . has been a member of fhe dramafic. glee. currenl evenls, and dancing clubs. Shelfe was one of lhe co-chairmen of lhe Hallowe'en dance and a member of lhe casl oi lhe Chrislmas play. Served as homeroom represenfafive for lhree years. Would like io be a ceriified public accounlanl. FRANCES ANN AGURKIS . . . enlered G. A. R. from Parrish Slreel school and look a commercial course. Was homeroom secrelary and vice-presidenl Aclive in Girl Reserves for lhree years and belonged also lo Garscribes and S. S. S. clubs. Fran likes bicycling, skaling. and reading. Aciive in church work. XXZM-'QCII AUDREY MAE ALLEN . . . came from Parrish Slreel school lo G. A. R., where she has Taken an academic course. Audrey served as bank cashier and as associale represenlalive, and was a member of lhe knilling club for 'Iwo years. Her hobbies are swimming and reading. She is aclive in church work. JOSEPH J. ADAMS . . . came from Hazle Slreel school lo G. A. R. as a sevenlh grade sludenl. Has Taken a commercial course. Was a member of lhe C. M. T. C. and biology clubs. Joe was homeroom bank cashier for +wo years. His main hobby is reading good books. WILLIAM HENRY ADAMS . . . enlered G. A. R. in I932 from Parrish Sireel school. Quincy, whose ambilion is lo become a cabinel' maker. has Taken a lech ' I c urse. A member of lhe slage crew, fwice a bank cashier, and a one- lime ember of lhe lr k leam. He enioys lhe ouldoor life. mainly camping ag? fishing. , EGI A MA MBRUSTER . . . is greally inieresled in reading, hiking, sw ' g, nd iding, + she also found lime for lhe marionelle, Girl Reserves, danc'ng, ' ing clubs. Was on The senior lea commillee and lhe commil- fee lhe operella. Jeanie would like lo become an eificienl secrelary. el EVELYN JAYNE ARONOFF . . . has for several years been a member of lhe library s'ruden+ slaff as well as of hall and cafeleria pa+rols: received pin for former, and shield for laffer. Presidenf of safely palrol in lenfh grade. Member of egueslrian and ping-pong clubs. Evelyn would like To become a nurse. JOSEPH GEORGE ADOMITIS . . . enlered G. A. R. from Meade Slreel school afler spending his lirsl six years lhere. Was a iunior usher and served on The assembly book squad. His hobbies are fishing and camping. Joe's ambifion is lo become a firsl class machinisi. LEONARD LEO ADOMITIS . . . came lo G. A. R. from Cusler Sfreef school in sevenlh grade and look a lechnical course. Lennie is fond of ouldoor life and can oflen be seen slariing of for a hike lh ugh 'rhe woods. He is also inleresled in alhlelics. I f 4 l Y X . A ...'. ying ak'n an ac' rs . p lo go in lrain- in ' paralion flior beco ing Ehild nurs . Corky has been an aclive member of hall and cafel l a olsyireceivexja shieLd for her services. Was a member of ping-pon , rg lic 'anijcLipsirianilclubs. Her hobbies are Tennis and bibywgs I . x - FRANCES AUSTIN . . . was presidenl of hall palrol and a member of lhe girls' varsify baskefball leamg received awards in bolh aciivilies. She played a lead in lhis year's musical comedy and sang in lwo olhers. Belonged lo lhe dramalic, ping-pong, and dancing clubs. Fanny hopes 'ro become a leacher of home economics. WILLIAM THOMAS ALLEN . . . a commercial sludenl, eniered lhe sevenfh grade from Gran? Slreel school. Was a member of the biology club and basker- ball leam, receiving a leffer in 'the la'r'rer aclivily. Held several homeroom offices. Bill's hobby is radio. His chief ac+ivi+ies oulside of school are swim- ming, ping-pong. and reading. l'4 l4-I Yu: 7'-ROM ME Q-Eff'

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SPCTLIGHT ON CLASS CF '38 IT was a sunny morning lasT SepTember when we came back To G. A. R. To enTer our senior year. Every eye was brighT and every smile was merry, Tor hadn'T we iusT compleTed a Tine vacaTion packed wiTh Tun, and weren'T we abouT To enTer The Tinal year oT our school IiTe. Soon we realized The parT we were To play in The eyes oT The under-classmen. The spoTlighT Tell on us, and our every move and gesTure was a paTTern Tor The younger sTudenTs To Tollow. We TelT as Though we musT play our parTs well, To leave behind us The memory oT a Tine class, a Tine year, and a Tine record. cupied The senior seaTs during chapel exercises. We TelT T-' our digniTy rise as we wenT To classes carrying wiTh us our impressive looking Virgil books, chemisTry, solid geomeTry, and oTher advanced TexTs. We were going To make someThing oT ourselves This year. We recall how proud we TelT The TirsT Time we oc- r P, J-. Then we decided we should Tully TiT ourselves Tor our exalTed posiTions by ioining many organizaTions, aT- Tending The dances, games, and plays. FooTball season Tound us presenT aT all The games cheering Tor our dear alma maTer. We remember The TirsT Tall PaTrons' Day when our Teachers and moThers meT, The opening baskeTball games, The impressive ChrisTmas play . . . and Then ChrisTmas vacaTion. ATTer New Year's we seTTled down To some hard sTudy Tor The mid-year examinaTions, buT we managed To aTTend baskeTball games .... We were charmed by The opereTTa, CapTain oT The Guard, and we ThoughT The senior play, Mrs. Temple's Telegram, The besT ever. And Then spring vacaTion! And aTTer ThaT we aT- Tended The meeTings oT The various senior commiTTees. . . . Senior phoTographs! WhaT a Time we had choosing our besT pose Tor The Garchive .... Track season .... Baseball games. BuT all Too soon we realized ThaT graduaTion was buT a shorT Time away. As we pracTiced our commencemenT program, deep inside we experienced a wisTTul Teeling. .. .And Then The ouTing .class nighT . . .class day. . . and Tinally . . . GraduaTionI . . .TonighT as we march down The aisle Tor The lasT Time, every head will be high, proud ThaT we have aTTained our goal .... And yeT, every eye will be misTy as we leave The audiTorium. IT is Tarewell To our high school days. f And now we go ouT inTo The world To Take our places as men and women. Whenever The spoTlighT oT aTTen- Tion Talls upon us in The TuTure may iT show us playing our parTs well. True To The ideals we have gained aT 6. A. R., our alma maTer dear. U31 Dk,-w.,,,l,f'F..ff.1-2 .T is CLASS OFFICERS Bernard Blaum ---- PresidenT GerTrude Jones - Vice-PresidenT Rosemary O'Connor - SecreTary Frank Romanick - - Treasurer

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MORRIS ALTMAN pursued an academic course u on nT ri p ee'ngG.A.R. from Granf STreeT school in l934. Moishie held The office of homeroom rep- resenfafive in his sophomore and senior years, and was a member of The swim- ming, rnafhemafics, dancing, ping-pong, and French clubs. MARY BERETSKY . . . became so much inTeresTed in her work as a member of The library sTudenT sfaff for Three years ThaT she plans To become a librarian. Enfered G. A. R. from Cusfer Sfreef school and has Taken a commercial course Member of kniTTing club and Girl Reserves. Collecfs souvenirs and does church work. BETTY BOSCH . . . elecfed a commercial course when she enfered G. A. R. from Granf STreeT school in her freshman year. Was a member of biology. dramafic, Garscribes, dancing, and kniTTing clubs, Homeroom secrefary and paTrolman. Ambilion is To become a secrefary. Boochy likes needlework, reading, dancing, and amafeur dramafics. FRED M. BASGIER . . . was sfage manager in his senior year aT G. A. R. Maxie belonged To orchesfra and band for four years, biology club Two years, and swimming club one year. He hopes To sfudy elecTrical engineering. Likes To go fishing and hunfing, and To experimenf wifh elecfricify. JOSEPH J. BECKUS . . . arT ifor of The Bgue and Gray sfaff, epifolled al' G. A. R. irX,,TenTh gyade fro T. lary's school, Joe was a m b,er pf T 9 kenaf for Three yfiixrs-1nd wqfizsin Three blndxdoncerfs. Belorilged Tdmmming, K. A. K., dramaTic, and dancing clubs. Would like To be an audifor., I I' EVELYN CARRIE BROWN . . . came To G. A. R. from Granf Sfreef school in I933. Brownie has been a member of The Garscribes and Girl Reserves. She plans To enfer Wilberforce Universify affer graduafion from G. A. R. and There sfudy To become a com ' I T h . M her fa voriTe pasTimes. mercia eac er ovies, moforing, and music are HELEN CHAPKO . . . known To us all for her excellenT impersonafions, made her greaTesT hif as MarTha in The senior play. Member of The pafrol squad. Garchive sfaff, Girl Reserves, dramaTic, kniTTing, and dancing clubs. Chap was homeroom represenfafive for four years. Served on library sTudenT sfaff and received a pin for her service. GEORGE JOSEPH BERNESKY . . . plans To join The navy and To Take up elecfrical engineering, Scrappy was a member of The biology, and social dancing clubs. When noT playing baskefball afler school, he may be found experrmenfing wifh moTors. George came To G. A, R. from Meade Sfreef school in sevenfh grade. NAPOLEON BERTULIS . . . was an associafe edilor of The Blue and Gray and received his pin. Nap also received a leffer for baskefball. Was a member of The dancing class and served as bank cashier during his senior year. He is inferesfed in mosT sporfs and parficipafes in many during his leisure Time. DOROTHY ELIZABETH CHURCH . . . enrolled in The commercial course affer enfering G. A. R. from GranT STreeT school in l932. DOT was a member of Th d h Th d ' ' ' e spee y s or an sfenographers club, Girl Reserves, and knlffing club. Oufside of school she is acfive in church work. She hopes To become a sfenographer. FLORENCE COHEN . . . enfered G. A. R. from Weaver school and Took a commercial course. Belonged To The Garscribes and kniTTing clubs. Fagqie received an award for Three years' service on The Table pafrol. Hopes To become a sfenographer. Likes Tennis and ping-pong. Collecfs sfarnps and coins. BERNARD M. BLAUM . . . presidenf of The class of l938, enrolled in The academic course upon Transferring here from The Honesdale Cafholic high school in I935. Bernie is a Three-lefler man, having received his shield in Toofball. basketball, and Track. Also has been a member of ping-pong and mafhemafics clubs. l'5l las