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

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MARTIN I. BERGER I-lere's a lad who has a clever wil which he uses al opporlune and some- limes inopporlune momenls. Marl lives up lo his mollo, be happy and lherein lies lhe secrel lo lhe esleem which all his acquainlances hold lor him. GEORGE BERZINSKAS. JR. Allhough George has a greal admira- lion lor lhe movie slars, he probably doesn'l realize lhal he, himself. is slellar in more ways lhan one. A line combina- lion ol personalily, appearance, and in- lelliqence shall in lime make George lhe slellar doclor he desires lo become. WILLIAM EMAN UEL BONA Every dark cloud has a silver lining is lhe philosophy ol Billy , and because malh is his lavorile subiecl we hope lhal his lile may be like arilhmelic-ioys added, sorrows sublracled. lriends mul- liplied, no love undivided. M ELVIN BU LICK A lavor becomes doubly valuable when cheerlully granled. Scrubby , whose pel philosophy is Opporlunily knocks bul once. spends mosl ol his lime dancing. To ioin lhe marines and lake up llying are his plans lor lhe coming year. FRED CHARLES Silence is rare bul golden. Fred, a lulure naval ollicer believes in hard work and lair play. Among his pleasanl experiences in school, reading A Tale ol Two Ciliesf' was lhe besl. ALEXANDER A. CHIARUCCI Here's a slick. inlormal shol ol lhis ralher shy person, which al limes .makes him shine, as he is a rare sludenl. His ambilion is lo be an airplane mechanic and inlends lo lollow lhis up in an advanced school ol learning. JOSEPH W. CHILORO The honor ol being Vice-Presidenl ol his class goes lo Joseph lhis year. and well indeed he deserves il. A L'il Abner and Melvin Douglas lan, Joseph hopes someday lo become an engineer. I-Ie delighled in laking a parl in lhe dra- malical produclions al school. BETTY JANE BRAUCH You know All good lhings come in small packages and Janie is aboul lhe besl you'll ever lind. Belly Jane knows how lo gel her man, and once she gels him. well-you know lhe resl. To be a good surgical nurse is Belly Jane's ulmosl ambilion. BETTY BARBARA BRISKIN Clolhes- Clolhes- Clolhes- Bel's Iile sure does deal wilh clolhes, lor- her hobby is clolhes-she spends mosl ol her lime buying clolhes-and in lhe opposile sex she admires mosl ol all one who dresses well. bul delinilelyl I-lei plans are as yel unsellled. CATHERINE R. BUTRUCE A smile so small as mine rnighl be precisely lheir necessily. Killy spendf mosl ol her lime lislening lo lhe radio I-ler hobby is reading, her ambilion lc become a slenographer. She has likec besl aboul school assembly program: and pep meelings. IREN E ESTELLE BUZI UK She's lols ol lun. Bul lhe lhing lhal': grand aboul her is lhal she is so real so down-lo-earlh. There's absolulely nc sham aboul her. She has inlelligence and underslanding loo-nol only lhal she is much admired lor her charm anc lacl. VERNA CAPRIOTTI She's ingenuous, bul she's no rapif cllolhes horse. She loves lo lisler doesn'l gush answers direclly. She love lo dance, she'll fell you, inslead ol lry ing lo have you lhink she would reai Shakespeare every minule ol lhe day. REGINA DOLORES CARR Chic, lull ol airs and graces-lhal Jeanne. I'Ier silky brown hair is one 4 her besl assels. She keeps il beaulilull groomed and luslrous looking. l'If charm is wholly dependenl on her an malion and vilalily. Pel enlhusiasms ai reading and horseback riding. MARY F. CECERE The dark-haired beauly's poul w. prellier lhan many a maiden's smil Chemislry is Mary's lavorile subiecl ar she is going lo enler lhe procession i while uniforms al Mercy I-lospilf Mere delighls in dancing and rea ing books ol which Escape is h lavorile.

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JOHN BARBERIA This sprakling personaliTy has a mili- TarisTic sTreak in him. His plans include going To C. C. C. camp. He likes parTies besT in his own home and is usually hoping his Triends will drop in. ParTicipaTing in sporTs gives him his Thrill. JOSEPH JOHN BARGER The only way To have a Triend is To be one. Who's more suiTed To This Than BuTch ? His ambiTion is one which l am sure is, or aT IeasT was, aT some Time or anoTher, TirsT in The hearT oT every boy To be a good ball player. GRANT BARRALL This genTlernan is one oT The Triendli- esT persons you are ever likely To meeT. He is compleTely naTural, compleTely un- aTTecTed, gay, and a Triend To all. His ambiTion is To be a success in liTe. NORMAN BAUM Don'T worry abouT your work: do whaT you can, leT The resT go, and smile all The Time. Norm , whose peT philosophy is I.iTe can be beauTiTuI , spends mosT oT his Time playing The piano. His plans Tor nexT year are To enTer Temple Uni- versiTy To sTudy medicine. HERMAN BAUMANN Hermy is a real guy. honesT and decenT and big-hearTed. He's a naive sorT wiTh wide eyes and drawling voice. He's so alive and Tull oT The sorT oT ioy ThaT any girI's ideal young man would possess. WILLIAM BEHM A Tarmer is a rugged man so Toward The soil Turns Billy , buT noT To raising crops, he raises chickens. NexT To his chickens he likes Ann Sheridan besf. Bill expecTs To be a TirsT class car- penTer when he is Turned loose in The world. WILLIAM BEN EVITCH Bill is a shining example oT ThaT adage, PracTice makes perTecT . CaTch- ing behind The baT or looping The ball Through The hoops shows his compeTence as a baseball or baskeTball player. Hickory hopes To make baseball his vocaTion and avocaTion. HELEN BABINSKI This enTicing and giTTed creaTure obviously musT be included as a per- sonaliTy who readily aTTracTs and holds your aTTenTion. AlThough she usually doesn'T sTress iT, Helen can look iusT as glamorous as she wishes. ALBENA BAIKAUSKAS Be happy-go-lucky and The world is wiTh you, worry and you're on your own. Blondie's hobby is dancing wiTh The more handsome Tellows. To geT a good iob nexT year is Binky's plan, buT al' presenT har ambiTion is noThing in par- Ticular . CARMILLA F. BARONE lnclined To be somewhaT persisTenT Carmilla can neverTheless be under- sTanding and sympaTheTic when circum- sTances demand iT. Her versaTile con- versaTional abiliTy makes her welcome aT any gaThering. She enjoys corresponding wiTh Toreigners and would like To be a courT reporTer. ADELLE MARION BERTULIS This wisTTul porTraiT oT Dell especial- ly sTresses her charming personaliTy. Her biggesT asseT is her naTural good humor. She's a collecTor Too. PicTures oT her Triends are The iTems. She reads a greaT deal buT would like To be a songsTress. MADELINE BIGOSKI Her inTeresT in TooTball and baseball is only because oT The cenTer . TooT- sie eaTs To live and in The evenings enioys To lisTen To The radio wiTh STeve, oT course . She plans To enTer college. STELLA BOLINE Blonde hair, brown eyes, and dancing TeeT could describe no one else buT STella. AlThough she spenT mosT oT her spare Time dancing, Sis plans To be- come a nurse. ATTenTion boys! Here are The qualiTies Tor STella's leading man-good dancer, heighT, personaliTy. and noT The mushy Type. MARY TH ERESA BOYLE Ich Liebe Dich and similar phrases have proved To be a Terrible headache To Mary buT should you menTion music, or singing in parTicular, you're righT up her alley. Mary inTends To enTer FaTher Baker's Training School Tor Child Nurses nexT Tall. D--- CZIL---

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DOROTHY CHUKONIS Perhaps The reason DoTTy's favoriTe acfress is BeTTe Davis is Tl'1aT in many ways They are alike. Besides being well remembered for her superb acfing in The ChrisTmas play and singing in The Musical Comedy, her ideals of good sporfsmanship will always sef a shining example To ofhers. MARGARET G. CON ETY Have you heard The laTesT wise-crack, ioke or whaT's iT? MargareT's brighf smile, sunny disposiTion, and inevifable gum is guife a combinafion. The friend- liness of her classmaTes and friends is her main reason for enioying her high school days. REGINA ANNE CONNOR Jean wifh her own reddish hair, green eyes. and spaTTering of freckles is as beguiling a colleen as ever was. Her plans for nexT year are indefinife buf she is considering nursing as her fuTure work. CLAIRE CONSIDINE To be a nurse in The WaI+er Reed HospiTal is Claire's chief ambiTion. Claire spends mosf of her Time dancing and wishing, buT her hobby is ice skaf- ing. During her school career Claire made a number of friends because of her sincerify and friendliness. LILLIAN CORBETT Lillian, a BeTTe Davis fan, admires nosT The friends and companions she has made while aT G. A. R. Her am- :iTion is To become eifher a maThame- 'ics or nursing insTrucTor, and wiTh solid geomeTry as her favoriTe subiecf, how :ould she fail? MARY COURY Noise is noT her specialfy, buT wis- Iom her delighT. Her favorife pasfime s collecfing posfal cards and reading 'Gone WiTh The Wind. She plans To aecome a sTenographer or privafe sec- efary. 'HERESA RITA DAL SANTO AT close range Tess is nofhing like ou'd imagine she would be. Shes noT ard or sophisTicaTed buf eleganf and aTural. Talking To her she appears de- Ture. Her hobby, she claims, is Travel- 1g and her favorife pasfime is reading. WALTER K. CHM IOLA He's Too regular and Too human To ever apear, or even be in himself, sfuck- up. He's a loT of fun To have around. He likes sporTs and hiking and plans To ioin The aviaTion corps in The near fuTure. NORMAN R. COLE This Tall, well-sef up young fellow should insure ThaT smile! As a gloom chaser, iT's worTh a million. He would like To become an elecfrical engineer, and he inTends To go To college To follow up This vocafion. WILLIAM JOSEPH CRAWLEY lreland's gifT To G. A. R. is none ofher Than William l Willie To usl Joseph Crawley. Willie, who really was born in Ireland, found Acfivify Period To be The Thing he liked besT abouT school. However, his keen personaliTy, and Irish wiT, has won him a score of friends Throughouf The building. JOHN CZAJKOWSKI Never having known Chick some persons mighT dislike him on principle failing To see The sfreak of pure gold in him. He plans To enfer a prep school To become a lawyer. Liars and hand- shakers are unpopular wifh him. LEO DALLA VERDE Lee's smile is one of his mosT aT- Tracfive feaTures. A gay sense of humor and a Toleranf aTTiTude Toward everyone are his chief characferisfics. Everyone admires him for his sincerify and shy charm. His ambiTion lies in The field of aeronaufics. UDDONE DAL SANTO Always and always Louie Talks abouT mechanics. And why nof? His ambifion is To be a mechanic: mosT of his Time is spenT working on cars and nexT year he plans To work in a garage. Pep meeT- ings receive his nofe of enfhusiasm buf lady drivers do noT. ALBERT THEODORE DALTON Seeds of friendship were sown by him, and Truly scores of friends came To him. His True friend never woke him early especially aT camp. Foofball and ofher sporTs Take up Al's Time and he would like To sTudy To become a physical Train- ing direcfor.