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

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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.

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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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IRENE KATH RYN DENNIS Her greaTesT source of pleasure is varieTy. Irene Tollowed The commercial course as she would like To become a bookkeeper. Roller skaTing, ice skaTing, and waTching baskeTbaIl games help keep her mind occupied. Icky wanTs her men Tall. dark, and handsome. IRENE H. DEUTSCH 6. A. R. will suTTer a greaT loss when Reeny leaves. buT The nursing pro- Tession will gain a mosT worThy addiTion when she enTers iT. During her sTay wiTh us she has made a hosT of Triends wiTh her charming personaliTy and her ThoughTTulness oT oThers. JOSEPHINE N. DOLINSKI Jo is a social-minded girl who likes To go To parTies occasionally and gab. and laugh. and have a loT of Tun. She loves To misbehave. Who knows buT ThaT some day she will aTTain her ambiTion To be a swiTchboard operaTor. IDA DOWEY To know her is To like her. Horseback riding, reading, and IisTening To The radio Till her aTTer school hours. Ida will enTer The nursing profession in The Tall. Superman and The Redbook make her enioyable reading ma+eriaI. LEOCADIA DZIEDZIC A piece oT simple goodness and unTiring sweeTness oT human naTure. Honey hopes To become a sTeno- grapher while she isn'T spending her dime over aT Davis' Roller SkaTing Rink. She Thoroughly admires a poliTe and well dressed genTleman and by The looks of Things, she's noT doing so badly. CARRIE EICKE Ike's greaT personaliTy and under- sTanding naTure make her a 'friend To everyone. When she is noT helping oThers or adding new friends To her enormous lisT she is eiTher roller skaTing or reading one OT The laTesT books. MARGARET EIGENBROD A laughing Tace. a corny ioke, a pair OT dancing TeeT, and yep iT's Chicken. I'ler inspiring personaliTy has won more Triends Than any one. Her philosophy, Life is shorT and sweeT, so make The besT oT IT, describes her besT. M. LLOYD DAVI ES Make The mosT oT yourself Tor ThaT is all There is oT you. Nay is anoTher prooT ThaT big Things come in small packages. His ambiTion is To become a mechanical engineer. Lloyd's plan Tor The coming year is To enTer Lehigh UniversiTy. JOSEPH DeFILIPPI One oT Joe's claims To populariTy is his grand sense oT humor which should carry him Tar, His one ambiTion is To be a machinisT. He inTends To go To ConnecTicuT To look Tor a iob aTTer leaving school. AUGUSTINO DI GIAMMARINO Being a model airplane enThusiasT, AugusTino plans To make This branch oT The service his career. He likes To Travel, camp, and hike ouTside of school. Spinucci wroTe. I iusT can'T under- sTand The girls, and we can'T imagine why. MICHAEL DOBISH He's Tull ol energy and ambiTion and likes To learn someThing new all The Time. His TalenT. eTTorT, and energies are devoTed To mechanics. His one ambiTion in IiTe is To be a good machinisT. BERNARD R. DRAKE He has a suppressed desire To be a band leader. Musically speaking, he likes boTh The classics and iazz. A Tavor- iTe subiecT wiTh him is science and plans Tor nexT year include an exTension oT This science course. EDGAR DRESSEL QuieT someTimes buT mosTly having a good Time aT everyThing. Iggy spends a loT oT Time dancing and going To The movies and believes VarieTy is The spice oT liTe. To be an airplane mechanic is his ambiTion, buT nexT year he plans jusT To Take iT easy. THOMAS DREWICZ A handsome Tellow will geT along, buT This man is inTeIligenT also, Therefore he may go Tar. Tommy speaks and every- one will lisTen as his cheerTulness is caTching. WiTh his pleasanT personaliTy lyou can ask any of The girlsl he should go Tar in his chosen Tield of medicine.