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

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IVA RUTH RIGGIO ll in i950 your hear ol lhe new sen- salional aclress, il will probably be Rig , Allhough she inlends lo go inlo lraining, Rig believes in lhe old say- ing, ll lhere's a will, lhere's a way I MARGARET THERESA RILEY She is vilal and magnelic, endowed wilh a wide variely ol inleresls. Her inlegrily and honesly are ungueslion- able. Peggy has hopes ol becoming a slenographer. She loves sweels and indulges in lhem wilhoul gaining an ounce. How does she do il? SELMA SHIRLEY RINGEL This charming young lady has every- lhing one's besl girl should have-looks. sweelness. charm, piquancy, personalily, and lhal isn'l all. Her chosen prolession is nursing. and lhal lakes lalenl and brains. DOROTHY ANN RIPKIN Dolly is a lillle lhing wilh a voice ol warm honey. She's a popular gal because she lislens well and knows how lo prolil by oll'ier's mislakes. She is going in lraining in New York aller leaving school. DORIS ROHME Frankness, coupled wilh a pleasanl simplicily, conslilule lwo ol her oul- slanding characlerislics. Dependable. consislenl in anylhing she allempls-she has a lerrilic personalily. Collecling slamps gives her a big lhrill. She has a special lalenl lor inlerior decoraling. CARMELINE ROMAN Praise loudly-blame sollly.- Carm , whose pel philosophy is He builds loo low who builds benealh lhe slars. spends mosl ol her lime collecling beau- lilul piclures. She has liked besl aboul school lhe educalion and lun in English class. Her hobby is reading good books, HELEN B. ROVINSKI She has beauly, inlelliqence, and serenily. logelher wilh somelhing much more compelling-an indescribable inner gualily. She enjoys swimming and plans lo do exlra curricular work aller leaving school. EDWARD MORAN Slriclly speaking, Eddie is a rnan's man. He may seem a lillle shy, bul if you have lhe chance lo lalk lo him. you'll discover he's an inlelligenl con- versalionalisl. He never gossips aboul anyone and believes in lhe mollo live and lel live. ANTHONY PETE MOSES Mose is a person who has our sin- cere admiralion. ln olher words he's swell. He knows when lo pul in a diplomalic word al lhe righl lime. He's delinilely a baseball lan and would like Lo pilch lor lhe New York Yankees some ay. EDWARD P. MUSHINSKI Ed is casual and amusing and a lol ol lun. He is very long on good sense loo. He looks lorward lo gelling a iob as a pholographer, or he may even do some lype ol police work. GEORGE J. NACKLEY His loolball career has in a shorl lime reached a high plane, and every- one likes him. He lakes success modesl- ly being a mosl unassuming person. Il circumslances permil. he plans lo go lo college. LUCAS NARDONE A lriend in need: a lriend indeed. Ly , a lulure avialor, prelers swimming and dancing lo sludying. His ideal eve- ning would be spenl in dancing lo lhe music ol Glenn Miller. as his black wavy hair and pleasanl smile would snalch many a maiden's hearl. IGNATIUS NAVITSKI Iggy , lhe big lillle boy who be- lieves nolhing ol whal he hears and hall ol whal he sees. changed his mind when he saw Belly Grable. Since lhen his pel likes are girls, baskelball, and swimming, while he lhoroughly dislikes girls who iusl love lo lalk. RAYMOND J. NOVACK Here's one ol lhe nicesl porlrails we've come across. Ray has brighl blue eyes lhal shine wilh exlraordinary candor. His plan lor nexl year is lo become a salesman lor a good lirm. Wilh lhe senior name cards he prac- liced salesmanship on us. Page Twenly-nine

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MANUEL MARTINEZ He's a man of rare gills, courage, and magnelism. His guizzical eyes and laughing moulh leads one lo realize his grand wil and sense of humor. He is going lo ioin lhe Army-lhe avialion corps lo be sure. JAMES MAYOCK Dark wavy hair, snappy eyes, a cheer- ful smile, and freckles all belong lo +his one man. Jimmy was an eager par- licipalor in sporls unlil a broken arm handicapped him. To become a denlisl is Hawkeye's ambilion, and sporls pholography, his hobby. THOMAS J. McANDREW Allenlion, girls who do nol lalk loo much, have personalily, and a good lasle for dressing. The way lo Mac's hearl is lhrough his slomach. Dancing. ealing, and parlicipaling in some sporl fill up his lime. His ambilion is lo be a iour- nalisl. AL McCLOSKY Mac is as real, as human, and as down lo Earlh as any American boy seeking an educalion. His plans for nexl year are indefinile. bul he has high hopes of becoming an accounlanl. ROBERT McDERMOTT Roberl is inleresled in chemislry. He is more or less as you would expecl, a modern guy wilh enlhusiasm, punch, and whal we call wham. Nor does he pre- lend lhal he's somelhing he isn'l. His plans for nexl year include going lo college. THOMAS McHUGH Mac is human, underslanding, and sympalhelic. and if you don'l lhink he gels fun oul of life, you oughl lo see lhe lwinkle in his eyes and hear him chuckle. The golden rule expresses defi- nilely his mollo in life. For him il is lhe sensible life. ALBERT MINETOLA One shall know him by his lalk of nonsense and his grin from ear lo ear. Al enjoyed sporls, swimming prefer- ably, and dancing. Enlering lhe lrucking induslry wilh his brolhers for a year and lhen enler Penn Slale lo sludy denlal surgery will fill his ambilion. JEAN PETERS Where did you gel your -eyes so blue? Dancing and roller skaling are lhis lady's hobbies, bul olhers really do like lo hear her sing. Jean does a large amounl of choir work bul hopes lo gel a iob as a lypisl in an office. MARTHA PODKUL Marlha's individualislic. She doesn'l mince words nor honey and dear people all over lhe place. as some are prone lo do. She has delinile likes and dis- likes coupled wilh an ambilion and de- lerminalion lhal is lerrific. HARRIET ELLEN PONTING The old adage Laugh and lhe world laughs wilh you, cry and you cry alone, is Harriel's mollo. However the lasl parl isn'l al all necessary. for she is never wilhoul a cheery word or smile for anyone. Harriel wanls lo lake a course in lailoring nexl year. ALICE JANE POWELL A prelly face and a pleasanl smile makes life worlh-while. Alice spends mosl of her lime roller skaling. Book- keeping being her favorile subiecl. she plans lo do office work. Alice likes lo eal ice cream and cake. bul ask her aboul sludying for lesls. CATHERINE ANNE PUGH lsn'l lhis a lovely piclure of lovable Kay ? She keeps smiling and never complains under any circumslance. She has unbelievable courage. Il' is only proper lhal her philosophy should be Smile and lhe world smiles wilh you, weep and you weep alone. MARION G. REMPHREY This young lady wilh her brown eyes and usually merry smile is as full of mischief as she appears lo be. She spends lols of her leisure lime horse- back riding. Rem lruly enioyed her weekly gab sessions al Bing's . SARALOUISE RICHARDS When Sal visils you-beware--for her hobby is collecling souvenirs. and she iusl loves lo lalk. To succeed in lhe business world is her goal. In school she liked lo be wilh her friends. Nexl year she plans lo be wilh lhem al Wyo- ming Seminary.

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MIRIAM SARE Toni, a Lil' Abner fan, ediTor-in- chieT of The Blue and Gray. and, fu- Ture correspondenT of The New York Times claims ThaT, WiTh The help of her excellenT abiliTy To iiTTerbugging and her sparkling personaliTy she geTs 'em Tall. dark. and you knowI ' DORIS A. SCUREMAN There can be deTecTed in Do Do's personaliTy a wholesome buoyanT spiriT of a girl eager for life and deTermined To gef The mosT ouT of iT. She afTecTs The kind of hair bob one sees on debs in The roTogravure. JEANNE K. SEIGER Everybody's Triend in need, every- body's friend indeed. Jeanne. one of The ouTsTanding roller skafinq champs in G. A. R., is really inTeresTed in becom- ing a child's nurse. OuTside of roller skaTing Jeanie's favorife pasTime would be reading Smiling Jack, or LiTTle Women. MARION N. SHINER Day dreams are sweeT dreams as lv1arion's dreamy eyes reveal. She's as versaTiIe as she looks. lsn'T This The perfecT pose of The sophisTicaTe? YeT acfually, she is one of The sweller scoufs-no hokum nor fuss. ISABELLE SIM MON ETTE Isabelle is bo+h cheerful and acTive. a pleasanT combinaTion. She professes a liking Tor swimming and roller skaTing. She spends much of her spare Time reading or parTicipaTing in church ac- TiviTies. Her ambiTion is To be a good sTenographer. and she plans To geT a iob wiTh a reliable firm. LOUISE C. SIMONCAVAGE Louise's naTuralIy cheerTuI disposifion never seems To be ruffled. and she has a keen and delighTful sense of humor. To know her is To like her: To make a friend of her is To have one forever. MARION SINCAVAGE A delecTable vision of delighT, if l ever saw one. She is differenT-noT only honesT and down-To-earTh. She is Tun-loving and full of mischief. WiTh her around There are always plenfy of laughs. Page ThirTy EDWARD G. OBERAITIS Eddie has a charm ThaT draws you To him. so companionable and under- sTanding. He disregards personal ap- pearance and personal habiTs, and iT doesn'T obliviaTe his individualism in The leasT. He's iusT a he man wiTh a re- markable genius for mechanics. BERNARD STANLEY OLDSEY Handsome is ThaT handsome does. Bernie spenT mosT of his Time dancing and parTicipaTing in sporTs, especially foofball. His favorife Tunny is Joe Palookaf' Flash plans To go away To school To become a Teacher and an aThleTic coach. LAU RENCE OLIVER Time-FuTure. Place-STaTe Highway. Sound affecT--Trooper's whisTle. Cause -Traffic violaTion. STaTe Trooper- l..aurence Oliver. Be carefull don'T break highway rules or you will be The person To whom Larry is giving The red TickeT, for he will be ThaT kind of a highwayman. CHARLES OLSON Chuck is a naTural for Top consider- aTion in any compeTiTion where person- alify and manner are The requisiTes. Hels IoTs of fun buT noT boisTerous. He would like To be an elecTrician and is going To ioin The Navy. JOSEPH OLSZEWSKI He is easy To like. Always ready To smile and cheer you up. Deanna Durbin will geT his voTe any day Tor a nice girl. His one and only will have To have oodles of personaliTy. JAMES JOSEPH O'MELIA A True Irish smile wiTh a melodic voice of Old Killarney really are This man's asseTs. OaTs aspires To be The owner of a group of chain sfores and really admires brains in The opposiTe sex. Possibly employmenT or enlisTmenT in The NaTional Guard is James's plan. THOMAS C. O'ROURKE ' His pleasanT, modesT personaliTy makes him one of The easiesT-To-be-wiTh persons. AlThough he may seem To be a somber sorT, he really is delighTfully gay and amusing. He plans To enfer The Unifed STaTes Air Corps Technical School nexf year.