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

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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.

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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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DAVID JAMES OWENS An all around lellow-is Dave. The ambilion ol lhis young man is lo be a lirsl class cabinel maker. Firsl ol all he likes sporls, and lhis is how mosl ol his lime is spenl. I-lis lirm beliel is lhal They also serve who sland and wail. VICTOR A. PATOSKI Il is well for one lo know more lhan he says. As lhe cymbal player ol our band. he cerlainly made himsell heard. Vick likes girls who are blonde and beaulilul, bul nol loo dumb. I-lis am- bilion is lo become a navigalion experl. SILVIUS PERRELLA I-Iold il, Therel no, a Iillle lo lhe lell, O. K., one, lwo, alrighl sign your names on lhe paper. Yes. il's Lile Can Be Beaulilul 'Sil ', whose ambilion lo be a movie lechnician slarled when he was acling as pholographic edilor ol lhe Garchive . MICHAEL JOSEPH PETYAK Mickey is posilively original. I-le may nol look il, bul he's iusl one bundle ol mischief. Quick ol wil, he's always ready lo play a prank. I-le has every inlenlion ol being a machinisl, or per- haps a sailor. WILLIAM S. PHILLIPS Don'l wail lor exlraordinary opporlu- nilies. Seize common occasions and make lhem greal.- Billy , who spends mosl ol his lime working, would like lo become an aeronaulical engineer. l-Ie probably will lrain in lhe coming year. The hobby ol lhis young man is dancing. CATALDA CHARLES PICCARRETA Tolly's a young man wilh ideas and somelimes lhey're good ideas. He likes lo fool around wilh chemicals-experh menls. I-lis one and only ambilion is lo be a physical inslruclor. There's no sporl lo equal baseball in his opinion. ANTHONY JOHN PISANO Tony makes il a habil, lhough il may be an unconscious one, lo know whal his lriends like and acl according- ly. Il pleases lhem lo no end and en- riches his popularily. I-le likes lo read and wrile lellers and plans lo become a loresl ranger. MARIE R. SPERDUTO Modern in every respecl, wilh deep reverence lor lhe pasl, she knows lhal progress is invesled in lomorrow. Gene- ology is her greal hobby. She can keep you enlhralled lor hours wilh her lounl ol inlormalion and amusing slories. Her lame as a good dancer has won her high honors. DOROTHY STAEDELE An oulslanding personalily--is Doro- lhy. Smouldering eyes in her prelly lace bely her appearance ol coolness. She is lull ol precious lemale wisdom and plans lo gel a iob as a slenographer aller she leaves lhe old alma maler. MIRIAM STEIN ll is probably surprising lo see Mimi looking so glamorous as she has always been one lo hide her charms. Lel's hope she'll conlinue lo be less dillidenl. She is planning lo go in lraining lo become an air slewardess. GENEVIEVE STENCAVAGE Gen has learned lhe secrel lhal lo have a lriend you musl be one. Any- way, if anyone does her a wrong, she's willing lo lel by-gones be by-gones and never holds a grudge. Whelher she knows il or nol she has a way wilh her. ELIZABETH ANN STEVENS Laugh and lhe world laughs wilh you, weep and you weep alone. Even while roller skaling and dancing she looks lor a sense ol humor in everyone. Ever- giggling Annie aspires lo be a slene ographer bul spends her lime singing and doing church work. TH ERESA M. STILP She has charm, grace. beauly, inlelli- gence-and courage. She is impish and quile clever. There is always an aura ol brighl, persuasive freshness aboul her. She has lhe perleclion ol a well groom- ed young lady. MARION STOLTZ Someone inlelligenl, willy, and con- siderale would be lvlarion's ideal! Her perlecl evening would be spenl al a movie slarring Belle Davis and Spencer Tracy. Her philosophy is Tomorrow is anolher day q lo become a secrelary is her ambilion. pane TI'iirI'u.nnn