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

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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

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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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lx HARRY THOMSON PONTING Three cheers lor Beed who plans lo conlinue his sludies nexl year. He es- pecially likes lo walch a movie slarring Gene Aulry or Olivia De Haviland bul hales lo gel up early. ll he conlinues lo follow lhe Golden Rule and his hobby ol woodwork, we're sure he'll succeed as an archilecl. RAYMOND M. RAYKOVITZ When he slepped in sighl all lhe leminine hearls did lluller. Ray's leisure lime aclivilies included baskel- ball, baseball, and dancing. Joining lhe Navy would lill his ambiliong spaghelli and mealballs, and women are his pel likes. STANLEY REVITT Join lhe Navy lo see lhe world linds a lellower in Slanley. Al any baskelball game lhis man could be seen rooling lor lhe home leam. He enioyed dancing and playing baskelball, bul also spenl much lime reading. JACK CARL RINKER Bud is a lypical American lellow, wilh his gay challer combined wilh ex- uberance and lighlness of manner. You iusl can'l imagine lhal he would pul on an acl lor anyone. His ideal is kind- hearled and can sland on her own. CLIFFORD EARL ROBBINS We may easily call him lhe perlecl young man, lhe beginning and end ol all lhings. Likes lo spend his lime mix- ing sodas, even lhough he looks lorward lo enlisling in lhe Uniled Slales Air Corps. TU DOR ROBERTS Tul mighl be called lhe nalional dream man, a maslerpiece ol nalure who haunls lhe sleep ol ninely-live per cenl ol lhe while collar girls, wilh lhe slray percenlage being wasled on nighl- mares ol Popeye, Tudor plans lo be a mechanic. JAMES W. RODERICK Walch oul Marines, here comes a regular, Wilh baskelball as his hobby, Jimmy hasn'l missed a game in lour years. The nexl besl place lo locale him would be in lhe movies walching Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney. MARY ANN SUTKUS Lile can be whal il may, lor Mary's neilher laking il nor herself loo seri- ously. Her chosen profession is beauly cullure, and she is planning lo enler a beauly college lo lollow il up. LEONARDINE TERASCAVAGE Terry, lor shorl, has been in and seen aboul almosl everylhing. A malhe- malical genius, superb in horsemanship, and roller skaling shine oul in her amusemenls. Her ambilion lo succeed in everylhing she does begins when she enlers college in lhe lall. MARTHA ELIZABETH THOMAS Marlha has always plucked a lhislle and planled a llower where she lhoughl a llower would grow. We have seen lhe llower ol music grow sleadily. ln lhe lulure she hopes nol only lo conlinue lo cullivale her music bul also lo planl a new seed in commercial work. MELBA J. THOMAS ll is hard lo lind a girl wilh a sweeler lace or personalily lhan lhal which Mel possesses. She would like lo be a swilchboard operalor or be able lo do olher ollice work. Her beaulilul wavy auburn hair has been lhe envy ol many a girl. NANCY JANE THOMAS The lillle cares lhal lrelled me l losl lhem yeslerday. Happy-go-lucky' Thomas whose pel philosophy is Per- sislenl planning resulls in absolule dis- appoinlmenlm spends mosl ol her lime ealing. Nancy's plans are nol delinile bul she would like lo prepare lo dc medical secrelary work. BETTY MAY TIPPETT To love and be loved is oh sucl bliss. Pep meelings, chapel, and luncl conslilule Belly's londesl memories o lhe school day. Reading, especially lhe Sue Barlon nursing books, is her hobby True lo Florence Nighlingale, Belly de sires lo go in lraining. STELLA TOMALENAS To lravel lar and wide over lhe globf oullines her ambilions. Dimples relur lo school broughl lavorable replies lror lhe opposile sex. Her hobby, colleclini piclures ol friends. is a large one du lo her many acquainlances.