San Jose Technical High School - Tech Torch Yearbook (San Jose, CA)

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Machine Shop ln the .vlachine Shop we get training under the instruction of Mr. lf. ll. bohlin. The training is very valuable. XYC are taught to use a wide variety of machines and tools and we are also taught precision work. All the necessary related mathematics are taught in this shop, In this shop we do drilling, boring, griinling, thread cutting, lathe work, milling machine vvolk, and a multitude of other jobs, XVe also have a blacksmith shop and a small bronze and aluminum foundry. This shop has a very good placement record. .-X number of former students are working in the N. A. C. A. Laboratory at the Moffett Field Air Laboratory, llendy's, Oliver blohn- son's, American Can Co, lledherg's, Stoner's, l'ozzo's, l'ray's, Mare Island, in the airplane plants of Southern California, and many other concerns. ln service in the Army are Russell l'lyler, Robert Crness, and Phillip Pray. Ill the Navy are llarold Hershey, listelle Brown, and lid Cfrummey. ln the field of sports the boys of the Machine Shop play on the basketball team, lmasehall team, and participate in the other sports. Top Row: Joe Battaglia, Elbert Jones, Erian Smith, Charlie West, Michael Giansiracusa. Midddle Row: Jack Heple, Al Scoffone, Myron Prouty, Clifford Keesling, Dwight Moody. Bottom Row: F. H. Bohlin, Louis Rose, Al Corey, Robert Corcel, John Hardy.

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Radio Shop The Radio Shop at Tech has progressed very rapidly in the fexv years of its existence. lt is one of the youngest shops in school and has all the most recent equipment in its field. This equipment includes the latest type tulwe-tester, ohmmeter, voltmeter, signal generator, and chanalyst. The memhers of Radio Shop are taught to use all this equipment. Regardless of the fact that it is a young' shop the jolm placement is very high. Some former students from the Radio Shop hold jolms at the liimac Tulie lfactory. located at San Bruno, California. Others are employed lwy the Civil Service Commission at McClelland Field, Sacramento, as civilian repairmen of army Signal Corp lirpiipmeut. Shop gradu- ates are also employed hy various local repair shops. Mr. 'lack :Xuderson was the instructor for the shop from its lmeginniug. ln lielmruary. lf?-ll, he went to xvork for the governinent as a fivilian llelense Coordinator at ,'Xlameda. lle has lmeeu almly succeeded lwy Klr. Cl. XY, -laclcliu. ll xvell lcnoxvn San 'lose servicemau. Top Row: Louis Bourdet, Art Ginsberg, Frank Cota, George Colacicco, John Misc. Middle Row: Albert Luhrman, Walter Kottman, Mark Carr, A1 Gaetano, Edgar Forshaw. Bottom Row: Kenneth Muchow, Ted Tilman, Peter Pardini, Tommy Manning, Faustino Pedroza, C. W. Jacklin.

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Mill Cabinet Shop The Mill fiZlllllll'l Shop, instructccl hy Mr. R. .X Hicks. is now loczltccl :ll llcslcr grani- mzir school, hecziusc of thc Tccliiiiczll High School firc of March, WSU, which totally clestroyccl their shop. Some of the lZll'Q'C1' projects clone hy thc shop this scmcstcr have hc-cn the inzikiiig of thc Rccl Cross clrziwing' hoarcls :incl filing czihincts for thc school 1lL'lJ2lI'llllQlll.. The shop had its zmiiuzll flllll'Sllll2ll3 party, zmrl in thc Spring' is cxpcclccl to hzlvc :1 picnic at Santa Cruz. Class officers of thc shop arc as follows: l'l1iljuronz1, prcsirlcnli Smith lilinc, SUCl'i'lIlI'f'- l.l't'Z1Slll'Cl'I Aflllillltl ixlillflil, lixecutive llourcl l'C1Jl'C:1Cll!ll.iYC. zmcl hloc lk-rrcirzi, Court rcprc- SCl1fZlllYt'. Top Row: Gabriel Lepiane, Smith Kline, Melvin Furtado, Joseph Rando, Peter Langone, Andrew Henriquez. Middle Row: Jerry Panighctti, Stanley Riggs, Armond Maida, Dominic Can- cilla, Tony Aiello, Bottom Row: R. A. Hicks, Joe Perreira, Gilbert de la Rosa, Caesar Ciardelli Bill Sanchez. 7