St Augustine High School - Saintsman Yearbook (San Diego, CA)

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Sodality 4 Drama Club 3 Aeronautics Club 3 HERMAN C. DE BACA C.D., as he is called, is a native ot New Mexico. He came to our school as a senior and in this one year he has certainly made a name tor himselt. ln spite ot his small size, he earned a varsity football letter by playing on the line. Playing a tew games ot basketball tor our varsity team, he showed that he had a tine eye and knew what the game was all about. He was elected president ot the Varsity A Club which has become the most active club in the school. Having a preterence for the Marine Corps he joined it betore he had reached his eighteenth birthday and that will be his occupation tor the duration. LOUIS JOSEPH CANEDO Louie surprised us all by making the big skip trom sophomore to senior this year. This was accomplished by taking extra courses and at- tending summer school. He has never been known to make a tuss, and unless you were looking right at him, you might never notice him at all. being both slight in stature, and quiet by nature. He is able to turn into quite a clown when the occasion presents itselt, however. His crowning achievement is his ability at the keyboard, boogie woogie a specialty, ah that tornado boogie really sends me, and also his deep-throated imitations ot Popeye. Louie is thinking seriously ot joining Uncle Sam's armed torces, or. in the words ot the poet, You are I-A today, Mister Caneclof' Football 4 Varsity A Club President 4 l

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GEORGE ROBERT BARTOSIK George is a San Diego boy, and would care to be nothing else. Usually quiet and reserved. he has, nevertheless, shown a great deal of in- terest in school affairs. An atter school job kept him from participating in any sports, but he has made up tor this in his studies. Lately he has been showing oft ltrom a dis- tance, of coufsel his new car, which is HIS pride and joy. His big passions in lite are keeping quiet in class, not talking in class, and remaining quiet in class. With such high ideals and lofty thoughts as he possesses, George is a na,u.al tor the Air Corps, ot which he expects to call himself a member soon. '44 Club Sergeant-at-Arms 3 Student Council 4 Student Council 4 RICHARD HYATT BROWN Hercules who claims to be one ot the big men down at Arden lpint-size depart- mentl, is well noted around school tor claiming to be one ot the big men down at Arden. Unlike his brother, he usually leaves the speech making department to others. They say, how- ever, that big things come in little packages, and Dick is no exception. His quiet manner sometimes gives way to some choice bits of humor, or demonstrations of brute strength. His main joy in lite loutside ot being one ot the big men down at Ardenl is the Navy Air Corps which he hopes to enter after graduation. Until that time he will have to be content to sit back and take lessons from Mcllraith in the art ot shooting down Zeros in a classroom. Herky is another ot those rare B-average boys. He is well liked by both teachers and classmates alike, and will probably be highly successful in whatever field ot endeavor he chooses in later lite.

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WILLIAM NEIL CHESTNUT. JR. Wabbit as he has been called for two out of his four years at Saints is a Jack-of-all-trades. A good athlete. as is shown by his fight on the gridiron, he is equally at home at social func- tions. Girls by the score have fallen under the spell of his Sinatra crooning and with Kelly has gained laughs from the boys for his barber shop harmony. Bill was the first of the class of '44 to enter the armed forces. Another of the many who prefer the Army, Wabbit joined the Infantry. Too bad, Japsl '44 Club Sergeant-at-Arms 4 Glee Club 4 Track I Aeronautics Club 2 Softball 2 Football 4 Band l, 2 Varsity A Club 4 Glee Club 4 THOMAS ANTHONY COLLINS Ching Chong, a name derived from his Oriental expression as he hauls his bull: into the first period every morning, late, is a charter member of the class. His cars have become traditions around the Patio and these traditions have often become a nuisance at O.L.P. Authentic sources have it that Tom will de- velop into a basso profundo in the years to come. Whether he will be first bass or second bass has not yet been decided, for, as it is. he doesn't even care if he's shortstop. Unlcind critics predict that he will never even reach first bass. l'lis principal hobby was figuring different ways to disrupt '45 Club meetings. After graduation he plans to enter the Army Air Corps ljust call him greasemonkeyl.