McKinley High School - Memoirs Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

Text from Pages 1 - 32 of the 1943 volume:

A W L 1 5 KQIQ I ' M QW Mile 19115 .,f fn .fervice K7 of 1:1 xx cf mfmiiu :fic go 1:5503 5:7 an zz Q uf? cf ia can Mc KINLPY Hiqh .mimi .izbecficafion We dedicafe fhis volume fo fhose former lvlcliinleyifes who now serve in our armed forces and fo fhose among us who will soon don fhe uniform of our counfry. Alfhough we shall no longer meef as a unif in fhe halls of McKinley, we hope fhis volume will serve as a bridge-spanning any and all dis- fanoes. May if remind us fo confinue unifed in one deferminafion fo fighf unfil fhe enemy is desfroyed and fhe bells of peace and freedom again ring fhroughouf fhe world. 1 2. 3 5 1. '1 . . moyer, Nor merely for The learning We have gained wilhin your walls, Nor for lhe mirlh and rnerrirnenr Thal sound lhrouqhoul your halls Bu? 'For lhe inspiralion, For The lrulh you manilesl, For your policy of Can and Will Our school we love you besl. ,Ze ace 'Lesl auld acquainlances be forgol' and high school experiences fade beyond recall. 'rhis colleclion of piclures. copy and lhoughls is pul info prinl so lhal if may refresh our memory in lime To come. This lillle volume does noi claim 'rhe dignily of an official school publicalion. ll is merely a Memory Boolc which we, The McKinley Grad- uales of June I943, have pul our on our own. And as such. if will ever remain especially near and dear fo us. May il prove lo recall pasi experiences, bolh serious and carefree, and serve as a happy relaxalion from lhe grim business of exlerminaling our criminal enemies and build- ing a free posl-war world. ln shorl, may lhis lillle book serve as a mo+her's kiss al The wedding of a beloved child-a lolcen of afleclion and a reminder of lhe gralilude we owe McKinley for all lhe good our school has given us. lQ'eAio!enIf2 meaaage Fighl for Freedoml My message lo you is conlained in lhese lhree shorl words, words which are doubly imporlanl in lhese days of war. lvlany of us will see aclual lighling, olhers will do Jrheir parl in war planls and olilices. on farms and al home. Bul if we wish lo bring 'rhe con- flicf +o a successful, complele. and en- during viclory, we musl all realize lhal we cannol fighl for revenge, or hale, or lerrilory buf for freedom. WARD FISHER P d + SD Afler lhe hoslililies, we musl remember Thal lhe freedom we defended wilh our very blood musl be preserved and +ha+ we musl lighl' for il in every walk of life: in lhe home. al school, in lhe shop, and 'rhrough clubs. unions, and olher organizalions. The class of l943 has come 'ro realize lhe value of freedom. I+ has loughl' a good figh+ lhus far and will, l am sure, conlinue lo do so aller ils members have lefl school and enlered broader fields. ln closing, l wish lo express my sincere apprecialion To lhose classmales, bolh named and unnamed, who have made lhis boolc possible and lo The enlire gradualing class for ils loyally and service lo McKinley. A 641,155 C6I':5 LEQNA ADAMS RICHARD FAIRFIELD EI-NNE BARBER V456 Preydenf Sergeanf af Arms Secremry TAKAUYE ESI-IKONIAN JOE TESORO BETTY DAVIS Execufrix DOROTHY KALOPESES Hisforian I-IERRI Proplwe+ K5 Z VocaIisT -,QQCQJ0 LORAYNE IVICMILLAN Poe? Cfaaa .J4145f0ry l-lisTory, according To The dicTionary, is a narraTion oT TacTs and evenTs arranged chronologically wiTh Their cause and eTTecT. Four years ago in X. SepTember, l939, marked The beginning oT The hisTory oT whaT was desTined 'XX f To become an acTive and hard working class oT sTudenTs. f KTM CHAPTER I-SepT. I939 - June l940 A Freshman aT lasT! WhaT puzzling days Those were Tor some oT us, geTTing losT in The halls, looking Tor The elevaTor and whaT noT. This was mainly a year of adiusTmenT and inTroducTion To The various clubs and acTivi- Ties oT The school. Some oT The old O. 8: B.'s record a Tew oT The more sTudious among us on The l-lonor Roll, among whom were l-lelen Campbell, Emil l-lerich, Bessie Demerouka, Jordanka AnTonoTF, Colleen Kelly, and VicTor Odierno. In Those good old days when we had a TooTball Team Max Figler and Lowell Davis could be seen Tossing The pigskin around. Who would have guessed ThaT in a Tew shorT years boTh would be in The U. S. Marines geTTing Their share oT acTion aT Guadalcanal and oTher Tar places. By The end of June, T940 mosT oT Europe was aT war. And ThaT marked The end oT our Freshman year. CHAPTER ll-SepT. l940 - June I94I. GeTTing up in The world, we were now Sophomoresl Yes, wo were growing up and could now laugh aT Those silly li++le Freshies. A greaT many oT us sTarTed opening our eyes, noTicing The many opporTuniTies all around us, boTh scholasTic and in The Tield oT service. The Girl Re- serves had a Sophomore as presidenT in The person of Leona Adams. Several Sophomore boys sTarTed The McKinley l-li-Y. And aT The end oT The year Bessie Gouzeas was elecTed hike leader and Elaine Barber SecreTary-Treasurer of The G. A.A. Dick FairTield, Tony Grande and oThers puT on spikes and Turned ouT Tor Spring baseball TryouTs, Carmen STompanoTo and William Froe- lich were making a name Tor Themselves over aT Cregier by Taking parT in Their acTiviTies. Mr. Willinganz came To McKinley ThaT year and RoberT Baggs, Essie Pyle, Judy Velazquez, Carrol Green, Ed BroadhursT and oThers were preparing To serve under him in The band and orchesTra. AnoTher newcomer To McKinley was Miss Quinn, our presenT principal. Many oT The Sophomore boys were becoming inTeresTed in sporTs and Division 308 Took The Junior Cage Crown. When The summer vacaTion sTarTed many sTudenTs were loaTh To leave school and The new duTies They had been elecTed To TulTill. 7.7, ,?...-41.444, Y , CHAPTER Ill-SepT. I94I -June I942. Umph, Umph, now we were upper classmenl WhaT an evenTTul year ThaT was! Our new coach, Mr. Novak, was busy during The auTumn season breaking in a varsiTy soccer Team. OuT- sTanding among The booTers were Jodie Green, Bernard Welch, Phil Cornacchio, and Dick Fair- Tield. When The baskeTball season Took The spoTlighT several oT our classmaTes advanced Towards The TirsT sTring. Came Spring, and wiTh iT baseball. McKinley puT a Team on The diamond aTTer a 27-year lull. Phil Cornacchio and Ward Fisher were chosen as managers. OuTside The sporTs world There was greaT acTiviTy in club circles. Josephine Camille was salTing away money Tor us as head oT The bank. Leona Adams was elecTed presidenT OT The STudenT council. Ward Fisher was vice-presidenT, Sam lvluscarello, SgT. aT Arms, and Colleen Kelly, recording secreTary. Remember how The S.G. A. worked ThaT semesTer? IT puT on The skaTing parTies and cake drives, and whaT a laugh we had Trom iTs Free AcTiviTy wiTh a mock invasion oT McKinley by Nazi para- Troopers. More oT our class members Took over imporTanT oT'Fices when Bessie Gouzeas became presidenT oT The G. A. A., DoroThy Kalopeses, vice-presidenT, Mercedes Folkers, hike leader, and Takouye Eshkonian. assisTanT hike leader. Many OT The girls earned Their major lvl. and sTarTed work Towards Their chevrons. A new sTaTT Took over The O. 81 B., among whom were Leonore PeTTenon, Leona Nomellini, Leona Adams, and Ward Fisher. By This Time, life was Tairly whiz- zing along and Then, Booml The Japs bombed Pearl Harbor. Ever since ThaT December 7 we've been working harder Than ever. Our class has done much To beTTer The school's war eTTorT and we pledge To keep This up aTTer graduaTion. Things became more serious and wiTh The summer vacaTion many oT us Took iobs in war planTs. CHAPTER IV-SepT. l942 - June I943. Finally, a Senior! We sTarTed This lasT year Tull oT energy and have accomplished much To round ouT our high school careers. Richard FairTield was made Fire ChieT and on The squad were Dan Jenero, ChrisT Demos, Louis Chechapolous, and Carmen STompanoTo. As capTain oT The hall guards, Tony Grande has had able assisTanTs in Russel NicalleTTi and Tom McCollum. Heading The O. 84 B. sTaTi was Leanore PeTTenon and filling her previous iob as News EdiTor was DoroThy Krueger. ln The sporTs world Benny Di Francisco held The limelighT as one OT The ciTy's highesT baskeTball scorers. Dan Jenero, Tony Grande and a Tew oTher players kepT The Junior and Senior Teams 'acTive. LaTe in The semesTer a sTrong B. A.A. under The presidency OT Phil Cornacchio sTarTed an acTive program oT inTra-mural aThleTics. IT Tinally looked as Though we had a permanenT coach when anoTher man named Novak came To McKinley. Our Senior elecTions were held early in The semesTer. Ward Fisher was elecTed presidenT, Leona Adams, vice-presidenT, Elaine Barber, secreTary, and Dick FairTield, SgT. aT Arms. TabulaTion oT The voTes also showed DoroThy Kalopeses, ..L14,-..g..- M., hislorian, Thelma Herring, prophef, Joe Tesoro, pianisl, Talcouye Eshlconian, execulrix, Lorraine lv1cMillian, poet and BeH'e Davis, vocalisi. So much for fhe chronological arrangemeni of facls and evenls which, alihough incomplefe, gives a general idea of lhe official accomplishmenfs of ihe class of '43. CAUSES AND EFFECTS The preceding pages 'rouch +he highlighls of our class hisfory. Unrecorded are many ex+ra ac+ivi+ies such as radio program parficipaiion, arfendance a+ convenrions, special assemblies and numerous oiher worihwhile proiecls in which class members havelalcen parl' unselfishly wi+h no fhoughf of personal credi+. Time oulside of school hours and even sums of money have been gladly speni by many s+uden'rs in an efforl ro serve McKinley. Why? an oulsider mighi aslc. The answer is 'rhar fhe Class of '43 loves McKinley and, +rue To ihe school creed, really aims 'ro +ransmi+ 'rhis school grealer, belfer and more beau+iful ihan i+ was 'rransmified 'ro us. ln brief, The cause of our e1CFor+ is a irue, love for McKinley and we hope lhe effeci will be 'ro inspire and encourage our lower classmen +0 a grealer effori in scholarship and service. Thus our high school hisiory ends and wifhoui being unduly boasiful if may be frulhfully said Thai we are as fine a group oi graduales as could be found anywhere. 3 .r i 4 9-1 ,Y A L 647,55 Qcfureo LEONA ADAMS LEONORA ADLER ROSE AIELLO ELAINE BARBER LOUIS BREGANTE MARY CALDERARO JOSEPHINE CAMILLO MARY CAMPAGNOLO I-IELEN CAMPBELL GLORIA CAREORA MARY CAREORA GEORGE CARVINO PALMA CATIZONE ANGIE CENTRACCI-IIO LOUIS CI-IECKOPOULOS CAROLINE CI-IIUPPI TI-IERESA CIANI FLORENCE CICERO JAMES COGLEY MARY CONTI 641,54 lgczfmw LUCILLE COOK GLORIA COSTABILLE LILLIAN COZZI AUDRA DAVIS BETTY DAVIS -I Q R , III II I I I ntnn- 5 , ' , Llvz VV .Q , - ffl., FRANCES DAVIS JUANITA DAVIS MARY DE FALCO BESSIE DEMEROUKA CHRIST DEMOS 1-ya-Q0 WW EDWARD DERRIT BEATRICE DE SALVO JEROMA DI GANGI MARIE DI GORIA JOSEPH DISPENZA ANNA DI ORIO FRANCES DUTCH TAKAUYE ESHKONIAN THERESA FABBIANO RICHARD FAIRFIELD C 01,55 HCtlfl,l 85 CONST'CE FQTOPOULOS I-IENRIETTA FERRARA STELLA FERRISE WARD FISHER MERCEDES FOLKERS SUSIE FORTINO GLADYS FREEMAN WILLIAM EROELICI-I ALBERTA GALL MARIO G-AROFALO JAMES GEALLIS SYLVIA GENERIS ERMA GIOVANNELLI MILDRED GOOD BESSIE OOUZEAS CARMELLA GRECI-IIS RITA OUERRIERI ELSIE HAMILTON EMIL HERICI-I SARA I-IERRING .,, V fkfif 5e'5 V , 9 hp, f ,L 2, 5 641,45 lqczfmea MILDRED HERSKOVITZ DAN JENERO KATHERINE KALANGES DOROTHY KALOPESES ROSE KARO II 1 - .,,, W ,.kf+., . M' I' ff 1 :,x ,ff vw - fw w -, I , ' COLLEEN KELLY MILDRED KIMBROUGH MARION KING HELEN KITZER BESSIE KOMADOROLIS ELAINE KOSIARA MARGARET LAPPA ZOE LARKIN PEARL LATERZA FRANCES LIBRIZZI DAPHNE LORDIS JEANNETTE MAIARANO ANNA MAE MALPEDE GLAD K ELVERA MALONE 661,55 lizclfocrea I PALMA MANCINI HELEN MATSOURIS GERTRUDE MQCLLJSKY LORYANE MQMILLIAN DOLORES MERCER RENETTA MILLER ANN MINI ARTHRETTA MITCHELL MARION MITCHELL SHIRLEY MITCHELL BETTY MOORE FLORENCE MURDOCK SAM MUSCARELLO LEONA NOMELLINI JOHN NIGRO CARMELLA OCCHIPINTI ' VICTORIA ODIERNO ANGIE PACIONI FRANCES VIRGINIA PANOZZO '1 641,54 fp' HARRY PARDO BERTHA PARINELLO ROSALIND PARRA MADELYN PERRY LENORE PETTENON , ir! ,FRANCES PINELLO MARY POMPEI MARGARET POST I I MARGARET REEVER FLORENCE RENELLA CORA ROWLEY LORRAINE SANTO LORRAINE SEE FRANK SEGRETI HELEN POULOS MARTHA RAUTER 'R THERESA RUFFALO EVELYN RYAN ROSE MARIE SENESE ANGELINE SETTANNI I Cfau Qcfurea A IRENE SCOULAS DORIS SLEDQIE MARJORIE SMITH CATHERINE SOURVILLE RUBY LEE SPAIN CARMEN STOMPANATO GILMORE TAYLOR JOE TE RO JEAN TI-IORNE SAM TORTORICH G' MARION TOSI-IEEE CASEY TRISTANO HELEN TRIVES JENNIE'TRONCI-IIDA JOSIE sl ' 1 N pf-'J' VJVV' ..i,Q .fnff L!L ANN TURCO SI-IIRLEY LINLAND VIRGINIA VANDERHULL JUDY VELAZOUEZ STELLA VOLAKAKIS my I ,f I 641,55 Qcfurea GEORGE WI-IITLOW PONSELLA WILLIAMS ROSE RIZZO ROSE DE LEO 'Ir 6711.155 fjjic'f11l'vs fulcn fry ROOT STUDIOS I85 N. Wabash TELEPHONE STATE Ol I3 CDHEICIOT Memoivls fpfiofog 'uzfzgsu Lev goocl piclcmqes 'A' A03 M0 All Around Girl . . . Mosl Popular ..... Mosl Inlelligenl . .. Besr Dressed . . . Preiliesl . . . Besl Dancer .. Besf A+l'1Ie+e . . . Mosr Musical .,.. Mosf Liferary ........ Mos+ Loyal To McKinley Ideal Secrelary ...,,.. Sophisficared ......... Mos+ Likely Io Succeed Comedian ........... All Around Boy' . . . . Mosl Popular ..., Mosl' Infelligenf .,.. Besi Dressed ..... Mosl' I-Iandsome .... Besf Dancer .... Bes+ Allilefe . . . Mosf Musical .... Mosi Lilerary ....,... Mosr Loyal Io McKinley Ideal Business Man ,... Mos+ Suave ........., Mosl Likely 'ro Succeed Comedian ........... GIRLS BOYS ...Elaine Barber .. . . .Leona Adams . . . . . . .Audra Davis .Angeline Selfanni .. . . .Angie Cenfracclwio .... .Judy Velazquez ....EIvera Malone ...Belly Davis .. .... Lea nore Peffenon . . .Bessie Gouzeas .. ...Palma Mancini ... .. ...Irene I-Iarris . .Doro+I1y Kalopeses . . . . . . .Lorraine See . . ..... ....... D om Saraceno 'Carmen Slompanolo ' ' Owen Lierman . . . .Jimmy Geallis ...Tom McCollum ..........Joe'I'esoro .Benny De Francisco . . . .Edward Broadlnursi ......Ward Fisher . . . .Richard Fairfield . . . . . .Emil Hericli . . . .Sam 'I'orI'oricI1 . . . .Ward Fislier . . . .Tony Cioe T! CVM IM! WILL AND TESTAMENT OF THE SENIOR CLASS OF JUNE, I943, CITY OF CHICAGO, COUNTY OF COOK AND STATE OF ILLINOIS. We, The Senior GraduaTing Class OT June, I943, by our duly eIecTed and auThorized agenT, TAKOUYE ESI-IKONIAN, knowing ThaT we are oT sound body and mind and wiII soon be honored To possess The TiTIe of AIumni, Tind iT TiTTing and proper To dispose of all undergraduaTe asseTs boTh personal and inTangibIe bequeaThed To us by former graduaTing classes since our freshman year and do hereby ordain and esTabIish This our LasT Will and TesTamenT, revoking any and all Tormer wiIIs and codicils made by us or any oTher Senior GraduaTing CIass Thus Tar grad- uaTed. SECTION I-We do hereby appoinT The Senior GraduaTing CIass oT February, I944, as soIe ex- ecuTor and TrusTee oT This our LasT Will and TesTamenT and do order Them To make our memory everlasfing among The sTudenTs, and To eTTecT any and all charges we may Ieave To Them. SECTION 2-We give and besTow To The incoming Senior CIass of February, I944 The honor oT being our TrusTees and we charge Them To hold dear The ToIIowing TradiTions which we have cherished in This schooI OT Iearning. ITEM I ITEM 2 ITEM 3. To develop To a greaTer degree Than we have Tound possible The S.G.A., The G.A.A.. The B.A.A., The O. 8: B.. The baskeTbaII Team, The basebaII Team and all oTher clubs ThaT mighT be organized. To conTinue receiving awards ThaT have been besTowed upon us boTh coIIec- TiveIy and individuaIIy because of our iniTiaTive and cleverness. To Try To keep The educaTionaI sTandards as high as we, The Senior Class oT June, I943, have kepT Them in The pasT Tour years. SECTION 3-We granT, wiII and convey To The Junior Class our Senior digniTy and order Them To advance The ideals ThaT we have so TaiThTuIIy sTriven To reach. SECTION 4-To The Sophomores we granT The privilege and honor of keeping our beauTiTuI Iunch room and cIass rooms in order and To cooperaTe wiTh The haII guards, TacuITy and Tire squad as we Seniors have done, so ThaT when we visiT This schooI we will know you have TuITiIIed your responsibiIiTies. SECTION 5-We besTow on our Ii++Ie Freshmen The righT To malce Their Senior class oT I947 The TinesT, wiTh The excepTion, OT course, oT The GraduaTing Class oT June, I943, The besT ever To graduaTe Trom This school. May you receive The highesT possible honors in The years To come. SECTION 6-We IoequeaTh To our hall guards and Tire squad our approval oT The Tine work They have done in cooperaTing wiTh The Teachers as well as The sTudenTs. We hope Those who are IeTT behind will conTinue To work TaiThTuIly. IN WITNESS I-IEREOE: I have hereunTo seT my hand and seal To This our LasT Will and TesTamenT oT The Senior Class on This TwenTy-TourTh day OT June in The year oT our Lord one Thousand nine hundred and TorTy-Three. Senior Class oT June, I943 BY: X ,... ..... T AKOUYE ESI-IKONIAN ... .,.. Iseall ExecuTrix LEONA ADAMS, Vice PresidenT WARD FISHER, PresidenT Kfawa ,Zola ec? A W Well, well, This IS a surprise! Usually l don'T hear Trom any oT you old X Q, . ,',f's grads unTil abouT TwenTy, someTimes TwenTy-Tive years aTTer you've leTT school. BuT l can undersTand why you'd like To see iusT a couple oT years ahead This Ti 'lllllll Time. 'X So you're going To geT ouT anoTher book and send iT To The class members ThaT are now in service! Very commendable, very commendable. Hope iT won'T give you The headache your I943 book did. ThaT was a Tough one, alrighT. Well, leT me see. You say you wanT To know iusT where you'll all be Two years from now. ThaT makes iT I945. Now iusT siT quieTly while l look inTo my crysTal ball. Ah, here They come. A group oT lads pass by in Army uniTorm. l'll name Them as They come along. All ready wiTh your pencil? James Cogley, Bennie De Francisco, AnThony Grande, Dan Jenero, Owen Lierman, Sam Muscarello, Harvey PeTansky, Gilmore Taylor, Ralph VinceTorio, Jimmy Geallis, he's wearing Wings, Morris lv1cKinzie, RoberT Jordan, PeTer Sammarco, Tony SanTucci, Frank SegreTi, George WhiTlow, Bernard Welch, Casey TrisTano, Sam TorTorich, AlberT TaronTo, Tony Cioe, Harry SwanTek, Carmen STompanaTo, Gene Branch, Mario De Marco, and ETTle LiTTle. The picTure fades. We're now aT sea. Ship aTTer ship sails by. l recognize many OT your classmaTes. Here are Phil Carnacchio, George Carvino, AnThony NaTale, who is insTrucTing a group oT young salTs how To swim, Louis Checkapoulos, AnThony Capenigno, Louis BerganTe, Edward Der- riT, Leonard Falcone, Jodie Green, and ChrisT Demos. A Tine loT of boys, a Tine loT oT boys! Well, here come The Marines. They always do. I see Ward Fisher, Richard Fairfield, and Emil Herich in one group. A Toreign counTry according To The scenery. And here are Joe Dis- penza, Domenic Saraceno, John De Nardo, John LunneTTa, Emanuel De Moss, William Froelich, Mario GaroTalo, and Tony lanno. This looks like a show oT some kind. lT is. And here's an orchesTra. Some Tamiliar Taces. There's RoberT Baggs leading a USO orchesTra. And Edward BroadhursT, Thomas McCollum, and Joe Tesoro righT along wiTh him. MusT be preTTy near The Tiring line Tor Theresa lo+ oT bombing going on close by. Well, whaf's fhis? Girls af lasfl They're all in uniform, foo. WAVES, WACCS, and SPARS. Looks like mosf of your class are in some branch of fhe Service. You I943 grads always were preffy sfrong for service fhough, as l remember fhings. Lef's have a look af who's here. They're sfep- ping by so fasf l can'f keep up wifh all fhe uniforms buf anyway, here's Lupe Abarca, Carmella Beninafo, Barbara Brown, l-lelen Campbell, Caroline Chuippi, Sfella Valakakis, Marion Tosheff,'Cafh- erine Sourville, Molly Sanfaianni, Lorraine See, Florence Selrni, Jennie and Josie Tronchida, sfill fogefher, fhose fwo, Laverne Zieman, Rose De Leo, and Angie Pacioni. More uniforms. Wonder whaf fhese can be? Ah, if comes in clearer now. Girl pilofs driving commercial planes. Whaf do you fhink of fhaf? Taking fhe place of fhe boys who've gone. There's Leonora Adler, Rose Aiello, Charloffe Augusf, Elaine Barber, and Frances Librizzi. Sfrange, nofhing buf a series of plafforms whizzing by. Ah, now fhere's a liffle more form. An opera performance and on fhe sfage Beffe Davis singing like an angel. Anofher sfage and Marcia Besf doing a dramafic scene. The picfure changes fasf and l see, all of fhem in widely separafed cifies, Juanifa Davis, Connie Fofopoulos, Ann Tu rco, and Rosemary Senese holding audiences spell- bound wifh fheir singing. More sfages. These are dancers. There go Jeroma De Gangi, Theresa Ciani, l-lenrieffa Ferrara, Ruby Lee Spain, and Arfhreffa Mifchell spinning and fwirling around. And here's a desk. Someone wrifing verse. Ah, if's Loryane McMillian, your class poef, sfill communing wifh fhe Muse. And on a concerf sfage wifh a huge French horn is Carol Green. Whaf grace and beaufy. No wonder, no wonder. These are models. And l see Jeanneffe Maiorano, Dorofhy Kalopeses, Anna Di Orio, Theresa Ruffolo, Helen Kifzer, Rifa Guerrieri, Elaine Kosiaro. Whaf's fhis? More sfages. Ah, polifical speakers. All young ladies, foo. I see Rose Zizzo, Carmella Grechis, Annie Honysfon, Dorofhy Krueger, Mildred l-lerskovifz, and Bessie Komodorous. They're all espousing some good cause, you may be sure. And on fhe air waves from many disfances fhrough fhe efher, in many varied capacifies, I de- fecf fhe confribufions fo Radio of Beulah Bone, Lucille'Cook, Dora Lee Gaines, Mary Carfora, Angie Cenfracchio, Marie De Prima, Frances Dufch, Takauye Eshkonian, Sfella Ferrise, Susie For- fino, Sylvia Generis, and l-lelen Mafsouris. T' Wha+'s lhis? A lisf of some kind. Ah, awards made +o Red Cross nurses for oursranding serv- ice. Quile a few. Gloria Carfaro, Laura Gladson, Erma Giovannelli, Alberfa Gill, Gladys Free- man, Mildred Good, lrene Harris, Lucy Hernandez, Sarah Herring, Len Rurh Houslon, Verlee Hill, Sally Jenkins, Mildred Jones, Coleen Kelly, Mildred Kimbrough, Marion King, Kalherine Kalanges, Rose Karo, Elsie Hamilron and Lenore Pelrenon. A greaf honor for McKinley, don'+ you agree? My, These young ladies passing 'rhrough 'rhe crysral ball look quire imporlani. Hmm, 'rhey are. Personnel direciors. Here's Leona Adams, Virginia Vanderhull, Shirley Mirchell, Helen Trives, Jean Thorne, Mariorie Smifh, Doris Sledge, and Evelyn Ryan. And whar can 'rhese young ladies be? Melal buyers for war planis, can you imagine Thai? Mary Campagnolo, Mary Calderaro, Ruby Brown, Doroihy Burres, Palma Culizone, Florence Cic- ero, Mary Conri, Lillian Cozzi, and Frances Davis. No wonder we're gerring The merals To fhe planrs 'rhese days. Here are rhree of your pals wearing gym suirs. I see, fhey've become physical educarion in- slruclors. They're Bessie Gouzeas, Mercedes Folkers and Elvera Malone. And who and wha'r can fhese busy young ladies be? Their desks are piled high wirh imporlanl looking papers. Oh, execuiive secrelaries. Here are Bealrice De Salvo, Marie Di Goria, Theresa Fabbiano, Bearrice Espinosa, Mary De Falco, Bessie Demerouka, Dona Anronoff, Leona Nomellini, and Berlha Parrinello. Well, where are we now? Looks like an airplane plant Sure enough, ii is. And on 'rhe field are a few of The McKinley boys who have been called from o'rher paris of The counlry To iesl a new crack bomber. They are John Pafrick, Alberl Perry, Melvin Roberrson, Russel Nicelelri, John Nigro, and Harry Pardo. Whaf merry scenes 'These are! No wonder, no wonder. A series of USO service cenlers. They're all preiiy scallered, some eas+, some wesl, some norlh, and some souih. l'll have +o waich closely, l'hey're all so crowded. Now only 1'he hoslesses remain. There's Margarei Lappa, Pearl Larerza, Helen Malecek, Daphne Lordis, Gladys Malweski, Anna Mae Malpede, Palma Mancini, Siva Manuelion, Mary Morino, Mamie Marsh, Gerlrude McClusky. Zoe Larkin, Wilhelmina Jackson, Delores Mercer, Marie Merkley, and Josephine Camillo. Now anoTher picTure is rushing Through The ball. IT's going so TasT I can hardly see whaT iT is. Now iT comes in clearer. Ah, deTense pIanTs, a number oT Them. And whaT's This? An an- nouncemcnT OT some kind. I'd beTTer puT on my glasses To read iT. There seems To be a long close- Iy prinTed IisT oT some kind or anoTher. There, now I can see iT beTTer. IT says: Chosen by The F.B.I. Tor work oT The groaTesT secrecy are These Tormer McKinley graduaTes. They cannoT be seen Tor They are now aT work buT Their names are RenneTTa Miller, Anna Mini, Marion MiTcheII, Ange- line MonTesaro, I3eTTy Lee Moore, RiTa Monelli, Florence Murdock, I-Ielen Nardick, Carmella Oc- chipinTi, Vickey Ordierno, Palma Pagliaro, Louise OnesTa, Frances Panico, Virginia Panozzo, Mamie Parker, Rosiland Parro, Julia PeTTicano, Madeline Perri, Frances Pennelli, Lorraine PIaTo, Mary Pompei, MargareT PosT, and Helen PouIos. And anoTher announcemenT sTaTes: The Tollowing young women were also selecTed by The F.B.I. These young ladies are in secreT service work ancl, oT course, cannoT be seen. Those now on duTy in Toreign counTries include Essie Pyle, MarTha RauTer, MargareT Reever, Florence Renella, Virginia Rodriqueg, RuTh Rogers, Cora Rowley, and BeTTy Veach. NOT sTrange we're making such sTeacIy gains wiTh young women like Those on The iob, is iT? Well, I'II Take OTT my glasses and see whaT comes in now. I-Iere's Audra Davis, direcTor OT a social seTTIemenT, Lorraine SanTo, a cerTiTied public accounT- anT, Angie SeTTanni, recepTionisT aT a naTional broadcasTing sTudio, Thelma I-Ierring, Y. W. C. A. direcTor, Ponsella Williams, a governmenT inspecTor and examiner oT war conTracTs, Shirley Unland, manager of a drug sTore, and Judy Velazquez sTarTing OTT on a Tour To cemenT our reIaTions wiTh The Pan-American counTries. Well, young lady, I Think I've covered The ground preTTy compIeTeIy. I hope I haven'T missed anyone. IT I have, I apologize and I hope you'II Torgive me. I'm noT a young man anymore and iT's someTimes hard Tor These old eyes oT mine To keep up wiTh The picTures when They sTarT rushing Through my crysTaI ball. SOME OE TI-IE CLASS AT WORK SeaIed, IeII Io rigI1I: Lorraine SanIo, Carmen Srompancfro, Takouye Esnkonian. Sfandingz Frances Du+cI'1, EIsie I-Iamilron, Sam Muscarello, Mildred Kimbrough, Irene Scoulas FLOWER COMMITTEE ELSIE HAMILTON, Chairman JORDANKA ANTONOFF MARY CARFORA BEATRICE DE SALVO GLORIA CAREORA MORRIS MCKINZIE FRANCES PINELLI fi F . ffl' If I fi '55 CLASS DAY PROGRAM BESSIE GOUZEAS, Chairman VIRGINIA PANOZZO I-IELEN POULOS ANN TURCO BERTHA PARRINELLO JIJANITA DAVIS MILDRED I-IERSKOVITZ DOROTHY KALOPESES BETTY DAVIS DAPI-INE LORDIS TAKAUYE ESI-IKONIAN JOE TESORO TI-IELMA I-IERRING g'ac!uafing ommiffew MOTTO COMMITTEE LUPE ABARCA JOI-IN PATRICK FRANCES DAVIS LOUIS BREGANTE MARIE MERKLEY SAM TORTORICI-I PROM COMMITTEE ANGIE CENTRACCHIO FLORENCE CICERO JAMES COGLEY AUDRA DAVIS CHRIST DEMOS JOE DISPENZA CONNIE FOTOPOULOS MERCEDES FALKERS SYLVIA GENERIS MARION KING MARY MARINO HELEN MATSOURIS TOM MCCOLLUM DOLORES MERCER ANNA MINI SAM MUSCARELLO ANTHONY NATALE VICKI ODIERNO FRANCES PANICO HARRY PARDO MARY POMPEI LORRAINE SANTO TONY SANTUCCI ANGELINE SETTANNI CARMEN STOMPANATO JUDY VELAZOUEZ Qwwfuafing ommiffeea I V. K, X 'X ff X W! ,A ' xx. f I5-H' ff IAQ' - ff -' rf fx, 14 ,W CLASS DAY SOCIAL ROSEMARY SENESE ROSE KARO JANET MARIONANO JOHN LUNETTA TONY IANNO THERESA RUFFOLO ANNA DI ORIO MARIE DI GIORIA STELLA VOLAKAKIS GEORGE WHITLOW RUBY LEE SPAIN SHIRLEY MITCHELL ERMA GIOVANELLI SHIRLEY UNLAND N X V Wi . .LS , f' ff XX ,.. f .JLAUQ1 5 ff A f CAP AND GOWN COMMITTEE RENETTA MILLER CARMELLA GRECHIS ROSE AIELLO VIRGINIA VANDERHULL MILDRED GOOD MARY CALDERANO ESSIE PYLE CAROLINE CHIUPPI THERESA EABBIANO STELLA FERRISE MARY CAMPAGNOLO CHARLOTTE AUGUST FRANCES LIBRIZZI MARGARET LAPPA BESSIE DEMEROUKA THERESA GIANI RITA GUERRIERI ALBERT TARANTO U gg' y v ! 5, U I y l I -:LE pp 4 I XY 3 I qt 5 ': Q T5 .-.1 5 G44 'W LV J Q? lk qiE'7 7 47 pang -1 K 1 -.af - X gf 1,5 4'f T7 Z7 L32 C.. CMAQ W8 any f Vu , fy 1 This farewell may be old or new, For an hour, a day or a year Buf never one as fond or frue Or anofher quife so dear. An hour filled wifh sorrow Af parfing from a friend, Buf brighfened wifh a ray of hope Thaf friendship shall nof end. We have reached fhe goal we sef, And wifh if has come gainq Courage, hope. expecfancy Cf good we may affain. More we cannof hope fo say, Excepf fo wish all well On fhis our qraduafion day, This is our fond farewell. Lorayne E. McMillan L F E ,. s F r P F 1 n 1 5, 1 i r f. E Z I i u ,