Burgard Vocational High School - Craftsman Yearbook (Buffalo, NY)

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81644 Jam .... We seniors of 1952 look back with fond me ro- ries of our first four years at Burgard. It certainly does not seem very long ago since we were awaiting the news of our acceptance or rejection as freshmen at this school We were hoping and praying that we would be accepted Of our group, 115 have remained here for the four' years We are particularly proud of our class record. In September 1948 we entered as freshmen If, was hectic that year. Razing by upper classmen. breaking grammar school habits. and trying to adapt ourselves to new surroundings were but a few of the problems we faced as freshmen. 'We worked and studied hard and xx hen June ermms came xxe passed with flying colors A feeling of pride and superiority enx eloped the students and facultx of Burgard during our sophomore 5 ear We remember with pr ide the Min strel shoxxs for the Honor Roll Assemblies of 1948 and 1949 We recall Mr Weiss masquerading as Professor Beebaskr and M1 Roberts playing hrs saxophone and the Burgard Trro entertaining us xxrth the talents of Stephen Ambo Louis Sertz and Sam Vaccaro B5 1950 xxe xxere xxrse Juniors or sm xxe as sumed and school lrfe introduced more complr cated and tcdrous tasks Our subjects seemed drlii cult and xxe xx ondered rf xxc xxould haxe th nec s Donald Muehlhauer Vice President Gerard Piccolo President sary patience and stamina to continue. However, it was in 1950 that we successfully defended the Cross Country title. Our baseball team also made a fine record. but we were sorry that we lost a hard fought game to Seneca for the Championship. In this year we had Albert Thompson come in first in the All-Vocational run, while in baseball, we had George Dougherty and Santo Santasiero place on the All-High baseball team. Now that we are seniors we are both proud and a little sad. We have learned the importance of sticking to a job until it is well done. We have learned the art of making and holding fast the fr rends of our school teachers and students The xxonderlul dax of graduation will soon be here' Then we will enter upon our chosen fields of work We are proud too that rn our senior year our xearbook for 1951 the Craftsmen received a red ribbon Merit Award rn the Western New York Interscholastrc Press Convention rn rts first year ot competition Vl e hope this year s publication will at sfx xou and our instructors We are justly proud of the Class of 52 whose record stands as a precedent toward which future graduating classes should strrve The Joys we have had during our four years of high school have come nd but lrok forward with confidence cl a th rn th tu ure af ,Q Eduard Klmmrck Jolm Grimaldi Secretary Treasurer . V . A C A- .C Q . y Q v ' g 1 v . . .' . , , , 5 v ' 1 ' N. ' - .Y , , . , . ' . , I . ' , . , . , . . . .. .0 . .' , ' ' ,, . sr if ' f ' ' ' ' '. , , 1 5 V - v. V . . ' ' 3 . ' . V . 7 y 1 V . ,' . ' ' . . . ., v .- - . ' , h S s L . ' ' . ' ' ' J 1- lil Z1 1 C .. VVG I ' ' . r 4 v ' ' ' ' 'f ' ' ' e ep- at r'1 . e t ' . 3 . . fr f fe A ,J ew fr' f' dwg, ,i yf p,, ff1,,c, ,, ' f .

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..fyllt0l'l'l0 LE C4155 I0 QC? On June 6 1968 I met my frxend Ed Rustowicz who was serv1ce manager of Andy s Motors which was owned by Andrew Przystawski I invited Ed to take a trip around the Unlted States with me and V1S1t all the places where our frlends were making history Ed said some of the boys were st1ll located around Buffalo We declded to see them first Ten mlles outside of Buffalo on Route 5 we stopped to see how John J Walsh was doing in one of h1s SpeC13l ized Jet car service stations We understood that Walsh was president of the company and had estab lished an excellent business comprlsmg thirty sei vice statlons in Western New York We were pleased to see that Walsh was so successful In our chat with Walsh we learned that Ronald Buffum had become President of a nationally famous a1rl1nes company A mile down the route from Walsh s we stopped at Dave Gallaghers Enterprises Incorporated and ald Duffy was Labor Relations Manager Continuing on our trip we stopped at Detroit and v1s1ted t.he famous automobile factorles At one of these we met Henry G Weil the Big Wheel of the auto mdustry He and Robert SCI betta owned most of the controlling stock in two different compames We also met Louis Nunn who owned three banks 1n Detroxt We left the fabulous auto Clty and headed for Indianapolis where Tom Carlin was supposed to be competing in the Indxanapolis races Before the races we stopped at Sus1 s famous restaurant There we met several former Burgard boys including Bob Fienen Susis Manager Werner Achenbach and Jack Paler A l1ttle later we all went to the races Toms Jet O L1ner was being checked by Roger Metzger and Gus Karl the ace mechanics of the raceway Metzger won the national prlze for de signing the fastest speedway car 1n the United States It was little surprise to see daredevil Tom win the race with a new record of 564 mlles per hour We had learned previously from some of our frlends that most of the boys from the class of 52 have businesses in California so after we left In d1anapol1s we sped along on our way In New Mex ICO we bought some of the famous pop corn made by the firm of Eli Williamson and John Grimaldi The buslness made them a million dollars In Arizona we stopped to see Roger McLaughlin who was doing secret work for the government We also met James Meade who sells iefrigerated snow to kids who have never seen the stuff He says it IS a very profitable buslness On June 8 we reached Californla and ran into Sir Wllllam McGranahan who was receivmg a monthly check from the government for his contri butlon to the British and American plans for world kowski the ownei of New York Trucking Enter prises John Rushok owner of the Rainbow Truck mg Transport Co and Gilbert Stagner and Gerald Piccolo owners of the East and West Trucking fleet Donald Lelker and Joe Stadler are the owners of California s lalgest Jet Truck Repan Co From the convention we decided to go to the famous restaurant owned and operated by Mlke Karple While eating our lunch we learned from Mlke that V1ncent Ballach1no had just given a speech at one of the Auto Dealers meetings Don G1meno and Henry Kranz were also in much de mand as public speakers Yes slr the graduates of 52 are really breaking records and making money all over the country Oh in case your wondering how we d1d all these things from June 6 to June 8 you shouldn t wonder because dont forget that this is the age of Jet Pro pulslon . Y I . Y . Y ' . A 1 1 I . , . . . . , . . . . . n , I . . . . , - ' . ' . O . ' 1 y . . . 7 . Y y .- N , - , , . . . . . . 1 , U . , , . . , . . . . . also at the Consolidated Steel Company, where Ron- peace. At a trucking convention we met Ed Bor- . , ' ' I - , . . Q Q . ' , , I - I . . I D ' .7 . cg s - , D D 7 ' 7 xy - -- I . . , . .Q ' 3 3 ' v I - I l 1 7 7 , . ., D A - , . . U . ., ' . V ' , u v l . , - ' , K , . . . - - 3 . ' 7 H 7 7 . . 7 ' ' ,