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

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Seniors Choice These choices oi ours, with joy our liours QMS? EMMETT DRAPER, Outstanding Student DONALD DENZ, Outstanding Auto Mechanic ALOIS PRZYWARA, Outstanding Aviation Mechanic JOHN LATTIMORE, Outstanding Printer GERALD GORZYN SKI, Outstanding Football Player GERALD GORZYNSKI, Outstanding Basketball Player NICHOLAS PRZYSTAWSKI, Outstanding Baseball Player ROBERT GIBSON, Outstanding Track:Man DONALD GUTOWSKI, Outstanding Cross-Country Man FRED FISCHER, Outstanding Musician GERALD SITLER, Most Likely to Succeed WILLIAM RUN DELL, Least Appreciated ANTHONY PAWLAK, Most Reliable PAUL KEHOE, Most Polite CHARLES ALESSI, Most Handsome RICHARD MICHALSKI, Best Dressed GLEN MUELLER, Best Apple Polisher DANIEL GAPIK, Biggest Romeo KENNETH PETERS, Busiest CLIFFORD LUTZ, Sleepiest LEON RYDZA, Noisest ROBERT TATE, Most Quiet RONALD JANK, Class Character WILLIAM SCHULER, Mr, Muscles ARTHUR KOWALEWSKI, Life of the Party I Fr

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Cfass fiffszfory .... There we stood in front of this building in which we seniors leave our memories of unforgotten days. That was the year of 1949 when we too hoped we could wear the blue and white with pride, as those before us have done. Three hundred of us stood on the steps and in a line down Kensington Avenue hoping to gain entrance into one of the three desired courses, aviation, auto mechanics, or printing. Our graduatng class was referred to as the Forty- ninersf' The awaited day came when we received our letters of acceptance, for now our future schooling was set. Came September and we were gathering in the beautiful staged auditorium with the hun' dreds of strange faces which would become our friends and companions through four years of high school. Oh, the fortunate ones who escaped the hours of initiation as we had our first view of the upper classmen. We looked forward to the day when we as upper classmen could look down on the en- .tering crop of freshmen. Little did we realize the rapidity with which we would become acclimated to the habits and ready to carry the responsibilities of Burgard. The June ex' ams for which we all studied so hard were sweated out by everyone of us, but the results were in our favor for we were now sophomores. We now felt more at home for we developed a feeling of pride an-d success. But we were all sad at heart and worried about our futures, for in the summer of 1950 the Korean War broke out and again Democracy was put to the test of defending its beliefs. Another outstanding addition to Burgard started that year for the boat building course came back to Burgard after being dropped during the last war. In the field of enter.tainment, one can recall the Minstrel Shows, the honor roll assemblies. Mr. Ro' berts entertaining with the organ, and Bob Mag' gio, who many can remember playing his favorite song Lady of Spainn, and then appearing on the Ted Mack Amateur Hour. Outstanding was the pantomine quartet of the Four Shadows in which Louis Seitz starred. These memories are put away among our cherished thoughts. 1951 came rolling along and we were now happy juniors except for the thought of the Korean War still raging in our minds. Many young men were dying for the cause of right. During this year we had Jerry Gorzynski placed on the AllfHigh Foot- ball Team. The basketball team was holding its own. The track team had the honor of placing Gibson, Meyers and Chudy on the AllfHigh Team. Mr. Elliott became the new baseball coach and was wished much luck as he took over the team from Mr. Jabber Lynch. Villa Pontiac and Erie County Dodge dealers donated new dual control driverftraining cars this past year. Two of our teachers are using these cars to teach students the finer points of driving. Seniors, a title which we finally achieved after three full years of hard work was now bestowed upon us. During this year we were well aware of the presidential election because of its importance in choosing the man to lead our country at the time in which we will go out in the world of industry. We will leave Burgard with mixed feelings. Surely we feel proud to receive a diploma in our chosen field, but sadly we will say goodfbye to our classmates, friends, teachers and our school. EMMETT DRAPER DANIEL GAPIK President Vice President DONALD MCGOWAN DONALD DENZ Secre tary Treasurer

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ALEXANDER, RODNE A fviation Out Door Life Club Interclass Basketball Interclass Baseball Interclass Football ALESSI, CHARLES tl . A-viation Track Interclass Basketball Interclass Baseball Interclass Football Hobby Club Honor Roll Cafeteria Stall ANASTASI, RICHARD Automobile Honor Roll Glee Club Skating Club Bulletin Staff Student Council Varsity Football Interclass Basketball Interclass Football Interclass Baseball BACH, JOHN R. Trufk and Bus Interclass Baseball Track Glee Club Band Cafeteria Staff Y BANZER, VVILLIAM Printing Bulletin Stall Camera Club Interclass Baseball BAUER, FRANK W Automobile Honor Roll Student Council Interclass Basketball Interclass Baseball Interclass Football BELLEVILLE, EUGEN Afviation Tennis Out Door Life Club Interclass Basketball Interclass Baseball Interclass Football Craftsman Staff Honor Roll BINNER, GEORGE Printing Honor Roll Interclass Baseball Interclass Football Interclass Basketball Varsity Football Mechanical Staff Skating Club l