Catholic Central High School - Shamrock Yearbook (Detroit, MI)

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SENIORS RICHARD JOSEPH ALTHOFF - Gesu - Handsome, debonair, Dick left us in the middle of the year for the Army Air Corps, but only after setting a scholastic record of A ' s for the rest of the class to aim at. Social life and sports figured prom- inently in his after-school hours and his affability and winning personality assure him success in a business career. JOHN VICTOR BARNES— S . Agnes— A versatile ond attrac- tive personality has kept John riding the crest of the social wave ever since we can remember, and with no small amount of cosmopolitan fame. An honor student and an inherent sense of determination and resolve have mode as great a success of his high school years as they will of his future life. DONALD GEORGE ANUSZKIEWICZ - St. Ladislaus - Don ' s record of four years on the Honor Roll and basketball team are fair proof to anyone that he is one of the most capable and aggressive men in the world today; and as such, we all know that his combined virtues and merits will prove more than sufficient to breast the perils of the Mortuary career he is about to enter. JOHN FRANCIS BATTLE-B essed Socramenf-EfTicient, loyal manager of our Band, and hard-working staff member of the Shamrock, John ' s energy and pertinacity are surpassed only by his cheerfulness and popularity. A long period of sum- mer school permitted him to graduate in January. We feel that he is merely passing on to greater success; and we wish him lots of luck. JOHN CLANCY BARNES-Epiphony-Philotelist and biblio- phile, John refused to allow summer vacation to interrupt his research. When fatigued by fingering proof sheets or browsing through book stalls, he relaxes at the movies. After graduation he intends to keep right on studying in on A.S.T.P. course. JAMES RICHARD BEALE— Visitation— A key man in every sense of the word, Jim was the pivot man of the great Catholic Central line this year, as well as center on our championship basketball team. A smart player as well as a good student, the keen brain that lies behind his modest countenance will spark him to great things in the future. 12

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JAMES TOOMEY BECK-Sf. Matthew— Never out of step, never out of tune, Jim has olwoys been the model member of the band and the backbone of its trombone section. His years at Central, to say the least, have been harmonious, and though the ever-growing sounds of battle throw dis- cordant notes over the cadence of his career here, his am- bitions for a higher education will only be temporarily side- tracked. ARTHUR OTTO BEYER-V sifofion-Art is a great seaman and adventurer in as much as he spends his summers cruising the Great Lakes to test the perils of the not-so-brlney deep. Moreover, his voyages seem to allow quite some time for study, as his scholastic record seems to attest; and he will apply his boundless energies to the completion of a college course after the war. SYLVAN JOHN BIELAK Sf. Andrew-Syl has been one of the sustaining backbones of both the baseball and football teams for three and two years respectively. Physical participation has not dulled the normal activity of his efFicient mentality in the least; for he ranks high among the graduates, as he will among the aeronautical engineers in the years to come. RICHARD EDWARD BINGEN-S . Agnes-Quiet, handsome, and likeable, all people are Instantly attracted by his friendly smile and pleasant greeting. He is on honor student and on accredited distributor of the Religious Bulletin, helping in this way to keep the morale of the Institute at a moral peak. Nobody can resist Dick ' s charm, and the world will certainly benefit by his presence. LAWRENCE JOSEPH BOSLER-Gesu-One of the more faith- ful members of the Science Club, Monday evenings will in- variably find Larry down in the Physics Laboratory steeped In experimental equipment. After winning the air war over Germany, Larry plans to turn his natural genius towards the more constructive side of engineering. JOSEPH GORMAN BRANDES-Sf. Mary of Redford-A hand- some Adonis with long, flowing hair, Joe moved in the best circles of society, at ease anywhere and everywhere. Already enlisted in the Naval Reserve, his technical skill and penchant for mathematics will be of invaluable aid to Uncle Sam, now and in a future world In need of good engineers. 13