Dorchester High School for Boys - Red and Black Yearbook (Dorchester, MA)

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' Orlando- , Di NUSCIO M flfczfaman Qfnfmawfck -. The items in this department have been col- lected between September, 1943 and April, 1944. It can be easily understood that many of them will be hopelessly out of date or erroneous by the time they are read: therefore we crave your indulgence beforehand. Lieutenant Herbert Kaiser, U.S.A.A.F., re- ceived his wings December '43 at Spencer Field, Georgia. He pilots a B-25 bomber. After graduating from D. H. S. B. in '35, he attended Boston University where he figured in football, baseball, and hockey, and graduated from B. U. in '39. He is at present stationed somewhere in Italy. George Kaiser, Herbert's brother, is now a navigator with the Army Air Corps at Selman Field, Louisiana. George graduated from Dor- chester with the class of '4o. He studied at B. U. for two years before Pearl Harbor and when the war broke out he enlisted. Henry L. Davis, '43, former Photography Editor of the Rea' and Black, is now with the Navy Quartermaster Corps at Newport, R. I. Morris H. Seronick, '42, has just returned to this country after eighteen months overseas duty with the U. S. Navy. Moe has been in Trinidad, Casablanca, and the South Pacific. While at D. H. S. B. he was a member of the Science, Debating and Bluejacket Clubs. Naval Aviation Cadets, Robert H. Hutcheson, '39 and Harold Cohen, '40, have successfully completed the intensive eleven week course at the U. S. Navy Pre-Flight School. They have been promoted to primary flight training at the Naval Air Station at Peru, Indiana. While at Dorchester High, Cadet Hucheson played football and was captain of the track team. Cohen was a member of the Drum Corps. Corporal lrving Shostock, '41, is stationed with the Eighth Army Air Forces in England as a member of the communications unit. Sgt. Thomas J. Ludwith, class of '29, parti- cipated in the first paratroop mission ever held in the Southwestern Pacific Area. At Dorchester he was active in football and baseball. He entered the Army Air Force at Fort Devens, Massachusetts, on May 4, 1942. He has com- pleted thirty-one combat missions and has flown a total of approximately eight hundred and fifty hours which is nearly one hundred and fifty thousand miles or six times around the equator. A few minutes before leaving on his first mission, Sgt. Ludwith received a letter telling him that his best friend, Jack Stone, '29, had been captured by the Germans. Sgt. William E. Bowes, '35, has been some- where in England for the last eighteen months. His job is that of a clerk in the personnel office of his base. Bill entered the infantry almost three years ago. He has two brothers in the service. They are Albert Bowes, '39, a signalman U. S. N. who is stationed at Portsmouth, N. H., and page forty-five

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thrilling meet seen on the Amory boards this season. At the conclusion of the field events, Dorchester had a 916 point edge. I-Iowever, Trade came back with a rush in the UAB run- ning events where they compiled 36 points to 9 for Dorchester. The Red E5 Black drew even with the Tradesmen again in Classes C and D. Going into the AB relay, Dorchester held a slim lead and needed at least a second to win the meet. After the first two legs Trade was way out in front with Dorchester a poor fourth. I-Iowever, newcomer Art Rosen un- corked a terriffic third leg that pulled the Red '55 Black up to second and Nitenson held that position to clinch it. Individual stars were, Sheldon Nitenson in Class AB with first in the 300 and the broad jump and Pete Laudansky in Class C also with two first places, in the 220 and the high jump. Other point getters in AB were veteran Sid Pike who scored a third in the 300 and a fourth in the shotput, and Dave Goldstein who took a third in the 50 yard dash. Scorers in Class C were Bill Kaiser with a fourth in the hurdles, John Ahern with a third in the 50 yard dash, and Sid Gorman and Joe Kessler with a nrst and fourth respective- page forty-four ly in the 440. Glassberg, Mandlebaum, and Manin finished I - 2 - 3 in the shotput. Potish was second to Laudansky in the high jump. Mockus, Gorman, and Bloom finished 2 - 3 - 4 in the broad jump. In the Class D hurdles Harry Zeltzer and Eliot Bluestein took second and third. Len Kramer placed second in the dash. Warwick and Gorodetzer were 1 - 2 in the 176. Bill Miller ran a fine race to win the 220. Bill Swanson and Eddie Davis inished 1 - 2 in the shotput. Zeltzer took a third in the high jump and Gorodetzer a second in the broad jump. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY II Although scoring high in the field events, the Red 26' Black slumped in the running events and could nnish no higher than third in a tri- angular get-together with Latin and Mechanics. Dave Goldstein, Sheldon Nitenson, and Jerome Sonberg upheld the Red 'Ed Black in the AB run- ning events. Goldstein took a fourth in the 50 yard dash. Nitenson finished fast to take second in the 300. Sonberg also scored a second in the 1000. In Class C, Pete Laudan- fplease turn to page ninety-rhreej

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Captain John T. Bowes, '30, who is on the Bougainville front. Donald A. Kogos, Leon M. Axlebaum, Ed- ward Connelly and Donald Cathcart, who are graduating this year, are all at A. A. F. Wing- 302 at Greensboro, N. C., with them is Robert Gelles, '43. Loads of luck, fellows. For his gallantry in jumping into shark- infested waters off the North African coast, James John Hanlon. has been advanced to the rating of Boatswain Mate First Class. His courageous action in aiding survivors to board rescue craft contributed greatly to the saving of many lives. Hanlon was graduated in '38. Lt. Saul Furman, '41, a navigator in the Army Air Corps, is now stationed at Westover Field, Springfield, Mass. Clifford Rudstein who left school in 1942 to join the army has received the Purple Heart for action in Italy. Pvt. Edward Laudansky, '39, was in the third wave of American troops which assaulted the Makin Beachhead. During the three day attack, which began last November 20, he said he lost ten pounds. Pvt. Laudansky enlisted when he was eighteen and was serving at Pearl Harbor when the Japs made their first attack. Technical Sergeant Francis A. Jeff Sullivan '38, chief radio operator on a Liberator bomber, was killed in action over Europe last December 22. He had two more missions to go before he was to be given a furlough home. Awarded the Distinquished Flying Cross for his part on the raid on the Ploesti oil fields of Rumania, Sullivan also held the Air Medal with several Oak Clusters. He was a member of the fabulous i'Ted's Flying Circus . With the Army Air Corps somewhere in England is Staff Sgt. Joe Hession, '29, who would like to be back at Pete Ecemans Drug Store. page forty-six Henchy Goren, '42, was sworn into the Navy last March. Before he enlisted, he at- tended the Massachusetts School of Optometry for two and one half years. At D. H. S. B. he was a First Lieutenant in military drill. Second Lieutenant Albert E. Brown, '38, a navigator with the Army Air Corps has parti- cipated in many of the bombings over Germany. After graduating from Dorchester, he received a scholarship to Wentworth Institute where he attended nights. George J. Roper, class of '37, has recently been promoted from the rank of First Lieutenant to Captain in the paratroopers. P. F. C. Joseph Furber. class unknown, has been selected to attend the enlisted motor course of the field artillery at Fort Sill Polk, La. Leonard Fox, '39, is serving the army at Kelly Field, Texas. He is a corporal. Ex Drum Major Harmon S. Shufro, '35, is a Staff Sgt. with the Army Medicos at Foster General Hospital, Jackson, Miss. Flight Ofiicers, Edward C. Meade, '34, Ed- ward W. Murphy, '35, and Andrew J. Mc- Laughlin, '35, Dorchester's Three Musketeers , inseparable in life and in war, were again united in death. Flight Ofiicer Murphy was the first to break the circle that bound the three. He participated in large scale raids on Germany last summer and fall, and on October, 2, 1942, word was re- ceived that he was missing in action. Shortly after Murphy had lost his life, Pilot Oiiicer McLaughlin was assigned to raid Axis- held Europe. After numerous bombing missions he was killed in action over France on December IO, 1942. On July 20 of this year, Flight Oflicer Meade died in a plane crash over Quebec, Canada. He was stationed at the Quebec Bombing and Gun- nery School, as a test pilot, when he, too, met death.