Grover Cleveland High School - Clevelander Yearbook (Buffalo, NY)

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Last Will and Testament We, The Class oT i942 oT Grover Cleveland l-ligh School, in accordance wiTh The laws oT The CiTy oT BuTTalo, and The STaTe oT New York, do hereby make and declare This To be our lasT will and TesTamenT. The Tew remaining boys we lovingly leave To The TaculTy, ThaT They may have The pleasure oT conTending wiTh Them in The TuTure. We hope They appre- ciaTe These boys, because according To The laTesT survey, Grover Cleveland is desTined To become a Girls' Seminary. To The Junior Class we lovingly bequeaTh our reserved secTion oT The audiTorium where They may be admired by all. To The Sophomore Class we le-ave The preparaTions and suspense oT Junior Day, and also our box oT viTamin pills leTT over Trom Senior Day so ThaT They may be able To sTand The sTrain. We congraTulaTe The Freshman Class Tor Their splendid inTeresT in school acTiviTies, and we leave Them some oT The perseverance and experience oT The Seniors - To be used only in case oT emergency. The Tollowing personal bequesTs are also made: DoroThy Fiorella leaves her virTues oT TimidiTy and obedience To RiTa Car- darella . . . John VolTz, his alooTness To l-luberT King . . . Orlo Secord leaves her sweeT manner To Marian lraci . . . Kay ConoscenTi, her TalkaTiveness and sTick oT gum To Gloria Concialdi . . . Phyllis Thomas enTrusTs her cherished memories oT Mr. Dressler To Angeline Siracuse . . . ViTo Rinaldo bequeaThs his English noTes, lovingly wriTTen in Chinese, To Mike Piddisi . . . Dick Swanson Talls heir To Dick Possee's greaT proTile . . . Sarah GaeTa leaves her puncTu- aliTy To Ann Bulone . . . AnThony Flaminio weepingly leaves Daisy June To Carl Traina . . . and adds his box oT cough drops, which may come in handy while pracTicing . . . To Lucien PoTenza, Marino DiCarlo wills his zooT suiT wiTh The drape shape . . . Evelyn Thom leaves her drawl To Marge Conly . . . Leonard Zaccagnino, his piggy bank To Louis Calabrese . . . SalvaTore Aquilina, his oraTorical abiliTy To Larry Del Priore . . . Mary Jane Gill Talls heir To The brilliance and originaliTy oT Delphine Beauchamp . . . Michael Murphy leaves his aTTendance record, wiTh a sigh oT relieT, To Bob Conk . . . To Joe Daniels, Joe Anselmo wills his boTTle oT niTro-glycerine lmay he resT in peacel . . . George Palamio leaves his deTense bond posTer oT Miss America To Frannie Marion. The Senior Class, being oT sound mind, herein inscribes iTs name To The above documenT, in The year oT our Lord one Thousand nine hundred and TorTy-Two. ' -The GraduaTing Class oT '42, 23

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JENNIE VASILE Meril Roll1Comrnerce Club Home Economics Club-Pin Girl CONCETTA VENTO Honor Roll-French Club Junior Red Cross VANDA T. VISPI Meri? Rollilfalian Club Monifor-Junior Red Cross JOHN VOLTZ lnfrarnural Sports-Merif Roll Monifor MARY LOU WHITE Lalin Club Dramafic Club ROSE M. ZABALDO Honor Roll--Meril' Roll Commerce Club-Boolclovers' Club LEONARD G. ZACCAGNINO llalian Club-Meril Roll Chorus Q-L MILDRED A. ZACCAGNINO Honor Roll-Boolrlovers' Club Junior Red Cross LENA C. ZARBO Boolclovers' Club-Minule Girl X Pin Girl-Junior Red Cross JOHN PANZARELLA N LOUISE M. ZUCCHIATTI Pin Girl-Debate Club Campus Topics Slafl-Camera Club Additional Graduate DOLORES J. CARRIERE Science Club-Dramafic Club Minule Girlgl-lislory Forum JACK DUNN lDeceasedl Hobby Club Chess Club THEODORE GETMAN MICHAEL D. MURPHY French Club-Monifor Inlramural Sporls IGNATIUS RECOTTA JOSEPH RICIGLIANO ELEANOR RIDER Science Club Drarnadic Club ANGELO F. VALVO Cross Counfry--Track Sl'eppinq Along -lfalian Club 22

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The enior Glass History Army Life Ai' Grover I-I938-39 INFANTRY There was a clarion call for voluniee rs io ioin 'rhe infan+ -ry, lrypical fresh- menl, and The large group of e-ager recruirs enrered rhe porrals of Grover Cleveland l-ligh School for The firsl' 'rim e. This band of The Clevelandiies s'rar'red on i'rs four-year rraining course ar Fori lnexperience. The eniire lnfanrry, sup- plied wirh weapons, lbooksl climbed inro +he barracks lhome-roomsl and made ready for acrion. Milirary orders were given by Commanding Officers, lMr. Devine and +he faculiyl, direcied by The General, lMr. Kennedyl. Suddenly rhere was a 'rerrific explosion of bombs. several were prosrrafedz orhers were wounded. lFirs'r mon+h's repori' cards.l Firsr aid was immediarely applied +o rhe wounded. lWhi1'e cards.l Among The prominenr rookies was Sandy Anselmo, who wi'rh his mellow golden voice, became popular in recrearion halls. Salvarore Aquilina, Marie Lombardo, Pauline Gallagher, and Rosalie Lo Manro were ci'red for good work. li-lonor roll cards.l Frances Scire, Margaref Vaccaro, Jennie Vasile, and Phyllis Thomas were awarded al'hle+ic honors. lFour-inch ler'rer.l Inger Olsen, a noled beauiy al'- 'rracred arrenrion in camp. lBeau'ry con+esr.l All of rhe rookies were impressed by 'rhe arrogance of 'rheir superiors, lupper classmenl - +ha'r is, all exce-pr l-lelen Charles, who iusr accepred life as if came. June, I939 - Fierce aHack from Regenrs Force. Many succumbed. lnfanrry exhausredg dire need fora resi. Shorr furlough granred 'ro all. lSummer vacal'ion.l II-I939-40 ARTILLERY FORCE Back 'ro 'rhe old grind again. Drills became harder and more severe. ll-lome-work.l Now we revelled in rhe noisy bangbangs of Jrhe machine guns. lSopho- mores are The noisy ones.l Occasional volleys of bullers were received from officers. lBlue slips.l We had +o +oe ihe mark for formidable guards were on duly in all 'rhe cor- ridors and in rhe Mess l-lall. lMoni+ors.l This year, Joe Sacco, pianisr, enreriained 'rhe groups orfdury. Peiire Marie Coniglio and Daring Jo Sinaira led cheers. Gumps Duminuco siarred in baskerball. and George Sawyer, in baseball: while Joe Marino, qualified as run- ner for all-high honors. ln a surprise aHack several Tell from Their horses and were seized by rheir old enemy. lRegen+s.l Many rallied. Anorher furlough was granred. III-I94O-4I CAVALRY OFFICERS Trot +ro'r, 'rrol', 'rhe Juniors were riding, riding along To vic+ory. Yes, riding along in unison, we are cer'I'ain 'ro prove 'ro ihe new rookieswand in- berweens whai leadership really is. Taking an acrive pari in rhe ptublishing gf l!Campus Topics and The Clevelander, were Laura O'Brien, and lrene uc er. 24