Hicksville High School - Comet Yearbook (Hicksville, NY)

Text from Pages 1 - 40 of the 1942 volume:

WAIT—Before You Turn The Page, Read This! We, the Comet Staff, want to explain. Imagine, before you even start, we want to explain! First we want you to realize what a problem we have at hand. We started with the idea in mind to do honor to the branch of service that deserved it most. But we stopped there because we couldn’t find one more important than the othei. As a result, our year hook theme is symbolic of all branches of service, for we feel that perfect co-ordination among them all is necessary for the future of America. In fact, whether we have a future or not depends on it! This is Hiclcsville High School, symbolic of high schools all over America, which are preparing the youth of to- day for that sg near at hand to-morrow. El! 'On To Victory We're Marching' (Hicksville High School Alma Mater) DEDICATION It is with pride and deep concern that we, the Hicksville High School Class of 1942, humbly dedicate this small project, THE COMET Yearbook of 1942, to those men who once represented Hicksville High School as students, and who now represent the United States of America in history’s most important cause. Men of the United States Army, Navy, Marines, Air Corps, and Coast Guard, we salute you! May the victory you so honorably deserve be yours. May the high ideals lor which you stand be fully realized. Generals-in-Charge To the Class of 1942: America must be strong—strong to meet any threats against her way of life from armed aggressors. When the call came, our Hicksvillc High School men did not back away from the most ghastly war that man ever devised. They realize they have a job on their hands. Never was more demanded of those who accept the challenge. We take an everlasting pride in the determination and courageous conduct of our heroic men who are enrolled in active duty in the armed forces. We know the class of '42 has the devotion and fidelity to love our country more than ever before and will do its utmost to win the war. We know that in its long upward struggle the human race has survived many dark hours, and we are determined, with the help of every man, woman, and child, that it shall win through this one to victory and a bettei world. Miss Mabel R. Farley Principal To the Class of 1942: Yours is the distinction of Being the first class to graduate during the present world conflict. We look to the future with hope and optimism. You will be facing great responsibilities with many opportunities and will be called upon to take your part in the united war effort. J hope you will serve to the best of your ability. We are very proud of our graduates and especially those who are serving their country on land, on the sea, in the air, or wherever they may be. Two of them have already made the supreme sacrifice- It is your responsibility and mine to carry on to victory. Hicksville High can be relied upon to do its part. E. H. LeBarron Superintendent Aides-to-Genercl Faculty IN MEMORIAM Hkksville’s first casualty in the War for Survival was John Haughey, Private First Class, U. S. Army, who was stationed at Pearl Harbor. Our deep grief over his death is mingled with our pride in the brave and unselfish way m which he discharged his duty to his country and his service at a time when both were in peril. John, who was 20 years old, was born in New York City and came to Hicksville with his family in 1926. He graduated from St. Ignatius Parochial School and in 1940 from Hicksville High School. He enlisted in the army in March, 1940, and at the time of the treacherous attack of December was studying nightly at the University of Hawaii preparatory to becoming a flying cadet. He had taken his examinations for a transfer to Randolph Field. It is to the memory of a well-liked and greatly missed student and friend, as well as of a heroic soldier, that we dedicate this page of The Comet of the war year, 1942- Mav he be enshrined in our hearts forever. Ministers of Propaganda The Comet Staff Ensigns Seniors OFFICERS OF HICKSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL Class of 1942 President _______________________GLEN WENNAGEL Vice-President ______ SAMUEL LEVITT Secretary ----------- ANITA ZAYATZ Treasurer ........ ERWOOD COLTHURST ANDREWS, JOHN Bill President of S. C. A. (4) Track Team (2) Vice-President of Honor Society (4) BADE. ANITA Bats Honor Society (1 -2-8-4 ) National Honor Society Glee Club U-2-1-4) BALLARD, REGINALD Blivid Senior Play (41 Traffic Squad (41 Fire Squad (4) BANCHBACK. DORIS Dot Glee Club (8) Red Cross (4) Hobby Club BARNETT, MILDRED Mole Senior Play Musical Comedy Vice-President of Junior Home Room BERLINO, VINCIE BETCHA, GEORGE Noog Football (8-4) Basketball (8-4) Track (8-4) BEVAN, ROBERT Bob Football (2-8-4) Musical Comedy (8-4) Senior Play BLYMAN. WILLIAM Bill Fire Squad (4) BRENDEL. DOROTHY Honor Society (1-2-3-4) National Honor Society Red Cross BRODAWCHUK, OLGA Publicity Committe (4) Basketball (2-8) Hockey (1-2) BROWN. JAMES '•Brownie'’ BUCK. GARRET Buclcy Band (1-2-8-4) Orchestra (1-2-8-4) Airplane Club (4) BUCK, MILDRED MMillyM Art Club (2) Badminton (8) Charm Club (4) CISLER. DOROTHY Cissy Glee Club (1-2-4 I Basketball 2) Archery (2) COLTHURST, ERWOOD Peg Band, Orchestra, Glee Club (1-2-S-4) Preiident Honor Society (4) Treasurer Senior Class CORNWELL, WILLIAM Corney Manager of Football (4) Manager of Basketball (4) Track (8-4) COSTELLO, CORNELIUS Neil Fire Squad (4) Basketball (8-4) Track (8) CUCURO. MARY Cookie Captain of Basketball (2-3) Hockey (1) Archery (4) DeMOTT, BEVERLY Freckles President Home Room (1) Treasurer of Honor Society (4) Art Editor of Comet DEMPSEY. GLADYS Dempy Glee Club (1-2-8-4) Honor Society Traffic Squad (4) DOUGHTY, DORIS Dormouse Homeroom President Won $25 Historical Essay Contest Honor Society DOUGLAS, GEORGE Doug Football (1-2) Musical Comedy (4) Intramurals (4) ERB, CHRISTINA Tilly Honor Society (1-2-8-4) Alpha President (4) Associate Editor of Comet (4) GLINKA, JOHN Glinlc Traffic Squad (4) Fire Squad ( 4 � Journalism Club President (4) Glee Club (1.2-8-4 Senior Play (4) Sperry Gyro Course HARTIGAN, WALTER Bluke Homeroom President (2) Football 1-2-8) Manager of Track Team HAUGHEY, ANNA Knitting Club (2-3-4) Red Croaa HEBERER, DORIS •■Dinky' Musical Comedy (2-8-4) Senior Play (4) Cheerleader (4 HEBERER, JEAN Hebby” Honor Society (1-2- 81 Captain of Cheerleaders (4) Senior Play (4) Senior Play 4.4 8 HNATUK, CAROLYN Fuzzy Senior Play (4) Dramatic Club Traffic Squad (4) HOFFMAN, ALLAN News Editor (8-4) Homeroom Secretary (2) HUETTNER, SARAH Petie Hall Cop Ceramics Club Ticket Committee for Senior Play JANSEN, GERARD Knappy Senior Play Musical Comedy Traffic Squad KALEITA, GEORGE Dodo” Boys State (8) Hobby Club Traffic Squad 4.4 KARPIN, JAY Yaf' Track (2-8) Musical Comedy (4) Senior Play 44) KARRAN, HELEN Karran” President of Homeroom (8) Senior Play (4) Secretary of Junior Clasa KELLNER, REGINA Jeanie” Glee Club (1-2-3-4) Honor Society (1-2-3-4 ) Associate Editor of The Comet KELLY. MARJORIE MMargieM Volley Ball (8) Canteen Corp Junior Red Croaa KERSHOW, VINCENT Bump Fire Squad (4) Golf Team Intramural Basketball KNUDSEN, GLORIA Snooks” Treasurer of Alpha Society President of H. H. S. Junior Red Cross Cheerleader KOHLER, HANS “Pepsi” Camera Club (1) Airplane Club (2-4) DancinR Club (3) KOMP, HELEN “Kompie Secretary of Freshman Homeroom Ticket Committee of Musical Comedy and Senior Play KRAFT, RUTH Kraft KRUPA, JOSEPH Joe Fire Squad (4) President of Junior Homeroom KULBABA, OLGA LAMPARTER. MURIEL Traffic Squad (4) Senior Play (4) Musical Comedy (3) LARSEN, LAWRENCE Larry Fire Squad (4) First Aid (4) LEVITT, SAMUEL “Scoop” THE COMET (1-2-3-4) Editor (4) Weekly School Columns (2-3-4) Editor (8) Glee Club (1-2-3-4) LEYKAMM, WILLIAM Lucky Football (12-3) (Farmingdale) Track (1-2-3) (Farmingdale) Track (4) (Hicks ville LUCHKA, WILLIAM Doc Fire Squad (4) Intramural Basketball Traffic Squad (4) MADDEN, ALYCE Shorty Tennis (1) Baseball (2) Musical Comedy (3) McCaffrey. Walter McGurk Reporter of Homeroom (3) Traffic Squad (4) Fire Squad (4) McCROSSON. MAE Maxie Red Cross Sewing (1-2-8-4) Sub-Deb Club (3) Dramatic Club (4) McDonnell, edward Band (2-3-4) Custodian of Uniforms MEINE. JOHANNA Jo Traffic Squad (4) Cheerleader (4) Vice-President of Knitting Club NAVROT, MARY Rita' Badminton (2-3-4) Basketball (8) Volley Ball I 8) NENNINGER, MARGARET Margie Traffic Squad Shorthand Club Volley Ball Team OLDOCK, ELSIE Glee Club (1-2-3-4) Dramatic Club (4) Musical Comedy (1-2-3) OLIVERI, ESTHER MEs Traffic Squad Manager of Archery Dramatic Club REIMELS, ELEANOR Muggy Hall Cop Volley Ball Team Ceramics Club REMY, WILLIAM Bill Leather Craft Club (3) Journalism Club (4) Intramural Basketball SANAK, KATHERINE Katty Archery (1-2-3) Red Cross (3-4) Dramatic Club (1) SCHAEFER. MARGARET Schaeger” Badminton (1 2) Basketball (1 -2-3-4) Chess Club (3-4) Knitting Club (2-3-4) SCHEFANO, AMELIA Millie” White Team in Farmingdale (8) Charm Club and Basketball SCHWAMB. LILLIAN Shrimp Dramatic Club (3-4) Senior Play 4 ) Traffic Club (4) SMATLAK, BERNADETTE Bunny Property Committee of the Senior Play Badminton (2) Archery (3) STAEHLER. MARY Red Cross (4) STEBNER. EDWARD Eddie” Track (2-8) Fire Squad (Captain) Traffic Squad STEERS. VIRGINIA Ginny Band (1-2-3-4) Musical Comedy (1-2-4) Cheer Leader STEERS, WILLIAM Biff Football (3) Senior Play (4) Fire Squad STOBIE, BARBARA Chubby Musical Comedy (1-3) President Short Story Club (4) Basketball (1-2-8) SZERBIAK, MARIE Bubbles Musical Comedy (1) Glee Club (4) Homeroom President (1) THOMAS, FRANCES “Fran Hall Cop Volley Ball Team Shorthand Club VOTYPKA, BERNARD '‘Barney Senior Play (4) Fire Squad (4) Traffic Squad (4) WALDECK, RUTH Glee Club (1-4) Art Club (S Badminton (2-4) WANDELT, WILLIAM Dutch Basketball (2-3-4) Baseball (2-3) Track (2-3-4) WENNAGEL, GLEN Chuck” President of Senior and Junior Class Senior Play (4) Band (3-4) WESNOFSKE, BERNARD Bernie Football (4) Fire Squad Hall Cop WETTERAU, GEORGIANA Babe Cheerleader Musical Comedy (4) Senior Play WHITNEY, GENEVIEVE Kid President of Camera Club (4) Hockey (4) Camera Club (4) ZADROZNY, HELEN Drowsy Basketball Team (4) Shorthand Club (4) Hockey ZALEWSKI, HELENE Jabby” Cheerleader Honor Society (1-2-3-4) Basketball (1-2-3-4) ZAYATZ, ANITA Neef Senior Play Cheerleader Secretary of Senior Class ZGLIESEKY, HELEN Jello Basketball (1-2-3 4). Squad Leader (4) President of Red Cross Club Detached Enlisted Men January Class of 1943 Career Day Group Shore-Leave Morale Corps Here Comes The Prince (Senior Play) Hey, Stranger! (Annual Musical) Musicians Orchestra (Top) Band Below) Mixed Chorus Warrant Officers Sophomores Room 214 Pres.__________Wilma Harnischfeger Vice-Pres._____ Leonard Wesnofske Sec. _______________________ Robert Schmelzle Rep.--------------------John Christ Room 253 Pres.-------------- Virginia Hafner Vice-Pres.---------- William Stoffel Sec. ------------------ Mary Cucuro Rep._________________Gerald Kiesel Room 258 Pres.-------------Melvin Voorhies Vice-Pres. _______ William Mailand Sec -------------- Roseanna Harbes Rep. --------------... Marie Rollback Room 260 Pres. ------— Barbara Moss Vice-Pres._________Charles Arnone Sec.......... -.. Mildred Greenway Rep. ------------- John Biggers Master Sergeants Sophomores HOMEROOM OFFICERS Room 103 Pres.______________Virginia Betcha Vice-Pres......Marcella Wesnofske Sec.___________________Betty O’Neal Rep.___________________Betty O’Neal Room 109 Pres.______________George Karman Vice-Pres.______________Anna Mazik Sec._______________Camela Ruggiero Room 207 Pres._______________Joseph Natalie Vice-Pres___________George Lehman.! Sec._________________Malcom Elliott Rep._________________________Eugene Levitt Room 220 Pres._______________Edward Andrews Vice-Pres.____________John Zadrozny Sec.__________________________Irene Vincent Rep.__________.___. Annie Taormina Room 224 Pres.______________Thomas Polidora Vice-Pres._________Huntley Watsoii Sec._______________Carol Chittenden Rep. ____________________ Ann Miller (EDITOR’S NOTE: Warrant Officers on previous page are Juniors and not Sophomores) Newly Enlisted Men Freshmen Room I I I Pres.______________George Halleran Vice-Pres._________Philip Zulkofske Sec. Frank Heileg Rep.__________________Edwin Rusch Room 153 Pres. _____________ Anthony Miraval Vice-Pres.___________________Edward Jozwiak Sec._________________Dolores Kiesel Rep.________________________Vincent Kearney Marguerite Pepe Room 201 Pres._________________________Olga Takush Vice-Pres. ______ Michael Greggo Sec.............. Thomas Hennerty Rep,_________________Ivan Karpin Room 209 Pres.__________________Herbert Zirk Vice-Pres. _________ Edward Podolski Sec. _________________Norma Harmes Rep. _____________ Marjorie Thomas Room 2 I 8 Pres. ___________ Daniel Palmerone Vice-Pres.----------- Joseph Lynch Sec. _____________ Irene Andrews Rep___________________Violet Aracil Room 250 Pres................Howard Christ Vice-Pres.__________Norman Shore Sec. Gloria Reinard Rep_________________ Arthur Segretto Honor Cadets National Honor Society Local Honor Society Machinists Sperry Course Group Chemical Corps Fire Controlmen Fire Con+rolmen Fire Squad Medical Corps First Aid Class Shatter-proof glasses to Protect Our classes (H. H. S. Is Vigilant! 'You Buy 'Em, We'll Fly 'Em' (Defense Booth) Paper -for Peace Waste Paper Campaign Bundles For Britain Afgan Making Group Ceramics Corps Ceramics Club Photo Observation Squad Camera Club Victory With Books (Victory Book Campaign) V for Vitamins for V Men and Vivacious Women (Nutrition) Physical Corps Camouflage Corps The Charm Club The Signal Corps Cheer Leaders Good Neighbor Policy Spanish Exhibit The Firing Squad Basketball The Bear Car Battalion Football The Cavalry Brigade Track The Bombing Battery Baseball