Hicksville High School - Comet Yearbook (Hicksville, NY)

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WILSON, ESTHER R. “Willie” Honor Society Tennis Play Ticket Committee Willie Wilson’s cute and sweet. As a nurse, she'll be a treat. YOUDEN, ROBERT H. “Bob” President—Senior Class Honor Society 1 -2-3-4 Math Club Here’s to the president of our class, A lad that nothing can surpa s. ZALEWSKI, SOPHIE “Zee” Honor Society 1-2-3-4 Tennis 3-4 Glee Club 2-3 Sophie is filled with a lot of good fun. She puts you in stitches before she is done. PERO RALPH Heres a good subject for Ralph to debate Is it the fashion to always be late? WYSOLOVSKI, JOSEPHINE “Jo” To Jo, we hope that her future years Will bring good luck and very few tears. ZADROZNY, JOHN A. “Johnnie” Basketball Hail, to a lad, who on the J.V. Made our team, what it was to be. ZGLIESEKY, STELLA, “Ski” Musical Comedy 2 From Syosset came “Ski” to dear H.H.S. And now to her, fortune, she'll try to progress. WATSON, GORDON H. Football Fire Squad Gordon’s friends won't know how to begin To tell “who is who” when they meet hi? twin.

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SUTTER, A. FAY Honor Society 1-2-3-4 Band 1-2-3-4 Orchestra 1-2-3-4 Another one who is so grand Is Fay, a member of the band THOMAS, GEORGE A. “Moots” Track 1-2-3-4 Football 1-2-3-4 Basketball 1-2-3-4 “Moots” took the honors on the courts. He’s ours and Millie’s king of sports. THORMAN, IRENE M. “Rene” Honor Society While to us she’s a real cute girl, Rene, to Wayne, is truly a “pearl.” VGORHIES, MELVIN K. “Tom Harmon” Baseball 1-2-3 Football 4 The Japs and Jerries, Harmon wii slam When he enlists for Uncle Sam. WATSON, THOMAS E. “Tommy” “Tommy’s” the head of our home room When we hsd meetings things did “boom.” WESNOFSKE, MARCELLA A. Honor Society 1-2-3-4 Cheerleader 3-4 Musical Comedy 3-4 Marcella’s the one that deserves a salute. Her scholastic record we can’t dispute. TAORMINA, ANNIE Glee Club Honor Society Cheerleader 3-4 Our Annie’s just a cute co-ed. Who is tops, according to Red. THOMPSON, RICHARD C. Fire Squad Though Dickie seems like a quiet boy To us, we know, he’s far from coy. TIMOSZUK, WILLIAM M. “Bill” Defense Course Fire Squad Code Course Billy plans to take to the air; A daring boy, we do declare. WARD, WILLIAM J. “Bill” Dance Committees Bill will raise a jubilee When he enters M.I.T. WESNOFSKE, JAMES “Jim” Honor Society Musical Comedy 4 Spcrts Editor--COMET To our COMET Sports Ed. we’ll throw a bouquet. He covered a job that was really okay. WEYER, ELEANOR D. “Wey” Honor Society Basketball 1 -2-3-4 Tennis 3 When we get sick, and things appear worse, We’ll call for “Eliie” to be our nurse.

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CLASS WILL We, the class of 1944, of the village of Hicksville, County of Nassau, and State of New York, being of sound mind, memory, and understanding, do make, publish, and de- clare the following as and for our last Will and Testament that is to say: First: We hereby revoke all wills, codicils, and testamentary instruments by us at any time heretofore made. Second: We direct that our debts and other expenses be paid as soon after our parting as may be practicable. Third :James Hall gives, devises, and be- queaths to Norman Scheiner his athletic zest in hope that Scheiner will use it to advan- tage. George Thomas wills his muscles to Harold Harter, and his sure-fire basketball to Wil- liam Byrnes. Flo Caruso wills her priority on the male population of H.H.S. to Olga Takush. Melvin Voorhies gives Tom Harmon to the Navy. Winifred Lehmann leaves her love for chickens to Glen Munch. Rachel Kendel gives her athletic ability to Eleanor Scheiner. Ann Patrizio is leaving her Charles Atlas course to Frances Madden. Jean Doughty w.lls her feminine charm to Dot Rave. Pat Stolz and Ann Miller leave their friend- ship with Bob Spielmann to Irene Bosser- man. Eisa Straub and Ruth Mayz lend-lea-:e the Navy to Edna Giese and Minnie Cucuro. Ralph Pero bequeaths his agile step to Marge Thomas. Joe Gowalis leaves his car, and Ginny Gor- don her vitamin pills to Jimmy Valentine to reduce the effort. Beryl Jo Hall leaves her artistic ability to Monk Segreto. Vivienne Goetz passes her piano talent on to Stanley Smith. Eddie Eisemann and Joe Fox will their wolf call to Joe Gries and William Dey. Esther Wilson is so Scotch, she isn’t leav- ing anything. Elsie Mannilla and Shirley Maher leave their china-doll appearances to Margaret Sielaff and Dotty Nenninger. Stanley Braja and Doris Krummenacker will their quiet personalities to Violet Aracil and Catherine Pakaluk. Clifford Kraft, being cheesy, is leaving everything to the mice of H.H.S. George Karraan leaves his ego to Howard Christ. Evelyn Brandstetter is passing her engage- ment ring on to Ruth Soper, who, we hope, will wear it permanently. Ruth Ewen and Olga Bezluk leave their wolf.ng to Helen Kreider and Gloria Looney. Dona.d Kant is leaving the club he used to beat the women off with, to Eddie Coleman. Ruth Madden, who has never quite rea- lized the acuteness of the man-power short- age, is leaving whatever she has that gets them to Irene Bosserman. She has met her natch! Stella Zglieseky leaves her lost and found department to Marjorie Marrs. William Ward, the art genius, wills his hand to K.t Muhlenbruck. Betty O’Neal and Gladys Smith leave their place in business to Margaret Navrot and Elizabeth McCaffery. i rank LaMarca and Mike Pastore leave their team work to James Sanak and Sidney Rigby. Irene Thorman leaves her debating ability to Howard Goldman. Hugh Habenicht leaves his sarcasm, which he inherited from Jake Hoffman last year, to Ann Greggo. Little ray of sunshine, Audrey Davis, leaves her hilarious gurgle to Eileen Muldoon. Thomas Cullen wil.s his ready smile and glad hand to Lucille Kellner. John Zadrozny bequeaths h s superior mind to Howard Goldman. Margaret Gleckler passes her faculty in- fluence on to William Manelski. Camela Ruggiero is leaving Eddie Cole- man to the girls of H.H.S. so that someone else will have a chance to walk with him to class. K’tty Blasucd wills her vocal experience to Louis Sinatra. Robert Youden wills the brain to George Hutton. Eleanor Riegelsperger leaves her charm to Jean Sheprow. The senior cheerleaders are leaving their megaphone to Mr. Galloway. John Schwamb leaves all his ambition to George Kunz. Joan Giaeber wills her place in front of the mirror to Arline Leykamm. Joe Natalie passes his rare vocabulary on to Anthony Bernardo. Walter Blessee and George Lehmann leave their curling irons to Char.ie Lieb and Mike Greggo. Eugene Levitt, who last year fell heir to Artie Thomas’ trumpet in the hope that he would continue to blow, has made quite a reputation for himself and now passes it on to John Votypka. Jimmy Wesnofske, who was most generous- ly endowed, wills his brain to the lab for re- search, Inge to Fred Eisemann, but will re- tain all rights to his dancing exhibitions.