Isaac Newton High School - Newtonian Yearbook (Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada)

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Isaac Newton High School 50 PO. ANDREW MYNARSKI, V.C. A most conspicuous act of heroism which called for valor of the highest order.

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Newton A N 49 ing and parachute and saluted before he jumped. French people saw his flaming de¬ scent. They found him later, but he was so severely burned that he died from his injuries. The rear gunner miraculously escaped death when the bomber crashed, but he states that had P.O. Mynarski not attempted to save his life, he surely would have escaped death himself. MAJOR ALEX KELLER Major Alexander Keller graduated from Newton in 1931. He worked in the mines diamond-drilling, and then was with the railway. On September, 15, 1939, Alex enlisted in the Cameron Highlanders as a buck private. He went overseas in 1940. He was at Dieppe in 1942, and because of his action he was awarded the Military Medal. He came home on leave in ’43. Then he went in for Officer’s Training at Brockville, Ontario. He instructed officers for six months. He received a commission and went overseas for the second time. This time he was with the Calgary Highlanders. He received the Military Cross in November, 1944. September 6, 1945, he was discharged, with the rank of major. Alex now represents the Dept, of Veterans’ Affairs. He has been at this since 1945. We’re proud of you, Alex. Here’s luck and further success to you. LIEUTENANT WALTER YANKEWICZ Lieutenant Walter Yankewicz, gradu¬ ate of Isaac Newton, has led a very interesting and exciting life since his school days. He has attended Univer¬ sity at Heidelberg in Germany and at London. He has passed his entrance examinations for the University of Cal¬ ifornia and is to leave shortly, but he intends to go North and gain some ex¬ perience at Diesel engineering first. He aims to be a Mechanical Engineer. When he completes his course at the University he will depart for South America. When Walter left school he enlisted in the American Navy. The slogan “Join the Navy and See the World” certainly applied to Lieutenant Yanke¬ wicz. He has been in Germany, the British Isles, South America, Iraq, Iran, Egypt and Gibralter. He has seen ac¬ tion in Burma, Sicily and in the Pa¬ cific. He was in India at the time of the starvation. He was blown out of his fox-hole, against a tree, when a shell exploded fifteen feet away. He was wounded in the shoulder and twice in the leg. He was also listed as missing for four months while he was cut off in a valley in Burma. Once he was torpedoed off the coest of Newfound¬ land. He has received the U.A.A. Torpedo Bar and the South West Pacific Orange Star. Isaac Newton is proud of this young man, who has distinguished himself in lands afar. We wish him luck and fu¬ ture success. FLYING OFFICER KARL DZINKOWSKI Flying Officer Karl Dzinkowski at¬ tended Newton in 1937-1938. In 1941 he enlisted in the R.C.A.F. One day, while they were testing a Ventura bomber, they developed engine trouble. They were unable to hold altitude and crashed. The aircraft caught fire. One of the crew members had broken his leg in the spill and Karl rescued him from the burning wreckage. The air¬ craft was totally destroyed but the four crew members escaped unharmed except for severe burns. They were in the hospital for some time. Then, in June, 1942, Karl was awarded the Brit¬ ish Empire Medal. Karl was with the service for five years. He was in the Transport Command and ferried ships all over the world but particularly be¬ tween England and Africa. He received his discharge in 1945. At present he is attending the Uni¬ versity of Manitoba. He is taking Third Year Arts. He intends to register for medicine this year. Isaac Newton looks with pride upon this young man, and we wish him luck and success in his future ent erprises.

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Newtonian MAJ. ALEX KELLER, M.M., M.C. r FO, KARL DZINKOV SKI, B.E.M LIEUT. WALTER YANKEWICZ