Lafayette High School - Oracle Yearbook (Buffalo, NY)

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Q . , L 1 I i x During World War II, Lafayette held many ceremonies at which she honored Lafayette boys in the service. Present for such an occasion were STANDING: Mr. Mellen, Mr, Gott, Mr. Kolassa, Mr. Michael Boechatg SEATED: Mr. Russell J. Battaglia, Mrs. Battaglia. Captain Mellen had the honor in 1944 of presenting the Purple Heart Certificate, the Presidential Citation and The Purple Heart, posthumously, to the parents of Joseph N. Battaglia, who lost his life in the Pacific Area. Pfc. Jock W. Bowen '4l, Lieut. Richard E. Boye '36, Lieut. Richard J. Brace '37, Pvt. Philip G. Burlingame '37, Cpl. Edward J. Collins '35, Pvt. Frank B. Corry'44, Lieut. Ralph W.Cox '37, Pvt. Teofil J. Czech '4l. Pvt.fpara- trooperl William J. Dellapenta '4l, Corp. John J. Durkin '38, HA2fC Winfield M. Dusenbury '43, Pvt. Lloyd G. Easton '4l, Pfc.Gerald F. Ellis '36, FXO John G. Evernden '39, Lieut. Milton l. Fineberg '36, Lieut. Robert S. Frost '40, Lieut. Louis S. Gallo'38, Corp. Louis Garbarsky '4l, Lieut. John R. Bersting '40, USMCR Pfc. Alvin P. Gibbs '42, Lieut. Norman H. Goldberg '36, Techn. Sgt. Edward J. Griffin '34, Corp. Adolf W. Guniewicz '35, Sgt. Harold L. Hamlin '39, Col. Robert D. Hausauer '22, Lieut. John Alan Heard '39, Lieut..John W. Hen- rich '24, Pvt. Joel Heysel '42, Lieut. James C. Holfelner '33, Sgt. Robert Holloway '34, Lieut. William G. Houck '36, Pfc. William L.- Jarvis '4l, Pfc. Arnold T.xJohnson '42, Capt. Joseph G. Kalbfleisch '37, Pfc. William F. Kinney '40, Lieut. Albert B. Konikoff '36, Lieut Commander Charles Lode 'l3, Pfc. Anthony C. LaDuca '37, Pfc. Harry F. Markson '43, Sgt. RCAF Paul J. Maroney '40, Corp. William E. Mathias '39, FXO John A. Matteson,Jr. 'l4, Corp. Anthony J. McGowan '38, Pvt. Jack J. McMahon '33, Lieut Richard S. McNamara '4l, Pfc. Edward J. Murphy '40, Lieut. Rodney B. Nagle '35, Corp. Frank C. O'Leary '43, Pfc. Raymond E. Pallini '38, CVC William N. Patterson '39, Pvt. James G. Perry '43, F. O. Maurice J. Powsner '40, Sgt. William T. Puff '39,Capt. Joseph J. Pugach '39, Pvt. Robert C. Reece '4l, Pfc. Kenneth P. Reiller '40, Lieut. John Robb '39, Sgt. Earl M. Rood '30, Lieut Milton A. Sahl '40 Pfc. Eugene C. Schohn '4l, USMCR Pvt. Jack W. Schunk '43, Capt. Richard A. Seaman '33, Lieut. Ray M. Slaper '45, CT Capt. Allen E. Smith '34, Pfc. Thomas J. Smith '42, NAC James C. Stephan '40, Lieut. Charles M. Taggart '30, Pfc. Ignatius P. Territo '36, Lieut Robert M.Totaro '40, S 2fC Robert K.Voisinet '39, SXT Henry L. Wagner '34, Pvt. Robert S. Weir '38, Lieut. Merle S. Wood '34, SfSgt.Rob- ert Wood '40, Lieut. William J. Zimmer '37, Again we feel pride in the gallantry of Lafayette boysp we pay honor to those who gave their young lives in the Korean conflict. OUR HONORED DEAD OF THE KOREAN WAR: Pfc. Peter Heyl '49, Tech. Thomas Ricotta '44, Pfc. Ronald Schamberger '50. Now as we bow our heads in prayer for peace, expecially on Armistice Day and Memorial Day, we remember Lafayette boys, dead in three wars, who had no chance to grow old nor to realize their dreams. Are we of the present worthy of our magnificent past? 23 1

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Aa'mz'm3!mizbn ED by such far-sighted men as Mr. Arthur Detmers, Captain Calvert K. Mellen, and Mr. Frank R. Gott, Lafayette's beloved teachers have gone beyond the call of duty in keeping the students' interest upper- most in their minds. Mr. Detmer's poem became the prayer of all. To grow a little wiser day by day, To school my mind and body to obey, To keep my inner life both clean and strong, To free my lips from guile-my hands from wrong, To shut the door on hate-and scorn-and pride, To open them to love the windows wide, To meet with cheerful heart what comes to me, To turn life's discards into harmony, To share some weary worker's heavy load, To point some straying comrade to the road, To know that what I have is not my own, To feel that I am never quite alone This would I pray from day to day, For then I know my life will flow In peace until it be God's will I go.