Long Island City High School - Plaza Yearbook (Long Island City, NY)

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PRESENTINGI THE GRADUATING CLASS of JANUARY, 1943 Through 'Ihese porials Ihere shall pass WILL A group of seniors-one whole class! Of gen'rous-hearfed boys and gals 8K TESTAMENT Who will Ihese 'ro 'rheir heirs and paIs- By BETTY McCARTHY I. A IiH'Ie of The Kuri' Hirsh digniiy is Iefi' for Morris Angel so Ihal' he may I'ower over his audience. 2. Edie Killoran leaves her gym-suii' Io Alda CoIIeI Ie, who has a prioriI'y on a needle. 3. Morris Levy bequealhes his superior inI'eIIigence 'ro any one wi'rh 'rhe brawn Io gel' Ihrough anyhow. 4. Chris Makafura leaves her voice 'ro her sisI'er, who will refurn i+ 'ro her Ihaving one of her ownl and Ihen 'rhey will be a Ieam again. 5. Shakespeare Molloy leaves his off-used pen Io Ihe Museum of Li'I'erary Geniuses. 6. Anna Grasso leaves her kelly-green eyes Io Ihe aucliforium Io save Ihe expense of 'Iwo I0,000 Kleig Iigh'Is. 7. Tony Fiore leaves his wad of gum +o any one wiI'houI' glue 'ro slick clip- pings on homework. 8. Helen Sandburg leaves her homemade swifchboard Io any Secrefarial Prac- Iiser who can unfangle 'Ihe swifches. 9. Leo Har+unian leaves his cherished racing-bike for Angelo IDrowsyI lndeli- ca'Io in case he doesn'+ care 'ro walk. IO. Mary Nuccio ICosme'I'icsI leaves her counler in WooIworIh's Io Margie Clohessy IHardwareI. II. Sol Sobol leaves his cufe grin fo subs+iI'u+e 'For Mary Doyle's girlish guffaw. I2. Lil Di BeHa leaves her baH'ered and sfrefched senior hal' for Mike Pel- rizzi +o cul' info uniforms for his men. I3. Gerard Yasillo leaves his quieI', sI'udious ways +0 Margie Breiifeller-All righI'I We can wake up now! I4. Grace Blau leaves her 'IypicaI American fame for June Sweeney Io carry on. I5. Vi'I'o La Ruccia leaves his roof-raising, wall-quaking vocal chords Io Eleanor Au+enrei+h so fhal' she may add force Io her English speeches. I6. Gerry Nelson leaves her powder blue orbs Io Dolly Conri-iusf +o see how I'hey will look. FIVE

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TO THE SENIORS: These few remarks are dedicaied +o our boys who are going info +he armed services and fo our girls who are going info war indus'l'ries 'l'o produce 'lhe weapons of vicfory. Upon you resfs The fufure of our counfry and upon our coun+ry resfs +he fufure of fhe world. While each one of you con+rilou+es only a small parf, +he ou+come of lhe aggregare of your eFForl's will be fhe deciding facfor in 'rhe 'Fu+ure hisfory of fhe world. Your youfhful spirif, your indomifable courage, and your consfanl' op+imism assure vicfory for ihe final baH'leg buf only your knowledge, your inna're decency, and your answering idealism can achieve fhe obiecfives for which +he war is being fought The war is being foughf for liber+y and iusfice for all +hroughou+ +he world. The final vic+ory will noi' be over our enemies buf over ourselves. Sacrifice by all will be needed +o creafe a sociefy of mfen where each will secure +he fruifs of his own labor and where each can live in Tolerance and peace wirh his neighbor. Yours is fhe double 'raslc +o win +he war and fo avoid fhe dread of losing ifs obiecfives. To bofh of fhese faslcs you mus'r devoie your life and if need be your hear'rs' blood. WALLACE A. MANHEIMER, Principal -1 l FOUR

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I7. Paf Fazio leaves his indifferenf way wifh fhe ladies fo Lou Torfora, who doesn'f care one way or fhe ofher eifher. l8. Emmy Opel leaves her Binghamfon accenf fo any one who wan'l'S 6 voice wifh a fwang. I9. Ed Sloane leaves his everybody sing voice fo add a liffle life fo fhe assembly's rendifion of our beaufiful anfhem. 20. Jack Baffipaglia leaves his bubbling personalify fo Rosie Lucenfe, who will probably boil over-foo much is foo much. 2I. Angela Harris leaves her worries over fhe prom fo a fufure senior who looks good wifh gray hair and wrinkles. 22. Cay Cafaro leaves her flying piano fingers for Horfense Dicker fo ac company wifh-as if she didn'f have fen of her own. 23. Buddy Sfanley leaves his drowsiness fo any insomniac in need of a good nighf's sleep. 24. Ann Thibaulf leaves her becoming, shiny nose for fhe girls fo use unfil fhey gel' some mirrors in fhe resf rooms. 25. Frank Sedlacek leaves fhe mounfains he cheerfully makes ouf of molehills in fhe English debafes fo any one in fhe mood for some good, sfiff climbing. 26. Agafha Fucarino leaves her murderous iokes, puns, efc., for her audiences fo mull over and fell again. 27. Frank Beggins leaves all fhe change he's collecfed for The Times fo The Times, because if he didn'f fhey'd puf him in iail. 28. Regina Brown leaves her big fake-of? bows fo Brews+er's lafesf P-25. THE CLASS OF JANUARY, I943 A Poem of a Soldier Returning Home from Battle By Roberf Phillips As l lie on my bunk on fhe deck of fhe boaf, For my pillow a sweafer and an old leafher coaf- My maffress a canvas, my blankefs O. D., Rolling and rocking fo fhe lull of fhe sea- The wild waves fhaf fhunder seem ever fo moan: You're going back yonder, you're going back home. Till l see fhe lighf gleaming in Liberfy's hand, Then, nof fill fhen will l undersfand Thai' we leff far behind us fhe life we had led 'Mid sfill, shaffered fowns and fhe fields of fhe dead. Where many a youfh fook a hand in fhe game And sacrificed all in humanify's name. Af peace are fheir souls, whose lives fhey did give, Who sacrificed all fhaf ofhers mighf live. SIX