McKinley High School - President Yearbook (Buffalo, NY)

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OOOOOOOO OOOOOOOO Lefi To Right: Ralph Siller, John Boll, Donold Voelker, Anthony Onello, James Burr, William Strobel, Leslie Dickinson, Daniel Kosiuch, Edward Blons This year The Chess Club began The season wiTh ThirTy members, The largesT membership The Club has enjoyed in years. All of Them showed an inTeresT in The game, buT membership dwindled To Twelve. Even wiTh This enrollmenT we had only Two veTeran members on The Team. The oTher Three boards were man- ned by new members whose increase in skill during The season argues well Tor The group's success nexT year. As in The pasT seasons, The club be- gan wiTh friendly compeTiTion among ourselves. In club play William STrobel, Les Dickinson and James Barr have The besT records in The Club. McKinley has some of The besT chess equipmenT available. lnTeresT and exper- ience should produce The skill To go wiTh iT. This year The club was equipped wiTh some eye-caTchng new sweaTers To wear in maTches againsT oTher schools. They are black and orange wiTh The chess leT- Ter emblazoned on The lefT side. NexT year we hope To field a beTTer Team because we are losing only one member and should have an increased number of veTerans. Thanks go To Mr. King Tor his eTTorTs wiTh boTh The club and Team and our hopes ThaT he will be wiTh us again nexT year.

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oooooo OOO000 FRONT ROW: Donald Rozkwitalski, Russell Cordinale, Harold Schroeder, Ronald Sarafin, Robert Foley, Charles Tirone, Anthony Cremeno, Salvatore Agro SECOND ROW: Ronald Ziccardi, Robert Cunningham, Bernard Crotty, Roger George, James Barr, Thomas Grabowski, James Sarafin, Ronald Schuler, Philip O'Donnell The reorganization meeting of the yearbook staff last September was attend ed by a large number of potential work- ers. This was encouraging because of the loss, through graduation, of a number of members whose services had been very valuable. Initial enthusiasm, unfort- unately, was not sustained throughout the entire year. Those who remained, however, showed by their willingness to work that the traditional high level of in- terest in school publications would be maintained. The increase in the number and var- iety of school activities has made nec- essary an increased amount of work on the part of the staff. The never-ending stream of detail involved requires a high degree of participation by members. The business aspects of theyearbookwereen- ergetically supervised by Mr. Martino. The Camera Club worked diligently to provide the yearbook with essential pic- tures. Mr. Brassaw rendered assistance in planning many details connected with the formal pictures. Next year is the school's fiftieth an- niversary and the staff is looking forward to the preparation of a more elaborate issue. A larger number of enthusiastic members will be required for its success.

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OOOOOOOOEXPLGRERSOOOOOOOO .qv-,V - ., ., FRONT ROW: Donald Mydzian, Dennis DeVorchik, John Cholnik, Peter Kifner, John Woicili, Julius Zebehazy, Steven Laboda, Ronald Ziccardi, Roger Higgins SECOND ROW: Richard Curto, Leslie Kozma, Albert Buda, Leonard Mierczewski, William Strobel, Dennis Rotunno, Arthur Lorbeer, William Wagner, Paul Tumiel THIRD ROW: Mr. Peck, Stanley Woiick, David Grayson, John Walko, Salvatore Rinaldo, Gerald Wieben. Mr, Schmidt, Mr. Metz This has been the second year of act- ivity for the Explorer Post at McKinley. The highlight of the Explorers' year was the trip during the Easter vacation period. In cooperation with theUnited StatesMar- ine Corps, an explorer air encampment was conducted at Cherry Point Marine Air Station in South Carolina. Air trans- portation to and from Cherry Point was provided by the Marines. An excellent program was provided including a full day at Camp Leieune where Explorers observed the latest in Marine equipment and an exhibition ot mock warfare. Each Explorer was housed and ted and given a red poplin Explorer jacket, T-Shirt, em- blems and miscellaneous equipment for a nominal sum. The explorer posts also ioined with the Student Council in promoting the spring skating party in April. Explorer Post 381 plans a field trip to Chestr ut Ridge Park under the super vision of Mr. Peck and Mr. Ptuelb.