Preston High School - Memories Yearbook (Lakewood, PA)

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Class VN 1ll Pe rg of ot nd mlnd ind hom xe the n embe1 of the Class of N ne een Huno ed F01 tx ton lO 111 h o n ale th1 otn La t Vhll no Te tament to become effettlxe 111 the Xen o o 11 Lo .1 Nlneteel Hunfh d Fortx T01 r and on the tu entx foulth dx or Nlax W the afore a d Honolable Class LI Nmeteen Hundred Fort 1our do xx1ll and bequeath to the follosxmg undelclas men Vhllwam Lashak x11ll h1 Hmcule phx que to W alter Kulesla VW1llOH Decker lnherlts Eduard hoxak s helght DOT19 Stanton 1nher1ts Albert BlO0kL1 s artlstlc ablntx Fllnor Dans bestows upon VIIUIUII Honell her Dalsy Mae figure Russell Ronev nllls hls ex erlastlng 1 1401 olade to Joseph Tarabulskl fJoe doe nt need It vetb Jo eph LaHoda ullls hls plettx ues I o the glrls saw! to Charles Dovs nton John Lexchak leax es h1s squeaklng XOICQ to Mr Nlaudslev Rose Rutkowsk1 uxlls her shx ness and quletne s to Barry Watson Calun Lepro wllls h1s phy cs book to Phoebe Menhennett Edwln Ballev 1nher1ts Agne Qm1th s rapld readlng ab1l1ty Thomas Tullv bequeaths to Falun Holbert hlS toothbrush Kathryn Arnold1ne leaxes her speed m u Tltlllg shorthand to Everett Hempstead Robert Carpenter WlllS hlS sweaters to Mlss Kuzmack Benme Havrllack 1nher1ts Rose 'lodd s typlng ablhty Ruth Sherman w1lls her freckles to James Pltcher Leo Sotak lnherlts Lois WlllldmS dancmg ablllty Adellne Kaczka vulls her runnmg ab1l1ty to Clara Keefer Helen Kules1a bestows her ablhty of gettlng to Hancock on Betty Dunnlng Betty Skurskl w1lls her figure to Marv Tuleya Alexander Baron vulls hlS Model A Ford fwxth gas coupons' Y o Marlon Sotak Mae Havrllack wllls her many boy frlends to Margaret Black And as a final settlement vse do nomlnate appo1nt and constltute the Honorable Faculty as Chlef executors to carrv out the vushes ex pressed 1n thls our Last Wlll and Testament In WltD9SS Whereof we the Plas of Nlneteen Hundred Forty four do set our hand and seal ln the p1esence of the beloxx named CLAQS OF 1944 I4 ztnesses FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT W1NsToN CHURCHILL JOSEPH STALIN 29 PRESTON HIGH SCHOOL . 1 0 t I 1 , ' , X x A 5 - , ' . 3. . . A 1, .Q . 1 1 1 1 h 1 1 , 8 , 1 , 11 1 ., 1 . v' 4 1 1 .L - ' . 1 1- v P v 4- ' 1 - 1 1 Y' r ' 1 1 ,L I ' . - 1 , f w t If A 5 5 -1 -, ' . ' . . 4' . . L . . 5 1 ' 2 1 I 1 1' , 1 . 1 1 3 v v u 1 - A v 5 -1 I , 1 1 t .. 1. 1 G . 1 . ' -. . .. , .C 9, A 1 L.. X 1 fy , .' 1 4 ' -' J - . -Q . 7' ' , Y ,' . ', U . L Y L ' 1 ., ' A S . , 5 t bl 1 . 7' I ' ' K. 4 v ' -. 'S ' I 'I K' ' ' I Q A Jn. 1 'Ls ' 1 'N yr. ' Uv w va . ' '. f 1 H 1 ' - U J s 4 L C, C sa A 1 1 v. 1 .w v 4 1 l ua I 1 ' 1 1 I f 1 . -L 8 . 1 L l L, s v fs , l 5 . v. lv a v 1 1 . 1 v L W 1 1 S 1 L H' it 1 A . y , 1 Y v y y . -' v . ,I . 1 1 . 1 t . 1 ' 1' - - ' Q n L, sy . L K, . ' . ' S1 . . . 1 S s, . ' . U n .J V 1 . Y . Y . . Y . . 1 . v . . , , . . . . . . . . . .' , . . . . Y. . . . ' . .J t 1 . 7 . . . 9 7 9 1 ' ' Y' - ! M w , 1 , . . Y u ww ,v- , , , .s 1 , .. V' an n

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Class History Freshman Year As the freshman class of 1941 we started out with th1rty pupils but as the xears went bs the number decreased We were 1n1t1ated on the afternoon of October 25 1941 The sopho mores chose this day o that we wouldn t hawe any reason for not being there fsuch as a snow stormy That wear we lost Thomas Leonard Loulse Jenmngs and Mary Feduck Our class officers were president George Sherman uce president Bettv Skur ki secretary Kathryn Arnoldine treasurer Joseph LaHoda Sophomore 1 em As freshmen we were just as green as could be but as sophomores we were Uettlng a httle riper We took a h1nt from the sophomores before us and 1n1t1ated the freshmen on October 30 A few of us were in the succe sful operetta The Slip of a Sllpper Jack Keegan and Eugene Madden stayed horre to work on the farm Edna Keene rroxed to Carbondal Ellnor Dans and Edward Nloxak stepped 1nto their places with our class Our class officers were president Betty Skurskl X109 presldent George Sherman secretary Kathryn ATHOld1n8 treasurer Calun Lepro Jumor Year We ordered our rings 1n the Spring so that we would recelxe them when we came back to school the following year We were delighted to find that Mae Havrllack had enrolled ln our class Bettv Skurski secret xry Ruth Sherman tretsurer Joseph LaHoda Senwr 1 ear When we returned to Preston for our list year we were sorry to see that Edith Myer and Rov Bishop didn t return But we gladly welcomed LOIS Williams John Lex chak Robert Carpenter and Agnes Smith Mr Gelatt our cience and mathematics teacher was transferred to Thompson Miss Curtis replaced him Nllss McCorm1ck also left Miss Tewksburx IS te lchlng English and latin in her place We recelx ed our rlngs IH September For our flrst actiuty we held a senior dance which was quite a succe s We expect to haxe a drama 1n the Spring Our class officers president Joseph LaHoda vice president Thomas Tullv secretary Kathrvn Arnoldme treasurer Rose Todd MEMORIES . L ' ' v , y . . ' ' s ' ' ' ' 7 v . .Y 7 S 1 ' y . ' L bwlw kv v 3 A l , 1 vi . Y ' . ' ' I 7 . s w 1 .. 5 v K y - , . 5 A1 v I M 51 y w , D x g v . A 7 1 ' K , ll ' ' Y! KJ . . ' e. H 1 : . v .3 Y. 1. , 2 v f v ' J ' C A L . Our class officers were: president. William Lashakg vice president, , : 'g 3 z , ' Q as , s . ' 3 -za , .S . . . , A . Q ' ' . 1 . , . , , . y Aw Uv 'S 2 ' 'l. J ' ' I . ' C . ' v K. ' . Sn.. , v 4 ' K-L1 K. Z S' , 1 . Z ' I S' , 4 J 7 I . ' 3 7 S ' ' O F 1 9 4 4

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Class Prophe cy L1ghts' C rrera' Action' Where IS the cast Today IS the greatest picture of' the year Preston Hzqh School Class of 1944 tn Pezzezc wlth a name like that 1 couldn t help but be the greate t picture of the Rear Where 1 exerx bodx Oh here It ls at last Exenbodx readx for Scene I SCENE I Aboard the! S S Preston Thls masterpiece opens on the l11gh seas where we find Admlral Baron Alexander Paul to you on a battle h1p pulllng ln Jap subs fastel than the mmnous he caught the days he kipped school The sh1p the L S S Preston rolls calmly along when Bob Carpen ter another naw man breaks the monotony by pulling up along side the shlp vslth a few enemv transports Army Nurses L1eutcn ints Betty Skurskl and Nlae Has rilack amuse soldiers xx ho are also on the ship fSt1ll up to the1r old tricks J Army En0'1neer Wllllam Lashak seems to be Just looking off 1nto the horizon rather blindly Red hair always d1d dazzle h1m' Y Falun Lepro seems to be another army man aboard the U S S Preston He left behmd h1m a wonderful wife by the name of Katv Make may for an airplane and who should be in the pilot s seat out tall dark and handsome Johnny Levchak Our scene changes next to the Home Front SCENE II Home Front Back on the Home Front we find Katy Arnoldme a stenographer to a large concern In her prnate office she s busy typing a supposedly bus1 ness letter with the salutatlon of Dear Calxln Or was It a business le er' ' V Russell Ronev seems to be doing his part for the war effort by run ning the Roney farm But who IS the blonde helpmg him? At IaGuard1a A1rport we find Ruth Sherman an a1rl1ne stewardess Just boardmg a transcontmental a1rl1ne plane for California Adeline Kaczka seems to have a worr1ed mind She doesnt know whether she should take up a marriage career or finish her nurse s tram 1ng Albert Brooker seems to haxe become a xery important man Judglng by all the pictures of h1m ln all newspapers Wlth all the practlce he had during classes ln chool Albert has finally des1gned a gasless airplane fRuns too' 'J Elinor Dans 1Ilt6I1SlX6 study in high school has proved its usefulness She now occupie NI1ss Hines place as Home Economics Instructor of Preston High School MEMORIES OF 1944 23 . .L , V . L V . S u . 1 - V ' W . V .1 ks 1 -1 , 1 , S . . . 4 K1 ka n . V A' S . . . ' , I. sa. . i , 7 . vvr 4 , 3 K- v ' ' , ' y- v 1 .1 ku. v A' K- xl-, ' X , 2 L. v ' Lv ' A 1 . f ' 1 , 1 themselves, while voyaging to their destination by flirting with some V U. , . . , V . . . J v. Q n a Y . - . . , , 9 7 ' 7 . , . Y , . . . H . U ,. ,, . '. tt '. . . A . . Y , . . , . . . , H I . . , . - . ' Q 'w v ' N vw . - , , . , . . v . i . . ,Y L . D A x