Southold High School - Snuffbox Yearbook (Southold, NY)

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Alumni Notes CLASS OF 1942 Gene Horton .................................... U. S. Navy Carol Waller ................................... Cadet Nurse at Lenox Hill Hospital Helen Aukskalnis ............................... Working in New York Helen Elak ..................................... Working in Southold Boat Shop Margaret Jones .................................. Mrs. Aha Anita Bedell ................................... Employed by I. M. Young, Riverhead Bertha Baker ................................... Working for RCA, Riverhead Blythe Dickinson ............................... Dormand Studios, Riverhead Katherine Burkhardt ............................ Cadet Nurse at St. John’s Hospital Margaret Gagen ................................. Terry Insurance Office, Southold Halsey Goldsmith ............................... Army Air Force Kathryn Gradowski .............................. Cadet Nurse at St. Catherine’s Hospital Dorothy Grattan ................................ Cadet Nurse at St. Catherine’s Hospital Margaret Grattan ............................... Liberty Aircraft, Farmingdale Richard Grattan ................................ U. S. Army John Harris ...........................w........ U. S. Merchant Marine Rose Horton .................................... U. S. WAVES Dorothy Hunter ................................. Telephone operator at Garden City Kathleen Hutchinson ............................ Greenport Basin and Construction Co. Stella Kaloski ................................. Attending Rider College George Komskis ................................. Greenport Basin and Construction Co. Jane Orlowski .................................. Working in Mattituck Doris Raynor ..........................r........ Working in New York City Jessie Orlowski ................................ Working in Smith’s Store, Peconic James Sarno .................................... U. S. Army Chester Skwara ................................. At home farming Marion Smith ................................... Court House, Riverhead Carolyn Smolenski .............................. Employed by George Colyer’s, Riverhead Florence Solecki ............................... Working at Jim Albin’s, Mattituck Gilbert Terry .................................. Army Air Force Margaret Thompson .............................. Employed in N. Y. Telephone Co., Riverhead Jack Tuthill ................................... U. S. Navy John Walters ................................... U. S. Navy Fred Wissemann ................................. U. S. Army Air Corps CLASS OF 1943 Walter Adamzevich .............................. At home farming William Albertson .............................. Army Air Force Margaret Beebe ................................. Attending Rider College Bette Carroll .................................. Greenport Basin ana Construction Co. Otis Davids .................................... At home farming Parker Dickerson ............................... At home farming Jean Dickinson ................................. Greenport Basin and Construction Co. Wesley Dickinson ............................... U. S. Navy Stella Dickseski ............................... Working in New Suffolk Theodore Doroski ............................... At home farming Edward Drumm ................................... U. S. Army Bertha Elak .................................... Riverhead Laundry Robert Ennis ................................... U. S. Army O. T. S. at Hamilton College thirty-one

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Baseball year, like last year, the baseball squad was handicapped by lack of transportation and thus the schedule was curtailed. However, a schedule of six games was arranged with River-head, Greenport and Mattituck, and the team buckled down to hard work. “Goldie” finally chose a team which was evenly balanced between veterans and novices. It consisted of Joe Papurca, pitcher; George Dickerson and William Borkowski, catchers; Walter Courtenay, 1st; John Machinchick, 2nd; Carlisle Cochran, 3rd; Charles Gagen, ss; and John Norklun, John Stankewicz, Thomas Shalvey and Steve Swiatocha, outfielders. Joe Papurca shows promise as a real pitcher and he is eager to learn. In case of trouble, “Pep” Cochran can relieve him and Joe can go on third. The team has played two games to date. It first had a practice tussle with Greenport and hit freely for nine runs. “Pep” and Joe held Greenport scoreless. Both sides had valuable practice under fire and it helped the two coaches in making their final choices for the various positions. On May 12 the squad won the opener at Mattituck by the score of 5-3. In the last of the second, Mattituck scored 3 runs by virtue of two South-old miscues, a walk and 2 hits. Southold im- mediately retaliated with 3 runs on a single and 3 straight doubles. In the first of the seventh, Southold scored the 2 winning runs by 3 hits and a walk. Even though Demchuk pitched good ball for Mattituck, he was hit hard and often. Joe was stingy with the hits, allowing but four, while showing a remarkable coolness under fire for a rookie. The squad next traveled to Riverhead and was defeated in a weird game, 11 to 10. Even though Joe pitched good ball, sloppy playing afield allowed 6 unearned runs to cross. S. H. S. knocked out Grodski in a five-run inning, but it was not enough to win as 2 runs in the 7th won for River-head. The team has its next three games at home and the last game at Greenport. Next year “Goldie” will have to find replacements for catcher, first and second bases and two outfield positions because of graduation losses. However, Bill Burkowski shows promise at the backstop position and he and Joe will make one of the finest batteries in years. The other positions may be filled from other candidates, some of whom are: Antone Rysko, Charles Turner, Bob Olsson, Dudley Newbold and Frank Diller. Track ynterest in track this year has been fairly keen with the result that Mr. Dart has had many men from whom to pick his contestants. However, due to lack of transportation, many had to be left home from distant meets. On April 26, an 880-yard relay team composed of George Dickerson, John Machinchick, Antone Skwara, Walter Courtenay and John Stankewicz finished third at the relay meet at Patchogue. On May 6 the whole team traveled to Greenport to compete against Riverhead, Westhampton, and Greenport. Southold did well here, scoring eleven points. They were scored as follows: 100 yard—3rd—Walter Courtenay 220 yard—3rd—Antone Skwara 100 yard—4th—Antone Skwara 880 yard—3rd—John Machinchick Shot Put—3rd—James Rich 880 yard relay—3rd—Walter Courtenay, Antone Skwara, James Kane, and Robert Goldsmith. At the Eastern Suffolk County Meet at Westhampton the team did well against strong competition, bringing home 9 points. 220 yard—3rd—George Dickerson 880 yard—3rd—John Machinchick 880 yard relay—1st—Antone Skwara, Albert Dickerson, Walter Courtenay, and George Dickerson. The team will participate in one more dual meet with Greenport. Girls' Intramurals he organization of girls’ basketball teams early in February proved to be successful. Miss Costello’s and Miss Vail’s physical education classes were divided into four teams which opposed each other. Helen Sawiski and Jean Dickerson were chosen captains of Miss Vail’s teams. The captains of Miss Costello’s teams were Helen Hunter and Barbara Dickerson. Twice a week the gym was crowded with students as the girls battled their opponents. The girls showed great interest and talent in the game. No doubt girls’ intramurals will prove even more important next year, judging by their popularity this year. thirty

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CLASS OF 1943 (Continued) Leander Glover, Jr.............................. At home farming Helen Goldsmith ................................ Taking YWCA Secretarial Course in New York City Margaret Grigonis .............................. Working in Riverhead Kenneth Hagerman ............................... U. S. Army Curtis Horton .................................. U. S. Marine Corps Jane Horton .................................... Employed at G. L. F., Southold Charles Jacobs ................................. Goldsmith and Tuthill, New Suffolk John Jernick ................................... U. S. Army Ann Kent ....................................... Working at Meyers, Riverhead Natalie Moeller ................................ Attending the Brown Business School Robert Price ................................... U. S. Navy Henry Shipuleski ............................... At home farming Ellis Terry .................................... U. S. Merchant Marine Nancy Tyler .................................... Cadet Nurse at Lenox Hill Hospital Virginia Vail .................................. Cadet Nurse at Lenox Hill Hospital Stella Victoria ................................ Working in New Suffolk Robert Young ................................... U. S. Army Air Corps Vera Zaveski ................................... New Paltz Normal School Helen Zelinski ................................. L. I. Lighting Co. at Riverhead PETER OSTROSKI—IN MEMORIAM Peter Ostroski is the second of Southold’s boys to have died in this war. We feel utterly at a loss to make any comment or confer praise, for these are meaningless when one has given his “most and best” for us. Our only hope is that mankind will grow to that spiritual stature that never again shall the world require such great sacrifices. We here and now pay tribute to all the rest of Southold High School’s sons and daughters who are in the United States Armed Forces. We must pledge to them, who bear the sharp edge of conflict, that we will do our best that their sacrifices and work shall not be in vain. Thirty-two