St Casimir High School - Casmirecho Yearbook (Detroit, MI)

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L. Grabowska F. Garbek J. Horozaniecka l. Kilian S. Kosinski E. Kosla P. Kraszewsko T. Helminska FLORENCE GARBEK, old:foshioned sweet- ness, shy, semper fidelis friend devotee of sin- cerity and The Sodolity. . . LEONA GRABOWSKA, a person youill love To know and know To iove-o SOUI of peace with itself and The world and God. . . THERESA HELMINSKA, quiet and friendly with bright ideas. . . JANETTE HOROZANIECKA, first honors for four years give 0 fair idea of Janeffe's mental ability. IRENE KILIAN, frisky, versatile, splashy red -c1li active odiectives you can think of, That's Irene. . . STANLEY KOSINSKI, quiet, a good sport, who is now doing a family job for Uncle Sam. . . EUGENIA KQSLA, whimsical and Sunny with lots of thought for others,- is it really any wonder she is Tops with us all? . . . PATRICIA KRASZEWSKA, deeply Th0ughfful and generous of heart always,- how we envied Tho? conspicuous smile and serenity of soul. . . ANGELINE KSION- ZEK, a wandering espiol, sedate and serious, re- Ticenf; no one peers into her hearT-her dreams are her very own. A. Ksionzek

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As We See Ourselves On a June day in 1954, SisTer M. Seraphic, doing research work in The PresenTaTion Col- lege, PlymouTh, Mich, was visiTed by one of her former pupils, Irene WieTecha. This visiT broughT sweeT memories and aroused curios- iTy abOUT The oTher members of The class. Irene WieTecha, obliging as ever and iusT The righT person for H, for she was The chieiC of The F. B. I. force, promised help immediaTely. Following a lead ThaT Josephine Dus and MargareT Raniszewska were on Broadway, she decided To fly To New York. On The plane she found ThaT her piloT was PaTriCia Kaszew- ski and The sTewardess Miss Jane Domzal. An inTeresTing conversaTion ensued, during which Miss Domzal reporTed ThaT Geraldine MaTey was The baskeTball coach aT Bryn Mawr. Tun- ing in on The cabin radio, a somewhaT Tami- liar voice was heard. Bernard Franuszewicz, one of The counTry's leading commenTaTors, had jusT sTarTed his weekly program. All of a sudden a flash came over The radio. llGeneral STanley H. Kosinski and Admiral Leonard Lewanclowski meT in Casablanca To discuss sTraTegic plans for The coming invasion of Mars.ll AfTer a maTTer of minuTes, she had reached The desTinaTion. On The way To board The inTer-c'iTy helicopTer, she meT Genevieve Cie- plak and Marion Czyzewska, scripT wriTers for one of radio's greaTesT dramaTic acTresses, Eugenia Kosla, on Their way To Radio CiTy. On The helicopTer she meT MargareT Brork, recenle named besT dressed woman in Amer- ica, on her way To Sak's FiTTh Avenue, To con- fer wiTh Angeline Ksionzek, her personal dress sTylisT. Arriving in The hearT of New York CiTy, lrene wenT To The ofTice of The New York Times, where she found Wanda Tobiczyk and Eleanore Nalepa, ediTor and co-ediTor, puT- Ting The finishing Touches To an exTra issue announcing ThaT Bernard Woiciechowski, New York's greaTesT prosecuTing aTTorney since Tom Dewey, had won his ToughesT case. A flash came over The TeleType! Helen SabaT, who has spenT many years in Poland as a social worker, is coming home To discuss a TuTure drive for funds wiTh JaneTTe Horoza- niecka, head of The Polish Council in Wash- ingTon, D. C. During The course of an in- TeresTing conversaTion, Wanda menTioned ThaT Irene Wasilewski and Theresa Helminska were resTing in Florida, aTTer successfully helping F. D. R. plan his poliTical program for The coming elecTion for a sevenTh Term. Going To The TheaTer ThaT evening, Irene meT STanley Ozog, who menTioned ThaT he was a chemical engineer aT DuPonT Labora- Tories. Looking over The program, she saw Genevieve Szymanski's name lisTed as cosTume designer for This producTion. Going back- sTage aTTer The show, she meT Verna Bizon, a Power's model who had come To congraTulaTe Josephine Dus and MargareT Raniszewska on Their success. The girls also received Tele- grams from DoroThy Kulpa, RiTa Wypiiewska, and Genevieve Fidrich, who have also shoi' high inTo Hollywood's consTellaTion of sTars. A Telegram also came from Virginia Naru- szewicz, a professor aT Georgia Tech. On arriving aT The college, she heard Vir- gie TranTically Trying To explain EinsTeinIs The- ory of relaTiviTy To some well-known profese sors. In The course of The conversaTion, Virgie showed a leTTer from DoroThy Zaborski, who recenle won The PuliTzer Prize for The besT novel of The year. On conTinuing The iourney, bad weaTher condiTions forced The plane down on a field in Texas. To her surprise Irene learned ThaT The ranch belonged To Florence Garbek. Irene Kilian, Red Cross Ambassador To war-Torn counTries, was visiTing Florence of This Time. ATTer The bad weaTher had cleared, she conTinued her Trip To Los Angeles, where she found Leona Grabowski and Theresa Phillips operaTing an exclusive dress shop. On Talk- ing To The girls, she learned ThaT Mary Ann Niedzwiecka, Virginia Pawlowicz, and Mary Fronczak were privaTe secreTaries To MeTro- Goldwyn and Mayer, respecTively. Summing up The TacTs, she realized ThaT all The inTormaTion needed had been accumu- laTed, Therefore, she boarded a plane for DeTroiT and SisTer Seraphic To make a reporT.

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After Four Years Forty-five eager expectants filled the halls of St. Casimir High School in September, 1940. There are moments in one's life one never forgets. Initiation is such a moment in our diary. The finest spectacle viewed then was Eugenia's dancing c'ontortion with the broom. Two months later we forgot, for minutes at a time, our indignant experiences. One and all drank deeply from the Fount of Knowledge. Lunch hour became a time to look forward to for our fun-loving mass of humanity. Orange throwing became a favor- ite noon-hour sport. Our school days were interrupted now and then by a few days of freedom guaranteed under the Constitution as Armistice and Thanksgiving. We embarked on a three-week holiday after sponsoring the Christmas program. Nineteen forty-one found us more resolved. Bowling became a popu- lar sport with us. Added ventilation was sup- plied by Gerry and Dorothy as they whizzed by from the bowling, alley to beat the beii. When the St. Casimir baseball practice be- gan for the first time that spring, our c'lass was represented by Bernard Franuszewicz. Two more quarterly tests and we said, So long for a while. Still hearing the echoes of the school song, we returned again to occupy the Sophomore vacancy. Frequent sirens and persistent air- raid drills made us war-conscious. Election time approached and Sophomore classes were lighted with candidates' smiles and bright speeches. Helen S. and Stanley K. rose vic- torious. Typing was introduced to the sopho- mores for the first time. Everyone watched with awe as Mary F. drew up her own unique method of discovering and then landing on a key. By heritage we came into the power of doing unto others what others had done to us, and the initiation was a screaming suc- cess. The annual patron drive opened in the fall and for the second consecutive year our class won first place, much of the effort due to Eleanor N. who headed the list and With a few yea's and nay's during the assemblies, 0 Irene W. who was second highest. lot of waltzes and foxtrots at dances and a storm of Yea-a Team, during the basketball seasort, the second year of our high school came to an end too soon. We returned-carefree Juniors. Our num- ber had decreased to five boys and thirty- five girls. Our social calendar was forever occupied with dates of dances and other school activities. Home nursing became the spice of variety in our studies. Tickets went on sale weeks preceding the skating party. Around and around we went untilweOuch! Again it was Yea Team and this year Stan- ley K. and Leonard L. were art the Varsity. Our idea of optimism was to watch Josie and Margie trying to start Josie's car by pushing it. One of the fondest memories we cherish was the hike to Canada and all the fun that went with it. Members of the student coun- , cil participated in solving school problems. Class members took active part in preparing the Junior and Senior banquet. Final exams, and we bade farewell to the graduating Senior class and looked forward to occupy- ing their seats. Then came September and thirty-five of us walked into the room passing the maroon pennant designating us as the proud posses- fPleuse turn to page 2U Page 2.3