St Hedwige High School - Victorian Yearbook (South Bend, IN)

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CLASS PROPHECY Chicago, Illinois April 15, 1947 Mr. Anthony Kuharich St. Iledwige High School South Bend, Indiana Dear Mr. Kuha1'ich: I was indeed very happy to assist you in carrying out your plan to have the Class of 1937 hold their annual reunion during this year's commencement ex- ercises at our Alma Mater. As you already know, Sophie Rakowska and I are living together in a beautiful apartment on Lake Shore Drive. She is a reporter for the Polish National Daily, and judging fro-m the pretty clothes she wears, she must receive a good salary. I still manage to get enough news to fill the society sec- tion of the Chicago City News and receive enough in return to live in fair comfort. After I received your letter requesting that I con- tact my classmates, Sophie and I demanded of our respective employers that we get a two-week vaca- tion during the first part of this month. We were granted this privilege and spent our time traveling and searching for the members of the class of 1937. We had a very interesting time visiting ou1' former classmates, who were quite enthusiastic about the reunion, promising to be on hand to make the occa- sion a complete success. Before leaving Chicago we spent an evening at the College Inn Cafe, where we met Bill Dominiak, who is now playing the saxophone for Benny Goodman and his Orchestra. Bill is certainly doing quite well for himself. After leaving the Windy City we stopped off at Urbana, Illinois to find Stella Cudow- ska. She is the proprietress of a Bakery Shoppe a- cross the street from one of the dormitories of the University of Illinois. Estimating from the amount of students there were in her store, she must have a very good business. She promised us that she would make a large cake for our class party. Stopping at St. Louis, we saw Leonard Bojarski inspecting a million dollar subway project, which his construction company has just completed. At Den- ver, Colorado, we came in contact with John Bucz- kowski, who had left his Philadelphia law office to defend a person charged with attempted robbery of the United States Mint. In the same town we met Mary Kielton, who is in charge of ten beauty salons. She said that the bookkeeping course she took in her senior year helped her to get a promotion from beau- ty operator to lady in charge of all the parlors. At Salt Lake City, we made a brief stop to get in touch with Dorothy Hosinska, who is singing for Page Twenty-Two Jan Garber and his orchestra, now playing at the Black Hawk Gardens. Dorothy said that she would have Jan and the boys on hand to play during our party. From there we went to Seattle, Washington, where we visited Robert Pinkowski, who is a federal revenue officer, watching for smugglers from Can- ada. He is doing very well and is taking a sincere interest in his work. Gertrude Witkowska, who is a Iiorist, we met in San Francisco. Her store is located in a very influ- ential district and the people are very fond of her flowers. Here we also witnessed a Championship wrestling match in which our own John Wieczorek defeated Dan O'Mahoney for the title. Johnny. is going to put on an exhibition match at our reunion. We visited Mary Rogers and Helen Pilarska in Hollywood. Both are working at the Paramount stu- dios. Mary designs all the clothes for the actresses in movie productions, while Helen is teaching tap dancing to the cho1'us girls. They seem to have the last word about fashions and dancing in California. We also met Al Guzfcki, who is in charge of a per- sonality school where boys and girls are enrolled in preparation for careers as actors and actresses. Al tells us that some of his pupils will be in the Big Broadcast of 1947.7 At Los Angeles we contacted Ray Marnocha who is head football coach at California Tech. He was directing spring practice and predicted a good season for his team. About fifteen miles from Los Angeles, we spent a few hours with Julia Sokoloska, who owns a ten thousand ac1'e orange grove. She lives in a magnificent mansion and has two hundred men working for he1'. Our t1'avels continued to Tucson, Arizona, whe1'e we met Charlotte Sudol, who is in charge of a very large sanitarium. Her patients are pleased with her sympathetic care. From here we boarded a transcontinental plane on which Dorothy Sroda is stewardess. She drid everything possible to make our fiight to New Yo1'k a very pleasant journey. We went to the Empire State Building, where we met Lottie Dworecka, a telephone operator. At the WABC studios we con- tacted Richard Minczewski, a radio news commen- tator. The public is favorably inclined toward his opinions on the problems confronting the world. On Broadway and Forty-Second Street Dorothy Pie- chorowska has charge of a Madame F1'ancis Shoppe. She furnishes all the influential women of New York with the latest in women's apparel. Our next point of interest was in Philadelphia whe1'e we saw Billy Hosinski, who is editor of Esquire. This magazine has made magnificent progress under his leadership. There we also visited Ray Dembinski, who is president of the University of Philadelphia. Ccontinued on page 231 'lHE VICTORIAN

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CLASS WILL Mary Kielton wills her scholastic ability to Gladys Nowak. Leonard Bojarski wills his theatrical ability to Leo Chmiel. Dorothy Piechorowski wills her extensive vocabu- lary to Stella Przybylski. John Buczkowski wills his oratorical ability to Clem Lepkowski. Gertrude Olejniczak wills her temper to Esther Moreno. Billy Hosinski wills his superiority complex to Ed- ward Rannski. Charlotte Sudol wills her smile to Lucille Guzicki. Jack Gorski wills his paternal attitude to Ed. Gadacz. Gertrude Witkowski wills her dignity and poise to Olga Nowak. Richard Minczewski wills his art of mooching to llud Pacze-sny. . Julia Sokolowski wills her art of handling people to Margaret Jeziorska. Ray Marnocha wills his apple red blush to Ed- ward Zwierzynski. Mary Rogers wills her quiet and solitary disposi- tion to Veronica Jez. Ray Dembinski wills his easy going manners to Roman Kowalski. Sophie Rakowski wills her timid disposition to Antoinette Sokolowska. John Gramza wills his skill in operating the mimeo- grlalph machine to Ed. Dulcyt. elen Pilarski wills her changing moods to Ger- trude Budzinski. Robert Pinkowski wills his wonderful voice to Tom Walewski. Theresa Kaminski wills her typing ability to Hila- ria Wawrzyniak. 5.11 UOIIIIIIIHK wills his pitching arm to Leonard Preuss. Dorothy Hosinski wills her ability to imitate Martha Wray to Joan Markowski. Harry Podemski wills his last minute arrival to Alfred Tajkowski. Lore-tta Pilarski wills her sophistication to Alvina Borkowski. Edward Nawrocki wills his ability to take short- hand to Irwin Gorski. Lottie Dworecki wills her good couns.el spirit to Genevieve Micinski. John Liwosz wills his personality to Joseph Po- wicki. Stella Cudowski wills her spirit of friendliness tn Olga Slesinski. I I Jonn VV16CZO'1'6li wills his blond hair to Marshall Dorothy Sroda wills her dancing ability to Vir- Stoughton. 2'inia Rozewicz. Henry Labuzienski wills his driving ability to John Leo Wadzinski wills his height to Stan Kazmier- Jawo1'ski. czak. Al Guzicki wills his glasses to Bernard Chodzinski. CLASS PROPH EC Y lcontinued from page 221 llis educational policies have been accepted by all the major institutions of higher learning. From there we went to Akron, Ohio to see Jack Gorski, who was in conference with the heads of the Goodyear Rubber Company over labor troubles. Jack is in charge of the American Federation of Labor and has helped the laboring class gain a 24 hour week from the industrial leaders. Our next stop was at Detroit where we met Harry Podemskr, who is an efliciency expert for the Ford Manufacturing Corporation. He told us that he feels very fortunate in getting this position and is very enthusiastic about his work. Here we also met form- er Classmate Johnny Liwosz, now in charge of a large orphanage. The children are very fond of himg none of them want to be adopted, because they like the orphanage so well. We were both very anxious to go to Cleveland, and visit Gertrude Olejniczak, who is in charge of the Girl Scouts of the P. R. C. U. She and her girls have been busily engaged in all types of social ser- vice, working among the aged and poor people. Here we also greeted John Gramza who is on the Circuit Court Bench. In his quiet manner he sees that jus- tice is given in all cases brought before him. THE VICTORIAN Our next point of interest was at Louisville, Ken- tucky, where we came in contact with Ed Nawrocki, who was smoking a cigar while watching two of his horses running around the race track. Ed plans to enter his horses in the Kentucky Derby and has high hopes of producing a winner. Going into our home state, we stopped at Indian- apolis, where we spent a few hours with Loretta Pilarska, who is secretary to the governor. She is quite enthusiastic about her work and likes very much being on the state payroll. Here we also met Henry Labuzienski, who is in charge of the Indiana Investment Company. Henry is doing a good busi- ness at the present time, because people are getting new cars and his company is financing them. At Peru, Indiana, our last stop, we saw Leo Wadzinski getting his animals and clowns ready to start on their spring and summer tour of the United States. Incidentally, Leo is going to bring his circus into South Bend the day of our reunion. From there we hurried back to Chicago to resume work. Thanking you for the opportunity in assisting you, I am Sincerely yours, Theresa Kaminska. Page Twenty-Th