St Johns High School - Torch Yearbook (Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada)

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A. VERNON WICKBERG Why yes! Vern’s electric per¬ sonality, debonair smile, and practical sense will give that extra spark to his future occu¬ pation. Travelling Vern? HELEN WILLMS Ah yes! for whom our hearts beat. Sweet, petite, blonde, she’s enough to turn the head of even the most indifferent male. Brains, too! BILL WILLIAMS Blue eyes, wavy hair, lush phy¬ sique, what more can a gal ask? Cleanest player on the basket¬ ball floor. Ambition—to make 50 in French. XII - 26 DOREEN ALBERT Serenade to a Jerk--soda that is. Was one of the “arch” members of the opera chorus and waltzed her way through the gymnastic display—but oh, that Algebra! ELEANOR BESSLER There Are Such Things — and after you see Eleanor’s beauti¬ ful handiwork you’ll know why. She arrives at school daily with a different coiffure. One of Mr. Beer’s quiz kids. DORA BLINDER Mm good—Mm good. Dora’s just a fugitive from a Campbell soup ad. As outstanding mem¬ ber of the Gleesome Threesome, she’s the originator of Joe’s Jar for Jostled Jokes. WALTER BOSKAWICH One of our basketball stalwarts and the silent-partner in that duo of Smith and “Bosco”. His weak point now is Mathematics but who knows, perhaps Mr. Durnin will prove his salvation. DAN BRODY Has an enviable time-table: Shops, study, language and opera. Danny’s soft voice, which generally disturbs all Winnipeg, is frequently heard in French class. KATHLEEN CHAMBERLAIN I’ve Done It Again! Commonly known as “Limpy” — do you always ride “no hands” or ski so vigorously, Kay? Is often accused of having “supply- roomitis”. Page Fourteen RALPH NEWCOMBE The person who put the life into our dancing classes. Besides this, Ralph is an ambitious stu¬ dent of the electrical shops, radios being the attraction. Other attractions are basketball and ? ? ELSIE TWORYSCHUK Cute ’n quiet—that’s our Elsie. A temperamental appendix bars her from hurdling this year, much to our distress. Another fugitive from Ikey. STAN ROSLINSKI The magic formula is not un¬ known to Stan, he works! Ceasing khaki routine, arriving late, were no obstacles. A good student, we hear he is complet¬ ing a radio course at home. XII-26 BILL CHASNEY Our party organizer and table tennis expert. Also dabbles in photography and models (not the Powers kind). Has a decided aversion for Chemistry and everything connected with it. JUAN CORKAN Usually seen distributing “Den- tyne” to our ruminants. Juan should have a special blank on his tax form for money paid into our gum fund. If you think his French is bad, you should hear his gags. KEN CORMACK What’s that? Somebody trying to keep our conversation down to a scream? Oh yes, it’s Ken our harried president and athlete. A good fellow, but how does he manage to keep smiling? OLGA DMYTRIW “Out of This World.” Unlike most of 26’ers Olga is always ready to tackle any work that may pop up; but in the Chem. Lab the experiments pop up and tackle her. WARREN FULFORD Keeps the room and seats in a constant state of collapse. Gen¬ erally conceded to be the hun¬ griest man on earth. P.S.— Don’t leave your lunch unguard¬ ed when he’s around.] SHIRLEY GORBACK And There You Are. Take a dozen giggles, add a vibrant personality, mix with about 5 ft. of good humor, stir together with a sprinkling of jive, and behold—“Yelrihs”.

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BILL KLUNER Twinkle-toeing through the quarterback sneak, light footing on the basketball floor, coach- in Tech ' s own curvacious city champs, one of the XII-41 guild. Who? Bill Kluner, of course. LILY KORSUNSKY “California, here I come.” Come autumn Lil will be leaving us, bag ’n baggage, for the U.S.A. where she will learn the thrill of someone else’s appendectomy. LEONARD KOZACHENKO Kozi, better known as Pirate King, is that certain young man about Tech. He’s a sports en¬ thusiast and possessor of many “finer” arts. Objects of his affection; gum and gams. BILL KRAWITZ A glib tongue and keen wit all belong to Cuke, one of the well- known and well-liked members of XII-17. Greatly interested in curling chess, brushes and women. AGNES KRIESE Main pastime is keeping out of Miss Thompson’s reach. Our little baby-faced warbler also wields a wicked pen when it comes to writing doggerel poetry. SYLVIA LABOVITCH The other half of Korsunsky and Labovitch. Nurses at Fable, Inc. We hope that the practical work in surgery will prove more ex¬ citing for her than practical chem. periods. ERNIE MAGEE Ernie Magee, sufferer from the blues, no star gazer will be up in the air this summer. He is an unusually energetic rallier, leader and president of Xll-17. Need I say more? ALBERT PROMISLOW Friend Abie is a staff-member without portfolio. How can so much grey matter be packed behind such a goony grin? Says he: Aw shucks. S’nothin’.” If so, he’s sure got plenty of nothin’. ELEANOR RICHLEW Spikes’ ambition is to convince basketball players once and for all that she inspired Van Dyck to paint the “Age of Innocence.” With those eyes, she could do it, too. RIVA SALTZMAN “Mighty Mouse” is Sports Editor for the Review. Can com¬ monly be seen wiping up the basketball floor under someone else’s feet. Ambish—to be tall and willowy like Alexis Smith. SAM SHAPIRO Movie magnate and latin “genius”. His wee voice and laugh were, no doubt, the im¬ portant factors in his promotion to flight-sergeant (only spent twenty-seven years painstaking effort). BARRY SHTATLEMAN He’s the little fella with a yen for red “you-know-what’s”. Also sports, loud shirts and a caustic tongue. Favorite quip: “So I says to her, I says, keep the $50,000,000. I’ll take the kids.” DAVE SOKOLOV The lengthier half of the joke dept, of the “Review”. All we can say is “His corn sure is green.” If his powers of arg u¬ ment mean anything, we’ll soon be drawing moustachios on a sign “Sokolov Son.” NADIA SHCHERBAK Another half-pint with plenty of wim, wigger and wital gym¬ nastics a la Cossack. She’s a “shcher” bet when it comes to hurdling. Incidentally she’s part of the exodus from Ikey. JUNE McTAVISH Despite the large percentage of Scottish hemoglobin in her arteries, Mac defies her heritage of well, let’s call it thrifteness, by shaking out the contents of her piggy bank into any needy hand. ZENON POHORECKY A master of original creations, Zenon Pohorecky, the artist ex¬ traordinary, is a student of the upper half, termed the Brainer. Also helped XII-17 cop the senior inter-room basketball title. ZENON SKYBA Personality and muscular co¬ ordination make for rhythm and art. To this Zeke’s no stranger. He was one of the stauncher pirate henchmen and loyal to the art circles of 24. STAN SMITH A Tiger, a city grid “All-Star.” one reason why XII-17 topped as basketball champs. Stan is this, plus the possessor of a genuine job. Page Thirteen

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LAURENCE HAMLIN DICK McCALLUM It’s not that Laurence is per- Swonderful when Dick and Ken sistent, it’s just that he won’t put their heads together and take no for an answer. Has render a ballad, and we do mean many interests in school, none render. Another studious gent of which are academic. Most who will most likely go far. of them concern a four letter word beginning with “g”. JOYCE HOLT I’ll Be Seeing You. Although Joyce is a member of the Limpy Tribe, she finds no difficulty in trapping the tardy for late-slips. So long Teacher, remember how those Ravens can Court! JIM HRYNOSKI Second in command of the good ship 26. Concentrates in school, or so it seems, and is a constant attender at Tech, socials. ADAM HUCHKO We don’t know who his “Eve” is, and he doesn’t raise “Cain,” but he’s still an “Abel’’ fellow is Adam. Somehow, he manages to profit by using the study periods. LEONA KLEMCHUK No Can Do—are words not found in Leona’s vocabulary. As star slapper-on of make-up she wields a neat puff and also obtains neat marks for curricu¬ lar activities. ED. LEIER One of the original Morse Place boys. You know, Morse Place, that suburb of Fort William. A shining star on the hockey rink, but do you always carry your audience to the games, Ed? BELLA LITVAK All or Nothing At All usually “All” in her case. The way she packs those A’s is a constant boon to low-mark weary teachers. ESTHER LUDWIG All the Things You Are. Esther’s name should be changed to Nightingale — not only did she warble in the opera, but her ambition is to become Danny Kaye’s private nurse. SHEILA MacTAVISH Juke-Box Saturday Night. Ogden Nash’s ‘‘No MacTavish Was Ever Lavish” doesn’t apply to Sheila, our Crumb Com¬ mittee expert, and our ever- smiling secretary who extracts money from unheeding inmates. GORDON McKONE One student who doesn’t con¬ form to regulations. He never skips more than two classes per day. Our rule book states as follows: Each student must miss at least four classes per day. WALLEY OLE ' NSKY Wally is better than a Wurlitzer. You don’t even need a nickel to get a song. Will probably be noted by our class, “The man most likely to—” There were no goals scored against him in our soccer nets. DENNIS PEDESHUK An accomplished mimic of a certain English teacher, he works hard in school and opera. Dennis and Wally are usually in stitches over some joke which no one can discover. STELLA POBEREZNY Bells of St. Mary. Stella con¬ stantly amazes the class with her sixty-four dollar words. She is a member of the noontime volleyball club—Hobby in our Lobby. JACQUELINE RICE A Tisket, a Tasket, I Got a Little Basket—Basketball fans remember how important Jac- quie’s baskets were. How she learned so much Chemistry looking over her left shoulder is unbelievable. GEORGE ROMANSON How Paul Robeson must envy him! He will never make a student of languages, but could succeed in Maths, if a certain professor wouldn’t ‘ make him think. ETTIE RUBINFIELD O, What It Seemes To Be. Ettie, our little bundle of Sugar ’n Spice, delighted Miss Thomp¬ son by being the only one in the class to have her essays completed. DON SANDIFORD Tech’s “Golden Boy.” “Sandy” is a basketball and soccer star. It is said he wishes to acquire a French accent a la Charles Boyer in order to charm a cer¬ tain Boyd Ave. “Miss.” Page Fifteen