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

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SHEPPY ADLER . . . Another silent man of the room—but you should see him on a basketball floor. One of the better students, “Shep” is a swell guy to have around. GRETA BUHR . . . Our pretty, Dutch Greta, so good-natured and gentle she hasn’t the heart to hit a helpless alarm clock. This German scholar occupies herself smiling and cringing at the antics of a certain “brute.” WANDA CLEE . . . Our hard-working secretary stands on her hands as well as on her feet. Behind those pretty eyes lurks a brain which makes Wanda a room thirty-seven rarity—a clever, competent girl. JOHN CONDRA . . . The politician of room thirty-seven. He’s always busy running conventions, directing meetings, or going to parliament sessions. John is always to be seen with his beam¬ ing smile. DOUGLAS CRONE . . . This big bundle of joy is our import from Regina. Besides playing rugby, our husky red-head knows all the answers in history and is a gallant Cameron Highlander sergeant. Doug is a swell guy and will go far. SAUL EPSTEIN . . . One of the brighter students of the class, can usually be heard sensibly advising the girls to go off to “Success.” From what we gather, he believes a woman’s place is in the home. GERRY GOLDENBERG . . . “Goldy” is another basketball whiz who also handles a pretty good “cue.” A prompter in the opera, Gerry is an excellent student and plans to take up engineering. NORMAN GOLTZMAN . . . Half of the Goltzman-Kogan duo, Norm is Miss Ross’s favorite student. Can be heard constantly saying “But Miss Ross.” He played Ko-Ko in the opera and since he began going to eight-thirty rehearsals, Norm is always seen rising sh-“irley.” MANFRED GUMPRICH ... A strong but definitely not silent type. “Fredy’s” good nature and equally good humor have won him friends throughout the third floor. A good tumbler and basketball player, he also passes his German. HAROLD KARP . . . Here’s a good sport and a good student, star¬ ring in composition and maths. Maybe that’s because he is one of the few sensible fellows in our room who does his homework. Harold is also an active chess participant. RANDY KLASSEN . . . Randy will go a long way with his gift of painting. Besides this wonderful attribute, our president does alright in school, academically. Randy did all the art work for this annual. ALVIN KOGAN . . . “Kog” would come to school on horseback if he could. A lover of the violin, he sits in school all day and “fiddles” around. He hates to be left alone and because of this he loves “Frans” very much. RUTH LEB . . . First term secretary who was one of the roving kind. She left Peg during the Christmas holidays for Chicago. Our sole female contribution to the operetta, reaffirms the adage that, “Quality makes quantity.” Finds an uncle in the class very helpful. ESTELLE LENNETT . . . Sugar’s varied collection of sweaters makes her our unanimous choice for 37’s morale builder and sweater queen. Star of the room basketball team and steller player on the volleyball team, Sugar also has time for the numerous men in her life. ELVIN LINDER . . . This happy-go-lucky guy does much of his sleeping at school. At our daily chess tournaments he is an ardent player who can always be heard saying impatiently, “your deal, I mean your move.”

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WARD McCANN ... We figure that he’d love to be home with ' “Toni” permanent. Another stalwart of the rugby team, Ward was adept at toting the pigskin for long gains across the gridiron. MARVIN MEDVED ... A quiet boy, well liked by those who know him, Marvin will probably do well in any career he chooses. ANDREW MALENCHENKO ... A late-commer to Cell 33, Andy soon was able to qualify for a number of his own. A great pal of Boris’s, they bunked together at St. Andrew. He was able to adjust himself quickly to his surroundings. ARNOLD PACKER . . . Arnie moved up from the cheerleader ranks to take over a position on the rugby squad. A member of the St. John’s Unconsciencious Four, his ten pin bowling earned him wealth ($1.50). Always seems to get to school shortly after dawn. HARLEAN PRESNER . . . This petite bundle of vim and vigor has one ambition in life-nursing. Who would mind being sick with Harlean around. She has one trouble in this respect—she must stand on a stool to see over the bed. PAUL REINER . . . One of the many noteworthy violinists to take refuge in 33 this year. Besides our own orchestra, Paul also is concert-master for the Manitoba Schools’ Orchestra. He also has time for school and his marks leave little to be desired. NORMAN ROSEN . . . Victim of the second term elections, was given “Enviable” rank of president at which he toiled most capably. Norm also carried this leadership in basketball and skipped his team to the curling championship. ALEX SCHLONTZ . . . A1 was a capable worker in all extra¬ curricular activities (especially those that allowed him to miss periods “legally”). He was Mr. Newfield’s right hand man during the rugby season and was in charge of all the costumes for the opera. NORRIS SEGAL . . . Neuf is 33’s quietest and best liked boy. He must live by the proverb “Silence is Golden.” Norris was a staunch fullback on 33’s soccer team and runner-up for the room’s championship at chess. EDDIE SIBIGA . . . Another violinist, Eddie’s first and last love is music. It also includes the one in between. He seems to always have a fiddle tucked under his arm or his chin. Such enthusiasm can lead to but one thing—Success! BOB SLOANE . . . Robert starred for the junior soccer champs and was instrumental in their successful bid for the championship. Hockey, baseball, bowling and girls are among Bob’s interests. He also goes to school in what time he has left over. AVROM SOUDACK . . . Music, athletics, card-playing and girls are some of this lad’s interests. Played violin in the orchestra but re¬ tired half way through by courtesy of Mr. Reeve. Though he studied little he stood out in every phase of academic work. MIRA STEELE ... A young girl needs—intelligence, personality, good looks, and Mira has it. Her average led the room by far. Her academic work isn’t Mira’s only asset. She toiled for the Torch and capably filled the capacities of sport’s captain and social rep. MONICA WASSERMAN . . . When Barrie wrote “The Admirable Chrichton” he must have had Monica in mind, when he created Tweeny. The class’s bright spot, there is never a dull moment when she’s around. NATHAN WINAGRETSKY . . . Capable room treasurer, Nate’s blunt humor awakened many students from their slumbers during class. When last seen, Nate was working on Volume Three of his health assignment. BORIS YARISH . . . The other half of the Yarish-Malenchenko Inc., Boris’s interests vary from books to girls and back to books.

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DOREEN PELZNER . . . The girl with the Dentine smile and the gift of gab. Our vivacious Sarah Berhardt can usually be found giving advice to the lovelorn. Where does all your knowledge originate? Like her favourite song, she’s truly “Wunderbar.” JACKIE RACHLIN . . . Here is the boy with the highest average, and his Maths marks certainly show us why. Besides scholastic ability, Jackie likes basketball, ice-skating and roller-skating. SIDNEY RADINOVSKY . . . “Shike,” and ardent chess, curling and snooker player would give you the shirt off his back — if he wore one. Shike’s sense of humour keeps the class in stitches. He is one of our few good mathematicians. ARNOLD SAPER . . . Our admirable president for the first term and creditable school council member. He does so well in chemistry because his favorite metal is “sil”ver. DOLORES SCHNOOR . . . Quiet, blue-eyed Dolores, an import from Dauphin, cheers us with her smile and friendly greeting. Conscientious and competent, she is everybody’s pal. LEAH SELCHEN . . . Came home from Calgary to the tune of “Sam Song.” The class really appreciated her bout with laryn¬ gitis. Has one ardent edmirer of her wit — herself. Kidding aside, we really like this good n atured gal. HARRY SHAPIRO . . . Harry’s favorite saying is “detail, details, mere details. A budding basketball star, he takes pride in his “Y” games. Can be seen playing rugby on the front lawn after four. EVELYN SHAW . . . Sweet and petite, our Evelyn followed in Shirley’s footsteps by leaving school before Christmas. Good luck, Evie! OSCAR SILVER . . . Alias the brute, Oscar is Mr. Beer’s favourite victim. He believes it should be a man’s world, but considers him¬ self a lady’s man. What a complicated Life you must lead, Oscar! ZELMA SIRULNIKOFF . . . Petite and neat is definitely all reet. That’s our Zelma who lives up to the saying, “Good things come in small packages.” Our vice-president is always thinking of her Saturday night dates. ROMAN SOBLE . . . This lad is one of the quieter members of our class. Roman is one of the last race of students who always has his homework done, even if it takes most of his lunch hour. He enjoys gazing at the fairer sex from a safe distance. ZENON SYRNICK . . . Silent Syrnick, our cute late-room rep. Here is a fellow who really knows what he’s talking about if and when he says anything. One of our few lovers of chess, “Zeke” does alright despite the absence of his other half, Ed. PEARL WINGERAK . . . Pearl, our quiet lass from Saskatchewan, is one of the few girls who excels in maths. Her cheerful giggle as she helps us with our maths is a delight to all. Keep up all the good work, Pearl! AARON WOLFSON . . . The man who is always on the go in study period. Miss Ross moves him from his secluded back seat to a secluded front seat. Spends his time arguing the latest chem and maths problems with Jackie. Favorite expression: “It’s a snap.” PEGGY BAKALINSKY . . . Our little sparkplug keeps us in sus- pence (pardon the play). She lent us her home for the room social (silly girl). “Don’t worry, Peggy, we’ll give it back one of these days.”