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

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MARY JANE KOMADOWSKY . . . Mary is the type of person you always like to have around. She is quiet, demure, and pretty too. Mary is leaving school as a student but next year she’ll be back as a teacher. RHODA KOVEN . . . 9:30 and in breezes Rhoda. Is it that she can’t get up in time — NO — she’s out having breakfast with Zivey. As our social rep, Rhoda tried to make our social whirl a success and in our opinion she achieved her goal. A lot of fun when she’s at school and that’s not very often! ARNOLD KURTZ . . . Because I am doing these write-ups, my modesty permits me to say that one can’t imagine what a poor opinion I have of myself and of how little I deserve it. I’m a favorite of Mr. Beer’s and can always brag about my great marks in English! ANNE KVORAK . . . Here’s a newcomer to tech who’s a favorite of Mr. Silverberg. Although new to our ways at Tech, Anne’s a favorite of ours. Plans to go into teaching with Mary. MAE LENART . . . Nicknamed “Maybe” — Maybe she’s here and Maybe she’s not. Although most boys ask dad for the car for grad, the man in Mae’s life asks his boss for the tractor. BILL LIFCHUS . . . Bill has Tarzan eyes — they swing from limb to limb. He is a football enthusiast and doesn’t seem to do any work but still manages to get through. PHIL LIPSON . . . Phil’s great ability in poster painting has caused many requests in Tech — that he should give up paint¬ ing —- kidding aside though, Phil is a top artist in the school and also a wrestler deluxe. EDWARD LYLYK ... A gentleman in the opera, Ed could always be depended upon for a laugh especially during a French period. His shining personality and bald head have made us all aware of him. PHYLLIS MARGOLESE . . .Hard-working editor of the Torch, Phil claims that after this book comes out she’ll be ready for the bug-house. When not roaming the halls with Leonard, Phil can be seen in some corner discussing the latest news with Arlene, Lil, and Ruthie. AARON MARKESOFF . . . “Mark” says he doesn’t belong to the Ku Klux but we think a hood over his face wouldn’t do any harm. He played on the rugby team and on our own room basketball team. JOE MINARIK . . . Joe left school teaching to come back to Tech. A track and field artist, Joe doesn’t let play interfere with his studies. Although he is quiet he is still one of the boys. MERVYN MINDESS . . . The very few bad things that can be said about Merv could be written on a pin-head, and if he’ll take off his hat we’ll write them. He’s a good sport and was advertising manager of the Torch. NORM MITTLEMAN . . . Norm made all-star on the rugby team, he sang at the Festival and stole the show with his part in the opera. The rest of the time he sometimes could be seen at school or flirting with the girls. BEN REITTLEMAN . . . Ben says his face is so tough it hurts him (it hurts us too). He was the leading scorer on the school junior basketball team and also helped lead our room team to the school senior championship. JOHN RUDAN . . . John was a top performer on the school senior basketball team and on our room team. He sang in the opera, is good looking, well liked by the girls and never tells a lie (but we just did). STEVE SAPINSKI . . . Steve is one of those boys who doesn’t say much but he sure talks an awful lot. Strictly on the level though, Steve is a good man with the books and an all right guy.

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CLARA BARYLUK . . . Our sweater girl has so many sweaters she can’t decide which one to wear so she wears a blouse. Before she leaves for Toronto, Clara would like to announce that rumours of a romance with Mr. Manishen have no foundation. There’s nothing but the French language between them. TANNIS BASS . . . Brown-eyed Tannis is always getting in and out of trouble. She is the poet laureate of our room since she is always writing poetry. As a helpful suggestion we think she should put more fire into her poems (or vice versa). IVAN BILASH . . . Here is a real brain who’s so busy learning that we’re beginning to hate him. Always seen with Joe, Eddie and Steve. EDWARD BLAZEWICZ . . No one ever suffered from insanity in Eddie’s family because they all enjoyed it. Joking aside, Ed kept us in constant laughter with his refreshing and original supply of humour. He also was president of the wrestling club. SANDRA BRODSKY . . . Sandra is always slipping into the room at about 9:05. She is one of those girls who seems to be able to work hard and still have lots of time for play. She is a favorite with all of us. DAVID BROWN . . . “Deedie” was elected as the school sweater king and performed capably on the rugby team, the Hawks’ juvenile hockey team and on the room basketball team. To add to this, he was on Eaton’s Junior Executive and still had time to get good marks. BARRY CAPLAN . . . “Beryl” is our well dressed man who claims he has a suit for every day of the week (and you can see it anytime). He is always ready with some witty remark to brighten up the day for us. OREST CHAYKOWSKY . . . Leading scorer on the school’s senior basketball team, Chick still had enough energy to help lead our team to the senior inter-room championship. He gets good marks and gives the girls a break too. (Eh, Eileen!) DAVID COHEN ... As Room 38’s philosopher, Dave helped make our school days more cheerful with his moralizings. He had a lead in the opera and was one of the better students in the room. Also school valedictorian. EDWARD GERSHFIELD . . . Eddie is our class secretary and was continuously bothering us for money for one thing or an¬ other. He had high marks and was always ready to help anyone with a problem. SHULAMIS GORELICK . . . Shulamis never let play interfere with her school work. Her sparkling personality is tops with us. Although she is quiet, she can still take a joke with the rest of us. ANNE HENDERSON . . . Our import from Lord Selkirk, Ann is the pianist of our room and we may add, a very good one too. She sang in the opera and got top marks in school. ARLENE HERSHBERG . . . Known as “Oscar” by her friends, Arlene is patiently waiting for the day when Mort returns from L.A. A member of the Torch staff, she is very seldom seen without Phyllis and Ruth. JOE JACOBSON . . . Our room president for the second terms, Joe tried hard to keep us in our places — we said tried. Maths, genius, Joe always looks for the hardest way out. CAROLE KANCHIER . . . Carole is one of the track and field artists of our room and is also a star figure skater. She has a good sense of humor and is also a good student. GORDON KNELLER . . . “Bert” tries hard in Maths, but has resigned himself to the fact that he’d better pass Grade XI maths, first. Fun and a great wit make him one of our favourites.

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LIL SEDUN . . . Capable school president, Lil is the first woman prexy we’ve had in many a year. Seems to think that Gordon Bell is a terrific high school and truly admires its student council. Sports writer for this rag, Lil also was star of the senior basketball team and high scorer of the inter-high league. ROBERT CHUBACK . . . Bob is our import from the wild West (Regina) but is quickly being won over to our civilized way of life. He never does any homework but can always be counted on to say something funny (or is the word stupid?). RUTH SIMKIN . . . Room 38’s male moral builder, Ruth is always seen with a smile on her face and a good word for everyone. Plans to take up nursing but we bet some rich patient gets a hold of her as his wife before she gets her diploma. EVELYN SMITH . . . Evelyn is new to our school and its way of life but has already become a good student and a popular girl with her classmates. KEN SMITH . . . Along with his sister Evelyn, Ken is undoubtedly one of the top students in the room. He plans to take up teaching but we feel sorry for him if he ever gets a class like ours. PAUL SPIRA . . . As one of the top scholars in our room, Paul was always ready to lend anyone a helping hand when the going got tough. His maths mark (100%) certainly astounded all of us. AVRAM UDAVITCH . . . Before he left us, Avram was one of the most popular students in the room. His intelligent wit and great friendliness will be missed by us all. We wish him good luck in any of his future undertakings. DON WEBSTER ... As our ticket rep, Don did an exceptionally good job and lost no tickets which just goes to show that he is as honest as the days are long (in winter). Don is a lot of fun and even gets through in school work. ISSER HEALD . . . Isser is a conscientious worker, obtains good marks. Isser attends to his own affairs, and has many friends. JOAN BERCOVITCH . . . Writes poetry in her spare time—all the time. One of the quieter girls in the room, Joan’s favorite hobby is copying notes. She plans to leave Tech in the near future. Torments all her friends with “Are you sure?” JEAN BERCOVITCH . . . Any relationship between her and her sister is purely accidental. Takes the last period off in the afternoon to catch up on her beauty sleep—so she’ll look pretty for Jerry. Is sure that she is the twin that has the Jerry. TARAS BRYK . . . Can usually be found slipping cards up his sleeve. Boasts high marks, and is a good friend of Mr. Allison’s ? ? Hamlet runs a little protection racket on the side. Ambition: to take complete control of the world. MORLEY CONNER . . . Can be distinguished from his brother by the beauty spot behind his left ear. Has a way with women—the wrong way. Laughs at Mr. Allison’s jokes, even the funny ones. Like brother Neil, he toiled for room and school basketball and track teams. NEIL CONNER . . . One of the famous 39 twins. Very modest? A good judge of women? Buys most of his clothes by accident because they fit him like a bandage. Toiled for the school track and basketball teams.