St Ladislaus High School - Torch Yearbook (Hamtramck, MI)

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Father Miotke Father Edward Miotke, assisted by Fred Karolski, blessed the Advent wreath as Elaine Vertel, Ken- neth Stockfish, Mary Ann Kohlrus, Thomas Ro- manik and Charlene Ebejer prayed. Diplomas are symbols of achievement. Class offi- cers, President David Angel whose diploma Fath- er Miotke examined. Treasurer Paul Makarewicz, Secretary Carol Markowski, and Vice-President Stella Dzienisowicz who received theirs, bade the Pastor good-bye. A pleasant chat with the senior boys was a morale booster on of the Pastor spiced up the day for Louis Rajhel, Raymond Piat- many occasions. A bit of banter, a clever joke or two on the part kowski, Edmund Kowalewski and Joseph Baron. 5

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We Dedicate This Torch to You For your pastoral solicitude about our development into exemplary Catholic young men and women, we are deeply grateful. You were ever on the alert to provide for our physical development through sports, our intellectual ad- vancement through a fully accredited high school and for our spiritual progress through numerous opportunities to receive the Sacraments and to hear Mass. Your interest in our sports activities encouraged us to greater endeavor. We did not win a football or basketball championship, but we had a better than usual season in both. We hoped to keep our baseball title for another year. The purchase of therapeutic equipment met with your ap- proval. You proved to us that you believed that sports mold character through the discipline of self-control, and that an essential harmony exists between the physical de- velopment of man and his intellectual and moral education. You have untiringly sought to provide the very best that education can offer youth. You had the school redecorated last summer so that we would have more pleasant surround- ings in which to study. An adequate staff of well-trained teachers was always of prime importance to you. Whatever would give us a better and broader education interested you and gained your wholehearted support. In spiritual matters, there was never a point at which you felt you did enough. Every opportunity for personal sanc- tification was available through the Sacraments. Each morning the priests were in the confessional for our bene- fit. If we did not progress spiritually, the fault was our own. You strove to give us a truly Christian education which prepared us to meet all the exigencies of life. Class B District Championship trophy was the pride of this year's cogers who were runners-up for the East Side title. Chester Jarema and Captain John Paciorek, both juniors, presented the trophy to the Pastor, Father Edward J. Miotke.

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Our School Occupies Key Spot Hamtramck, a city within Detroit, was our school locale. In an area of approximately two square miles, some 43,000 people live. It is a compact, busy community in the heart of automobile row which sells all makes of cars and produces Dodges and Chevrolets by the thousands. We were at an advantage in this locality because every kind of opportunity was avail- able to us. We had many social, civic and business experiences which only a well-knit, friendly community can provide. We like Hamtramck and its spirit of togetherness. Research at the Hamtramck Public Library always brought results to seniors Stella Dzienisowicz and Louise Kobylarz who visited it. Beautifully carved, the imported marble Madonna stood as a landmark on the premises. The aerial view of the campus showed that it was located in Hamtramck, a city of 43,000. 6