St Marys High School - Cor Mariae Yearbook (Wilkes Barre, PA)

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Class Wz'II We, the members of the class of 1946, of Saint Mary's High School, about to depart from this lite as students, cmd having for the first time in our exist- ence attained the use of reason, having met in solemn council, and having agreed upon our soundness of mind, body and intellect, do hereby solemnly state, vow and declare this to be our last Will and Testament, bequeathinq to the following persons, places, and things, our remarkable talents and extra- ordinary abilities to dispose of as they will. We bequeath to: The members ot the Faculty our love, gratitude, and hearttelt thanks. To the class ot '47 the honor ot becoming Seniors with a word ot advice to uphold the dignity ot their illustrious predecessors. To the Sophomores we leave our sunshiny dispositions, cur eagerness to study and our co-operative spirit. To the Freshmen, well, they have our sympathv, so we can't leave them anything. I, Anthony Stredny, leave my missionary zeal and two cent collections to Danny Wichner. l, Iames Burke, bequeath my history ability to the worthy George Esset. I, Audrey Swan, deed my popularity to anyone. I, Bibiana Kalac, will my poise and personality to Ann F. Lenahan. I, Iohn Lynn, mad chemist, will my chemical energy and all apparatus not broken by me to George Webby. Upon lean Rickard, I. William Brislin, bestow my praise- worthy habits ot appearing at least every other day. I, Red Conway. endow Donald Law-my worthy suc- cessor- with my basketball ability. I, Helen Hogan, bestow all my worldly goods, including my red hair, art talent and personality to Matt Kelly. I. Ioe Regan tSinatra, Ir.7, leave the eighth grade girls to Ned Boland. I. Charles Wood. will my sleeping tablets to Tommy Lyons. I, Martha Wright, make a bequest to Ann L. Lenahan ot my dependability at any and every time. I, Pat tLucybelle Leel Merrigan, will my southern accent to the next Lucybelle. I, Rose Gallagher. leave my virtue ot punctuality to Ioe Lottus. l, Peggy Riley, deed the copy ot My Iim to posterity. I, Margaret Mary Miles, leave my little black book to Dorothy Gordon. Collectively, we, the Seniors, bequeath to Sister Mary Colette our noise, also our apologies. To Mr. Dutty, we bequeath anything that is nailed down. Dear Faculty. we leave in your hands the care ot the underclassmen-to care tor them in their inlancy, to train them to become as tamous as the members ot our noble class. Ed Curtin's ability to skate is given to Mary Lavin. Edmund Bartish's love ot school goes by unanimous des cision to Anne Marie Dombroski. David Cooney's ability to hustle is willed to Skippy West. The nonchalant air ot Ioe Feldman is deeded to Nicky Better. Robert Lenahan bestows the name Itchy upon who- ever needs it. Bill Dougher's undeniable love ot work is given to Bob Brownie Brown. We hereby appoint Mr. Dutty executor ot this will, fervently hoping that said heirs may treat him as kindly as we. This will is hereby signed, sealed and published this third day of Iune in the year ot our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Forty-six, as the Last Will and Testament of the Class ot 1946. We, the undersigned, have acted as witnesses in the presence of the legislator and ot each other. BERNADINE KALNA IEANNE MARIE KERRIGAN ROSE MARY REILLY

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Class fiklofy 1942-1943 FRESHIES How appalling that name sounded to us youngsters gathered in St. Mary's to begin our life of intellectual development. Imagine our amazement when we were treated as ordinary kids . Being immature, we did not figure very prominently in athletics. Time passed quickly. Before we realized it, the dreaded mid-year exams were upon us. But through our keen desire for studies tnote well, keen desirel we passed with flying colors, half-mast. After the Christmas holidays, tempus fugit until spring came with an urge to dispose of books. This urge went unheeded. After passing final exams, vacation received a hearty welcome from all of us. 1943-1944 SOPHOMORES Of course, all of us came back with the idea that we were very big. tlt was only our ideal We finally found ourselves on the inside of things. However, Sophomore year wasn't with- out its difficulties. We found it hard to assert our newly acquired rights having only Freshies upon whom to avenge ourselves. Quarterly quizzes almost ruffled 'our gentle dispositions. Nevertheless, our budding genius was not destined to bloom unseen. Soon we were ac- claimed extraordinary-by the Freshies. We did not blush to see our names posted on the failure list-another extraordinary feat. Well, summer came and some of us deigned to en- gage in light occupations. 1944-1945 IUNIORS After a long and interesting summer the doors of St. Mary's were flung open and through the halls there was a clamor of happy jolly Iuniors. Because of the boys' continued bashfulness, the class was still separated. We recall Alice Stout collecting nickels from the Iunior girls for the CSMC. As everyone knows the girls are on the job when it comes to money-matters. Along the road to our school affairs we see many weeping Seniors and agitated Iuniors. Could it be because of the postponement of the Prom? Here it is spring again and we find Claire Kilgallon with some of her other ambitious friends trudging up the cliff on their way to the Tubs. After our an- nual picnic and exams-which we all loved- we said farewell, to another year of our school days. 1945-1946 SENIORS At last we reached the pinnacle of our Freshman hopes. Together we planned future achievements and built colossal air castles. If dreams come true, St. Mary's will have some very prominent laurels added to her history. This memory book is our last public manifesta- tion of loyalty to the school. We have tried to make it worthy of its predecessors and place it where future classes must give their best to equal it. When time has revealed the training that St. Mary's has put in our character, when past years will appear as the sole foundation of future success, look back-Seniors of '46- and see these years as the happiest years of your youth.

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Reverend Iohn W. Casey Reverend Martin Fleming Reverend George Forve Reverend Charles Gallagher Reverend Iohn Gorman Reverend Iames Houlihcm Reverend Francis A. Kane Reverend Iohn King Reverend Andrew Klobusicky Mr. and Mrs. Leo F. Barrett Edmund Bartish, Sr. Atty. and Mrs. Iohn T. I. Brennan Mr. and Mrs. Iames I. Broderick Mr. and Mrs. I. Emmett Brislin Mrs. Betty Burke Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Callrey Mr. and Mrs. Iohn Callahan Iames A. Collins Paul Conway Mr. and Mrs. Martin Conway Miss Loretta Conway Qur FTZZHJS Most Reverend Martin I. O'Connor, D.D., V.G. Very Reverend Ioseph S. Gagion. V.F. Reverend Raymond Larkin Reverend Thomas Monahan Reverend Gilbert Monroe, O.F.M. Reverend Charles Murrav Reverend Peter Nolan Reverend Iohn O'Leary Reverend William Pakutka Reverend Nazarius deScianni Dr. and Mrs. Frank Hanlon Mr. and Mrs. P. F. Harrity Mr. and Mrs. Wm. B. Healey Mr. and Mrs. Iohn M. Herron Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Hogan Mr. and Mrs. Raymond I. Iones Mr. and Mrs. George Kalac Mr. and Mrs. Iohn M. Kalna Mr. and Mrs. Michael G. Kalna Mr. and Mrs. Iohn Kerrigan Mrs. loseph Kilgallon Mrs. Margaret Kilgallon Mr. and Mrs. Manus Cooney Mrs. Catherine Klapps Iohn Klein Mr. and Mrs. Walter Knelly Dr. and Mrs. Iohn L. Lavin Mr. and Mrs. Leo Corbett Mr. and Mrs. I. M. Corliss Miss Patricia Curtin Mr. and Mrs. Edward Curtin Mrs. Iule Lenahan Mr. and Mrs. Edward Devaney Mr. and Mrs. Iohn Dougherty Mr. and Mrs. Harry'Elliott Mr. and Mrs. Ioseph Esseli Mr. and Mrs. Tom Elward Mr. and Mrs. George Evertt Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred Feldman Mr. and Mrs. Harry Foley Mr. and Mrs. David Gallagher Mrs. Iohn T. Gallagher Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Grzybowski Mr. and Mrs. Max Guqenheim Mr. and Mrs, William Hanley Mr. and Mrs. Mr. and Mrs Mr. and Mrs. Mr. and Mrs Mr. and Mrs. Mr. and Mrs Mr. and Mrs. Mr. and Mrs Mr. and Mrs. Mr. and Mrs Mr. and Mrs Mr. and Mrs. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Lewis . Frank Lukesh Iohn Lynch . I. V. Lynn Peter F. Magagna . Robert Martin Iohn Mayock . P. A. Meehan Iohn 'Mergo . William P. Merrigan . W. C. Miles Edward Moore Thomas Moore Reverend Ioseph Shaughnessy Mrs. Thomas Mulroy Mr. and Mrs. M. I. Murphy Mr. and Mrs. Ioseph Murphy Miss Nancy Murphy Mr. and Mrs. Ioseph MacFarland Mr. and Mrs. Willred McGinley Mrs. I. A. McLarney Mr. and Mrs. Daniel McTague Daniel F. McTague Raymond I. O'Donnell Mr. and Mrs. E. Petruzzini Mr. and Mrs. Ambrose Regan Mrs. Margaret Reilly Mr. and Mrs. Michael I. Reilly Mr. and Mrs. S. Ruddick Mr. and Mrs. Emil Schappert Mrs. Margaret Shannon Mr. and Mrs. Frank Schutz Mr. and Mrs. A. Charles Simonson Mr. and Mrs. Iohn Stout Mrs. Eleanor Sweeney, R.N. Mr. and Mrs. C. I. Thoman Dorothea Thomas Mrs. Louise Vento Mr. and Mrs. Iohn Webby Charles Wood Mr. and Mrs. I. R. Williamson Ioseph A. Wright A Friend