St Thomas High School - Retrospect Thomasonian Yearbook (Braddock, PA)

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Halogens go home Margie joins Jocko, Joe, and Andy in their search. Saint Thomas. ROBERT SPERHAC leaves his beat-nick habits and looks to Don McKinney. JEAN STALMAC leaves her wad of chewing gum stuck under her desk to Dorothy Mikita. EDWARD STIM leaves his leadership abilities to Robert Fantazier. GRACE STOBEY leaves her canceled tickets to Disneyland to Patricia Yasofsky. CAROL JEAN SULEY leaves her chacha boots to Eileen Clark. THOMAS SULLIVAN, better known as Kookie, leaves his It was there yesterday! Jerry assures Mary Grace while Dale and John doubtfully search for a lost Roman city. comb and hot rod to the junior boys who have nothing else to do but pay for the repairs of the hot rod. BETSEY SWISDAK leaves her loquacity to Catherine Diggins. CECELIA ST. GEORGE leaves her job of making bulletins to anyone who is willing to give up her time. PAUL TOPOLOSKY leaves his date book to any junior boy who can take it away from him. PATRICIA TURBA leaves her good times in the Business Honor Society to Judy Petrovic. RICHARD VALKO leaves his cute little savings to any junior with enough courage to repeat them. MARY GRACE WALTON leaves her P. O. D. outlines to Dorothy Donnelly. RAYMOND WHEELER leaves the keys for the juke box to Ronald Muha. TEDDY WILCZEK leaves his ability to get an honor pin to Joseph Anybody have a nickel? Tony says, You're dizzy. Jack as Sissy, Liz, and Fraction plan their refusal. McLaughlin. KENNETH YOUNGERMAN leaves his heavy gas foot to any junior foolish enough to accept it. GEORGE ZULA leaves his seat in chemistry to anyone who can find it. As seniors, we are able but not willing to leave Saint Thomas. We shall miss all the good and bad times, our teachers, advisors, and friendly classmates. We would like to thank you all for making our four years here enjoyable ones. And now, leaving school days behind, we move into a world of new faces and busy people. The Class of 1960

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FRANK KRAWCZYK leaves his part in the Spanish plays to John Manion. CASEY KUSZAJ leaves his debonnaire looks to any junior boy who thinks he can take care of them. NANCY KUZY leaves her ability to D. J. the shorthand records to Pat Haitz. RITA LECTION leaves her office duties to Mary Pat Farren. MARGARET LIMBACHER leaves her seat in chemistry class to Kathleen Kura. MARY MAGURA leaves her seat in Doc's to Carol Kisak. DENNIS McGARTLAND leaves his debates and bets with Dave Heininger to Francis Lennon. ROSEMARY McGOUGH leaves her gift of gab to Linda DiLucenti. THOMAS MIGGIN leaves his dancing techniques and partners to Denny Shortridge. REGIS MILLER leaves the letter Make room for the experts Rich and Rege advise Kathy, Norma, and Rita on the Homemaker's Test. R in his name to Regis Wolf. 'THOMAS MISAGE leaves the definition of P. O. D. to Leo Lydon. BARRY MITCHELL leaves his well-rounded look to Charles Passafiume. CHARLENE MONROE leaves her quiet ways to Phyllis McCoy. MIKE MOSPAN leaves his beautiful poems to the junior girls. RAYMOND MOXLEY leaves his wardrobe to Michael Dojonovic. LOIS MUDRY leaves her alarm clock to Carolyn Clugston. JACK NEFF leaves his casts and broken bones to Bernard Tomasic. WILLIAM O'MALLEY leaves his height to Michael O'Halloran. JOHANNA OSTRAWSKI leaves her seat next to the adding machine in bookkeeping class to Carolee Bainbridge. JOSEPH PALASCAK leaves his worries about the yearbook to any junior girl or boy who is willing and able to take on the job. JAMES PUHALA Honest they did! Frank convinces Casey that Liz and Loi made the mission dolls. leaves his debating abilities to Richard Schultz. ANDREW RENSKO leaves his muscular body to Robert Schlegel. WILLIAM RUMCIK leaves his beat-up algebra book to Ronald Seckel. ADELE SARRA leaves her IOU's for chewing gum in English class to Patricia Hook. DAVID SECKEL leaves his knowledge of people to Russ Otto. ANNE SEEFELDT leaves her bookkeeping workbook to Kathleen Myers. RICHARD SHERER leaves his pleasant disposition in the halls of P-l-e-a-s-e no returns Rich hands out Harvest Hop tickets to Kenny, Jeanne, and Vlnny.

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The Spirit of ’60 — How I Grew. I am the Spirit of the Class of '60. I cannot be perceived by any of the senses. Yet, my vivifying force and influence can be found in the activities of the seniors in all their four years of high school. On a September morning in 1956, I came into existence. On that day green freshmen with nervous grins tramped into St. Thomas to begin their four years of high school. Each one had a look of bewilderment on his face. Before long, however, that fateful day of initiation came. Somehow the boys, with their babydolls, and the girls, with 20 pigtails popping out of large paper plates, managed to survive the onslaught of the sophomores. They were soon introduced to the weekly religion class given by Father Shields. His words of wisdom were a great source of spiritual benefit for everyone. The Friday night dances became a new source for Rosemary Mc-Gough to release her bouncing energy and for everyone in the class to enjoy himself. Gradually, they became accustomed to the idea of being freshmen with all the hazards that accompany this title, such as algebra and Latin. As the school year passed, the friendship and co-operation of Casey Kuszaj and his classmates became greater, and because of this, I, too, began to grow in strength. When the next school year began, Sonny Kmetz and the Class of ’60 became the sophomores—the wise fools—of the school. By this time, I was a great deal larger and stronger than the year before. With constant plugging, everyone in Latin II soon learned why the Ides of March is so famous. ( That's what you think. ) When basketball season began, the class could be seen at Braddock Junior High rooting for Jack Neff and Jerry Holleran and the mighty, mighty Tomcats. Near Christmas time, everyone was given a chance to show his artistic talents. The shining mobiles (unidentified objects) constructed by the class could be seen hanging in every direction from the ceiling. By spring, Mike Mospan and Ray Connolly had become such experts in biology that they, together with the rest of us, were given a chance to learn the delicate art of dissecting fish—for the sake of science, of course. In May, secret information was discovered—the class had artistic talent in its midst I A sparkle could be seen in Carol Jean Suley's eyes when she learned that she had won first prize in the district and second prize in the county in the American Legion Essay Contest. A number of other sophomores received poetry prizes for producing Robert Frost masterpieces. At the end of the year, everyone was glad he was still in one piece, and all were eager to become upperclassmen, especially Elizabeth Davin. The Prom and all its preparations hilighted the junior year and afforded the class an opportunity to show its growing spirit of co-operation. The enthusiasm and drive put forth for the bake sale, skating party, and the dance which raised money 60's proud of its cheerleaders: Frank, Dave, Sonny, and Paul. The spirit behind the Tomcats