Thomas Jefferson High School - Aurora Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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' I T THESE BOYS WERE IN THE CLASS OF JANUARY '45, BUT THEY WERE FIGHTING FOR THE PEACE WE SO DESIRED I lffiw I Samford Ba+I4in Mac Zaslolslcy William Gold I I 5 Norman Boyarslcy Paul Eagle Melvin Rosenblum . QM ' NOT PICTURED ,Nigilitj lvlillon Noble Daniel Ranavas li I Slanley Pollack David Samuelson Kill f, If! ---x KI 26 Cigzff.

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SOCCER ROUND-UP AlThough The JeTT soccer Teams may noT have been oT champion- ship caliber during our Tour years in high school, neverTheIess, The booTers may be crediTed wiTh having conTribuTed a Tair share oT exciTing games, exhibiTing excepTionaI skill, and briIIian+ Teamwork. During The '42 season The Clarkmen succeeded in Tying Two games while suTTering an equal number oT deTeaTsg The '43 Team chalked up Two vicTories and was vanquished Three Times by The opposiTiong and during The presenT season The T J-ers have Tied Two games buT have added Three oThers To The IosT column. I-Iowever we musT noT be Too harsh in our condemnaTion oT The soccer Teams. We oughT insTead To keep in mind ThaT This is The only Torm oT TooTbalI IeTT in our Alma MaTer as we deparT Trom iTs memory-Tilled walls. A I-leading The lisT oT sTars who have conTribuTed brillianl personal per- Tormances during The above-menTioned period are Carl MoskowiTz IrecipienT oT The January '43 AThIeTic Plaque Awardl, Dave Carlin, Johnny BuTurIa Iwinner oT The June '43 AThIeTic Plaque Awardl, MarTy Cohen, Larry Ginsberg, Max Osen, and Sam Becker. The IaTTer has paid The supreme sacriTice TighTing Tor The land oT The Tree and The home oT The brave. Our haTs oTT To him. UnTorTunaTeIy, The names oT oTher greaT perTormers have To be omiTTed due To a lack oT space. The TalenTed graduaTes oT The presenT Team include WaITer Roskowski, Ruby Zelenko, and Joe Durans Iwho is now serving in The UniTed STaTes Navy and will receive a war diplomal. IRA BARTFIELD HEARD IN THE GIRLS' LOCKER ROOM Say, Ellie, did ya hear ThaT ShirIey's sailor is home on leave, and I iusT saw her, and she Told me ThaT They wenT To The . . . WhaT does my boss expecT me To do, work all The Time? IT he geTs Too smarT I'lI leave him and his iob nexT Time heIgeTs so smarT. I-Ielp, somebody, I can'T geT This sweaTer over my head. I-Iope I can Tinish my lunch beTore The whisTIe bIows. I-Iey, who Took my sneaker? Did you hear SinaTra's program IasT nighTq he was iusT Too, Too . . . AT This poinT The whisTIe blows and The sTraggIers rush To The girls' gym. LEATRICE MILLER 25

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WERE UNABLE TO BE PRESENT AT GRADUATION BECAUSE FOR YOU, THE FUTURE OF AMERICA. l Louis Halpern Joseph Durans Above are The picTures oT some oT our classmaTes who ioined The armed services beTore The Termes end. YesTerday, They were our Tellow sTudenTsg Today They are parT OT The spearhead oT democracy. In our Alma lviaTer They learned To value The principles oT Treedom oT worship, Treedom Trorn Tear, and Treedom Trom wanT. They are helping To preserve America as a land where children are Trained in c:onsTrucTion and in The appreciaTion oT liperTy, noT in The arT oT desTrucTion and oppression: an America where a man is a man and noT a pawn oT The sTaTe. The greaT JeTTerson spoke propheTically when he said, My conTi- dence in my counTrymen leaves me wiThouT much Tear Tor The TuTure. We wish Them God speed. So long, Till we meeT again in The good old sTreeTs oT Brooklyn, and may ThaT be very soon. T SY MANDSDORF 27