sentences:  He attended public schools in Wallington and East Rutherford.After graduating from East Rutherford High School in 1940, Helstoski enlisted in the United States Army Air Corps and served as an instructor and radio technician until the end of World War II in 1945.After the war, he went to Paterson State College and graduated from Montclair State Teachers College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1947 and Master of Arts degree in 1949.