Balboa High School - Galleon Yearbook (San Francisco, CA)

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CARLTON NELSON- COT . . . if I were a Trifle Taller, you would describe me as Tall. dark, and handsome . . . as iT is, The girls Think I'm adorable . . . They're preTTy nice. Too . . . I love To sing . . . or would you call iT crooning. BILL NICCOLLS- Nic . . . a ver- iTabIe Tarzan am I . . . IoTs of chesT . . . wide shoulders . . . experf swim- mer and diver . . . and, oh, The way The ladies' hearfs Thump when I, presi- denT of The high seniors, smile aT Them going To STanford To sTudy surgery. GINO NOMINNI- Ninny' ...I like To Talk abouT my grandmoTher . . . she cerfainly does some odd Things . .. I guess I Take afTer her . . . play The accordion . . . desfiny of The lTalian Club is now in my hands. RUTH OLMSTED- Rufus . . . The eyes have iT . . . mine have, anyway ... and so have my hands . . . They're both admirable . . anoTher sTenog- rapher To be . . , member of The French Club . . . parlez-vous Francais . . . I do. EDWIN OLSEN- Farmer . . . a gang of kids . . .a model T Ford . . . even a quieT fellow such as I am has greaT Tun . . . will enroll aT J, C. be- Tore long . . . whaT for, I don'T know . . . have no idea whaT I'm going To sfudy . . . human naTure probably. VICTORIA OLSON- Vicky . . . noT ThaT my head is heavy . . . buT . . . I like To resT iT on my elbow when I read . . . sounds crazy, buT True . . . never say much . . . iusT ever so friendly when I do say anyfhing . . . official roll caller in regisfry. ROBERT O'NElLL- Sheriff . . . I'm The reproducTion of a small Town poli- Tician ...full ofblusfer and big ideas .. . one would Think of me as gloomy, since I work aT a morfuary . . . quiTe The conTrary . . . There is no one so iolly as I . . . perhaps my size has somefhing To do wiTh ThaT. WARREN ORLANDI-- Nook . . . I swing a mean cue when playing bil- Iiards . . . swing music noT allowed in school band . . . I play iT, regardless . . .when I was IiTTle. I wanTed To be a policeman . . . now, I wanT To be a 6-man . . . gee. CARL OSCI-IE- Osh . . . someTime in everyone's life, a person geTs The sTamp coIlecTing fever . . . I have iT now . . . how I conTracTed iT I can'T imagine . . . ThaT such a Tall good- looking fellow as I should collect sfamps . . . well . . . funnier Things have happened. HARRY OSCHE- Hap . . . siTTing in a hammock swinging . . . or swing- ing in a hammock singing . . . maybe I'm slighTly balmy.. . l'd rafher learn hisTory Than anyThing. ouTside of swim- ming ...my goodness, singing, swing- ing, and now swimming. Nelson Niccolls Nominni OlmsTed Olsen Olson O'NeilI Orlandi Osche, C. Osche, H, OsTer Pappas Parkinson Pasquini Paul Payne PeTerson Pflue er Pisforino Plamgeck For Fisher's man The senior poses, You can'T see his face for ears and noses. ALAN OSTER- OysTer . . . I'm an elecTriciTy addicT . . . ever since The firsT Time I received a shock from a connecfion, I've Tiddled around To find whaT caused iT . . . iT's all quiTe asTounding and magnificenT . . . Too bad The same can'T be said abouT my voice. MARIE PAPPAS- MariTZa . . . a person like me is born only once in a greaf while . . . you lucky people . .. find fun in collecting sTale iokes . . . and being dumb . . . iT's only an acT . . . behind These noble brows Ticks an inTeIIecTuaI brain . . . need I say more. ROY PARKINSON- Parky . . . you all know whaT a magician looks like . . . Then you know whaT I look like . . . kind of villainish To say The leasT . . . aT hearf I'm really a sweef- naTured soul . . . and . . .can pull a rabbif ouf of a haT. HUGO PASOUINI- Blackie . . . a singing Third baseman . . . and a good one . . . I mean good ball player . . . skip The singing . . . whenever you see me, I'm smiling . . . and well aTTired . . . TlaT aTTire-d. WALTER PAUL- WalT . . . anoTher knock-knock fanaTic . . . also sTudious ...besides having unruly hair I squinT . . . have a IifeTime before me . . . heroes are made, noT born . . . knock- knock. JACK PAYNE- Jigger . . . A-I dancer . . . and girl hearT-Throb . . . Two quesfion marks . . . I'm a finicky. choosy fellow . . . pick my girls slender . . . go in for dramaTics . . . The audience goes ouT when I come in . . . anoTher of Those plaid shirf fans. MELEERD PETERSON- PeTe . . . hobby is raising dogs . . . my friends say iT is raising my voice . . . well. maybe I am a IiTTle noisy . . . only young once . . . I make The besT of iT . . . when old and gray and a mil- Iionaire, I won'T have Time To play . . , be Too old. LLOYD PFLUEGER- FIeeg . . . ThaT inTellecTual looking fellow managing The fooTbaIl boys is yours Truly . . . an exfremely dependable creaTure . . . presidenT of Balboa I-Ionor SocieTy . .. go in for collecfing maps . . . my deep voice will cerfainly impress any iury ...criminal lawyer soon . . . beware. ANN PISTORINO- Annie . . . funny Thing . . . don'T mind school . . . buT would raTher go To a movie . . . perhaps a romanTicisT . . . my dark dreamy eyes mighf accounT for ThaT . . . like To swim . . . iusf ducky, don'T you Think. ROBERT PLAMBECK- WhiTey . . . and a very TiTTing name . . . whaT wiTh my hair and all . . . I will noT go To college . . . exclamafion mark . . . I will noT go To iunior college . . . excIamaTion mark . . . guess l'Il iusT go To work. . . as an aviaTor . . . or a civil service employee . . . sTop. X' 432, 9,1 1 i, Il .M .2- Page TwenTy-nine

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RAMONA MASSANET-- Rae . . . my prolile is lovely lo look al . . . bul ...louch me nol . . . l'm aboul lhe mosl independenl crealure on lwo leel ...and my lwo leel are going a long way . . . plan lo be an usherelle. LUCY MATTHEWS- Lou . . . lhe ideal home lype . . .always good na- lured , . , my smile lighls up any gloomy day... l go in lor lighl read- ing and heavy sewing . . . moslly bullons. ALOISE MAYER- Blondie . . . l know l'll succeed in lhe business world . . . especially il my boss has a sense ol humor . . . l'm never quiel . . . and always giggling . . . love lo draw . .. l shall have no compelilion as a secre- lary . . . oh, no. DONALD MCCAUGHAN- Mac . .. all lhis lo-do aboul nolhing . . .whal does il maller whal you plan now . .. you'll change your mind laler . . . so . . . why nol wail lor laler . . . do lhings now . , . especially lhe lhings you like . . .lor example, lennis. GEORGE MEEHAN- Jazz . . . courl in session . . . l'm now on lhe spol . . . all I can say aboul me is. l'm a very personable fellow . . . play baskelball and swim . . . hope lo be a member ol lhal noble prolession, law. MADEUNE MELETIS- Mad . . . speaking ol lalkalive people . . . or need we speak ol lhem ...lhey do all lhe lalking . . .or ralher . . . l do. .. and, loo . . . l'm shorl . . . and such a rosy complexion have l . . . no one holds my loquaciousness againsl me . . . l hope. FLORENCE MICKELSON- Flo . . . lhe divine powers seem lo have be- slowed upon me everylhing a girl de- sires... l'rn a sweel, animaled, prelly person . . . wilh a louch ol lhe arlislic in my lingerlips . . . a sense ol rhylhm in my leel . . . slrangesl ol all . , . my house is in lhe middle ol lhe slreel. EUGENE MIELKE- One Punch . .. l'm lhe guy who lries lo malch my lrousers lo lhe colors in my necklies . . . l box lairly well . . . my limil is one punch . . . lhen l slarl crooning . . . or laoasl aboul my queslionable good looks . . . l emphasize my heighl by associalion wilh lhe smallesl girls. JOHN MIHALEK- Johnny . . . problem lillecl wilh lechnical lerms and malhemalics is my dish . . . preler il lo whal have you . . . like lo make models . . . belong lo lhe Dralling Club . . . l'll make a good machinisl . . . so say l. LARRY MODICA- Dago . . .when a man biles a dog. lhal's news . . . when a person keeps a goal and monkeys in his lamily . . . lhal's more news ...come up and see mine some day . . . l'll play a violin solo lor you, loo . . . lo lop il . . . l'll drive you home in my Nash. DOMINIC MONDELL- Dago . . gossip has il lhal l dislike girls . . . wonder if R.O.T.C. discipline had any- lhing lo do wilh lhal . . .or my lille, corporal... bul . . . girls are all righl in lheir places . . . if lhey would only keep lheir places. JACK MOSS- Mossy . . . lhe iokee sler supreme . . . lhal's me ...and a kidder exlreme . . lhal's a lol lor a lillle lellow . . . some day, as sporls announcer, l'll be a big shol . . . lunny lhing . . . when I borrow lhe lamily machine, my lriends are so numerous. KATHLEEN MOUGHTON - Kay . . . Granny and l live happily lo- gelher . . . l'm a happy crealure, any' way.. .a dreamy individual . . .and quiel as a lillle mouse . . . music and reading are my lavorile paslimes . . . a doclor's assislanl some day l'll be. KATHERINE MULHERN- Kay . . . can il be lhal lhere is any olher pro- lession lor a girl lo choose besides slenography . . . one would hardly lhink so . . , l, loo, am going lo be a slenographer . . . heaven, help me ... and my boss STANLEY MULLER- Mull . . . Lor- raine insisls . . . l'm laking dancing lessons. . . Arlisl Muller lhal's me . .. draw airplane ads in lhe lulure . . . casl llighly glances al lair maidens . . . somelimes lhey're relurned . . . somelimes nol. ANTOINETTE MURANO- Toni , . . could l be ol service, Madam . . . lulure by-words lor me . . . inlend lo be a saleswoman ...like a good book now and lhen . . . il il doesn'l lake loo much concenlralion . . . nol lhal l can'l concenlrale . . . bul why bolher. NANCY NAFTALY- Nan . . . my hair is my pride . . . lhe more curls and swirls...in a shorl lime, l'll reside in Hawaii . . . do you envy me . . . l'm inclined loward red blouses and good dancers . . . oughl lo look good in a hula skirl. EDNA NASSER- Brighl Eyes . . . and such an appropriale name . . . lor my eyes are really lovely . . . don'l ask me why l changed my name . . , I don'l like inquisilive people . . . and don'l ask me lo repeal mysell . . . sorry il you can'l undersland me . . . bul l slur my words . . . l'm lrom Brooklyn. ROBERT NAVE- Hook . . . played on lhe championship baseball leam . . . grabbed lhe hardesl posilion . . . bench warmer. . . lhal's all righl wilh me . . .il raled me lor lhe Black B . .. didn'l rale much wilh lhe roolers, lhough. FRANCES NEILSON-- Fran . . . a prelly girl is like a melod y...soam l . . . nose is adorable . . . eyes are beaulilul . . . l'm iusl lhe ri hl size l love me . . . nolhing li beauly is as beauly does. lo be a beauly operalor, Xb lllf lf, ,X 'sl Q msszir' Q :WN The senior swealer has surely been Meghan 3 Q iiQE1 , Wofsled- Mickelson ' NIQQQ We'll bel lhe frosh wish il were Mihalek ,.,-.XI-fy. cursled, Mondell , '-jf'fQ:, M o u g h lo n Muller , T-'f a la y Jn Nave Page Twenly-eighl g ke lhal . .. .. l'm going Mallhews McCaughan Melelis Mielke Modica Moss Mulhern Murano Nasser Neilson i K J lflii?l?ss:s?SE3

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JOSEPH POLLIO- Joe . . . i?'s a wonder ?hey describe me as quie? . .. and jolly . , . my humor comes ?rom my ances?ors . . . how a person can learn ?o be an archi?ec? by no? a??end- ing college is beyond me . . . regard- less . . . I'm no? going ?o college. FRANCES PONZO- Smiles . . . ?rue fo my name. I smile conrinually . . . Ii??le opposile of slim . . . no? ?oo unbecomingly so . . . ?alka?ive, bu? no? gossipy . , . no back-?ence ca??iness ?or me . . . l'm ?oo much ol a ?ruly fine person . . . humem. JANET PORTER- Jan .I. .'?resh as a daisy . . . swee? as can be . . . no? one o? ?he ?our hundred: . .or a blue blood . . . ius? a re ular person who likes regular peopl' . . . like hiking because l'm ?all . . . long legs ?ravel ?as?er. VIOLET PORTER- Ki??y . . . danc- ing secre?ary . . .when I grow up, o? course . . . in ?he meanlime, college lor Ki??y . . . will s?ilI conlinue lo dance . . .keeps a girl slim . . . lrouble is, I should gain ...women are 'forever looking for ?he spec?acular . . . for a change . . . I wen? red-headed. FRANK POTTI-IOFF- Po?'rs II . . . violin player . . i? doesn'? mean I need a haircu ..? is I have nice curly h ' . - 1 ? . , . usually shor? oi .a 5: oe . . . ?olks begin ?o wonde if 'm in disquise .... one of ?he ' an's oys . . . didn'? you know . . . lock B, ?oo. I-IILMA POTTS- I-lil . . . l'm a kind of-sor? o? person . . . ?ha? is my hair is kind o? blond . . . my heigh? is sor? of Iall . . . quie? . . . no?hing unusual abou? me . . . even play lennis in an average way . . . bu? everyone likes me. JOHN POWERS- Red ...old Mr. Sun surely did wonders on my nose ...il he'd do me a ?avor now . .. and . . . ioin all my lreckles ?oge?her and make a glorious ?an . . . bu? may- be l'm asking ?oo much . . I should be sa?is?ied wi?h my red hair and quie? manner. FLORENCE PRASSO- Flo . . .I pass you by . . . bu? I don'? snub you... I give you ?he eye . . . ?hen I smile . . . such a pre??y smile . . .wearing my hair o?? my ?ace emphasizes ?he loveliness o? my complexion . . . now le?'s ?alk abou? you. EVA RAFANELLI- Eve . . . a sales- person's ?ee? have ?o be qui?e able ?o s?and up under ?he s?rain . . . a??er walking around in such a hurry as I do, can'? help bu? be an ap? saleslady . . . good Iennis player, ?oo. GRACE RAGONA- Gay . . . de- r e ?enioymen? ing upon my I ures'a r...sed m spa Iime ' y . . . on- elul ppear- c ed us? ance . . . a arguing wi?h re is?ry fe chers is my ppy c ure . . . pe? habi? . . . or working lor Miss Mon?gomery. Good-bye, old school, you wrong- Like Maior Bowes you gave A gong, GJ Page Thirty RITA RAMOS- Crooner . . . when all ?he world seems blue, sing, girlie, sing . . . ?ha?'s my mo??o . . . folks don'? mind lisiening, ei?her . . . my voice is quile good . . . a? Ieas? I ?hink so . . . I roll my eyes, and ius? sparkle wi?h vivaci?y. MARGARET REILLY- Marge . . . shall make an ideal secrelary . . . my no?ions Bn! h ? should and shouIdn'? be done are de?ini?e . . . no? ?he? a woman h au righ? ?o change her mind . have na?uralIy curly locks . . . p ly, ?oo. ROBERT RIS- Biby . . . glad ?ha? name is spelled wi?h an i and no? an a . . . ?hough my lace and build are a Ii??le cherubic ...s?ill ...you don'? have ?o rub i? in . . . always keep girls' addresses and phone numbers . . . bound ?or S?an?ord . . . indus- G ADYS Rl York . . . o ce id Iha? could e ec? any?h ng o happ 1 Cali?ornia . . . you'Il h e ?o . m ., . l'm ?rom New Yo . . . go or ?an?as?ic hair arrange men?s . . . bu? ?hen . . . wha? girl doesn'? . . . I m no excep?ion. lri chemis? .. h e I don'? blow ul LOR OB ee . . . mus? ave a ?o? ' m in me . . . leas?- ways my ?e and fingernails cere ' y are se ?o per?ec?ion . . . bu? I w y' e? echnical . . . perhaps my I nursihgg career coming up accoun?s for ve done me me the ?ha?. HAROLD ROBERTSON- Rab . . . pu? on airs when I walk . . . Ii??le posy . . . bu? when a fellow has per- sonali?y plus, every Ii??le bi? helps . . . a gradua?e o? ?he local ?raFlic school . . . ?ake-i i? from rne, go slow around ?hose curves . . . also a diving champ ...no? chump. GEORGE ROESLER- Cagy . . . when a cheer spIi? ?he air a? a baske?- ball game, i? was ?or me . . . I was leaving ?he game . . . all righ?. all righ? . . . I slam myself 'cause no one else does. .. I'm well liked . . .so is chess . . . by me. NINA ROGERS- Nina . . . girls wi?h ambi?ion, ou?side 0? a wish ?or a home, are ?ew and ?ar be?ween . . . I have ?ha? quali?y ol quie?ness which shields a noble desire . . . wan? ?o be a singer. . .ye gods. INGMAR ROSS- Swede . . . a proved lac? . . . Scandinavians o? smaller s?a?ure are qui?e brainy . . . i? is ?he long Swede who is dumb R ...heaven help me . . . I'm no? ye? I, six ?ee? ?all. JOHN ROSSI- Ross .. .shall make a ?ine, uprigh?, ou?s?anding ci?izen . .. my R.O.T.C, ?raining will aid . . . you seldom hear ?rom me . . . I ius? gaze ou? a? ?he world ?rom ?hese big brown eyes o? mine . . . and say Ii??le. Pollio Ponzo Porler, J Por?er, V. Po??hoff Po??s Powers Prasso Rafanelli Ra ona Ramos Reilly Ris Rifz Roberfs Roberlson Roesler Rogers Ross Rossi, J.