Plainfield High School - Milestone Yearbook (Plainfield, NJ)

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Marityn RutuH GILKS Marl Vivacious is the word for Marl... activities included a cappella choir, world friendship club, library council, junior play, Hi-Tri, and Milestone business staff . . . interested in becoming secretary to a “sugar daddy.” H. Leroy GILMORE Gee “Just being around airplanes is enough!” Destined to fly, he toys with model planes, enjoys ice hockey and the swell group of Hi-Y boys, and managed the swing band. BEATRICE GINDOFF Bea Bea is a studious soul, filling up her club periods with study, world friendship club, study and more study ... unlike most of us she attains most enjoyment from ‘‘a good book on a rainy day while the radio is playing.” VIRGINIA GLOD Drew “Yie!l’”’ .. . she just ‘‘can’t stand people with no sense of humor” .. . skating, dancing, and bowling are ‘‘musts’’ on her program list . . . she is looking forward to a career in nursing. JoseEpH GLOWACKI Youzeb® A Jack of all trades, a master at, well, aeronautics or machinist work! Press, rifle, whittling clubs, basketball, baseball, photog- raphy, drawing, and bowling—and he’s “eag- er for a real job!” HELEN CARRIE GOODWIN H.C.G. Newspaper work is closest to her heart, judging by her outstanding and devoted work as Entree and Milestone editorial chiefs ... D.A.R. citizenship award, Central Jersey Scholastic Press Association president, dram- atic society, creative writing group, a past News Bureau director, Greek club. JoserpH E. Goviick Joe Eating is a habit, but that’s one habit Joe enjoys .. . sports and ‘‘taking things apart” also are included among his favorites . .. has no plans for the future. Rosert W. GRAVENSTINE Slats = ‘eke ae claim all Fee yacht some day” «senior eae cor ants gym, reads clubs sont buted to h oan és “Sailm assles. eo eae esas SHIRLEY ANN GRAY Shirl Shirley’s active participation in a cappella choir and orchestra will prove a fine founda- tion for her choice of a musical career... she also took part in Hi-Tri, patrol, pep club, library council, sports, and was Mile- stone activity chairman. BENJAMIN GREENBLATT Doner Ben, one of our more enterprising seniors, completed four active years with student council, track, orchestra, forum club, junior play, intramural basketball . .. musie and drama head his hobby list ... Ben is plan- ning to train for agricultural work. BARBARA ANN GRIFFIN Bobbie Bobbie especially enjoyed the knitting club, but also had runners-up of the lost and found club, and tennis ... she’s an average girl who enjoys “just about everything,” so we'll let you judge her qualifications for a secretary. MARGUERITE GRIMMER Peg “Female-chasers” get Peg’s goat... riding, bowling, and knitting get her vote ... she belonged to the pep club, Hi-Tri, and par- ticipated in the junior play ... has future plans for college. PHYLLIS GROFF Sandy PHS welcomes Sandy from Lakewood High School in Ohio .. . she’s a musically-minded girl who enjoyed the senior band, a cappella choir, and playing the flute ... plans are to major in math. Ae GEORGE O. Hanis Gi Bud 7s A music fan, Bud is a ber of aerie orchestra ... is “annoyd ji by loud=% speaking girls who comb their hair in pub- lic’ . . . his activities spelbads cobs jun- ior and senior band, swimming, var sity, manager of swing band, and camera club. MARGARHE, JEAN HALL - — eggy AY are what Peggy waits for... ile she waite) icipated in tennis, badminton, stu il, and knitting club... plans to bddodme a medical secre- tary ... enjoys Hi-Tri ‘‘because of the fun it offers.” JAMES HALLockK Archie It’s either the U. S. Merchant Marine or Coast Guard—or bust! Archie believes most of the high school students are “honor mem- bers without need of patrols.” .

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Loguacious Wits W were do they get that gift of gab? Don’t they ever run down? Or is it just that pep and zip Make them play the clown? Left to right: Marvin Kaplan, “Most Talkative;” Marilyn Gilks, “Most Talkative,” “Most Vivacious” and “Class Clown;” Jack Vogel, “Most Vivacious” and “Wittiest.” J. Marvin FULTON Marv “Music takes the sadness out of life” Marv is a “hep cat’ .. . Junior Leaders, patrol, junior play, and track ... plans to attend the Casey Jones School of Aviation. ELIzABETH LOUISE FUSSELL Betty Betty is very eager to become a model and we feel her success is assured . .. she took part in student council, knitting, and typing clubs .. .. she'll be in the fashion magazines soon! Pauta D. GABLER Listening Ben Goodman is Paula’s idea ; of a swell Rastime © = [t nis, a cappella choir, ri, orchestpa, Milestone staff, , nd world friendship lubs interested h she’s a great knit- 4 ter... collects records. » a 4 DonaLp FRANCIS GALBRAITH Don Don's been interested mainly in sports in- cluding football, basketball and hockey however, now that he’s completed high school, he’s heading for either aviation or mechanics. MILDRED Bias AY Mary H. GANNACCI Although Mary is a quiet girl, her choice to become a stenographer is a good one Mary loves to read, and ‘make other people happy’’—which is a rare trait in itself. KATHERINE M. GARRETSON Kay In the short time that she has been at PHS, Kay has made many friends ... she finds favorites in drawing, eating, sleeping .. . perhaps, a successful secretarial career someday. Henry P. GARWACKE Quack “Nothing annoys him”... he’s crazy about sports, but no fond high school memory does he employ. That’s our deduction, anyway! ALIc AIRE GAVETT many seashore sum- rests are merchandis- hing—imagine that! ... member of patrol, usher squa and exXé€cutive council her freshman mer HERMINA GEMBAROWICZ Hermina, a former member of the typing club, takes a special interest in drawing, ice- skating and dancing ... her future ambition is to become a secretary. Louris GIANNOTTI Gege Give Louis a car he can drive and he’ll take it apart and put it together again... he won't break speed laws cause he “hates people who hurry!’ Student council member also. ELsIE S1¢rmD GILBERTSON Honey Honey just brims over with zip, vim, and vigor! .. . proof of this fact lies in her active participations in banking, homeroom chairman, cheerleading, Hi-Tri, and school productions . . . laboratory technician is her next stop. Ray awd

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‘May We Haue Your Autegranh?’ HEN we see their names in lights, And over them the audience fights, We'll look back and proudly confess That they got their start in PHS. Left to right: Jean Hoffman and Herb- ert Raab, “Best Actor and Actress.” ty ot 4 J x | r %, b y A | NY - } phd vb r by? ey i} tay td y U A r r ) Berniarp-E. HaNsey Henry A. Harr fs ) Ben, } Hank “Watchikt ea. pets ath WOE? gets in Hank was president of the camera club and en’s, hair 1 sien Bios eatin make gets a kick out of collecting medals and Z ATS Se al ag : Ne: club pins . .. he has chosen aviation as his up his) hobby, list —. 4 to,get™into the navy : , or Goast- Guard is his one ambition future job—perhaps he wants to collect more ‘ oN si medals. J « = Homer JT. HANSEN VIRGINIA HARTMAN Ted Ginny Sailing and deep-sea fishing occupy Ted’s Ginny, who plans to become a stenographer, spare time . . . belonged to the thrift coun- possessed sufficient initiative to be chosen cil . . . expects to be a certified public ac- homeroom chairman and homeroom repre- countant ... Ted enjoys being in Florida sentative in her sophomore year... has because of “the friendliness of the people high aspirations for the business world. there.”’ ss. e- 7 a+ y James HARDING “ WALLACE ‘H. HARTMAN Se Wall “I ain’t much on that,” says Jim, but he ty appears to be quite a sports fan, having Wally participated in cooking club, student participated in soccer, swimming, and basket- council, airplane and boxing clubs... would ball . . . the defense program needs good like to be on air cadet in the Army Air machinists, and that’s what Jim is aiming Corps. OPO aed nin for. (4 Gy oo x : a Cay? ; coFANice BRETON HAsKARD ys Cy Jan out her oy oe uA i? . an believés in king slow and easy, and she Nina's ne reason Bessie who jump to parecer c Sloane annoy fer so much... Archery, cee student council, apparatus, leaders, i-Tri, and usher squad ... she yens to see her dancing name in lights. Epwarp HECKMAN We wouldn't be surprised if Edward joined the Navy because he says he “likes to travel.’”” He was a Junior Leaders’ member and his favorite hobbies are swimming and winter sports. was member of bad- b, b all, and baseball n HiMtr nd on the patrol joys watckijng a good game of sport. Dot, a sportswo minton, pep active squad . any kin : PHYLLIS HENDERSON Nancy EvizABETH Harris Pit Little Bits Pit’s good nature just oozes as most of her Someday, Nancy hopes to “make someone a friends will testify ... she has been a mem- good housewife,” but right now she derives ber of archery, Hi-Tri, pep club, badminton, and tennis ... being full of the ‘‘dickens,” a good deal of enjoyment from dancing and the thrift club . .. the latter will come in mighty handy with Nancy’s future ambition. she enjoys holidays. eee