Plainfield High School - Milestone Yearbook (Plainfield, NJ)

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Top Row: SYLVIA D’AGOSTINO “Oh, to be a fashion designer.’’— that is Sylvia’s desire. She is fond of drawing. The day she made the high honor roll is the most memorable in her high school days. Vacation, too, rates high. MARJORIE DALY Peggy seems to enjoy everything ex- eept loud noisy people. Particularly likes badminton, singing, and tennis and was in A Cappella and Motet Choirs, Pep Club, Hi-Tri Cabinet, Victory Corps and on Student Council. WEBSTER DAWLEY Web belonged. to the Biology Club. His hobby is model railroading and he enjoys music, a good sports, and good spirit. Web’s ambition is to be a Mechanical Engineer. He dislikes people who criticize sneeringly. LUCILLE A. DeLISLE Twirling, swimming and sailing are Lou’s hobbies. Medicine is her idea of the right profession. Pep Club and Hi-Tri were her activities. DONATO DELL’OLIO Dell enjoys loafing, but there’ll be some changes made when he joins the sophomore basketball and bowling. Navy. He went out for freshman and Quizzically he asks, “Are you kid- ding?” Middle Row: FRED DENNICK Fred likes to play the guitar and went out for art, Glee Club, basketball, and likes airplanes. He plans to join the Army Air Corps. rN KATHERINE M. DENNY Jump has been a loyal member of the Lost and Found Club, likes to knit and; true to her name, is athletic. hai plans to do secretarial work. She’ll overloak a few faults from any- one if he likes Tommy Dorsey. ARTHUR T. DEXTER Jake, and everyone else remembers his scoring a touchdown against NPHS. He found so much pleasure in eating that he joined the Boy’s Cooking Club, but he’d better watch his figure if he expects to study phys- ical culture. FRANK ANTHONY DICELLIS Roller skating is tops according to Timie. He plans to be a machinist. Don’t put on make-up in class, girls, when he’s around. GLORIA K. DIGGS Kay hails from the good old state of Indiana. It’s the clerical field for her. Le ee Bottom Row: HENRY DONNELLY Bub is a camera field, as we can see by his membership in the Camera Club as vice president. He’s an ambi- tious boy, eager to get ahead and ready to start as a machinist. ANNA J. DOWNING Sports came first on Jimmie’s list. She participated in basketball and baseball. Her fondness for little children proves she’s a good Sunday School teacher. She wishes to become a nurse or social service worker. MARILYN L. DOW Among Polly’s extra-curricular ac- tivities have been Student Council, Band, Archery, Child Psychology Club, Hi-Tri and Kings’ Daughters. Dancing, ice-skating, and just being alive give Marilyn, a prospective kin- dergarten teacher, the most enjoy- ment. Her favorite expression, ‘‘Oh, Well!” ound dancing and ‘ky ill claim s DONALD DURRAH Don’s interest for the past four years has centered around photography and printing. As a doctor’s son he might follow in his father’s footsteps. His friendly ‘‘Hello’’ has made him well- known throughout PHS.

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Top, Row: FOHY M.IUFO ‘Whateby kjiow, -BubAwaks pw? future »macbinist. Chttb is sports- minlied wywh) fogtball] and freshman bdsHall lowding Ate “enjoyedy most the PHA) vs NPHS footbfll games . .. likes dfedming and model buildA ing much fogtter tatAcills “hoe makeup gf in school! ARYHUR LOUIS COLTKI “What’s buzzin, cuzzin?’’ Plenty if you're talking to Hap. He really was busy in high school, building model airplanes, saving stamps, and prepar- ing to be a machinist or draftsman, among other things. His pet peeve— extemporaneous speeches. HAROLD CONN Our future doctor, a first rate swim- mer on the Varsity Swimming Team, Hal is fond of Broadway shows. First place in the ‘100’ wash, as a frosh is his unforgettable feat. OWEN J. COOK This Cook likes to collect guns, old or new. B football team member, swimmer in freshman year, Owen likes gymnastics and days beginning vaca- tion. He was in Junior Leaders’ Club. MARY JANE CONOVER Mary Jane’s individual in wanting to be a medical secretary. She was ac- tive in Freshman, Senior Library Council, Senior Band, Usher’s Squad, Leaders’ Club, Senior Honorary So- ciety, Junior Red Cross, Hi-Tri, King’s Daughters, Knitting Club and ‘1 of LAR? - Middle Row: MICHAEL A. CORTEZ Active in sports, Shortie, a member of the Student Council, Football Club and Projection Squad is undecided about being a gas station attendant or a sailor. ‘Well, all right,’ he shouts—but not when girls fiddle with their hair. MIRIAM L. COWLEY Interests? Everything, says Peanuts, but especially journalism, judging by her excellent work on the Entree, exchange editor, secretary and filing clerk, feature editor, and Milestone literary editor. Mim can’t forget the grand bunch in the Entree office. JEFFERSON CRAIG Jeff likes tennis and was varsity cap- tain in his third year. He was a mem- ber of our Student Council. Jeff is training for business, and, while very quiet, he is ambitious. MARJORIE L. CRAIG Marj was in the Glee Club. Here’s another candidate to the nursing field. MARGARET CRONIN Margaret should make an A-1 college student, considering her interest in many actiVities and her congenial na- turt. We'll rémember her from dances, “Follies of ’40,” Milestone work, tennis, ushering and 7th Period study. % Bottom Row: YETTA CROWETZ Babe has been a member of the Camera, Child Psychology, and Lead- ers’ Club, badminton, and swimming. All sorts of sports interest her. Nurs- ing is her choice of profession. LEONARD J. CUMMINGS “Take it, Jackson.’ Here’s Len, a member of The De Molay, Math Club, and band. Give him the wide open spaces, for swimming, fishing and camping, where boys don’t say ‘‘cute”’ and girls don’t use gooey words. It’s accounting for him. JAMES T. CURRAN Jay violently dislikes silly girls and heartily enjoys aviation, as he wants to be an aviation machinist in the U. S. Navy. He was a patrol captain, was in the Pep Club, participated in intramural basketball. JOSEPH E. CURRAN Among many activities on Jackie’s list are Cross Country and Track Teams, Milestone Staff, Cheer Lead- ing, and Student Council. He likes horseback riding, ice-skating, base- ball, football, basketball, and hunt- ing, but wants to become an account- ant. MARIE CUSMANO Conceited people and homework are Cusy’s peeves. Listening to her favo- rite band leaders, swimming and N 5 ‘ 4 dancing, provide ample entertainment. Making new acquaintances endears PHS to her.

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Top Row: DORIS C. DURRAH Doris is interested in medicine and in social work. Gum chewing in public bothers her. She is a member of the Honorary Society, and tennis is her hobby. DOROTHY DZIEGLEWICZ “No kidding, big teasers really get my goat’ mutters Dotty, a former member of the Typing Club and fresh- man homeroom secretary. “A cer- tain basketball player’ is her fond- est memory of PHS; roller skating, collecting snapshots, and correspon- ding make life great for this future secretary ! FLORENCE EISENBERG “Ts it hot enough for you today ?” asks Florrie, very much unconscious- ly. Florrie belongs to the Jans, likes dancing, hopes to become a fashion illustrator, was a twirler and in the Leaders Club. WILLIAM WARREN ELLIS, Jr. Bill, the SAT chairman, treasurer of Student Council, member of Varsity Track team, Dramatic Society, finance board, and Senior Honorary Society, was kept pretty busy, but still found time to read. He enrolled at Prince- ton before joining the army. MARY THERESA ENRIGHT “Shucks,”’ dancing to Tommy Dorsey’s orchestra gives Maureen as much fun as bowling, horseback riding, and roller skating. The Knitting Club, basketball, field hockey, and office practice took her school time ...a future clever secretary Middle Row: ARTHUR G. ERBER To be a machinist and then to join the U. S. Navy are Jerry’s ambitions. He likes football and skating and says freshman year’s his fondest PHS memory. Also on prejection squad, he yells ‘‘You Girls,’’ enjoys having a good time and a nice girl. MARION ERICKSON With “Jeeps”. as Sher net, ex pression, pecite Guta SS AR N55, ( AGkeve and the Junier Play as her fondest MANLY Rede th leave the halls of PHS hojing to becdmpca Madod- nurse. She was active in iT Tri, Dramatic Society, archery, and Girls’ Chorus. WILLIAM O. EVANS Bill is another one who won’t talk.” Of all the professions a boy can choose, he’s all for engineering — there’s plenty of room for advance- ment. ROBERT S. FELDMAN “Tall, dark, and handsome” is all that’s needed to describe this future doctor. Bob’s activities include Li- brary Council, Band, International Re- lations Club, Student Council, and Milestone Staff . GERALDINE J. FERRA The companionship of dogs gives Gerry much enjoyment. She plans to enter the nursing field, likes to knit, and so belongs to that club. One of Gerry’s hobbies is writing letters, wonder just what that means? She enjoys the YWCA and M.Y.F, Clubs outside of school. BaD) () ecto Bottom Row: FRANK FERRARO A man after your own heart is Ace, ’eause he likes going out, having fun, and moonlight horseback riding definitely dislikes — silly ay The memory of his first junior ling- or s vy t ern inistgt ARTHUR Gs FITZPATRICK The briny deep certainly has a power- ful attraction for this male, for sail- ing is one of Art’s pastimes, not to mention radio. He participated in the senior usher squad .. . dislikes snobs. Future? The radio engineering pro- fssion. KEVIN D. FITZPATRICK Fitz is partial to horses and politics. Student Council, president of the sophomore class, and SAT committee head his activities. Fitz is one of the six PHS boys in the Navy Air Corps under the V-5 program. PAUL WILLIAM FLAGG Pablo played baseball, jayvee and varsity footbal, was in Student Coun- cil, Senior Executive Council, Biology, Stamp, and Camera Clubs, a home- room chairman, on Entree; likes pho- tography, autograph collecting, Harry James orchestra, and canoeing. Some- day it’ll be “Dr. Flagg, M.D.”