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

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JULIUS QUETNIKQK . . . jay . . . another bright light in the field of study . . . he is attracted to stamp collecting and mathematics . . . a member of the C.S.F. and Balboa Honor Society . . . his keen blue eyes hold a glint of brilliance in them . . . Stanford is his goal . . . civil engineer, MARIE REBOTTARO . . . Mame . . . she gives the attitude of one who hasn't a care in the world . . . for anything . . . but she's more than a little ambitious and all her endeavors are corn- pleted well . . . her clothes express her personality . . . her dislike for disorderly newspapers show her order- ly nature. VIOLET RISSMANN . . . Pee-ky . . . the girl with everything . , . prettiness . . , vivacity . . . dramatic and artistic ability . . . a gift so few have . . . and fewer make use of . . . associate judge of Student Court . . . member of the C,S.F .... her aspirations thrive upon her inspiration . . . aff, VICTORIA RODRIGUEZ . . . Beets . . . yes, and it beats all how anyone can be so small . , . and yet have such a quick temper . . . but as quickly as it flashes forth . . . so does it die down . . . it's all right if she copies your home- work . . , but don't borrow hers . . . hopes to play a guitar or violin . . . and grow a little taller. MURIEL ROSSI . . . Mer . . , here's a person with a touch of selfishness behind her dislike . . . it's gum snappers . . . and all be- cause she can't do it herself . . . regardless, she's a very attractive, tall brunette . . . but Nick looks down . . . he's tall. HELEN ROZEN. . . Hel . . . in the South Seas . . . they swim for sport . . . Helen is going to the South Sea Islands . . . but she won't swim . . . doesn't like to . , . or study history . . . in spite of these draw- backs . . . she'll make a hit wherever she travels. ALLAN SANBORN . . . Grapenuts . . . the pride and joy of his registry . . . when he was young . . . was the despair of his teachers . . . doesn't know why but . . . his heart beats more quicklywhen history is men- tioned . . . loves it . . . and can't stand the sight of chemicals. RAYMOND SCHNITT- GER . . . Snitz . . . strives toward becoming a state or city otlicer . . . whatever that is . . . even going to a coaching school for such . . . a trackster . . . and he makes models . . . what kind he doesn't say . . . just models . . . success is never obtained by those who do not earnestly strive to the end. I-1 Q6 sf! D-1 si M O O I-1 VJ I-4 Z Lu Q D I- LD i-I r-I 'C I U E B z r-4 I-4 Bd 41 I-' UD Q Q U3 LQ D r-I U LI.. O 3 in Z 2 srl rr. LD O D5 D-4 sf. ERBA RAFANELLI . . . Erb . . . dances most of her life away . . . the re- mainder of it she plays ten- nis and baseball . . . gcc, what part of her life is left to devote to working . . . maybe she doesn't want to work . . , she'd rather talk, GEORGE RICE . . . Lefty . . . he'll flatter you . . . admire you . . . be coy with you . . . and do it all with a good heart . . . he's sin- cere and energetic . . . his future is wisely and fully planned . . . and if nothing goes amiss . . . his future will be both successful and happy . . . with jo, that charming red head. BARBARA ROACI-I , . . Bobbie . . . going to be nothing but a nothing . . . . . . she says . . . we know differently . . . petite, pretty, and clever , . . will surely be something other than a nothing . . . her high held, well-arranged blonde head will be missed. LOUIS ROSS . . . Lou . . . Fuller brushman . . . or maybe he plans to sell something else . . . some day he's going to take time out to discover the color of his hair . . . it's a matter of dispute now . . . he'd rather listen to the radio than do homework. PAULINE ROTI-I . . . Paul . . . Balboa surely is turning out a lot of artis- tic people this semester . . . another futuristic profes- sional costume designer . , . for the present she'll devour ice cream sodas with relish . . . likes good friends. ELEANOR RUFFINO . . . El . . , the sea fascinates her . . . she desires to tra- vel . . . by boat . . . maybe because her green eyes have shades in them . . .reminis- cent of the sea . . . who knows what her reasons are . . . she won't talk . . . president of the Latin circle. EVELYN SCHAUBERGER . . . Lindy . . . shc's so very proud of her own natural blonde toupee . . . and we, too, must com- pliment her on its loveliness . . . she is extremely witty . . . and her voice is lilting and pleasing to hear . . . she is to attend an institu- tion of music. EVELYN SCHONFELD... Evie . . . doesn't like cheese . . . any kind of cheese . . . and bell pep- pers also are a despairing subject to her . . . but sten- ography , . . oh, now you've named it . . . could just live on shorthand . . . and if white shoes must be worn . . . please, make them clean . . . they really look better that way. MARY RAGANELLI . . . Re . . . talk about vi- vaciousness . . . this girl is made of it . . . her bubbling laughter is forever rippling . . . and her sparkling eyes are ever aglow with merri- ment . . . cowboys and their melodies fascinate her. EDWIN RIKSHEIM . . . Ricky . . . mental genius . . . nothing in the line of studies stops him . . . first honor roll every quarter . . . member of the C.S.F. six terms . . . his mind is keen . . . plans to run amuck in the figure field . . . a future accountant. 'IOSEPI-IINE ROCK . . . jo . . . a small blue-eyed brownette . . . who would rather the world consist entirely of blondes . . . that's the reason she's go- ing to beauty school . . . to learn cosmetology . . . and change brunettes to blondes . . . wants to be a good jigger. NANCY ROSS . . . Nan . . . the cute red head who strolls the halls so non- chalantly . . . she's become a familiar chararter now . . . one of the persons about . . . just about the nicest, swellest one we know of . . . quote our president. LOUIS ROUSPII .... Lou . . . could it be that he is aware of himself, too much . , . or is he just afraid to face his classmates . . . anyway, he hates to be called upon for recitation... but to be called to enter the the field of battle at a bas- ketball game . . . that's a different story. IRENE RUSSO . . . Kiki . . . should be abschool teacher . . . her script has that certain swing to it . . . always smiling . . . and ready to aid any who need help . . . all except high- hatters . . . plans to be a stenographer or a saleslady. HOWARD SCIHLICHT- MANN . . . jigger . . . that tall, blonde, handsome swing master . . , and can he swing it on his trum- pet . . . likes dirty cords . . . and girls with blonde hair that color . . . some fun . . . not strenuous . . . or brain taxing. ELEANOR SCHULZ . . . Sailor . . . when the navy is in . . . Eleanor is out . . . she collects pictures of the navy . . . goes boat riding . . . goes to navy parties . . . just an all- American girl . . . that's be- cause of her beautiful green- blue optics and fair com- plexion...maybe it'll get tan when she goes to Hawaii . . . if she goes. Page twenly-rezfen

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ALBERTA NELSON . . . Al . . . unless you know her . . . you wouldn't know exactly how to take her . . . she's funny that way . . . but when you know her . . . ou'll never know another like her . . . she's almost perfect . . . all the more so ecause she hates the Dime Jig . . . that's an admirable trait. GORDON NICOLL . . . Staccato . . . surface glances at a person are often deceiving . . . take our presi- dent . . . full of fun and light . . . but beneath is earnest endeavor to be what everyone expects of him . . . going to be a medical stu- dent at Stanford . . . can't you just see him . . . nurse, and me a scalpel. BLANCHE NORDSETH... Bee . . .sophisticates who yawn and drawl at you get under her well-cared-for skin . . . loves to sketch things . . . but not on school desks . . . intends to be a stenographer . . . her short- hand speed is of the best... but wait just a few years. JEANNE OLCOTT . . . Jeannie . , . some call her lovely . . . some, sweet . . . we call her distin- guished and individual . . . a true blue girl . . . features are a perfect symmetry . . . her fine spirit is admirable . . . and kindly actions make us adore her. WILLIAM O'MEARA . . . Andy . . . dramatist . . . both ehind the footlights . . . and by pen point. . . an answer for anything you ask him . . . social climbers can stop climbing as far as he's concerned . . . this high senior vice president doesn't like them. HERBERT OSOSKE . . . Herb . . . the friend of man . . . in this case, at least . . . is the one who pronounces names correctly . .V . -especially Herbert's... it irritates his good nature the pronounciations they get out for his name . . . out- side of this . . . nothing in the world bothers him. HUGH PAINE... Silky . , . runs from jazz . . . autos . . . and dangerous sections of the city . . . intends to out-g the G- men . . . in the Intelligence Bureau . . . fancy that . . . looks very intelligent . , . riding along on his bicycle. MADELINE PEABODY... . . . Madd . . . isn't like her nickname . . . really quite sane . . . brain- storms are no pleasure for her . . . she's the silent type . , . collector of things . . . odds and ends . . . a luring smile , . . and flashing eyes are a good combination... these virtues plus ability to orate . . . spell sure ad- vancement. Page twenty-tix MINNIE NELSON . . . Min . . . who do you think she is, anyway . . . this girl who wants to be something she's not . . . wonder if her aversion for full moons has anything to do with this . . . and what's wrong with apple eaters . . . she doesn't li e them. FRANCIS ILAN . .- . Frank . . . w uld like to go to colle d tote the pigskin . . . me an ar- chitect . . , ote a pencil and blue t . . . he's the boy who ' es gems . . . if they bies . . . get it . . . no think . . . that's thyst straw. 1 ZELVEXKA OBERTI . . . Ba e ' . . short and stock . . likes to eat candy . . , that's a bad combination . . . young and happy , . . no loafing for her. . .everonthego. . . doing something . . . sort of in training already for her nursing career ARMIDA OLLER . . . Me . . . of course, it's you . . . who else would it be . . . and a nice you, too . . . loud plaid shirts are her nightmare . . . she'll take a white one . . . calls herself and her appearance just so and so . . . we don't agree. JAMES O'ROURKE . . . Jim . . . the future James H. O'Rourke, M.D .... how his grey eyes shine when he thin s of it . . . likes all his friends . . . including himself . . . and if you tell him to go jump in the lake for revenge . . . you'll regret it . . . he likes to swim. KATHRYN OWENS . . . Kay . . . hopes to see her name in lights some day . . . a singer of great note . , . and beauty . . . to describe her adequately . . . think of an auburn haired little china doll minus the slant eyes . . . andvthere you have Kay. I 1 'J JOSEPH PALMISANO . . . 'Yfurlef' . . . a fixer-upper .l.. . pf automobiles . . . ag Nfrapped! in mechanical d vices . . J cannot be con- f sed by anything that can taken apart . . . and put together . . . maybe all the curls in his hair came from fooling around grease. JOHN PEEK . . . Pet . . . seems that there is one boy in a hundred who likes stuck up girls . . . he isn't that one . . . prefers them amiable . . . likes to bask in the sun . . . has a funny . . . but attractive . . . wave . . . right down the center of his head . . . and la yellow roadster . . .A he is the ring-leader of his reg- istry. L-T-1 U Z QC C3 D-' 4 Q Z O O Z C3 Z sf! in I Z U-I 2 4 Z cd D O l-4 VJ cn ssl .-1 U I-TJ U Z ei CE U ff. Q sf. I B 0 Z CD I-T-I l-1 I-4 P l-4 U 41 VIOLA NELSON . . . Streamline . . . and no wonder the nickname . . . she's a modern version of a Greek goddess of old . . . with deep violet colored eyes screened bylong black lashes . . . she rates A-1 with us . . . Tom, too . . .food rates that high with her . . . Tom, too. TED NOGA . , . Nag . . . the only bright light in his life is music . . . king of swing along the campus . . . rates fairly high with himself . . . and hopes he rates high with pretty bru- nettes . . . casaba tosser . . . and by blowing a horn . . . hopes to be a second Bee- thoven . . . not Gabriel. LORRAINE OTQONNOR . . . Lo . . . likes danc- ing . . . anywhere . . . any- time . . . ambition is to go abroad . . . won't pull any faux pas over there . . . isn't being done . . . an- other tender of the sick and iniirm. MARIE OLMO . . . Ol- lie . . . little home body . . . dislikes dances and parties . . . not because she's not popular . . . how could she not be popular. . . exquisite hazel eyes that are different . . . and a fun lover if there ever was one . . . and yet, she'd rather darn socks. ANDREW ORTIZ . . . Andy . . . fun loving . . . gaiety seeking boy . . . he left us for a while . . . now he's back to graduate . . . our only regret is that this isn't footbal season . . . so he can't fight to win for his dear Alma Mater . . . as he did before. LAURA PAGLIETTINI. . . Pag . . . no ambition. . . just petting her dog . . . who is her best friend . . . he doesn't criticize . . . in- tends to be a lady of leisure . . . after forming a down with teachers' pets organi- zation . . . yes, she's against them. PETER PARDO. . . Pete . . . you'll see him at all the latest movies . . . and driving a car . . . if he can Find a trusting friend . . . with a car . . . his voice must be changing . . . least- ways, it awfully husky . . . sometimes it cracks, too. LESLIE POWER . . . Les . . . well-known and well liked . . . her smile is un- ceasing and . . . her faculty for doing things . . . and doing them right . . . is remarkable . . . maybe that excuses her detentions when she's late . . . always . . . as a good example we fol- low Leslie . . . and her habit of always lending a helping hand.

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ALAN SCHWARTZ . . . Al . . . most definitely college bound is he . . . a one-fingered pianist . . . master at it . . . homework horrors . . . teachers who assign homework . . . any- thing to do with homework . . . irks Alan . . . also his pretty wavy hair when it ie- fuses to lay down . . . looks like a youngster. EUGENE SEGALE . . . Not even Gene . . . my, what big brown eyes he has . . . and such black hair . . . and a Block B member, too...he plays a lucky ame . . . horseshoes . . . onfy he is not very lucky at it . . . he plans to become a welder . . . too bad there are no more horses . . . he could be a blacksmith. MARJORIE SHANNON... Margie . , . oh, boy . . . especially brunettes . . . the cutest looking little per- son '. . . her little snub nose reminds one of a tiny, ador- able bulldog . . . she talks and talks.. . . and never says- anything...but she does dislike hearing the song which declares her charms . . . Margie. DEAN SICKERT . . . Sleepy Eyes . . . eyes are a mel ow gray . . . and most of the time they are hidden behind a curtain of thick black lashes . . . very odd . . . and more than a little interesting . . . and isn't it natural he favors blondes... plans to attend Mare Island Navy School . . . to study for engineering. SEYMOUR SILVERMAN . . . WoIahan Kid . . . wants to do something live- ly -for a living . . . so he's going to be an art director . . . can draw more than a little, too . . . looks like an artist with his wavy hair and all . . . is he kidding . . . or does he mean it when he says . . . he's going to Hawaii. GEORGE SMITH . . . Smittie . . . and an ex- tremely adequate name . . . if you ask us . . . resembles a Smittie . . . fly-a-way blonde hair . . . chubby face . . . and rather angelic fea- tures . . . wide shoulders . . . the only thing wrong . . . he doesn't like girls who baby talk . . . interested In kIVl2IfIOI'l. E-LLEN SOUTTER... Scot- tie . . . going to a school of cosmetology . . . but she should join a circus. . . she'd almost qualify for the little-lady . . . especially her feet . . . they are so tiny . . . her hair has more queer arrangements . . . she must spend hours think- ing them up . . . and more hours arranging them. VICTOR SPILETAK . . . Farmer . . . profiled like 21- movie star . . . always give you a side view of him- self . . . shows his features to advantage . . . also his red 'kerchief hanging from his back pocket . . . of his dirty cords. . . some day he'll give his fans a treat . . . an ace ball glayer . . . honesty is the est policy . . . acquiescence itself. Page twenty-eiglal LEON SCIHWEIGER . . . Lee . . . patent leather headed kid . . . his hair is so shiny . . . and just a trace of a wave in it . . . any kind of sport interests him . . . also mechanical drawing . . . he-'cl like to follow this vocation . . . but no college for him . . . so . . . he'll take any Job that happens along. LEIDA SEI . . . Lee . . . what is there about stenog- raphy that seems to appeal to so many . . . language of hieroglyphics . . . this average sized brown-eyed blonde showers all her am- bitions upon stenography... perhaps to be a court re- porter. ALBERTA SHAW . . . Bert . . . naturalness and simplicity is her keynote to charm . . . it is a compli- ment to be called her friend . . . for she is one of the many whose friendship is valued . . . going to be an auditor . . .who checks up on you . . . she's in practice now . . . checking up on Dick. ILENE SILLIGO . . . Peachie . . . wonder if Bill gave her that adorable name . . . how Peachie was derived is beyond us . . . blue eyes, brown curly hair, and fait complexion . . . but what nickname isn't nonsense . . . some people she sends running . . . an expert gum snapper. VICTOR SLOMAN . . . Vic . . . not an athlete . . . or a scholar . . . just an all-round, regular fel- low . . . jovial and merry . . . his disposition is one to marvel at . . . to be suc- cessful is his endeavor . . . rather is he a thinker . . . than an actor . . . but when he does act . . . he's a Hash. RAY SOLBAKKEN . . . He won't tell . . . stands for equality . . . and free- dom of speech . . . no dis- ciplinary methods appeal to him . . . and compulsory training is evidently not wel- come . . . where does school come in . . . and why the undeveloped mustache when freedom is the chief favor he asks from life. IRENE SPEDIACCI . . . Gold Dust Twin . . . why the name . . . we don't know . . . but anythin for variety . . . the spice oil life . . . her ambition will be lively . . . and the hundreds of people she meets will add variety . . . intends to be a salesperson. ANNA STAGNARO . . . Ann . . . the Latin dom- inates in Ann . . . flashing brown eyes . . . glowing black hair . . . olive com- plexion . . . and white teeth . . . her temperament fol- lows in accordance . . . a spurt of temper . . . a burst of laughter . . . she'll laugh at everything except going to school . . . that's a problem. I-I I-I 4 be co Q Lu 5-1 O v-1 Z I-T-I Q Z 4. LD Z ii I-I v-I E CII E-1 Lu as Lu B ..i .1 4. CQ I-4 I-I-I M rn QC CD u.. O cn U-I 2' 4. U vi I-' L-I-I Lu 2 M U 4. DG I-4 LI-I 'II I-t VINCENT SCOTTO . . . Vince . . . brunette and rather good looking.. . . baseball holds his attraction . . . and homework must go against his habits . . . least- way, he does his homework during registry . . . mostly bookkeeping . . . wonder if he'll be a bookkeeper when he graduates. MARIE SHANNON . . . Peachy . . . the world seems to be overrun with blue-eyed blondes , . . and brown-eyed brunettes . . . so a ha py medium is struck ...shoulid bring about some such arrangement between her ambition for interior decorating . . . and her in- tent to be a comptometer olperator . . . they don't c ick. -CLAIRE SHELLINGER... None . . . least, that's what she says . . . no nick- name . . . what a pity . . . but everyone looks up to her . . . so divinely tall is she . . . one day they'Il look up for another reason . . . that is, she is going to gain a position of muc import . . . when she becomes tired reading mysteries. ROBERTA SILVA . . . Bobby . . . this is one little miss who feels that the only way to be success- ful is to do everything in the right way . . . this is easily realized considering her highly successful schoo career . . . and her pleasing temperament . . . eyes glint with the light of friendli- ness upon a l. I-IORACE SMIGELSKY... Smig . . . brawn sur- passes brains in this in- stance . . . he's as hard as nails . . . wouldn't be sur- prised if even his head ran true to form . . . hard . . . made a lovely fairy in thc Senior jinx . . . floated about seemingly upon the mist . . . all to ped by his curly blonde locks. KATHERINE SOMMER... Ka . . . lets her tongue run lyoose . . . and talks and talks . . . a blue streak . . . very expressive and pretty brown eyes light up at the mention of politics . . . then she talks some more . . . she and stormy weather agree . . . just as teachers' pets don't. VIRGIL SPENCER . . . Spence . . . R.O.T.C. boy who plans to be a truck driver . . . some stuff . . . he's serious . . . yet he reads dime novels . 4. . his seriousness certainly isn't the result of ierusal . .A . specifies his li es and dis- likes most accuratel . . . pigeon-holes, artichokes and rhubarb as his pet hates. LORIS STALIN . . . I.or . . . . make-up has its place upon the stage . . . but in everyday life . . . there is no place for it . . . this is evidenced by Loris' own subdued appearance . . . natural, but lovely . . . sad, intriguing blue eyes that look deep into others ...she's delightful...and an orator par excellence . . . she understands.