Belleville High School - Monad Yearbook (Belleville, NJ)

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John Arthur Davis 165 Union Avenue Commercial Course Johnny was on our track team for three years . . . plays bas- ketball twice a week and swims nearly as often . . . GHIOYS watching a good baseball Qilmff just about as much as he likes the movies . . . his Del WOVVY is not getting up on time for school . . . to be a bookkeeper is this easy-going fellow's am- I bition. is as 4 Vito DeFranza 68 Emmett Street Commercial Course Vito is one of the reasons that our football team made a good showing this year . . . natural- ly he likes to play football... Vito wants to make truck driv- ing his Iife's work . . . maybe he saw Ann Sheridan in They Drive by Night . he's in good standing with all of his friends. Fred De Furia 62 Jannarone Street Commercial Course Fred, otherwise known as Farmer, is a genuine golf lover. . .a member of the Golf Team and Club and played on the football team. . . . has a winning personality and a flashing smile . . .I his pet habit is teasing . . .likes best the sound of the dinner bell . . . sure to break par when he becomes a pro. gi Q HT gb 26 Nicholas James Del Grosso 56 Mt. Prospect Avenue General Course Baseball, that's the secret password with Nick . . . to have the golden touch of Midas is his desire . . . can't blame him, as one can do a lot with lucre . . . only we hope he w.on't get in the trouble Midas did . . . this boy really has an interesting hobby, he saves girls' pictures. Shirley Beatrice Daw 50 Smith Street Commercial Course As happy as a lark . . . as cheerful as a humming bird... these describe Shirley after you get to know her . . . she aims to be a good stenographer and there's no reason why Shirley shouldn't . . . her favorite sports are skating, bowling and seeing the current movies . . .y so you see she is kept pretty busy. Peter R. Deckenbach 393 Washington Avenue College Course Peter plans to take a business administration course in the University of Pennsylvania . . . during his second year he was a class banker . . . he was prcperty man for the senior play . . . favorite sports are football and basketball . . . his favorite pastime is playing the piano. MONAQD ,i 56,4 ' a' 'B - Dan Del Tufo Zll Forest Street Commercial Course Come to Dan with your home- work problems . . . he's a whizz in math . . . some day he will sing out, Students! and assign the pages . . . played football for the Blue and Gold . . fioined the track team . . . gets along best with quiet people . . . likes to sleep . . . prefers warm weather and therefore wants to go south. Anthony Di Gregorio 22 Greylook Avenue Commercial Course Gene served as a member ot our Freshman Senate and was also a student banker . . . some of his better known pleasures are traveling and bowling . . . yes, he has dis- likes, too . . . idleness being the chief subject . . . he can't stand anyone who sleeps on his feet . , . we don't blame him.

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i i is-fi' X f Beatrice Marion Cory Dorothy Costa S4 Tiona Avenue College Cou e Full of pep, vim vigor, that's Bea . . a smile that would e anyone . . . for fo yea has played the bass o in our orchestra . . . ook n Science, Latin, and o ' Clubs and is a vory ef- ell-liked stud a on ad St f . . extremely an outstan i bex of our class. I ,L , t . . 687 Belleville Avenue College Course With a cloud of dust and the speed of lightning Dot rides again . . . as most of us know Dot is more at home on a horse than anywhere else . . . she rode through four years of Belleville High participating in all activities and gaining true friends wherever she goes . . . Dct gave Latin Club a canter- ing boost with her lively spirits . , . ride on, Dot, to higher and better things. Sri I f!Muriel . rowther 27 Li new errace A Comme! nal Course 3 J-'lMim is good-natured and ' I combanio Ale . . . has a sweet at is sure to make her y germ . 1 if cc ful . . . resident of the -ff . J f f J X u D Hof!! Club and a member of the Senior Senate and Glee Club . . . likes to swim and dance . . . this dark-haired, smiling young lady wants to become an air hostess . . . the lucky passengers! Alice Cunningham 42 Fairway Avenue College Course The way to a man's heart is through his stomach . . . so Alice has decided to become a dietetian . . . she spends her leisure time listening to re- cordings and collecting photo- graphs . . . Alice has brought her share of glory to Belleville High by winning honorable mention in the American Ma- gazine contest. M M. I ' af Q f Diploma -aj b ,U ...J if G F' X ' vi 'll . , 4. vc, l ,.-' l I , . O gf- . Margot O. Cox 53 Van Houten Place College Course' Peggy originally came from the Hoosier state . . . wants to be an air hostess and live in Cali- fornia . . . peppy with a vast amount of interests . . . be- longed to the Camera and La- tin Clubs . . . played the clari- net in both Band and Orchestra . . . likes to build model air- planes and make scrapbooks . . . enjoys all outdoor sports. Leroy Davenport l69 Union Avenue General Course Leroy's favorite hobbies are studying the radio and stamp collecting . . . his favorite sport is track . . . was a mem- ber of the Glee Club . . . be- cause ot his intense interest in science, he was a most active member of the Science Club . . . is undecided about what he will do after graduation . . . his favorite dislike is languages. . ,',,.fn 3 1 Y 5 George E. Crabtree 544 Joralemon Street Commercial Course George came to Belleville High from School Number Seven . . . was a member of the Band and Orchestra in his last year . . . his favorite sport is football . . . in his spare time he builds model airplanes . . . he hopes to be a drafts- man . . . his plans after gradu- ation are to work in the day- time and go to school at night. Flora MAY Davis ,j 7 Befl 'Street ' Com ercial C urse Flo is vifjacious a ,possesses an en agin ami . . . as a pianist? in, the xfchool orchestra for fourfyears she ,Kas wejl proven hier ability in usic . . . strongly dislikes argwments . . . ,she is an ardent ro er-skdting tan and belongs td many skat- IRQ clubs . . . she would like fot- become a secretary aftgr graduation. , 1 l

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Edward Doherty 7l Van Hounten Place General Course Ed is iust a happy-go-lucky fellow . . . believe it or not he wants to be a mortician . . . a follower of Marconi . . . great just a radio fan . . . as a side line he likes amateur acting . . . Ed showed his talent in the senior play as a great ig ft u I aa V JM .LJ I 1-J A . J U if A, W t Q A Dorothy Donder l3l Bremond Street College Course Have you done your home- work? . . . and that will be Dot . . . she's going to be a teacher . . . or maybe a diete- tian . . . an autograph fiend . . . ioined the German Club . . . likes to wear pink . . . eats hamburgers . . . studies don't particularly bother her . . . has no worries that she cannot overcome . . . teach us your secret, Dot. w ,V John Domino ' l33 Washington Avenue , General Course . ,- tr fi 5, 1- Here's a fellow who really i, ' keeps at something when he lg. -7 likes it . . . sang in the Glee Club for four years . . . one of the most outstanding solo- ists . . .' took dramatics all through school . . . frowns on 1 iitterbu s goes horseback ' Y si ,ll -li L g . . . strong Princeton man . he riding, swims and plays tennis I also kept t cast bus ' . . plans to enter medical A i' ic s. esearch work. I .f ,x It . X! it 1 J A 1 fi X. J if , l . ' H ff' 'il f ' di .Y ,V i if A .f it I X S. 1 ,f A 5 . 1 I I . .gl . I lf' J I 'X , A , Francis J. Donnelly Elvira Donofrio A A I i 256 Belleville Avenue 14 Columbus Avenue . l Commercial Course ' Commercial Course -ix I Frank's going to learn to play Better known as El, She DOS- ! , l the piano first and then will sesses an engaging smile and 1. ' compose . . . one of our pep- has aCClUlV9d many lasting . gf .3 I piest cheerleaders . . . we en- friends ,through her DIGBSINQ 1' 4 l' trusted him with our money personality . among .sports r ' 42 ' . . . he was our ianior repre- she IS eSD63lBtllYkli?JfTl'I6l to -. : I sentative . . . eieves in swimming an 'as e a A . 'X l ' chivalry without exception... one .of El's chief pleasures is lrxxsfl Q., 1 played footballwl and lgiasgball dancingh toh a gotod borchestra A, ...sangintelee u... ...se opesoecomea t 1 ' i ,X f a very home-loving person. secretary after graduation. .1 K , KX. l l Y ! I l Helen J. Dopart 20 Bellevue Avenue Commercial Course Always smiling and pleasant . . . you'd never guess Helen loves to read gruesome mys- teries . . . also collects stamps and famous persons' auto- graphs . . . was a represen- tative in the Freshman Senate . . . an enthusiastic football fan . . . wants to be a nurse when she completes high school . . . attends many school dances. William A. Dorman 168 Cedar Hill Avenue Commercial Course Bill's main ambition is to have his pockets lined with lucre and his name among the big executives . . . Bill has had a busy musical career in Belle- ville High . . . a member of both the Band and Orchestra . . . he's got plenty of rhythm and what it takes to be a good musician. l' John Drentlau - 64 Bell Street General Course Called lble by those who know him . . . is a likable chap and a good friend . . . enioys farm work, all sports, and is especially partial to horseback riding . . . likes anything per- taining to mechanics and to experiments with electricity . . . was president of the Wrong Font Club and aspires to become a good printer. WF ix 27 l