Belleville High School - Monad Yearbook (Belleville, NJ)

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Lorraine G. Ackerman l2O Rutgers Street College Course Peppy and full of fun sum up Lorraine , . . is friendly and well liked by everyone . . .was banker and a member of the Bowling and Glee Clubs . . . is headed for Mouritainside Hos- pital to become a nurse after graduation . , .with her grand personality she will help all her patients to a speedy re- covery. Ernest Adams 40 Schuyler Street General Course Ernie is a quiet fellow, friend- ly and ambitious. . .outside of school he works in his spare time. . .enjoys dancing and likes to go to parties. . . is an ardent sports fan . . . sometime in the future he would like to travel . . . after graduation Ernie plans to attend voca- tional school at wh . , . atever he studies, we hope he will be a success. Wesley Adler 61 Forest Street General Course Yes, lndeed we will our Wesley is neat... friends call him Bill though we can't see why . . . likes basket- ball, football and history, but most' of all long assemblies agree his Walter E. Albro 230 Stephens Street General Course Next, please . . . this is what you will hear Walt say to you when you shop at the Big Bear Super Market where he works ...enjoys football, swimming, and ice skating and is fond of parties. . .can think of many things that he likes more than homework . . . to be a retired business man is Walt's ambi- tion. Carmella Andolora 28 Meacham Street Commercial Course Frenchie is the dark-haired jitterbug seen on the dance tloors all over town . . . this pas- time will not cease to b ' e in her favor for quite some time l . . . p ans to be a stenographer probably to get away from learning history about this changing world . . . hobby is playing the piano by ear... gets along with people. ..pans to get a position after he graduates . , . isn't particular what kind so long as he doesn't have to use shorthand. William J. Akers 44l Union Avenue College Course Say It with Music is Bill's theme song . . . Glee Club, Or- chestra, a Cappella Choir, All- State Chorus, and Essex Coun- ty Chorus are fortunate to have had him as a member ...plays piano and at present is taking organ lessons. . .you guessed it . . . is going to music college and will be a teacher of music. . . likes swimming, track and sailing. Beatrice Albert 475 Washington Avenue College Course Do you know Bea if you don't you should. . . is just loads of t un and ever so good natured . . . excels in the branch of dancing called jit- terbugging . . , likes to bowl and play basketball . . . and guess what . , .she is the lucky owner of a pair of th ose glasses that everyone's crazy about. I8 Walter Antonik 133 Ralph Street General Course Walt has made himself known his position as blocking in his junior and senior with back years on the football squad ...a fancier of pigeons and a collector of rare stamps... belonged to the Wrong Font Printing Club. . . an enthusi- astic aquatic fan and will ad- mit openly that women aren't too bad. Isabelle E. Armstrong IO7 Carpenter Street College Course I Hear Music and at th e head of the Band is Isabelle, one f ' o our charming color guards . . . other activities have tound her at the piano in the orchestra . . . one of those peo- ple who banked our extra change every Tuesday . . . in- tends to go to N. J. C .... with her friendly personality we predict a successful future.

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Coach 307-The noisiest room in the school-that's the reputation Homeroom 307 has earned for itself. And no wonder! Seniors from all homerooms have adopted 307 as their stamping ground. To compare the hilarious train of events to anything but a three-ring circus would be almost an impossibility. George R. Meyer snapping pictures for the Monad, baseball pools conducted by Duckey McDermott and Ebby Leonard, Margaret King trying to make an announcement, Muggs Maginness relating his tales about Saturday night, Miriam Lanno and Wini Lincoln trying un- successfully to beat the bell, the admiring girls that crowd around Harry Mueller, Frank Montarelli composing another poemp Bill McNamara and Bernice Lesser attempting to borrow homework at the last minute, and Dot Lontka and her gang of laughing friends. That's all in the past now, but it certainly was fun while it lasted. Our thanks to Mr. Parker for being such a good sport through it all. Coach 308-You'think tems can talk? Drop in the 308 and get an earful as the boys pull up their back fences and start the bag fest. They get under foot besides, so the superior beings called men are guilty of two effeminate crimes--chattering and always in the way. So, remember girls, 308 rings up a high score for us. Here's hoping our class doesn't straggle out late for graduation as we do noon times. There we are-teetering on the edges of our seats while Miss Gray demands the presence of the missing ones. lt's a case of Where's Lu? She was here this morning, wasn't she? while the class, in dog-like pants of exaggerated starvation, agree in mute agony. Barely audible, yet heard by our straining ears, Miss Gray says, All right! and is all but stampeded as the hungry pack runs for the door. Wedding bells have chimed twice for former 308'ers. The first toll was for Dixie in the beginning of the semester and the second was sounded during the following semester for Ruth. Here's to health and happiness. - Homeroom 308 has expressed definite emotions such as curiosity, hunger, love. Sympathy was brought into play when Mike hibernated in the hospital. He was bountifully supplied with fruit, magazines, ice cream, chewing gum and good wishes. Coach 309-The worst homeroom that Miss Condon ever had! Perhaps that accounts for our frequent vigils at 2:50, when we read the Bible and saluted the flag. Of course this is supposed to be done in the morning, but we had to be different. Shall we ever forget the day that we patiently awaited the moment for Robert Valentino's voice to come to us over the radio? Then when it did come we hooted and howled like the essence of unmannerliness. Terrible people, aren't we? Then there was that memorable pool our great homeroom had. The one person having the lowest citizenship mark was to win the pool. Then, imagine when marks came out we had to split the money four ways. Indeed, the worst homeroom is a well-deserved reputation to carry along. The bravery shown in 309 is truly remarkable. There was a day when Miss Condon asked a certain young man whether he had his report card. He courageously answered in subdued tones, Just a minute. l have to sign it. We wonder why he lowered his voice, perhaps he didn't want his teacher to hear. Coach 3lO-It's a sad farewell Homeroom 3lO bids each other as they depart from B. H. S. For four whole years they were always last on every list. To them it seemed as though whenever anything enjoyable was to happen the teachers would start at the top of the roll beginning with the Ns, but just let things not be so rosy and sure as your livin' they'd start with the Z's and proceed up the list. Oh, well, in spite of their having always to be on the tail end and the smallest Senior homeroom, they always managed to keep pace with all their classmates. They were one of the few rooms in their class who kept 'em flying when it came to buying war stamps and did not have to be scolded in assembly about them either. No one will ever forget the day one of the fairer sex brought in a stack of picture cards bedecked with beautiful women. Will you, gang? You must ask them about them for they certainly were find works of art. Well, here we are again, last on the list but never to be forgotten. EDIIDBIIIIIID UIIIIIUIIIIEUII lillll HHIIIEI l i .ns - .Liza -- f,a'::. -- -Z:-fro -Jin wvwwww

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Eileen Atkinson 91 Bremond Street Commercial Course And of course the delicate skin accompanies her flashing red hair. ..seen at all sports gatherings a mile away . . .she likes to glve and go to social affairs but can always find time to knit . . . Red is a good moral supporter of her class ...her tiny hands and feet are capable of hard labor. Richard Babbitt 330 Greylock Parkway College Course He is popularly known as Bala . . .came to us from Number Five School . . . is a quiet boy and has a friendly, natural way. . . enjoys ice skat- ing immensely and is frequent- ly seen on the Municipal Rink ...a medium size, blond- haired youth that will make his way in whatever business he decides to enter. Virginia Lee Bagnall 147 Linden Avenue College Course Day Dreaming about a cer- tain someone is one of her favorite pastimes . . .sweet and a true friend. . .how we envy her beautiful, blonde, wavy hair , . .enjoys everything and helps others too... likes all sports . . . is a regular member of the Bowling Club and an editorial writer of the Monad Staff . . . plans to further her education and later enter the business world. George Baldwin l2O Stephens Street General Course George is a quiet fellow with a friendly personality. . . is quite an athlete.. . played football for B, H. S. and was on the track team for two years . . . enjoys ice skating and well he should because he ex- cels in figure skating ...nick- named Daughty . . .would like to be a draftsman . . . good luck in the future, George. l9 Raymond Banks 78 Beech Street General Course Some day Washington, D, C., will discover Ray's smooth plans for airplanes and he will know fame. . .model building with stream lines keeps him pretty well occupied al- though he is quiet in school he can supply fun for his pals . . . is tall and blond . . . head- ed for success. Ulysses Barnett 22 Quinton Street General Course Get hot, hep cat . . . that's Ulysses strutting his stuff for the night clubbers...his as- piration, if he had a million, would be a swing band and show to entertain the boys at camp...dancing is his forte ...singing, dancing and en- tertaining surely ought to bring the bacon home, Ulysses, Jane Bartlett 279 Stephens Street General Course Any new business? asks the president of the Secretarial Club . . . no . . . Then we'll go on . . . Jane's ambition is to be the indispensable secretary ...she aspires to fencing and also de-fencing . . .participates in hockey and is an ardent fan . . . loves football, and, of course, the players have it there . . . puts business before pleasure. Albert Bates l7l New Street Commercial Course Al is a lively, cheerful fellow who came from Number Three School . . . enioys all sports . . . manager of the varsity grid- iron squad since he entered high school . . .a member of the Glee Club and is interested in most any music . . .finds homework his maior problem ...plans to go to business school. William D. Baumgartner ll Davidson Street College Course Call him what you like, he doesn't care . . . the teachers call him William, high school acquaintances Bill and Red , but his old Number Nine School friends call him Billy . . . is a genial friend who gets a lot of fun out of life... when on a baseball diamond he's happiest, but enioys skat- ing and swimming . . . this dis- tinguished looking gentleman's appearance is completed by his carrot top and enticing freckles.