Bordentown Military Institute High School - BMI Yearbook (Bordentown, NJ)

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Compliments of I. HERSHMAN AND CO., Inc L. and V. CIACOMO I35 Minor Street 53-104th Street New Haven, Conn. Corona, L. I. HUB EXPRESS CO. LOCAL and LONG DISTANCE HAULINC Trenton, N. J. Tel. EX 6-8032 Compliments of Best Wishes to Mr. and Mrs. George Kay THE CLASS OF 1955 and Mr. and Mrs. James L. Grigg Jolyon M. Spivack Congratulations DR. and MRS. M. B. FINNERAN ----AAA- ----:v4: - 123

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Qqqo-9-occ---- AAAAA ----ooo--A- Compliments of H:I.sN's GIFT a CARD sHoP complimenfs Of 1205 Haddon Avenue Camden 3' N. J- DR. LEONARD GALLO EDWARD and HELEN KESTY Phone ELizabeth 2-9615 EASTERN BEARING CO. SPECIALISTS IN BEARINGS WILLIAM HAVESON 48-50 Westfield Avenue ALAN HAVESON Elizabeth, N. J. Best Wishes Mr. and Mrs. GUSTAVE SEMON and CADET GUSTAVE 125