Columbia High School - Mirror Yearbook (Maplewood, NJ)

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JOHN BEGASSE 1675 Springfield Avenue Maplewood Chess Club 2, 3, 4; Electronics Club 3; Homeroom Treasurer 2, 3, 4; Golf Team 3, 4; Color Guard 4; Junior Night Properties Committee 3. . . . mean motor scooter . . . the best attendance taker in 343 ... a true individual . . . AURORA BEJA 31 Berkeley Street Maplewood Business Education Club 4; Per- sonality Club 4. ... a pretty addition to the home- room . . . future as an executive’s secretary . . . her warm, congenial smile . . . STEPHEN BELLO “Steve 108 Mountainhouse Road South Orange Literary Masters Society 3; Phys- ics Club 2, 3, 4; Political Gov- ernment Club 4, Secretary 2, Vice-President 3; Assembly Com- mittee 3, Chairman 4; Sopho- more Orientation Committee 4; Intramural Bowling Team 2; Columbian Reporter 2, 3, Col- umnist 4. . . . ’’Doing easily what others find difficult is talent; doing what is impossible for talent is gen- ius.” . . . CAROL WARNER BERLA “Nancy 171 Irvington Avenue South Orange German Club 2; G.A.A. 2; Music Box 4; Parnassian Society 4; Junior Night Scenery Painting 3- . . . skill on the guitar . . . in- terest in the S.A. W. . . . her changing hairstyles . . . EILENE BERGER 55 Highland Avenue Maplewood Le Cercle Fran ais 2, 3, Treasurer 4; F.T.A. 4; Parnassian Society 2, 3; Platform Club 3, 4; Home- room Treasurer 2; Civics Com- mittee 3, 4; Finance Committee 2; Junior Night Costume Com- mittee 3; Display Case Commit- tee 2, 3, 4. . . . ability in fashion designing . . . une bonne etudiante . . . willingness to lend a helping hand . . . MICHAEL BERMAN “Mike 402 Thornden Street South Orange Chemistry Club 2, 3, 4; Pre- Medical Club 2, 3, 4; Stamp and Coin Club 2, 3; Traffic Com- mittee 4; Intramural Bowling Team 2, 3; All School Male Chorus 2; Master Singers 2; Jun- ior Night Chorus 3; SOS. ... a diligent worker ... a future physician ... to smoke or not to smoke . . . DONALD BERMONT “Don 21 Washington Park Maplewood Biology Club 2; Platform Club 2; Political Government Club 3, 4; Assembly Committee 3; Sopho- more Orientation Committee 3, 4; Traffic Committee 4; Intra- mural Basketball Captain 2, 3, 4; Junior Night Cast 3; Mirror Prophet 4; Columbian Reporter 3; Stage Crew 2, 3; Homeroom Chairman 4. . . . ’ The Prophet” . . . his in- tellectual wit . . . ability to quote from the ’’Times” . . . E. SCOn BERNHEIM “Skoot 411 Harding Drive South Orange Jazz Club 3, 4; J.V. Wrestling Team 2, 4. . . . snappy dresser ... a future in corpses . . . one of the Three Musketeers” . . . Page Sixteen

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DAVID R. BARAFF 7 Euclid Avenue Maplewood Mathematics Club 3, Vice-Presi- dent 4; Physics Club 2, 3, Vice- President 4; Political Govern- ment Club 2; Assembly Commit- tee 4; Boys’ Lunchroom Com- mittee 3. . . . The appearance of a single great genius is more than equiva- lent to the birth of a hundred jnediocrities” . . . SUSAN LINDA BARON “Sue” 411 Thorden Street South Orange Le Cercle Fran ais 2; F.T.A. 4; Personality Club 4; Homeroom Vice-Chairman 3, Secretary 4; Civics Committee 4; Mirror Per- sonals Committee 4; S.O.S. . . . never a dull moment . . . Jack Benny’s competition . . . backing the school car into a tree . . . LOUISE BARTON “Urch” 28 Oakland Road Maplewood Chemistry Club 4; Forum Ro- manum 3; G.A.A. 2; Literary Masters Society 4; Personality Club 3, 4; Social Committee 4; Junior Night Chorus 3. . . . hourglass figure . . . natural blond . . . her deceiving quiet- ness . . . LOUISE BASCH 203 Conway Court South Orange Parnassian Society 2, 3, 4; As- sembly Committee 3, 4; Junior Night Chorus 3; Columbian Re- porter 2; Columbian Columnist 3, 4. . . . her dramatic ability . . . always has something to say . . . her vast cultural past . . . JEFF BASS 45 Boyden Parkway Maplewood Fire Committee 4. ... a love of cars . . . way with the opposite sex . . . his favorite subject: lunch . . . ANTHONY BATTAGLIA “Tony” 81 Hixon Place South Orange Homeroom Treasurer 4; House and Grounds Committee 4; Jun- ior Night Scenery Construction 3. ... an outstanding equestrian ... a rugged appearance . . . ability to make a tin can look like a car . . . JOHN V. BEAM, III “J. B.” 608 Ridgewood Road Maplewood Pan American Club 4; Elections Committee 4; J.V. Baseball Team 2; Intramural Basketball 3; In- tramural Bowling Team 3; J.V. Cross Country Team 2; Color Guard 3, 4; Junior Night Dancer 3. • . . oh, that pain in my back” ■ . his passion for homeroom Period? . . . one of the rifle- men . . . JUDITH BECKER “Judy” 29 Warren Court South Orange Chemistry Club 4; G.A.A. 2; Personality Club 4; Sophomore Dramatic Society 2; Homeroom Secretary 4; Civics Committee 4; Junior Night Chorus 3; Art Service 3, 4; S.O.S. . . . pleasant combination of red hair and freckles . . . her ever- crowded blue Impala . . . those many days at the shore . . . Page Fifteen

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MYRNA BERNSTEIN 105 Milligan Place South Orange Chemistry Club 4; F.T.A. 3, 4; Jazz Club 4; Platform Club 3; Eligibility Committee 3, 4; Soph- omore Orientation 4; Twirler 4; Junior Night Usher 3; S.O.S. . . . twirling her way through Columbia . . . her friendly per- sonality ... a legend in her- self . . . MARC EVAN BERSON 106 Oakview Avenue Maplewood Homeroom Chairman 2, 3, 4; Elections Committee 2; Finance Committee 3, 4; Nominating Committee 3; Sophomore Orien- tation Committee 3; Intramural Basketball 3, 4; Cross Country Team 2; Swimming Team 2, 3; Track Team 2, 3, 4. . . . of the mermen . . . his big red convertible . . . modesty is the best policy . . . RONNIE BERSON 22 Hart Drive North South Orange Personality Club 4; Civics Com- mittee 4; Junior Night Scenery Painting 3; S.O.S. ... an enviable waistline . . . bubbling personality . . . bare- foot Contessa” . . . i BARBARA BLACK Barbi 491 Ridgewood Road Maplewood Le Cercle Fran ais 4; Personality Club 4; Junior Night Advertis- ing Committee 3; Columbian Re- porter 3, 4; Social Committee 4; S.O.S. Williamsport High: Maga- zine Staff 2; Homeroom Council Representative 2. . . . always a friendly greeting ... so many new faces . . . those crazy declensions . . . STEPHEN BLAKE Steve 560 Irvington Avenue Maplewood Sophomore Orientation Commit- tee 4; Traffic Committee 4; Jun- ior Night Scenery Painting 3. . . . frequency of freckles . . . homeroom is too short to sit back and enjoy the Times” . . . financ- ing the Finance Committee . . . PETER BLEIBERG “Pete” 44 Crestwood Drive Maplewood Pan American Club 3, 4; Plat- form Club 3, 4; Intramural Bas- ketball 3, 4; Mirror Circulation Committee 4. Carteret High School: J. V. Basketball Team 2; Homeroom Treasurer 2; Student Council 2; Spanish Club 2. . . . sus muchos amigos espanoles ... his friendly manner . . . the evil eye . . . BENJAMIN W. BLOCK Ben 206 Wyoming Avenue Maplewood Homeroom Chairman 3; Eligibil- ity Committee 4; Fire Committee 3; Intramural Basketball 4, Cap- tain 2, 3; Track Team 2, 3; Jun- ior Night Lighting Crew 3; Columbian Reporter 3, 4; Light- ing Crew 2, 3, 4. . . . Algebra ff- Geometry Ad- vanced Trigonometry . . . perpet- ual party seeker . . . he who travels alone travels the fast- est” . . . JANE OWEN BLOOM 38 Crestwood Drive Maplewood F.T.A. 3; G.A.A. 3; Literary Masters Society 4; Platform Club 3, 4; Homeroom Social Chair- man 4; Eligibility Committee 3, 4; Nominating Committee 3; Junior Night Scenery Painting 3; Junior Night Usher 3; Colum- bian Reporter 4. . . . rapid adjustment to life at C.H.S. . . . many changes of heart . . . disarming frankness . . . Page Seventeen