Westfield High School - Weather Vane Yearbook (Westfield, NJ)

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ALBERT BENGSTON, JR. General 736 Hanford Place Stage Work Club (2. 3. 4); Senior Play Stage Design Committee (2. 3, 4); Outdoor Track ( V3, 4); Indoor Track (3, 4): Christmas i lay Cast (4). This collector of signs is an accomplished artist and spends much of his spare time drawing. Besides being an artist, he excels in hurdling and devotes a great deal of time to practice. His mania is hanging things on people’s backs, and he is lOl's wild man MARGARET BENSON College Preparatory 715 Hanford Place French Club (2. 3.1; Spanish Club (3. 4); Glee Club (4); Academic Committee (3); Athletic Council (3). Margaret is the happy litt e creature who wanders through the halls singing to herself. Her twenty-one relations are a constant source of worry to her. This elfin sprite is an addition to the sixth period biology class. Her main ambitions arc to tour England on a bicycle, go to Bermuda, have an exciting career, (doing something still undecided) and meet a Russian Prince. ELIZABETH BERRY College Preparatory 527 Coleman Place French Club (2. 3. 4); Latin Club (2); Spanish Club (3, 4): Collectors Club (3j; Annual Write-Up Committee (4 ; Basketball (4); Hockev (2, 3); Soccer (2, 3): Yollcv Ball (2): Glee Club (2. 3). Our ever helpful Liz,” whose skill in knitting has been exhibited in the co'orful sweaters she wears, is a conscientious student. She Hies about the town in a maroon Chevrolet and pedestrians seek her favor. As a year book committee member Elizabeth had few peers. RAPHAEL BIAZZO Commercial 114 Cacciola Place Spanish Club (2, 3); Indoor Track (3. 4); Outdoor Track (W3, 4). Ray is quite a versatile chap. Besides being a smooth half-miler. this boy plays a mean” uke, is a second Nick Lucas” when he strums a guitar, and is an expert radio builder. As a member of the Hawaiian Reveler, Ray has been very successful and we know he will continue to be so. ISABELLE BONSALL College Preparatory 114 South Euclid Avenue Latin Club (4); Spanish Club (3, 4); Glee Club (4); Orchestra (2); Chess Club (4). The blonde, naive Isabelle is one of the two girl members of the Chess Club, which undoubtedly shows her superior mental capacity. One can always see a glowing smile, a delightful trait, on her piquant face. She seems to be impervious to males, hut perhaps she is fooling us. ;;T' - 14 j»-

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MARIAN E. BARTHOLOMEW College Preparatory 554 Birch Avenue Orchestra (2. 3. Assistant Librarian 4); Band (3. Librarian 4); All State Orchestra (3. 4). Here's a girl who doesn’t have to say “Pardon My Southern Accent” for hers is so perfect that it’s a pleasure to hear her sweet “Hello.” Although she has been with us for only two years, Marian has done a good job in capturing the hearts of many people, especially that red-headed dynamo. Mr. Warner keeps her busy acting as librarian for the band, as well as tooting on her flute. ALFRED BAUMANN College Preparatory 217 Benson Place Orchestra (4): Band (2. 3, 4); Mask and Mime Club (2. 3. 4); Red Cross Council (3); Senior Play Cast (4); Football (3. 4). “Abie” is our mighty man of the happy smile and hearty laugh who plays the trombone. He loves to talk and argue: therefore he lias l»een in several plays and debates. He is often identified by his red hair and his green Pontiac, both of which are frequently seen on Birch Avenue. Versatile “Abie” will make good as a lawyer, orator, politician, or great lover. ALICE E. BECKER Commercial 867 North Avenue Collectors Club (4); Hockey (2. 3): Soccer (2. 3); Annual (4); Civic Committee (2); Senior Play (4). Alice is a great kidder, and a good walker. She can kid as well as be kidded, and is one of the most cheerful persons in the school. Shorthand is the bane of Alice’s existence: there always seems to he a shorthand test in the offing. Just the same. Alice will make sonic boss the proverbial pretty and efficient stenographer. GEORGE BECKER College Preparatory 459 Channing Avenue Athletic Council (2): Basketball (2, V3, 4); Football ( V2. 3. 4): Track (2. V3, V4). Jutsev, one of our major athletes, startled the town on Senior Day when he appeared as an incredibly museubular Tarzan, clutching his spiked club in one hand and dragging his shrinking little mate with the other. In addition to possessing Beowulf's virtues and Apollo’s dimple. (leorge is a good student who makes special reports in English every week. JOHN W. BEHRENS. JR. College Preparatory 919 Irving Avenue Collectors Club 2): Baseball (3, 4): Basketball (2, 4): Football (2, 4): Outdoor Track (2); Indoor Track ( Y4). Johnny is noted for his sincerity, doggedness and frankness. If you should ask anyone on the athletic squads who is the pluckiest and most full of tight, it’s usually Johnny. He does not spend all his time on sports, however, for lie i extremely interested in his coin collection. Johnny, in the opinion of everyone, is just plain “swell.” 13

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SAMUEL BRACHITTA College Preparatory 417 South Elmer Street Latin Club (3); Slide Rule Club (4). “Sam ran be found during almost any spare moment with his nose industriously buried in some problem of chemistry or physics, although lus greatest diversion is riding around m a green “something that he calls a Lord. His serious turn of mind prompts him ambitiously to spend many of his out-o!-school hours working in a drug store as earnest preparation for pharmacy. JOHN J. BRADY College Preparatory 568 Sherwood Parkway Mask and Mime Club (3. 3. Vice-President 4); Slide Rule C lub (2); Holiday Play Committee (2. 3); Senior Play Reading Committee (4); Swimming (4). Whenever you get a whiff of that factory smoke smell, you know that Gus” must be approaching with his inseparable pipe. Jack doesn’t claim to know much about German, but as an Eagle Scout and a Scoutmaster he’s all right, lie says he aspires to study law; and although we may find it difficult to picture Jack as a lawyer, we certainly wish him lots of luck. VIRGILENE BRANDT College Preparatory 615 Coleman Place Latin Club (2): Mask and Mime (2. 3. 4); Library Council (2): Forum (3. 4); Holiday Plavs (31; Senior Play Committee (.4); German Xigl.it (3, 4). If you want anything done . v . send for Virgilene and forget it. Here is one girl who will undoubtedly attain her great ambition, to I ? a dietician. Her ability in decorating for dances, circuses, and fairs is unexcelled. PEGGY LEE BROTHERTON General 1343 Central Avenue Glee Club (2); Mask and Mime (2); German Night (2. 3. 4); Senior Play Committee (4). Peggy Lee was the little “mammy's chile on Senior Day who scoured the town trying to buy cork that was already burnt! Her most obvious pastimes arc missing the point of jokes and not doing homework. Peggy’s interest in drama is exhibited by her remarkable performance as a winsome little cripple in The Fool.” She is a clothing expert. too. ROBERT M BROWN College Preparatory 549 North Avenue E. Latin Club (2, 3. (Juaestor 4); Spanish Club (3. President 4 ; Weather Vane (4); Hi’s Eye (Kditor-iu-Chief 4): - Catalyst Club (4); Senior Play Captain (4); Literary Club (4). Boh Brown—this name conjures up visions of a serious young man hurrying along the halls, always perusing a honk of some sort, or quoting Spanish, or extracting interviews from reluctant pedagogues without novocaine. It is Boh who made the Spanish Club, wrote a play, and punned. -4 15