PARAMUS FIGURE AND DANCE CLUB, PARAMUS, N.J.
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RAINBOW FIGURE AND DANCE CLUB, BERGENFIELD, N.J.

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Paramus Roller Rink, RT 17
Open Bar during session, have a beer then All Skate, 
Wheeee !Joyce Bonocore & Fred BackhusJean Ackerman & Charles Irwin
Elementary Dance 19461st - Jean Ackerman & Charles Irwin
2nd - Mary Louise Leahy & Jude Cull
3rd - "Torchy Gargano" & Rod Hackett
Perty Amboy 1946 - Inter-Club FinalsJean Ackerman & Charles Irwin - Mohawk Waltz - Oct. 1944Jean Ackerman, Ruth Ackerman, Charles Irwin
Jean's mother, Ruth, played the organ at Paramus & MontvaleJoyce Bonocore & Fred Backhus 
1945-46Patrticia Gillen & George Halenbeck
Elementary DanceAlma Price & Abram Holdrum
Elementary Dance - 1946Paramus F & DC -April 1945
Novice Dance 
1st - Ackerman-Irwin
2nd - Tuttle-Muller
3rd - Bonocore-Shaw
Back row: Ruth Ackerman, Ozzie Nelson, Charlotte Freitag, Charles Freitag, Elizabeth Shankey, Andrew Bekker, Claire Baggaley and ?
Front row: R-L - George Apdale, Bunny DeLucia and ?1st - Jean Ackerman & Charles Irwin
2nd - Mary Louise Leahy & Jude Cull
3rd - "Torch Gargano" & Rod Hackett
1946 at Perth Amboy Inter-Club FinalsParamus F & DC -Jan. 1946
Elemantary Dance
1st - Ackerman & Irwin
2nd - Gillen & Halenbeck
3rd - Denny & Dockray
Florence Bonocore, Janes Shaw, Jean Ackerman, Charles Irwin, Patricia Gillen, George Halenbeck, Marilyn Denny, James Dockray, Abram Holdrum, Alma Price, Joyce Bonocore & Fred BackhusVic ShankeyMarilyn Denny & James Dockray
Elementary Dance 19461946-47 Inter-Club Finals -
Bergenfield skaters entered
Feb. 19471947 Nationals Banquet - Richmond, Va.1946-47 Inter-Club Finals
1st - Jean Ackerman - Charles Irwin
2nd - Arlene Ackerman - Richard Guttzeit
3rd - Marilyn Ward - Tom Figueroa
Feb 1947Charles Irwin - Revue at Bergenfield 1946Revue at Bergenfield-April 47 
Jean Ackerman & Charles Irwin perform The Rocker FoxtrotJean Ackerman & Charles Irwin with Bob Nashick - May 1947 - Open 'B' Waltz at Fordham Harry and Ruth Ackerman
Farewell Dinner given by Paramus Club - prob. 1970Jean Ackerman - Charles Irwin
Open Continental Waltz at Fordam - Nov 1947Jean Ackrman - Lloyd Voorhees - Jan 1949 - Flirtation Waltz - Bergenfield1946-47 Inter-Club Finals
Harold Van Woert
1st - Jean Ackerman & Charles Irwin
2nd - Arlene Ackerman & Richard Guttzeit
3rd - Marilyn Ward & Tom Figueroa
George Apdale
Jean Ackerman -BergenfieldJean Ackerman & Charles IrwinJean Ackerman & Lloyd Voorhees - Bergenfield - Dec 1948Jean Ackerman & Lloyd Voorhees - Revue at Bergenfield - April 1948Jean Ackerman & Charles Irwin - Rainbow FDC Elementary Dance - March 1947Mary and Andy Lisovsky - The Pro's at Paramus and their daughters.Donna, Debbie & DianeJean Ackerman & Charles Irwin - Revue at Bergenfield - Iceland Tango - April 1947Jean Ackerman & Charles Irwin with George Apdale - May 1947 - "B" Waltz at Fordham1947 NJ State Novice Dance
1st - Ackerman - Irwin
2nd - Denny - Voorhees
3rd - Fisher - Binninger
held at Bergenfield1948  NJ Junior Dance
1st - Charlotte Ludwig - Rod Hackett
2nd - Jean Ackerman - Lloyd Voorhees
3rd - Gladys Horn - George Schmitt
at Boulevard ArenaParticipants in Revue in Bergenfield - 1946Peggy O'Leary - Organist
probably PatersonRainbow FDC Champioships
Nov 1949 - Bergenfield
Back Row - Harvey STege; Dolores Drasch; Carol Freitag; Ted Freitag; Joan Riker; Morris Gold; Vicky Koch; Jack Laamanan; Audrey Mallette; Leonard Baggaley; Dolores Patterson, Harold Hunt; Lloyd Voorhees; Jean Ackerman; Andy Kraemer
So Sorry - limitOpen "B" Waltz at Fordham - May 1947 - Finalists
1st - Ackerman - Irwin
2nd - Ward - Brennan
3rd - Dahl - Boiarsky
4th - Maguire - MuehlbronnerRevue at Bergenfield
Group "B" waltz & Collegiate
1946Ruth Ackerman - 1965
Montvale OrganistRuth Ackerman - 1969
Paramus OrganistVic Shankey and the 'girls' of his 13 NJ Novice Dance Teams 1947 BergenfieldJean Ackerman & Lloyd Voorhees - Bergenfield 1948Jean Ackerman - Charles Irwin
1947 National Novice Dance 3rd placePatricia Gillen - George Halenbeck - 1946 National Novice Dance 2nd place
We sincerely thank Jean Ackerman Seyfried for sharing her collection of  pictures with us.
Image # 39 - continued - Middle row - Alice Larson; Carol Wiegand; Betty Ann Bohne, Richard Anderson
Front row - James Chobanian, Joyce Bonocore, Barbara Von Dreele; David Freitag; Susan Cole; George Bonocore; Robert Lowe; Eloise Hamel; (?)
George Bonocore1st - Marie & Art Moore - Blvd.
2nd - Grace Nash & John Nawoschik - Paramus
3rd - Jeanne Dvorak - Bill Binner - Capitol
4th - Mary Ann Farina & ?
HackensackParamus Annual 1st - Madelyn Higgins & Ray Musser - Hackensack
2nd - Betty Cunningham & Richard Gatty - Boulevard
3rd - Mary Ann Farina & George Fencik - Hackensack
4th - Jeanne Dvorak & Lawrence Quakenbush - ParamusDiane Lisovsky & Wolfgang Theisz - ParamusMary Petronchak & Andy Lisovsky soon to be Mr. & Mrs. and a career of coaching at Paramus Arena, N.J. - Here they are attending a 1946 Victory Ball for NJ Senior Dance Champions Linda Ackerman & Wolfgang Theisz1952 Picnic
Elizabeth & Vic Shankey - Charlie, Charlotte, David & Carol FreitagParamus Skating ClubCouple on Left are Joan Sirois and Oliver Heisler - who are the other team.Joan Sirois - Oliver Heisler