Frontier Regional High School - Arrow Yearbook (South Deerfield, MA)

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Class Hustory of l957 On a quuet summer nught a man weary from the straun of hus polutucal world walked slowly down a country lane As the moon broke through the clouds the red haured gentleman now grayung at the temples sauntered slowly onto a brudge Here h paused and looked down unto the rupplung water As he stood there gazung he seemed to become lost un thought thoughts that flowed along luke the stream below As the current moved slowly the memorues of hus past drufted through hus mund He mused to humself and saud How well I recall the Class of 1957 lt was a sunny September day when Deerfield Hugh opened uts portals to our vugorous group of freshmen who chose a our leaders Bull Tereshko as presudent Danny Zentara vuce presudent Nancy Savunsku secretary Leona Okula treasurer and Emuly Sadosku and Ruchard Grybko as Student Councul representatuves Soon after our arruval we were requested to loun the Freshman Oruentatuon Club the purpose of whuch was to help us aduust to hugh school lufe and teach us to be ladues and gentlemen It goes wuthout sayung that some of us profited whule others dud not We were very proud that year to have our class represented un sports by Duck Dudek Bull Chesk Ruchard Grybko and Tony Plaza Even our gurls under the capable management of Emuly Sadosku successfully partucupated un sports and Leona Okula was J V hugh scorer un basketball Our class was fortunate enough to have Georguanna Rupka chosen from uts members to be added to the cheerung squad Wuth the aud of two freshmen Ruchard Grybko and Duck Dudek the Dramatucs Club presented the play Arsenuc and Old Lace lt was under the durectuon of Mr Spencer and proved to be quute successful The months passed by quuckly and we soon found ourselves makung our way up the steps of Deerfield Hugh agaun to begun our second year Wuth the conclusuon of class electuons we found Nancy Savunsku as presudent wuth Ruchard Grybko vuce presudent Duck Dudek secretary and Lous Anderson treasurer Emuly Sadosku and Marue Podlesney became Student Councul members The old gentleman sughed as a cool summer breeze blew across hus face He thought to humself l remember the excutement and preparatuons we went through for our very first socual event the Sophomore Hop The gym was decorated wuth scenes of the harvest season to carry out the theme Harvest Hop Stan Vuctor s orchestra provuded the musuc George Baronosku and Bull Tereshko were added to the lust of male athletes whule the gurls lAnne Steunert Florence Zobrusku Janet Belunes Lous Ander son Evelyn Konvelsku Leona Okula and Emuly Sadoskuj kept our class un the sports spot lught That year Janet Fulupkowsku full of pep and vugor was elected Sophomore cheerleader Bell Book and Candle was the dramatuc pre sentatuon and our class boasted about Ruchard Grybko un uts cast the loss of sux members but Eugene Anderson and Joan Legac became new classmates Thus we had reached the half way mark un our hugh school career and were eagerly wautung to be Junuors upper classmen at last' To guude u through the year we chose Joan Legac Georguanncu Rupka Marue Podlesney and Evelyn Konvelsku as class officers Here the polutucuan chuckled to humself We boys had luttle to say that year sunce our leaders were all females' One boy Bull Ter shko managed to be voted un as a Student Councul member wuth Janet Fulupkowsku representung the other home room We greatly welcomed Butch Farruck and Jum Flynn to strengthen our athletuc teams The gurls added Jane Laskosku to the squad and they were under the co management of .loan Sheppard and Georguanna Rupka That year Marue Podlesney donned a cheerleadung unuform to fill the vacancy left by a graduated senuor Thus year we had lost four classmates On Student Exchange Day we 1 I I ' . , ' . ' ' . - ll ' . I , . , e . . , , . T T . Il ll . , . 1 - - 11 D Q H . . I s u n rl I . ' . I .I I S 1 ' , n s s I I I : , - 1 . .I I 1 I lr ll ' - . . . I I U G . I . - - - By the end of June, our class had decreased by I . . . , , . I ' . . . ' - . ' s I I l ' ' I I . I Q n 1 ' ' I I I . . . I . . D . . . . ,, ' n . I . II . . . ' f e ' l a u I , . Il - rr - - ' . Il Il ' ' ' ' ' . . I . I . . . , . . I . ' . . - . I . I I . Q I 72

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Class Ode How the tame has flown away so fast' For us thus wull begun our task You hold for us memories which wall always be dear Though you had to change your name To us you will remaxn the same So to Deerfield now Frontier thoughts of you are near Even though youll be here forever to stay Each of us has to part and go our way And In our hearts there wall be saved a special space For we shall cherush the alma mater of this place Although separate ways of lute we roam Thus will always be our home So to Frontier Hugh we now must bad our farewell Words by Joan Sheppard Music by Harry Culver Class Motto Nothing Great Was Ever Achieved Without Enthusiasm fl f r 1 1 - 1 1 1 ,, . . . . ,, -v

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Class Hustory of l957 lcontj rolled out the red carpet for a group of students from Sprungfield Technucal Hugh School and Bull Tereshko was the Junuor class representatuve on our exchange team In the school pay Ladues un Returement w wutnessed the actung abuluty of Ruchard Grybko Lous Anderson and Nancy Hubbard Our Junuor year was made excutung by the annual .lunuor Four record hops and that long awauted formal the Junuor Senuor Prom What a nught that was' Dressed un formals we floated through the evening un a glow of happuness The hughlught of the evenung was the crownung of the queen June Kokosku Jane Laskosku and Nancy Hubbard members of our class were selected as queens attendants But all too soon ut was over And so ended our .lunuor year and left us lookung ahead to the last and best our Senuor year Agaun we elected a female four to guude us through the year Leona Okula was our presudent Marue Podlesney vuce presudent Lous Anderson secretary Evelyn Konvelsku treasurer and Joan Sheppard Student Councul representatuve who was later elected presudent of that group lt was a year never to be forgotten' We were now attendung the new Frontuer Reguonal School wuth Mr Alvuno as our pruncupal Our letter men Butch Farruck Gary Clark Jum Flynn and Tony Plaza carrued us through the Western Massachusetts Small School Tourney to brung home the trophy an ullustratuon of the old sayung Practuce Makes Perfect The cheerleaders wuth Evelyn Konvelsku as the new addutuon captured thurd pruze at Spencer Massa chusetts un the Cheerleadung Tournament Carol Smuarosku and Janet Belunes were alternates on the team By thus year many senuors had ventured unto the dramatuc field Ruchard Grybko Lous Anderson Nancy Hubbard Duck Dudek Ken Barker Nancy Savunsku Georguanna Rupka Bull Tereshko and Ed Fawcett were uncluded ln the cast of Our Town whuch was a smash success Bull Tereshko and alternate Anne Steunert repre sented Frontuer Hugh un Boston on Good Government Day And Leona Okula was chosen D A R Gurl of the class of 57 by the faculty ln March we agaun put out the welcome mat for the Student Exchange team thus year from Northampton Hugh Our hosts to these students were Bull Tereshko Leona Okula Lous Anderson Bull Chesk Danny Zentara and Tony Plaza As all good thungs must come to an end so dud our Senuor year That last month found us a busy group On the evenung of June 8th our class put on the final dance of the year the Senuor Receptuon The gym was decorated un beautuful hues of blue whute and rose and couples gluded across the floor to the musuc of the Knughts of Melody Marue Podlesney was chosen our queen wuth Evelyn Konvelsku Anne Steunert Georguanna Rupka and June Kokosku as her attendants The senuors shared theur last socual get together on June T2 at the class pucnuc at Babbs Beach What a tume that was roastung hot dogs swummung un the lake and lyung un the sun Cwhuch caused many sunburned boys and gurls to have restless nughts of s eepll A week later Class Nught was held followed by the most umportant of all events graduatuon lt was an umportant and memorable occasuon not only because ut marked the close of our hugh school years but because we the class of 1957 were the first class to graduate from Frontuer Reguonal School The polutucuan looked up unto the sky The moon had slupped behund the clouds and all was quuet and calm He rubbed hus eyes cleared hus mund to realuty and proceeded back along the lane These are the memorues I wull always keep he thought as he walked away un the stullness of the nught I O 11 11 . . . . A . 1 1 1 ' ' ' ' - - 11 11 1 1 , ' ' - 11 11 I 11 - ' - 11 . . . . , , e 1 . . . . 11 11 1 - . ' ' ' - 11 11 1 1 ' -' 1 ' - . I ' 1 1 1 1 1 . , . . . ' 1 1 1 ' I . 1 . . ' ' , . . . D 1 1 1 - 11 11 - . 1, . ,, . - 7 1 1 1 ' I 1 1 1 I 1 1 - 1 , - - - 11 11 - . - - 1 , . . 1 1 , 1 11 11 - 11 - 11 I - 1 1 1 11 11 - ' 1 1 1 1 - 11 - 11 , . , 1 1 1 1 1 ' ' I , . . . . - 1 1 . . , . H , . . . . . . ,, ' 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 '