Sheffield High School - Sentinel Pines Yearbook (Sheffield, MA)

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Statistics Nineteen hundred and forty-five will always be remembered as the year the war ended peace followed and we, the great class of 1946, became lords and masters of Sheffield High School. (Listen to our tall tales.) Ira Markham — Bucky was our class heart-throb until Uncle Sam called him. Don ' t worry, girls, we have another one. Mildred Tatsapaugh — Mil is one of those telephone operators. Someday Mil will connect herself with a certain Sailor from East Canaan. Peter Malnati — Pete is our Valedictorian and brains. Pete has his heart set on going to Cornell — don ' t let the lassies keep you from your homework, Pete Dorothy Orcutt — Dot ' s ability in commercial work will get her far. Watch out for the business men, Dot. Arthur Coons — Art, the company enjoyed by all. He is very well liked and manages to make use of his Art in teasing. Your fields are broad, Artie, make use of them. Natalie Hall — Nat is our class baby-tender. She gets the pay for watching the small fry, but we hear the small fry take their turn in watching. Peter Pshenishny — Pete is our other class heart-throb. Prettysoon UncleSamwill have you too, Pete. What will the girls do then? Especially the blonde from East Canaan? Elaine Samuels — Elaine is building up hopes of living in a trailer and someday going out west to buy a ranch. Hope you succeed, Elaine. Anne Pshenishny — Anne ' s big blue eyes and blonde hair will get her to New York — or any where for that matter. Jean Armstrong — Jean, beware of those boys. After all, you want to go to college, don ' t you? Betty Geer — Betty is planning on going to Business School. Will you still go if a certain Sailor comes home? Erma Funk — Erma strove during her high school years to get a good foundation for nursing. Now she is all set and we ' ll soon have another Florence Nightingale. Helen Shmulsky — Helen wants to travel and we know she will. She ' s planning to go to Boston but we hear her destination is Denver. Cece Small — Cece is our other Florence Nightingale. Watch the internes at St, Francis, Cece. Margie Curtiss — Margie is the smallest by far but don ' t judge by size. Her road is long and narrow but she manages to get around — the west coast is her limit. Hattie Pixley — Hattie is an all ' round girl who belongs to the whole class. Hattie manages her affairs without difficulty and though some hurdles be high, she will do her best to clear them. Ann Small — Ann is a timid type of girl but did well through these past four years. But behind the switch board with plenty of numbers, she ' ll make a strike. Sophia Shmulsky — Sophia spends her spare time in playing cards and window gazing at the boys ' baseball games. Sheffield has much in store when Sophia returns as their Physical Education teacher.

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ARTICLE XVI Evelyn Winters wills and bequeaths her ability to have more than one beau at a time to Helen Martin. Make a good choice, Helen. ARTICLE XVII Arthur Coons wills and bequeaths his vicinity of nocturnal sojourn in Great Barring- ton to Donnie Curtiss so that the chimney may long keep smoking and the shadows never grow short. ARTICLE XVIII Peter Malnati wills and bequeaths his beloved monocle, used in Mr. Beane from Lima, to Bussie Cronk, so that Bussie may not miss any of that corn. ARTICLE XIX Ira Markham wills and bequeaths his ability to get the girls to flirt, to Jimmy Carter. Take it easy now, Jimmy!! ARTICLE XX Peter Pshenishny wills and bequeaths his regular date nights to Tony Malnati. Don ' t let those stormy winter nights keep- you on Cooper Hill, Tony. In witness thereof, we have set our hand, seal, and signature on this seventeenth day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and forty-six. Signed, sealed, and declared by the said Senior Class of Sheffield High School as and for our last Will and Testament, and in the presence of those, who, at our request, have subscribed their names and witness thereof Jean Well, after all Armstrong Arthur Are you kiddin ' ? Coons Margery Drat that thang Curtiss Erma Oh hush up Funk Betty Oh yeah? Geer Natalie Well, I don ' t care Hall Peter But completely Malnati Ira Oh you kid Markham Dorothy You can say that again Orcutt Hattie ' Miss ' to you Pixley Anne Aren ' t you cute? Pshenishny Peter You think so Pshenishny Elaine Take it easy Samuels Helen You poor child Shmulsky Ann Don ' t be silly Small Cecelia When do we eat? Small Mildred Tee-Hee Tatsapaugh Evelyn Stop it — I love it Winters Sophia Don ' t say that! Shmulsky Sworn to and subscribed before us this 17th day of June, 1946. Notary Publics: Dorothy Orcutt Helen Shmulsky Cecelia Small

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Evelyn Winters — Evelyn — the quietest of all. It must be that Evelyn believes that silence is golden. She agrees with the majority, which is a step in mixing with society. Now we have unveiled our accomplishments and hopes for the future and this is the proof of what has made us such outstanding students of Sheffield High School. Arthur Coons Evelyn Winters ■G )» ' (§ £ ■ Class Prophecy Time : Summer of 1956, ten years after graduation of the class of ' 46. Several members are back to Sheffield to attend the dedication of the new Sheffield High School, a beautiful one-story brick colonial style structure, with gymnasium, swimming pool, and athletic field. Elaine speaks as they stand on the lawn, watching Mr. Hartley cut the ribbon that will open the new building. Elaine: Remember our class president, Erma Funk? What happened to her, Ann? Ann : She always wanted to be a nurse. She is now school nurse and has taken the pulse and temperature of many a sick kid, in the teachers ' room. Speaking of Erma, what happened to her chum, Sophia? Hattie : She went to college and became a physical education director. According to headlines she is still a star of basket ball. Yes, she is still putting them through the ring, and I understand she put her finger through one about a year ago. Elaine: Her sister Helen always liked to travel. What is she doing now? She was last seen passing through South Dakota on the back of her sister Nadia ' s trailer. I guess Helen still hasn ' t found a place to settle down. Hattie: Remember bashful Pete Pshenishny? Do you know what he has been doing? Upon graduation Peter went into the army. He stayed in for a while. I thought he ' d work on the farm when he got out, but he didn ' t. He is now salesman for Goo, Goo and Goo baby foods. Elaine: Imagine that! A baby-food salesman from the class of ' 46. What happened to his sister, Anne? Ann : She went to modeling school in New York. She modelled at Russeks and Saks and is now strutting across the covers of Vogue, Mademoiselle and Montgomery Ward ' s Catalogue. Hattie : Why, look, isn ' t that Betty Geer over there? You know that Betty attended Berkshire Business College but her heart never was in bookkeeping. That certain sailor returned and now she is raising a family garbed in sailors ' dungarees. Elaine: Jean Armstrong always wanted to be a great singer. She was training her voice while in school and kept on with it for a while after graduating. She is now a member of the vocal quartet made up of Cass Daley, Judy Canova, Jerry Colonna and Jean. Ann: Who is that man over there with all those dogs on one leash? Why, I do be- lieve it is Peter Malnati. Did I ever tell you girls what happened to Peter?