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

Page 29 text:

STUDENT COUNCIL Back Row, L. to R.: Kathryn Moesley, David Ball, Phoebe Funk, David Kirchner, Caroline Golden. Middle Row, L. to R.: Rodney Card (Faculty Adviser), Evelyn Winters, George Cronk, Dorothy Orcutt, Robert Smith, Correll Gibbs, Marian Rote. Front Row, L. to R.: Richard Armstrong, Margery Curtiss, Ira Markham, Jr., Erma Funk, Arthur Coons, Betty Geer, Peter Pshenishny. CHEERLEADERS Back Row, L. to R.: Shirley Curtiss, Cecelia Small, Hattie Pixley, Isabel Gilligan, Claire Warner. Middle Row, L. to R.: Betty Geer, Jean Armstrong, Betty Olsen, Anne Pshenishny. Front Row, L. to R.: Mary Lafreniere, Margery Curtiss, Correll Gibbs.

Page 31 text:

Senior Spaghetti Supper On November 15 the Senior class held a spaghetti supper at the Sheffield Grange Hall. The supper was prepared by Mrs. Attilio Almori of Fairview Inn, Great Barring- ton. Afterward there was a round-and-square dance, with music furnished by Pop Smith. Committees were as follows: Food, Anne Pshenishny, Jean Armstrong, Betty Geer; Music, Ira Markham, Jr.; Decorations, Natalie Hall; General, Peter Pshenishny, Arthur Coons; Tickets, Peter Malnati, Dorothy Orcutt, Elaine Samuels, Mildred Tatsa- paugh; Advertising, Anne Pshenishny; Head waitress, Sophia Shmulsky; Waitresses, Cece Small, Ann Small, Margery Curtiss, Hattie Pixley, Natalie Hall, Erma Funk and Evelyn Winters, who were also assisted by several Junior and Sophomore girls. Mrs. Shook, adviser, was in charge. Mr. Beane from Lima Senior Class Play Presented by the Senior Class of Sheffield High School on May 2 and 3, 1946, at 8 o ' clock in the school auditorium. CAST OF CHARACTERS Inertia Yadkin, the hill-billy maid .... Margery Curtiss Blossom Queasy, the Negro cook .... Hattie Pixley Mrs. Joslyn St. Clair, an ambitious mother . . . Erma Funk Amy St. Clair, her younger daughter .... Betty Geer Zoe Dudley, her older daughter .... Cece Small Johnny Rand, Amy ' s heart interest .... James Lecakes Elviry Skaggs ) . , , , , Sophia Shmulsky m ■ Amy and Zoe s grandparents „ ,, , A . Hiram Skaggs J ... Tony Malnati Mrs. Worthington Belcher, the town aristocrary . . Jean Armstrong Burley Bixford Beane, a would-be novelist . . . Peter Malnati Bob Dudley, Zoe ' s estranged husband . . . David Kirchner The action of the play took place in the St. Clair home in a suburb of a small mid- western city. The following summary of the production appeared afterward in local newspapers: On Thursday and Friday evenings, the Sheffield High School senior class gave a most finished performance of the hilarious three act comedy, Mr. Beane from Lima, in the school auditorium. From the opening curtain with Margery Curtiss and Hattie Pixley portraying respectively a hill-billy maid and the family cook, this pair carried the humor, ably assisted by Tony Malnati and Sophia Shmulsky as Mr. and Mrs. Skaggs, a homey old couple from Arkansas. The part of Burly Bixford Beane, a fortune seeker, was