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

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Class Celebrities Best Line (Boy) - Ted Williams Best Line (Girl) - Phoebe Funk Class Heart breaker - Ted Williams Most Likely to Succeed (Girl) - Betty Markham Most Likely to Succeed (Boy) - Bill Hartley Best Athlete (Girl) - Phoebe Funk Best Athlete (Boy) - Don Curtiss Shortest Girl - Shirley Martin Shortest Boy - Bussie Cronk Tallest Girl - Phoebe Funk Tallest Boy - Bill Hartley Best Dancer (Girl) - Jean Straleau Best Dancer (Boy) - Ted Williams Done the Most for the Class - Bill Hartley Friendliest - Betty Markham Flirt - Ted Williams Class Chauffeur - Bill Hartley Class Musician - Jean Straleau Class Optimist - Phyllis Agar Clats Pessimist - Bussie Cronk Class Bluffer - Bussie Cronk Cutest Boy - Don Curtiss Cutest Girl - Jean Straleau Most Sincere - Shirley Martin Corniest Senior - Bussie Cronk Quietest - Shirley Martin Class Wolf - Ted Williams Class Wolf ess - Betty Markham Most Happy-go-Lucky - Bussie Cronk Class Giggler - Jean Straleau Best Blusher - Bill Hartley Our Favorite Piece of Music - Now is the Hour Our Favorite Sport - Basketball Best Natured Girl - Phyllis Agar Best Natured Boy - Bill Hartley Most Ambitious - Betty Markham Donald F. Curtiss

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But first he calls attention to the beautiful flowers and other decora- tions, saying that they were the gift of Betty Markham, now the leading florist of the town. I remember her exquisite taste in decorations in years gone by and am not at all surprised. The judge announces that after the entertainment refreshments will be served through the courtesy of Miss Phoebe Funk, who is proprietor of the delightful Old Home Tea Room. As he speaks the words, my mouth waters in anticipation, for I have not forgotten the delightful refreshments she served when she entertained the class, years ago. Now the entertainment proper begins. There is gay music, like circus music. Then on the darkened stage in the spotlight appears a dainty figure, kissing her hand to the audience, as an attendant arranges a wire across the stage. My goodness! It ' s Jean Straleau, who always said she would be a dancer in a circus. She has certainly kept her word, for she gives us a wonderful performance. The judge says she is the most clever wire dancer in the world. What a salary she must get ! Then the judge introduces a prosperous-looking man who he says is a Broadway song writer, and the author of many popular song hits. It is William Hartley, and he plays and sings for us his last three composi- tions, and very good they are too. One, written especially for the occasion, and called Old Home Folks, makes a decided hit with his audience. And now, out upon the platform strolls Donald Curtiss, with a little book in his hand. He needs no introduction from the judge, for we all recognize him at once. Don, is the author of delightful short stories. He reads us two of them and then gives an interesting talk, telling how his friends in the old heme town inspired many of his best stories. Then last of all the entire audience rises, as the performers all appear on the stage at once. We all sing Auld Lang Syne and adjourn for the promised refreshments from Phoebe ' s Old Home Tea Room. She even serves Mr. Hartley his favorite coffee when he comes, which he is very fond of. It has been a real delight to see all our old friends so young and pros- perous, so generous of their money and talent. In short, it has been an Old Home Week to be proud of and the old home folks should be happy to have such celebrities as these for their very own! E. Jean Straleau

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Class Gifts To Jean, our fair, fair lass, Who ' s done much for our class, We give this ring to friendship bind, When High School halls we leave behind. To Ted, we give a monkey wrench, To use at Macy ' s first class bench. To townsmen bring their broken cars, And drive them out with no more mars. To Shirley, who ' d become a nurse, We give this bottle of pills, So there will be no call for a hearse, When she tries to cure her patient ' s ills. To Bill, we give this answer book, So while at M. I. T., He ' ll have some other place to look, If neighbors paper ' s he can ' t see. To Betty, who hasn ' t made up her mind, We give this little red top; If she will spin it, she may find Her career to be where it stops. To Bussie, who plans in the Merchant Marine to be, We give this doll for company, Which he can bounce upon his knee, While he is far away at sea. To Donnie, we give this little tank, So his knowledge of them won ' t be a blank. When he joins the Army some bright day, He may therefore receive much better pay. To Phyllis, who likes to work in the soil, We give this little hoe, If she spends long hours of fruitful toil, Perhaps her plants will grow. Our gift to Phoebe Is this basketball ; For as an athlete She tops them all. Phoebe M. Funk