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

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Prophecy Time — Clase of School day, fall 1961. Place — New Regional School, where Ilamay recently appointed teacher is conducting Anna through the building. Ilamay: And this is one of the most pleasant surprises I ' ve had for a mon th ! Anna: Yes, and getting back to the U.S. after my recent tour of duty through China and more recently Rome, certainly makes my return visit to Sheffield and to this new school more than pleasant. Ilamay: Oh! You don ' t know the half of it. Living here in Sheffield may not sound exciting, but following the activities of our class certainly is far from dull. In fact, I ' m sure you would be interested in hearing some of the typical scandal that makes good Sheffield gossip anytime. But before I tell you about that I ' ve got something I ' d like to show you, Our gym — Anna, you ' ll be amazed — It ' s right in here. Anna: Gosh, look at the immenseness of it. Just think how much this would have meant to us! My point score for the season would have gone up 50 or 60 more points if we had the privilege of practicing in a gym like this. Ilamay: With our new gym we are able to play all our home games here. Our athletic program is such that both boys and girls participate. In fact, this year our regional team took the New England Interregional Championship. You remember Tom Bartlett don ' t you? His lifelong wish finally came true. Anna: Did he join the Marines? Ilamay: Yes, and he ' s made first lieutenant from the ranks. On his last visit to Sheffield he honored us by talking to the boys here about the importance of athletic and physical development in school. Not only were the boys impressed but so was he impressed by the military training our boys get here in high school. Anna: Interesting! Sometime Tom will pick a wife and settle down around here in Sheffield too, when he has time to think about it. Ilamay: I don ' t know. It seems thus far his first love is the Marines. Speaking of life in Sheffield, did you know Barker Buckingham has set up quite a poultry • business? Anna: I suppose you have an agricultural course which gives training in poultry raising too. Ilamay: Oh! Yes, in fact most of our boys do very well at the University of Massachusetts when they graduate from Sheffield. Anna: Speaking of success, Ilamay, I know one kid who got to the top. 22

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■HVH Article 2 John Whalen gives his mad passion to drive at no speed less than 85 miles an hour to Dick Boardman. Article 3. ... .Robert Curtiss graciously consents to hide his becoming quietness to some excessively noisy creature and forever thereafter silence him. Article 4. ... .Audrey Agar wills and bequeaths the right to be furiously mad at the faculty on report card days to any group or clique who may have nerve enough to complain about it. Article 5..... Joyce Funk wills and bequeaths her natural ability to be dismissed from classes to anyone who can develop this golden rule. Article 6. . . . .Jenny Johnson wills and bequeaths her poetic ability to Joyce Buckingham. Article 7..... Anna Pezze generously extends her speed-of -light basketball qualities to Leslie Gibbs. Article 8. . . . .Robert Smith bestows his friendly and helpful nature to Jimmie Welch. Article 9..... Rose Zamperini wills and bequeaths her Betty Grable attributes to the future Sheffield Queens. Article 10... ..Jack Rosier wills and bequeaths his life, liberty and pursuit of women goals to Roger Charbonneau. Article 11. . . . .Ranny Bartholomew wills the time before the 8:45 bell, recess, noon hour, and 8th period bells to Wesley Petersen so that he may visit his future feminine admirers. Article 12. ... .Austin Somes wills and bequeaths his title of class genius to Ann Hurlburt. Article 13. . . . . John Bachetti gives his outstanding ability to collect five fouls all in one period to Francis Zucco. Article 14. ... .Barker Buckingham wills his love for chickens to Donnie Percy, (chick spelled g-i-r-1-s.) Article 15. ... .Claire Pezzatti wills and bequeaths her shorthand and typing ability to Marie Rueger. Article 16. . . . . Ilamay Petersen wills and bequeaths her ability as guard of the basketball team to Barbara Rice. Article 17. . . . .Tom Bartlett leaves his extraordinary ability to close class meetings to Frank Bachetti. And at long last having no semblance of sanity left and being in desperate state of collapse, physically and mentally, we do hereby appoint and constitute the afore-mentioned principals, executors of this, our last will and testament. Signed this 15th day of June in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and fifty one. ........ .class of 1951. 21

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Ilamay: Why who, Anna? Anna: Our old pal Audrey Agar, a first lieutenant in the Wac ' s. She joined the same time I did, but we were separated during basic training, when I got an appointment as private secretary to the Commanding Officer at Westover Field. Ilamay: Top brass, huh? I haven ' t seen Audrey since she left. Anna: I hear from her regularly, but we have never been stationed together. Ilamay: Quite a few of our classmates have been in the service. Anna: Yes, Scoopy went into the army right after graduation and he is in the mechanized Cavalry. He can drive just as hard and as fast as he cares to without having to worry about scratching the paint on the new Patton tank. He was just given an Oak Leaf Cluster for outstanding courage. Ilamay: Yes, so I heard, he ' ll probably have his own garage right here in Sheffield some day. He would certainly enjoy the auto shop we have here now. I must show you that later. Anna: Have you heard from my cousin, Mary Zucco, lately? ' Ilamay: Yes, but she isn ' t a Zucco anymore. She married right after graduation and then became a nurse. Anna: She is living in Norfork now, but she comes to visit my parents frequently. Ilamay: Well, I know she is happy because she always wanted to be a nurse and had always hoped that if they ever built a high school it would have a curriculum for nurses, and of course we do have one now. Before we leave this floor we should visit the science laboratory — in here. Anna: Austin Somes would have loved the opportunity to experiment with that new up-to-date equipment. I have a newspaper clipping telling about the experiments of a famous engineer in Canada — none other than our Auste . Ilamay: You probably will be tired after walking around this expansive area. Let ' s step into the teachers ' room to have a cigarette. Anna: Yes, I am very anxious to hear more about John Bachetti since he became Editor of the Berkshire Eagle. Ilamay: He ' s become twice as popular since his paper turned the tide in the last city election. Anna: Yes, I ' ve heard so. I ' m sorry I couldn ' t get home for your wedding for I was stationed in Gay Paree when the announcement came. Ilamay: Speaking of marriage, did you know that your old flame Ranny Bartholomew is president of the bank in Canaan and was recently married to a Conover model from New York? 23 ■ ■