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

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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 ■ ■

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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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Anna: Numbers and figures always appealed to him, ' Have you heard from Jenny Johnson lately? Just what did she do after graduation? Ilamay: Oh! She is living in Virginia now. She ' s a famous magazine artist for Glamour. Anna: Remember how she used to sketch us in class? In her last letter she told me that she was drawing caricatures of all the members of our class which she intends to mail us soon now. Most of the members in the class have very prominent features! Ilamay: That would be rather ludicrous. But say, let me show you the Home Economics department we ' ve got , When girls leave here, they certainly can go into housekeeping knowing what side of the skillet to hold their hand on. Rose Zamperini, you must have heard, is married and owns her own beauty parlor--keeps her busy from morning to night — how she would have benefitted by this department, although she could bake a good cake aaytime Anna: Yes, I should think so. After I arrived home, one of my first stops was to visit Rose, She invited me to a free hair do . Oh boy, when I return to camp I can knock them all dead with a new look, Ilamay: Speaking of new looks, did you notice the new lumber company in town? Anna: Oh yes, Smith Brothers, Has that just been built? It wouldn ' t be owned by our old friend Smitty would it? Ilamay: Yes, Bob took up carpenter training when he left here, and now he and Frank own their own business. Anna: I noticed as we walked through the corridor that we just passed the woodworking shop for boys. That certainly is beneficial to the boys that plan to go into that line of work when they graduate, Ilamay: Gee, there is so much to show you I ' m afraid we are going to have to leave some things out. But before we leave I must show you the new Typing lab, Claire Pezzatti thought a lot of it when she visited us last-- same old kid, Anna: Oh really, what is Claire doing now that she became the secretary she always wanted to be? Ilamay: Right now she is a private Secretary to the President of G. Foxes. She probably will be an executive there one of these days. Anna: If she was in the army, she would be a General with the ability that she has. Speaking of the army, guess who I met where I am stationed-- Robert Curtiss. Ilamay: Bob! I thought you wouldn ' t be lonesome, What is he doing down there? Anna: He joined the Air Force right after graduation and became a radio man. As a radio operator, he uses his typing ability constantly, Ilamay: A flying radio man! That must be exciting--Anna , through that east window--you can see Joyce Funk ' s new home. 24