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

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Welcome Address As President of the Senior Class it is my privilege to welcome each and everyone of you to these, our Class Night Exercises. In welcoming you I would like also to thank you for making our scholastic journey less difficult and more enjoyable. To the teachers we are greatly indebted for their excellent guidance and unceasing help at all times. To parents, friends, and townspeople we are deeply thankful for their warm support and encouragement at all our extra curricular activities. To all members of the underclasses we are thankful for their friendship and co-op- eration and we sincerely hope that their four years of high school will be as profitable and happy as ours have been. Again I thank you and bid you the heartiest of welcomes. CLASS NIGHT PROGRAM Address of Welcome Leslie R. Gibbs What a Lovely Day - R. Federer Glee Club Class History Ann Hurlburt and Leslie Gibbs You ' ll Never Walk Alone - R. Rogers Senior Girls Class Will Phyllis Armstrong and Ann Hurlburt Semper Fidelis - J. P. Sousa 3and Class Prophecy Phyllis Bradley and Leslie Gibbs Couquetry - H.Gregor Glee Club Seniors ' Farewell - Poem by Betty Stevens ; . . . . Betty Stevens Father of Victory - L. Ganne Band Class Gifts Ann Macy and Rubena Young Because - G. D ' Hardelot Glee Club September Song - K. Weill Glee Club Senior Celebrities Donald Holcomb and Shears Boardman Alma Mater ( Audience standing ) Everyone = DC

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Valedictory M ss Parents, Faculty, Classmates, Friends: Tonight it is my privilege on behalf of my classmates to bid you farewell. It would be an interesting experiment if, on this stage, we could erect a magic telescope whose powers could penetrate time and space. Pretend that you, the audience, have the power to turn the telescope backwards and view the past four happy years. There in 1948, you see a group of young, eager students entering Sheffield High School. Nine of these students are on this stage tonight. With the unfailing help of parents and faculty throughout the four years you see the constant mental and spiritual growth of our class. We have tried to do our best with high purpose but there are countless things we have learned through experience. In our studies we have had basic courses such as English, History, and Mathematics which better prepared us to take our places in an adult world. The very important study of civics and current events has instilled in us the importance of being loyal, concientious citizens. On the lighter side, extra curricular activities have been an invaluable part of the training of the group. In music groups we have learned the appreciation of music, and the need for har- mony and co-operation. Newspaper work has. given the ability to plan, and organize, and has furnished some experience in creative writing. Through our class activities, we have learned to work and build together toward a common goal. This goal is the class trip, an experience which every student at Sheffield anticipates and values so highly. Perhaps sports have been one of the most vital factors in our training. Sportsmanship and teamwork have taught us to meet victory and defeat with the same spirit. Now we are up to the present time. Graduation is here and we are standing on the threshold of our lives. Let us rotate our magic telescope from the past to the future. We foresee each class- mate in his own way trying to live up to our class motto: Too low they build who build beneath the stars. Our magic telescope shows just how distant the stars are. We know that the only way to do our part is to reach for these stars and even beyond. The stars represent our goal, a life of high ideals, honesty and unselfish devotion to duty. It is our hope that each classmate build his way to the stars as a teacher, nurse, soldier, scientest or whatever vocation he may choose. Those of us who plan to become nurses should sincerely have the desire to help and heal people. Those who will be teachers must do their best to help young people develop into happy, well- adjusted adults. We have studied the lives of many worthy men who have lived by high ideals and success- fully reached their goals. Let their example inspire each and every one of us to our goal. At this time, we wish to express our heartfelt appreciation to our faculty, parents, and friends who have done so much to guide us through the years. We thank each one of you for help- ing us to start toward our destination -- the stars.

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Class History In September of 1949, a large group was on hand to get an early start in the con- struction of Our House of Learning. Those helping to lay the foundation were: Phyllis Armstrong, Phyllis Bradley, Ber- tha Ball, Loretta Castell, Helen Curtis, Kathleen Curtiss, Jane Franklin, Leslie Gibbs, Carole Gilligan, Ann Hurlburt, Ann Macy, Kathleen Nott, June Pixley, Lois Winters, Rubena Young, Betty Stevens, Shears Boardman, Donald Holcomb, Herbert Eichstedt, Richard Gibbs, Laurence Ball, Arthur Hewins, Peter Ohler, Bradley Stewart, and John Cook. Those guiding us were Contractor Hennigar, and his assistants, Rita Hannigan, Theodore Williams, Nicholas Morace, and Laurence Healy. We were progressing steadily when three masons, Laurence Ball, Peter Ohler, and Arthur Hewins, joined new construction jobs. Busily putting up the framwork, our first year sped by. After two months of vacation, the carpenters returned, eager to start work again on Our House of Learning. Foreman Provencher was now among us as Foreman Han- nigan had been assigned a new contract. Laborers, Herbert Eichstedt and Richard Gibbs were building elsewhere. As soon as the siding was completed, carpenters, Loretta Castell, Helen Curtiss, June Pixley, and Lois Winters left us and went their separate ways. Foreman Provencher, contracted for building a new home, was replaced by Albert Trocchi who proved to be a big help to us. The building of this edifice temporarily halted in May when we were deeply grieved at the loss of our dear friend, Theodore Williams. Mrs. Marie Walker soon joined us to help complete the roofing. June came and, with the completion of the siding and roofing, we stopped for a well-earned two month ' s rest. In September, 1951, we returned refreshed and anxious to get on with the work of wallboards, wood trim, insulating and plastering. In the third year Miss Marie Walker and Thomas Norton filled the positions left open by Mrs. Marie Walker and Laurence Healey.