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

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M. P. That sign across the street says Kenny ' s Auto Repair Service. Could that be our classmate, Kenneth Coon? J. B. Not could be, it is. M. P. Say, did anyone in our class join the armed services? J. B. Herbie Eichstedt did, right after graduation. He is a civilian now, though, and he owns a sugar plantation in the Philippines. M. P. Imagine that! Remember how Horace Tatspaugh always said he wanted to be a bum? You should see him now. He is an electrical engineer in Detroit. He lives there with the home town girl he married, and their four children. Richard LeGeyt lives in New York. He went there to go to an agricultural school, but I guess he changed his mind about being a farmer. J. B. I know. He is president of the ASPCA. M. P. I always thought he would be a farmer. J. B. I did, too. Wesley Petersen is a farmer, though. He married a local girl and is raising quite a family. Up to date he has three girls and two boys. M. P. Joyce, do you know the whereabouts of Donald Percy? J. B. Well, Donny is a landscape r. He lives in Virginia with his wife and two little girls. M. P. The class of ' 54 traveled far and wide, didn ' t it? J. B. I ' ll say. Well, I ' ve got to be traveling, too. M. P. It was nice seeing you again and having this little chat. J. B. Sure was! I ' ll see you again, Margaret. M. P. O. K. Good-bye and good luck.

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M. P. Yes. We write to each other frequently. She married a high school boy friend after completing her five-year nursing course in college. I ' m looking forward to seeing her as soon as I get some more time off. J. B. Have you heard what Sara Woodbeck is doing now? M. P. That last time 1 heard from her she had taken a position as head nurse of the children ' s ward at the Pittsfield General Hospital. J. B. Speaking of nurses, Jo Ann Clark is a child nurse in Springfield. She is very happy there with her three children. M. P. Whom did she marry? J. B. She married an up and coming poet. His work is beginning to be published in some of the leading magazines. M. P. It sounds like he and Jo Ann have a lot in common. Have you heard from Dora Warren and Alice Straleau? J.B. After thev were graduated from BU, Dora went to California to teach music at USC. She is married to a professor of psychology. Alice keeps pretty busy as a mother of two children and as a history teacher at Searles. Barbara Huggins has her hands full, too. M. P. I understand she is the mother of a pair of twins with red hair. J.B. They ' re the cutest things you ever saw. She married a French diplomat and they live in Washington, D. C. M. P. Do any members of our class still live in Sheffield? J. B. Charles Cane does. He operates a rest home on Bow- Wow Road. Richard Cartin- elli lives in Sheffield, too. He ' s a photographer. He does all the pictures for Regional ' s yearbook. M. P. I saw Francis Zucco yesterday. He told me that he took over Ford ' s garage when the former owner retired. He said he was thinking of running for town constable. J.B. That ' s not surprising, is it? M. P. No, not at all. J. B. He and Frank Smith both have thriving businesses. Frank formed a partnership with his brother, Robert.

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Class History In September of 1950 the following twenty-eight crew members of the USS Fifty Four, with their commanding officers, began their voyage across the Sea of Knowl- edge: Wendell Bartholomew, Donald Bentley, Joyce Buckingham, Charles Cane, Richard Cartinelli, JoAnn Clark, Kenneth Coon, Herbert Eichstedt, Jacquelyn Flynn, Joanne Golden, Barbara Huggins, Richard LeGeyt, Laura Malnati, John Martin, Robert Meyer, Lois Mintz, Carol Ann Olsen, Donald Percy, Wesley Petersen, Margaret Preiss, William Rice, Frank Smith, Alice Straleau, Horace Tatspaugh, Dora Warren, James Welch, Sara Woodbeck, and Francis Zucco. There to see the crew off was Mrs. Gladys Ror aback giving her best wishes for a successful four years at sea. Those commanding the ship were Captain Howard Hennigar, and his commanding off icers, Laurence Healey, Theodore Williams, Miss Ann Provencher, and Nicholas Morace. Also aboard was our Chief Cook, Mrs. Robert Smith. Shortly after we set sail, one of our crew members, William Rice was called to duty elsewhere. In March of the following year, Miss Ann Provencher received notice from Captain Hennigar that she was needed on another ship, and Albert Trocchi then came aboard to replace her, adapting himself quickly to our life on the USS Fifty Four. A few months later the crew was deeply grieved at the loss of our dear commanding officer Theodore Williams. Mrs. Marie Walker then joined us to help with our voyage. June found us well out to sea and progressing rapidly, when our ship docked at Summer Island for repairs and two months rest. When we resumed our voyage in September of 1951 we found that Jacquelyn Flynn, and Robert Meyer had transferred to other ships, and Miss Marie Walker and Thomas Norton had taken positions aboard ship that Laurence Healey and Mrs. Marie Walker had formerly occupied. When we again began our voyage we found that Lois Mintz, Joanne Golden, Don- ald Bendy, James Welch, and John Martin had remained on Leisure Island. There were also some changes made in our commanding officers: Miss Jayne Ryan replaced Nicholas Morace and Miss Mary Harrahy took the former position held by Miss Marie Walker. With only twenty crew members aboard we had to work even harder to continue our journey.