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

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two new additions to the tight rope routine — Carol Bennett and Bill Preston. The third year of training seemed to go along very well. The acrobats were becoming better and better. In the fall of 1954 the acrobats again congregated and discovered many changes. Mr. Norton, their ringmaster, had been taken by the army, and Mr. Thiel was the new ringmaster. Miss Poulus had returned to her parents ' home land, and Mrs. Rhoades had become the new trapeze trainer. Miss Ryan had married during the summer and had come back as Mrs. Armstrong. Joe Hurlburt, one of the tight rope walkers, had left for another show. He was continually falling off the rope, and so he went where there weren ' t girls to distract him. The acrobats trained hard during the year, and they were now about ready to put on their show. The reporter thanked Mr. Friis for the fine story he had given him and left. He watched the tents being put up and then decided to come to the show later in the week. JUNE 17, the night of the show, was as mild and as beautiful a night as you could wish. The tent was packed with people. Before the show the reporter went behind the scenes to meet everyone. MR. FRIIS, the owner, gave him a cheery hello and introduced him to everyone. He met MR. TROCCHI, the manager, who was the only one who had stayed with the show all four years. MR. THIEL, the ringmaster, gave him a good handshake. MRS. ARMSTRONG and MRS. RHOADES, the two trainers, were obviously very proud of their acrobats. The ones who did the trapeze act were: Ruth Clark, Bermce Penzfner Barbara Rice, Rebekah Somes, John Adams, Francis Bernoi, Sidney Eichstedt, James Larkin and Timothy Somes. The tight rope walkers were equally eager to meet him. They were: Priscilla Hewins, Juanita Jackson, Carol Bennett, Leno Bernoi, John Coons, Donald Hart and Bill Preston. He went back out and took his seat. The show began at 8:00 P.M. When it was finished, the applause was long and loud. There was no doubt in anyone ' s mind, this was The Greatest Show on Earth. THE END MOTTO: The future is not in the hands of fate, but in ours FLOWER: Scarlet Carnation SONG: The Halls of Ivy ■

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Class History ConiNo Soon! [Twe G £ATwr Maw On Eartm i ; Seeing this sign, the chief reporter of the local newspaper said to himself. I must interview the owner of this show and learn what it is and who is in it. With that he started off, whistling gaily, on this bright morning in June. He met the owner, Mr. Friis, who told him he had been the owner for two years. It seemed that the former owner, Mr. Hennigar, had started the show four years before. He had taken inexperienced people with the idea of training them to be acrobats. The training period had finally been started in the fall of 1951. Twenty people started out. The ones on the trapeze were Ruth Clark, Bernice Fenziner, Barbara Rice, Rebekah Somes, John Adams, Francis Bernoi, Sidney Eichstedt, James Larkin, Timothy Somes and William Davis. Their trainer was Miss Walker, who later married and became Mrs. Odiorne. The ones who were training to be tight rope walkers were Priscilla Hewins, Pamela Pinkney, Dorothy Candee, Ann Curtiss, Leno Bernoi, John Coons, Fred Franklin, Joe Hurlburt, John Trierweiler and Donald Hart. Their trainer was Mr. Morac e and a good one he was, too. Mr. Friis said that under his direction he had his manager, Mr. Trocchi, who saw that all orders were carried out and everything was running smoothly. In order to see how they were coming along, occasionally theyput on free shows for the people. Mr. Norton, the ringmaster, officiated on these occasions and hoped to be able to officiate on the night that they finally put the show on. Progress was rapid for sixteen of them, that first year, and in the fall there were the original sixteen with two new acrobats, who thought perhaps they ' d try their hand at it. The ones on the trapeze were Ruth Clark, Bernice Fenziner, Barbara Rice, Rebekah Somes, John Adams, Francis Bernoi, Sidney Eichstedt, James Larkin, and Timothy Somes. Bill Davis had dropped out to attempt some- thing else. The trainer, Mrs. Odiorne, had left to lead a family life; and Miss Harrahy had come in her place. The ones who were on the tight rope routine were Priscilla Hewins, Dorothy Candee, Ann Curtiss, Leno Bernoi, John Coons, Joe Hurlburt, Donald Hart, and Duke Donsbough. Mr. Morace had left to be a trainer in another show, and Miss Ryan took his place. Pamela Pinkney, Fred Franklin, John Trierweiler had all left for new fields. Near the end of that year, though , they had gained a well- trained tight rope walker in Juanita Jackson. That second year hadn ' t progressed fast enough for Mr. Hennigar, and he had sold the show to the present owner, Mr. Friis. Miss Harrahy left them to gain further knowledge and was replaced by Miss Poulus in their third year. Some of them were getting terribly discouraged. Here they were starting their third year of training, and they didn ' t seem any nearer the finish than before. Joan Golden, Dorothy Candee, Ann Curtiss and Duke Donsbough gave up and left to do something else. Their numbers were filled out, though , by

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Class Will We, the last class of Sheffield High School, being of bright minds and well- shaped bodies, do solemnly bequeath all our many abilities which are too nu- merous to mention on this page to the unfortunate people who have yet to obtain their releases: SECTION I Article 1. The Senior class wills and bequeaths its friendliness, ambition and good humor to the class of 56. Article 2. To the class of ' 57 we will the power to stand up to the next year seniors. Article 3. To the Freshman class we will the right to dust the group pictures in the hall once a week and ours every day. Article 4. To all future classes we leave a map so that they can find their way around the new school. SECTION n Article 1. To Mr. Thiel we leave a few extra inches so he won ' t have to look up to his future basketball team. Article 2. To Mrs. Armstrong we will a lock and key so that she can keep the boys out when she is giving timings. Article 3. To Mrs. Rhoades we give a big clock so it will remind her of the times she had to check up on the hall monitors. Article 4. To Professor Barrette we will a new band uniform so when he exhales he won ' t pop the buttons. Article 5. To Mr. Trocchi we leave a dual-controlled car because the present one won ' t be worth much when we get through with it. Article 6. To Mr. Friis we give an experiment book to conicide with his Chemistry book. Article 7. To Mrs. Rorabackwe leave packs of tracing paper so her future seventh and eighth grades will always have enough for their projects. Article 8. To Mr. Mielke we will an office that he can call his very own. Article 9. To Millie we leave a meter so she can check up on the people who are going over the daily lunch quota. Article 10. To Mr. Cane we leave a helicopter so that when he takes the de- tention students home, he can just drop them out, SECTION m Article 1. Rebekah Somes wills her ability to portray old maids to Sally Preston and hopes she won ' t take it too seriously. Article 2. Jim Larkin leaves his ability to look innocent to Stevie Macchi. You wouldn ' t do anything wrong anyway, would you, Stevie ? ? ? ? Article 3. Barbara Rice wills and bequeaths a bottle of hair bleach to Margaret Golden so that she can keep up with the styles! A different shade each week! Article 4. Leno Bernoi hands his quietness to Bobby Clark who could use some ! Article 5. Ruth Clark wills her friendly Hi to Zee Card. Article 6. Bill Preston wills his ability to attract the opposite sex to Jerry Brazee. Be careful, Jerry, it may prove dangerous. Article 7. John Adams wills his title as Class Chauffeur to Phil Ball. Be sure you have plenty of gas, Phil! Article 8. Bernice Penziner and her pocketbook just leave -?