Smith Academy - Echo Yearbook (Hatfield, MA)

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SMITH ACADEMY 17 I found Irene Zelewicz working for Frank Sinatra. Taking care of his business seems to be a side line with her. Sitting on his knees and listening to his enchanting voice is hardly the job of a private secretary. Personally, Miss Zelewicz doesn ' t have any objections. Verna Skorupski can be found at any time working as a saleswoman in Fibsey Wibsey ' s bargain basement. As I was ap- proaching her counter, I overheard Verna saying to a Mr. Five by Five, Size 54? Why I think size 24 would fit you perfectly. Whatever happened to Miss Skorupski ' s business career cannot be explained. Henry: Well, does that take care of all the graduates in the class of ' 44? Janet: Chief, I couldn ' t find the where- abouts of Helen Kochan. Helen: There is one I couldn ' t find either. Her name is Janet Moskowicz. Henry: Well, it ' s just lucky that I happen to know the whereabouts of those two girls. If I recall, they ' re both married, but I quite can ' t recall how many chi ldren each has. 1 recall when I was in high school how they always stuck together and they ' re the same now. They have a two apartment house — one family upstairs and one family downstairs. By the way, I hear there is quite a little noise when all their youngsters gets started. Boy, I pitv their husbands! Janet: What are their married names, and what do their husbands do? Henry: One name is Mr. and Mrs. Ishka Bible. Her maiden name was Janet Mos- kowicz. Do you know her, Janet? Janet: No. Henry: You lucky kid. The other couple ' s name, I think, is Mr. and Mrs. Raski Waski. They live on the bottom floor. They get all the racket from the upstairs. The girl ' s maiden name was Miss Helen Kochan. Well, that ' s all for today, I guess. So till we get another hot story, I ' ll be saying, goodbye. Class Will We, the Class of 1944 of Smith Academy, being about to leave this sphere, in full possession of a sound mind, memory and understanding, do hereby make and publish this, our last will and testament, hereby revoking and making void all former wills by us at any time heretofore made. To MR. LARKIN . . . our worthy prin- cipal, we leave the memory of the many harrowing problems that we as a class pre- sented him. We also leave the extreme pleasure of getting rid of us. To MISS CONNELLY ... we leave a stapler, a supply of ink, scotch tape, glue, and a puncher, so that the H. A. girls won ' t have to wear out their precious shoe cou- pons going away up to the third floor, into the office to get them. To MISS RYAN ... we leave the me- mory of the almost fatal mistake she made the night of the senior play. (Remember, Miss Ryan, the butcher knife — not the ham- mer?) To MR. BART ... we leave a beautiful photograph of the class of 1944, in order that he may familiarize himself with us, since we are leaving so soon after his ar- rival, and two tire certificates which we obtained from the rationing board, after much hard work, to be used for the sole purpose of driving the aggie boys back and forth from Luther Belden ' s farm. To MRS. MULLER . . . whose musical talent has pleased us greatly, we leave all the music books in order that she may help the students obtain such a beautiful voice as the one she possesses. To MR. JAKOBEK ... we leave a new hat, to distinguish him from the players. We also leave him a long list of words to be used for arguing with the umpire. To MR. BRISTOL ... we leave a new desk complete with telephone, typewriter, adding machine and all the paper needed to keep the Hatfield schools going. P. S. Also a wastepaper basket. To MRS. O ' NEILL ... we leave an eleva- tor to eliminate the necessity of having to walk up and down the stairs to her classes. To MISS STODDARD ... we leave a supply of new records for the typing room victrola. We know she must be weary of listening to the old tunes.

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16 PURPLE AND WHITE ECHO Class Prophecy CHIEF: Henry Betsold REPORTERS: Helen Kochan, Janet Moskowicz Helen and Janet: Hello, Chief. Henry: Well, did you cover that story in Hatfield, Massachusetts: The disappearance of many Smith Academy graduates of 1944 has been a mystery to the public. Janet: The first thing this morning, I interviewed the parents of Mary Majeski. Mary is now living in Hollywood, California, and is a stenographer to Errol Flynn. With all Flynn ' s publicity, hot on the daily news, he couldn ' t ask for a more competent stenographer to keep track of his records than Miss Majeski. I had no trouble in finding out Clara Toczydlowski ' s location. Clara is an Army Nurse serving in the South Pacific. Major Edward Zima, who met her there, is home on furlough. He spoke highly of the sooth- ing effect she has on many homesick sol- diers. Clara Toczydlowski is doing a wonder- ful job. I did have some difficulty in finding out the whereabouts of Edith Filipek, now that she ' s under another name. Living in Dogpatch County, Kentucky, she is the happy wife of Mr. Henry Peter Betsold. Now, with Henry Jr., Peter, Frank, Edith and Suzie, oops! The former Miss Filipek has lost track of time. I didn ' t have to look very hard for Charles Drake. Walking along Fifth Ave- nue here in New York City, I glanced up to see a great big sign advertising, Drake ' s Cakes, Big and Small. Inside, I couldn ' t miss seeing a jolly young man mixing cake batter. How ' s business, Charles? I asked. The successful Charles Drake replied with a smile, Couldn ' t be better; have a Drake ' s cake. Vera Mielesko ' s name was found acci- dently in the advertising column. It read as follows: If you want a home done right, come to Vera ' s Interior Decorating Shop, at 2 Main Street, Northampton, Mass. Ex- cellent service — no waiting, Vera Mielesko, Proprietor. Driving through Texas, I honked my horn at a cowgirl who was taking up plenty of the road while singing a melody and strumming a guitar. To my surprise, it was Laura Bielecki. Laura is the proud owner of a cattle ranch with fifty dashing cow- hands to help her. Helen: Sophy Cackowski is well situated as a secretary to the president of the Mc- Gurgle, McGurgle and McGurgle Co. For this handsome man, Miss Cackowski has proved to be an efficient overtime worker. Upon entering the Holy Trinity Church in Hatfield, I was delighted to notice that a wedding was going to take place. After the familiar tune of Here Comes the Bride, I cast my eyes on two known faces. The marriage vows were beginning: Do you, Edward Malinowski, take Anna to be thy lawful wedded wife? These words were being spoken by another whose face was familiar — Reverend Edward Paszek. Men were flocking to Arthur Murray Dancing School in New York. My curiosity was so great that I walked inside to find a most luscious blonde, Sophie Pinkoski, saying to one of her pupils, a teacher of History in ' 44, One, two, glide, one, cwo, glide. With Miss Pinkcski as instructor, every- one is having an enjoyable time learning to dance. A trip to Washington, D. C, brought me in contact with Helen Serowick. now a typist for President Roosevelt, After re- ceiving a 70 and 80-word pin in S. A. she is doing 90 words a minute on her new job. Miss Serowick ' s career is in the best of hands. Entering the Valley Arena, I was all set to see the great magician, Okas Pokas, who was none other than Albert Vachula saying, Now you see it and now you don ' t. Next came a rabbit out of his hat, after the mysterious words, Abraka Dabraka. Then this fantastic turbaned creature left the amazed audience. Up went the sign, 50c if you want to see more. Mr. Vachula doesn ' t have to work very hard for a living, does he?!!

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18 PURPLE AND WHITE ECHO LAURA BIELECKI . . . leaves to Victoria Zawacki, all the charm for attracting that certain Freshman boy as Laura used to. MARY MAJESKI . . . leaves all the hard work of being Manager of the Girls ' Bas- ketball team to Evelyn Vachula, who shows signs of managing ways. EDWARD PASZEK . . . leaves to Betty Wilkes his erratic, far from dependable alarm clock, in order that Betty may get to school on time as many times as Edward has during the last year. HELEN SEROWICK . . . leaves to Rita Godin all her sleepless nights spent worry- ing about the school papers and yearbook. May Rita survive as well as Helen did. SOPHY CACKOWSKI ... who likes to trip the light fantastic, ' leaves to Gladys Maciorowski those pleasant memories of the White Eagle and Red men dances. We hope that Blondie enjoys herself in future years as much as Sophy has in the past. IRENE ZELEWICZ . . . leaves to Paulina Widelo her typing technique and her large correspondence with service boys, especially sailors. Will you carry on for Irene, Paul- ine? CHARLES DRAKE . . . leaves to Velma Omasta his abundant supply of gum, so that Velma will have enough gum to chew at all times. HENRY BETSOLD . . . leaves his musi- cal talent to Jean Bryant, so that Jean can add it to her already large supply of musical ability. VERNA SKORUPSKI . . . whose coiffure has been the envy of many, leaves her fea- ther-cut hair - do to Margaret Wentzel, so that Peggy won ' t have to go through all that trouble of braiding her hair every day. CLARA TOCZYDLOWSKI . . . leaves to Anna Zima her giggles and her chuckles, ac- companied by her uproarious laugh. EDITH FILIPEK . . . with generous good will, leaves her flirtations in the care of Carolyn Kosior, who will, we hope, carry on as well as Edith did. JANET MOSKOWICZ . . . leaves her beaming smile, which has charmed many a lad, to William Wendolowski, who will be glad, we know, to add it to his charm kit. HELEN KOCHAN . . . leaves all her unfinished homework to Robert Pelc. That studious lad will see that it is completed. ALBERT VACHULA . . . leaves all his gas coupons to Edward Vachula, in the hope that Eddie may drive to school in a car as much as Albert did. EDWARD MALINOWSKI . . . leaves his practical jokes to John Besko, so that John can keep the girls smiling with this supply of corny jokes. Johnny won ' t have to strain his brain thinking them up. EDWARD ZIMA . . . leave his overworked seat in the Chem. Lab. to John Skarzynski with the warning to use it sparingly, lest he wear a hole in it during the next year. SOPHIE PINKOSKI . . . leaves her tedi- ous job of bringing up the rear in enter- ing the class rooms to Mary Silva, in the hope that Mary will try to carry on for Sophie. VERA MIELESKO . . . leaves all her fatal excuses to Laura Sadoski. Although they always proved fatal, Vera tried real hard to make them prove otherwise, and she hopes Laura may make them work. To THE FRESHMEN . . . bless their hearts, we leave the unequalled joy of gig- gling at nothing; the pains and pleasures of puppy love, which they will be very sure is not puppy love, and our ambitions that we never quite achieved. To THE SOPHOMORES . . . alas, we have nothing to offer that would seem of value to them. What could we leave them? Our sincere hope that they can stand up under the shock when they discover, as they will, that even the most tempting looking apple can conceal a worm in its core. To THE JUNIORS . . . our successors, we bequeath the joy and zest of competing for class honors, a taste of sorrow for those who don ' t quite make the grade, and quiet pride for those who do. In Witness Whereof, We, the Class of ' 44 the testators, to this, our will, written on one sheet of parchment, set our hand and seal this fifteenth day of June, Anno Domini: 1944. Signed: HELEN SEROWICK ' 44 SOPHY CACKOWSKI ' 44 LAURA BIELECKI ' 44