Smith Academy - Echo Yearbook (Hatfield, MA)

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SMITH ACADEMY 19 former Miss Kosior will make her debut in the picture, Victory Garden Romance. She will be starred as a sad tomato and the leading man as a dead beet. A tunnel of love at Glen Echo Park in Washington, D. C, with two very passion- ate lovers appears in the crystal ball. Mr. and Mrs. William Mullins are on their honeymoon and decided to return to the place where they first met. Mrs. Mullins, or Agnes, as Bill calls her, is a native of South Deerfield. Mr. Mullins is to continue his farming career while Mrs. Mullins is to take a new teaching position at Smith Academy. They will reside on the banks of the beautiful Connecticut River in their new glass home. Now in the crystal ball we see a funeral parlor in Hartford, Connecticut. Of what interest could this possibly be to the former class of ' 46? At the receptionist ' s desk we see a young dark-haired woman whom we notice with surprise is the former Miss Shirley Labbee, now married to the owner of the funeral home, none other than Porter W. Pratt, former Marine corporal in ' 46. Mrs. Pratt is happily married, even though a corpse does interrupt most of the time. One day while walking down the street, Mr. Pratt was heard to remark to Mrs. Pratt, Darling, if I ever look at another woman, I hope to fall from the face of this earth. Just then he fell into a manhole! The scene changes. We are now in a big newspaper plant in Helpum Village, in a little office above the door of which is writ- ten, Problems of Love and Matrimony Answered by Evelyn Szewczyk. The place is literally cluttered with teen-ugers, old maids, bachelors, and hen-pecked husbands, all seeking Miss Szewczyk ' s advice. Miss Szewczyk gained some experience way back in S. A. in ' 46, listening to many of the girls ' troubles and giving her personal ad- vice. Evelyn, who is a very worldly woman, has made a number of trips to Europe and plans to open a new office in Washington, D. C. We wish her success in this type of work. A terrific explosion rends the air; fear strikes our hearts as we think the world has come to an end; however, it is only Larry Stoddard, trying to outdo his com- petitors in the field of invention. He has invented a new jet-propulsion machine which propels him to his home and his wife, Mrs. Dorothy Stoddard in West Farms. Mr. Stoddard ' s great ability in the chemistry class enabled him to pursue his career, which has paid him great dividends. By jet-propulsion Shirley Betsold now enters into the crystal ball. Miss Betsold is now a blues singer in the spacious Beech- wood Ballroom in South Hadley Falls, for Peter Tautznik and His Victory Recording Orchestra. After leaving high school in 1946 we see much change in this slightly built woman; she did much for the morale of the Victory Orchestra with her deep, contralto voice. Exactly eleven months, twenty-six days and two and one-half hours after her graduation Miss Betsold was married to a certain ex-soldier from Northampton, and they reside at the newest swank hotel of Northampton, known as the Annapolis. Miss Betsold preferred this hotel as a memory of the trip to Annapolis, while in Wash- ington. Any time you would like to see Miss Betsold, just tune in WHYN and you can see her through television. What a sight for sore eyes. Out of the mist comes a sophisticated blonde model modeling a silver fox jacket. She is one of the famous Conover models whose professional name is Babs; to us she is the former classmate, Barbara Tobacco. Many classmates have bought their trou- seaus from Miss Tobacco ' s personal shop on Fifth Avenue, which she manages dur- ing her vacation from modeling for Con- over. While at Miss Tobacco ' s store we see Miss Pauline Widelo enter. What a coinci- dence to meet two former classmates in one day. Miss Widelo, who was a star book- keeper back in S. A., is now head of the bookkeeping department in Gimbel ' s De- partment Store, also on Fifth Avenue. Miss Widelo informed us that she has made up her mind to be the ideal career girl of 1956. When questioned about the man seen with her at one of the popular night spots, Miss Widelo remained quiet. She is not revealing her love life, but oh, that light in her eyes. ... It certainly must be love — or is it the guy ' s money? Crowds dancing — a dark, stormy night,

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18 PURPLE AND WHITE ECHO Class Prophecy Ou relders have always told us to prophet by experience; so we shall now prophesize. Sitting here in our little tent, may we in- troduce ourselves? Madame Gypsy Zam- bini, Madame Lazonga and Madame Salome. And now, as we gaze into our little crystal ball, it is still cloudy. It begins to clear, and the year 1956 appears. With the year comes the name of Joan Bangs. We see that she is now a very suc- cessful chemist in the Stinko Blowout Chemical Plant in Dogpatch Country, Ken- tucky. With her is her husband, Eddie — who was a former sailor in ' 46. She mar- ried seven years ago, on her saddest day. But what are those little atoms we see? Those must be her three little chemicals, or children, as they were called back in 1946. If you wish to know more about her chemical existence — that will be just one dollar more. Into the ball now appear two figures. One, a dark-haired, peppy woman, walks briskly along, followed by her slow-motioned, wan- looking husband. Of his eight years of happy marriage seven and one-half have been spent in the dog house. Evidently the housing shortage of 1946 has not let up. Mr. Blyda and Mrs. Blyda (the former Vel- raa Omasta, cheer leader of S. A. in ' 46) have now taken over the J. C. Ryan estate. Mr. and Mrs. Blyda are still quite promi- nent in their social activities and are mem- bers of the Black Owl Club, formerly the White Eagle of Northampton. The ball is becoming clouded again. Out of the mist and into the clear — a church. Going up the aisle is a slight- looking woman of twenty-eight. As the vows begin, we hear the name of Jennie Cackowski. Was this the girl destined to be the first one married in the Class of ' 46 at Smith Academy? Ten years, yes — ten long years it took Miss Cackowski to cross the small, deep river separating her from her beloved Ignatz and Hadley. During her ten years, Jennie attended the College of Hard Knocks at General Cigars. The scene changes. We are now at the Palladium in New York City. The featured attraction is Miss Shirley Eberlein and her Roller Skating Vanities of ' 56. While in high school we see in our crystal ball, Miss Eberlein at the Gables in South Deer- field, struggling, fighting, up again, down again, and never giving up. Her everlasting courage and patience finally rewarded her; to make her known all over the world as the Queen on Wheels. She is the only queen who ever sat down on the floor while on wheels. Flash! Around a curve in the crystal ball comes a dashing young motorcycle racer. His face is covered with dust and grime; we are unable to tell who he is. But by over- hearing remarks, we learn that this hand- some young man has been the champion cyclist of the world for five years. He now resides at Riverside Drive in Chicago and is the owner of several motorcycle plants all over the country. The young man sur- rounded by admiring women we see is Ber- nard Kacenski, former athlete of S. A. in ' 46. A switchboard is seen in the crystal ball. Behind this switchboard is a blonde-haired girl with a keen interest in her work. She is sitting there with a contented look on her face. This face we recognize as Miss Nellie Korza whose one ambition is now fulfilled. We see on Miss Korza ' s left hand a very beautiful diamond presented to her by John Jacob Jinky Jones, the president of the company. The wedding will be a June event, after which they will reside in Greenfield. Soft music and low lights feature the next picture in the crystal ball. The scene is the Stork Club in New York, where all celebrities are often seen. While we are sitting there a very familiar girl approaches our table. She stops at our table and her face lights up with recognition. We find that Miss Carlyn Kosior has been employed at the Stork Club ever since ' 46 as a host- ess. The featured orchestra is the McCor- mack Rhythm Boys, of Braintree, Mass. During the evening Miss Kosior ' s engage- ment is announced to the leader of the McCormack band, Mr. James McCormack. Mr. and Mrs. McCormack will make their home in Los Angeles, California, where the

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20 PURPLE AND WHITE ECHO and a dark-haired girl in a flowing white gown is seen through the crystal ball. She is dancing with the now famous Gene Kel- ley of Hollywood, and who is it but — Miss Victoria Zawacki! The girl in the class of ' 46 who never missed a dance, Polish, square or otherwise. Vicky certainly has been rewarded for her dancing skill. She now owns her own school of dancing, spe- cializing in Polkas — where she guarantees to teach you to dance in six years, with lessons twelve hours a day, six days a week — or your money refunded. Anyone in- terested in taking lessons from Miss Za- wacki, please ask the crystal ball for her address. She is constantly on tour with Mr. Kelley, so it will be almost impossible to reach her unless you are lucky — and who isn ' t, when there ' s a crystal ball involved? Total darkness! The ball ceases to be clear, but then we see a row of hospital beds in a military hospital in Washington, D. C. The head nurse, a pretty dark-haired woman, approaches a bed where a hand- some Army Air Corps pilot sits up in bed. We see his face brighten, we see a light in the woman ' s eyes. This man must be Marie ' s fiancee, the man she met way back in ' 46 while on the Senior Class trip to Washington. It appears in our globe that his name is Hutch, and he has been suf- fering from a very serious heart ailment which Marie has finally cared. After many of his proposals, Marie has consented to be his lawful wedded wife. She has revealed to us that she would like four little Hutches. They will reside at 910 Glen Echo Parkway, Rumford, Maine. Mr. Hutchinson will be an instructor at his private airport and Marie will give up her nursing career to become a good wife and mother. In the crystal ball we see Knockum, Blockum and Sockum Stadium in Whodunit, Virginia. The star pitcher is none other than Speed Pelc, known all over the U. S. as the outstanding pitcher who has pitched no-hit games. While back in Smith Acad- emy Bob gained a lot of experience pitch- ing for the S. A. team. Mr. Pelc is the ideal bachelor of the Class of ' 46. Anyone wish- ing his address please notify the prophets. Yours, truly, yours truly and yours truly. SHIRLEY BETSOLD, CAROLYN KOSIOR, SHIRLEY LABBEE. Class Will We, being dignified members of the Senior Class, and of duly sound mind and body, in order that we may not be forgot- ten, do hereby give our last will and testa- ment as follows: JOE BLYDA . . . Leaves to Myron Sikor- ski an alarm clock so that Myron may get to school on time, a thing which Joe was seldom able to do. VELMA OMASTA . . . Our basketball star, leaves to her sister, Ethel, her uncanny technique in basketball and the honor of being Captain of the girls ' basketball team. SHIRLEY EBERLEIN . . . Leaves to Janet Matusewicz her wonderful memories of all the square dances, in the hope that Janet will attend them as faithfully as Shirley has. SHIRLEY LABBEE . . . Leaves to Helen Szewczyk her many thoughts of South Deerfield and that certain athlete, so that Helen may enjoy her studies much more, as we are quite sure Shirley did. LAURENCE STODDARD . . . The hard- working boy of our class, leaves all his unfinished tasks and duties to James Mc- Grath to complete. MARIE KORZA . . . Leaves to Peggy Va- chula all the embarrassments — thrills, too, of being called out of class to answer those long distance telephone calls from across the Connecticut River. CAROLYN KOSIOR . . . Leaves to Stacia Kostek her many boy friends in New London, in the hope that Stacia may carry on as well as Carolyn did.