Smith Academy - Echo Yearbook (Hatfield, MA)

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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.

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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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SMITH ACADEMY 21 BARBARA TOBACCO . . . Leaves to Jen- nie Maiewski all her memories and good times at Redman ' s, the square dances, the parties, in hope that they will faith- fully be carried out by her beneficiary. VICKY ZAWACKI . . . Leaves to her sis- ter Lucy all her unfinished school work, so that Vicky can go dancing at Redman ' s or White Eagle ' s and have a swell time. For homework never stopped Vicky from going to the dances. NELLIE KORZA . . . Leaves to Irene Kraulis one of her many desires — to be able to travel to New Hampshire very, very often. We know Irene will enjoy these many trips as much as Nellie has. ROBERT PELC . . . Our version of a glamour boy, leaves to his brother, Carl, all his secrets of getting around with the girls and not having anyone know about it. EVELYN SZEWCZYK . . . Leaves her laughing spells, brilliant ideas and her winning personality to Jeanette Niewin- ski who, we know, will carry on the same as Evelyn did. SHIRLEY BETSOLD . . . Leaves to Dicky Labbee a wheelbarrow, so that he may carry his books to and from school with- out trouble. Although Shirley never did too much work all the books she carried home gave a good impression. PAULINE WIDELO . . . The glamour girl of our class, leaves to Helen Micha- lowski all her charm and personality so that Helen can attract all the boys at the square dances as Pauline did in the past. JOAN BANGS . . . Leaves to Joanne Howard her memories of the fun and good times while at the square dances — especially memories of the few friends from Burgy. JENNIE CACKOWSKI . . . Leaves to Lucy Szych a 1946 Ford coupe, so that she and her companion can make many en- joyable trips to Hadley and back instead of having to travel by bus. BERNIE KACINSKI ... The Casanova of our class, leaves to Sonny Proulx his ability to slide through the door just as the melodious echo of the gong is vibrat- ing through the corridors. WILLIAM MULLINS . . . The dream boy of our class, leaves to Dannie Fusek his Geormetry book of problems. Bill hopes Dannie will not be in a daze while in Geormetry class and will find Geometry not so confusing as he did. FOR MR. LARKIN . . . Our worthy prin- cipal, we have hired a secretary to do the office work. We hope this secretary will be even more efficient than the senior girls of the advanced typing class who have been here, trying to keep your office work up to date. TO MRS. PRUZYNSKI ... We leave a new electric Victrola which changes the records by itself so that Mrs. Pruzynski can sit comfortably in a soft easy chair and give the assignments to her students instead of having to jump up to change the record each time. TO MR. SYMANCZYK ... We leave a donkey and a go-cart so that the athletic supplies may be carried down to the athletic field without any over-exerting on the boys ' part. TO MISS CONNELLY ... Our Home Eco- nomics teacher, we leave a large supply of equipment which includes: Needles, pins and cloth, so that Miss Connelly will not have to keep racing up to the Greenfield mill all the time for supplies, and we hope she will thus save wear and tear on her car. We also express to Miss Connelly, who is leaving Smith Academy, our sincere thanks for all the good work she did for S. A. while she was here. And our best wishes for a successful future. TO MISS RYAN . . . Our home-room teacher during the past year, we leave many memories of that terrible noisy Senior Class. We also leave our appre- ciation for enduring that noise, and the warning that if she thought we were bad, the new Senior Class has something in store for you.