Smith Academy - Echo Yearbook (Hatfield, MA)

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SMITH ACADEMY 23 Class Gifts Barbara Tobacco — We know that Barbara has a hard time sneaking out during the middle of the week so, we have — oh no — we can ' t give her a skeleton key as she already has managed to obtain one. In- stead, may we present to Barbara To- bacco, this tall blonde sailor. Of course he isn ' t the real McCoy, but he will do, won ' t he? You see Barbara just loves those men in coats of navy blue. Shirley Betsold — Look what I have for you, yes, a nice new 1946 Chevvie. Now you can go anywhere you wish, that is, of course, if you can make it go. As a result you ' ll be able to visit your aunt more often, but really Shirley, is it you ' re aunt you go to see? I wonder! Joan Bangs — Joan is what could be called a chiseler. Though she has some of her own she would rather take some one else ' s. Do you ever borrow letter paper when you write to Kicky? I ' ve found out that writing to him take up a lot of your time. I honestly tried to get some for you, but you know — money doesn ' t grow on trees so, I have for you this supply of composition paper. If you don ' t use it to write to that certain sailor you might use it to write notes. The kind of notes you wrote in Washington. Remember Room 505! Evelyn Szewczyk — Evelyn, who is that Don you met on the homeward ride from New York? What was it that he gave to you as a remembrance of him? Could it be French money? That ' s what I heard. It ' ll get tattered and torn if you carry it around very much longer. As a means of preservation I give you this scrapbook. It certainly is a scrap book but you ' ll have to forgive me as I just couldn ' t get a nice small one in the 5 10 cent store, so this is my best substitution. Do you think you ' ll be able to use it? Joseph Blyda — It seemed as though Joe had a hard time trying to get up to the fifth floor in the Hotel Plaza. Poor Joe. He was always caught in the act. Well, just in case you take another trip and forget what floor your room is on, I give to you this magic powder. It will make you in- visible to everyone but that certain dark- haired girl from North Hatfield. Take a powder, Joe. Robert Pelc — Tell me, Bob, will you ever forget that night you acted as a lieu- tenant at the play ? You certainly made all the girls ' hearts jump. I tried to get some lieutenant bars for you, but that was impossible so — well, to remind you of the play, for valor on your part with the basketball team and for your tech- nique of charming girls, I give you this medal of honor. It ' s just a cheap thing, but its meaning is the same. Bill Mullins — Bill, our six-footer, has quite a time, it seems, maneuvering in and out of low places. No doubt when he takes out a certain girl from South Deerfield with the initials A. W., and called Agnes, he has quite a job bending over, so in order to prevent his back from aches and pains we have here a bottle of Sloan ' s liniment which is sure to aid his case. Victoria Zawacki — Vicky, who is constantly seen at the Polish dances, has quite a time finding transportation getting there, but when once she reaches her destination she has little trouble finding a way home. So in order to save her all the worrying about transportation to get to Redmen ' s and White Eagle ' s, we leave this bus pass which will take her anywhere, any time, one way. Caroline Kosior — To Caroline who, along with a few other girls, was caught play- ing Juliet to a bunch of sailors on the street in front of the hotel window in Washington, we leave this invisible ink, so that the next time the information gets into the wrong hands, the message will be unreadable. Velma (Jmasta — Clear the way! It seems Velma has just obtained her driver ' s li- cense. Although she has ridden through a few vegetable patches and streamlined the car a bit here and there, her case is pretty clear. So, in order to keep her on the safe side we bought her this new

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22 PURPLE AND WHITE ECHO TO MR. BART ... We leave a supply of paper so that he may have enough to give to his Junior-Senior Aggie class, which he keeps very busy writing, writ- ing, and more writing. TO MRS. MULLER ... We leave a record- ing of her own voice saying, People, will will you please settle down now! to be used in her study periods. We are sure that this will save Mrs. Muller ' s time and energy. TO THE FRESHMEN ... We give nothing but advice: Don ' t study too hard or you ' ll have to use stove polish to cover those white streaks of hair. As you know, the brains are delicate; you may over-strain them and before you know it you will have a mental disorder. TO THE SOPHOMORES ... We leave this advice: Never hurry! Take it easy in S. A. as we did. Remember the old say- ing? Haste makes waste. TO THE JUNIORS ... We bequeath our ability to pull the wool over the teachers ' eyes. May the wool stay there all through your senior year, otherwise you will never make the grade. TO THE FACULTY AS A WHOLE . . . Lastly, but not leastly, we leave our dearly adored faculty our ability to take it on the chin and turn the other cheek, hoping that there is an especially nice heaven for the teachers, which will com- pensate them for all the agonies endured through these past four years. Now that we are graduating from these portals, dear teachers, may we forever bless you for getting rid of us as fast as you could. hundred and forty-six. TO THE BOOKKEEPING CLASS OF ' 47 . . . The Bookkeeping class of ' 46 leaves to the new class a bottle of ink iradicator. If used correctly you will be able to get away with as much as we did. Warning: Don ' t get caught using this magic poi- son for better bookkeeping marks. It ' s dangerous ! In witness whereof, we have hereto sub- scribed our names and affix the seal of Smith Academy, this ninth day of June in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine Signed, ROBERT PELC, NELLIE KORZA, VICKY ZAWACKI.

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24 PURPLE AND WHITE ECHO miracle car which is made of rubber and run by remote control. If she hits any- thing by chance it will bounce right back and shake the hit right off. Laurence Stoddard — What is this I hear? It seems that Larry has quite a job maneuvering about in order to get to his girl ' s house to take her out and he just can ' t ask her pop. So in order that he may get around more easily we have here this P-38 pursuit plane so that he can take off when the time comes to shove off. It is pretty tough hiking from West Farms. Shirley Labbee — You ' d never guess what this object I ' m holding in my hand is. It is a miniature microphone, commonly known as a mike. To Shirley Labbee we are giving this because it seems that mikes have a particular attraction for her. Seems she just can ' t stay away from them. Just mention the word Mike to her and you ' ll have to settle down to listen to a thrilling tale featuring a cer- tain Mike from Washington. Pauline Widelo — Who is the gal with the most beautiful eyes in Smith Academy? Why Pauline Widelo, of course. To you, Pauline, we give this mascara so that you can make your eyes even more alluring. With this new enchantment we hope you can capture that certain someone. Jennie Cackowski — We give this wrist watch to Jennie Cackowski so that Jennie can return the one she ' s been wearing constantly to the one and only so that he can have the use of it. For, Jennie, he ' s got to know the time also, if you want him to be punctual on your dates! Bernard Kacinski — We hear that Bernard Kacinski, the hero of our class, has his heart set on a motorcycle and expects to get one soon. As you haven ' t one as yet, Bernie, we give you this one so that you may get into practice. It has a buddy- seat so that you can take moonlight rides. Take it easy on the corners! Nellie and Marie Korza — Because Nellie and Marie are twins we ' ll have to give them something alike. So, twins, we though and thought; then we chose tele- phones for you, but for different pur- poses. We give one to Marie so that she may use it (privately) for those long- distance telephone calls to New Hamp- shire. We hear that twin sister Nellie wants to be a telephone operator, so we give her this one to practice with so that she may be right on the ball when she applies for the job. JOE BLYDA, BARBARA TOBACCO, JENNIE CACKOWSKI.