Smith Academy - Echo Yearbook (Hatfield, MA)

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SMITH ACADEMY 15 Janet Zuchowski, our class model To Hollywood will certainly toddle. She ' ll miss Corky and the South Deerfield gang at the dances, But from those charming actors will get more glances. In S. A. with a needle she sewed many a dress, And to class she ' d go, the teacher she would try to impress. Our tall and handsome senior lad, Leaving S. A. he is so very sad. When you hear laughter, you know he ' s around, It ' s Alex Widelo in the typing room to be found. In problems he always did his best, And worst of all were those English tests. As public speaker and as butler in the play, His work will be remembered for many a day. Who ' s the girl that thinks Hadley is tops, When Bob is mentioned her heart just stops. Why it ' s Peggy Vachula, our class treasurer, Who takes her work at S. A. with great pleasure. As manager of the basketball team she kept her books straight, In English class, Peggy liked to debate. She was one of the Dangerous Ladies in the play, All in all, she has been a busy girl, we ' d say. This blonde third honor student of our class, On the basketball floor, he sure was fast. When he ' s alone he looks rather quiet, With a gang he ' s quite a riot. As President of our Junior class he did his stuff, It ' s Stanley Kirejczyk — have we said enough! Our glamorous shorty, and peppiest classmate, To bookkeeping always trotted in late. Polish dances, here and there, are her greatest joy, At White Eagle you ' ll find her flirting with that drumming boy. As a public speaker she has done very well, It ' s Irene Kraulis whose giggle from afar one can always tell. HELEN MICHALOWSKI STACIA KOSTEK LUCY SZYCH

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14 PURPLE AND WHITE ECHO Gertrude Petrikoskj, who has beautiful blonde hair, In the future plans to be a millionaire. She ' s always seen in a blue sedan car, With Charlie, she ' s recognized from afar. In typing and bookkeeping she had great skill The Washington trip she thought was a thrill. Jennie Maiewski, our Elm Street lass, Rated A ' s in every class, Our valedictorian she did become, But at Mt. Park with Nuka she has fun. As editor of the school paper she did her part. She and Janet are never seen apart. Danny Fusek, the tallest of all of us, Is never seen riding a bus. For his motorcycle will take him afar, But to see that certain girl he takes his car. As a public speaker he talked with great ease, And between classes, the girls he found time to tease. Lucy Szych. the dark-haired girl of our class, Has quite an interest in Hadley, Mass. On Monday morning she complains of a headache. Was it Mike that kept her out Sunday night so late? She likes to type and did her shorthand well, On the basketball team and in the play she did excel This Valley Street girl, known to us as Benny, Is usually seen with her friend Rennie. From across the river she came full of joy, Leaving Hadley, she said, Boy! Oh, Boy! In prize speaking and the play, well did she do her part. from S. A. Bernice Buchowski hates to depart. Joanne Howard, so sweet and petite is she. In Burgy is where she ' d like to be. English is a subject she studied so hard, But she always found time to write Roger a card. As Myra in the play she made a hit, As editor-in-chief she did quite a bit. She ' s seen at the square dance every Saturday night To Corky ' s music she dances with delight. Annette Kempisty, who hails from N. Main Street Thinks a certain Freddie is quite sweet. Basketball and science to her were really thrilling, Chemistry and problems are what she calls killing. As a Thespian and prize speaker she did very well Coming back from Washington, she had much to tell.

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16 PURPLE AND WHITE ECHO Class Prophecy Dear Classmates: The other day, while passing through Shutesbury, I noticed Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Kirejczyk walking along the Bentley Park- way. They look like the typical American family, children and all. He is employed by the Jay Engineering Co., mining Stupium, which you know propels the new cars which not only go backwards and forward, but also sideways. Stanley is getting slight- ly grey-haired, and the reason is that family life is getting the best of him. Stanley also believes that the housing shortage is still acute, for he has to spend so much time in the DOGHOUSE! Last week I met one of my former school- mates, Annette Kempisty. We all know that Annette has always had a keen interest in dancing. She is now employed by the Higby Huxley Dancing School of New York. We have heard that she is going to be the bride of Mr. Huxley. They expect to go on a world tour after their marriage and especially to visit some of the Parisian dance halls to pick up a few tips. They are going to make the trip in a new FORTO-MILE-EATER rocket Ship. An- nette says that she likes to manipulate the rocket ship, for t here are no telephone poles or trees to be moving in the skyways. Leonard Karpinski is the only member of our class who is a politician. Our distin- guished classmate is the governor of Ken- tucky. He received some valuable experi- ence for this work while he was a student in Smith Academy, for he was always one of the administrators of our class, but he finds it very hard dealing with the back- woodsmen of Kentucky because the only law that they know is, Do what we want or you ' ll get slugged. He has the whole state militia as his body guards, for he is trying to educate and reform the ignorant backwoodsmen. He has been elected for a three-year term, and after that period he is sure that he will be run out of the state, if not the country, because of the reaction to his manner of conducting his reforms. We all wish Leonard the best of luck and we are sure that he will need it. You have all undoubtedly seen The Mod- erne Fashion Shop on Fifth Avenue. The lucky owner and proprietor is Miss Jennie Maiewski. Jennie is using all the skill and knowledge that she attained at Smith Acad- emy, in operating her business so success- fully. She has ten fashion designers work- ing for her, and her business is steadily improving. One of the reasons that her business is such a success is that fashions change weekly instead of yearly, as they did in ' 47. Miss Maiewski is living the life of a queen, for she owns a large new home in Long Island. Her new home is made of the new Fortsch-perfected plastic that changes from clear in the day time to dark brown in the evening. By the way, last week I was in New York when a peculiar thing happened. As I was standing on the platform, the New York Bus pulled up with a jerk. I boarded the bus, glanced at the driver, and to my surprise, who was driving it but Rene Kraulis! Still, with these new Fusek Model Busses featuring the Scotch Gear Shift which makes the car shiftless, ANYONE can drive. As the bus became more crowded, her sweet feminine voice came floating down the aisle, Corner of Toid and Toidy- toid, all joiks out! Saying good-by to Irene Kraulis. I got off at the next stop, which was Jo Howard Field. As I entered the ticket office and administration building of the Howard Fly- ing Service, the first thing I noticed was a large sign which read, Howard Flying Service, Joanne Howard, Manager. When I saw the name Joanne Howard. I wondered whether this was the same Howard that had graduated from S. A. in 1947. Curi- osity got the better of me, so I knocked on the large, oak door of the office. Present- ly I heard a familiar voice say. Come in. Sure enough, it was Joanne Howard. Miss Howard started out in ' 47 as a stewardess