Smith Academy - Echo Yearbook (Hatfield, MA)

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SMITH ACADEMY 19 a stranger bringing up my daughter. All of you must be simply bored listen- ing to my troubles, so I ' ll close now hoping that you will come down to visit us some- time. Please call or write before you come, for I might be out picking apples or straw- berries and might miss you. Have a good time at the reunion. Your classmate, Peggy. Flatbush Avenue, Hicksticks. Term. Dear Fellow Class Members: I received your kind invitation and was exceedingly overjoyed. Although the via mule mail is rather slow here, I received your special delivery air mail-collected letter in good time — two short months. My school ' s enrollment is rapidly in- creasing from last year ' s three up to a big five! Intellectual desires are rising too. From ancient Slang, to Moderne Slang, a streamlined- ' 57 hog-call, a new moonshine system which even the revenuers can ' t lo- cate, and of course — a revised crossticker course in Bookkeeping. I shall depart for New York City in my Atom Whizzer buggy, and be with you in time for the reunion. Stacia. ANNETTE KEMPISTY JOANNE HOWARD DANIEL FUSEK JOHN FORTSCH Class Will Be it remembered (as if we could be forgotten) that we, the Class of ' 47 of Smith Academy in the Commonwealth of Masscahusetts, being of sound mind and memory, but knowing the uncertainties of this life, do make this our LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT, hereby revoking all former wills by us at any time heretofore made. (Will all the Wills in the house please leave?) After the payment of our just debts and funeral charges — graduation, that is — we bequeath and devise as follows: Gertrude Petrikoski — leaves her now- needless bus tickets to Deerfield to Irene Maciorowski. who seems to have interests there. P.S. Rocket tickets to Hadley are now being sought by Gertie. Daniel Fusek — leaves a half pint bottle of kickapoo juice to Martin Holich, in order to run his jet-propelled motorcycle, while Danny is busy on the planet Venus, filling a mechanic ' s vacancy. Janet Zuchowski — leaves her sister Fran- ces her flirtatious smile and exclusive tech- nique of meeting so-o-o many boys during one Saturday night Square Dance. Stanley Kirejczyk — leaves Carole Howard all his chemistry and French papers, so, that she can spend her evenings with him instead of pondering over books. (We are all sure that Carole will take great advan- tage of this opportunity.) Margaret Vachula — leaves to the next chemistry class a one-hundred-pound bag of sodium chloride — salt to you — in payment for the apparatus that she so mysteriously demolished during experiment periods. (A one-pound box is the usual fee for breaking lab equipment.) Bernice Buckowski — leaves to Charles Labbee all her fatal excuses for being ab- sent, so that Coggy can better them and succeed more often in having his excuses accepted. Leonard Karpinski — Lenny bequeaths to his beloved brother Richard, his position as president of the class, and a most-needed photographer for class pictures to be taken, so there will be no question about where to go. Lucy Szych — leaves to Esther Carter her typing skills and the Royal typewriter lo- cated in Row 1, Seat 3, so Esther can do as well as Lou did on a good typewriter. Joanne Howard — leaves to her friend, Virginia Yarrows, all the fun and excite-

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18 PURPLE AND WHITE ECHO who much against my will insists upon mas- tering the harmonica instead of the harp. The twins, Maggie and Trudy, who are just two years old, I know will be musically inclined just as I am, for already they are humming little tunes. You must come down and visit us some time, for you have never met my husband Mike, have you? My friends all say that only Mike Jr. takes after his father, for he certainly isn ' t a bit interested in music. Please come any time. Your classmate, Lucille. Joanne, you remember Jack Fortsch, that scientific genius who was in our class? If you recall, when we were about juniors in high school he used to experiment with a chemistry set, doing quite a job on his fingers. At least, he told everyone he was only experimenting with his set. But yes- terday I came upon the most interesting article about him. He was one of the men who was on the committee working on the atomb bomb eleven years ago. And his poor, poor family! Jack finally succeeded in making a rocket ship, which incidentally he has named the S. A. So, with the aid of this new ship, he has made numerous trips to the moon and — of all things — has built his new home there! And speaking of a scienti- fic way of thinking, he refers to his children as his five little elements. And the names they have: Arsenic, Atom Manganese, Uranium, Europeum, Chlorine! Wonder where Atom comes in? Janets Hills Janetsville, Hollywood Dear Friends: I ' m so truly, truly sorry, but I ' m afraid it ' ll be quite impossible for me to come to the reunion. It ' s so truly, truly excit- ing, for today is my wedding day! The lucky man is Peter Lorre, my dancing part- ner. Darling Peter insists on adopting the most darling children you ' ve ever seen. I think their names are the Katzinjamer Kids. They ' re such two darling boys. Abso- lute Angels! I suppose you ' ve heard that Beverly Hills has been renamed. They insist on naming them after me, so now It ' s Janets Hills, Janetsville, Hollywood. Bother, bother to have such great fame! I must be closing now, for I ' m truly, truly such a busy little girl. Always, Janet Zuchowski Lorre. 1 will read you this letter from Gertie Petrikoski. I believe that she ' s married now. Oh, yes! Dear Classmates: I am planning to attend the reunion at the Waldorf, June 19th. My daughter Annie and I are modeling for the Hies Model Agency here in Hics- ville. Charlie Jr. is taking over the tobacco ranch in South Deerfield, Massachusetts, while my husband is visiting in the South Seas Islands. I go under the name of Blondie June Glamourette while modeling. I can ' t wait to see you all at the reunion. Sincerely, Gertrude Petrikoski Bohonowicz. River Drive Hadley, Mass. Dear Friends: Only a few lines about our reunion. I hope you ' ll all forgive me for not coming, but I know you ' ll understand. I must stay home and help my hubbie pick asparagus, apples and strawberries. Also, there is sim- ply no one to work in that darn old post office. And why does Junior always have hallucinations when there is so much work to be done? Oh yes, I didn ' t tell you that we have a daughter Roberta, Jr., named after her father. I knew we should have named her after me, for then she might have taken after me in all her ways, in- stead of her father. It would help so much. Of course, I can ' t put all the blame of spoiling our daughter on my husband, for I certainly didn ' t help in bringing her up to be a good little girl. My husband is try- ing to make this up to me now by getting me a nurse, but I simply refuse to have

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20 PURPLE AND WHITE ECHO ment of being popular at the Square Dances with those Burgy Hillbillys. We hope, Vir- ginia, that you will take very good care of them, as Jo did. Annette Kempisty — bequeaths to Ethel Omasta the joy of being called a Blonde Bombshell by everyone; not only at school, but also by those laddies at the Square Dances. Stacia Kostek — leaves to Laura Pelc, a demure, quiet Junior lass, the expectation for the thrills of going on the Washington trip and having a wonderful time. Only one bit of advice, Laura, don ' t decide to not like studying when you come back. Alex Widelo — leaves to his brother Bobby the gun used in Dangerous Ladies, which had trouble going off. We hope that when Bobby uses it, the gun will prove to be more successful. Irene Kraulis — leaves to Nancy Holly all the candy bars, icebergs, apples and all-day suckers she could not eat while at Smith Academy, in the hope that Nancy will finish them. We hope over-eating will not affect Nancy too much. John Fortsch — thankfully gets rid of his most combustile chemistry set, leaving it to anyone who is tired of living. May the recipient rest in peace! Helen Michalowski — graciously donates her cute giggle to Janet Vollinger, so that Janet can cheer up and be as happy as Helen always is. Jennie Maiewski — leaves to Dorothy Skarzynski all the worries and troubles of getting school paper and yearbook material collected on time. We feel sure that Dorothy will carry on as well as Jennie managed. Bernard Sawicki — leaves all the addresses of his fellow stamp collectors all over the woi ' ld to the sophomore girls, so that they need have no fear of running short of pen pals. Principal Jakobek — We of the Senior Class think we ' d like to leave our worthy principal, in appreciation of his endeavors during the past n ; ne months, a new Z-13 speedboat, fully equipped with heater and radio, to insure comfort, so that he can use the Connecticut River as a short cut to S. A., since his Plymouth is on the verge of collapse, and won ' t be able to endure those long trips all the way from Hadley to Hatfield for the next school year. To Mrs. Pruzynski — Since you have been having trouble with your car. Mrs. Pruzy r n- ski, we have for you a super muffler, guar- anteed to last forever. Now the students will not be able to hear you come down the street. Mrs. Muller — To Mrs. Muller we bequeath a special hand-bag radar set, to aid her in locating the future French and Latin A.W.O.L. ' S. Mrs. Day — To Mrs. Day, our Home Eco- nomics teacher, we leave a robot-controlled helicopter to replace her slightly dilapidated limousine. It appears to be undergoing SUCH a heavy strain when filled with S. A. girls that one is forced to look twice at SUCH SUCHNESS. Mrs. O ' Neill— To Mrs. O ' Neill we leave a carton of freshly concocted bubble gum, which is guaranteed to produce extra-large bubbles. Now Mrs. O ' Neill can keep in rhythm with the next Junior ' s Chawing — Blowing Club. The French 3 class leaves Mrs. Muller a hot-off-the-press edition of the hair-sav- ing Frentogenuloskijapolia-English book, in order that she may translate that newly- discovered language used by her French and Latin psycho-cases. Mr. Symancyk — to Mr. Symancyk we leave a more intelligent Problems class, so that when he is talking about J . Edgar Hoover no one will be of the opinion that the subject of the day is Dick Tracy ' s latest escapade. Miss Ryan — to Miss Ryan, our patient home room teacher, we leave a new senior class with the hope that she does not get as many gray hairs from the new class as she did from us. To the Faculty as a whole we leave a life supply of assorted colors of boot polish to patch up those whitened streaks of hair. Is it possible that we innocent ones have has- tened the work of old Mother Nature?