Smith Academy - Echo Yearbook (Hatfield, MA)

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12 PURPLE AND WHITE ECHO FRANCES ZUCHOWSKI Prim Frances Zuchowski, a brown-eyed girl, comes from Hatfield. She was a commercial student and belonged to the chorus and girls ' glee club for four years. Her third year was a big year — she took part in the Annual Prize Speaking Contest and she also had the horior of being named Queen of the Prom. Prim will never forget a certain Bob from Vermont whom she met on her trip to Washington, nor will she forget the goodbye. Will you, Prim ? Ex-Seniors ANN CMELESKI ROBERT CUTTER CLEMENTINE GALENSKI CHARLES LABBEE RICHARD LABBEE ROBERT LABBEE DOROTHY LIBERACKI FRANK MASLOSKI JANET MATUSIEWICZ LUCY NOVAK CARL PELC JOSEPH PORADA ARTHUR PROULX CAROL RAFFA EDWARD SZEWCZYK HELEN SZEWCZYK JOHN TOCZKO

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SMITH ACADEMY 11 ETHEL OSMASTA Phil This girl comes from North Hatfield and is a popular student at Smith Academy. While in S. A. she has taken part in many activities which has helped her achieve this popularity. She became the class treasurer in her junior year. As a typist on the school paper and yearbook she did very well. In her junior year she became one of our speedy forwards on the girls ' basketball team. She was a very peppy cheerleader in her junior and senior years. Ethel is very fond of sports, especially basketball. She has a weakness for dancing — especially square dancing. This is one girl who understands what fun is ! Just ask her about the Washington trip and those phone calls from all those handsome fellows she met! LAURA PELC Gus Laura comes from Hatfield and is also one of the quiet girls in Smith Academy. She has taken the commercial course throughout her four years. She became one of our best cheerleaders in her junior and senior years. Most of her attractiveness is her beautiful hair. It really catches one ' s eye. Laura will never forget the wonderful time she spent in Washington and the late hours she spent with the girls in Room 211. Nor will she ever forget those sailors who tried to date her at Glen Echo Park in Washington. DOROTHY SKARZYNSKI Tweetie Dorothy Skarzynski, who is our first honor student, also comes from Hatfield. Louring her four years in high school, she took the classical course. In this time she was very active in extra-curricular work. In her freshman year she was elected vice- president of our class. During her sophomore year she was elected president of our class and treasurer of the Student Council and also class reporter for the school paper. While a junior, she became a member of the Pro Merito and again did much out- standing work on the school paper and yearbook. Dotty was also one of the girls chosen to speak in the Annual Prize Speaking Contest. Because of her studious ambitions in her senior year she continued as a member of the Pro Merito, and became co-editor on the school paper, a business manager on our yearbook staff, and the D. A. R. student. When April came, she also went on the Washington trip. If you want her to smile, just mention Henry and she will show you what attracted her to his eyes. BERNARD WENDOLOWSKI Corner Bernard Wendolowski, who comes from Hatfield, has, like all of us, been interested in both the glee club and chorus during his four years in S. A. Bernie is also very interested in sports and was on the soccer and basketball teams during his sophomore, junior, and senior years. A mem- ber of the vocational course, Bernie was a speaker for the Future Farmers of America in West Springfield when he was a junior. In his senior year, he was elected vice-president of the Smith Academy Chapter of the F. F. A. Bernie is seen a great deal in Bradstreet. Could it be Charlotte who attracts him there ?

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SMITH ACADEMY 13 CLASS DAY Class History Friends and Classmates: We shall never forget our years here at Smith Academy. Our first day in high school, initiation, prize speaking, sports, D. R ' s, exams, and the Washington trip. Memories of these events always bring a smile to our faces, and to our lips the words, I wish that I were back in S. A. ! As a group, twenty-five strong, we entered S. A. in 1944. We weren ' t an unusual class; we didn ' t know where we were going the first few days; but with the assistance of our upper classmates we managed to find our places in Smith Academy. Mr. Bart and Mrs. Muller were appointed our faculty advisors. We elected class officers: president, Doro- thy Skarzynski; vice-president, Richard Labbee; secretary, Carl Raff a; treasurer, John Toczko. Carl Majesky was our first representative to the Student Council. Students who made the first honor roll were Dorothy Skarzynski, Evelyn Kacinski, and Helen Szewczyk. On the second honor roll were Jeanette Niewinski, Carl Majeskey, and Francis Dugal. In 1945, twenty-three of us returned to complete our sophomor year. Dorothy Skarzynski was elect- ed president again; Laura Pelc, vice-president; Jeanette Niewinski, secretary; and Dorothy Lib- eracki, treasurer. Mr. Larkin and Miss Connelly as- sisted us through our sophomore year. Dorothy Skarzynski was chosen our representative to the Student Council. The Halloween party which we gave on October 26 was a great success and our only social venture as a class. Our junior year proved to be our busiest year. We now had only twenty-one students. Again offi- cers were elected: Charles Labbee, president; John Foster, vice-president; Ethel Omasta, treasurer; and Jeanette Niewinski, secretary. Ted Besko and Frank Kochan were our Student Council representatives. We also added a new member to our class, Esther Carter, who came to us from Chicopee, Massachu- setts, and Round Pond, Maine. Mrs. O ' Neill was our class advisor. Our first activity was the fresh- man reception. This, we enjoyed very much; be- cause the freshmen were cooperative, everyone had a wonderful time. When nineteen of us came back in September, 1947, as seniors, we embarked upon the happiest of the four years. Our elected officers were: presi- dent, Richard Jandzinski; vice-president, Carl Ma- jeskey; secretary, Esther Carter; and treasurer, Hel- en Szewczyk, who was later succeeded by Francis Dugal. Mrs. O ' Neill acted as our class advisor. Carl Majeskey, Dorothy Skarzynski, and Jeanette Niewinski were elected to the Student Council; and John Foster, Ted Besko, Bernard Wendolow- ski, and Frank Kochan participated in various sports throughout the year. Besides sponsoring a successful square dance as a means of raising money, some of us participated in presenting the senior class play. Helen Szewczyk, Esther Carter, John Foster, and Jeanette Niewinski represented the class in the cast of A Date With Judy, ' ' while Richard Karpinski and Carl Majeskey were able stage crew members. The happiest event of the entire year, besides graduation, was our trip to Washington and New York. Those of us who went all had a wonderful time and wish we could be seniors for another year. But, June is here and it is time for us to say au revoir to dear old Smith Academy.