Smith Academy - Echo Yearbook (Hatfield, MA)

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GLADYS SMITH Smitty JAMES SMITH Jimmy This fun-loving girl who hails from Bradstreet, is well- liked by her classmates. Upon entering Smith Academy she took the General Course and was a good student. During her junior year, she was chosen for the annual Prize Speak- ing contest and did a good job. During her senior year she took an active part on the yearbook and school paper staffs and this same year she went with us on the Washington Trip. We know Gladys will succeed in making a good secretary. James, who is our class valedictorian, also comes from Bradstreet. During his four years in high school, he took the Commercial Course. James was elected to the Student Council in his first year and was a member of the F. F. A. in his sophomore year. He made a capable basketball man- ager in his sophomore year. In his senior year Jimmy was elected vice-president of the senior class and president of Pro Merito. He was also a member of the Washington Trip Party. Jimmy will never forget those good old bookkeeping tests. Eugene, a member of the Vocational Course, is very well- liked. Genie took music during his first three years of school, went out for basketball in his first and second years, and served as class president his junior year. In his senior year he served as F. F. A. secretary and also went on the Wash- ington Trip. Genie, a lover of good times, enjoyed school very much! EUGENE STASZKO Genie Esther, who is a member of the General Course, also comes from North Hatfield. Esther loves music and was a member of the glee club during her freshman and junior years. Because of her speaking abilities, she took second prize in the annual Prize Speaking contest in her junior year. That year she also received the Book Club award. She was a member of the school paper staff in her junior year, and of the school paper and yearbook staffs in her senior year. In that same year she took part in the senior play. Certain people will always remember Esther for her quick temper and her love of square dances. ESTHER THAYER Es

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I CONNIE PELIS Ted Connie, who comes from Prospect Street, Hatfield, and took the Vocational Course, was a great sports and agricul- tural enthusiast during his years at Smith Academy. He went out for basketball and soccer all four years and was a member of the Future Farmers of America for his last three years. Connie was also treasurer of the Future Farm- ers of America and of the senior class during his third and fourth years. In his senior year he went with us on the Washington Trip. Connie has been a person that we could always depend on and we wish him the best of luck in every- thing he does. THOMAS PRUCNAL Prutzy Thomas, a considerate and pleasant person, has been very popular at Smith Academy. He was a Thespian, and took pait in the senior play his last two years. Besides being our student council representative his sophomore and senior years, Tom went out for the newspaper his last three years, and the yearbook his senior year. In his junior year he took part in prize speaking and took second prize, and in his senior year he was a member of both the Nature Club and the Thespian Club. He was very active in sports, having gone out for baseball his first year, soccer his last three years, and basketball all four years. He also has an orchestra called the Melody Aces, which he organized while at Smith Academy. A Hat field resident, he has taken the Classical Course. THOMAS ROMANOWSKI Romo Tom, a handsome and very well-liked classmate, resided in Northampton during his freshman year, where he attended Northampton High. Upon moving to Hatfield and entering Smith Academy for his sophomore year, Tom took the Class- ical Course. When a sophomore, he was elected our class president. He has been a sports enthusiast, having gone out for basketball and soccer during all three years, and baseball his sophomore year. In his senior year he was president of the Nature Club and secretary-treasurer of the Letter Club. It has certainly been a pleasure to have Tom in our class. Tess, another resident from Prospect Street in Hatfield, chose to take the Vocational Course during her four years at Smith Academy. Tess, who enjoys music very much joined the glee club when she was a sophomore and continued to be a member for her remaining years at Smith Academy. She also belonged to two clubs during her senior year, the Home Economics Club and the Photography Club. A quiet, well-behaved student, we all wish Tess the very best of luck in the future. TERESA SLUSARS Tess

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This girl comes from Hatfield and took the Classical Course in high school. She was secretary of her class during her freshman, junior, and senior years. During her junior year she was on the yearbook staff and in the annual Prize Speaking contest, where she took third prize. She played basketball for four years and was captain in her senior year. In her senior year she was also on the school paper and year- book staffs. That same year she became a Thespian and took part in the senior play. She also went on the Washington Trip. Theresa will always be remembered for those talking spells, jokes, and all those themes! , THERESA WILKES Terry Betty Brown Giles Kellogg John Kugler Josephine Sysko EX-SENIORS Robert Jablonski Leonard Lizak Irene Slusars John Masloski SENIOR CLASS HISTORY On September 8, 1948, twenty students entered Smith Academy as freshmen. We elected the following officers: George Klocko, president; Mitchie Backiel, vice-president; William Korza, treasurer; and Theresa Wilkes, secretary. We held our first class activity, a dance, on April 29. Peter Adamcik ' s orchestra played for our dancing pleasure — it was a great success. Our sophomore year we were very ath- letic. Our boys composed most of the soc- cer team and were also well represented on the basketball floor. In fact, we took the Freshman-Sophomore game for the sec- ond year running. The officers who led us that year were Thomas Romanowski, presi- dent; Mitchie Backiel, vice-president; Mar- garet Englehardt, treasurer; and Anna Kukucka, secretary. Student council repre- sentative was Thomas Prucnal ; sergeant-at- arms, Leonard- Majeskey. Again we had a successful dance — the Halloween Dance — with a school band rounded up at the last minute to fill in for the orchestra that failed to appear. On September 17, only seventeen members returned to resume their studies as juniors. That year we chose Eugene Staszko as president; William Korza, vice-president; Theresa Wilkes, secretary; Connie Pelis, treasurer; Anna Kukucka and George Klocko, Student Council representatives. We juniors were proud to have nine boys go out for sports and also to have six boys receive parts in the annual senior play.