Smith Academy - Echo Yearbook (Hatfield, MA)

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Senior Class Advisor George Klocko and Leonard Majeskey spoke on Americanism as Opposed to Commu- nism in an assembly held in observance of Good Government Day. This year also was the year for the annual prize speaking con- test. Ten of us spoke on the eighth of May in the Town Hall. Anna Kukucka and Euclid LaRocque won first prize; Esther Thayer and Thomas Prucnal, second; Har- old Lizak and Theresa Wilkes, third; George Klocko, Gladys Smith, Mitchie Backiel, and Margaret Englehardt all re- ceived fourth. In the spring of that year we took over the square dance concession, in hopes of making enough money for de- fraying Washington trip expenses. During our senior year, we had several money making activities. The proceeds of the play, Seventeenth Summer, presented by the Thespians, went toward our Wash- ington trip fund. We still operated the square dance concession and basketball con- cession. These concessions made work for very many people — as we had to have sand- wich makers, coffee makers and vendors. Also we put on several assembly pro- grams as projects of the Problems of De- mocracy class. One of these was the Voice of America program, featuring broadcasts and an auction to raise money for the Voice of Freedom Campaign. The second was a Good Government Day program. The speak- ers explained the purpose of Good Govern- ment Day; students cast ballots; and George Klocko was elected to go to the State House to represent Smith Academy. Last- ly, we put on a Sportsmanship program in connection with the basketball tournament in which we participated. This program also explained the Babe Ruth Sportsman- ship Award which is given each year. On April 21, 1952, thirteen seniors left for the ever-exciting week in Washington, D. C, and New York City. That is a trip which they will never forget and will al- ways appreciate, because they had to earn money for the expenses themselves.

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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.

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