Smith Academy - Echo Yearbook (Hatfield, MA)

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AGRICULTURE AGRICULTURAL HIGHLIGHTS In September, ten boys came into our Agricultural Department. The students were W. Korza, H. Lizak, C. Pelis, S. Cybul- ski, E. Staszko, E. LaRocque, W. Gallant, J. Zehelski, E. Dugal, T. Widelo. The F. F. A. officers chosen were as follows: William Korza, president; Harold Lizak, vice-president; Eugene Staszko, secretary; Connie Pelis, treasurer; and Euclid LaRoc- que, reporter. Our first contest was egg judging at the Eastern States Exposition, with Stan Cybulski, Harry Lizak and Bill Korza representing our school. Stan came in first and Harry second; Bill finished fourth. Stan and Harry represented Massa- chusetts in Harrisburg, Penn., at the NEPPCCO egg judging contest. Mr. Feiker accompanied the boys to Pennsylvania, where the team finished thii ' d out of four- teen state teams. In November, we entered teams to judge poultry and vegetables. Stanley Cybulski finished first; Euclid LaRocque, thirtieth; and Connie Pelis, thirty-first. The team finished fourth in a field of nineteen teams. The vegetable team finished fifth; in individ- ual judging Mike Fox was tenth; Jim Zehelski, thirteenth; and Tom Widelo, eighteenth. Thirteen teams were entered in the vegetable judging contest. In March, E. LaRocque entered the district public speaking contest that was held at Agawam High School, and finished second. April 7, we entered our exhibit at the University of Massachusetts, and we finished neither first nor last; but our exhibit was chosen to go to Kansas City in October, as the state en- try. Our last project was tree spraying.

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CHORAL GROUP CHORAL GROUP At the beginning of the school year, twenty-nine students reported for music and elected the following officers: president, Judy Ryan; vice-president, Pauline Sadow- ski; and secretary-treasurer, Euclid LaRoc- que. On the music committee, which was in charge of distributing music books and sheets, were Ann Parmeter, Peggy Start, and Euclid LaRocque. In charge of publi- city was Bob Kowalski. The choral group held regular practice sessions with Miss Maude E. Boyle as their director. As part of their project during the year, the club provided the music be- tween the acts of the Senior Play and on Prize Speaking night. They also took part in the annual Music Festival which was held in Athol this year.

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PRIZE SPEAKING ANNUAL PRIZE SPEAKING The Long, Long Trailer La Grande Breteche Fifteen Seconds to Live The Town That Changed Its Mind The Communist Problem My Son ' s Story Abby, Her Farm The Debate Surgery in a Submarine An Imperial Secret Fred Belden John Brassord Stanley Cybulski Edwin Smith Carl Wendoloski Jane Dugal Annie Foster Arlene Pelc Judith Ryan Jeanette Zalenski ALTERNATES They Were the Bravest Mr. Kaplan and Vocabulary Nature ' s Undertakers The Best Investment I Ever Made Let Me Feel Your Pulse After Twenty Years Richard Woloss Walter Piekunka Edward Merski Constance Start Sylvia Raffa Pauline Sadowski