Smith Academy - Echo Yearbook (Hatfield, MA)

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-■-»• PHYLLIS BACESKI GERALD BARSH LEONA BROWN ROBERT BYRNE RICHARD CECIIVALA PHYLLIS CYBULSKI S DAVID HAVLIR V JEAN KLOCKO STEPHANIE MAJESKI EDWARD MERRIAM HELEN PITCHKO FRANCES PORADA v N Joan and jane ROMANOWSKI CHARLES SADOSKI r v m .A ' ' .£ LORRAINE WOLOSS 4 m PATRICIA ZAGRODNIK PATRICK ZGRODNIK

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I PATRICK ZGRODNIK Nush Northampton, Vocational Course: F. F. A. Treasurer 3; F. F. A. Vice-President 4; Prize Speaking 3; Yearbook 4; Soccer 1, 4; Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4; Baseball 3, 4; Washing- ton Trip 4. The class joker — Active participator at class meetings — Gets under Lefty ' s skin — The boy with the hearty laugh — Very blunt — Friendly disposition — Stockbridge bound — Gee, can that Chevie go! — Destined to be a suc- cessful provider. They 11 Never Forget PHYLLIS BACESKI I ' m hungry, I ' m hungry, Let ' s eat! RONALD BARRETT Getting stuck in Hadley with his Plymouth GERALD BARSH Sleeping on the front lawn LEONA BROWN Being late and leaving things behind ROBERT BYRNE Breaking Miss Ryan ' s favorite chair RICHARD CECHVALA Sweating out College Board Exams PHYLLIS CYBULSKI The class picnic ETHEL DUGA The cars from every town WALLY GALLANT Texas Dry Humor DAVID HAVLIR Being a CAREER man JEAN KLOCKO Holding the door on Mr. Jakobek STEPHANIE MAJESKI Boing chosen D.A.R. girl ED MERRIAM His nickname Common Ed HELEN PITCHKO The Prom (1954) FRANCES PORADA Cheering for the Legionnaires MIKE RAFFA Going on dates with the big red truck JANE JOAN ROMANOWSKI Playing the same role in the Senior play CHARLES SADOSKI Those orange pants LORRAINE WOLOSS That Strawberry Sundae PATSY ZAGRODNIK Driving her boy-friend ' s Chewy PAT ZGRODNIK Getting on Lefty ' s nerves

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ss History On June 17, 1955, twenty-two students in dark blue caps and gowns will be gath- ered in the Hatfield Memorial Town Hall for the final event of their high school career — that of receiving their diplomas. The cap and diploma, which the graduates mer- ited as a reward for their hard work and avid participation in both learning and school activities, had also served as guideposts from our Freshman to our Senior year in that they stimulated our anticipation, eagerness, ambition, and most of all, pride, in what was available to us and all that we could accomplish to attain our goals. When we twenty-five uncertain students, seen but not heard, timidly entered Smith Academy in September, 1951, the cap and diploma were only visions in our minds — visions which were four long years of toil and excitement ahead of us. How were we to know that four years would flee rapidly and it would be time to leave — each one in his own direction? Nothing can be as memorable as, perhaps, that first trying day in the strange building, when one of us green-looking students was a lone newcomer, broken away from his group by the healthy upperclassmen and left stand- ing helplessly in the empty corridors. Many of us will tell how often we met the veterans gazing on us as we chose a seat in the far-away corner of the study hall, or how often we had to be reminded of the dozen or so rules and regulations broken within a few minutes. The end of the first week found us not only well acquainted with the building and teachers, but also with the Juniors, who were preparing to for- mally accept us into Smith Academy on Initiation Night. All of us passed our grue- some test and were at once tabbed as The Freshmen of S. A. This was the go- ahead signal to begin our activities as the Class of ' 55. Chosen to lead the class as a result of our first class meeting were: president, Michael Raffa; vice-president, Phyllis Baceski; secretary, Jean Klocko; treasurer, Stephanie Majeski; Student Coun- cil representative, Charles Sadoski; and class advisor, the ever ready, always willing George C. Feiker. Under this group, we freshmen conducted a very successful post-Lenten Spring Dance. What a gala evening of dancing under the numerous pastel streamers radiat- ing from the flower-entwined May Pole; what a heart-warming feeling to see the name Freshmen written in paper carnations. The music for dancing was by the Melody Aces. Before we realized, June rolled around and we had to bid farewell to a fine group of seniors. We left the Freshman Year with one lesson in mind: Cooperation is an invaluable help in success. September, 1952, found twenty-five confident sophomores return to Smith Acad- emy. The cap and diploma still remained a challenge to us, who were finding our- selves a little more bold than the pi ' evious year, and a bit more experienced in the complicated and hurried procedures of high school. To lead our class in activities the following officers were chosen: president, Michael Raffa; vice-president, Joan Roma- nowski; secretary, Robert Byrne; treasurer, Stephanie Majeski; Student Council rep- resentative, Charles Sadoski. Before very long, we found ourselves making plans for cur second activity, the Sophomore Hobo Dance. Filled with the usual autumn scenery of bright orange pumpkins, dried cornstalks, and colored leaves, the dance hall was offset by a ludicrously dressed hobo in the center of the floor. The affair was completed by the Melody Aces, and refreshments which included cider and donuts. This year, more than the previous year, our eager, ambitious class found ourselves as a small cog in the wheel of activities, including all sports, the glee club, and school publications. Because one of our favorite mottoes was Washington or Bust, we sponsored another school dance in May of ' 53; the theme Big Top was carried out in colorful streamers depicting a circus tent; the music was again furnished by the Melody Aces. When June came again, and it was thus time to say farewell to our sister class which had advised us in our troublesome exploits, we all felt that we had learned one of the most important lessons in our high school career: Eager participa- tion in class and school activities lead to a more enjoyable year. Returning in September, 1953, as juniors, twenty-six of us re-entered the halls of Smith Academy, but this time distinguished as upperclassmen. What had passed in our first two years seemed to us, at that time, very exciting and adventuresome, but how were we to guess that our last two years would be twice as hurried, business-like, and enjoyable? The cap and diploma were now plainly visible a t a distance of two years away. Two years had brought them much closer to reality. This year found the following officers installed: president, Charles Sadoski; vice-president, Ronald Bar- rett; secretary, Lorraine Woloss; treasurer, Stephanie Majeski; Student Council rep- resentatives, Patricia Zagrodnik and Richard Cechvala. Much to our excitement, we