Bellows Free Academy - Alpha Omega Yearbook (St Albans, VT)

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B. F. A. Mercury 9 r l Class Prophec' By Susan Benoit and Reid Mayo The story you are about to hear is true. Only the facts are fictitious. It was Iune 13. My partner Sine F oot Benoit and I were working the third watch out of the robbery division. At approximately 3:15 p.1n. we received an urgent call from the principal of Bellows Free Academy, George E. Sweet. He reported that two folders were missing from the office files. At once we sensed that this would be a hard case to crack. Upon further investigation we discovered that the missing folders were numbers 1975 and 1976, and it contained vital information on members of the class of 1955. All night long we questioned the office help. Sylvia Hebert, Mr. Sweet's secretary, told us that she saw a suspicious looking character loitering around the building all day. i : Fingerprint men and photographers under the able direction of Rodney Preston and Clark Hubbard made their investigation. Their reports along with the description of the suspects pro- vided by the secretary, was sent along to head- quarters for further investigation. We released all of the office help as we had no conclusive evidence to hold them on, but we kept a tail on the most suspicious acting, Kathryn Gross and Betty Raymo. A 24 hour surveillance was kept on the build- ing, and our two best and speediest men Pool Cuev Pierce and Chalkdustv Steinhour were assigned to the case. On June 14, we began questioning the mer- chants along the thoroughfare. John Bushey, Ir., a local sporting goods dealer, told us a suspicious acting stranger had bought a gun on the twelfth. The case seemed to be getting somewhere. When asked whether male or female, Mr. Bushey couldnit remember. We immediately got locals and APB's out on the suspect. 12:36 a.m.- Sine Foot and I returned to the City Hall. On the way up to the lab, we stopped in at the office of the head janitor, Har- vey S. Shnoper. Mr. Shnoper is one of our con- tacts with the underworld. We asked him if he could throw some light, on the case, but he declined to comment for reasons of personal safety. As we arrived at the door of the lab we were met by our head pathologist, Johnson Coon. He had the report on the fingerprints taken at the scene of the crime. We now took this report down to the file room to check the fingerprints. We found that the suspect had no previous record. 1:24 a.m.-Discouraged, we returned to our office. We finished our paper work and we were about to leave when the phone rang. It was the ticket agent at the railroad station, Dave Bell. He had heard our announcement over the radio, and he wanted to report that he had just sold a ticket to a stranger who was headed for Azuza, which is near Cuckamonga. We rushed down to the station and boarded the Central Vermont Super Chief. After boarding the train we noticed the conductor, Norman Trombley, checking on a recent innovation, Salami Sal and her Six Sand- wich Slingcrs. Salami Sal was Pat Rooney and her assistant Salami Slinger was Margie Mc- F eeters. 2:11 a.m.-A two-hour wait in New York City gave us enough time to see the bright lights of Broadway. Judy Daley was opening that night in the greatest show ever to hit Broadway . . . . . . Babes and Mollsf, Our last stop was at Cisseero,s.,' Appearing with top billing were Sylvia Greene, Bob Lemnah, Bill Chambers, Carol Catlin, Bob Norton and friends, profes-

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8 B. F. A. Mercury Cla ss Will WE, the Class of 1955, of the City of St. Albans, in the County of Franklin, and the State of Vermont, being of sound mind and memory do make, publish and declare this our last Will and Testament in manner following, that is to say: F IRSTLY, we leave to each and every under- classman a handkerchief to absorb the tears that he will doubtless shed at the thought of the loss of our outstanding leadership and ability. SECONDLY, we bequeath our Well-known virtues-Faith, Hope and Charity. Faith, to the juniors, that with perseverance they many assume the responsibilities of seniors. Hope, to the Sophomores, that they may someday attain the exalted position We are leaving. Charity, to the Freshmen, that they may pay their student council dues. THIRDLY, we leave to the faculty including Mr. Sunderland, our new Dick Tracyf, Detective set with foreign dictionary so that they may have an easier time tracking down culprits. FOURTHLY, certain individuals in our class leave to certain specific undergraduates the following: Item I--Peter Bostwick wills his skill in playing basketball to Bob White to distribute as he sees fit. Item II-Johnson Coon leaves to his brother, Stuart, each little argument he has with Mr. Comi. Item III-Nancy Ouellet wills her ability to get along with Mr. Wood to Rene Rocheleau and Butch Hebert. Item IV-Eulia Soule leaves her Bud to all the little flowers at B. F. A. Item V-Susan Benoit leaves her pleasing personality and her ability to get along with others to Peggy Porter. Item VI--Joyce Kendrick wills her ability to dance to Marion Rich. Item VII-Ierry Coad would like to will the name Nose,' to Robert jones. Item VIII -- Harold Berger leaves Bob LaCross his set of slightly used road maps so hc won't get lost in foreign places. Item IX-Janice Fitzgerald wills her shortness to Dave Reirdon. Item X-Vic Jacques and james LaPan leave their chairs in Mr. Sunderlandis office to anyone who is foolish enough to take them. Item XI-Marion Bessette wills her hair curlers to Sandra Rath. Item XII-Joy Casavant canit afford to leave anything, she needs it all. Item XIII--Sylvia Greene wills her long hair to Irene Fontaine in case the style should change. Item XI V-Carol Catlin leaves her walk that attracts so much attention to Marion Preston. Item XV-Morton King, John Tatro and Howard Ward leave Mr. Comi. Item XVI--Jeannette Benoit leaves some of her shyness to Jean Buker. Item XVII-Frances Morton wills her disgusted looks to anyone who needs them. Item XVIII-Harvey Shnoper leaves, his athletic ability to Dick Ready. Item XIX-Norman Powers leaves his bicycle to Richard Lampman, Norm has a Car now! LASTLY, We hereby appoint the teachers of Bellows Free Academy executors of this our last Will and Testament: hereby revoking all former wills by us made. IN WITNESS WHEREAS, we have hereunto subscribed our name this 15th clay of june in the year Nineteen Hundred and Fifty-Five. -THE CLASS OF 1955 W itnessed by: MR. -R. U. NUTS, residing at U-No-Where, Colorado MRS. O. U. KIDD, residing on Gay Nineties Terrace MR. U. R. HAPPY, residing at Rainbow End

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10 B. F. A. Mercury sionally known as The Tuxedo Sixty-Two Plus Fourf, June 21, 5:00 a.m.-We arrived in Azuza which is next to Cuckamonga. My sharp eye caught a sleeky looking character in a trench coat leaving the platform. The suspect got into a cab. We took the next cab that came along. We told the driver, Ronald Lehmann, to follow. The car in front of us came to a halt near the docks on River Street. Our suspect entered a dark secluded place. We followed right behind him. VVe knew the code. We knocked three times and whispered low that we were sent by Joe. We struck a match and knew that we were in Hernandois Hideway. O-Lay!! We were now in the undergroundis secret hiding place. YOU know the place, silhouettes, castenets, a glass of wine and a fast embrace. We spotted our suspect in the corner. He was having a tete-a-tete with another person. The smoke was so thick we could not see their faces. The manager came out of his office and called in the two men. Through the smoke I could distinguish the manager as being, Ross Ferland. The waitress, who said her name was Jeannine Ott, served us our buttermilk. We could not think of any possible connection be- tween the manager and the unknown suspects. A few minutes later the door of the office opened and out came the two that we were following. They left through a side door and we quickly followed. 6:20 a.m.-We now decided to apprehend the suspects as we were accomplishing nothing by following them. When we approached them they made a mn for it. The chase was on ! We called for help and two of our musclemen, Jerry Shepard and Wayne Young, came to the rescue with other policemen in the vicinity. 6:22 a.m.-I thought I saw one of the fugi- tives and I stopped to question him. This proved to be mighty embarrassing for it was the First Lady of Azuza, Mayor Gabrielle Montague, out for an early morning stroll. Those boy hair cuts always fool me. The chase led to the Waterfront Ticket Office and to an ocean liner just getting ready to shove off. My partner and I barely made it on board. We were lucky enough to acquire a cabin on the main deck. From our vantage point we could see all the activity on ship. Search as long as we did we still couldnit find our suspect on board. Since we were stuck on ship we decided to enjoy ourselves. June 22--The first night out we dined with the captain, Robert Hojaboom. The evening was uneventful. Two days passed! We still hadn't seen any signs of our suspect. Two weeks passed! We asked the captain to have the ship searched from stem to stern and in the middle, too. Sept. 28-Two months passed! We began to think our suspects were not aboard. Out on the briny, with the moon big and shiny: then it struck us . . . We were on a Slow Boat to Chinaf, Oct. 12-Two weeks passed! The whole ship wa sstruck with a violent case of food poisoning. We called in the head cook, Frank Houle, along with his able assistants, James LaPan and How- ard Ward. After being thoroughly interrogated, we released them. We came to the conclusion there wasnit any connection between our case and this episode. Two days later we docked in Hong Kong at 1:00 p.m. After checking with chief customs inspector, Robert Wood, we decided to inspect a few of the better establishments for clues. Our first stop was at Hewitts and Jewetts Greasy Spoon. We talked with the owners Judy Hewitt and Martha Jewett, and the waitresses Joyce Ken- drick and Jolly Jean MacArthur. None of them could remember seeing the suspects in the res- taurant. 2:00 p.m--VVe headed for the business dis- trict. Our first stop was at the Central Asia Trading Post run by Armand Perrault who had had previous experience at this work. As he was unable to tell us anything, we moved on down the streets, Where we passed many well-known establishments such as LaPlant and Lagrowis Plant Shopi' and Little's Big Bargain Shopf and Powers Muscle Building Establishmenti' run by Norman Powers. But we were unable to get leads at any of these places. The main attraction in town that evening was a basketball game featuring the great U. S. OLYMPIC TEAM, the Globe Crawlersf, The captain, Marion Bessette,, led her squad com- posed of Janet Bugbee, Eulia Soule, Betty White, Barbara Paquette and Sheila Peters. Selling peanuts in the peanut gallery were Janice Fitz- gerald and Betty Ladue. We attended the game L !