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

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1:2 B. F. A. Mercury had the receptionist, Nancy Ouellet, call the lieadquarters of the New York police for help. 'We knew that we were dealing with desperate crimnals and we could not atlord to take chances. 8:30 p.m.-Lt. Gaylord Boucher arrived with his riot squadv and they threw a dragnet around the area. 8:45 p.m.-Head ushers at the studio, W'illiam Crocker and Robert Bombardier, quiet- ly asked the people sitting around the suspects to move. We were taking every precaution for the personal safety of everyone involved. 9:00 p.m.-Now that the area around the suspects was cleared, we had the television broadcast stopped just as Stanley Lareau was making his debut in the most dramatic sensation of the season- Shake, Rattle and Rollv. Our suspects quickly caught on to what we were doing and tried to make a break for it. They were quickly apprehended, with not too much trouble. 9:45 p.m.-Our suspects were booked at headquarters on suspicion of robbery. Their prints were taken, and were sent down-stairs to the iile room to be checked by Roddy Vallee, the expert in this field. 10:45 After an hour of in- terrogation the suspects still had not confessed to having taken the file. 11:15 They broke, They confessed to having taken the folders. But they still would not tell us why. 11:30 Madeline .,. .Afi- jones, Mr. Valleeis secretary, brought in his re- port on the suspects. They had been identified as ..... Pat Kalahari and Averill Moore. Now the big question was, WHY? Why had they taken the files from the office of their Alma Mater? Finally they broke down and told us that they had applied for a job at the Mayhew Sanitorium for the Mentally lncurable. Miss Nlayhew wanted only employees of the highest mentality, and she had told them she would have to examine their high school marks before she could hire them. Not wanting Miss Mayhew to see their terrible marks, Miss Kalahari and Miss Moore had stolen them. Then when Miss May- hew sent for their marks there wouldnit be any tell-tale marks against them. That way they had a better chance of getting the positions at the sanitorium. They were put under guard of policewoman janet Messier, until the time of the trial. Now the results af the private hearing held in the Police Chiefis office: Since it was their first oitense, the judge dismissed the two with a mild reprimand. And thus ended the case of the missing files. This has been a Hiram Bellows production. The Director was George Wood, jr. The part of the judge was played by E. Sunderland. 'J 21'!f!.'!'f:'- 'a',f'f' Aw ' 1 .3 X -f?',Q Q Q '-3 'fhvsi A E ug -f 'N ,f tff .2504 'T 'i :X . 3 V H EX . X f l Q Qmci ,aj 4 4, : 'oi f i:Mi::.-, L . mmm-, .... , 4 ff . 'A -. 5. ,- R

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B. F. A. Mercury 11 hoping to locate our suspects. But our efforts were in vain. 10:00 p.m.-Seeing as we were getting no- where fast my partner and I decided to go back to Azuza, which is near Cuckamonga. 10:30 p.m.-We boarded our DC3 and were greeted by our hostess, Lorraine Pasman. The pilot and co-pilot, Robert Austin and Stanley Cameron assured us we would have a smooth trip. They did not foresee motor trouble and we were forced down in Hawaii. The official greet- er, Francesca Mortona and her swaying girls gave us a royal welcome. Within the hour our plane was in working condition. The job had required the expert knowledge of the Air Force mechanics john Tatro, Marcel Richards, and George Brown. 7 10:00 a.m.--We landed at Azuza Airdrome, which is near Cuckamonga. 10:30 a.m.-We checked in at headquarters. Chief Inspector Coad asked us to make an ac- counting of our actions. After being interroga- ted by Inspector Goad we returned to our office to check our back work. 11:45 a.m.-A lady by the name of Betty Tipper came to our office claiming she might be able to help us solve the case. She said she knew where the suspect we were looking for was hid- ing. My partner and I listened attentively while she filled us in on the details. 12:30-We had Pat Benoit, owner of the corner drugstore bring us up sandwiches and coffee. 1:15-With our plans carefully laid, we went to Hollywood, which is not too far from Azuza, which is near Cuckamonga. We dropped in on one of our under-cover agents, Reggie Quilliam, who had all the dope on wanted criminals. After hearing our story, he was convinced that this was one crimi- nal that he had no dope on, in fact he had never heard of a criminal by that description. 4:00 p. in.-While we were thinking out our next move, I went into a barbershop to get a haircut. The barber, Mary Ann Cerreto, put in her two cents as to how to solve the case. While sitting there, I noticed that a 1942 Chevrolet coupe had driven up behind the car that Wanda Chagnon, Theresa Portelance, and Mary Lemnah, three of our best lady detectives, had just gotten out of. I had Sergeant Chagnon put one of her best police- women, Margaret Newton, to tail this character. When Miss Newton reported we planned our raid and we were ready to go. 5:15 p.m.--The place was a little house on the corner of Hollywood and Broadway, which was in a moderate section of the city. The re- sults of the raid were disappointing. There were two ladies living there. They were Concetta Churchill and Viola Nichols, and they did handy work all day, reported a next door neighbor Diane Marshia. At night they went from door to door selling their finely woven articles. Another dead end. VVe decided to go back to Vermont and see if we could piece this thing together. 11:30 a.m.-Our train left Azuza which is near Cuckamonga. 12:30 a.m.-Our train stopped at Chicago where we had to wait two hours for connections. In the meantime we met with the head of the world famous Chicago Police Department, Robert Wheelock. We asked him his expert advice. After advising us as to what course to take, he assigned two of his best men, Bruiser,' Bostwick and 'KBobon Montgomery to help us on the case. 1:15--Our train left Chicago. Conductor Victor Jacques and porter Stanley Greene were very cooperative in seeing that we were not dis- turbed during our trip. 2:30 p.1n.-We arrived in New York. Ticket agent Morton King in- formed us that our train for Vermont would not leave until 7:20 the next morning. 3:00 p.m.-We were approached by the presi- dent of C.B.S. television Harold Berger, who asked us if we would be able to participate in a panel show that evening, whereby we would be questioned by a group of world famous news- paperwomen concerning the case we were now working on. We accepted his invitation and we agreed to be at the studio at 7:30. Up until this time we had not realized that our investigations had reached world wide attention. 7:30 p.m.-We now were on television. The world famous newspaperwomen on the panel consisted of Ieannette Benoit, Ioy Casavant, Beverly Berger, Dorothy Hazard, Anita Plouffe and Dawn Sweeney. After clearing up several points of public interest concerning the case, we had to decline further questioning because we might give out vital information concerning the case. Just then my partner nudged me. Sure enough, there they were over there in the corner. We had spotted our suspects in the audience of the TV program. They were not men as we had sus- pected but they were women. 8:10 p.m.-We

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13. F. A. Mercury 13 I Advice to the nder raduates CAROL CATLIN AND DAVID BELL In past years, it has been customary that the outgoing seniors leave with the undergrads morsels of advice. The class of 1955 has set superior examples which we believe the under- graduates are worthy enough to pursue. It is with deep regret that we leave you underclass- men, but know you regret even more the event of our parting. To the in-coming freshmen, we have just two words of advice: Gain Altitude. We ask the freshmen to please refrain from boldness. It doesnlt suit their stature as under- classmen. Sophomores, next year you will have passed the point of 110 return. You will be upperclass- men. Shed your foolish ways and conduct your- self like the Juniors this year havenit. Seniors-to-be, donlt lose hope. Your sentence is up next year and you will become free men. Since high school students are supposed to he worldly-wise and sophisticated, we advise all underclassmen to do away with their sticky lollipops and assume a more dignified pastime. Now a word from the wise to students whom we think could profit from some good unsound advice and our advice is: That Kay Ready and Mary Ellen Gillespie stay away from sun lamps. Cherry red comple- xions a1'en't the style this year. That Judy Gregg control her emotions when she gets excited in front of certain people. That B.F.A. install a lost and found depart- ment for such articles as money, books, clothing, boyfriends and freshmen. That B. F. A. boys purchase a new compass that doesn,t point north all the time. That Rita Ploof keep at the right of the hall in passing so she won't get trampled on. That Lynn Wood buy some good warm clothes-it's cold in Eskimo land. That Tom Cummings take a few Casanova lessons from John Bushey. That Gail Montgomery throw out an extra big net, Dave Reirdon is quite a catch. That Mary Lou Burnor and Mary Ellen Gillespie strengthen their writing hands-theylll need them next year. That Sandy Rath take a few hints from ltsy Hogan on how to hold a man. That some trustworthy underclassmen keep promoting good will between B. F. A. and B. H. S. as Bob VVheelock alld Jimmy Steinhour have done. That Greg Pierce follow Bruce in his superior driving skill. That Linda Soule set her clocks hack to standard time so that she will be sure to get to school on time. That Bobby Pierce keep his stories about girls at Stowe to himself. That Buzz Sylvester find a girl. We have offered this advice with malice toward none, but we hope it will not be entirely unacknowledged.