Big Prairie Lakeville High School - Sentinel Yearbook (Big Prairie, OH)

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THE SENTINEL

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THE SENTINEL CLASS PROPHECY Th1s IS the Clty B1 Pralrle The day IS September 6 1966 Some kldS are good on Lhe1r way to school some are bad When they re bad that my job My name IS Frlday I m a cop The boss Captaln INancy Long just called up to say a penc1l has d1sappeared out of the first grade room Teacher Al1ce Jane M1ller was nervously pacmg the floor when I arrlved I asked her whom she suspected Her reply Llttle Wlllle Sutton Jr He had been seen w1th two brand new penclls We took h1m to Supt Paul Donley s ofllce for questlonlng He refused to talk After a few hours of questlonmz. I turned hlm oyer to Sergeant Wayne Brertenbucher who contlnued questlonmg h1m 6 50 He was booked ln Ulck Hostettlers Clty 13.11 September 7 1966 9 O0 We declded to take the case to court where Judge Dayld Hudson was presldmg Wllllleg lawyer Carlyn Lang was trvlng to conylnce the court that Wlllle had bought two penc1l at Don Mackey s super market on the day of September 5 1966 Donald however had been countlng h1s money all that dav and was unable to come up w1th a lead 10 00 The lawyer for the pla1nt1ff Roger Hostettler was trymg to proye to the court that Wlllle Jr was a shady character He called Harold Tate to the stand as a character wltness Harold owns the hotel Wlllle Jr hves 1n He tesnfled that W1ll1e Jr had 1tchy fingers At 12 00 the court adjourned Everyone went over to Latherme lVIcCluggages restaurant for lunch On the way I met Kathryn Mlller tar reporter for the Blg Pra1r1e lJa1ly Clobe We chatted over the case and she took some notes for her story She handed me a copy of her paper and I notlced ln Who s Who that moyle stars Joyce N111 hel and Paul Blgler were havmg a torrld romance 111 Palm Sprmgs 1 00 Back to work Wlllle took the stand but ot rather VICIOUS Court Clerk Lelan Ftzwller had to re expert from the FBI He testxfied that there were two sets of fiugerprmts on the penc1l WIIIICS and Sammy Sm1ths Sammy IS the son of a schoolmate of mme who used to be Barbara Mosher She marrled a very wealthy bus1nessman However Sammy had an allbl and he was cleared 2 12 Patty M1ller Rush IS called to the stand to testlfy Court bahff Carl Tope swears her 1n Carl IS sald to be yery good at thls She testlfles that whlle she was taklng her small son to school she saw Wlllle Jr sneak out of the first rade room He was carrymg a pencxl Hls honor Judge Hudson then ordered the jury to retlre September 8 1966 The jury ls stlll dellberatmg One stubborn jurl t Lharolet Thomas Hostettler w1ll not ,ne a yerd1ct of u1lty I 30 The jurv has now made a dCC1b10Il and the foreman of the jury Spen cer Coard reads the verd1ct CLILTY Spencer IS a xery wealthy playboy As we leaye the courtroom Myrtle Duncan IS found maklng a few photos for her TV pro ram Today Also leayln 1 Lynn W1ll1ard and Tom Shafler who haye a huge da1rv farm outs1de of town I ue s they were mterested IH the case Vthy th1s lb the b1ggest thlng 1n B1 Praxrle SIHCC the class of 1956 Oh' And l see they are shakmg hands w1th our mayor Jack Ch1pner Of course you are w onder1n what w1ll happen to Wlllle Jr He w1ll be sent to the dude ranch for problem chlldren operated by that r1p roarmg red head Verna Jeffeues He should he well taken care of con s1der1nU the fact that her foreman IS that Slflblfl cowboy Kenneth Slgler Well back to the IJTCCIHCI Perhaps you haxe been wondelmg what I am dom, ln tlns story I also graduated w1th the class of 1956 Lmorvy Tun: IPACJE SIX I EEINI g . , . ' . . . I Is ' I . . . , . Y . V . . s , V, . ' 7 T I . ISS I , 1 l I 7. Q . S . . U . V V V . V 1 I . v vl V I . . . . , V V . V . V. 11. L J T 7 D 1 I ' 7 . . I I . I V I 'I V V V . . V V V . . . , V . V S . V . . . VV I V ' - as vV 'v as V- V J - V - x L7 1 1 , v I S , I I 1, ' 3 ' ' . . DV . . . J V. - g . move h1s testlmony from the record. Our next witness was Bill Curren. a fingerprint . . . I I I I U I . . . , . , . . - , , I v - . 1 , q xo S I C I T K x 9 1 ' I U . U . .V . , . . . . , I . s .Y wi X I a . - V . ' 5 1 -I v U VV . Vi . V . i C . . . V . , . Y . V V V V H 3, I. . . . I - - 0' I 0' Q I I ' C ' C S ,, . V . V V g SV V . . V .V, VVV . .V C . . 1 ' C . , . V. G. U V ,, , D . . V U , . ,

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