Chatham High School - Chatter Yearbook (Chatham, NJ)

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THL C H XTHAM I HATTLR Bob Yeh you sklpped Mllllcent Chlsellng huh Ben Im sorry MllllC6Ht where were you' Mllllcent I was sxttlng on that bench wlth Laro lyn and Gertrude When the llghts went off I Jumped and ran down here on the way I bumped 1nto someone but I kept on run nxng t1ll I was down besxde Roby Ben Have you any ldea who shot h1m Mxlllcent Why yes Oh yes you see I dld xt Yes you see all durlng Hlgh School he lgnor ed me I dld so want to be loved but durmv ten years this feelmg has grown to hate a hate so lntense that tonlght I have killed hlm Ben Yes but what dld you do wlth the p1stol Mll1lCEDt Durlng the confusxon I threw lt ln the pond back of that grove of trees Ben Storey get a stlck and see lf you can get lt up Gertrude That pond IS bottomless It IS llned wlth qulcksand and nothlng ever comes up Bob Good nlght Gertrude Thls IS a pent house nxnety storles ln the air How could Nancy Won t somebody please llsten to me Ben Why Do you know lf Mllllcent dld lt Nancy Mxlllcent dldnt do It It was someone else When the llghts went off somone rush up ond followed It was so dark I could hard ly see anythlng Just two figures strugglmg together then there was a spurt of flame and a shot there was a groan and Roby fell down Oh lt was awful awful Ben I thought vou sald you couldnt tell who lt was because of the dark Nancy Well naturally after the llghts came on I could see xt was Ben Nonsense you knew lt was Roby before that dldn t you Nancy Yes yes No I dldnt I dldnt k1l1 him It was the other man Ben What man Nancy The one I was follow 1ng Ben You sald person before Nancy Oh Im sorry Ben Are you sure that there was a man are you sure that you d1dn t go up to Roby and k1ll hlm yourself? Bob Yeh she lost all her money to Roby m the crash Nancy Oh no o you dont b61l6V6 I d1d It do you Everybody YES Nancy Do you Benjamln 'P Ben 1Long looky No I don t thlnk you dld xt Nancy No of course I dldnt because you dxd xt It was you I followed you you you 16 Kathrlne Dont be sllly Nancy Ben and I bumped lnto each other at the other Slde of the garden We stood perfectly stlll untll the lxghts came on Ollve Oh thls lS a horrlble mlx up I guess everybody dld lt I have an ldea lets all do the whole thnng over then we can see Just what dld happen Of course we w1ll leave the lxghts on Then we could ellmmate all those except the ones who stood over there Gordon Thats a good ldea. Everybody get ln the posltlon you were IH when the lights Went off Ben Oh I say we ll have to have someone plav Robys part Lets have Gus Before the llghts went off what was Roby dO1l'lg7 Myrtle He was walking to the table for a Cl garette Ben Now you Walk here and after the llghts go off fall here Gordon When I say Llghts Out everybody go through the whole thmg slowly so that there IS no confuslon Ready' One two three Llghts Out lThe murder IS begun to be acted out untll l Mane OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH Nancy Marxe what IS the matter what happen ed are you hurt Marle No-I just screamed I dld lt before you see when I bumped lnto Margle Gordon sald to do the whole thmg over so I scream Gordon Good nlght Dont do lt agaln Dont anybody scream Our nerves are all too Jumpy Well let s get thxs thlng over Wlth Well start at the beglnnlng Ready Go- 1Murder all acted out Gus even falls as lt dead? Llghts on everybody stand perfect ly stxll Gertrude Great Gus You look as dead as Roby Mllllcent Shut up thls IS no txme for Jokmg Ben Who fired that gun James I d1d Ben Ye Gods' You dldn t shoot Roby dxd you ' James No I just saw some mosquitoes around and thought I d shoot them That s the way they do It ln Brazll Edwln Ben come here lBen and Edwln talk togethery Gordon M111lC8Ht you aren t anywhere near here I thought you sand you murdered Roby Mllllcent Of course I didn t It was Just a good story Ben Good heavens Roby lsnt shot at all I Just examlned hlm again and there s not a bullet hole 1n sight T 1 A v i , I , W ' 51 . . . ' .L . V Q . D , . V W . . JH V . . ,' 1 - . ' l . Y .1 Y ' i V A , . . , . - . Q v ' A' ' . - ' h . , ' 'i v y ---- 1 . V -'-- ' ' . . . D i ' A 5 . O . . . . . . 7' 1 v ' ,, , . . ir Y . Q ? ' An ' H V . ln ' ll . . . , . v- ! . ' Z ' - - n ' ed by me running n Roby's direction. I got ' ' , ' . - iv ' ' . . Y l 1 U ed. --U ' -ni ' ir l ' - 1 S , ' 2 h, - , . . . -as , ' A ' ' W .1 . , . , - 2 v -- Uv. m 2 , - I f . - ' v - . A Y --A- U 1 1' 1 m ' Y ' D 1 - . . i ' I , ' -- , , 11 , .... ' , , W, - , . v- , . . . W . , B V A - 1 --.- .YVV . .. ' ' .

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THL L H XTHANI C HATTI' R ztle Mnt fn much about murde es me the cxuy I ll X l 1+ In S 5,011 I fr Ig, HIHIIXD alono X :LIL N M 1 11 1 x 0 I' I lp Q mmf bwdx qulpk III Il ill L i 4:1111 1111 1,,hL P ll It tl! IH! M 1 Q 1 n lg, e , N me 'VP I dun L think we 11 better L 111 the QUIILL unless we 111 xx mt our names plmted m tl Ben paperw Xu un an luxe-1g,'1Lon tn I1 at the mul lelel IUISQIXGS unlx thu n persm need L IGI undue publlcltx The xekl Us 111 m 1 lx be lequued IS xumes We mxst pmceel' smelx and calmlx md tell the truth LN uttmn as POSMIDIG Bust uf were wt1l1 wit frilll I1 1151 xaw 'lt It me ,gin en 1 zum :ec m za mn L 4 r s Uuesx Bvn 4 Nlrll uxxu rn r N Xefus L11 L sSuet1yI1e1s11 ww um wx llL1Jl1l1l'11i wr: mlnw fI1tY'HlrN Ben BUD Lt 1, it vnu 4' Bfmb xx s1tt1n,, xel were n L nel nexm H11 V94 If Nou dun IL hfllue me uk Puth she ww xxlth me h I flrmt knrfx nwth ng 1 behmfl the bu hes I dulnt bother dbwut mx body Charlle -Xnrm and I xx exe Sltllllg bacx fm Pl Lhezp K8 d1dnt mme elther Ben Jeanette xhal. about wou ' Jfwnvttf- Nlarcla I-unence and I were xxalklnf we hexni the scleamx and 111 oack We Just. gut m the duulu u xhen tnc llghts camo rm n we y 1 mme m turmng fn mc f xx Men t you Ollw Yes but I xx is m the filjfllvk 13 when 1 llghts we-nt wtf md I saw snmefme zukh bx ru Um 1111 Pom I wont say fm sure ut It looked 11k Nldrgle Ixe hefufl they hui a run Nldxgle 'No OH nu lo Ruth 0 Yw NI1 1 I9 haldbmlui hu two mmute Q ,s hx rmst ike rwnv mmnmg, md he marie ar xtul Il 1,19 1 nu N 11 N lb 1 Stu U m I1 ,, llllllflt i mtu me 1 1 N w I 1 I num 11 X 4 lllfll x 1 1 xx lu It 1, 'nt stm ,g 1,, IN th y Lim M 1,, un n I n nut Nl 5 1 tcrls bm hon NIR! e ISCIK mm Whits happened' G1 rrirm Im trwhttully sony I was just txym out mx new gulf clubs and Nancy I m afraxri I nuke one ut the RIIIIUJXKS xuth my ball Ben XX ell t 1 maven wake Th IS Ne-nous p X lttnntmn xh'1t dui xuu do when np ht went fs Gordon I just Jumped up I xx LS slttlng thele lun sac 1 thmg but the wclexmw XK61 Bob Dont yum Hunk xou uught Lu questmn the eu mu n C L Q 1 41 um mx L on pl uw xwu LIIXXKIIGIE ug u D th N, x nun eo 1 11 me ,114 I1l14lnLm1vf I1 Xhllllul rllul wma xx mg 115, L mug Whvn thx u lm JQ1 I r ll ww Lu my from mx Lllll :sux mu ents-1+ an X Jun us 39011 UILIIILIYJ I xx H wmulm IU tlus KIIFIQTI uhm dnl It It xull e munh xmpler 11 vm und nut rum befure th ,ue nun Fxlmd what hue you be n mlm mg mae nm left here ' Erlanri I w is IH the pantry an takmg a glass ff 91 wmethlng I heard the shots but I fhfint suppose It w as any ot my buslness to mterfere n your games su Im sorxv slr' Ben -Xml you NI1m1 Nix nxme lt lu Xlarguerlte and I was m the Lutchen makmg sandxxlches OhHHhhh'1 thex ue so mae so d8llClfJl1S so Ben Amos -Xmas I w is vxllh Loretta on the h'1Lk porch look ng it the muon and the sims I thought all the shuts xx exe from shfmtlng stals Ben Xou can 111 go but don t try to leue We max need you XX ell I ffuess exey burly N been fuewtlunevi tu I rlont '-ee who f ll It M pxcept 1 1 1 1 1 A A My' If ' talk 5 ' ' Arg IL X . 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THE I HATHANI C HATTFR Marre 'xlay be rt went through and came out the other srde Ben There would Le a hole It lS mx ldea that he had a stroke lNo thats no good he xx as always rn excellent health Gus He xx as hrt oxer the head wrth a black Jack Ben How do you know G s I I saw rt Whrle I was rn he frgure all rn blaclf rushed by lrke 1nto the garden the person all walked up to Roby and sard See pantry '1 thrs out rn black that star up there lH1ts Mrldred who happens to be standrng nearest over the head! Katherrne Gus you ve k1lled Mrldred Gus I had to show you lGeneral confusron whrle Mrldred IS berng revrvedl Ruth O OH H h lf h h h There rt goes noxx Help Murder ' Polrce' A black figure rushes across stage at tempt to grab rt Wrld scramble table upset etc! Nancy The nexx mard M1m1 Our Mlle Katherrne Vlhy rts M1m1 Stok s Oh I' m you drdn t do rt drd you? M1m1 Yes yes I I Just had to do rt Im scr y now I guess I was crazy but I hated hrm Mrldred But why M1m1 why' M1m1 You see I had called up last Monday to ask rf he would publ1sh my book of poetry and all he sald was Come around Frrday We have frsh That s Why I k1lled hrm For I used to get so mad Well last Monday rt was the last straw So I I murdered hrnr I had planned rt out so carefully too But Im not sfrry really It was worth lt At least he ll nex er say rt agarn Ben Pull yourself tcgether Mrmr he deserved think x or h xe one lt mr t myself scmeday Robx CO IF APOUIND FPIDAX WE Hedr- I-IQI4 XI. Fxeryb dx O ah Oxxah Oxxah' Prophecy Commrttee Ixancx Jackson chalrm Mrldred Borxre Gertrude Blatt Mlllrcent Thol n Benjamrn Tyson Class Hrstory Commrttee Jeannette W eeks Carolyn Huff Class H111 Commrttee Marcra Butterxxorth Florence Putnam 7 LIMLRILBS ALFRI' D ROBY Alfred Roby our honorable presrdent Of French class rs often a resrdent On some days hes good But you d best knock on wood mrschref he s not at all hesrtant F P GERTRUDE BLATT There rs a young Senror named Gert Who always rs qurck and alert In athletrcs she shmes And thrrlls all the srde lrnes Thrs snappy young Senror called Gert O K B ROBERT BRAY And of course there rs strll Robert Bray Whose chref hobby IS hlttrng the hay Though the hay rs rn school And to sleep s not the rule Not rn school on the hay all the day F P MYRTLE RILEY When Myrtle meets you on the street Wrth a smrle that rs classrc and sweet Tlbl 'Salve shell say Whrch IS Latrn s Good Day or Vrrgrl to Myrtles a treat VN ILLIAIVI BELL I say have you met W1ll1am Bell? He knoxxs a lot more than hell tell He s a lrttre brt slow But he get s where he cl go Whrch some dor t who rush always pell mell F P 1 NIILDP ED BOIX IF Fhen that charmrng xoung Senror named Mrlly Says I can t make her rame rhxme wrth srlly 'xl hen Taxr xou crx She rs there bet your eye For oflrcral chauffeur rs our Nlrllx OLIX F' BRAX clever young Senror xxrth style Olrxe xx ho knows well how to smile When she plays ln the band They grve her a hand For her tootrng rs done xx nth much style lx S and G R B 31 1 I1 - J .' A Y - . . U V 1 , - ' ' ' I . -I ' l , 1 Y ', V V V 1 S v I ' v - I v' -' ' .11 h 4 I ' u fr , , ' ' .. ' ' . ' t . ' - - - - . . '31 v w ' U 1 K V v ' . Y i V , , . U , . . Z L v I ' v ' I . , I U ' Q . . . '31 . , V ' Y I ' ' ' ' -I' W I L D , ' - ' , ' ' ' ' e . l, .Ii - i. ' ,4 ' '- , - ' 'B' . . '31 ruff B 5 Y ' sof I .'m . I ' ' ' A , V ' Y ' , U . - V. , v 1 ' v H ' - - - - - ll n . , Y ten years he said that over and over again. M, S, '31 ' , .1 ' '. - ' ' . Y A ' 1 L C ' v - - v ' I ' . ' 5 I ' V Y ' 2 ' J , . ., . . v , V' it I ' I xtlld .a' d ' fr' hat , -, , A- . . , - vu , L' 1 Y. V9 . . o , .. . v , . ,N V f Iv A . L , 1 - Q .- A. y L L 4 v - r rs v sf I Y I . 1 ., - - ,. - . - . , A , . f , , A , U K- , . I , , ' : 5. .. ' A Uv ' ,' vs ' I U ' I . J. ' w 3 M. S. '31 U Y ' IS ', . . V 5 ' . I. . . . . '