Pembroke Academy - Academian Yearbook (Pembroke, NH)

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SENIOR PLAY October 19, 1957, found members of the Senior Class holding their breaths as the curtains parted for their play, It Walks at Midnight. Sharon and Andy Fuller stepped onto the stage loaded down with the usual parapher- nalia that accompanies newlyweds on their honeymoon. Suddenly, with a tarzan yell, insane Jocko made a mighty leap onto the stage, and proceeded to take over his jungle, Promptly, behind Jocko came Mrs. Wiggins, Jock's calm, de- voted mother, who restored order. Betty, attractive kidnap-victim of the unscrupulous Elinor Martindale and her arrogant nephew, Gary, appealed to the newlyweds for help. When Iocko found the nurse, Rita Trent, with a broken neck, the Fullers realized they had stumbled onto something big. Paulina, Gary 's crazy aunt who babbled of murder and imagined herself to be a sheik, a detective, an Eskimo with a dog team, and the ghost of Andy's grandfather who mysteriously walked at midnight, made the honeymooners more nervous. When private investigator, Lucius Lovelace, arrived, disguised as a dig- nified Shakespearean tramp, important facts were uncovered. But when Lucius summoned a policeman, Cal, only to discover that he was in cahoots with the Martindales, things looked mighty grim. Iock-o saved the day, however, attacking Cal and giving Lucius a chance to gain control. Thanks to Mrs. Morrill and the be- hind-the-scenes workers our play was a hugh success.

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Richard Mozier QVice-President of Salesj, Charles Currier QPresidentj, Lane Dwinell fGovernor of New Hamp- shirel, Norman Chaput QVice-President of Productionj, and Janis Kittredge QVice-President of Advertisement, BETTER BEANIES CORPORATION In order to understand the workings of a corporation, the Problems of Democracy class formed a corporation of their own under the direction of Henry Munroe, Problems teacher. The corporation, named Better Beanies of Pembroke, floated a stock issue of some 300 shares at a par value of ten cents a share which students and teachers eagerly bought. With the capital, members of the corporation purchased material with which to manufacture their product, a beanie of the school colors sporting the letter P . President of the corporation was Charles Currier with Robert Halen as treasurer. Vice presidents Janis Kitt- redge, Norman Chaput, and Richard Mozier headed the departments of advertising, production and sales with the Board of Directors consisting of Charles Bourbeau, Russell Downing, and Richard Mozier. The corporation kicked off the advertising campaign by presenting Governor Lane Dwinell with the first beanie and stock number one. The same staff sent a beanie to American Bandstand and got some advertising on WKBR in Manchester. Soon after the project started, the corridors of the Academy were filled with posters using their catchy slogan Better Buy Better Beanies and urging students to buy. The production department and its workers did an efficient job of making all the beanies5 the sales department, quickly discovering the market to be greater than originally planned on, had to demand that an additional supply come off the production line in great haste. In addition to learning how a corporation really functions, the students made a profit as everyone was paid a salary and stockholders received a dividend. The large number of beanies seen worn by P. A. students witnesses to the fact that still another project of the 1958 Problems of Democracy class has proved successful.