Shenendehowa High School - Carillon Yearbook (Clifton Park, NY)

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PROPHECY As Cathy pxcked up her paper the headlmes Jumped out at her Prest dent Dewey fPat had flnally reached her goal rn becommg the country s ftrst woman presrdentl declares natronal emergency and orders rmmedrate tnvestrgatron of mysterxous drownrng of C James Barndt The artrcle went on to say that the natron s economy was Ill danger of crumblmg and that an immed rate mvestrgatron was to be conducted headed by Lerla McCarthy Prxce There was also a smaller artrcle to the effect that Paul N1elsen defended by Dave Meager had been rndrcted for manufacturrng rndecent brkrm bathing sults Cathy prcked up some extra fuel for her sub from Clare Martrn gas statron attendant at Ruddy s the world s largest garage The sub crursed under the famous trans Atlantrc brrdge desrgned by the emment engtneer Wllllam K Wrnters By the way Carole Prche was the frrst to cross thrs brrdge on her way to Parts to become a cancan dancer On het arrrval at the yacht Cathy drscovered that Janet Barndt now drum majorette for the Navy Band had commlssroned Al Mager a deep sea drver to search the sea for her brother s body So far he had been unsuccess u Today Cathy was due to quest ron the rest of the shrp s staff and the passengers Frank DeVoe the captam Don Thompson the frrst mate Alrce Jorgenson Barndt s personal chauffeur and Mary Lou Charbonneau shrp s parkrng attendant No one could grve the polrce any leads The only break Cathy got occurred when Nancy Parker as forgetful as ever reca rled that early that mornrng she d heard a launch speed mg away from the yacht QNancy Janrce O Brren Janet Brewster and Betsy Campbell were permanent guests aboard the yachtj Wrth a srnkmg heart Cathy realtzed that the yacht eplsode defrmtely pornted a frnger at murderl The followtng day the rnvesttgatlon began The Judge Lance Reynolds had decreed that rt should be held Ln the shrp s audttorrum at the scene of the crrme The frrst wrtnesses Shelda Werner and Nancy Parker were called to the stand by the court clerk Stanley DNOIHR Both repeated theu earlier statements Then a couple of surprtse wrtnesses appeared Dorothy Chrlsto pher famous as the f1rst person to swlm the Pacrfrc Ocean who had been trarntng for her round the world swrm early the mornmg of June 25th the date of the crime testxfred that a launch speedrng away from the yacht had almost run over her Soma Huzar the noted undersea artlst and her star puprl Betty Gorr, also agreed that on that mormng the beautres of the sea had been drsturbed by a launch Then began the gnllxng of the suspects Mernll Frank Jlm s ex busrness consultant was frrst When Merrxll s frgures showed a defrctt of 56a Barndt had frred htm and Merrrll had promised revenge Members of the yacht s orchestra John Srtterly drums Shrrley Pregent trumpet Florence Burke tuba with Wayne Bornt as conductor doublrng on the plccolo had threatened Red wrth revenge when he refused to let them play thetr new melody Freckles There was also a strong possrblltty that Janet had murdered hlm smce her brother had left the rs page as co sponsored was A S COON S GROCERY BROWN S SERVICE STATION Cresenf N Y Cresent N Y ,M -1 A 5 N fl. N , ' . ' i 1 I ' '- Th ' - by Qs ffl ff

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is- 5 X Calling Sub 56 .... Calling Sub 56 .... Lieutenant Gorcesky .... drowning reported from yacht Shenendehowa located two miles due south of Dock 33. Wtll do Cathy ftrst female member of the polrce underwater squad headed her sub for the yacht Her sub rnvented by the famous Donald Carlson was one of several submarme cars developed for underwater travel I traveled about 200 knots an hour Seconds later Cathy drew up besrde the yacht She recogmzed rt as the old S Untted States whrch C James Bamdt the world s ftrst Zrllronarre had converted mto hrs own personal yacht Cathy clrmbed aboard and started the questromng Apparently Barndt was mrssmg from hrs penthouse aboard the yacht He was last seen the nrght before rn the yacht s nrght club He had appeared rather agrtated and every one knew somethmg was wrong when he announced he was gomg to rettre durmg the mtddle of the chorus g1rls dance It so greatly surprised the dancers Bea Fortm Ann Knorowskr Maxme Felthousen Sandra Warner Natalte Parazrn skr and Eleanor Smlth fshe fxnally fulfrlled her ambrtron to grow to be stx feet tallj that they all ktcked together! Alvma Knorowskr 11m s prrvate doctor and Mona Gregoire head of the shrp s mfumary rushed rtght over but he had rnsrsted he was perfectly all nght No one had seen hxm agam The next mormng when Jxm Krlmer hrs valet went to wake hrm he entered Barndt s 50 by 50 foot bedroom and discovered the bed had not been slept 111 He sounded a general alarm and started a general rnqurry but Barndt was nowhere to be found He then summoned the pollce The only other mformatxon Cathy was able to gam was that Shelda Werner the shrp s cook ishe d recelved plenty of practrce workmg at an army camp whrle Drck Roerlg was rn servrcej had heard a splash around 6 A M but had thought nothrng of rt All the evrdence seemed to rndrcate that Red as everyone used to call hrm had drowned but now e questxon was whether rt was an acc1dent su1c1de or murder! The next mormng as Cathy approached the docks a horn suddenly blared Cathy Just had ume to Jump out of the way before Marge Helm and Barbara Btette rn Marge s new famrly style Thunderblrd came roartng by Cathy noted that both grrls had ltved up to then mcknames Ma and Mama On the docks Cathy was harled by the famrlrar voice of Sharon Sanders who had taken over Dave Meager s x paper route ff' W 'eff X . X 0 9, Clair- 0 1 41 3 09?-1, :yi FX v,'.e.-:vas-af.:-'sa X 4 I X X -fp:'.:'a?'2v,au, 3 fe-rf: :Z-ee 4 o N -:. auf:-' cuz ik er - Q f' '5-- 5 -1 o 'f f'-'7r: ' 3155: -S a 7-11 I Y i g O 0 ij QVQDQA ,wa ni Jo I ' . , 1 ' , ' t ' ' N - , , th X av so as a ' . X X' 7 . f f X ' I . l at . -, 4 1 ' 'if' 1 Q I ' V . p ,f . -305,2 K A ' 0, ' . . ' 'V .ra -Asif' ' If f'o' ' a 4' f f C . . s KN, VTZQ Hd' . t i X fs- f 35.0 x x sp 1 X 5 A0 5 O s C 1 'S' ' ' 0 ' 5 X y . J C - ' O xx . 'gem f X J , G .- f Q N -J -5 1' 41 A4 , N ' Q' ob J 5 f' 0 I , 4 ' Q Z ov -.. Q Q 1 e , -1 C 0 - st, 0 o r ' H- 0 o

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bulk of hrs fortune to her Fred Stevens also was left a few brllron dollars because he had rnvented the frrst clock wrth no hands for people lrke Irm who drdn t want to know what trme rt was One of the chref suspects was Gary Hajeck who had sworn revenge because Jrmmy once won an argument wrth hrm Joe Antenuccr the garbage collector also looked susprcrous since the day prevrous to the drownrng Barndt had lowered hrs salary from S60 to S50 a week and all he could eat Suddenly several small boats drew up to the yacht Terry Whrtney Ken Shrppee the frrst male WAC Leo Rrberdy Frank Costanzo as quret as ever Vance Myers Joe Baranowskr Walter Brlrnskr now head of a huge meatpackrng frrm Jrm Werner Grlbert Trnney who owns a prrze darry herd and Darsy Evarts new coach of the basketball team back at Shenendehowa all sprang aboard They were cheered on by the former Barbara Van O Lrnda who now had a good start on her own football team The fellows stated that as frrends of the deceased they rntended to avenge hrs death by makrng the murderer walk the plank Amrd the resultrng turmorl the small launch whrch drew up at the srde of the yacht went unnotrced All at once Gary Hajeck leaped to hrs feet I have a surprrse for all of you and here they arel A sudden hush fell over the crowd Who should appear but Dody Furlow blushrng but lookrng rad rant rn a wh1te wedd rng gown and leanrng on the arm of you guessed rt C James Barndt The newlyweds explarned that they had decrded to elope so oo oo early rn the mornrng they had crept over the srde of the yacht rnto therr launch The splash that Shelda had heard occurred when Dody tossed her surtcase to Jrm who berng rather nervous mrssed Then to top everythrng off srnce Irm lrved on the yacht and hence wasn t a resrdent of any state they couldn t get a marrrage lrcense Frnally everythrng was cleared up and they were marrred at the home of Justrce of the Peace Roy Schell fhrs vocatron was rnsprred by hrs part rn the Art Productronj wrth hrs wrfe former Margaret Lredkre servmg as a wrtness Peggy had planned to be a mrssronary but was srde tracked Judge Reynolds then rapped for order, fBrother Harte drd most of the rapprng he s strll stronger than lancej sayrng he wrshed to make an announcement Today June 25 I rs not only the weddrng day of our old classmates but rt rs also the loth annrversary of our graduatron from Shenendehowa Mr and Mrs Barndt rn order to make up for all the trouble they have caused rnvrte you all to a class reunron here on therr yacht A resoundrng cheer went up from the whole crowd Cathy looked around srghrng happrly Just lrke old trmes X gg! F' g 3 C l 5 Sponsored by SANDY SPRINGS DAIRY Quolrty Controlled Mllk Elnoro New York Tel . UPton 75252 42 sw . ' ' - . . 966. ' ' W. ll N I I t V J 1 f I 0 A' f rw 1 . if F' . I Q l ' X ' K 'P Wvtff'-j ff- SK , c,i'gNK- 4 Lg 5 f-, : n ew K Cx ' ' 9 5 I