St Patrick High School - Emerald Yearbook (Roxbury, MA)

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BILLY: Yes. Donlt you remember Tommy Mullen who graduated with us? He's Father Mullen now. JIMMY: Well, for heaven's sakesl You always said you were going to be a priest. HELEN: Unto phonel Municipal Hospital. Telephone for Father Mullen? Wait a minute and I'll connect you. fTo Tommy MJ Excuse me, but are you Fath- er Mullen? TOMMY M.: Yes, I am. ls there something wrong? fCoes over to ph0ne.J TOMMY M.: Unto phonel Yes. - I'll be back in a little while. HELEN: fTo fimmyj Is that Tommy Mullen who graduated with us? JIMMY: Yes, didnlt you recognize' him? l' I HELEN: I do now. lsnlt it strange that so many of our classmates wandered in on us this afternoon. ' SCENE III A courtroom. The jury is bunched in a corner talking together like old friends. On closer inspection, we find that they are old friends. They j graduated from St. Patrick's in VL7. As we look across the room we see Grace Peters and over there are the opposing lawyers, Paul Clifford and Stephen Lyons. GRACE: All rise and face the bench. The court is now in session. lTommy 0,C0nnell enters and takes his place at the bench. He bangs with the gavel.J TOMMY: Order! Order in the court! fThe jurors continue to talk.J TOMMY: Will this court please come to order. fThe jurors finally realize that the fudge is speaking to them and subside.J TOMMY: Well, thatls better. GRACE: Hear ye! Hear ye! The case of the people versus the Super Condolieri Airlines is now opened. TOMMY: Will the lawyers please examine the jury? PAUL: What is your name and occupation, Sir? FRANKIE: Francis Hannon - Sports writer. STEPHEN: What is your name and occupation? VIVIAN: Vivian Perley - Secretary. PAUL: Name and occupation, please. LARRY: Lawrence Sullivan -President of the Twinkle Supermarkets. STEPHEN: Name and occupation, please? RUTH: Ruth MacDonald - Executive Secretary of the Twinkle Supermarkets. PAUL: Name and occupation, please. ROBERT: Robert Holland - Auditor of the Two-Cent Savings Bank. STEPHEN: Name and occupation, please. HELEN: Helen McEllin -H Jeweler. PAUL: Name and occupation, please. THERESA: Theresa Maher-Private Secretary. STEPHEN: Name and occupation, please. JIM: James Donovan -Engineer on the Watertown and Waverly Railroad. . PAUL: Name and occupation, please. BETTY: Elizabeth McEllin - Secretary to Stephen Lyons. STEPHEN: Name and - ' PAUL: Wait a minute! Are you trying to put something over on me? BETTY: Oh, not that Stephen Lyons. tPointing to Stephenjl PAUL: You mean there's another one of those? STEPHEN: Name and occupation, please DOLORES: Dolores Keaney - Secretary. PAUL: Name and occupation, please. RUTH: Ruth MacPhee-Coach of the Watertown Winners. They're leading the league this year by three games. STEPHEN: Name and occupation, please. BETTY L.: fVery softlyl Elizabeth Loughlin - Secretary. STEPHEN: Will you speak louder, please? I canlt hear you. BETTY L.: fRepeats' louderl Elizabeth Loughlin - Secretary. STEPHEN: Thank you. TOMMY: Are there any objections to the jury? Vfheresa Gallagher enters with a note for Paul Clifforcll PAUL: fReads the note then starts to Iaughj What do they think I am? THERESA: What's this all about?

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NATALIE: Why Pat, it seems funny seeing you here. GLORIA: It looks as if you really did become a doctor. You always wanted to be one, didn't you? Ileanine enters.J 4 JEANINE: Oh, I've been looking all over for you, Miss Cloherty. You are wanted in surgery. MARY: Well, Doctor, I think everything is straightened out so I'll go down to surgery. PAT: Well, Natalie, what have you been doing for the past few years? HELEN: Say it good and loud so that I can hear it and write it on the record. NATALIE: Well, I finally made up my mind to be a teacher and now I'm principal of the Newark State School. PAT: You seem to be doing all right for yourself. How about you, Gloria, what are you doing? GLORIA: Well, I'm Natalie's secretary and although she doesn't know it, she couldn't get along without me. NATALIE: Yes, I know it well enough. The way she files things no one could find them. GLORIA: I'll have you know my filing system has been patented. PAT: Well, what are you both doing in the hospital? NATALIE and GLORIA: Itogetherl I think that I sprained my wrist. PAT: Well, as long as I'm not busy I'Il take you to the accident room and bandage you up. II'at, Natalie, and Gloria leave.j lMary Dormady enters, loaded down with papers., MARY D.: Mary, will you give these papers to Miss Gloherty, and give these to Dr. Harvey when he comes by again? MARY R.: I will, and if you're going back to the record room will you take these reports with you? MARY D.: I will. By the way, what has been going on here? We heard the commo- tion in the record room. HELEN: There's been a plane crash and all the casualties came here. I'll tell you all about it tonight. lMary Dormady exits.l MARY R.: My! but itls quiet here. HELEN: Wait a minute, don't talk too soon: it looks as if there is another patient coming. MARY R.: Yes, and it looks as if he were in a very poor condition. fBilly 0,Grady enters.J HELEN: Name and address, please. BILLY: I beg your pardon, Miss- HELEN: Well, aren't you a patient? BILLY: Patient? I wasnlt even on the plane. HELEN: What can I do for you? BILLY: Well, you see, my brother was seriously injured and I wonders-if I will be allowed to see him. HELEN: What is his name, please? BILLY: James O'Grady. MARY R.: What! you mean to say that you're Jimmy O'Grady's brother Billy? BILLY: Yes. What's wrong with that? Uimmy enters and Billy looks twice before he speaksj BILLY: I thought that you were seriously injured. JIMMY: Me? Seriously injured? When the plane crashed, a bottle of red ink spilled on me and in the rush they thought it was blood. BILLY: Well, Iim certainly glad that I missed that plane. l Thomas Mullen enters.l TOMMY M.: You certainly should be. BILLY: Good afternoon, Father. Yes, I realize that. TOMMY M.: I'Iaven't I seen you somewhere before? BILLY: Maybe you have, Father. I've been traveling all over the world. TOMMY M.: Well, I've done quite a bit myself. But I keep thinking you're some- one I went to school with. BILLY: Well, I graduated from St. Patrick's in ,4-7. TOMMY M.: Then you must be - BILLY: Yes, I'm Billy O'Grady, and my brother Jimmy is here too. JIMMY: Did you call me, Bill?

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PAUL: Someone wants me to prosecute a dog. fThe jurors begin to laugh among themselvesj TOMMY: The court will please come to order. fThe jurors make even more noise.l TOMMY: The court will please come to order. lAll is quiet before he shouts Horderi' and someone begins to laugh again but stops because he is all alone.l STEPHEN: I would like to call as my first witness, Miss Thelma Laughrea. fThelma enters., GRACE: Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. so help you God? THELMA: I do. ' A STEPHEN: Miss Laughrea, will you tell the Court what you saw on May I9 of this year? THELMA: Well, I'm a reporter on the Watertown Daily Blast and I was sent to cover- PAUL: I object! There was nothing to cover up. STEPHEN: g'Cover is merely newspaper slang for writing. l The fury laughs.J TOMMY: Will the court please come to order STEPHEN: Will you go on with your story now, Miss Laughrea? PAUL: Is she going to tell stories now? Well, I'm getting sleepy anyway. STEPHEN: I refuse to have my witness treated in such a manner. May she leave the stand now and return later? TOMMY: Permission granted. PAUL: I would like to call Thomas Fallon to the stand. fTommy enlers.l GRACE: Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. so help you Cod? TOMMY F.: I do. PAUL: Where were you on May I9. of this year. TOMMY E.: I was home. STEPHEN: How can he know what happened at the plane crash if he was home? PAUL: Ever hear of someone living near the scene of the crash? Mr. Fallon will you please tell the court what you saw on the night mentioned? TOMMY F.: Well, I was sitting in the parlor and I heard an awful crash close hy, so I went out to investigate and found - STEPHEN: What did you find? TOMMY F.: I found a plane in my henhouse. TOMMY O'C.: What did you do? See how many eggs it laid? TOMMY F.: I'm not that stupid. I reported it to the police. I PAUL: I'Il not have my client badgered in this way. Even you, Judge O'Connell, are entering into this and it won't look well if it gets to the newspapers. STEPHEN: May I ask a question of Mr. Fallon? TOMMY O'C.: Permission is granted. STEPHEN: Mr. Fallon, is it true that you hope to gain damages from the com- pany for your henhouse? TOMMY F.: What has that got to do with what I say here? TOMMY O'C.: It has nothing to do with it and if the lawyers donit soon get down to business, I will dismiss the case. fThe fury begins to talk among themselvesj TOMMY O'C.: Who is the foreman of this jury? RORERT: I am, Your Honor. TOMMY O'C.: What is the meaning of all this noise? ROBERT: Do you mean to say that you still don't recognize us? TOMMY O'C.: Why should I? ROBERT: Every one of us graduated from St. Patrickis in '47. TOMMY O'C.: Well. as long as we're all friends, or should be, this case is dismissed and we'll all adjourn to St. Patrickis Hall for a reunion. PATRICIA MAcINNls MARY CLOHERTY ROBERT HOLLAND