Wells River High School - Chatterbox Yearbook (Wells River, VT)

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from Monte Carlo. A beautiful yacht had just been docked and the owner was coming ashore. She was very pretty and dressed in the latest style. When we greeted her we discovered that she was none other than JUDY EVANS, another member of the class of 59. She and her husband owned the largest string of nightclubs in the world. When we arrived at the hotel where we all were to stay, we found the other delegate waiting for us. Much to our surprise, we discovered that he was ROGER BOWLEY, a former classmate!! He revealed that he had postponed his latest hunting expedition, one into outer space to search for Purple People Eaters to save them from extinction, to attend the conference. Then we were very hungry so we sat down to order a meal of Teddy's seaweed. The meal was hardly over when in walked a smart- ly dressed woman, carrying a pad and pencil. That red hair was unmistakable—it was SANDY PLACEY, another classmate! This real- ly was a class reunion!! Sandy told us that she owned the World Magazine and had left her research in Moscow on the fall of com- munism to cover the conference personally. The next night we gave a huge welcoming banquet for the con- vention. Everyone was present. The waiters were standing near the doors, ready to serve the food and the speakers were all seat- ed. Things could not begin, however, as Mr. Stoughton's secreta- ry had not come and she had the notes for his very very important speech. Time dragged on and it was really getting late when sudden- ly the doors were thrown open and we were surrounded by police- men. We were informed that someone had plotted to destroy all world leaders by poisoning their seaweed, but that they had been found out in time by SUSAN PARWELL, Mr. Stoughton’s secretary and also top undercover agent for the Federal Bureau of Indigestion. So here we are, telling you this story from behind bars— but we really don't care. At least we had a class reunion, which was a surprise and probably our last, for here come the guards to take us to the world penitentiary. Sula Rowell and Roger Grenier Rag• 17

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PROPHECY OF THE CLASS OF 1959 It was in the year 2000. I was working on the books in the office of ay stable, the Wells River Morgan Horse Farm, when the door opened and ROGER GRENIER walked in. I had seen Roger off and on since we graduated from high school, back in 1959, as he was a professor at the university, now located in the city -Wells River. We talked for a while about old times before he got down to the main point of his visit. It seems that he had rec- eived a telephone call from our old high school teacher, MRS. SPEAR, who was now Secretary General of the United Peoples of the Planet Earth and was staying at the new headquarters building in Wells River. She and her co-workers, MR. STOUGHTON from Urantum, MISS LEGARE from Polywoggus, and MRS. GIBSON from Ralipotobia, represented the four main sections of the world which developed in 1960, after the fall of communism and democracy. The world at that thme was in danger of being conquered by invaders from outer space. Mrs. Spear and her three fellow-teachers developed and carried out a plan to unite the world’s resources against the invaders. When peace came, they set about organizing a protect- ive league in case such a thing might happen again. The league was now working on several projects to promote spacewide peace and Cooperation. Mrs. Spear was appealing to us because there was a committee of six coming that afternoon to attend a world conference and she was too busy to meet them. So Roger and I went to the airport to meet the first plane. It was a private airliner, one of the biggest we had seen, and the man who alighted seemed to be very friendly. He was the ex- ecutive type with a wide smile and a big cigar. We were very surprised to discover that he was our old classmate, WAYNE GONYER. He had flown from Iraq where he owned and operated huge oil wells for the Shell Oil Company. The next plane was due in ten minutes so we sat and talked to Wayne while we waited. When the huge commercial airliner arrived, we greeted two more guests «ho introduced themselves as PERL TOBIN and TEDDY ROBERTS. This certainly was a surprise! Perl, tanned and much taller, had flown from Northern Siberia where he owned the larg- est ant farm in the world. Since these little creatures were much in demand for pets, he had a flourishing business. Teddy owned all the seaweed plantations. He and his charming wife had just bought a new home—a submarine, and were living at the North Pole, from where they directed Operation Seaweed. “ We all got into my car and drove to the shipyard on the Connecticut, where we were scheduled to meet a representative Pog 16

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SENIOR PLAY MUMBO JUMBO This year’s senior play, Mumbo Jumbo , was one of the high- lights of the season. It was presented October 30th at the vill- age hall. A gay, modern, mystery farce, crammed with action and plenty of laughs, Mumbo Jumbo was a big success. The story centered around two college boys, Dick and Pee-Wee, who, for an ulterior motive, spent the week-end at Dick's uncle's house in the coun- try. Fortunately, Uncle John and Aunt Sarah are called away to the funeral of a distant relative in Kokomo) now the boys are left alone on their mysterious mission. However, the large sum of money they brought in a suitcase had disappeared! As cash is needed in a hurry, Dick decides to turn the place into a country hotel for the night. In a short time the hotel is packed with a strange assort- ment of guests. During the night, one of them. Peaches Greeding, is murdered! Two sheriffs arrive to take charge of the invest- igation, each from a different county. Since the house is built on the county line, these officers have to work together. As the cycle of events go around things become more involved than ever. Pag 18