Wheatland Chili Central School - Genoatk Yearbook (Scottsville, NY)

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9 foul up BACK ROW B Crowley D Blackman B Baker P LeRov J' McVean D Bly D Smith FRONT ROM G Swain X. Lennon W Newman B Cameron B OBrien On December lo under the capable leadership of Weston Newman the Senior Class presented its annual play The Big Blowup The play takes place in a hotel lobby the main characters being four suitcases which looked so much alike that when their owners get them mixed up, the result is not only amusing but highly exciting. In one of the suitcases is a time bomb that will explode when the suitcase is opened, and in the other, a very valuable pearl necklace, stolen by Julian McVean. Julian comes to the hotel, owned by Dorothy Smith and her son Pete LeRoy, looking for his half-sister, Ann Lennon who is keeping the necklace for him. Julian is being sougit after by Terry King, a hometown detective. The events that follow prove to be very exciting and bring about an explosive climax, resulting in the finding of the pearls and the harmless explosion of the bomb. The play rehearsals were a very interesting part of doing this play. We never had a dull moment, what with the members thinking up new and sometimes very old tricks to play on each other. It also gave us all a chance of getting better acquainted with each other. 49

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' W V 3 . H6 4 Q, . 1' fi ,,'.f,, M010 ,S I' lll1'l0 LAST ROW: C. Siple, L. Giles, L. Estes,B. Lewis, D. Cassevoy, R Kennedy. J. Ivanick W. Swain. SECOND ROW: M. McCadden, S. Stokoe, M, Mitchell, D, Engdahl, J. Smith FIRST ROW: B. Perry, P, D'A1fonsO, .T. Boutwell. Mix together two college boys in a jam, an empty house in the country, a missing suitcase full of money, and strange guests and the results are mystery, murder, and mumbo-jumbo. The two college boys are Doug Cassevoy and Bill Swain who are spending the weekend at the country home of Dick's absent aunt and tmcle. The money is for a blackmail payment to be paid to Peaches Kennedy, who threatens to tell Bil1's father about a gambling debt Bill owes, When the money disappears, the boys are in a quandary. A moment of inspiration for madnessp produces the idea of opening up a boarding house in order to replace the missing money, but the arrival of mysterious guests leads up to the murder of Peaches. Much to the chagrin of Bill, he is a prime suspect. With three representatives of the law on hand-Monahan, a state trooper, CScott Stokoeyg Lem Boutwell Marblehead, the sheriffg and Emma, the lady sheriff Uune lvanickj ably assisted by her niece, Daisy D'Alfonso-poor Bill hasn't got much of a chance. lt seems impossible but matters finally straighten out and the boys are cleared when the real criminals Harold Custer and his mother, fBernie Perry and Linda Gilesj turn out to be the murderers.

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,Cibrary Club STANDING: N. Green, S. Stork, M, Bransfield, M. Spence, M, McCadden,J. Boyd, G. Tarnblin, C. Brown. SEATEI1 L. Estes, B. Lewis, J. Ivanick, S. G ISSUE. The Library Club is a newly instituted club this year, Its function is to help rejuvenate the library in order to make it an asset to the school. As a carrier of school news, the newspaper 0 informs the students, in such fields as gossip, sports e I I a and class projects. Some ofits features bring a smile to even the most serious of faces. STANDING: D. Smith, G, Swain, L, Estes, K Minster, D. Benin, M, Johnstone, T, Wa1ker,,T, Zepitel, R, Minster, E, Boutwell, C. Brown, L, Giles, M Toi-peY, I. Ivanick, M, McCaddet1. SEATED, Last Row: S. Stork, B, Walters, J, Green, L. Young, MIDDLE ROW: M. Brunner, B. Lewis, T, Glavin, C. Young. FRONT: P, D'A1fonso.