First Airdate:February 6, 1970
Writer: Ruth Flippen
Director: Lee Phillips
Guest stars: Dan Tobin - Mr. Hampton
Renie Riano - Miss Stoddard
John Garisson - Andrew
Rating: 3.5 bells
Synopsis:
The trouble begins after Captain Gregg tells Candy and
Jonathan that his great-great-grandfather Ephram Elias Gregg
founded Schooner Bay Grammar School on
March 15, 1741, and not Joshua Stoddard.
Candy mentions that in school,
and Miss Stoddard, her teacher, tells
her that she was wrong. But Candy keeps to her assertion that a Gregg was the
founder of the school and not a Stoddard. Miss Stoddard is indignant about her
insubordination. And her anger grows even more after Jonathan tells
her the same.
Miss Stoddard gets both children
by the hands and brings them to the school
principal. He should punish them for their insubordination. And he
does by suspending them for
the rest of day from school so that they could get over this.
After the kids get home, they have
a discussion with their
mother about the facts. Carolyn isn't very happy over
the interfering of the Captain so she confronts him with that. He
tells her that his great-great-father was the founder,
and she doen't believe him, telling
the Captain that she will write the fact that a
Stoddard was the founder.
A short time later after she has
left her room, Captain Gregg changes her article.
Now Carolyn is in trouble
after this change. She gets phone calls,
one from Claymore, who is very happy that one of his
ancestors was the founder. And one from Mr. Hampton
who is very unhappy.
She can't finish that call because the Captain
interrupts her. Now the conversation
is well under way again
about the real founder.
After no proof is found in
the attic, Mrs. Muir is even more convinced that a
Stoddard was the founder of the school. So she leaves
the attic and goes to meet Miss. Stoddard and Mr.
Hampton.
Captain Gregg is unhappy,
too, so he has a chat with Claymore about
finding proof. He wouldn't want anyone
to call Mrs. Muir a liar. They don't
found any proof in Claymore's safe, so both
head for the school grounds to dig
for the corner stone.
At the same time, Miss Stoddard, Mr. Hampton,
and Mrs. Muir arrived at school. While their
discussion is underway,
Claymore discovers the corner stone
after Mr. Hampton lands on it.
Now they have proof that the founder of the
school was Ephram Elias Gregg.
The Captain is sitting on the stairs,
Carolyn by his side. "Any questions,
Madam?" he asks.
Carolyn says that although Miss Stoddard wasn't very
unhappy that it wasn't her ancestor who founded school,
she was happy that the school
turned out to be older than they had thought.
Later at home in Gull Cottage, the
Captain finds the proof and gives
it Mrs. Muir to read. The letter says it wasn't March 15th.
but March 19th, 1741. Captain Gregg
wants Carolyn to inform the historical society
at once. But she cuts him off
and says that they should let lie the corner stone.
Daniel agrees and vanishes,
but is back after Carolyn leaves
the room. He begins to change the article again.
Favorite moments:
Where the Captain told the children that his great-great-grandfather was the
founder of the school.
On the school steps where Carolyn stands
beside the Captain, and they
look into each other's faces.
And at the end where Carolyn tells the Captain they
should let the corner stone lie and the Captain agrees,
but with the ulterior motive of changing the article
again.
General Comments:
I think this is an episode which shows how involved
the Gregg family is in Schooner Bay.
Contributed by Anne-Marie Heuser