By Rusty Nixon Correspondent
PLYMOUTH — It’s the kind of thing that you might see in a play.
The Plymouth High School theatre department has uncovered a bit of a mystery. It’s not an Agatha Christie thriller, but it is an interesting case. The first clue was found after the recent production of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory at the school. Cleaning up after the show, Director Charlotte Tyree made a discovery.
Tyree routinely makes sure that all costumes used in the show are washed or dry cleaned before they are put away in the costume shop. After cleaning one particular dress, Tyree found a note.

“It was paper clipped under the seam in the neck of the dress,” said Tyree. “It had obviously been there for quite some time and been there while we were wearing it during the show.”
The small piece of paper read:
“Carolyn made this Jumper in 8th grade. Her first (and last effort so far) in sewing.  She had trouble with the sewing machine needle and wants no part of sewing. February 3, 1969”
The hunt to find “Carolyn” began.
“I sent a corporation email saying we had made an interesting find in one of the dresses worn for the show,” said Tyree. “I sent the note and said if anybody knew Carolyn, please tell her we enjoyed wearing her dress.”
Many in the school corporation emailed back, saying they had searched old year books but nobody fitting the description of Carolyn could be found.
The problem became thornier because Tyree says there’s no way to be really sure that Carolyn ever even lived in Plymouth.
“People are always cleaning out closets when they move, and a lot of times if the clothing is really old and out of style they’ll donate it to us to use for costumes,” said Tyree. “I can only say that it’s been here at least four years because that’s when we moved into our new costume shop, and it came in with a bagful of clothing. It actually could have come from almost anywhere.”
In the meantime, the note has been framed, and holds an honored place on the wall of the PHS costume shop. Tyree says she would be happy to hear from Carolyn.
“I would love to hear from her if she reads this or hears about it,” said Tyree. “If nothing else we’d love for her to have her note back if she would like it.”