Cohn High School - Accolade Yearbook (Nashville, TN)

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I949 JUNIOR

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SENIOR CLASS PROPHECY Being very fond of cherry pie and overly inclined to eat too mtlch. I had three pieces for dinner. That is the only reason I can give for what happened afterwards. I had just comfortably settled in a chair when all of a sudden I seemed to be falling through space. I landed with a thud in front of what looked like an airport. From over the loud-speaker came a voice recog- nizable as Atlstin Medlin's saying, H1975 XVorld Cruiser leaving on runway live. I bought a ticket and climbed aboard. joan Dotson, Shirley McPherson. and -Ioan Smith were stewardesses. Taking a seat, I saw Betty Ann and Henry Nichols with their football team, and also Lucille Cowell and Nell Gassaway, owners of a string of drugstores. I saw thc famous professional boxer, Rtlth Lancaster, and her inan- 2lgCl', Mary Louise Sadler. -lean Morris, Nellie Chisam, and Betty Sue Dyer had embarked upon the sea of matri- monial bliss. Ann Barnes, .lo Ann Headrick, Melba Glass. Dot Green. and Norma Hooper were also married. They had all started on a pleasure cruise around the world on the new ship that would get them home by bedtime. Finally we got on our way, and several times we passed large flower-bedecked balloons. Letting my curiosity get the better of me, l asked a neighbor what they were and was told they were advertisements put out by Sewell Flowers, the Flower Man of the South. Our first stop was Rome, and there I saw Albert Rob- ertson, a famous architectural draftsman, who was admir- ing the Roman ruins. A little further on I met Tommy McMillan, civil engineer. giving a critical eye to the roads. At the Riviera I saw Ramona lVatkins, who married a millionaire and was still on her honeymoon. Next we stopped in New York where Georgia Lewis and Audrey Jordan had a thriving art studio in which all the celebrities sat for their portraits. I dropped into the radio station and heard Bill Morrison, known as The Voice, sing a solo. He was accompanied by Barbara Robe- son. Mary Louise Sadler, Betty Cuzzort, and jackie Keathley, girl members of Spike Jones' Band, were also seen in the big city. Our next stop was XVashington, where Edna Sweeney was first woman President and had started settling world all'airs in her own feminine way. She had made Nancy Bernard, Betty Bowling, Faye Fleming, and Nell Foust Good XViIl Ambassadors to Foreign Countries. Another prominent figure in the government was Lewis Moore, who had become Chief justice in the Supreme Cotlrt. Continuing to Nashville, I found that Harvey's was now managed by jimmy Cleghorne. and that Bobby Bush was the manager of McLellans. I was told that the beautiful window displays at Loveman's were done by none other than Joan Brittain, Also on fashionable Fifth Avenue was a new elegant photography studio called Smile Please, owned and operated by Louise Martin and Martha Hutch- ison. They were occasionally helped with their bookkeep- ing by XVilliam Hutchison, who was an accountant. Gordon Kent was now owner of the Paramount Theater. and showing there that day was Gone II'i!l1 lim I'I1l7'l'ffIIl1I', starring Loretta Overby, the toast of Hollywood, and her leading man. Richard Pharris. The story was originally a mtlrder mystery novel written by XV. R. Spears. He had sold it to the movie studio and received enough royalties to buy a mansion in the wilds of Alaska where he could have peace and quiet to write another novel. Frances Foster had devoted her life to science and owned a laboratory on Broadway, She was continually blowing up something, but the Good Samaritan Hospital was con- veniently located near by. The nurses there were Jane and june I-lall, Peggy Gailey, Rebecca Bruce, Frances Ty- ler, Gail Rader. and Marilyn Reynolds. Marilyn had final- ly reached the desired weight of 250 pounds and said that she would be glad to tell anyone what her dieting secret was. Dorothy Read had gained her master plumber's degree and now owned her own plumbing business. She em- ployed as her assistants Mattie Sue Crocker, Mary Louise Robertson, and Dean Carrick. Elizabeth Lawrence had devoted her life to having a good time and had even started a club for others who had the same idea. Honorary members were Charles Dixon, john Schmittou, Mary lVeatherby, Sam lVade, and Albert Buck Harris. Jo Anti lVilIiams was private secretary to the president of Montgomery lVard. Maxine Fuller owned the Life and Casualty Insurance Company, and Bobby Armstrong owned the Noel Hotel. She made enough money to hire a private mechanic, jimmy Green, for her five cars. Alfred Turman was a well-known physicist and taught at Vanderbilt, where Don Moore was teaching Physical Education and Malcolm lVebb was an engineering in- structor. John Hawkins was now president of the lVest Nashville Temperance ITnion. The next stop found me in Florida. Stepping olf the cruiser, I bought a newspaper and read that Sophie Schweining. editor of the Florida Sllll newspaper, had awarded Eloise Miller Andrews a trophy because her nine children were all paper boys. Strolling along Daytona Beach, I saw Donald Sawyer, who had married a wealthy widow and was enjoying himself on her money. I saw Lionel lVatkins, attorney- at-law. The Tennessee Tigers' basketball team-Bobby Burroughs. James fHotj Grimes, Grant Sadler, James Bayne, and Charles Sadler-were seen basking in the good old Florida sunshine. Their mascot was Kathleen Hunt, six foot one inch model from Nashville. Elliott Kestner performed with his trained coon dogs. Hattie Ralston was now the chief asset of the Royal Typewriter Company. Having easily beaten the world's typing speed record, she now toured the country giving performances in all the big business associations. Doug Hemby and Jimmy Sanders owned an exclusive dress salon where Barbara Murray, Georgia Young, Audrey Fleming, and Barbara Lawrence were models. The shop featured the original creations of Dorothy Floyd, famous designer. Robert Gaskill, along with David Greer and Roy Lee Hutchinson, had bought up all the Kroger Stores, and Bruce Vickery had become editor of V!ll'.Yffl', the young man's magazine. Dorris XVaggoner and Jack Perkerson were president and vice-president, respectively. ofa Lonely Hearts Club. Both were confirmed bachelors. Glancing at my watch, I saw it was just about time for the cruiser to leave again, so I climbed aboard and we sailed away. At the airport I got oll' and went to my lonely little cattle ranch in Montana. Suddenly I awoke in my chair at home and realized it was only a dream. But. after all, even Seniors can dream -can't we?

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SENIOR PROM