Academy of Richmond County High School - Arc Yearbook (Augusta, GA)

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J gfhegy The lunior College of Augusta May 29, 1992. Scene: Living room of Mr. and Mrs. James Boat- wright. Mrs. Boatwright is the former Miss Martha Dye of Junior College. The happy couple has been residing here in Provincetown. Rhode Island for the past 40 years. They have just settled down for a quiet summer evening at home when they begin to reminisce about the good ole' days back at J. C. A. James, 40 years ago we were all ex- cited about receiving our diplomas. You know, Pet, that was a good graduating class. Eh, Martha? I said 'class. ' Oh, I was thinking about Morris Scott today. Martha. I read t'other day where he had been shipping wild animals from Guardatinajas to Ernest Powell's mu- seum of skeletal structures for twenty years. Yes, Pet, and you know I ran into Billy Evans down at the market- place. Of course. I should have known him because he is now one of New York City's famous playboys-said something about being part-time manager of J. F. Luke. Eh, Martha? Billy Evans-J. F. Luke! He told me about a few of our old school pals. Mentioned Jackie Shipman-said she played a new arrangement of 'Chop Sticks' at Carnegie Hall last night. Goodness knows. she practiced it long enough! Stuart Cashin, who's keeping books for Bill and Harry's Cabaret, was there looking for new talent. Eh, Martha ? Pet, I said Cashin-he heard Shirley Allgood had a marvelous act at the Latin Quarters, Evans said some of the 'Mighty Phalanx' crew didn't make too much of life. Otis Benson and Jack Rod- gers are chasing balls once a year for 'Red Dog' Hunter at the Masters. And ole' Timmerman was discharged from the Navy and is now the water boy for the Harlem Globetrotters. D. P. Foster, you remember him, Pet'. ' Eh, Martha? I say D. P. Foster-lie's the boxing trainer in Macmurphy's gym now. The only one who made all right was Rodgers Feese who signed a contract with M. G. M. when Jimmy Durante kicked off. You know ole' Russ Hair is still shifting from one school to another-selling pencils, that is. t'Eh, Martha? I said selling pencils, Pet. Oh yes, Martha, and that Jean Oblivious, or Oliveros it was, heard they plaited her hair and used it for a rope between two mountains in a Tarzan picture. The last anyone heard from Agnes Weeks, shc was somewhere in the Everglades still pushing her stalled Ford. Martha are you listening? Yes, Pet. Well, John Jones. now a jigelow 'dans' gay Paree, did a little better than Barbara Allen and Ophelia Fields, who are chorus girls at the Rialto on Broad Street back home. And what was that Sorority? Zeta Rho Pooh Pooh, or something: anyway. Sara Gallway retired as president and makes a living chewing blubber gum for Eskimo shoes. Footic Etheredge is a bookie at Santa Anita. Martha, I hear she's really making a killing. Another one who didn't get far away from home is Lee Orander-her occupation is Wash-- ing tables at the Tropical Spot. Eh. Martha, you say something? No, Pet. Well, remember the glamorous Nell Blanchard? She's an old maid doing research on the grasshopper-trying to find the brand of tobacco that they expectorate. Seems like Jackie S. did better than any of them. Yes, Pet, I always thought she would. Well, Martha, you never can tell, they say Louis Bow- ick will soon appear on Arthur Godfrey's Talent Show for the 553rd time as an impressionistf' Yes, Pet, and Herbert Hattaway, bless his resting soul, he were et up by the 'bowl' weevil. His demise touched Rick Fender deeply so he's flying around spraying HattaWay's cotton fields-killing bold weevils-trying to save the rest of the Hattaway clan. Eh, Martha? Nothing, Pet. Just thinking about Albert Huyck-I think he ended up re- vising the revised edition of Webster's Dictionary. Trouble is-they can't be sure 'cause he spelled his name wrong. Brackman and all those-. Eh, Martha ? Pet, I was thinking about Brackman, Boyd, Henry, and that Shelton Eubanks-they formed a company for remaking used toothbrushes. Well, he, he, Martha, do you remem- ber the talented Tom Folk? He's now a reporting car- toonist for the Musketeers. He recently finished an ar- ticle on Gary Bostick. It seems that after being elected 'best dressed man of the year.' some girls kidnapped him and took him off. That left his betrothed, Helen Saunders, in a sad state of affairs but she consoled her- self by taking up the long awaited profession of teach- ing--Sam Brown finally hired her to teach Pig Latin on his farm. Didn't know that, Pet, Eh, Martha? Said the worst news I've heard was that John Hughes, Norman Thomas, and John Langley were all carried be- hind the Iron Curtain by Russian spies to do research on bringing about a new kind of intransigence. The boys only wished they had Rebby Hollister with them to solve their problem but at that time he was giving a Psychol- ogy lecture in Siam. Eh, Martha? Did you say Betty? No, Pet, 'Rebf But I read in 'Who's Who In Arizona' that Betty Helmly moved out there and formed a neck scarf company so that she could wear a new one every day. Oh. and the other Betty, that athletic Clark girl they say she got lost on the Sahara Desert trying to catch up with 'Runningfeet' Thorpe, Jim's grandson. Eh, Martha? 'Runningfeetf the All-American Indian. Oh, of course, Martha. Well, Pet, Anne Partridge and Glenda Henderson finally got where they wanted to- up there with T. C. Simon and all the intractable men- they're dieticians for the County Jail. They see Bert Anderson and Don Fitzgerald once in a While-I think they're still working on a new grease to make it easier to slide between iron bars so as to get T. C. out. He nearly made it last time but hung a rib. The 'big buddiesf Car- olyn Hadden and Sara Johnson, you know, Pet, it's a shame they had to part. I believe Carolyn is a librarian at the Lenwood Hospital. She even runs her own little pastry shop on the side. Sara landed in Tennessee as :i Lucky Strike auctioneerf' Eh, Martha ? Nothing, Pet, except how remarkable it was that Debrada Brown, Faye Westbrook, and Janis Dubose consented to serve as nurse- maids for our seventeen children. Yes, Martha. Pet, I guess the big surprise of the class was our running off to get married the night of graduation. Pet, you listen- ing? PET! ZZZZZZ. Marian Hill. Sara Galloway. Billy Evans.

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