Bedford High School - Peaks Yearbook (Bedford, VA)

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In July, 1953, you will see the exhibition of the newest type plane designed and tested by our own classmate, Carl Overstreet. Maxine Citty, tired of being lonely, will settle down with her ex-soldier husband in 1946. I predict that Hoge Sutherland will write a poem which will make Longfellow turn over in his grave with envy. As you pass by the Bedford Baptist Church in 1952, you will hear Betty Ann McGhee practicing some new selection on the organ. In the fall of 1949, if you could peep through the keyhole of some office you would see Betty Fizer, Annie Belle Arthur, or Virginia Turpin taking dictation while sitting on the boss’ knee. Within the next five years two of our seniors will be settled down in an attractive little cottage, and the name on the mail box will be R. J. Lazenby. I predict that in 1950 Benny Dooley will be a sensational new movie find. Bobby Zimmerman will spend the next twenty years in the Army as a yard-bird. Socialite Barbara Dooley, of Palm Beach, Long Island, etc., will give a concert in Carnegie Hall in 1954. I predict, too, that Billy Witt, tired of Army life, will have a florist shop from which your daughters will get their first corsages. In 1951, if you are sick and need a pill roller, the doctor will most likely recommend either Eleanor Zimmer, Frances Kennedy, or Bettie Burks as your nurse. My final prediction is that Liz Jamerson will write the truly “great American novel” within the next twenty years. And so end my predictions for the Class of ’46—except that I'll venture to predict that in ten years we'll all wish we were back at B.H.S. Glass ColoreG en a ee ee ee ee eee RED AND WHITE Glass Flower. .2 s s toe BS ee Rep Rose Glass Motio 2. a ee eee Nort THE Enp, But THE BEGINNING

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Class Prophecy “The old order changeth,” said Tennyson, and never were truer words spoken. We have found it wise to discard old-fashioned practices and use newer ones, in order to keep abreast of the times. Years ago, if we had wanted to look into the future, we would have consulted a crystal gazer, drunk some magic potion to induce visions, or else crossed a gypsy’s palm with silver. In this streamlined age such practices are passé. Today we employ experts whose bus ness it is not only to keep us informed on present day affairs but also on future happenings. These experts make predictions based on a little spy work, some brain work and a great deal of guess work. For some time now I have been in com- munication with one of the country’s leading analysts who has been willing to share with me his secrets on making deductions about things to come. So if you will listen carefully, I shall give you my predictions concerning the future of the Senior Class of ’46. First of all, I predict that in four years Billy Sutherland, weary and disillusioned after being chased by June and the other g.rls of the Senior Class, will retire to the North Carolina mountains to live as a hermit. Also, that Bookie Bond, too lazy to pursue a military career, will become a typical gentleman farmer and sportsman who sips mint julips on the spacious veranda of his country home. In ten years Sarah Carter, a perfect mother and housewife, will be the President of the Big Island Garden Club. Thomas Arthur, tired of seeking knowledge in a higher institution, will choose a quiet country life down on the farm. I predict also that in five years Nancy Parks will be a “swanky” reporter in Paris, mingling with the cafe society and getting the “low-down” on the higher-ups. In the next fifteen years Lewis McGee’s name will appear in lights at the Metro- politan Opera House as the composer of the first great American opera, and Janet Gee’s and Trudie Evans’ names will at the same time be featured there as the prima donnas. As a result of Elyene Clifton’s “‘vaulting ambition” to get married, she will be settled down with a family of five in 1956. I predict that Homer Lee will be a sensational crooner who will make more bobby soxers swoon than Frankie ever did. “Superwoman” Margaret Walker will set a new record in sports by swimming the Atlantic Ocean in 1950. Maurice Kennedy, profiting by his high school experience as a wolf, will be the Don Juan of his day. In 1950, as you tune in on your favorite soap opera, you will hear Hugh Garrett giving the commercial for “Life Can Be Miserable” featuring Joanne Hash as comedienne. I predict that your daughters w.ll have Professors Leila Walker or Virginia Lee Richardson for one of their classes when they go to the most fashionable college of their day. Within the next ten years Winchell will have to retire because he won’t be able to compete with Maribel Sutherland’s gossip columns. {21}

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