Coal Hill High School - Progressor Yearbook (Coal Hill, AR)

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pwpiecq We, the graduating seniors of the class of 1953, decided that before we part company to go our separate ways, we would pay a visit to the great Swami Mahavira to acertain what the future holds for each of us At first the great Swami was reluctant to reveal the future to all the group but upon our insistence he consented to look Said the Swami 'It is the corner in New York Gity A man It is Mr A H Metcalf and Mrs time the two have met since the Coal Hill As the vision comes ing They are reriniseing over class of 1953, at good old CHHS into his crystal ball for us year 1970 I see a busy street and woman come into view Yes' Pauline Wall It is the first spring of 1955, when both left clearer, I can hear them speak their experiences with the Mr Metcalf retired from the teaching profession and is engaged in publishing text books Mrs Wall is teaching English Literature at Columbia Unlversity Here comes a newsboy Mr Metcalf buys a paper, and our old friends are surprised to see banner headlines announcing the appearance of Billy Joe Armstrong and his Wworld Famous Hillbilly Bandn at the Copa Club Turning through the paper they see a picture of Miss Betty Brasel Below the picture is a story of the recent pub lication of her book, nThe Satisfaction of Being a Bachelor Girl Miss Bresel states that she had decided to live alone and like it, and to devote her life to writing books Yates, whose ambition was to become a big league ball player He got as far as St Louis and there he married and now he has a baseball team all of his own As Mrs and continue Hotel dining Gardner, the of Arkansas, line of gab, Wall and Mr Metcalf have decided to have lunch their conversatlon, they are entering the Statler room Much to their surprise they see Governor former Billy Gardner, who has become the Governor not through his intelligence, but through his and his secretary Mrs Martha Yates Martha says that since Bill bought a farm near Little Rock he doesn't mind her working Governor Gardner tells them that Harold Hurst has gotten his degree in Agriculture and now has a large farm near Alma where he raises Brahma bulls for rodeo performances As Mrs Wall and Mr Metcalf finish lunch and continur to look over the city, Mrs wall asks about Alice Mooney M Metcalf said that shortly after graduation Alice went to Wash ington D C to work with the F B I She is now married and she and her husband live in a beautiful home near Washington They are the parents of four lovely children SJSU .Il b Mrs. wall says that she was in St. Louis and saw Bentely . .. . r.

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as few j Q, V W Both Mrs. Wall and Mr. Metcalf are surprised to know that Ransy Ferguson is in Hollywood producing the film WArkansas Cowboy.N This is his first production but he has starred in several films. He is stated as saying, HI enjoy working in Hollywood very much and expect to make it my career.n The great Swami tells them that the ball is fading and that he can see Betty West, who is teaching Home Economics at dear old Coal Hill, where the graduates of l953 received their high school training. 446706364014 We the Senior Class of 1953 of Coal Hill High School being of full and sound mind, do m ke, publish, and declare this to be our last will and testiment l Billy Joe Armstrong wills his ability to play baseball in the study hall to Walter Rinke 2 Be ty Jane Brasel wills her excellent basketball playing to her sister, Mary 3 Ransy Ferguson wills his good looks to Earl Wall M B1 ly Gardner wills his ability To get along with good looking women to George Ray Morris 5 Harold Ray Hurst wills his bench sitting ability to Leroy Weathers Alice Mooney wllls her basketball suit, No 6, to Janice Davis Betty Nest wills her loud mouth to Shirley Ritchey Bentely Yates wills his home runs to Don Ray Langston 9 Martha Yates wills her dishwater hands to Ruth Gelene Holloway 1 . t . l . 6 o ' ' 1 7. ' . 8. . - F' W' W 2 'Wg' 1 gg:iTi,1:1gf-'gf+g'f,---:l3- --