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CLASS PROPHECY Revelation in a dream, that's what I had. It all started on the night following Christmas Day. I had eaten so much that I thought I would pop at any moment. Naturally, I wasn't feeling so wellg. so I went to bed to sleep it off. I went to sleep in a very short while, but I was restless and dreamy. This was only the beginning, because the next few moments that followed hardly seemed to be, but it was so real that it was quite possible. I was destined to be the one from the '47 class who was to know all the facts on my classmates' futures. The characters were my senior classmates of l947. The- place. was -all points in the entire world. They were all busily engaged in their varied occupations and professions of 1967. The first one I saw was FRED HATCHETT. He had been through many schools of chemistry, and he was now head of the laboratory at the Westinghouse Corporation. He was totally engrossed in a new element which he had just discovered. Right in the same lot with Fred was BETTY JANE THOMERSON, who was his assistant. She spent her days at the laboratory and nights at the theater. Not far from the Vvestinghouse laboratory was a Gus Sweeney Phar- macy. This was one of many pharmacies owned by the worldbfamous prescriptionist, GUS SYVEENEY. VVhile on the subject of science, l'll tell what the others of our class were pursuing along that subject. In a remote part of Alaska I saw THOMAS HIME. He was teaching physics to the Eskimos. He had become so fascinated with this subject that he wanted every race of people in the world to know about his favorite subject. Thomas wasn't the only one who was fascinated by this. Lois Mat- thews School of Physics was enjoying wonderful success, headed by the foremost lady physicist of the time, LOIS MATTHEWS. By this time I was feeling a little better, so my dream became more on the lighter side of life. I found myself in the Metropolitan Opera House where NANETTE ALEXANDER had the leading part in a new smash-hit opera called Charlotte Town, which was written by the world famous author, LENA JO SEAGRAVES. Only a short distance from the Metropolitan was a magnificent skating rink owned by ENIMA JEAN HALL and DOROTHY HOOPER. They were learning some new and difficult skating tricks. Every Tuesday and Thursday night the skating rink was used as a basketball gym. Two triple All-American players led their respective tennis to victory each night. TOMMY HINES headed the outstanding male team. and CHARLSIE STEIVART headed the outstanding girls' scxtet of the nation. Both Charlsie and Tommy had made unanimously the All-American teams for four consecutive years. Quite a few of the class had gone in for music. Foremost was JEAN DOXVNEY, who had organized an All-Girl Chorus that was the rage of the nation. PAUL USELTON had become very popular with his bass fiddle. He and Jack Benny now have their own radio show called Fiddle Tunes High and Low. No class would be quite complete without its newspapertnen, and this class is no exception. LESLIE TEAL, after being a paper boy for years. had linally bought his own newspaper. His chief reporter and world recognized authority on news was BETTY ANN GARROTT. I found that many of our classmates had been making the headlines. WVILADEAN LEWIS, not to be outdone by any man, had recently been elected to Congress from Tennessee. Her first bill had just been passed. This provided for the construction of a new white house by the greatest architect of all time-ARTHUR IVILLS. BRYANT LIGGETT, our wonderful class president. had frequently ntade the headlines. He had accomplished just about everything possible in this country, and he was now sailing for Europe looking for new worlds to conquer. He excelled in the fields of engineering and music, For his voyage Bryant had chosen a ship owned by the Curd and Hoover Passenger Ship Lines. NORMAN HOOVER. of the same concern, was admiral executive of the fleet, while ROBERT CURD had chosen the industrial share of the business. Every successful country must have its state prisons. and these prisons must have very capable wardens. I don't believe a more capable warden could be found than BILLY DRUMRIGHT. His honesty and sincerity has made all the prisoners like him. Another person who believes in law and order is BOBBY He is employed as a bouncer for Dull'ey's Tavern. Just the opposite of the law is one of our very popular boys, HOYVARD PAYNE. Don't tell Billy, but he is a professional bookie who takes nothing less than every penny you've got, As there is to every group of people a quiet lot, a few who are content with a settled, restful life. so there is among the seniors. In the twinkling of an eye we traveled the four corners of the earth looking in on this group. The first one I saw was that ever quiet, bright-eyed brunette, JEAN NEELY. She and Bobby had a wonderful home life. A neighbor to Jean was MARGARET COLLINS. She had a very lovely brick house with all the trimmings, including a wonderful husband and two lovely blue-eyed daughters. In the loveliest spot a person could wish for, a beautiful old mansion surrounded by lovely trees, the J. B, Proctors resided. Mistress of this beautiful mansion was NANCY MCELHINEY. Out in sunny California, close by the seashore, lived MILDRED SMITH and her husband. Mildred devotes most of her time to her set of twins, Joseph and Virginia. Perhaps the most peaceful citizen atnong the seniors is to be JESSICA MCDONALD. She lived quietly and was well content in raising chickens and flowers. ' JANE MARSHALL had her own school for secretaries where only the best of everything was taught. A new English book written by JOSE- PHINE TAYLOR was the only type of English that she would think about using. Many line secretaries had graduated from Jane's school into good positions. Among these were MARY FRANCES TROXEL and DOROTHY CURD. Both of these girls were happy in their work with their success. Dorothy had kept true to her promise and was a sweet old maid. Quite a few of my classmates had become quite popular in different kinds of sports. M ATTOX. KENDALL CART was a champion in a less energetic sport. He was ping'pong champion of the South. He was-looking forward to the national matches so that he could add that to his honors.. MALCOLM SADLER had just graduated from his third college. He had won an athletic scholarship to go to the first college from high school. He lettered in all the major sports, including football, basketball, and tennis. DAN TERRY, that sports wizard of Cohn, was still playing pro foot- ball with swell succes. Not to be outdone by Dan, HELEN CANTRELL was a star performer on the National XVomen's Champion Professional Basketball Team. The lights of Broadway and the lure of Hollywood had attracted several of my promising classmates. . VERNON THRONEBERRY was thrilling his female audiences with his romantic roles. He was acclaimed a second Van Johnson. TOMMY RAINS was a movie star that, like Bing Crosby, thrilled every- one. He sang, danced, acted, and did just about everything else that went with the movies. . . l ELINOR BUMPAS was a current Broadway star that made a hit. with all the movie-goers. She was the rage of Broadway. Elinor's agent was the famous socialite. JO ANN RUNION. Much of her success was due to Jo Ann. BILLY BELL was a photographer with the New York Herald. He had won numerous awards for outstanding news pictures. JEAN FELTS, that ever popular girl about Cohn. was living a wonder- ful life with CARLTON STINSON. Their ambition was to raise their own football team with Carlton as their coach. ' KATIE YOUNG and her husband had long since been settled in their little nest. This was a cottage home surrounded by a quaint little white fence that just seemed to suit Katie's personality. As everyone might have suspected. and no prophet need there be to tell it, DOROTHY NEBLETT and Gerald I-'elts had started down life's highway together. Dorothy is thoroughly convinced that she couldn't have done better. ' EVA JEAN JONES and her husband had settled in Alaska. The lure of the North and its romantic adventures had been too much. I was privileged to see another of my classmates in a contented home life. This was NORMA JEAN REYNOLDS. Her life with Billy Drum- right had been all peaches and cakes. One of the most original businesses owned by any senior was that owned by LOIS HUNT. This was an approved Matrimonial Bureau. It was known wide and far because of its progress and efficiency. Peculiar thing, though, Lois wasn't married. Lois had a wonderful secretary. She was VVILDA JUNE HUNT. Wilda June was a second Dorothy Dix when it came to patching up lover's quarrels. -The Lois Hunt Matrimonial Bureau had a fine model to tempt the timid boys. She was renowned for her abilities in this capacity. Every model agency was trying to get her. This line girl was none other than MILDRED TRAVIS. Amazing though it was, I even saw myself twenty years from now. I was having a conference with some European officials concerning an enter- prise owned by the U. S. Govermnent. On my oflice door were the words, James Dorris. United States Personnel Director for Europe. 1 gained this position through Youth, Incorporated. RALPHIE HERRON, VERA FOX, and BESSIE MCKAY were three outstanding nurses. They headed the staffs at three of the largest hospitals in the nation. CLINTON HUTCHISON had perhaps the most unusual occupation. He owned a famous Dude Ranch where all tourists to Texas just have to go, HELEN JOHNSON was head librarian of the southem branches of the Carnegie Library Institute. VIOLET SELLS was her assistant. ALAN IVILLIS owned a most famous chain of grocery stores. His slogan was, Bring your money in a basketg take your groceries home in your pocket. Two advenuresome seniors had done the unusual. They were D. L. SMITH and WILLARD OAKLEY. They owned a lumber concern. Willard supervised the selling of the lumber, while D. L. had charge of cutting the trees and hauling them to the mill. They were bot.h most successful in the venture. ANN JAKES and MILDRED fBill-Billj PERRY had joined partner- ship in a most fascinating enterprise. They owned the renowned Little Known Publishing Corporation, with main ollices located in Paris, France. Ann attended to finding new publications, while Mildred spent her time writing popular novels and well-loved poems. Perhaps the occupation that required the most courage was that chosen by CONRAD HERNDON. He was an explorer and big game hunter whose fondest pastime was being lost in the wilds of Africa. MARGARET HOLTON and PEGGY MAXWELL had decided they liked school well enough to teach. They didn't teach a subject t.hat that required them to teach all day, but rather than do this they taught D. O. and had the afternoon off. Far from the stress and strain of our two schoolteachers lived a very happy and contented gentleman. He was DONALD HOVVARD, who lived on a quiet chicken ranch. His only worry was getting enough eggs from his hens to supply the surrounding community. JEAN CROUCH had taken over an unusual occupation. She was head manicurist for her father's barber establishment. MARGARET HAFFNER. not to be outdone by anyone, had just signed an agreement whereby she would be put in charge of all weather observing stations in the South. After a big snow, her job is to take a ruler and measure to see how much snow has fallen. Well, that's Mar- garet, always so original. As I saw these last three seniors I seemed to be coming out of a daze. I seemed to hear the drone of an airplane motor, followed by sweet strains of jazz music. I opened my eyes to see LEE ROY SATTERWHITE piloting a new plane invention of his. This plane had a built-in phono- grajzlh, and the music I heard was a jazz recording of Lee Roy's famous ban . Xvith these sounds buzzing in my head, I suddenly awoke and bolted upright in my bed. I was wide awake, but I had dreamed this dream which I have just related. As I said at the beginning, I was a little sick when I went to bed: this may account for some of the twisted facts in this narrative. For this I am not responsibleg I only know that I was to be the class prophet and that this dream was the revelation of the future of the Senior Class of 1947. JAMES Domus, Class Prophet.