Cramerton High School - Eagle Yearbook (Cramerton, NC)

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Ed Sullivan has just retired and I have taken his place on “Toast of the Town’’ as mistress of ceremonies. As a big celebration to my good fortune, I have decided to have a reunion of the class of ’55. It will be in the Waldorf Astoria. Finally, it is the night of the big occasion and having had car trouble, I arrive a little late at the party and find that all my guests are already here. The firstperson I see is Dan Alewine. After a fewminutes of talking, Dan whispers m my ear that he is now an undercover operator for a big gambling syndicate . Next I see Junior Miller and Joe Featherstone . They have grown beards, changed their names to the Ludens Brothers, and are up for the heavyweight wrestling championship in Detroit. I walkover to the punchbowl and see Richard Dim sdale and his wife Barbara Keeter. Rich- ard is now a great surgeon. I heard he got his start in Mr. Huss s biology class cutting up frogs. Barbara has won the Typing Championship of the Olympics for the U. S.--250 words a minute ' While I am still standing at the punchbowl, Tom Brandon and Ted Rector walk up. Tom now owns a famous chain of restaurants which go by the name “Bob s Eats . All have been approved by Ted, the new Duncan Hines of America. As I look around the room, I see sitting at a table Dicky Robinson, who has wiped out the name Dairy Queen and set up Donna Dairies all over the world. He has even dared to break the Iron Curtain and set up one in Moscow. Sitting at the table with him are David Carpenter and his sister Peggy. Both are great magicians now--greater t han Houdini 1 Moving around to the other side of the ballroom, I see Katie Faries. Talking to her, I find that she is principal of Cramerton School and has had the hall walls painted shocking pink ' (a refreshing change from that boring chartreuse). It’s time for a dance and Baron Elrod, who has taken Arthur Murray’s place in the world of dancing, asks me for a dance. During the dance I exchange partners and dance with Henry Smith, who now owns General Motors and has a special new line of ‘ ' Hot -Rod s ’ ’’out . They go by the nam e “Lightning.’’ Suddenly I hear beautiful music ' It ' s Nancy McLean, the concert pianist who gave up teaching High School English a few years ago. As I sit down to listen, Jim Barbee and Herman Holland sit down beside me. Jim is now head of CBS and Herman is a renowned psychiatrist. After the piano solo is through, another dance number is played and this time I dance with Steve D avis , the Charlton Heston of the movies and part-time free-lance writer. While dancing we bump into three people standing together . It’s Sally Summerlin, Nellie Ruth Branton, and Bertha Garrison. All have become champions in their field. Sally has swum the English Channel twice and broken all records. Nellie Ruth has risen to fame as an iceskater and Bertha is now playing “Babe” Didrickson for the Woman ' s Pro-Golf Championship. When the dance is over, I step out on the veranda for a breath of air. There I see Betty Grant, the famous ballerina, and Joyce Hawkins, who is in New York for the first time because she has won a pancake contest. She plans tosellthem under the name “Aunt Joyce’s Pancakes.’’ Shelby Grooms and Aileene Price walk over to me. Shelby has just arrived from Paris where she is a designer of women’s clothes; Aileene, on the other hand, designs men’s clothes. Going back into the ballroom, I meet Eugenia Segars and Joyce Weathers. Eugenia and Joyce now run a famous modeling agency in New York. Glancing around the room, I see Harley Padgett and John Rhymer busy talking . John now owns several chinchilla ranches in Utah. John was formerly an oil man. Right where he gave up digging, Harley kept on digging, struck oil, and is now a big oil tycoon. Marcia Hanna and Hazel Stevens walk over to say hello. Marcia is editor of the Ladies’ Home Journal and Hazel has climbed Mt. Everest three times — the only woman to do it. Walking on around the ballroom , I meetBoyce Hance and Thelma Talent. Boyce and Thelma sing with the Metropolitan Opera. They are to play soon in the opera Romeo and Juliet. Continuing my walk, I see Ray Eller, who is now a hell-driver and drives only F ords . Standing at a refreshment table are Doris Bunn and Margaret Guy . Doris is a Fuller Brush saleswoman and has won recognition for it. Margaret is the choreographer on Jackie Gleason’s show. Leaving the table, I sit down on a sofa beside Wayne Lundquist, the great hunter, who has roamed all of Africa and caught several prize animals. I talk to him about what a wonderful evening it has been. Later, when all my guests have left, I think back over all the things that have happened since 1955 and the familiar faces that will live forever in my memory. Joyce Lee Prophet

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MOST POPULAR Richard Dimsdale Joyce Lee FRIENDLIEST BEST ATHLETE Richard Dimsdale Sally Summerlin Herman Holland Nancy McLean