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SENIOR PROPHECY lContl of thrs class arrrvrng7 There s Harold Bullock gorng ap to the room clerk s desk You know Harold rnyented a new rnsectrcrde to keep flres off from cows Frrst h pours alcohol on the cows Then he sprrnkles gravel on them When the flres become rntoxrcated they throw gravel at each other There comes Margaret Krng Drdnt she do well to make thrs reunron9 sard my classmate Why? I asked Well she got marrred and put her nurse s trarn rng to good use She now has four sets of trrplets th w orld s record Remember Malcolm Hrll7 He rs rust comrng rn the entrance at the left Do you recall how Malcolm hated bookkeeprng but when Uncle Sam grabbed hrm hc made an excellent bookkeeper for the army He once remarked to someone that rt was lots easrer than rt was at Knox because rt doesn t matter to anyone rf the books don t balance Our attenron was next centered rn front of the magazrne counter for there was Esther Prlbeam lookrnf over the new est rssues We assumed that Esther would also attend the Lrbrarran s Conventron whrle rn Syracuse It was nrce for us to thrnk that Esther for several years had been the very efficrent lrbrarran at Knox Memorral jrm Smrth as we mrght have eypected qurckly spotted the Coffee Shop as he entered and made hrs acquarntance wrth two or three wartresses We well re called thrs achrevement rn jrm s past years how he could so readrly obtarn the grrls attentron Botherrng folks w as always an rnterestrng hobby for jrm He hasnt chang ed I remarked because he rs now a Collector of In ternal Revenue and as such rs certarnly a pest to every one Vrvran Fulton now berng escorted to her room hasnt changed much has shf-9' I asked No was thc reply and drd you know that Vryran desrgned a new drawstrrng bathrng surt9 I am rnformed that she rn tends to wear rt rn the All Amerrcan Beauty Contest I hope shes wrns Trme w as raprdly passrng and as the later after noon came PFC Heman Matthew s rushed mto the lobby A newspaper account some months ago had gryen m the news that Heman had jorncd the paratroopers and obtarned a patent on a parachute w hrch wrll take hrm back to the plane after he starts down Thats rn case he doesn t lrke appearances below Heman we recalled frequently changed hrs mrnd We w ere also surprrsed and I:-leased to note arrrv rng perhaps the quretest member of therr class Vrvrar Blackmer who had also made a great sacrrfrce to come to the reunron from the mrcl west Vrvran has spent much of her trme rn solrtrtude wrth a talented black cat on a yacht on the Mrssrssrppr Now rt was nearrng the hour for the reunron to start and the rest of our schoolmates were rushrng rn to take up therr reseryatrons More rn Uncle Sam s unrforms were nevt seen There was that handsome Senror of ten years ago Gene Whrteford wearrng the smart unrform of the U S Marrnes Wle had heard that Gene rs a fam ous prlot rn the off trmes when he rsnt on K P or wrth hrs w rfe w ho was a member of the class of 53 Eva Chase rs also a prlot rn the Arr Force For years she has featured rn many transcontrnental Hrghts wrth her attentron keenly focused on all of the good lookrng prlots Eva appears to us as trrm as ever as she hurrres to the elevator Joyce Rrder rs accompanyrng her We now recall how Joyce always had an eye for the sarlors She lrves wrth her sarlor husband at a naval base and teaches a course to young brrdes on How to Make .1 Husband Out of a Sarlor Barbara Colton and Anna Kelly are the last of th class to arrrve When I notrced Barbara I remarked that she rs telephone operator rn a New England sanrtorrum and I wondered rf calls from men especrally could ever get through rn that localrty because Barbara always be lreved rn gettrng acquarnted wrth callers Y s rt rs true our conversatron contrnued that Anna Kelly marrred a mrllronarre and spends most of her trme spendrng hrs money The rest of the trme she dances for the fun of rt Do you suppose she wrll grve us an ex hrbrtron dance tonrght7 But trme w as flyrng and we strll had to dress for the banquet At thrs pornt we were sure that we could look ahead to an enyoyable evenrng wrth the class of 52 Already rdeas were buzzrng rn our heads about how we mrght handle our newspaper assrgnment of coverrng thc banquet We were sure that rt would be a successful new S story Nadrne LaFounta1n Helen Barry WELL LOVED TRADITION From 1808 to 1952 srx wars have called men to the colors to defend our country agarnst aggressron ln thc mryorrty of these wars Russell has been represented and so rt rs that onc of our w cll loved tradrtrons takes plac rn Max on Memorral Day to honor those who have defended our country Srmple rn form but srgnficant '1 meanrng the scrvrce finds the student body each year paracirng hehrnd our marchrng band and assemblrng on the school lawn Followrng the flag decoratron ceremony rn th small ce netery nearby the student body lrstens to the Gettysburg Address delrvered by a student ann to an address by a guest speaker When the echoes of taps floats oxer the quret scene each rs conscrous of a debt we owe to so many Well always r member' . . , , V V . . , , . , . . , c , K - V. , . , , . . . 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DOWN MEMORY LANE WITH 52 Remember four years ago xxhen xxe entered the strange and bexxrlderrng life of high school? Small and rnsrgnrheant the girls rdolrzed the manlrness of tl Senior men xx hrle the boys shone rn intramural sports Shy and frightened xx studied hard and gradually got into the sxxrng of things XVe xx ere uneertarn of xx hat lay ahead of us rn th s nexx lrfe But under the gurdanee of Miss Broxxn ou adxrsor xxe adjusted ourselves and elected elass otfreers Mertree Tuttle President Anna Kelly Vree President XVrllram Brexx er Secretary and Robert XVhrteford Treasurer We xx ere happy to be able to contribute to the March of Dimes and to the forergra elothrng drrxe These contributions xx ere made possible bx a mox re and tle sale of an eleetrre pereolator In our Sophomore year xxe xx ere the sophrstreates of the school and even loxxered ourselxes to spealx tm the Iareshmen Our soeral life xx as fast and gay and already had begun to dominate over hard hours of studx Oar aetrvrtres xxere a moxre and the sale of a pair of snoxx shoes under the guidance of our ad rsor Mr Baxxtrn hrmer Margaret King xx as our class President Wrllrana Brexxer Vice President Rachel Frfield Secretary and Irsthe Prlbeam Treasurer We as Iunrors xxere really upper elassmen for phy sreally and mentally xxe xx ere arrrxrng at maturity In Iune xxe ushered out the Seniors of 1951 xxrth our lunror Senior Prom Class officers xx ere NX7rllram Brexx er President Eva Chase Vree President Barbara Col ton Secretary and john MeDonald Treasurer M Morse xx as our advisor Seniors at last xxe ruled the roost from room 29 rn the nexx building Our goal xx as to go to Nexx Yorre trty as prexrous elasses had gone before us To malxe this possible xxe held sexeral mox res eard parties and suppers The sale of magazines eards and xx rrtrng paper also arded rn frnanerng our trip The unror Senior Prom held rn the spring xxoulel be our most important event during the xear Robert XVhrteford xx as our Senior elass President Gene Xwhrteford Vree President Vrxran Ful ton Seeretaryf and Joyce Rider Treasurer Mr Collrson xx as elass adxrsor XX hat XVrll XVe Give Dad starring the Seniors of 1952 xxas the one act plav eoaehed by Mrs Fitzgerald and presented as a part of the annual Christmas pro tram In Max the annual Senior class play Come Oxe Tr Our House a three aet eomedy xxrll be presentel rnder the drreetron of Mr Wrese our Prrnerpal Our lar h sehool years haxe passed qurelxly but last ing m morres of thrilling games the roar of the cheering seetron the team s courage our missions to the ofh e and th loxe affairs of the eorrrdors still remain INoxx as a group xxe are drxrded eaeh elassmate is going b s oxxn separate xx av and xxe xx onder rf xxe shall ever meet again Senior lNIotto Class Colors Red 'mel xx lute f lass Floxx er Red and xx hrte roses SENIOR PROPHECY It xx as a xx arm une day rn 1962 xx hen xxe txxo xoung reporters for the Post Standard reeerved an assignment to eover the reunion of the elass of 52 at the Hotel Syracuse This xx as the first elass to graduate from the beautiful nexx Knox sehool Srnee xxe reporters xx ere graduated the year after xxe loolxed forxx ard to seeing them again Wfe deerded to xxart rn the lobby to eover the arrival of our former schoolmates Glanerng into the Coffee Shop I exelarmed My goodness isnt that Pauline Paro7 Yes sure enough rt rs said my good friend and felloxx reporter Noxx I recall that she is a xx artress here and gets extra tips larly for dropping trays of glasses on the floor to enter tarn guests Loole at the eroxxd folloxxing that young felloxx through the main entrance Could that be one of our sehoolmates7 XVhy of course rt rs and rt s none other than Robert Wfhrteford the nexx Drmaggro of baseball All rn that eroxxd said I are hoping he xxrll favor them xxrth hrs autograph Wlicr xxould haxe thought that Bob xxould beeome xxorld famous7 After Bob had eleared ax' ax the eroxx d and gone to hrs suite rn the Hotel xxe next obserxed bell hops hurry ing to the elex ator eseortrng une Clarlxe xxrth her nag gage Xou lenoxx june noxx a registered nurse xx as alxx ays interested rn nursing She really rose to great heights rn her profession She s noxx the nurse rn charge of Margaret Truman s tonsrls Knoxxrng hat xx xxould all happily met at th reunion dinner in the private dining room that evening xxe refrained from rushing up to greet our sehoolmates as they arrived individually And from most comfort able eharrs rn a eorner of the spacious lobby xxe contrnu ed to xxateh for the distinguished 1952 alumnr Next to arrrve very sharply dressed vxas Dr XX'rl lram Brexx er XVe later learned that he flexx to Sy racr sv tor the reunr xn in hrs prrx ate plane Bill graduated fron Veterinary College and early rn the praetree of hrs pro fessron xx as axx arded the Nobel Prrze for hrs outstand rn' rnxentron of false teeth for dogs Dorothea Sutter xxrth her maid eame shortly into the lobby after arriving from the xxest on the first streamlined Empire State Drd you lxnoxx that she also a doctor' I aslxed O xes vxas the reply ane did vou also lxnoxx that quite reeentlx she xx as rushed to Russell to perform an operation on her former Phy srcs teaeher Ixlr Sehxxartz xx ho sxx alloxx ed hrs tongue xx hen an eleetrreal experiment xxent xx rong7 Isnt rt rnterestrne I said to see all the members I 9 4 S 4 I ' ' , ' I vu ' r - ' ' , YI I I I iz: II A 'I ' ' ' , 'I K 1 V I , K -- I ' V. 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