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GLASS PROPHE.CY One beautiful eveniiig in the spring of ' 59, Miss Spindle and Miss Ward, the Senior class sponsors, took us walking to the Porest of the Puture This forest has a reputation for giving prophecies to people in the querest ways . Everything was lovely; the trees and shrubs casting shadows on the green grass below, fLovi ers of every color peeking out of the ground and beautiful water lilies springing from the tranquil waters of the lake The breezes singing through the hills caused us to pause and listen Walking on further into the forest we saw a large tree from which huge nuts had fallen Being quite hungry we decided to eat some. Upon opening them we found our future engraved, printed or v ritten before us Mary Willson was the first to read her prophecy It read, • ' Happily married to a wealthy Romeo, the idol of your creams. ” Por RalpL. Hastings, we saw • ' Attorney at Law, Washington D.C.” Martha Selocman was to be a Home Economics Teacher We could hardly imagine her doing that for a life ' s work. Amy Parley was to be v liat we had so often expected, a prima donna next only to Grace Moore. Virginia Shank was mu ch pleased to find she was to be a very famous technician in a hospital in Pennsylvania Emna Mason Y arriner, our very good natured friend, was to own a sugar plantation in Hawaii Betty Jackson, quite bashful in high school, saw engraved for her, ’’Leader of Virginia Women ' s Socialist Party.” Cosby Perrin saw his future in the far West as a Porest Ranger. Mce goirg , Cosby Virginia Beaver and Wilna Snow v ere to study voice together in Hev York, with a very bright future before them. We weren ' t surprised when Ruby Thore read, ’’Happily married to your present fiance, with a home in Riclimond . Katherine V hit e , one of the best looking girls in school, was seen modeling in Hew York v ith a big chance for Hollywood. Prom Lorraine IIqIo-o we heard her read, ’’Another trip to Washington State; this time not at all anxious to return to Virginia We v ondered why. II
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Audrey Wright, our very energetic guard on the haslcet ball team, v as tamed down to the quiet role of a nurse at Stuart Circle ► Between blondes and basket ball, Dick Sydnor was having trouble finding time to bluff his way through Duke University Mary Hamner, a wonderful musician, found she v as to teach music in a public school in Los Angeles Edith Poindexter was to own and operate a beauty parlor in Richmond. Thelmia Wingo, our most timid class member, found that she was to be a music teaciier in the steadily growing town of Jetersville We read for Preston Lov ry, Auto wreck between Ohio and Nevada, v;here you will be saved by a tall handsome man whom you will choose as a life companion For Charles Holman we read, Owner of Holman’s Garage, Amelia, Virginia. Ruth Smith was quite pleased at her prophecy of being an interior decorator with an office in Boston Helen Shrum was t o be honored as America’s most noted Photographer We were quite amused, but James Allen was greatly pleased, upon finding he was to teach a class of girls in the art of correct speech. We were startled by Elsie Wills ' giggling She was to be a stenographer fo r a Virginia Congressman, with comedy acting as a side- line. For Madge Lawson was prophesied, President of Amelia Athletic Association with a girls’ basket ball team to coach as a pastime. Elva Lawson sav her future in an office in Boston, as secretary to a Maryland Representative with Mary Munford as a co-worker. Edith Crone was quite delighted at finding she v as to be head nurse at Johnst on-Willis . The U S. Government, realizing the value of Corbin Easter and William King in engineering, was to assign them a very responsible Job Ercelle Jones’ future kept her at Miller and Rhoads as a s ten og rap her » Ethel Major was to be part owner of a Broadway shov . Irene Morris, one of our quiet seniors, was to be private Secretary.
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