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CLASS PROPHECY As I was rummaging through one of my old trunks the other day, guess what I found--my old school annual, The Mainsail 55. Here it had been for ten years since graduation from high school and I had heard from but a few of . my old classmates. As a chemist for the Government, I don't get around much, but now on this new assignment, inspecting various Government Labs around the country, maybe I'll find out just what happened to my classmates. Finally, the day arrived when Dr. Henry Safrit, a fellow scientist, and I were to leave New York. Who do you think was driving the taxi which tookus to the spaceport--none other than Clarence Rhue. It seems that Clarence is having trouble making ends meet with six kids to support. Not only is he a preacher, but he also drives this taxi weekdays. When we arrived at the space- port, we were surprised to see Virginia Hassell, who has just produced a rec- ord-breaking show on Broadway, and her leading man, Harold Willis. We did- n't get to speak to them. The reporters were keeping them busy. Say, those men over there look mighty familiar. Why, it's Herbert Mason, Archie Willis and Stephen Dudley- -and they're wearing Space Patrol Uniforms. Yes, Archie, Herbert, and Duck have at last realized their ambition. You'll never guess who was our rocket stewardess--Anne Hill! During the trip to Los Angeles,Anne told Henry about many of our old Classmates. Gehrmann Holland and Murray Pittman are coaches at two of the leading universities in the nation. Barbara Piner quit burlesque to marry Charles Pake, the big oil millionaire. Janice Murphy is teaching in one of the South's leading Nursing Schools. J.W. Alligood and Bernard Hall have just won National recog- nition for designing and constructing the country's largest spaceport at Chicago. Wayne Whitehurst and Sammy Magill are the managers of the South's second largest drug store chain. Of course, many of my former classmates are just plain housewives. Jessie Dixon, Julia Congleton, Nancy Knox, and Mary Buttry are married now and have families in Carteret County. Patty Jean Lewis divorced her first husband and is now living at his expense in England. Poor Faye Mason is still an old maid school teacher. Goodness knows, she has tried, but every time they get scared and run away. Ada Mae Lewis is a big fashion designer in the North. Her nearest rival is Billie Jean Lewis, who runs the largest chain of beauty salons on the East Coast. James Holland and Ted Conway are now big men in the fishing industry. I am told that both are fast becoming millionaires. Doris Avery is the secretary of Tommy Lewis, a wealthy gentleman farmer in Virginia. Charlene Harrell is a noted nightclub performer. Husky Bruce Edwards is a successful wrestler, destined to be a champ- ion some day. Pretty Geneva Hardesty and talented Virginia Davis are outstanding business women in stocks and bonds on Wall Street. The Reverend George Bridges is the Billy Graham of the day, leading the Southern Baptist's North Carolina Conference. Pat Hill is the wife of a newspaper re- porter in Canada. Suddenly, Henry interrupted, Isn't that Martha Gibbs sitting over there? And sure enough it was. Martha and her husband were on their way to Europe to visit Lynn and Marie Stoller, who now live on the coast of Italy. Before long, our rocket landed in L. A. There in the spaceport terminal we saw Bobby Guthrie, who is Betty Williamson's agent. Betty's new picture Heart Beat, they say, is a wonderful success. We were met at the spaceport by Mary Ann Chadwick, who is the chief secretary and lab assistant of Dr. Smith, whom we are visiting here in L. A. Dr. Safrit and I were glad to hear about so many of our old classmates. Maybe we'll be able to see many of them at a class reunion some day. I must say, I don’t know of a more successful class in the whole United States.
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CLASS HISTORY We, the class of '55, finish our final year as one of the most outstanding classes ever to leave the halls of B. H. S. Glancing backward, we realize how fright- ened and lost we were as green freshmen in 1951. That was a memorable year for all of us. A few of the girls chose their occupations that year. We feel sure that the experience given them in Miss Dickens' Beauty Shop will be of great value to them in future years. Mrs. Salter and Mrs. Beveridge seemed awfully sad the spring of 1952. Perhaps they realized, even then, what a wonderful group was leaving their home rooms. The fall of 1952 found sixty-five sophomores, divided equally between Mrs. Beveridge and Mrs. Lawrence, back at B.H.S. Oh! ! What plans we had for that year. Most classes had found the sophomore year boring, but not us. That year proved to be one of the best for us. We feel quite confident in saying the class of '53 will never forget the beach party given them by the sophs, at Fort Macon State Park. But all good things must come to an end. So in 1953 we moved up to the Junior Class and began a year which we can never forget. Our junior year will be remembered, not only by the juniors, but by everyone who saw The Circus. Every banquet ever given at B. H. S. has been the best yet, and ours was no exception. The tent, the elephant, the fat lady, the trapeze, the animals, and the balloons all made up The Circus, and contributed toward making it a wonderful success. Without the tireless efforts of Mrs. Law- rence and Mrs. Noe, our dreams could never have been realized. So a million thanks to both of them! ! As bad as we hated for the year to end, it did, and another class took our home rooms. Forty-one of us moved up the hall to the Senior home rooms and proudly took our places as the Seniors of 1955. We had been a conceited class for three years, and now we had to prove our worth! ! All of us have tried to make 1955 an outstanding year for B. H. S. students. It has been a great year for all of us--one we will never forget. The sports, the activities, the Senior privileges, the Christ- mas program, the Senior play, and everything have been great. And now we leave!! We are leaving behind us a mass of achievements, and most important of all, a wonderful school. We'd liketothank the faculty--each and every member--for showing us the true value of an education and for making our school days not only days of learning, but days of pleasure.
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