Ben Lippen School - Challenge Yearbook (Asheville, NC)

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I Last but by no mea.ns the least Francisco X Rodriguez comes ln H informs us that he wlll not be able to remam for the entire banquet as he has to hurry back to the United Natlons headquarters here ln New York to contmue presxdmg over thus famous peace making body Upon graduat mg from Ben Llppen he attended the school of languages and dlplomatlc sclence ata Venice and by a long and amazingly spectacular ladder has as cended to hls present posltlon as President of the Unxted Nations Smce all the members of the class are here we proceed to the banquet and then to the meetmg Coach Case gwes a wonderful speech recallmg the wonderful times we had at lien Ilppen dunng our school years Then our class president Phll Meredith with a superb elegance gwes us another short speech U P and A P photographers and reporters are present, taking pictures and notes for the different newspapers ln the Umted States and m foreign countrles The banquet contmues to the early hours of the mormng Then one by one these wonderful people leave this grand reunlon to enter again into their places ln this world Each 'md every one I5 1 great person wlthln hlmself but also as a gmup they rank among the best and most prosperous graduatnon clases Ben Lxppen has ever had So xt has happened to this wonderful CLASS 1951 fx ,f QLD s ay jg, lf 'W' 'x 7053 M E I 'flu fb i Q3 zi rig lg E 3 S I OF N lf Y Q MQ f X f A , a I 1 Nifbjn i , ,,, 'K Qx ff ..j 'H if 4 1 -e W X' ' - :Q N 1' 4 - . I - f I 'I . '? , 'jx KX I Z , , ' .. 4 i ily ' -j 071, l e if Q I , ,R F, INK MA ' ln ix , 4,1 V 'gtk 5 K 'Q , tx - N X s T f- .5 S V X X X we - N 7 X

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as Senior Prophecy Here at msl970and twenty-nine ymrshaveelapscdsinceweleftour Classmates. Butnowwe haveanopportunlty tomeettheSem0rChsi 1951 an the elegant md distinguished Hotel Waldorf in the great city of NewYork.Asyoua.llknow1nthe Waldorfllotelallgrutbusmls and movie stars meet for their assembhes and gatherings. So, why shouldft theBeuI1ppenSmlorelassof 1951 mcetatsuchaphcewhmallthelm- bersaresofamousandwellknown' Firstofall,wemeettheclasssponsor 'Camel' DaveCase,whols now an experienced coach of football of Wheaton College. No wonder Wheaton ns beatmgall its opponents' We keep on talking wlule wanting for the other classmates that arel supposed to be here on time. We talk about how loyal and faithful the Semor Class has been and the good tlmes we had. Wetalk,especnally about theprogressandadvancenuentofliculrxp- pen our glonous Alma Mater It IB about 7 oclock P M and through the door comes FLASH, BAAM, ALAIQZAAMH Danlel Webster from whom we hear that he fmally married Dash and IS now a xmsslonary nn East Afnca. We are sur pnsed to see how hes reduced He has lost 175 pounds and I8 mx feet, four Inches tall He tells us that the natives are not tempted to eat him as much as they used to be We are so happy to hear from lum such wonder ful stones, which at the same time become testimonies. Wlule we talk to hum we hear that a MSNBC parade I8 coming this way We all go out to watch xt and who do you thunk as headlng the Par ade None other than James Longfellow Craig He has been escorted all the way from hxs headquarters to this meetllg We hear from htm many stones far more xnterestlng than what we have read m the papers about hun He ns now commander of the Mannes. He commanded the Marines nn thelr v1ctonous attack agamst the Russians ln Red Cluna, dur xng the III World War Following the Parade and ndlng a Cadillac comes Larry Montelth who ns now President of the Natnonal Association of E'ng1neers. After graduating Larry Joined the U S Navy and later entered N C State where he played football for a few years He was named All American by the Associated Press for has ablhty and knowledge of football Afterwards, he got a Job m a bug at nglneenng company ln Raleigh and IS now one of the famous engineers ln the nation We Just received a mblegram from Victor I.. Jackson who IB now a mxssxonary ln Indo-Chlna, telhng us that he will not be able to come to the meeting because the opportumtles of service are so great We all feel sorry he can t come but we are glad he lS being used so greatly on the mlsslod field. We find out that he went to C B C for four years and later went to Indo-Chxna carrylng the Gospel to the natlves Whale we were reading the cablegram Charles Chapman comes m He lS now the Mayor of the clty of San Francisco and IS llvlng off the fat of that fair clty Charlle went to Stanford Umverslty where he made var slty basketball He met Montexth when the latter once went to San Fran cisco for a meet' rg of the westem engmeers, and later got ln touch with the school and learned of our meeting So here he ns Bull Cathey comes ln together with Phxl Meredith and Steve Salk: They met at LaGuard1a airport Cathey flew from Asheville where he IS now Judge of the Cnty Court According to Drew Pearson he ns one of the most Just and fair Judges of the natlon Plul Meredith IS now Pres: dent of Taylor Umverslty and IS marned to Pat has llfelong love and has seven children to take care of Quite a family eh' Salkx graduated from Harvard and IS now an eminent heart disease specialist ln Japan After graduating from Ben Llppen he attended C B C but later took his Pre Med ln Wheaton College and fnnlshed up ln Harvard Umverslty with hugh honors. He now combines his work as a doctor with that of an evangellst and lS converting many Japanese to the Chrlstlan rellglon Robert Jackson comes ln talking to one of hls servants about our class Bob lS now an oil tycoon and ts president of the Standar 0ll'Com pany m Venezuela. After graduating from B.L he attended the Umver sxty of Terhessee where he studred for several years. After graduatmg he made connectxons wnth some of Rodnguez s fnends and got a Job lll the oxl busmess nn South America. We feel sorry Carl Chastam cant come to the meetmg but we read m the papers that he has a fight nn Madxson Square Ga.rden for the nuddle- welght world champlonshlp Carl attended Duke Umverslty for a couple of years, but soon got ttred of studymg such hard subJect.s as Physics and Chemlstry, and came to New York wnth a boxing contract. Hrs future looks bnght . . . . ,, . , . . , 1 , . ' 9 ' fn v ' i . , . . . . , - Y Q . , - u n ' . . 1, . 7 Y 9 1 . 1 I , . . . . , . ! , . . . . 3 . . ., . , . .4 , . . . ' 7 ' ! . . . . . . . ' Q 9 . , . - y - - fn ' s ' ' ' as 19 - - ' - ., - ' 9 . . . , . . . . ,. . 9 .

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