Benson High School - Tatler Yearbook (Benson, NC)

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CLASS PROPHECY Here it is the summer of 1955 and the Senior Class of 1948 seems to be gathered on the campus; they are having a reunion at dear ole ' Benson High School. It seems that someone is drawing the attention of the whole crowd I must find out who it is. Approaching the crowd I meet Jim Norris and Ira Pleasant. They are partners in a very successful law firm in New York City. Just imagine who their secretary is? Mavis Bare- foot. Mavis tells me she hasn ' t decided which one ' s diamond to accept. There is such a crowd of people. All of the faces seem familiar. Here is a very cute couple. Why it is Faye Byrd and her husband. Joan Neighbors tells me that she is now playing with the New York Symphony Orchestra and the gentleman with her is her husband. He is the conductor of the orchestra. Someone is coming this way. Dear me, it is Joyce Langdon with a gentleman from Cleveland, Ohio. What is that light? Joyce ' s dia- mond. They are to be married soon and will live in Hollywood where Joyce owns a dress shop. Margaret Moore is a very success- ful Powers Model. As usual she seems to be surrounded by young men. Milby Hall, a surgeon at Mt. Sinai Hospital in New York, seems to be trying to persuade her to give him her hand. It seems that Jerry Ennis, a County Farm Agent in Tennessee, and Earl Woodall, a Presbyterian minister in Georgia, have given up hope in trying to win Margaret ' s favor. A uniform draws my attention and as I draw nearer I find it is Kenneth Thornton, who is in the Naval Air Corps. He has just completed an extended trip around the world. Algene Johnson and Evanglene Neighbours are Air Line Hostesses. They have just returned from China. Passing by is Dorothy Stephenson and her husband. Remember she led the way for our class at the matri- monial bureau. 4{ 18

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CLASS OF ' 48 The Senior Class of ' 48 Must soon part you know, But in each and every Senior heart They hate to go. Because they have all learned To love and honor, Dear old Benson High; Cherish of her, shall never die. For years they have all been classmates, Their friendship is valued; very dear; And their merry years spent together Shall linger throughout the coming years. But for twelve long years They have struggled, To finally have reached the goal. So now they must part From this dear school house of old. Algene Johnson - { 17 fc-

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CLASS PROPHECY (Continued) Well, what is Annie Ruth Martin wearing on her head? Oh, I see now, it is a hat of her own designing. She owns a Millinery Shop in Raleigh. Aubrey Hardee tells me he is the president of the Electrical Wholesale Company in Chicago. His secretaries are Ethel Thornton and Lessie Mae Johnson. W. J. Brady is a well known electrical engineer in Washington, D. C. Lois Brady will be broad- casting Benson ' s fame as she takes Jo Stafford ' s place on the Chesterfield Supper Club. Ransom Raynor is practicing dentistry in Dunn. Louise Pollard has found success at the Walter Reed Hos- pital. I guess I will never see what is causing such a large crowd because Jack Barbour is telling me about his triumph as a heavyweight boxer. Yes, that is really his occupation. Rebecca Langdon didn ' t go far from home. She is teaching fifth grade at Coats. Who is that directing traffic on the corner? Why it is R. T. Critcher, who is a very well known patrolman. There are others in the class who stayed near Benson. Bennie Jones owns the most up-to-date and modern garage in this part of the State. Edmond Massad owns a chain of grocery stores in the South. Jimmie Rose is the owner of a bigger and better Rose Company. Truck farming in this section has advanced greatly under the leadership of Billy Denning. Jean Holmes, who is inviting the class to her estate over near Erwin, must have forsaken the sailor. Your roving reporter, Julia Whittington, is the editor of the foremost style magazine in America, Seventeen. Now I see what is drawing the crowd. Betty Wilson Johnson, the great dramatic actress, is doing her usual good job of entertaining the crowd. Julia Whittington -4 19 )P