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CLASS HISTORY Though we are the seniors of ' 51, a few of us remember ' 47 when we were lost fresh- men in the halls of Central. Not knowing the real purpose of our new educational under- taking, we were waiting for the golden days when we would be seniors, instead of thinking about our freshmen difficulties and other years in school. Then we worried about our subjects, but we now realize we have really received more than book knowledge from Buckingham Central. Our first year passed very quickly. Of the many adjustments we had to make, per- haps the most difficult was learning the layout of the school and becoming familiar with the faces and names of our fellow students and teachers. After solving these problems, our interests turned toward some of the extra-curricular activities, such as basketball, Hi-Y, band, 4-H, and other clubs. Coming back to school in ' 48 was easy now. We could laugh at the lost freshmen, play basketball, blow our horns in the band and join some of the outstanding clubs. We were sophomores now and got a lot of fun from the socials and other outside activities of the school. With only two more years in high school we realized the responsibilities of being an upper-classman. We were beginning to take part in more important school activities. We could attend Hi-Y and Beta conventions, participate in all school sports and help get up the annual The last part of the year was full of preparations for the Junior-Senior Prom which was certainly the most outstanding event of that year for us. After receiving our report cards, and most of us finding ourselves Seniors, we came back to school feeling that we had finally reached our destination; we were Seniors at last. There were so many things to do our last year that the teachers as well as the students almost forgot about subjects. Ordering rings and invitations, practicing for the commence- ment, and the senior trip are some of the things which will long be remembered by the Seniors of ' 51. But the most important thing of all was graduation night when we came to realize that we had arrived at the end of a long and unforgetable happiness while working and playing with our classmates and teachers and that we must go through life guided by our accomplishments at Buckingham Central. Claude Anderson Jean Toney Mary Patteson
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CLASS PROPHECY After months of hard work my senior year was coming to an end, and exhausted, I sank down to what I thought would be a peaceful rest. My mind being filled with incidents of my high school days, both happy and sad, I was taken into a swift whirl of a nightmare. Without any strength to refrain I was being taken up, up, and up by a stream of radar to a strange land of Mars. As I explored this strange land in 1960, I was astonished to meet all my classmates dressed in queer green suits. I saw Jackie Dowdy as a scientist looking down on the earth at the familiar places. Claude Anderson, Herman and Wesley Banton were trying to organize a planet ball team while William Agee and James Davis were arguing about the makes and models of cars. Marguerite Agee, Lorene Jones and Juanita Wiseman were at a housewives ' meeting getting information on how to please their husbands in this strange place. As I passed by a hospital I heard Mary Patteson and Ann Shepherd discussing one of their patients, Warren Harris who was home from the army with a broken leg. Riley and Rudd Patterson were getting their dentist ' s outfit set up to start working on Estene Jones ' school pupils teeth. I went farther out into the country and I happened to see a neat little cottage occupied by two old maids, Ruby Manis and Frances O ' Brien. Billy Waycaster, Harold Glover and John Moss were growing a new kind of planet vegetable on their farm. On down the road Fushia Fender was helping her husband on their dairy farm, while Jeanette Oliver was getting the little Lanns ready to go to school. I passed by a church next to find Shirley Thomas and Kitty Shumaker helping to decorate for Bobbie Glover ' s and Earnest Christian ' s wedding. Roy Shores was crying because he had lost Kate Talbott to another man. I happened to meet Jean Toney and Elizabeth Taylor who were William Maxey ' s and Billy Llewllyn ' s respective secretaries. They said their friend Marie Fulcher had a job in a national bank. Charles Wooten was elected president of Mars and passed a rule no more homework for students, while Franklin Ragland being a member of the Congress rejected this rule. Suddenly I heard a queer noise and Kayo Nicholas was whizzing around in a space ship. Franklin Shumaker was right behind him trying to figure out the mystery of radar. 19
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