Carlisle Military School - Rebel Yearbook (Bamberg, SC)

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THE SENIOR PROPHECY Arriving upon the Carlisle Campus of 1987, we notice many outstanding changes in the appearance of the school. Guilds Hall still remains unchanged thus preserving one of the traditional buildings of Carlisle. The interior, however, has been completely remodled. Risher Barracks still retains its name, but in place of the original building stands a magnificent three-storied structure. Each room has sliding glass doors which open on to a balcony. On the sight of Memorial Barracks stands Memorial Hall, a one- storied building accommodating the color company, the band, and the regimental staff. Each room quar- ters two men and is heated by solar power. The new mess hall, erected in 1980, seats the entire regiment. The sprawling one-storied building is made almost entirely of concrete and glass. The meals are cooked and served largely by automation. The reunion of the class of 1962 is to take place in the recently constructed auditorium which also serves as Carlisle's theater and ballroom. As Allen Ayars, famous heart surgeon, and Frank Coney, a lawyer and a Senator from Florida, walk toward the alumi- num and glass building, we cannot help but notice its beauty. The sides are made almost completely of glass, the top being aluminum. When we enter the enormous auditorium we see four of our old class- mates sitting around a massive table discussing poli- tics. Kent Bishop, famous author of the book The Illusions of Life,” is protesting the powerful Conserva- tive Party. Hayne Rawls, the famous inventor of elec- trical appliances powered by flashlight batteries, Carl Stevens, winner of the 1974 Italian Grand Prix, and Fred Hess owner of the fabulous Californian Beach Resort, listen to Kent's opinions. Suddenly the talk ceases as a siren is heard on campus. Outside Joe Hightower, South Carolina Highway Commis- sioner, steps out of his car, Accompaning him is his motorcycle sergeant, Danny Ayars. Following Joe and driving the latest Chevrolet Impala is Joel Player. With him is Palmer Gourdin, his partner in Player’s and Gourdin's Speed Shop Company. Strolling on campus is Lawrence Jackson, owner of The Demon Den,” a night club in Beaufort and his band consist- ing of Wayne CuthrelL Bob Ingraham, and Bill Mor- ris. Behind them is J. Q. Chambers, the comedian of Lawrences' show, who is telling jokes to Wally Mul- lins, Wayne Grace, and Eddie Steinmeyer of Charles- ton. A Greyhound bus wheels up in Front of the audi- torium driven by John Barnette. His passengers in- clude Tony Beattie, manager of the new Playboy Club in Jacksonville, Joe Syler, engineer for Westing- house, and John Raily, owner of the Friendship House Beach Resort. The landing of a plane on the small runway, located on the far back campus, brings everyone out of the auditorium and down to the airstrip. Johnny Dauth steps from his private plane followed by Luke Clarke, manager of the Northeast- ern Division of Pepsi-Cola Company, and John Kelly, civil engineer in Alaska. They are warmly greeted by Berry Murray, Commandant of Cadets, and Major Jim Warren, geometry teacher at Carlisle. After ac- quaintances have been renewed, the group walks back to the auditorium. Before they reach it, a diesel truck driven by Art Kibbee, pulls up by John’s bus. In the cab with Art is Charles Dietrich, his partner in their trucking business. Immediately following their arrival, another truck, driven by John Baggett, grinds to a halt. John is Art and Charley’s chief competitor In the Eastern United States. A few minutes later all are seated at the tables, and amidst much laughter and cigarette smoke discuss their happy days spent at Carlisle. Suddenly appearing in the back of the gym we notice someone examining a movie projec- tor. Taking a closer look we see Admiral Ed Cox ad- miring the new three-dimensional projector. Outside the auditorium we hear the powerful roar of two engines. The drivers enter the auditorium, and to our surprise we see that Teddy Corvette has achieved his desire of owning a car with the same name as his. Jan Berryman, designer of the first space ship to Mars, is also driving a Corvette. His companion, Leonard Trent, now holds the world’s deep sea diving record. One by one we go outside and look over the two sports cars. Across the street Denny Hilderbrand, sports editor, and Homer Groce, editor of the State- Record, are shouting that their newspaper was the first to publish the astounding news that Apel and Knouse Petroleum Company has discovered oil In Puerto Rico. Dale and Jimmy are to fly up to Car- lisle in Antonio Serbia's private plane. Antonio is now Puerto Rico’s foremost chemical engineer and has rendered great services to Dale and Jimmy’s company. Joe and Denny are nearly run over by a government car carrying Colonel Joe Bridgers and D. I.’s Ronnie Lafferman and Jug Parrish. Joe is now in command of a battalion at Parris Island. Arriving in coveralls and straw hat is J. W. Cham- bers, owner of a large cotton plantation in Georgia, and Jim Girot commercial citrus grower of southern Florida. To our amazement the next person we see is Jimmy Kennedy roaring down Carlisle Street on his jet propelled roller skates being chased by sheriffs Boyce Edwards and Denny Clinton. Denny shouts to Jimmy that he’s breaking the speed limit, but Jimmy doesn’t slow down until he reaches the astounded group of his classmates. To our left we see three figures dressed in sweat shirts and baseball caps. As they approach us we recognize Jimmy Covington, Barry Thomas, and Dewey Sikes, three of the finest coaches at Clemson since Rock” Norman's time. Once again there is the renewing of friendships and the shaking of many hands. Overhead we hear an airplane circling the landing field and in a few minutes the second air- plane touches down on the runway. When the door is opened the plane’s passengers are revealed as Colonel Bill Bethea, commander of a S.A.C. Base in France and Bill Hammock, the U. S. Ambassador to France. Meanwhile, the owners of the Executive Golf Course in Washington, D. C, Henry Price and David 24

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Anderson, arrive to find the auditorium empty. They sit down to wait for their classmates when John Stan- ley, Stick Witham, and Perry Bryant burst through the entrance still under the effects of the Club's nineteenth hole. The three men, who have been guests of the club for three days; all agree the nine- teenth hole is the easiest one to make. In groups of twos and threes the men of ‘62 re- turn from the runway. Just as the last three men ar- rive, Raz Peek, Sam Ferry, and Chappy Littlefield walk unsteadily up to their classmates. Raz and Sam have been partying at Chappy’s beach house in Day- tona Beach. They’re all a little worse for wear but are happy to be with their old friends once again. Hank Hasler and Bill Lindsay charge through the crowd with Airon Kizer chasing them. It seems Hank told Airon to give up trying to earn the black belt, and Bill had suggested he take up knitting. Johnny Christ- mas, internationally known as the “playboy of the Florida Beaches,” comes strolling in the huge ren- dezvous. He suggests to his friends that the next reunion be held at John Rafly’s ‘Friendship House Beach Resort.” He then displays a thick black book the size of a dictionary and informs all his friends that he has enough addresses of women for each man to have a different date. This is met by groans from the married men and wolfish grins from the bache- lors. At this point Frank Sears enters, and we are glad to see that he has safely made the trip from Canada where he is presently a textile engineer. Fol- lowing Frank is Wes Davis and Paul Gillam who now teach engineering courses at Carolina. Glancing around at the growing number of the class of ’62, we see Johnny Bullwinkle desperately trying to cancel an insurance policy he recently sold to Ray Haskell and Johnny Royal. Johnny and Ray plan to scale the peaks of Mt. McKinley. The reason for their exploit is a bet they made with Lee Martin and Kin Perfov, who mathematically proved they are incapa- ble of performing such a feat. At this moment we notice two of our classmates who slipped in un- noticed, busily sketching the scene of the reunion. The two renowned artists are Harvey Gleason and Louie Pase, owners of their own art Studio in Rich- mond. While Louie and Harvey are busy sketching, David McArthur breezes into the auditorium with a mail sack over his shoulders. Mac is now Postmaster General of South Carolina and through the years has collected all the back mail of his fellow seniors which he begins to distribute. Randy Williams and Ben Summer, partners in a large loan company, have appeared in the crowd and have begun to talk to their many friends. Alva Berry, founder of the Berry Theaters, drives on campus in his 1987 Pontiac. He mingles with the group of men and hands out sched- ules of coming attractions at his theaters. By now almost all the Seniors have arrived at Car- lisle. The former cadets are now sitting around most of the tables talking of the impressive changes at Carlisle, of their past experiences, and their plans for the future. Next to join the group is Bob Risher, who for the past ten years has composed poetry at a coffee house in Greenwich Village. Bob has set much of his abstract poetry to music, which he plays on his guitar. George Boder, a dentist of Raleigh, North Carolina, walks into the massive room and insists on demonstrating a set of false teeth which he claims will last longer than anyone’s genuine teeth. Earl Williams and Ricky Johnson, having arrived from the African jungles after a three months safari, have created quite a disturbance. Immediately we all hurry outside to see what the trouble is. The cause of the disturbance is Earl’s pet gorilla, which he leads about on a small chain. Lawyers Billy Bryant and Clifford Sutcliffe have engaged Earl and Ricky in a loud argument. They tell them that it is illegal to have an animal in Bamberg unless proof can be pro- duced that it has had a rabies shot. Their answer is a growl from the gorilla who advances toward them. Billy, commonly known as “Black-foot” and Clifford, much to the amusement of their friends, immediately drop the matter and quickly melt into the crowd. Tex Eaddy, forestry expert, and his aides, Harold Hendricks and Eddie Taylor, have accompanied Earl and Ricky into the jungle in search of a legendary man-eating tree. Much to their disappointment they did not locate the tree. “Long-tall” Inabinet, basket- ball coach at Furman, joins the group and almost im- mediately proceeds to argue with Dewey and Jim over whose team is best. Jerry DeVine, now president of the North Augusta Federal Savings and Loan Company, drives on campus in his new Cadillac. His body guard, Charles Winter, steps out and methodi- cally checks his friends for hidden guns while Jerry waits in the car. Astronaut Pepper, the first man to Mars, walks on campus with his partner. Astronaut Asserson. They greet everyone and exclaim how good it feels to get their feet back on earth again. Arriving from Charleston is Jackie Drake and Ray Hilton, owners of the Charleston 250 Racetrack in their 1987 Jaguar. Last, but not least, is “Hotrod” Morris, their number one driver following them in his new Grand Prix. The expert drivers hop out of their cars and are met by a flow of questions from their curious fellow senior classmen. General formation is heard echoing throughout the campus. Quietly now we watch as the regiment forms. We see over a thousand boys snap to atten- tion as the major adjutant calls them up. Our thoughts rush back to 1962 when we were last at Carlisle and see ourselves mirrored in the faces of the cadets before us. Then we slowly walk to the parade grounds where the regiment is to hold a parade in our honor. We cannot help but wonder if their senior class ties will mellow and grow stronger through the years as ours have done. Somehow, we the prophets, feel they will because they are truly CARLISLE MEN. “These things shall come to pass” “So predict The Prophets” FRANK CONEY, ALLAN AYARS, Prophecy Unlimited Coop. 25