Ceres High School - Mountaineer Yearbook (Ceres, VA)

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Telegrams of Regret The other night as I lay thinking of the Class of 1948 reunions we hope to enjoy together in the years to come, I found myself pic- turing what it would be like at some certain date, say about ten or twelve years from now, if every member of the class should be too busy to be present at the reunion. But wouldn't that be rather discouraging to the chairman of the committee? I thought how amusing it would be, if on the day of the reun- ion, each absent member sent a telegram in which was stated the sen- der's occupation and their reasons for being absent. Wouldn't it be very interesting if these telegrams were collected and put in a lit- tle book, then passed about so that all the classmates might get fir- st band information about the others? I imagined the wording of each telegram. Now I will let you read them for yourself, We are farmers in Ceres. Have a lot of harvesting fo do, can- not attend reunion. Signed- Paul Barger, Jr. Peery, Claude Kidd, Arch Thompson Iam a beautition. Everybody is getting a permanent these day- s, including good-looking men, Can't come. Signed- Margie Lindamood Busy teaching in Ceres High School, very sorry we cannot at- tend the reunion. Signed- Rita Cassell, Jonan Cassell, Bill Groseclose I am a Marine officer. The Army and Navy wouldn't take me so I joined the Marines. Just got back from leave, so I can't be there. Signed- Lt. Warren N. Tibbs I ama secretary. Have to stay while the boss is away. You know how important that is. Signed- Dorothy Crabtree I ama musician. My hillbilly band and I have a personal appear- ance tonight in Ceres. Can't come. Signed- Otis Hounshell I ama nurse. It's hard work but there's fun, too. Quite a few handsome doctors here, too busy to come. Signed- Gilda Harner I ama pilot. Wish I could fly to the reunion but amy flight is to New York. Sorry. Signed- Curtis Stowers I am a waitress. Too busy serving good-looking men to come. Signed- Aileen Morris I am Commissioner-of-Revenue in this County. Have too much work to do to attend reunion. Signed- Raymond Thompson I am a housewife. Robert wouldn't keep Junior so I have to stay home. Signed- Esther Repass I am a bus driver, Sorry I can't be there, but no bus driver, no school. Signed- Levi Shewey Those are the telegrams I imagined you would send and don't de=- ny that they sound right much like you, and I'm hoping that ten years you are as successful as I say you are.