Chincoteague High School - Chinco Yearbook (Chincoteague, VA)

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SENIOR CLASS PROPHECY Arriving home, surving a long hard day of training some new recruits, my husband met me at the door with an invitation from C. H. S. to an Alumni Banquet to be held June 12th. Of course you should know I (Avis Beebe) am married to Colonel Robert H. Watson of the Air Force and am living in Miss, where I am also serving as a Lt. in the Air Force. My two children were with their nurse and were excited over the forth coming trip home. About that time my neighbor Mrs. William Merritt, the former Janice Jones, came rushing up the steps with an invitation in her hand. Bill is also a Colonel at Biloxi, Miss. Janice said her two children were already to leave and suggested we go home together so we started planning. The next morning we hopped in our helicopter and off we went. Fir¬ st stop was Chicago where we went to Horners Cafe. The owner was of great fame, Raymond Horner. How nice Tootler looked. His place was famous for its seafood and entertainment. We were eating our dinner with Tootler at his table when we noticed the entertainment was to begin. Rah, Ah, Ta, Ta, The Up The Neck Trio. Our old classmates, Herbert, Warren, and Frank. The music was wonderful. These boys are famous throughout the country and they have brought back an old hit tune entitled Goodnite Irene. They are married with families and are successful. Herbert is engaged to a beautiful redhead in Chincoteague. Hope he has lots of luck. We knew he couldn't be a bachelor with his looks. Of course we had to have some new clothes, so New York was thenext stop. Jan and I walking down 5th Avenue sighted a very exclusive dress shop called Connie's. When we walked in, guess who greeted us. Our own valedictorian, Connie Whealton. With her smart business head she had built a beautiful dress shop. Her trade was terrific, strictly big stuff. Ha. All the big stars wore dresses that came from Connie's. Connie suggested we go over to New York General Hospital to see our own Betty Byrd Hall, who is now one of the best scientist and Lab. Technician in the country. How nice Betty Byrd looked. All dressed in her white uniform. She certainly was thrilled over the trip home. After a few hours we decided to leave having discussed our good times at C. H. S. Later on in the afternoon we wanted to see a ball-game, so we went to see the New York Giants. We wanted to see this one expedially because Ernest Jones was the star player. Ernest hit 5 home runs that afternoon and we were all very proud of him. Jan and I, and our families of course, wanted to see some nlte life in the big city. We decided to go to the Stock Car Races. The number one attraction was Devil Demon Riley and his famous Jalopy. We couldn't be- leive it was our own Donald Riley and yet sure enough it was. We sent him a message telling him to meet us after the race. Our nerves were on an edge throughout the race but Donald won and received $10,000. We were very proud of him. He said he was giving up racing and coming home to be marri¬ ed. We wished him loads of luck and told him we would see him the 12th. Leaving the Speed-way we walked directly into two service men-no we were not flirting with them. Jan and I were really surprised to see Barry Fisher an Admiral of the Coast Guard and Lt. Mitchell Howard of the Air Corps. We stopped and talked over the good old times at C. H. S. The fellows too had received invitations to the banquet and were leaving to¬ morrow on Mitchell's plane. He asked us to go along, and naturally we accepted. While getting ready to leave the hotel the next morning, we spotted Mr. Mrs. Everrett Snead. We immediatly rushed over. They had been stay¬ ing at the same hotel. My but Kaye looked nice.' We wondered if Buddy had cashed In his War Bonds to give her the Mink coat she was wearing. WowJ He must have had quite a few or else the Snead Construction Co. is prospering. By the way Kaye wanted to be a secretary but Buddy fixed that. We picked up a paper on the way to the airport and guess whose photo was on the front page, Prof. Rex Bell. My Rex looked distinguished. He had been appointed President of Univ. of Penn. Before this appointment he was one of the most famous advisors on world affairs. Rex certainly made us feel proud. Jan and I made a note to be sure to congratulate him when we saw him. Mitchell told us he had to stop in Cape May, N. J. to pick up Mrs. David Savage. Of course we know who she formerly was, well it was our own little Marlene Taylor. Of course we had to wait for Marlene. She is

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never on time. Marlene had her three children with her when she arrived. She and Pete are living In Cape May where Pete is a Lt, In the Coast Guard. Marlene certainly did look lovely. We had a swell trip, arrived home about 11:30. It sure was good to see our home town one more time. Chlncoteague is now one of the biggest cities in Virginia since Floyd Mason started his poultry farm. The people then came from everywhere. Floyd has a beautiful estate on Old Dominion Road, and his three kids are just like their father happy-go-lucky. We walked by a beautiful little camera shop and noticed Robert Watson in the shop. Was Robert excited, my goodness yes! He took pictures for Look, Life and other big magazines. We are mighty proud of'The Camera a book written by Robert. He just had to make good being a Watson. Hurmph - We were practically starved so we stopped in Tarr's the very famous eating plade of Chlncoteague. We were greeted by the proprietor, himself, Jimmy Tarr. We were glad to see him of course since he gave us the best table in the place, near the orchestra. While eati ng Mr. Mrs. William Jones walked in. Pat was just glow¬ ing and she still looked like the same school girl she did in 1951. Bill said the offsprings were home with his mother. Pat invited us around to her new hous after the banquet. My but we were excited to see her beautiful ranch style home. Peggy and Mary walked in and immediatly rushed over to see us. Peg is living in Pocomoke now and has a small family. She looks extremely happy. Mary also looks happy. She and Chattie have built a home next to The Floyd Masons. Theirs is quite an estate also I hear. Jan and I made a note to visit them before we left to go back to Mississippi. The banquet was quite a success. At last we were all together after ten long years. As the party broke up about 1 A.M. we looked at each other. Although no words were spoken. our thoughts were the same. C. H. S. WOULD NEVER CHANGE .'J.' SENIOR ENGLISH CLASS