Collinsville High School - Pirate Yearbook (Collinsville, TX)

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CLASS PhOPHECY Dallas, Texas June l6 l9A5 Dear Mrs Prlne It's hap ened' What? You know that people always say once a class Graduate, they wlll never be together agaln Well lt has happened The senlor class of l944 l9!5 have got to ether after ten years have pa ed It happened thls way I plcked up the paper and read that three ereat Hollywood stars were to make a personal appearance at one of the theaters ln Dallas Guess who those people were' ulV9 up? It was Velma Johnson, James Hughes, and Wanda Carney Wanda and James are noted for thelr actlng ablllty, and Velma lS noted for her slnglng I called Helen Coulson, who lS l1Vlng ln Dallas, she lS an artlst now, and has sold some very good work I told her what go down to the alrport wlth me to meet our celebrltles She llked the ldea, and sug gested that we call Clem le Reedy, Rlchard Llght, and Dwlght Grlmes Rlchard 1S a lawyer ln Dallas and lS plannlng to retlre at the age of elghty Clemmle 1S hls sec retary Dwlght lS an archltect He de- slgned the new Internatlonal Conference Bulldlng for the Pan Amerlcan Republlcs The flV8 of us went to the alrport As we entered the door, we saw two people talklng They looked very famlll r As we drew closer, we recognized them as Captaln Adrlan Copeland and Maxlne Varley They had arrlved on the plane from the East where they happened to run lnto each oth r Adrlan lS of the Unlted States Army Alr Force, and Maxlne 15 a Powers' model D 1 -1 . ' , . . , , , ' 1 :- S ' ss . - T N. I had read, and asked if she would like to ' , U . .a . ' e .

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Mxmlne anl adr LH were golng to Colllnsvllle to v1s1 thel parents We heard the drone of a plane, whlch proxed to be the plane that we were waltlng for lhe plane landed, and the pllot and hostess stepped out of the plane I was speechless' Mrs Prlne, you'll never guess who they were The pllot was Lols Petty, and the hostess was Maxlne Blllmeler James, Wanda, Velma, Lols, and Max1ne were surely surprlsed to see us The men of the press and the photographers were surroundlng us All of us turned to stare when one of the photographers addressed James as Hbcooter We recognlzed the Brooklyn dlalect at once Of course, you know the photographer's name now Well,1t was Bob Owen He proved hls At last we reached the theater Velma James, and Wanda went to see the manager after promlslng to meet us after the show We entered the lobby and there stood you'll never belleve lt' There stood Nelda Jo Scott and Nedra Swlndle Nelda and Nedra told me that they were llVlDg ln Whltesboro and that they talked over the back fence They stlll flnd llfe as gay as ever There was a nolse comlng from the dlTGC t1on of the door It seemed that two people were dlSCuSblng the merlts of Wllllam Shake- speare A glrl entered It was Mary Oma Smlth, and next came Claudle Burns Mary Oma had been tourlng the country glvlng book revlews Claudle lS now a poet He has become famous for hls verslon of NMy Beloved Master Wllllam Shakespeare U Wrltlng seems to have agreed w1th Claudle, for he has gained some superfluous welght slnce hlgh school days We declded to go to a drug store for coca colas Slnce Richard's car would not accommodate all of us, we called a taxl IL ' ' 5 ' in f ' 1 ' ' '1 'r f . N Y . cy ' . ' H talent in photography in his senior year. ' ! 9 ' Oh, . . . . ,