Crosbyton High School - Chieftain Yearbook (Crosbyton, TX)

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4 It lS customary for the class p o consult someone who can UDV611 the fut e and foretell the destrny of each member of 1or Class One day after studyrng about M 1n of many centurres ago an 1dea began to rn my mmd Why couldn t Merlrn be of help9 The realrzed that th1s was rmpossrble was a man of long ago Drscouraged and wonderrng ow the future would be reveal - m I walked from the school bu1ld1ng After walkrng for awhr I sat down under a tree n ng that aybe I could th1nk of somethrng After a rt whrle a clo of smok 1 there appeared Merlrn to my surprrse took me the hand and led e rnto e cloud of smo y surprrses awarted me because whe I ove e my astonrshme I be d queer lrttle cotta es n old country road on whrch we ravelrng Before I v d trme o utter a word the ol magrcr oke You w1sh to know the f re of the Senror Cla of 195 Yes I hesrtantly replred Then we shall e what mag1c wand w1ll tell us when we reach my dw I was q anxrous t e what the future held 1n store Upon arr1v1ng at hrs dwell1ng he asked me to s own I c red and he began to wave hlS magrc wand rmpressnely A mystrc vapor app ed and thrngs began to happen vapor twrsted 1n odd shapes and the frrst thrn whrch appeared to me was a lrttle dress shop e town seemed strange however I soon recognrze II as Crosbyton only about twrce as large as rn 52 The name of the shop was Catherrne s Dress Shop The grrl we knew as Cather1neAppl1ng agbmarrred a wealthy proprretor of an O11 well ranch and she had taken up dress desrgmng as a 0 Y Th1s scene faded and there appeared an endless stretch of land We saw a sr n wlth The Brg B Ranch Gene Ellrs and Glenn Jones owners wr1tten on rt Therr years of farth ul study rn agrr culture had profrted them greatly They had both settled down to marrred lrfe and seemed to be dorng nrcely We left the scene of Crosbyton and ventured to a larger crty Here omg through a snap course of shorthand rn Crosbyton H1 e went to the Clly where she In th1s crty we also found Patsy Dobbs was v1s1t1ng a few days Whlle her most famous parntrngs were on drsplay rn the Clly lrbra Her home was rn New York where her artrstrc work was constantly rn demand treets came rnto srg and soon a large c1tyaud1tor1um was seen A poster caught my se I notrce e name of a senror classmate Mary Knapp She had become a celebra - was ourrn th Agarn the scene chan d and a large State Un1v FSIIY loomed up befo e me The rnterror of f1ce was revealed and 1 agrne my surprrse when saw Du Wayne Bre r srttrng there presrde t o the Unrversrty' e un1ve1's1ty s faculty s also revealed to me Many of the teache I d1d not know but . e rn pa cular rem1nded me of meone I knew Why of course' It was avelle Wall' She wa a dramat s teacher at the unrve y Wlul venturrng down the ha of the unrversrty Inotrced an ann ncement on the bul et1n board It s to remrnd the studen that John Dav1s a well known mrnrs er was grvrng a sen s of lectures abo hrs mrssronary work rn d1a The next sce revealed was New rk Crty F1fth A nue I saw an s1de v1ew of Lord nd Taylor s an excl ve department stor The curtarns o rted and Emm Jean Moore ent ed modelrng a magn1f1c mrnk coat over a le prnk drnner ess And who s the charmrng 1 y about to purchase thrs e L ble? Why of co el It s Patsy Ha monds who ha made qurte a na e for herself rn the SOCIBI wo Before we left New York I beh large nrght b I found th e Emma Fa Prrce a well known srnger and dancer as the ma1n fe In Detrort Mrchrgan Ronald Dav1s had become L echanrcal meer of Chrysler Corporatron Whrle travelrn through Chrca o Inotrced rn the CHICAGO TRIBUNE that Geraldrne Suttle was ga1n1ng fame rom her recent ook CONFESSIONS OF A FIFTH AVENUE PLAY GIRL In socral column was an artrcle about Patsy Lawson She had now settled down to marned l1f a very popular Naval Admrral I 1 l , If I 'I - T . V. . L . '. . ' ' - ' I . I . ' l . - ' I ' - ' - ' , ' . e ' l ' ' . I Eecame a successful secretary to a well-known lawyer ' ' ' ey , - s ' ' ' u ' ' 1 ' l.' , I ' u -M : gg ' I: an - . - ' . . . . . . , , K I ' I . -' . 1

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x41- - af MARY KNAPP fsleepyy Weakness: Music Ambition: To be a fraternity house mother Mary Beth Club - 1,3,4 Pep Squad - 1,3 Band Reporter - 3 Pres. - 4 Choir - 3 Junior Play - 3 Senior Play - 4 Annual Staff - 4 i-, GENE ELLIS fSlimj Weakness: Wine, Women, and Song Ambition: To own my own cigar- ette stand Annual Staff - 4 Class Favorite - 1 Football - 1, 3 Boxing - 1, 2 Track - 1,2 F. F. A. - Sentinel- Vice President - 3, 4 Lone Star Farmer - 4 Wheat King - 4 Junior Play - 3 Senior Play - 4 Mary Beth Club Best Beau ua .H , X QQ, .7 ' ' '-xiii? 2. GLENN JONES qshorryp Weakness: Kalgary Ambition: To make a fortune at Kalgary F.F.A. - 1,2,3,4 Sec. of F. F. A. - 2,3, 4 Lone Star Farmer - 4 V. Pres. of Dramatic Club - 3 Q Track - 2 Senior Play - 4 fs 5531 'pf T PATSY HAMMONS fPa0 Weakness: Typing Ambition: To be a nurse ti WAYNELL HARRIS fPenny1 Weakness: A certain guy in the Force Ambition: To be a good housewife Mary Beth Chapter - 1, 2, 4 M.B.C. Historian - 4 Choral Club - Sec. - Treas. - 4 Who's Who - 2,4 Band Reporter - 2 Annual Staff - 4 Vice Pres. Freshman Class Chieftain Gossip Reporter - 4 Interscolastic League Play - 1 M.B.C. Play - 1 Band - 2 Pep Squad - 1,2 Dramatic Club - 2 PATSY DOBBS gpm Weakness: Getting to school after the last bell Ambition: To go to A. C. C. Mary Beth Club - 1, 2, 3, 4 M. B.C. Historian - 4 Pep Squad - 2, 3,4 Basketball - 1, 2 Annual Staff - 3,4 Choir - 3

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om the bustltng c1ty of Chrca we went to the peace rass covered land of Wyomrng The ornh1ll ranch came rnto srght In e yard rn front of th rg ranch house was Barbara cuttxng some flowers As everyone kno A ambrtron was rarse 12 boys At the last census taken she had fxve' On lghborrn was Mary B th a d James Fowler After nrne years rn the orl busrness ad retlred to t e 1fe of ranchrng ot many mrles away was another ranch owned 1 member of the Senror Cl 52 It was no e other than Ourda Brown She marrre after graduatmg from C H d she and her usband had moved to Wyomrng t ey ere the owners of a horse ranch Et Leonard was lrvrng rn New Jersey as ousewrfe of succe ful doctor They moved ther several years after her graduatron The gray vapor began to fade but lmme arned rts thx ness Isaw nothrng fora mrnute and I began to wonder rf my future wo vealcd to Stveral seconds later the scene ofCal1fom1a appeared before me There I ban d become a General rn the Arr Force and I was fulfrllrng my ambrtron as a ho The vapor drsappeared and I thanked M rn for hrs help All at once everythrng began to sprn about me I felt as 1fI were fallrng fallr through space Iawoke abruptly To my drsmay I r alrzed thatI had been asleep and all th1s had been a dream But why should I be sad9 Hadn t e future been revealed to me? I rushed home to wrrte own my dream so that many more mrght w he future of the Senror Class of 1952 Whether thrs be only a dream or true fact we shall see te ars from now Untrl the I each to hrs own fate e Prophet WAYIN ELL HARRIS , . , :Q Ii - . . , . '- - 's x ' . ' . -1 ' c . ' - ' ' ., c ' , 4 , I' ' . , . ... . , , . . . D I I ' X . . ' X. ' . I . . x ' ' . . i D ' . ' ', I , ' I ' ' . I 6 I slave I '