Dothan High School - Gargoyle Yearbook (Dothan, AL)

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He tried to persuade me to remain and take a trip to Tokyo to his branch agency which was under the competent management of Eleanor Beall, who pursued Horace Byrd all the way from the States in hopes that she might win his love and affection. He also said that Horace was Grand Visor in Japan. A Four days later found us in Manila Bay and the first person I saw was Lieutenant Robert Williams, commander ofthe U. S. air station in the Philippines. I spent the following evening with Lieutenant Williams and accompanied him to the theater where the feature attraction was a Burlesque dance by Lucy Glenn Dannelly, Ethel Ussery, Louise Ezell, Teresa McAdam. Williams informed me this quartette had recently be- come famous as dancers. From the Philippines we sailed to Calcutta where we remained two days and found nothing of interest. We weighed anchor for Alexandria, Egypt. As we were getting under full steam a fast motor launch came into view. We were quickly overtaken by a tall, sunburned, young man and his wife. As they drew alongside the starboard, the man introduced them as Mr. and Mrs. James Flowers Crawford. Immediately I recog- nized Old Bush as the same boy who attended D. H. S. His wife proved to be the most beautiful girl in the Class of '25. Bush had heard that we were in Calcutta and as he was there buying ivory, he came to find us. After a brief conversation we resumed our way. Two days later we were passing through the locks of the Suez Canal with Alexandria as our next stop. In passing through the third lock I heard a man shouting loudly. He reached us on a launch and it proved to be none other than John Rushing. He told me that he had been given a consulship at a nearby city. John gave me the address of my old school- mates, Edna Mae Clark and Bribie Trimmel, who were in Jerusalem on a missionary tour. ' Alexandria proved to be very interesting to my friends and me for it was there. while our boat was being reloaded, that I' discovered that Joe Deck and Arthur Sanders were the sole owners of the North African Coal Company. I immediately looked them up and learned that they had had tremendous success and.were planning to return to the States and retire for life. We spent two delightful days as guests of the .San- ders' Brothers and resumed our journey. - Three mornings later, while laying-to in Bordeaux, France. I awoke, startled by a flow of French language that would have made Clemenceau srasp for words. The voices sounded familiar and eager to know what it was all about, I dressed hurriedly and went on deck. On the starboard side of our boat was a beautiful motor launch which bore the tri-color of France. It was the launch of the harbor police, to investigate our mis- sion. I had little trouble in explaining to the captain, Raymond Spann, and his lieutenant, W. B. Lee, our identity. I was informed by my mate that we would have to lay over in Bor- deaux for two weeks for boiler repairs. Not to be outdone, I went to

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