East Mississippi Community College - Lion Yearbook (Scooba, MS)

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Frances Gray, who was the Women ' s tennis champion, was living in Salt Lake City, Utah. She also told us that Maybelle Stocton had married Sam Weaver and that they were at the time, in El- dorado, Arkansas. Sam, we knew, was one of the leading Evan- gelistic workers. We asked her about Maybelle ' s roommate, Edna Rollin, and she told us that Edna was at Columbia, working on her Master ' s Degree in English. After leaving Atlanta, we went on through the Oarolinas to Richmond, Virginia. While we were there we went to the public library, and who should we find but our old friend, Jane Gore. She told us that she had been Librarian at Richmond for three years, and that she liked it very much. When we asked if she had seen any of our classmates recently, she told us that Christine Clay owned and operated a Beauty Saloon in Richmond, and that Rnby ' e Kynard often visited her. Rnbye, she said, had been married sev- eral years. Leaving Richmond, we went on to Washington, I). C. Of course, we both knew that Willard Stephens was Speaker of the House of Representatives, so we stopped to see him. lie seemed glad to see some of his school-day friends, and began to talk of othrs of our class. lie told us that Levin Thompson was the editor of a large newspaper, and that he sometimes saw him in Washing- ton. Williard ' showed us over the Capital, and in one of the offices we were startled to hear a familiar voice call to us. Girls! said Judy, I ' m so glad to see you! Yes, our little Judy was Secretary to one of the congressmen. r • Saying goodbye to Judy and Williard, we were soon on our way to Baltimore. When we arrived there, Sally wanted to go to the bank to get some Traveler ' s Checks, so of course I went along, too. Imagine our surprise and delight when on reaching the bank we found that the president was none other than our friend, Robert Perkins. We talked to him for awhile, and he told ns that he often heard from Charlie Hudson, who was the Kemper County Demon- stration Agent. He also told ns that Jessie Lee Morgan was a mis- sionary to Korea. When we reached Philadelphia we registered at one of the leading hotels, and as we entered the dining room that night, whom should we see but Eleanor Russell Dudley. She told us that she was doing stenographic work in a law firm. She was dining with her employer, who was none other than T. G. Hollimon. They were on their way to the theatre and asked ns to join them. When they told us that Prances Jones was the leading lady, we decided to go. We enjoyed the play very much, although we did not have a chance to speak to Prances. We asked Eleanor Russell if she could tell us about any of our classmates, and she told us that 19 $ ®f

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The Lion Class Prophecy In the spring of 1946 I very unexpectedly became the posses- sor of a small fortune. As I have always loved to travel, and as I wanted to forget for awhile the worries of school teaching, I de- cided that 1 would See America First. I joined an expedition which began at Mobile. When I entered the Greyhound in which we were to travel, the hostess seated me next a woman of about my own age. Imagine my surprise and de- light when after a few minutes I discovered that she was my old school chum, Sally Pearl Mars. We naturally began to talk of our school days at Seooba, from which institution we were graduates. Sally told me that she was now a Physical Ed director in one of the schools in Mobile, and that she often saw Marion Fisher, her old roommate, who sometimes visited there. Marion had been married for about seven years to a very brilliant young- lawyer. Sally asked me about Nellie Ruth Butler, my former room- mate. I told her that the little affair with Irvin Henderson had finally flowered into real romance and that they were living in one of the new surburbs of Meridian, where Irvin was a well-known electrical engineer. We talked on for awhile about the occupations of other mem- bers of our class and Sally told me that Maxine Ivy was a doctor in a large hospital in New York. She also told me that Eddie Sparkman was a successful football coach at one of our leading colleges. And speaking of colleges, of course we both thought of John Moore, who was head of the Chemistry department in one of the large eastern schools. Sally asked me about Robbie Jackson and Katherine Lever. I told her that Robbie was married and lived on a farm near Amory, and that Katherine was the hostess on one of the large air lines. Sally and I had become so interested in talking about our school days that we hardly realized that we were almost to Pennsacola. We stopped here for one night and were very surprised to encounter Leon Bounds in the hotel at which we were staying. He told us that he was the house detective. This seemed a very suitable oc- cupation for him as he had always had a gift for finding out things. After leaving Pensacola we went through Georgia, stopping for a time in Atlanta. While Sally and I were shopping, who should we see but Elkin Woodruff. He was the floorwalker in one of the large department stores. He told us that Ralph had married one of the E. M. J. C. girls and was now working in the Research Laboratory in Labrador. While we were in Atlanta we saw Carolyn Evans, who was en- gaged in Welfare work, and Elizabeth Colbert, who was a dress designer in one of the exclusive shops. Elizabeth told us that 18 I

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The Lion Haze Blair Hammack, whom we remembered as Hobby , was a real estate broker in Florida. After the theatre they carried us back to our hotel, and we left the next morning for New York City. After registering at our hotel in New York, we began a tour of the city. While Sally Pearl and I were in a large department store we saw a familiar face. Could that be—? Yes, it was Loraine Parke, who was buyer for the ladies ' department. She told us that Ruth Ray was a very success- ful commercial artist and was living at Greenwich Village. She also said that Dr. Wiggins- Rufus, to us-was connected with Mayo Brothers ' Clinic, so we decided to go to see him. Upon reach- ing the Clinic we were met by a nurse, who was our own Shirley Barrett Shirley conducted us to Dr. Wiggins ' offices, where we found not only Rufus, but also our friend, Douglas Tubb, now a surgeon at the Clinic. Dr. Doug told us, with some degree of pride, that his fiancee, whom we remembered as Nannie George Taylor, was also living in New York, and was a very successful play director. We asked Doug about his cousin, Elna Mae Ritter, and he told us that she had married a hometown boy and they were living near Smith ville, Mississippi. After leaving the clinic we decided to go to Columbia Univer- sity. While we were there we saw another member of our class, John Havens, who was one of the historians at the college. During the course of our conversation John told us that Howard Hawkins, the present welter-weight champion, was to defend his title at Madison Square Garden that night. He said he was going to at- tend the match, and asked if we would accompany him. Of course we readily consented, for we wanted to see our E. M. J. C. boxer. At the end of the match Hawk was still the world ' s champion. As we were leaving the Garden Ave were confronted by another of our friends, Louise Sullivan. Louise, we found, was engaged in Settlement Work in New York City, and seemed to enjoy it very much. She told us that Eleanor Bounds was also in New York, and was a very famous radio star. We had heard her often, but did not recognize her because she was singing under a professional name. We spent three days in New York City, and then went on through Poughkeepsie, stopping at Vassar to see La Bertis Poole, who was head of the English department there. After leaving Poughkeepsie, we continued the tour on up through Vermont. At 20