Edwards Central School - Hornet Yearbook (Edwards, NY)

Page 19 text:

A CLASS PROPHECY As some of you are aware (for the past few years) I have been employed as an investigator for the United Nations Atomic Controll Commission. The atomic bomb was outlawed by the United Nations some years ago and a clos check is being kept of all activities in all parts of the world to prevent them from ever being constructed again. Once I was ordered to China to investigate a report that a group of scientists were endeavoring to do Just then. As my plane was flying over the wilds which lie between Indo-Chlna and the vast desert wastes which lie to the North, we were forced down by a terrific storm. Our pilot had managed to keep the ship aloft until we had reached an area which was supposed to be inhabited by civilized people. After several days of hardship, traveling over arid, rocky country we were discovered by a tribe of half wild Mongolians. They took charge of us and by sign language signified that we were to follow them. They led us deeper and deeper into the mountains until finally we emerged into a deep valley with an emormous monastary perched on the very top of the farther cliff. Unable to understand a word that was tonductors , we wondered lust what was to

Page 18 text:

Just by chance they saw Mr. and Mrs. William Clark. It was strange to meet someone familiar in the great city. Melvin Hovey was called home Tuesday evening by the death of his grandmother. Frank Harmon and Paul Whitmarsh went with him. Wednesday morning the class was to visit the Statue of Liberty but because of rain the tour was canceled. Betty Baldick, Lois Finley, Charles Wood- ard and Mary Hall went to the American Museum of Natural History where they spent most of the day. The rest went shopping, including Miss McGill and Mrs. Smith who were near exhaustion when they returned to the hotel. The group left New York at 10:45 Wednesday evening for home. Everything went well except for a frightening moment or two concerning the train tickets. The trip was a wonderful experience and a never to be forgotten one

Page 20 text:

happen as they made their way toward this hugh stone structure. Eventually we were led toward an opening in the side of the cliff and entering, we found passageway after passageway leading into the depths of the mountain. After what seemed like miles of travel along these underground trails we entered a mammoth cavern and were stopped by our guides. The guides seemed to be awaiting the entrance of some high official and after a short pause a personage entered through a distant open- ing, clad as a monk of some religious order, as he drew nearer to our group, imagine my complete amazement as I recognized one with whom I had gone to school back in my high school days. It was none other than Bernard Welch. Needless to say, from that time on our troubles were over. Bernard placed every assistance at our commarid and a short time later we were on our way to Shanghai. I determined to go there after Bernard had told me that Patricia Gengler was in that city promoting Paul Whit- marsh in a prize fight. Well, it turned out that Paul was the loser and consquently won a good talking by his manager, Pat. On another occasion I was in Boston inspecting an