Electra High School - Bengal Yearbook (Electra, TX)

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1 THE SENIOR PROPHECY Back m the days of old when Bxbxcal romance ruled supreme great wxse noble and trustworthy men a Pharaoh Joseph Job and Davxd, had dreams that unvelled to them then unknown future I am far more lucky than those prophets of old for they dreamed only of themselves wlule my dream unfolded to me the future of most famous Semor class ever produced by Electra High After a very trymg and tmng day of study I went to slumberland and of the many dreams I dreamed I wxll relate to you the one whlch 15 the most lmportant I dreamed that ten eventful years had smoothly glxded by and all the semors were now thrxvmg men and women of the great busmess world Fortune had bequeathed them all except me w1th bountful success so I decxded to go out and roam oxer the world At tlus tlme alrplanes were the common mode of travel I made an appomtment w1th the best that could be had and made preparatlons for the trlp On the day of departure I saxd good bye to my old dog and Started for New York As we ap preached Bugscuffle wluch was now a thrnmg metropohs I notlced a gleat throng of people on earth all carrying flowers, old shoes and nce I mqulred of the pxlot whom I recogmzed to be none other than Bug Kenneth Gxbson what It was and he Informed me that he mtended to take on two newlywed couples at that place We land d and as the newlyweds approached through the hall of rmce old shoes and flowers, I recogmzed the famlllar faces of Bxlhe Jo Weaver and Horace Miller LaNetta Smulcer and Buford Nall who were Just now gettmg marrned after flfteen years of courtshmp From them I leamed that R S Vanhoove wxth hls wife the fo merly Lmda Alexander was cluef Jamtor m one of the leadlng banks on Wall Street Upon landmg in New York I bade the newlyweds farewell and started out to se the town Whxle loafmg on Broadway just as I notxced a very beautifully deslgned neon Slgh adver tnsmg the famous HOFER M1d Nxte Frohcs somethmg h1t me on the head and I went to sleep When I awoke I was ln a pollce statlon charged w1th loltermg and slgn r admg on Broadway I recogmzved ome of my fellow mmates to be Beatrlce Arnold Alma Lee Bagley La Nelle Fmmons Mane Hall and Viola. NIOYTIS They were charged wlth dlsturblng the peace at an unreason ble hour When I was haxled before court 'Irs Loulse Cross Oradat was su ng Mr Frank Oradat for a dlvorce o she could marry Alvm Elllott When I was taken before the Judge I lmmedlately recogmzed h1m as Earl Marshall who was now Imperxal Chlef of the New York Pollce He ln formed me that he had become the proud husband of Wynona Bowden He also told me that the offlcer that arrested me was John Moms I remembered readmg the sign of Hofer M1d Nlte Frollcs so I declded to go and see them that mght Can you xmagme my surprlse as I entered when I met the smxlmg countenances of Faye Hofer and her husband Fugene Lee Eugene Lee was now famouq because of hrs ablhty as a beauty cr1t1c As the dancers came out on the stage I notxced that mv old frlend Exlene Kxselwlck led thxs noted companv of dancers with her orlgmal Dance of the BUtf81'fl1'9S Among the other beautmful dancers I recogmzed Vxrgxma Humphrxes Madge Stacy Lucxlle Shephard and Beatnce Chesher The hot swmg band was led by Bxllv I-Iarrlson Among the band members I recogmzed Robert Sawyer swmgmg a trumpet and Vernon Dlvcon playmg a saxophone As the next day was Sunday I went to see a real bng league game wh cn was to be between the New York Grants and the Cleveland 'Indians When txme came for the game the Indxans ' dashed out on the ., I 3 t I 5 T 1 u f . . ' v v I . . A - - , , V . 1 I S 1 1 1 1 ' . - I . . I U . - . I . ,, n n . ., 7 y . A, . . u . - O . ' ' . s ' ' 7 D J ., . , , ' 4 I J. ' . ' . a . ' ' I - , .1 . ' . v 4 , - ' ' ' ' s ' ' . ' Y 1 , . . . . ' . . . . - 1 1 . Y . . . . . v v . U . - . . ,, . - 1 1 ' 1 . . . l n n , 1 . 1 I I g ' y .4 . , - , - . . . 1 - . 1 . ' u - 11 - , , K . , - . . . . . ' Y 1 1 - - - u ' 11 ' 1 Q . . . . . . -' 1 . . - . 1 v 1 - u 11 - I . . - - , I. . . , . . . V . ' ' 1 1 ' 1 r . , v q . 7 a . . . . u ' 11 , . . - , . 1 u ' 1 1

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freld The prtcher of the team was Bud Andrews I had a short talk x rtlr lnrn and I learned tnat Elmo Hollr was head coach at Harvard I also learned that he had marrred Brllre Joy Austrn Other members of the tx o teams were Regmald Wrlson Wood row HcHugh .lack Allred H F I au and Gerald Weatherman Among th' spectators I recrgnrzed Lee O Bell From New Izork I started for Har ana to take a short res Whrle flyrng oxer Kentucky the arrplfrne stopped and we were forccd to land near a llttle backwoods School house Whrle wartrng for the auator to make epan I thought I would vrsrt the lrttlc scnool house and recall many o ny ond rre nor es ot' the past As I ttpped n I vrw two old marl school e bers to b non otbc tran XI rguerrte Phrllrp and Earnestrne Brax I'hew told me that Wrllarl Parsons was the most succ eful lawvcr In Dogpatch and that he was gorg to run for mayor at the next electron He had marrred Lou: e Goodson frr t Velta Robertson second, and was engaged to Marv Helen King I flew from there to Havana x rth out anymore mrspaps Upon land mg rr Havana, I went up to tl-e be t amu ement center rn th cty and went ln to enJoy the rythm of the rumba Whrle wamtmg for my drrnk, I looked around and saw a large heavy set man decorated wrth dramonds, puffmg a brg crgar As I looked closer I recognrzed hrm to b Eugene Denny He had come to I-Ian ana and amassed a fortune rn th saloon busrness He told me that hrs wrfe Ellen June Warden, was the socral queen of the crty After quenchmv mx thn t to a satrsfactorx degree I sarled f Caxeston A I gl ded rnto h narbor I saw a man and '1 women out on the wharf havmg a h'11r pullrng contest I drd not lrke the rdea of entermg a famrly row but I thought rt necessary to sate the sheddrnf of blood As I stepped up to separate them, I saw that they were none other than Jack Asbrll and Frances ffatmkpvli 9 Brvant, frghtrng over thexr only bathmg surt The candy man came, rt was Roy Melton and was he mad' He sard hrs assrstant was supposed to work today but he lard off to take hrs grrl Fugema Thomas, to the movrea Phat hand orne moxre rdol Alton Welch was co starrrng wrth the screen srren Mozella Bry ant Before I left I hap pened to glance at the newspaper A tennrs Star had just won another tournament and I saw rt was Jean Srnrth I went on the skatmg rmk was nearby and I sauntered over The owners were Coy Holcomb and Regr nald Wrlson Jul-t as I went I ran rnto a song wrrter R S Van home He told me that Mvrel Raurk was a teacher and at present she w as tryrng to teach Gerald Weatherman fa man about townl to remember the law of gravity Nearby stood Journalrst attemptmg to rnteruew the wmner of a bathrng beauty Dardanella Carnohan At thrs time three people came rn to skate, they were Mary June Martrn, Elrzabeth Myracle and Dorothy Page I I ft thrs place of amusement preparatory to gomg back to my hotel I passed a hot dog stand, and do you know who was belund the counter , Aruta Joe Putman and Polly Ann Rrchardson Two other people were tryrng to se cure a Job I recognrzed them as be mg Hazel Swafford and Sammy Joy Boswell Just as I crossed the street I heard a whlstle I turned and found rt to come from Albert Wrlson a traffrc offrcer He was grvmg trcket to Vesta Welborn for ruunmg a red lrght I found out I then met Rena Mae Young, who was collectrng census Just as I passed a house I heard by name called and I turned It was Jewell Shelton and Clarre Turner I sat down on the porch and told them what you and you have Just frnrshed readrng wrth my srncerest apologxes to the Senror Class Polly Ann Rrchardson Alec-na Mae Fowler fe I A - 3 A ' I 1 . I , .H . . s . . - , . . I ' Y Y v 1 ' ' ' ' I ' N 1 ' 1 -. ' . ,. , . Y 1 V. 18, , S V . Y , . . - ' . . V - . , . , A . .. v ' i A . . ', A. ' , , , , . . ' v ' , v -Q ' ' v . Y I I. V 1 1, .S, . , , U I . . I . - III r f f r 1 E 1 ' v ' - , . . . . , , , s e i ' ' 'f - 4 r . . ac . . o e ,, r I - I Y 1 a' ' , s ' . V' , 4 Q ' v ' u . A , , 'I . . ' eg, ' 3 1 v ' v K 4 n n 1 v. .. 9 . A . ,' . , . al 'S' n n e , . . , ' ' e . . .,' - ' . ' ' . s : ' te i r ' . ' 0 ' ' ., , , - . . Q , ' 7 9 , . . . , , , . A 8 A . . . a . . . A . 1 , . . ' v 'eq A ,N . ' n y . V ' Y n v . , , . 0- . , 3 . . 1 I' . . s . . t ve I , 1 v v ' r 4 - A , 1 . .. .. Y . . , . . v , . By: , - . .