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has greatly lmproled over Rockefeller s hab1t of throwxng away dlmes The next scene 15 a car dealer s garage Buxcks and many other beaut1ful cars are on dlsplay at the front of the bulldlng The door opens and Charles Joe Eastndge steps out The prxces are up and Bud 15 gettlng lots of prof1t Just now mt IS closxng t1me and Bud hurrles to hxs car Surely It w1ll be the best 1n the lot But oh no' After walklng past all the new cars Bud climbs xnto a dllapxdated old Ford convert1ble Bud s pr1ces are so hlgh that he can't afford to buy a new car hlmself That's all my classmates surely I feel honored that I was the one to have thxs great v1s1on But what 15 to be my future? W1nd1ng my watch quxckly because 1t's scene comxng clear Why 1t's a battleshlp' Surely I am not on that' The battleshxp glxdes by and I see no smgn of myself But what xs thas? Fastened to the back of the shxp a towmg lme pulls a lxttle houseboat made Just for me On 1ts deck I see a happy wxfe hang1ng wash on a short clotheslxne Everythlng 1S peaceful The scene fades rap1dly but now I have an ldea of my future and I also know how to float along w1th my 'one and only even though he 15 1n the serv1ce ten years from now We Semors pass out of the room as the bell nngs As I came out the door I notxced Mr Moery look1ng at me very strangely Perhaps he was wondenng why I had been so absorbed 1n my watch all per1od Wouldn t he be surpr1sed 1f he knew? But perhaps 1t's just as well that I don't tell h1m of my 1nterest1ng exper1ence because I am certaxn that he would accuse me of daydream1ng xn class agaln Mary Jo Hammons Z4 . X , . . . I . , . , , . . . almost time for the bell, 1 hope that I can see into my future also. Yes, there is a . , . , . , ,, . . . I . . , . .
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came mn handy Here we are l1v1ng ln th1s lovely ranch style house that I planned 1n home economncs and I can really drmve our new car because I learned on the old dr1ver traxmng car at school What could thxs large buzldzng be? It covers nearly two blocks of our town The sxgn says Ford Company James and Olhe Atkrns Co Presldents Now I am able to see msxde the bu1ldmg James IS sxttxng wxth hxs feet on the desk naturally But where IS Olhe? Oh yes I see hxm now He just came ln the door carrymg a gold txpped cane Together these two boys have made th1s company the most successful 1n the Umted States How could they mxss? Ollxe supplled the braxns and James supplzed the necessary muscles The next scene IS a large broadcastmg statxon Before the m1crophone IS Wayne G1ll1att smgxng and tellmg Jokes After graduatxng Wayne decxded that Bob Hope and Bmng Crosby had nothxng that he hadn't So worklng h1s way up he 1S now a comblnatxon of B1ng and Bob and IS very successful Suddenly the scene 15 a blur When the vzszon becomes clear agam I hear the NBC symphony orchestra The musxc 18 nothxng l1ke I remembered It What can be the matter? The orchestra leader turns away dxsgusted and nn doing so faces me Who would have thought 1t' It IS none other than Jmmmy Shlelds No wonder the mus1c sounded odd' What an xmpressxve college scene' Someone 15 gettmg h1s dxploma apparently I-hs face looks famxlxar But of course 1t's Curtxs Stephenson who was always wh1z ln government As Curtxs nses to make a speech mzlllons of hands applaud also to the very mformatwe commc books that l read As th1s scene fades I am 1n deed sorry that I can't see the large celebratlon that 15 to be held afterwards zn Curtls' honor The next scene IS the Indlanapohs speedway The rac1ng cars whxz by faster and faster untxl everyone stands exc1tedly One car gradually gamns the lead and holds xt despxte the terrxflc competxtxon The wxnner waves gaxly at all the gxrls who are gathered around hlm As he leaves the held throwing klsses at everyone I see that It IS none other than Edgar Llnton Although I am surprxsed I should have guessed xt After all he had plenty of pract1ce whlle dnvxng the cars he owned dur mg h1s hxgh school years The suburbs of Lou1sv1lle now come xnto vxew Flashxng across the watch crystal are sxgns Only fxve more m1les to Beal's Del1ght 'Two more mxles to Beal Haven then at last Thxs IS xt! Beal's Barbecue Bus1ness Then I see Ivan Ray Beals standlng 1n the door eat1ng more sandwxches than anyone else could ever eat Waxtresses hurry about waxtxng on the1r many customers The mam attractzon IS the large neon sxgn that says T1ps are an znsult But we don't mxnd msults here Suddenly a loud noxse came from my watch People are laughxng and cheermg Lxmng the streets they all wave handkerchlefs and smxle broadly Surely a great celebrxty IS comxng Yes here comes a long beautlful car cruxsmg down the street But look who IS 1n the car' Roland Valdxvxa the playboy' Standing up Ronald throws away sxlver dollars to all the people No wonder he IS so popular I-Ie feels that he 23 . ' . ' . . . ,, ' ll . ' ' - ' vu . D D ' , . . ' . . , . . . . , . u ' . . , . . . . . ' . . n . . . . 0 , --. . ' ' a Fellow students, he said, I owe my success of graduating to my vitamin pills, and . . . . ,, . ' . - 1 8 U . . u . . I . D . . 1 . . , . . . . - . . H . . , . -- ' , 'S Il: , -- ll ' ' ' ' . ll , . . ,, . . -- . . D . . n . . ' i . ,
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