Fort Meade High School - Fomehiso Yearbook (Fort Meade, FL)

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Another letter of congratulation went to a pair of newly-weds, the Wrestling Champ ion of the World, Awful Ed Adams and his tenth wife, Rosemary Adams, formerly Thomas. Rosemary acts as his manager and keeps the smelling salts bottles filled. I didn’t send a letter to Jungle Jim Pollard, the well-known guide of the Ever- glades. It seems that while leading a hunting party of five chorus girls, he got lost, first time too. Dress designer, Mary Ellen Olive, just came out with a new design in fall dresses, and her co-designer, Patsy Harris, is trying to figure out what to do when they fall. S. E. McDaniel finally gave up trying to grow hair and started a mail order wig company. He uses die slogan, Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow, Buy a Mop-Top and Save the Sorrow, and features a free change of oil with each Mop-Top. (The address is D. W., Mop-Top, WCKY, Cincinnati 1, Ohio.) Sharon Lastinger and Sue Durrance continued their basketball careers and are now A string forwards on the Globe Whooperettes. During the summer, Sue is a dare- devil driver with Joey Chitwood. After being in the last presidential race, George Evans returned to his old job of street cleaner in Fort Meade, working in close harmony with the Police Chief, W. F. Martin. Joan Barnett and her furniture company are featuring Barnett's Bugless Beds, guaranteed to have no bugs in die mattress, in fact, they have no mattresses. Winifred McMillan, originator of Winnie's Wild West Woedeo is featuring a great new act. Alvin Howard rides a Brahma bull into the arena and Dwayne Johnson sits in the audience and shoots the bull. June Wilkes' enthusiasm as assistant oiler on the Bigger Digger VI resulted in its digging itself into the Gulf of Mexico. June now models the latest in diving clothes for Milady, complete with pastel helmets. Betty Graves supervises the G-K Ranch where the most startling news to the Agri- cultural world is the crossing of a Hampshire and a Hereford to produce T-bones and pork chops from the same animal. Well, here comes the chief technician, (none other than the highest paid button pusher in the army, Wayne Cannon). With a sickening grin, he performs his duty! Farewell, Earth ! ! WHOOOSSSHHH ! ! ! Melvin Lamb Class Prophet

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Prophecy Aberdeen Proving Grounds June 2, 1964 As I sit here all alone, looking out the window of this gigantic space ship and take my last view of Earth, I remember the good times at Dear Old Fort Meade High, I wrote all my old classmates a farewell letter before I left and since I have a few min- utes before the Chief Technician gets here to fire the rockets that will send me on this space expedition to see if even the lowest form of human life can survive on outer Pluto, 1 will relate my findings to you. Some of them are working right here at Aberdeen Proving Grounds, which is now under the supervision of Brigadier General Jack Bloody Bones Bronson. Marie Ard and Kathryn Lightsey turned out to be career girls and are now private secretaries for old Bloody Bones. Earl Thompson and Lloyd Ivey have the job of filling the rockets with that power- ful rocket fuel, Sloan's Slippery, Slushy, Super-Rocket Slop, invented by Professor Joel R. Sloan of Scatcheew University. I sent a letter to the Florida State Stir for Women to Sherrie Cantt. It seems that she has become so skilled with her hands that she has developed the hobby of opening safes—other people's. Glenda Mullins is running a fruit stand on the tenth floor of the Waldorf-Astoria in New York City and Richard is keeping the house, tending to the children, etc. I sent an air-mail letter to Paris, France, to Kathryn Cochrane and her troupe of world-renowned chorus girls, Kitty Cochrane and her chorus Cuties --also starring Mary Monroe Lloyd. Another letter went to the penthouse of that multi-millionaire playboy, John Cold Cash Collier, who got rich off that amazing new baby food, Collier's Colos- sal Chlorophyll Collards. Also living with him is his movie-actor brother, Jim Collier, now starring in a western thriller, Jingo Jimmy and the Jumping Jack. A Special delivery letter went to Tommy Fairchild and Sue Shields, now Mr. and Mrs., congratulating them for their success on revolutioning the Einstein Theory. Tommy works part time with Robert Bell's jazz band, Bell's Boogie Boys.

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Last Will and Testament We, the members of the Senior Class of 1954, realizing that the school building will not be able to survive our presence much longer and that the faculty of Fort Meade High School has become so enervated and debilitated while unsuccessfully struggling to inculcate the incomprehensible as to deserve a rest from their labors, hereby make, publish, and declare this to be our Last Will and Testament. We further declare that we are in possession of all the intelligence we ever had and that we are therefore cap- able of disposing of our possessions. SECTION I To the faculty of Fort Meade High School, we leave our permission to heave a sigh of relief and the heartfelt hope that they may have time to recuperate before tackling next year’s crop of Seniors who, by compari- son with us.are undignified, unsophisticated and irresponsible. SECTION II To the present Junior Class, who can never fill our shoes in spite of their unusually large number of big-footed members, we leave our front-row seats in assembly together with the privilege of having all under-class- men stand in reverent awe while they assume this place of honor. section m To the Sophomore Class we leave six cans of apple polish together with our other secrets of managing the faculty and with the admonition that they could learn a great deal by following our example. SECTION IV To the lowly, unsuspecting Freshman Class, we leave our books on How to Play Games Like the Champions, referring them especially to the chapter on Tiddley Winks and Old Maid. SECTION V As individuals we leave the following bequests with the hope that the articles named will be of real assistance to the fortunate recipients: EDWARD ADAMS leaves his boisterous manner and loud laugh to REECE TAYLOR. TOMMY FAIRCHILD leaves his bottle of henna rinse, the secret of his curly auburn locks, to RICHARD SCHOONOVER in the hope that his improved appearance as the result of its use will enable him to secure a date. MARY LLOYD leaves her ability to keep all the boys guessing to JEAN COLEMAN. LLOYD IVEY leaves his title of Surplus to DOYLE WILLIAMS