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Prophecy As some of the Gold-Diggers of ' 56 were out on a Sunday cruise, there appeared be¬ fore their eyes a strange bottle floating in the stream with a piece of paper in it. With much curiosity they picked it up and started to read. It was dated back in nineteen hundred and fifty-six, the year they graduated. This looks to be interesting, said one of the gold dig¬ gers, because it is now 1976, and nearly twenty years have passed. Another one said, Let ' s see what the class¬ mates of ' 56 are doing. William Barber is still taking it easy while his wife supports him, like he did in school. Next we see that cute little girl, Ann Gail Murchison, working as a private secretary, sitting in her boss ' s lap, very, very private. Now appears the great redhead of 1956, Tommie Wilkie, playing fullback in the Orange Bowl. Ruth Ellen Jourdan, our class ' s greatest artist, has an art school of her own set up in Gulf. There has been a McMillan service station put up in Goldston of which Bobby McMillan is the proud owner. Now comes Ruth Jeffries. She ' s very busy keeping house and taking care of the chil¬ dren while Lynn, her husband, is at work. What ' s next? Music! Why, it ' s Jimmie Phil¬ lips who has formed a hillbilly band of his own, and is going on tours all over the coun- try. There seemd to be a vacant space on the paper. No, it was a chicken farm with Wil¬ liam Griffin, the owner, taking it easy while the chickens make his living. What ' s that I hear? Yes, it ' s Gilbert Ruth still handling those bowling balls. Maybe some day he will have an alley of his own. Now we see Wesley Miller at the Univer¬ sity of North Carolina struggling after twenty years for his M.D. degree. Good luck, boy. Here comes that blonde, none other than Vivian Gilliland, going to take the tempera¬ ture of the gold-diggers of ' 56 in Antioch ' s modern hospital. Now we see Elmer Woody selling doodolys at the county fair. Russell Palmer now has his own television show and is the world ' s most famous banjo player. Fairbell McMillan is a beauty operator working in her own beauty shop: she has the latest styles. Norma Jean has moved into her new home, built by her husband, Robert Stone. Now we see Sherman Fields, the owner of his own sawmill, hiring some of his class¬ mates of ' 56 to carry slabs. Next we find Dan Gaines and his Chevy passing Herb Thomas on the Darlington Speedway. Coming into the spotlight is Jerry Gaines dancing to his rock and roll records on the Ted Mack ' s talent show. Ruby Jeffries, now a Home Demonstra¬ tion Agent, teaches the girls of Goldston School How to be Better Housekeepers. Helen Phillips, an electronics wife, now lives in Fayetteville, and is a secretary for her husband. Mollie Sims Cheek is back in Goldston School teaching her children to say Bon jour to her every morning. Last of all, we see that laughing girl, Ruby Dowdy, still laughing as she tries to find a spot on the Red Skelton Show. Then as we came to the end, our eyes be¬ came misty with happy tears. Today we had brought twenty years of the past to the fu¬ ture. Again the gold-diggers folded the paper, put it in the bottle and sent it on the way, in hopes some more of the class of ' 56 would find it. Tommie Wilkie Ruby Dowdy Ann Gail Murchison
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