Gotebo High School - Chieftain Yearbook (Gotebo, OK)

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Class Prophecy (Continued) falling into line and keeping step with her martial airs. And as I visioned an unusual car flying low I recognized the driver as being Walter Linstead. It seems he was trying out nontip, rubber-fendered (to prevent dents) cars for Earl Gibson who was inventing them, at an enormous profit. It is a pity he couldn’t have invented them in his high school days. Again my vision changed to the shape of an old man who finally proved to be Mr. Dacus who was now United States Senator from Oklahoma. He was dictating to Roma Lee Shipman his secretary. And behold a change came over the spirit of my dream, and I felt within my heart a strange burning desire to see my old chums, Reta Jane and Anna Mae, till the Spirit of Prophecy, responding to my unspoken wish, conducted me to a bachelor girl apartment in a large foreign city where the two sat by a large fireplace, talking of the past. Reta Jane, now a famous violinist, was calling forth sweet strains from her polished instrument, while Tootsie danced a jig in delightful time to the music, her figure swaying from side to side at the appeal of the fantastic air. Verily, was my heart stirred within me as I saw the vacant chair and noted their frequent anxious glances toward the doorway for the coming of their prophetess to complete the charm- ed circle. And verily, as I beheld this scene and marvelled thereat, thingking Aye, even so shall it straightway come, to pass with each and all of us, lo, the strains of music died away, the veil was drawn over mine eyes, shutt- ing out from my vision the Things To Be, and I turned mine eyes back to the Things That Are, sure that as Coming events cast their shadows before,” only goodness and truth and prosperity shall follow all the days that are to come to the fair and talented members of the Class of 1948. SENIOR CLASS HISTORY The history of the class of 1948 is so dramatic and colorful that it resembles a play--one of those modern plays that so skillfully disregard all the rules of the drama. With your kind permission, I, as dramatic critic of the Senior Class will review the play called The Class of 1948” in an absolutely unbiased manner. This is a play in four acts, with three all too brief intermissions. The play was written by the actors as they played their parts under the dir- ection of Mr. Dacus our Superintendent, and a band of capable assistants better known as the faculty. It is produced by the Board of Educaion with the co-operation of the taxpayers and is given by an all-star cast. As all appear at the same time we shall give their names in alphabetical order, A. J. DeBow, Eugene Goff, Orlando Krause, Walter Linstead, William Miller, Archie McCurdy, Floyd Parks, Marion Rollins, Chester Schmidt, John David Shaw, James Lee, Jack Ward, Colleen Anderson, Anna Mae Elledge, Betty Jo Geis, Pauline Hand, Betty Lou Huckalby, Jolyne Pann, Roma Lee Shipman, Wanda June Suggs, Winona Ward, and Reta Jane Hulett.