Hermleigh High School - Cardinal Call Yearbook (Hermleigh, TX)

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CLASS PRCDPHECY The great f1res of the Ozark campburned brlghtly on December 2.4 l968 A great table 1n the club room was covered 1n a snowy cloth M1stletoe and holly lent then usual charm and Jolly Santa Claus heads were holdlng seventeen names Let me see she mused 1f all the names are as they should be I-low IW1Sh all the old class could come but the tr1m l1ttle mald lnterrupted her thoughts A telegram for you llllss Burns The hostess eagerly tore open the yellow envelope A frown caused her two trlm eyebrows to pucker Oh how'sorry all the folks w1ll be when they learn that Mrs Soules can t come Anyway l m glad she s basklng clown 1n the Florlda sun Now we ll have all that crowd who chartered the spec1al traln from New York s1t here Evelyn Carey Brown the des1gner from Lord s Doctor Blakley Fargason from Bellvlew hospltal and h1S head nurse Wllladean Lopour She reflected starxng at the gl1tter1ng s1lver Leon Lewls the great lecturer and .Toy Wrlght w1th her f1ve k1dS and of course Ford Motor Company s head des1gner Mllton Adams We ll let Farmer .Take Sm1th be at the foot of the table w1th h1S w1fe Opal bmlth on h1s rlght Goodness lt s almost t1me for then' to come We ll put Amer1ca s greatest p1an1st Hope Fargason at the head of the table Of course next we w1ll put Andre s Par1s Model Ramona l3h1l11ps then we ll put Dean McM1llan and h1s Wlfe a glrl from the Clty Electr1c Co of whlch Dean 1S pres1dent I wonder how lt would feel to be so great I suppose B1lly Don Soules w1ll brlng h1s leadlng lady Velma Llght We ll be so thrllled over hav1ng a real l1ve actress among us Surely she 1n turn w1ll be del1ghted to Slt by our famous art1st Nellle Faye Wrlght The hostess placed the cards and napk1ns as she mused sllently to herself She had offered all her old classmates one grand reumon 1f they would only come and most of them would be there at seven I m sure we have the mostfamous class of them all for we boast the r1chest furn1ture mar n the country and rlght here by Bobby Nach 11nger goes Ward Bellmont s matron .lohnnle Lee W1l11ams Ihope none of them splll anyth1n on th1s beaut1ful cloth that Oma Nell Roe m1sch broufvht me from Italy GTHCIOUS that O1rl has flown across the Atlant1c twenty t1mes She f1n1shed the last place card and drawlng the curta1ns on the wlnter mght she entered the l1v1n0 room A sound of a d1stant slelgh bell came to her ears A . 7 . ! . . ' r 1 -. ll ,Q IO' A 1 1 1 Q - i ,, . . . . , Q 'xi ss ,- In , . Y l V . . so , - - Q : Y 2 n - - - . 11 ls 1 Y ' I ' . v . 2 . Q ' 1 1 I J ' Ii 4 u 1 J ' 1 ,, V. . . . . ' 1 1 1 1 - - 11 , . Ax o - - - . . . . . , . , 1 . . A , 3 . 1 . . - 1 . , . - - 1 1 . , . . . . 1 fm 1 1 ., . ' 1 - ,V P' ,s . . . . . , . , . , . . , . 1 . ,, Q . . - e . . . . I 1 . 4. 1 , , - . , . . Q: . - 1- 1 . , . . . , , . 0 - - Q Q ' ' ' Q - - 11 e. 9 , 1 D 1 3