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

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urrv lNOr1 Trey wxll soon be he re Be ready to take thelr w raps 'Jn 1f everytnnf w1ll go off all r1f ht Tre lewr ere w up oefore the stone step as men md women of tue world famous by the1r own efforts talk1nU llke boys and glrls ow led lnto the x1r'n room ello Faye Faye yol were preclous to ask us How are youq ny you cont look a day older were the greetlngs he hostess he ard For m noar or more they lauuhed and chatted They recalled the hip y hwn school drys at P-ermle1gh They wondered where all the faculty were anl each recounted 1nc1der1ts ln thelr busy everyday l1fe The w xrrnth and Cozlnes oftne room were l1ke WIHC to the1r splrlts Jlfo'1 Adam led the fvr inl march to the banquet table After thelr places had been found they rms-ed thelr glasses and drank a toast to Xe rend ol elass of The f rnous lecturer the ex presldent of 48 rose and rapped for attentlon Frlends and classmates we are rneetlng after twenty years of eraratxon Many th1ngs have happened slnce we parted 1n May 1948 after olernrly II'OI'T1l'u11'1g to meet ln 68 As Oma Nell reads the roll each elea e r1se nd tell us what you have accornphshed The e retarv bevtn to read and when the name of Fred Rogers away from 5Lll1I1f lfus ell Weed Controllers 1n Texas Fron Cwltzerlann came a caoleffram from F L Vandlver .Tr wl o ent hls be twxsfmes he was try1ng to learn to sk1 Tears f1llei tn eyes of all present and one had the Grace to blu Lv as Faye re yon ed when the name of Marshall Pylant was call f e naa ueen re 1eeted by a former classmate and now alone and lil oken ne lrted he 1s huntlnff blg l1ons 1n Afr1 Far 1nto t e F11 ht tne revelers kept the1r Vlgll and as the flrst treak of Chrmst das fnornxnv broke over the Ozark mountalns the rf e we inf' together the old class song and wlshed or ot l sses 1 ermle 10h plgh QC!'lOOl Just as many famous per XLIV' S D035 E L Vandlver, .Tr llllllhg, V Q 6 W t ttY7 Y , ,' r 1 - fi j, f , A . f . 1 H , , 1 -- ' - nv 'N' f ' . s - 1 T ' X ' K ' -3 . D ' ' ' ' ' 1 ' 1 r- ,-- - s r - -lesyg,1 x - f s, ., . .s 1 y A V - . A A. Y 4 - 7 . . . 4, . F, D ..,. -3 , ' ., LL Q ,A , A -. 4 l , csv-Y V an sn I . J - 4 an An , U , . H. H, L 4 - .. lv Ls'-yu , V, I 11 - . 1 , ' , t . . . J, Y , ' ' , c A l . , A O , c I, J e . e ., . F , 7 u E 1 .Y Y A . . 1 . . . - 'e ' e 's ' , as Y . ' .es -2 O Q 1 , , l A if 7 sl 5 .A . - '. . .T 1 tl N jg . d c x 48, -'H ' A ' A 3 , I elv. ' . LK ' , 4 Y , , ' . , , . snr ' ' , f X ' . e ' ' ' , , Q . , s L A, . . . , 1 af P- A ' - f- ' 1 . L' IH CA. , , L4 ,- , , Y, ,f f . .- le. I oe ,. , . .1 1 Y I s 5 was called Faye- rose and read atelegram, Fred just eouldn t get ' H ' . 'J I ' 8. AS :VY A . ' ' 0 ' ' .,. .' , 1 1 ' . . U , D .a. . , . '41 s ls 1 ' ' '. 7 - t 3 -, in , O a ' 5 s Q u ' I ' ' ' - wi, 1,41-1 . . . 4 C ,, , ' ' - z , A 1 g U g ca. ' rf jg. I ' fe ' ' , ' .N . ', a , . .F . . .2 nfl rs- of the elass be g g , f ' .,, , . . . ' LV ' ' ' ' . tzxe- her C a., l o ? ,E -1 . - - sons as tr - A clas. . , ted, x ,., - Q' ' ' ' ,I hs' e QU Leila? . L V .ff 1' N 7 ..- , lx L . l N