Hutcheson School - Hutchesonian Yearbook (Douglasville, GA)

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We cannot help but wonder if we are r ady Nevertheless, we en courage all of you still on board to not falter, be strong, keep work ing toward your goals, and someday, very soon you will be able to see what we have seen To our parents, relatives, teacher, friends and all of those who helped us to complete this voyage, we, the class of 1956, shall ever be grateful Jacquelyn Copeland CLASS PRUPHECY Looking into my souvenir box a few days ago, I came across an old Egyptian crystal ball, that I had bought from an antique shop Suddenly the ball Degan to glitter which attracted my attention I gazed into it, and I could see clearly into the future I saw a huge gymnasium located in Oklahoma City, Okla Inside this gymnasium a basketball game was taking place I could not be lieve my eyes It was the 'Harlem Globetrotters, and Lee Edward Bowens and Costell Endsley, two of my classmates were playing on the team A player fell and the crowd gathered around The player was taken to a hospital where I saw two of my classmates that had b come nurses To my surprise they were Nurse Parker, known to u s Daisy Pounds, and Nurse Nancy Miller The scene changed and carried me to a Florida Naval Base Busy special mission by the United states Navy Suddenly from a distance I heard church bells ringing, and the scene carried me to a large church pastored by Reverend Charles Styles I saw Jacquelyn Copeland, a stenographer for the president of a business firm, and Naomi Welch, who was teaching at one of the elementary schools in the city The service came to an end and the congregation filed slowly out of the church Following the congregation, I was taken farther down the street where I saw the sign over a barber shop that read Dan Smith's Barbershop I was hoping the ball would carry me inside of Dan's shop, but the picture changed and I saw Dr Lee Ella Sparks examining a baby, with Nurse Alice Shell and Head Nurse Dorothy Bowens assisting her. The scene became noisy and then I saw a Jet By the plane stood Marvin Springer, who had become a pilot The airplane was being re paired by twowell knownmechanlcs Joe L Cowins and Ellis L Love, Jr A cloud blotted out the scene and when it cleared I was looking in a large room, empty but for two people and a grand piano A small boy with sticky fingers was trying to play exercise number Thirteen, and his teacher, gritting her teeth to keep from spanking him was counting one two, three, one, two, three At last she swept the child off the stool and played the exercise for him She was Addie Pearl Scales who had become a famous pianist and music instructor Then I was taken to a beautiful college town There I saw a vast crowd in the chapel. It seemed as if a graduation exercise was takihg place I looked among the graduates hoping to see some of my high school classmates To my surprise I saw Barbara Jean Scudders, who was about to receive a Bachelor of Science degree The scene shifted to the business district of a large city I was looking at a huge electric sign which read White, Parker and Bridges, Inc I saw the owners coming from their office. They were Bobby Parker and Leanord Bridges and Robert White. . . .1 ' . 6- , s a typing was Sadie Springer, a Naval Captain, who had been called on a 0 I O l