Lowes High School - Blue Devil Yearbook (Lowes, KY)

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Class Prophecy will soon realize your fondest dream of singing for a big Hollywood Night Club . i ' The relief was audible from the remainder of the class and it was little trouble to persuade Janet Sears to go up next. The life of a secretary is in sto-re for you , he said. I now see you downtown ati your lunch hour buying your boss a birthday present for his wife. The line was now moving rather steadily along and I, Essie Gardner, was next. As for you , he said, dou't plan too much on being a secretary for I see a far different future for you. I see you singing lead in the Hamilton Quartet. The rest of the class got quite a laugh out of that, and by the time the laughter had subsided, Charles Wilkiiis was already up front. I see- you as a great Mathematicianf' said Deb. You just made a discovery whose importance equals the splitting of the atom. Norma Gene T routt then made her way to him, hoping to hear of a great future in Opera. To her it was quite a disappointment to hear him say, For you the cards show a successful career as the star of the Grand Ole' Opry. I Wheii Harold Gilbert took his place in line' we all listened eagerly as we expect great things of Harold. The cards predict for you a very brilliant career in prizefightingu, said Deb. 'KI see you as the future heavyweight champion of the world. VVe all had to laugh at the idea of Harold ever being heavyweight anything. . . Finally he had come to Martha Boaz whose expressed ambition is to be a nurse. but whose secret ambition will be satisfied by Deb's prophecy of her as the wife of VV ill Ed l,Varren doing her practice nursing on their five children. The fun was over and we all trudged back, slowly, to hygiene class. by Essie Gardner

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Class Prophecy Here I am in typing class again working as usual for the Annual , This time it's a prophecy to write. As if anyone could prophesy regarding this group of Seniors. When the Senior Class elected me to write a prophecy concerning our class members. I knew that I was too incompetent to do so. I tried and tried to picture our class members in later years. but finally gave up and sought some outside aid. One day I heard that VVarner Davenport was hanging around Pennebaker's Filling Station, NVhat better opportunity to find out about our futures! I gathered the class togther and we went up to see him. He was in a very congenial mood and before we knew it he was in the midst of telling our futures. First, he singled out Sue Gibson. You , he said, want to be a beautician but the cards say marriage is right around the corner, but don't feel hurt about it, you can beautify your little Pages . Next, Louise Leonard C better known as Shorty J stepped forward to hear what fate might bring her in the coming years. You , he said, are planning on being a secretary for your rich Uncle in Virginia . ' Puckett 'seemed to be next in line. Deb started out .by saying. You are planning on going to College to get your Bachelor's Degree in Science. You'd better watch out or you might be a Bachelor in Life instead of Science. Betty Goatley fthe Queen of our classl next stepped forward to hear what the future might hold for her. The cards , he said, show that you have a very bright future and will marry the King of Spain and live your declining days as a lovely Queen. Next was VVill Ed Warren. I see vou as a Modern Billv Sunday, travel- ing from place to place stirring people's souls with your resounding voice. As usual .Timmy Morrill was getting very impatient with waiting and pushed to the front of the line. No one objected to Jimmy's pushing himself up. I see you Deb said to Jimmy, in overalls and work shoes, working from daylight to dark raising crops, milking cows and putting your six children to bed. By that time Jimmy had fallen back. He had heard enough. After Jimmy's future had been forecast, the rest of the class was rather re- luctant to go forward. Finally Ruth Womack gathered enough courage to step up and hear her future. As Deb looked at the cards he laughed a little and said to her, Y ou are destined to a life of sewing buttons on Coates at home and ina factory . Ruth backed off wishing she had never gone forward. Everybody was now definitely hanging back after those last two predidions. Then Ioe Burchard threw back his shoulders and literally waded in . Don't be afraid, Joe, said Deb. I see nothing but pleasant days ahead for you. You fContinued on next pagej

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Class, Will ' We. the Senior Class of '47, of Lowes High School, being of sound and sane mind anal memory and exceedingly strong will do hereby ordain. publish, and declare this to be our last will and testament. The Senior Class does at this time will to the following people the following possessions: , I. lfssie Gardner, bequeath mv position as secretary ofthe class for the past four years to Wanda Mathis. Wanda, may you enjoy it as much as I have. l, -Ioe Burchard, bequeath my title, The Voice , to Aaron Pete - Cope- land. l'ete . don't let it rust out. ' I. Janet Scars, bequeath my quiet ways to Leona Mangrum who sure could use them. I, Ruth VVomack, bequeath my COATES to Hope Powell. Good-Luck, Hope. I, Sue Gibson, bequeath my black hair to Betty Butler. Betty, you can now get your man. I, Louise Leonard, bequeath my bookkeeping workbook to Annie Lee Chapman. I, Betty Goatley, bequeath my ability for getting to school on time to Mary Lowe. I, Norma Gene Troutt, bequeath my cheer-leading suit to Barbara VVilkerson. I, Martha Boaz, bequeath my ability for teaching to Lois Ford. .- I, Eugene Puckett, bequath my appetite to Chuck Counts. Chuck, try three plates sometime. I, NVill Ed VVarren, bequeath my loud voice to Marvin Davidson. Marvin, develop it and you can be heard from study hall to stage. I, Harold Gilbert, bequeath my appeal to the girls to Vasteene Rives. Good luck, Vasteene. I, Jimmie Morrill, bequeath a few inches of my height to Bobby Elliott who could use it and I can spare if. ' I, Charles VVilkins, bequeath my technique for courting and winning the members of the faculty to Perry Boyd. Perry. maybe you will have 3 change next year. fContinued on next pagej