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Billie Sue Wright was a happily mar- ried housewife. She was living in a mod- ern house on a fine mechanized farm. ter husband was a capable man with two tine sons to help him. Billie Sue had a sweet daughter, fourteen years old, to help her around the house. Betty Bailey, Christine Radford, and Ruby Nelson all lived in Raleigh. They each had a fine job with the State. The three were good friends and companions and they went on many trips together. They were enjoying themselves so much that they were not ready to think of get- ting married. Etta Summerlin had married on after graduation. She had moved to Texas and was living on a big cattle ranch. Helen Burgess was married and living on a big farm. Her home and the farm were well kept, and she, with her hus- band and six children, three boys and three girls, were comfortably settled. I learned that Terry Parham had a small but successful business as a repair service man. He was a jack-of-all-trades in Franklinville N. C. and was always being called, that he had not found time yet to settle down and get married. In Richmond, Virginia I looked up Geneva Davis. She was working in an office and her husband was employed in the shipping section of the U. S. Postal Service. She was looking good and had become plump. I was glad to find her very much happy. I drove up to Washington, D. C. as there was to be a big homecoming foot- ball game at Gallaudet College. At the game I met Rudell Matthews and she hadn’t changed a bit even though she had three sets of twins. She had married well and was happy with six hellions. Rudell advised me to look for Leander Carroll but she had to help me find him. I didn’t recognize him and could hardly believe he was the same person as his waist had shrunk to size 32 and all that was left were powerful muscles. He was working for the government at Navy Yard. He was married to his sweetheart of school days and they had three healthy boys resembling Leander, as I remember him. I never thought it was possible for Leander to lose even twenty- sive pounds. I had the surprise of my life! Several weeks later I turned south- ward to visit my folks in Florida. En- route, I stopped in Roanoke, Virginia to visit Betty Barber. She was married and had a boy, thirteen years old, and a girl, nine years of age. Betty still had her slim figure because oi her being busy with two children and working at an office for the Southern Railway. Her husband was employed on the night shift at the Roanoke Times. My next stop was in Charlotte, N. C. where I met Billy McLain at the Meck- lenburg Club of the Deaf. He was mar- ried and held a good job with a wood- working company where he was an A-1 worker. He was very active in sports. He and his wife had been doing so many things all the time that they hadn’t started raising a family. I guess he will always be “Wild Bill.” I also met Alma Whitley who was visiting in Charlotte. She had worked for awhile; then got married and after hav- ing a boy, she returned to work. She has enjoyed her job as a garment inspector and won’t give it up. She has helped the family income; they live in a fine house and own a nice car. At last I was on my way to see Mom and Dad. As I arrived at the house, I jumped out of the car, rushed up the steps in such a hurry that I sipped and fell flat on the porch. The fall jolted me and I was puzzled to find myself lying on the floor. Then I became wide-awake and knew I had rolled off the sofa where I had been taking a long sound nap. Well folks, that was quite a vision I had in my DREAM!
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Class Prophecy By Henry Lee Dorsey In the summer of 1970 I set out on a long journey. As I progressed on the trip, I found it to be an immense plea- sure and so very interesting, beyond my imagination. I had been working in Tokyo, Japan the past eighteen years as a printing and lithography expert. I had been so many years away from America that I yearned to return to the good old States. It had been hard being away from my folks and friends. Ayhuge luxury liner boresmesacross the vast Pacific. Arriving at Honolulu, Hawaii, I left ship and decided to visit tne Hawaii School for the Deaf. I strolled around the campus and presently met Gray Finch for whom I was looking. He had been there for several years, as director of athletics and recreation. I was surprised to learn that he had married a cute Hawaiian girl and they had two little boys, twins The next week I departed for San Francisco on a fast ocean liner. A few hours after landing, I boarded a stream- liner for Los Angeles. I intended to look up Charles McKenzie, who had a job there as a linotype operator. It was great seeing the fellow and he looked young as ever. His wife was very attractive. Their home was full of life with five children, all boys, between the ages of fifteen and five. They were mischievous youngsters and I wasn’t a bit surprised. It was a big family and Charles proved to be doing mighty well. We went on a tour of Los Angeles and then I purchased a sparkling new light blue Oldsmobile “88”. Charles gave me the addresses of Hilda Honeycutt and Leona Miller in St. Louis, Missouri. The Olds was powerful and traveled so fast that I reached St. Louis in two and half days. I found that Hilda owned a type- writer company which she established herself. But she had married and her husband was running the successful business. Her two children, both girls, twelve and eight years old, were really darlings. Hilda informed me that Leona had moved back to North Carolina about a year ago. I started out and arrived in Knoxville and took the opportunity to visit the Tennessee School for the Deaf. I was delighted to find Charles Pearson there. He was well settled, as dean of boys and instructor in dry cleaning and tailoring. He was sporting a yellow-black 1970 Cadillac. As I stopped for gas before leaving Knoxville, by remarkable coincidence, I found Ruby Anders there with her husband ! She looked well and happy. We had a hurried chat and she explained that she and husband were on a month’s vacation to California. It was an exciting moment. I told about myself, and whom I had visited. She told about several of the old classmates. Stopping in Morganton, I visited my Alma Mater. I felt like a stranger there, seeing all those new faces. However, I knew some of the staff and they told me all I wanted to know. A new Main Build- ing had been built and it looked ultra- modern. The new primary unit looked wonderful. I visited the Drexel Furniture Comp- any where I found Leona Miller in charge of the typing section. She had a responsible position because of her knowledge and experience. She was one of the best paid employees in the office. In eastern North Carolina I visited several ladies who were ih my graduat- ing class.
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