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CLASS PROPHECY I don ' t know to this day what prompted me to turn down that dark street on the West Side of Chicago that day in 1960, but I did. I had almost decided to turn back when I heard a sharp rapping on a window. Looking up, I saw a face peering out at me and then a hand motioning me to come in. I glanced up at the door and saw the sign Fortune Telhng. I have never been one to believe in that stuff, but she seemed so insistent 1 thought, Oh, well, she might tell me something interesting. I climbed the steps of the house and just as 1 got to the door, it was opened by the most unusual person I had ever seen. She was very dark, both in hair and coni- olexion, and had on a bright red dress. She wore much jewelry, especially rings — one on every finger. We went into a darkened room and she led me to a table on which sat a crystal ball. She sat down opposite me and spoke for the first time. I can tell you don ' t really believe I can see the past and future, so it will be hard- er to get contact with my medium. Then she peered into the crystal ball and slowly spoke, Your name is Rose Mary Heritage. You have made much money selling — now T see it — a, powerful freckle remover. I was astounded at this bit of truth, but not wholly believing her pow- ers yet I said, Could you tell me about my high school classmates? What have they done since graduation? I could see her crystal ball get smoky and then she began, I see a clinic in Indonesia. And, yes, Alice Allen is the head nurse. Also in this half of the world is Morris McCurdy, a great favorite of the king of Siam. He is teaching the king, and his entire court, to play pool. In Siam, too, is Shirley Wynant. She owns a large farm, raising Siamese cats. Farther east yet, I see Dick Goff. He has opened a meat market in India, but it is not very successful due to the fact that the largest part of the population, the Hindus, don ' t eat meat. Going north I see Dean Pickett. He is selling refrigerators in Alaska and surprisingly enough is making a lot of sales. The Eskimos find they make a warm place to ep in on cold nights. Also up north is Gerald Ridgeway, the foreign minister to Iceland. While he is there he is studying the nature of the Polar bear and writing a column on them which appears weekly in the Pendleton Times. Next my crystal ball takes me to the sunny Riviera in France. Here I see Cameron Calvert and Bob Carpenter, still together as in their senior days, are running a famous casino. Bob Stanley is the head bouncer and the two chief entertainers are Marvin Harvey and Gene Crosley doing their singing and dancing act. Next to South Africa where Robert Manship has a 15,000 acre farm specializing in the raising of panda bears. Elizabeth and Don Jones are on tour around the world collecting curios to be put in the soon-to-be established museum whi ;h will be located in the empty lot next to the Roxy Theatre. I said, 1 am amazed. You know so much more about them than I .do. But have all my former classmates gone to foreign countries? Oh, no, she replied. Many of them are right here in the United States. First I see Barbara Ormes. She married a Mexican, while on a visit to the Southwest, and is now a senorita, famous for her beauty and mod- esty. Going farther west, to California, we find Alcatraz prison and in it David Taylor. He was a successful banker for nine years and is now serving a term for embezzlement. It is thought he got his early training when he was treasurer for his class. Also in California are Valasta and Hugh Bell, who have an orange grove. They have perfected a new smudge pot which burns without smudge. In San Francisco is Maxine Wildman. Maxine, who now goes by the name Tess, is making a fortune as a blues singer in a downtown night club. Traveling south we come to Arkansas where Vesta Lou Going is resting after the publication of her book ' The Trials and Trib- ulations of a Bar-maid. ' And now to a kindergarten in Paduoah, Kentucky, where Beverly Eller is following her life-long ambition to be a teacher, and is making ' little things count. ' In St. Louis, Missouri, I ' see Gay McCallister,
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who is a noted woman lawyer. It is said her early training in speech class gave her the ability to speak in public without embarrassment. Carolyn Stottlemyer is living on a large plantation in Mississippi. A method of fertilizing the soil was discovered by her whereby a more abundant supply of onions can be obtained. Next to New York City where Bruce Copeland is running the Chartruse Room. His childhood sweetheart, Clarice Owens, is employed as an entertainer. She plays the oboe, an instrument she took up the summer after graduation, and she learned so rapidly that she is now known as the ' Oboe Queen. ' In the same city we find Jerry Ruth Hoagland who has won nation-wide fame as Ma Perkins. My crystal ball now takes me to Indianapolis where Lindsay Vestal is a race-car driver. He holds many records — one of which is that he is the only man ever to win the 500-mile race six years in a row. Some of your classmates travel so much I can hardly keep up with them. One cf these classmates is Mildred Ayers who is a professional twirler with the Hardscrapple Majorettes, now on tour in Wyoming. Jim Rumler is a traveling salesman. He is making a fortune selling bottle openers by the door-to-door method. Jack Pierce is tearing the country giving lectures on the subject ' The Social Life of the Lizard ' . I can almost hear the calliope when the gypsy says, I see a circus. The banners proclaim that the name of it is the ' Barnum and Garris E x- pcsition ' . Recognizing the name I assume that Bugs is co-owner. Sneak- ing a look into the crystal ball myself, I see many familiar faces at the circus. Lois Stohler and Betty Stanley are in charge of the peanut stand. The advertisement on the outside of the booth states that their peanuts are enriched with Vitamin T. Helen Saubert travels with the circus as chief cook, but the gypsy tells me that this is only a pose — that she is in- fatuated with the bareback rider and uses the cooking as an excuse to travel with the show. Caroll Stottlemyer is the lion trainer and on busy days he doubles as an usher. But still not entirely convinced I said, Gypsy, did any of my former classmates become famous or do anything out- standing? Oh, yes, she replied. Edward Mousa has complied with the U. S. Food Acts and Regulations and intends to put on the market a new flavor resembling garlic but with a more pleasant after taste. Leo Flory and Rob- ert Stoner have become very famous on the stage with their unusual act. Robert sings and Richard accompanies him on his guitar. The gypsy seemed to be getting tired so I asked my next question hurriedly so she could answer it before her crystal ball gave out entirely, Didn ' t anyone stay in Pendleton? George Ballinger owns a haberdashery shop on State Street. He specializes in poka-dot ties and loud sweaters. Nothing in the store is any darker than bright red. Alvin McCarty operates the Roxy Theatre. He runs only comedies and westerns, especially westerns featuring the new ' King of the Cowboys, ' Bill Brown. Donald Crull is a flagman at the cross- ing on East State Street. Not one accident has been reported since he took over, for the simple reason that trains no longer run on the track. Darrel Maitlen is the physics instructor in the local high school. He was forced to take the course so many times to pass that just two years ago he was offered the opportunity to teach. Patsy Guard and EVelyn Lawyer are still working in the telephone office. In their spare time they are the editors of the weekly ' Pendleton Gossip Sheet. ' It is said that they have inside channels for their news. Shirley Owen PGR., BD., PhF., ME., TQ., PhB., ABC, XYL., is now doing post graduate work at Pendleton High School. Laurabelle Davidson is a happily married matron with a family of ten boys, all with coal black hair. She stopped talking and I knew her supply of information was ex- hausted. I was almost convinced that she was a real fortune teller by now when it occurred to me that she had left out one of my classmates. Tell me, I said, what happened to Joanne Aiman? The gypsy laughed and said, Don ' t you recognize me ?
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