Randleman High School - Rendezvous Yearbook (Randleman, NC)

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GLASS PROPHECY Life is divided into three periods: the past, present and future. The past with its happy days of freedom from care is behind us. It is now only a succession of beautiful memories that, in years to come, we shall love to recall. The present with its petty trials is with us now, but the great un- known future stretches out before us, an untraveled road, filled with we know not what. As 1 look into my crystal ball I shall try to foretell what I see for you, the R.H.S. graduates of ’48. The mist is clearing. A village scene appears. It is Sunday morning and the people are coming to the service. I see the minister—a fine-looking man, and by his side walks his wife, Betsy Dean. The scene changes. Over a large factory is a huge electric sign reading, “Wright's Best Toilet Soaps.” The owner’s motto carved above the office door is, “I Keep the World Clean.” The clouds lift again. It’s nine o’clock on a May morning. School bells are ringing for kinder- garten children who hurry to greet their smiling teacher, Jean Hall. Now I see Hollywood, that fascinating place of famous men and women. Sharing honors in the new play, “Modern People,’ are Martha Lou Farlow and Betty Jean Varner. And there stands Bobby Russell, the main photographer for Peachy Pictures, Incorporated. The scene shifts to the display room of a large gown establishment. A fashion show is in progress. Ella Mae Sheppard, the chief model of the establishment, looks exceptionally graceful in her gown. The mist blots out the scene, and when it clears away, the ground is covered with ice and snow. A figure in a stunning uniform rides toward me. He stops his horse and reads a sign offering many thousand dollars reward for the capture of a murderer at large in the Canadian forest. Smiling he says, “We mounties always get our man.”’ He is one of those romantic heroes, a Northwest Mounted Policeman. As he rides nearer I recognize A. W. McElhannon, handsomer than ever. The scene changes. Buzzings and ringings fill the ear. It is a telephone office and the head operator is Lib Tharpe. I knew her as soon as she said, ‘“Line’s busy!” How strange! I see a room in great disorder and a man down on all fours, looking at the rug through a magnifying glass. He has a notebook labeled “Clues” in one pocket, and a pair of hand- cuffs in the other. As he rises and turns around, I see Fred Redding, a private detective. Now I see great tents, a vast number of them. What can it be? Oh! It’s a circus. There are large banners with the names of the owners, Brown and Vickory, successors to Ringland Brothers. Let us peep into the tents. Perhaps we can find some of our friends. Yes, suspended from a lofty trapeze we find Harold Redding, and fearlessly handling the great beasts are Worth Cox and Richard Barker. Running around and around the ring with his ever ready jokes is Allen Wrenn, the greatest clown of the century. Ah! Now I see a rich bachelor—a banker—riding in his airplane, counting his money, wear- ing his diamonds. His name? Oh, Yes—Theron Farlow. Now behold with me a large banquet hall where everyone seems to be having a gay time. Surrounded by admirers stands the dainty lady of society, envied and flattered by all, the belle of every ball—Betty Causey. I feel strong, brave, bold! I see a woman of strong will, strong mind and strong temper! A lecturer on a strong subject, an old maid demonstrating her independence of man. Her name es- capes me—wait! Yes. Ruth Frazier. Ah! I feel like crying—this woman’s grief overwhelms me. Surely it is some lonely widow mourning for her husband. No, it isn’t. Tis only a fair bride weeping over the loss of her pet poodle. Who is the bride? Her name was Ruth Glenn. Now I see an immense billboard, and what does it say? “A second Melchior—greatest opera singer of the day! Max Warlick!” Down the street there is a large building. Why, it is a convent! A fair lady, disappointed in some love affair, has become a nun and devotes her life to doing good to all the world. Her name is lost now for she is called ‘Sister Marie’, but I see her face and recognize Vera Redding. I hear tinkling guitars and the surf breaking on the Hawaiian shore. A young woman ap- proaches and seats herself under a palm tree. As she looks up I see her face. It is Juanita Allred. In her hand is a tourist’s guide book, and in her bag a ticket for a world cruise. Here I see in the old home town two happy wives making sunshine and music within their walls. I see them exchanging confidences over the fence as to this or that domestic affair, and see how, even in their marriage, they are inseparable—Helen Hughes and Treva Robbins. Now I see a stately home, with a beautiful woman receiving her guests. We all know her married name and there she stands before me—Louise Pickard, who after so many flings finally decided to settle down. Again we have a large room, empty but for two people anda grand piano. A small boy with sticky fingers and a look of agony, is trying to play Exercise No. 13, and his teacher, gritting her teeth, is determinedly counting one, two, three; one, two, three. At last she sweeps the child off the stool and plays the exercise herself. She is La Rue Johnson, with fingers as nimble and energy as abundant as ever. Now we are entering the Museum of one of our largest cities to find interesting facts of people we know. In a glass case are a number of yellowed and worn sheets of newspaper, the heading of which is “Advice to the Lovelorn” by Polly Pepper. Then you see a card which reads, “First series of the Polly Pepper ‘Advice to the Lovelorn’, which became the most famous syndicated newspaper ‘article series in the world. Polly Pepper was Jean Kennedy, a graduate of Randleman High School in 1948.” (Continued on page 37) a5 15 oe

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‘ 3. MOST TYPICAL SENIORS Colleen Richardson Theron Farlow CLASS BABY Ruth Frazier Allen Wrenn BEST SPORT Vera Redding Norman Greeson O fi MOST AMBITIOUS Margie Small Branson Vickory QUIETEST Ella Mae Sheppard Richard Barker MOST ATHLETIC Louise Pickard Bobby Russell lard (. GL AS Se FRIENDLIEST Bettye Jean Millikan Norman Greeson NEATEST Betty Varner Arthur Wright BEST ALL AROUND 12. Bettye Jean Millikan A. W. McElhannon 1 MOST DARING Lois Walker Harold Redding BEST DRESSED Ruth Glenn Arthur Wright MOST COURTEOU Sue Allred | Robert Marsh ee a