Richland High School - Jackette Yearbook (Richland, GA)

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couldn't be l1ttle June who was so t1ny A second look told me that lt was she plus forty pounds plus Tom Bruce They were starr1ng 1n a mus1cal comedy s1ng1ng as well as ever June had left hubby at home to take care of the ch1ldren a f1ve year old son and two year old daughter Next came a very unfarmllar brunette Wlth a dom1neer1ng a1r No th1s surely wasn't one of us Tagg1ng behlnd was Buddy M1mbs looklng very soulful eyed and hugglng her pe klngnese She had Buddy under very good control but he d1dn't seem to mmd too much Wh1le wa1t1ng for the others of the group I p1cked up the New York Tunes where I read that our old pal R E Drew had been made an admxral 1n the Navy I also not1ced the plcture of a very famous wrlter Why that sweet lookmg gal was our Lucy She had wr1tten a novel wh1ch was the most spectacular s1nce 'Gone W1th the Wrnd W1th Lucy s 1ntellectual ab1l1t1CS she hadn't had tzme for matrlmony but she had many sultors Our hostess called us 1nto the d1n1ng room We were all seated when a mere sl1p of a g1r1 m ma1d's umform rushed n ' Oh goodness' Not Ora the ma1d It was l1ttle Mary Parker who was a model Glgghng fam1l1arly she Sald I most forgot our reun1on and d1dn't have t1me to change A very d1gn1f1ed head wa1ter came 1n to see 1f the servlce was as lt should be and as he sm1led I recogxuzed our Roulf He was a famous racer who worked here at n1ght Where was Mlldred Hall? Ann sa1d that she had become a nurse and was on nrght duty W1th an elderly lady It was rumored that she had already sa1d Yes ' to a certaln young doctor After a gala even1ng we bade good bye to each other L1ttle tears trlckled down my cheeks when I thought of the wonderful days spent 1n dear old R1ChlaDd Hlgh together We each knew the others good and bad tralts yet we rema1ned pals Just the same I wonder If my ch1ldren 1n 1972 w1ll poss1bly have the fun we had back 1n '52 Mar1anne French Prophet 13 . . ' ! - - . . , . ' 3 . i . . . --- , . , . . ,, . , . 3 I . . . , . ,, . 1 . . , . . . . . . ,, ! ' ! 3 al . , . . . . , . , . . . H . . . ' ' Il . D

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CLASS PROPH ECY The last one had been klssed and tucked 1nto bed I was look1ng forward to that grand per1od of t1me of peaceful bl1ss when there are no crles no slgns no tr1cycles roarmg over me and no arguments to settle Suddenly my husband looked up from h1s even1ng paper and sa1d ' Honey I almost forgot to g1ve you th1s letter wh1ch came to the offlce today I 1nspected the envelope before open1ng lt It was from New York C1ty but from whom could It be? I knew no one 1U New York but the wr1t1ng was strangely fam1l1ar The letter read ' Dear Mar1anne Just thlnk' Ten long years have passed s1nce our wonder ful days at R H S I know that most of you have marr1ed and fulf1lled your amb1t1ons but loslng contact 1S an awful thmg It Just occurred to me that I wanted to see each of you personally Please attend a class reun1on to be held at the Waldorf Astor1a on June 6 1962 at 6 o clock Years raced backward 1n m1nd How odd lt seemed that I was th1nk1ng of teachers books and pals 1nstead of husband food and baby formulas How would each look? Had ten years made such a d1fference 'P After days of preparat1on and 1nstruct1on for the ch1ld ren s nurse my husband and I drove to the fash1onable Waldorf 1n New York C1ty We arrlved early but we were met by our charrnmg hostess Ann Ivey whom t1rne had changed very l1ttle There was that same enchantlng sm1le but an a1r of soph1st1cat1on had been added to the smart New York secretary of a well establlshed f1rm Her career was number one on her 11st parade There had been several love affa1rs but noth1ng ser1ous We were s1tt1ng 1n the lobby when suddenly two fam1l1ar faces appeared through the sw1ng1ng doors My goodness' I looked aga1n and recogn1zed Dorothy Bush and her husband Beh1nd them were four of the cutest lxttle boys I had ever seen Dorothy looked as sweet as ever but she Sa1d she de fxmtely was not gett1ng the beauty naps that she pmed for Beh1nd them was a strangely fam1l1ar couple N ' It 17 1 ! . . , . . . I 7 ' ll . , . , . , . 1 3 - ' I n 7 I ' I 1 , . 9 ' S i 9 ' Y . ' Y . . l , '- . O.

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LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF THE SENIOR CLASS OF 1952 We the members of the class of '52 hav1ng attended many happy years 1n Rlchland H1gh School and st1ll be1ng of sound m1nd and body do bequeath the follow1ng sane th1ngs As a class we w1ll to the faculty whom we love honor but d1sobey our regular hab1ts and the excuses wh1ch we are so prompt about produc1ng To the .Tun1ors we leave the honor of be1ng Sen1ors and the pr1v1leges QU wh1ch go Wlth lt To the Sophomores we leave our ablllty to always get caught when we do someth1ng wrong somet1mes even when we do lt r1ght To the Freshmen we w1ll the love and respect we have always recelved from all our teachers As 1nd1v1duals we bequeath the followmg I M1ldred Hall do w1ll my ab1l1ty to get to school on t1me to LOIS Hutto who hasn't heard the f1rst bell r1ng s1nce the day she started to school I Roulf Stephens do w1ll my ab1l1ty to blush so beaut1fully to B1ll Mayo Just 1n case he 15 ever embarrassed and my good looks to anyone des1r1ng lt I Mar1anne French do leave my ab1l1ty to love'em leave'em and God Bless'em to W1lette Sn1pes who seems to have a past EXPCTICDCC 1n such Bush and my 1nab1l1ty to get along Wlth the fa1r members of the oppos1te sex to Wade Bartlett I Dorothy Bush do w1ll my ab1l1ty to keep my 5SbalanceS to Rhodell Dunn and to Owen Stapleton my ser1ousness and d1gn1ty Note He needs lt I Ann Ivey do w1ll one of my most treasured talents keep1ng my mouth shut to Larry McGlaun hop1ng that he'll eal1ze that S1lence 1S Golden ' I Buddy Mlmbs do bequeath my ab1l1ty to stay out of 'Heaven' to Bobby Hollomon and my ab1l1ty to appear tellectual at all tlmes to Betty R1ChaTdSOn I Lucy Parxsh so w1ll my ab1l1ty to rema1n cool calm and collected espec1ally 1n a very heated class meet1ng to Matt1e Maude Jam1eson Don't take lt so hard Matt I R E Drew do w1ll my talent for Sklpplng class to Jack Ivey 1n hope that he w1ll use lt as well as I have I Mary Parker Wlth no hes1tat1on do w1ll my outstandlng g1ggles wh1ch can be recogn1z.ed anywhere to Betty Sm1th and to M1llard Gunnels my worn out pa1r of glasses to help h1m through h1s semor year 4 QC I' T ' ra 99 D . , . . I 7 D D D D , . . D D D . . . , . : D D S D , , . . . . D I D . D . . D I D I, Tom Bruce, do will my abundance of bull to Glen I , , . . . D D D - D D r . . . g , , . 1 . . I 1 , ' ' in- , . , . . . . , , D . , . D 9 o D , . D ! D 1 5 1 1