Roll High School - Rollonian Yearbook (Roll, IN)

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SElilOR CLaxSS PROPHECY ' mile shopping in Keiv York in 1950 I sudden- ly beoumo attracted by an old antique shop. I wes brov sing around when I suddenly discovered a peculiar old mirror that attracted me. ' .Tiile talcing it home I decided it uould look much bet- ter if it ' . ere polisheo, so I decided to do so. L.:agine my emotions when a light reflected on the . ' all and I heard a sound as ii someone were speaking in a spectral voice. I ;as fright cned almost speechless, but I managed to ask faintly, •• ' That are you doing here? I replied, I the Spirit of the kirror and I -love the pov er to grant you any wish you ask.- ' I thought for a moment, then said, Gould you tell me v hat has become of each of my classmates of 1937? Of course , it replied, uut I uan do better than that.. If you will come with me I will take you where you may see each of them. I was more than willing to go and climbed in- to a magic airplane which he provided. To my amazement, when I looked into the pilot ' s seat I saw C ' lester Pulley, the student manager of Roll High in ' b7. Ii !w. - ine Chester taking me around to see my old calssmates. Just as I stepped in- sied a stewardess cc me to assist me and who should it be but Helen Abbott. Helen always did have ' ' high ' ' ideals and she has succeeded for she is in the sky most of the tii. e. A::ain I s.rwthe Nev York skyline and I seemed to be looking in on an Orchestra Leaders C .nven- tion. I then heard the guest orchestra playing a new sv7ing nuiaber, Jazz ocrocy , v hich was writ- ten by their director Margaret Bi ' yner. B j the greot applause which it received I knev liarguret had attained her highest atibition. We had only been in the air a short time when we descended into Rochester, minn. and who did we see but Leon Maddox. He was a specialist in the well known Mayo Brothers Hospital. Leon al- ways Wonted to be a doctor and it seemed he v as making a big success. After seeing him occupying such a position we

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reached Chicago and there was George Shrader ( winding up ' = for tho decisive pitch of the great World Scries Baseball game. S oon the game ' s over and pitcher SLrader is the winner again. 7 ell, it seemed George was doing fine as pitcher for the Yankees . e didn ' t have much time so v e ascended again and flev on. Soon we arrived in F ort V ayne and there was Madeline Balsley giving some handsome young gentleman a manicure, and the v ay he was looking at her it is my guess thay had met before Sv;eeping on v e see a lady in the doorvvay. Getting closer I immediately recognized nobody else but Bernice Pearson. Listen, she is calling som.eone. I can hear now, she is saying, John, John ' ' . Now I am in suspense, which John is it? I can see nov . It ' s John Tudor. He must be the lucky John. ' 7e had to hurry on for v;e didn ' t have any time to lose. It wasn ' t long until we were circling over a corn field near Hartford City and I could see John Ilmg and sure enou h he was re- citing some of that poetry he learned in Litera- ture Class when he was a Senior. He alv ays de- ! clared that poetry wouldn ' t do him any good. I Just them his v ife called him from the field for dinner. He surely eats heartily. ■Je soon arrived in Springfield, 111. There v e see a large hospital. My, I wonder who is mis- fortunate enough to be here. There he is, Eliao Kelsay, ' e learned Elmo was taking a trip and [ had tried to straighten the curves in the S tste Highi ay. Poor Elmo he always was getting into mixups . Flying on Yje were looking at the beautiful ' scenery in the Rocky Mountains. There v e could see some artist sitting by his easel busily paint- ing. Cuming dovm closer we sav; Walter Bird. Later v e learned Walter had gone in for commercial advertising. No coubt he got his idea for the i vocation from our year book. Again I vas in an office, but this time the office girl v as Bernetta Speidel. We remember her as another one of the class of ' 37 who had bookkeeping horrors ' .