Shipman High School - Shipmate Yearbook (Shipman, IL)

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slfh ' f ,I , 2 ir! :ia J Y fr fr, I 2:1 5-px ' I all c ,,,,,-y,- ,,,,W ,E H 0- - --o l ' After being selected to write the prophecy of the class of 'M7, I sat at home one night puzzling over what to prophesy. It was not long, however, before I fell asleep and began to dream. I found myself standing on a street that seemed vaguely familiar and nearby was a queerly dressed stranger I went up to him and asked h1m who he was and if he could tell me the name of thlS strange place He said that he was here to gfve me a glimpse of my class mates ard their activitles in 1957 He told me that the street we were standlng on was the one that led to Shipman High School I looked all around and saw that the town that was presumably Shipman had surely grown a lot The stranger seemed to know what I was thinking and told me that in the past tan year Ship man had progressed suprisingly well NBut enough of this,H the stranger said 'I sup pose you w nt to see some of your former c assmates So come with me N The next thing I knew we were entering the office of the high school There at the desk sat a stern looking man who was the principal He was asleep with his feet propped up on the desk As we came closer, I noticed to my surprise that this man look ed much like Gene Willard except for the stern ex pression Finally I asked the stranger who this man was He seemed surprised that I didn't know and told me that it was Gene Willard who had been prin cipal 1n Shipman for several years At this I was astonished and asked if this was some king of a joke Possum, Principal of a nigh school? Ridiculous' Why, Possum never did like school The stranger, though, assured me that it was he and said that many changes could take place in ten years with that we continued our journey paper office for at the desk sat the editor Hmm a lady editor Why, that must be Marilyn Duncan Marilyn recognized me at once and told me that I would be interested to know that Judy Talley was drawing all the comic strips for her paper I re member that Judy had drawn the comlc str1p for our school paper batk in l9M7 The stranger and I con tinued on lnto the future Next it seemed that we were in a ball park Why, this seems to be a qu er place to see any of my old class mates, I thought The stranger bade me listen -5 E Y, V V , K 1 sci' zvav args ff Aw! 1' x 4 - ' , l'I ' . fi W: .Li . ,Vi A - ' V V Tl I ' 2 I ' 1. , yr' y yi . gf, . av ,fl . E52 In - fa 9 - f . . ' :fg . 1 I ' - ' ful ,y M-M+- g. . ' V mwsa-,Q,I' Next I found myself in what seemed to be a news: !f35i?g wx 'rt' Z o c fl- 'LTMVHE Y pf . - 9 , ,X , , was s pw , . - K .I 1 . , 1 e 3 w