Smoot High School - Bobcat Yearbook (Smoot, WV)

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Agam I mterrupt I uttered words of no meanmg at all Please Please dear snr said I of questnonmg mmd How do you know all of th1s'P I have told you once was h1s sharp retort Please remam stlent lf you want me to contmue I signlfned that I would and he pro ceeded Johnnie Houchms will become a Vl.011nlSt of world renown I-Its mustcal fans w1ll desire hxm radio w1ll pay htm and a certam gxrl will adore htm Buddy Sharpe will blossom mto success as the reputable owner of a nation wlde cham of servxce stations H15 lov Franlue w1ll msptre him to deeds of greatness m the busmess world Clara Martm wxll become a lawyer of prommence not small For a stzable fee many a witness shall she confuse The profession of dentnstry Paultne Donahoe will occupy and do xt great honor She will relieve the dental tortures of man or gwe them more as the case may be So far as you can plamly see my attempts to discover the xdenttty of thxs stranger had been futile Agam my curloslty overcame me That prophecy IS absurd cr1t1c1sed I Who has ever heard tell of a woman being a dentist Certainly this supposedly human creature answered sharply why can they not be denttsts? Thls stlenced me and more futures dld he unfold Norma Jean Hobbs IS to be a famous cook all males who taste her cookmg w1ll want to marry her soon Ruth Holland and Juamta Cadle w1ll be employed in the world of Journallsm Ruth w1ll become a newspaper columnist and make Drew Pearson fight for his Job Musical composxtnon wlll be Juanita s call to fame Her many ballads will recewe world w1de acclalm Magelene of the Schoolcraft famlly Bonnxe Butler and Ethel Zncafoose w1ll all be unxted 1n marrtage and lwe a happy married hfe Really Mr Future mterrupted I ln a sarcastic tone of voice your prophecy has so much marnage involved in it that lt IS becoming monotonous Magelene Schoolcraft as I have sand before will marry Jack Honey or It may be Hundley I can never remember names Darrel Keffer will be the husband of Bonme and Ethel will unite ln the holy bonds of wedlock with the mayor of Smoot As for the Mr Bob Shafer he wxll be employed nn the barbermg trade and many a man will be separated from his hlrsute adorn out for a dollar a shingle That ns the last and now I wnll depart Want Want cried I You have not told my fortune yet Oh yes Mr Thompson quote he with a wmk and a grimace I almost forgot about you You w1ll travel around the world and see all the sights but your greatest thrill will always be the blood and thunder movies to be seen on Friday nights Then he was gone and I was left alone to ponder the thmgs he had foretold and with nothing to recall his strange visit except the events I have here related to you. 9 . . . ,, , . ,, . . . . ., I 1 l ' I0 is on ' so ' , . . . . .. . . . - .. . . . . . . . I I . - . . . . u . it . , . . . I I il U ID ' ' .' ll ' 1 - ' ' II Cl ' II ' I I a woman can do such work. If women can be doctors and scientists, ' II . . . ,, I . , . . . . . . . . . .. u u - - - - I I I I gg . . . . - . . II II ' ' I Q I I .' . ,, ll ' l ' ll! ll If I I I ' ll OI ' ' I I u I I ll 0 . V . . ' II I

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THE CLASS PROPHECY 1948-1949 As I went to sleep last mght my mind was troubled and in a weary state over a certam dlffxcult problem that had fallen my fate had been selected prophet of my graduatmg class of Smoot I-hgh and Alas I could not prophesy Twas xn the mlddle of the mght that I was awaken ed from my sweet repose by a strange rustlmg at the foot of my bed VICWIDQ the locality of the d1sturbance I was astomshed to perceive a man m whxte observmg me wxth the keenest regard Frrghtened out of my w1ts, I dare say I was Surely I would have fled had not thrs seemxngly whrte phantom sand in a volce so kmd and calm Are you the student who has been selected as the prophet for the 1949 Graduatmg Class of Smoot I-hgh? If you be he God has sent me to ass1st you m makmg that prophecy You see I am Mr Future God s maker of human destunes My curloslty overcoming my fear I answered Unfortunately I am that person Let not your mind be troubled was the intruder s reply w1ll 1mmed1ately relleve you of your apparent distress Please do not mterrupt Fxrst of all Josephme Bennett will become the head nurse of Charleston General Hosp1tal and after the usual custom she wall unite in marrlage with the head doctor and lwe happily ever after Max Wells will become a great singer of nation w1de fame Has melodxous voice w11l drwe Bang Crosby out of busmess and all the women mad from Jealousy and love For once thzs dear boy w11l retreat wxthout a brave stand when he observes a group of lady adm1rers so close at hand So sad So sad The future of Martha Martm w1ll be somewhat snmxlar to that of Max for she w11l teach muslc to unwantmg ears In turn she will produce smgers that have no peers Now Raymond Anderson will dlscover a sure cure headache pow der and recewe a fortune for h1s strenuous labors With his fortune will build a beautiful castle for his fa1r maiden wife Jane It IS an astomshing thmg to say but at last I was convmced that thxs man really existed and meant no harm and so I spake It IS not Jane disagreed I on the matter just rnent1oned but Norma Stop said the man m white I am makmg this prophecy Be sides such outbursts of knowledge might over work your mind I conceded his pomt of rebuke and he continued Betty Cohenour the once crowned Queen of Smoot High will marry a roving kmg and lwe m splendor and riches throughout her life Charles Neal Bland Buck to most that women shy boy will never unite In holy matrumony but wlll be noted as an author of romantic tales Mae Coughlm wxll be a successful chtropractor and rub men s necks To keep in practxce she w11l choose one of her favorite patients as her mate Good fortune wxll follow the footsteps of Marjorie Coughhn the cousin of Mae for she will d1scover gold xn her own back yard It is nevitable that she w1ll marry her frnendly nexghbor and hve in ease The next on my list IS Roy Rogers No that IS wrong It IS Herman Rogers instead That man whom I so wrongly confused IS a well known actor of Western movue fame The two are dzfferent as you may see but also snmllar ln some ways to be For Herman IS to wm a mxlllon dollar ranch 1n the Dakota lands 8 . . I . . , . . . . . . . . I . I 0 . . . . .. I . ' I I c . , . I QI I 0 1 0 . . . ., I at . ' I ll 1, I . III . ' I I . ' Q . .... . . . . . . . . . - . he , . I ' - is ' . II ' ' ' ll ---QI I I ll O! ' ' ll ' ' - O I ' ' ' Il I l . . . , .. . I 3 . . I I I . I . . . . , . I n l 0 0 5 , . . 0 I U , . . . u I , . . .

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CLASS WILL We the Class of 1949 bemg m sound mlnd and healthy physique do make this our last w1ll and testament Each art1cle here described is bequeathed severally to the below mentioned mdwxduals accordmg to the terms of th1s w1ll and testament We hereby declare all prevxous promises to pay wxlls or testa ments made by th1s class as null and void We hereby appomt as sole admxmstrator of thxs will our Prmcxpal Mr E W Cooper to admmxster this w1ll and testament as he sees best I Josephme Bennett do bequeath my ablhty to be good and not get 1n trouble to Eva M1dk1fi We Raymond Anderson and Max Wells do bequeath our favorite seats m the office to Charles Farren and James Puckett I Bonnie Butler do bequeath my matr1mon1al success to Ruby Jean Cavendish I Betty Cohenour do bequeath my bad temper to Myla Jean Bxggs I Juan1ta Cadle leave my tltle Giggles to Ann Houchms I May Coughlm bequeath my success m bluffmg to Mazle Bennett may she have more of It I Marjorxe Coughlxn do bequeath my baby blue eyes to Shlrley We Paulme Donahoe and Ruth Holland do bequeath our boyfrxends to Clara Lou Perluns and Frances Sheppard We Norma Jean Hobbs and Magalene Schoolcraft bequeath our ab1l1ty to get mto trouble w1thout knowmg at to Norma Jean Lackey and Mary Lou Mxller Johnnie Houchms bequeath all of my trouble wlth women to Preacher Martm Martha Martln do bequeath my male collectxon to B1ll1e Ann Anderson Charles Bland bequeath my masculme handsomeness to B111 Miller Clara Martin do bequeath my grrlxsh flgure to Mary Lou Holcomb Herman Rogers leave my appetite to all those who rob the cafeterxa of edlbles each noon I Bud Sharpe leave my ability to play a pxano to anyone who IS smart enough to fmd the lost chord I Bob Shafer leave my abzllty to argue with Mrs Lovell m Chemistry to anyone who IS brave enough to use it I Ethel Zlcafoose do bequeath my abxllty to get along with the boys to Helen Clemens I Lee Thompson do bequeath my ablluty to get straight A averages to Charley Houchms and my success with the g1r1s to Lacy Zimmerman O Sharpe. L . . , . L . , . . . L , . . L . ' . . . I. , ' 1