St Johns High School - Blue Devil Yearbook (Darlington, SC)

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becoming principal was to destroy, completely, all hie own high school grades. Well, Peggy, I must say. That is a suprise. By the way, are you still planning to fly up to see me next weekend? You shouldn't be afraid to fly up on The Silver Streak with Don Blackmon and Cecil Byrd as co-pilots and Grace Thomas as their charming stewardess. You’ll certainly be in safe hands. I went to see the Mrs. America contest last month. Those judges really knew what they were doing when they picked Grace Blackmon as the winner. She introduced me to her husband, but 1 Just can't remember his name. Ersklne Grig was one of the judges. You've probably heard about his modeling studios. Sal- lie Ervin is his highest paid model and has just been elected Pin-up Queen of 1960 . Good going, huh. I'll say it's good going, Miriam. Cleva ae Oliver and Geneva Cooke, along with their husbands, have opened up a dating agency here in Darlington to help the ones who weren't as lucky as they were. Dorothy Weatherford has taken Miss Entzminger's place as English teacher at St. John's. She helps Sarah Jean Flowers write gossip columns for the News and Press . Sarah Jean works at the Post Office, sot hat she can collect enough material to put into her column. wPe8gy you remember Janson Booth don't you? He came to St. John's from Con- way in the middle of our senior year back in 1950. Well, he and Tommy Yates are co-editors of Esquire . I hear they're the two most sought-after bachelors in town. Merle Baxley is also editor of the New York Times . He is nationally famous for his column on Interesting Facts About Morticians and Women. Speak- ing of writing, Clelia Garrison has Just finished her latest book- What to Do When You Feel Faint. It really is selling like mad. The 1960-All-American Pro Football Team has Just been announced and Billy Evans made it again for the ninth consecutive year. He's still playing for the New York Giants, you know, and ten years is a mighty long time to star in Pro Football. Speaking of playing ball reminds me-did you know that Calvin Clifton is still playing with the Cleveland Indians and is also the paid baseball play- er? Pat McGill is their secretary and treasurer now. Baseball always did seem to interest her. Sara Sweet Evans owns The Sweet Dancing School up here now, and I heard that her pupils can really shake a leg . She was a grand dancer back In high school, remember? I certainly do, Miriam. Did I tell you that Betty Lou Morris and Eleanor Norwood are now living out west with their husbands who are explorers? Billie Davis Is also living In the west. She's out in Reno for six weeks getting her third divorce. It's been said there's a man for every woman , but she's be- ginning to doubt it. Dick McKelvey and Alan Hudson own some kind of shop out in California. Their motto is: If we can't fix It, nobody can. So, if you need anything repaired. Just let 'em know. Elizabeth Watson keeps their books, and she says they really are raking In the dough . Ellen Pearl Flowers dropped in to see me yesterday. She Is .so happy since she became manager of the famous resort in Bermuda. She told me that Buddy Hudd son Just won the contest for being the slowest person in the United States. He got a gold turtle and a trip around the world. Can you Imagino that? Itls hard to believe, Peggy. I guess we've done as much damage as we can to the bill this month. Wait a minute, before you hang up. I forgot to tell you that Lucretia McKey is the country's most prized debater these days. The Senate Is thinking about hiring her for their filibusters. We'll Just have to stop all this gossiping for now before I go broke trying to pay the bill. Don't forget to call me next month, so we can catch up on all the latest news about the class of 1950. Bye now. Peggy Jean Hoffmeyer Miriam Goodson -Class Prophets 1

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