St Matthews High School - Saints Scroll / Stinger Yearbook (St Matthews, SC)

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PROPHESY Today is May 30, 1960. When our class graduated way hack in 1950, one of our members volunteered to publish in her paper a review of the class ten years hence. That member was none other than Betty Francis. Now that she and her famous writer husband co-edit The Calhoun Gazette, a nationally known weekly, let’s see if Betty has remembered her promise. Here’s the paper. Oh! and here’s the article entitled What the 1950 SMHS graduates are doing in I960’’: Miss Helen Banks, a great soprano opera singer, is now appearing in the opera “Carmen” at the nationally famous Calhoun County Opera House. Her manager is none other than Mr. Allan Bruner. Seems that he is still managing Helen’s affairs! I find that Gloria Sikes is now serving as secretary to the President of the U. S. What Gloria likes about the job is that he never dictates. I That’s just like her! t After graduating from Andrew Jackson Business University, Sara Bates has accepted a position as private secretary to the handsome movie actor. Montgomery Clift. Blenn Rucker has finally become a heavenly body. No- not an angel, but a glittering star. She is currently appearing in “John’s Other Sweetheart.” This attraction is now playing at the Calhoun County Opera House, which has recently been renovated and is now under the direction of Edward Rucker. Edward finds time to manage this business, arrange the productions, and also look after his fleet of school busses which transport the Sunny Plain children to the St. Matthews school. Helen Rucker, now a famous Power’s model, has been asked to Paris to model some of their most famous creations. 11 thought she would be something like that for she always liked to wear beautiful clothes. I Mrs. Herbert Whitaker (the former Grace Wise I became known all over the nation the other week when she became the mother of twins. This new addition brings the Whitaker’s family circle number up to eight. I My goodness, what a family! I Carolyn Culclasure forgot all about her commercial studies after leaving SMHS and began taking her M. I), at the State Medical College. She is now the state's most well-known woman doc- tor. Lucille Rucker went into the nursing profession and now serves as Carolyn’s office nurse. Nora Ellen Spigner. Mary Joyce Stewart, and Lois Bozard have used their home economics to a good advantage. Besides the families they and their husbands are trying to rear, they are writing articles in each week s edition of the Gazette on favorite recipes and the problems of a house keeper.

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UPERLATIVE Hest nil round Reeves Gressette, Betty Fruneis Hip first eater Dan Gates, Betty Francis Most attractive Lawrence Gressette, Lois Bo ard Most popular Clyde Bennett, Betty Francis Itesl dancer Allan Bruner. Helen Banks Friendliest Nolten Hildebrand, Lois Bo ard Most likely to succeed Reeves Gressette, Lois Bo .ard Itifipest flirt Henry Aniaker, Helen Rucker Silliest Leland Robinson, Blenn Rucker Most talkative Nathan Gressette, Blenn Rucker Cutest Quietest Henry Amaker, Lois Bo ard Harry Hammond, Lucille Rucker Neatest Harry Hammond, Helen Banks lies! Disposition Reeves Gressette, Mary Joyce Stewart Most studious Jack Bo ard. Helen Banks Hippest liar Ben Pearlstine, Gloria Sikes Mos ilepemlable Nolten Hildebrand, Grace Wise Most in love Allan Bruner. Helen Banks Most Hashful Ldward Rucker, Sarah Bates Best partner on a desert island Clyde Bennett. Helen Rucker Hippest Cossip Ben Pearlstine, Blenn Rucker Hippest Cheater Ben Pearlstine, Carolyn Culelasure Teacher's pet Nathan Gressette. Betty Francis Hesl Sport Reeves Gressette, Betty Francis Hippest feet Clyde Bennett. Gertrude Smith Lest studious J. T. Wannamaker, Carolyn Culelasure Laziest Charles Stone, Nora E. Spigner Most ambitious Linwood Hair, Helen Banks liest Dressed Reeves Gressette, Helen Rucker Hest line Nathan Gressette, Helen Rucker Hippest pest Leland Robinson, Blenn Rucker Most reckless Bobby Inabinet, Grace Wise

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PROP HESY [CONTINUED] Everyone around town heard this announcement the other day over station WHIZ owned by Reeves Gressette and located on top of his own office building. “Mysterially disappeared from the St. Matthews Pet Shop: A valuable mink. Anyone knowing the whereabouts of this animal, please notify the manager. Leland A. Robinson.” Another flash that later came over the same station was the wonderful news that Clyde Bennett, the star player with the New York Giants, had made the deciding touchdown which carried his team to another victory of this season. Incidentally. Nathan Gressette is the coach for this team. Last month J. T. Wannamaker became well-known to the farmers of the state by his discovery of how to raise more corn on an acre of land. We expect him to be named Master Farmer of the County this year. Ben Pearlstine is now in partnership with his father who owns one of the largest wholesale companies in the state. Working as salesmen for this company are Jack Bozard, Linwood Hair, and Dan Gates. No wonder they do such a widespread business—what with such live-wire salesmen representing them. Gertrude Smith, the state’s only woman lawyer, is using all her ability as a lawyer to defend Laurie Hair in his latest offense. State Patrolman Bobby Inabinet caught him speeding on the Co- lumbia Highway last week. Laurie contends he was on an urgent mission, but Bobby insists that no date could be quite that important. Lawrence Gressette, our new state senator, is doing everything possible to get shorter hours and higher wages for the working people. You can depend on Lawrence to talk somebody into some- thing which would keep him from doing too much work. We have a new business just opening in St. Matthews with offices in the Reeves Gressette Office Building. The Amaker-Stone Building Co. Charles operates the plant which furnishes build- ing supplies, while Henry Amaker handles the real estate end of the business. Henry and Charles have invested all of their savings and developed quite a fashionable residential section along the rail- road from St. Matthews to Riley. They have two very competent contractors- Nolten Hildebrand and Harry Hammond. This combination offers quite a hit of competition to the already established con- tractors of the city. That is all I know of my ole classmates. I sometimes wonder what had happened to the teachers. Poor things! They have all probably reached the age of retirement by now. I guess they deserve the rest, and I hope they feel greatly rewarded for all their efforts—we were really quite a successful class. LOIS BOZARD Prophet