Taylor County High School - Sampler Yearbook (Perry, FL)

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CLASS PROPHECY My, how time flies! Here it is 1960, and it’s been ages since I have seen any of my classmates of 1951. I get so lonesome teaching school in Sarasota. I think I’ll visit my friend, Joan Glickman, eminent Spanish teacher of U. of F. Joan, upon my arrival, brings out a crystal ball given to her on one of her trips abroad. Gazing into its mystic rejalms, I make startling discoveries. I see a man. Why, it’s Wilson Hendry, renowned author of that best seller of the year, “The Mysteries and Miseries of Women.” The book is illustrated by the famous artist Virginia McCall. The book is published by the Gruesome Twosome Publishing Co., owmed by Billy Warren and Johnny Willis. That sound of music, is it a band? No, it’s the Stagger-Out Night Club owned by Lawton Grantham, Jackie Alvarez, J. H. Tedder, James Franklin and Russell Tedder. Someone is having a party; and it’s none other than Virginia Mann, who is an inferior decorator. And what is this? A line of beautiful, shapely chorus girls—Janet Page, Muriel Dice, Jackie Lynch, Erma Lee Langford, and Hilda Daniel—are singing that popular hit, “I’ll Sail My Ship Alone.” The scene changes and I see a ranch. It’s the Double T Ranch owned by Tommie Towles. Her foreman is Richmond Peacock, who is still trying to date the “boss.” Tommie’s neighbor is Mrs. Ralph Gamble, the former La Nell Bethea, whose husband is a cattle raiser. La Nell believes they are “cheaper by the dozen,” for she already has nine fine children. A fashionable Sportsman’s Lodge booms into view. It is owned by Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Williams. She is the former Carolyn Hicks. Nearby, Janie Massey operates a nursery for the tourists’ children and is assisted by Vivian Howell. A plane zooms into sight. Aboard are Robert Jackson and Owen Raulerson, who are investigating the shortage of tea in England. They are planning to introduce health- building sulphur water there as the national drink. Their plane, a P90Yi Jet, is piloted by Ray NeSmith, who designed and built the plane. The scene shifts northward where Army and Notre Dame are playing a one-sided game. Army’s team coached by Frankie Sapp, is literally “stomping a mud-hole” in Notre Dame. Over on the sidelines giving a rousing cheer for lagging Notre Dame is that famous cheerleader, Benjamin Whitfield, who received his most valuable training at T.C.H.S. The scene shifts again. I see a super market at Boyd. It is owned by Ellis Rav Parker and managed by Shirley Whiddon. Inside, Ira Landry is displaying those wonderful Sunshine Dairy Products while Lowery Wentworth drives the delivery truck. I see quite a few new teachers at T.C.H.S. Don Rice is now teaching chemistry; John Walker, shorthand; and Billy McLeod. English. Cecil Carlton is now principal of the “thing.” What is this? The Capitol. Gordon Davis is being inaugurated as Governor. He has retained Betty Lynn as his private secretary. Louis Shaw is the new comptroller. Not far down the street is the “Bags for Hags” Dress Shoppe, owned by Irene Mantzanas. Betty Inman is her leading model, and Bonnie Ruth Baggett and Etheleen Register are sales clerks. Ah. I see orange blossoms. Why. it’s a wedding! Hazel Sauls and Charles Holmes are being united in Holy Wedlock. But who is that round, so firm, so fully packed preacher? Well, for heaven’s sake, it’s Harry Hall. His fiancee, Shirley Parker, is the soloist, accompanied by Imogene Simons, a gifted organist. But wait! A mist is clouding the crystal ball, blotting out the view; I can see little. Alas. I can see no more in the crystal ball.

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