Tefft High School - Spot Lite Yearbook (Tefft, IN)

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CLASS PROPHECY Shortly before dawn my plane landed in Tefft, Tefft, my dear old hometown, which I hadn't seen for almost twelve years. Yet as much as it had changed, I still recognized it as 1 got off the plane. So enthralled with my surroundings, I didn't hear the stewardess speaking to me. Excuse me, she said, turning around I found at my side, Patty Elston. Patty told me that she had been an airline hostess for four years with Tefft Transalantic Airlines. As we walked toward the airport lounge, Patty told me that Anita was working as a receptionist at the airport. Anita had changed a lot; but she still spoke so softly. During our conversation she invited Patty and I to her home for dinner that evening, so that we could meet her husband, who was the president of the airlines, and their two children. Bidding them farewell, I promised 1 would see them later; I left the airport and called a cab. It seemed odd that I should recognize the driver of the cab, but I did instantly, and the identification on the back of the front seat confirmed my recognition of Michael Prascak. As we drove, we passed a huge dairy, Mike told me that Bufford Bailey and Prank Patrick were the owners. Soon I was at my destination, the mansion where my dearest friend, Gladys Dobson lived. Gladys and her husband, who was a rich stockbroker, had four lovely children. It was so good to see them all again for it had been almost four years since they had been in New York at my home. Gladys was anxious to show me how Tefft had grown, so we went for a drive through the city. We stopped to see the new hotel that had just been built, and decided to go in the restaurant for a cup of coffee. The waitress came to take our order, and to my surprise it was Cora Bell Hittle. Cora told us that since her children were both in school, she worked short hours here a the hotel restaurant, her husband, Gladys told me later was a teller at the bank. Knowing time was growing shorter, Gladys and I started to leave, when who should appear in the restaurant but two most distinguished Navy captains. They glanced our way, smiled and approached us. Not until they were almost by us, did I recognize Everett Porner and John Katona. They both were stationed at the Navy Base here in Tefft, and lived on base with their families. Once more I was at Gladys' home, and just before I went to Anita's, I glanced at the Tefft Herald. The headlines read, City Police Chief and Wife Give Force Party, and there below the headlines was a picture of the Police Chief, and his wife, the former Patricia Thomas. Arriving at Anita's, I found she had invited the entire class and their families for dinner. Even Mr., I mean Professor Von Kannon, who was our sponsor when we graduated, was there. Professor Von Kannon was now head of the Commercial staff at Tefft University. Joanne and Glen Salyer arrived shortly after I, and they both looked wonderful. They lived about two miles from the hospital at Tefft, where GVn was the director of the hospital staff. I hated to leave my friends, but I knew I must get packed so that I could leave on the early plane back to New York. For I had been gone almost two weeks, while I attended a hair stylists convention in Chicago. As anxious as I was to see my husband, who was a lawyer, and my four children, I couldn't help but feel an ache inside of me as I left Tefft. Yet as my plane glided down the runway, I promised that I would return soon with my family. Looking down at the tiny spot called Tefft, the place I loved so dearly, I whispered softly, I'll be back soon, yes, Barbara will return.