Temple Hill High School - Templar Yearbook (Castlewood, VA)

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CLASS PROPHECY Last night I sat alone in my study, enjoying the twilight and my own most wonderful thoughts. I heard a soft rustling behind me and turning I saw near my chair a queer little creature which I couldn’ t clas- sify. It wasn’t strictly human and yet I had never before in all my study of Natural History, ever seon anything distinctly resembling it. Before I had time .to ask the customary questions ’’When and where were you born, are you white or black, single or married, the strange visit or asked in a mighty voice which made me leap out of my chair, Are you the student who has been selected as the prophetess of the class of Temple Hill High School of the year 1945-46. If you are, I was sent here to give you information on any of your classmates whom you might wish to find ' . ' My hoart was filled with joy when these words came to my ears because for sometime I had been won- dering where all my classmates were and what they were doing. The funny little creature lifted from a box throe small stones which he handed to me and ' said Take these and soon you will be in wonderland, where you will find all of your classmates once again. I did and the next thing I knew I was walking down the street in Washington City; before my eyes came a small blonde-headed girl whom I thought I should know. Why sure, it’s Estelle Bratton, who is employed by the F. B. I. in that city. The farther I walked the more I thought and won- dered. Next I came to a nice little schoolhouse. I said to myself, 1 11 go inside and find out who the teachers are. I took the chance and found that three of my best classmates were teaching: S. A. Fraley, Jr. was principal, Stanley Banner, Agricul- 1