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CLASS PROPHECY As I gaze rnto my crystal ball I see vrstons of the 1955 graduates of Walnut Townshrp School rn theu' future occupatrons Betty Adams ts f1rst to appear She rs now a pnvate nurse and recently left for South Amerrca wrth her pauent I see a new commerctal teacher rs at Walnut But watt she 1S no stranger she ts our classmate Patsy Cook For Carole Hoover bustness rs very dead She has her degree as a Frtendly Undertaker and operates the Mentropolrtean Mary Funeral Home Oh here IS a happy scene' Marylyn Greeno IS now the proud co owner of the Wheeler Drrve rn at Marcy My what an odor' Oh I see rt IS a b1t of that new cheese rnvented by Ruth Cummrns to make mtce come out of thelr holes She has learned that men do not pay but she has made a m1ll1on from the rruce Why there ts Margxe Conrad all bundled up tn a fur parka Correctton she ts now Mrs Robert Young and ts l1v1ng,1n sunny Alaska My the students at Walnut are really thrrvrng and no wonder wrth Rowena Brtgner as chref cook I guess her work through hrgh school paxd off Now the ball dtscloses a pxanrst playrng for a great audtence Can rt be Lrberace No the program lrsts htm as Wtlltam the Great Why rt ts B111 Drum of course Another famous ptamst lS Elotse Settz who has her own televrston show every Wednesday mght Here rs the new drrvmg tnstructor tn our communrty none other than Florence Trmmons She teaches her students how to stop at cross roads Woops there goes another stop stgn Now I see wlute sands and wavmg palms and there ts a WAVE on the beach It ts Jean Wheeler who has just completed her trammg wrth the WAVES and rs statroned rn Hawau Here 1S a fashron note See the latest styles modeled by Betty Neal at the Droop and Sag Studtos Guess who runs thts studto Alyce Wellman You just can not separate those two Jean Young IS now a successful secretary 1n Carroll Ohro However she hopes to change to a career as homemaker Davrd Betz ts now flrght rnstructor of the Bronze Wmgs Academy Hrs most famous student IS Arthur Godfrey Perhaps the success of hrs Academy rs partly due to hrs effrctent prtvate secretary Bonme Crumley Charles Htnes has achreved lrterary fame He 15 now wrtttng the messages prmted on candy hearts He says he owes hrs success to the practrce he got 1n school decoratmg hrs workbooks Well I see Mary Anne Noecker 15 st1ll tn the thxrd grade but as a teacher now Her star puptl ts Mrs Dresbach s granddaughter However she splrts her tnfrmttves a grevrous fault for a thxrd grader don t you Ihlllko Phyllrs Whtte DeShong IS now ltvrng on a 2 O00 acre plantauon ln Alabama wxth her husband Jack She rs a real southern belle now C r a s h B a n g' That was Professor Donald Qutllen s experlment blowrng up agaxn He almost cracked my crystal ball Someday he wrll be a great screnttst we hope Here IS a page from the Prckaway County News wlth a three color adverttsement Be sure wrth Shtrley Ohxo s Leadtng Baby Srtter Shtrley Sptres IS dolng qutte well wlth her work the paper says she has over one hundred customers Edna Masste ts now the edrtor of the Prckaway Ncws She ts always glad to htre htgh school students rnterested rn newspaper work for that rs how she got her start B o o ml That was Charles Nance and his new hot rod gotng through It rs souped up to go 190 mrles per hour Isee he w1ll become the champron of the Walnut Hot Rod Races no wonder' A shadowy frgure appears from the mxsts to conclude my prophecy She IS an F. B I underground agent Esther Schumacher She lrked her class play role as dxsgutsed detecttve so well she declded to make a career of rt Page 18 I see Sharon Appler has become a singer. She is now with the Symphony Orchestra in New York.
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CLASS WILL We the sentor Class of 1955 do hereby make and declare thts to be our last wtll and testament tn form and manner as follows e enttre faculty we leave the memory of what sweet lovable boys and gtrls we have been t e Juntor Class we wrll our abtlrty to stay out of trouble Follow our good example e Sophomore Class we wtll our battered text books and beat up desks t e Freshman Class we wtll our brtlltant mlnds tndtvtduals we leave the followtng I Betty Adams wtll my abtltty to eat slowly to Rosalte Cltne Let tt dxgest Rosle I Sharon Appler wtll my posrtton as lxbrarran to Don Forquer Keep the P s and Q s LH order and collect that money good I Davtd Betz wtll my roles as class play Romeo to Ntcky Btdwell Rowena Brrgner wtll my seat on the Madtson bus to anyone who can use ll Patsy Cook wtll my posttton as captatn of the basketball team to my stster Carol Keep tt bouncrng Bonnte Crumley wtll my qutet nature to Gene VanPelt Ruth Commrns wtll my abtlrty to argue wtth the teachers and get away wtth tt to Janet Taylor Wtllram Drum wtll my posttton as lunch ltne runner to anyone who needs the exerctse Marylyn Greeno wtll my abtltty to keep a steady boy frtend to Carole Srx Charles Htnes wtll my seat 1n front of Mrs Dresback to Gene Sherman for I thtnk he could make use of tt Carole Hoover wtll my number 25 government book to Everett Thomas Study tt hard Everett Edna Masste wrll my Job rn the cafeterta to anyone who wants tt Wash em clean Bud Nance wtll my 39 Chevre to Eddte Stutler Take rt easy Ed tt s a power house' Betty Neal wtll my long ftngernatls to Martha Sherman Keep them sharp and patnted Martha Mary Anne Noecker wtll my F H A gavel to Laura Belle Hartman It saves on the knuckles Elotse Settz w1ll my abtltty to type to anyone who wants tt Keep up my record Esther Schumacher wrll my property whtch wtll be left rn the senror room to anyone who can ftnd tt Shtrley Sprres wtll my abtlrty to run errands to Verlte Stepp Florence Ttmmons wtll my hetght to Ernte Ttmmons Don Qutllen wtll my agrtculture books to Walter Dewey It s a great collectton Duke Jean Wheeler wtll my extra welght to Gertrude Jackson Phyllts Whtte wtll my slrm warst ltne to Joyce Buzzard Jean Young wtll my blonde hatr to Bob Smtth You would make a lady k11ler Margxe Conrad w1ll my nrckname Mumbles to anyone who can make good use of rt Alyce Wellman wtll my freckles to Conme Dtllon Keep them shtntng Conme Wttnessed by Esther Duvall Page I7 Toth ' , ' . To h ' ' ' A . . Toth ' - . To h ' ' ' A , As ' ' ' ' : I, A , ' ' A . I, ' . ' ' ' . I. I . 4 . . . . . . Sis. I, A , A ' . I, A , ' ' ' ' ' ' . I, A . ' . .. . 4 . I, ' . . . . . . I' . ' . . I . . I, , ' , ' . I, I . , , . u . ' . , - I I, , ' ' ' . ' . I, , ' . . . . . I' ' . . . 4 . . . i I' . . ' . , . . i I, . ' . . . . . I' . D . . . , 4 I . I, , A ' . I' . . ' . . 4 . u I, , ' A A . A . In . . . . ,, . .
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