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Fellow Classmates, Teachers, and Others: When I began to write this prophecy I was up in the air. Who was I, a mere Senior with no special virtues, to prophesy the future of such an honorable and magnificent class. So I sat me down to think on what I should do. Then I got an idea. Why not make use of my three years of science? What governs our future? The stars or planets, of course. Perhaps, if I got in contact with the chief planet. Mars, I could get their views on our future. But, how could I commu¬ nicate to my aid? Well, with the help of Mrs. Stamey, we concocted a complicated apparatus and got into communication with said Mars. The first signal we got over the receiver was a strange voice vibrating in an unfamiliar suc- cesion of sounds. “Operator. Number please.” Then the following conversation took place: “Gimme Mars, 1959, station to station.” In about three minutes the frequency modu¬ lated. “1959. Mars speaking.” ““Hello, Mort; this is 1949; Earth speaking. How about some advance information on Waynesville High’s graduating class?” “Of course, old boy. That creature you call “Pete” Winchester has a dude ranch in Montana. Those chaps, Tom Hartsell and Bob Griffin, are stock brokers at Wall Street in New York. “What will happen to those students who plan to study medicine?” “Why, Tom Gibson is teaching medicine at Wake Forest; and, your other accomplished phy¬ sician, Jim Swanger, is a brain surgeon. Oh, yes! Alwayne McClure is teaching a course in Nursing and Its Advantages, at Georgetown University, and Thomasene Fisher is a Red Cross Nurse in Alaska. Doris Sutton and Mary Frances Sorrells are at Duke Hospital assisting a famous surgeon.” “What will happen to our star athletes?” “Howard Liner, Winston Ensley, Bill Owen, and Dave Price are playing professional football. Bebe Liner and Wayne Caldwell are All-Ameri¬ cans on Kentucky’s basketball team.” “Well, Mars, give me some dope on Mary Ann Massie. She achieved fame at dear old W. H. S. with her music.” “Mary Ann is on a concert tour of Europe. She and her manager, Patsy Rogers, have met vith astounding success.” “Now, what about Dot Norris and Mary Jean West? They were good friends in the old school days.” “Dot is a career girl, and Mary Jean is plan¬ ning to write a book on Aviation and Men when she returns from her round the world flight.” “What will happen to my good friends, Jack Kelley and Fred Calhoun?” “Jack is producing pictures. His latest, ’’Lucky Irish”, stars Fred Calhoun and Mary Nell Bryson; it’s directed by a friend of Mary Nell’s, Sam Wiggins. Incidentally, Edwin Mc¬ Clure is making pictures for Paramount, while Betty Davis and Louise Russell have contracts with Warner Bros.” “How is the political scene in 1959?” “Benjamin Latimer is the governor of North Carolina and Doice McClure is Lt. Governor. Mae Wyatt is the governor’s secretary, while Barbara Milner is handling the business at the Capitol. Bob Evans is the new Commissioner of Agriculture. Lee Finger is serving another term as County Agent. His assistant, Paul Buff, has given him a lot of help. Marshall Caldwell has been designated as one of the Secret Service men to guard the President. And last, but not least. Gene Mitchell is the new mayor of Frog Level.” “Bill Wright has returned from Washington, where he has been conferring with the Secre¬ tary of Agriculture, Edwin Terrell. Waynesville is trying to make Bell Telephone put in the dial system. The chief operator, Ruth Shelton, has been monopolizing the switchboard. Ralph Grasty is a lieutenant in the National Guard. Medford Noland is the State Highway Commissioner.” “Mars, how is the business world affected by our class?” “Business is dependnig entirely on Carol Un¬ derwood’s advice. Bill Henry’s night club is the talk of Manhattan and Bill is one of New York’s most prominent bachelors. Mozell Liner is doing very well with her school of majorettes in Ra¬ leigh. James Roy Moody is very interested in the school. Philip Camp is publishing a Western magazine. Julius Riggins and Farrell Sutton own and operate a television broadcasting com¬ pany. Joy Wyatt and Bonnie Jean Smathers are running the Piedmont Hotel. Anna Jean Crock¬ er and Betty Poe have founded the first school of beauty in Waynesville. Joe Fortner is man¬ ager of the Southern Division of the Great At¬ lantic and Pacific Tea Company. Louise Bryson owns a chain of drug stores. Her accounting is taken care of by Boyce Brock. The used car business has been very profitable for Arthur Mehaffey. Vivian Davis, Mary Alice Rathbone, and Stella Bradley have positions in the Secre¬ tariat of the United Nations. Eugene Breece, James Bell, Bennie Joe Craig, and Oliver D. Early have combined their efforts and operate garages all over the United States. DuPont has recently hired two engineers: Charles Ray Howell—In¬ dustrial, Amon Lee Swanger—Chemical. How¬ ard Mehaffey is one of Ford’s best test drivers. They gotta hold up! Wayne Lyle is manufactur¬ ing a combined car and airplane. Geneva Palmer and Opal Setzer are running an employment agency, while Fay Buchanan and Billie Bradley have opened a cartoon-ad service in New York. So, you see, a majority of the class is in business.” “You just ain’t kiddin’. Mars, old boy. But say, haven’t any members of our class been join¬ ed in the bonds of matrimony?” “Oh, yes. Emilj ' McCracken is married and is living in a little place called Nineveh. Bar¬ bara Curtis has settled down with her husband and has three children. Bill Blalock is married and has a clothing store in Hazelwood. Ruby Haskett and Peggy Ensley are planning their wedding anniversaries and Jeanette Leopard is trying to teach little Richard not to suck his thumb. The new superintendent of nurses at the Haywood County Hospital, Betty Jo Grant, has four little girls. Poor Bill! Mary Frazier is a retired actress and looking for her fourth hus¬ band. Betty Duncan is waiting patiently for (Continued in Advertising Section)
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