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CLASS PROPHECY I awoke on the morning of June 25, 1961, with the sun shining in my face In about an hour, I'd have to leave for the paraplegic ward. I enjoyed being a nurse to disabled veterans. After breakfast, I got the paper. This morning there were big headlines about some chemist discovering a cure for polio. Plow wonder- ful I thought. Then something caught my eye. It was the word Whitesville. The sentence read; Lloyd Graves Jr.,formerly of Y hitesville, Ne? York announced his discovery last night. A cure for polio after yerrs of research. Joe Graves, my classmate, had always had scientific ability, e had certainly made the most of it, and the world had benefited too. It was just ten years ago today that our class had graduated, and now one of our members was world famous. What had happened to the rest of my class. As my curiosity grew I wrote to Mom, asking her to find out their addresses for me, so I could write to them. A week later I received a letter from Mom with the addresses,so I wrote each of them an invitation to visit my home for a class reunion, two weeks later. All my class and their families accepted and it was a grand get-together. After a smorgasbord dinner we gathered in the living room to talk over the past ten years and relive our school days. Each class member took his turn tell- ing of his experiences in the last ten years. Joe was our first speaker. He told us of his long years of research, before he finally knew success. Fame hadn't changed him any; he was still the likable fellow he was in school. The boys kidded Joe about being so busy studying sci- ence, he had forgotten to marry. Joe Just laughed good naturedly and retorted, nj guess 1 11 have to do some research on that. The talk of marriages turned the conversation to Bob llison. Bob had start- ed his married life while in his Senior year. He and Muriel own the former Ruth Cornell home on the Cryder. Across the road is a huge garage where Bob keeps his nation-wide fleet of semi-trailer trucks. Bob proudly showed us his three child- ren. The oldest Robert James-10, was the only one I had ever seen before. How- ever as a healthy boy of ten, he looked little like the baby I had remembered. The second member of our class to be married was Wilma Harrison (now Mrs. Charles Waters). She became our next speaker. ’Wilma and Charlie and their two children live on a ranch in Texas and have 000 head of cattle. The last time I saw her was at her wedding. She invited the whole class. Captain Wayne Stedman of the Air Force was our next speaker. Wayne had made a' career of military life. He introduced us to his wife, a beautiful blonde and an Ex-WAC. We had a delightful time listening to stories of Wayne's harrowing life in the air. The talk of experiences brought Mrs. Peers,formerly Mary Ray, into the lime- light. Mary, as a teacher, also had some fantastic experiences, usually with her students. She reminded us of the way we used to irritate our teachers. Mery now has a dark curly headed girl of !+, and a frolicking boy of 2. Donna ‘olts was next. Donna went to a beauticians school and studied art as a sideline. She married a millionaire and lives on an estate just outside town. Bruce Droopy” Kear spoke next of his life as a mechanic. He now owns his own garage, and has a wife who is a grand cook. He no longer eradicates the ghosts, he has all he can do to get his two boys to bed. Our next classmate was also a Kear. Helen Yeager was now Mrs. Dean Kear. Helen who had been a governess for two years was now governing Dean and their children, two boys and two girls. Ed Bloss, our Valedictorian, had graduated from Alfred U. and was now a cer- amic engineer. Ed and his wife live in a rambling mansion outside of town, with their quintuplets. Doris Hallett who took a Post Graduate course and was with us through our Senior year also attended. Doris is now a private nurse— to her husband. We talked until dawn, before we realized how late (early) it was, so wl all bade each other a reluctant farewell. What a grand day it had been. Mary Elaine Golish
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