Windsor High School - Pow Wow Yearbook (Windsor, IL)

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1948 = POW-WOW = 1948 CLASS PROPHECY In a quaint caravan there’s a lady they call the gypsy. She can look in the future and drive away all your cares. Yes, yes, as I am now around a camp fire with gypsies all around me, I well get to peer into the crystal ball and see what fate has in store for my old classmates, at W. C. H. S. As I have been out of school a year now I decided I'd take a little try and warn them about their future. It’s a very warm Southern night in June. The moon peeps in and out, while the stars are shining brightly. My friends here are very queer, but I hope they will hold my interest as well as yours during this mystic spell. The Queen of the clan is now speaking. “Watch closely my dear and believe in me.” She turns the crystal ball around and the first thing I see is a vivid figure. Now it comes to light and I can tell it is Joyce Allen. I can see it very plainly now. It is Joyce walking down the church aisle. Waiting at the altar is Harold Hamilton. The preacher now comes to light reading the wedding vows. The pianist strikes up the processional. The newly married couple look very pleased walking down the aisle and we wish them all the happiness in the world. The gypsy again moves the crystal ball and I see a man with a big cigar in his mouth. He looks like a real business man behind that desk. Well! surprise, surprise if it isn’t Robert Lawrence Angell, Jr. In walks his secretary who is none other than Jean Kibler. I can tell by the look on his face he is still on the loose. At the rate that he is dictating those letters he must be a very busy man. He also must be rolling in the dough because of all those automobiles, yachts and fancy buildings around. The music ball lights up again and in walks Joan Beldon, in a very business like manner. I’ll bet I’d be safe in saying she is the murder or crime reporter for the Star Times. Yes, there is the sign above the door. I don’t see any familiar men in her life but she has loads of surprises in store. It seems that “Jo” would still prefer going single, for she seems very nappy. The next vision that comes to light is Wanda Benson. I know that that isn’t her name by now because she is very busy in the kitchen of a little white cottage. Yes, she is a very busy little farmer’s wife. Here comes a little boy, I rather think his name must be Delbert II, for he is the very image of his father. That little mail box out in front says Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Syfert, Pekin, Illinois. I guess she had been looking forward to this for a long time. Oh no! couldn’t be, anything but that. Who do you think sh ould burst in through that door but, Jim Bunyard, Ed Hunt, Bill Steele and Kenneth Storm. They seem to be in a big hurry. They rush up a flight of steps and into a broadcasting station. The announcer announces that the Alley Cats are now on the air. They all tune up and start singing. Very nice going there boys, and by the actions of the audience they think so too.We didn’t know that we did have such wonderful singers back during the high school days. Next is that brillant but romantic George Burrell. It looks like he is entering a college door. Yes, and over the door, inscribed in marble, is the name of the institution, George and Carolyn. This used to be William and Mary College but now George is professor and he and Carolyn have changed it to a dancing school. They both teach all sorts of dancing now and are making a great success. George is the world’s champion ballet dancer, which has made the institution famous. Here is another classmate that comes to light. It happens to be Elsie Carr. Believe it or not, but Elsie and Johnny Garrett have gotten married and settled down to a nice quite home life on the farm. They are happy raising healthy little Gar-rettes and also sheep, cattle and hogs. They are a very quiet happy little family. Of course, all the little boys and girls are bringing straight A report cards home carrying on the old family tradition. I hear the clatter of dancing feet, very light and very skillfully maintained, and guess whose little feet those are. Thats right, James Davis! When he was back in high school, I guess, none of us appreciated him like we should. They say he is the second Fred Astaire. After his much applauded act a very beautiful girl from the audience ran up to greet him. The couple looked as if they were very much in love when they finally left the over joyed crowd and the big spotlighted stage.