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PROPHECY

It IS February 30, 1971. The S nior class of '50 1s having a class reumon
1nthehom ofanoldretiredschoolteacher, Mr. A. Leech Rider, who is 75 years
old, and his wife, who is 16 years old. Mr. Rider is now running for the off1ce
of Governor of Canada.
When the guests begin to arrive, th y find Mr. Rider paintmg the fence and
llrs. Rider raking the yards. Their only child, Leech Jr., is in the paint bucket.
Orbie is the first to arrive. and Mr. Rider says that he has forgott n that the
reunion was today; he th ught it was tomorrow or the next day or somehme.
Along with Orbie is his wife, who's name is Anita, but everybody calls her
11 Slugger" for short. She is JUSt 5 by 5. Margaret arrives next. It seems that
she and Orbie must have broken up, because she is now Mrs. Tsch1aokskymmd.
She did not bring her husband with her, because he had to keep all the children,
there was not room for all of them on the airplane. She had to come by air-
plane, because she now lives in Russia. For the exact number of children you
will have to see Margaret, because all of her classmates have lost count of
them. She may have forgotten.
The next to arrive is James Carter who hasn't been married very long, and
as he enters, he begins to tell why he wasn't there early, because he was always
on time when he was back in high school. As he starts to tell about the flat tire
he had, his wife tells him to shut his mouth, and she also slaps him in the fac .
He is ready now to settle down and relax with the ones that have already arrived.
After all this excite~nt, 1Vlr. Rider d cides it is tim to introduce all the guests,
since it has been so long since they have seen each other. So he starts and when
he gets to Orbie who is last, Leech Jr. says "Did you say his name was Orb1e?
I thought it wuz gonna be bozo?" Then later there is a light knock on the door,
and as Mr. Rider's maid who is Sybil Benefield, and who is a sight to see be-
cause she now weighs 275 opens the door. As the door is op ned, in steps .Joyce
Terrell Clyatt, better known as "Duck," with all her little ducklings, eight to be
exact. She has finally managed to hitch Dock, who tried to get out of it, but she
just wouldn't let him. Then all the excitement and every thing settles down once
again for the good or bad, you can decide for yourself which.
Next to enter is Clara Mae who has also, managed to hitch the boy she
thought so much about back in old F'ort White. Who should it b but Ed Horton.
After Clara Mae and Ed enter they are followed by their 13 children, named
after the Seniors. She is gray-haired and he is slightly bald-head d. Mr.
Rider's roof has holes in it. So what should happen but a helicopter comes
through the roof, and who should you think is in the helicopter? It is Malcolm.
who is just as little as he was back in 1950. After several minutes there is a
knock on the door and who should it be but "Bo" Williams, v.ho 15 now trying to
get in the Florida State University at Tallahassee. He thinks that because he
took Home Economics in high school, that he wants to become a Home Econom1cs
teacher. nut he hasn't m a:ie any success.