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C A MPIS M I R R 0 R
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Class of 1946
A Look to the Future
30 Clemens Square
Detroit, Michigan
May 31, 1964
Dear Norma:
Surely you haven’t forgotten the agree
ment which we made on the eve of com
mencement day. May 31. 1944. when you
and I promised to keep one another in
formed as to the many exciting and in
teresting paths our fellow classmates
were destined to travel. Ah, me! It is
1964. and twenty years seem to have
disappeared as though they were merely
one single year. What with the end of
World War II. in ’46, followed by tre
mendous migration of much of the popu
lation. it has been exceedingly difficult
to locate the whereabouts of our class
mates and to determine their activities
and positions in life. Shelley’s phrase,
“There’s nothing constant hut mutabil
ity,” was never more true than it has
been during these past twenty years.
Nevertheless, let me relate to you the
few facts which l have learned. It will
please you to know that Lelabelle Free
man has attained a career in spite of all
obstacles that confronted her. Though
she aspired to he a doctor, she is con
tent as a mortician. Marie Lauray mar
ried the next day after commencement,
and she is now the mother of five girls.
Margaret Gordon’s life has been roman
tic, for she went to Hawaii to practice
social work and finally married one of
the handsome natives there. Thelma
Jones, who always reminded me of a
little mother, is at present the matron
of the Mississippi Home for Delinquents.
Gwendolyn Dowdell heads the Surreal
istic Interior Decorating Company. Fast
summer when I visited her business of
fice in Bessemer, Alabama, she almost
convinced me that by adorning my living
room walls with twigs and dry leaves
I could attain a very attractive outdoor
atmosphere. What an imagination! Char
lotte Linder gave up teaching mathe
matics to write novels. She is now writ
ing a mystery novel entitled “The Bat
Walks and Talks.” I fear that she read
entirely too many murder mysteries while
in college. Inez Collier’s son won the
“Mr. Florida” title this year, and he is
new running for “Mr. America.” You
know the beauty contest went out of
style in 1950. and the “most handsome
man’ contest is taking the country by
storm. Hazel Cochran has set up a resi
dence in Reno, in order to save money.
Lest your imagination begin working
overtime, let me hastily add that her
husband holds a position in that fair
city. Geneva Higgins achieved great
fame because of her sculptured work
entitled “Brown Cupids.” She used her
own two sons as models. Gwendolyn
Harrison, who was tops in scholarship,
taught Spanish at Fisk University for
nineteen years, after which she decided
to march to the altar with Walter. Pearl
Dorch finally consented to her husband’s
plan that they accept the missionary ap
pointment in North Africa. Opal Jones,
Jessie Croom. Laura Watson, and Claudia
Davis have formed a quartet that has
become renowned in Texas and Alabama.
I hey call themselves the Amen Sisters,
't on have been deprived of a great priv
ilege if you have not heard Marguerite
Pearson, the famous lecturer, --peak on
Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity. Red
Skelton was never s<> popular as Caro
lyn Taylor, who is now one of MGM’s
most successful comedians, \nnie Ruth
Nelson. W i 11 ie Sherwood. Betsy Moss,
and Louise Coley went to South America
to teach the natives who live in the least
civilized regions. No word has been re
ceived from them in the past ten years.
Dorothy Hood decided to become a
dietician after the accident in the chem
istry laboratory at Spelman. She stated
in a recent letter to me that food was
safer to mix than chemicals. Lula Lundy.
Ella Tyree, and Mary Martin have found
time in their busy married lives to write
advice to the lovelorn in their respective
home town newspapers. Estella Ashmore
is dean of a newly established girls’ col
lege in Montana. It is rumored that she
has turned down several proposals of
marriage. One never knows what one
will do, does one? Certainly during her
college days Nina 'Charlton didn't sus
pect that she would ever become dean
of Spelman.
Thus ends my report, which is not
so complete as it should be, since I must
divide my time between teaching at the
country school house and working on our
farm. I know r that you are surprised be
cause I declared that I would live in
New York and be one of those fortunate
stenographers who married the boss. \1-
thougli I realize that you. too. must be
busy, I am hoping to hear from you
very soon.
Sincerely yours.
Mable.
3302 West 59th Street
Savannah, Georgia
June 6. 1964
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