At a dinner of the Newton (Ill.) High School graduating class in June 1913, Class Prophet Jessie Swem arose to make her predictions. She had no trouble divining the future for Frank E. Martin, who had worked a couple of summer vacations for the Illinois Central Railroad. "He will become a vice president of the Illinois Central," she said. "Some day he will come back to see us in his private car, and he will invite the members of his old high-school class to have dinner with him."
Last week, 56-year-old Frank Edward Martin, who...
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