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GLADYS ACKERSON BEAN "Beanie" History East Palls Church, Virginia Central High School ANY years ago, an old poet had a prophetic vision. He saw Beanie, ~ M a tall, slim, laughing Beanie, with soft .brown hair and twinkly brown eyes. Immediately, the old chap had an inspiration and penned the above lines. When he had finished them, he paused and bit his pen in meditation, "Should I have said three whole days", he pondered? "Perhaps two, or even one". And as he pondered - the vision had gone! We've always regretted the loss of the verses the poet undoubtedly would have written, had he not lost.t~e vision, so even though we can't write poetry, we're gomg to supply the lnlssmg details in prose. There couldn't be a finer friend than Beanie, with her deep, yet delicate understanding of people. The old poet also missed her quaint gentleness and daintiness that is so endearing to her friends What the old poet did say may be a bit true now; but it isn't going to be always. Of course he's to be forgiven: he did not have time to do her justice in words. We're ro be forgiven, roo: because, after all, there are lots of wonh while things that can't be said in words. THE eL.QHl:) 192.7 {~