Anderson High School - Andersonian Yearbook (Cincinnati, OH)

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The Big Reunion of 1950 Imagine her surprise when on the morning of june 3, 1950, Margaret Martin, on answer- ing the shrill ringing of her door bell, discovered a smiling special delivery man from the postal department standing on her door step. As she reached for the letter, the postman nonchalantly asked, Should old acquaintances be forgot ? Margaret, knowing that those, soft musical tones could belong only to one-Victor Mette, asked Victor to come in and renew old friendships with her trusted companion and secretary, Mary X'Volfer. just before Victor departed, Margaret, anxious to learn the contents of the letter, opened it and to the amazement and delight of all found that it contained an invitation to all the grad- uates of l937 for a class reunion to be held at Betty Lederer's beautiful Long Island estate. Bet- ty, in keeping with those former plans of hers, is now a leading socialite of Manhattan. That evening, while discussing the coming party, these two girls tuned in the radio to hear their favorite dance program announced by William NVorth. Art Tennison's orchestra was be- coming very well known for its swing rhythm. Following the enjoyable hour of dinner and dance music, Bill took the microphone to make the commercial announcement saying that the Swing Hour was sponsored by the Kink and Kurl Beauty Salon owned by Margaret McArthur. Miss McArthur has achieved quite a renowned reputation for her outstanding work in the latest beauty methods. The next morning the girls visited Merz's Exclusive Dress Shoppe. Alberta, whose elab- orate gown establishment is located on Park Avenue, greeted them very enthusiastically. and had her models put on a fashion display. WVhile her old classmates were enjoying the revue. she asked them if they were going to the reunion. jeanne Beck Mann, leader of the young married set, and Dorothy Reiser, recently married and residing in the residential section of Cleveland, but who was visiting in New York with her husband, were already in the shoppe and seemed to enjoy the new designs, too. Katherine Scott also was there. Katherine is now the head of the Dietetic Department of the Metropolitan Hospital. As the two emerged from the shoppe they heard the newsboys shouting Extral Extralu, pur- chased a paper, and saw that it was a special edition of the New York Times, now owned by our old friend, William Fryer. The headlines fairly screamed that the Speaker of the House, VVil- liam Bowen, had publicly defied the First woman President of the United States. Gertrude lVillis. They hurriedly leafed through the paper scanning the sport page and advertisements. Some very clever sketches drew their attention for the drawings were autographed by Mary Betscher. one of the best known commercial artists of the nation. On the sport page was a large photo- graph of Dorothy Partusch, champion ice skater, who is on her way to Hollywood to take the lead in a picture produced by the Fox Movietone Corporation. Throwing the paper aside, Margaret and Mary strolled to the Fill-Up Inn located in the next block, owned and operated by Dorothy Phillips. After a delicious meal and a long chat with the proprietoress, they decided to go to a matinee that afternoon. They entered the Roxy Theatre and found seats on the lower floor. The main picture was just beginning. They were simply astounded to see Frank Sandker starred with Helen Kaveney in Love 'Em and Leave 'Emf' Frank has taken Robert Taylor's place in the hearts of America. while Helen is the lead- 23

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Mylin Ross, a new instructor, and the other whose teacher was Mr. Charles Brown, who had come to Anderson the year before. Coming back to a building which had been enlarged, sixty-five busy eighth graders found themselves in a whirl of excitement. Many different tasks-the state examination, contests, to say nothing of the commencement which was rapidly approaching, kept these eighth graders so busy that they had no time to fear the initiation which they thought would be looking them in the face next fall. It was due to the capable leadership of Miss Elizabeth Hines that we finally found ourselves on the platform commencement day, thrilled with the experience of graduating. Under the co-sponsorship of Miss Hines and Mr. -I. Garner Srofe, sixty freshmen found that a new rule had been installed, and the only recognition they were to receive because of their lowly position was a tortureless initiation consisting only of the wearing of baby caps, safety pins. green signs, as well as carrying the books of upper classmen. Of course, we girls cannot forget the royal baby party given to us by the senior girls, at which we had the extreme pleasure of drinking orange juice out of milk bottles. Not to be outdone, the Girl Reserves welcomed the freslnnen girls by giving a kid party where we all dressed like babies and little girls. The last welcoming party was the Hallowe'en celebration given in our honor instead of the regular initiation, The sophomores really entertained us gloriously, despite the fact that they were not permitted to use alum, pepper, or any other form of cruelty. As our officers, we elected Harold Tarvin, President: james Baker, Vice-President, and Thomas Guess, Secretary- Treasurer. Miss Straits and Mr. Ellis were our advisers during the sophomore year, which was hlled with much activity. NVith our superintendent, Mr. Robert E. Wright's permission, we gave these freshmen a real welcome into high school with medicines, whippings, et cetera. NVC used a unique method of financing our initiation party-that of selling the Grst school stickers. Among other activities we took the famous sophomore-senior test in which we ranked the highest of any sophomore class. Officers included: Dorothy Reiser, President, james Baker, Vice-President: Eleanor Wlhitaker, Secretaryg Margaret Martin, Treasurer. Coming back in the fall of l935 as juniors, we found a hearty welcome awaiting us by Mr. Brown and Mrs. Mary Struke, advisers of the boys and girls respectively. Dignified as we were, we soon found that our sophistication was stifled when we learned that even juniors must bow so low as to take an eletnentary course in spelling. Oh, Professor! No, l'm not making any slighting remarks: that was the title of the junior class play. Who can forget the fair damsels who were scorned by the dean of women for danc- ing on the campus, or who can forget J-emily, the feminine young man, who tried to play on the heart strings of his old friend, Michael Pemberton? Such are the highlights of the famous junior class plav. The crowning event of our entire junior year was the junior-senior banquet, which. every- one said who had attended previous banquets, seemed to surpass all those of the preceeding years. The cedar. which stuck our hands and left its mark around the school for weeks after- ward, remained as a symbol reminding us of the famous occasion. Members of the junior class were proud to have as the captain of the girls' basketball team Margie Martin, who received tl1e runners'-up cup of the Hamilton County Basketball Tourna- ment to add to our trophy collection. Our executive committee consisted of Ted Taylor, President: Harold Tarvin, Vice-Presi- dentg Gertrude Willis, Secretary: and Eleanor VVhitaker, Treasurer. Out of the fifty-nine little hfth graders, eight years ago, twenty-one are ready to graduate from Anderson and are included in the class total of thirty-eight. Our school enrollment has increased from the original 520 pupils to the present enrollment of 85l. This senior year has rolled around altogether too rapidly. It has been crowded to the full- est with varied activities, including the introduction to a new cafeteria, the transferring of the Lantern from the senior class to the entire high school, the rush to get started after the flood, the completion of the annual, and the frequent class play rehearsals. Our officers lor l937 have been: james Baker, President: XVilliam Fryer, Vice-President: William VVortI1. Secretary: and Robert Ludlow, Treasurer. As we leave Anderson, lei us always remember our motto, We are ever striving for the highest, and live according to the standards which have been taught here. 22

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ing actress of Broadway. After the feature, the sports reel was flashed upon the screen. Imagine the thrill of the audience seeing Thomas Guess, the new third baseman of the Reds, making a brilliant play. The all-important day for the class reunion finally arrived. Thirty-eight hearts and minds were bent on traveling to Betty's Long Island estate. For everyone's convenience a transconti- nental bus was chartered from the Koester-Palmer Trans-Continental Bus Service. Henry and Ray, president and vice-president, respectively, of this transportation service, gave their old class- mates the use of one of their newest streamlined coaches. Glancing at the advertisements in the bus, the occupants' attentions were riveted on those written by Harvey Knell, advertising man- ager for one of the largest agencies in the world, and Morton Fehl is one of his wealthiest clients. Traveling in such a comfortable bus and with old friends made the journey seem quite short. In fact, the time passed so quickly that they were all quite surprised when the bus stopped and the driver said, This is your destination. All out! The door was opened by a butler who in- formed them that james Baker was to be the host and would see that all had a good time. Their wraps were taken and they paraded into a dressing room to fix their hair. Some news drifting into the room informed them that Eugene Dunn had just been selected Poet Laureate. This did not startle his old friends because they had somehow expected this honor to be bestowed upon him. .Xt that moment another car arrived and Eleanor NVhitaker, Eileen Hauke, and Ruth Worth alighted. Eleanor is head doctor of the Yvalter Reed Hospitalg Eileen is the Home Economics Director at Ohio State Universityg while Ruth is a nurse in Christ Hospital located in Cincin- nati. These three were full of news and, after very excitingly relating numerous events, they added that Edna VVittmeyer was on a world cruise and at that time was skiing in the Alps. She had sent a letter of regret about missing the class party. During the course of the evening when conversation was at its height our illustrious host, blames, turned on the radio so that his guests would not fail to hear La Vonne hIacob's sports talk. The conversation immediately ceased when the voice of the only woman sports commen- tator was heard. After listening to -Iake's interesting remarks, Ray Glasgow, one of the funniest comedians on Broadway, entertained with his jokes and songs. His sponsor, Ray Brown, ex- ecutive of the International Motorcycle Corporation, sent a telegram of congratulations to his entertainer and the message was heard by all present. Two young women rushed into the room demanding pictures and interviews. Believe it or not, the cameraman. or should it be said camerawoman, was Emilie Pitcock. She and her com- panion, Violet Vickroy, the social reporter, were on the staff of the New York Herald. Many were the questions that were asked that evening. It seemed that Irwin Schulte, New York's rising young architect, is working on the plans for a country home for Robert Ludlow. Bob is still achieving fame for himself in the field of sports. Only recently his polo team was declared World Champions. As Margaret and Mary were ambitious business women and had much planned for the next day they thought it necessary to leave. Harold Tarvin, noted psychologist, very kindly offered to drive them to their apartment in his Cadillac roadster. Everyone agreed that the reunion had been a very big success for all had had a grand time. 24