Bexley High School - Bexleo Yearbook (Bexley, OH)

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’30 THE JORCH 25 his high wheeled bicycle around the campus. Ted Girard, the noted radio announcer, told the class about his experience before the mike. I was kinda sprused like when I seed Dr. Reed Davidson and his sister, Marian, come all the way from St. Louis where they have their hospital. Marian is the head Nurse. From what I could hear I figgered that Mary Schneider was the big note at the New York Conservatory of Music. I’ll be all get out if I warnt surprised when I found out that our old friends, Florence Fetter and Maurine Leitch, own that place on E. Broad St., called La Shop De France. With his hair reder than ever, sat Ed Gerhold, who now has a chain of rubber plantations in India. Down the table a little ways I saw that little Margaret Wilcox, the new IT girl of Hollywood. You have all seen her on the screen in her latest picture, “God’s Gift To Men.” Then there was that feller Bryan Archibald, who is now Pres, of the same college that Dickey is Coach, Princeton. Yes, he is married and is the proud father of two boys and a girl. True to his youthful ambitions, Frank Lambrecht is now tekenical adviser for the Paris-New York Air Ways. The two girls that starred in the last Broadway review was there—Margaret Carey and Jean Wieber. Rose Marie Keller now has a Kinder- garten school here in Columbus. Dan Busch tole me he is serving his fourth term as Pres, of the Rotary Club. Grayce Jones is secretary to the Pres, of the present governor of the state of Ohio. They tell me that Virginia Park holds a high place in the social world, but I couldn’t find out her new name. Marion Ford has been elected to Congress and has put through several bills. Don Callander has a chain of Cleanin’ stores. The stage sent forth a call for new talent and found it in Betty Harrington. The newspapers are filled with accounts of her success. The Ohio State U. has had an undefeated basketball team for the last seven years and I’m told it is largely due to the efforts of Harry Maxwell, who is the coach. During the bankwit, Mary MacDonald gave a very interesting talk on her work as a missionary in China. Another one of the old class is also engaged in work at O. S. U. That is Edith Manly, director of Girls’ Phys. Ed. In the past few years I’ve seen several collections of poems by Sarah Smith. We were honored by the presence of the Business Manager of the Scripps How- ard Newspapers, who gave us a very delightful talk. It was none other than Walter McCloy. Walter has organized the Tired and Hungry Business Men’s Luncheon Club. Don Morris was there. He’s doin very well in the old business, and golf is his pet sport, but he still devotes a lot of time to whittlin. He has taken a correspondence course and can now give a good imitation of a wiffile hen. Margaret Hawkins is with the local Y. W. C. A. and is next in line for the leadership.

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24 THE JORCH ’30 CLASS PROPHECY IT’S BEEN about 20 years since your old uncle, Si Slokem, did any wnttin’ fer Bexley Hi, and in that time a lot of changes kin take place in people and things, fer instance the village of Bexley is now a city and extends clear out to the end of my farm. Uster be about ten miles. Their new stadium is right next to my cow pastuer, and you kin bet your bottom dollar that it s one jack dandy. One day about the middle of this spring, I was down in my pasture a mendin a little fence, must a been about two in the afternoon and I was putterin around there in the field when I heard a terrible rumpus. Awonderin what it was all about, cause there wasn’t any thing on the calendar for that day, I just got on old Bill (that s my old horse; you remember him) and I rode over to exit number 36 and tied my old hoss to the iron fence on the side of the stadium and then I slips in to see what I could see. When I got up and saw what was out there on that field, you could have knocked me over with a feather. There was a bunch of old fellers out there a playin football all dressed up in the old colors. Blue and White, and on the side lines was some more old duffers, men and women alike. Such carrins’ on I haint seen in all my born days. There they was a shoutin’ and runnin’ around like they was crazy and fer the life of me I couldn’t swan the meanin, so I goes a little closer, fe - I kinda smeld a mouse and sure enough when I got a little closer, I seen it was that rip-roarin class of ’30. How they would have liked to get their hands on me! So I thought I had better get clear of them some, where I could keep my eye on them; so I goes to the south-west tower and watches them. It seemed that they was havin' a reunion and the fellers of Miss Hamann’s room dared the fellers of Mr. Howell’s room to a football game and they accepted, so this was the result of all this carrins on. When I got to the stadium the game was all over but carrin the fellers of both teams off the field. If I remember the score was 225 to 187 (by the way, the sum of the both scores is Mac Byall’s present weight) and the damages in men ran high. The grand average was 22 injured men. After the game the crowd started to- ward Dieterich Hall, that new hall they got for all their doings. So I follers them and hid up in the grand balcony. Then the meetin was called and everybody took to eatin. While they was feedin their faces I looked over that crowd. There must have been sixty of them anyway. There they was, the same old bunch, and as I looked em over, the old faces that was hid behind the mask of age, came out. The first one that I knowed was them two fellers that we all learned to love so well. They was the two partners of that famous Fifth Ave. House, designers and makers of those well-known Fashion Plate Suits Overcoats for men, headed by Anthony Watters. The boys have built this company to the prominate place that it holds. Everett told me that one of their pet clients is that great criminal lawyer of Chicago (the one that put Darrow on the rocks), Bob Brunner. Three cheers for Bob and Mrs. Brunner. Then the football coach at Princeton was there, the famed Bob Dickey. Yep, he’s still got that smile that kills all the girls who look at him, and his chief delight is riding

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26 THE ORCH ’30 One of the colledges of the South claims Margaret Bruce as dean of women. Our local air port has Melvin Mathew as its head. Harrison Jaycox is now retired from active buisness and his son carried on the banking house that Harrison founded. There is a story how he used to trudge home in his Packard after Bankin hours. Lucille Wolfe is now teaching in Bexley Hi. Meredith Wollenzien is an aviation instructer in the U. S. Army. He’s all set for a war so’s he kin do things on a big scale. Betty Tinker Huling couldn’t be to the meetin cause Cy Jr. had the chicken pox, and their little 26-room cottage was quarantined. Ned Gruber is weelding a knife. He had a course in medicine but later took up surgery. Sid Sweet has turned out to be one of New York’s biggest bankers, and in spare time plays his clarinet for his little daughters. Any time you are away from home stop at a Teegardin Hotel. Our old friend, Ed, owns them and his slogan is “Teegardin Hotels Are Your Home Away From Home.” Regina Brandei and Betty Eisele both fell heir to a couple of wealthy broker’s sons; now, ain’t that nice? I’ll have to drop in on them. I hear they live along the Hudson. Dr. Richard Hoffhine was there in all his glory. As usual you could saw wood with the crease he has in his trousers. Yes, sir, he should be a model for the class. The endurance record was just broken by Clare Smith in his plane. Clare was up for 63 days. He is sure one fast boy. John Brown is a lawyer of grate note. He developed the art in a Bexley Civics class, and he owes his teachur a great deal for this as this was excellent practice for John to talk about something he had never heard of. The next time you want to go to Europe over the week-end take a Zeplin trans- port line. The president is Leo Polster. For passengers his specialty is safty ’n com- fort. He’d ruther git you there oftener than sooner. Jane Sulzer, the baby of the class, is married but I couldn't find out whare she is livin now. I'll give this case to my friend, Vilo Phance. At the head of the table, in a blue sute and brass buttons, medals and what have you? sat the Very Rear Admirable Isador Gitlin, of the U. S., spreadin a line that the navy needs more ships and he stated the navy was on a decline. Said Izzy, “When I went in the navy, we had wood ships and iron men. Now we have iron ships and wooden men.” Next to Izzy was Rose Cohen, who is on the editorial staff of the Columbus Citizen. Roberta Corcoran is on the staff of The Ladies Home Journal. The prize for decoratin the most attractive home was won by Mildred Cross- field; you no she is an interier decorater. •®w (.Continued on page 98)