Clay High School - Crystal Yearbook (Oregon, OH)

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E IOR PROPHECY Toledo, ohio April zo, 1957 Dem' Sadie, Talk about receiving surprises, I certainly received one when I found out that letter was from you. You ask me ifI have heard anything concerning any of the members of that memorable class of '37. Well, here is a little I do know of the class of twenty years ago. Melvin Clark is at present six feet, hve inches tall and is still growing. He is one of the best-liked mailmen in our town. I suppose you know all about Joe Berry. Well, if you don't, I'll tell you. It seems a wealthy aunt died leaving joe, her only surviving relative, an immense fortune. Joe has a beautiful stone mansion on the River Road, live Packards, two yachts, an army of servants, and a host of other things that wealthy people have. Alvin Beckhusen is his manager and Robert Ten Eyck his chief butler. Also in his employ is Kathleen Sloan, his personal secretary. Latest reports are that Joe is going to sponsor a reunion of the class. If anybody is able to sponsor a reunion, I guess it's joe. 'lust the other day I had a letter from Ruth Sommers asking me to join her Anti-Everything party of which she is the leader and founder. According to the papers she seems to be doing very well. The membership of her party is increasing every day, with headquarters in New York where Ruth has been for some time now. Also in New York at the present time is Roy Ladd who is a very handsome policeman. Marcella Shock and Esther White have a partner- ship business in this city, too. Marcella designs dresses while Esther designs hats. They say that their customers consist of only the most socially prominent women. Of course you couldn't help but know that Elmer Reihing is the present Home Run King and has the batting average of .445 Last week Cecil Kennaw and Edwin jaquillard opened in their latest stage hit on Broadway. Also in that stage hit is that comedian, Karlyle Moneiti, who twenty years ago answered to the name of Karl Motter. But it seems that now you can't be a success unless your name has a foreign accent so he complied with that belief. Down in Washington, D.C., we're represented by several members of the class. Roma-rose Callihan, as Secretary of War, has the affairs of the world very much in hand. Vernon Stier, as the head of the G-men, has terrorized bandits so that they have all turned into honest men. just the other day I was reading a radio magazine, and to my amazement I learned that the characters in the radio skit Ray, Hank, and Chuck, which portrays the troubles of married men, are in real life Raymond Perry, Henry Weis, and Charles Toth. I also found out that those melodious singers of harmony, The Three C's , are Charlotte Dreier, Cora White, and Clara Schumaker. Their accompanist on the piano is Charlotte Ames, who has just returned from a tour abroad. Last summer, I spent a week at the Hotel Ritz in AtlanticACity of which Jane Kohne and Lillian Albertson are hostesses. A large part of the credit for the success of this hotel, I'm told, is due to these charming ladies. While I was there I heard that dazzling blues singer, Ruth Whiteman, with Richard Edgar and his all-girl orchestra. Florence Sch ulfenecker and Harriette Coy cooperate in playing the bass viol in his orchestra. Flossy gracefully moves her fingers on the strings, forming the tones, while Harriette laboriously draws the bow back and forth. Helen Ferrenberg and Lana Dubbs play the saxophone. Ever so often they 'fx 22

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SE ICR H1 TORY The sophomore year was filled with more activities. We were allowed to join more clubs, and we had more ofa chance on the basketball and baseball squads. For this year, we elected Byron Koch to guide us. ln the spring, being faced with problems of making money to pay for our cuts, we presented to the high school two plays, Peculiar Old Dulfern and Who Says Cant? A little later we had a very delightful party with our home talent entertaining. For our representatives in the Student Council this year, we chose Lana Dubbs, Byron Koch, Elmer Reihing, and Ligouri Shortsle. For May Day we presented a very comic mock wedding. Again history repeated itself when we arrived at the end of the year, not knowing where it had gone. But we were all looking for- ward to our next year which we knew held more in store for us. Out of the hundred and four that had started at Clay, seventy-four of us returned three years later to continue our career. This year certainly held a number of activities in store for us. Ligouri Shortsle was elected president. Earlier in the year we graciously decided as a class to give the seniors the right of presenting their play in the fall. We took a very enjoyable and interesting trip to Port Dearborn, Later in the spring we presented our play, Apple Blossom Time. We had previously presented to the high school Elmer, a one-act comedy, with Paul Schmidt cast as a very pesky kid brother. Then, under the able supervision of Marcella Shock, we gave our prom. Finally we took charge of the last assembly which was dedicated to the seniors. Sadly we said good-bye to them as we looked forward to filling their places. On September 10, 1936, l returned for the last mile. And what an active year it turned out to be! We elected Edwin ,Iaquillard to guide and direct us through our last and final year. Many of the seniors were busy supporting the football fund program. On February 3, 1937, we presented to a full house, Campus Quarantine. Our class was very well represented in baseball and basketball varsity squads. Then before we knew it, we were told that we were no longer students of Clay High, but Alumni. The year concluded with baccalaureate and commencement exercises. 21

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SE IOR PROPHECY bring forth swing music while at the same time Herbert Dearsman and Phillip Dominique blend in by playing the latest waltz hit on their violins. The real thrill of the evening came when I saw that very graceful dance team 'lYay and Yarles, who in private life are Fay Saunders and Charles Armstrong. Sitting at a table near mine, also gazing intently on those two bewitching figures, was Harold Anderson, famous Broadway critic. Robert Shultz was engineer of the train I came home on. Louis Toth is down in South America directing the construction of ri sus- pension bridge. Homer Kasack is in Paris and is earning a reputation as a plastic surgeon. Also in the same city is Betty Belang, having won renown fame as a cosmetician. Robert Stevens is gaining quite a bit of recognition as a tea taster in his wife's tearoom in San Francisco, California. This also reminds me that the hot-dog shop of Ellsworth Phillips and Albert Kosinski in Milwaukee is getting to be known the world round. XVeren't you thrilled when you heard that Byron Koch was chosen to represent America in diving at the coming Olympics? But to my notion, I don't see how anybody else could have been chosen. He's so graceful, especially when he makes a swan dive. Oh, I forgot to tell you, when I was telling of the different members of the class being in Whashington, D.C., that Paul Schmidt is a justice in the Supreme Court there. The last I heard of Ligouri Shortsle and Walton Wolfe was that they had left for another one of the exploration trips to the North Pole. So as far as I know they're still there. Didn't you just imagine that Evelyn Zemnicki would turn out to be a creator of a popular comic strip? Eleanor Jacobs has just recently become a stewardess on a trans-continental airplane. I don't see how she can bear itg if there is anything I couldn't stand it is not having my feet on terra firma. Harold Romstadt is a lawyer in Reno, Nevada, and from what I heard he's doing quite a flourishing business. Wilma Sass is a dress designer for a moving picture studio at Hollywood. Her creations in several musicals are what have brought her much recognition. Speaking of Hollywood reminds that we're also represented there by Hazel Schmidlin, who is considered one of the best comediennes in pictures. Virginia Hammond owns a ranch in Texas and has become quite an equestrienne. Miriam Miller proved her faithfulness to dear old Clay High School by returning to teach. Jane Rosino is a president of a Great Lakes Shipping Company. Winifred Rebits' name has become known throughout the world for her biological work on her farm. Wanda Kohn married an English duke and now is living quite lavishly in England. Dorothea Schmidlin and Mildred Matile are at the present working at a soda fountain. Eugene Coutcher and Richard Kreuger, as life guards at Atlantic City, have become very popular among the ladies at that city. A Well, I hope you don't think I'm a busybody for knowing about the class. I must say good-bye now. Please write soon. Affectionately yours, Maude 23