Harriet Whitney High School - First Lady Yearbook (Toledo, OH)

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SENIOR HISTORY In September l939 students of the Vocational High School for Girls trouped gaily bacx to Webster. The senior year came with so many things to do and so little time in which to do them Because our already too short time. It seemed as though the seniors were being tested in their ability to meet disappointments A short time after the unexpected lay-off plans were completed to occupy the new building. Finally on February 5 l94O classes began in the Voca- tional High School for Girls. To be the first class to graduate from the new school the seniors would gladly meet the same disappoint- ments if the end were always to be the same happy one D 7 1 of the failure of the levy in November, six weeks were out off from 27

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SENIORS EDUCATED ON THE FLY On Septembel 6 lO56 glFlS were gulded 1nto the lready over crowded audltorlum 1H Vocatlonal Hlgh School If thelr flrst glance around the h1stor1c bulldlng was dlsappolntlng brave Qm1l9S h1d these feellngs lTh1s has been the pol1cy they have trled to follow through thelr entlre four years J After look1ng forward eagerly all summer to attend1nr th1s school they were told that an entrance ex amlnatlon was to be g1V8H Wlth doubled enrollment the only fa1r way for el1m1 at1Ox was to test the ab1l1ty of prospect1ve students To anyone who may have enrolled Jn our falr school but falled through some chance fate to attaln thelr deslre we can only express our sympathy for your g eat loss As senlors we have always trled to remember how bew1ldered and befuddled we were as freshmen New sltuatlons had to be met There were three boys to every glrl whlch made every actlvlty decldedly mascullne The sophomore y ar 1S always the year when new freshles are the obgects of abuse but alas and alack there xere to be no more fresh bull It made the dlscomfo t Whlfh had been endured 1U the old bu1ld1ng uodenly seem WOTYhWP11P Chlns were FBISGG an extra quart er of an lnch eye were bllnked and wobbly smlles once aga1n came 1nto v1ew In dumofounded surp11 e we learned that the new school was to be for boys only Came our JUU1OF year Back agaln to the old bu1ld1ng It some how seemed to look more dreary and dlsmal The only brlght spots on the horlzo were the addltlon of several new teacher and the cholce of M183 Ethel Wo den as prl clpal Then llke a bolt from the blue came the news that the s1te of the old School had been sold The moneys recelved from the sale and from The Publlc Works Admlnlstra t1OH were to be used for a new home The old bUlldlHg was to be raZed so we had to flnd a ne: abode In order to save the exorbl tant rent demanded for more convenlent headquarters Webster Sc ool was Chosen for our temporary 1Odg1DgS after much d1SCuSS1OU 26 Qt A 1 -J I . . . 3 d V . . . . . , U . . . D . , - ' 1 . .H . q U U . . . I . . . , r . ' , ' 1 e ' 1 ' ' , A , V - men. The grand news came that a new Vocational school was to be . tu V . r .A . , . S ,A I -. ,i . . - , , S . , . I. ' ' . .' s ' n - ' s, ' ' P 4 Q 'n f . ' , I I at IK V . ' .. , 1 , P K . . .

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SENIOR PROP!-IECY TIME June, 1950 PLACE Somewhere 1n the Unlted States Havlng recelved a short vacatlon yours truly was gO1Hg to V1S1t her old homestead Toledo After some tlme on the plane I learned that the former stewardess was Frances FISCHSF She 1S the only stewardess who has not marrled her p1lot fSh marrled the pres1dent of the a1rl1ne J I found two other chums on board the famed p1an lsts and comoosers Mary Zak and Jeanette Mead who were on one f thelr concert tours Mary told me that Henrletta M1etk1ew1cz 15 at a conference of dress deelgners 1U Parls whlle hex partner Eleanor Benner 1S 1n Hollywood d6S1gH1Hg a wardrobe for mov1e actress Natal1e Bafalskl I transferred from plane to traln at Columbus Before board1ng the tra1n I V1S1t9d a skatlng rlnk owned by Mlldred Walters famous for her novel 1d9aS on skates It 1s surprlslng how fate lS br1ng1ng so many fr1ends back A cry1ng baby proved to be the f1TSt ch1ld of the former Mlss Kathleen Knecht Mary Mllano was the attendlng nurse In Toledo I found lt necessary to remake myself GO1Dg to the Beauty Salon at LaSalle s I found Eleanor Baranlloux had 0 pull my face back 1HtO shape As gosslp travels 1n beauty shops SOph1G S11 w1nsk1 has been promoted to personnel manager and Mary Matesz chlef receptlonlst Gertrude Paluszak 15 now at Lamson s tralnlng g1FlS ln thelr lovely tea room I rece1ved an 1HVltatlOH to V1S1t my Alma Mater There lo a new store at the corner of Adams nd St Cla1r Streets Ye Olde Book Shoppe 15 operated by the two VlFglD1aS Andryanczyk and Perzynsk1 A1109 S1kOTSkl does all thelr advert1s1ng In the school publlcatlon I dlscovered more news Vlfglnla Raclnowskl 15 on a Medlterranean cru1se after her many years of Cllmblng the SOC1a1 ladder V1ola Kennedy 18 the new school 11bxar1an and one of her p oudeet possess 1ons 13 Betty Carpenter s book Skatlng on the Ice of Knowledge Helen Keller 1S preparlng her famous potato salad 1D one of the ex clus1ve cafeterlas 1n town Kathleen Ames stopp d 1U for lunch one day and lt was d1SCOV8FSd she lS st1ll of a Severe cr1t1cal m1nd Tut' Tut' Betty Howard s masterp1eces are on 8Xh1blt1OH at the Art Museum Her beaut1ful d61lCaIP style has become known 1n the world oi art Down 1U the South 18 a happy l1tt1e lady who f1nally wh1s pered the word I do to a handsome spec1men from Uncle Sam s ma FIHSS She 18 Mrs Johnny Jo es nee Eleanor FFEUCIS 28 , 1 V . . 1 ' I ' l . . . S . . . , 1 1 O 7 Q 7 . , . . . ' . . y .v . A I ' + , . u n 7 '- the traditions of the store, while Betty Jean Harris is hostess in . . . . . . i .P a t. ' . .P . . . . . . . A . F - ' ' 1 vw - Q v. . . . u S . . 4 6 M H U y - D ' . ' . n ' .