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

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SENIGR PROP!-IESY Feeling slightly ill from a journey back into 1940. I decided to rest before returning to my business residence. Ah, this is life! I had had such a delightful time on my vacation that, now, trav- el was all that appealed to me. I had alvays vanted to ravel af but the opportunity has never before crossed my path One blessec night about tr we s later when ny telephone lang I almost collapsed to ear th ee o Horace He dt telling me I was the winner of th pot of 9GlG d1dn't take me lorg to pack my bags, and I was soon on my way agair Durirg my course of t avels over the countr, I was Ve tum te te meet my classmates of 1940 no score stepped on the trai tha met Miss Audrey McCleary, who was on her way to California taking advantage of her semi annual va ation While talking to Audrey found that Mercedes ElCh18F lS now the proud mother of a pair c twins and s expecting another blessed event so n My fi st stop was Cnicago where I bumped into Jane Bwrkowski private secretary to THE Mrs Alle sville of Allensvill Heights We had dinner t gether, and Jane showed me a p1ct1 e of Madelire Joe eph If you hadn t reaid Madeline is doing research wo V in Alaska and doing very well too N w York the crossroad of milliors of lives lS the hone o he ma crity of 1940 ela s o Vrcatioral gi 1 + Them Wave o cided o become care r vom n in 151 large mer opoli I lad my hair styled in ar ultra modern beautv shop hy Eva Mae Lary Jean R mu at is Personnel Directo at Macy'e and Luella Blaine has op neu her own little shop for manicuring Helen Pociesza Florence Ko and Stella Vasylyl a s re o ters on the v Vorl Illll with maxv cred its to 81' mee n fle ire: 1el e g e hleen rd V r e 11 7'WlFF a very exch sive night club with Loretta Nillf aru o u s sirg The main a t action one nib s Hwldr d nd Do 1 Floerwn with their retest inrovation ong we mo beaut 1 c othes 1 Wave ever seen were Q C LL H01 an lo voor W 1 amo iolele e x M A one Th r ary Christian Ruth Karl Cha.lotte hawacku tl c a hae Wilczynsli is 4ergares Veilan 1 at ell known Hollywood d sig er, was h ie fox a short Vlolb at The same time I was 29 W 1 ,- . -1 I ' t ar, . 1 ' -A A s . . , nies week - ' t .s in J , , - s h f e vols, 1 1 , ' f 1 s e D . It ' 1 c - 1. ' - - -L 1 - s ' 1 I' . 1, ' , c .. .. of' fs. -J .J s L 1 .e . I . . r ct M 1 'n n I . s , N '- c . ' -' . , I ' ' ' 1 , . 11 ' if . 4 . A , .L .1 -A f .W V .. Y g . . L 5 A - 2, 3 r t H 'H . -1 nr e . s o o e ' :rs s 1 s- , V . . I. EA . Q 1 , I as , ' . , . 3 , .. 1 , I f I, ' ' f' ' s. ' U. 1 1 J, T - s 1 1 . r s. aos, of Jima . . .os t e e J .e 3. s I . s ,r s, l A A - . A, 1. , :sl , ' .. . S . S . . F -7 . Q , Y s . - . s . s s.s . 1 . . , ' ry, f., v' .- , 1 .. m,,- . 1 ' -- w s - c ein p r e hen - -5 1 3'.e . 1 . M . . . ar Q. A tn - nas s 1 11- l-,s ary 1-s-o. 1- ! 1 ,- -' - , ' --1, -. ' Tn, Lol ah twins, Kat -ss era he 1 , f 1 1t+f 1, , , . 1 Jr s e ' - ' L -'s 1 Jr as their fe,,.red I ec trver. ' -z- .A ' . ', ' Yf ,.1. s. 4' ' - - .1 s . ,., 1 . Iht wa. 1 -eu na.ny ai. 1.s f s - g .' ' . ,-. ' ' T7 F1 ll VL- 'D 1 1 n vs .. ' , the La o sa. Tn, st ,s 1lu1 l H' c I 1'v s -. , 1 worn at the lx' - 'g. . J V hier. ' ' 1 J. .H - : ., .,-1. .' . H ,. - A .. Q witi tie moss 1 . us mer--- in N w Yci. Cit, t1e.e. m -g ,nes meie ' ' . 1 , .' ,A ' 5- 1 : M - e , t , 1 r t+s s, ., . 1 e R t.-.. an, Irene . - ,. . , I . .H T A . m - . M-ss Lu ,.-' .s 1 t, ,h, M, - . V .. 1 e gr 0 of' - 'r- . ' ' rv .s , . h-. . .

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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 ' .

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My next stop was Hollywood where Irene Kertes w1th her beautl SENIOR PROP!-IESY Becomlng exhausted wlth the SOClal whlrl on the advlce oi New York s lead1ng soclety flgure the former Mlss Marle Obarskl I de clded to rest at the Thompson Ranch 1U Nevada The owners Mary Jane and Mary Loulse dld everyth1ng 1n the1r power to make me comfort able They even had Patrlcla Roach nstruct me 1U the art of horse back rldlng Between Pat and the horse I dldn t do oO badly ful skln and brown eyes has become the envy of lots Actlng as Mlss Kertes s secretary and frlend, Paullne Sulllvan whlle Florence Boguckl half 813yl1ST' In San FFaHC1SCO I found that Alcena Roth had opened an Escort Bureau w1th Lorralne Pease two of thelr best patrons My v1s1t to the Natlon s Capltal 1S one whlch I get It lmpressed me emotlonally and stlrred me every actress on thc COTpaD1OU lS her old 15 her dlstlngulshed and and Margorle McKerna V1Tg1Nla Zoll as shall never for to depfhs I had never before belleved to be posslble I met Jeannette Krantz 1D the Llncoln Memorlal She 1S secretary to the Senator from Oh1o There was now one more thlng for me to see the qulr uplets IH Canada The1r governess 1S M1ss Teresa Kovacs and part of the pur pose of my v1s1t was to see her We had a lov ly chat about old frlends She told me that Stella GOFDIQP 13 marr1ed to a Canadlan fur trapper and 1S Wfltlng a book comparable to one of 39 s best sellers Wllderness Wlfe Marlan Ma16HflSCh 1 OfflC6 manager f r the Safe Canadlan Bus l1nes and I renewed my fr1endsh1p w1th her as I walted for a bus for home that nlght On the bus I met another 1940 classmate of mlne Mrs Louls Molnar formerly M1ss Jane Stawlnskl She and her two chlldren were COm1Dg home to spend the week end wlth her parents We planned a dlnner date for the next evenlng crawled 1n bed as soon a I reached home and lep all f next day waklng up only to answer the telephone WYlCh to my b1tte1 d1sappo1ntment was only the alarm clock rlngl g and oh darn thls dream' 50 . , . . . . . . - 1 I , ' I ' - . . 4 . .- . I . . . , F . , . , - v - . . , . . . . , , . . . , L , , L, . . . . . . , . . . . . U . . . . . + , -9 Au I A- - . . D . ., , - t . . . , , H . . H . . . .F . 9 - 0 O , . 3 9 ' 9 ' - - X . . 3 . , ,., , 9 . rw 4- I s A . s rt .- th , I I. I ' . . F . .H ,-- 9 .