Kendallville High School - Kay Aitch Ess Yearbook (Kendallville, IN)

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CLASS PR ESTHER .J FRANKS M D EYE EAR NOSE AND THROAT SPECIALIST 324 S MAIN ST HARTFORD seo San Francisco Cal June S 1924 My dear Mass Pandora I receaved your letter a few days ago askmg mformataon as to the whereabouts of our graduatang class of 1914 of the Kendallvalle Hagh School I am glad Indeed to tell you what I know of them Some I haweseen recently whale othersl have heard of through letters and through thear acqu aantances l suppose you know of my recen traaels an Europe In goang from San Francasco to New York I made sea eral stops to vasat fraends Durmg thas lattle trap and also durmg my European travels I had the pleasure of meetang many of I stopped hrst an Denver to vasat my cousm Denver as a very beautaful and wealthy caty for many men h ave become rach through the mmes an that p art of the country I spent most of my tame saght seeing One day whale walkang along one of the mam streets I happened to glance up at asagn hangang an a staarvway Ihe sagn read O H Imes Attorney I ammedaately began to wonder af at could possably be Orlo and curaous to know I ascended the st aars Sure enough here was Orlo as happy and hearty as ever I have heard sance that he as consadered one of the most prosperous lawyers of the caty I was rather surprased to Gnd Orlo an thas professaor for I always thought he was fond of farmang I learned from ham that Mable Pappenger was also an the caty so the next day I found her She as head nurse an the Lakesade Hospatal She says she enaoys her work and expects to have a better posataon soon I thought she looked rather than and somewhat older than she dad the last tame I saw her The next stop I made was an Chacago where I remamed only a OPI-IECY d ay and naght for I vs as anxaous to arraac an Neva York sex eral days before the steamer left ln tlae cacnang my fraends and I went to Palace vahach as a good a audevalle theatre Ihe first number was movang pactures Whom should I behold as the heroane an thas photo pl ay but I ucale W arble' She looked xery natural and 1 heard that she as rapadly advancing an the movang pacture vaorld as she as an exceptaon ally good actress Ithought that as I was goang darectly through Kendallvalle I ought to stop and at least walk about the old famalaar town Ihas I dad and found many changes h ad taken place an the last ten years Among the amprovements as a beautaful new Hagh School bualdmg whach stands on the opposate sade of the street from the old one It has a large concert h all a fane gymn asaum and swammang pool Alva Geiger as now pastor of the Baptast Church and they say makes a fine manaster He as m arraed and has two chaldren Iheard that she who used to be Bessie Day as now left a wadow wath four small chaldren She naarraed a man lavang an Wolcottvalle who daed about a year ago It as reported however that she has mten taons of marryang agaan very soon I reached New York Laty M ay 10th and h ad aweek to spend an waewang the caty I washed to attend all the good concerts and the aters whale there and I dad enaoy them At one concert gaven by the best musacal talent of the caty I was greatly surprased On the programme one number read thus Selectaons from Grand Opera by Madame Varganaa M arae Eckhart accompanaed by Madame Erma M arguerate Lohman I dad not thank much about at untal they ap peared when to my great delaght I beheld my old fraends Joyce and Henrietta They appeared on the stage amad a roar of applause Ihey were evadently greatly apprecaated for each receaa ed beautaful bouquets of roses at the close of thear number I felt very proud of them andeed They wore beautaful gowns and managed thear trams xery gracefully At the close ofthe concert I went back ofthe scenes and we had a good vasat speakmg mostly about our Hagh School days Madame Eckhart antends devotang all ofher tame to Grand Opera gavang no more recatals whale Madam Lohman antends to return to Germany an order to resume her musacal educataon Whale an New York I washed to make several purchases I dad most of my shoppmg an Randall and Sherman s department store I notaced passang through the store a very portly gentleman wearang I Y I - v1 W 1 V. 1 I 'I . l ' ' 'I V I 1 ' F ' ' l X l I i X X X 'L . - X ' I 1 ll Y, I u 1 ri ' ' ' 7 I YI 1 1 C s K C L s ' 4 .1 x 1 1 1 ' x ' ICE r-aounssaoaz so aoouoo , ,' , , , , , ,, K A L n V K L u ,' 1 , 1 1 1 1 's ' ' . I 1 H K, c c c . Y 1 N I 1 ' 1 1 1 ' ' . ' 1 1 Q I I I 4 I . 1 I V I N I u u I I I . , 1 . I '. ' ' G 1 . . 1 1 . H 1 K 1 I. L , , n u 1 u Q Q Q I 2 ' . . C. 1 K 1 I u I T u Q s n I I V 1 i 1 . L - L ,- . . , ' l Y my former classmates. - ' . ' ' 1 1 1 1' . 1 '1 ' . ' ' - ' 1 s 1 n 1 . . . . c , 4. 1 . u Q u Q Vi n ' 1 y i 1 1 I 1 V1 ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' I ' L . C s . C K L I C , . . , . 1 c 1. 4 . 4 ' u u ' i 4 ' In X I v ' ' , 1 , 1 1 1 . v . 1. . . . . '- 2 4 ' ' - - ' . 1 A 1 , 1 ' 1 ' 1 1 1 1 ' 1 . 2 ' ' 55 ' yy i 1 . . . . , 1 1 ,

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1 tIll sIlk II It Ind e1rryIng It ne He Impressed me so mueh that I Isked my frIend yyho he yy IQ Ind she SIILI Mr Wallaee Sherman one of tIIe owners of the store By thIs tIme he turned Iround Ind I reeomzed my old Il'lCI'lLI W Ill Ice When I spoke to hIm he seem eel gl Id to see me He sud he h 1d I most hIppy home on PIfth Ayenue He very kIndly InyIted me out to meet hIs WIIC but IS I II Id m Ide other Irrangements I h 1d to declIne the InvItItIon Ihe dIy before my departure when I was buymg my steamer tIeket I met Harold Shauek He told me he has I very good POSI tIon on the LIke Shore R Illroad He lIves In Clevel Ind Ind every d IW m Ikes a trIp to New York Clty I had been on our shlp Itaha but two days when I notIced an old lady wIth her attendant Somehow the VOICE of the Ittendant sounded famIlI Ir but I h1d no OPPOYIUHIIY oflookmg her squarely In thef1ee But that very ey enmg she sIt near me on deck and then I reeogmzed I UIIC Beeker She h Id been compamon to thIs wealthy thatday we spent many pleasant hours together whlle the old lady rested One day whIle at sea a guIde took us over the entlre shIp and explamed every thmg to us WhIle dolng thIs we were Introduced to our CaptaIn whom we recognI7ed as our old frlend Fred Baughman He told us how he loy ed the ocean and that he had gradually rIsen untIl he became captaIn I espeelally enjoyed vIsItIng London that wonderful TTIGIIOPOIIS I SDIIQ of Its SIZG II,Sg'I'IIT'lI19SS and dampness It Ib very Interestlng Iwlsh ed to Vlblt the House of Pa1lIament and dId thIs a few days before leay Ing We had made the rounds through the bulldlngs and were about to leave when someone touched me on the arm I turned and beheld Mary DeVoe' She InvIted us to IemaIn to a lecture whlch she was golng to de lIyer that afternoon to the House of Commons You know that she IS famous as a leadel IH socIal SCIVICQ work I am sure her speech made an Impresslon upon the House We yIsIted seyeral cItIes In Germany before goIng to the capItal but arranged to spend the longest tIme In Berlln The famous UnIversIty of Berlm IS wonderful we spent a whole day In X1SltlI'1g'lt I was Indeed surprlsed to f1nd Arnold MQTICH studyIng there I met hIm comIng out of one of the buIldIngs as we were gomg IH He now nas the degrees of A M LL D and wIll soon get hIs Ph D He very kIndly showed us around the grounds Spectacles excepted he seemed to be the same Arnold that I knew In K H S PHTIS that cIty wIth a hIstory but nevertheless a cIty whlch leads In IIS art scIence and love of the beautIful could not be overlooked We spent two yery happy weeks there VlSltlng places of hIstorIcal Interest drIvIng on Its beautlful boulevards and last but not least lookIng In ltS stores and exclusIve shops I thought I must haye one gown made by a I-'arIsIan IIIPSSYTIHICQI I was dIrected to an establlshment on one of the fashIonable streets In answer to nIy PINK a maId ushered me IHIO a re ceptIon room whIch was yery elegantly furmshed In a few mlnutes a lIttle lady came tflpplng In dressed In the latest fashlon Upon arlslng to meet he1 I came face to face wlth MIldred France or Madamoselle I' rance as she lb known In Parls She seemed glad to see me and we talk ed oyer the many good tImes we used to haye In K H S She made my gown and I was greatly pleased To me Swltzerland IS the most beautlful country whIch we yIsIted Its snow covered Alps IIS pretty lakes ltS qualnt people are all yery fascmatmg As you know the lIttle town of Altorf lb famous because of the legend of Wllhelm Tell Asl was yIewIng the Tell Monument I notlced a man taklng movIng plctures upon drawIng near whom should I see but the PresIdent of our Semor Class Doc OtIs He was taklng DIC tures for the Howe s MOIIOH PIcture Co Of course we mentIoned how many tlmes we had heard about thIs town when we studled WIlhelm Tell In Semor German and It seemed strange that we should both be there at the same tIme days we made trIps from the Clty of Calro to the yarlous l1IstorIcal ruIns One day a large party of tourlsts left the clty and when reachIng the edge of the desert we all mounted camels We were on our way to the PyramIds DurIng the Journey I happened for a whIle to be rIdIng be Slde an elderly gentleman yery dIstInguIshed looklng A lady was only about two yards away on the other sIde of hIm but at the tlme I dId not notIce her We spoke a few words regardmg the trIp and at the s Iund of my YOICC the lady approached me Iwas Indeed surprIsed to recog nlze my Old frIend MarIe WhItford She Immedlately Introduced the elderly gentleman as her husband I understand that he IS Presldenf of ChIcago UnIye1sIty and that he became yery much Interested In MarIe whIle she was attendIng the UHIVQYSIIQ He IS a wealthy nIan and dur Ing hIs leave of absence they we-Ie takIng thIs pleasuxe tIIp Marle says that LIIIIQ Pleper has a yery responsIble posIt1on as Inter preter for a large manufacturlng company IH ChIe-ago and Ib doIng yery we1l Indeed She sees her quIte often Once IH a whlle I see Earl Kern f0l he llyes here In San FrancIsco I see hIs cartoons IH the papeI near ly eyexy day foI he IS carteomst for one of the leadIng newspapels of the cIty I heaI that t1ladysHarpe1 has marIIed a westerner and IS now lIyIng on an alfalfa ranch In the central paItof CalIfornIa near Stockton That IS not a great dIstance fI om here and I hope I may haye the opportunIty of seeIng her some t1me Now I thlnk I have meHtlOH9d the whereabouts and occupatIons of all of my classmates and I hope thIs satIsfIes your curloslty Yours truly ESTHER FRANKS I ' ' 'zez Q 12 . . . , -, ' -' .' 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