Logan High School - Aerial Yearbook (Logan, OH)

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and returns to his home at long intervals, for short visits. As I was tired after my long journey and wished to have a big day on the morrow, I went to hed early, with a movie magazine to help me s go to sleep. Leafing through the pages, I found that Hollywood had claimed several of our members: Frances Donahue, Ruth Spencer, and Kate Steward all had im' portant roles in current films. Olive Mount was making short novelty reels, teaching toe dancing, hy movie. Further on were the latest Hollywood fashions worn by the stars, design' cd hy Fred Ainhrose, who had lately departed for Paris to open a dress making shop. He took with him as assistants, Ruth Wheeler and Virf ginia Goss. That's the last thing I remember until early next morning when I was awakened by a loud flatter and a voice calling, Whoa Then, hearing the thump of a milk hottle as it hit the porch, I hurried to the window to give the driver my opinion of him, but seeing it was joe Crawford, I desisted and crawled back to hed for a few more hours of sleep. After a hearty breakfast, the piece de res' sistancev of which consisted of Delicious Drinking Doughnuts, baked hy Duplcr Delieaf tesscn, owned hy Mildred Dupler, we went up town to do some shopping and get Hprettied up a hit at the beauty shop, owned and opf erated hy Lois Wildermuth and Gertrude Dieken. From here we went out to the fair ground to attend the Hocking County Fair. We were just in time for the horse races. From the prof gram I learned that one of the horses, entered, was owned by Charles MeBroom, while jack Walsh was his jockey. Then throughout the grandfstand rang a familiar voice, Popcorn! Peanuts! Ice Cream Cones and looking up I saw Charles Wonn hurrying to a customer. We next went to the Art Hall to look at the exhibits. The crowds were milling hack and forth from the Grange Display, where Miss Eloise Ralston's bluefribbon angel's food cake and Bob Brashares' prize pumpkin were dgplayed to the school exhibit where we saw a proud mother, Mrs. Floyd Walker, formerly Sarah Turner, pointing out the winning essay of her young daughter, a pupil of Winifred Rathburn, teacher in the Marion Township Centralized School. Mildred informed me that Eloise had settled down by herself to a quiet life in the country and Bob was a prosperous farmer. Floyd was also a successful farmer. Gut into the sunshine and dust again, the clang of the side show's triangle smote our ears and a pedantic stream of oratory filled the air. Of course it was John Kleinschmidt, hallyhooing the World's Greatest Side Show. We bought tickets and who but Charles Floyd took them from us as we enter' ed the tent! The famous Madame Lulli, the snake charmer turned out to he Eleanore Woodard. The next feature of the show was the tightf rope walking exhibition, whose star was jane Thurness. Next came the performing kittens owned and trained by Ruth Iles and Roberta Schaal. After the performance, we talked to Jane and Eleanore. They told us that Jane White and Irmgarde Bliss had been in their show, in a sister dance act, hut growing tired of travel had bought and were operating a large chick' en farm in Indiana. jane Van Curen, Hazel Howdyshell, and Vera Mullen were assisting them. Jane also told us she had read that Kenneth Bright was owner of a popular night club in New York City, with Jeanne Edwards head hostess and blues singer. This club featured a very classy floor show, consisting of Elizabeth Brooker, Helen Bright, Agnes Jaggi, Evelyn Steward, Josephine Vore, Amy Cheshire and Helen Moriarty. The head waiter was Bob Steward. As we were walking back uptown, we ap' proached an imposing residence with a sign swinging over the gate, Home for Retired Spinsters+Frances Bownes, Superintendent. We walked up the pathway and rang the bell, the door was opened by a maid with an en' gaging smile. It was Marion Stewart. The home was neat and eflicient, quiet and free' Twentyfthree

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CLASS PROP!-1 ECY Elizabeth Westbrook, Fourth Honor Student THIS is the year, 1953. A few weeks ago I received a letter from a former Logan High School classmate, Mildred Vandament, asking me to meet her in Columbus and to go down the Hocking Valley to the County Fair. A wave of homefsickness came over me for I hadn't been back to Logan since I was graduf ated, twenty years ago. Much can happen in twenty years, and I soon found out much had. After making arrangements for a wcek's va- cation from my position, I flew to Columbus by 2lC1'OI'1l2ll1C and met Miss Vandament, sen- ior partner in the successful law iirmnfOrr, Vandament and Moore-AttorneysfatfLaw, composed of none other than former class' mates Ruth Orr, Mildred Vandament, and Virginia Moore. We taxied to the Union Station where our baggage was taken by a porter whom we rec' ognized as Lewis Arnold. We boarded the old Hocking Valley and settled ourselves for a bit of reminiscing. We were talking so much that we noticed nothing more until a voice asked, Tickets, please, and there was Ralph Bowen, who inf formed us, in a brief chat, that he had work' ed, as conductor, for the past fifteen years and that on the train with us was Don Cox, engineer, Kenneth Beery, baggage master, and last but not least joe Gabriel, candidate for governor of Ohio, in a private coach, on his way to Chauncey to make a campaign speech, he was accompanied by his campaign man' ager, Edward Geslin. - During the course of the conversation, I learned that Jane Canty, Marguerite Ucker, and Evelyn Ruble were private secretaries to the three members of the aforementioned law firm-a strictly feminine corporation. As we traveled down the valley, I noticed no great changes until we came to Enterprise, where I saw a fine, new, three story building with a sign in large letters 'LMinnie L. Heine- Twentytwo Proprietressf' I asked Mildred, Is that by any chance our Minnie Heine? It was. Min' nie was owner of the finest department store in the valley, dealing in every commodity, and taking, in place of money, farm and dairy products which she distributed in large cities in Ohio at a good profit. By this double prof' itfmaking scheme, she was fast becoming wealthy. In her employ were many of our former friends, Elsie Clark and Josephine 'lag' gi, heads of the Ladies' Readyftofwear Depart' ment, Mary Risch, buyer for the Perfume and Cosmetics Department, Jack Baker, head of the Mcn's Clothing Department, and Flavius Appleman, in the farmfimplement section. In a few minutes, we pulled into Logan. Everyone on the platform seemed strange un' til we hailed a taxi whose driver turned out to be Richard Mann who was working for the Bouncing Busses Taxi Company, owned by Bob Brown. We requested Richard to drive around the city before taking us to the home of our host and hostess. As we passed the Athletic Field of the High School, a football game was in progress, so we stopped a while to watch the game. There was a very large crowd. Cur taxi driver informed us that Kenneth Adair was coach of Logan High while Hugh Keller was coach of the opposing team-Nelsonville. Also teaching in the old school were: Mary Glass, coach of the Girls' Basketball Team, Fannie Koontz, head of the English Literature Department, and Edward Kessler, the able and popular band instructor. Mary Weaver was principal of the Central Grade School. Next we drove to the beautiful home of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Turner, our host and hostess. Mrs. Turner, the former Lelah Rachel War- ren, had forsaken a brilliant career as conf cert pianist to become Mrs. Turner. She was a charming hostess but we were much disap' pointed at the absence of Mr. Turner, who is a traveling salesman for a large eastern firm

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dom from the masculine world was the goal of the inmates. We heard that Bob King had tried to invest part of his large fortune in the home, but having been refused, he comprof mised by making one of its former members, Rose Ann Glass, his soulfmate. The same evening our hostess entertained us with a party, inviting besides Mildred and me, Nelle Schwenke, Morton Epstein, Tom McGovern, Mack Curl and Max Keller, for an evening of bridge. This was particularly interesting, for Morton had recently placed Hrst in the International Bridge Tournament. Nelle Schwenke had run a close second and there was a slight air of animosity between them. The other three men were operators of Logan's most successful restaurant.. Eppy told us that when he was crossing the ocean to attend the bridge finals in Berlin, Bill McLaughlin was captain of his ship while Mike Graham, Clarence Guess, and Charles Keller were sailors under him. Everyone contributed to the conversation and I learned that, Mabel Blosser was study' ing art in Paris. James Guthrie and Harry Lohr had never returned from their big game expedition to the Congo, but word received from Margaret Rectenwald, a missionary there, convinced us that they were not lost nor eaten by cannibals but were enjoying the simple life of the na' tives. Pauline Engle, Dorothy Hartman, Mollie Vaughn, and Ferne Poling were operating a cooperative fruit farm in California. Florence Edwards was matron of the Vin' ton County Children's Home. I learned also that Lloyd Gompf, Harry Nihiser and Don Ohlinger had joined the forces of the Reds in Russia and were gaining power and inf fluence. Early the next morning I bid my hostess farewell and leaving Mildred to follow at a later date, I returned to my home. A few days later, on my way to work, I dropped into a photographers to have some snapshots finished and here was Harold Mat- tox, the proprietor, smiling at me. He had resided in the same city as I for many years and neither of us had known it. As I walked leisurely on to my work, ref viewing in my mind the events of the past few days, I came to the conclusion that my journey back to Logan had been not only pleasurable but altogether worth while, for, with the ex' ception of Charles McClannahan, Eugene Iviiller, and Kerwood Fickel who had disapf peared from the face of the earth by means of a rocket ship, I had gained positive informaf tion concerning every member of the class. C L A S S VV I I. I. Lelah Rachel Warren, Third Honor Student WE, the Senior Class of Logan High School County of Hocking, State of Ohio, being sound of mind and memory and having due legal power to bestow these last. few gifts and legacies upon our friends and classmates, do hereby make, publish, and declare this to be our last will and testament, acclaiming all others null and void. First: To our professors and advisers we leave our appreciation for their kindly advice and instruction. Twenty-four Second: To our successors, the members of the junior Class, we leave our superfluous knowledge and hope that they will protit by it. Third: To the Sophomore Class, we be' queath our popularity with the teachers and our methods for preparing lessons. Fourth: We leave the advice not to chew gum in Miss Frasch's classes to anyone who will use it. fIt would be best to heed it, tooj. Fifth: The Senior members of the Chemisf