Mechanic Arts High School - M Yearbook (St Paul, MN)

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THE 'nun moon. Dining with them were MILTON KAUFMAN, world renowned ora- torg RUTH REHAK, song writer, JAMES REICHOW, America's greatest trombonist, ELLA MAE LUEDKE, New York teacher of harmony, and her partner, MILDRED QUADE. Of course, the trip to New York would not be complete without a visit to Greenwich Village. They came to a huge, barn-like studio owned by MARIE MOONEY, and heard sounds of revelry so they entered and discov- ered a party of temperamental '29 graduates who were celebrating the return of GORDON BEAR from Europe where he had sung before the Crowned Heads. REGINA BLACKOWSKI and DOROTHY WHITBECK were there. They are now famous short-story writers. LAURA FROST, IRENE AMOS, THELMA HOIVIK and ARLENE MERRILL, Broadway actresses, were dis- cussing their favorite plays, GRACE KNACK and EMILY COOK have formed the corporation Knack to Cook. LEON BERMAN, saxophonist, played for the party. HENRY CASSELIUS, bustling politician, was round- ing up votes. His publicity manager, AULDEN CULLENS, was with him. Two mathematics profs., SANFORD FALBAUM and ARTHUR STOECK- MAN, came to the party to take some recreation from the grind of teaching math in New York high schools and to meet their former classmates. The morning after the visit to Greenwich Village the tourists left for London. They arrived there the following morning and were immediately lost in the fog. They finally located a bobbie and found him to be LOUIS ALTMAN. He directed them to the head of Scotland Yard, MARVIN COX. IRVING BERNSTEIN, Marvin's right-hand man, very obligingly directed the now bedraggled group to the HKIMBALLH hotel. LAURA made her fortune as a coat model and went into the hotel business as a side line. After a re- freshing nap, the party went to RICHARD ALLEN'S broadcasting station where Richard is head broadcaster. PAUL DERAGISH and BYRON NOR- LANDER, the two red crows, were on the air. Their number is listened to all over the world. Then Richard announced a talk on Chemistry in the Home by GERALD FRANKE. Gerald gave as an example of the perfect home, the house of MARJORIE BLANK, nee SJOBERG, the leader of Lon- don's 4'Smart Set, On their way out they found EUNICE HANDSCHUH waiting to give a lecture on A'Woman's Place in Politics. In the afternoon, the group went to a baseball game played by the All- American Team versus the All-English Team. The whole All-American Team was made up of M. A. 1929 graduates. The shortstops were DOMI- NIC PERIZINO and SIDNEY SWADEN: right iield, BLAINE WALL: left field, HARVEY PETERSENQ center field, MATHIAS FITZGIBBONS: third base, EDWARD FAYED3 second base, WILLIAM ROYCEQ first base, PAUL SAUBER: pitcher, RAY REIBESTEIN: catcher, JOHN HOISER: substi- tute, KENNETH HEDBERG. The chief trainer was GORDON VARS. The whole was managed by TOM DONAHUE, and financed by MARCEL- LA GRABOWSKI. MARIE REHBERGER was selling delicious pies, made by GRACE GORVIN, and popcorn grown by CRYSTAL GRAHAM on her model farm. After the baseball game the tourists went to one of England's famous steeple chases. MARIE CAPETZS jockey, PETER BOOS, was riding one of MYRNA CARLSON'S famous thoroughbred horses. RUTH FLOWERS and JENNIE FORSEEN were discussing RUSSELL GROH'S horse, Shot Put, while ELEANORE HAGBERG and RALPH PULKRABEK rode up to greet the tourists. After the Steeple chase they went to the famous Wimbledon Tennis Matches and found FRANK ALLGREEN star of the day, with LEONARD Page Twenty-four

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T II If M M China in connection with a travel film. She had just completed her third' world tour with MARGARETHA BUNDE as companion. BERTHA BRAVERMAN was featured with her orchestra. Among other hits they played a new song by RUTH LARSON, who has taken Irving Berlin's place in popularity. MARGARET LEIENDECKER was the pianist, SYLVIA FRANK, the saxophonistg EVANGELINE LARSON, the violinist. MA- RIAN ROSSBACH was in a tumbling act. Marian had taken up tumbling after being valedictorian as she was tired of being so brilliant. On leaving the theater they purchased some ice cream and found it to be manufactured by CARMELITA ASMUSSEN, who valued her company so much that ESTHER ANDERSON, president of an insurance company, found her easy to sell insurance to. Their appetites not being appeased they stopped at ANGELA HODGMAN'S Hhot dog stand, and consumed no less than seven hot dogs apiece, Of course, they felt queer after this so they located a hospital and were attended to by doctors PAUL LARSON and HAROLD ELWOOD, while LILLIAN BERGMAN and VIOLET ERICKSON, nurses, took their temperatures. When the crowd felt able to walk around again, they went through the hospital. In a private room filled with flowers, they saw ABRIELA MARCUM. She was suffering with a broken leg incurred by a fall from her horse. In the next room was GEORGE EORZLEY who had broken his collar bone trying to get to work on time: ALFRED ADAM, who is a bicyclist, and had fallen off his bike after winning the six-day's race: CHARLES MCMURRAY, who was having his throat treated, as he is Speaker of the House of Representatives, and his voice had deserted him. He was con- versing on his fingers with his nurse, HILDA ECKLUND. JAMES OLIVER was amusing the chronic patients with a chalk talk and finally was removed by Dr. LOUIS ODESSKY because one patient got a choking spell from laugh- ing. GEORGE COLAIZY'S drugs were used extensively in the hospital. After leaving the hospital, the tourists went to their plane and left for New York. Upon arriving in New York they were met by ART CHRIS- TENSON, the high pressure saleman, who meets all incoming planes in order to sell his bonds. Their next shock came when WAYNE PETERSON, a big political boss of New York, greeted themg his partner is ARTHUR HOCH- BAN, the champion talker of New York. Starting for Broadway, they stopped at a clothing store run by PAUL BERNSTEINg EREDA SCHULZE is his crack saleswoman and MARGUER- ITE SCHENK his stenographer. BURNEY THOEN, an expert accountant, was checking over Marguerite's books. while DORIS SWAN tried to sell Paul some of JUDITH SMOLIK'S dresses. Tired, the travelers adjourned to MAMIE EIORITO'S hotel. Mamie greeted them personally. RALPH KENNEDY, GEORGE SCHNEIDER and HENRY JOHNSON were the pee-Wee bellhops who showed them to their rooms. On leaving the elevator they met JOHNNIE MAE BLAKE and ORA JONES who were doing settlement work. The party sat around discussing the latest scandal. They were highly interested as ELLA MAE VAN DYKE'S husband, Count Roon, had been im- prisoned for larceny, stealing two cases of dill pickles as he liked them so, and his lawyer was ELSIE PETERING. They left the discussion in mid-air and went to dinner. They were conducted to their table by ITALO BERTINI, the proprietor. Two of the party decided to dance to the music of JOHN DOUG- LAS' orchestra, and BENJAMIN STERNOVSKY received loud applause for a saxophone solo. They saw JOSEPH EOLDOE, now a retired millionaire. At the table next to him sat MYRTLE NELSON, who was on her honey- Page Twenty- three

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THE M HERMAN as close second. They played a set of doubles against EDWARD DAVIS and ROMAN SNELL. The match was a tie. On returning to their hotel the party decided to leave for Paris to see the great Paris Ladies' Doubles. MARGET ESCH and DOROTHY LUND- BERG were playing an exciting match against ESTHER HARDY and MIL- DRED ANDERSON. Margaret and Dorothy won the match. The judge, BERNICE ANDERSON, recently married to a millionaire, awarded the trophy. RALPH BARNES and BORGNY BERNSTEIN gave speeches on The Trials and Tribulations of Tennis Playing. From the tennis match the party went to ELEANOR JOHNSON'S Pe- kin Road Housef' And from there the tourists adjourned to the Latin Quar- ter. They discovered JUSTUS SEELEY studying to be a saxophone artist. FLORA WHITBECK was taking a course in writing at the Sorbonne in order to write the 'iGreat American Novel. WILLIAM STAMESHKIN and ROSE DOYLE are aspiring poets. ROBERT GUTZMAN and BERNARD HAGMAN are studying public speaking. Rose said she heard from MARY CULLINEY who is in Russia studying the language with the intention of teaching it later on. KASPAR BERLINE is now a famous actor, and his leading lady, CECILE CHAPMAN, often comes to the Quarter with WIN- THROP BLACKBURN, Gordon Craig's successor as a scenery designer, MARGARET BARNHART also travels with Cecile, as wardrobe mistress. After leaving the Latin Quarter the party went for a walk and happening on a church decided to attend. CORDULA CLOETER was in the pulpit giving a sermon on 'iBrotherly Love and Affection in the Home. WILLIAM CONRAD and THELMA DORLAND were having a heated debate in the back of the church. Finally, GEORGE MARTIN, the head usher, requested them to leave. JULIA OLSON, the organist, played Home Sweet Home, while AUDREY LIBBY sang. After leaving the church, the party returned to the landing field and de- parted for Germany. They arrived an hour later in Berlin and were greeted by JOHN LEWIS, now dictator of Germany. A telegram was handed to Eleanor. Upon reading it, she discovered it was from CARL PETTIJOHN who wanted assistance in getting out of prison where he was put for writing free verse. SUE LEW, now a great commercial artist, had just arrived to study German art. FRED KOCH, the mayor of a small community town, gave them the key to the city, and ROBERT KOCH was their personal escort. Robert took them to the HOFF Laboratories where REGINA HOFF is the manager, and KATHERINE KEMP, her assistant. They went to LOUIS SELBIN'S Beer Gardens, where FRIEDA FRIEDMAN discussed the worries of a housekeeper with MABEL HOLM- GREN. ELEANOR BARTZ, in a far-removed corner, was teaching the stolid Germans the intricacies of the Bartz Strut. MARGARET CODY had come to visit the famous gardens and rest, after having won a speed skating contest in Switzerland. ERNEST FEURST was refreshing himself with the famous beer. after his strenuous canoe trip up the Rhine. On flying over Poland, they saw GERTRUDE FROEHLINGSDORF, Dictator, riding to review her troops: the Captain of the troops was RUTH FIEDLER. HARRIET ERICKSON, the drum major, was swinging her stick in a fancy manner. LUCIA DUSTIN rode with the Dictator, disclosing all her beauty secrets to the Dictator. FRANCES DRUCKER, also riding in an official car, is the Kingdom's head seamstress. The beautiful Public Library in Warsaw is cared for by HARRY FA- GRIE, head librarian. MINNIE DENNISON has become very popular in Warsaw when she founded her Home for the Blind and Lame Mice. Page Twenty-live