Norwalk High School - Reminiscentiae Yearbook (Norwalk, CT)

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tered the coming out of 1nany of her girls. Stanley told me that Maylah Sco- field was running a millinery store next door and that she made all her hats and was patronized by Ella Ilorwath and Doris Loudon who had long since become happy wives and I was not sttrprised since these two had always been so agree- able and willing to make concessions, which I hold is the secret of how to be happy though married. In going out. I remarked about the loveliness of a bench and I was informed that it was made by Angelo Maruco, who had always been such a wonder at Manual Training and his business was so large that he had employed Dorothy Mctiregor. Maud Sherlock, Marguerite Pennington and Anna VValsh as secretaries. I left the store and ambled down to South Norwalk. As I passed the newly erected gymnasium I encouniered Marion King and Helen Saunders who were physical instructors, and showed me through the gymnasium. The instructors were teaching a class of girls how to shin in a lady-like manner. Then I was interested to see if there were any improvements in the school and there cer- tainly were. l noticed particularly several pencil sharpeners in each hall and there was a great variety of notices on the bulletin and they were quite differ- ent from our days. I found in the basement I.eo VVilliams, who was now a most successful fruit dealer and his success was due to the fact that the High School lunch palronized him to the extent of half a dozen bananas a day. I found that two of tny classmates were members of the faculty. Helen XNood was a his- tory teacher and when I spoke to her she informed me of a few of her own principles of teaching, the main one of which was lenient marking. The demerit sysiem had been given up and in its place a more modern system. A disciplin- arian took charge of all those students who needed reformation and Abe VVein- sock now held this position. I had no doubt he was successful for if I retnem- bered rightly he must have known the way of miscreants. Gladys Norris was an expert accountant and was in charge of the extensive business carried on at the lunch-counter. Eleanor Jenks was school nurse and took care of all the girls when they were wounded at basketball. The only thing she could 11Ot cure was at certain kind of heart disease always prevalent at the N. H. S. I noticed thai the estate across the street had been established as a place of business. At the gate was an electric sign- Beauty Parlorsf' I decided to go over to this building to see it, not because I felt that I was in need of any of their treaiment, but I had always wanted to sec if any men ever went to the various beauty shops. As I went in the door, my curiosity was satisfied. Edward -lellitf came toward me with his hair marcelled. VVhen I asked him what was his business he informed me that he was still engaged in escorting Charlotte Ketzinger home as he did of yore. Wltile we were speaking, a well-dressed girl with prety eyes came towards me. Un closer observation it proved to be Mildred Price. whose joy was unbounded at seeing me. I learned from her that she, Eudora Hyatt and Eva Russell owned the shop. Mil took charge of the eye department, and if she turned out members with their eyes looking as hers always did, I felt assured they were satished. Eudora and Eva took charge of the hair department. Eva's specialty was bobbed hair. She further en- Eighty-six

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It-4 5-1-aff I . I G' ' and Ella Middlebrook were conductorettes on the Cannondale trolley line, which ran from the station into the wilds of that place. Ella and Edith, I felt sure, were quite satisfied since they always had hated to walk to the station. Bill Young, I learned, had long since come into estate in England, and along with his title of Lord he wore a monocle and dropped his h's. I left the place and walked as far as the Boston store when what should reach 1ny ears but the sound of a woman's voice and I saw before me an immense crowd. Pushing my way through the crowd I recognized Emma Wells and Alma Lycett. Emma was speaking on XVoman Suffrage while Alma was enlisting those who were in favor of it. These two had taken up a worthy cause and I prayed that they might succeed and that Emma might some day be mayor of Rowayton. Some one next to me said, There's Brien McMahon over there. Hels the politician who's so famous. Why, that man'll be President before we know it. But every- body says that every once in a while he yells, 'I want order., Iid like to know what makes him do itf' Smiling to myself I thought, Brien hasn't gotten over the effect of the Senior meetings, as his habit showed. Near him stood Leo Stull taking notes of E.'s speech. Eager to find out what he was doing I asked my neighbor who told me that Leo was manager of The Hour, and that at one time he had written up the High School notes for that very same paper. 'fIt was great how some fellows advanced, added my enlightener. Having learned all I cared to, I decided I would buy some book for read- ing in my spare time. I went in and, picking up one book, I read, The Diary of a Nature Loverl'-Doroihy Wells. Oh, how well I remembered how Dot had enjoyed Nature and how her ability to write of the same had won her many good marks. Another book which attracted my attention was How I Steadily Rose in Latin'-by Donald Fairchild. What a fitting book for Donald to write, lthought. When I came out, a circus poster caught my eye. One picture showed two girls holding hands, called t'The Uriginal Siamese Twinsf' Martha Hamilton and Florence Mitchell. The next was a picture of a fat lady with this, See the Fat Lady, Weighs 320 lbs.YMargaret McMahon. The next pic- ture was a picture of a lady with hair disheveled and dress untidy, she was called Untidy Tillie, and underneath was Hilda Muth. The next showed a picture of a pretty girl, The One and Only Man-Hater, Rose Serkef' The last was the picture of two giants called the Human Titans, their stage names were Mary Weinstock and Raymond Sherwood. I couldn't help but think that each person was so well classed. , Next door to the book store was the Norwalk Boot Shop, which I entered. The salesman who came towards me was a tall, dark man and proved to be no other than Stanley XN'ilson. I remembered the time that Stanley had worked at this store and had given me size SM shoe for a size 8. He told me that Elethea W'ebb was his partner and that he considered her an advantageous tix- ture since her very small feet attracted the customers, Before I left I found that Marcia Godfrey and Judith Thompson were managing a private school which was situated in a very favorable location near a school where all the boys wore sheepskins. Marcia conducted the young ladies' department and minis- Eighty-hve

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lightened me, they had chosen this site for the shop to accommodate the members of the N. H. S., both faculty and students. At her advice I decided to take a trip to Roton Point, where she assured me many of my acquaintances would be found. As I rode through South Main Street I noticed a sign- Insurance Co.-- Rose Lynchfl So Rose had adyanced to owner of an insurance company after having served as clerk. At Roton I stepped off the car. I almost ran over a wheelchair with a man in it who seemed slightly familiar. Pushing the chair was a young woman who proved to be Marguerite Davis. I learned from her that the man in the chair was Franklyn Cleverley who had not as yet recovered from lns strenuous labors in behalf of the Senior class. In fact, he was so run down that he was unable to shake hands with me. Marguerite had served in capacity of nurse for a number of years. She told me that there were a number of my classmates at the beach, so I proceeded there, and indeed there were a number of them. In passing by the baseball grounds a game in action caught my eye, and what seemed strange was that men and women were playing together. As I got to the lot the game had ceased, so I was able to make out some of the players. Alex N aggy was there and seemed to have played a good game, judging from the remarks which I heard. I saw Catherine Clifford and Pearle Rosenthal in baseball togs and from them I learned that they were members of the VVomen's Champion Baseball Team and that they were both in the limelight. I could easily see how both thesegirls could be champions with the bat and ball. Pearle told me that Luella Finch was a singing teacher at the Yale Music School and I rejoiced, for Luella had always had a strong desire to be near Yale and I prayed that she considered herself near enough now. After leaving them I proceeded to the beach. I saw a young woman rush- ing about from one to another, asking them questions and jotting them down. I marvelled at this since the girl was Olive NVebb and for Olive to hustle was quite unusual. I learned from a child at my side that she was a census agent and that this form of collecting data saved for her much time, but how she did it was more than I could fathom out. At one side of the beach was a man and woman arguing very strenuously and had attracted quite a crowd. Going nearer I found that the man was Frank Robinson, the well known socialist, and that he was trying to convince Marion Collins, a successful elocutionist, that what was hers was his and vice versa and he seemed to be having quite a time from what I saw. Near them was a man with a Corona typewriter, taking down the speech that my socialist classmate was delivering. He was Anthony Charity, an expert typist. and if he was anything like he was at school, I could wager that the only noise he made was while he was typing. I glanced out to the float and there in a bathing suit I saw a young woman acting very dramatic. I couldn't make it out so I hired a canoe and paddled out. The girl was Evelyn Harris and she told me that she was practising for her latest drama which she had coni- posed. This one, she admitted, was best of all. Evelyn always had been a bug- bear on drama. XVhy, I remembered plainly how Eva used to make up dramas and act them out in a room by herself. It sure was funny. From her I learned Eighty-seven