Perrysburg High School - Black and Gold Yearbook (Perrysburg, OH)

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PFIRRYSBURG HIGH SCHOOL 25 Next I was in the Court House and would you believe that Frank Bayer was there as a lawyer pleading the case of Madeline McGee for a breach of promise against a near relative of John D, Rockefeller. Again the scene changed. I was in the midst of a railroad accident trying to assist in rescuing the injured passengers. Suddenly an ambu- lance train arrived and no sooner had it stopped when a doctor, quick and alert, alighted, followed by a white-clad nurse. I was quick to per- ceive the relief brought to the patients by this sagacious physician, but it was not until later that I caught a glimpse of his face. How he resembled Leo Dibling. Then I noticed his height and black hair and this second glance told me that this man not only resembled our class president ibut was really Leo. I then turned my attention to the hgure at his side who without faltering carried out his orders and I could scarce believe my eyes when I saw Frances Hall. During the two or three hours I was compelled to wait before con- tinuing my journey I walked over to a nearby farm house in the hop-e of refreshing myself with a drink of water. As I walked up to the pump the door of the house opened and a woman followed by three darling little children appeared and as she handed me a cup I recognized Mabelle Reneger. My travels next led me through sunny Alabama. Hundreds of acres of fertile and well tilled soil rose in my vision. It was thrilling to note how beautifully nature had adorned this land and yet not nature alone, for man's hands and mind were necessary to make it what it had just re- cently become, and you will be interested to know that the hands and mind referred to were those of a scientific farmer, named Merlin Sheldrick. Merlin was doing work on such a large scale that it was necessary for liim to employ Leslie Porter, an expert accountant to keep his books. Soon I found myself glancing up and down the columns of a Florida newspaper and the following ad caught my eye: Miss Eleanor Lownsbury opens a class in swimming Oct, 1. Those wishing to enter call at 223 East Glendale, Palm Beach, Below this was another ad as follows: Mary Fuller-Manicurist 613 Lake Drive, Palm Beach. Hours 8 to 10 and 2 to 4. How I ever got into a little red school-house way out in ai rural dis- trict of Arkansas is a conumdrum to me, but I had by this time become so accustomed to unexpected things that when I heard the children call their teacher Miss I-Iufford I took it as a natural course of events and laughed to myself as I contrasted her to the Vera of 1921. Soon the door of the school-room opened and a tall man with red hair hurried into the room. He was introduced to me as Mr. Braun, the superintendent, but his nose glasses, moustache and dice hat had quite deceived me and it was not until I connected his name with his person- ality that it dawned upon me that this was Charles Braun. Isn't it queer how circumstances sometimes deal so fortunately with us? This fact was impressed upon me when I was in a restaurant in Denver, Colorado. It was crowded with people and the only unoccupied place I could find was at a table where a woman sat alone. As I went to fill this one vacancy I came face to face with Leone Deem, who was now an efficient stenographer. Our conversation was mostly of the days we

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24 THE ORACLE Class Prophecy I have often wondered what the Future held in store for the Seniors of 1921 but when it had been revealed to me in a dream I became anxious to know if dreams ever come t1'ue. It was election night in Philadelphia, I was among the throngs of people who were scurrying to and fro, excited and impatiently waiting for the last returns which would make known our next president, At last they came, and I stood astonished and overwhelmed at the hundreds of people who paraded the streets headed by the banner on which was written Elizabeth Spybey to be First Woman President. As I left the crowd of people and was making my way up Main Street, Illy thoughts wandering back to my school days, I heard voices speaking of Elizabeth Spybey, the president elect, as their old school chum. Now, said a man's voice, The Sprague Bill will be easily passed for Elizabeth favors it. I was eager to hear more and from their talk I ascertained that the bill referred to had been introduced by Vernon Sprague, the Speaker of the House. I became so interested that I was guilty of stopping to peer through the window of the Barber Shop and to my surprise who did I see but Daisy Lehr shaving Arthur Simmons! By the Way Arthur, said Daisy as she placed a hot towel over his face, Are you and Romayne Hayes still carrying on that matrimonial bureau? As he answered in the aflirmative, Daisy added, I think it wonderful to possess the talent of helping others to find their life-companion. Then I passed on and as I reached the residential part of the city, silence brooded in the place of the clamor, and dark windows stared at me in contrast to the lighted windows of the shops for the people had deserted their homes for the night's unusual excitement. But I soon came to a residence whose windows sent forth a ray of light and as I approached nearer I heard a child's voice, then the vision of a tall man with a baby in his arms rose before the window. The gentle- man peered down the street with an anxious look on his face and then turned about and as he walked to and fro across the room he kept time to the cries of the youngster in his arms. Scarcely before I realized what I was doing I had ascended the steps, opened the door and was inside facing this gentleman and never before had I been so su1'prised as when I recognized Waldo Johnson. My astonishment was increased still more when he told me his wife had gone to see a Shakespearian play which was being played in the city by our old classmate Karl Mills, who was considered by the people a second Mantelle. The following day found me in New York City. .Among the different institutions which I visited while there, was the Children's Home. As I was being shown through the -building I entered a room where hundreds of children sat intensely interested in a story that was being told by the matron, whom I soon discovered to be Frances Krupp,

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26 THE ORACLE spent at P. H. S. and before departing I accepted her invitation to attend a concert at the Coliseum that evening, in Denver. One number of the program above all others that I enjoyed was a selection from Beethoven. How a musician could so change a person's feelings was wonderful for I was first filled with ecstacy and then tears flowed down my cheeks. I was so influenced by the strains of music that everything else was oblivious and as the sounds died away and I saw the figure of a woman arise from the piano. Then I understood why Leone had asked me to accompany her to this concert, for Edith Whitson was a rare musician. TE last of the events which occurred to me while I was in the land of wonder took place in Los Angeles, California. Here I chancecl to meet Margaret Zingg, but alas a wealthy Californian had changed her name. their home was surrounded by trees and flowers and was of a most mod- ern type. They also possessed objects of fascination among which was a beautiful clock which stood in the hall It, I was later informed, was run by perpetual motion which had been discovered a short time before by the scientist Cloyce Webb. As fortune would again have it I here met Alan Ballantyne for whom Margaret was entertaining as he was leaving on the following day as a missionary to Africa. It was here that I also read a letter which Margaret had received from Evelyn a short time before. While reading it I could not help but perceive the pleasant atmosphere in the home from which it came, for Evelyn was indeed an inspiration to her family and was adding joy and sunshine not alone to her own home but others as well, for Evelyn hav- ing had experience as editor-in-chief of the P, H. S, Oracle found time to contribute poems and stories to magazines. At this point my dream ended and whether or not it is true, one thing is certain-this class has shown by the past that they will make something useful of themselves.