Renton High School - Illahee Yearbook (Renton, WA)

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ln five minutes we were in Cincinnati, Ohio, watching the Red Socks play baseball. We had stopped only a few minutes when one of the players knocked the ball out of the held and about four yards from our plane. When one of the players came over to recover it, who should it be but Harold Gaby. He said he had been playing with the team for ten years. Then he told us that Kester Gaby, Ed Peterson, Fritz Bernert and John Delaurenti were also playing with the teamg that Fritz had married Mary Jones and that she had been honorary umpire at the opening game of the season. He said that Frank Levar was managing the team since their former manager, Pat Moran, had died, and that during his spare time he sold peanuts on the street. VVhile in Chicago we went to hear one of the performances of the Chicago Civic Opera Company. Helen Kiel, Rica Ohlin, Ger- trude Newman, Cecil Dunham and Paul Hunt had principal parts. Grand opera is very much like hockey, in fact, the only difference between the two is that in hockey the contestants holler only when they are hurt and in grand opera the contestants holler all the time. They were presenting a comic tragedy and l am sure that it was thoroughly enjoyed by all who saw it. Then we left for New York. Everyone knows what an aero- plane ride will do to a marcel, so when we arrived in New York I set out to look for a beauty parlor. About two blocks in the distance I could read the sign Monsieur Paromentar, Beautilierf' It was the nearest one so I went in and to my surprise lVIonsieur Paromentar turned out to be no other than Leonard Mitchell. He said he had got the inspiration from twisting rope for swings in McPherson Hardware Store. Leonard told me that George Mihal- cik, Bus Higdon, Roy Hudson and Clarence Peterson were selling The Ladies' Home Journal in Egypt. Marion said we would have to be starting back so we headed for home. VVe stopped at Reno, Nevada, for repairs and I dropped into the courtroom just in time to hear Eva Thomas getting a divorce from Ramon Navarro, and she was asking a heart balm of 550,000 She told me that she was living in Santa Barbara, California, and that Theresa Spendal was superintendent of the Sunday schools there. The other members of the class are still living around Renton and I see them once in a while. Fred Cavanaugh is the traffic cop at Elliott Station, Veva Thomas is clerking in the People's Storey Ann Edwards is selling powder puffs in Woolworth's Ten Cent Store, and Avis Greggs picks raspberries at Sumner during the warm weather. fAin't nature grand?j Orville lfVashburn has started a wood and coal transfer and has two men employed to work for him. He is doing nicely and soon will be able to purchase a new horse and buggy. George Swift is principal of Hazelwood School, Ralph Smith has succeeded Mr. Olsen as janitor of Renton High School, and John Dobson has just returned from Alaska where he has been selling straw hats to the Eskimos. Page Twm-nty-seven

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Class IIDTOPIITIIBICY I was sitting alone by the fireplace Watching the last few rays of sunlight fall into dark shadows. The fire was getting low and the dying embers cast a red ray across the room. As I gazed into the coals, it seemed that I saw a face and as I watched it it rose and a little man, whom I should judge to be about six inches in height, called to me. I roused myself with a start only to hear a weak little voice cry, Don't be afraid, it is only I. Don't you remember me ? Why Marion Shook! Of course. Forgive me for not recog- nizing an old school mate, but it' has been a long time since I saw you last. 'Sparky' is waiting outside. Slip on your coat and I'll take you to see a few of our old class mates. When I got outside I was surprised to see that Sparky was an aeroplane which enabled us to go to all parts of the world in a very short time. First we went to Hollywood and stopped where they were taking a picture of the Greatest Screen Lover in the World, the first person to be considered as Rodolph Valentino's equal, and who should it be but our old friend, Howard Steele. I pinched myself furiously to make sure that I was awake and when, in the midst of it all, he came up, spoke to me and smiled his old cute smile, I had to believe what I saw. Then he asked me if I remembered his leading lady. Cf course I did. It was Erna For- man, looking very beautiful in a gorgeous evening dress of blue metallic cloth. They had to return to work, so after a hasty good- bye we left for Los Angeles. As we were very tired of traveling we decided to go to a show. Shooky told me that the Princess Theatre was the best one in the city so we decided to go there. We were ushered in just as the curtain was rising, displaying a group of peppy chorus girls, singing one of the latest jazz pieces. They were all very talented and I looked at my program to see who they could be. Margaret and Lois VVilson, Mary Telban and Sophie Nielsen were members of the company. This was indeed a pleasant surprise and made the program very much more interesting for me. As Marion had some very important business to attend to in Panama, we left as soon as the performance was over. While he was in his lawyer's office, I strolled down along the beach, and as I was walking along very quietly I heard a familiar voice say, But don't you understand, they are only fifty cents, I say four bits, a half a dollar. I looked up quickly to see our honorable Gerald Cordell sitting on a crab shell, trying to sell bathing suits to the natives. But Gerald did not recognize me and as I was not very anxious to meet his native friends, I sneaked quietly back to the plane where I found Marion waiting for me. Page 'I'weuty-six

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To have a good education has been one of Katherine Flyzil-:'s life-long ambitions. Her dream is about to be realized. She has- attended the Bryn lVIaWr lllental Science College for five years and is now working on a subject for her Doctor's Degree. And last but not least is our worthy vice-president, Bill Wood, who works at the laundry during the day and holds prayer meetings during the evening hours, on the main corner of Renton. And in the morning I awoke to rind that it had all been a dream. Jud now our drrfam is 0'er, 11110 IIFFIIIIIIIUIIII wzxll drift no more. Still our sturdy band as fer before Is loyal to the class of 224. VVINIFRED STEELE. Page Twenty-eight