Royal Oak High School - Oak Yearbook (Royal Oak, MI)

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l936 Prophecy . THE OAK 5. Good evening, folks, this is Glen Noble broadcast- ing aboard Frank Houser's luxurious yacht The Oak celebrating the 10th anniversary of that well known 1936 June graduating class of the Royal Oak High School. The orchestra, dressed in very becoming ma- roon uniforms, under the leadership of Bud Brossard, familiarly known as Brossard and his Buddies, is seated on a floating golden dias whipping up the strains of Classmates on Parade. Kenneth Haith is at the piano with Richard Ball doing his best at the tuba. Richard Hefferan is playing the drums, and there is Ricardo Landersowski and his violin. The crowd is milling in now. My, what a fine crowd. The odor of the maroon petunias and the golden daffodils, the lapping of the waves, the lights in the distance, the twinkle of the stars, and the light of the bright moon through the window with the soft wind brings the holiday atmosphere to this great occasion. The charming Newport socialite, Doris Reid, is graciously greeting the guests. While the guests are chattering and being seated, let's take a trip to the kitchen where Wilbur Westen- hofer, the chef is seeing that Ed Saulnier, the Chief Cook and Bottle Washer, is really washing the bottles. Back into the main dining hall, we find the waiters, Fr-eggl-I-igon, Bjidillawson, Ing-sBEnkert, and Henry Hubbell, seating thergtresfs. Ah, but look who is arriving now, no one but that famous snake charmer, Mary Gilliam, escorted by Bob Gear. Coming in with them is Marguerite Adams with Clar , and there is Dorothy Goode with Don Branch. Dorothy is wearing her famous imita- tion pearl necklace which she inherited from her great aunt. From my position I can see Mrs. Beth Chap- man Giddings Irwin Moore with Kenneth Ayton, the play boy. trying to persuade Dorothy Lumsden and Wayne Wolcott to join them at their table. Just stepping in the doorway is that well-known Smith family Barbara, Hadley, Peter, Robert, and Virginia. They do look bright and happy. One girl certainly wasn't enough for Norris 4TarzanJ Dyet who has brought both old girl friends, Helen Freeman and Marybelle Hoffmeister. The entrance of the heavyweight boxing champ, Joe C. Rogers, and his bodyguard, Burdette Campbell, has caused a slight revolution with Erna Kuehn, the PAGE FIFTEEN famous Hollywood actress arriving with her new lead- ing man, Dick Stout. How proud I am to be one of this class! Miss Kuehn will be soon seen with Mr. Stout in their new picture, Love's Last Call. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Gulian fthe former Eileen Bowerl have taken a table with the Stanley Browns-Mrs. Brown being the former Wanda Hancock. Now Martin and Tillie Kohn, joint owners of the Ritzy Ritz depart- hent stores in New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Paris, and Royal Oak, are chatting with Mavis Mitch- ell and Jane Miller, missionaries on furlough from China. The well-known under-cover girls of the B. B- B. B. Secret Society, Grace Baldwin, Betty Bassett, Donna Beyette, and Barbara Backus, are quietly hav- ing a cocktail at the bar. Helen Hilliard and Jack Dempsey with Marie Burdge and Leroy Hansen have just arrived. Helen has been awarded the title as the best-dressed woman in America. Among those on the dance floor, I see the sociol- ogist, Wayne Rairbairn, and his wife, Dorothy Jame- song Joe Finnell with his very chic French wife: John White, the cartoonist, and his wife, Rita Liskeg Fred Porter, New York's well-known horse dealer, and his wife, Marian Noleng Bill Landstrom, astronomer, with wife, Ruth Fraser, Wilson Cudworth and wife, Norma Frinckeg those hard-hitting Tigers and their wives are having a swirl, Pete Ganich and Hazel Leachg Ed Gerhardt and Gertrude Van Esleyg Robert Dundas, proprietor of Soggy Bread Co. is skimming over the floor with his wife, Mildred Psenicka. The winners of the latest marathon dance held at Les Werner's Amusement Park are Marjorie Wooden and Leroy Tree. Forming a stag line on the right is the very hand- some and eligible Bob Brooks, the garter king, the fascinating Charles Buck, undertakerg the Oxford val- edictorian graduate, Garrett Mouw, looking very bored: the salty sea-captain, Joe J. Rogers, and his gobs, Malcolm Shellington, Robert Snow, and Ed Uhler are receiving more than their share of pretty smiles from the girls. The traveling salesmen, Don Giddings and Harold Furman, are swopping stories in the center of the Hoorg Earl Watch, the warden of Sing Sing Prison has an eye for ally the balloonists, Cecil Luttenbacker and Edward Langley complete the stag line. Stuart Ries is working as a potter in the New York Pottery Co. Richard Childs has gone in for a pro- fessorship at Yale. Gerald Irwin has made use of

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THE OAK Name Barbara Backus Richard Ball Charles Buck Burdette Campbell Richards Childs Norris Dyet Frances Eck Edith Elrod Joe Finnell Morag Ferguson Bill Fraser Harold Furman Pete Ganich Winifred Gardner Ed Gerhardt Gordon Gilbert Virginia Groth Kenneth Haith Bertha Haley Jeannette Hanchett Evelyn Glass Hobart Gray Marjorie Gowatch Helen Haskins Richard Hefferan Gilbert Hessei Helen Hilliard Agnes Jennings Richard Landers Ed Langley Corinne Larime Mildred Leschefske Olga Lobur Dot McGuire Jean McKenzie Catherine McLay Pill McNamara Mavis Mitchell Audrey Morrison John Malinoski Garrett Mouw Bill Place Fred Porter Stuart Ries Joe C. Rogers Jeanne Rorick Roy Rutledge Jewel Schiebold Hadley Smith Peter Smith Robert Snow Richard Stout Frances Swindell Louise Theobald Betty Tuller Gertrude Van Esley Harry Warren Lester Werner John White Wilbur Westenhofer Wayne Wolcott Time Will Tell! Aspired to Be Pianist Clerk Professional Loafer Sports Editor Chemist Politician Athlete Beautician God's gift to the women Nurse Fighter Pitcher Tiger Star Teacher Star Baseman Station Attendant Technician Stenographer Married Man Secretary Lawyer Teacher Horticulturist Landscaper Lion Player Golfer Typist Florist Hotel Owner Missionary Dancing Instructor Confectionist Scientist Telephone Operator Cosmetic Demonstrator English Teacher Truck Driver Home Economlzer Librarian Physicist Sugar Daddy Author Another Einstein Musician Surgeon Secretary Mechanic Follies Dancer Engineer Professional Golfer Electrical Engineer Sailor Composer Artist Chemist Nurse Millionaire Drummer Aviator Piccolo Player Judge Results Deaf and Dumb Instructor Bouncer Loafer Lovelorn Columnist Bartender Nurse Maid Scrub Woman Chiropodist Wrestler Movie Idol Movie Idol Flap Jack Flopper Lion Cap Cleaner Asylum Inmate Doorman President Palmist Envelope Licker Professional Best Man Desk Duster Side Show Barker Police Matron Burlesque Queen Female Pugilist Champion Tiddleywinker Ditch Digger Chiropractor Garlic Farmer Bell Hop Fan Dancer Floor Walker Peanut Vender Model Orator Old Maid True Story Author Marries Kate Pig Farmerlst Rich Man's Darling Gigilo Day Nurse Garbage Collector Mail Man Guessing Weights Grave Digger Clock Winder Tall Man in Circus Salvation Army Worker Cashier Model for Ear Drops Santa Claus Baby Nipple Tester Blues Singer Bricklayer Bubble Dancer Five-Toed Freak Candidate for Rep. Professional Eggbeater Sea Sick Undertaker Hen Pecked Husband I I l 1 PAGE FOURTEEN

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THE OAK . his southern drawl, and is appearing in amateur units in the United States and Europe. Unconventional though it may be, on the left is the unusual girls stag line consisting of the school teachers, Mary Jean Moss and Jeanne MacKenzieg the owners of the Uhley Veterinary Hospital, Helen and Luellag Winifred Gardner, imitator of babies over Station WEXLg Louise Theobald, practicing medicine in Boston, with a very fine business at thatg Jeannette Hanchett, president of the Woman's Feder- ated Clubs of America, in a devine gold evening gown, Genevieve Spalding, the novelist who has been awarded the Noble prize for her book The Last Cur- tain g Teresa, Tasch, the sculpturistg Barbara Mat- tingly, the artist: Betty Turner the evangelist, Cor- inne Larime, a social worker in the slums of Chicagog the jazz lyric writer, Audrey Morrisong Eloise Pugsley, owner of a large chicken farm in the hills of New Hampshire, assisted by John Malinoski and Jeanne Rorickg Geraldine Schroff, owner of a pet shopg and Melva Silvey and Gloria Voebel, proprietresses of a nudist colony in the South Sea Islands. The Anderson team, Lorraine and Dorothy, are the owners of the Can't Tell It From Your Own estab- lishment which guarantees natural-like blond hair. Dorothy Crysler is the matron of the Ethiopean Orphanage. Edith Elrod has taken the position of converting the S. S. Kresge Stores as positions for girls instead of jobs. Dorothea Hoemke is the seam- stress for Shirley Temple frocks, which are still on the market. Clarence Fry, who is owner of the Fry Circus, has entered accompanied with his troupe: the sword swal- lower, Bill Fraser, the lion trainer, Eleanor Eckel, and can she train lions? And how! Why not? The aerial perfomers consist of Lois Fraser, Rosemary Garrison, Doris Gildner and Lillian Sorenson, the fortune teller, Jewel Schiebold, dressed in red and orangeg and the barker, Bill Place, which ends the circus. But who has arrived! None other than Jim Moore, Royal Oak's leading dog catcher, all decked out in high hat and tails, white carnation, spats, and cane! England is well represented with the arrival of La-dy Bertha Haley in the comp:ny of the Duke and Duchess, the Earl Dendels, the duchess being the for- mer Marjorie Gowatch. Ethel Gnass, who follows the royal family, has come with her husband, a Harvard graduate. She has settled down to a simple life in the country raising triplets, Faith, Hope, and Charity. Doris Wreggit, the rag rug heiress, with lorgnette and all, has arrived with John Jacob Astor IV. The women from the W. C. T. U., Betty Tuller, Margaret McGuire, Catherine McLay, and Franccs Swindell have shocked expressions at the appearance of the cigarette girls, Eleanor Filsinger, Agness Jen- nings, Maxine Holbrook, Mildred Adams and Char- lotte Krause. Mary Pearson, who married her old flame iguess Q who?J is selling magazines in the Michigan Terminal Station to help out the family finances, has arrived with Mildred Lechesfske, who has a beauty parlor in the Woolworth Building assisted by Jean Rutledge, and Elsie Marshall. Ramona Nass has taken up flying. and is an air hostess on a twenty-four hour trans- atlantic line from Royal Oak to London. Frederic Donaldson has arrived accompanied by his wife, Vel- va Weese. The new long distance swimming champion, Eve- lyn Glass, can be seen with her competitor, Rosella Greenbaum in the company of Charles Durst, a west- ern rancher, and his wife, Helen Haskins. Our other new champions present this evening are Florence Kanarske, Geraldine Kennedy, and Margarst Qott, the Round-the-World Roller Skate champs. .Ethel Nordin, the reporter for the Acorn Gazette, has just given me the latest news of the day. It has been reported that Bob Hengel had threat- ened to commit suicide if Bettiejane Tait married Charles Hepler, but she fooled them both and mar- ried Jack Parent. Charles went back to his first love Ellen Kcnnard-and Bob Hengel went- home to his wife, Marian White, and kiddies. Also, Virginia Groth has been found to be the other woman in the Morag Ferguson-Fred Linscheid divorce case. According to the press, Genevieve Townsend, an old classmate, is very busy helping her uncle put over the Townsend plan with all its intricities. I believe that the last to arrive before we begin with the program are the diplomats of the group, the Congresswomen Joyce Standing and Cleo Upton: the presidential candidates, Harry Warren, Republi- can, and Roy Rutledge, Democrat accompanied by the President of the United States, a. All stand, please. Following closely behind are the G- Men, , Gordon Gilbert, and ! I wonder if they are really as ferocious as they look. fPss-s-tl And now for the event of the evening,-the pro- gram consisting entirely of the stage and screen, and night club entertainers of Our Class. And now asthe -well, for heaven's sake-Surprise! Surprise!! SUR- PRISE! Classmates, if it isn't Miss Catherine Gunn and Mr. George Dyer, former senior advisors. Such a change, I could hardly recognize them. Miss Gunn is using a gilded cane and leaning quite heavily. Her step is slow, her greeting weak. Mr. Dyer, minus his mustache and somewhat thin- ner, is escorting Miss Gunn. He has on a large purple checked suit with a green tie. Such a reception they are getting! Now, since the excitement has settled down, and Miss Gunn and Mr. Dyer have been escorted to seats of honor-we'll really begin. The lights are being dimmed, and the yacht is leaving port,-pulling out to sea. Two pages whom we recognize as Violet Henrie and Richard Hooper are passing out programs for the evenings entertainment. The program is as follows: PAGE SIXTEEN