Washington High School - Sunburst Yearbook (Washington Court House, OH)

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Ruth Hannah McKay is happily married. She and her husband have been mis- sionaries in China for the past fifteen years. Mary Elizabeth Sauer is the famous woman banker. She says she owes her success to the bakery in which she handled dough for so many years. Naomi Irene Miser is a hostess at one of the Montmartre cabarets in Paris. Her husband, an Apache, is the proprietor. William Kenneth Eggleston within a Short time after graduation took up the manufacture of Kimonas. Klang! Klang! Jean Cavinee and Ruth Elizabeth Kay are conducting a Finishing School for Girls in Alabama. Hazel Margaret Parkison is also connected with the school as instructor in Mathematics. Dorothy Louise Sparks is President of the Federated Club Women, President of the Non-Partisan League of Women Voters, Secretary-Treasurer of the American Red Cross, and Manager of the Ohio State Conservatory of Music. She gives as her reason for not being married-too busy. Robert Edward Hartman, our All-American, after following his own in-Cline- ation for several years has now supplanted Ralph Graves in Mack Sennett productions. Although Lucy Ellen Hoppess did not take Latin in High School, she is now studying Virgil very strenously. Mildred Ruhama Deiber is one of the few women interested in Insurance Brok- erage. Representing many of the largest, she insists the Company she likes best is Lloyd's. Edgar Dwight Bell and Herbert Franklin Plymire are winning great success in their vaudeville act, Mutt and Jeff. Always accomplished linguists, they are now presenting their act in Spain. Ruth VVright is a bareback rider with Robinson's Circus. She is appearing in Columbus this week. Gene Russell McLean is now first assistant to Coach John Miller of Harvard. Gene and his wife have been visiting relatives here and in Milledgeville for a few weeks. Edith Jane VVilson has never been the same after a wreck in a Chevrolet coupe shortly before graduation. Lawrence William Moss is illustrating for the Little Folk's Magazine. We all remember his fondness for children while he was in High School, especially during his Senior year. Charles Elmore Lynch, manager of the Fayette Tire and Rubber Company, after exhaustive research, declares that of all tires made not one compares with the Dunlap Although in High School, Thelma Dorothy Runyan's heart belonged to one man, Robert had other plans, so Thelma is still in a state of single blessedness. William Ireland, following his youthful convictions, has established and is now conducting on Pott s Hill, the Florence Home for Aged Women. Bill is quite happy in this work and the elderly ladies think him adorable. Maxine Louise Clark and another well-known Senior girl have had much litiga- tion over a long standing Bill After many years, Maxine has won her suit, and they live -in Columbus. Lorin Eyre Combs is leading a quiet and retired life in Columbus and with the aid of his Evelyn is raising large black cats. Mabel Marguerite Leaverton is living in the country near Devonshire and de- votes all her time to growing Sweet Williamsf' She says she loves the location because every night she can watch the Shep-pards come home with their sheep. 28

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:gg ' D10 Mary Josephine Paul is a famous name. Shortly after she graduated she be- came secretary to Aimee Semple McPherson. In the last few years she has taken complete charge of Mrs. McPherson's evangelistic work. Mary Alice Davis has become one of the most sought for public speakers of her time. She is now debating tl1e momentous question of whether or not the Campbells really are coming and if they really do go without food and water as long as it is said they do. 1 Herbert Emory Hard is manager of a Woolworth store in Lancaster. He is gathering material for his book on married life. Hazel Elizabeth Ellison is assisting' in conducting a chain of red-fronted curio shops throughout the United States. They are well liked because service is given so quickly fQuigleyJ. Lucile Ethel Janes is following in the footsteps of her beloved Mr. Kay. She is instructor of chemistry in Wilmington College. Ralph Leonard Burke and Florence Wilmah Moss are married and living in New York. Because of his knowledge of Spanish, Ralph is an interpreter for a South American importing company. Mildred Elizabeth Mc-Gee founded the McGee confeetionaries, which are famed all over the United States for their excellent food and quick service. Jedediah Bernard Witherspoon, the noted biologist, is now tracing the origin of the black-eyed Susansv. Everybody knew what Thelma Jane Gwendolyn Stevens' plans were, and now that they are carried out she spends many of her afternoon sitting on a bench near the banks of the Little Miami. Richard Manning Sprenger has been in China for twenty-five years. He still startles the natives when he comes riding' by on his hicycle . Ursula Marie Meyers fs Latin instructor at the VVest Virginia Institute Forrest Pensyl Smith, after a wild High School career, is happily married and is a prosperous banker in Milledgeville, Ohio. He has been ailin' tAileenJ since the June after he graduated. Lucy Mabel Stokesbury has given up her worldly life to become a teacher in the llawiian Islands. Malcolm William Craig is a Junk man. He received his first instruction in t'his art before he left school. Velestia Cleora Speakman is the owner and head designer of the Mme. Ce- leste gown shop in Paris. Richard Warren Staubus after a long High School career finally graduated from the Hall of Dear old Washington to operate a J. V. Penney Store. Florence Mae Hoppess is Private Secretary to Governor Charles Schwart. She surely is climbing higher and Hyer on the ladder of fame. Because of his captivating smile and self-assertive manner, Jacob Edwin Sol- lars has won much success as a Fuller Brush salesman. llazel Gertrude Bennett is on the Chautauqua platform as a reader with the Swiss Bell Ringers. Darrell Allen Williams the famous contractor has just completed another large building. lt is noted for its wonderful Lamptejs. 1 llelen Elizabeth Hutson has been in Germany for twenty years searching for Wagner's manuscripts. Helen always has been musical but it was not until after her Senior year that sl1e developed such a decided preference for this man. Robert Leroy Flee is a very prominent physician. He is a mumps specialist. Mary Katherine is his most troublesome patient. 27

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GH D9 Charles Michael Fults has just won the Indianapolis Classic for the third time. Charles always was a fearless driver. Helen Veona Hoppess is the agent for the Buick car. She chose this automobile lzecause of its lovely Coil . Maxene Elroy NVilson is now holding the world's wrestling championship for the fifth consecutive year. He goes by the title of Kolokenthokefalos . Helen Chandler is capably filling the position of English instructor at Oxford, near London. I I Little did we think Anna Bell Nelson would ever he a song writer! Her latest hit is I Want 'Stew' for Every Meal. She has also revived the song that was popular in our day, Charlie My Boy . - George Thomas Watson is touring the country demonstrating That School- girl Complexion for the- Palmolive Soap Company. Frances Catherine Griffith has become a very well known journalist. Recent announcement by Harper's indicates she is to be circulation manager for that magazine. ' Francis Marion Kennedy Juniords quiet ways would naturally lead him to the Silent Drama. He is now a star with Paramount. He has recently been very ill in the Greenfield Hospital, but the doctors say he might now be called well tCaldwellJ. The stern reality of life has taught us the necessity for the apparently strict discipline and for the thorough instruction we received as students and it is my prophecy that the Class of '27 will continue to add to its already notable list of achievements. CLASS WILL We, the members of the Class of 1927, of the Washington High School, City of Washington Court House, County of Fayette and State of Ohio, having completed our scholastic career, publish this, our last Will and Testament, hereby annulling and making void all former wills by us at any time heretofore made. As to our worldly possessions and all property, real, personal or otherwise, we dispose thereof in the following manner, to-wit: FIRST: We direct that our ceremonies be conducted in such a manner to be fitting to our exalted position, due credit being given at all times to the pinnacles of fame reached by our Class in the various activities engaged in. We, the Class as a whole, wish to will and bequeath in the following manner: ITEM 1: We hereby will and bequeath to this noble institution our heartfelt wishes for its welfare in the futureg and whatever cash we may leave may be used for its improvement. ITEM II: We hereby will and bequeath to our teachers, our deepest sympathies, knowing that no other class can ever give them the satisfaction in preparation of lessons that we have. ITEM III: We hereby will and bequeath to the Freshman Class the Hint that the way of the transgressor is hard and that if they follow that time-worn, but nevertheless safe policy of being seen 'and not heard until they reach the dignified position of Seniors, their careers as underclassmen will be made much more happy and joyous. ITEM IV: We will and bequeath to the Sophomores one hundred cartons of Professor Pep's Brain Food to increase their Grey Matter in order to become ideal scholars of the Sophomore teachers. ITEM V: Vlie will and bequeath to the oncoming Senior Class a document, writ- 29