Wooster High School - General Yearbook (Wooster, OH)

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Page 30 OBSERVER ANNUAL SENIOR CLASS PROPHECY ' In the fall of 1947, I was told that since I had worked hard and faithfully as the only woman sports reporter on the Cleveland Plain Dealer staff, I could have a six months leave of absence. The editor told me, however, that he would be very glad if I would cover any sports events that I happened to attend during my vacation. I promised to do this and then began to make my plans. A vacation was quite accept' able since I had worked hard covering the exciting World Series of that year. Cleveland had won by defeating St. Louis in the seventh game, largely because of the superb pitching of Wade Cornelius and the great offensive play of Bob Fowler. ' Well, I decided to See America First so I rented my apartment to Marilynn Johnston and Marjean Franks who were directors at the Little Theater, and took a plane to California. The pilot of the plane was none other than Bill Watson and the hostess was Mickey Winger. She told me that Tony Beatty was the chief hostess on that line. We soon reached San Francisco where I had planned to stay for a few days. At Hotel San Francisco, I met Dale Taylor, the manager. He told me to go into the dining room and see who was there, On entering the huge, beautiful room, I found Eugene Stillings and his Star Starers, a twenty-five piece dance orchestra, playing That's the Way the Wind Blows, the most popular hit of the day. It was written by Bob Weimer who wrote the song hits for most of the best musical pictures in Hollywood. Nelle Durstine sang and Bob Mellert tapfclanced with Stilling's or' chestra. ' That evening I met Jo Conrey who was staying at the same hotel. She was on the coast gathering material for a book she was writing entitled Fish and Their Habits. She said that she was indebted to Mary Amicarelli and Mary Moretti, who had a fine aquarium in St. Louis, for much of her material. ' After three days, I left for Hollywood. I visited several movie lots, and at the Paramount Studios I managed to see Dottie Foster for a few minutes. She was making a new musical. Bill Sadler and Kenny Sayre were chief camera men on the Paramount lot, and jack Schad was their most outstanding director. ' Next I visited the C B S Hollywood studios, where I met Doris Kistler. I had often listened to her program of piano melodies. Doris told me that Richard Snyder had just been appointed an announcer and that Red Parker sang on a nightly program. ' Altogether, I spent a week in California. The day before I left, I went to the Southern California'Stanford football game. Serry Glasgow, I knew, was coach at Stanford, and Russell Smith was assistant coach, so I rooted for Stanford which won 28f7. ' The next day I left California and spent the next two weeks in seeing the sights in Yellowstone National Park. Charles McClarran, Foster Fry, and Bob Lown were rangers there and said that their work was very interesting. ' Cn my way east, I stopped a while in Chicago where I went to a hockey game between the Black Hawks and the Cleveland Falcons. I was for the Falcons, of course, for Bill Brown was captain, Bob Johnston, Frank Gianotto, and Dick Ward were star forwardsg and Dick Graff was goalie. Brown's team won 3fO. ' My next stop was New York City. At my hotel I met Eleanor Swainhart, a well- known woman lawyer. We had a long chat, and she told me that Helen Stellwagon and Twila Itzenhicer were designers in New York City, and that Florence Ball and Dorothy Ackerman were modelling the latest fashions in a famous store. Mildred Franks was a buyer in the same store, and Jane Thornhill and Catherine Bresson were in Paris studying the newest fashions.

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HARRY LEWIS OBSERVER ANNUAL ll Qther Members of the Class of 1937 are: LOWELL BECKLER RANDALL BILLMAN FOSTER FRY FRANK GIANOTTI RICHA What got them their diplomas: Bill Miller's ,.,.., Irene Koontis ..... Ernie Taylor's .,,.. Eunyce Lantz's ...... Boh Weinier'5 ,,,i,,,,,,,,, Virginia Brownson's ,..... Delno Roekwoocfs Bzlrhzlrn C:1ldwell's ..,... Bah F0wler's .,.,,,,,,,,,i Ivlzlrilynn Johnstoifs ..., Eugene Stillingls ,,,..... Pauline Zimmerman's .i., Waide Cornelius' ...... Marry Kr:uner's Bolw Berry's ..,,... Virginia Horifs Bill W1ltSC5I1lS ..,... Ruth Ecksteiifs ..... Charles Sullivnn's ,A Helen Stellwngoifs .... Homer Yost's ....,. The Twins' ..,. RD SNYDER ALBERT MOLIFF JULIAN MOLIFF MARY MORETTI ........pevso'r1ality ...........i,........ideas sense of lzzwnor ..........,.,.,.ahility .N...,.....smile ....4.7efficiem'y .......feat1wes ........dimples ....,,,cw11eTmexs .......imelligence .,,....,..i.,...l1air ......indifference .........,,.LO11L61I ......,.complexicm .....,sportsmansl1ip ...mdignity -........-.....,...llll71dS power over men .......dispositi0ns Page 29

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OBSER VER ANNUAL ' Eleanor also said that Irene Koontz had an art studio, and that Mary Kramer was one of her models. Hazel Snure and Jane Sparr were tennis champs and were going to England in the summer for the Winihledon matches. ' Floyd Shamhaugh was a famous photographer of magazinefcover girls of whom Cerry DeLuca and Barahara Caldwell were the most in demand. ' That evening we attended the opera, Madame Butterfly, and the lead was sung hy Margaret Ellis with Evelyn Snoddy having an important part. Donna Jean Cault was concert pianist. ' The next day I visited the new modernistie hospital where Ernie Taylor was a famous doctor and Beth Weiiiier and Connie Coppock were nurses. Frances Kaufman and Bette Cyler were dietitians in that hospital. ' That night there was the lightfheavyweight championship hout hetween Battlin' Ben Goldstein and the champion. In ahout five minutes Ben was the new champion which made his manager, Ralph Eichar, and his press agent, Leo Billiar, very happy. I sent a report of this fight to my paper, and was told to go to the winter Clympics in France if possihle. I made plans to sail in three days. ' In a restaurant, I met Ralph Bring 'Em Back Alive Hamilton, the hig game hunter. He had just returned from Africa with a cargo of lions, and said that his trainers were jim Houser and Boh Lehman. He told me that Boh Berry, who had made millions in thc stock market, had financed his latest expedition into the jungle. ' Going hack to my hotel, I picked up a paper and read that Pudge Hole, golf pro, had shot a 67 in a tournament in Florida. I also noticed the linefup for a hig polo game to he played in New York, and among the players were the names of Otto Coccia and Charles Sullivan. In this paper, too, I found a comic strip hy Bill MacLean and Homer Yost. ' I went to a show and on the stage was a chorus girl act with Lillis Steele, Irene Myers, and Ruth Shriver in the group. The dance team of Dot Clark and Roger Smith did some modern dancing. At this theater, I met Jeanne Weinier who said that she was a social worker and was kept very husy. She told me ahout some of our old classmates. Eunie Lantz was editor of the New Tovlq Times, and Jane Simon edited the woman's page for that paper. Jean Alwell was editor of the Atlantic Monthly and Mary Barnes and Alice Cline had had several short stories accepted hy prominent magazines. Isahelle Byler had a lovely teafroom, joan Camphell played the flute in an orchestra over the radio, and Arlene Martin was also in that orchestra. jane Cahle taught chemistry in one of the schools, and Martha McDowell was a French teacher. jane Plank had hecome a missionary and was now in China . ' Wliile shopping the next day, I found Phyllis Langell the proprietress of a fashionf ahle dress shop. Mary Puleini and Betty Ratzel were her assistants and did some modeling for her. Phyll told me that Harriet MaeGillivray was in politics and was going to run for Congress the next year. I learned, too, that John Budd had a dancing school for girls near her shop and was doing a thriving business with Harry Joliff and Merl Shisler as his assistant instructors. ' The next day my ship sailed. Boh Sheppard was captain and among the sailors were Weldtiii Mohr, Ray Houser, and Ed Collard. Ben Davis was on hoard and told me that he was in the diplomatic service. ' Wheii we reached England I took a cah to the nearest hotel. The driver was Don Reiff who had even acquired a coekney dialect. He asked if I knew that Alhert and julian Moliff had just won the national pingfpong doubles championship held in Eng' land the preceding week. I was very pleased to hear this. Page 31