Ada High School - We Yearbook (Ada, OH)

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PURPLE AND GOLD Prophecy of the Class of 1927 It is the spring of 1937. Since my graduation from Ada High School I have been 'elmployed in the office of a Cleveland law firm. My work had been very heavy so my employer granted me a six months' rest. Consulting a physician he advised a trip abroad, so I chose the Orient as the place to spend my vacation. It seems that all the beautiful and interesting things I have ever read about are centered in this queer yet wonderful land. But I must tell you the most interesting coincidence which happened during my visit there. I awakened early the second day of my stay, in at little Chinese village, to find the earth wet with dew and the birds singing merrily in the trees outside my window. I decided that I would visit the busy section of the town that day. So, after a simple breakfast of rice and tea, I started forth. Reaching my destination, I stood gazing and admiring all the different costumes and places that one finds inla foreign land. But suddenly whom should I see but one of my Chinese friends that I had known While going to Ohio Northern University. As he glanced at me, he stopped and stared, and at once his visage brightened for he remembered and recalled our meeting in the far off village of Ada. At once We started conversing and, after talking for some time he volunteered to accompany me on my walk and to show me the places of interest. The morning was spent in visiting many odd and interesting places. Soon it l was lunch time, and I suggested to my friend that I must return to my room. As we were about to leave each other a disappointed look came upon his face, and the cause was soon understood, when he told me he had failed to take me to the famous Revela- tion House which was situated in this village. I was eager to go and at once agreed. X Walking for some time we came to a small building and upon entering found it to be a very dark and ghost like place. We sat down and waited, and soon a weak voice spoke, asking us whose present, past, or future we wished to hear. After sitting quietly for some time, I summoned my courage and weakly asked if it could tell me where my old Senior Classmates were at the present time. We were told to watch directly in front of us and as we did a bright light appeared. We saw before us a large stage on which the members of the class of 1927 were to appear. As I looked I saw through the misty veil an office and heard the click of a typewriter and before it saw Lavawn Elzay. She had become the private secretary of a Wall Street broker. Now I perceived a Tea Shoppe on Fifth Avenue, owned and operated by the three Zickafoose sisters, Maude, Mary, and Florine, which is known as the Three Z Shoppe. Li. .si . Sl ' x in ,I - '- 5 pa ' Cv. Ami--fG3r?'l',Yv ' 4' N e 'lrffaa Q 1 xFi i '-.. E311

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ADA HIGH SCHOOL in 3 in ,KE M51 I fi X 0 OA ,Jam 2' :U GT' it 'I A , ' , IIARY ZICKAFOOSE N Boxwell Graduate Latin Club '26, '27 Chorus '27 Although sho's the least of the three Ziclcafooses, Her Charm is such that sho needs no excuses. l ll L KYAKEFIELD KVRIGHT Ada Grammar Schoul Hi-Y Club '26, Sedy. '27 HAYNE ZICKAFOOSE Boxwell Graduate Travel Club '26 Spurtsmansliip Club '26, '27 English Club '27 Football '25 Basketball Manager '27 Athletic Board '27 The greater the task, the greater her gift: Sn fi-uni her path all obstacles XVith my strong arm and flit. manly chest, l'v0 done the most for A, H S. gi! J , 4 i . f are qf'Qs'sN 'fiQfNfsL 2 e' s 2 Cs ,H 411- xx 'MMHI X467 M15 A Amb- .,-4 , '-'s.Lg ..,.,-Q E301

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i N l ...J it ADA HIGH SCHOOL Another similar scene was that of my classmates, Gladys Anspach and Inez Wolfley, running an exclusive confectionery in an Eastern city and no other than Claudine Phillips is the cashier. A - Next appears a large high school building in St. Louis, and we see our old high school basketball star, 'Mildred Battels, coaching the winning team. She is receiving as much praise as ever. We are carried into a small Western town and as we look closer we see Harvey Gallant, Lenore Stemple and Gladys Motter walking down the street. We learn by their conversation that Harvey and Lenore are the owners of a drug store there and Gladys is only visiting them. She is busy making tours over the United States as a politician, but soon is going to retire and make her home in Kenton. Before our eyes appear the widely famed engineers, no other than Joe Baker and his assistant, Vance Leonard, who had just finished a large bridge in Texas. A scene of merriment is shown featuring Marvin Baransy and his popular dance orchestra opening a large summer resort. As we peer at the crowded floor, we see Ruth Dailey at the piano. Then we see Michael Hammer and Walter Battles, managers of a large dairy. They are assisted by Doris Epley, Anna Kimble, Margaret McAlpin, and Edna Buehler, who are dressed entirely in white uniforms. Why are so many handsome fellows at the same counter in a large music store? Well, that's easily explained when we see Margaret Klingler selling the latest Victor Records. I know that you'll like to hear about what I saw next. Russell Barnes and Lloyd Guthrie are now successful lawyers in Chicago, just as ambitious as they used to be in old Ada High. Above, a loud noise was heard, and as we looked we saw Kenneth Arnold and Marvin Bosse seated in a large airplane. They are now in the government air service. Hark! what beautiful music. In the singing of a grand opera in New York, we see Vera Klingler, Mary Sanderson, and Evelyn Wilcox taking leading parts. They have studied in Europe and are now world- famous soloists. The next scene takes place in Paris where we find Elizabeth Myers as a professional model. However, that seems no more than natural. In a large hospital we find Lorene McElroy, Helen Wagner and Ruth Poling as trained nurses. All three seemed very much interested in a patient who proved to be Ruth Miller, who is suffering from a nervous breakdown. We can hardly recognize the two people in the next room, but after a few minutes we discover that it is Harold Wood and Willis Cummins. They are the chief mechanics in the Ford garage located in Alger, and are unusually covered with grease and oil. The curtain rises and the spot light is thrown upon Gladys Cotner, graceful little toe dancer in a musical comedy. Oh, surprise of surprises! There is the old Ada High School building in all its pomp and glory. Robert Allen is superintendent and Wake- field Wright,,principal. It was once asked what Ada High would do without them. .- ...Ai . , ., 1 X ' X 'faCLw,5aQ Q - A 4.. -A V SX N ,.,:2.- , -nv--'21 '- -R -ian? .,u,,h.s:'..,q.i, - E321