Angola High School - Key Yearbook (Angola, IN)

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WIRELESS TO ST PETER Right Hand Gatepost, Heaven’s Portals June i, 1933 Dear Peter, In accordance with your wishes, I have looked up the class of ’23 from Angola High. I find they are doing very well. None of them are ready yet for your attention or advice and they are all health}' enough to stay on Earth for years longer. Here are a few of the notes which I have jotted down about them: Doc Wolfe. He graduated from his Dental college with honors and is now specializing in filling work. His office is the “Goodrich Filling Station’’ on the Pleasant Lake road. Marion Graham is happy in his ideal job. He is with the El Ropo Cigar Co. and his office hours are from twelve to one wit ban hour for lunch and an assistant. Pauline Taylor and Jack Mayfield are not prosperous, but quite happy, apparently. I saw them frying bacon and eggs over a gas jet in a boarding house. They are making expenses by playing one nlight stands in “Uncle Tom’s Cabin.” Maisie F air and Howard Flaishans make, sell and demonstrate the excellent product—“Xever-crack Face Enamel.” They, also, seem very happy and have made a fortune. I find Beulah Flaishans on the feature staff of the Chicago Tribune. Her column is “Advice to the Lovelorn” and it is read all over the states. Some of her steady readers and questioners are: Emmet Spade, Ruth Alvi-son, Eugene Yockey and Helen McNeal. I saw Lyle Clark loafing around a stage door in Detroit. Some one said he was waiting for Eleanor Robertson. A burly policeman walked up and ordered him away. As I watched, I was astounded to see them look twice at each other and then shake hands frantically. I came closer and found that the policeman was Eddie Collins. I never should have known him, had it not been for his laugh. Ruth Barber is now the editor of “College Humor.” On her staff are two of her old classmates—Mary Benfer and Dorothy Burns. They are striving to give the public better work. I was unable to locate Ruth Wert. Pauline Fredrick, Audra Faulk or Iona Iddings. However. I have heard rumors concerning them which hint at fashion shows and models. Lurene Klink runs a boarding house, and she has become so prosperous that she no longer works at all, save in the mornings. Then she flips the pancakes, because none of her assistants can perform this delicate duty with the true artistic touch. Allene Lowther and Arlene Fast are tennis champions, this year. Clark Bowles and Wendell German are caddying for golf players and Yolande Miller holds the world’s record for checkers. Evidently ’23 still has her athletic spirit. Bertha Perkins is a farmer’s wife. She raises Baldwin apples, and every year she is visited by Mr. Braman who advises her concerning them.

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D a I, Sarah Barron, do bequeath to Gladys Meyer my slender and graceful figure. I. Barbara Cline, do leave my position as associate business manager to any individual who is foolish enough to take it. I, Maisie Bair, do will my baby-doll” stare to anyone of the sophomore girls who can wear it as effectively as I have. Witness our hands and seals this tenth day of April, 1923, at the city of Angola, Indiana. The foregoing instrument, signed, sealed, and acknowledged by said members of the Senior Class, as and for their last will and testament, in our presence, who. at their request, in their presence, and the presence of each other, have subscribed our names as witnesses thereto this tenth day of April. 1923. BYRONA ALLISON, ROLENE ROWLEY.

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Helen Shutts and Mildred Thomas own a huge farm. Their property is peppered with signs, saying “No Trespassing. Especially Men” or, “Keep Off. Especially Men.” Rolene Rowley is travelling on the chautauqua circuit. People say she attracts great crowds by her ballyhoeing. Mary Taylor and Wilma Ilarmon are travelling all over the country, playing violin duets. Byrona Allison is still pursuing Sarah and Barbara for the write-ups which they gave her. She carries a razor and a hatpin and she shouts “Vengeance” every twenty-five feet, as she runs. Of course you've heard of James Williamson and Pauline Clark. Their romance is known all over the world, and their spectacular marriage in the freight is still being discussed. And now, Dorothy Long and Margaret Fast are in court, suing Knight Whitman for breach of promise. It is said that he intends to patch is up, however, and marry Teresa Beil. I was pained to find William Croxton slipping nickels out of the change belt into his own pocket, as he walked up and down the street car of which he is conductor. He is contented, however, and specializes in keeping the car on the track. As I rode a way in the street car, I saw Jeanette Hendry and Preston Moody, in a huge electric. They sailed by and kept their eyes and noses turned upward. Ruth Williamson was in the kitchen of a little bungalow when I saw her. She was rolling out pies with a huge rolling pin, and although she wore the same sweet smile, there were several dents in the rolling pin. Shrimp Lampman sat huddled by the stove, whittling, and whistling “Tit Willow.” As I passed by Sing-Sing I saw a face behind the bars which looked vaguely familiar. Upon examination, I found it was James Shearer. Since they had shaved his head, is was nearly impossible to recognize him. No one could tell me exactly why he was there, for he had been in so long that they had almost entirely forgotten the cause. Martha Wood, Adeline Hughes, Josephine Sutton and Fred Morley I find, are traveling with a small road show. They have a peculiar work— each night they save the company’s light bills by sitting in the front and posing as foot lights—red foot lights. You have heard, of course, that Barbara Cline and Sarah Barron have added fame to the class of ’23. Barbara annexed the world’s heavyweight boxing championship by knocking Jack Dempsey for a row of tombstones in the twenty-seventh round, last month, and Sarah, not to be out done, took the heavy weight wrestling title by throwing Joe Stetcher for two straight falls, at St. Louis. I believe that this covers the entire class, my dear Peter. If at any future date, I can be of service to you, I beg you to let me know. It will be most easy for me to keep track of the class, for I am well acquainted with every one of them. Yours MEPHISTOPHELES. Northwest Coal heap. Sulphur Settlement.