Butler High School - Tropaeum Yearbook (Butler, IN)

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While passing through Ohio, I visited President Marian Haynes at Oberlin College. She told me that Mary Houck was the head instructor of Virgil in that institution. At last I arrived in Butler. There was a brass band at the station led by Bill Menges, and, I foolish creature, thought it was for me. Instead, it was a welcome to Imogene Staley, who was starred in The Lady with Red Hair” which was to have its world premiere in the old home-town theater. Imogene’s agent, Robert Dielman, and publicity manager, Raymond Mutzfeld, accom- panied her. In Lucile Hollinger’s grocery store, I renewed my acquaintance with Lorna Houser and Florence Rohrs, who were raising Doves on a farm west of Butler, and George James, sole owner of War-Biscuit, the race horse who had just won the Irish Sweepstakes. They told me that John Dohner and Jack Campbell were the co-authors of a new book entitled The Effect of the Addition of Sugar to Motor Fuel, which could be purchased for the price of $3.35 per copy. A visit to familiar scenes would not be complete without a call on Mayor Bill Harter, in his executive mansion in that rising young metropolis, Newville. The All-Wood taxicab operated by George, Virgil, and Virginia, rattled and shook me) to Newville until I was in such a state that I had to consult that eminent young psychiatrist, Dr. Carl Richmond. The prescription he gave, a double chocolate sundae, was filled at Irma Snyder’s super-confectionery. I learned, from talking with Irma, that Annabelle Bonecutter is her best customer. After leaving Butler, I went deep in the heart of Texas for a visit to Doris Rex’s dude ranch, where Earl Miller was the leading dude wrangler. A high- light of the trip from Texas to California was an overnight stop at Phoenix, Arizona, where I witnessed a duel between Dwight Ulm and Robert Darby for the hand of Virginia Williams, radio’s newest comedienne. The decision was about to be rendered when the conductor shouted All aboard!” In Hollywood I called on Imogene Tyson, who had just finished portraying Antonio in 20th Century Metro-Warner’s production of Merchant of Venice. In answer to your question about the war, those three fighting marines, Bill Knox, Robert Love, and Donald Linn, have taken up permanent residence in Berlin, Tokio (what’s left of it) and Rome. Need I say more? — Elaine Carpenter (who, after having taken such a trip, seen these familiar faces, learned these astounding facts, is pre- paring to incorporate the entire experience in a novel entitled B. H. S„ 1942.) 20

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jE.ookuuj, Ahead A RESULT of my endeavors in a Count the Faces” contest I was awarded a tour of the United tates with all expenses paid. When I reached New York, the starting point, I found Delbert Washier, super salesman, on the corner of Broadway and 42nd Street, shouting, Extra! Extra! Helen Mae Gunsenhouser Voted the Best-Dressed Woman in America.” Imagine my surprise! Since I had a few more hours to wait in New York, I decided to call on Helen Mae. I met her very devoted fourth husband, Don Nuenschwander, and her English butler, Lord Bloomfield. Helen told me that she had just received a letter from Alma Janke, who was exploring the Sahara Desert on a camel. Accompanying her were those two fearless women game- hunters, Phyllis Sattison and Virginia Traxler. Helen and her husband were so charming I just couldn’t resist their invitation to dinner and the theatre. We saw Alice Cotrill and Robert Smith starring in Mr. and Mrs. Smith,” then in its 635th sensational week on Broadway. Enroutc from New York to Boston on the palatial yacht of Don Steffe, the commercial artist, and his wife, the former Lila Long, we ran into a storm and cast upon the shores of a small island. Here, much to my surprise, I found Norma Haddix, a famous opera singer and her husband, Count Wilhelm Wagoner, whom she had met while on European tour. We were taken back to the mainland by a coast guard cutter operated by Paul Freeburn and Charles Knox. Charley asked me to come and call on Mrs. Knox, the former Iva Snyder, but the shipwreck had delayed my trip so long that I had to forego the pleasure. My next stop was Quantico, Virginia, where I found Paul Loomis, leading the United States Marine Band. He asked me to visit his brother Bill at San Quentin. I promised with some qualms which were speedily removed when he informed me that Bill was the warden. While passing through Kentucky, I learned that Thelma Mutzfeld was wear- ing a wig because her hair was locked in a vault at Fort Knox. To pass away the hours on my way from Natchez to Mobile aboard the Chattanooga Choo-choo, I read Donna Miller’s latest novel, Men, Ob Wonderful Men. Arriving in New Orleans just in time for the Mardi-Gras, I discovered that Elaine Taylor was Queen of this fete and that Eula Gall and Dorothy Miller were her attendants. The King was a mysterious bearded creature known simply as Keith.” 19

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CLASSES ELECT OFFICERS Senior President-------Dwight Ulm Vice-President--------------------Bob Smith Secretary---------------- Iva Snyder Treasurer---------------Alice Cotrill Junior President Secretary-Treasurer Gordon Oberlin Vera Houck Sophomore President Vice-President . Secretary-Treasurer Robert Fisher Wilbur Diehl Bob A1 wood Freshman President Joan Houck Vice-President Lester Rohrs 21