Central High School - Almanac Yearbook (Toledo, OH)

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THE 1914 ALMANAC Senior Committees SOCIAL CoIIIIIT'r1z12 Minnie Redding. ........ .................................,. C 'hairman Ruth Quimby Corinne Dunham Alice Luethi Carl Ruch Fred Krieger Howard Harpst X FINANCE COIIIIITTEE james Spafford. .................................,.......... Chairman Margaret Hood Floy Sloan Helen Rydman W'illia1n lleitinan Hazel Tarloff Glen Crawford Dema Canfield Fdgar Roth MoTTo COMMITTEE Esther Severinghaus .... ................................... C Chairman Dorothy Grover Isadore Mehhnan Herbert Young PIN COIIAIITTEE John Trautwein ............................ ............. C 'hairman Henrietta MacKinnon blames Spafford Ruth Quimby COLOR COMMITTEE Lillian Douglas .......... ................................. C hairman Naomi Helms Marie Davis Alice Luethi Florence Long INVITATION COMIIITTEE Leo Kietzman ..... ....................... ,...... . . .Chairman Carl Ruch Floy Sloan Margaret Hood 51

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3111 illiemnrg nf illllarie Hivtggvr Bv LEoNA1zD Ul. G. .-XIQE. Qnee more the Reaper Death has come, Into this world of strife: And with his blade of sharpened edge, Cut off another life. The How'r he took was fair to see, And in its fullest bloom, He thought it best the soul to free, And send her to the tomb. In this light then, it can be seen That all was for the best. For free from pain and suff'ring keen. She now is laid to rest. May God in mercy and in ruth, The mother bless and save: And comfort send in heavenly truth, Of life beyond the grave. In body she has gone from us Beyond the other shore- In spirit. she is still with us in the days before. So hard it is to understand, lYhy one so young is taken: Yet surely in that spirit land. XYe know sl1e's not forsaken. The trials on earth are hard to bear, As every mortal knows: She is not vexed by woe or Care. ll'hile in her sweet repose. Oh, time and tide for no man wait! And soon we too must die: Then may each soul at heaven's Gate. Proelaim its victory bv ! 53