Cridersville High School - Lest We Forget Yearbook (Cridersville, OH)

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SE,NlC'ii CLASS PIQCPPJ-IECX Last week during mv concert tour in the East my secretary banded me an envelope, uric? upon opening I found to be a for- mal invitation from one of mv dear C.H.S. classmatesg urging me to return to tlat, now great, metropolis, Cridersvilleg to attend the return engagement of tlat sensational musical pro- duction HThe Chocolate Soldier,H starring the famous singing team NPowers-Kisern Know Wr. and Nrs. Andrew Kiserl to be pre- sented on stage in the new HCridersville Theatreu at the corner of Iain and Sixteentr in tre reart of Cridersville's Broadway. Ttrilled at tle prospect of returning to mv old heme-town after twentv long years. I turriedlv called off my concert at Carnegie Hall and left at once for Cridersville. Vv! My! Wtat a small world, wlo srould board tte train in New York but my old sclocl chum Aliena Plapp. Alvena's life is still a mvsterv. She ras just sponsored a bill for an elevator to tle top of tre Great Pyramid. Some people say she's a man hater, ot?sr's say ste's married. Ak! Well! Ste lives on.gn eases in tre Sahara Desert and writes ter books. It seems Irene Naus and Alfonda Valenti rave became the great South American. sugar heiress, living on tts magnificent estates El Nauso and Val Valenti. The swiftlv-moving train pulled into tle station early tre next morning. It was abrolutelv overwtelmingl That Main Street of twentv vears tetorc had grown into dozens and dozens of streets and boulevards. Skvscrapers, kotels, and great de- partment stores, lad replaced the old Post Office, Bank and Otters. As our taxi sped along 52nd. Street, Alvena pointed out tke beautiful Fiftl Avenue Beartv Salon owned and managed by the UHelene Reutensteinu of tre day, laxine Beeler. VMat's tlis?? Maxine Fas a business rival? Ir the next block we kind tle nSeller's Beautv Sbopnen. Emra las just patented a new skin creme made from carrot iuice and is new testing a pre- paration to remove worts and moles. The taxi finally haults before tke exclusive Frazier- Plaza Eotel.u When entering the spacious lobby I decided to drop in for a chat with tte manager. There seated at ris desk in a luxurious office was Paul,--cigar in mouth, blonde secretarv on knee, red head giving Fir 3 manicure, and 3 brunette beautv brusting Tis Qnowj wavv locks. Paul was bub- ling over with news of row re had core into tie nmonevn. Nv suite at the hotel was breath-taking. At seven I dress ed and went down to the Green Room for dinner. Vrile on mv wav te mv table in tre corner sat tte HRaving--Eomeou of the H tour, Charles Meeker amid a--giggling group of females. Charles explained that after twentv vears of flobe-trotting he rad met all tle girls he cared to at last and rad come home to marry Angeline. Thenpoor girl has waited all ttis time. Cliff Rison's orchestra ras wiped Glenn Miller's out of historv and re was toniglt plaving in the Green Room at the Hotel. lvou stould hear Cliff beat ttosa drums.J

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C'C'X.l'f'NP' MQHF' FN ui! MXJJX D11 air-o ,VXJAI Fredrick Reichelderfer Music l-2-5-4 Basket Ball l-2-5-4 Base Ball 2-5-4 Echo 4 Operetta l-And It Rained 4-Words And Music Class Secretary-Treasure 4 Assistant Advertising Manager 4 Ocapella Croir 2 Clifford Bison South High l-2 Treasure of F.F.A. 4 Class Play 4-Professor, How Could You Emma Sellers Music 1-2-5-4 Ocapella Choir 2 Cperetta l-And It Rained 4-Words And Music Alfonda Valenti Music l-5-4 Operetta l-And It Rained 4-Words and Vusic Class Plays 2-Pampered Darling 5-Meet The Folks iAss't Rus. Mgr. Annual 4 Eva Williams Music l-2-5-4 Operetta l-And It Rained 4-Words And Music Ocapella Choir 2 Christmas Play 5-Christwas Comes To Aunt Kate Class Plays 2-Pampered Darling 4-Professor, How Could You Secretary And Treasure 5

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SENIOR CLASS HQGPHECY Featured with the orchestra was trat HDinal Shoren of the day CKate Kaiserl singing ter rcart awav and still stealing the hearts of her many dozen admirers. UConfidentially I just learned tkat Kate is still falling in and out of love and is unable to make up rer mind.D Picking up the paper, I find a large column written hy our classmate and now nationally famous Home Ecomonist, Betty Keeling. Vrat is this on tle front page?? Tomorrow at Grand Park a memorial service rill hc aiven in lonor of a returning war rero and heroine,--Captain Dick Gralam of the warslip UGO Get Em' Ramen and tre only competition Clara Barton ever had, Fed Cross Nurse Virginia Decker. It has been rumored that Dick was tre Pero who erased tie Japs rigkt off the map! Hurrah! Vir- ginia, the heroine, was right there to revive him from stock wren he fired trat fatal srot that destroyed Hitler. ' Across tts dining roor and into tts hanquet Hall the cx- ecutive hoard of tie Westinptouse was lolding tleir annual Panouet. Wy, mv, can I believe my eyes! President Ernest Ranga is giving an address to lis Fellow executives! Tre following day Alvena called me and asked ne to Vavc lunch with rer and tren spend tle afternoon visiting dear, old Criders- ville Higl. I accepted and about one o'clocP we walked into Principal Mary Coplin's Office. Shg tO1d.uS that We might be .- interested in visiting tra chemistry class under tre guidance of Professor Eva Willians. Sle explained that Professor Williams rad turned over a tiny corner of her lahratory to Billy Clark who is till feveriskly trying to perfect a remedy for slort- growth. From the Chemistry Lab. we went to the History Class being tauglt by Professor Fred Peicbelderfer wrose wlole class make perfect grades. It is tcing announced now tkat Fred is going to rand in tis resignation to take over a position in New York City, lChoosing tra right figures for crorus girls.D Last of all Wu visited the art class rnder tre supervision of art instructor, Rob Bice. They are nor working on new stage scenerv. Very beautifull On our way back to the Hotel we passed by two of the dear- est, sweetest little cottages wlich Alvena explained were oc- cupied, one by Nr. and Mrs. Claude'Rhinehart'lformer'Irene Pinkleyj and the otrer bv Nr. and Mrs. Carl Snider and tvins Kit and Kathie. CTwo of America's Ideal FamiIies.J It was a wonderful and exciting journey but all journeys have an end. Good-bye Cridersvillel, I must get back to New York and Carnegie Hall. M644 M 7 r i