Crooksville High School - Crux Hi Skan Yearbook (Crooksville, OH)

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Senior Class Prophesy Cincinnati, Ohio, Oct. 20, 1935 Mrs. Gertrude Maxwell, Triadelphia, Ohio. My Dear Gertrude :— Your letter was awaiting me when I returned home from my vacation trip. I was certainly glad to hear from you and so glad to know that you and Harley are making such successful farmers. It seems that the farmers are about as well off as anybody these days. Well, about our trip, you know Thelma Hooper is the head matron in the Mercy hospital here in Cincinnati and we both got a two-months’ vacation so we took our trip together. We surely had a most wonderful time and it seemed rather a coincidence that we have seen or heard from every one of our old classmates of C. H. S. ’21. The first one we ran across after leaving here was Wilbur Wood. He is the noted Professor of “Pep” in the Ohio State University in Columbus and during our two hours wait there he drove us around over the city in his limousine telling us all about his work and how well satisfied he is. He always was a live wire in High School and I just surmised he would be a “frisky piece” some day. Then we boarded a train for New York. We were no sooner seated until the conductor came through, and who do vou hink it was? Why, sure enough, it was Bob Mealick, with that familiar call of “tickets please.” We had quite a chat with him and he tells me that Ralph Brown is doing splendid work in the Real Estate business in Cleveland. We can always expect such from any one who “cropped out” the 90’s like he used to do. When we got to Buffalo, N. Y., I seemed to think I was getting rather tired but soon forgot all about this feeling when lo and behold you, who must get on the train here but Ted Bates and his wife, who used to be Bertha Deaver. They had been making a visit with Ted’s brother, E. D. Bates, our well known H. S. Superintendent, who now is overseer of high schools in Buffalo, and Bertha and Ted were on their way home in New York Citv. They were very determined that we should stop a day or so with them and see the kiddies, so we did. Ted is manager of one of the largest chewing gum factories in New York City and seems to be getting along so good. My! they certainly have everything comfortable and convenient about their home and they are among the leaders in socity there. We arrived at their home about 10:30 A. M. and in the afternoon as we were resting ourselves and reading the newspapers we saw where another of our old classmates, Virgil Nelson, the famous orator on all subjects, was to be at the Metropolitan Opera House that evening. The headlines in the paper was as follows: Famous Speaker in City Tonight Timothy V. Nelson, Former Governor of Ohio To Speak At Metropolitan Bertha and Ted had heard him during one of his previous visits there and after hearing of his splendid ability we were all the more anxious to go and hear him. His oration was great, the subject being, “The Original Reason, Why Girls Leave Home.” We went up and made

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easily defeated the other classes in the preliminaries. Of those who were at the County track meet, who will forget Springer’s high jump, Mosie’s pole vault or Pete’s shot put. Hopes are still higher for the results of May 5, 1921. Foot ball was also started this year and the Juniors had more than their share on the team. Over half the boys in the class were on the team. In basket ball they furnished six men, Slim, Pete, Ted, Springer, Mose and Watts. The social career of the class was not as active as in the preceding year, but the spirit of the class was as vigorous as ever. The class accomplished a notable feat in re-establishing the Junior-Senior reception. This had been forbidden for several years, but by complying with certain regulations they were permitted to have the reception. This alone should leave their names in the memory of the Seniors of C. H. S. for years to come. IV As this class returned in 1920 as Seniors they were fortunate in having more instead of fewer members than the year before. Two pupils, Mr. Harold Finley and Miss Gertrude Maris, came from Sayre High to graduate with them. At the end of the first semester Miss Nona Mauler was advanced from the Junior class of the same year. In athletics the class played a bigger part than ever before. Nearly every boy in the class was on the foot ball team, which began to do very good work this year. The first basket ball team this year was made up entirely of Seniors—the following playing: Slim Showers, Pete Van Atta, Vernon Springer, Mose Tedrow, Ted Bates, Harold Watts and Charlie Johnson. It was this team that put C. H. S. on the map in basket ball. The class is justly proud to have brought this fame to their school. Though the Seniors lost to the Freshmen in the class tournament their seven best players were barred because of playing on the first team. The girls also did their share in organizing the girls basket ball team. Four Seniors were on the two debating teams in the county contest. It should also be mentioned that a Senior, Neil Stanbery took first place in the county essay contest this term. A few class parties were given this year but most of the time was devoted to work and athletics. Their pleasures will be much greater for this reason during the latter part of the year. This class has now weathered four years of High School life, filled with many pleasures and honors but also including much hard work. They have only a little farther to go to reach the goal which has been their aim since entering old C. H. S. We must now leave them to the contemplation of their victory, with the best wishes for their future welfare and knowing that there will ever be in their hearts a place set aside for Crooksville High School.

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ourselves known to him as the crowd was leaving and he gave us quite a line on some of our old pals. He told us that he met “Slim” Showers about two months ago in Toledo and it was rumored about that he would be Ohio’s next Congressman. He also said that “Pete” Van Atta is in New Jersey, taking training in boxing and is causing quite a bit of comment throughout that part of the state. You know he was of a pretty good build and looked like he was able to take care of “Pete.” Then last but not least we were informed that Pearl Coulter is a movie actress in California and she's naturally “taking the place by storm.” He expressed it in a way to indicate that she is certainly winning the laurels. Well the next day Bertha and I had quite a visit with each other as we went back again to our High School Days and 1 almost forgot to tell you that Vernon Springer is a cartoonist in New York City for the International Press Assn. He has a regular salary of $50,000 a year, so you may judge the value of his work by that. Edith Penman is also there in New York City. She is stenographer in the Custom’s House, and is engaged to be married soon. Neil Stanbery is living about forty miles out of the city and is working on an invention, an Automatic Hair Comber, for ladies. I guess he has married a real rich lady who has been a great help to him financially, but she is like all other inventor’s wives, she thinks he don’t give her enough of his time, but I suppose that is the way with life. When Bertha, Thelma and I thought it over just how many of our classmates were there so close, we decided to have a sort of reunion. The next evening which was Thursday, these which I have just mentioned being in or around Nt w York City had a dinner at the Baltimore and the dinner was followed by a Theatre Party. It seemed like a small class party back about 1920 or 1921. Friday afternoon at two-thirty Thelma and I sailed for England and we were greatly amazed to find that Harry Findlay was standing on the deck, selling peanuts by the peck. The rush was so great getting on the boat that we hardly got to say more than a word to him, much to my regret. After we had been on the boat for about six or eight hours and were just walking around upon deck I thought I saw a familiar face in the distance and as we came nearer I saw that it was Arthur Bailey. He was on his way to Ireland to see about an estate which his wife’s great step-uncle had left them. Of course the trip seemed like years to him. Our trip going over was very enjoyable and when we landed in England there was Bill Weaver at the port. I quickly inquired what he was doing and in his usual modest way he told me he was a member of the Parliament. Now, isn’t that great? But I’m not surprised though,are you? He is living in a large, richly gilded castle and has a family of five children, all exceedingly intelligent. We stayed in England for a week and then went from there to Egypt t0 see the famous ancient ruins, the wonderful pyramids and the majestic sphinx. The first place we went in Egypt was to see our home missionaries, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd McGuire, his wife, as we used to know her, being Lois Springer. They have had great success in teaching these heathens the civilized way to live. Harold Watts is also in Egypt. He lives near one of the Pyramids. Only recently he has accepted a position as missionary to that land and part of his duty is keeping nocturnal animals from disfiguring the figures of the Sphinx. The lions roar, the tigers scream, the desert sands shift, but Harold is peaceful and calm. We stayed in Egypt for a month and I had the pleasure of seeing many of the wonders which I had wished for since childhood. Our journey home was by a different route. We came by way of Canada and landed at Halifax, Nova Scotia. While we were in Halifax and were staying at a hotel there, one morning Thelma took a most dreadful headache and I asked the proprietor to recommend a good physician and he named Dr. Tedrow, but at that I never thought anything and when he came, here it was our old pal George. He stayed until her headache got better and then he revealed t0 us his life since last we had seen him. He said he had married Ina Burley ten years ago and that two years after their marriage they were separated for about four months, but since then, they had gotten along very congenially. They have one child, a little boy six years old, named Earnest. I imagine the boy was named for some beau of Ina’s. It seems to me I used to hear her talk of some one by the name or Earnest. We spent two days with Ina and George and then came on through Canada down to Chicago, 111. The second day we were in Chicago we went shopping and as we were in one of our stores had the great surprise of seeing Nona Mauller. She is a Superintendent in a Kindergarten school on the west side of Chicago. She told us that she had seen Lester Vance just the week before. He is traveling with a Chautauqua and is director of Sousa’s band. We did not tarry long in Chicago for we had been gene for quite a while and were ready to come home. Well, I am going t0 attend a concert at Music hall tonight and the briefness of time demands that I begin to prepare my toilette. Will close wishing you happiness and prosperity. Your old Schoolmate, MABEL WHARFF.