Edison High School - Edisonian Yearbook (Lake Station, IN)

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However, before she left me, she told me a bit of news which I was surprised to hear. She told me Priscilla had eloped with a very handsome gentleman to New York City, where they had been quietly married. They were now planning to take a trip to South America. When I arrived at the Harris Theater, the place was packod, but I managed to get to my place in the second bal- cony. As I was looking over the names on the program, the first name was that of Norma Schloff, one of the leading characters. Not until I had seen her perform could I be- lieve it. The audience was wild about her, and showed it by encoring her at least ten times after the final curtain. I sent a messenger to tell her I was there to sec her, and so she received me in her dressing room. The room was filled with flowers, and on one particularly large bouquet I noticed the card — From Jim. Wo talkod over old timos and I asked her about Jim Frederick. She seemed very proud as she told me that ho was recently elected senator from Indiana, and was now in Washington discussing an important bill. I knew Jim would accomplish whatever ho sot out to do. As it was rather late when I got through talking with Nautie, I decided to spend the night in Chicago. The next day was very bright and clear. I purchased a South Shore ticket, and was soon on my way to Gary. After sitting down on the train, I noticed a familiar person across the aisle--oh, Dcrrill Minard, rather stout, but dressed very fashionably, and evidently a big business executive. He pro- ceeded to tell me about himself, saying he was head of a large department at the mill and had just been to Chicago to close a very important business deal. He asked me whether I had heard about Bernard Boylan, who was now a very prominent lawyer. Ho pointed out in the paper an article which told of Bernard ' s splendid work in a murder case. We talked for some time, and he also told me of the suc- cess of Bob Munro. He had broken a high jump record recently and had received a beautiful trophy for it. I was rather amused at this because I had never oxpected Bob to break any high jump records os he was rather short. We soon arrived in Gary. It was good to be in Gary again I It was still basically the same, but there were many now stores and restaurants along Broadway. As I was walking along, I met anothor old classmate of mine, Margaret Thompson. She was in a nurse ' s uniform and looked very attractive. She told me she was now a registered nurse, and was just going out on a special case, I wasn ' t surprised, as I knew Anna always wanted to be a nurse, and I was sure she was a good one.

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I asked about Susie Jacob, and learned she was now secre- tary to the President of the Gary National Bank. I decided to drop in to see her, and arrived just as she was leaving for lunch. She was very smartly dressed in the latest of fashion. We decided to have lunch together, and talked over old times. It was then Susie told me of her marriage to a sailor whom she had met at a band contest in Michigan City. Susie also asked me whether I had heard about Phyllis and Bob Swift. I wa3 amazed to learn that they were now a famous dancing team under the name of Smith Swift (almost a tongue- twister!) and were touring the country, at present in New York. After leaving Susie, I noticed on an upstairs window a sign which read, Dr. Kosinski. I went upstairs and entered the large waiting room, filled with patients. There were chil- dren crying and people pacing the floor, but they all seemed to have great faith in the doctor. I wondered whether Stanley had changed any since we went to school, but decided he hadn ' t when ho stuck his head out of the door of his office and yelled, Nurse, find me a pencil i 11 Because he was very busy, I decided not to bother him. As I proceeded down Broadway, I noticed a long line of people. I wondered whether something had happened, but then discovered they wore just waiting in line for a movie. The name of it was The Redhead , and the star playor was another of my classmates, Jim Kinsey. I would have liked to soe the movie— I had hoard what a good actor Jim was, and how ho was almost a second Frank Sinatra, only he couldn ' t sing (Oh well, noithor could Sinatra! )— but decided I ' d better bo on my way to East Gary. My, how East Gory had changed in the last ten years — it was almost unbelievable I There were wide streets and side- walks; the houses wero neatly spacod off with green lawns, trees, and shrubbery surrounding thorn; there wore also sever- al new stores and a theater. I decided to stop in somewhere to have a soda. The first place I came to was a very neat and attractive little place, Millie ' s Ice Cream Parlor. I nevor gave it another thought until I was inside, and there behind the counter stood my old classmate, Mildred Courtney. The place was evidently doing a lot of business as school kids and older people now jammod the place. We had quite a chat together, and Mildrod told me what a lot of fun she had had owning this little store. I asked her about my old girl friend, Mary Princo, and sho gavo me her address in a different part of East Gary. On the way out to her home, the bus driver and I ontered into a friendly conversation. I noticed a boautiful piece of farmland and sovoral men out working in the field. I re- marked, Why, that man looks like Bob Tanner! The bus driver nodded, It is. Haven ' t you hoard? Why, he owns one