Findlay High School - Trojan Yearbook (Findlay, OH)

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Page Twenty-seven 1918 A N N U A L October. Miss Kathryn Mulholland. has been appointed Miss Wells's successor, and she assures the board that she has no matrimonial intentions. Did you see the girl on the magazine cover of Snappy Stories last month? That was Mar- garet McMurray, our class beauty, now artist's model in New York. Abigail Blackford and Helen Latchaw haye opened upha beauty parlor in Dobbs Junction, Iowa. Split curls, kiss-me-qulcks, and hair dye a specialty. If their high school experience counts for any- thing, we prophesy a great success in their new venture. The lion of the pink teas and great favorite with the ladies is .the budding poet, Milton Straw- bridge. He has let his hair grow longer, and effects picturesque artistic clothing, and, in short, is quite the latest crush among the feminine four hundred of Winebago, Wisconsin. Miss Adele Shafer is making a great hit in New York. She is hailed as Marie Dressler's suc- cessor fevidently Adele has put on some weight since we last saw herj and one of the best come- diennes who ever made the F. B. M. drown his troubles in the froth of Broadway. Her leading man, Edwin Hall, is also a prime favorite, and is said to be almost equal to that idol of our childish dreams, Charlie Chaplain. f Miss Elizabeth Amsler is the dean of a. very select finishing school for young ladies. From the rates advertised one would imagine the young ladies' fathers would also be finished. Among the in- structors are Miss Ruby Glee Weiger, professor of refined and systematic giggling, chuckling and snickering, who received most of her training in Tell Thompson's Business English class: Miss Helen Wiseley, head of the aesthetic dancing classes, who studied under Ferol Funk, the famous cabaret artist, and Miss Ruth Crane, who teaches the are of eiiicient and effective Hirtation. Lester Thomas and Robert Gehring are working tirelessly night and day on a new invention they hope to have perfected soon. It is a cigarette so constructed that it will last for eighteen hours -sort of an all-day sucker. There are great advantages in this arrangement, for one can then smoke from morning till night without having the bother of stopping to light up, and the saving of matches will be tremendous. Do you read the Beauty Hints column in the Cleveland Plain Dealer? That is edited by Miss Lena Swihart, whom a Freshman once mistook for Mary Pickford years ago when we were in High School. How time does change people! . Imagine my surprise when I got a wireless from Pearl Creighton from Universal City, where she is taking the vamp roles in the Flamilnn Films, playing opposite Wel- by Stevens, the handsome heart-smasher and matinee idol. We also have a representative in American Wheel Burlesque. Audrey Seguine is starring with the Gaiety Girls, now on the road. CN. B.-They got kicked out of the last town they played in, so that's literally true.D Francis Miller is in Chicago, making her hair coin money. She is at present posing for hair tonic Mads. She has compounded some kind of a preparation herself which she guarantees would grow hair on an oyster, and which she will put on the market as soon as she gets her patent. In the ranks of the traveling salesmen is Harold Carpenter. This didn't surprise us a bit, as we remembered how he used to like to travel to McComb. Wonders will never cease! Clara Kistler has joined the ranks of militant reformeresses, and is at present picketing the White House for a bill providing for enfranchising women at 16 and men at 32, which she claims is the age at which the latter reaches a state of intelligence suliiciently great to entitle him to the right to vote. There is also another member of our class distinguished in national politics, Blanche Updegraph, speakeress of the House. When I recall her speechifying in F. H. S., I can well believe the claim of her supporters, that she is indeed one of the powers that be, and fills her position by far more ably than anyone since Champ Clark. She is thinking of coming out as candidate for the presidency in the next election. Hundreds are hitting the trail in Oshkosh, where the Rev. Maurice Kirsten, famous evangelist, is holding a tabernacle meeting. Miss Belva Bidinger, one of his recent converts, is in charge of the singing, and has moved great audiences to tears with her solos. CI never heard her, did you? If so, perhaps you can explain it.J Orville Hatch is the proprietor of a hotel in Mosquito .City, New Jersey, which he called the Hatch House until recently, when a facetious traveling man inquired if that was the mosquito incu- liator. Since then, he has changed the name to Hotel de Hatche, in memory of the dear old Cafe ce Mec. Has any one seen a desperate looking man with fi-ery auburn hair? The police are searching for Richard Robinson, notorious I. W. W. leader, charged with instigating a strike among the hash sling- ers of Edna Laube's Star Restaurant in Kankakee. But he needn't think he can escape, for the illus- trious detective, Frank Fishbaugh, who was graduated from the Rising Sun School of Deteckating Cfull course by correspondence, made famous by Philo Gubb of Red Book lorei is on his trail, and in all probability the sleuth will have him ere this is published. To get down to a more peaceful subject, '18 has made good in literature, too. Howard McLeod's new book, How To Make Love, is having a record-breaking sale. In her latest publication, A Sure Cure for Toothpicks, Helene Kwis tells how, to satisfy her longing and insatiable desire for popcorn, she purchased the popcorn wagon on the National corner, and after a few weeks of bliss. i. e., plenty of popcorn, she gained 92 pounds, truly a miracle. Esther Krouse, former Latin shark, has just published a new Vergil pony, with copious notes containing excellent suggestions on the best methods of bluliing, which will be welcomed by all suffering students, we are sure. In behalf of Baby First, George Swisher is running a model dairy near Alvada. Two miles away is the domicile of Joe Tighe, chicken fancier. We are glad to say Joe has quit the metaphorical variety and taken to the feathered kind. He has 300 hens and 4 roosters, and gets on an average of 303 eggs a day. Wayne Hartman, too, always had agricultural inclinations, so he has started a roof garden in Blue Pigeon, with Florence Spaythe and Goldie Fox doing the fancy dancing, and Ruth

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THE BLUE AND GOLD Page Twenty-six Some of you uninitiated probably wonder what all those initials after the names of the members of the commercial course mean. I will tell you. VVhen we are able to write on the typewriter at the rate of forty words or more a minute, net, we are given a certificate by the Underwood Company. The procuring of this certificate has nearly turned gray the hair of some of its lucky owners. After we can write forty words a minute and do it very artistically-very, remember- so that it satisfies a board of examiners at New York, we are admitted as life members of the O. A. T. You all know what shorthand looks like. Well, it is just as hard to write it artistically as it looks to be. When we attain a high degree of accuracy, theory, and artistic ability that will pass the New York board of examiners, we are given life membership in the O. G. A. If we still hanker for further honors we can try for the Superior Merit Certificate. The possess or of one of these certificates is considered to have reached the apex of shorthand penmanship and constructive ability. . You juniors and all other commercial classes that follow in our wake will have to exert your- selves to your fullest extent if you wish to outclass or even rival the class of 1918. Take our advice and organize a S. C. C. It will help. You will be come better acquainted with your fellow classmates. You will become accustomed to speech making. You must do all this and much more to equal the championship class of 'l8. We hope you do better than we have done. You must do better if you wish to make a success in the ever advancing commercial world. Before I close I will give a list of O G A Underwood Credmal Waldo Powell Huldah Brucklacher Leroy Davis Odetta Spxtler Merl Welger Orea Williams Elise Chatelain Edwin Hall O. A. Edwin Hall Merl Weigcr Belva Bldinger Ruth Corwin Leroy Davis Frank Ifishbaugh Mary Gillespie Edwin Hall T. Anna Lang Kathryn Mullholland Audrey Seguine the honors taken by members of the class of '18. W'ill you be able to surpass it? M C. S. Edwin Hall Leroy Davis Elise Chatelain Waldo Powell Odetta Spitler Orea Williams Merl Weiger Leroy Temple Orea Williams Harold Carpenter Elise Chatelain Ferol Funk Frances Miller Archie Matheny Henry Taylor Merl VVeiger 1930 HALL OF FAME. I shall always consider the best guesser the best prophet.' Cicero FOREWORD The following letter was written in Buenos Aires on September 6, 1930, in reply to a request of Miss. Genevieve Taylor, editress of the Morning Republican back home in Findlay, as to what had become of the Class of 1918, that most illustrious class which was ever graduated from Findlay High School. As the editor thought the letter might be of interest to the readers of this magazine, many of whom would probably remember the people mentioned therein, part of it has been reprinted here. It was originally published in the September 30, 1930, edition of the Morning Repub- lican, during Old Home Week, when many former residents were coming back to renew old acquaintances and review Auld Lang Sync. When you asked me to locate all the members of my class 09185 in F. H. S.. I was in a quan- dary. I thought of that old song, Where, Oh Where, Are the Grand Old Seniors, which concludes with the words Atoms lost in the cold, wide world, and agreed most heartily with the author. Finally I decided to go to the American consul, our old friend, William Hosler, for help, As luck would have it. a boat from the U. S. A. had come to port that morning, and one of the passengers, Mr. Hugh Houck, was having ani interview with the consul when I arrived. So I was privileged to see two old classmates at the same time. Mr. Houck, as you probably know, is president of the International Wireless Company, Ltd., and he offered me the use of his wireless to get information from the four corners of the globe. With the aid of Mr. Hosler, Mr. Houck and Miss Pauline Hoppenberg, pri- vate secretary to Mr. Hosler, I have obtained the following information: Mademoiselle Ardinelle Joahnze, the noted prima donna, will open her season with a concert at the Lyric Theatre, Bloomdale, Ohio. Assisting her are Mlle. Huldah Brucklacher, violiniste and contralto, and Monsieur Lestre Maurerre, pianist. who has studied extensively in Russia. Carl Hoyer is a valued member of the police force of Mlortimer. while Henry Taylor is Justice of the Peace in the same city. Carl's physique always did point towards the police force, but I can't imagine Henry meting out justice to speeders, and, least of all, performing the marriage ceremony. A pretty little romance has been enacted at the Hancock County Orphans' Home. Miss Marian Wells has been the matron there for several years. One of the members of the Board of Directors. John P. Crates, became so enamoured of her sterling qualities, that wedding bells will be heard in

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THE BLUE AND GOLD Page Twenty-eight Shad-e, who studied in Egypt and India, as contralto soloist, singing such hits as Dorothy Hill's latest, I Simply Hate To Fascinate, But Nature Makes Me So. Earl Sampson is manager of the Mel Teasy Ice Company, and hired Roy Finton to sweep the sunbeams off the roof of the ice house all summer. Ruth Gohlke is driving one of the ice wagons. owing to the scarcity of men since the new powder factory started, as they all have positions there. This new cosmetic has recently been invented by Harry Musser, and he guarantees that it can't be kissed off. Eugene Doty is president of the company, and Waldo Powell is general manager. Elmer Rettig has charge of the.testing grounds, and is an expert, owing to long experience. Ruth Switzer is in charge of the demonstrating of this new brand, with Clara Parker head of the advertising de- partment. Although still very new on the market, this invention has already gained wide popularity and without a doubt will prove a very profitable business. Phyllis Frizzell is also in the manufacturing line. She is putting a new hair-curler on the mar- ket, known as the Frizzle Frizzer. Her head stenographer, Odetta Spitler, has tried it with wonderful results, and her picture appears on the bottle. Paul Adams is manufacturing a soap powder known as Old Dutch Cleansure. Under the assumed name of the Darling Sisters, Ruth Corwin and Anna Long are on big time in a Keith circuit. They are doing hair-raising trapeze and juggling acts. Miss Lang also does a sword swallowing stunt which is said to be miraculous. Miss Edith Houseman won first place last week in a VVorld's Championship Croquet Tourna- ment held at Havre. Another eighteener has won distinction in the world of sport, too, Miss Pearl Duttweiler, who astonished the world last July 4 by making a high dive over Niagara Falls. Dorothy Dietsch has started a fancy bakery in Kalamazoo. She has engaged Doris Crawford to put the rings on the lady-fingers, as Doris formerly worked in a telephone exchangeg Flossie Fore- man pins the puffs on the cream puffs, Florence Shull is furnishing the kisses, and Mac MacGregor, the famous Scotch chef, makes the macs for the macaroons. Being possessed of a gift of gab, Leroy Davis is now doing the street-corner stunt. selling pat- ent medicine, which is guaranteed to cure anything from toothache in your false teeth to rheumatism in your wooden leg. Merl Weiger, too, is running a little faking establishment. After much difficulty I finally succeeded in locating him at Cedar Point, where he is living under the name of Professor l. Flimmer, Hypnotist, Psychologist and Revealer of the Future. Merl always did think he could read character and bluff folks. We have four representatives in Bailem and Barney's circus: Roy Temple is feeding the elephants and riding the camelsg Clair Dunlap thrills the audience every day with his remarkable tight-rope walking: Edwin Ewing is the lion tamer, who sticks his head in the lion's very jaws fthe lion's- teeth are all pulled outl, and Elise Chatelain brings up the rear of the parade playing the calliope. Then there's Lawrence Staples, our champion arguer-he is now the president of the city coun- cil in his home town, Drygrass, Arizona. We are especially proud of two members of our class-the Sothern and Marlowe of this genera- tion. Even in High School they showed remarkable talent, and now, at the pinnacle of their fame, they are acclaimed marvels' of histrionic ability by even their severest critics. Who are they? Why Alice Brenner and Russell Shaffer. of course, playing the title roles this winter in Romeo and Juliet. One of our classmates chose surgery for his profession, and now Dr. Robert C. Peale, after two years' practice in Greenville, Ohio, and vicinity, has gone to the Mayo Institute to advise the Mayo Brothers how to improve their hospital and increase their practice. It grieves me sorely to tell of one casualty-one member of our class who has gone to join the great majority. Miss Lois Ringgenberg went, soon after her graduation, to the interior of Africa as a missionary. Here she obtained material for her wonderful treatise on Wild Women. A year ago she came home for a short vacation, then left again to do missionary work among the aborigines of the Cannibal Islands. Sad to relate, the cannibals found her too tempting a morsel, and now poor Lois is no more. Although daring death every day, as yet William Van Voorhis has gone only to glory. In the recent aviation tournament, Mr. Van Voorhis won the great raec from Nome, Alaska, to Cape Horn. making it in 26 hours and 32 minutes, thus gaining the title of Aeronautic Speed King of the World. I always though Bill was pretty speedy. Speaking of aeronautical matters, Fred Evans has invented an aeroplane which runs on hot air instead of gasoline. Miss Rachael Hart runs the filling station. Recently Kenneth Leary was mak- ing a trial flight, when something went wrong with the engine. It wasn't out of hot air-if it had been, Kenneth could soon have remedied that fone of the great advantages of this type of enginel. although perhaps not as effectively as Miss Hart. Anyhow, he couldn't locate the trouble, and before he realized what was happening the plane started to fall, turning a double flip-flop. If Mr. Leary had not been strapped to his seat he would most assuredly fallen to his death. He lost control, and the machine landed in a crushed heap in Mary Houck's garden, utterly destroying a rose bush, a beautiful bed of bachelor's buttons, and a priceless bird house, the work of the noted architect, Harold Ferguson. Mr. Leary was quite badly injured, sustaining three broken ribs, one broken elbow. two broken ankles, and two teeth knocked out by the bird-house. el-I was immediately rushed to the hospital, where, under the competent care of Pearl Minnich, he is well on the road to recovery. In the mean- time, Miss Houck, grieving over the loss of her flowers and bird-house, wrote for advice to'Cynthia Grey of the News-Bee fthe pen-name of Miss Verna Algej. Miss Grey advised a damage suit. Miss Houck has secured the services of the well-known lawyers, Miss Orea Williams and Mr. Archibald Matheny, as counsel for the defense, a very hot and bitter suit is now being fought. From the latest reports. I learned that Mr. Leary had entered a counter-suit against the plaintiff for his loss of teeth due to the careless placing of the bird-house. I believe that accounts for everyone, does it not? It is unfortunate that I happened to be so far away when your request came, but, thanks to Marconi and Mr. Houck, I have managed to locate all our dear friends and classmates of so long ago, a task by no means unpleasant. -Dorothy E. Crates '18.