Girls Polytechnic High School - Maid Yearbook (Portland, OR)

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20 THE POLYTECHNIC MAID had talked to them for some time, we bade them farewell, for we were going to the beach for a vacation in another day. We reached our destination with very little annoyance or trouble, but when we reached our hotel we heard a loud cry for Mama! We turned around to see Monica Ruhl and Clara Brown pulling their children apart. While we were registering we saw a familiar name above ours, Miss Agnes Sherman. Of course we knew she was not yet married as she was a toe dancer at one of the New York Theaters. We hurried into our bathing suits when there came a knock at the door. Wle opened it but were disap- pointed to see only our maids, who were Anna Spitulski and Gertrude Doehlerf' As she concluded her story Ellen told me she had been so busy working since that time, that she hadn't seen anyone else. So about mid- night I went back to my hotel and prepared to leave New York the follow- ing afternoon. The next morning I decided to take an airplane trip over the city. Mary Gudge was now the owner of the largest airplane field in the United States. Eva Hesgard, who was the most reliable aviatrix on the field, took me for a long trip over the metropolis. In the afternoon I found my way to the dock and took the steamer VVyss , named after Elma, who had married the President of the United States. The owners of this big steamer were Bernice VVinters and Mildred Hegen. In the dining room of the ship I found Leona Luke and Beulah Holfert, who were going to London as private detectresses for the Queen of France. Kathryn Bresney, the noted model, who had been visiting in America, was on board too. Also on the' boat to entertain us was the Kenner quartet. The pianist and director was Ervena herself. The singers were Bertha Smith, Ida Bran- denburg, Helen Hawley, and Margaret Brugger. The world's greatest saxophone player, Misao Koboyashi, was also with them. VVhen I left the steamer at London, I met Dorothy Bang, who was the American consul there. She was glad to see me and said that one of my old friends, Viola Hansen, was making a tour of Europe as a singer. I left London and went to VVales just in time to see the wedding of Lela Rue to the Prince of YVales. After the wedding I went to Paris. After I arrived in Paris I went to a hotel, where I found Anita Neuman, who was the American ambassador to France. The next day I decided to go to a modiste and have a real Paris gown. A French lady told me where to go and to my surprise, it was my old friend, Ruth Nelson. She told me her friend, Hazel Stevens, was a dancing teacher in the city. It took Ruth only a day to make my dress, which showed she had improved since her school days. I decided to have my hair shampooed and marcelled so Ruth recommended Lucille DuHaimeis Beauty Parlor. VVhile I was in Lucille's shop, Bernice Benson, the lady who created all the styles during 1940 and 1944 came in. She was wearing her dresses up to her knees with a long train behind, short sleeves and very high starched collar. The dress was elaborately decorated with embroidery. She wore long earrings, and her hair had been grown out and done up in a funny little knot on top of her head. She was still wearing bangs which helped me remember the dear old Bernice that everyone liked so well. With her was a famous comedienne, Ruby Norwood. During my stay in Paris a champion tennis game was held. I was glad to hear that the winner was NVilma Maxwell who also attended Girls' Polytechnic at one time. Ever since the VVorld War they had been looking for a plan of peace. They had offered a prize of one million dollars to the one who would submit the best plan. Before I left for Egypt I learned that Charlotte

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Y THE POLYTECHNIC-MAID 19 Lily and Erna. At first I couldn't place them, but at last I decided they must be my old schoolmates. IYhen I arrived I was surprised to find the following attractions: Rose Deardorff. trapeze performer: Leola Down- ing, fortune teller: Elvessie Gregory, tight rope walker: Dorothy McIntyre, lion tamer: Jennie Linn, dog trainer: Irene Vickers, living skeletong Mae Teegarden, fattest lady in the world, and Mary Shevick, clown. I decided to have my fortune told and soon discovered that Leola had certainly mastered the art as she knew more about me than I did myself. After this I looked up Ellen Schultz, the world's shortest lady, and a special feature of the show. I asked her what she had been doing since she left school and as I remembered a little of the shorthand Miss McCain had tried so hard to impress upon my mind, I am able to repeat Ellen's exact words. This is what shesaid: Irene Vickers and I, traveling to- gether with the Circus, have been able to go from city to city and in this manner meet many of the girls we used to go to Poly with. Once when we were in New York at a fashionable restaurant for lunch, we ran right into Antoinette XYeaver. Vie learned that the four children sitting by her were hers. They seemed to be just as disobedient as their mother was when she was a girl. She told us she had been married to Gwendolyn IYendeborn's brother for five years. She said she had had quite a lot of trouble keeping her cooks. Her last four we learned to be Alice Emerson, Elizabeth Graves, Mable Okuda and -Iosephine Amato. To our surprise they were the same girls we used to go to 'Dear Old Poly' with, and all four were widows. just then two waitresses came in. Both were chewing gum. One was Lola lilosser and the other Lauree Hinshaw. VVe were surprised to hear that Rose Malsey and Margaret Isenberg had become secretaries in a large banking concern, the manager being Florence Hansen. It was getting late but Ellen went on with her story: It was time for us to leave, so we asked them all to visit us before we left the city. It was rather late so we hurried to catch a car when Irene slipped on a banana peel which had been thrown away by one of Bertha Chundelak's children just ahead of us. Irene fell against a woman carry- ing a large bundle of clothes. After she pulled her hat from over her eyes, we recognized it to be Louise Hush. She was a washerwoman carrying washing to Della Campbell, who was married, living in a fashionable part of town, and had a Star car all her own. NVe hurried on to the Circus and started working. IYhen we had finished our performance, people came to us and congratulated us on our excellent work. Among these were Carolyn Bradley, Mildred Hegen and Izola lfllack, teachers at Polytechnic schools. Margaret Berger and Gladys Clark were History teachers at Lincoln High School. Olive Collinge had dyed her hair black and was on the stage as a chorus girl at the Baker. Mildred Gilbride was her partner. After we , A M.Frutiger I Dairy Hillsdale, Ure. - ' 'I Home of Quality Milk Atwater 2185

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THE POLYTECHNIC MAID 21 Plank had won that. But then, I remembered that Charlotte had always been clever. In the winter of 1945 I went to Egypt where I found Margit Nelson, Lela Woody, Ruth Redmond, Jeannette Robson, Frieda Sinn and Leona King digging up the mummies of early Egyptian kings. Marie Maes was the supervisor of their expedition. She had discovered a way of making sand into a metal more valuable than gold, and stronger than steel. I decided then to go to South America. I went through the Panama Canal of which Eva Borelli was caretaker and Margaret Voll her assistant. The boat stopped at a Peruvian port, where I decided to get off. I heard that an exploring party had found some Inca ruins, that were, as yet, un- heard of. Much to my surprise, Martha Battin and VVilma Cromwell were at the head of this exposition. I decided to go home in a balloon. This method of traveling was made possible by Marion VanHook who had been given the fortune of Henry Ford. I got back to Portland in time to bid Myrtle Gibney and Helen Parsons good-bye. They were on their way to Scappoose as delegates to an Old Maids, Convention. One week after my return to Portland, Edna Jones, was elected Mayor of the City of Roses and Margaret Stone, Governor of Oregon. It seemed so good to be home again with my cats and birds and parrots. Last night I called Mrs. Grahame, who is still the Dean at Poly, and told her all about the girls she knew and helped so much when they were in school. I know that she and everyone will be glad to know that thus have various members of the june '25 class found their roles in the huge cast of life. -Barbara Kirkland -Ellen Schultz il I . Steward's Market Paczfw School of im Denver Avenue Beauty Culture Dealer in . FREE MARCELLING Fresh and Cured Meats Fish and Poultry Daily Phone: WA lnut-6311 XX ,f SEllwd-4194 SNW4 r 0 ' Q Q Dr. E. J. Corcoran ,gl DENTIST Office Hours: 9 to 53 ' E ' : 7 9 225 Morgan Bldg., Portland, Ore. venmgs to Telephone MA in-3161 WAVERLY COURT BUILDING East 26th and Clinton Streets