Grove High School - Futurist Yearbook (Paris, TN)

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RJR , . Ns!,ni.., ML Steiff we N-sa -:- -' TI-IE--FUTURIST - -1 old friends and ma-tes-Corrine Hicks. Maurice was doing exceedingly well with his poetry and had just completed an edition of all his poems. Donna wrote up all the social affairs of Washington for some Cosmopolitan magazine. So considering everything I suppose the happy pair was fairly successfull. Bless their hearts, they knew I'd be lonesome my first night there, so they included me in a theatre party for the evening. Herman Hull, the New York matinee idol, was there and though I was not so fortunate to get to talk with him, I sat back, looked, and remembered the old days when I had actually seen him living and breath- ing every day. About the middle of the program-there was a commotion in the box op- posite our own, all eyes were turned in that direction. Imagine my surprise when Florence Winsett appeared with some one of the many foreign princes. My eyes just jumped and I demanded an explanation. Florence by some means had inherited quite a lot of moneyy then married Woodrow Windsor, the Chain Store King, divorced and sued him for a cool hundred thousand, and was now displaying the new boy friend to every advantage. The following morning, I thank the kind fate that made me read the morning paper in my room, for there on the front page staring at me with her boring steady eyes was a large picture of Inez: Irion-who was now known as Inky --the world's greatest woman dare-devil -stating she had performed one of the most dangerous feats known to' humanity. Inez! that smart, sweet, old-fashioned, up-to-date girl. It was incredible. Well! I got out of New York quickly-and took a plane to Los Angeles. After refresh- ing myself at the hotel I went down to a quaint little cafe some piece from the hotel. The first person I spied was a class-mate, Christine Schrieber. I learned that she and Juanita Robinson had come to California to enter the talkies, but due to one thing and another, they compromised and built up a fortune out of the little cafe. It was called The Comet, and among her best patrons were Margaret Pritchett, who was now a great portrait painterg Ruby Hastings, a swimmcr of international fame, and Ernestine Elam, who with her hus- band Curtis Carter, ran a big Home Economics school. Christine told me that little Louise Sullivan was at the head of a Girls' club and that if I wished, we would ask her to dinner. I agreed heartily, so six o'clock found us seated with Louise in the spacious dining room of the lovely, old club. Thousands of young girls were around our table, their lovely, lighted faces showing the spirit and the zest of youth. Suddenly Louise arose and with a hasty pardon, left us, returning in a few minutes with several other women. I was disappointed, for I thought I could sit there with only old friends and ta-lk to my heart's content-but being a school teacher, I politely looked up-whooped--for there standing before me were Isabel Bennett, Ruebene McCuiston, Woodie Lou Riddicks, Helen Smith, Mildred Smith, Lucille Trotter, Mabel Snow, Kate James, Margaret Dunlap and Lorene Melton. My! Did we talk? Wiords flew back and forth and one half didn't know what the other half was saying. I did gather, however, that all were 'married and were either living in Los Angeles or close around, and often came in to' dine with Louise and be together. Ka-te married Earl Crosswy, who was leading an orchestra in one of the down- town theatres and gaining popularity rapidly. Charlie Hendley was managing editor for one of the city papers, and lived with Mabel Snow and her husband, who was city editor of the same paper. '4Bil1y Askew and James Farrar had bought up a lot of oil companies, made their fortune and now spent most of the time running 'round the world on their yacht. Joe Howard, now known as speed was the dashing half-back on the All-Southern team. His fame was wide and Speed now traveled in the best of circles both -here and abroad. Herbert Williams now pitched for a big Pittsburgh team. 'I'he next day after many regrets and goodbyes, I left and started back through the country for anywhere. This time I rode one of the big buses that looked like one of the old time Pullman cars. In Utah we stopped at some little town for oil-so out I hopped and made a beeline for a little roadside ta-Vern, almost knocking someone down who had just started out. Catching my breath, I started to apologiize when I found my hand being shaken off- and 'by whom- None other than grinning Pearl Wiggins--who was now-I found out later- Mrs. Gene McGehee. She finally got her Gene, and being afraid of the girls in the sunny South, had brought him to the West. They ran a tourist camp, in with the tavern and kept several employed. Among whom were Travis Lax, Clara Mai Willard and Zenona Foust. She also told me that close to her were James Carter, James Gorman, and Floyd Hopkins, who were trying their luck at running a chicken farm. Boy! I had been lucky and for five miles out of the town I just sat and grinned. i I9 3I

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