Houghton High School - Amygdaloid Yearbook (Houghton, MI)

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Pase22 THE AMYGDALOID will make her assistant secretary to Henry Ford, himself. Kathryn 'Williams studied at the Uni- versity of Michigan, specializing in Eng- lish, but after finishing she went into the insurance business, locating at Detroit. Ethlyn T ulppo has been a basketball star for these many years, and she is as en- thusiastic as ever. When we were playing in San Francisco recently, we had several opportunities to visit Hollywood. One of the largest studios bears the sign, Paul Goodale, Incorporat- ed. Imagine my surprise when I learned that Paul is taking the parts formerly played by Rudolph Valentino. Judging from the number of his employees, he is doing very well. Daniel Brown is Paul's secretary and chief counsel. Dan has had much experience of this kind, so he is able to help Paul's business along a great deal. While I was still in the realms of 'Mo- vieland' and not far from the Goodale Stu- dio, I saw Mary Theriault, the beautiful 'Sis' of our high school days, riding along in her Rolls-Royce. She has retired to pri- vate life, having inherited no small fortune. In Oregon, we ran into Kenneth Lewis, who is now manager of the Lewis Lumber Co., with several branches throughout the United States. Florence Brimacombe is living a lonely life on a ranch in Montana. Living alone and away from people, she seems in danger of having some one Steehler her, but she is well armed. Richard Carne is a salesman for a large concern selling 'Ideas for a Good Time.' This is only a small part of Dick's occupa- tion, because his most important work is finding a girl in each town that he visits. Papers and magazines have scarcely room to print anything but Urho Strang's complete proofs of Einstein's Theory, which has ended all further investigations on this matter. Returning to Canada after graduation, l. but remaining only a few months, Ruth Hamilton decided to remain permanently in the states to devote her entire time and wealth to social work. Ruth has made friends wherever she has gone with her lov- ing, winning personality. I know you haven't forgotten how mu- sical our class was, Henriette. Several have continued along musical lines. For in- stance, Lawrence Gilles and Edward Hild- ner are playing leading parts with the New York Grand Opera Co., and are at present touring Japan. Of course, we expected no less than this from them, after hearing them with the sextette in '23. Also, since John Moore finished college he has Written two books, 'How to Play the Saxaphone' and 'How to Bluff, from Ex- periences at High Schoolf Oh, by the way, John is touring Australia, giving sa:-iaphone concerts. Louise Uren has declared that she is a man-hater and has settled down to write novels from her own experiences here and abroad, her favorite title being 'Storms' Traveling with her husband in Panama, Ruth Kendall spends her spare time making speeches in the public schools. During my vacations I have gone to Europe several times. On one of my trips a few years ago I learned that John Har- rington is poet-laureate of Ireland. I was quite surprised at this, even though John did possess talent of this kind. I In Spain, Marcella Allie is giving en-- thusiastic speeches for Woinan Suffrage. This is surely Marcella's life work. Also in the same country, in a secluded convent, Florence Richards, after breaking many hearts, has become a nun. Here she's finding'peace and contentment. Muriel Kellow and Leona Hartz came upon a fortune, which enabled them to live ten whole years in leisure. Now that the money is gone, 'Sis' has decided to become a model for John Nelson, who has a studio in Rome. Muriel is trying to decide 'vs ' ,ji

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THE AMY GDALOID Page21 from Stella Armstrong, who has several classes at South Range. Stella is intending to enlarge her offices because of the increase in business. 'Puddy' stays at Loretta's most of the time. Even all these years couldn't part them. I'1n so glad to hear about these girls,', said Lucille. I had hoped that I would see or hear from them before leaving again. Well, to go on. The Sullivan Brick Manufacturing Co. has for its manager a man who married the former owner, Stephanie Sullivan. Of course you know who he is. 'Odger's Laundry, I read on a Ripley building just yesterday. I suppose it is Hankis. We knew he wanted a Landry ten years ago. Lillie Piippo and Lily McCance desired to continue as business women, so they es- tablished an Employment Agency in Chas- sell. Business there increased so that it necessitated something like that.- Thomas Trathen completed a successful hockey season with the Portage Lake team a few months ago. Through his never- failing efforts this team has won every Tom is planning a trip to Norway, game. where he intends to keep in practice. Evelyn Geismar has quite a problem be- fore her. Two very fine-looking men have proposed to her and she is trying to decide which to accept. Ev says that she may re- fuse both and take a position with the Ga- zette, similar to that of Doris Blake in the Tribune. Augusta Haller decided that she wanted always to remain at home. But this lasted only a few days. A week after graduation she was married. VVithin a year she was divorced and married again. Now I hear that she is living very happily in Ripley. VVilliam Slattery, perhaps you know, is a street car conductor at present, and has been working for the Houghton County Traction Company a year. Previously he was a policeman in New York. Did you know, Lucille, that Gage Coop- er is senator from Michigan ? Yes, not so very long ago I was in Washington and met Gage. He told me that his friends want him to run for presi- dent next term. He also thought that I would be interested to know that Lila Kel- low is his private secretary and deserves much praise for her excellent work. Marion Noetzel is located there, too, and has been very active in club work. VVhen I was there, she was president of the Civic Club. While I was in Chicago, continued Lu- cille, Uplaying at the Blackstone Theatre, I happened to look into one of the boxes, and imagine my surprise when I saw Harold Gustafson with a party of girls, and assist- ing him to entertain. them was Waino Ha- kala! Two pictures in the Chicago Tribune caused me to want to read the paper first. One was Emma Girard, who won laurels as the best all-round woman athlete in the world. The other was Edwin Goodale, a strapping, well-built man, who has become a prize-fighter. In the article it mentioned Robert, alias 'Tex', Richard, who is pro- moting a bout between Ed and Edward VVayrynen, who, they say, has grown to be almost tive feet tall! I am watching the papers for news of the outcome. Eileen Kennedy, after completing her three years' course in nursing in a large Chicago hospital, has become quite famous for her rapid cures. One of her sunny smiles and her happy disposition is her rem- edyg in other words, a moderation of Coue's Principles. Sigrid Pelto and Helen Pettis have a neat little bakery in this city. Soon they will branch out and have a chain of stores through various cities. 'tMelida Gardner is employed on the of- fice force of Ford Motor Co. in Detroit. She has prospects of a promotion which

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THE AMYGDALOID Page23 whether she should join 'Sis' or take a course in Interior Decorating. Matt Kesti made a daring flight from Alaska to South Africa. I often wondered who would be the aviator from our class. Geraldine MacDonald, you know, took up ballet dancing. After she became tired of dancing' in this country, she took a trip to Egypt, where she is now dancing for her King. lfVe hardly expect her back, for she is quite satisfied there. VVhen I was still in Europe, Prof. Mil- ton Grams' book, 'How to Assume Knowl- edge,' was being published in Italy. At last Mutt has revealed the secrets which we all could have gladly used at school. On picking up the London Times I read 'John Marshall Has Perfected Radio in Turkeyf From the article I learned that john went to Turkey to be far away from the girls, for whom he always thought that he had a fatal charm, and he is now making a serious study of radio and related sub- jects. In Paris, Amanda Brunet was on a pur- chasing trip for the Warrick Department Store. No' doubt you have heard that Jo- seph W'arrick established quite a trade at Boston, Michigan, and Amanda is in charge of the Purchasing Department. Elizabeth Richards has invented a new kind of hair net which is guaranteed for a year. I am sure she will meet with success with this. A few weeks ago I had the opportunity to go through the University of Berlin, and I was surprised to find that Russell Bergh is a professor of zoology, and at that time he was experimenting with a butterfly. At this same university Lydia Kotila is at the head of the Latin Department. This did not surprise me, because I expected that Lydia would advance along educational lines after her fine record in high school. Priscilla Miron is quietly leading the younger generation along the paths of knowledge. She is teaching the primary grades in a country school. Margaret Healy, active in planned a trip for a dozen or more young people to Yellowstone Park Canyon. Aileen Pelkonen is owner printing house and is now busy getting in- vitations ready for the 10th Anniversary of the Class of '23. Oh, there's the bell ! exclaimed Lucille. I must be ready for a rehearsal in five minutes. How I have enjoyed talking about our class l society, has and Grand of a large Classmates, this is all a dream. Tlfs is what I heard and saw in my dreamg so fashion your futures according to your abilities. THE CRIME WAVE L. J. GILLES If we assume the protection of life and property to be the first function of govern- ment, then government is failing in the United States today. Crime in our cities is no longer an occu- pation of the individual, but it is a highly organized industry like a great chain store system, and in its organization legal talent plays an important part. The nine thousand murders committed in our country last year conclusively prove that killing is a trade. In New York City alone during the first three and one half months of 1922 we have record of one hundred murders and one hundred and twenty-six holdups. And New York is not an exception. The reports from San Francisco, Chicago, Atlanta, Los An- geles, Philadelphia, Kansas City and other large centers put them on a par with New York. If a man living in a city walks