Leipsic High School - Le Hi Yearbook (Leipsic, OH)

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PROPHECY FOR THE CLASS OF 1937 By Mary Jane Barton A? I took my place at the alumni banquet table in the gymnasium on a warm evening in May, 1957, | was surprised to see so many faces from the Clas3 of 1937, around the festive board. There was, for instanco Le; a Jean Ackerman by the side of her husband, James Kuntz, famous heart specialist. I went up to them at once, and we all began to talk. Before long, James told me that he had been sizing up Florence Bennett s basketball team that afternoon and believed that they could win the coming year a county tournament. I soon learned that others of my class are still connected with the Leipsic school. Arlene Stevens, home economics instructor, had prepared the delicious dinner set before us from a cook-book written by Elizabeth Evers and Norma Brown. You will no doubt recognize them as the new ’'Sisters of the Skillet. They are joined in radio by Bob Prentiss, who has taken over the Sunday night Jello program, and hi 3 Mary Livingston, who is none other than Mary Jane McLaughlin. Then, there is Paul Shreck, super-snoop of the airlanes, who got away from his duties long enough to attend the dinner, and came over to supply me with further information. Paul said that Helen Hayzlett became the charming Mrs. Hook shortly after graduation) and that Bob Wagner, popular local M. 0., is at last engaged to Mary Draper, who has been living in the West for some time. Mary s old chum, Esta Nesbit, is Bob s pretty, efficient nurse (watch out, Mary | ), After listening to him for a few moments, and neglecting my coffee, I turned to my left to chat with Elizabeth Keeran and her beaming husband, Wayne Rayle (still very much the devoted couple). Wayne was bending an attentive ear to Isabelle Powell, who I understand is now matron of an exclusive girls school in the East. Isabelle must have been telling Wayne about her trips home on the Nickel Plate on which Gilbert Dick is the dashing conductor. Dora Siefker also rides home on the same train between literary engagmonts, since she is the recent winner of the Nobel Poetry Prize, and co-editor of the Woman s Home Companion. Dora»s sister, Alice, married the MSw York Yankees pitcher. Alice, who came a little late, confided in me that while downtown shopping in New York, she ran into Floyd McDougle who is operating an elevator in the Empire Stato Suild-i ng. Following the banquet, Robert Eicher, prominent painter of the Water Lily (which is, in reality, Virginia Young in a bathing suit), walked up with his friend, Robert Scott Paul, spark plug king. They asked about Don Welsh, who was not present because he was making a flight in his plane, the Lady Bugj and Dick Pfahler. I told them that I had seen Dick rattling across country in his agony-wagon to check on his string of gas stations. Dick is now sole owner of the sti11-broken-down-puddle- jumper. When they left, | waylaid Mr, and Mrs. Eugene Klausing long enough to inquire about Eugene s voice. (He strained his vocal chorda too much at a football game last fall and hasn t been able to croon since). You can imagine what a blow this was to his wife, the former