McKinley High School - Nugget Yearbook (St Louis, MO)

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McKinley l-lall of Fame ln forty years thousands of boys and girls have graduated from McKinley High School, What has become of them? Have many of them achieved success and fame in their chosen careers? Through the diligent efforts of our former faculty member, Mr. Castleman, and through other contacts, we have been able to trace the accomplishments of some of the graduates of McKinley. There must be many others who have attained high places whose names, unfortunately, were not brought to our attention, This list of distinguished citizens is evidence that our graduates from every class have built'well on that fine foundation laid in their high school life. They will serve as an inspiration to the graduates yet to come. ARMED FORCES: Norris Allen, Captain, William Baltrusaitis, Captain, Flying Forces, Distinguished Flying Cross, Joseph Beauclair, Captain, lra Koenig, Colonel, Flying Forces, Charles Marsalek, Maior, killed ia action, Frank Skelly, Lieutenant Colonel, Joseph Vollmar, Colonel, Construction Engineers, Bernard Von Hoffman, Colonel, Flying Forces, Leroy Watson, Brigadier General. ART: Wallace Bassford, commercial art, Clara Bromeyer, designer of lamp shades, Sam Caputa, designer of furniture and window decorator, Charles Holloway, army art and camouflage, Raymond McCrary, hat designer, Grace Lewis Miller, danc- ing school in California, Viola Miller fdeceasedt exhibited in Paris Salon, Rose Mir- ianich, commercial art, Evelyn Ortlepp, engraver at Jaccard's, Peggy Vancil, com- mercial art, Hattie Wangelin, craft and jewelry, Chic Young, cartoonist, creator of Blondie, G ATHLETICS: Roy Blades, former Cardinal Manager, now New Orleans Club Manager, Otto Eckl, instructor, Concordia Gymnasium, Franklin Johnson, Olympic Games '24, track mach, Leland Stanford University, Dan Kinsey, world high hurdle champion, Olympic Games '24, coach, Oberlin College, Loren Murchison, Olympic Games '24, '28, world's fastest sprint starter, now manager of a hotel in Miami, Florida, John P. Nicholson ldeceasedt, Olympic Games 'l2, track coach, Notre Dame. BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY: Walter Bode, executive, Stix, Baer, and Fuller, George Bryant, oil executive, Rochell, N. Y., Arthur Coates, manufacturer, James Conzelman, Vice-President, St, Louis Browns, Vice-President, American Investment Company, former football coach, Washington University, Arthur Darr, contractor, builder of army camps, Harry Deutman, building contractor, Harold Emerson, Pres- ident, Anchor Laundry, Chester Farrell, executive, Woolworth Stores, Chester Fisher, executive, Massachusetts Mutual insurance Company, Pierce lPeteJ French, insurance broker, collector of birds and reptiles for St. Louis Zoo, Roy Frobase, executive, American Automobile Insurance Company, Arthur Gidionsen, Vice- President, Tower Grove Bank, Douglass Johnson, insurance broker, former teacher of English, Pennsylvania University, Harry Lange, President, Lange Laundry, Charles Locatell, President, Tower Grove Bank, John Longmire, bank officer, George Mel- low and Wesley Mellow, Mellow Steel and Foundry Company, George Morrison, Vice-President, Weissenborn Coal Company, Vice-President, St. Louis Rotary Club, Robert Neuman, insurance broker, credited as the greatest insurance salesman in Page Sixteen '5 35'i , ,. 53 it em ,iv . 3 't ia? f . X iz 1-air,

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HELEN MILLER ............... IDA MUENNIGHAUS ......... EARL H. NELLER ......... HELEN L. OEHLER ,........ ARTHUR H. PFAFF ......... ..- .-.vi 1,-.3 P, J ----------Mathematics ----------Engl ish -- .... -Commercial Studies -----------Commercial studies ----------Science, Guidance AREOLA REINHAROT ....,... g ......... -Mafhemafacs, social ALBERTA R. ROSS ....,.... ........... S ocial Studies CLARA E, RUCH ,..,...,.,....... ....... 4 ---Commercial Studies EMMA MARIE RUPPEL.--- ...-. -.................. S ocial'Studies JOSEPH H. SHEELY --.,.-.--- 4 --.... Lindustrial Arts HELEN SHRIAVER -.-..-.--.- .-- .--..... --Latin FRANK M. SSKWOR ..-----.-.-...-. .-.......- S ocial Studies E'RANcEs B. STILLWELL ,.-.--.--..- .-.---.-.. P hysagai Education HARRIET M. stout ................ A .......... Music ELSIE STRADAL .------..... ' ELSlE J. STRAUBE -...--.-.- ERWIN W. STUEBEN .--------- BESS N. THIESEN ..-. ----------Engl ish Science - ..-.--- ..Spanish, German ---------Commercial Studies PHOEBE THUL ---..-----...- -...--. - Art EARLY G. TYLER .---------. ....---..- E nglish ELAlNE VOLKERS ......... ....-..... E ngush ' CORINNE WALL --.--.-.-------..----.-.---.- .. .---. ----. .- ---Art, English 5 SYLVIAIR. WEISS .--. ---- -...--..-------..-------.--- ----...--- S ocial Studies PAULINE G. E. WESTPHAELINGER -.-.-.-.-.. .-..... - Social Studies U E. W. ZEPPENFELD ----..----....---...-...-...--. --...---. S cience MAUDE RULE .---..---.-------.-.--..- .-,-..--- L ibrarian ADELE KIECKERS, R. N. ----..--- --.------ H ygiene MARTIN F. KOURI, M. D. .....-. -.-.. - -Hygiene LUCJILLE BECKER ......-.-...-...- ........- c lark M J. S. HOFFMAN -...--......-..-.-...-..- ---..-.-. B ook and Supply Clerk JOSEPHINE H. SCHAEFER -....--.-- 4 -..-...-..----.- - .-..-.-..-- Clerk A On leave of absence for ' GORDON CLUCAS JOSEPH E. DODSON , H. A. HOEEMANN' A HERBERT H. HUTSELL military service: DONALD INGERSON LOUIS D. MAGUOLO a 'L i i - -W 'ntff-Z-1'g k,,.-v..L-,Tj 1. 'Z .11 e ,' 1 Hi Studies L , . r CHARLES P. MARCHESSEAULT JOHN J. STEPHENS Page F5ft36f

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U4 . the United States, Elmer Noxon, Superintendent, Purina MiIls,f Laura Orbach, only woman president of a brass foundry, Richard and William Ramming, Ramming Tool Company, Arthur Schuchardt, Treasurer, Lambert Drug Company, Edwin Schmidt, officer, Mutual Bank, Norton Schuyler, official, Robertson Air Craft Company, Vic+ tor Stempf, National President, American Institute of Accountants, Irvin and Norman Stupp, Stupp Iron Works, Walter Vieh, President, Tel-Autograph Com- pany, Albert Wagenfuhr, President, Boatmen's Bank. EDUCATION: C. I. Fleming, Principal,.McKinIey I-Iigh School, Ralph Fuchs, Professor of Law, Washington University, Walter Gammeter, Assistant Principal, Roosevelt High School, Roy Glasgow, Professor of Engineering, Washington Univer- sity, Army Radio Engineer, Claudia Lide, official Y. W. C. A,, President, St. Louis Guidance Association, Gertrude May, Supervisor, Public School Libraries, Edward B. Orr, Dean of Education, Principia College, Carl Rice, Assistant Professor, Mississippi University, Israel Trieman, Professor of Law, Washington University. The following members ofthe McKinley faculty: Marie Brown, Ella Burton, Florence Lewedag, Arthur Marx, I-lelen Oehler, Emma Ruppel, I-Iarriet Stout, Phoebe Thul, Elaine Volkers, Sylvia Weiss, Pauline Westphaelinger, Eugene Zeppenfeldf LAW AND CIVIC LEADERSI-IIP1 Rodowe Abeken, attorney, former Superg visor, St. Louis Playgrounds, Sam Dekins, former Secretary,,St. Louis Chamberlof Commerce, Joseph Gravely, attorney, Patent Office, Fred I-loffmeister, former judge, civic leader, Walt R. I-Iughes, Probate Judge, former Prosecuting Affamey, Iron County, Dean Leffler, attorney, Ralph Neuhoff, General Counsel, Merchants Exchange, Sidney Neuhoff, attorney, I-lenry Hoeffer, attorney, Lillian Stupp,' active in College Club and other clubs, Agnes Riley Sullivan, attorney, authority and writer on probate law, Cleta Smith, attorney, civic leader, George Stemmler, Presi- dent, St. Louis Bar Association, Associate City Counselor, Francis R. Stout, attorney, Albert Sweitzer, former Prosecuting Attorney. A MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY: Dr. Everett Bedell, orthodontist, Dr, Armand Fries, nose and throat specialist, Dr. Alexis I-lartmann, Head of St. Louis ChiIdren's I-Iospital, Dr. Milo I-leideman, Dr. Frederick Jostes, orthopedist, now Captain, Navy, Dr. Victor Kloepper, Lieutenant Commander, Navy, Dr. John McCaughan, Mayo Fellowship, Senior Instructor in Surgery, St. Louis University, Dr. Robert Mueller, President, St. Louis Medical Society, Dr. Julius Rossen, Professor, St. Louis Univer- sity, Dr. Fred Schwartz, oculist, Dr. Carl Vohs, orthopedist, MUSIC: Gus I-laenschen, orchestra leader, Chester Nordman, organist, ara ranger, Gene Rodemich ldeceasedl, orchestra leader, Irwin Rosen, first violinist, St. Louis Symphony, Oliver Schmid, radio singer, Edgar Shelton, violinist, Marion Telva tTauckel, Metropolitan Opera. ' I RADlO'AND NEWSPAPER: J. Roy srockioa. I RELIGION: Father Mark Ebner, Assistant, New Cathedral, Louise Esser Auler, missionary, I-londuras, Richard I-latch, Congregational minister, Francis Singler, Re- demptionist Order. WRITERS: Elmer Naslund, author of Voice of Verdun , Thelma Parrott Hol- lingsworth, poet and feature writer. V Me Tl 'Q ' r ?i 4-5 f .tfffiat Mg M 'Q ' I V P I 'fit -Q Q., 'fm . ,Q x 5 I .-'-A A 'ki if H 5, .ii . .ad - :Q ' vu r Q' if ar -I E4 :W Qs .QI 1-, fs tx. Page Seventeen a .3 .3123 me '+I as