Medina High School - Medinian Yearbook (Medina, OH)

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TwentyTwo the management of Harold Rodgers. By this time it was getting late so I started back for the hotel. Passing the Ohio theatre my notice was attracted by the billboard which read, The Mikers, Under the Leadership of Offineer, assisted by Bowman, Black Bottom Queen. I reached the Hotel lobby about eight o'clock and, sure enough the gang was there to greet me: the most prominent men and women in Cleveland, such as Fisher and McNeal, the electrical experts, Campbell, the country's foremost artist, Council' man Fulton, Fred Baird, president of the 'Euclid Beach Co, Miss Fretter of the Fretter Horseradish Co, Fulmer and Pelton, the milliners, and Fuller, of the Fuller Baking Co. After a long chat we disbanded, not realizing that we might never meet or see each other again. . But surely I could not go on without visiting Medina. Strolling around there in search of more classmates I happened to drop into a restaurant where, much to my surprise, I found Ruder tossing hamburgs and juggling dishes. He gave me the information that I wanted. He told me that Katherine Root was now president of the Root Company, that Close was living on an experimental farm, trying to grow potatoes on tomato vines, and that Howard Selzer was on a large chicken farm that furnished friers to all the hotels and restaurants in Cleveland. i However, most of the famous class of 1927 had left Medina, so I soon started for Philadelphia. You have probably heard of the great firm of Fenn E3 Leather' man, which bought out the Wanamaker Store, I paid them a short visit. But Philadelphia is a poor place for a person on a world tour, so I started off for the City of Fortune, New York. I arrived at the Yankee Stadium just in time to watch Wade strut his stuff at first base for nine innings. He is making the grade in baseball the same as Dundas in football for the Chicago Elks, and Yost in basket' ball for the Rosenblums. The sporting world may well be grateful to Medina for these three men. After the game I went to the Abrams and Aylard Dining Parlor, where I had possibly the best feed since the alumni banquet in '27. It was then just 7 :SQ and I had to hurry to get over to the Madison Square Gardens to see Ausman box Gibson for the world heavyweight championship title. Of course I could not leave New York without. looking into the Carlton Chain Stores, managed by Norene, Norma and Genevieve. From there I dashed down to the City Hospital to see Marian Bagley, head nurse, and her assistant, Helen Clark. As I was delayed several hours at New York before I could sail, I decided to go down to Washington. There I had the great pleasure of meeting Rear Admiral Catman, Secretary of Agriculture Shaw, and his private secretary, Naomi Neumann. Late that same night I went on board ship, and two days later the stately Leviathan pulled into port at South Hampton, England. It was not long after I landed before I found out that Kraver was a chauffeur for the King of England. While crossing the Channel to Holland I could see in the distance on the main' land beautiful flowers, bushes and shrubs. Upon inquiring, I found out that these belonged to the internationally known horticulturist, jay Lash.

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THE MEDINIAN Twenty0ne Class Prophecy By FRANK METTIE If Mr. Mettie is in, I want to see him, said the voice that rose from the palatial office of Edsel Ford and, quick as a flash, the messenger was off to get me. Not knowing what the interview was to be about, my voice was a little shaky as I said, Did you care to see me, Mr. Ford? D Why, yes, came the reply as he threw two 'big ledgers in front of me, Here, look for yourself. ' ' Picking them up I rapidly glanced them over to find that our business had been taking a downward curve for over a year, since the latter part of 1946. Can you account for that? he demanded. A I believe we have not been doing enough research work outside of our own laboratories, I ventured to reply. That is just it, and tomorrow you start on a tour of the world to gain newer ideas and principles of business practice. I will give you three months with all expenses paid, and I will also permit you to go out of your way to look up your old classmates of 1927. ' How those few words rang in my ears! It was something that I had always wanted to do and was hoping I could do. How well I could remember when I was just a Freshman looking up to the Senior who was graduating, and realizing that in order to become such a grand ,person one had to study and study hard. And then when we became Seniors, how proud were our parents and friends and oh how proud we ourselves were. In due time we, too, graduated. Close friendships were broken up, some going to college to spend four more years in preparation, others entering the busy world to make or lose their fortune. ' By this time I had collected my thoughts and bidding Mr. Ford goodbye, I bounded through the door to prepare for the tour. It was not long before the noisy streets of Detroit were fading behind me and I was approaching home to tell Mrs. Mettie fnee Fanchion Carterj of the great trip we were to take. Next morning we hopped over to Cleveland in our plane, parking atop Hotel Cleveland, the largest and most beautiful hotel in the city. Taking an elevator down to the lobby, I walked over to the desk where to my unbounded amazement I met Manager Chase. After a short exchange of past experiences, he said he would call some of the gang over for a little party in the evening. Late in the afternoon I left the hotel for a little stroll. Upon crossing Euclid and East Ninth Street I was almost mowed down by a street car, Motorman Roth at the helm. Onward I walked, looking around for some place where I could get a good, cold drink. Almost before I knew it I was in Rollins' Cut Rate Drug Store, where I was greeted by Rollins himself. Not far down from here was the Ellis Bowling and Billiard Gardens, Gerard Ellis, Proprietor. Below was a garage under

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THE MEDINIAN TwenryThfee This lap of my world tour done, I was soon on the train for Paris. On the way I eagerly looked out of the window at the beauty of the scenery. What a remarkable change since the days of the war! ' Paris, indeed, was a gay city, with its wide streets and smart shops. As I was walking down one of the avenues, my eyes fell upon a sign Miller and Koons Millinery Shop, and right next to it, Mjacot and Kling Beauty Parlor. Could it be that they were from my old home town? I rushed in and beheld the beaming counf tenance of Dorothy Koons. We had a fine chat. When I went back to my hotel, I picked up a New York Times and was struck by these headlines: Lois Escott, brilliant Ohio girl elected governor of New York by a large majority. Hurrah for Lois! I always knew her brains would get her some place. Curious enough, in that same paper it told of Chuck Nettleton setting the new speed record at Palm Beach, Florida. Evidently our class was becomf ing famous. The next stop of my tour was Bombay, India. It was a rainy, dismal day, and I was feeling a bit lonely in this oriental country. But as I stepped off the gang' plank, whom should I see but Emma Smith and Grace Taylor. I learned that they were successful saleswomen for the BromofSeltZer Manufacturing Company of which Bernice Selzer was the president. At the present time they were making a roundfthef world tour for their company. They had just come from South America, where they had spent a week with Dorothy Scott in Buenos Aires. Dorothy owns a very unique Bonnet Shop there. Grace and Emma were also very excited over the news that Neva Caskey had recently been appointed pianist for the Metropolitan Opera Com' pany. l Nine weeks had passed since I left New York. It was time I was getting home, so I boarded a transfPacific steamer. And who was that girl in that seal skin coat? She looked mighty familiar. I lost sight of her in the crowd, but I found her again one moonlight night. I beg your pardon, but-why, Lillian Dethloiflv She was returning to her orange farm in California. She had been studying the oriental way of raising orange trees in India for the past six months. She invited me down to her farm for the weekfend and promised to take me over to see LaVerne Thorpe, AndrefCui's leading mannequin. On the way back across the country I saw different members of our now widely separated class. In Kansas City I stopped at the McNeal Health Camp. In Chicago I saw Herm Walker, now president of the Crane Plumbing Company. I asked if there were any other members of the class of '27 there and he informed me that Sally Reynolds was an instructress in a private school there. Cn reaching home I found Ford very ill. Mary Armstrong, the family physician, said it would be a long time before he would be fit to work again, so I took over the management of the plant until his recovery. The first thing I did was to fire two stenographers to make a place for Reba Ritter and Louise Wideman, the world's fastest typists. As I sat in the office the next day, I began musing about my trip and the people I 'had met or heard about. Only two of my class had I missed. They were Mary Grim and Daisy Hoddinott, and I have learned since that they are selling real estate in Florida. - '.L.