Medina High School - Medinian Yearbook (Medina, OH)

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The MEDINIAN Senior Class Prophecy By John Wyman It was Tuesday, May 15, 1950. But to me it was just another day. Day in and day out I sat in my office doing my regular routine of work. Being the head of the Consolidated Oil Co., a merger of the Standard and Shell and Refiners, my time was well occupied. Nine-thirty to ten I opened my mail; so I started, in my hurried and rapid fashion, till I came upon a formal looking letter. Probably an invitation to the Vanderbilt’s house party and, as usual, I would pass it up. But for curiosity’s sake I opened it. And, lo and behold! It was an invitation to the Alumni Banquet of 1950. I had lost track of a Class of Thirty. I sat back in my easy office chair and thought what a thrill it had given me to graduate and join the Alumni Association. There came into my head an idea, that it would be a wonderful plan to get the class together and go in a body to the banquet in two of my new air liners. I rang the bell for my secretary and told her to open lines to the telephone office for private use and not to permit business to disturb us for two hours. Gosh! That was two hundred dollars worth of my time, but for the Class of “30” it was worth it. Let’s see — Roy Williams was president. Yes, I’ll call Roy. But where? “My business directory, Ruth, (Ruth Ewing was my secretary) look up Williams, Roy. What! Why, our own attorneys. Call him and ask for a list of the graduating class of “30”. There were sixty-three in our class; where will they be, what will they be, and what will they be doing? Well, here goes; I’ll call them. I’ll go right down the list.” “L. Abbott, sure, Selzer Abbott, Employment Agency. Next, Armbruster, noted explorer, just back from Africa. Oh yes, there is Brandow, leader of the Hick Town three piece jazz band at Poe. Eleanor and Eloise Beedle. Where have I heard the name of Beedle before? Beedle and Beedle, designers and dress makers, that’s where my wife got those new dresses for two thousand dollars apiece and charged them, after I had told her not to run bills. Who’s next, Ruth? — Escott? Didn ' t Lefty marry Ella Mae Tibbitts? Lefty Escott — football was Lefty’s sport. Football, by Jove! Isn’t there an Escott coach at Notre Dame? Yes, Sir, that’s Lefty and Ella Mae. I always knew Lefty would make a coach with Ella Mae to drive him on. Who follows Lefty? Herb Carsten! I saw that name in the morning paper. A murder in the paper too this morning, gee, that can’t be Herb. Ruth, get me a paper. Here it is, Herb Carsten knocks off 18 yesterday. When the New York Giants beat the Cleve- land Indians. That’s old Herbie all right, still knocking ’em off. Next one, Ruth. Crandall is working in a confectionery in Medina. Curtis — Dot is a social secretary to John D. Rockefeller, Jr. What’s after Dot? Dake — Oh yes, Lawrence Dake, noted physicist at Ohio State. Homer Davis? Ruth, look in file 36, section 50 on personal interest. Opera tickets. Oh yes! Homer Davis, famous opera star at the Opera House this week. Boy, what luck we’re having. Who follows the Opera man? Sara Denton? To be sure, Sara and Corky. Yes sir! In Cleveland, Hoff Music Emporium. Hoff will make good ’cause Sara always could control him.” ’Who’s next Ruth? Max Dougherty. To be sure, pool champion of the world. Good for Max. He learned at Eddie’s Pool Room where the gang always used to Twenty ' Two

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The MEDINIAN Thus, with such a good foundation, we, the Seniors, ought to be ready to start to build the frame work of life in such a manner that we might all become a credit, not a debit, to our school and town. We have finished our high school work in order to begin life ' s work. According to our motto, “We finish to begin.” Life is a mere succession of tasks. We finish one so as to begin another. Perhaps we might say finishing high school is the first stepping stone to success. But don’t think for a moment that it is success, for it is not. We may liken it to a little town on the road to a city. We could stop here but we would be a long way from the city which is our destination. It would be perhaps just a refueling station. A place to buy gasoline but nothing more. So it is with graduating. We could stop here if we wished, but surely it would not be our destination, and who wants to stop before they reach their goal? Our goal is “success,” and success is reaching the top. So if we would reach the top we cannot stop along the wayside to play. Some might say why try to reach the top, there isn’t room for you there anyway. It is over- crowded now. But this is not so. There is always room at the top. It is at the ' bottom where it is crammed to the utmost. But whatever our goal of success may be, let us hope that we will be remembered for our services to society at large, whether it be in the political, business, economic, or professional fields of life. Now, as we are about to leave this part of our life and realise that our high school days will, hereafter, be as mere recollections, we wish to bid you one and all a sin- cere farewell. Class Song ' 30 (Tunes Highways are Happy Ways) Schools days are happy days Urging each to make a name. School days and happy ways Make characters that lead to fame. And when we’ve parted and the years follow along, May we each profit from all our teaching and song, As youth is the pattern time For the years that are to come. Sara Louise Denton. Twenty-One

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The MEDINIAN hang out. Who’s after Max? Robert Eddy. Ruth look in file 105 section G. Yes, just as I thought. Eddy, Helma and Kiefer, inventors of a new gas saving device I had to buy to save my business. Next, Hazel Elder, I’ve lost track of her. We must not forget Marion Fulton of Fulton, Lance and Mabry Vaudeville Act. Who comes after Marion? Joy Garra? I think she is an instructor in Elocution at Vassar. Next. Janet Gibbs, greatest saleslady of Chevrolets. Who follows Janet? Ethel Hassin. I owe a concern of Hassin and Lubin $360 for my wife’s beauty. That’s it, Ethel Has- sin and Nettie Lubin. Who’s next? Hazel Holcomb. She is teaching school in Cleveland. On with the list. Elsie Hopkins. She is now principal of M. H. S. Mary Kelemen is teaching history, following the footsteps of Miss Phillips. Who follows Mary? Raymond Kendall, I don’t know do you? A preacher you say, well he always was a fast talker. What do you think? Flora McCarrier a poetess! Guess she must be the one the world has just acclaimed.” “I almost forgot McFadden and Myers — I’ll bet the Mic and Harold are farmers in a big way. I just learned the other day that Elizabeth Mettie is the President’s cook at the White House. Nettleton is also at the White House as one of the Jani- tors. Mae Nichols — I believe that Mae and Bea Oakes are doctors studying in Ger- many. How about Clarence Orcutt? Call Roy. I think that Clarence is a lawyer working for Roy. Do you remember Eddie Paul? I don’t know but I think Eddie has a bakery in San Diego. Who follows Eddie? Junior Potts, of course, June works for me, building rigs. Lucia Rickard? I can’t say I know where Lucia is but I am sure an old maid like Letha Ritter would know where some of these people are. Call her right away and we’ll find out what we don’t know. Maynard Schafer? That’s easy. He is the Postmaster General. Letha says Ruby Selzer is a nurse in Chicago. Oh yes! Martha Shirey and Hallie Shook are working for the great A. 6? P. Tea Co. And Cotta Smith? Cotta has been at Chippewa Lake all her life and Letha says she is still there, eh? Who follows Cotta? Marjean Smith. Mar jean runs the Country Club at Medina. W iat has become of William Smith? That’s easy, for Bill and I are cronies and he is the head of the Pan-American Railroad. Bill will help get the classmates from the West to Chicago where we will pick them up. Next, Helen Tanner. I can tell you very little about Helen Tanner other than Helen and LaDonna Williams are mission- aries in Africa. Who mentioned George Thomas? Oh, Letha says George has ad- vanced from the saw room of Root’s Bee Supplies to the presidency of the concern. Dorothy Voorhees? Letha says she is the first woman mayor of Medina. Speaking of Dorothy puts me in mind of Ruth White. Ruth and Helene Winters are tour- ing musicians now in Miami. Wesley Whitfield? Wesley is the Senator from Ohio. And Lucille Whitmore? I saw her last night at the “Show of Shows” as Hollywood’s most beautiful actress.” “I guess that’s all, isn’t it?” “Yes, all except Mac Brought and I think you know where she is, Mr. Wyman.” “Gosh, yes, as if I could forget. She is going to buy a new Ford roadster hereself today. That woman will be the breaking of me yet. That’s that. Now we know where all the members of the Class of “30” are and I can have them all picked up and we’ll soon be on our way to the Alumni Banquet of 1950 of Old Medina High.” Twenty-Three