Monroe High School - Monrovian Yearbook (West Manchester, OH)

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gmt The Monrovran 1938 0670 eemed such a short trme to me 'Nlarx Fatherrne was called to the surgery room She left me rn the care of a head nurse who told me that Dr Cehlotterbeck had been named among the greatest surgreal and medrcal doctors of the world As I was now feelrng rather trred and hungry I decrded to go back to the erty to get my lunch I was drreeted to the Mona Rova Tea Room famous for rts blue and srlver room burlt rn the hape of open book wrth the alcove where one ate berng the spaces between the paves openrng Out UPON 21 Ualltlftll d2Y1ClU2 floor A I stood lookrng about the room admrrrrrg rts beauty I no trced rr ady who looked rather famrlrar to me Then a he rmrted me to her table she smrled and her rdentrty was no lonver' a mystery to me for the name Lourse Duffreld flashed rnto my mrnd w en I w the drmples rn her cheeks Lourse told me that he had planned the tea room herself and that she had been the proprretor for ten wears As I was talkrng to her rn walked a very tall 'rnd drffnrfred lookrng person Lourse rnfolmed me that th gentleman was Reed Fleenor a wrde x krrowr Journalrst noted not only for hrs work on the 'vlonrovra Darly but for manv other large papers rn the country I went oxer to the table at whrch he was now rttrng Durrng our conversatron he told m about several of our old classmates Our eonver atron eemed to center about our frrends of long ago He told me that Helen Dalrxmple had just entered a new freld of radro Qhe had taken her typ srrter mto the studro to create sound effects for tap d nerng And Waldo Stoner was now head of the Dresel Enffrne Department of lonsolr lated Wlotors Waldo had put across hrs rdea rf many years standrng that dresel engrnes would be the re ognwed motor rn all cars Grace Deaton sard Reed r an rnstruetor of En lrsh rn the Unrversrty of Parrs France and rs Just now eonrpletrne her Deatons Urrabrrdged Drctronary of the Fnglrsh Language Reed also told me that Esther Ience who was now a wrdely known stylrst had Just rntro duced a new creatron a pert chrc hat tashroned .rs rrdreulously as the bonnets back rn 19.58 A cozy cottage near Wrllow Drrve And Bettwq I asked Reed Oh yes yes Betty my own nry prrvate eeretary Yes Just the same Betty that he used t le alrwe alert What more could I want' Reed suggested that he call Betty on the telephone and that they would take me to see the modern ehool hou e It was a modern school hou e rndeed wrth doors that open and fountarns that flow as you t p before them wrth e eulators modernrstrc fur nrture rt was unbelrewable Not only was the burldrnv modern rn rts appearance but also the teachers themselves As we were lookrnf about whom should we nreet but Marranna 'tawton who was one of the school teachers What' XVrth horn rrrr nred glasse flat heeled shoes and the peculrar' all of an old school n rm' Well Ishould say not' bhe had started the rdea of a modern pedagogue red ruby lrps 'rnd im er narls to match Freneh heels and the mot rrp ts date ap arel Marrarrna then led us to the chool reeeptron room As we entered everyone seemed to be en traneed by the mer re that was pourrrrg forth from th radro Then we heard the announcer say erm we wrll have that whrstlrng errsatron of the an lean Adolphus Agler better known t h adro ancr screen fans as W hr t rrrg Aggll Whrle lrstenrn to the whr tlrrrg, I realmed that I had heard about all nry old clas mates ex cept Denver Moxery Suddenlx the whrstlrng stopped and I heard the announcer sayrng Spe cr.rl rr w broadcast Denver Mowery has Just landed at the arr port after comoletrng hrs non stop ilr ht around the world rn the record breakrng trnre of srxty hours thre rnrnutes and forty two seconds We wrll take you now to th arrport where he r just steporng out of hrs D NI 38 luxury rr lrner rn order that we mav hear a few words from hrnr' -'xt that moment there wa a te rrrrc roar of re motors and I awok realrzrng that I had fallen asleep and had been wafted awax rnta dreamland Beatrrce Wrrght ' ' I I 1 ' p I A ' ' , , . ., . - ' . 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51591 ' ' ' A ' The Monrovian 1938 UCMJ Class Prophecy It happened one chrlly October evenrng rn the year of 1968 I was srttrng rn front of my fire place daydreamrng of the yesterdays of my childhood days of my school days at Monroe and of my classmates vwonderrng where they were and what they were dolng As I sat gazrng rnto the frre a strange scene came before my eyes I was lookmg at the red and gold rays of a beautrful sunset Suddenly I seemed to be a lrttle chrld agarn srttrng on the back door step of my chrldhood home happrly occupred by my favorlte pastrme of blowrng soap bubbles I blew on my soap prpe but no bubble appeared I blew agarn but strll there was no bubble How drsappornted I was' I blew the thrrd trme and laughed wrth chrldrsh glee for there ascended rnto the arr the most beautrful and rrrrdescerrt bubble I had ever seen It was very large and unusual for what should I see but famt letters wrltten across rt M O N R 0 V I A I couldn t see the rest for at that moment the bubble burst and I found myself alone rn a lrttle crty A I looked about I saw a srgn readrng A Lrttle Street Where Old Frrends Meet ' Whrle I was walkmg down thrs street my attentron was attracted to an old weather beaten gentleman standrng on the corner tryrng to sell somethrng' As I came closer to hrm he seemed to look famrlrar to me Why rts Robert Acton occupred rn hrs lrfes work selllng an All Pur pose rnventron not knowing what rt could be used for but hoprng that those who bought rt knew more about rt than he drd Glancrng down the street I notrced a srgn whrch read Buck Krt Inn My currosrty was aroused so much that I decrded to enter A slrghtly bald headed and portly gentleman wrth a very pleasant countenance met me and I rmmedrately recognrzed hrm as Unger Buckmgham Unger pornted out a tall slender worrred lookmg man and sard D0 you recognrze my partner Lowell Krtson? After a short conversatron wrth them I drscovered that Unger was takmg lrfe easy and lettmg hrs part ner Lowell Krtson spend hrs lrfe worryrng about a way to rncrease therr rncome and to keep up wrth the modern lrfe of thrs lrttle crty After leavrng thrs place I wandered on rn thrs crty admrrrng the modern burldrngs All f the burldrngs were of colored stone and were streamlrned rn desrgn They had large spacrous green lawns around them I saw that I was standrng near the post offrce and I decrded to enter Much to my surprrse I notrced that all the clerks were women and when I asked a clerk concernrng therr orgamzatron she mtroduced me to a very smartly dressed lady who was the post mrstress and for the first trme rn thrrty years I was lookmg rnto the face of Helen Lucas When I spoke of the beauty of the crty and rts burldrngs her face llt up wrth a brrght smrle and she sard The archrtect who planned thrs crty rs the wealthy Byron Rutan who after acqurrrng hrs mrllrons from a lrfe of hard work rs novs lrvrng a secluded lrfe rn that beautrful prnk glass house on the hrll Just north of the crty Helen suggested that I vrsrt the new crty hosprtal assurrng me that rt would be a place of great rnterest She led me to an elevator whrch she qald would take me to the mof where Iwould frnd a taxr arrplane wartrng for me I rmmedrately consented and soon found myself berng assrsted rnto the arrplane by none other than that ba hful Garland Evler all dressed up rn a whrte unrform wrth gold trrmmrngs All at once I saw a large snow whrte burldrng rn the drstance but I had no sooner seen rt than I found myself stepprng out of the arrplane on the roof of thrs burldrng whrch was the hosprtal that Helen had mentroned Garland drrected me to the offrce Upon enterrng I rmmedrately rec og-nrzed the famrlrar features of Mary Catherme Schlotterbeck who was now very slender and tall She stood very strarght and formal wrth a rather stern look on her face but when she recogmzed me she was all smrles She conducted me personally through thrs modern hospital After what 1 'l v ' 9 , . , . . I , ' 1 - ' r ' 1 . - , ' . - - r , . . , , , . . S . - . H . . , , . r r ' 1 . . . , .... , . H . r 1 1 ' ,, . . . . ' . , r 1 , . . . U - . - ,, . . s ' - , . . . - H ' . ' h . ,, ' , , ' s , . , .. 9 1 r g r -. 0 ' , . . - . Y 1 9 . - ' , , . . . . .... . U . r - r , , V , , . . . . N . . . ,, s . , L . . ' I S . . . I , . , . . , A - r . . , t

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RZYDI' Grades F1rst Grade Second Grade Th1rd Grade Fourth Grade The Monrovian 1938 'EWU 9 xx 1 7 ! i z . 3 . 4 f, r ' w