Napoleon High School - Buckeye Yearbook (Napoleon, OH)

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giaaz . BUCKEYETf'D Class Prophecy for 932, As I drifted into the oilice of Scarlet Scandal , Skeetsberghs leading paper, the in- iormation was being passed about that anyone finding news concerning Napoleon's Class of '32 would be raised from a sub to a full-fledged reporter, and that a reward of Sl,000. was being offered for a scoop regarding the mysterious disappearance of Ruth Heistand. The business of unearthing Ruth, the rumor ran, was to be accomplished in a week, a short time no round out so diflicult a task, but Fritz Evers was an exacting editor, I'1l say that for him. My head was in a whirl. I must win that 31000, but how? That was the question. 1 waited on Mr. Evers, told him of my intention to find Ruth and to accumulate information about my class, accepted his good wisries, and started on my adventures. I jumped into an Upp taxi, the green peril of America in which one rides at one's own risk. Napoleon High Schooll I snapped at Ercil Miller, the portly chauffeur. We hadn't gone a block when we barely escaped knocking down Virginia Ritter, who as usual, just wouldnlt nurryl As Upp's prize taxi careened crazily around corners, I wished devoutly for some of Crawfords Life Insurance, which was a..ve.t.sed on the neat little placard in the cab. My hope of arriving at my destination, whole and sound of mind and body, fell further as I read another sign just above the level of my eyes. Me Bury You Right-Weschels Undertaking Establish- lnerlt. On reaching the High School, I went into the office. Was there ever a time when Miss Creen hadn't heard some gossip? What do you know? I asked. For reply she pushed a newspaper toward me, on the front page of which was the staring headline: Suicide Foiled, Vernon Brubaker Becomes Tired of Life . It seems that Vernie , yielding to the popular craze, had decided that the world held little for him. He had cranked his Ford for three consecutive hours, trying to induce Serge Krause's self-starter to work, and growing discouraged, had given up the struggle. He was saved by Eugene Speith. who then willingly shoved him all the way home. , ' Turning to the sporting page, I saw that Dick Ciilson had signed a contract in Holly- wood, with motion picture producers. He was to appear in a football film entitled i'Smash and Carry . Dick was to provide the smash, and the test of the old N. H. S. team of '32 was to do the rest of the work. The supporting cast included such notables of nlmdom as Marie Metz, Betty Fahringer, Hermenia Hahn and Hildegardc Bockelman, Certainly , I thought, the boys ought to be happy in a bunch like that. Hastily I leafed over the paper in search of familiar names. The society column an- nounced that Marjorie Sloan was sailing on the Napoleonic for London, where she was to give her debut with her violin, and that Violet Owens had undertaken the job of scrubbing the statues in Westminister Abbey. No more news of interest could be found in the paper, so I started out for a bit of fresh air. The billboards claimed my attention, especially one which announced Lowry and Lymangrovers Circus , in town that very day, A girl in ballet costume, suspiciously like Cyrilla Westrick, walked a tight rope across the face of the poster, and a human bean pole, Don Allen, was scubbing a giraffe's tootli with a prophylactic tooth brush. Seeing the advertisements made me want to see the circus itself, and boarding a bus. operated by Alvin Sonnenberg. I traveled direct to the circus lot, The circus grounds were thronged with people, After tripping over a tent peg which Gerald Hemenway had just driven down, I made my way toward the side shows, having suc- cessfully evaded Laurena and Dorothy Greenler selling red baloons, and narrowly escaping a collision with Butch, Harms, who was leading a moth-eatzn elephant to a water trough. Be- ing rudely pushed from one exhibit to another, I got faint glances of the following: First, I climbed a stairway and looked into a canvas inclosed space, to see before me a snake charmer amidst dozens of snakes. And then to see that the charmer herself, was none other than an old classmate. Eloise Higgins. But why the crowd around the next exhibit? As I got nearer, I saw that it was only an advertisement, but as I still wondered at the large gath- ering, I walked over and saw a girl advertising Winx ', the well known eyelash and eyebrow beautifier. To my great surprise, it was none other than June Hurd, sweeping long. darl enecl lashes at the young men of the crowd, holding them spellboundl I was getting news of my classmates all right, but what had become of Ruth Heistand was still an unsolved mystery. I would continue to look for her: that seemed the only thing to do, Suddenly I felt hungry. Hot-Dawgs! Nickel? Five cents! Come and have a Hot-dawglu, bawled Carl Harrison from a little white cart, as I passed by. I would stop and have one of the famous Kike's Hot-Dawgsl I Having satisfied my appetite, I proceeded to the big-top. At one side of the entrance the band was blaring away at the latest jazz arrangement of Stand Up and Cheer , led by the famous Blaine Penny. .Iust as I was entering the tent, I noticed a messenger boy eyeing the crowd curiously. I-Iey! Boy! , I called out to Raymond Rathge, Are you looking for me?

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, fe'll93Z,fBUCKlEYlE in RAYMOND SCfHUl.'liZ Pete Science Class basketball l-2-3'-4. class baseball l-243-4, french club 4. Glee club 3-4, Op- eretta Z. Band l. Annual staff 4. lVlAUDli lDORO'l'llY HAllN Dori College St. Ursline Academy. Toledo l, Girl Reserve 2-3-4, S. P. Q. R. 2-3-4. French Club 3-4, Secretary of Girl Re- serves 2, Pro-Consul of S. P. Q. R. 4. lVlARJORlli RFICHERT Mike College Class basketball l- 2 - 3 -f4. class baseball IQZAV4. French Club 'J-4, l.atin Club 2, Speech Club 4. Glee Club l. Band l-2-3-4, Operetta Z. Society dept. on Annual Stall 4, President of Speech Club 4. Girls Athletic liditor. SFRGE KRAUSS General Glider Club, Secretary of the Glider Club. MARIE METZ D1'mples Commercial Girl Reserves l-2-3-4. Mas- que and Foil 4. Glee club 3- 4. Triangular 4. Operelta 2, Treas. of Masque and Foil 4. Pianist of G. R. club 4, News Staff 4. l3l,OlSE l'llGGlNS Hia College Girl Reserve 2-'S-4. French Club 4, S. P. O. R. 2. KATHRYN SCllUl.l5'l' Kate College lrrench club 'S-4. latin club Z Masque and Foil 4. News: stall 4. DORIS RHODY Dorf Commercial Glee Club 'S-4. JOHN XVAGNFR Wh1'lie Science Varsity Football 3-4. Var sity Basketball Z-3-4. Bas ketball Reserve l. Class l-af: ketball l. Track Z-3-4, 'len' nis 142-3-4, Golf. Class In door Baseball l-Z-374. Barrel 1-Z-3-4. Captain of Honor ary Football 4. BFSSH? VJIGFIFI ll K'lVz'ggie'i College ANNABFLI. BROWN i'f'lnn College Class baseball l. Girl Reser- ves Z-3-4. French Club 4. S, P. O. R, 2. Glee Club l. OTlS YVFSCHYE Oats Science Ridgeville High S ool I-2- 3. Varsity foo lX4.'Base ketball 4. HiAY 4. Bleelfflub 4. Annual Slaflfkj 5 N' J . U 5 .yi .14

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Wfioaz . Buckeye And would you believe it, he wasf Tearing open the yellow envelope, l read: Am at Hotel Panning stop See me at once stop Have news of Ruth. Signed, Maude Dorothy Hahn. Just my luck to have to leave a good showi All the busses were going to the circus instead of downtown, but I was lucky enough to get a lift witn Delbert I-lerge. As we rode down- town, Delbert talked of this and that, while 1 kept my eyes open for familiar faces. Some of the names on the shops drew my attention: and as I saw the sign A'Eruth, Fruth and Eruthn on the window of a music shop, I looked in and saw Ray Bennett singing gustily, accompanied by Marguerite Lombardi, who was vigorously playing the piano. Behind the counters the clerks were selling the latest song hits-and then I noticed that the clerks were Mable, Marjorie and Robert Iiruth. the owners of the shop. As we proceeded on our way, we passed a large apartment just in time to see Whitey Wagner rush down the steps and slide around the corner as dishes, pillows, and pictures flew past where his head had just been. Well-theres only one answer to that. I see Whitey and Mary Jane are still at it-after all these years! I At the hotel door, pompously arrayed as a porter, stood Richard Spitler. He eyed me suspiciously and allowed me to pass only after I had proven my good intentions to the owners of Hotel Panning-Dorothy and Alvin. Josephine Liddle, the clerk at the desk, told me the number of Maude Dorothy's room. and Mildred Chrobarger, the elevator girl, whizzed me up to the proper floor. Gee , exclaimed Maude Dorothy. Why didn't you come sooner? Ruth just left for Sampson's Corners. She was wearing a red dress, and green hat with a purple feather, if that will help you any to identify her. Me for Sampson's Cornersuf was all I said, and I dashed for the street. Boarding a street car, I had another furious ride to the station. Why were Napoleon graduates such terrible drivers? Martin Becker the motorman, who had lost his job of operating a speedway, aimed to give his passengers a thrill, and he surely succeeded! Y I Train West for Sampson's Corners , cried the conductor, as I leaped on the moving train. It seemed I no sooner got nicely settled than it was time to get off again. On the plat- form I collided with Delmar Samlow, the chief-of-police of Sampson's Corners. I-Iellow, Chief, I said. I'm looking for Ruth Heistand. Where do you suppose I'd be likely to find her? I'll tell you, he replied, There's a big doin's down at the Happy Hours this even- in', and I'll bet Ruth will be there. Wayne Light is being initiated as Grand Master. The Goofy Goofs, and the whole town will turn out. X I hurried to the Happy Hours but saw the No Loafing In Booths signs, and decided she coudn't be in one of these, but I couldn't safely say that she was not somewhere in this great crowd. I would wait! I was soon invited to have lunch with Martha Precht, Evelyn Miller and Leona Eunchion. I marveled that all was prepared by Dewey Bassett, the famous chef, and his assistants. Elsie Baden and Viola Beck. While sitting there, I noticed that after all the worries they had caused each other's old A'flames in school, Marjorie Reichert and Pete Schultz had decided to spend the rest of their lives together in wedded bliss. Something unusual-they were still laughing happily at everything after four years of constanlty being together. I stayed for the program, and was well paid for it, The most interesting things to me were a violin solo played by Vera Franz and a talk by Eleanor Baker on Supporting the New Members , this in honor of Wayne Light, the new Grand Master, for home town men are really better in the long run. She claimed she was speaking from experience after many years of interest thrown away in Dehance. We talked of old times and I found out that Lois Niebel had given up school teaching to marry an old classmate of ours, who had left us in our Junior year. What lasting love! l After all the denials of romance in school, Kathryn Schuldt and Eryl Sickmiler had also decided to give the people peace of mind, and had set the date of their wedding to be June 25th. We had been so interested in our talk. that Bessie Wigfield, a waitress. had to tell us that our table must be moved to the edge of the floor. as they were also having a dance. As we moved back, Lou Nelson joined us to wait until A'Oats got back, after having to rush Mildred Gisler to the hospital in his ambulance when she fainted in the crowd. Guess I should have been thankful for his services when I saw his placard in the cab. instead of worry- ing and wondering if I would be his next victim! And now the initiation ceremony. Ann Brown explained the aim of the organization. and a solemn hush descended on the company. At the most critical moment in Ann's speech. the lights in the place went off. Presently Madlyne Rhody pushed them on again, and we saw Dolly Kagay and Edith Roddy--and with them. no one else but the object of my search- Ruth I-Ieistand-all ready to be initiated into the club. In my excitement I called out, Why Ruth, where on earth have you been? And I should have rushed up to her, spoiling all the ceremony, if Doris Rhody and Margaret Hoffman had not held me back. I refused to be quiet until they promised to keep an eye on her. When the initiation was all over, I made my way to Ruth. A'What did you disappear for?', I asked. That was only one of my initiation stunts . said Ruth, I had to. you know before I could join this club. I saw by my little black notebook that I had accounted for nearly all of my classmates.