Napoleon High School - Buckeye Yearbook (Napoleon, OH)

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-- P R 0 P H E C Y 1 Senior Class Prophecy I graduated from Napoleon High many years ago but went back to give a lecture on the subject of Termites vs. Students . The faculty invited me to look over the records of the graduates of '4-l. You can't imagine my surprise when I looked at the names and records of those pupils. It was incredible! Nlost of them were famous people whom I knew when I still lived in Napoleon. The class, according to the records, certainly had scatted around: they were everywhere from New York to California. I decided right then, that I must see the members of this unusual class again. My lecture tour took me to New York. I saw some of the members of that most remarkable class. Early one morning as I looked through my ward- robe I saw the need of spending some time shopping. After all, clothes make the woman. I called up Ritter's Riding Taxi Company to order a taxi. I had just hung up the receiver when I heard a horn in front of the apartment. This was really service. Elden Ritter, a Napoleon alumnus, had the most efficient taxi service in the country. The seats resembled a davenport and there were buttons all around. I pushed one and a mirror appeared, Then there was a nickelodeon so that I could hear my favorite recording. The patent on thc machine was held by one of America's great inventors. Gale Snyder, another name on that class record. This machine was a free service sponsored by the taxi company. The song that I liked best was 'Keep A Stiff Upper Lip by .lack Yaney, who was the cornet player in Bob Gunn's orchestra. The soloist was none other than Skip Young, one of the greatest blues singers of our day. Bob Gunn and his Bullets had replaced Glenn Miller's orchestra in popularity. The orchestra was playing at the Hotel Rodero, which was owned by Russ Reimund the handsome playboy of New York and Newport. I made up my mind that I must go to this hotel some time. I finally arrived at an exclusive dress shop owned by Evelyn Bauman. The store had all the latest creations by Cozad: Evelyn Cozad was known through- out the country for designing. She was an inspiration to many young students who expected to follow dress designing as a career. While in the dress shop I ran into that famous photographer, Bill Barnett. and Jean Hoeffel, a reporter, who was getting a story for the paper Hotsy Totsy , which was edited by that prominent newspaperman, Edgar I-Iuener. They were getting a review of the styles that were to be popular next spring. Mary Kemm was a hat model for the shop. but before this time she had been modeling for Dig-it Shampoon Company. All the people whom I have just mentioned were in a huddle because it was the first time they had been together for ages. It reminded me of a family reunion. They were all laughing at a remark made by Mary, who still possess- ed that dry sense of humor. After a couple of hours at the dress shop, I thought I must have a new hair-do to go with with my smart new outfit. I walked up the street to thc noted beauty salon Mars which was jointly owned by Margene Benskin and Marjorie Durham. Marge specialized in hair styles, while Margene did thc manicures and facials. The girls did all their own work and used their own systems. I got the works! The facial was a special mixture of mud, lemon juice and witch hazel. The polish used for my manicure was a new shade called tickled-pink . I next needed a new pearl necklace to complete my outfit, so I went to Mildred Ratzlaff's and Hazel Harmon's jewelry shop. They had, I knew, the best pearls in the world secured by that famous pearl diver, Bob Weaks. Bob was showing me his new diving suit and did he ever look cute in it. His right hand man was L'il Herby Scarr, who was afraid of the water but liked to travel. Herbv wanted to join the navy but when he got sea sick, he decided he wasn't that I did not know about. The pilot was Jake Rausch. You could have knock- ed me over with a feather when I heard this because of all things I didn't ex- pect him to be a pilot but Marie told me that he didn't expect to be one him-

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?- ON TOP OF THE LIST- Honor Roll NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY SENIOR HONOR ROLL Eldor Baden Ronald Bockelman Carol Brey Kathleen Chubb James Collins I-Iarold Dielman Rose Mary Dietrich Marjorie Durham Lucille Genuit Mary Kemm Robert Kiser Lillian Lange Marilyn McConkey Hilda Mehring Mary Frances Rieger Betty Rohrs NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY CEldor Baden Ronald Bockelman Carol Brey Betty Buckmaster Zlzlfathleen Chubb James Collins Evelyn Cozad :KI-Iarold Dielman Rose Mary Dietrich :Lucille Genuit Elizabeth Helms Members as Juniors George Higbea Mary Kemm Robert Kiser Mary Jean Lane Lillian Lange Marilyn McConkey XI-Iilda Mehring Lucille Panning James Rausch Nlary Frances Rieger Betty Rohrs

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L-PROPHECYT self. After his girl left him for the leader of a swing band he didn't know a navy man. I-lerby decided before the navy- department did, that he wasn't go- ing to join his classmates, Bob Barwick and I-Iarold Willeman in the service. The two boys, Bob and Harold, found out that the song was true about join- ing the navy to see the girls, instead of seeing the sea. Bob was an officer but Harold was in the guardhouse most of the time due to the fact that he believed one could see the girls AWOL. It was now time for lunch and was I hungryl I stopped at the well known cafeteria called Popular Paul's and met the proprietor, Paul Ashenfelter, who owned a chain of little restaurants. The chef who 'Acooked up new recipes for the joint was the timid Mildred Dachenhaus. They ordered all their food from the Kroger Store because Chuck Allen was now the president of the Kroger and Baker's Company. Chuck had a wonderful idea for getting trade by having a skating rink in the back of all the large stores. A'Popular Paul's used a new kind of beverage discovered by Don Bauman and Hank Gibson. I was sur- prised to find the drink delicious. Paul also bought all of his bread and pastry products from that brilliant business woman, Kathleen Chubb, who now has bakeries all over the country. The motto on her bread wrappers is, Chubb's bread saves you dough, and keeps you from feeling low . ' After meeting some of these famous people of that famous class and talk- ing about others, I felt as if I were a celebrity myself. I left Paul's and went back to the apartment and prepared a speech that I intended to use in the west when I went there in a couple of months. After writing an outline it was time to dress for dinner. At eight o'clock I had an engagement to attend an opening night of the play Mellerdrammer with the great actress Carol Brey. The play was written by Barbara Borris, especially for Miss Brey, This was Barbara's last play because she intended to retire to the Kolbes. The play was on Broad way and in the 'APodunk Theatre which was managed by Rose Mary Dietrich. When I got to the theatre I was amazed at the large crowd waiting outside try- ing to get in. In the theatre, before the curtain went up, I saw 'a large number of famous people such as, Eldor Baden and his beautiful wife. Eldor was presi- dent of the Gulf Refining Co., and was entertaining one of his close friends, Jim Collins. Jim was dressed Ht to kill but after all he had a right to be be- cause he had taken the place of Mayor La Guardia and now was the mayor of New York. Getting back to the play, I noticed that the curtain was hand-- painted. It was the Hrst bit of painting I had ever seen done on curtains in a large theatre. Of course, I knew that it was painted by that great artist, Delora Theobald. She had studied in Paris and was known the world over. Well, it was time for the curtain to go up. The play was very interesting and Miss Brey did a superb piece of acting. I tried to get her autograph but she was surrounded by newspapermen and other autograph hounds so I thought I might be for- tunate to meet her again. It was time for me to start my trip to California and I finally decided ts go as far as Detroit by airplane and then buy a car and continue by auto. The plane was to leave at seven o'clock in the morning. I didn't feel like getting up in time to catch the plane so I called up Bill Gilson, president of the Transcon- tinental Airlines, and asked him if he could fix it up so I could get a plane at about ten o'clock. Bill was an old acquanitance and I thought this was just my chance to get on any plane I wanted. Bill, very courteously, told me that he didn't know anything about the time schedule but the planes were probably all sold out and I would have to take the one at seven. At the plane I saw another Napoleon graduate. The stewardess was none other than petite Marie Shasteen. She explained many things about air flying whether to join the foreign legion or to mess around with a plane. After pilot- ing around for a while he thought it would be fun to become a worker on the air lines. Well, that's the way things go. On the plane I chanced to meet the well-known lecturer, Mary Jean Lane. She was going west as far as Wyoming, to Carolyn Walker's dude ranch. Mary .lean needed a good rest after her lecture tour and she thought the ideal spot