Negaunee High School - Pioneer Yearbook (Negaunee, MI)

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City together. Fannie secured a position as stenographer and had just won the last 0. A. T. speed contest in typewriting. Elizabeth was a cartoonist and from her fine salary was able to fu.f ' ill her school day dreams of traveling in the East. John Lehtonen was manager of the General Electric (Jo. in Schenectady, N. Y. His electric potato peerler is used in every Amer- ican home. Ruth and I seemed to have kept in touch with a number of our old classmates. A recent letter from Ruth Buzan who was now mayor of Negaunee, enabled me to give the whereabouts of several others. Hilda Datson was comfortably settled in a little home in Negau- nee, happily engaged in doing her household duties and caring for her family. Olga Salmi who had been teaching at Palmer, had now set up a hair-dressing parlor. Lempi Teikar,) companion to some wealthy lady whom she had met at Detroit, was now traveling in Europe. Clifford Bath had surprised all his friends when he became man- ager of the beautiful new Negaunee Opera House erected by Everett Peterson. In one of the recent vaudeville acts there, Geraldine Scan- Ion had appeared as toe dancer. Sarah Lowenstein had just left on an extension buying trip to New York, Boston, and other Eastern points for she is an efficient member of the Lowenstein firm. Chancing to look up from my letter, I saw a familiar face at one of the tables across the room. It proved to be Dorothy Maitland ' s; and when I had beckoned her over to our table, she said she had come down to Chicago from her summer home to shop and to visit the Art Institute. She asked us to join her, and when, the next day, we were enjoying the pictures in the special exhibit room a particularly beau- tiful one, which seemed somehow familiar, attracted us. Examining it more closely, we discovered that it was a picture of the Rolling Mill location near Negaunee. Alphonse Peterson was the signature in one corner. Ruth and I knew that Cora Coldren was attending a Theatrical Art School, so we asked Dorothy, who often visited her, how she liked it. She replied that Cora was having a glorious time for she was writ- ing plays and having them presented under her own supervision. She sometimes took part as the leading lady, too. We were so interested in our reminiscences that we had not real- ized that we were the only persons in the building. Suddenly I jumped up, for a glance at my watch told me my train would leave in a few minutes. I sure did appreciate Traffic Cop Johnson, for he hailed a taxi for me which brought me to see how the big election had come out. Walter Farrer had won the governorship of Michigan by a large majority. A short history followed saying that Red had first caught the public eye by his wonderful playing at basketball tourna- ments during his High School days. Across the page I saw the item Lillian Johnson, profession- racer in aviation races across the Pacific to Japan, has won her third medal for speed. The brakeman opened the door and called a station. Where was I? All at once I was back in N. H. S. gym yelling N-E-G- GAUNEE! N-E-G- GAUNEE! From the window I could now see the brakeman wave his arms, then swing to the platform. When he