Nelsonville High School - Saga Yearbook (Nelsonville, OH)

Page 9 text:

The Scarlet and Gray 7 “star” in the play which was composed by her husband, Mr. Leonard Cooley of Chicago.” I spoke, “I don’t remem- ber your face but we were formerly students of N H. S. ” One answered “I am Noble Lax, and my companion is Henry McCombs,” we talked until we had finished breakfast. They were both traveling salesmen for the New Pittsburg Dry Goods house. In the afternoon we decided to take a walk around the park ?s we had ofttn heaid Mr. Fieger at N. H. S. say: “I wish I were in Cincinnati walking around the park.” When we got off the car to catch another, there was an automobile close to the street and a man in it ready to start it going when ordered. We looked at him and readily recognized Ed Love. We shook hands with him and he told us he was not married, he had been disappointed in love long ago. He invited us to attend “Peg 0 My Heart” with him that evening and we accepted. When we were seated that evening in the opera house we read our program, finding among the members of the company, Ella Burnell, Frances Bennett and Fern Syx. It was great pleasure indeed to see them on the stage taking their parts with such marked success. At the end of the last act a lady walked up to us and said “You three people at one time were my school- mates ” Looking «t her we knew it was Lucile Smith. She then introduced us to her husband, Mr. Joe Wile. She also told us another one of the old members of our class, Mrs. Forrest Kontner (Gail Galvin) resided in Cin- cinnati at 115 N. Monroe Ave. Arriv- ing at the h:tel, we inquired when we could get a ti ain for New York, and learned that there was a through train at 6 a. m. This was a long trip and Nellie took sick before we reached New York, I started out for a physician as soon as we arrived. After walking about a square and a half I saw a sign M. D. As I approached nearer I found it said Dr. Otto Kaelin. M. D. This struck me as being lucky thus to find an old school-mate so far from home. He immediately accompanied me to the hotel, and found my companion a very sick girl He advised that she be taken to a hospital at once, for there she would receive the very best of care because two old members of our class, Hazel Bett and Flossie Barber were trained nurses at the institution men- tioned. She was taken to the hospital and I went down to send a telegram home. I was indeed surprised to see at the office Glenford Dugan. He told me he had been working there for three years but just one year previously he had married Miss Margaret Johnson. We were delayed in New York for four weeks so we decided to return home for we did not have enough money to take us on to Europe. We came home by the way of Pittsburg and stopped for a visit at Nelsonville. We learned while there that Thomas Lax was professor at Buchtel, Clarence Parry was teaching German at N. H. S. and William Ossman was living well contented (but not married) on a farm two miles east of Nelsonville. When we left our home city we went by way of Lancaster, we changed cars there, and at the station we met Everett Kontner who was employed as baggage master for the Hocking Valley Rail- way. In a conversation with him we learned that Raymond Smith was a teacher in the Lancaster Business school. Arriving home from our trip we were very much surprised to learn that our nearest neighbor had as her guests, Miss Hazel Reeder and Cather- ine Stedem, who were employed in a small town near Indianapolis. They were the last two members of our class that we saw o that trip, but we hope to take another trip before many years pass and meet again all the members ol the grand old class of 1915.

Page 8 text:

6 The Scarlet and Gray s JUNIOR CLASS PROPHECY In the year 1930, I was living with Nellie Mathews on a 1'aim some twenty miles west of Indianapolis; it was at about this time in the year, eaily spring, we had plant.etl a trip to London, England. When we arrived at Indianapolis, we stepped up to the ticket office and who should appear but Cltrmont Howell. We purchased our tickets to New York of him. Alter a short conversation we boarded the train for Columbus. Shortly after the train pulled out, a fellow came through the car selling, “Ladies Home Journals’ “Saturday Evening Posts” and all the latest magazines. On looking up who should it be but “Don Davis,” which made us believe he would never forsake his magazines. We soo ■ reeched Co- lumbus, where we had to change trains as we had decided we would go by way of Cincinnati. Inquiring at the ticket office we fou;.d we had quits a waic and being hungry we went down street to the “Busy Bee” restaurant. On giving our order a short conversation between the waiter and ourselves took place and we found we had been school- mates at N. H. S. and asking her name she told us Cleo Williams. After we had finished our lunch, we went back to the Union Station, only to learn we had missed our train, so we decided to go back to the “Chitte- don Hotel” for the night. When we went to register we learned that Thomas Allen was proprietor of this hotel. He was very much surprised to see us and invited us to the parlor. There his wife, formerly (Miss Clara Pritchard) was entertaining with a six o’clock dinner, and who should pre- side at the piano but Kate Humphrey. We were very glad to see each other, as it had been several years since I last saw her. She invited us to go home with her and we accepted her in- vitation. We were not at all surprised to learn her husband was Mr. Fred Edington, a lawyer whose office was at 3-1 S. High St. After a pleasant visit with Mr. and Mrs Fred Edington and family we started again on our journey. When we took a car to go to the Union Sta- tion we recigniztd George Barrow the conductor. We reached the station just in time to catch a Pennsylvania train enroute to Cincinnati. After the train had gone a distance of perhaps fifteen miles there boarded the cars a man and woman and as they came down the isle, their faces seemed fa- miliar, it was Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Love (formerly Miss Lillian Terry.) As they approached us, they too rec- ognized their old school-mates and conversation was continued until the train reached Cincinnati. They told us Earl Moier had been married to Jose- phine Dunkle and that they were living in a log hut, two miles from Salem, but Earl disliked the place and wanted to move into town but Josephine thought that too extravagant. We reached Cincinnati a little after mid- night and we hurried to a hotel in order to get some rest before morning. As we entered, there sat two men in the lobby talking and the expression on their faces told us their conversation was an interesting one. The next morning we responded when called to breakfast and sat down at the same table with the two men whom we had seen late the evening before. Their conversation seemed to be a continued one, and as they talked we knew they had formerly attended N. H. S. and looking up as one said: “We will have to see the show at the Lyric Theatre to-night for Katherine Spencer is a

Page 10 text:

8 The Scarlet and Gray CLASS '15 The year 1911 was one of the most famous years in the history ot the Nel sonville High School. It was in that year that a class of the happiest boys and girls entered old N. H. S. We began under the superintendency of Mr. Grady, but in December a shad- ow was cast over the whole high school because of the death of our Superin- tendent. Mr. Jackson, the pr.ncipal filled the position until the close of the year and Miss Lowden seived as princi- pal. There were seventy eight pupiisinoor freshman class. There were three rooms, one room of boys and two of girls. Later in the year we wert given a different assignment S3 that the boys and the girls were in the same rooms. Our English in the freshman year was taught by Miss Lowden and Miss Trout. It was a pleasant year but it would have been more so, if Mi3S Trout had not become so attached to us that she could not part with us many even- ings until four o’clock. The Algebra was taught by Mr Jack- son, until a change was made then Miss Williamson took up the burden. Th Algebra for the most part was not very difficult, as many of us had taken some of this work before entering the High School. Our Physical Geography was taught by Miss Williamson. We learned about the clouds, the rain and the snow, also of the rocks and other elements which go to make up the earth’s crust. At the mid-year, when we learned we were to drop Physical Geography and take up Botany some felt happy to think that we were to have this subject in the freshman year. We began to feel heavy hearted when Miss Campbell our teacher mentioned our gathering flowers, because she talked as if we must have a hundred. We only had to collect fifty specimens for our herba- riums, however. The next yeat was a very pleasant one although some of us found Caesar not an easy study and had to take the examination. The teachers for the most part were new, but we did very well after the clashes were arranged. During the sophomore year our Eng- lish was Rhetoric and classics. That year we learned how to write a letter, a story, also how to speak properly (?) Miss Lowden was our teacher and she worked diligently to have us improve our methods of doing work. In our sophomore year we took up geometry which was taught by Miss Bostwick, this period was thoroughly enjoyed by all. Ancient History was also taught by Miss Bostwick and Mr. Townsend. The greatest task we had in history was to remember the dates. In the afternoon we went to Miss Johnson’s room for Caesar recitations. There were a f-w in the ciass who did well but did not try and so did not suc- ceed as they should. About the hardest task we had in Caesar was the con- structing of his bridge. Many wished to construct it according to their own plans. The last of the year found a number of us in an uncertain condition. Many knew they must take the examinations and some learned that they did not pass. Upon entering the Junior year. We were seated in Miss Lowden’s room. This year we might say has been the happiest of the three years spent in High School. In the English we learn when, where