Norwood High School - Silhouette Yearbook (Norwood, OH)

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heard a great deal about the famous llThomas. But we had never dreamed that Thomas Bakerll was Charlie Burns. We might have guessed, for Charlie Burns was nThomas Bakerll in our class play. November 19 7 We left India after spending ten days there. Traveling through the Red Sea to Cairo, we went up the Nile to Karnak. While at Cairo we met Margaret Metzger. Most amazing to find Margaret Metzger there! She stayed with us the whole time we were in Cairo. She said that her hobby was museums and places where they were excavating kings who had lived thou- sands of years ago. November 28a Naples and Rome were our next stops. In Rome Duke had bad luck, for she lost her passport. This called for a visit to the American Ambassador. To our great surprise we were admitted to the ambassadors private office immediately after sending in our cards. Duke and I were won- ' dering how it happened, but our wonders suddenly ceased when we looked at our countryls representative, who proved to be our old class president, Warren Welborne. We were so surprised we could hardly talk. Warren was the same old Warren in spite of his high position. December 22 A Duke decided that it would be interesting to go to Paris, and from Paris to London by airplane. This we did, and the day we left for London we had another surprise, for who should be listed as one of the passen- gers but out dear old friend Katherine Van Orsdel. We met Katherine at the plane and talked all the way across about old friends and everything in general. We asked what she was doing and she told us that she had been in Paris for the last two months buying new gowns and seeing the latest creations, as she owned a fashionable ladiesl shop on Fifth Avenue. Much to our delight she stayed with us in London and came home with us on the same ship. We landed at Montreal and came on down to New York by train. Katherine promises us she will be a frequent visitor, as she is rather lonesome, having lived in New York only a year. February 10 7 It was late when Duke arrived home last night, but we sat up and talked for a long time. I just happened to look up at the date and saw it was the ninth of February. I asked whether she remembered what we were doing on that 'night fifteen years ago. She said yes, that it was the night of our class play, and that it was then that she decided that she would become a singer. It was then, too, that I made up my mind to take up the stage as a profession. We sat there and thought and talked about a little of everything, and especially about our trip. We decided that the world is a very small place after all, for no matter where one goes, one finds someone she knows. RUTH V. THOMAS. 22

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l victrolas. We certainly regretted that we had to sail today, for we should have liked to stay with them longer and to talk more about our good old school days at Norwood. August 30 a We have thoroughly enjoyed Hawaii. At noon today Duke and I, with some of the people we met on the boat, decided to go to a certain famous tea room for lunch. When we got there one of the company said that she had been there several times before and that she knew the owner, and would like to see her again. She called a waiter and asked him if the proprietor was in ; if so,t0 tell her that Miss McClary would like to see her. Here Duke and I had another surprise, for this proprietor turned out to be Elizabeth Dumont. Elizabeth told us she was crazy about her work and intended staying here for a long time as she is to be married next week to the owner of a large hotel in Honolulu. She begged us to stay for the ceremony, but boats do not wait for weddings and in a few days we sail for Japan. September 16 m We were nine days at sea from Hawaii to Yokohama. As we were coming from the boat to the hotel in a rickshaw I though I saw an old-home face coming towards us. When the little carriage passed I'knew that the face I had seen was that of a friend a I knew it was Howard Kuenning. I called to the coolie to turn around and overtake the gentlemen we had just passed. We caught up with it and both rickshaws stopped together. Howard recognized us immediately. He was so surprised I really thought his eyes were going to fall out. He told us that he had charge of the steel construction work in Yokohama and Tokio. October 1 e We spent fourteen days in J apan and Howard showed us a great time. We certainly hated to leave him, but after extracting a promise from him that he would come to see us in New York when he comes home next spring, we are sailing away to China and the Philippines. October tdate blurredi e At Manila we went to the Santa Ann, the largest dancing cabaret in the world. Here we met Ruth Miller and Ruth Moreland, who were chaperoning a group of girls from a fashionable boarding school in Massachusetts. They, too, were on a world cruise, but they had gone from New York to England, then eastward. Ruth Miller told us that she was the principal of the school and that Ruth Moreland was her assistant. We thorL oughly enjoyed seeing them and came to the conclusion that we were to meet someone we knew in every port. . November 2 - From the Philippines we went to Java, then to Singapore, and Rangoon in Burmah. From there to Calcutta. Duke and I had had shocks and surprises all along the way, but the greatest of all was the day we went inland to Benares. We were watching some magicians and noticed a very familiar person standing about ten feet from us. Duke recognized this man first and nearly dropped dead, for who should it be but Charlie Burns. We talked with him for over an hour and learned that he was a magician and was getting new tricks to take back to the States. We told him we had never heard of him professionally, but we immediately learned the reason why, for he had taken the stage name of Thomas Baker. We then remembered that we really had 21

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HWHUS WHO IN THE FEBRUARY CLASS NAME NICKNAME OCCUPATION GENERALLY FOUND Charles Burns,, ..VTed . . .,.. .A Valentino. . . . . . . , . . . . .On the Pike. Kathryn Curl. . . . . . . .Kate. . .. . , . , . .Warbling ............... In her Stutz. Elizabeth Dumont ...... Betty ......... Talking ................. At the lunchroom. Mildred Isler, . ...... Mil ...... . Driving her Buick. . , . , . . .Ask her? Howell Jones ........... J onesie ..... . ,Driving cars ............. Nowhere. Howard Kuenning ...... Chester ....... Fishing .................. Late! Margaret Metzger. . . V V .Marg ......... Chatterinig ............... We don't know, do you? Ruth Miller ............ None ......... Studying ................ Where wanted, Ruth Moreland. . . . . .None. . . . . . . .Fixing her hair ........... With Ruth. Ruth Thomas .......... Tommy. . . . . V Manageress. . . . , A : . . . . , . Everywhere. Warren Welborne ....... Becky ......... Raising a mustache . V .On the job. Freeman Young. . . . . . . .None ......... Arguing. . . . . V . , . , . . . . . .At the bank. Katherine Van Orsdel. . 23 .Kate....,..V .Having a good time. . . , , . .Powdering her nose