Ontario High School - Echo Yearbook (Ontario, NY)

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- JUNIOR ECHO - sixteen, but Glenna Porrey. She came forward and greeted me very affectionately. Then she showed me around her shop and asked what I thought of it. She said she found teaching far too strenuous so she took up something more comfortable and more promising. When I returned home, I saw a large limousine parked out in front. I hurried up the walk and onto the porch. There stood Donald Fewster. We had a very nice argument for half an hour. Donald, I learned, was in the Senate and had been sent up to New York for some important papers. When at last he rose to go, he invited me to come to Washington and meet his wife. It was all I could do to keep my face straight, to think that Donald had really fallen for a woman at last. It was almost unbelievable. The next week l spent with Ethel at her home in Albany. Ethel had married a social service worker who found the great field for his work was in Albany. Ethel spent her spare time writing stories for the children in the city kindergarten. She, too, had become very much interested in social service work and was helping to raise a fund for the erection of a Children's Hospital. She was chairman of the committee and was busy every minute. On my way back to New York I stopped at Vassar College to visit a friend of mine who taught there. l met Leah Rouch in the office. My how she did make the typewriter go! lt made my head swim to watch her. She said she had never been so busy in all her life but she liked it. She had only been there one year but if they would keep her she intended to stay for a few years more. - l was sorry I couldn't visit with her longer. l had a letter from Leila soon after. Leila was so sorry she couldn't come up and visit us, but she didn't see how she could. She had married a minister and they lived in Athens, Pennsylvania. They were very busy at that time laying hardwood Hoors, painting the house and putting in a new sidewalk. She said it was a large colonial house and when they had it fixed up they would be very proud of it. Leila had worked in the Curtis Publishing House at Philadelphia previous to her marriage. As l was glancing through the paper one night I happened to read of a great discovery that had been made in chemistry. I was still more surprised when I learned it was Raymond Middleton, who had made it. He traveled the whole world over looking up records and trying experiments. The paper stated that the young man seemed very bashful and shy and would not consent to having his picture in the paper. How like ,Iiml One night we went to the theater to watch Carlton Cone perform. He was touring the United States with his famous male cast. They all had to be expert cooks before they were allowed to join his troupe. His tricks were very clever and his songs were enthusiastically received by the audience. His special feature was mimicking the teachers he had in school and college. He told us later that he never intended to get married since he was able to cook for himself. He said he could eat all he wanted to and not have any woman tell him when to stop. A few days later l met Mary LeFrois on the street. Mary had started in as bookkeeper for the Coal and Lumber Company. She said what first attracted her attention was the hours. She did not 17

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--ll JUNIOR ECHO 1 dill pickles and a pint of milk. Upon finishing my feast I went back to bed and immediately fell asleep. When I next awoke, I noticed there was a strange young woman in white standing by the window and she appeared to be making out a chart. I tried to sit up but my head ached so I was forced to lie down. I watched her for quite a few minutes but she was so engrossed in her task she never looked up. The door opened and another lady entered. She was dressed for traveling and carried a valise. She went to the window and talked in an unclertone to the young lady. At last she turned and came over to my side. There was something very familiar about her, but when l tried to place her my mind was just a jumble. How do you feel now? she asked. At the sound of her voice I sat bolt upright. Why Orian Stevens, where in the world did you fly from? I did fly to get here. I heard when l came into the hospital that you were very ill so I took charge of the case. But how did you get way over here? She told me she had been in France for two years studying. She planned to leave for home Saturday and told me I was to accompany her. I told her I couldn't possibly get away for I was very busy with the many details of my position. She said it had all been arranged previously and she was afraid I'd be forced to go with her. The assistant dean would get along very nicely for a few months. Thus, it was that I sailed for the United States on the following Saturday morning. Orian told me she had been sent abroad by the leading physicians of New York city to attend a conference and also to do some advanced work in medicine. As soon as she returned she would be expected to give her reports and to supervise certain new courses in the hospital. She was busy nearly all the time arranging her notes and reports. One day we began talking about the people back home and then about the class of '24. She surprised me very much by telling me Smith Pratt had left shortly after finishing his work at the University of Rochester for the Sandwich Islands. There had been a great plague of yellow fever and sleeping sickness and Smith went to offer his services in a time of trouble. I'Ie liked it so well that he remained there and was still enjoying his bachelorhood. I said I had heard from Elsie many times. Elsie had finished normal with honors and taught school in Webster for three years. She spent her spare time writing for local papers and magazines. But life seemed rather dull for her so she married a traveling sales- man and they moved to Austin, Texas. Elsie was as happy as ever and had no troubles to disturb her serene peace of mind. After we landed and got straightened around in Orian's apartments on Riverside Drive, l had much time to roam around as I wished. Orian was so busy that I was left to entertain myself. One day as I was strolling down Broadway, I saw a very quaint little millinery shop. I knew I needed a new chapeau so I stepped inside. Whom should I see standing behind the counter in all her glory trying to sell an old lady past forty a hat for a girl about 16

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JUNIOR ECHO L- -i--1 have to be at work until ten o'clock in the morning, so she accepted the position. She had worked very hard and was promoted until, having kept the good work up, she found herself manager. She said she had never dreamed that it would be through coal that she would rise to prominence. I learned from her that Arrethea Verdine had married Mason Stevens, and that they lived in Montreal, Canada. Arrethea had tried teaching but it was so tedious and she was getting so nervous she was forced to give it up. Mason had started a dental dispensary and Arrethea helped him in his work. Mason also wrote short stories for the Saturday Evening Post. He intended to write a book some day if he could find one big enough to hold all he wanted to say. I found that Harold Fewster after working on a muck farm decided he wanted to become an artist. He had gone to Switzer- land to study and to reproduce the Alps on canvas. Harold found it lots of fun to wield the brush for he had so much time to rest. He never worked till early evening for he didn't think he could get the right effect till then. Although he had not as yet received any praise for what he had accomplished, he knew that some day the people would be clamoring for his work so he kept working on. Harold said he had always had a talent for painting but he hated to confess until he tried to see what he could do. Louise Cann was a dietitian. She had worked in several of the large cities where she had numerous health stations started and was planning to start more. She also lectured on Domestic Science in various high schools. She had worked with Herbert Hoover in planning satisfactory diets for factory workers. She had been in Washington to see about having a week set apart for special work along this line and was trying to raise money to carry on the campaign. She contributed to the newspapers her plans and asked every citizen to be ready if called upon to help. lt was with great pleasure I read of the marriage of Coralie Covill to the crown prince of Spain. The papers gave very vivid accounts of the festivals being held in Madrid. People of fashion from all over the world were there, but only one hundred were to be allowed to attend the ceremony. Coralie had saved the prince's life by using common sense and he could think of no other way of paying off the debt. I am sure she will be happy. As I was walking around the park one afternoon I met a young lady very beautifully dressed. She led a small French poodle and she seemed to be attracting quite a lot of attention. I heard one little boy tell his chum she was an honest injun actress. She walked around for a few minutes then turned and retraced her steps. l was forced to pass her and as I looked up I thought I must be dreaming for who was it but Louise Verdine. She was having a vacation and was spending it in New York. She told me many of her thrilling experiences and even drove me home in her racer. It was from her I learned that Melville Sheahen had practiced medicine in Ontario for a few years but finding it very dull had joined the navy. He was at the time on a cruise to Greenland. He had sailed around the world twice and discovered a new island in the Arctic Ocean. He called it Man's Paradise. Through a friend of Orian's I gained the following information. 18