Owensboro High School - Owensboroan Yearbook (Owensboro, KY)

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'JFIQOWENSBORAN After explaining my errand and my machine to him, I urged him to tell his story and give me news of some of our former classmates, knowing that I would not have time to visit all of them. That's easy, he said, after getting out of college I specialized in operations on the heart, and out of five hundred cases I have lost only one. UHow about Dutch Schaad? I questioned. Oh, yes, Dutch and Milton Lesch own a chain of drug stores here in New York and are getting very wealthy. Who would have thought that! 1 exclaimed. Yes, many changes have taken place while you were playing hermit in your laboratory. Irvin Daniels and Otis Leach are now in the movies. T. J. Mattingly and B. M. Dearing are directing their new play. Dub Rash seems to own the company. What happened to J. P. Lashbrook-did he ever amount to anything? I asked. I should say he did. J. P. now owns the exclusive rights on a new 'Latherless Soap? A chemist by the name of John Stuart discovered it, but never received a penny from the patent. Poor John, always was unlucky, wasn't he? Yes, but it served him right-he always was careless about his rights. There was a big lawsuit over it, but John Wood, who was the attorney for Lashbrook, easily won over his opponent. A Think of John Wood being a great lawyer. I thought Ottrell Miller was going to study law. What became of him? Ottrell is Dean of the Brie-A-Brac' yell school. The first of its kind in history. Julia Lee Ditto is helping him run the school. And, believe me, they sure do turn out some wonderful cheer leaders. Bidding adieu I walked over to Lesch and Schaad's drug store where I saw Dutchy showing one of his clerks the proper amount of syrup for a coca-cola. Don't be too hard on the boy, I said. Remember your clerking days at 'Porter-Pirtle's. I haven't forgotten, he replied, that's one reason why I watch my clerks so closely. Where's Milton? I asked. Oh, he's gone to Alaska on his vacation, Dutchy drawled. Whatever became of Anne Morrison-Milton used to like her, didn't he ? Yes, but they have a 'split up.' Anne, Lydia Rowland and Sarah Midkiff' are collectors for the 'Fielden Museum? They sailed for China this morning to get a genuine China- man's cue, which by the way are nearly extinct due to the bobbing craze which has taken possession of China. Did you say Fielden Museum? I asked. I thought it was called the Field's Museum. So it was, but I forgot to tell that Elbert Fielden bought it three years ago and since that time he has improved it wonderfully. Just then I heard a familiar voice behind me. Please give me a nickel's worth of candy, it said. Turning around I recognized Martha Graves. Martha had never gotten over her fondness for candy. 'tWhat are you doing up in this big city? I asked. Martha replied she had married and lived there with her husband. He owns a big candy manufacturing plant, she said. Byron Withers and Hartwell Husk are salesmen for the company. Setting my indicator again I threw the switch. This time I found myself in Louisville. The first thing that caught my eye was in the shape of a huge sign which read Eckert and Morris, Sporting Goods. And sure enough, upon entering I saw Catherine Eckert and Ruth Morris filling orders. Are there any members of our class that are located here? I asked. My goodness, yes, Katherine said. George Medley and H. J. Hoiendorfer own the New Brown Hotel. Bill Carey and John S. Wright have law offices. Eliza- beth Nalle is their secretary. They have been very successful. That reminds me, broke in Ruth, of a lawsuit they are handling now between Max Stone and the 'Transcontinental Buss Co.,' which, incidentally, is owned by Bill Heck and Forest Bell. Page Eighty-nine - - - - 4 i

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tN QWV KV. UWOXVENSBORAN The ohicers elected at our first class meeting were: William Heck, President, John Stuart, Vice-President, Cynthia Haynes, Secretary-Treasurer. The weekly paper of the Voice was again started. Ellen Hart Smith was Editor-in-Chief. It was published during the first term, but was discontinued during the second term. At a later class meeting, O. D. Miller was elected Editor-in-Chief of the Annual. Another thing of which we are very proud was the Senior play, Smilin' Through. It was a glorious success, due to the splendid talent. Our basketball team of '27 made one of the best records that O. H. S. has ever had. The squad was composed entirely of Seniors. Another thing, of which we are very proud, is the fact that our Valedictorian, Miss Ellen Hart Smith, possesses the highest scholastic record of any Valedictorian since 1924. Our Salutatorian, who also is the proud possessor of a remarkable record, is Ashton Haynes. Our Class has the unusual honor of being the first to graduate after attending all four years at the Senior High School. Our Class, also, is the largest graduating class in the history of O. H. S. No one can appreciate our feeling of sadness at leaving dear old Alma Mater. To it and our beloved and competent teachers We owe everything. Alton Woodward '27. CLASS PROPHECY T was on the last ever of 1945. I was in my study, surrounded by various scien- tific instruments, strange vials, ill smelling drugs, retorts and breakers. My pipe had long ago gone out. One dying ember Hickered in the fire place, throwing its ghastly shadow about the walls and furniture, lighting for a moment a heavily framed picture which hung over my desk. Scarcely did I realize the adventures which that last dying spark predicted for me. For the light that it cast about the room awakened me from my reverie. Get- ting up I took the picture from the wall and examined it closely. It was the picture of my graduating class. As I sat there looking at the picture and going over again all of those incidents of high school life-both the sorrowful and the happy ones-a vivid impression of each came to me. What had become of all of them? What were they doing now? Was each one satisfied with life? These and other questions flashed through my mind. Having lived a life of seclusion and solitude, devoting my time to study and scientific research I could not recall one single fact about the destiny of my class- mates. Glancing over in the corner of the room I beheld the Telephonic, a deli- cately devised machine which I had invented and devoted my lifetime to perfecting. A machine whose power were superhuman, and had it been predicted ten years pre- vious, the idea would have been scoffed at just as Bell, Wright and othr great inven- tors were in their time. A machine that derived motive and mental power from the elements. Until this date I had theoretically tested its merit, but now was a chance su- preme. A practical test, a test which if successful, would enable me to see or hear something about every member of my 1927 graduating class. A lifetime eiort wasted if the machine failed. With trembling hands and sup- pressed emotion I placed the photograph of my class under the panel. Fingering the controls with an unsteady but cautious hand I placed the indicator on the face of Jimmy McDonald. Then I turned the current on. Suspense! Then a slight hiss! At the left of the machine on the impression plate the following Words were written: Famous surgeon-New York City. Another fraction of a second, too fast for human calculation, and I found myself in Jimmy's oHice. - A - ' P Page Eighty-eight

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imeoxvznseoum X. Jil. Leaving them I journeyed over to the Blue Rose roof garden. Here I saw Guy WV' . C11 v M Sellars and her famous dance orchestra. Have you seen any of our scattered class? I asked. ii Yes, replied Guy, t'John Shaw Kirk is my leading violinist. Mary Ruth Skin- , ner and Mary Helen Mason were with me but they are now touring the country and M are known as the 'Famous Violin Sistersgz Charles Eubank is their publicity man. WZ Maybe you'll be interested to know that Wilemina Mahoney and Mildred Rob- inson are specializing in 'Home Made Candiesf In fact their candies are more in demand now than Whitman's. Doug Burns and Lamar Mayfield have government Qi positions and are doing very nicely. Alma Hendricks and Mary Hoagland own the Chicago Tribune. Did Marvin May stick to photography? I asked. Yes, he has developed a -, - new camera that is used in scientific work. Alton Woodward also followed his lans I and became a chiropractor p Q A After learning all of this news I turned the current on and immediately found PQ myself in a beautiful orchard. I stood before a magnificent building. While won- I il dering who the owner was an automobile drove up and a pompous gentleman ' alighted. In spite of his long red beard I recognized Yewell Tompkins. J When we were seated in the parlor I asked him how he had accumulated so I much wealth. He said he had developed a seedless white blackberry. After con- S gratulating him on his success I began to inquire about the class. if Have you heard of Gladys Morris? Yes he replied. She became quite a if' I poltician and was nominated for Congress on the Socialist ticket. She gained such ,K a reputation on the stump during her campaign that she has since been a regular 5 orator. K And how about Crawford Nalle? He became a civil engineer and surveyed , the Atlantic-Pacific Canal. if Morton Iler was a financier in a small way in school. Did he develop any 4 ability along that line? Yes, replied Yewell, he became a stock broker and inter- cl national promoter. He underwrote the Royal Radio Corporation and made a fortune, though all who bought stock lost all they invested. He got it and has it yet. He is 0 certainly a financier. Corrinne Carroway, Olive Bopp and Marcella Williams went H as medical missionaries to India. Bernice Nelson, Elizabeth Warriner and Elizabeth 5 McDowell own a small musical show, which has been very successful. Dan Dean X and Edgar Paul Brown own a confectionery. Ti So we continued to talk of old days as he showed me about his farm. Bidding him good-bye, I once again pressed the switch. I I This time I found myself in the presence of Jo Weill. How did you get here ? ' she asked. U on hearing my explanation she told me that she had written several X P ,, , books that far surpassed Elinor Glyn's best. F ,I And how about the class? I questioned. Well, let's see. Cynthia Haynes ' Q married a rich magnate. Vista Morris and Elizabeth Robinson recently won trips V ' around the world for having written the best essay on the subject 'Happy Though Marriedf Virginia Morton, Nina Marie Wilson, Marjorie Hendrick, Alice Smith and lx. Lydia Mayfield acted as judges. Some people think that judges were partial, but gf who knows? Margaret Brodie and Alice Layman own a little tea shoppe down in .X l the heart of the city. We'll go down and visit them. ,Fil The had many things to tell us. They also said that if business got any worse . Y . . . W! she would have to move to England. While we were there I discovered that Francis fi Stone had married and was now living in Little Rock. Allan Harl is on the road 'Ri auctioneeringj' Margaret said. hs Well, that must have suited him because he always did like to talk. Yes, ' thatis right, she agreed. Jimmy Wilkins and Rex Stone own a large department it t M ret Fiorella is working in their office W s ore. arqua . lx? What happened to Sam Fittts? Hike always was smart in school. He and Bill l Field became contractors. They uilt t e great Lincoln Highway from Ogden Utah FX to the West coast They are located out there now , , After learning these facts I related my own experiences and left them amid C 1 gasps of wonderment of my machine. ij No sooner had I left them than I found myself seated in a large theater. Un- WYPU consciously I had set the indicator on the portrait of John Dixon, who was now play- 'PE in in an 0 era called Fare 'uv Diseg his leading lady was no other than Alma Q i g p . . . E311 Downs. Tom Medley was playing the Villain. The other members of the cast that I 'lf lAneJ1vDwege E131 Taylo1i1M1ast?21i who wg tiakgig ghe role of The Duchess of Bum. 7 n e er eim, W os 1 e was u e e umer. fig Upon hearing that they had traveled extensively I was sure they had heard SQ something of the members of our class. Upon questioning them I was told that John F. Barr, Joe Hale and Malcolm Mosely were black-faced comedians and were si, is il 7 Page Ninety