Piqua Central High School - Piquonian Yearbook (Piqua, OH)

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THE CC75iwenty years of Kljrogress ELL I guess we're ready to shove off, said Dave Nichols as he prepared to climb into his pilot's cockpit of the huge Ford Tri-motor. The plane was in readiness for an around the United States hop and was now being warmed up at the Cincinnati airport. The planeis crew was composed of David Nichols, pilot, Marcellus Caldwell, co-pilot, Bill Binford, radio operator, Harold Gates, navigator, and Ernest White and Ralph Morrow, mechanics. The flight had a double purpose. One was to test the plane's speed as compared with the speed of 1933, this being 1953, and the other purpose was to furnish a heart story for the May Newspaper Syndicate, owned by Charlyne May. Finally everyone was aboard and Binford tested his radio hook-up. George Erhardt, who was to be the second man in the hook-up, reported O. K. from his station in the New York port terminal, and the ship took off, bound for that city. Nice takeoff, Dave, said Bill as the ship boomed into the air and crossed over the hanger, bound for the Great White Way. Marcellus, commonly known as Bump among his air associates, took over the controls while Dave went back to confer with his navigator and get weather reports. The weather reports were all O. K., so the plane was Ugunned' up to 250 without further delay. Having nothing to do at the present but receive weather reports, Bill, Harold, and Ernie began to converse about their flying experiences but soon the talk veered around to their old schoolmates of 1933. I guess that Johnny Ketchum is knocking 'em over as a Hollywood actor, isn't he? remarked Bill. The girls are all ga-ga over him. Yeah, but the world's men go for Fred Houser, champion of the Indianapolis races this year. Boy, he sure burns up the trackf' Say, put in Ernie, speaking of Ketchum as an actor reminds me of jane Hamilton, the second Jean Harlow, and jean Wilson, who is known as Garbois successor. Don't forget Mary Ziegenfelder and Suzanne Henry who aren't doing so poorly in Virginia Robert's new musical review. I hear they are quite a success. Say, whatever happened to Paul Negley? asked Binford. The last I heard of him, he was Ohio State's Hi-Y advisor and getting all the applause. Dave called back to let the breeze shooters know that they were flying over Pennsylvania. Ernie pointed down and said, Somewhere down there is Walter Grosvenor. He's district mine manager, I hear. Yeah, and somewhere down there, we could find Fenton Hildebrand and Bill Roecker who are playing in Dick Hunter's internationally famous dance orchestra with Marguerite Cron as their featured vocalist. It's a wonderful orchestra. I've heard them and they are good, but have you ever danced to America's waltz king, Bob Thoma? He is billed as Wayne King's successor, said Bill. Edgar Burr is stepping out among them with his radio crooning, isn't he? He certainly is, said Binford. Erhardt reports that the weather ahead is fair, he continued. That doesn't make much difference, said Dave, who had come into the cabin proper from- his compartment, as we can see New Yorkls skyline now. This crate is certainly fast. Two hundred and fifty an hour with speed left. Three waves to New York. How's that? Fine. We were just discussing our '33 pals, said Harold. That reminds me, said Dave, I'll have to look up my old pal, Bill Ratcliff, when we get to New York. I guess he and Dale Carey, his partner, have the largest law practice in the cityf' Here we are, remarked Ernie, who had been gazing out of the window on the world's largest city. Soon the big plane floated down to the airport terminal. As the airmen alight- ed, they were greeted by a reception committee headed by Mr. Elwood Weldy, New P1QU'oN1AN

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,Senior fPlay ONCE IN A PALACE By Marguerite Kreger Phillips Fantastic Comedy in Three Acts Stitch, tailor to the king .................,...,...................... .................... Slash, tailor to the king... Cut, tailor to the king ......... Princess Dear Gne ......... Celly, the scullery ............ Flavia, lady-in-waiting ......... Blanchette, lady-in-waiting .......... Julianne, lady-in waiting.. Zayda, lady-in-waiting ...... King Hazzem ............. The Ragged Tailor ....... Queen Anne .......... Jester ...... ......... First Guard ......... Second Guard ........ Prime Minister ....... First Doctor ........ Second Doctor ....... I .... I ohn Ketchum I james Teegarden I ..Wrn. Patterson 1 George Erhardt I Paul Negley I ..Robert Poe Jean Wilson jane Albright Jane Hamilton .... Marie Hays I Letty Caslani I ...Jessie Hoke Mary Ziegenfelcler ........Betty Yarman I Theresa Bauman I .... Laurine Julian I Mildred Young ........Helen Neal I ..Bill Ratcliff I Ivan Bartrug I .... Dale Carey I Dave Nichols ...Jane Rengel ..Nancy Lane ..........jack Battson ..Fred Houser John Pickering ..Hagel Davis Harold Gates Paul Ringelspaugh ........Victor Shimp Marion Clemons ...Donald Kiefer ....Virgil Klopfer ........Russell Fogt ..Robert Lawhead The Green Page ' 'A' l Melvin Guisinger A Page ,.......................................................... .. .............. Ogden French TIME: The present. PLACE: The great hallway outside the throne room in the castle of King Hazzern. SYNOPSIS ACT l. The great hallway outside the throne room in the castle of King Hazzem, afternoon. ACT H. The same, a morning one week later. ACT Ill. The same, an hour later. Director .................................................................... . ........................... Theodore Gray Costumes .................................................................................. Miss Nixon, Miss Beyerly Property Managers ....,....... Russel Fogt, Leo Wilcox, Jean Statler, Helen Steinhilber Stage Managers..Russel Beaver, Edward Roberts, Elwood Weldy, Thurman McClay THE . . PIQUONIAN

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York's mayor, and a group of photographers, who began to snap pictures. They were under the supervision of Wilfred Beckert, owner of the famous Beckett Pathe News corporation. The flyers decided to see the town while they were there, and leaving Ernie White and Ralph Morrow in charge of the Ford's overhaul, they ventured forth on the great White Way. Mr. Weldy remarked that several of the 1933 class were making good in his city, among them being lvan Bartrug, who is pastor of the First Methodist church and has quite a large congregation, Donald Wells, noted organist, Ed Huggard and Madge Harris, who are popular in Harlem with their clever act, Arnold Bolton, who is the shortfstop for the New York Yankees, and his brother, Robert, who is manager of the same team, and Gerald Kiser, first baseman, Paul Cooper, who has his headquarters in this city and is the leader of the American Boy Scouts, and David Miller, the chief architect for the New York Engineering company. I guess the people of Piqua High are doing their old school proud, aren't they?,' remarked Binford. The flyers registered at the Waldorf-Astoria, managed by Harvey Craft, and then spent the next two days seeing New York. They went to Madison Square Garden and had the distinct pleasure of seeing Marion Kid Clemens win the middleweight championship of the world. On arriving at the airport to resume their flight, the flyers were delighted to see Nancy Lane, famous aviatrix, land. After greetings were exchanged, the flight was resumed. A brief hop into the New England states was next scheduled. Within a short time the old boys arrived in Boston. There they looked up the famous poets, john Attenweiler and Robert Poe. Clarence Reck, the humorist, was in Paris at the time on his vacation. Harold happened to see Pauline Gray and Ruth Luckey, who are stenographers for the famous Heinz's company, now managed by Thurman McClay. John Picker- ing, who manufactures the famous Pickled Pickles, was also sought out. Again the Ford tri-rnotored plane took to the air, this time on a straight hop to Miami, Florida. As they flew along, the conversation was resumed about the class of 1933. Harold happened to have in his diary a list of those of that class, so it was decided to check through it and find out, from their general knowledge, what each person was now doing. Following are the results: Iohn Brumbaugh is an old hand at cow-punching and owns a cattle ranch in Wyoming. jack Battson is general manager of the Atlantic and Pacific company. The famous basketball team of Ohio State is coached by none other than Russ Beaver. William Burr turned out to be an inventor and came forth with a perfect mustache schooner for 3.2. Several school teachers of distinction are Beatrice Avy, Florence Guenthner, Gertrude Davis, and Ethel Long. Melvin Guisinger is an English instructor at Harvard university. Harold Crump is in Egypt looking for rare stamps. Bob DeWeese and Bill Heater are in Europe competing for the United States in the international tennis matches. Eugene Grant is a civics teacher in dear old P. H. S. Bob Purdy is football coach at Notre Dame and has the nickname of Rockne the Second . Vic Shimp is judge of the Domestic Relations court in Reno. Francis Etherington and Lucille Finfrock are managing beauty parlors. Theresa Bauman and Esther Browning are modistes for Letizia Caslani, who owns a gown shop in Hollywood. Gretchen Schmidlapp is the charming hostess at the Hotel Biltmore in Dayton, Ohio. james Teegarden is a successful physician in San Francisco. Among those happily married to their high school Sweethearts are Mary Boylan, Katherine Buck, Jane Rengel, who also writes successful plays, and Evelyn White. Everything isn't so rosy, however, as Marjorie Carr and Mildred Young are going to Reno to get their third divorces, by the advice of Florence Kastner, who runs a love column for the May Newspaper. THE.. PIQUONIAN