Robidoux Polytechnic High School - Tech Yearbook (St Joseph, MO)

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H 5 H H HH EH 3 3 5,9 N? Q R. P. H. S. Broadcasting Station, Charles Hill Broadcasting Members of the Class of '25. Thirty years ago the Class of '25 left Robidoux to face the cruel, cruel World. Many of them have forgotten what they intended to be , MM when they left school. Many of them have prospered and others have W6 not em, - 1 ' Who would have thought, for instance, that Erwin Fieden would have been a minister. He is the originator of the new religion called Fiedenism, a branch of the same religion which predicted the world's end. in 1925. He was married to Agnes Johnson soon after leaving -Robidoux and' they are living in Venice. Lodema Ellis is running a taxi gondola line there, and has loads of business. Byron Meanski is now pushing a hot tamale cart, lustily yelling, 615-5 Hot Tamale, To Mollie Oh. I bought oneg but he did not know me , evidently. We all expected him to be at the head of a large army: Jvc JN well thieyl alwlays did call him Dago. He certainly lived up to his ' ' name i n't e.- ' ' Q Anna Butcher has taken Marguerite C1ark's place in the movies. She has the leading role with Rudolph Valentino in the latest film, 2 S can Je., Satan's Love Affair, and plays her part with much expression. Hawaii is up in the air over Madeline Francis who is teaching ' girls how to shimmy. She is in partnership with Garnet Patterson who makes the grass skirts for the pupils. Dorothy Epstien is in partnership with Meyer Agron. They are touring Russia, where Meyer has proved himself to be a great vocal- ist. CAt least so the Bolshevists sayb. 'He sings before large audiences a.nd Dorothy plays all the accompianiments. And who would have ' A thought it,-Meyer and Dorothy are coming on an extended tour ' through the United States. X ' - Howard Rinehart is running on the Democratic Ticket for Dog S Catcher, much against thewishes of Miss Spangberg, who is the Re- publican party boss in the city of Tampa, Fla. f Libbie Zurovsky has taken Paderewski's place, and she and Wa- ' Q neda Malashock conduct a Jazz Orchestra. LeRoy Ingles is the direc- tor of the orchestra and during the intermissions Waneda attracts her audience by giving solo dances. 5 5 Esther Miles has at last realized her ambition, to be a wealthy Q woman. She was always so energetic while at school that we knew she would be something great. She married Dean Urguhart, the per- son who was always writing poetry and winning poster prizes at ig school. They conduct one of the largest Garbage Agencies in the U. S. They have branch agencies in the small cities like St. Louis, H H NV YWNWNWQQWNFNPNWNPNPQQWYWNFNFNPQQWNWNPNPNFNWNWNW CXWNW NWNPNWNW mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmwmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm X ,

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: ' : Leona Tuck is now abroad. She has taken up toe dancing as her ggg profession. Helen Rittmann is with her and she is noted for her fam- ous dance. They have won much popularity by their dancing. Violet Aitchison is now known as Mademoiselle Aitchison. She tells your past, present and future with out any difficulty. V Clarence Zimmerman is now one of the most famous lawyers in New York. ' 1 i Helen Leibfried and Regina Barrett are the inventors of the in- visible rouge and lipstick. Simon Dolginoff has the part of Banquo's Ghost in Shakespeare's McBeth. It is to be shown in Europe neiit year. Alvina Fahey, Elsie Crum, and Mildred Liberman are chorus girls in this show. You see, lt 1S a mus1cal comedy now. They do a spirits dance when Banquo's ' ghost appears. T t 1 : me Abe Trilinsky and Mollie Rosenthal are proprietors of a carnival 4 show. Violet Shields always' heads the parade riding a great lumber- ing elephant that squirts water through its trunk. She sits on its headand laughs and talks all the time, Yes, she still talks as much as ever and the old elephants seem to like it too. Abe does a special act, hanging to a horse's tail. The horse is so fast that he just sticks straight out in the air. Clarella Kill brings up the rear, riding in the Calliope. -She is considered one of the greatest Calliope players in W the world. We thought she would be a great actressl . . . . . . . 5 T 5 Richard Griffin is at the head of the Electrical Department in me Robidoux, but they find there are rumors that he is in partnership with George Henson, who is the cruelist bandit that ever roamed the 'i border. There is a 36,000 reward on his head, and it is all over a love affair with Josephine Edson. , Q l Last but not least, Ruby Taylor and her husband, Ray Highsmith, are investigating the craters of the volcanoes in Japan. They have t a wonderful home right down in the depths. - mf? E , ffl: 'Na l I1 W6 i Nb' ' 1 0- . 5: - 0 - 2 nl I J x 2 n' I Nye . ' - 1 - we 23 5 i IR ' - E - 3 I :bv-r , , . . -nf 'DQ' . L . V -.Na '-.-.,.-.W , f ..--..----,.--v Mm - - - we 2 'wfeffsew' -nisemswiile' we EU? ' ' tv? ll' 1 l l A I l 35555