Rowe High School - Viking Saga Yearbook (Lakeville, OH)

Text from Pages 1 - 52 of the 1940 volume:

The SAGA 1940 Published by THE SAGA STAFF Rowe High School CONNEAUT, OHIO ROWE HIGH SCHOOL Prelude . . . In this year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and forty, the Saga heralds the graduation of the fourth class to complete its career at Rowe High School. It adds another chapter to the history of our alma mater, where friendship and cooperation exist and where the beacon light of education shines, its beam as yet unbroken by the turmoil of war that has torn the rest of the world. Dedication . . . The Saga staff and the graduating class of 1940 wish to commemorate this edition of the yearbook to Dolores Brown, beloved friend and classmate, who died two years ago. The Saga Staff Editor Dorothy Bankston Assistant Editors Arlowene Goldsmith, Inez Ward, Shirley Paananen, Helen Hirsimaki, Marjorie Wright, Mary Best, Alberta Bennett, Phyllis Whipple, Marie Harrington, Marjorie Cook. Photographs Donald Cline, .Joe Dickey Typists Doris Thompson, Mary Best, Joyce Holdson Advisors Mr. Deevers, Mrs. Kitchen Business Manager Margaret Langdon Secretary Voletta Lane Business Assistants Roland Fiscli, Henry Brooks, Robert Childs, Bruce Clark Business Advisor Mr. Hopper The Pilot Light Staff Editor Assistant Editor Sports Editor Assistant Sports Editor Joke Editor Business Manager Advertising Manager Assistant Managers Marjorie Wright Alberta Bennett Robert Childs Vaughn Herbel Phyllis Whipple Arlowene Goldsmith Myrna Hensler Pauline Ring. Marilvn Branch Class Reporters Shirley Paananen. Mary Best, Eloise Evans, Phyllis Herbel Artists Sylvia Sivak. Lawrence Best, Heino Hill, Grace Hall Feature Writers June Britton. John Liimataine, Dorothy Bankston, Georgia McElroy, Francina Seibert, Voletta Lane Grade School Reporters Mae Lawrence, Raymond Kostura Advisors Miss Hamilton, Mr. Deevers ▼ Conneaut Township Board of Education ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ Faculty ▼ ▼ ▼ PEARL HUNNELL A. B., Muskingham, Ohio State Home Economics MINA BROWN A. B., Heidelberg College English, Latin MARGARET TOBIN B. S., Grove City College, M. A., University of Michigan Mathematics WILLIAM SARRI B. S., Kent State University, M. Ed., University of Pitt. Biology, History JOHN HALCHIN B. S., Edinboro State, M. Ed., Penn State University History, Geography ROBERT CURIE B. S., Ohio State University Science CHARLES HIRSHEY A. B., Finley College, M. Ed. University of Pittsburg Coaching, Physical Education 5 T T T Faculty ▼ ▼ ▼ JESSIE FENTON B. S., Kent State University Art MARGARET HAMILTON B. S., Kalamazoo College, Ohio University Librarian HOWARD HOPPER B. S., Kent State University Industrial Arts PAUL C. DEEVERS B. S., Kent State University Commercial ALMA TALLING B. of S. M., Oberlin Music STANLEY TEACHOUT B. A., Dana. M. A., Dana Music RUTH KITCHEN M. A., Ohio Wesleyan Univer sity, B. A., University of Mich. English, French G co O — Z m co MARVIN ANDES—“Andes”; Known for his decrepit bike and romantic aspects. Glee Club; Biology Club; Industrial Arts Club; Senior Play. DOROTHY BANKSTON—“Dot”, “Killer”, “Dotty”; Scholastic ability is her sixth sense—popularity her seventh. Chorus 1, 2; Operetta 1, 2; Jefferson Test 1, 2, 3, 4; Kent Test 1, 2, 4; French Club 3, 4; Pilot Light 1, 2, 3, 4; Annual 4; Class President 1, 3; News-Herald Reporter; Senior Play; Candy Sales. MELVIN BARKER—“Noisy Mel”; Oratory is not his speciality. Industrial Arts Club. HENRY BROOKS—“Hank”; Happy-go-lucky paper carrier with a flare for the stage. Chorus 1, 2; Home Ec. Club 4; Operetta 2; Junior Play; Camera Club 3, 4; Senior Play; Glee Club 3; Basketball 1; Annual Staff 4; French Club 3, 4. LEONARD CHRISTOPHER—“Zort”, “Cris”; His main pastime is playing with the “alfalfa” cowlick on top his head. Operetta, 9; Football 10, 11; Industrial Arts Club 11; Senior Play 12. SENIORS WHOSE PICTURES DO NOT APPPEAR Alice Fogg Donald Cline 8 BRUCE CLARK—“Ba-ruce”; An Einstein in scientific achievement. Industrial Arts Club; Home Ec. Club. HUGH DIXON—“Gib”, “Sugar”; Not the least -bit bashful around anyone but teachers and such. Music 1, 2; Art 2, 3, 4; Baseball 4; Basketball 4; Operetta 2; Biology Club 2; Senior Play 4. ARLOWENE GOLDSMITH— Slug”, “Winkie”; The deep voiced fashion plate—not forgetting her alfalfa personality. Girls’ Chorus 1, 2; Operetta 1, 2; Jefferson Scholarship Tests I, 2, 3; Glee Club 4; Pilot Light Staff 1, 2, 3, 4; Annual Staff 3, 4; French Club 3, 4; Commercial Club 2, 3; Senior Play; Candy Sales 3; Kent Scholarship Team 1; Class Treasurer 2, 3; Class Secretary 1, 4. HELEN HI RSI M AKI—'Fast-moving Sport Queen of few words. Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4; Track 1, 2, 3; Home Ec. Club 2, 3, 4; Varsity “R” 2, 3; Annual 4; Chorus 1; Operetta 1; Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4; Track 1, 2; Home Ec. Club 1, 2, 4; Biology Club 2; G. A. A. 1, 2, 3; Industrial Arts Club 1, 3; Vice President 1; Banquet Committee 3, 4. OIVA KANGAS—“Chemist”; A browny blond who smiles seldom—says little. Industrial Arts Club; Biology Club. 9 CLARA ETTA KELLOGG—“Clara”; Rowe’s Babe Dedrickson—girl of all sports. Chorus 1; Operetta 1; Home Ec. Club 1, 2, 4; G. A. A. 1, 2, 3; Industrial Arts Club 1; Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4; Track 1, 2; Paper Sales 3. PEGGY KENNEDY—“Peg”; “Many a flower was born to blush unseen.” Home Ec. Club 3, 4; French Club 3; Industrial Arts 2. HARR KIRKWOOD—“Joe”, “Kirk”; The receiving end” of much kidding and never a rebuke. Music 9, 10; Art 11, 12; Basketball 11; Biology Club 10; Operetta 10. MARGARET LANGDON—“Marg”,; Efficiency is one of her admirable qualities and “never say die” her motto. Track 1; Manual Art 1; Chorus 1, 2, 3, 4; Operetta 1, 2, 3; Paper Sales 3; Play 3, 4; Annual Staff 4; French Club 3, 4; County Scholarship 2, 3. MARTIN OJAJARVI—“Ojy”; He and his cohort, Fred, are two of a kind—their exploits are many and continuous. Senior Play; French Club 3, 4. 10 FRED OLLILA—“Zed); A natural on the stage but at a loss for words anywhere else. French Club 3, 4; Orchestra 1, 2, 3, 4; Band 1, 2, 3, 4; Junior Play; Senior Play; One-Act Play Contest 3, 4; Kent Tests 3, 4. LOUIS PA LAG YI—“Louie”, “Pug”, “Flash”; Known throughout the county as Rowe’s stellar Basketball Player. Baseball 10, 11, 12; Basketball 10, 11, 12; Track 11, 12; Varsity R Club; Biology Club; Senior Play. SHIRLEY PAANANEN—“Shirl”, “Chips”, “Butch”; An exception to the “blonde but dumb” phrase. Girls’ Chorus 1, 2; Operetta 1, 2; Jefferson Scholarship Tests 1, 2, 3; Declamatory 1; Dramatics Club 3; French Club 3, 4; Glee Club 4; Pilot Light Staff 1, 2, 3, 4; Annual 4; Junior Play 3; Senior Play 4; Commercial Club 3. I EARL POOLE—“Pooly”; Mischief is his middle name. Industrial Art Club; Biology Club. JOSEPHINE PROLONG—“Jo”; Painstaking professional prompter of our play. Chorus 1, 2; Oper-ett 1,2; Home Ec. Club 1, 2, 4; Paper Sales, 3. 11 GEORGE RECTOR—“ H e r m ”, “Pansy”, “Rec”, “Lion”; Our Don Juan with the ability for class leadership. A firm believer of the ‘third term”. Track 9, 10, 11; Football 10, 11; One-Act Play 11, 12; Class Play 11; Class President 9, 10, 12; Jr. Red Cross President 11, 12; Camera Club 11; Varsity “F” 11; French Club 11, 12; Chorus 9, 10. REGINA STEPHENSON—Dependibility and patience are her virtue. Chorus 1, 2; Basketball 2, 4; Commercial Club 2; Mgr. Paper Sales 3; French Club 3, 4; Operetta 1; Scholarship Tests 2. DORIS THOMPSON—“Dody”, “Mae”; Ever the model student, never a time waster. Glee Club 1, 2; A Cappella 3, 4; Orchestra 1, 2, 3; County Scholarship 9, 10; Operetta 1, 2, 3; Play 3. PHYLLIS WHIPPLE—“Scarface”, “Flip”, “Fuzz”; “Live, love and laugh” has been her theme; out-talk her opponent has been her scheme. Girls, Chorus 1, 2; Operetta 1, 2; Band 1, 2, 3; Orchestra 1, 2, 3; Scholarship Tests 1; Dramatics Club 3; French Club 3, 4; Pilot Light 1, 2, 4; Annual 4; Glee Club 4; One-Act Play Contest 3, 4; Commercial Club 2, 3; Senior Play 4; Candy Sales Staff; Vice President 3. MARJORIE WRIGHT—“Marge”, “Slick”; The redheaded “flash” of the Senior Class. Procrastination is her hobby. Girls’ Chorus 1, 2; Operetta 1, 2; Band 1. 2; Jefferson Scholarship Test 2; Kent Test 3; Declamatory Contest 2; Dramatics Club 3; French Club 3, 4; Pilot Light 1, 3, 4; Annual 3, 4; Junior Play 4: One-Act Play 3, 4; Candy Sales 4. 12 ▼ ▼ Senior Class History ▼ ▼ Way back in 1927, forty-three innocent little mama’s darlings, shiny new lunch boxes in chubby little hands, toddled off to school with comingled regret at having to release mother’s apron strings and curiosity to see the great wide world as might be revealed at Farnham, Amboy, and the Old East Main Road school. Amid the many trials and tribulations several incidents of those by-gone days are still cherished, perhaps because of painful corporal punishment attached thereto. For instance, Phyllis and Helen will always remember their first spankings, administered when in the second grade for playing tag in school. “Jo” tells us she’ll never feel the same about running upstairs after spending a perfectly good afternoon in the closet corner as a result of indulging in the the forbidden act once too often. Perhaps the reason Louis is very seldom seen chewing gum in classes is due to the fact that back in the grades he was frequently peiched on a table in the front of the room next to a picture of a cow in order that the class might compare the two methods of mastication. Can any of the Amboy lassies forget the broken hearts suffered in the fifth grade when their Prince Charming, none other than George Rector, appeared and immediately focused all his attentions on Clara Kellogg? It is said that Margie Wright cultivated her liking for the piano as a result of frequently being stood behind the piano at 0 d East Main Road school for her social proclivities. But those days could not last forever and September 14, 1936, found these same forty-three young men and women, hardly daring to breathe for fear they might attract the attention of some upperclassman, ready to enter the portals of Rowe High. Adding still more to our consternation, the class was divided and many of us found, much to our despair, that we were separated from our best friends. We never really regained our courage and self-confidence until after Freshman initiation, a time many of us believed never could be survived. However, our elders proved quite lenient with us and soon afterwards we had class organization, electing George Rector to guide us through the rest of this first year. As “sophies” we seemed to drop into oblivion as all sophomore classes are wont to do, remembered only by Helen’s outstanding ability on the basketball court, and Dot’s upper-class boyfriend. In our junior year we emerged from the shadows and took an active part in school life. Our first act was to select Dorothy Bankston as class president to pilot us through this, our third year of high school. We made our first major stage appearance in the comedy “Small Town Romeo”, with Shirley Paananen as the heroine and George Rector, her ‘heart interest,’ leading a very able cast. It was at this time that we learned what a comedy actor we had in Fred Ollila, when he kept the audience, as well as the cast, in laughter until the last curtain. On May 12th, amid attractive nautical decorations, we gave the annual Junior-Senior Prom, sending off our seniors with a party that really made them feel they had been appreciated. After a short summer vacation we were again back at these same portals, this time entering them 17 less in number but with a determination to get as much out of this last year as possible. We immediately began activities by putting George Rector back into office as president for his third term. Our first social function was the annual Freshman Initiation, formally welcoming the ‘green frosh’ into our Alma Mater. Under the editorship of Margie Wright, the school newspaper soon got under way, with many seniors listed on the staff. Most of the musical ability of the group seemed to be vested in Doris Thompson, who was our sole representative in the A Cappella Choir for two years. The days preceding December 26 were filled with much excitement for us, not Continued on page 17 13 ▼ ▼ 1940 Class Prophecy ▼ ▼ Here it is 1950 and I find but little change in the cares of the world. The other day, however, I accidentally encountered many of the names of my companions in Howe High School’s graduating class of 1940. It was rather peculiar how I stumbled across them. Let’s see—it was Thursday and, upon entering the lobby of the building where I am employed, I heard the conventional greeting of the elevator boy, Earle Poole. I have always had a weakness for uniforms and his brass buttons, as well as his becoming blush, always fascinated me. I stepped from the elevator on the twenty-sixth floor, and hurried on to the door marked “Bureau of Census.” As my efficient secretary, Clara Kellogg, had not yet arrived, I sat down at my desk and carelessly glanced over the latest census reports from such metropolises as New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, and Amboy. I noticed the general trend of information: Mr. Jones has a fur-lined bath tub; Mr. Doolittle uses Shabby Sham Shaving Cream and has a hound dog, et cetera—then I began to notice more familiar names. There was Bruce Clark, now a teacher of mathematics in Farnham Junior College. He spends his evenings in the bald-headed row at the Casino—and Oiva, the director of the Kangas Fanning Kompany in Konneaut—he’s still driving that old Buick that was so familiar way back when in our high school days. Then I noticed the name of Peggy Kennedy who has become a representative in Congress and is presenting a bill to have Leap Year occur every other year for the benefit of those girls who enjoy picking their own dates. A little farther down, the name, Helen Hirsimaki, attracted my eye. Why for land’s sake! She is the World’s Champion Woman Wrestler in Melvin (iMedicine Man) Barger’s Side bhow. And there’s Anowene uoldsmith, “Slug” for short, now a test-driver for Oldsmobile, for General Motors Corporation. In spite of her increasing years, she is a faithful attendant at the Odd Fellows’ dances. You wouldn’t miss them either if you knew that Harry Kirkwood’s three-piece jug-band is playing there now. Sure enough, there was Hank Brooks, still pursuing his career of portraying the villain, only now in Hollywood, and running close competition to Boris Karloff. Fred Ollila is now the number one “oomph” boy for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer! Little does he realize that his rise to fame is dated from his portrayal of Hugo in ’40 under Miss frown’s careful direction. I looked twice before I remembered the Human Interest Columnist who writes under her maiden name, Shirley Paananen, but who spends most of her time tending the gas station to keep peace in the family! And the well-known chiseler, Martin Ojajarvi, carrying on his prosperous and respectable trade of cutting epitaphs for tombstones. The primary stage of his career was cutting initials on desk-tops in school. I was elated to find that Regina Stephenson has finally realized her ambition as a nurse. She is nursing little peeps at the Andes Combination Chicken Hatchery and Fruit Farm on Daniels Avenue where Marvin and his wife, Charlotte, have taken over the old homstead. I was eaqually elated that George Rector has finally become a captain on a barge running up and down Conneaut Creek, smuggling tax-stamps and chickens for the class of 1950. Then I recalled the name, Josephine Prolong, now doing very well for herself, by posing for toothpaste ads in the Montgomery Ward Catalogue. There was also another of our talented classmates who had become absorbed in his work. It was Leonard Christopher, now employed at the Hartzmountain Canary Farm, teaching birds how to whistle. As was anticipated, Dot Bankston had abandoned the career of a sailor’s spouse and makes a very charming stewardess on a cattle train running from Conneaut to Ashtabula. Just then I was interrupted from my reminiscing by a loud commotion at the door. As I guessed, it was “Farmer” Wright returning with more census statistics. Continued on page 17 14 Last Will and Testament of Class of ’40 We, the Seniors of the fourth graduating class of Rowe High School being of sound mind and body, do bequeath the following most-prized possessions to our beloved classmates: To any Junior boy who might find it alluring, I, Louis Palagyi, will my guardianship of the Junior Paper Sales Table hoping that he might find it as attractive as I have during the past year. I, Peggy Kennedy, bequeath my penchant for frequenting West Springfield to Mae I awrence, under her premise, which is supposed to be reliable, that she charm all the males of the district, with the exception of one marked “reserved.” To Tony Hall, I, Donald Cline, bequeath my companionship with a certain blonde Sophomore with the stipulation that he dees not copy any of my various methods of chivalry and does not monopolize her after-school hours. I, Deris Thompson, will my marked affection for bashful boys to Beatrice Kirkingburg, hoping that she will profit from her observations of my technique. To Flora Langdon, I, Leonard Christopher, bequeath the cute, all-suffusing glow of my gorgeous blush as well as my much prized memory for definitions in Chemistry. If she be found unworthy of the latter, she receives one of my scornful “zorts.” I, Marjorie Wright, with much heart-rending agony, leave my beautiful, white socks to Pauline Ring, with the warning that she must be ready to receive a great many verbal comments, complimentary and otherwise—but usually otherwise. To Bill McMullen, I, Earle Poole, will my excessive height. To him also, goes my mathematical ability at counting tax stamps. May he count stamps instead of sheep to woo the god Morpheus. I, George Rector, bequeath my dashing, man-about-town manner to Raymond Kostura. To the president of the forthcoming class of 1941, I bequeath the honors and various duties ascribed thereto. To Elizabeth Schmidt, I, Helen Hirsimaki, will my athletic ability and my alluring blonde curls. I, Clara Kellogg, bequeath my freckles to Francina Seibert. She may also have my fiery temper, as I feel I shall have no need of it when I take my place in the world. After great consideration, I. Melvin Barker, will my ability to portray Clark Gable to Roland Fisch, but first he must learn the knack of acting Shakespeare on the stage. Thereupon he shall be deemed worthy of such a prized heritage. I, Phyllis Whipple, will my love for typing to June Britton. If she be willing to accept my first request, she may have a second gift—the little curl that bobs in the middle of my forehead to the distraction of the stronger (?) sex. In return for his promise to use it to good advantage, I, Marvin Andes, bequeath my favorite expression “What’s it to you?” to John Liimataine. He is to consider it a privilege and a trust and use it only when an inquisitive freshman becomes obnoxious. My passion for giggling, I, Josephine Prolong, will to any Junior whom Mrs. Kitchen may designate. I suggest Elsie Shultz. Ella Poole, Marjorie Cook or Bernadene Dewey as the beneficiary. I, Henry Brooks, leave my physiognomy, which is of such manly pulchritude that my fellow students deem it fitting to place my photo in various conspicuous places, to Marjorie Montgomery. May she blush as becomingly as I did. My poetic talent with my popular half-pint meat truck included for good measure, I, Fred Ollila. bequeath to Lois Bagnall or any other Junior who would like to Continued on page 16 15 ▼ Last Will and Testament continued ▼ ride with a shy, bashful blonde. I, Dorothy Bankston, will my long, tapering finger nails to Voletta Lane, with the warning that they may not seem attractive to certain members of the male species. A dangerous, yet alluring weapon, Voletta. To Bob Glenn, I, Martin Ojajarvi, will my playful nature and my ability to make a general nuisance of myself. Such playlulness is to be exhibited whenever he does not happen to have his lessons, to bluff any teacher. I, Hugh Dixon, bequeath my hate of women, especially the blondes, to Tommy Schlaich. One misogynist may lead to another and certainly the Junior Class can profit by a few women haters.. I, Bruce Clark, will the entire Magnetic Field to Hal Baker, feeling sure that he will better understand it, if he has it willed to him by one who is as much in the dark as he. Hoping that she will charm all of the boys with them, I, Arlowene Goldsmith, bequeath my gleaming page-boy-bob and my bewitching eyes to Inez Ward. Not wishing anyone bad luck, I, Oiva Kangas, bequeath my shattered pieces of glass tubing, including the splinter I managed to break off in my hand to Alberta Bennett with the warning “to be sure the tube is wet before inserting it into a stopper. My passion for falling down, I, Margaret Langdon, will to Josephine Bennett, hoping that she finds it to her advantage to pick a conspicuous corner near Amboy for the afore-mentioned prone pose. I, Harry Kirkwood, bequeath my quiet dignity and my ability to grin and bear it to Reino Hill. May he profit by my quiet unassuming demeanor. I, Shirley Paananen, bequeath my favorite ventilated foot gear to Elizabeth Herman. I also will her my rapid-fire sneeze, which attracts a second glance and a sympathetic smile from the opposite sex. I. Regina Stephenson, bequeath my task of writing the Class Will to any Junior whose Muse will bring adequate inspiration for such a stupendous task. With a sigh of relief I bring to a close the compilation of these bequests. In Witness Whereof, the Seniors have hereto suoscribed their names this twenty-third day of May in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and forty. SIGNED: CLASS OF ’40 ATTORNEY—Regina Stephenson. WITNESSES (SEAL) SENIOR CLASS PLAY The Senior Class gave its annual play on April 12th. This year the class chose a comedy in three acts, “The Merry Hares. The plot centers around the Hare family, which is an eccentric one but not in an obnoxious way. The younger daughter of the family is much taken up with motor boats in the first scenes, but after mistaking a noted young man for a mechanic she finds herself deeply in love with him. The father is as absent-minded as all professors are apt to be and the mother centers her interest in her appearance, although her real concern is for her children. The older daughter is set “on getting her man , while her twin brother amuses himself by selling stocks and getting into trouble. The able cast included Fred Ollila, Henry Brooks, Marjorie Wright, Dorothy Bankston, Hugh Dixon, Phyllis Whipple, Louis Palagyi, Margaret Langdon, Arlowene Goldsmith, Martin Ojajarvi, Shirley Paananen, Martin Andes, and Donald Cline. It was directed by Mrs. Kitchen. 16 SENIOR CLASS HISTORY continued only because of Christmas, but also because of the preparations being made for the Junior-Senior-Alumni dance, one of the major parties of the year, it was a great success and most of us spent December 27th nursing our tired feet back to normal. The seniors placed only one man on the basketball court but he proved to leave his tracks behind him by linishing the season as high point man in the league and being chosen captain and guard on the all-star league team. We refer to none other than Louis Palagyi. The desire for entertaining was gradually growing among us and on March 16th we sponsored a St. rati ick’s pa: ly, opening the doors to the entire high school and alumni. Never let it be said that we did not lend much dramatic ability to the entertainment of the public. Ihe seniors had a monopoly on the parts in the one-act play contest, placing Margie Wrigni, rhyllis Whipple, Fred Oliila and George Rector in the cast. Immediately ioilowing tnis production, rehearsals were started on the senior play, “The Merry Hares,’ under the direction of Mrs. Kitchen. The remaining two months left in our last school year at Rowe High were busy with selecting invitations, cards, rings, pictures, and a destination for our trip, but as the time drew nearer ana nearer for our graduation night, many of us looked back with a pang of regret, feeling somehow that we were leaving a part of us behind. However, oven though this may be our last night as a unified body, we shall carry with us wherever we go fond memories oi our school days spent together—memories of friendships formed, victories won, deieats suffered, heartaches endured and pleasures shared. And as for the future, we, the class of 1940, the fourth graduating class of Rowe High School, share the desire to conduct our lives in such a way as will be a credit to our Alma Mater and thus show our gratitude for the priceless foundation she has given us. Arlowene Goldsmith CLASS PROPHECY continued By purchasing a new set of tires, Marj finds Barbara’s bicycle just as efficient for taking census in New York as in Conneaut Township. Marj and I closed up shop and set out for a bite to eat in my Ford, which I had purchased from Mr. Halchin some time ago. Mechanically, 1 turned on the radio and the Woeful Warble of Doris Thompson greeted us from Station WICA. Just as we were enjoying the music, I got caught in a traffic jam. As usual, the cause of all the excitement was Gib Dixon, now selling crank-case oil, and shoe-strings to anybody that will slow down. He still maintains that fluent line of flattery that is the secret of his success with the weaker sex. Fortunately, we extricated ourselves without serious damage to the car. I drove to, or rather we pushed to, the nearest garage, where Donald Cline was combination grease-monkey and Justice of the Peace. Finally we reached our destination, the Cannibalistic Cafe for Cagey Capitalists, where the current glamour girl of yesterday, Margaret Langdon, prepared the meals. We stayed only for a minute since I had an appointment at the Palagyi Beauty Parlor. Really, if you like a classy up-sweep, you should try that prominent stylist. Monsieur Louis. As usual, I was pretty worn out by the time I reached Kitchen’s Boarding House. But I quickly donned my coveralls and made off for Wool worth’s Five and Ten where I work evenings as janitress and stockboy. 17 —Phyllis Whipple. Joyce, Bob, and Frannie must think it is summer. . . . well, if it isn’t Miss. Hunnell. . . . Phyllis, loafing as usual in the library. . . . homoward bound. . . . eating up the profits. ... the eternal triangle, chemistry, Fluff and two boys. . . . Pasteur, the second ‘Mr. Saari, with his little helper, Sylvia. ... a familiar sight. . . . take your pick, buses, we mean. . . . two members of the intelligence division, working hard. . . . freshman pulchritude on the loose. . . . getting that arm limbered up. . . . coming to school, dear old school. 18 J I' MORS TOl’ H() : Marilyn Hrauch, Elizabeth Schmidt, Josephine Hennett, Alberta Ren-nett, June Britton, Mae .Laurence. r . SECOND ROW: Jack Maki. Robert Childs, Richard Fuller, John Joslin, Edward Titus, Clarence Hall. ... . TR!RD ROW: Bernadine Dewey, Inez Ward, Voletta Lane, Jovce Holdson Sylvia bivak, Ella Poole. FOURTH ROW: William McMullen, Edward Powell, Otis Osborne. Raymond Kos-tura, Wayne ( lark. Adolph Kultti. i- EIF,TK! ROW:. Vi°la Kultti, Marie Harrington, Majoric Cook, Harbara Rlakeslee, Mary Bartlet, 1 rancina Seibert. ' 20 .11 MOHS TOP HOW: Robert Glenn, Leonard Kuhn, Hal Raker, Lynn Chapman, Roland Fisch, Robert Olds. SECOND ROW: Shirley Alstrom. Beatrice Kirkingberg, Pauline Ring:, Jean Wolcott, Flora Langdon, Georgia McElroy. THIRD ROW: John Lilmataine, Jack Culbertson, Joe Dickey, Duane Beach, Thomas Schlaich, Vaughn Herbel. FOURTH ROW: Ina Orrenmaa. Marjorie Montgomery, Lois Hagnell, Myrna Hensler, Elsie Schultz, Virginia Petro. FIFTH ROW: Roy Frank, Elizabeth Herman, Jam -s Wheeler. 21 ▼ ▼ Junior Class History ▼ ▼ “Boo-Hoo, I’m scared!” chorused an unruly group of so-called ready-for-school children. We had come up against one of our most dreaded enemies, the teacher! For six carefree years we had waited patiently (making mud pies) for this chance. After all tears were dried and after each little boy with freckles had found his heart’s desire somewhere in the room of learning, we began the task of twelve years’ study before we ventured out into his modern, unrelenting world. Joe has upheld his favorite sport—girls—for years. It was a long time ago when Joe and Franeina played postoffice at school. Yes, it was back in the “good old days’’ of 1928. We wouldn’t want to slight such budding romances as Ed Powell and Pauline Ring (believe it or not!): later, of course, Inez’s name was linked with that of the young blonde of Farnham. “What happened to that heart-breaking, tearful affair between Jean Wolcott and Vaughn, Roland?” But putting all kidding aside, the first eight long years spent in school filled our brilliant minds to the brim and our hearts with different feelings than had that first day eight years ago. In the year of our I ord, Nineteen Hundred and Thirty-Seven, on the morn of September 7, we were 62 wide-eyed, intelligent, prank-loving young people waiting to be ushered into the long, echoing corridors of Rowe High School. We entered as the largest class ever known in our school history. We’re not bragging, but we also have the talent and probably we shall have the president of the United States emerging ‘r°m the wondrous class of ’41. Even now we have material for one in Joe Dickey, who has presided over our class meetings for two years; we also boast of the best arguers and time-stallers. VN e went through the horrible ordeal of Freshman initiation with “nary“ a scratch. The seniors weren’t so tough! As sophomores, we were seated in the study hall, and Mr. Saari was Angel Gabriel in our blue heaven. Of course, he considered us “Little Red Devils on wheels.” but we forgave him. We received into our midst a new member of renown, Myrna Hensler, who has proved a friend to us school pals. All in all, our sophomore year was uneventful but very necessary in the completion of our high school course. During the summer of ’39, we looked forward to the so-much-talked about Junior grade with only one more year of school. Just think, we’re growing up! We’re upper classmen now! At last the freshies and sophs look up at us! We hope! This year of our school career we are proud to have the majority of members in the A Cappella Choir. French Club, and many others. We boast such brilliant minds as June Britton, John Liimatine, and the Physics sharks, Ed Powell and Roland bisch, singers such as Margie Montgomery, Joe Dickey and several others. We are brimming over with originality as the seniors had to admit when they viewed our “Kay Kyser program.” The Junior play was a “wow!” but that was only natural for us. Basketball was a great success this year. Why? Well, they were all Juniors with the exception of one. Adolph Kultlti, Bobbie Childs, Vaughn Herbel, Roland Fisch, Ed Powell, Joe Dickey and Vincent Smile made up a team and when we say a team we mean a TEAM. In spite of all the bragging we have done we are just big bluffers. We humble ourselves and admit we do look up to the seniors and are looking forward to when we may try to take their places. We know we will fall short of the things they have accomplished but we do hope to meet them half-way. We haven’t made exceptional history although we have learned many things of value to us in our future life. We, the Juniors of Rowe High School, take our hats off to the Seniors, to our classmates, and the teachers who have been our friends and counselors throughout the years. 22 SOPHOMORES TOP ROW: Willard Puffer, Junior Ashby, Paul Whipple, Charles Riley. Wilbur Hillycr, James Champlain. Richard Taylor, Robert Frame, Donald Rlood, Robert Gaus, Harold Wiley, Edward Stephenson, Harold I'-elnap. SECOND ROW: Mr. Saari. Mona Ward. Lillian Russell, Flora Huckelbery, Vera Blakeslee. Audrey Cline. Rose Prolong:. June Ring. Audrey Hazeltine, Muriel Quinn, Hazel Kirkwood, Patricia Nelson, Lois Williams, Virginia Snyder, Mr. Hirshey. THIRD ROW: Mary Penrod, Mabel Smith. Marian Cole. Kathleen Lane, Viola Armstrong, Katherine Bristol, Dorothy .1. Brown. Mildred Turner, Dorothy K. Browne. Naomi Brady, Margaret Dechau, Virginia Spencer. Ruth Scully, Eloise Evans, Doris Bunnell FOURTH ROW: James Shuster. Robert Holdson, Albert Hubbard. Calvin Swartz, Richard Springer, Keith Anderson, Russell Knauff, James Walters, Walter Champlain, Leonard Blood, Leroy Batchelor. PR ESII 1KK TOP ROW: Milford Wheeler. Kenneth Roberts. David Jacobs, Duane Wheeler. William McCrome. William Bishop. Charles Sippola, Richard Van Allen, Orace Hall. Rebecca Wright. Bertha Shuster, Muriel Ericksen. SECOND ROW: William Greenfield, Ruth Jane Walters, Dorothy Rapose, Betty Wrighht. Thelma Zeppatella. Jean Louise Titus, Elsie Gabel. Ethel Palagyi, Jeanne Phil-ley, Christine Jones. Florence Parrish, Beatrice Taylor. Dorothy Hall. Margaret Buie. Shirley Brauch, Mr. Curie. THIRD ROW: Vivian Lane, Jean Miller. Helen Clark. Evelyn Cole. Elizabeth Hogle, Jane Ross. Jean Conway. Phyllis Herbel, Kathryn Nelson, Lula Potter, Florabelle Smith, Arlene Schlaich. Esther Montgomery. Elizabeth Baird, Mary Ring. FOURTH ROW: Lawrence Best, Robert Blood, John Mononen. James Quinn, Fred Hirsimaki, Philip Puffer. Archie Buie. Emerson Page. Richard Bunnell, Bryce Brvant, Victor Shreve. 24 s p o R T S TOP ROW: Mr. Hirshey, coach. Richard Springer, David Jacobs, Richard Taylor, Joe Dickey, Duane Wheeler. Robert Puffer. SECOND ROW: Robert Childs, Harold Wiley, Vaughn Herbel, Douis Palagyi, Roland Risch, Adolnh Kultti, Edward Powell. THIRD ROW: Vincent Smile, William McCrome, Fred Hirsimaki, Russell Knauff, James Walters, Albert Hubbard. Robert Holdson. BASKETBALL With their trophies on the shelf, Rowe’s basketball team of 1939-40 can look back upon their pre-season qualms and pat themselves on the back. The little band of players left golden tracks, winning 19 of 22 games played, giving no opportunity for questioning their ability. They slashed their way with apparent ease to victory, winning the Ashtabula County championship with spectacular triumph. At Jefferson, the four most exciting games of the season were played, the Rowe boys standing un well under the mad competition of the tournament. Nose to nose with Edgewood during the first game, only a fourth quarter drive gained their victory. In the tilt with North Kingsville, the third period lead of the foes was overcome, and Rowe won by a single point. The next game will long be remembered by the spectators, with Rowe coming on top only after a sudden-death overtime period. The fourth game, a loss to Kingsville, placed Rowe as the runners-up of the tournament. Palagyi was the high scorer for the season, scoring 309 of the g«rand total of 799 points.; Kultti made 149 points and Childs 132. The whole team was characterized by unwavering cooperation. Praise should be given Coach Hirshey, who has made Rowe the county winners for the second consecutive year. The lettcrmen for the season were Robert Childs, Joe Dickey, Vaughn Herbel, Roland Fisch, Adolph Kultti, Louis Palagyi, Edward Powell, Robert Wiley and the manager, Robert Puffer. Alumni 41 Rowe 47 Orwell 24 Rowe 32 Andover 21 Rowe 38 Edgewood 20 Rowe 22 Reck Creek 23 Rowe 52 Spencer 16 Rowe 24 Erie Prep 28 Rowe 30 Pierpont 25 Rowe 48 W. Springfield 8 Rowe 45 Kingsville 36 Rowe 29 No. Kingsville 24 Rowe 40 Austinburg 33 Rowe 47 Edgewood 14 Rowe 29 Kingsville 27 Rowe 47 Jefferson 26 Rowe 38 Spencer 27 Rowe Orwell 30 Rowe Edgewood 17 Rowe N. Kingsville 35 Rowe Jefferson 32 Rowe Kingsville 41 Rowe Chardon 31 Rowe 42 36 20 36 35 35 27 T T ▼ Boys’ Intramurals Under the capable direction of Coach Hirshey, the intramural sports progressed rapidly this year. These sports are divided off by three seasons, fall, winter and spring. The teams were chosen from the boys attending physical education classes; all games were played off during the noon period, with the student body as spectators. In the limelight during the fall months was sottball. The victor team, the one winning the greatest number of their scheduled games, was the Senior team, comprised of Louis Palagyi, Hugh Dixon, Henry Brooks, Harry Kirkwood, George Rector, Fred Ollila, Martin Ojajarvi, Leonard Christopher, Donald Cline, Oiva Kan-gas, and Melvin Barker. In the winter months basketball was the outstanding intramural activity. The teams are made up of boys not on the varsity team. Each team played ten games. Harry Kirkwood’s team composed of Jack Maki, Reino hill, Roy Frank and Tom Schlaich, were winners of the tourney and defeated Henry Brook’s team in the finals. Ping pong was also of great interest, open to any boy interested. As soon as he lost he was out of the tourney. In the finals Robert Childs defeated Robert Glenn, to win the title of the tourney. Baseball Coach Hirshey was forced to build a practically brand new baseball team this year, with a single letter man returning for practice from last season. In spite of this, the team carried off more than half of the games played, a record worthy of praise. After a poor start at Kingsville, the boys blazed to glory on their second attempt, defeating North Kingsville, and they kept up their struggle well in the following contests. They defeated all the teams they contended with at least once, but missed the championship. There remains a fine string of players for the coming year, however, with Louis Palagyi and Hugh Dixon the only lettermen graduating. Palagyi carried off the batting crown with the excellent average of .455. Otis Osborne was his nearest rival with .333. The letter men for the 1939 season were Hugh Dixon, Vaughn Herbel, Fred Hir-simaki, Robert Holdson, Adolph Kultti, Otis Osborne, Louis Palagyi, Charles Riley. Duane Wheeler, James Wheeler, and Harold Wiley. SUMMARY OF GAMES Kingsville 5 Rowe 2 North Kingsville 6 Rowe 11 Kingsville 10 Rowe 5 Pierpont 0 Rowe 18 Edgewood 2 Rowe 9 North Kingsville 4 Rowe 0 Pierpont 3 Rowe 10 Kingsville 1 Rowe 5 Kingsville 4 Rowe 3 27 ______Cheesecake. . . . huddle. ... an unusual sight, studying. . . . the big five, with one missing. . . . roll call. . . . action, camera. . . . there’s those women again fTT ! sophisticated seniors. . . . flaming sophomores. . . . one solitary Junior. . . . the redheaded bride. . . . only one bicycle in sight. . . . bicycle built for two? . . . school, rain or snoAv. A C T I V I T i E S FRENCH CLUB TOP ROW: John Liimataine. Wayne Clark, Raymond Kostura, Edward Powell, George Rector, Roland Fisch, Joe Dickey, Robert Childs, Martin Ojajarvi, Donald Cline. SECOND ROW: Miss Hamilton, Arlowone Goldsmith, Shirley Paananen, Dorothy Bankston. Phyllis Whipple, Mary Best, Josephine Bennett, Henry Brooks, Hal Baker, Fred Ollila, Mrs. Kitchen. THIRD ROW: Marjorie Wright, Margaret I.angdon, Regina Stephenson. Jean Wolcott, Inez Ward, Marilyn Brauch, Pauline Ring, Flora Lnngdon, June Britton, Voletta Bane. INIH STHI VI, ARTS CLUB TOP ROW: Richard Van Allen. Calvin Swartz, Charles Sippola, William Greenfield, Kenneth Roberts, Edward Stophenson. SECOND ROW: Mr. Hopper. John Mononen, Victor Shreve, David Jacobs, Russell Knauff, William McCrone. Fred Hirsimaki, Duane Wheeler, William Bishop, Uwrence Best, Leonard Blood, James Quinn, Robert Blood. 30 ▼ T ▼ Clubs T ▼ T Art All the lads and lasses who felt the urge to express their deep emotions and sense of beauty, also combined themselves into an organization. From simple crepe paper they wove lovely baskets and trays. Under the supervision of Miss Fenton, multi-colored vases were completed at Valentine season. With a true unselfish spirit they made pleasant valentines for those less fortunate than themselves. The glowing glass pictures that they made decorate the walls of many proud homes. Officers were elected twice during the school term. The first semester they were: president, Dorothy Cook; vice-president, Gordon Turner; secretary-treasurer, Marguerite Springer. In the second semester the officers were Bernice Hershey, president; Clair Bunnell, vice-president, and Clair Blood, secretary-treasurer. French Here, Americans are no longer Americans but Frenchmen in every thing they do. First, the roll call is answered by naming something in French, then songs are sung, a play is given or a talk is presented on some great Frenchman or Frenchwoman such as Madame Curie or Victor Hugo. Often French games and contests end the evening’s entertainment. The president of Rowe High’s Triangle Mystique is George Rector; the vice-president, Joe Dickey; the secretary, Shirley Paananen; and treasurer. Hal Baker. Miss Margaret Hamilton and Mrs. Ruth Kitchen sponsored the club. The highlights of the year’s activities were the parties. Photography Have you noticed any of those sly little gentlemen sneaking up behind some unsuspecting female? Well, those are our candid camera men under the guidance of Mr. Robert Curie, and they surely do get their man—or lady! Mathematics The great Einsiteins of Rowe High have also formed themselves into a club to study further the history of mathematics and to enjoy many field trips together. The making of a transit under the direction of their sponsor, Miss Marguerite Tobin, was an amusing as wrell as educational work of art, but even better than this was the field trips to the Conneaut viaduct where they really put their creation into use. During regular meetings mathematical games and puzzles furnish entertainment for the members. The officers are as follows: president, John Liimataine; vice-president, Roland Fisch, and the secretary-treasurer, Alberta Bennett. Boys and Girls Industrial Arts Both the girls and boys have felt the urge for creative effort and so the boys with Billy Bishop at the helm as president and Lynn Chapman as the secretary-treasurer, turn out original and lovely articles of wood and metal. The boys are very proud of their bronze pins bearing the club emblem. The girls, also under the direction of Mr. Hopper, worked with wood, metal and plastics. The club is composed entirely of Freshman girls with Phyllis Herbel as the president and Arlene Schlaich as the secretary-treasurer. 31 OX E-ACT 1 1, A CONTEST FIRST ROW: Donald (’line, Fred Ollila, George Rector, Bruce (’lark, Henry Brooks, stage managers. SECOND ROW: Miss Mina Drown, Phyllis Whipple, Marjorie Wright, Voletta Lane. DRAM t ries cun TOP ROW: Calvin Swartz, Bryce Bryant. Donald Blood, Junior Ashby. Fred Ollila. SECOND ROW: Miss Tobin, William Bishop, Willard Puffer, Robert Cans, June Britton, Margaret Langdon. Pauline Ring, Voletta Lane, Jane Ross, Miss Drown. THIRD ROW: Evelyn Cole. Viola Armstrong. Marian Cole, Vera Blakeslee, Mildred Turner, Katheryn Bristol, Virginia Spencer, Ruth Scully, Mary Penrod. 32 ▼ ▼ ▼ Clubs T ▼ ▼ Biology The Biology Club, under the able leadership of Mr. William Saari, and the executive members headed by Bernadene Dewey as president; with Duane Beach, vice-president; John Johnston, secretary, and Paul Whipple as treasurer are having an interesting year. Many lantern slides have been completed under the club’s clever hands, and at present a dog’s skeleton is being assembled. Their trip to Akron furnished an interesting highlight in the year’s activity and a party given at the end of the school year added to the enjoyment. Every other Thursday the Wig and Masque Club slip from the world of reality and delve into the sphere of imagination and art. Under the guidance of Miss Drown and Miss Tobin, they have produced three one-act plays and become familiar with many of literature’s finest poems. At the present they are studying the interesting and useful subject of make-up. The club has had two parties, in February and March, respectively, but their unforgettable memory of the year was their visit to the Erie Playhouse in the spring. The officers are: president. Junior Ashby; vice president, Voletta Lane; treasurer, Virginia Spencer, and secretary, Ruth Scully. Five separate Home Economics Clubs have been organized in this year of 1939-40 with Miss Hunnell standing as their mighty Rock of Gibraltar. The Juniors and Seniors chose Helen Hirsimaki to be their president and Ina Orrenmaa and Clara Kellogg to be vice president, respectively. They sponsored one spaghetti supper in November and another supper in honor of St. Patrick's Day. The eighteen members in the S. S. S. 9th and 10th Home Economics Club took up crocheting and knitting as their objective for the year. Now each one is the proud owner of a colorful dish cloth. The officers elected were: president, Viola Armstrong; vice president, Margaret Buie; secretary, Marian Cole, and treasurer, Kathleen Lane. The 8th grade Home Economics girls are working on hobbies. April 8th was set aside as special hobby day. Once a month the members enjoyed a party. The president is Ruth Akerley; vice-president. Flora Hall and secretary-treasurer, Shirley The 7th grade girls also worked on hobbies. The president is Dorothy Cook, and secretary-treasurer, Bernice Hershey. Last, but not least, is the Boys’ Home Economics Association. Vaughn Her-bel leads this march of the best dressed young men with Robert Childs following as vice president; Roland Fisch, secretary, and Tony Hall, treasurer. During meetings they have been studying about clothes, the colors for different people; styles for various occasions and patterns that fit your personality. We appreciate their efforts. Dramatics Economics Blood. 33 HAM) MK.UDKRS TOP ROW: Duane Wheeler, Donald Blood, Robert Gaus, Flora Langrdon, Richard Wheeler, Barbara Kaiser, Dorothy Frank, Duane Beach, Marjorie Cook, Phillip Puffer. SECOND ROW: Mr. Teachout. Richard Teachout, Arlene Van Allen, Martha McDowell, Joseph Dickey, James Wheeler. William Philley, Fred OHila. Voletta Dane, David Teachout. THIRD ROW: Bernadene Dewey. Viola Kultti. Joyce Holdson, Elizabeth Baird, Christine Jones, Jeanne Philley, Ruth Jane Walters, Grace Hall. ORCHKSTK A MKMBEKS TOP ROW: Donald Blood, Robert Gaus, Flora Eangrdon, Virginia Snyder, Joe Dickey, Fred Ollila, Voletta Bane. SECOND ROW: Mr. Teachout, Phillip Puffer, Joyce Holdson, James Wheeler, William Philley, Vivien Lane. THIRD ROW: Ruth Jane Walters, Grace Hall, Viola Kultti, Bernadene Dewey, Jeanne Philley, Christine Jones, Barbara Kaiser. Norma Specht. 34 ANNUAL STAFF TOI’ ROW: Marjorie Wright, Arlowene Goldsmith. Shirley Paananen, Phvllis Whipple, Dorothy Bankston, Elolse Evans. Helen Hirsimaki. SECOND ROW: Mr. Hopper. Mr. Deevers, Alberta Bennett. Marjorie Cook, Mary Best, Voletta Dane, Margaret Langdon, Doris Thompson, Mrs. Kitchen. THIRD ROW: Roland Fisch. Joe Dickey, Robert Childs, Inez Ward, Marie Harrington, Joyce Holdson, Henry Brooks, Bruce Clark, Donald Cline. TOP ROW: Sylvia Sivak, Eloise Evans, Georgia McElroy, Alberta Bennett, Marjorie Wright. Arlowene Goldsmith, Shirley Paananen, Dorothy Bankston, Phyllis Whipple. SECOND ROW: Mr. Deevers. M.vrna Hensler, Pauline Ring, Marilyn Brauch, Mae Lawrence. Francina Seibert. Ruth Akerley, Mary Best. Voletta Lane. June Britton. Grace Hall, Phyllis Herbel, Miss Hamilton. THIRD ROW: Reino Hill. Richard Wheeler. John Liimataine. Robert Childs, Vaughn Herbel, Hal Baker. Raymond Kostura, Howard Chapman, (Jordon Turner, Dorothy Cook Mary Lou Torrence. t 35 A CAPPELLA CHOIR FIRST ROW. Flora Langdon. Christine Jones. Jean Conway. Inez Ward. Kathcryn Nelson. Alma Tailing. Vivian Lane. Esther Montgomery. Josephine Bcnnet. Marjorie Cook. SECOND ROW Jean Wolcott. Phillip Puffer. James Wheeler. Joyce Holdson. Doris Thompson. Marjorie Montgomery. Doris Bunnell. Richard Fuller. Robert Holdson. June Ring. THIRD ROW: Edward Powell. Joe Dickey. Otis Osborne. Robert Frame. A CAPPELLA CHOIR This year marked the second year of musical success for the Rowe High School A Cappella Choir. These twenty-four students under the able directions of Miss Tailing made one radio appearance and were the welcome guests of school and civic groups in Conneaut and the surrounding vicinity. On Friday, March 15, 1940, the Choir presented its annual concert in the school auditorium before an appreciative audience. The choir loft stage setting and a stained glass window furnished an impressive background. One of the greatest experiences of the Choir was making recordings. Twelve Juniors will receive gold pins as a distinction for their services: Jimmie Wheeler, Edward Powell, Joe Dickey, Richard Fuller, Josephine Bennett, Marjorie Cook, Marjorie Montgomery, Joyce Holdson, Inez Ward. Doris Thompson, Jean Wolcott, Flora Langdon. JUNIOR CLASS PLAY The Junior Play, “Lookin’ Lovely,” was presented Friday evening, November 10, 1939. The plot concerned itself with the struggles of the heroine, portrayed by Margie Montgomery, trying to keep her farm from the hands of an unscrupulous man who was represented by by his daughter. Joyce Holdson. By accident two young men, Roland Fisch and Joe Dickey, received the inspiration of turning the farm into a place where old women could make themselves look beautiful by a “mud bath treatment.” With many of Margie’s friends from the city helping, the farm was payed for, the young men had acquired girls, the daughter had been changed for the better, and everyone lived happily ever after. The superb acting of the supporting cast, Francina Seibert, Robert Childs, Marie Harrington, Raymond Kostura, Ed Powell, Voletta Lane, Jack Culbertson, and Flora Langdon, really made the play a success, together with the able direction of Miss Hunnell and Miss Brown. 30 ▼ ▼ ▼ Alumni News ▼ ▼ ▼ Would you like to take a look into the lives of the alumni? Here’s a snapshot view of what they are doing. There is a greater number of hen-pecked husbands around town since Ellen Antilla, Virginia Loomis, Evelyn Montgomery, Elva Parris, Dorothy Beach, Frances Ann Graff, Bernice Greaves, Irene Kangas, Hazel Fuller and Evelyn Hicks have taken the rein in the fatal step of knot-tying. Many have desired to struggle onward in the field of knowledge. Is that Durward Olds we see at Ohio State with that worried look on his brow? Must be a test coming up. In letting our eyes wander around the campus we also see Janet Holdson, Roger Olds, Leida Mae Powell, Janice Saylor, Darwin Hollister, Leon Stephenson, and Barbara Cheney. With a desire to be different, Edward Wheeler entered Miami University. Proving that women have a definite place in the business world, our camera focuses upon Lydia Gaus and Virginia Hibbard toiling away at Spencerian, and Dorthea Huberick and Charlotte Dewey at Bliss. We also spot Mary Louise Ryan at Erie Business College and Leslie Frank at Fenn College seeking a role in the business world. Oh—there’s someone who looks familiar at Bald win-Wallace. It’s Mary Alice Hall, as we might have known. And over there at Findlay College is Bob Rector. And here’s another snapshot yet, of William Tinney who is attending classes at Bucknell College. We predict more heart-trouble and faster pulse-beats in the years to conic. For, turning our camera in another position a bevy of starched uniforms dazzle our eyes. There’s Mary Christopher hurrying through the corridors at St. Alexis. Probably a Robert Taylor in Room 206. We see June Brauch at Rainbow Hospital taking someone’s pulse. He doesn’t look sick to us at all, June. Ernestine Groff studying in an Ashtabula hospital, Grace Loomis at the People’s Hospital and Esther Hill at Mount Siani don’t seem to be bored either. Ethel Bennett would like to cast her lot with these women in white, too, but she will wait until fall. At present she is working in Cleveland. Many boys have succumbed to the lure of Lake Erie and are either sailing or expect to be soon. Wally Wolcott, Richard McElroy, Myron Pease, Donald Zeller. Ross Buie, Norwood Lane, Derrill Evans and Ahti Orrenmaa have all answered the challenge of the Great Lakes. That the rest of us might eat, a few of the alumni have dedicated their lives to the soil. Perhaps one of them can grow us spinach without sand or potatoes without peelngs. How about it Kyle Andes, Bill Mackey, John Lahti, Marion Anderson, Howard Eccleston, Albert Hazeltine and John Kostura? Turning our eyes toward town we find the stores patrolled by the alumni. Betty Walters makes a very cute saleslady at Grants, while Shirley McMillan is no less prettier at Newberry’s. Russell Hensler does masterpieces in window decorations at Penney Co. Hazel Montgomery also works at Penney’s. Anna Bailey and Deane Brauch offer relief from the heat at Gulick’s where they are working. Messages of life and death, sorrow and joy ride along with Wilbert Best, Conneaut’s Western Union Messenger. When your car begins to sputter and stop on you, either buy a new one or let Duane Kent at Bieber’s Garage or Charles Massie at Felch’s Garage fix it for you. You will have to buy a new one when they get through with it. Steve Palagyi drives the delivery truck for the Creamerie and Margaret Holdson is kept busy behind the cashier’s cage by the fun-loving crowd from Rowe. Hazel Louderback is filling prescriptions at Bock’s Drug Store. Now, now, boys, you know you’re not sick! David Dietz, Arvine Seppi and Lee Mullen have continued their friendship at the Burke Machine and Tool Co. Fred Champlin is employed at the Fork and Hoe Co. “A way Continued on Page 38 37 ▼ V T Alumni News T ▼ ▼ to a man’s heart is through his stomach,” is an old saying, and maybe that’s why Naomi Kirkwood became a waitress at the Shadix Diner. Bob Brooks pegs away at Fortune-Byers. Dewey Parris divides his time at Kroger’s and Woolworth’s. At the Nickel Plate we can see Harold Buie and John Reets working away as if their lives depended upon it. Bill Pataky is working with his brother in Pataky’s Fruit Market. In the Rubber Co. here, Clyde Smith has forged ahead. Floyd Valentine and Dick Shumake will fill your tank with gas, if you’ll stop at their gas stations, “The Gulf Station” and Shumake’s Station respectively. You can find Wally Bittler at Shumake’s Station, too. Ah-h, what could be better than to stop in at the Erie Shores after a movie—let Gladys Parris wait on you. Bill Poole and Bob Gabel are our only boys ■who have blackened themselves with coal. Bill drives for the West End and Bob for Gabel’s Coal Co. There’s Maybelle Wheeler as bookkeeper at Tom Waddle’s. We snap Harold Hillyer at Dean Wible’s, but the photo shows him more interested in the girl driving the car than the car itself. And last but not least we spot Bob Fuller amid the billiard balls at Duck Pin Alley. Bob is pin boy. And, oh yes, on any hot summer day visit Betty Lee’s where you meet Bertha Bailey. Harold Peck is doing it right at the Honolulu Studios—he sure likes music. James Best is under the apprenticeship of a carpenter, and soon will know all about the wood-carving job. Of course, we mustn’t forget the beauty side. Margaret Hermann is involved in making Hedy I amarrs out of Effie Maes in Meadville. Dorothy Congdon (who by the way is engaged to guess who) is studying this miraculous art too. In Florida, the state that is so fickle in regard to weather, we see a group of young men huddled together. They are separating a little now—oh, one might have known it—Marjorie Cameron and Elizabeth Quigley still making saps of the stronger sex. Do we spot Morris Dye and Anthony Christopher in the group? Yes— and here comes Robert Wiley, too. Glancing around .the country we find Leon Page in Erie, Harold Atkins in Cleveland, Evelyn Simpson at Kelloggsville, Harold Bennett in Cleveland (who by the way is en8T ged to guess who), Edna Cline at Erie, Jean Whitney at Indiana, Pa., and Anna Maki at Warren. Let’s put the snapshots back into their folios and wish all of these alumni lots of success. Electrik Thayer’s mi QUALITY FOOTWEAR Dependable Jeweler 322 Broad Street and 38 CONNEAUT GRAIN FUEL Co. Blue Star COAL Phono .Main 1788 COMP! 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FOOD STORES The Magic Door GIFTS GREETINGS OFFICE SUPPLIES 213 Broad Street Conneaut, Ohio Compliments of State Theatre Pauli Hardware Company Sherwin-Williams Paints Electrical Appliances Wall Paper Quality Merchandise Popular Prices DR. M. H. REETS DENTIST Conneaut, Ohio Clothing for Men and young men The Latest in Style— The Highest in Quality at Reasonable Prices WEPPLER’S Shop for Men Conneaut, Ohio COMPLIMENTS OF HONOLULU MUSIC STUDIO Dealers In Music and Supplies 206 State Street G. S. Simon, Mgr. COMPLIMENTS OF The Conneaut Drug Company • DRUGS — SODAS “Quality Always” Dr. Blanche DeWolfe CHIROPRACTOR 353 Main Street Conneaut. Ohio Gompliments of H. S. WEBB at WEBB STUDIO Bly Block State Street Conneaut Ohio Blick’s Garage GENERAL REPAIRING East Main Road Phone Canal 1661 East Conneaut Ohio Walrath’s Market Staple and Fancy Groceries d d Quality Meats d ♦ PHONE MAIN 5171 Broad Street COMPLIMENTS OF STUDENTS OF ROWE HIGH! 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Compliments of Josltti Stuittn Main Street Conneaut, Ohio Qaukel Bros. 415 East Main Road m Seruice Station and Qroceries Phone Ldnvvood 1687 Compliments of FOR BETTER Breakfast Dinners EMHOFF DRY CLEANING Lunches Call Compliments of MOTOR SALES A 3 £uxe Conneaut Sugar boiul w Telephone Main 2316 M. Treas, Prop. Your Chevrolet—Buick Dealer for Over 12 Years 268 Main Street We Call For and Deliver Conneaut, Ohio A Compliments of Compliments of Compliments of Lake Shore LEWIS AUTO The Lumber Coal WRECKING A. W. Pelton Company USED PARTS AND Company Lumber—Coal—Roofing Hardware and AUTO GLASS ▼ Building Supplies Middle Road We wish to congratulate the Graduating CONGRATULATIONS Class of Rowe High School on TO THE SENIORS OF ROWE HIGH their achievements. The Conneaut Creamery Co. fftorrts Manufacturers of Creamerie Dairy Products ifloiuer Mop V . -x- ,v v •-.( v :5 • ' ■■ . . .,, . A ' • ' ' • Yv -------------- -W ?§§ . 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