Sandusky High School - Fram Yearbook (Sandusky, OH)

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THE FRAM ANNUAL page twenty-nine . „ ALYNE WIEDENHAEFER And the lady shall say her mind freely. LESLIE WILCOX My thoughts and I were of another world. HERBERT WILKINS Oh, he was gentle, mild, and virtuous. VALERIA YOCHEM The daintiest last, to make the end most sweet.

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RUTH THOM A maiden never bold Of spirit so still and qui et that her mo- tion Blushed at herself. EDWARD VOIGHT Stout Teuton he, a valiant man. IRENE WALL He is a fool who thinks by force and skill To turn the current of a woman ' s will. LEWIS WARD ' All the world ' s a stage And all the men and women merely players. KARL WEIS He ' s smit, he ' s passion smit.

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THE FRAM ANNUAL page thirty It was a wonderful afternoon in June, 1932. A young- lady walking down Columbus Avenue was surprised to see the doors of a beautiful church opened wide, and crowded to overflowing-. As she, with a sudden inspiration, walked up the steps, an usher, full of importance, strode up to her, and said briskly, Friend or relative? Friend, she answered quickly and she was ushered into a back seat. Then to the tune of the Lohengrin Wedding- March, a young man and woman slowly marched to the altar. The last ar- rival was truly startled to find that the groom tvas an old acquaintance. It was Elmer Frank. The onlooker was surprised because she hadn ' t heard of Elmer ' s return from Germany, where he was a decided success as a musician. When the brief ceremony was over, Annette Guckert was one of the first to congratulate the bride and groom. He was in turn as sui-prised as she, for he wasn ' t in the habit of meeting their classmates everyday, Elmer insisted upon Annette ' s coming to the five o ' clock dinner at the new Hotel San- dusky, erected recently on the old Postoffice site. Surely, said Annette, I ' d be delighted to come. Who owns the hotel? Who owns it? said Elmer. Why, Harold Schweinfurth. Annette felt her knees shake. Can you tell me any more news of our old class? Well, answered Elmer, Did you know that Helen Noftz and Ruth Sabiers are teachers up at the new High School? Helen teaches shorthand, and Ruth, typewrit- ing. Ruth took Miss Teeter ' s place when she got married, and Helen took Mr. Yaple ' s place when he resigned to teach shorthand at a commercial college. Annette then told them that she had gone out West for her health, and had married a young rancher in Nevada, who was killed in a battle be- tween his cowboys and some desperadoes. Here she picturesquely raised her dainty handkerchief and daubed her eyes significantly. By this time, they had reached the hotel, and Harold pompously sauntered up with his congrat- ulations. Why, Annabel, where on earth did you come from? he said excitedly. Why, I thought you lived out West? And thus the greetings were exchanged and Harold was persuaded to dine with the wedding crowd. Upon being asked for information con- cerning the whereaobuts of his old classmates, he volunteered these items: Bemice Appell is run- ning an attractive millinery store on Columbus Avenue, and Joyce White has recently married an industrious farmer from Castalia. Annette wanted to know what had become of some of the boys, so Harold said, Well, Robert Ryan is considered the best athletic coach in the United States and is coaching at Yale University, and Bill Carnegie is running for Congressman on the Democratic ticket. Here Harold ' s wife (nee Dot Schaub) returned from a club meeting and she too was persuaded to Class Prophecy of 1921 1-2 jom the happy party. She told them that she had just met Thelma Bechtel and Mrs. Carl Deist (otherwise Sammy) . Thelma, she said, was a court reporter. Just then, Annette remembered that Louise Lucal was the writing teacher up at Central High where Helen and Ruth were. At the close of the dinner, Elmer, his bride, and Annette climbed into the handsome sedan outside. As they were going down Adams Street, the car suddenly stopped and the jolt was such a sur- prise that all of the party waited for what was commg next, and then burst into a shout of laugh- ter. The chauffeur couldn ' t find the trouble so the bridal party were forced to get out. Just then, another big car drove up and Lloyd Sabiers opened one of the doors and asked what the trou- ble was. After the surprise, at Lloyd ' s invitation they all got mto his car and, leaving the discom- fited chauffeur with the other car, drove away Upon being questioned Lloyd told the party that he was the editor of a big newspaper in Cleveland and had just come home for the week end He told them, too, that Esther Butler and Ruth Bris- tol were working in his office ; that Gertrude Smith and Dot Martin were running a prosperous restaurant in a convenient place for motorists to stop and dine, on the outskirts of Cleveland. Lloyd suddenly ceased talking and stopped the car. There ' s Minnetta Margard, he said. She teaches elocution, you know. Minnetta, too, was pursuaded to join the hap- py party which was soon on its way ' again. Min- netta said she was getting along fine with her chosen work and liked it very much. Elmer was anxious to hear more about his classmates after being gone from the United States for so long and so Minnetta was called upon for information. She said, Why, tonight Gladys Hoffman sings at the Knickerbocker Theater in New York City. She is making a wonderful suc- cess. And Margaret Swift, what did I read about hex- in the evening paper? Oh, I know, she teach- es a kindergarten school on Madison Street. Then Minneta was told all the rest that they knew. She was surprised to find that almost all were accounted for. Just as Lloyd stopped the automobile, at the new couple ' s pretty bungalow (the honeymoon was delayed a few weeks as El- mer ' s return was so recent and he had done so much traveling) , he saw a doctor ' s car next door As they all ascended the steps, the doctor came out and the entire party cried out, Why it ' s Bryce White! Bryce was equally surprised and when they asked him to stop in and talk over old times he said he regretted it but he had wanted to go to the theater to see Lewis Bamberl in Booth Tark- mgton ' s, The Flirt. With a shout of approval from all the members ot the crowd, it was suggested that we go to the theater to see Lewis in The Flirt, and if Lewis was surprised at the thunderous applause from a certain crowd, he did not say so when, after the show, the old classmates talked with him. R. M. S.