St John High School - Blue Gold Yearbook (Maria Stein, OH)

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Wh1le roamxng the streets lookxng for some entertaxnment Imeandered znto a dancmg school At that time a jxtterbug contest was bexng staged and when the fmal results were announced I learned that Wilma Hemmelgarn had won the contest As I contmue on my trip Iflnd myself ln Hollywood I see advertxsed ln the newspa pers and on the radlo the show The Enchanted Evemng starrxng the great actress Ruth Mescher now named Betsy Ross wh1ch was belng shown at a local theater On my way eastward agam I got stranded by a snowstorm ln Topeka Kansas Wh1le waltxng for the snow to stop I turned on the radlo ln my hotel and heard a starthng adver tasement that went somethxng hke thls Look sharp feel sharp be sharp Try Elkxngs new razor blades today Studylng mt carefully xt fmally dawned on me that Charles Elkxng was now the owner of one of the largest razor factorles ln Amerlca Followzng thzs announce ment we heard the news commentator say Flash' Flash' Oscar Heyne who IS now on close relatxons w1th Albert Elnstern has dlscovered a new planet whxch he named Mendomte After turmng off the radlo I started leafxng through a fash1on magaz1ne when I thought I recogmzed one of the models Takmg a second glance It turned out to be none other than Mary Ann Feltz who IS now a very promment Power s model Turmng the page I saw an artzcle that read Why be dlscouraged by several extra pounds '7 Try the newest reducxng method to date Dance away those extra pounds and re taln your glrhsh flgure For more mformatmon wrxte to the mventor of th1s method Jeanette Goettemoeller After contznulng on my journey I went to Chmcago Wh1le I was here I stayed at one of the largest hotels 1n the country Durrng my v1s1t I went danclng 1n the famous Argon ball room where I heard the sweetest muszc an thxs sxde of Marla Stem To my surprxse th leader of th1s great band was Urbxe Hau feld Also ln Chlcago was Mar1e Budde She has joxned the WAVES and IS now statloned 1n the Wxndy City She really looked good 1n that WAVE unxform From Chicago I went to Columbus Wh1le dr1v1ng down the street my car started to knock and I knew the old crate had to be fuced so I took It to the nearest garage I was Just telllng the garage man what was wrong wxth It when the propnetor of the place appeared Boy Was I surprlzed to see Mildred Budde runnmg a place llke that but she always sald she lxked to txnker with cars Leavlng Columbus I started toward Dayton Upon entermg I stopped at Wrxght Fxeld where I found .Tim Schurman He IS now employed there testmg Jet planes and has recent ly set a speed record I always knew Jim s mxnd was m the clouds Nearxng home I stopped at Bruns Brothers Grocery and saw Vernon Hartxngs gwmg out free samples of Sparkle Tap Matches manufactured ln St Rosa Vernon IS the pros perous owner of this estabhshment Verme always dld have a lot of spark an hlm I returned home, sad and heartbroken because I could not fmd two member s of the class of 50 After lnqulrxng at several places as to where Arnold Homan and Lzlhan Meler were I finally learned that Arme has become a prlest and xs pastor of a small m1ss1on church 1n Mexlco and that L1ll1an Meter IS hxs housekeeper It seems that all the members of this class have taken a b1g step 1n thls world . . . - . - I I - 1 1 , . . .- . U - 11 - , 1 1 1 s ' 1 1 ' . . . . J . - 1 . . . . . U . , U D l ' ,, . . . . . - 1 , ll ' , . . -, . . . . . , . , ,, , . . . g , . . . H . 1 1 DI - ' 1 1 . , ' , . , N., I - D ' - , . 1 - 1 , . l . . . . . I ' I l 1 ' , ' . , . . - . - g . . . 1 u - n - - , . 1 . . . . . . . . , , ll ll - - - - - 1 36 '

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Class Prophecy Class of 1950 The t1me IS 1960 It seems the class of 1950 IS to have a reumon and I was asked to get 1n touch with all the members of that class However thls IS not as easy as It may seem for I fmd that thexr varlous occupatxons have carrled them to all parts of the Umted States In Detrolt I find Marxlyn Wnllke workmg on her secret ambltzon She has a job wxth the F B I and IS now asslgned to a murder case whlch occurred about three years ago Her job IS to dxg up the v1ct1m and find out lf he was really kllled by arsemc pmsomng As I pass through the courthouse an thls city I see wrxtten on one of the doors Tom .I Gast Prosecutlng Atfornev I stopped 1n tn see hnw Tnm was dmng and hp +gIA uc gf h1s fxrst case It happened to be hxs former teacher Mr Barr who dxdn t get off very easy because there IS now a Barr behxnd bars New York C1ty seemed to be the favorlte cxty ln the eyes of the class of 50 for I flnd several of them located there Just as I arrlved ln New York I read a newspaper head hne whrch really startled me It read Amerlcan Gxrl Swxms Channel I fmd that thzs gxrl xs none other than Irene Broerman Walklng down the street I met B111 Homan who 15 now a Watklns salesman B111 1m medxately began h1s sales talk and asked xf I wanted any sprays to klll bugs ln the garden He says It kxlls the Mama bug the Papa bug the Baby bug Ant bug Jztter Bug and Uncle Bug The only bug xt doesn t kill IS the Love Bug During my stay here I heard that Stan Mescher has just been named offlczal manager of the new P 81 A Cham Store You wxll flnd hxs offxce on the 86th floor of the Emplre State Building New York I-learmg of Marcella Hartmg s success as a beautnclan I decrded to stop at Boston to see how her buslness xs progresslng She seemed very happy and by a strange colncldence I see Tom Budde sxttxng under a halr dryer Hearlng of hxs successful attempt to revxve vaudevllle I stopped to speak wlth hmm Tom sa1d h1s success as a star as because of h1s acting ln class plays and slngmg m Glee Club Owmg to the fact that xt was a busy day for Sally Ithen left wxshmg her more success My next stop IS ln Mxamx Florida Here I find John Flely lwlng a llfe of luxury He owns a large estate and he says he IS really enjoying hlmself When I asked hlm how he could afford to lxve m such a splendid manner he told me about the chewxng tobacco whlch he man ufactured and called Spit No more After leavlng Florida Iwent to Colorado Whlle rxdxng on a crowded bus Iwas readxng a sports magazine On the cover I see a picture of the professxonal basketball player Anna Marxe Baker better known as the ' World s Hottest Basketball Player In her last game she practxcally defeated her opponent self handed as she scored 50 pomts Looking up from the magazine I see a blond gxrl sitting next to me readnng the horse racxng form When she finally land the paper down l see that she I5 Alfrxeda Hausfeld I asked her what she IS dolng in Colorado she tells me that she as runnxng a gamblxng jolnt She says she enjoys all sorts of gamblxng but that playing poker xs her specialty Oh well lalways knew she lxked Poker 35 U on 1 . 1 - 1 1 , . 1 . . 1 . . . . . 4, 1 1 . ,, . . . : .. . I. . ,-,- , --- ,..,-,. ....--,--. .. M . . . . , . , . , . - - - - as 11 1 u , - . . U . . . ,, . . , . , . 1 1 1 1 1 . , . . 1 H . N . . . . . , . . . , . . . I ' 1 , . 1 1 ' 1 ' . , - ll ' li ' - , . . , , - 0 1 11 I - , , . , . 1 ' 1 1 u ll .

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