Wapakoneta High School - Retrospect Yearbook (Wapakoneta, OH)

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Marie Roche and Charles Hassenauer He said were on the stage: George Gonnaughton was in vaudeville, And was surely all the rage. Then I went with him to his home, To continue my journey a day or so lalei. lie led me to his wife and said. Remember our classmate, once Lena Maker. She also had some news to tell. And this was the way it ran: Anna Anderson and Luetta Schilling W ere missionaries to Japan. That, though modest once. Dean Linson Was now a suffragette; Pearl Langhorst had run for office And was probably running yet. She also knew that Leila Mitchell Had entered married life, While it was said that Elsie Mrookhart Now made a loving wife. Next day a circus came to town. And we knew the sun would shine, For Max said that the owner Was Louis C. Bicrlein. I pon our way to see him. Near a hardware store we came. Where Richard Elliott and Carl Abe Were making quite a name. W e also met Dud Nichols Out walking for his health, lie said that Essie llarrod Had just acquired much wealth. It seems she had invented A real complex machine. Which would tell to any person II is affinity and queen. While waiting for the general show We wandered to a tent. In which were advertised the sisters Who aroused so much comment. When they came out to do their stunts And with their looks sublime, We gave a shout of wonder They were Cora and Clara Krein. TWENTV-FOUR

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In 1923 For ten long years 1 labored hard, itli law practice very keen. And then a yearning o'er me came To see my dear friends of '13. So dropping my business affairs, And thinking my time fitly spent, I boarded a train for the west And was soon on my mission bent. First, stopping off at Chicago, I was much surprised to hear, That Mr. Dudley Nichols as a doctor for the ear. 1 thought I'd call upon him, Old friendship to lenew. So I took the elevated car For Columbus Avenue. When 1 jumped aboard the car, 1 felt right out of sight. For who should the conductor be 1 Jut a man named Harold Seitz. We had a chat about old times, I low at school we used to dream, lint suddenly I heard a voice That for joy sheer made me scream. I turned and grasped the speaker's hand, The man knew me, 1 guess; It proved to be Max Menschel The editor of the Press. As he was a city editor He had much to relate. And 1 listened with much attention Till the hour grew very late. He stated that Ralph Bibler Was an athlete of great fame; Pauline Hoegner and Alvina Link Had long since changed their name. Of course this much surprised me But the next 1 couldn't stand; He said that Llovd M. Kridler Had joined the German band. TWENTY-THREE

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We went to the performance Which was a great affair. And I vouis came out to greet us When he learned that we were there. He asked about the folks at home, And soon I told him all, How first that Naomi Blume Now ran a dancing hall. He asked for Clarence Katterhenry, And I was forced to say That Clarence and Caroline Mosler Had eloped and run away. However, Roland Rogers Was doing very well; In fact he DID most any one That in his pathway fell. ( f teachers in the schools We could boast of quite a few, Elizabeth Meyer, Jessie Crawford, And Mamia Roediger, too. Jim Anderson was head Professor, And lived in fancy style. For Helen House had consented To be his wife, the while. The Misses Rihm and Niedemire Still lived within our town. And led the best societv For many miles around. That night I traveled further west, And had no cause to fear. For I found that Melvin Steinbaugh as ndw the engineer. He said that Neal Shaw Had gone to Tennessee, Where lie had become the founder Of a new Y. M. C. A. Katherine Culleton conducted A school in matrimony, And because of her experience Was making lots of money. On reaching my destination, I visited the skating rink, Where I learned that the owner Was a Miss Edith Link. TWENTY-FIVE