Woodward High School - Saga Yearbook (Toledo, OH)

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M f gg g Senior Edition invented by Wyatt Harris, which produced a steaming hot cup of coffee and a sandwich of the desired type when a dime was placed in the slot. We encountered many more inventions, and so we decided to stop in the first store we saw to ask why there were so many all in one row. We stopped at the first place which was a fish market operated by Gilbert Davis who answered our questions. He informed us that we had been walking on a street where new inven- tions, were given a trial for one year. If they were successful, George Duvendack, a Wall Street broker, bought the controlling interest and placed them on the market for sale. We decided to stay in New York a few days, and so we went to the Biltmore Hotel owned by Jacob Cohen, who had made this hotel the last word in elegance. One of the bell-hops, Harold D. Mitchell, took our bag- gage up to a room where we found Helen Mitchell, a maid, polishing the furniture. We rested for a while before going down into the lobby where we met Elvin Kummero, the master of ceremonies for all parties at the Biltmore. He had much to tell us about a few of the classmates of whom he had heard. He told us that Abe Tompkins, head usher at the Paramount, was married to the former Clara Moscovitz, who managed the boarding house in which they were living with their five children. We learned that Lillian Friedman and Dorothy Schreider were co-starred in George White's Scandals at the height of the show season, but that after the show closed they had been forced to tell fortunes in a traveling circus to earn their daily bread. We heard also that Frances Furst and William Hess were co-starred in a new type of moving picture Pig Skin in which color, voice, and music were used. The supporting cast included Florence James, the vamp, Vera Moser, the shy school girl, and George Nichols, the Dean of the College. We decided to see the picture which was being shown at the Potocsky Cinema House. We were astonished to see the great number of wealthy patrons whom we knew. Miriam Semmel, gorgeously attired in a gown covered with gold sequins, entered her box escorted by Benjamin Nistel, the well-known lecturer. Glancing around the theater we saw Yvonne Schaefer with her husband Edward Schneider who was president of a large concern, Schneide-r's Sky Skimmers which have completely taken the place of the Ford of our high school days. They were entertaining a party composed of Bertha Siadak, Jeannette Seligman, and Esther Bowers, who were the foremost leading advocates of Weisberg's Pol- icy of Smokeless Chimneys. All in all we had an enjoyable evening, afterwards going to Naperstick's Air Cafe. We found Howard Anteau acting as chief bouncer aided by Morris Paris. We checked our hats and coats with Elzora Barefield, who told us that she was living with Hazel Abernathy, head of one of the Community Houses of New York, and Edna Scott, her private secretary. She also told us that there was a circus on the outskirts of the city which we decided to see the next day. Leaving the cafe we were piloted to our hotel by Raymond McCown in one of the new Sky Skimmers. In the morning we awoke anxious to visit this circus which was managed by Lillian Basilius and Virginia Bruhl. We saw Pearle Forastar driving one of those ten-ton sup- ply trucks. We found Wenceslas Kosakowski, gaudily dressed, bandmaster with the Rybka Serenaders. The air was filled with the shouts of peanut and candy vendors among whom were Albert Skrocki lauding Pirucki's Fresh Roasted Pea- nuts, and Lenoard Piotrowski selling Kohler's Stretching Candy. I tripped over a tent peg which had just been driv- en into the ground by Horace Wheeler, chief of the water carriers for the elephants. We were attracted by the voice of Isaac Solomon, advertising his Cure All. He stated that he had spent five years in the wilds of Africa gather- ing herbs for this remedy. Norma Wintermantle and Letha Specktor, with their hair fiowing down their backs in perfect waves, were adver- tising-models for Oliver's Hair Tonic. Velma Voll, with her cheeks and lips tinted like the rising sun, was showing Wise's Wonder Worker, a liquid rouge. We entered the tent just a few minutes before the show started. Dorothy Wiley headed the bill as the exponent of Gilda Gray's type of dancing. Two comedians whom we soon recognized as Chester Zawlocki and Stanley Zdrodowski were next on the program. Several insignificant acts followed so we decided to visit the side shows. A tall, slim girl was beckoning the people to her platform. Her eloquence and knowledgde be- trayed her. It was Dolores Overmeyer. She was advertising Ethel Odesky as the bearded lady. It was an easy matter for us to recognize Ethel in spite of all the war paint. We next saw Bo-bo and Ha-ha the dancing girls from Timbusk- too. Again it was a simple matter for us to realize that they were none other than Nina Ayers and Sylvia Clapfish. In the ring a large cage was wheeled up from some where and a fuzzy cat-like creature sprang upon the platform. Lo and behold! Blanche Fishler was the daredevil trainer of the Southern Sinner Cat. Thunderous applause followed her after she had paced the Southern Sinner through its various tricks. She had been carefully gaurded by Marie Ehlert, Inez Oldham, and Ruth Drouillard armed with machine guns. Oriental music wafted to our ears drew us into the snake charmer's tent. We found Charlotte Doll surrounded by cushions and playing away for dear life while making five snakes do exactly what she wished. Frank grew restless because the air was stifling, and so we decided to leave. When we reached the hotel, we packed our baggage once again, this time leaving for Europe. While crossing the ocean, we saw great gangs of men working on a bridge to join the two continents. We learned that Henry Zanville had drawn up the plans for this structure. He had employed Henry Riman as assistant engineer to aid him in carrying out his plans. The crew was composed of big, brawny men among whom we sighted Harold Harris, Theodore Woodfill, Isadore Walker, Albert Goodman, and Philip Swedler. Each of them seemed to be in command of his respective division. We soon reached Paris where Mrs. Molik and I decided we needed some gowns. We went to Jean Patou's salon, where to our amazement we found Sam Kaufman in full charge carrying out Patou's ideas of dress. To our utter astonishment he had become one of those effeminate young fellows, quite fussy about just the way each dress was modeled. He was solicitious and called for his best manne- quins to model every type of gown. Out came Blanche Fichtner in a stunning gown of red velvet beaded with pearls. She was followed by Maymie Kigel dressed in a green sport outfit with white accessories. Sam was quite particular and straightened out a ruffle here, and patted a frill there, until he made me very nervous. We met Anne Katz and Ione Kaser there. Anne informed me that she was on a shopping tour for the girls in her academy at Worcester, Massachusetts. She was principal of the school, and Ione Kaser was one of her best teachers. In another part of the establishment we found Theo Andre one of the barbers. This barber shop made a spe- cialty of entertaining while cutting hair. Melva Bowers, the internationally known hockey player, was cigarette girl here during her spare time. While strolling along the boulevard we saw a clever sign in one of the shop windows announcing that Marion Baker and Bonnie Baker had opened a shop for all those who wanted to sip good American tea. We decided to travel on land for a time and have the yacht meet us at Rome. Directions were dispatched, and we left Paris that same night. We came to Marseilles where Frank bought this villa from Sarah Posner who said she was terribly bored with life. Because of that tired feeling she planned an expedition

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g-p Senior Edition -A X'4 P'P'9 P'P'Q P'P'Y'P'P4'4P'l'4 '3 'U 'l 'P'P'P4 PK Class Prophecy Marseilles, France April 1, 1951 Miss Gertrude Schwartz President, South American Head-Hunters Company Utica, Guatamala Dear Gertrude, I suppose you will be rather surprised to hear from me after a delay of three years in answering your last letter, but it was unavoidable. I don't know whether or not you will be interested in hearing what I have to tell you since you have become such a hard-boiled business woman in your fight to subdue the natives to your advantage. I have been the guest of Frank Molik, the broker who made a fortune in the Wall Street crash, and his wife, the former Anabel Bossler, on a yachting trip which we took to satisfy one of Frank's whims. He decided to cruise about in search of odd bits of information about our class of '31, and his deci- sion led us into the queerest places. I am now staying at their villa at Marseilles, and never before have I seen such interesting surroundings. Esther Root, the private secretary of Mrs. Molik, took detailed notes of what each classmate had done, and I am now using these notes to great advan- tage. I enjoyed myself a great deal and I hope you will be interested to hear about some of the things that we encoun- tered. The yacht we used was designed by Charles Green- berg and built by Fetzer 8: Sons Co. Quite a coincidence! Our first stop was Toledo where we immediately hired a taxi, which to our surprise was driven by Jack Wolf, to take us to our Alma Mater, Woodward. Thinking that perhaps Miss Miller could tell us some gossip about our classmates, we decided to visit her. And gossip she did! We were informed that James Elliott was contentedly living at the White House as the youngest president of the United States, and with him was his wife, the former Florence Glow. His cabinet was composed of some of the prominent members of our class. Joseph J udis was Secretary of State, Loyal Huffman was Secretary of Treasury, Florence Simpson, the first woman Secretary of Cooking, and Byron Hass, Secretary of Aviation. We learned, too, that Daniel Hersey was the candidate of the Prohibition Party for mayor of Toledo. He had selected Edith Hartford as chairman of his Electioneering Committee, and her aides were Alice Henry and Lucile Woodrich. We chatted for a while about old times and then left to be piloted by Rolland Adams to Holt's Lunch Room where we dined. We found Virginia Trautman operating the place with Gertrude Gacinski and Deborah Grammer acting as cash- iers. Walter Goldberg was the headwaiter who had employed as assistants David Hoobler and Henry Mackowiak. Among those seated at the tables we discerned Cyrus Jaffe, Louis Klappich, and Philip Kimmelman earnestly discussing the chances of the Go-Get-Em Party which, headed by Norman Silverman, wished to continue its sway of power. We found that we were seated in Frick's Easy Chairs and ate food cooked by Reuben Soldinger, who had become one of those perfect chefs with a huge mustache which he kept perfect by waxing every half hour. I picked up a newspaper entitled Daily Spasm and, of course, the staff was headed by none other than Russell Fisher. An exciting headline which drew my attention told me that Philip Rubin, the inventor of the Audio-Visiograph, had arrived in Toledo where he was sched- uled to speak in Baim's Hall. All arrangements had been made by Goldye Barry, who had become one of the leading society women of that city. She was passionately devoted to the idea of securing a home for stray cats and dogs where she hopes to teach them to live together peacefully. On the way to the lunch room we had stopped at a news stand, operated by Founty Seaton, where Mrs. Molik secured a Physical Culture Magazine. On the cover a pic- ture of Helen Ayling, demonstrating before and after eating Haskell's Health Yeast, attracted our attention. Leafing through the pages we found that Marie Hummon and Mabel Hendy held prominent positions as staff writers for this publication. Our peaceful reminiscences were suddenly shattered by the shrill screams of some women and children. Rushing out we saw billows of smoke issuing from the burning Quigg Brothers' Apartments. Carl Quigg was standing in front of the building watching it slowly being razed. Later he went to his office where he tried to com- pose a telegram to inform his brother Le Roy of the day's event. Le Roy was touring Europe with his wife, the for- mer Clotile Rains. To our horror we saw Ida Gelman surrounded by five kiddies standing on a balcony waiting for some rescuers. Around the corner dashed a fire engine manned by Marjorie Houghtell, Irene Fritz, Erna Heinisch, Shirley Kaplan, and Dorothy Carrel. Their cry was Stand back! Women and children Hrst! They were aided by Mil- ton Aellig, a policeman, who streched ropes about and qui- eted the crowds in a most amazing fashion. The rescue was completed in a few minutes and the crowd vanished as quickly as it had collected. We decided to walk about for a while to see if we would meet anyone else. Sure enough! We were stupified to hear and see Ralph Gale, a regular Beau Brummel in school, now a rag-picker shouting his wares as he drove along the streets in a disre- putable old wagon. We saw a championship heavy-weight title fight advertised on a billboard. Herbert Powder, alias Dynamite, was to fight Harry Czubek known as Pee-wee. The fight officials were Jerome Sieczkowski and Bernard Shilling. The radio announcer, Martin J ankowski, had been secured from New York because of his international fame as the successor to Graham McNamee. A large crowd was expected because members of the '31 graduating class of Woodward High School had wired from everywhere to secure tickets to see their classmates, the two fighters, battle it out. Louis Axonovitz, the steel magnate, had wired his order for fifty-two reserved seats for a party of friends. Dale Richard and Aaron Moore, two world-famous musicians who recently gave a series of concerts at the Opera House in Paris, had also reserved seats for a party of fellow musicians. We were so interested that time slipped by unnoticed, and we were long overdue at the yacht. We found that the captain had hired a few new members for the crew. These new members were Sam Baum, Leonard Eisler, Morris Siegmann, who had started out to walk around the world, but who were now glad to accept an easier method of globe trotting. We started off. We soon docked in New York Harbor. We were sur- prised to find a large number of classmates in the great metropolis. Strolling along Wall Street we saw Gordon Roth, a street cleaner, and Edmund Skrzynecki, a weather prophet, discussing Myer Weinman's latest invention. The opinion seemed to be that it was a godsend, for a man had only to put a quarter in the slot, insert his head in the ma- chine, and---presto, he had as smooth a shave as one could desire. We took a few more steps and saw another machine,

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Senior Edition to the wilds of Hindustan in search of the Lost Link. I believe it was some kind of an animal! She told us a bit of juicy gossip which, simmered down, informed us that Jesse Bryant was head of a bootlegger's union. She said that he even shipped liquor into the United States which seemed impossible because of the stringent laws passed by the Sen- ators Hammer and Garn. These laws were enforced by Coast Guard Commander Nathan Forman, ably assisted by Lieutenant Frolich and Sergeant Irvin Matuszak. We wandered on to Venice where we saw Dorothy Liebenthal surrounded by six children riding in a gondola while Arthur Paris sang the Volga Boat Song to her. It was so romantic! We stopped at a little church there and found that Harry Curtis had become one of those meek ministers who tell people to love their neighbors, to be sat- isfied with their lot in life, and to have nothing but kindness in their hearts for others. Joseph Doneghy was the janitor in this church, but in his leisure moments he studied law. We found that Louise Ekert had started a school for wander- ing American children. Her teaching staff was composed of Florence Feldman, a dramatic teacher, and Thelma Eble, a teacher of esthetic dancing. Louise told us that Helen Craig had just broken the world's time record for climbing the Alps. Robert Findley and Oliver Fields had started a gum manufacturing company and their business was stretching. We saw Glen Draper washing the windows of the Pokrywka mansion. Wanderlust seized us again, and we streaked across the continent to aristocratic Russia. That country had comlete- ly changed its policy by accepting the Twelve-Year Plan to commercialize their nation. Gladys Prond was the auto- cratic empress with Ruth Gavirty as Chancellor, Dorothy Harris as Prime Minister, Ruth Jacobs as an official of the Union of Chief Cooks and Bottle Washers. Anne Jakcsy and Genevieve Kalinowski had been sent there as mission- aries, but they had succumbed to the lure of the luxurious- ness and grandeur of the celestial palace, thereby exiling themselves forever from Rosenberg's Temperance League. Bernice Platt had been kidnapped while traveling and had been forced to become one of the seven wives of the Russian Bluebeard, Alvin Stracilo. We visited Koczenas' Inn where we were served vodka by Christina Jones. She was very demure looking in a costume designed by the famous Margaret Schuster. When we left we were driven over the state boundary in one of those Rudderless Sleighs manufactured by Helen and Amy Smith. The sleigh was guided by Louis Neifeld, who won the chess championship of the world in 1949 by defeating Margaret Rupp, the repre- sentative from the United States. Back again we went to Paris to see the Land, Water, and Air Race. The vehicles were to be piloted by Daredevils, Ed- ward Miller and Bernice Markis. We bought our tickets at the gate from Mary Leedyn and were shown to our reserved trailer by our pilot Lillian Lublin. Before the race started we bought multi-colored balloons from Selma Kozman, and Kruse's Instant Fluff from Helen Leasor. The race was quite exciting, but, of course, the female sex was triumphant. Frank suddenly decided to go on to Spain where we saw Charlotte Krebs and Gladys Lineback antagonizing a bull in the Tank Arena. Wandering through the boulevards we found Dorothy Stark selling African relics, Frances Topper vending blooming plants, and Beatrice Woodka, a famous fan designer, sauntering along the street. She was dressed in the latest Spanish style with a lace mantilla made by Mary Morford. We went on to London where we saw B. Schwartz's Illumined Billboards advertising Lillian Wolk's rapid elevation to stardom on the London legitimate stage. Her manager worked for her success in conjunction with Dorothy Miller acting as director. We learned from an English bobby, Louis Wojtowicz, that Marie Weber, Florence Shaffer, and Evelyn Luper had entered the race to cross the Pacific Ocean on Knierim's Puncture Proof Tires. It was feared that Weber and Luper had encountered difficulties and were waging a losing battle against the elements. A rescue party headed by Mildred Klug was or- ganized. They intended to use Rodger's Steamless Steamers because they had been proved to be the fastest machines as yet invented. Anne Shall and Adeline Corman were con- sidered the most intrepid air women of that time. There- fore, they had been chosen as the first women to fly around the earth three times without landing for refueling. Mary Belle Crawford, We found, was the authoress of a new his- tory for the starving Hindus. It has taken me a long time to write this letter, but during the process so many pleasant memories have been revived that if you enjoy this just one-half as much as I have, I shall feel amply repaid. I hope that you will continue your suc- cessful business career in South America because I intend to pay you a visit soon. Sincerely yours, Dorothy Samborn. HE Saga Board wishes to take this opportunity to thank their advisers, Mrs. McManamon, Mr. Dunsmore, and Mr. Alberstett, for their patient counsel and valuable aid in producing this book. They have unselfishly devoted time and effort to helping us with the problems which so often presented themselves. Also we commend Mr. Montgomery and the members of his printing classes for the wonderful co-operation and interest they have shown in this edition. By doing their work painstakingly and by advising us about the many technicalities of printing the book, they have rendered an indispensible service. We are grateful.