Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1922-05-18
No. Is
Delta Sigma Number


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sight of America and my friends. At
ter much delay friend of mine and l
planned a trip with first stopping place
in America. Accordingly we set sail
June 1910.
After planning this trip my strong
est resolve was to see my classmates,
that happy class of '22. Upon arriv-
ing at New York we went to a hotel.
However, before entering the hotel l
was attracted by voice which sound
ed somewhat familiar. / leaned far
out on the railing around the porch,
but could scarcely then see the face of
the speaker, for tho crowd was i'm
mense. At last | saw the face and
behold! it was Carroll Tyson better
known in school as "Tab". His
voice grew louder and heard him ex-
claim "Down with the Open Shop.
Well, | nearly tainted for how could
Tabs mind have been changed so
much during eighteen short years ?
Just then he finished his speech and
the crowd moved away. In another
instant beheld him speeding up the
street in the well-known Nash. ]
tried to find his address, but to no
avail.
My friend was very anxious to visit
the large cities of the United States.
Therefore, our next stop was Detroit.
We remained here only a few days
then went to Philadelphia. The
driver of the taxi which we took from
the station to the hotel was very reck-
less. Hardly had we left the station
before there was loud crash and the
taxi had upset. l was not hurt, but
my friend had sprained her arm. 1t
was thought best to take her to the
hospital to have an X-Ray taken of it.
At the hospital we were told to ask
for DR.. Eyler We did so and in few
minutes who stood before me, but my
old classmate Catherine Eyler! She
told me that she loved her profession
and was attaining success as sur
geon.
Nv friend was soon all right and we
left Philadelphia for Baltimore. DIR.
Eyler told me that our class had been
scattered somewhat, but she knew
that Elizabeth Dougherty and Vada
Hetterly were somewhere in Baltimore
| had been in the city for several days
before finding Elizabeth. She soon
informed me that she was to be mar
ried to widower who had several
children.
Not so long after that as l was
walking along one of the busiest
streets of Baltimore | beheld Vada
coming toward me with a maxwell
he couldn't have been more than four
feet, one inch tall. She recognized me
and introduced the man as her hus-
band. AS usual Vada or Tate" as
we all used to call her, had plenty to
say, but strange to say her husband
didn't say word except when ques-
toned and then he spoke with such
Italian accent that l could scarcely
understand him. He was carrying a
little French poodle which he kept
stroking lovingly.
Several evenings later l had dinner
with, Vada and her husband and then
nv friend and l left for Thurmont.
Never was l happier than when the
conductor yelled "Thurmont" and l
looked out the coach window and saw
that everything looked natural, al
though the town had grown consider
ably due to the development OF the oil
industry. In my town there were
three of my classmates Mabel Het-
terly, Dorothy Beachley, and Helen
Bowers. Mabel was the private sec
rotary to the manager of the oil wells.
She told me that she was deeply in
terested in her work. Helen was
teaching at Franklinville and was
told that the pupils who came from
her school knew everything from Az.
As vet l had not been able to see
Dorothy or Dee. At last l found
her for she was teaching in the High
School. Her volley team had just won
the championship of the county. She
said that although she loved her school
work, she was going to marry in the
summer. She Twas perfectly happy
except that her pet cat died the night
before.
remained in Thurmont for several
months and then decided that | must
be moving on my travels. l was de-
lighted with the success l had met
with in seeing my classmates, having
seen all but one who had married and
moved to Hawaii.
AS my friend and had intended to
include Hawaii in our trip l thought
it more than likely that I would see
Gladys better known as "Duffies". L
had been in Hawaii. more than
month before / found her. visited
her home and it was verltable zoo.
Dogs, cats, parrots, each claimed a
part of her affections. l stayed with
her for several days then started back
to France.
Katharine O'Toole 20