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CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI CENTENNIAL COMMITTEE · 1846-1946

Gertrude Allison Alexander, '09, Chairman

Harry A. Bathrick, Faculty Representative

March 21, 1946

Dear Langston:

We were all very happy to learn that you
could come to the re-union on May tenth.

The program will be a short one, as the Alumni will want to spend most of their time with their class-mates. Dr. Leutner, president of Western Reserve University, Mr. Alfred Benesch, member of the school board, and Jerome Gross, who, when we knew him, was Jacob Gross, will share the program with you.

We are setting a definite time limit for the speakers, as we want the program to last no longer than an hour. So will you plan to use between ten and fifteen minutes. If each one will do that, there will be time for the chairman's speech and for the applause within the hour.

The committee asks me to say that we can pay you fifty dollars for your expenses, as you will have to come from out of town. I hope that this will be satisfactory to you.

I am enclosing the letter sent out to the different class representatives. I thought that you might like to read it. The newspapers and radio stations are co-operating with us, and this will really be a great event. Best wishes to you.

Charles E. Ozanne '85
M. Foster Lewis '94
Walter Stephan '95
Helen M. Chesnutt '97
Winfred G. Leutner '97
Alta M. Bien '09
Myrtle Johnson Bell '12
Louise Canneville Evans '13
Leonard S. Levy '13
John Cobbs '29
Russell Alexander '30
Juanita C. Thomas '32
Helen Johnson Collins '34
Mattie Baskin '40
Juanita Morrow '41
Evelyn Harris '43

March 15, 1946

<table><tr><td>Charles E. Ozanne</td><td>'85</td></tr><tr><td>M. Foster Lewis</td><td>'94</td></tr><tr><td>Walter Stephan</td><td>'95</td></tr><tr><td>Helen M. Chesnutt</td><td>'97</td></tr><tr><td>Winfred G. Leutner</td><td>'97</td></tr><tr><td>Alta M. Bien</td><td>'99</td></tr><tr><td>Myrtle Johnson Bell</td><td>'12</td></tr><tr><td>Louise Canneville Evans</td><td>'13</td></tr><tr><td>Leonard S. Levy</td><td>'13</td></tr><tr><td>John Cobbs</td><td>'29</td></tr><tr><td>Russell Alexander</td><td>'30</td></tr><tr><td>Juanita C. Thomas</td><td>'32</td></tr><tr><td>Helen Johnson Collins</td><td>'34</td></tr><tr><td>Mattie Baskin</td><td>'40</td></tr><tr><td>Juanita Morrow</td><td>'41</td></tr><tr><td>Evelyn Harris</td><td>'43</td></tr></table>

Dear Friend:

It is a matter of great pride to every graduate of Central High School, the oldest high school west of the Alleghenies, that it has reached its hundredth birthday. This is the appropriate time to pay our respects once more to our Alma Mater, to recall the old school days, to hunt up old school pictures and keepsakes, to remember the faces of classmates and teachers, to get together again and relive for a short time, the days of our youth.

After several meetings of the Centennial Committee, it was proposed to arrange an Alumni Night on which we should have a get-together, and have our own kind of good time.

Time : The evening of Friday, May 10, 1946

Place : The new Central High School, 2225 E. 40 Street

Guests : Alumni and friends

Some of you may wish that our reunion might be held in the old building on East 55 Street. Unfortunately, alterations in recent years make it impossible for us to conduct a satisfactory meeting there. Moreover, the present home of Central is the most modern school building in Cleveland, and one which every former student will want to see.

The Committee needs one or more representatives in each class to inform and interest the others. Will you please help in rounding up your class? Lists of classes are available in the high school office. Ask your classmates to watch the newspapers and listen to the radio for further information.

We should like a report of progress by April 1. Will you please fill out and return the enclosed postcard, or, if you prefer, telephone me at FA. 6183.

Very truly yours

Gertrude Allison Alexander, Chairman

March 28, 1946

Dear Miss Chestnutt:

It will certainly be a very great pleasure for
me to come to the One Hundredth Anniversary of Central,
and amount proffered by the committee is certainly ade-
quate to cover my expenses from New York.

I have been asked to appear at an assembly at
East High School the day before, and also to do a
radio interview for the Urban League, which I shall
be happy to do. I trust the alumni committee will
have no objection to my making these extra appearances.

I am enclosing for you the addresses of the few
Central alumni that I have at hand so that they may be
notified of our anniversary celebration.

I hope to see you, then, in May, in case I do not
see you on the 31st when I shall be in town for but a
few hours.

With all good wishes to you, I am

Sincerely yours,

Miss Helen Chestnutt
10829 Morison Avenue
Cleveland 8, Ohio

Enclosure

Miss Helen Chesnutt,
10829 Morison Avenue,
Cheweland, Ohio.

POEM AS NEW WRITTEN IS BETWEEN FIFTY FIVE AND SIXTY LITTLE
SO YOU
SHORT LINES IN NINE VERSES MUST ALSO LEAVE ROOM FOR
EIGHT SPACES BETWEEN VERSES. DOUBLED SPACED IT NOW TAKES
TWO FULL TYPEWRITTEN PAGES. WILL MAIL TO YOU TOMORROW AS
IT STILL NEEDS POLISHING. SORRY TO BE SO LONG.

L. H.