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| Helen Korngold Senior Photo 1919 Hatchet Yearbook for Washington University |
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| Helen was on the girl's Hockey team as goal |
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| Helen's Junior year Hockey team photo |
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| Helen was a member of the Deutsher Verein Club at Washington University |
Monday 9
Junior – Senior Luncheon. May Day Rehearsal.
Tuesday 10
May Day
Wednesday 11
Pilgrimage. Geology Luncheon. Fixed up my clothes – got some new dresses – my white is simply beautiful.
Thursday 12
Commencement – it was wonderful, but oh, so hot. Commencement Luncheon – home. Satellites Banquet at Elks – Went with Bill Weiser. After a marvelous time – Clara Marx, Hymen Stein, Bill & I went joy riding! Swell.
Friday 13
All tired out – slept all afternoon.
Saturday 14
East St Louis – not much success
Sunday 15
Valley Park with Clarence Hirsch. Swimming in morning – canoeing in afternoon – canoeing, dancing & talking in evening. Had a wonderful time, but all tired out.
Notes:
June 10
May Day celebrations were finally held, delayed because of the weather.
June 11
The Pilgrimage was one of the annual Senior Graduation week activities at Washington University.
White embroidered dresses were all the rage.
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| St. Louis Star ad, June 13, 1919 |
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| June 12, 1919 St. Louis Post-Dispatch story |
According to the 1919 Washington University Record, the commencement took place at 10 o'clock in Francis Auditorium. A procession formed at Graham Memorial Chapel and proceeded to the auditorium. Helen was one of 71 graduates to receive a Bachelor of Arts.
William Joseph Wieser, born May 18, 1898 in St. Louis, appears on the 1917 St. Louis City Directory as a student residing on Eaton Ave. with his father Eugene whose business was ‘hardware.’ His WWI Draft Registration shows he was a student at St. Louis University, born May 20, 1888, and that he was short, of medium build with brown hair and eyes. The 1920 St. Louis Census shows his father was German, born in Austria, 63 years old, and was a retail merchant in hardware, married to Hattie, age 63, of German descent. Their son William J., age 21, worked as a bookkeeper in the telephone office. The 1910 St. Louis Census shows a daughter Rose, age 21, born in Illinois. Also living with them was Julia Levine, mother-in-law, was aged 86.
The 1930 St. Louis Census shows William was the head of household, working in collections, and living with his 76-year-old widowed mother and divorced sister Rose Lachman who was working as a commercial secretary. William shows up in the 1940 City directory married to Elizabeth and working as an inspector. William died on February 24, 1984, in Los Angeles, CA.
Hyman Stein could be one of several possible appearing in St. Louis records. One was born in England and was a porter for a printing company in 1930, married to Bertha and father to 4-year-old Sarah. Hyman G. Stein was born in Georgia in 1895 and shows up in the 1930 St. Louis City Directory and Census as a lawyer. He died in 1962 in MO. Another is buried in B’nai Amoona cemetery, born October 1898 and died in January of 1978.
June 15
Valley Park was a summer resort on the Meramec River at the southern boundary of St. Louis. It offered outdoor activities including swimming, horseback riding, paddling, and fishing. There were 88 trains a day bringing people to the resort at the time of Helen’s diary but was a day trip for automobiliers in St. Louis.
Helen's senior photo notes she was on the rowing team.
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| June 1919 story on women's bathing costumes |
Clarence Hirsch could be one of several people in the St. Louis records.
Clarence son of Arthur, who was a salesman, was a clerk on the 1915 St. Louis City Directory. Clarence Adoph was the V.P. of Hirsch Distilling Co. on the 1919 City Directory, while Clarence E. appears as V.P. of Hirsch Co.
Clarence Hirsch on the 1920 St Louis Census lived with his widowed mother Sarah and family and worked as a salesman in ready-to-wear. He was 20 years old. His WWI draft card shows he was born in Tennessee in September 1896 and was of medium height and build with brown eyes and dark hair. The 1910 St Louis Census shows him living with his father Bernard, who was a merchant of shoes. Bernard was of Austrian German heritage who immigrated to America in 1880. Clarence died in Oct 1977 in St Louis.
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Uncle Wiggly characters were introduced to children in a coloring contest in the St. Louis Star on June 13, 1919.
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