1930s Yearbook Art Editors

1938 Mary Cole and 1938 Carl Hansel

July 2022

1938 Mary Cole and 1938 Carl Hansel
The 1938 Faculty Sketch by Mary Cole

The 1938 Parent Sketch by Karl Hansel


 

Mary Cole - 1938

1938 Yearbook Art Editor - Mary Cole
1938 Yearbook Art Editor - Mary Cole

Mary Cole was the only daughter of Asa and Agnes (Dunn) Cole. She had three brothers, Herbert IHS 1933, Andrew IHS 1942, and Asa Ward Cole IHS 1941.

The Utica Daily Press reported on the art work in the 1938 Mirror. "Caricatures of various members of the faculty are among features which also include pictures of the Board of Education, the faculty and various student activities. Drawings by the staff artists, Mary Cole and Carl Hansel are the best presented in recent years, according to school officials, while student activities are described on several pages."

The seventh page of the 1938 Yearbook contained Mary Cole's Mirror drawing and is featured in this month's cover story image. Her senior yearbook caption centered on her artistic talents.

Mary comes - the paper's bare,
Look again - a picture's there.

Page 46 of the 1938 Yearbook contains the Sports sketch.

1938 Yearbook Art Editor - Mary Cole Sports Sketch
Sports Sketch by Mary Cole

Page 7 of the 1938 Yearbook contains the featured cover example of Mary Cole's art work.

1938 Yearbook Art Editor - Mary Cole Faculty Sketch

Page 31 of the 1938 Yearbook contains another example of Mary Cole's art work.

1938 Yearbook Art Editor - Mary Cole Activities Sketch

 

The Ilion Public Library featured Mary's art work in November 1936 . The Observer Dispatch reported on November 23, 1936 that "... drawings will be on display at Ilion Public Library this week. They are the work of Mary Cole, a 15-year-old girl of unusual, almost extraordinary, talent. ...Included in the 11 specimens is a full-sized copy of "The Lord's Supper." It was drawn with an ordinary artist's pencil and required several months to complete. Not only is it a faithful reproduction of the original, but it is marked with a delicacy of shading and completeness of detail not expected in so young an artist."

Mary participated in many art contests while she was a student at Ilion. The Observer Dispatch reported on May 21, 1939 that "Three students, Mary Cole, Ilion High School; Robert Crossway, North St. School, and Glenn Morgan, West Hill School, emerged winners in the annual poppy poster contest sponsored by American Legion Auxiliary ...Miss Cole has taken part in several contests and has never failed to win a prize. Her pencil drawing of The Lord's supper, done as a high school freshman, attracted wide attention and received considerable publicity. She will major in art at college."

1938 Yearbook Art Editor - Mary Cole - Annunciation - Ave Maria Church Painting
Painting by Mary Cole of the Ilion Annunciation - Ave Maria Church on West Main Street
Photograph courtesy of Mary Fitzer Morse IHS 1970

 

During the summer of 1938 Mary studied art under Prof. George Hess and Prof. Ruth Lee at the College of Fine Arts, Syracuse University. Mary attended the School of Fine Arts, Syracuse University for three years.

 

 Mary Cole - Joins WAAC
Mary Cole Joins WAAC
Albany Times Union 1942 - 9204.pdf December 1942

 

Mary enlisted in the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) in September, 1942. She was the first Ilion woman to do so. Miss Cole enlisted in mid-summer shortly after the WAAC was formed. She was sworn in in September and called to duty in December. Miss Cole asked for duty as a photographic technician where she could utilize her natural artistic ability to good advantage. She served two years in Washington and was later stationed at the Philadelphia Ordnance Depot.

World War II

The entire Cole family was featured in The Utica Observer Dispatch on January 31, 1943 with the headline "Cole Family of Ilion Serves 100 Per Cent for Uncle Sam". The three sons and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Asa Cole, 26 Armory, are in the Army now. Technical Sergt. Andrew Cole, of the Air Corps, was in foreign service. He enlisted in July, 1939. First Lieut. Herbert Cole, was commanding officer of a Signal Corps company. He has served for more than three years, and earned his commission by promotion from enlisted ranks. Pvt. Ward Cole was the last of the group to leave. He was sworn in January 1943.

"To say that Ma and Pa Cole are proud of their four service stars is to put it mildly. The four Coles are undoubtedly one of the reasons why Ilion was the first town in New York State to win the Treasury's "T" flag for war bond subscriptions."

 Mary Cole - Cole Family of Ilion Serves 100 Per Cent for Uncle Sam
Cole Family of Ilion Serves 100 Per Cent for Uncle Sam
Utica Observer Dispatch January 1943

 

Lt. Mary A. Cole, WAC, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Asa C. Cole, 36 Armory, became the bride of Sgt. Richard A. Carroll, AAF, son of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred W Carroll Buffalo, at a nuptial Mass in the Church of the Annunciation, July 17, 1945, with the. Rev. Daniel Horan officiating. The couple left on a wedding trip, after which Sgt. Carroll reported to Camp Dix for reassignment and his wife returned to the Philadelphia Ordnance Depot. Sgt. Carroll was a graduate of Amherst Central High School, Buffalo, and also attended the School of Fine Arts, Syracuse University.

 

Post World War II

After the war, Mary settled in East Aurora. NY. Two of her children also showed artistic talent. Her daughter, Betsy Carroll Smith, recently paid tribute to her mother on her own Facebook page. Mary's son, Mark Carroll, is also a full-time artist. In an interview, Mark Carroll described how he came to pursue an artistic career.

"I come from a family of artists. My father, Richard, was a wood and stone carver, my mother, Mary, a landscape and portrait oil painter. I grew up watching my parents and their artist friends creating art. We lived in East Aurora and were surrounded by renowned regional Western New Your artists. It instilled in me an appreciation for the value of a life spent creating art."

"I majored in art in High School and at S.U.C. Buffalo. Later, I returned to college to become certified in Art Education. After teaching high school art for 8 years, I deciding to take the plunge and make creating sculpture a full-time job."

 

Architect Brother - Ward Cole

 

Ward Cole - Architect - 378 Second St. Ilion, NY
Ward Cole - Architect - 378 Second St. Ilion, NY

Mary's brother, Asa Ward Cole, fulfilled his artistic leaning by earning his New York State license to practice as an architect. In 1957, he left Ilion, to accept a position with a California firm.

"...before leaving, he took a final look at an Ilion ranch home, the first house designed and built with specifications he had drawn.

The house is the new home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Travis on 378 Second St. Extension. Ward had become so interested in completion of the home that he personally worked on the shrubbery."

Sadly, Charles Travis, 1938 Class President and classmate of Mary Cole, died at the age of 37 in November of 1957, and did not get to enjoy his new home for very long.

Mary's mother, a registered nurse, passed away in 1964. She was predeceased by her husband. She was buried in Church Street Cemetery, Little Falls, NY.

 


 

Carl Hansel - 1938

1938 Yearbook Art Editor - Carl Hansel
1938 Yearbook Art Editor - Carl Hansel

 

Carl Hansel was born on May 15, 1919, in Germany, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Hansel. The family immigrated to the United States, in 1925, to live in Ilion. He had a brother, Paul Herbert Hansel, IHS 1943. He also had a sister, Annemarie K. Hansel. Annemarie was a member of the class of 1939 but she received her high school diploma from Ilion High School in 1946. She had left school, for a period of time in wartime, to work at Remington Rand. She enlisted in the United States Navy, Waves, in 1943. She was stationed in Boston, Mass., in the Hospital Corps and was honorably discharged in 1945.

 

Page 4 of the 1938 Yearbook contains another example of Carl Hansel's art work.

1938 Yearbook Art Editor - Carl Hansel - The Mirror of 1938 Dedication

 

The Utica Daily Press reported on the art work in the 1938 Mirror. "Caricatures of various members of the faculty are among features which also include pictures of the Board of Education, the faculty and various student activities. Drawings by the staff artists, Mary Cole and Carl Hansel are the best presented in recent years, according to school officials, while student activities are described on several pages."

 

Post High School

Carl was employed as a draftsman in the engineering department of Remington Rand, Plant 2. He married his 1938 fellow classmate, Virginia Helen Dorn, on October 17, 1942, in Ilion. Following their honeymoon, they lived at 60 W. Main St, Mohawk. They later made their home at 175 Second St. Ilion. During World War II, he served as a Corporal in the army.

Ilion Sentinel - Carl Hansel - Three Ilion boys met in Italy
Three Ilion boys met in Italy
Three Ilion boys met in Italy and hold an old time re-union. From left to right is Cpl. Carl Hansel of 175 Second St, T Sgt. Walter E. Walrath of Fifth Ave, and S/Sgt. Keith C. Cormia of Barringer Road.

Carl Hanson died on July 25, 1990, in Newtown, Fairfield, Connecticut, at the age of 71.

 


Related Sources

Fultonhistory.com Newspaper Archive References:

Utica NY Observer 1936 - 8748.pdf November 23, 1936 - Ilion High Girl Displays Unusual Talent as Artist
Utica NY Observer 1938 - 4538.pdf June 15, 1938 - Ilion High School Yearbook Is Issued
Illion NY Sentinel 1938-1940 - 0196.pdf August 18, 1938 - Contest winner
Utica NY Observer 1939 - 3481.PDF May 2l, 1939 - Ilion Students Posters Entered in County Meet
Illion NY Sentinel 1941-1943 - 0787.pdf October 22, 1942 - Miss Virginia Dorn Wed Carl Hansel
Albany NY Times Union 1942 - 9204.pdf December 30, 1942 - Leave Today for WAAC Training
Utica NY Observer 1943 - 0676.pdf January 3l, 1943 - Cole Family of Ilion Serves 100 Per Cent for Uncle Sam
Bath NY Steuben Adocate and Keuka Grape Belt 1943 - 0149.pdf February 1943 - Cole Family of Ilion Serves 100 Per Cent for Uncle Sam
Illion NY Sentinel 1941-1943 - 0190.pdf August 3l, 1941 - Three Ilion boys met in Italy
Illion NY Sentinel 1944-1946 (1) - 0598.pdf July 19, 1945 - Weddings CARROLL - COLE
Herkimer NY Evening Telegram 1957 02474.pdf Oct 16, 1957 - Cole, Ilion Architect Takes California Post
Herkimer NY Evening Telegram 1957 02751.pdf Nov 15, 1957 - Retired USAF Officer Dies - Charles Travis
Herkimer NY Evening Telegram 1957 02751.pdf July 23, 2008 - Asa Ward Cole Obituary - www.legacy.com Officer Dies - Charles Travis

Other References:


CPL Asa Ward Cole Sacramento Valley National Cemetery www.findagrave.com
Life Summary of Carl Hansel - ancestors.familysearch.org
Annemarie K. Hansel Obituary Nov. 14, 2018 - www.newtownbee.com
Paul Herbert Hansel Obituary Feb. 9, 2012 - www.vtcng.com


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