Basil Rathbone Visited Speech Class

Who knew that in about 1956, star of film, Broadway, and TV, Basil Rathbone met with Miss Ruby Krider’s speech class at Grove High? The afternoon before his performance at the City Auditorium, he made an appearance in the small speech studio on “The Hill”. We were totally intimidated by him and I only remember his aloof demeanor, his aristocratic accent, and his dislike of former President Harry Truman. Submitted by Ray Harding.