LAURA BREYERS was seven years old and headed, with her
parents and three brothers, for a new life in America when her father lifted
her from the bed she shared with her youngest brother, wrapped her in a
blanket, placed her in some strange woman's arms and, with a kiss, reminded
her to "Be a good girl." She never saw him again, but she did
watch and never forgot the sight of him and more than 1500 others go down
on the Titanic. She and her mother and brothers survived to settle in Dayton.
Miss Breyers death, late last year, left only Eva Hart to remember the
events of that legendary night, since the other seven survivors were too
young to know what was happening then or have since forgotten the details
of that tragoc night in the North Atlantic. Members of the Class of 1921 should send their contributions
to the Cliff Notes by old-fashioned mail to the Cliff
College Alumni/ae Office, or, by email, to: alums21@zapnet.com
Miss Breyers is well-remembered by her classmates, though. When contacted
at the Mary and Martha Convalescent Home, REGGIE TURNER recalled that, "Laura
was the bravest girl I knew. We always figured that that Titanic thing
gave her all kinds of nerve no other girl we knew had." And MORRIS
CAMDEN told us that, "Laurie was the only girl I ever knew of to get
drunk and jump of the Cliff Tower just like one of the boys."
Miss Breyers leaves no survivors, having never married, but we will all
mourn her passing.