Kendallville High School - Kay Aitch Ess Yearbook (Kendallville, IN)

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SENIOR CLASS HISTORY In The Tall oT l94O, The class oT '45, which Then consisTed oT 94 eighT-graders, Toolc Their place in The IiTTIe assembly oT The high school building. We learned quick- Iy, and were soon able, aTTer a Tew Trials and errors, To Tind The way around The build- ing. Following The example oT The classes above us, we organized in a business-Iilce manner. Our sponsor was Mrs. Kimmell and we elecTed as oTTicers Bob Ivey, presi- denT: Flarold Uhl, vice-presidenTg Jay Randol, secreTaryg and Leo Waller, Treasurer. In our Treshman year, 30 newcomers Trom SouTh MiITord, Wayne CenTer, and LuTheran School were added To our group. We chose Leo Waller To lead us Through The green. Jay Randol and Nancy Baughman served as The supporTing sTaTT and Miss Power was our sponsor. AT a class meeTing we chose red and silver as our class colors and The carnaTion as our Tlower. NexT year we moved To The big asembly and soon became a real parT oT The place. This year our class, now numbering 75, was under The guidance oT Miss Good- win and we choose as our oTTicers Jay Randol, presidenTg Fred I-Iaskins, vice-presidenTg and Richard Delp, secreTary-Treasurer. Around ChrisTmas Time, we received our class sweaTers. They were Icelly green wiTh whiTe K's on Them. For our class parTy we had a hay ride wiTh reTreshmenTs and dancing in The IiTTIe gym aTTerwards. ATTer eIecTing Don Deibele, presidenTq Nadine Young, vice-presidenTg Arlene Yeagley, secreTary7 and Nancy Baughman, Treasurer: we sTarTed our mosT exciTing year Thus Tar under The leadership oT our sponsor, Miss Fminger. In December we received our class rings which are The besT-looking rings in some Time. In order To raise more money To meeT The expenses which every Junior class musT Tace, we under- Toolc The sale oT ChrisTmas cards and magazine subscripTions. The climax oT our iunior year was The Junior-Senior banqueT, where we enTerTained The class oT I944. We had as our Theme The Lazy-K Ranch. And now we come To The lasT buT cerTainIy noT IeasT, The senior year. AT an exciTing poliTicaI convenTion held in The audiTorium, we again elecTed Don Deibele as senior class presidenT. The oTher oTTicers were Nancy Baughman, vice-presidenT: Arlene Yeagley, secreTaryg and Bud Delp, Treasurer. Miss STephens, our well-liked sponsor, deserves much crediT Tor her worlc in our behaIT. SomeTime IaTer we chose Fred I-Iaslqins as ediTor-in-chieT and I-larold Uhl as business-manager oT The annual. In The Tall some oT The class ordered new sweaTers. They were,oId-golcl wiTh red K's and red 45's. Our only class play, The I-Ioosier SchooImasTer, was presenTed To The public on February 27 and was a compIeTe success-also a IoT oT Tun. In The nighT oT April 25, our parenTs were our guesTs aT a desserT held in The IiTTIe gym. The gym was decoraTed as iT was aT our Junior-Senior banqueT oT The pasT year. We began To realize ThaT our school year was abouT ended when we ordered our an- nouncemenTs and name-cards. Yes, The long awaiTed Time has come, all Too soon. These have been wonderTuI years and may The classes To come enioy Them as we have. Page Nineteen

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SENIORS ROBERTA WHITEORD Spolliglwl, G. R., Senior Play, G. A. A. ARLENE YEAGLEY G. A. A., Wig and Painf, G. R., Class Secre+ary '43-'45, Lelawala, Annual Sfalf, Senior Play. NADINE JO ANNE YOUNG G. A. A., G. R., Wig ancl Painl, Lela- wala, Class Vice-Pres. '43-'44, Spolliglwl, Annual Slafl. SENIOR CLASS OFFICERS Presiclenr ,,,.,,,..... ....,..,........ D on Deibele Vice-Presidenl ..,.,.. ,,,.,,. N ancy Bauglwrnan Secrelary .,..... Arlene Yeagley Treasurer ..,...... Richard Delp Sponsor .,.., Miss Sleplwens Colors . ..... Red and Silver Flower ., .,,,,,,.,., Carnalion Poge Eighteen

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SENIOR CLASS PROPHECY Pardon me, is Miss Krueger in? Yes, buf she is busy righl now. Would you-Connie! I-low are you? Mar'rha Engle! I didn'I know you worked here. I haven'I seen you since rhe day we gradualed len years ago. Yes, I've worked here several years. I-Iere comes I-Iermonia now. Why if i'r isn'+ Connie I-Iaufil I Ihoughi you were in Chicago for your concerl Ihis week. I-lello, I-Iermonia, I do sing Jronighi, buf I decided I would fly up 'Io New York in my helicopler and gel my hair slyled al' your sI'udio. I didn'I know Marlha worked here. Why yes. Come on in, won'+ you? There is anolher '45er working here. You remember Elsie Slen'rz? Does she? ThaI's nice. Since we're Ialking aboul old classmaies, did you know Ihal Gunilda Gulslein is my new accompanied? i 'I'ha'r's fine. I-low would wou like your hair s'ryIed? Did you see Mary Louise Parker's lasl piclure, Spring Is Here? I liked her ha'r arrangernenlf' All righl, please sil here. Would you Iike a magazine 'I'o read? Here is The I-Iope by Bud Delp. I-Iis Iop ariisl is Sue Sellers. Or would you like a comic book? You know Charles Knoll is 'raking Wall Disney's place. I see by +his arlicle Jack Duve finally has made a non-slop flighl across Deibele Creek wiih I-Iarold Uhl as co-piIoI. Since we are discussing our class of '45, did you hear Nadine Young is in I-Iollywood designing gowns and Arlene Yeagley is designing hals Io go wirh The gowns. Oh, yes, and Cleon Houck is presidenf of +he Tool and Die Faclory +ha+ his Ialher slarled in Soufh Milford aboul a year before we gradualed. Also James Bry- anl is a professor al Purdue wilh Jack Norfh, Paul Beiswanger, and Harold Siraler on his s'raIiI. LasI week in The newspaper I read aboul Charlolle I-Iarsha and Phyllis Rulan and The missionary work lhey are doing in India. I was ro 'rhe Nafional League baseball game yeslerday and saw Don Deibele as pilcher and Jay Randol as 'rhe calcher for Ihe Cardinals. Isn'+ if lun Ialking aboul old school males? When I was singing al +he canlreen, I saw Rubymae Philips enlerraining some of 'rhe boys of Jrhe sianding army al Indi- anapolis. Also Lois Davidson was Ihere doing a swell iob of 'rap dancing. Page Twenty