Kokomo High School - Sargasso Yearbook (Kokomo, IN)

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LT. COL. CH EST ER HILL MAJOR FORREST L. ROE LIEUT, J. ALFRED CAMPBELL CAPT. CLARENCE LAYMON ag I8 Some Counselors of K. H. S. Several of lhese counselors are warriors, I dis- covered. Some of lhem are Tighling on land and some are fighling on +he big sea wafers. The drums of war were lirsl heard here four years ago when Mr. Chesler l-lill and Mr. Forresl Roe lei? wi+h The Nalional Guard. Mr. Hill was direcfor of alh- lelics in lhe Kokomo Public Schools: now a lieufenanl- colonel in lhe Air Forces, he has a responsible posi- lion inspecling camps in The Soulhern slales. Known especially for his in+eres+ in frack, he eslablished The now-famous Kokomo Relays, one of lhe biggesl high- school frack meeis in The counlry. Mr. Roe lelil school +o parlicipale in World War I, relurned, gradualed from This high school, and laler Jraughl in The Social Science Deparlrmenl. Now Major Roe is in Jrhe lhick oi The fighfing wi+h The Field Arlil- lery in lhe Philippines. Anolher Teacher now on leave is Mr. Allred Campbell, known To all as Peedad. The menlor ol several baskelball Teams, he lefl in I942 for 'rhe Navy. l-laving seen ac+ive service in +he Allanlic Ocean, L+. Campbell is now Securily Officer al lhe U. S. Naval Training and Disfribulion Cenler, Shoemaker, Cali- iornia. Noi long aliler, Mr. Clarence Laymon leil' his biology classes lo join Jrhe Army. When las+ reporl- ed, Caplain Laymon was in India expecfing 'F3r+he' orders.

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and Their Helpers Work for Schools Since The War Mr. QC. E. I-Iinshaw has had added duTies ThrusT upon his capable shoulders. Running a high school during war Time wiTh a shorTage of all necessary maTeriaI excepT pupils -and There is a shrinkage oT even ThaT now, due To The need oT The GreaT WhiTe FaTher in WashingTon and The Iure oT The Wampum Trom The TacTory -is cerTainIy no mean Taslc. To aid him in solving The complex problems arising Trom such siTuaTions, he aslced The Teachers To eIecT Tive of Their num- ber To serve as an fXdminisTraTive Council. Miss Neva Bourne. secreTary To Mr. I-Iinshaw, has charge oT The high-school records, acTiviTy Tunds, and reporTs. In charge oT aTTendance is Miss DoroThy Shockley. Mrs. Lelah LouTh, whose oTTice is in I I6, is The CiTy aTTendance oTTicer. To her Tirm yeT undersTanding manner goes much oT The crediT Tor The com- paraTiveIy Iow raTe oT Truancy in The schools. UPPER LEFT: Miss MargareT Bolen is The recepTionisT in Mr. HaworTh's oTTice. LOWER LEFT: The AcIminisTraTive Council, composed of Miss Es+eIIa G. Pearce, Mr. C. E. Hinshaw, Miss Helen Ross, Mr. Russell BraTTon, Mr. J. P. Jones, and Mr. Lee Dixon, discusses The eighTh period. UPPER RIGHT: Miss Dorofhy Shoclrley and Miss Neva Bourne check The Senior IisT. LOWER RIGHT: Mrs. Lelah LouTh, aTTendance officer, discusses her cIuTies. ev:--... sm..f-....,.-- 1-rM T + T'

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Have Gone to War Mr. Kenne+h Crook. who +augh+ boys' classes in heal+h, is ye+ ano+her +acul+y member on leave +or +he dura+ion. A+ presen+ L+. Croolc is s+a+ioned a+ For+ Sill, Oklahoma. A+ abou+ +he same +ime, Mr. William T. Smi+h, +eacher o+ physical +raining and baseball coach, le++ +o serve wi+h +he Army Air Force. A+ presen+ Cap+ain Smi+h is a+ Waco, Texas. Ano+her popular +eacher who le++ was Mr. George C. Dunbar. Leaving here +o +each commer- cial work +o a Navy uni+ a+ Miami Universi+y, Ohio, he +hen ioined +he Sea-Bees. Now George C. Dunbar, SK Ifc is s+a+ioned in Oakland, Cali+ornia. The Commercial Depar+men+ los+ s+ill ano+her good member when Mr. George Reno le++ +or Grea+ Lakes Training Cen+er. Now George Reno SK Ifc is on +he ship Lacer+a. Almos+ +wo years ago Mr. C. C. Les+er ioined +he Navy. The second member o+ +he Social Science Depar+men+ in +he war, C. C. Les+er, S. P. A. 3fc is in rehabili+a+ion worlc in Long Beach, Cali+orina. Flung across +he globe, +hese nine warriors are +enderly missed by everyone +rom +he chiefs +o +he braves and maidens. They are all eagerly awai+ing +he +ime when +he calume+ will be smolced again and +he warriors will be home once more. LIEUT. KENNETH CROOK CAPT. WILLIAM SMITH SK lfc GEORGE C. DUNBAR SK I,v'c GEORGE B. RENO s .P. my axe ci-IARLES c. LESTER