Kokomo High School - Sargasso Yearbook (Kokomo, IN)

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People Who Stand at the Crossmaak Death is a common companion for the U.S. troops fighting in the iungles of South Vietnam. Floods in parts of Italy brought American student rescue teams to the scene, Trying to dig out flood-ravaged cities in the area. The space program slows its pace with the unex- pected loss of astronauts Grissom, White and Chatfe in a fiash fire. l is

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owner KHS PTZOHCZLDGZ ies In The quiei' aTmosphere of home Mr. and Mrs, Farmer shared cherished experiences. KHS IosT a dear friend wiTh The deaTh of Mr. Oscar Former on March 23. lvlr. Former reTired as principal of Kokomo High School in June, IQ64, aTTer a career of 48 years in The Tield of educaTion. He became ill in July of I966 and underwenT surgery in The Cleveland Clinic, laTer experiencing a remarkable Temporary recovery. He began his Teaching aTTer aTTending Marion Nor- mal InsTiTuTe. LaTer he aTTended Earlham College and Indiana UniversiTy, obTaining his AB. and MS de- grees Trom IU. ATTer Teaching aT The Burns School, he TaughT aT New London and Fairheld, Then he came To The Kokomo sysTem, sTarTing in IQQI as a Teacher aT The Willard School, ATTer Tive years aT Willard, The lasT Two as principal, he became principal aT Riley School and held ThaT posT Tor Three years. He was made principal aT RooseveIT School in I93O, serving in ThaT capacify IO years. In I9-40 he became princi- pal oT WashingTon Junior High School and held ThaT posT unTil his appoinTmenT as KHS principal in I95I. Thus all his Teaching and adminisTraTive career was spenT in Howard CounTy. When he Took over Trom Clarence E, Hinshaw as principal aT KHS, The high school had an enrollmenT of I,849, Today KHS is one of The largesT high schools in Indiana. ThroughouT his life Mr. Farmer was acTive in com- muniTy and church acTiviTies. He served as a member of The NaTional AssociaTion of Secondary School Prin- cipals, The NaTional EducaTion Associanon, and a member of The CourTIand Avenue Friends Church board of Trusfees. 23