Demotte High School - Keen Keener Yearbook (Demotte, IN)

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“Now Tommy, Don ' t be so Stubborn! How Funny! “Whoa, Tommy! What a marble Game! What A He-Man! Jokes Mrs. May: John, what is a romance? John: I don’t know; I never had one. Mr. Jarrett: (In Science class) How was iron discov- ered? Marie: I heard Pa say they smeit it. Susie: I can’t study for these Sophomore boys! Mr. Lammey: You had better be studying for yourself anyhow. “Say, Walter, if you had five bucks in your pocket, what would you think?’ 1 Walter: I’d think I had somebody else’s pants on. Anna Mae: Now thafs a skyscraper. Anne: Gee, I’d like to see it wor - k. ? ? ? : Will you love me as much in chill December as in balmy June? Mr. Jarrett: More, darling. ? ? ? : How more? Mr. Jarrett: There’s one more day in December, isn’t here? Tommy: Why would I make a good tailor? Betty: I don ' t know. Why? Tommy: Because I’m such a good hand presser. May i I press yours?

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and when wo returned we could hear him mumbling to himself. Then we could tell by his voice that it was Hany. We came near to him and told him who we were. A tiny smile came upon his lips and then he told us his story. And no wonder he looked so downhearted. I e said he had made a small fortune and when people started going to Mars, he, too, decided o go. So he withdrew his money from the bank and on .he way home was robbed of all the money he had withdrawn. Fortunately, since he still had a few dol- lars at home, he still insisted on going to Mars and this he did. So we invited him to the boarding house where we were staying and he came willingly when he heard Tommy was also living there. We finally persuaded lim to go back to the United States and tiy things over again. Through him we also learned that he had planned to marry Angie DeHaan several years be- fore that time, but she had changed her mind and had loped with a wealthy merchant to Tampa, Florida. The next morning I decided that while I was up so high I would go still a little higher by means of a plane. It was several miles to the airport so I was taken there by auto. The pilot stepped out of the han- gar and instantly I recognized him as Fred Schwanke. He, of course, was pleased to take me still higher. T entered the plane and who should greet me as stewardess but Evelyn Anderson. They were happily mar- ried and were making a comfortable living. They told me they had a pair of twins, John and Joan, who were five years old. We went for a ride and this proved a very interesting trip. Soon I returned to my boarding house and prepared to go home the next morning. After bidding my dear friends adieu, I returned t o the place where I had first touched Mars. While I stood there puzzled and wondering what to do, I heard men talking behind me and when I looked around, there came Tommy and another man, whom I did not recognize. He introduced me to Kenneth Spurgeon. My, what a different man! He wore glasses and was very tall and wore a lieutenant ' s uniform. Tommy hold me Kenneth had just come that morning and was intending o visit only a few days, as I had done. I then asked Thomas how I could return. He took me to a little station a few miles away, tied a para- chute on my back, and took me to the edge of Mars. I looked down and oh, what a sight! Nothing but space. He said, “Ready?” I said, “I guess so,” an d with that he shoved me and I went tumbling down, down, down. My parachute soon opened and I was ' owly going to earth. When I landed, I was standing beside a small strea n in the country. I saw a house close by, so I went there to ask where I was. I rapped at the door and 1. y the laughter I heard from the inside I concluded that this certainly must be a happy family. The Mrs. came to the door and there I saw Ruth! She was still young and happy and cordially invited me in to the house. There, seated around the table, for it was just time for dinner, was her husband, John Miller, a wealthy gardener, and their two children, both robust and happy Room was made for me at the table and during the meal I told them of my wonderful experiences a t Mars. They told me I was, at present, in Illinois, but quite far from Chicago, the place from where I had left to go to Mars. Directly after dinner Mr. Mil- ler took me to a nearby railway station. That afternoon I boarded the train and started for home, eager to tell my husband of the pleasure I had had in meeting so many of my Senior classmates. Af ter traveling many miles we stopped in a small town. I saw a cafeteria, so I decided to eat, since I was quite hungry. While I was eating, I saw a man and a woman at a table close by. They both appeared very happy over something which was soon to take place. Then by their talk, I learned that they had been in vited to attend a large banquet, held in their honor, as he had just been appointed Secretary of State in the United States Cabinet. Since my husband was Vice President of the United States I was quite interested in knowing whom this man was. So I approached them and introduced myself and then, to my great surprise I learned that the woman was the former Anna De Vries. However, I could not stay with them to talk, so I invited them to come and visit me in Washington. I arrived at my home about 7 o ' clock the next morning. When I entered the house, my maid told me that a woman had been there to see me and she had ask ed her to return sometime that day. She did return and, yes, last but not least, I knew this to be Frances Ruisard. She told me, since she was making an ex- tensive tour through the United States, she was eager, to see me, as she happened to know my presents position. She was head of a style center in Paris and was very wealthy. After she left I went to my room to think over the many pleasant happenings of the past few days and I sincerely hope we shall all meet again. — Susie Bosnia.

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Class Will We, the Senior Class of 1936, composed of seventeen separate and distinct parts, living in and about the village of DeMotte, in Keener Township, County of Jasper, State of Indiana, being about to pass out of this sphere of education in full possession of crammed minds and super-human memories, do ordain, publish and declare this document as our last will and testament in form following: Paragraph I. We ask that all our debts and other expenses be paid as soon after our departure as can conveniently be done. Paragraph II. To our dear faculty we bequeath the perfect satisfaction that they must no longer con- tend with our whispering, throwing of paper wads and general commotion. Paragraph III. To our beloved principal, Mr. May, we bequeath the money that is left in our class treasury to pay his tuition in some good detective school, for we believe that a good detective will prove of great value in dealing with the classes that follow in our footsteps. Paragraph IV. We give and bequeath to our beloved sponsor, Mr. Ewart, our sincere affection, our deep- est reverence, our heartiest gratitude, and the whole unlimited wealth of our eternal memory. In an at- tempt at partial payment for all that he has done for us during our long years at DeMotte High, we make over to him, here and now, a heavy mortgage on our future in the Great Unknown beyond. It shall be his to watch every step of our upward and onward flitting — to note each trial, each attempt, each victory, each success and honor that we may achieve in the arena of the world — and to accept for himself as in- terest on our deathless debt, every ounce of the praise, every iota of the honor, knowing that it is all due to his faithful instructions. Paragraph V. We give and bequeath to Mr. Llewellyn the perfect satisfaction that he must no longer listen to our futile attempts to scan English poetry, and our thanks and gratitude for strting us into high school right as our Freshman Class Sponsor. Paragraph VI. We give and bequeath to Mrs. Brenton and Mi-. Lammey the profound admiration and ever-enduring friendship of the class of ’36, in individual as well as collective manifestation. Paragraph VII The following may seem but trifling bequests, but we hope they may be accepted, not as worthless things lavishly thrown away because we can no longer keep them, but as valuable assets to those who may receive them and a continued reminder of the generosity of heart displayed in our free and full bestowal : 1st. — Thomas Abbring wills his height to Eleanor Middelkamp. We hope she will have high ideals. 2nd. — Evelyn Anderson wills her Swedish name to ’earl Van Stedum. May she never disgrace the good name. 3rd. — Paul Bauman wills his ability to play the saxaphone to Daniel Walstra. We hope he collects no alarm clock in practice. 4th. — Rosa Boersma wills her bookkeeping ability to Alma Borman. May she keep good account of her- self. 5th. — Angie Dellaan wills her ability as a school teacher to Alfred Rice. May he teach the Golden Rule. 6th. — Anna DeVries wills her giggles to Charlotte Punter. We hope the laugh isn’t on her. 7th. — Ruth DeVries wills her ability to charm sophomore boys to Betty Lageveen. We request that she use it with discretion. 8th. — Hai ' ry DeYoung wills his basketball ability to Eddie DeVries. May he uphold DeMotte’s basket-