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

Text from Pages 1 - 90 of the 1942 volume:

Keen Keenest i942 VOLUME VII PnbliAhe by the Seniasi GIgAA he Matte eMiyh £ cheat tf-oJteut id This Keen Keener of 1942 is publish- ed so that our parents and friends may see into the activities of our Public High School at DeMotte. tio+l We, The Senior Class of 1942, dedi- cate this Keen Keener to the memory of Howard “Bud” Rowen. Page Two Schao-l acuity MR. ALFRED EW ART — Principal, Social Studies, I.S.T.C., B.S. and M.S. MISS MARTHA KEEVER — Music, Home Ec., Manchester College. B.S. in Music Education, Junior Sponsor. MR. CHARLES STEPHENS — Commerce, Physical Education, B.S. Ball State Teachers College, Senior Sponsor. MRS. DOROTHY M. FLICK — English, Latin and Library., A.B. Indiana State Teachers College, Seventh Grade Sponsor. MR. ROGER Q. DOIFNING — Mathematics, Physics, Indiana University, A. B., M. A., Sophomore Sponsor. MRS. MARY KESSIN GER — Sixth Grade, I.S.T.C., B.S.T.B., Valparaiso U. MISS. FRANCES SMITH— BJS I.S.T.C., First Grade. MRS. MARTHA MOSIER — Third Grade, Central College, Pella, Iowa. MR. WILLIAM ELY — Agr:., Sc: nee, N.D. Agri. College, Purdae U., B. S., Freshman Sponsor. MRS. BEULAH HART — Second Grade, I.S.T.C., Valparaiso U. MRS. TRESA BOEZEMAN— Fourth Grade, Purdue U., I.S.T.C., Val- paraiso U. MRS. ANGIE E. RECKER — Fifth Grade.. Indiana State Teachers College. ScAocl Our school is growing. It now ranks as the second largest school in Jasper County, and its continued growth seems to be assured. Our growth has been accompanied by a greater offering of subjects that will more adequately erju ' p us in our struggle for success. 1 he Class of 1942 is proud to join the alumni ranks of DeMotte Hi� h School. Page Three QacuUif Sitting (left to right) — Mrs. Murphy, Mrs. Kessinger, Mr. Ewan, Mr. Stephens, Mrs. Boezeman, Miss Keever. Standing — Mrs. Mosier, Mrs. Flick, Mr. Ely, Mr. Downing, Mrs. Recker, Mrs. Hart, Miss Smith. 7 he. the Matte ctlicjh School SuhdUtuj, School SogaA Left to right — Dr. Robert Y. Oosten, Secretary; C. P. Curtin,, Presi- dent; Melvin Struble. Trustee Ivan Cheever was absent the day the pic- tures were taken. Page Four f( se i K.ee t i ' 42 SenioAA. ' 4-3. CHARLOTTE BARKER “Shorty” Chorus 1, 2 Etiquette Club 1 Foreign Corrs. Club 1 Paper Staff 3, 4 Annual Staff 4 MALCOLM BOEZEMAN “Bozie” Chorus 4 Athletic Club 2, 3 Class Pres’dent 3 Annual Staff 4 Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4 Football 4 Softball 1 Track 1, 2, 3, 4 EILEEN BAILEY “Lea” Chorus 1, 2, 3 Foreign Corrs. Club 1 Boosters Club 4 Class Vice-pres. 1 Paper Staff 3, 4 Annual Staff 4 MARVIN BERNARD “Barney” Chorus 1, 2, 3, 4 Band 1, 2, 3, 4 Etiquette Club 1 Athletic Club 1, 2, 3 Class President 4 Annual Staff 4 Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4 Football 3, 4 Softball 2 Track 1, 2, 3, 4 “Wild Oats Boy” “Aunt Susie Shoots the Works” MARI LOU CHEEVER “Louie” Chorus 1, 2, 3, 4 Band 1, 2, 3 Etiquette Club 1 Athletic Club 2 Paper Staff 3, 4 Annual Staff 4 “Wild Oats Boy” INEZ DE FRIES “Inie” Chorus 1, 2, 3, 4 Paper Staff 3, 4 Annual Staff 4 (Continued on Next Page) Page Five KENNETH DEFRIES “Kenny” Chorus 2, 3, 4 School paper 3 Annual Staff 4 Track 3, 4 “Wild Oats Boy” “Aunt Susie Shoots GOLDIE DEKOKER “DICK” Chorus 1, 2, 3 Annual Staff 4 Paper Staff 3, 4 Athletic Club 1 TILIAE DEKOKER “Matilda” Chorus 1, 2, 3, 4 Etiquette Club 1 Athletic Club 1, 2 Boosters Club 4 Paper Staff 3, 4 Annual Staff 4 SesuosiA ajf ' 4-3. GERTRUDE DYKSTRA “Gertie” Chorus 1, 2, 3, 4 Class Vice-pres. 4 Foreign Corrs. Club 1 Athletic Club 1, 2 Paper Staff 3, 4 the Works” Annual StafT-poem-4 LUCILLE HUDNALL “Lucy” Chorus 1, 2, 3, 4 Band 2, 3 Etiquette Club 1 Foreign Corrs. Club 1 Class Secretary 1, 3, 4 Paper Staff 3, 4 Annual Staff 4 “Wild Oats Boy” “Aunt Susie Shoots the Works” JEANNE HOFFMAN “Beaner” “Wild Oats Boy” “Aunt Susie Shoots the Works” Chorus 1, 2, 3, 4 Athletic Club 1, 2, 3 Boosters Club 4 Yell leader 1, 2, 3, 4 Etiquette 1, 2 (Continued on Next Page) Page Six SestiosiA. of ' 4-3. ANNE KLEIN BLOSSOM Chorus 1, 2, 3, 4 Athletic Club 1, 2, 3 Etiquette Club 1 Booster’s Club 4 “Wild Oats Boy” “Aunt Susie Shoot9 the Works” Foreign Corrs. Club 1, 2 MAURICE OLIVER “Mose” Paper Staff 3 Annual Staff 4 Basketball 2, 3, 4 Football 4 “Wild Oats Boy” RICHARD OSTING “Dick ” Chorus 1, 2, 3 Band 1, 2, 3, 4 Foreign Corrs. Club 1 Athletic Club 1, 2 Paper Staff 3 Annual Staff 4 Basketball 1, 2 Football 3, 4 MARTHA PRUIS “Mart” Chorus 1, 2, 3, 4 Etiquette Club 1 Athletic Club 1, 2, 3 Booster’s Club 4 Paper Staff 3, 4 Annual Staff 4 “Aunt Susie Shoots the Works” EDITH TYSEN “Edie” Chorus 1, 2, 3 Foreign Corrs. Club 1 Athletic Club 1 Paper Staff 3, 4 Annual Staff 4 ARTHUR SCHOONVELD “Art” Chorus 1, 2, 3. 4 Band 1, 2, 3, 4 Etiquette Club 1 Athletic Club 1, 2, 3 Class president 2 Student Council 1, 2 Paper Staff 3. 4 Annual Staff-Editor-4 Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4 Football 3, 4 Softball 1, 2 Track 1, 2, 3, 4 “Wild Oats Boy” “Aunt Susie Shoots the Works” (Continued on Next Page) Page Seven SeruosiA. ' 43 ESTHER RUISARD “Pauly” Chorus 1, 2, 3, 4 Band 1, 2, 3, 4 Etiquette Club 1 Foreign Corrs. Club 1, 2 Athletic Club 1 Boosters Club 4 Paper Staff 3 • Editor 4 Annual Staff-Ass. Ed. 4 “Wild Oats Boy” “Aunt Susie Shoots the Works” MARCELLA SCHWANKE “Sally” Chorus 1 Etiquette Club 1, 2 Foreign Corrs. Club 1 Paper Staff 3 Annual Staff 4 FRANCES WALSTRA “Franny” Chorus 1, 2, 3, 4 Etiquette Club 1 Athletic Club 1, 2 Paper Staff 3. 4 Annual Staff 4 “Aunt Susie Shoots the Works” ELIZABETH WOVDEMA “Lizzy” Chorus 1, 2 Etiquette Club 1 Foreign Corrs. Club 1 Paper Staff 3, 4 Annual Staff 4 JOHN VAN KLEY “Johnnie” Chorus 1, 2, 3, 4 Band 1, 2 Etiquette Club 1 Athletic Club 2 Class Treasurer 1, 4 Paper Staff 3 Annual Staff 4 Basketball 2 Track 1, 2, 3, 4, “Wild Oats Boy” JEANETTE VANDER PLOEG “Ploeg” Chorus 1 Foreign Corrs. Club 1, 2 Paper Staff 3, 4 Annual Staff 4 ‘Wild Oats Boy” “Aunt Susie Shoots the Works” FRED ZECK “Freddie” Chorus 1, 2, 3, 4 Band 1, 2, 3, 4 Etiquette Club 1 Athletic Club 1, 2, 3 Class president 1 Student Council 1, 2 Paper Staff 3 Annual Staff 4 Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4 Football 3, 4 Softball 1, 2 Track 1, 2, 3, 4 “Wild Oats Boy” “Aunt Susie Shoots the Works” Page Eight w aitv FRANCIS WALSTRA LUCILLE HUONALL FRED ZECK ANN KLIENBLOSSK MARTHA PRUIS ARTHUR SCHOONVELD CHARLOTTE BARKER KENNY DtFRIES || EDITH TYSEN MARILOU CHEEVER TILLIE DtKOKER GOLDIE DcKOKER Jj ' ; , ' t EILEEN BAILEY MARVIN BERNARD JCANCTTE VANOER PLOEG JOHN VAN KLEY MARCELLA SCKWANKE MORRIS OLIVER JEAN HOFFMAN Dick osting Gertrude dykstra malcolm boezeman Se.ytio- ' i Glr2,i.i, olfiltosiif. In t he fall of 1938 we started our high school career as “freshies” with twenty-two members. The class officers of our first year of high school were as follows: President, Fred Zeck; Vice-President, Eileen Bailey; Secretary, Lucille Hudnall; Treasurer, John VanKley. Our sponsor was Mr. Ewart. A few weeks later we were initiated hy the Seniors. That fall we had a class party, and another one in the spring. After a four months vacation we again entered high-school only this year we were Sophmores, with thirty-three members. Our officers for this year were: President, Arthur Schoonveld; Vice-President, Warren Cornell; Secretary, Betty Jean Cornell; and Treasurer, Sue Cox. We chose Mrs. Bernard for our sponsor. This fall we had a skating party at Hebron. After spending another four months of hard work and a vacation we came back to school as Juniors. We had twenty-seven members this year, as some of them had moved away or had quit school. Our chosen officers for this year were: President, Malcolm Boezeman; Vice-President, Fred Zeck; Secretary, Lucille Hudnall; Treasurer, Herbert Hook. Miss Wake- man was chosen as our sponsor. This year on December 3 we presented our class play entitled, ‘‘The Wild Oats Boy.” We had two skating parties at Lowell. ( Continued on Next Page) Page Nine Towards the spring of this year we received our class rings. My! the proud look on our faces, and oh! the envious look on the faces of some of our under class men. In the month of April we financed a trip for the Seniors. We took them to Chicago where we visited several places of interest. When we returned last fall to finish our high-school career, one of our members had decided to leave us and by the time two months of school had passed another one left us, so we went on with our last year with twenty-five members. The class officers chosen for this year were: President, Marvin Bernard; Vice-President, Gertrude Dykstra; Secretary, I.uc ' lle Hudnall; Treasurer, John VanKley. Mr. Ruch was chosen as our class sponsor, but left us in the middle of our Senior year. At the begin- ning of the second semester Mr. Stephens was elected as our sponsor. Our motto is “Sailing on the Sea of Victory May We Succeed.” Our colors are blue and silver. Our Senior play presented on the evening of November 7, was en- titled “Aunt Susie Shoots the Works.” We are planning the seventh edition of the Keen Keener. We have nearly reached the end of our schooling in the DeMotte High School, and as we go out into the world to earn our own living may we heartily wish one another true happiness, the best of luck, and plenty of success in whatever we do. Senior GIgAA. Poem By — Gertrude Dykstra Attention Everyone! and please make way For twenty-five patriots of the good U. S. A. I’ll try my best to describe to you Each member of this class of “42”. First of all I would like to write A verse of our sponsor and he’s “all right”. Mr. Stephens, who came in December, A coach and teacher we’ll always remember Next on the list is a girl called Charlotte. To our class she means quite a lot. She’s short and stout, as you can see. And when there’s work she’s like a bee. Pretty as a flower and sweet as the dew, Never says anything without a giggle too. She has not an enemy I am quite sure. A friendship with Eileen will long endure. Marvin Bernard, our class president. To West Point, he plans to be sent. Who is his girl friend? I don’t know. In making his mind up he’s rather slow. In his ninth year he came to our school. He’s quiet, good and minds the rule. Malcolm Boezeman is his name. An excellent star in our basket-ball games. Hear her voice once and forever you’ll linger Near Marilou, our sweet little singer. To someday sing in opera is her one aim. We wish her luck and lots of fame. Now about Inez I’ll write a line, She’s the girl who has quite a time To concentrate on studies instead of her thrill The one and only, true blue Bill. Kenny. I must say is a friendly chap. Never wears frowns, but smiles on his map. And those who w r ill meet him are sure to say Now there’s a fellow that is “okay”. Why Goldie is called Goldie I can’t see. Her hair is so brown, as brown could be. Her cheeks are so rosy and spirit so gay. And with all boys she sure has a way ( Continued on Next Page) Page Eleven Til lie is the girl with lovely dark hair. Eyes that sparkle and a complexion rare. Just mention a boy or two that she knows And you’ll make her blush as red as a rose. Now lets see, who is next on the list, I rather not mention her, but if you insist. She has reddish-blonde hair, most seem to agree. Can you guess who? Why yes, its me. Jean Hoffman has a complexion fair. Disturbed by freckles here and there. Very little time for boys she finds. Now, did I or didn’t I fibb in that line? A lass I’m sure you would like to meet Is Lucille Hudnall, who can’t be beat. Someday she hopes to find her joy By winning the heart of a Senior boy. After Anne graduates she plans to go higher; Will learn to be nurse, her earnest desire. And so Anne, our class sincerely wish you A life of success and happiness too. Maurice Oliver has a quiet way But in history class, has lots to say. With skin so brown and hair so dark In this world, he’ll make his mark. Richard, a boy who tried and was able To raise a mustache like that of Clark Gable. Tall, dark and handsome all girls do agree. His greatest ambition is to join the army. Martha Pruis, gay like most girls. Has pretty blue eyes and many curls. But how, all we girls would like to know Can she like the subject. Bookkeeping so? Brown hair, brown eyes and very mysterious. Always wears ribbons, has a laugh delirious. The editor of our paper, a job which was hard. We show our gratitude to you Esther Ruisard. As an editor, he did quite well. As a classmate, we think he is swell. In all activities he sure did his part. What is his name? We call him Art. (Continued on Next Page) Page Twelve Marcella Swanke is short and dark. Has eyes that twinkle and give a spark. Don’t worry, Marcella, about height that you lack For valuable gifts come in small packs. Another classmate of whom we’re fond Is F.dith. the girl with hair so blonde. She’s rather quiet but loves to tease. Tells her jokes with the greatest of ease. Johnnie VanKley, our big blonde Dutch boy In our class, has added his bit of joy. His smile is so big and actions quite silly. In short explanation “We think he’s a dilly”. Jeanette VanderPloeg. I like to say Is very friendly and always gay. Confidentially, we’ll keep it no mystery She likes bookkeeping like I do history. Frances is tall, and dresses real neat. Thinks that Basket ball can’t be beat. Not only my friend but Lucille’s as tvell. Truthfully, we all think she is swell. Elizabeth. I can say is a quiet little lass. And whom we consider an attribute to our class. Charlotte and her you can never part, Their little friendship comes right from the heart. I’m really worn out thinking what next to WTite, But I can’t leave out Fred “Oh not on your life”. Not in subjects does he float to the top. But as a classmate, lie’s the cream of the crop. And now to our teachers and classmates too. We must bid a sad “adieu”. Proud we feel and why, you can guess. For we will graduate from the D. H. S. Page Thirteen — Marvin Bernard wills his “Lizzy” to anyone who will have it. He says it freezes up in August and thaws out about May, and above all National Defense needs tires. — Eileen Bailey wills her steady “Bow” to Rosie Schlarp, may Rosie have longer engagements in “42”. — Malcolm Boezeman wills his basket ball playing to Walter Mak we all hope Walt will be a good player next year. — Charlotte Barker and Elizabeth Woudema will their quiet but studious ways to Florence Hoffman. “We Seniors”, think she needs it. — Marilou Cheever wills her solo parts in chorus to Delpha Heimlich, we all wish Delpha loads of luck with her new line of work. — Inez DeFries wills her “Miss” part of her name to Eleanor Hershman. We know Eleanor won’t have much use for it either, hut she can always change it into “Mrs.” as Inez plans on doing soon??? — Goldie and Till ; e DcKoker are hannv to give their sweet smiles and friendly ways to Alice Hanson, may Alice profit from this will. — Gertrude Dykstra wills her hooks full of “Ch’cken Scratches’ (More commonly known as Shorthand) to Marge Konovsky. We hope you will enjoy it Marge, she did. — Jean Holman and Anne Kleinblossom will all the gum that was willed to them last year to Jane Shuey. We decided it was too gummy and rather flavorless so its all yours Jane. — Lucille Iludna ll and Frances Wa ' stra will the whole town of Wheat- field (including the Bierma boys) to Hazel Punter. Take good care of them will you Hazel? — Kenny DeFries and Johnny VanKley will all their hunting equipment to Anna Klip. Bring home some rabbits Anne. Kenny said he was through hunting since he found “Biddy”. —Martha Pruis wills her lovely Civics Book to Dorothy Zaberdac we all hope Dorothy likes it lots better than Mart did. —Esther Ruisard and Edith Tysen will their lovely hair to Bernice Van- derPloeg. With her own pretty hair may she be the loveliest debutante of “42”. (Continued on Next Page) Page Fourteen — Arthur Schoonveld wills his ‘ ' way with the Freshie girls” to Bill Hoff- man. We always knew he would be a “ladies man some day”. — Maurice Oliver wills to Junior class as a whole the ability to argue. — Jeanette anderPloeg wills her Dutch decent and her Indian hcrtiage to Alice Systma. Quite a combination Alice. — Dick Osting wills his ability to “win out with a woman” to Dale Schwankee. Dale will probably be a second Don Juan some day. — Fred Zeck wills his kind and loving heart to Cordelia Kooy. She will never regret this wonderful offer I am sure. TO OUR TEACHERS — To Mr. Ewart — We the Class of ’42 will “ourselves” the most brillant class that ever left the DeMotte High School. — To Mr. Stephens — All “wise cracks” we have left over from Bookkeep- ing class. — To Mr. Ely — A class of Agricultural boys that know their “Rose Buds” when they see them. —To Mr. Downing — The assembly bell, we have noticed in the past year that he enjoys playing with it. — To Mrs. Flick — All the dark blue wool socks in town. And a Library that is kept in order. — To Mrs. Murphy — Our Literature Book and all the quaint stories that we never understood. — To Miss Keever — A bigger and better band in the coming years and also we hope she will be a Ministers’ wife some day. Signed and Sealed by The Class of ’42 Page Fifteen Servian. ClaAsi Pl fiUecy Well, 1952 is here at last! It’s been ten years since we graduated from DeMotte. Who’d ever think that so many things could happen in ten years. I am now a personal secretary. I see by the headlines of today’s newspaper that Marcella Schwanke is making her debut in tap dancing this evening at the Chicago Civic Opera House. The great professor of dancing, Maurice Oliver, has been her teacher. It also says that Johnn ' e VanKley, the dare-devil hell driver, won last nights race by a large margin. Maybe that was because Esther Ruisard, his wife, was on the sidelines rooting for him. Well, well, here is an advertisement saying,, “Used Cars For Sale, see Arthur Schoonveld for good bargains.” (I wonder if he got his start in High School?) There are also some beautiful dresses pictured here, styled by Elizabeth Woudema and Charlotte Barker, the two greatest fashion designers of today. The other day I had to be at work an hour earlier, and imagine my surprise when I met Kenny DeFries, who turned out to be our milk-man. After talking to him for a few minutes, I found out that he and his wife, the former Martha Pruis had just been blessed with a new arrival. I went to see Martha and Jeannette VanderPloeg is one of the nurses there. She told me that Fred Zeck, the great trapeze artist, is just recovering from a broken leg which he received when he and his partner, Edith Tysen fell from a broken trapeze. It is rumored that Edith and Fred plan to be married soon. (Continued on Next Page ) Page Sixteen A few weeks ago, my employer told me that we were to go to South America on business. We flew there in a private plane owned and operat- ed by Malcolm Boezeman. It was evening when we arrived, so instead of starting onr work then, we attended a few night clubs. In one of the clubs, I was delighted to see Gertrude Dykstra, the great dancer, and I noticed that Goldie DeKoker and Jean Hoffman were cigarette girls. On my way out, I saw that Marilou Cheever was the hat-check girl. We stayed over-night in a hotel owned by Eileen Bailey. The next morning we went to the office of Richard Osting, President of the Universal Motorcycle Parts. His private secretary, Lucille Hudnall, and I lunched together that afternoon. We had a grand time. We flew hack to the United States the next morning. Yesterday was my day off and I was just going home when I met Inez DeFries and Frances Walstra. They are newspaper reporters and they told me they were going to interview the scientist Marvin Bernard and his assistant, Tillie DeKoker. They asked me to join them for lunch, but I had a previous engagement and so couldn’t accept. In the last few weeks I have seen all of my schoolmates and I am glad to say that all of them have made something worth-while out of themselves. Page Seventeen SeytioA. 0-p.iyiiG-piA. aj 7e.3,cUe iA ' Mr. Ewart A real Booster for Defense Stamps and Bonds. Likes to give history tests on Friday. Mr. Ely — Stops us when we run through the halls. Still his favorite saying, “Theoretically yes— actually no”. Nick name, “Red Bud”. Miss Keever — A real choral and band director. Knows her sharps and flats. Keeps the bus line from Chicago to DeMotte busy. Mrs. Murphy— A real believer in English and literature. Likes to make the seniors write themes. Couldn’t get along without her Ford. Mrs. Flick — Doesn’t believe in getting her feet cold. Too big a task to keep the assembly quiet. Wouldn’t miss a ball game. Mr. Downing — Likes to erase blackboards. He adores his seventh graders. Really knows his mathematics. Mr. Stephens — Has a relapse after every ball game. Too interested in Bookkeeping when we want to talk about something else. Very good at remembering dates. He has an automobile — at least he calls it that. Pa ge Eighteen c (juttiosi GIgA. 4. cMiAi iy This year the Junior class, greatly decreased in number, elected Rose Schlarp as president, Cordelia Kooy as vice president, Bernice Van- derPloeg as treasurer, and Delpha Heimlich as secretary. We gave a skating jarty early in the fall and are now planning our junior play, which is to be given March 17. We retained our sponsor. Miss Keever. Our class colors are old rose and silver; and our motto, ‘‘We build the ladder by which we rise”. There are 26 members in our class this year. The officers are Bertha Vandermolen, president ;Sigmund Boezeman, vice president; Lois Lage- veen, secretary-treasurer. Our sponsor at present is Mr. Downing. Earlier in the year Mrs. Ruch and Mr. Hinton were our sponsors. The first semester we had a roller skating party and December 17, we had a Christmas party. Gifts were exchanged and lefreshments served. We hope to have another party this semester. There are thirty four members in the Freshmen class. We elected as class officers, James Fieldhouse, president; Kenneth Brooks, vice presi- dent: Barbara Rowen, secretary; and Richard Hendrichs, treasurer. We chose Mr. Ely as our sponsor. The class had a roller skating party in October. We also enjoyed the initation the seniors gave us. Our class colors are yellow and blue, and our class motto is “If we rest we rust.” t Page Nineteen First Row (Sitting L. to R.) — W. Hoffman, F. Hoffman, W. Mak, B, Van- derPloeg, D. Scliwanke. 2nd. Row— Miss Keever, R. Schlarp, H. Punter, M. Konovsky, E. Hershman. 3rd. Row — A. Hansen, R. Moolenaar, A. Klip, A. Sytsma, D. Heimlich, C. Kooy. First Row (sitting, L. to R.)— L. Lageveen, A. Belstra, S. Terpslra, B. VanderMolen, J. Mak, B. VanderMolen. 2nd Row — Mr. Downing, M. Walstra, S. Kingma, R. Peterson, G. VanKeppel, A. VanderMolen. 3rd. Row — C. Streveler, D. Klienblossom, K. Hershman, M. L. Ewart, R. And- erson. 4th Row — J. Hastie, D. Evans, S. Boezeman, P. Hoffman, B. Schwanke, M. J. White. First Row (Sitting, L. to R.) — B. Wright, B. Terpstra, A. Swart, R. Hend- richs, K. Brooks, L. DeKock, J. Fieldhouse, H. Kingma, F. Belstra. 2nd. Row — D. Story, R. Muriada, S. Hart, T. DeYoung, D. Seegers, T. DeFries, J. Shuey, Mr. Ely. 3rd. Row — A. VanKley, J. Ruisard, C. Bailey, M. Black, B. Rowen,, J. Walstra, N. Abbring, F. Roorda. 4th Row — R. Andersojj, W. Recker, M. Sekema, A. Moolenaar, E. Osting, D. Calhoun, L. Hershman, W. Ely, H. Hoffman. Page Twenty QiAfUth (j ia e The eighth grade in 1941 had twenty-six members. The president of the class was Frieda Mae Cheever; vice president, Alice Rowen; Sponsor, Mr. Llewellyn. The eighth grade in 1942 had twenty-six members. Alice Rowen is president; Frieda Mae Cheever, vice president; Charmaine Hockney, sec- retary; and June Swart, treasurer. Mrs. Murphy is class sponsor. £e.ue tUi The seventh grade class entered school with twenty-six members. Mrs. Ewart was their first teacher. The class now has thirty-five members. The class officers are as follows: Margaret Ann Curtin, president; Kenneth De- Vries, vice president; Mary Ellen Curtin, secretary; Margaret Schoonveld, treasurer. Mrs. Flick is sponsor of the class. Sitdli ' ladle When school started in the fall the number of boys outnumbered girls 18 to 12. Since school has begun 5 new students have entered our class and everyone a girl! Now the count is about even — 18 boys, 17 girls totaling 35. The girls who have come to us from other schools are Thelma Powers from Newland, Mary Ethel Richards from Whealfield, Mildred Holliday from Thayer and Alberta Klemp from Boone Grove. Helen Zabrdac en- rolled late. rf-ijjtli (fSiadle At the beginning of the school term the boys made-up about two- thirds of our group. As all the new pupils we have received are girls we are now more evenly div.ded. There arc now thirty-five children in our grade. Page Twenty-one First Row (Sitting, L. to R.) — L. Evers, C. Hockney, E. lluhn, C. Swart, E. Getz, R. Evers, C. Mak, R. Stevenson, J. Woudema, G. Holmes, R. Van- Dyke, J. Swart. 2nd Row- W. Barker, B. Schwanke, M. Sekema, D. Steveler, F. Cheever, V. Mak, J. lludnall, Mrs. Murphy, M. Koster, J. Schuringa, E. VanderMolen, D. Swart, A. Rowen, W. White, M. Golds- First Row (Sitting L. to R. )— M. Ra =ka, A. Belstra, W. Walstra, D. Mak, R. Swart, L. Cooper, D. Musch, G. Roorda, C. Chorzempa, E. Wooten, Q. Belstra. 2nd Row— Mrs. Flick, L. Hoffman, K. DeFries, D. Brook, E. Schatte, D. Chapelle, C. Greathouse, .1 Tyson, P. Osburn, M. Schoonveld. 3rd Row— K. Schatte, J. Black, L. Schwanke, K. Anderson, H. Boersma, M. E. Curtin, M. A. Curtin, J. VanK ' cy, II. DeKock, E. Barker, C. Heim- lich, R. Kelly. F irst Row (L. to R.) — J. Kaluf, G. Kingma, B. Cheever, T. Towers, P. Kingma, II. Zabcrdoc, B. Punter, A. T.a ;eeven. L. lludnall, R. Jones. 2nd Row — M .Holliday, V. Evers, H. Hudnall, E. Klemp, D. Molenaar, A. Klemp, J. DeBruin, M. E. Richards, A. Nanninga, F. Hershman. 3rd Row — M. Boer J. Roorda, M. Johnson, J. Pruis, T. Nicolai, N. Chappell, J. Rowen, W. Roorda, J. Swisher, H. Nuss, Mrs. Kessinger. Not present at the time the pictures were taken: J. Dvorak, E. Fritts, J. Hannenberg Jr., E. Vljudema, M. A. Hamstra. First Row (L. to R.) — V. Schwanke, K. Seegars, D. Fieldhouse, M. A. Zylstra, J. Ooms, D. M. Cheever, C. Myers, H. O’Brien, B. Streveler, A. B. Sekema. 2nd Row — D. Barker, E. DeYoung, W. Huhn, L. Terborg, L. Smith, A. Boersma, G. Konovsky, B. Hudnall, E. M. Hoffman, P. Hendrichs, 3rd Row — E. M. Blueins, D. DeVries, E. Belstra, K. Terpstra, K. De- Young, H. Cooper, A. Sytsema, R. Stearns, B. Calhoon, R. Carter, G. Nanninga. Absent the day picture was taltep — R. Moolenaar, C. Dvorak, G. Belstra. Teacher — Mrs. James Reckcr. berry. fyijftli (f ' la.de ' f° Page T wenty-tu)o At the beginning of our school year we enrolled 32 children. To this group were added Grover Powers from Newland, Reita Rose Richards from Wheatfield, and Lillian Bullow from SanPierre. During our Christ- There are thirty-three boys and girls in the third grade. Betty Marsh was with us until Thanksgiving. Clarence Holiday is a new pupil who came just before Christmas. We have had forty-three children enrolled during the year. Raymond Marsh moved to Shelby and Patsy Chrzanowski moved to Chicago. How- ard Belstra is the youngest child in our room. Twenty-eight children enrolled in the first grade in September 1941. During the first semester four new children enrolled, Edna and Ro- bert Stater from Maywood, and James and Jilson Holiday from Thayer. George Hamstra enrolled in September but withdrew because of illness. Our enrollment at the end of the first semester was 31. mas holidays Beatrice Dunham decided to withdraw from here moving to Michigan City. We now have 34 in our room. tf iade Page Ttventy-three 1st Row, (left to right! — R.Kelly A. Kaluf, M Nuss, K. Heimlich, W. Terpstra, E. Hudnall, J. VanKeppel, It. Williams, M. Hoffman, D. Great- house, B. Gorbet. 2nd Row — J. Co er, E. Hansen, J. Story, E. Roster, O. Bailey, W. Calhoon, J. Hastie, S. Cheever, J. VanderPloeg, L. O’Brien. 3rd Row — E. Nannenga, H. Kaper, P. DeVries, G. Powers, D. Schoonveld, A. Knip, J. Ringma. J. Stearns, D. Hoffman, J. Hunter, R. R. Richards. Ab- sent the day the pictures were taken E. Luttrell. Teacher — Mrs. Tresa Boezeman. 1st Row (left to right) — D. Hunter, J. P ' ritts, P. Wicker, R. DeKock, F. Williams, R. Coffer, E. Swart, B. VanKeppel, L. Doud, E. Sigler, L. Brooks. 2nd Row — Mrs. Mosier. E. White, J. Klip. E. Calhoun. L. Evers. R. Smith, G. Hamstra, R. Ilanenberg, R. Wright, P. Ferris, J. Fase. Back Row — P. Raska. R. Cheever, C. Scliaap. M. Bailey, T. Kadiera. F. Muk. C. Holiday. . DeYoung, S. Zabrdac, E. Zylstra, D. Stevenson, G. Coberly. 1st Row, (left to right) — J. Grevenstuk, II. Doud. B. Hansen, C. Jones, G. Nannenga. S. Klemp, D. Cohcrly, II. Walstra, N. Wright, D. VanMeerten, 1.. Carter, L. Radtke, J. R. Hammorton. 2nd Row — R. Hunter. J. Hamstra, I). Woudema, J. I.loyd. L. Hershman, C. J. Hart. N. A. Trne, J. Kaper, C. l uttrell. II. Bclslra. R. Terhorg, M. Hielema. F. Boissv. 3rd Row--M. Terpstra, H. Kingma, V. Powers, J. Wright, J. Kingma, A. Ooms, G. Klemp, M. Grevenstuk, D. Hershman, P. Hanson, A. M. Belstra, R. De- Young. Teacher — Mrs. Hart. 1st Row, (left to right)— E. Stater, J. Wright, V. Williams, P. Gorbet, D. Grevenstuk. J. Holliday, W. B. True. W. Hoffman, S. Bailey, J. Nannenga, L. M. Brooks, E. Greathouse, J. Stearns, J. Stearns, J. DeKock, F. Grass. 2nd Row — Miss Smith, T. Wright, P. Steunenberg, L. Bailey, R. Cooper, L. M. Evers, W. Terpstra, G. Holliday, R. Stater, A. Storey, L. Kingma. L. Swart, J. Bates, M. Belstra, M. Schoonveld. Absent the day pictures were taken J. Sliuey. (yiade Page twenty-four Arutt al Stall The Annual Staff, made up of seniors, is publishing the seventh vol- ume of the Keen Keener, the first being published in 1935. There are 13 departments in the staff. Editor-in-chief and Assistant Ed- itor-in-chief are held by A. Schoonveld and E. Ruisard respectively. The Art Editors are T. DeKoker, E. Bailey and M. Pruis. The Snapshot Editors are E. Tysen, G. DeKoker and I. DeFries. The Bus. Managers are K. De- Fries, L. Hudna.i and F. Walslra. Class Poem by G. Dykstra, Class Pro- phecy by A. Kleinhlossom. Class Will by J. Hoffman. Class History by J. anderPloeg. The Class Calendar is by E. Woudema and C. Barker. Sport Editors are F. Zeck, M. Bernard, M. Beozeman. Misc. Editors are R. Osting, M. Schwanke, and M. Chcever. Joke Editors are M. Oliver and J. VanKley. JUtJlGSUf, This year the school library has been under the direction and gu ' dance of Mrs. Flick. In the early part of the school year our library was com- pletely rearranged to a better advantage with the help of several students and a 6tate librarian. The library has acquired several new books and mag- azines during the school term. The librarians are made up of the high school girls. The Beginning Band was organized last October and has been prac- ticing one period each week since that time. At present we have the fol- lowing instrumentation: five cornets, four clarinets, four alto horns, one tuba, bass drum, cymbals, three trombones, one saxaphone. The Beginning Band expects to join the other beginning bands of this county and will play at the Music Festival. They will play such num- bers as “Abide With Me”, “All Through The Night”, “Glory of God”, “Merry Widow Waltz”. All members are eagerly looking forward to the day when they will be ready to enter the big band and will wear a red and white uniform. Page Twenty-five Sitting, (L. to R.) — I. DeFries, F. Walstra, L. Hudnall, A Schoonveld, E. Ruisard, F. Zeck, T. DeKoker. 2nd Row — A. Klienblossom, Mr. Stephens, G. Dykstra, K. DeFries, R. Osting, E. ' Woudema, C. Barker, M. Pruis, E. Bailey. 3rd Row — J. Hoffman, G. DeKoker, E. Tysen, J. VanKley, M. Oliver, J. VanderPloeg,, M. Swankee, M. Boezeman, M. Bernard. Sitting, (L. to R.) — R. Schlarp, B. Rowen, B. VanderMolen, A. Vander- Molen, D. Heimlich, J. VanderPloeg. Standing — H. Punter, D. Kleinblos- som, L. Hudnall, Mrs. Flick. Front Row (L. to R.) — D. Chappell, H. Hudnall, M. E. Richards, R. R. Richards, R. Cheever, N. Chappell, R. Kelly, D. Barker, K. Seegers, K. Heimlich, J. Swart. 2nd Row B. Tcrpstra, E. Klemp, D. Story, K. Brooks, Miss Keever, L. Smith, J. Rowen, B. Sekema, C. Heimlich. Page T wenty-six QistLi ' QltoA.uA. The girls chorus under the direction of Miss Keever is composed of 29 girls of the high school. Several selections have been learned. The chorus has presented some of their numbers at P. T. A. programs. They have also sung with the Keener Male Chorus. In the spring they plan to sing at the Music Festival and also at the school exhibit. Baud Our High School Band has been very active this year. We have played at all home basketball games, at a Navy Recruiting Program at Wheatfield and we even went to Remington to play with their band at the Reming- ton-DeMotte basketball game. At the Jasper County Music Festival at Rensselaer the hand will join with other county bands to play such numbers as: “Deep In My Heart”, “Americana Overture” and “Lyceum Overture”. During the past summer the band gave a concert each Saturday night with Miss Keever, regular director, and Robert Swart guest conductor. BojfA. ' GUoauA. There are twelve boys in chorus this year. We have a small chorus compared with other years, and it seems that our chorus gets smaller every year. We are under Miss Keever’s direction again this year. We have been working on several three part male choruses. “Just Singing A- long ’- “The Three Jacks” being the ones that the boys most enjoyed. We also have been rehearsing some songs which we will sing with the girls chorus. We have sung at the P. T. A. with the Keener Male Chorus. We are rehearsing some songs which we plan to sing at the Jaspre County Music Festival this spring. Shirley Hart is our accompanist. We sincerely hope that more hoys will come out to join in song for some real enjoyment next year. Page T wenty-seven Qi iU ' CUa ' uU First Row (L. to R.) — F. Hoffman, L. Lageveen, G. Dykstra, J. Hoffman, H. Kingma, .M Pruis, B. VanderPloeg. 2nd Row — D. Heimlich, T. De- koker, F. Walstra, Miss Keever, A. Systma, M. L. Ewart, S. Hart. 3rd Row A. Hanson, A. Klip, D. Klienblossom, A. Klienblossom, C. Kooy, R. Moolenaar, I. DeFries. 4th Row — B. Rowen, A. Moolenaar, E. Ruisard, M. Black, E. Osting, H. Punter, M. Sekenia, J. Hastie, L. Hudnall. First Row (L. to R) — M. L. Ewart, S. Hart, M. Black, E. IJuisard, R. Cheever, L. Lageveen, F. M. Cheever. 2nd Row — E. Osting, M. Konovsky, B. Wright, D. Seegars, J. Ruisard, C. Heimlich, B. Ely, R. Henrichs, M. Bernard, C. Swart, A. Moolenaar, J. Fieldhouse, M. Sekema. Standing — D. Heimlich, B. Rowen, D. Kleinblossom, F. Zeck, L. DeKock, R. Osting, A. Schoonveld, Miss Keever. 04jA r GllXVluA. Standing, in back — K. DeFries, A. Schoonveld, J. VanKley, K. Brooks, S. Terpstra, F. Zeck, M. Boezeman, M. Bernard, G. VanKeppel. In front — Shirley Hart, Miss Keever. Page Twenty-eight . % 4 Keen Keene ' 42 Qaai-teSii ' GluM. The Booster’s Club consists of 16 members, all of whom are girls. It was organized this year in place of an Athletic Club. The officers are Delia Kleinhlossom pres.. Anne Kleinblossom-ser., Lois I.ageveen-treas. These girls sell candy at the home games and arrange for a bus to go to out of town games. Besides these duties the girls try to make a better school spirit by setting an example. fyall Jleade ui At the beginning of our athletic and sport season, the high school voted for the cheer leaders. They were to be chosen from the Senior High School. They were:Jeanne Hoffman, Genevieve Wright, and Evelyn Osliug. They have worked hard during the school year and have made our cheer- ing section a real success. Papa ieA. Although the grade team will he r ' ddled because of losing five play- ers, the prospects for next year are rather bright. The team this year has performed rather well. They have shown fine team play and spirit and attitude. This was a great aid in compiling a season’s record of 5 won and 2 lost. Games were won from Whcatfield, Roselawn, Kniman and Gillam. Games were lost to Parr and to Fair Oaks. There was no outstanding star on the team, but all of the boys cooperated in making this year’s grade team a success. A good foundation for basketball has been laid and in a few years these hoys from the grade team will be the high school stars. Page Twenty-nine BoaiteAA. ' Club Sitting, (L. to R.) — D. Kleinblossom, L. Lageveen, B. Wright, J. Hoffman, D. Heimlich, M. Pruis, M. L. Ewart. Standing — E. Osting, M. Black, A. Kleinblossom, S. Hart, T. DeKoker, A. Klip, E. Bailey, E. Ruisard, H. Punter. ' If ell Jleade ui Left to right — Biddy Wright, Evelyn Osting, Jeanne Hoffman. Paftxu ie Basketball ' leant Sitting, (L. to R.) — W. Barker, D. Swart, A. Belstra, J. Hudnall, C. Great- house, W. White. Standing — J. Rowen, R. Cheever, R. Swart, C. Swart, Mr. Stephens, G. Roorda, L. Hudnall, H. DeKock, C. Heimlich. Page Thirty 11 football The football team of 1941 was not the success it should have been. The boys were good size and fast, but one thing the boys lacked was experience. The team lacked the ability to throw blocks and other fundamental tactics that are necessary to have a wnning team. The team did a li.V.e better than the team of ’40 by winning a hard-fought battle against Fair Oaks. The school can look forward to a better football team in ’42 as a number of younger boys have shown signs of becoming good players. SCORES We They Wheatfield 0 37 Mt. Ayr 0 45 Wheatfield 18 38 Fair Oaks 39 13 Mt. Ayr 0 45 Knox 12 56 Chesterton canceled Ba ' ihetbalL This year we have had a large number of boys out for basketball. We also have been fortunate in having four first stringer boys back from last year. The boys were very successful th : s year by winning another trophy for the school in the Blind tourney. There is a big chance for a bigg-c a d better team next year. Summaries are as follows with exception of those which were not played when the Annual was sent to press. First Team 2nd team First team 2nd team We They We They We Thev We They Crown Pt. 24 30 17 23 Kouts 40 26 18 19 Wea 27 19 — — Teft 64 26 36 23 Wheatfield 30 23 14 33 Fair O. 54 41 29 27 Mt. Ayr 27 35 11 17 Wheatfie’d 37 43 29 27 K.V.T., San P. 29 30 — — Merrillville 33 48 21 24 Fair Oaks 45 9 16 22 Knox 29 32 23 22 EaCrosse 30 20 19 22 Remington 34 43 17 16 San Pierre 24 29 17 19 Hebron St. Joe 33 27 9 17 Sectional Tourney at Morocco Bl. T., Mt. Ayr 21 19 Fair Oaks 43 38 7 iach Our track team last year started a good season by winning their first game from Wheatfield in an interesting meet. We won the next meet with Fair Oaks. The track meets are alwavs exe ' ting a d thrillin ' 1 ' . W° to- k part in a four way meet at Morrocco with Mt. Ayr, Fair Oaks. Morrocco. and DeMotte won third niece. At D°Motto we bad a meet that included Wheatfield, Fair Oaks, Tefft, Mt. Ayr, and DeMotte. Mt. Ayr won this m- e . The track season for DeMotte ended with onr meet with Crown Point. This meet was won by a large margin, several of onr boys gett : ng a number of ribbons. After the season was closed we found several of our track boys had made quite a collection of ribbons for winning good races. Our pros- pect for our next season looks fair. Page Thirty-one football Sitting, (left to right) — P. Hoffman, J. Shuey, D. Evans, R. Osting, F. Zeck, L. DeKock, M. Boezeman. Standing — B. Hoffman, M. Oliver, K. Brooks, W. Mak, Mr. Ewart, A. Schoonveld, M. Bernard, J. L. Walstra. feaAJ etbcdA 1st Row — D. Peterson, M. Boezeman, A. Schoonveld, F. Zeck, M. Bernard, M. Oliver, S. Boezeman. 2nd Row — C. Barker, R. Henrichs, D. Evans, R. Anderson, Coach Stephens, P. Hoffman, B. Hoffman, S. Kingma, J. Hud- nail. 3rd Row — II. Hoffman, B. Ely, J. I,. Walstra, C. Streveler, L. DeKock, W. Mak, K. Brooks, J. Shuey, R. Murida, C. Bailey, R. Anderson. 7 ' iacJz Sitting, (left to right) — S. Terpstra, A. Schoonveld, J. VanKley, M. Boeze- man, M. Bernard, K. DeFries, F. Zeck, W. Mak. Standing, 2nd Row — J. Walstra, R. Murida, Mr. Stephens, C. Bailey,, R. Anderson. 3rd Row — D. Evans, J. Shuey, B. Anderson, D. Peterson, K. Brooks, R. Henrichs, K. Ilershman, B. Hoffm an, S. Boezeman. Page Thirty -two M ceUcuteoub ! 1 Kee i Keener r 4CL School Gale+ida i £op,te.mbesi Mon., 8 — First day of school. Tues., 9 — Donkey Ball Game. Wed., 10 — Opening of roller rink. Thurs., 11 — Some prefer standing today. Fri., 12 — Hooray! First week over. Sat., 13 — Everybody is roller skating. Sun., 14 — Lovely weather. Mon., 15 — Blue Monday. Tues., 16 — Has Bill O. started to school again or is it Inez? Wed., 17 — Senior class meeting — officers chosen. Thurs., 18 — Great Northern Lights. Fri., 19 — Wheatfield football game there. Sat., 20 — Two days to rest. Sun., 21 — Sleep all day. Mon., 22 — Senior play and Freshie ini- tation discussed. Tues., 23 — A lot of new romances in school. Wed.. 24 — Still short one teacher. Thurs., 25 — Two Seniors quit school. Fri., 26 — Football game — Mt. Ayr — De- Koker twin’s birthday. Sit., 27- — Brain overworked. Sun., 28 — Go to church. Mon., 29 — Junior and Senior skating party. Tues., 30 — Seniors initated Frcshies. ( Continued on Next Pape) Page Thirty-three Octabesi Wed., 1 — Who initiated who last night? Thurs., 2 — One Senior who quit school decided to finish. Fri., 3 — Football game — Wheatfield — ■ First school paper. Sat., 4 — Working hard. Sun., 5 — Rainy weather. Mon., 6 — Bookkeeping getting easier. Tues., 7 — Who hid the teachers grade book. Wed., 8 — Group singing.. — Mrs Brown- ing state supervisor for library here. Thurs., 9 — Can’t study for watching air- planes. Fri., 10 — Football game at Fair Oaks. Sat., 11 — Just another Saturday. Sun., 12 — Columbus Day — Mrs. Murphy, Mr. Stephen, and Kenny DeFries’ birthdays. Mon., 13 — Shorthand hooks here — Greek to us. Tues., 14 — Let’s play hookey. Wed., 15 — I’ll never play hookey again — Gertrude D. and Martha P. birth- days. Thur., 16— Who’s Yehutie?????? Fri., 17 — School paper. Sat., 18 — Wish there were more Satur- days. Sun., 19 — Missed church. Mon., 20 — Report cards, gee, someone must have got a bad grade. Tues., 21 — Football game at Knox. Wed.,22 — Mr. Hinton takes over teach- ing for Mrs. Ruch. Thurs., 23 — Teacher Institute. Fri., 24 — No school. Too had they don’t have these oftener. Sat., 25 — Went walking. Sun., 26 — Went to bed early. Mon., 27 — Another blue Monday —Very blue. Tues.. 28 — Wish my typewriter would break. Wed., 29 — John V.K. gets most of bis sleep in school. Thurs., 30 — Senior pictures taken. Fri., 31 — Funny faces and goblins every- where. A ovesttbesi Sat., 1 — Went Xmas shopping. Sun., 2 — Got up to late to go to church. Mon., 3 — Blimp flies over DeMotte. Tues., 4 — Seniors fix stage for Senior play. Wed..5 — Charlotte B’s finger nails now one-half inch long. Thurs., 6 — Seniors’ knees shaking. Fri., 7— Senior play “AD NT SUSIE SHOOTS THE WORKS”. Sat., 8 — Cleaned up gym. Sun., 9 — Go to church. Mon., 10 — Caught writing notes. Tues., 11 — Armistice Day. Wed., 12 — Yell leaders elected. Thurs., 13 — Unlucky number. Fri., 14 — First basketball game at Crown Point. Sat., 15 — Where’s our school spirit? Sun., 16 — Went to see Aunt Mary. Mon., 17 — Five and one-half months of school left. Tues., 18 — Wea defeated here — Sen iors win ticket sale. Wed., 19 — Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde pre- sented by Mr. Bale. Thurs., 20 — Thanksgiving — Ate too much dinner. Fri., 21 — Oh!! Unhappy day, stomach still hurts. Sat., 22 — First Snow. Sun.,23 — Snowball Mr. Ewart it I could find him. Mon., 24 — School receives radio from magazine sales. Tues., 25 — Basketball game with Wheat- field here. Wed., 26 — Purdue is waiting for the party from Indiana. Thurs., 27 — Another Thanksgiving Day. Fri., 28 — End of another school week — Hooray! Sat., 29 — Who did I see with who last night? Sun.. 30- Went visiting. Page Thirty- four Mon., 1- Bluer Ilian ever— 25 days till Xmas. 1 ucs., 2 Shorthand is getting to be lun (ny). Wed., 3 Group singing, some one sure was out of tune for aw ' hile. Ihurs., 4 — Seniors measured for caps and gowns. I ri., 5 — Seniors receive pictures — Annual staff meeting. Sat., 6 — Wheatfield wins K. V. Tourney. Sun., 7— Surprise attack on Hawaii by Japan. Mon., 8 — L.stencd to Roosevelts speech. Tues., 9 — Grade yell leaders elected. Wed., 10 — Defense Stamp Club organiz- ed. Tliurs., 11 — Italy and Germany declares war on U. S. Fri., 12 — Fair Oaks B. B. game here. Sat., 13 — The morning after the night before. Sun.,, 14 — Cold Weather. Mon., 15 — 15Cth anniversary of the Bill of Rights. Tups., 16 — Lacrosse here — Signing for sports in gym at noon. Wed., 17 — Seniors look at invitations. Thurs., 18 — School paper — DeMotte at San Pierre. Fri., 19 — D ' nner g’ven to teacher by Ad . Home Fc Class. Sat.. 20 — No s’ck teacher yet! Sun.. 21 -Worried about tomorrow. Mon., 22 — Exams. — Jean Hoffman’s birth- day. Tues., 23 — More exams — Did Jean H. and Lois L. finish their typing. Wed., 24 — Beginning of Xmas vacation — Ruch and Hinton leave. Tbtirs., 25 — Xmas — What lovely gifts! 26 — 31 — Vacation — Don’t ask what we d’d on our vacation. {Jcuutasuf, Ihurs., 1— New Year’s Day. 1 ' ii., 2 — Cold weather. Sat., .) — Brr — Still cold. Sun., 4 — Went to church. Mon., 5 — Two new teachers this morn- ing. 1 ues., 6 — Everyone is working hard. Wed., 7 — St. Joe beats DeMotte. Thurs., 8 — The new coach feels bad. I ri., 9 — Who is going to win the tour- ney ? ? ? Sat., 10 — DeMotte won the Bl.nd tour- ney. Sun., 11 — To late to go to church. Mon., 12 — Parent Teachers meeting — Trophy awarded. Tues., 13 — Congratulations from Mr. and Mrs. Ruch. Wed., 14 — Basketball game at Kouts. Thurs., 15 — Seniors talk about invita tions. Fri., 16 — Tefft here. Sat., 17 — June in January. Sun., 18 — Had company. Mon., 19 — Late for class. Tues., 20 — Forgot to get excuse blank signed. Wed., 21 — Group singing. Thurs., 22— Grade basketball with Rose- lawn. Fri„ 23- What a pretty red sweater Marvin is wearing. Sat., 24 — Worked hard. Sun., 25 — Went to church. Mon., 26 — Gosh! Monday already? Tues.. 27 — Wish school was out. Wed.. 28 — Pictures taken for the annual. Thurs.. 29 — Someone broke the camera. Fri., 30 — Fair Oaks game there. Sat., 31- — Roosevelt’s lr ' rthd iv. (Continued on Next Page) Page Thirty-five Sun., 1 — Went to the city. Mon., 2 — Oucli! Who’s shooting rubber bands. Tues., 3 — Wheatfield game there. Wed., 4 — Group singing in the assembly. Thurs., 5 — Purchased more defense stamps. Fri., 6 — Soon will have a bond. Sat., 7 — Went shopping. Sun., 8 — Went to a show. Mon., 9 — Parent Teacher’s meeting. Tues., 10 — Wish I could understand Civics. Wed., 11 — Merrillville game here. Thurs., 12 — Lincoln’s Birthday. Fri., 13 — Knox game here. Sat., 14 — St. Valentines Day. Sun., 15 — Wish I didn’t have to make this calendar. Mon., 16 — Why must we have so much Shorthand to do? Tues., 17 — Wish vacation came more often. Wed., 18 — Remington there. Thurs., 19 — Tomorrow is the last game of the season. Fri., 20 — Hebron there. Sat., 21 — Morning after the night before. Sun., 22 — Washington’s Birthday. Mon., 23 — Feel like playing hookey. Tues., 24 — Teacher’s are w se. (some- times) Wed., 25 — I think I’ll join the army. Thurs., 26 — Lets get away from it all. Beginning Sectional Tourney. Fri., 27 — Paper. Sat., 28 — Marcella’s birthday — Wish I could find a paddle. Mga U Sun., 1— Went to church. Mon, 2 — Lot of new romances. Tues., 3 — Civics getting harder every day. Wed., 4- — Group singing. Thu rs., 5 — Some one found out you’re not to eat candy in school. Fri., 6 — Have some chewing gum — it’s good. Sat., 7 — Frances Walstra’s birthday. Sun., 8 — I wonder if Art likes Algebra? Mon., 9 — Who is the Freshman boy Marcella is interested in? Tues., 10 — Gertrude seems to enjoy His- tory. Wed., 11- — Nice day for a hike. Thurs., 12 — Went to bed early (in the morning) . Fri., 13 — Paper. Sat.. 14— Eileen’s birthday. Sun., 15 — Went riding. Mon., 16 — Bike riding after school. Tues., 17 — St. Patricks day. Wed , 18 — Roller skating at Lowell. Thurs., 19 — Why the gloom on Fred’s face? Fr ; ., 20 — Spring is about here. Sat., 21 — Spring is here. Sun , 22 — Passion Sunday. Mon., 23 — Another blue Monday. Tues., 21 — Studied hard for once. Wed., 25 — Who was Edith out with last night? Thurs., 26 — Paper. Fri., 27 — Dick and Anne are getting a- long swell. Sat., 28 — Seen an educational movie. Sun , 29 — Palm Sunday. Mon.. 30 — Why is Esther so blue today? Tues„ 31 — Sent out of class for talking. Page Thirty-six Ipsul Wed., 1 — April Fools Day. Thurs., 2 — Lots of fools in this world. Fri., 3 — Buying Easter clothes. Sat., 4 — Buying Easter clothes. Sun., 5 — Easter Sunday. Mon., 6 — Malcolm had a good time yesterday. Tues.„ 7 — School will soon be out. Wed., 8 — Wish this were Saturday. Thurs., 9 — Miss airplanes flying around all the time. Fri., 10 — Paper. Sat., 11 — Cleaned house. Sun., 12 — Who was visiting Lucille to- day? Mon., 13 — School is getting monotonous. Tues., 14 — Civics test. Wed., 15 — Group singing. Thurs., 16 — Worked on home work until ten o’clock. Fri., 17— Never too old to learn. Sat., 18 — Maurice must be practicing for track. Sun., 19 — Went to church. Mon., 20 — Agriculture boys look for red buds. Tues., 21 — Elizabeth W. birthday. Wed., 22 — Jeanette V.P. birthday. Thurs., 23 — Soon will have exams again. Fri., 24 — Paper. Sat., 25 — Why does Gertrude go to Chi- cago every week end? Sun., 26 — Baccalaureate. Mon,, 27 — Decorating stage for Com- mencement. Tues., 28 — Commencement. Wed., 29 — Seniors tears start, hankie please, SCHOOL OUT. Page Thirty-seven S+tafLlUo-tA. These snapshots were taken by students of the school and bought by the Seniors. They are very interesting poses, some willing and some un- willing. They represent the students of DeMotte as they go about their work and play (and other things). We hope you will enjoy them. Page Thirty-eight ’ S Xs VO LtluC H ir c- Ai amr Tawcy ftcern ' NGr you. ‘Let . -Lc.Sc, U-irvdb . ■- - Dar VC; 1 0 u df d X ■hi Oi i+ ave Tt” f-A’a This. i a, ? ' CcJU a Taxit The. Bzdd Puyed Ch“ Tea Vie. USi-rtj The UieTh St ouni Un ' nr •• ' ' Rose.- O ' Day tUe Gladd a{j ' 4-2. , oj.id.lt to- n desiae tluA. dftace. ta Utattlz all the ai je,’itid i4. ojJta Itao-e. made, tltid Ituutal ftadAible.. Page Thirty-nine I Inez — What is most liable to get broke about your automobile? Bill The owner. Compliments Of CURTIN BROS. CAFE Art — Did you hear the news today? Marve — What news? Art — I heard of a man this morning that ! drowned in a basin of water. Marve — Sure, tliats nothing. I saw a man j that got drowned in hed. Art — How’s that? j Marve — He fell through the mattress j into the spring. Compliments Of KANKAKEE VALLEY POST Quality Printing Phone 29 i 24 Hour Wrecking Service Columbus crossed the ocean. i Phone 23 Mr. Ewart — What did Churchill Washington crossed the Delaware. CHEEVER’S CAR AGE ] Roosevelt os they were parting? The Japs world. double crossed the whole i 1 General Repairing Auto Supplies • Fred — Goodbye and many tanks. 1 i i 1 DeMotte, Indiana Compliments Of H. C. DEKOCK SONS YOUR SHIELD OF QUALITY STORE Groceries Meats Cold Storage Lockers Hardware Philgas Stoves | Compliments IIOLIADAYS GROCERY Kersey, Indiana Compliments Of BUSII TRANSFER General Hauling Corn Shelling Phone 31-B DeMotte 1 OVERFIELD’S SERVICE Groceries — Fresh Meats S Gas — Oil | Compliments Of YORKIS BARBER And BEAUTY SHOPPE Thayer Indiana DR. W. W. TATE Office Hours 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thayer, Indiana BOZELI, Your Nearest Nation Wide Grocer Fair Oaks, Indiana ; i ” r ■ ”■ H ™tt E | Maurice— Every step 1 took, 1 slipped 1 ! j Wc Aim To Please | back two. 1 Downing — At that rate you wouldn’t ! I be here now. 1 Sam Kingma 5 Maurice — Oh, I turned around and • 1 Pure Raw Milk walked the other way. i 1 Farmer Grey— I have the world’s most accomplished hen. Farmer Brown — How so? Farmer Gray— I crossed a parrot and a } hen and now I have a chicken that not j only lays an egg, hut also says come j and get it. I i | Malcolm — A donkey is on one side of j OTTO DEYOUNG SONS the river and a load of hay on the other, can you guess how that donkey will get 1 John Deere Implements , . „ ( at that hay? Hardware ‘ Kenny D.F. — Faith no, give it up. | Phone 22 DeMotte | Malcolm — So did the other donkey. 1 ! 1 Compliments ‘ Of | LOUIS RAMP j ! DeMotte, Indiana ■ | Compliments , RICH KIERSMA ; of ! Johnson Distributor I REXALL DRUG STORE | Phone 37-J Dl ' Motte Rensselaer, Indiana Compliments Of PEERLESS CLEANERS Curtins, Loral Agency ' | Dale — What class are you in? HARRY ' S | 1 | Wally — I ' ve got to lick just one more Shell Super Service j kid and I will be in a class by myself. DeMotte, Indiana Fred- -Did you ever hear the story a- I bout the three eggs? ; Keever — No, What? j Fred — Two had. Page. Forty-one , Compliments Murphy — Who can make a sentence with Compliments Of the word gruesome, in it? Of RUTH ' S BAKERY Dick — I can! I stopped shaving and DEMOTTE : gruesome whiskers. TELEPHONE EXCHANGE Compliments Of | MART ' S RESTAURANT DEMOTTE Anne — Where do you find the cream of Mr. Ely — What little boy can tell me FEED STORE society? | where the home of the swallow is? Custom Grinding — Free Mixing 1 { Quality Feeds Dick — In Reno. That’s where they go j D. Peterson— -S it the stumniick? Phone 43 DeMotte, Ind. through the separator. £ Compliments Of 1 i STANDARD OIL CO. Compliments •j BABCOCK GRAIN CO. Mel ‘ ' truble, Ager.i Of 1 Kersey Branch i BURK’S BARBER f Vernon Stroup, Manager Compliments Of A And Friend BEAUTY SHOPPE Fags Forty-two TODD 1 Funeral Home, Ambulance Service Home Furnishings 1 Phone 60 DeMotte, Indiana Compliments Flick — MaryLou, did your father whip Eileen, who had been absent from Of you for what you did in school yester- school for several days, returned with day? her throat carefully swathed and pre- sented this note to her teacher: JENSEN THE JEWELER Mary Lou — No ma’am, he said the lick- ing would hurt him more than me. “Please don’t let my daughter learn any Latin today! Her throat is so sore compliments Of RENSSELAER LUMBER COMPANY Mrs. Flick — What nonsense! Your fath- er is too sympathetic. she can hardly talk English.” Route 53 at Monon R. R. Rensselaer, Indiana Mary Lou — No ma’am, but he’s got rheumatism in both arms. DEKOCK SUPPiy CO. ! t DeMotte, Indiana l • Fnrmall Tractors McCormick-Deering Implements i ! Hudson Cars — Coal — Fertilizer | Phone 34 DeMotte, Ind. ! 1 ! Page Forty -three D W. C. GRAY -:-Jeweler-:- Rensselaer, Indiana Successor to R. W. Clark Compliments Of FEiNDIG’S DRUG STORE Rensselaer, Indiana FENDIG’S FAIR Butterick Patterns — Dry Goods Women’s Smart Apparel Rensselaer, Indiana Compliments Of DAVIS GROCERY LUNCH Rensselaer, Indiana Mary Lou — I’ll give you a piece of my mind. Maurice — You would be foolish to di- vide up a little thing like that. W. C. BABCOCK Grain Company Rensselaer, Indiana Compliments Of O. A. SNYDER Ambulance Service Phone 23 Rensselaer, Indiana l John — Fine sunrise this morning. Francis — I don ' t know, I get to bed be- fore that. For Good Insurance See Compliments Compliments M. J. BARKER Of Of Phone 47-A DeMotte, Indiana W. H. BAHLER Your County Recorder MATT’S STANDARD SERVICE Compliments Of IROQUOIS ROLLER MILL Feeds Of All Kinds Rensselaer, Indiana Compliments Of MRS. HENRICIIS Justice of Peace Phone 45 DeMotte v.ompliments Of Compliments Compliments O ' RILEY HOOVER Of Of DR. DUVALI NEIL SEKEMA GARAGE J. C. PENNEY INC. DeMotte, Indiana “Home Of Values Dental Work Rensselaer, Indiana DeMotte, Indiana Page Forty-four FERTILIZER COAL GRAIN KONOVSKV ' S LUMBER YARD BUILDING MATERIALS Everything from the foundation to the roof. New stoek of Rot-proof barn sash, windows and frames. Metal Ventilating Frames for chicken coops and barns Before building, see us — you will save money! Estimates Cheerfully Given We Deliver DeMotte, Indiana Phone 5 DEMOTTE MERCANTILE Flick — I am worried. Compliments Of E varl — What about? OSTINGS DEPARTMENT Dry Goods Shoes Hardware Red Brand Fence Flick — My brain. Dry goods — Shoes Novelties — Notions Ewart — I wouldn ' t let a little thing like School Supplies DeMotte, Indiana that worry me. DeMotte, Indiana SWART ' S IGA STORE “ MOST EVERYTHING” DeMotte, Indiana Page Forty-five MELCHERT ' S HATCHERY DeMotte, Indiana 44 Phone 38-C One half mile north, and one and one half mile west. Our big Quality Bred Chicks will make you more money: Mated with ROP Cockerals — 250 eggs and better, and tested for B.W.D. which means every single breeder has been culled for production and pullorum blood tested. “Experience has proven that the best Chicks cost less and pay more”. There are two things you can’t disguise — a married man and a Ford. A Ford is like a bath-tub; everybody has one, but no one wants to be seen in one. I see where they turn out a Ford in the Detroit factory, every minute and a half, but that isn’t fast enough — there is a sucker born every minute. Hadley Chicks I Live, Grow, Pay I Hatching Barred Rocks, White Rocks, t pewriter. White Leghorns HADLEY HATCHERY Kenny B. — Your neck reminds me of a Phone 353 Rensselaer, Indiana Marcella — Why? Kenny B. — Because it’s Underwood. BAUMANS’ FEED MILL Manufacturing Keeners Own Quality Feeds Mill Feeds — Hay Straw Purina Chows Compliments Of DR. MORRISON Phone 158 Rensselaer, Indiana HOPKINS HOPKINS Lawyers, Abstracts, Real Estate Off.ce hours in DeMotte every Wednes- day evening above Mary’s Restaurant. Phone 19 DeMotte i MURRAYS DEPARTMENT STORE Rensselaer, Indiana Compliments Of BARGAIN STORE Everything For Everybody Rensselaer, Indiana Compliments Of RENSSELAER REPUBLICAN Page Frrlv-six A utac a- ' fili 4 ajj Senio-M OtheA. Aui yi filtl Page Forty -sevei 1