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

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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

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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

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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