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

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SOPHOMORES Left to Right, First Row: Doris Coberly, Janet Hammerton, Joan Scott, Mary Ann Holz, Joyce Jabaay, Mr. Poacher. Second Row: Carol Jo Hart, Ruth Terborg, Nor- man Wright, George Coberly, Joyce Hamstra, Barbara Bennema. Third Row: Eddie White, Paul Kaluf, Anna Mae Belstra, Judith Kingma, Joann Kaper, Bob Hunter, Fred Boissy. Fourth Row: Ed Totten, Mahlon Grevenstuk, Roger DeYoung, Harold Kingma, Marvin Terpstra, Harold Jabaay, Estill Duggins. In the fall of 1948 we entered high school with 28 members. We organized our class by electing Joyce Hamstra, president; Har- old Jabaay, vice president; Janet Hammer- ton, secretary-treasurer. We chose Judith Kingma and Paul Kaluf to represent us on the Student Council. Mr. Moolenaar was chosen as our sponsor. We were officially made freshmen when the Seniors welcomed us into DeMotte High School on September 21. We enjoyed a roller skating party on October 19. We came back to school in the fall of 1949 as Sophomores and chose Carol Hart, president; Robert Hunter, vice president; Janet Hammerton, secretary-treasurer. Our Student Council representatives were Joyce Jabaay and Roger DeYoung. Our sponsor is Mr. Poucher. We enjoyed a bowling party in December. Joan Scott, Mary Ann Holz and Bertha Fultz are the new members in our class.

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JUNIORS Left to Right, First Row: Miss Rolling, Dorothy Hunter, Evelyn Sigler, Carol Un-, zicker, Ruth Cheever, Sharon Magers. SECOND Row: Betty Van Kepple, Ralph De- Rock, John Samara, John Rlip, Bob Coffer, Jack Fritts. Third Row: Ernest Swart, Lucille Evers, John Fuse, August Rrucek, Roland Curtis, Evelyn Zylstra. In the fall of 1947 we entered our first year of high school with 21 members. We elected as class officers, Evelyn Zyls- tra, president; Kenneth Hoffman, vice president; Evelyn Sigler, secretary; Ralph DeKock, treasurer. We chose Mrs. Moody as our sponsor. We were initiated by the seniors in October, and gave them a party in return. We chose Ralph DeKock and Evelyn Sigler as representatives of the Freshman Class for King and Queen of the Carnival. We chose green and white as our class colors. In the fall of 1948 we came back to school as Sophomores. We chose Ruth Chee- ver, president; John Klip, vice president; John Fase, secretary; Carol Unzicker, treas- urer. We chose Miss Rolling as our sponsor. We chose Evelyn Zylstra and Robert Cof- fer as representatives of the Sophomores for the Student Council. John Sumara, who previously had gone to Roosevelt School, East Chicago, came at the beginning of the year. We came back again in the fall of 1949 for our third year with 18 students. Our class officers are: Evelyn Zylstra, president; Lucille Evers, vice president; Evelyn Sigler, secretary; Dorothy Hunter, treasurer. We again chose Miss Rolling as our sponsor. We chose Ruth Cheever and John Fase as rep- resentatives of the Junior Class for the Stu- dent Council. August Krucek and Howard Fairchild enrolled in our class this year.

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FRESHMEN Left to Right, First Row: Frank Gross, Bob Petersor, Bob Hanse l , Hair: Walstra, John DeKoclc, Janice Hoffman, Pat Gorbet. Second Row: Stanley Krueek, Nancy Knysberg, Don Placek, Wilma Hoffman, Lillian Kingma, Shirley Weirs, John Tom- zack, Marilyn Schoonveld. Third Row: Marion Bclstra, Laura Evers, Leonard Swart, Howard Belstra, Mr. Moolenaar, Dick Van Meerlen, Dorothy Wilke, Joyce Duggins. There are 23 students enrolled in the Freshman Class this year. The officers of the class are: Robert Peterson, president; Lillian Kingma, vice president; Dorothy Wilke, secretary-treasurer; and Laura Mae Evers and John Tomczak, Student Council Representatives. Our sponsor is Mr. Moole- naar. We were initiated by the Seniors on Wednesday, September 21. We had a weiner roast on October 17. We gave the Seniors a party at the end of the school year.