Kankakee High School - Kankakeean Yearbook (Kankakee, IL)

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mrs. Boat acted as dean of girls in the absence of Miss Shuman, who is studying at North- western University. New teachers were Miss Erbe, Miss Allen, Miss Lemmon, Miss Hickey, Miss Kesler, Mr. Holt, and Mr. Norton. Miss Smith, in Ianuary, left her work in the office for graduate study at Indiana University: she was replaced by Miss Reynolds, who had been on leave of absence in California. Miss Larson, in April, accepted a position in Milwaukee State Teachers' College. Mrs. Dykstra and Mrs. Bond took over history and geography classes for the remainder of the year. Miss Greely handled the clerical work for the government war-work training courses. Miss Freitag's book, 'Treighter Adventures, was published. The faculty as a group enjoyed a series of social events. AT RIGHT: TOP ROW-Marion Waggener, A. B., A. M.. English: Elsie Freitag, B. Ed.. Commerce: William Azbell, B.Ed.. M.S.. Science. MIDDLE ROW-Daniel Norton. B. Ed., Social Science. Athletics: Avis Moffett, A.B., Latin, English. LOWER ROW: Mrs. Marion Mills, Ph.B.. Social Science: Lula Martin. B.S., Mathematics: Martha Montgomery, B.S.. Mathematics. BELOW: Lillian Freyermuth, A.B., A.M.. English: Marion lnkster. B.S.. English: Ruth Beauvais. B. Ed., Commerce: Mrs. Carrie Jannsen. B.S., Mathematics: Grace Coulter, B. S.. Clothing. 0 f,l1I,l'ffI1'Hftl mln, flu' wilt' ffm! z'.v-rf1't'f1f nz'suit!!!t:t'w1'd1A115f tm IIIIC Illzlffeff if. Wlll'l'llAN page thirteen

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Us-1' qw page twelve Other departments worked for morale and understandmg and stressed the fundamentals rn each subject lleronautlcal draftrng was added to the voca t1onal courses and boys were encouraged to enroll rn me chanrccrl drawrng woodwork and government sponsored ma ch1ne shop classes Teachers contmued to regtster rn war trarnmg courses make band ages and kmt for the Red Cross Mr Azbell taught an even1ng class rn radro Mr Holt one 1n draftlng and Mr McK1nley one rn blueprrnt readlng Mrss Beau vars agam managed the war stamp and bond sale wh1ch by Aprrl had netted S20 000 Mrss Skldmore headed the V1c tory Book campargn and d1rect ed the Work on the servrce flag Homeroom teachers worked to make then' rooms one hundred per cent rn Iunlor Red Cross membershrp Mrss Martrn and lVl1ss Montgomery drrected the Glrl Reserves who collected S1400 from theatre patrons for the Red Cross Coach Dykstra Jorned the Navy the frfth man from the faculty to enter one of the servrces AT LEFT TOP ROW Eugene Dykstra B S Physical Education Athletics George Piersol B M Band Rosetta Gernon Ph B French. English. SECOND ROW-Euclid Lambert. Manual Training: rs. Shirley ic wine. . .. Social Science. THIRD R W-Kathryn Keefe. A. B.. A. M.. Jour al- ism. ng 'sh: ertrude E he. B. M.. M. .. Music. LOWER ROW-Marie Beardslee. A. B., A. M.. Latin: Marjorie Kesler, B. S.. Physical Education.

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SEIDIORS 1 September 1939 The class of 43 ftrst ven tured rnto the halls of K H S All worked together to make the freshman party a success Chose Marjorxe Holllster Dons Neumann and Veron1ca Spenard as therr leaders sophomores presented a Thanksglvrng day assembly Another Iohn Alden Pub l1shed two papers 1n sophomore Enghsh classes Off1C1Gl captams of the class were Art Wesselhoff Tom Hemstreet and Eleanor Bow UPPER LEFT Senior Vlce President Betty Baird Secretary Dorothy Andrew Presldent Eleanor Bowman LOWER LEFT Draft hoard offlctal Velgh Mclntyre and Paul Lecour discussing the latter draft status RIGHT Bull Suraker measuring Charles Patmude for ht sensor cw and QIVIDQ Loren Pasel the fxgures I 11: x rm x man 1942 World War The frrst tumor class to feel 1ts 1mpact These upper classmen collected tons of paper for the salvage dnve Gave a junror class comedy Young Apnl Sponsored a patrtotrc prom George Morrow Ronald Rreken and Bob Wolf were offrcers Semors at last' Many boys reg1stered rn the draft Several m1d year graduates left for act1ve serv1ce Robert Trumble transfer from Aroma Park lorned the Merchant lVIar1nes A gtrl was elected presl dent for the frrst trme tn ten years Eleanor Bowman was the honored lass Betty Barrd and Dorothy Andrew were the other off1cers Turn about s farr play' The 1un1or lead ers were all boys Famthar scenes page fourteen