Kouts High School - Kostang Yearbook (Kouts, IN)

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Senior Class History Wav hack there in 1935, seventeen bright young faces peeled into a loom which was to la their part-time home for a year. Among these were fauna Milky, Justin Sommers, Arthur Kneifel, Goldie Hurley, Mary Jane Hendrickson, and Grace and Donald Schnniacher. lake all kids, we tried to get away with everything we possibly could, but Miss W allium, our teacher, soon told us differently. During this lirst year Arlene Hampke joined us; she came from Hebron. I Ik following year, which was our second, found us putting on an operetta, “Tom Thumb's Wedding”; our star players were Dicky Knog- gle. the ..... and Mary Martin, a first grader, the bride. We had some new additions this year among whom were Helen Bu- kalski., Mary Ann Betterton, and Fred Henning. In the third grade we had quite a few new adlitions; they were Thelma Moekler, Elizabeth Mindy, Bill Neuffer, Dorothy Reinhardt, Bernard Hannon, Eugene Rogowski, Eugene Sinn, Howard Neuschafer and Donald Rfledderer. Our next two years went by pretty fast and in rhe sixth grade we again tried our skill at putting on an operetta. The star players in this operetta were Bernard Hannon and Elaine Ashby, a new student. During the rest of the sixth grade the other new pupils were Golda heever, Robert hureh, Elsie Cooper, Jim Elkins, and Rosetta Green. At the end of this year we lost Adaline Lowe. Then came the big day when we were to enter Junior High. Most of us were afraid because we had heard it was hard, but we soon found out it wasn't as bad as it was made out to be. Barbara Cross joined us in the seventh grade, coming from Illinois. Golda Cheever and Mary Jane Hendrickson left us at the end of the seventh grade. Jim Myers and Jim Tuesbiirg came to join us, only to have us in the eighth grade. Victor Neulfer. Donald Ml'ledderer, Joan Humanti, Bernard Hannon. Howard Neuschafer, Jim Elkins, and Ros- etta Green all left us at the end of the eighth year. Our next big day was the one we graduated from Junior High and became full-fledged high school students. We were so scared at the thought of walking across the stage for our diplomas that some of us ran all of the way across and practically grabbed our diplomas from Mr. Lippert's hand. in the ninth grade Joyce Sutter joined our (lass. She came from

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EUGENE SINN “Spark •JOYCE SUTTEE “f'ooiv’ Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4 Baseball 1 2, 3, 4 Track 2 Band 1, 2 Student Council 2. 3. (President 4) Junior Play Senior Play Athletic Club 3 Sports Reporter 3. Annual Staff 4 Chorus 1, 2 G.A.A. 3, 4 Junior Play Annual Staff 4 GENE TABLEH “Uranch Chorus 4 Ba:ketball 3, Track 3 Student Council 4. (Vice President) Sophomore Play Senior Play- Annual Staff 4 Senior Qass Song Zippidy-doo-da Zippidy-aye My, oh, my, to Ik a senior is great Into the wor ld We're on our way Zippidy-doo-da Zippidy-aye Zippidy-doo-da Zippidy-aye Work, work, work, all the live long day Into the classrooms Happy and gay Zippidy-doo-da Zippidy-aye Zippidy-doo-da Zippidy-aye Our Kouts High is a wonderful place Famous in sports And Scholarships too Zippidy-doo-da Zippidy-aye We were never really angels Though we did our lest To pass in all our tests OH! Zippidy-doo-da Zippidy-aye My, oh, my, to he a senior is great Into the wor ld We're on our way Zippidv-doo-da Zippidy-aye ('llOHUS —Lorn a Birky

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Deleva ii, Illinois. We lost Hubert ('luireh at the end of this year. We lost one girl, Goldy Hurley, at the end of the tenth grade. In the eleventh grade Beverly Johanson joined the class. While we were Juniors we gave a play entitled “Brother Goose ; the money from this and a magazine sale went into the treasury to save until the end of the year when we took the Seniors to Turkey Hun and gave them a 1 rom. This prom was the first to he given in our school. We had the gym dec- orated like the “Stork Huh in New York. At the end of the eleventh year Klsie Gooper left us to take up school in Gary. Donald Schumacher left ns to join the Army. Gene Tabler join- ed us. In our Senior year Hill ('laypool. an ex-Navy mail, joined our class to finish where lie had left off the previous year. Fred Henning lett us this year. We gave our Senior play October IS, entitled “IV.dessor How Gould Yon? ’ with Miss Dittmer supervising. We also sponsored a dance Janu- ary 11. 1947. Well, that is our history and we hope that the classes to come will have as much fun as we. the Glass id 17. had.