Kouts High School - Kostang Yearbook (Kouts, IN)

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SYLVIA NAGAITIS “Syl” Class Secretary-Treasurer 2, 3, 4 Chorus 1, 2, 3, 4 Band 3, 4 GAA 2, 3, 4 GAA Treasurer 4 Band Secretary-Treasurer 4 Paper Staff 3 Annual Staff 4 Music Festival 3 Budget Committee 4 Band Librarian 3 Usherette For Commencement 3 Typing Award 2, 3 Scholarship Award 2, 3 Class Plays 3, 4 Dramatics 1, 2 PAUL NEWSOM “Prunie” Band 1, 2, 3, 4 Chorus 1 ,3 ,4 Annual Staff 4 Class Plays 3, 4 Dramatics 1, 2 ALGOT OLSON “Olie” Basketball 4 Class Plays 3, 4 Dramatics 1, 2 Band 2, 3, 4 Music Festival 3, 4 Track 3, 4 Agriculture Award 2, 3, 4 Crop Judging 2. 4 Poultry Judging 3 Band Day at I. U. 2 Chorus 3 4-H 2, 3, 4 Dairy Judging 2 Movie Projector Manager 3, 4 Basketball Manager 3 DONALD PETERS “Dad” “Doll’ Basketball 1, 2, 4 Track 1 Band 2, 3, 4 Chorus 2, 3, 4 Plays 3, 4 4-H 1, 2, 3 Annual Staff 4 Band President 4 Senior Statistics JOANNE RAILING “Jo” Chorus 1, 2, 3, 4 Band 1, 2, 3 Cheerleader 1, 2, 3 GAA 2, 3, 4 Class Play 3 Annual Staff 4 Kouts Times Staff 3 Play Usherette 3 Baccalaureate Usherette 3 Solo and Ensemble Contest 3 Music Festival 3 Typing Award 2 Chorus Spring Concert 2, 3 Band Day at I. U. 2 Dramatics 1, 2 GORDON REINHERTZ “Gordie” Band 1, 2, 3, 4 Chorus 1 Student Council 1, 2, 3, 4 Class Plays 3, 4 Student Manager 4 Vice President of Student Council 4 Dramatics 1, 2 JAMES SCHULTZ “Jim” Basketball 1, 3 Track 1 Dramatics 1, 2 Class Plays 3, 4 Class Vice President 4 Band 1, 2, 3 Chorus 1, 3 Baseball 1, 2, 3, 4 FRANK BARNARD “Bud” Chorus 1 Usher 3, 4 Class Plays 3, 4 Annual Staff 4 Koutscript Staff 3 Grain Judging 3, 4 Basketball 1, 2 Baseball 1 4-H 3, 4 Baccalaureate Usher 3 Commencement Usher 3 PHYLLIS BIRKY “Phil” GAA 2, 3, 4 Kouts Times Staff 3 Annual Staff 4 Chorus 1, 2 Stage Manager 3, 4 Usher 3 Candy Seller 2, 4 MURIEL DOWD “Merle” GAA 2, 3, 4 Candy Seller 2, 3, 4 Chorus 1, 2 Annual Staff 4 Student Director 3 Class Play 4 Kouts Times Staff 3 Commencement Usherette 3 Librarian 4 Choral and Band Concert Usherette 3 Staff Secretary 4 Spring Concert 2 Dramatics 1, 2 LOLA SUTTER “Lulu” Cheerleader 2, 3, 4 Band 1, 2, 3 Chorus 1, 2, 3, 4 GAA 2, 3, 4 Student Council 3 Budget Committee 4 Librarian 4 Junior-Senior Trip Committee 4 Annual Staff 4 Commencement Usherette 3 Class President 1 Solo and Ensemble Contest 2 Candy Seller 4 Band Librarian 3 Music Festival 3, 4 Typing Award 2 Citizenship Award 2 Scholarship Award 2 Band Day at I. U. 2 Class Plays 3, 4 Dramatics 2 Kouts Times Staff 3 Office Assistant 4

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RONALD SNOW “Cuppy” 4-H 1, 2, 3, 4 Chorus 1, 2, 3, 4 Stage Manager 3, 4 Junior Leader 4-H 1, 2, 3, 4 Track 2 VERNON YOUNG “Verme” Basketball 4 Track 1, 2, 3 Dramatics 1, 2 Chcrus 1, 3 Band 3 Baseball 1, 4 Music Festival 3 Spring Concert 3 Property Manager 3, 4 NANCY FRENCH “Duke” Band 1, 2, 3, 4 Chorus 1, 2, 3, 4 Solo Contest 2, 3 Annual Editor 4 Class Vice President 1 Student Council 2, 3, 4 Student Council Secretary 2, 3, 4 Band Vice President 4 Class Play 3, 4 Steering Committee Chairman 4 GAA 2, 3, 4 GAA Secretary 4 Honor K 2, 3 Scholarship 3 Band Contest 1, 2, 3, 4 Band Day at I. U. 2, 4 Music Festival 1, 2, 3, 4 Dramatics 1, 2 Kouts Times Staff 3 MARJORIE LUTHI “Margie” GAA 2, 3, 4 Office Assistant 4 Junior Play 3 Student Director 4 Concert Usherette 3, 4 Baccalaureate Usherette 3 Chorus 1, 2 Paper Staff 3 Annual Staff 4 Dramatics 1, 2 Senior Statistics HAROLD FRITZ “Otto” Band 2, 3, 4 Baseball 1, 2, 3 Business Manager Class Play 3, 4 Senior Play 4 Band Contest 2, 3, 4 Band Day at I. U. 4 Chorus 1 Kouts Times Staff 3 Dramatics 1, 2 Scholarship Award 1, 2, 3 Annual Editor 4 Budget Committee Chairman 4 Poultry Judging 2, 3, 4 Grain Judging 2, 3, 4 Dairy Judging 2, 3, 4 State Grain Judging Award 2 Vocational Agriculture Award 2, 3, 4 4-H 1, 2, 3, 4 4-H Secretary 3 4-H Treasurer 1, 2 4-H Vice President 4 Junior-Senior Trip Committee 4 State Poultry Judging Award 3 4-H Junior Leader 1, 2, 3, 4 DONALD GINGERICH “Ginny” Band 1, 2, 3, 4 Chorus 1, 3, 4 Basketball 1, 2, 3 Basketball Statistician 4 Band Day at I. U. 2, 4 4-H 1, 2, 3, 4 Dairy Judging 2, 3 Dramatics 1, 2 Stage Manager 3 Class Play 4 Class President 4 Steering Committee 4 Annual Staff 4 Kouts Times Staff 3 Quartette 3, 4 MILDRED HIBBS “Milly” GAA 2, 3, 4 GAA Vice President 4 Annual Staff 4 Kouts Times Staff 3 Senior Play 4 Play Usherette 3 GAA Candy Seller 2, 3, 4 Librarian Award 3 Chorus 1, 2 Baccalaureate Usherette 3 Commencement Usherette 3 DORIS KNEIFEL “Amy” GAA 2, 3, 4 GAA President 4 Student Council 4 Band 1, 2, 3, 4 Chorus 1, 2, 3, 4 Citizenship Award 3 Girls State 3 Class Plays 3, 4 Kouts Times Staff 3 Annual Staff 4 Music Festival 3, 4 Cheerleader 4 Steering Committee 4 Solo Contest 1, 2, 3 Secretary Treasurer 1 Dramatics 1, 2 Auditorium Committee 4 Junior-Senior Trip Committee 4 SAMUEL MARTIN “Sam” Chorus 1, 4 Baseball 2, 3, 4 Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4 Track 1, 2, 3, 4 Poultry Judging 1 Dairy Judging 2 Class President 2, 3 Usher Commencement 3 Dramatics 1, 2 Class Plays 3, 4 Band 3 Student Council President 4 Annual Staff 4 Steering Committee 4 4-H Member 1, 2, 3, 4 Outstanding Magazine Salesman 4 Auditorium Committee 4 Paper Staff 3 Grain Judging 4

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“Class History” Back in the year of 41” when people just dreamed about interplanetary dis- coveries, a fleet of forty one space cadets, with jets a roarin', entered into Kouts School. Thirteen of these 41 are still with us. The boys were: Donald Gingerich, Samuel Martin, Paul Newsom, Algot Olson, Gordon Reinhertz, James Schultz, and Vernon Young. The girls were: Muriel Dowd, Nancy French, Doris Kneifel, Joanne Railing, and Lola Sutter. During our first year of school, we learned to read, to write and to add a little. Our biggest problem was learning to keep quiet during class. One thing I can remember is our two divisions of reading class; the Blue Birds and the Red Birds. One day fhe Blue Birds got into the colored paper in the closet and Miss Beers made us stand up at the blackboard. It seems as though Doris Kne'.fel gave Miss Beers a lot of trouble by wading in the mud puddles all the time. Our academy didn’t do so well in the second grade, for we lost twelve and gained nine. Two of those were: Ronald Snow and Harold Fritz. When we called roll in our third year of school at the academy we found that ten had deserted us and only four had helped make up for it. Phyllis Birky joined our academy. In the third grade Dr. Dittmer came to school and vaccinated us for small pox and diptheria. This year Harold Fritz had some bad iuck when he broke his ankle while playing on the merry-go-round. Nancy French hit Sam Martin in the eye with the baseball bat, too, remember? It was also a job for some of us girls to clean out Paul Newsom’s desk every two weeks or so. When the fourth year of school rolled around we found we hadn’t done so badly. We lost five and gained four. Mildred Hibbs came to stay with us. During our stay there we got some new chairs in the 4th grade room. It seems as though some of us just couldn’t stay off them. As a matter of fact we were on them when the last bell rang after recess, and Miss Chelf made us sit there the rest of the day. This year brought bad luck to Lola, who liked to ride on the outside of cars. One day she fell off and the car ran over her hand. She spent some time in the hospital. This being the year of the war, we brought sacks to school and filled them with milkweed pods that we picked outside of town. In our fif h grade we went a little off on the low end by losing five and gain- ing three. Our total now was twenty-nine. Electing class officers was something new that year. We got Mrs. French a Christmas present, and we were even hap- pier than she was when she opened it and found it was a glass coffee maker. We gave a Christmas Operetta, and for the first time we saw Nancy with her hair combed out, rather than in braids. In our sixth year we still had a big class but we lost five and gained four. Two of those gained were Donald Peters and Margie Luthi. Our sixth year we really had a surprise; a man teacher. We also found out he was boss. He had two ways of punishing us; you either copied a few chapters out of our history books or he used the paddle he had in the closet. Some of the boys learned the hard” way, didn’t they, Ronnie? Lots of things happened this year; our first class party, the operetta Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn”, a basketball team and cheerleaders (Jo, Doris, and Lola). Remember the day we all wore lipstick, girls? My, how those boys teased us. Hockey seemed to be a wonderful sport for the boys this year; more than one or two came to class with skinned ankles. Vernon Young missed a whole semester this year on account of rheumatic fever. Phyllis Birky and Algot Olson used to have fun rolling apples down the aisles in the sixth grade, also. In the seventh grade at the space academy we came out even all the way; we lost one and gained one. As we were in the seventh grade, we no longer had one