Kouts High School - Kostang Yearbook (Kouts, IN)

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Last Will and Testament I, FRANK BARNARD, will my Chevy to anyone who likes to roll sideways down a hill rather then to coast down. I, PHYLLIS BIRKY, will my height to Ruby Taylor. I, MURIEL DOWD, will my job of selling candy at the games to anyone who doen’t mind arguing with the visiting fans. I, NANCY FRENCH, will the job of Kostang Co-editor to anyone who wants a lot of work and fun. I, HAROLD FRITZ, will my ability to get on the agriculture judging teams to anyone who likes Purdue. I. DON GINGERICH, will my Dodge to anyone who owns an oil well. I, MILDRED HIBBS, will my quietness to Ruth DeWitt. I, DORIS KNEIFEL, will my job as G. A. A. President to anyone who can talk louder than the G. A. A. members. I, MARGIE LUTHI, will my job as coke seller to anyone who doesn’t mind having their shoes full of coke. I, SAM MARTIN, will my Pontiac to anyone who can afford to keep it running. I» SYLVIA NAGAITIS, will my ability to keep my books balanced to the Kouts State Bank. I, PAUL NEWSOM, will my ability to fly to anyone who is tired of living. I, ALGOT, OLSON, will nothing as I’ll need everything I have to start farm- ing. I, DON PETERS, will my curly hair to Bill Salzer. I, JOANNE RAILING, will my ability to drive to anyone who doesn’t mind ending up in the ditch. I, GORDON REINHERTZ, will my ability to be a good Democrat to Norman Schnekenburger. I, RONNIE SNOW, will my physique to Gene Nuest. I, LOLA SUTTER, will my three years of cheerleading and my diamond to Susie Mansfield. I, VERNON YOUNG, will my ability to play pool to anyone who is saving plenty of dimes. We, the Senior Class of 53, will to the Junior class our musical ability, our leadership ability, our agriculture judging ability, our artistic ability, and our abil- ity to keep out of trouble. We, the Senior Class of 53, will to the Sophomore Class, all the books we used as Juniors if they’re in using condition. We, the Senior Class of 53, will to the Freshman class, all of our Psychology notes for future reference, We, the Senior Class of 53, will to the 7th and 8th grade, anything and every- thing left in our lockers after we leave.

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“Class History” teacher or one room. w This was the year for romance in our class. Jo, Lola, and Nancy received compacts from Gordon, Phillip, and Don Peters for Christmas. In our eighth year’s escapade we didn’t do so well, for we gained none and lost three. This year we found ourselves looking forward to eighth grade graduation. We de- cided on our class flower as yellow rose, but the night of graduation we were given white carnations instead. This was the year Miss Dittmer started teaching us par- limentary procedure. Some one was always getting up and telling our president, Doris, hat she was out of order. Jim was really a brain this year. Mr. Broad asked him to bring in some stock market quotations and Jim brought him an advertise- ment for dog food. Muriel and Margie gave Mr. Broad lots of trouble, too; Mr. Broad told them to keep quiet and so they talked sign language. Our gain and loss always slacking, we gained one and lost two in our ninth vear at the academy. The one gained was Sylvia Nagaitis. In our freshman year, we all thought we’d be separated from our firends by taking different subjects, but we found that nearly all of us took the same ones. Some things that stands out in our memories are the pantomine plays we gave as freshman; the “Comedy of Errors” and “Sleep ng Beauty”. Didn’t Gordon make a lovely “Sleeping Beauty”? Ronnie made a wonderful horse for our Prince “Margie”, too. This year we also had our first invitational party. Who were some of the couples, you asked? Let’s see; Lola and Harold; Nancy and Phillip; Margie and Mel; Doris and Jerry; and Sam and Susie Struve. We still had lots of bashful boys, then. When we counted off in our tenth year we found we had evened the score by gaining two and losing two. In our tenth year we presented the play “Who’s Af- raid” directed by Mr. Jensen, our sponsor. What fun Sam and Don had practicing tackling Jim, who was supposed to be a burglar. Mr. Jensen took us to Chicago, too. I don’t know if it just happened that way, or because it was Friday the thir- teenth that day, but we lost Don P. and Harold in Field’s Museum. In our Junior year at the academy we gained three and lost three. One gain- ed was Frank Barnard. This year we presented our Jr. play entitled “Cornin’ Round the Mountain”. We had lots of help putting on this play, besides that of our student director, Muriel. By the time the play was over, Muriel says she was a ner- vous wreck. Sam, Nancy, Sylvia and Harold wrote a play called “There’s One In Every Family”, which we presented to the school. Then came the prom, over which we had lots of heated arguments. Finally we got all committees appointed, every- thing planned and our contract signed with Bill Morthland’s band. Remember the colored hands we had from making all the flowers? It seems like nothing was start- ed until a few days before the prom; then we worked like mad. Three of the girls surely had a mess dying all the cheese cloth. After we had all the rolls of crepe paper up, someone threw a wet towel through it and ripped it. Also, the wire broke after we had most of the trees up. Jo and Midge didn’t get much sleep the night before the prom. They worked until 12:30 that night and then were here again at 5:30 the next morning. Say, girls, how did you get in at that time of the morning? Kind of hard finding an open window, wasn’t it? By the way, where did some of the boys accidentally cut the trees they were to get from Nagaitis’? In our graduating year at the academy we presented our Senior play entitled “Forever Albert”. We had loads of fun practicing and we had even more fun put- ting it on. Frank seemed to be our class clown. He surely entertained us at Mar- gie’s surprise birthday party. We took a trip to Indianapolis this year to see the state legislature. Then this spring, the Jr. and Sr. classes went to southern Indiana. This brings a close to some of the events and small incidents that took place in our twelve years of school. We hope you find these interesting and as funny as we found most of them. Class of “53”

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Junior - Senior Trip to Southern Indiana On Saturday, May 2, 1953, the Juniors and Seniors are scheduled to take a trip to southern Indiana. A bus will be chartered for that weekend as our means of transportation. Our first visit will be to the Wyandotte Caves. That evening, as part of the entertainment furnished us, we are going to explore the caves where we will see many different cave formations and the large cavern worn through the cave by an old underground river. For our lodging we have reserved the cabins at Wyandotte. Monday morning we will leave the Wyandotte Caves and head for the Spring Mill State Park. Interesting sights that will be enjoyed at the park are the old spring mill itself and Lookout Point. Spring Mill is equipped so that the visitors can enjoy swimming, fishing, hiking, shuffel board, boating, and a variety of play ground equipment. We will leave Spring Mill late Monday afternoon. Other than the Wyandotte Caves and Spring Mill we expect to investigate many points of interest on the way down to the southern part of the state and on the way home. Among these are the old capital building at Corydon and the campus of Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana. This trip is to take the place of the prom this year and the expense is divided between both classes. Everyone is looking forward to it with great eagerness. ©©©©©©©©© Junior-Senior Trip Tuesday, February 10, 1953, forty half-awake juniors and seniors, nine parents and four teachers met at the schoolhouse at 6:30 A. M. This was the day we went to Indianapolis to visit the capitol building. Our caravan of cars arrived in Indianapolis at approximately 9:30. The first visit was to the senate chambers where Senator VanNess introduced us to the rest of the senators. We heard two bills brought up for the third reading, both of which were passed. At 10:45 we left the Senate Chambers and began sightseeing around the big city. We ate, visited the Soldiers and Sailors’ Monument, or any other place that struck our fancy, and window shopped until 1:45; at that time we were sup- posed to meet outside the House of Representatives . After a long wait, we went inside for about 15 minutes. While we were there, three different bills were brought up for secoond reading but none were passed. We then started our long trek home. All in all it proved to be a very educational and happy trip.