Kouts High School - Kostang Yearbook (Kouts, IN)

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Senior History SEPTEMBER 1942 - Thirty young people register for the long voyage. Nine of them - Alice Grieger, Susan Struve, Marion Birky, Donald Claussen, Ronald Haman, Lester Hurley, Ernest Jahnz, Norman Schnekenburger, and Dale Smith are to com- plete the journey. We purchased our supplies and set sail for a new world of ad- ventures. MAY 1943 - We are now coming to the end of our first year of the trip. We now know what it is about, for we have started learning to read, spell, and add. SEPTEMBER 1944 - We have had two successful years of journeying. It seems as it we have sailed a long way, but we have just begun. DECEMBER 4, 1944 - John Atherton booked passage with us. He is the first new member to come aboard. JANUARY 15, 1945 - Carol Cannon became one of our mates. SEPTEMBER 1945 - As we set sail in our fourth year of journeying, we call roll and find that another name has been added to the list - it is Russell Pumroy. APRIL 4, 1946 - Larry Strong heard of our fast moving ship and came to join us. SEPTEMBER 1946 - We are sailing for the fifth year now and have just ac- quired Gene Nuest. There are always new and different things happening at sea. A mate never knows what will happen from one day to the next. MARCH 3, 1947 - Today, Dick Deli came aboard to be another of our mates. SEPTEMBER 1947 - Jerry Miller came to see how our ship was faring; he must like it because he is staying. SEPTEMBER 1948 - We have reached the half-way mark in our journey at last. It brought about quite a change for now we move about from deck to deck rather than staying on one all day. OCTOBER 1948 - Until now we have had only one girl join us since we set sail, but today Donna Sommers joined us in our adventures. MAY 1950 - All of us received a certificate from the officials acknowledging our eight years of successful sailing. SEPTEMBER 1951 - Now we are venturing into our tenth year of sailing. The end of the journey is slowly drawing near. NOVEMBER 26, 1951 - We are happy to find that another mate has joined our crew - Ray Smith. SEPTEMBER 1953 Our voyage is steadily drawing to a close. The last of our twelve years is to be completed. MAY 1954 Having successfully sailed for the past twelve years, we shall make use of our experiences to guide us in the future.