Kouts High School - Kostang Yearbook (Kouts, IN)

Text from Pages 1 - 114 of the 1955 volume:

%'H : ■ 't; The k n staxp Published by the o Kouts High School Volume IX 19 5 5 Forward The Kankakee River, Burns Ditch until dredged in 1910, is known to many of us for its recreational value. In the summer we fish, swim, boat, and in the winter fish and hunt along its banks. Along the river is a fort used by La Salle as he passed through this country. Trenches dug in the earth make the shape of the fort. Because of the memories, past and present, of the Kankakee River we have selected pictures and scenes of the river as our theme. DEDICATION We, the Senior Class of 1955, dedicate this book to one whose high quality In being both teacher and leader has influenced and bettered each of us both mentally and morally. While our futures were being molded through the 7th, 8th, and 9th grades he gave much of his t Ime in those three years to guide us as our sponsor. Because of his untiring effort to better educate us as individuals so that, as students, we might be more able to meet the world and be better citizens, we dedicate this book to Robert E. Br oa d. Faculty Statistics ROBERT E. BROAD, B. S. Illinois Institute of Technology Mathematics Science JANE E. DITTMER, A. B. Indiana University University of Colorado Chicago University Speech Language Arts WERNER HOSPERS, B. S. Valparaiso University Social Studies Health ROBERT R. GRAY, B. S. Bali State Teachers College Industrial Arts Physical Education Health Safety WILBUR LIPPERT, B. S. Purdue University Agriculture Biology FLOYD JOHNSON. M. S., B. S. Ball State Teachers College Indiana University Valparaiso University Commerce DOROTHY A. BOLING, A. B. Ball State Teachers College Butler University Indiana University Central Normal College Franklin College University of Wisconsin Mathematics Physics ALICE M. HAYDEN, A. B. Indiana University Home Economics MELVIN B. TAYLOR, A. B., M. S. Valparaiso University Indiana University- Social Studies GERALD N. QUINN, B.£. Butler University Indiana University Music JOHN HANNON, B. S. Indiana University Drivers Education Colors Red and White — K. H. S. — Song ( To the tune of “Way Down Upon the Swannee River.”) Way down upon the Kankakee Far, Far, away, That’s where the hearts are turning ever, That’s what the Seniors say. All the Seniors bid farewell, As they leave the halls; But we will not forget Kouts High School As the wide world calls. — K. H. S. — Flower Red Roses — K. H. S. — Motto The higher we rise, the broader the view. NAME LIKES DISLIKES Jim McKinney Fast cars beautiful women Cold climate Roy Atherton Tall blondes Competition Bernice Dowd A1 School work Jerry Daumer Hudsons All the rest Alice Gingerich Ping-Pong Unfriendly people Janet Gingerich Roland Conceited people Glen Hefner To tell stories Girls who don’t listen to him Glen Good Jeanette Gossiping girls Rose Dusek To eat Being bossed Dick Goodpaster Sat. nights Getting home early Dave Kotzer Janice Work Vera Krug Phil Studying Kay Krueger Jim Gas stations Evelyn Jahnz Food To wear shoes Silhouettes SAYING OTHERS WISH (He or She) FUTURE PLANS Huh Would sell his Model A To make a million Ain’t I bad Would stay awake in class Navy No kidding Would be a redhead Marriage I don’t know Would learn to drive College You know it Would have long black hair College Honestly A happy wedded life Marriage How about that Wouldn’t tell his stories Farmer Auctioneer Salamander Would get a grade below a B College You won’t believe it— Wouldn’t eat so much Marriage How about some gum? Would sit down in bookkeeping class Air Force Don’t make fun Would have a squirrel farm Armed Service Don’t make me blush Wouldn’t blush all the time Marriage All rightie Would stop giggling Marriage Who! Me? Wouldn’t be hungry all the time Marriage NAME Wayne Miller Warren Monroe Sandy Olson Roger Redelman Bil Salzer Don Schoon Kay Simic Ronnie Sommers Ron Winski Beveraly Wray Donna Sutter Clarence Grieger Joan Birky Roger Cannon LIKES To sing Hudsons Women Sports Pontiacs Woman Men Hockey Pretty girls Daniel Larry Sports Letters La Porte DISLIKES Conceited girls Pontiiacs Competition Work Studying Conceited Women Conceited Men Stingy people School Stuck-up People Conceited people Mercurys Stuck-up people Being quiet Silhouettes SAYING OTHERS WISH (He or She) FUTURE PLANS Bunk Would like girls Marines Well, now Might have success in College College If you’re lucky Would get a Crosley Farming Salamander Would go steady with Kay College If could be Would shave General Motors School Is that right Would get his credits Armed Forces One never knows, does one Would stop fussing with her hair Find a job Oh come on Would get a girl College I don’t know Wouldn’t shrug his shoulders Undecided “Yo” Would come to school every day Marriage Don’t know do you? Might have happiness in married life Marriage Says Who? Would learn to drive Army That’s me Would get a ring Secretary You’re cracking up Would get his lessons done Marines Class Poem We are the Seniors of ’55, Using our co-captains as our guide. Don Schoon is first on our list. He’s sweet sixteen and never been missed. Vera Krug is quite feminine, When she blushes, it is genuine. Bernice Dowd is our class blonde, Of men in uniform she is fond. Dave Kotzer has kinky black hair, Without it his head would be bare. Wayne Miller is a very nice guy, His looks make many a girl sigh. Alice Kay is a girl with a high 1. Q. Being a secretary is what she’d like lo do. Kay Simic is a spry little thing, She’s still waiting for a ring. Kay Krueger is fun and hard to fool, She’d rather have a home than be in school. Ron Winski is always calm and collected. By worries and cares, he’s never affected. Ronnie Sommers is always dressed to a “T”, He’s already planned what he’s going to be. Donna Sutter was our director, With our class play, we almost wrecked her. Bev Wray is the smallest girl in our class, Everyone wonders if her love will last. Dick Goodpaster with school is bored, He’d rather putt around in his black Ford. Rose Dusek would give her right arm, To be with Marv on the Montdale Farm. Roger Redelman is our class clown. For college, he is bound. Roger Cannon likes LaPorte, A girl from there, he likes to court. Glenn Hefner, the way he drives, Everyone wonders how his riders survive. Janet Gingerich is our class brunette, A wedding ring is what she’ll get. Glen Good is our co-editor, Louis Armstrong is his cornet competitor. Clarence Grieger has a fancy car, But it will only go so far. Sandy Olson, the shortest boy in our class. With his art ability, he will pass. Bill Salzer’s dad is the school trustee. Will Bill do the same? Wait and see. A studious boy is Warren Monroe, After College he’ll make dough. Joan Birky is often quoted. Tor piano playing she is noted. Hranium bound is Jim McKinney, We wonder if he’ll ever find any. Jerry Daumer likes geometry, But he can’t decide what he wants to be. Roy Atherton has a nice car, Give him some gas and he’ll go far. This is our class roll. Success in the future is our goal. Class History In the year 1943, twenty-seven passengers boarded the Kankakee Steamer to start their 12 year journey to education. Sixteen are still with us. They are: Clarence, Roger Cannon, Dick, Jerry, Glen Hefner, David, Wayne, Bill, Joan, Bernice, Rose, Alice, Janet, Vera, Evelyn, and Donna. We will never forget the times we were tied in our seats and put in corners. It must have been a good year for three entered and one left. As we entered the second grade, Miss Drazer, our teacher helped us to write our names. We gained six and lost three. We had twenty- four members that year. In the third grade, with Mrs. Filer as our teacher, we entered with twenty- three members. We were divided into groups and acted out stories from our reader. Six entered this year and two left. We entered the fourth grade with twenty-four pupils, with Miss Chelf as our guide. During the year four more entered and two left. We remember especially giving the operetta, “Tom Sawyer.” The sixth grade was the greatest year. Mrs. Watson was our captain and we remember when she won a mink stole. We also won the spelling contest. We gave fables and a Christmas play with the fourth and fifth grades. We shall always remember the day we entered the seventh grade, for we had to get used to the changing classes. During the seventh and eighth grade three new students entered. Thirty-five graduated from the eighth grade. Mr. Broad was our leader. The years from 9-12 were the years we enjoyed the most. We gained four, who are still with us. Mr. Broad still guided us as freshmen. Mrs. Kennedy sponsored us as sophomores. During our eleventh year we journeyed with the Seniors to the Wisconsin Dells for our class trip. We will always remember those three days of excursions up and down the dells and endles parties which went on. With Mr. French’s guidance we stuck to our course. Now, as we come to the end of our journey, Seniors at last, we visited the state legislature with the Juniors. To finish the year the Juniors and Seniors en- joyed a vacation to Spring Mill in southern Indiana. These are but some of our memories of the twelve years of school as we, the twenty-eight Seniors of 1955, remember them. Class Will I� SANDY OLSON, will my Buick to anyone who owns a gas station. I, ROGER REDELMAN, will my lova for sports to Jerry Good. I, BILL SALZER, will by ability to run in ditches to anyone with a Sherman Tank. I, JANET GINGERICH, will my long dark hair to Janet Jarnecke. I, ROY ATHERTON, will my speed on the basketball floor to Bill Herring. I, JOAN BIRKY, will my ability to play the piano to Betty Oswald. I. ROGER CANNON, will my ability to sleep in class to Jerry Cannon. I, BERNICE DOWD, will my ability to write letters to Barbara Haman. I. JERRY DAUMER, will my ability to play cards to anyone with lots of dough. I, VERA KRUG, will my ability to blush to Kay Railing. I, JIM McKINNEY, will any girl from Valpo except mine, to Joe Simic. I, KAY KRUEGER, will my ability to get an engagement ring from a Hebron guy to Kay Klemm. I, DAVE KOTZER, will nothing, the Republicans are in office. I, GLENN HEFNER, will the teachers more studious students like myself. 1, ALICE KAY GINGERICH, will my job in the cafeteria to Gwen Heinold. I, DON SCHOON, will my way with the girls to Ronnie Fox. I, DONNA SUTTER, will my alto vioce to Lois Roderick. I, KAY SIMIC, will my interest in Ronnie Haman to Johann Wandry. I, DICK GOODPASTER, will my ability to bring my report card back on time to anyone who can remember it. I, RON WINSKI, will my Kaiser to anyone with an oil well. I, BEVERLY WRAY, will my ability to catch a man from Medaryville to Lolly Maul. I, CLARENCE GRIEGER, will my Mercury to anyone who can afford to drive it. I, WARREN MONROE, will my photography hobby to anyone who is willing to pay for ruined film. I, GLEN GOOD, will my first seat in the cornet section to Bev Tucker. I, RONNIE SOMMERS, will my ability to grow corn to anyone who will work at it. I, EVELYN JAHNZ, will my ability to drive a car to Ruth Ann Cannon. I, ROSE DUSEK, will all my bassoon music to the baritone section. I, WAYNE MILLER, will my ability to get bookkeeping to Kay Johnson. We, the Seniors of 55, will to the Freshmen, all the education and fun we have gained in the past four years. We, the Seniors of ’55, will to the Sophomores a future as promising as ours when we were Sophomores. We, the Seniors of ’55, will to the Juniors an organized yearbook out on Dead- line time. We, the Seniors of ’55, will to the faculty an intelligent, studious, talented, ambitious, attentive, considerate, scruplous, responsive and courteous class, and more classes like us to look forward to in the future. Class Prophecy History has proven that Ogden Dunes was not a good plcae for the Worlds Largest Port, so it is now built at Baum’s Bridge. One fine day Joan Birky and Kay Simic, co-captains of the Kankee Steamer set out in a journey down the Kankakee River. The first thing to meet their eye was a blushing mermaid flapping her tail in the water. Who should it be but Vera Krug. After the shock she told us some of our classmates lived along the same river. So we pointed our steamer down the stream and started off. As we drew near Bachelor’s Heaven we noticed two men floating lazily down the river on a raft. They were feeding squirrels home brewed moonshine. As they waved we noticed they were none other than Wayne and Dave. We discussed old times and they told us they were married but came out here to forget their little troubles (twelve to be exact). Later we decided to get a bite to eat, anything but fish. We docked by a little cafe. As we drew closer we heard someone beating on a piano. It was Dick Good- paster. He decided to give Liberace some competition by pounding away on the piano and letting his hair grow. Along side of him we saw a little man playing a violin who was our own Roger Cannon. As we looked up we saw a blonde sitting on top of the piano with her blonde hair dangling in her eyes. You’d never guess it to be Alice Kay. She jumped from the piano to tell us some news about Roger Redelman who deserted her to go to the foreign legion with Glen Good. After we had had enough to eat, we went on our way. As we were gliding along we saw a little man setting traps for river rats. Wc found it to be Glenn Hefner. Our ship began to sputter and Glenn told us there was a gas station not far ahead. When we arrived at the station to gas up our steamer, who should be running the station but Kay Krueger, now Mrs. Knopf. Jim was letting her take care of the station while he chased the twelve kids around the tent in which they lived. Kay told us Evelyn and Chuck lived just across the river. They started making Pontiacs but ended up with Fords that sprout wing and are jet propelled. Wc decided to go down Crooked Creek so we dropped the wheels on our steamer and drove down river road. There sat a glass house heated by the sun and Janet was watching her forty inch colored television while Ronald was in the kitchen washing dishes with “Winski’s Hopeless Soap.” This soap is manufactured by Ron Winski. We stopped and Janet told us Roy lived on a ranch not far away and raised Shetland ponies. Jerry, Sandy, and Don Schoon were employed by Roy; they clean the stables. Not far from Roy’s ranch was a huge poultry farm. This was operated by none other than Ronnie Sommers and Clarence. They had three of our classmates picking chickens for them. They were Jim, Bill, and Bev. We talked to them for a while and they told us that Warren has now taken Miss Dittmer s place as English teacher at Kouts High School. We finally arrived at CroOiced Creek. Then we came upon Grape Island and found Donna, Rosie, and Bernice frantically clearing away the grapes so they would have a place to live. It got a little foggy so we decided to dock on Lone Tree Island. We both agreed it had been a very enjoyable trip because we had heard about and seen the whole c'ass of ’55. Juniors LEFT TO RIGHT, BACK ROW — Harold Olson, Allen Hamann, Larry Birky, Francis Susdorf, Jerry Cannon, Elvin Nuest, Paul Dawson, Don Smith. SECOND ROW — Sandra Birky, Donna Pfeiffer, June Koehler, Leslie Young, Dick Tabler, Kay Johnson, Marilyn Sutter, Mary Ann Knoll, SPONSOR - Mr. Johnson. FIRST ROW — Gwen Heinold, Rita Mansfield, SECRETARY - Johann Wandry, PRESIDENT - Sally Nuest, VICE-PRESIDENT - Don Kneifel, TREASURER - Janice Pfledderer, Marshall Heinold. — a:. . s. — Sophomore LEFT TO RIGHT, BACK ROW — Sandra Schneckenburger, Ronnie Atherton, Mike Shutske, Ted Schroeder, Raymond Jahnz, Ronnie Fox, Janet Jarnecke, Kay Railing, Beverly Sutter. THIRD ROW — Ruth DeWitt, Lois Kerlinska, Joe Simic, Jeannette Werner, Loretta Wienke, Carol Danford, Richard Nuest, Nancy Good. SECOND ROW — Nancy Taylo, Darlene Birky, Charlotte Young, Sandra Daumer, Carolyn Reinhertz, Barb Haman, Laura Krug, Lolly Maul. FIRST ROW — SPONSOR - Mrs. Hayden, Lois Roderick, SECRETARY-TREAS- URER - Sherry Heinold, PRESIDENT - Jerry Good, VICE-PRESIDENT - George Kneifel, Janice Birky, Charlie Martin, Kay Klemm. Freshmen LEFT TO RIGHT, BACK ROW — Glen Kneifel, Bill Kerns, Barry Fritz, Val Schultz, Martin Jacobson, Don Miller, DeWayne Lippert, Ed Peterich, Wendell Werner, Dick Hiatt, Bob Taylo. THIRD ROW — Nancy Miller, Laura Maul, Wes Birky, Donald Upton, Bob Shields, John Stewart, Sam Miller, Jayne Jacobson, Virginia Jahnz Larry Maxwell. SECOND ROW — Sharon Reinhardt, Les Birky, Betty Oswald, Madeline Herma, Jerri Dusek, Verna Nuest, Owen Martin, John Clarke, Pat Kasl. FIRST ROW — SPONSOR - Mr. Gray, Bev Tucker, SECRETARY-TREASURER - Pauline Luthi .PRESIDENT - Nancy Olson, VICE-PRESIDENT - Ruth Ann Cannon, Jim Heinold, Katherine Benson, Vernon Nuest. — A. . S. — Eighth Grade LEFT TO RIGHT, BACK ROW — Glenda Crouch, Roger Birky, Dick Hill, James Helton, Melvin Heinold, Harold Lang, Donna Schneckenburger, Myra Pumrov, Lulu DeWitt, Martha Cannon. SECOND ROW — Darlene Hessling, Karen Stoddard, Wanda Reinhardt, Warren Tucker, Marvin Heinold, Jackie Gorski, Betty Martin, Violet Birky, Ronald Herma. FIRST ROW — SPONSOR - Mr. Broad, Ronnie Dye, SECRETARY - Ann Susdorf, PRESIDENT - Albert Peterich, VICE-PRESIDENT - Curtis Simic, TREASURER - Mary Jane Struve, Bill Herring, Patty Church. — A. H. S. — Seventh Grade LEFT TO RIGHT, BACK ROW — Susie Koepke, Sam Koehler, Arthur Curtis, Doreen Stewart, Edward Wood, David Roderick, James Drazer, Delores Mason, Katy Miller, Patty Sutter. SECOND ROW — Fred Simic, Fred Haman, Glen Olson, Carol Fox, Lois Reinhardt, Gerald Taylor, Tom Kasl, Donald Wood, Carol Johnson, Jackie Shields, Carmen Good. FIRST ROW — SPONSOR - Werner Hosoers, Linda Mast, SECRETARY - Gloria Birky, PRESIDENT - Fred Pumroy, VICE-PRESIDENT - Phil Gingerich, TREASURER - Tom Tucker, Eugene Herma, Carol Strong. Sixth Grade LEFT TO RIGHT, BACK ROW — Shirley Hessling, Rita Dawson, Leonard Zabella, Tom Redelman, Ruth Ann Prough, Joan Taylor, Carolyn Cannon, Tom Sommers, Judy Swing. THIRD ROW — Myrna Birky, Karen Pfledderer, Jerry Lippert, Alfred Mattox, Tom Mroz, Mary Hurley, Dotty Pullins, Sandra Church. SECOND ROW — Randy Gorski, Joyce Tucker, Harold Warner, Nila Gesse, Dennis Gesse, Janet Maul, Ted Wienke. FIRST ROW — Jimmy Upton, Marilyn Duttlinger, Wanda Daumer, John Jarnecke, Keith Nuest, Betty Struve, Lydia Gingerich, Tom Simic. ABSENT — Judy Chael, Larry Hamann, Eleanor Miller. — A'. . S. — Fifth Grade LEFT TO RIGHT, BACK ROW — Charol Chael, Andrea Schroeder, Sandra Susdorf, John Koepke, Roger Timm, Raymond Temple, Joyce Van Dusen, Harry Mason, Willis Alt. SECOND ROW — Donald Good, Tommy Drazer, Carol Haman, Tom Oswald, John Stoddard, Susan Hilliard, William Helton, Irene Dusek. FIRST ROW — Ricky Hall, Stanley Pendowski, Barbara Hill, Lana Herring, Eula Heinold, Mary Spohn, John Kneisley. — A . H. S. — Fifth Grade LEFT TO RIGHT, BACK ROW — Reece Sheperd, Tommy Kneifel, Joy Egli, Rosemary Klaub, Wilma Miller, Joe Curtis, Jenny Cannon, Joyce Smith. SECOND ROW — Kathy Hiatt, Paul Martin, Randy Miller, Kathy Clarke, Ronald Karch, Joe Cannon, Bobby Rosenbaum. FIRST ROW — Lorraine Herma, Larry Nuest, Cheryl Tabler, Debra Rhynard, Judy Birky, Carl Kneifel, Dennis Cannon. ABSENT — Judith Vogel, Connie Russel. Fourth Grade LEFT TO RIGHT, BACK ROW — Dianna Saylor, Duane Gesse, Charles Wienke, Jack Bransford, Jack Parrott, Kenneth Mattox, Richard Duttlinger, Robert Bailey, Leotta Wood, Kenneth Zabella. SECOND ROW — Arlene Jensen, Stanley Fox, Thomas Upton, David Pfeiffer, Thomas Salzer, Diane Dunham, Sandra Wood, Charlene Birky, Jerri Maul. FIRST ROW — Brian Gesse, Allen Gingerich, Dennis Mason, Brenda Good, Roy Martin, Gerald Simic, Mary Church, Virginia Miller. ABSENT — Charlotte Dawson, Joyce Fleming, Thomas Heiniger, Rose Koehler. — K. H. S. — Third Grade LEFT TO RIGHT, BACK ROW — Arthur Good, James Alt, Michael Hefron, Roger Gorski, Daniel Mroz, Donald Hendrickson, Billy Hite, Allen Curtis, Vernon Reinhardt, Stanley Temple, Lucille Daumer. THIRD ROW — Tommy Crouch, Richard Gingerich, Linda Koepke, Arthur Luthi, Verna Reinhardt, Dari Jarnecke, Arthur Tuesburg, Radenko Marinkovich, Paul Simic, Kenneth Susdorf. SECOND ROW — Dorothy Martin, Kathleen Cannon, Pamela Miller, Walter Ruark, Ronko Marinkovich, Neil Warner, Peggy Heinold. Donna Drazer, Marjorie Duttlinger. FIRST ROW — Jo Ruth Good, Jeanie Tucker, Cheryl Hall, Betty Grieger, Judy Hanselman, Christine Schultz, Cheryl Miller, Kathleen Birkv, Bonnie Sutter, Sheila Sachett. ABSENT — Jimmy Jarnecke, Stephen Vogel. — K. . S. — Second Grade LEFT TO RIGHT, BACK ROW — JoAnn Hardin, Arnet Dawson, Leslie Clarke, Paul Taylor, Mary Dolezal, Brenda Mendel, Sharon Schultz, Dean Jarnecke, Mary Shutske. THIRD ROW — Linda Miller, Nancy Sutter, Cheryl Birky, Raymond Maxwell, Mary Drazer, Earl Hessling, Gloria Karch, Diane Reinhardt, Marsha Minton. SECOND ROW — Marlyn Gorski, Jack Lippert, Russell Stoddard, Daren Sipe, Eugene Heinold, Steven Mattox, Vicke Swing, Sally Russell. FIRST ROW — Lerry Gesse, Nancy Miller, Suzanne Sommers, Rita Tabler, Rad- mile Marinkovich, James Fleming, Curtis Claussen. ABSENT — Gorden Heiniger, Keith Schultz, Lester Rhynard, Lester Pullins. First and Second Grade LEFT TO RIGHT, BACK ROW — Barbara Cannon, Teddy Pendowski, Janet Hite, Wayne Mattox, Alice Jane Mast, Nancy Church, Elizabeth Werner, Mary Rein- hardt, Glen Olson. SECOND ROW — Elmer Martin, Gene Plough, Billy Chael, Jo Ann Dolezal, Barbara Alt, Rhea Daumer, Bobby Oehlman, Frank Duttlinger. FIRST ROW — Larry Stoddard, Sophie Maul, Pam Cannon, Shirley Miller, Danny Herma, Linda Miller, Darlene Saulsgiver. ABSENT — Karen Jean Knoll, David Tetzlcff. — K. . 5 . — First Grade LEFT TO RIGHT, BACK ROW — Kenneth Sommers, Alvin Loyd, Carolyn Hol- landsworth, Teresa Wadsworth, Nora Beth Johnson, Rita Lippert, Carol Williams, Virgilia Heinold, Donald Reinhardt, Connie Fox. SECOND ROW — Tommy Hannon, Larry Gold, Robert Hessling, Carl Dawson, Robert Claypool, Jerry Helton, John Drazer, Linla Mosher, Janet Landfadt. FIRST ROW — Dennis Harmon, Patricia Fullgraf, Richard Kneifel, Jimmy Tabler, Teresa Simic, Gloria Ruark, Teresa Church. ABSENT — Harvey Cavendar, Carolyn Claussen, Barbara Hendrickson, Larry Hitz, Larry Shutske, Ava Vogel, Darrell Hout, Glenda Willmore. — K. H. S. — Grade Faculty LEFT TO RIGHT STANDING — Meriam Shaw, Ruth Anne Hershman, Mabel Hofferth. SITTING — Frances Herman, Lola Benson, Louise Warren, Hazel Filer, Ruth Phegley. Music To start off the year, October 2, 1954, the marching band was one of the 150 bands to participate in the All High School Band Day Program at the Indiana University. Three weeks later our band marched in the annual homecoming parade at Valparaiso. Although they did not win first prize, we can be very proud of our Marching Band. On the second day of December the all county music festival was held at Boucher Gym in Valparaiso. Thirteen students from Kouts played in the mass county band under the direction of A1 Wiight of Purdue University. The mass county chorus composed of 350 voices was conducted by Richard Schoenbohn of Valparaiso University. Each school had a group perform to represent them. The Senior quartet, Roger Redelman, Glen Good, Warren Monroe, and Wayne Miller, representing Kouts sfcng “I Got Shoes.” On December 17, the Kouts Music Department presented its annual Christmas concert. This concert was given in appreciation of our parents and music booster efforts to purchase our new risers. The solo and ensemble contest was held at Hammond, Indiana, on February 5, 1955. Thirty-seven students participated in the contest in thirty-two events representing Kouts Music Department. They received 17 superior ratings and 11 excellent ratings. In the vocal department one first and one third were received by the two students participating. Glen Good singing a tenor solo received first and Lois Rodrick singing a soprano solo received a third. The state solo and ensemble contest was held at Indianapolis, February 12, 1955. Kouts had 4 students representing them in 5 events. Carol Danford received first in her saxaphone solo and in a saxaphone duet with Sherry Heinold. Glen Good received second in his cornet and tenor solos. Janice Birky received a third in a clarinet solo. February 15, the band and chorus gave an exchange concert for Boone Grove at their school. March 9, the band and chorus gave a midwinter concert. April 2, the band and chorus district contest was held at Valparaiso University. April 16, the band and chorus state contest was at Whiting. April 22, Music boosters sponsored a Minstrel Show. Band Officers Band Directors Glen Good, Jeannette Werner, San- Roger Redelman, Glen Good, dra Schneckenburger, Donna Sutter. — K. . S. — T wirier s LEFT TO RIGHT, STANDING — Laura Maul, Jerri Dusek, Sue Mansfield. KNEELING — Rose Du6ek„ Pep Band LEFT TO RIGHT, BACK ROW — Beverly Tucker, Bill Salzer, Mike Shutske, Virginia Jahnz. THIRD ROW — Albert Peterich, Pauline Luthi, Jeannette Werner. Katherine Benson. SECOND ROW — Patty Sutter, San- dra Birky, Janice Birky, Lois Roderick. FIRST ROW — Jim Heinold, Sherry Heinold, Carol Danford. Marching Band FRONT TO BACK, FIRST ROW, EXTREME LEFT — Laura Maul, Mary Jane Struve, Ted Schroeder, Ruth Ann Cannon, Sherry Heinold, Bob Taylo, Sandra Birky, Betty Oswald, Glen Good, Warren Monroe. SECOND ROW — Donna Schneckenburger, Allen Hamann, Katy Miller, Gwen Heinold, Katherine Benson, Sharon Reinhardt, Susie Koepke, Bev Tucker. THIRD ROW — MAJORETTE - Rose Dusek, Jerri Dusek, Jeannette Werner, Glen Olson, Lois Roderick, Nancy Olson, Phil Gingerich, Linda Mast, Beverly Sutter, Albert Peterich. SECOND ROW — Jim Heinold, Jerry Good, Johann Wandry, Sandra Schnecken- burger, Virginia Jahnz, Jackie Gorski, Gloria Birky, Pauline Luthi. FIRST ROW — Sue Mansfield, Patty Sutter, Mike Shutske, Donna Sutter, Carol Danford, Marilyn Sutter, Nancy Miller, Janice Birky, Bill Salzer, Roger Redelman. High School Chorus LEFT TO RIGHT, BACK ROW — Evelyn Jahnz, Jeanette Werner, Donna Sutter, Sandra Schneckenburger, Kay Railing, Johann Wandry, Roger Redelman, De- Wayne Lippert, Don Schoon, Roy Atherton, Don Miller, Bill Salzer, Martin Jacobson, Jerry Daumer, Ruth Ann Cannon, Kay Johnson, Joan Birky, Beverly Sutter, Kay Krueger. FOURTH ROW — Gwen Heinold, Sherry Heinold, Sandra Daumer, Virginia Jahnz, Rose Dusek, Carol Danford, Dick Hiatt, Elvin Nuest, George Kneifel, Val Schultz, Jerry Cannon, Allen Hamann, Wendell Werner, Loretta Weinke, Vera Krug, June Koehler, Nancy Olson, Janice Pfledderer. THIRD ROW — Verna Nuest, Nancy Good, Laura Maul, Carolyn Reinhertz, Ruth DeWitt, Jerry Good, Dick Good paster, Bill Kerns, Glen Good, Ronnie Sommers, Ted schroeder, Dick Tabler, Robert Taylo, Marilyn Sutter, Sue Mansfield. Jayne Jacobson, Nancy Miller, Jerri Dusek, Kay Klemm. SECOND ROW — Lois Roderick, Bernice Dowd, Janice Birky, Madge Herma, Kay Gingerich, Don Kneifel, Sam Miller, Bob Shields, Warren Monroe, Glen Kneifel, Ronnie Atherton, Marshall Heinold, Janet Gingerich, Donna Pfieffer, Kay Simic, Darlene Birky, Barbara Haman, Betty Oswald, Lolly Maul. FIRST ROW — Beverly Wray, Nancy Taylo, Sally Nuest, Mary Ann Knoll, Pat Kasl, Vernon Nuest, John Clarke, Richard Nuest, Wes Birky, Donald Upton, Leslie Young, Larry Maxwell, Les Birky, Laura Krug, Sharon Reinhardt, San- dra Birky, Pauline Luthi, Katherine Benson, Charlotte Young. — K. . .9. — Concert Band LEFT TO RIGHT, BACK ROW. SITTING — Ted Schroeder, Mike Shutske, Allen Hamann, STANDING — Mr. Quinn, Katherine Benson, Robert Taylo, Virginia Jahnz, Marilyn Sutter. THIRD ROW — Gloria Birky, Jerri Dusek, Nancy Miller, Linda Mast, Sharon Rein- hardt, Glen Good, Bill Salzer, Pauline Luthi, Beverly Tucker, Albert Peterich, Rose Dusek, Warren Monroe, Glen Olson, Jerry Good, Jeannette Werner, Donna Schneckenburger, Jim Heinold, Mary Struve, Patty Sutter. SECOND ROW — Betty Oswald, Laura Maul, Jackie Gorski, Beverly Sutter, Lois Roderick, Donna Sutter, Katy Miller, Ruth Cannon, Phil Ginegrich, Johann Wandry, Sherry Heinold, Carol Danford. FIRST ROW — Roger Redelman, Sandra Birky, Janice Birky, Nancy Olson, Sandra Schneckenburger, Gwen Heinold. High School Chorus Officers LEFT TO RIGHT, STANDING — Ronnie Sommers, Evelyn Jahnz, Roger Redelman. SEATED — Joan Birky. High School Chorus Accompanists LEFT TO RIGHT, STANDING — Sally Nuest, Barbara Haman, Jeanette Werner. SEATED — Joan Birky. — K. 11. S. — Junior High Band LEFT TO RIGHT, BACK ROW — Patty Sutter, Jackie Gorski, Carolyn Cannon, Joan Taylor, Albert Peterich, Roger Birk , Donna Schneckenburger, Ruth Ann Prough, Mary Jane Struve. SECOND ROW — Carmen Good, Phil Gingerich, Tom Redelman, Susie Koepke, Katy Miller, Tom Sommers, Dennis Gesse, Glen Olson. FIRST ROW — Marilyn Duttlinger, Joyce Tucker, Janet Maul, Karen Pfledderer, Myrna Birky, Gloria Birky, Linda Mast, Lydia Gingerich. — K. 11. S. — Beginner's Band LEFT TO RIGHT, BACK ROW — Eleanor Miller, Randy Curtis, Roger Timm, Willis Alt. THIRD ROW — Fred Simic, Andrea Schroeder, Carmen Good. SECOND ROW — Lorraine Herma, Jenny Cannon, Wilma Miller, Irene Dusek. FIRST ROW — Dennis Cannon, Mary Spohn, Debbie Rhynard. District Soloists LEFT TO RIGHT, BACK ROW — Warren Monroe, Roger Redelman, Glen Good, Mike Shutske. THIRD ROW — Jeanette Werner, Laura Maul, Nancy Olson, Carol Danford, Jerri Dusek. SECOND ROW — Janice Birky, Sherry Heinold, Betty Oswald, Sandra Birky. FIRST ROW — Bev Tucker, Gwen Heinold, Pauline Luthi, Lois Roderick. Team Name Mustangs — K. H. S. — School Colors Black and Gold — K. H. S. — Pep Song Fight on Kouts High School Fight on for her name. With the colors flying, We will surely win this game Rah! Rah! Rah! Fight on Kouts High School Fight for victory Put in the ball, and do not stall And we will never ever fall. — K. H. S. — Athletic Awards The basketball letter winners are as follows: Roy Atherton, Wayne Miller, Dave Kotzer, Roger Redelman, Glen Good, Harold Olson, Francis Susdorf, Dick Tabler and Allen Hamann. The basketball certificate winners are as follows: Jerry Good, Ted Schroeder, Charles Martin, Raymond Jahnz, Barry Fritz, Leslie Birky, Val Schultz, Don Miller, Donald Upton, Wendell Werner, Robert Taylo, Owen Martin and Bill Kerns. The baseball letter winners are as follows: Roy Atherton, Glen Good, Roger Redelman, Dave Kotzer, Wayne Miller, Ronnie Sommers, Francis Susdorf, Marshall Heinold, and Barry Fritz. This year Glen Good, a senior guard, won the free shot award with an average of 63 per cent. Baseball Under the supervision of Coach Floyd Johnson the Kouts Mustangs started the season off right by shutting out Jackson. The Mustangs won five straight games before, dropping a close game to Chesterton. Kouts came back and won two straight to tie Chesterton’s 7-1 record to become Co-County Champs. Kouts __________________________ 6 Kouts __________________________ 8 Kouts _________________________ 4 Kouts _________________________ 12 Kouts __________________________ 7 Kouts __________________________ 3 Kouts ________________________ 2 Kouts _________________________ 13 Jackson ________________________ 0 Morgan _________________________ 1 Wheeler _______________________ 0 Liberty ________________________ 6 Hebron __________________________6 Chesterton _____________________ 4 Boone Grove ____________________ 0 Washington _____________________ 1 Basketball The Mustangs with Coach Bob Gray at the helm trimmed their first rival Jackson 70-32. Then went on to muster a 4 and 4 record before the South County Tourney. In the finals of the tourney Kouts lost an overtime thriller to Hebron 56-54. Kouts commenced to win two more Conference games before being swamped by Liberty 85-36. This didn’t hold the Mustangs back and they reached the finals of the County Tourney before they were beaten by Chesterton. Bob Gray’s Mus- tangs went on to tie for second place in the County Conference. Then in the Sec- tional Kouts ripped through Washington and Hebron to enter the finals. In the finals Kouts lost to a bigger Chesterton team. The Mustangs ended a very successful season with a respectable 14-10 record. Kouts _________________________ 70 Kouts _________________________ 67 Kouts _________________________ 40 Kouts _________________________ 43 Kouts _________________________ 40 Kouts _________________________ 40 Kouts _________________________ 22 Kouts _________________________ 45 Kouts ________________________ 54 Kouts _________________________ 43 Kouts _________________________ 36 Kouts _________________________ 42 Kouts ------------------------- 56 Kouts _________________________ 42 Kouts _________________________ 43 Kouts _________________________ 50 Jackson ____________________ C-32 Hebron _______________________ 57 DeMotte ______________________ 47 Lowell _______________________ 36 N. Judson ____________________ 63 Chesterton ___________________ 65 LaCrosse _____________________ 44 Stilwell _____________________ 26 Washington _________________ C-43 Wheeler _________________ C-ot-38 Liberty -------------------- C-85 Boone Grove__________________C-54 Wheatfield ___________________ 40 Wanatah ______________________ 41 Portage ................. 2ot-45 Morgan ______________________C-48 South County Tourney Kouts --------------------- 51 Boone Grove_________________42 Kouts --------------------- 54 Hebron __________________ ot-56 County Kouts _______________________ 49 Kouts _______________________ 56 Kouts _______________________ 40 Sectional Kouts _______________________ 56 Kouts _______________________ 55 Kouts _______________________ 21 Conference — C Tourney Boone Grove ________________ 38 Hebron _____________________ 47 Chesterton _________________ 56 Tourney Washington _________________ 43 Hebron _____________________ 51 Chesterton _________________ 17 Baseball Team LEFT TO RIGHT, BACK ROW — Wes Birky, Don Kneifel, Glen Good, Bob Taylo, Ted Schroeder, Ronnie Sommers, Marshall Heinold, Donald Upton, Jim Heinold. LEFT TO RIGHT, FRONT ROW — Val Schultz, Allen Hamann, Francis Susdorf, Roger Redelman, Roy Atherton, Donald Miller, Dave Kotzer, Wayne Miller, Barry Fritz, Wendell Werner. — K. H. S. — Basketball Team LEFT TO RIGHT — Jerry Good, Dick Tabler, Harold Olson, Dave Kotzer, Roy Atherton, Roger Redelman, Francis Susdorf, Wayne Miller, Allen Hamann, Glen Good. — K. H. S. — Reserve Basketball Team LEFT TO RIGHT, BACK ROW — Ted Schroeder, Bill Kerns, Robert Taylo, Donald Upton, Owen Martin, Les Birky. LEFT TO RIGHT, FRONT ROW — Raymond Jahnz, Donald Miller, Val Schultz, Wendell Werner, Charles Martin, Barry Fritz. i Track LEFT TO RIGHT, BACK ROW — Jim Heinold, Wes Birky, Sam Miller, Dick Tabler, Jerry Good, Robert Taylo, Marshall Heinold, Donald Upton, Sandy Olson, Les Birky. SECOND ROW — Harold Olson, Elvin Nuest, Wendell Werner, Charlie Martin, Barry Fritz, Ted Schroeder, Ronnie Sommers, Bill Kerns. FIRST ROW — Val Schultz, Larry Birky, Roger Redelman, Roy Atherton, David Kotzer, Raymond Jahnz, Don Miller. — A. . 5. — Cheerleaders LEFT TO RIGHT — Sandra Schneckenburger, Sally Nuest, Laura Maul, Sue Mansfield. — A'. . S. — Junior High Basketball LEFT TO RIGHT, BACK ROW — Glen Olson, Eugene Herma, Tom Kasl, Fred Pumroy, Phil Gingerich, Randy Curtis, Jim Drazer, Tom Tucker, Carmen Good. Fred Haman, Fred Simic, COACH - Floyd Johnson. FRONT ROW — Bill Herring, Curtis Simic, Ronald Herma, Roger Birky, James Helton, Albert Peterich, Melvin Heinold, David Roderick, Marvin Heinold, Warren Tucker, Ronnie Dye, Sam Koehler. G. A. A. LEFT TO RIGHT, BACK ROW — Carol Danford, Kay Krueger, Loretta Weinke, Bev Sutter, Kay Railing, Johann Wandry, Janet Jarnecke, Kay Johnson, San- dra Schneckenburger, Jeanette Werner, Vera Krug, June Koehler. THIRD ROW — Nancy Good, Donna Pfieffer, Carolyn Reinhertz, Sue Mansfield, Ruth DeWitt, Sandra Daumer, Janice Pfledderer, Marilyn Sutter, Evelyn Jahnz, Janet Gingerich, Sherry Heinold. SECOND ROW — Mary Ann Knoll, Nancy Taylo, Barb Haman, Bernice Dowd, Kay Simic, Janiice Birky, Darlene Birky, Laura Krug. Sandra Birky, Gwen Heinold. FIRST ROW — Mrs. Hayden, Lois Roderick, Laura Maul, SECRETARY - Rose Dusek, PRESIDENT - Donna Sutter, VICE-PRESIDENT - Joan Birky, TREA- SURER - Kay Gingerich, Sally Nuest, Kay Klemm, Beveraly Wray. — K. H. S. — G. A. A. Officers Sophomore Formation Kay Gingerich, Mrs. Hayden, Rose Dusek. SITTING — Donna Sutter, Joan Birky. — K. H. S. — — K. H. S. — Noon Candy Sellers LEFT TO RIGHT — Rose Dusek, Evelyn Jahnz, Kay Krueger, Kay Simic. Private Room Workers Gwen Heinold, Patient, Marilyn Sutter. Boy's 4-H LEFT TO RIGHT, BACK ROW — Warren Monroe, Elvin Nuest, Harold Olson, George Kniefel, Roger Redelman, Raymond Jahnz, Don Miller, Val Schultz, Charlie Martin, Allen Hamann, Jerry Good. FIFTH ROW — Donald Wood, Richard Nuest, Sandy Olson, Marshall Heinold, Mike Shutske, Ronnie Atherton, Don Kniefel, Melvin Heinold, James Helton, Beverly Sutter. FOURTH ROW — Vernon Nuest, Warren Tucker, Ruth DeWitt, Owen Martin, Roger Birky, Nancy Olson, Lulu DeWitt, Jim Drazer, Marvin Heinold, Darlene Birky, Katherine Benson. THIRD ROW — Dennis Gesse, Raymond Temple, Tom Sommers, Fred Pumroy, Edward Wood, Phil Gingerich. Patty Sutter, Leonard Zabella, Alfred Mattox, Don Good. SECOND ROW — Tom Drazer, Fred Simic, Randy Gorski, Tom Oswald, Johnny Jamecke, Keith Nuest, Carol Hamann, Larry Nuest, Carl Kniefel. FIRST ROW — Glen Good, Don Smith, Larry Birky, Ronnie Sommers, Glen Hefner, Roy Atherton, Gwen Heinold, Wilbur Lippert. — AT. H. S. — Girl's 4-H LEFT TO RIGHT, BACK ROW’ — Carolyn Cannon, Doreen Stewart, Virginia Jahnz, Rose Dusek, Johann Wandry, Lulu DeWitt Glenda Crouch, Ruth De- Witt, Joan Taylor. THIRD ROW — Rita Dawson, Beveraly W’ray, Gwen Heinold, Jackie Gorski, Violette Birky, Susie Koepke, Rosemary Klaub, Carol Johnson, Andrea Schroe- der. SECOND ROWr — Eula Heinold, Irene Dusek, Susan Hilliard, Carol Chael, Jenny Lou Cannon, Lana Herring, Leoda Wrood, Kathy Hiatt. FIRST ROW — Mrs. Hefner, Debbie Rhynard, Janice Pfledderer, Evelyn Jahnz, Betty Martin, Sally Nuest, Judy Birky. 4-H PLEDGE I pledge my HEAD to clearer thinking, My HEART to greater loyalty, My HANDS to better service, My HEALTH to better living. For my club, my community, And my country. In boys 4-H during the past year: Glen Hefner had the grand champion steer at the county fair and won the hog showmanship contest trophy. Pat Sutter had the reserve grand champion steer at the county fair. Ronnie Atherton won a calf for being the champion Guernsey showman. The crops judging team consisting of Wayne Miller, Ronnie Haman, Dick Deli, and Russell Pumroy placed 6th in the state judging contest held at Purdue. This is the highest any crops team from Kouts has ever placed. The boys 4-H sent 2 delegates to Purdue for 3 days. They were John Atherton and Harold Fritz. These boys were chosen because of their outstanding work in their club. The land judging team consisting of Ronnie Sommers, Clarence Grieger, Dick Deli, and Russell Pumroy placed in the top half of the Prairie Farmer Land Judging Contest held at the Farm Progress Show at Camden. The poultry judging team consisting of Clarence Grieger, Glenn Hefner, Dale Smith, and Richard Nuest place 8th in the state judging contest held at the state fair in Indianapolis. In this contest Clarence Grieger was high poultry and egg judging individual in the state. Ronnie Sommers was 4-H Porter County Corn Prince with a yield of 146 bushels per acre. There were 65 members completing their projects in boys 4-H this year. MOTTO To Make The Best Better Junior Paper Staff LEFT TO RIGHT, BACK ROW — Lairy Birky, Paul Dawson, Don Smith, Francis Susdorf, Dick Tabler, Harold Olson, Leslie Young, Sue Mansfield. STANDING — Miss Dittmer and Mr. Johnson. SECOND ROW — Marshall Heinold, Elvin Nuest, Marilyn Sutter, Sandra Birky, Mary Ann Knoll, Sally Nuest, Janice Pfledderer, June Koehler. FIRST ROW — Jerry Cannon, Don Kniefel, Gwen Heinold, Donna Pfeiffer, Johann Wandry, Kay Johnson, Allen Hamann. — K. II. S. — Student Council LEFT TO RIGHT, BACK ROW — Pat Sutter, Janice Birky, Dick Goodpaster, Charles Martin, Glen Hefner, Donna Schneckenburger, Marshall Heinold, Jim Heinold. FRONT ROW — Mr. Taylor, Gwen Heinold, Wayne Miller, Dave Kotzer, Sue Mansfield. — K . S. — Librarian Club LEFT TO RIGHT. BACK ROW — Eugene Herma, Carmen Good, Tom Tucker, Arthur Curtis, Carol Johnson, Doreen Stewart, Delores Mason, Susanne Koepke, Lois Reinhardt, Jackie Shields, Jim Drazer, Donald Wood, Sam Koehler, Edward Wood. FRONT ROW — June Koehler, Kay Krueger, Jerry Daumer, Elvin Nuest, Ruth Ann Cannon. Bev Tucker. Katherine Benson, Lulu DeWitt, David Rodrick, Tom Kasl, Miss Boling. ■ Junior Play BEAUTY AND THE BEEF Ginny (Rose Dusek) hoped her past on a quiz program would be a closed book, now that they had moved to a small town, and the boys would date her like anyone else. Beef, (Roger Redelman) Captain of the football team had offered to help Giinny in history. (Beef was working a condition on the subject.) GinnyV. brother, Les, (Dick Goodpaster) was on her side; he was sick of being the brother of a child wonder. Les wanted to play the bass drum in the high school band; he believed he didn’t need to know music; all he needed was the drum. He discovered Molly Woods (Bev Wray) whose father (Glen Hefner) was her chief danger. Ginny’s father (Wayne Miller) had promised not to brag on her records but sometimes forgot and caused many anxious moments. Foggy, (Glen Good) drum major of the marching band, saw Ginny’s cup and showed it to Beef who realiezd he had been helping a brain in history. To prove she wasn’t smart, Ginny copied the wrong answers on an exam. She admitted copying to Miss Bigby (Evelyn Jahnz) but Beef was suspended. Without Beef, the team couldn’t win the big game. Franny (Janet Gingerich) the professor’s (Warren Monroe) daughter tried to help. To- gether Ginny and Franny succeeded in making the whole team sick by putting opicac in their cocoa. They almost got into trouble with the law but at the final curtain Ginny had her date with Beef. Other characters were Laura - Joan Birky; Barbara - Vera Krug; Miss Spencer- Donna Sutter; Cheerleaders, Kay Gingerich, Kay Simic, Kay Krueger; Members of the team - Bill Salzer, Roy Atherton, and Dave Kotzer; Miss Dittmer was the faculty director and Bernice Dowd the student director. — K. . S. — Senior Play THE POOR FISH Sylvester Fish (Roger Redelman) got into a heap of trouble the minute he appeared on stage. When he walked into the house he had inherited from his uncle, Sylvester Fish Sr. (Don Schoon) he didn’t expect to find it as a Rest Cure Sanitorium run by Florence Arlington (Joan Birky). Things started happening the moment Sue (Evelyn Jahnz) and her brother Billy (Dick Goodpaster) arrived and insisted they owned the house. Later, Sylvester found out that Francine, (Janet Gingerich) the girl he planned to marry, had been told he was paying Margaret's (Rose Dusek) expenses in the home. Aubrey Nutt. (Glen Good) a friend of Sylvester, tried to help him out but nothing seemed to help; he only got in deeoer. Another woman (Bernice Dowd) claimed he was her husband. A few hours later a second Mrs. Fish (Kay Krueger) arrived. To top it off Sylvester got into trouble with the law. Francine believed he was a bigamist and left him. Sue had sympathy for Sylvester; ai the final curtain Sylvester’s troubles are over and Sue became engaged to him. Other characters were: Mariposa - Kay Simic; Lola Paine-Kay Gingerich; Randall Chase - Ronnie Sommers; Warda Jewel - Vera Krug; Justis Sommers - Roy Atherton; Ella - Bev Wray. Miss Dittmer was the faculty director and Warren Monroe the student director. 4 Bus Drivers LEFT TO RIGHT — Clarence Landfadt, Oscar Maxwell, Bob Claussen, Joe Gingerich, Elden Birky, Ben Birky. — K. H. S. — Cooks LEFT TO RIGHT — Martha Fullgraf, Lulu Schneckenburger, Margaret Schnecken- burger. — K. H. S. — Janitors Secretary George Pfledderer and Bill Schultz Marlene Ramos School Calendar SEPTEMBER 7—First day of school 10— Kouts at Jackson, Baseball 13—Morgan at Kouts 17— Kouts at Wheeler 20— Kouts at Liberty 21— Student Council 22— Senior class meeting 24— Hebron at Kouts 27— Senior class meeting 28— Kouts at Chesterton OCTOBER 4— Magazine Drive ends 5— Basketball practice starts 7— Senior play (dress rehearsal) 8— Senior play 11— Selected Cheerleaders 12— Librarian’s party 13— G A.A. Initiation 14— Library Club party 15— Open House 18— Seniors ordered robes IP—Sophomores ordered sweaters 21— Convocation (pantomime) 22— Baseball trophy presentation 23— Valparaiso Homecoming, Band marched 25— Senior and Faculty pictures taken 26— Eighth grade party 28— Seventh grade party 29— Faculty party 30— Freshman party NOVEMBER 2— G.A.A. Playnight 3— Yearbook sales start 5—First basketball game, Jackson 8—G.A.A. meeting V—Student Council 11— Ag. pick vegetable judging team 12— Hebron, basketball 16— Sophomore party 17— Girls 4-H club meeting 18— Jr. High Basketball 19— DeMotte, basketball 22— First issue of KOUTSCRIPT 23— Lowell, basketball 24— Thanksgiving vacation starts 26—Soph, present convocation 29—Seniors take scholarship test DECEMBER 1— County Music Festival 2— Yearbook sales end 3— North Judson, basketball 4— G.A.A. Playnight 10—Chesterton, basketball 13— Folk Singer, convocation 14— Music Boosters’ meeting 15— LaCrosse, basketball 16— Sophomore party 17— Christmas Concert 21— Seniors took Science talent test 22— Stillwell, basketball 23— Christmas vacation starts School Calendar JANUARY 1—South County Tourney 3— Christmas vacation ends 4— G.A.A. Playnight 5— Washington, basketball 6— Freshmen, basketball 7— Wheeler, basketball 8— Piano Contest 9— Wanatah, basketball 11— Juniors ordered rings 12— Senior Girls took Homemaking test 13— Jr. High Basketball 18— Morgan, basketball 19— G.A.A. Playnight 20— 21-22—Porter County Tourney 24— Second Semester starts 25— (B) team tourney at Boone Grove 26— (B) team tourney at Boone Grove 28— Boone Grove, basketball 29— Varsity squad went to Indiana- polis, Farm Bureau FEBRUARY 1— G.A.A. Playnight 2— Freshmen, basketball 3— Jr. High Basketball 4— Girls 4-H club meeting 5— Solo and ensemble contest 7— Movie, educational 8— Music Boosters’ meeting 9— Portage, basketball 12—Senior Invitational party 14—Jr. High Tourney 18— Crops-Dairy Day 19— State Music contest 21—Juniors selected play cast 23-26—Sectional Tournament MARCH 1— Jr. and Sr. went to Legislature 2— Sr. boys received award jackets 3— F.F.A. installation 4— Sophomore party 5— Varsity squad attended Regional 8— Concert at Hebron 9— Mid-Winter Concert 12—Varsity squad attended Semi- Finals 17— Junior Play (dress rehearsal) 18— Junior Play APRIL 2— Musical District Contest 5— G.A.A. Playnight 6— Recruiters for the Service 8— Spring Vacation 12— Music Boosters’ meeting 15— Music Boosters’ Minstrel 16— State Music Contest 22—Biology Trip 29— Kankakee Valley track meet 30— Jr.-Sr. Class Trip MAY 3— G.A.A. Playnight 9— County track meet 13— Sectional track meet 18—Spring Concert 20—Senior Day 22—Baccalaureate 27— Commencement 28— Alumni - The class of 1955 will now become members of the Alumni. Alumni 1906-1914 1. Kathryn King 2. Mae Benkie 3. Glenn Cannon 4. Grace Cannon 5. Oscar E. Knoll 6. Clarie Hannon 7. Marie Beckwith 8. Edith Anderson 9. Louise Bodecker 10. Lloyd Cannon 11. Anna Propp 12. Pauline Krueger 13. Nyle Pierce 14. Ethel Ailes 15. Florence Young 16. Janette Anderson 17. William Schwanke 18. Elizabeth Fry 19. Arthur La Count 20. Liza Cannon 21. Kennie Cunningham 22. Fred Chael 23. Grace Cannon 24. Jesse Betterton 25. Levi Stubble ?6. Charles Hanaley 27. Lucie Biggart 28. Fannie Hannon 29. George Jones 30. Arthur Johnson 31. Otto Hofferth 32. Martha Jones 33. Eunice Nichols 34. Nora Denton 35. Grace Gay 36. Edna Hockett 37. Ethel Cannon 38 Vera Kruell 39. Paul R. Dye 40. Lee Williamson 41. Mabel Pahl 42. J. Raymond Benkie 43. Marie Ryan 44. Mamie Woolbrandt 45. Russell La Count 46. Pearle Trinkle 47. Eva Noland 48 Emil Hofferth 49. Ella Johnson 50. Lenora Kosanke 51. Ole Betterton 52. Rose Welsh 53. Fred Welsh 54 Katherine Drazer 55. Frank Cinconski 56. Leslie Cannon 1915 1. Idaline Trinkle 2. Lester P. Hayes 3. Leo Shutske 4. Bessie Woolbrandt 5. Mabel Salzer 6. Albert Honehouse 1916 1. Florence Boedecker 2. Louise Kosanke 3. Alice H. Kruell 4. Louise H. Pahl 1917 1. Bertha Drazer 2. Anne Hartman 3. Hattie Hartman 4. Agnes L. Lauer 5. Florence Nichols 6. Sadie Welsh 7. Bessie Williamson 8. Leona Williamson 9. Hattie Woolbrandt 1918 1. Dorothy Anderson 2. Jessie Blanchly 3. Dorothy Detlef 4. Laura Kosanke 5. Jessie Mansfield 6. Anita Rosenbaum 1919 1. Arthur Behrends 2. Louise Benkie 3. Tessie Crowe 4. Murial Doepker 5. Clarence Jarnecke 6. Marie Quirk 1920 1. Marie Drazer 2 Ruth Dunkel 3. Loretta Lauer 4. Beulah Redelman 1921 1. Emilin Crowe 2. Frances Diskavish 3. Louise Hofferth 4. Lucille Maxwell 5. Anna Quirk 6. Ada Williamson 1922 1. Minnie Adams 2. Grace Bartholomew 3. Elizabeth Brust 4. Frances Engel 5. Regina Knopinski 6. Frances Wandrey 7. 8. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Mildred Thompson Robert Welsh 1923 William Iliff Fred Brust Nondis Buse Murial Gramps Elizabeth Anderson 1924 Evelyn Childers Donald Crowe Edith Engel Edith Owens William Salzer Alonzo Sims Theodore Perry 1925 Ruth Albright Jennie Biggart Mary Diskavish Marie Gramps Frederick Hofferth Heny Knoll Orville Pietsch Thomas Quirk Lila Redelman Leona Rosenbaum Lulu Rosenbaum Esther Smith Minnie Walters Madalyn Luers Kenneth Ford Agnes Dunkel 1926 Lewis Hiland Helen Knopinski Louise Johnson Leila Rosenbaum Ancil Beal Roy Wandry 1927 LaVerne Cannon Emma Herring Gladys Knoll Alice Miller Edith Pietsch Alice Rosenbaum Marion Titus Mabel Werner 1928 Robert Hofferth Lawrence Knopinski Maurice Pumroy Melba Rosenbaum Pinney Sommers Pearl Mclntire Alumni 1929 1. Ewalt Jahnz 2. James Prevo 3. James Comb 4. Genevieve Drazer 5. Mary Garlock 6. Fred Mamatt 7 Gladys Fietsch 8. Barbara Spencer 9. Phoebe Warren 10. Jack E. Dittmer 1930 1. Chauncey Birky 2. Jane E. Dittmer 3. Lester Martin 4. Glaydes Pumroy 5. Theodore Schroeder 6. Joseph L. Vogel 1931 1. Howard Kneifel 2. Paul Baughman 3. Paul Egli 4. Clarence Good 5. James Griffith 6. James Hannon 7. Hugh Hough 8. Ida Pearl Hough 9. Minnie Metherd 10. Robert McSweney 11. Norma Orsburn 12. Lydia Sutter 1932 1 Howard Pumroy 2. Henrietta Denzine 3. Harland Kaufman 4. Joseph Metherd 5. Alma Rosenbaum 6. Leslie Pietsch 7. Margaret Rosenbaum 8. Grace Smith 9. Forrest Warren 10. Alvin Klemn 11. Bessie Hefron 12. Marion Wise 13. Jeanette DeVries 1933 1. Alice Arnold 2. Keith Cannon 3. Paul Drazer 4. Jurgen Eilers 5. Bertha Gingerich 6. Donald Mason 7. Eugene McSweeney 8. Everett Pietsch 9. Minnie Sutter 10. Esther Mae Wells 1934 1. Ernest Baughman 2. Charlotte Brown 3. Thomas Clinton 4. Margaret Cannon 5. Minnie Chael 6. Lawrence Gesse 7. Mary Margaret Hannon 8. Eva May Hough 9. Lillian Jensen 10. Harold Hurley 11. Frederick Krueger 12. Violet Mason 13. Frederick Maul 14. Lois McSweeney 15. Lucille Redelman 16. Lorraine Reinke 17 Harriet Talbot 18. Charles Mclntire 19. France Vogel 20. Mary Mae Watson 21. Margaret Wilson 22. Vernon Craig 23. Ardella Hamann 1935 1. Marvin Cannon 2. Thomas Dittmer 3. Vernon Dye 4. Lois Dykes 5. Robert Garrigan 6. Lucille Hall 7. Vera Jensen 8. Robert Jones 9. Cecil Maxwell 10. Kenneth Meller 11. John Mroz 12. Joseph Mroz 13. Eileen Noogle 14. William E. Reinke 15. Franklin Rosenbaum 16. La Verne Rosenbaum 17. Edward Pumroy 18. Mary Sutter 19. Walter Weinke 1936 1. Harold Chael 2. Dick DeArmond 3. Garland Dykes 4. Delmar ingerich 5. Harold Hall 6. George Hamann 7. Helen Hannon 8. Carl Hefner 9. Virgil Heinold 10. Lois Henning 11. Helen Kraker 12. Eilene Lippert 13. Jack Maul 14. Lee Metherd 15. Wayne Miller 16. Robert Mclntire 17. Edmond McClellan 18. James Neuman 19. William Olson 20. Aldon Pietsch 21. Florinne Redelman 22. Jack Spencer 23. Martin Weise 24. Marie Wilson 1937 1. Pearl Thomas 2. Paul Vogel 3. Darlene Talbot 4. Clayton Sutter 5. Barbara Starkey 6. Lila Schwanke 7. Kenneth Corneil 8. Mary Kosanke 9. James Kaufman 10. Virginia Herring 11. Harold Heinold 12. William Hefron 13. Raymond Gesse 14. Evelyn Slain 1938 1. Barney Bukalski 2. Lila E. Birky 3. Mamie Cannon 4. Harrison Chael 5. Robert L. Dye 6. Wayne A. Egli 7. Leslie B. Gesse 8. Margaret Goodpaster 9. Fern E. Heinold 10. Ara Miska Hopkins 11. Ralph E. Hough 12. Vivian Jensen 13 Wilmagene Kraker 14. Norma E. Lippert 15. Paul Martin 16. Raymond Martin 17. Hilda Noogle 18. Geneveive O’Brien 19. Angeline Parthun 20. Janet Perry 21. Ferdinand J. Redelman 22. Orma Sandberg Alumni 1939 1. Glenn Atkinson 2. Charlotte Chael 3. Alvin Gingerich 4. Paul Hefner 5. O. Lee Herring 6. Estrella Hofferth 7. Pauline Ketterman 8. Charles Pietsch 9. Roscoe Sanderson 10. Robert Shutski 11. Theodore Wienke 12. Joseph Hannon 13. Ruth Baughman 14. Leona Dahl 15. Wilma Henning 16. Mary Herring 17. Paul Ketterman 18. Felix Mroz 19. Dale Rice 20. William Schultz 21. Mitchell Starkey 22. Emma Lou Wilson 1940 1. Barbara Birky 9 Margaret Birky 3. Bessie Gates 4. Robert Hall 0. Wilma Hamann 6. Irene Hawbrook 7. Madalyn Heiniger 8. Helen Hendrickson 9. Burt Hofferth 10. Louis Hurley 11. Verner Jensen 12. Esther Kaufman 13. Kenneth Kraker 14. Marjorie LampI 15. Nelda Lippert 16. Helen Lowe 17. Josephine Marti 18. Ellen Rose Martin 19. Verna Martin 20. Pearl Pfieffer 21. Philip Reif 22. William Sandberg 23. Doris Schultz 24. Harriet Shepard 25. Maxine Smith 1941 1. Audrey Snow 2. Margaret Birky 3. Emily A. Bukalski 4. James Dux 5. Morton Fitch 6. Evelyn Hackman 7. Velma Hefner 8. Wallace Hofferth 9. Doris Hurley 10. Mary Jarnecke 11. Alvin Landfadt 12. Leona Patrick 13. Allen Pfieffer 14. Augusta C. Pietsch 15. Rita Redelman 16. Lester Rhynard 17. Verna Sandberg 18. Conrad Shutske 19. Fielden Smith 20. Eugene Vogel 21. Elmer Walters 1942 1. Fred Arnold 2. Grace Arnold 3. Alvena Birky 4. Betty Jane Cannon 5. Frederick Chael 6. Richard Chael 7. Katherine Coutlas 8. James Daumer 9. Hulda Gesse 10. Allen Good 11. Richard Hannon 12. Glen Hardesty 13. Kenneth Heinold 14. James Henderickson 15. Duane Jackson 16. Edith Ketterman 17. Carl Korlock 18. Robert Kotzer 19. Mary Catherine Lauer 20. Wilbur Lippert 21. Wilda Lippert 22. Jane Metherd 23. Joan Metherd 24. Esther Moreland 25. Pauline Moreland 26. Charlotte Polizotto 27. Mary Rita Rogowski 28. John Schumacker 29. Leroy Sinn 30. Margie Tabler 31. Viola Walters 32. Delores Whitcomb 1943 1. Neva Mae Alyea 2. Clara Marie Beck 3. Alice Birky 4. Violette Breitzke 5. Bonnie Cannon 6. Charlotte Hawbrook 7. Alice Minton 8. Evelyn Redelman 9. Elva Reinhardt 10. Eileen Rhynard 11. June Stoddard 12. Mary Lois Wilson 13. Ina Birky 14. Russell Denzine 15. Eugene Denton 16. Jerome Drazer 17. Edward Fullgraf 18. Walter Gesse 19. Marion Cannon 20. Donald Goodpaster 21. Verlin Good 22. Roland Hamann 23. Leonard Hitz 24. Ralph Jackson 25. Robert Kruell 26. Maurice Martin 27. Gerald Shutske 28. Philip Smith 1944 1. Edwin Claussen 2. Enoch Edwards 3. Leila Good 4. Mary Barbara Hoehn 5. Margaret Hough 6. Betty Jackson 7. Joseph Jarnecke 8. Myra Kaufmann 9. Helene Kneifel 10. Kathlene Kotzer 11. Lois Pfieffer 12. Harriet Pietsch 13. Marjorie Reinke 14. Lila Steffen 15. Joanna Whitcomb 16. Luella Wilson 1945 1. Roger Adams 2. Marion Arnold 3. Fern Beck 4. Sarah Jane Burch 5. Thomas Chael 6. Estelle Derhammer 7. Ollie Mae Dye 8. Joan Edwards 9. Paul Gesse 10. Don Hefner 11. Gerald Hitz 12. Glen Ketterman 13. Perry Hopkins 14. Leo Fullgraf 15. Ruth Lauer 16. Wilma Martin 17. Luria Minton 18. Mary Neuffer 19. June Neuschafer 20. Doris Oswald 21. Ann Petrich 22. Sarah Beth Reif 23. Kenneth Rhynard 24. Shirley Schultz 25. Guy Schumacker 26. Ord Stoddard 27. Kenneth Sommers Alumni 1946 1. Mary Ann Heinold 2. Ruby Jackson 3. Gene Kaufmann 4. James Kosanke 5. Marilyn Lampl 6. Zenith Moody 7. Betty Kraker 8. Lina Martin 9. Gene Wise 10. Dale Hefner 11. Mary Lou Baughman 12. Madalyn Good 13. Irene Beck 14. Richard Claussen 15. Ethel Peterson 16. Victor Starkey 17. Leslie Williams 18. John Lauer 19. Merrill Hardell 1947 1. William Claypool 2. Gene Tabler 3. Eugene Sinn 4. Justin Sommers 5. William Neuffer 6. Eugene Rogowski 7. Arthur Kneifel 8. Jovce Sutter 9. Dorothy Reinhardt 10. Lorna Birky 11. Mary Ann Betterton 12. Helen Bukalski 13. Beverly Johnson 14. Grace Schumacker 15. Barbara Cross 1948 1. Edith Downs 2. Earl Hefner 3. Dale Reinhardt 4. Charles Cannon 5. Robert Kraker 6. John Starks 7. Raymond Pfledderer 8. Orie Curtis 9. Betty Taylor 10. Frances Lauer 11. Ethel Birky 12. Clara Petrich 13. Cecelia Shutske 14. Myrna McMurtry 1949 1. Jean Arnold 2. Mary Laubner 3. Joyce Neuffer 4. Mary Ann Gingerich 5. Donald Polizotto 6. Victor Martin 7. Beverly Perry 8. Betty Bodamer 9. Martha Claypool 10. James Schumacker 11. James Tuesburg 12. Vincent Sommers 13. Donna Reinhertz 14. Leslie Sutter 15. Jack Tabler !6. Milford Fox 17. Berneice Railing 18. George Dearurff 19. Glenn Smith 20. Evelyn Kraker 21. Jack Lowe 22. Mona Chael Ward 1950 1. Shirley Daumer 2. Joan Schultz 3. June Rosenbaum 4. Patricia Herring 5. Dorothy Stoddard 6. Nancy Klemn 7. Barbara Denton 8. Arlene Schoon 9. Ruth Krug 10. Edna Olson 11. Helen Reinhardt 12. Mary Ellen Minton 13. Vernon Pfledderer 14. Thomas Henderson 15. George Maul 16. Vernon Birky 17. Harold Hamann 1 . Eugene Peters 19. Howard Wandrey 20. Jack Jarnecke 21. Ralph Hamlet 2 Neva Arnold 23. Betty Prough 24. William Beck 25. Robert Hough 23. Robert Hurley 1951 1. Patricia Railing 2. Robert Young 3. George Deavers 4 Agnes Olson 5. Rose Ella Reinhertz 6. Doris Rodrick 7. Dale Rosenbaum 8. Dean Rosenbaum 9. Charles Schnekenburger 10. Wilma Hibbs 11 Velma Hibbs 12. Sue French 13. Kathryn Fitzgerald 14. Harriet Miller 15. Frances Reinhardt 16. Marlene Miller 17. Melvin Hamann 18. Loretta Fritz 19. Joan Kelso 20. Joan Curtis 21. Edna Dawson 22. Marilyn Danford 23. William Wilson 24. Geraldine Cross 25. James Moody 1952 1. Kenneth Strong 2. Kenneth Martin 3. Dick Miller 4. George Taylor 5. Bill Tabler 6. Melvin Wallace 7. Ted Hitz 8 John Struve 9. Dick Herring 10. Roy Hefner 11. Jack Nuest 12. Jim Cannon 13. Doris Kerlinska 14. Nancy Wise 15. Marlene Rhynard 16. Susie Young 17. Lillian Olson 18. Lillian Deli 19. Charlotte Hibbs 20. Lois Kraker 21. Shirley Reinhardt 22. Eleanor Krug 23. Norma Taylor IS 53 1. Vernon Young 2. Harold Fritz 3. Fhyllis Birky 4. Doris Kneifel 5. Lola Sutter 6. Sam Martin 7. Marjorie Luthi 8. James Schultz 9. Gordon Reinhertz 10. Paul Newsom 11. Ronald Snow 12. Donald Peters 13. Donald Gingerich 14. Algot Olson 15. Sylvia Nagaitis 16. Mildred Hibbs 17. Nancy French 18. Murial Dowd 19. Shirley JoAnne Railing 20. Frank Barnard 1954 1. Norman Schneckenburger 2. Ernest Jahnz 3. Larry Strong 4. Richard Deli 5. John Atherton 6. Alice Grieger 7. Carol Ann Cannon 8. Susan Struve 9. Lester Hurley 10. Jerry Miller 11. Ronnie Hamann 12. Marion Birky 13. Donald Claussen 14. Russell Pumroy 15. Gene Nuest 16. Raymond Smith 17. Donna Sommers 18. Dale Smith Alma Mater I love the colors black and gold I love the joys that they uphold, I’m sure the knowledge that I have gained Will someday lead me on to fame I am so proud of K. H. S. She ever will lead all the rest Alway in sports arid scholarship too I’ll stand by you, Kouts High School. As the waters flow from river to river. To be swept away by the tides of the sea So we do pass from grade to grade, To be enveloped by the tides of life.