Kankakee Valley Post, Volume 14, Number 45, DeMotte, Jasper County, 22 September 1944 — KEEN KEENER [ARTICLE]

KEEN KEENER

Published by the Kankakee Valley Post in the interest of the DeMotte High School

Athletic Head Dies Tuesday morning Mr. Stangle announced the unexpected death of Arthur L. Trester, head of the Indiana High School Athletic Association. He said in part, “You present day athletes and those who have been the high school athletes during the last thirty years have lost a sincere friend, a man always standing for clean and honorable athletic contests, and I have lost a personal friend who has been of untold help to me in my high school athletic work.” Junior Class News When our Junior Class assembled this year we made a count of the members of the calss and found that we have 16 girls and 8 boys. We have one member missing, “Corky” Barker. He joined the Army this summer. We wish him much luck in his new carreer. We also have a new member, Anna Vander Molen. Class officers were elected. Kathleen Sauer and John Boezeman are the News Reporters for the paper. Our sponsor is Miss Beatrice Mann. The ring salesman has taken the order for our class rings and has informed, us that they will reach us sometime in February or March of 1945. They are very pretty and we are pleased with our choice. Almost all of the boys in our class have gone out for football. June Swart, Josephine Speechly, Alice Rowen, Barbara Stangle, and Virginia Mak have gone out for yell leading. We all admit they’re pretty good. Steps have been taken for the choice of our class play and also the date. Magazine Campaign The student body is again selling magazines this year in order to raise money for the school. There is a grand battle on between the boys and the girls to see who can sell more magazines. The boys’ team is called the B-24’s. Dick Hendrichs is their squadron leader and Mr. Moore is their sponsor. The girls’ team is called the Shirley Hart is their squadron leader and Mr. Stucker is their sponsor. Miss Gundy is the business manager and Evelyn Osting is her assistant. Last year we bought the trophy case and some books for the library with the money we earned. We haven’t decided yet what we will buy this year.

Guest Speaker One day last week, the school assembly was fortunate to have Professor Marshall of Indiana Central College as a guest entertainer. He gave very interesting humerous and dramatic readings which everyone enjoyed. Professor Marshall is a professor of speech and gave the students several good suggestions on public speaking. Gossip A little birdie told me all about Sue Kearney and Ralph Rockwell’s date Sat. night. \\ hat about a rumor going around school that John Boezeman and Denny Swart want a date with one of our teachers? What about those love letters Alice Rowen writes? Who are they to—We wonder. We hear Doris Kaluf and Bob

DeYoung were seen together Sunday night. Did he ever find out your last name Doris? Rhoda U. and Dick H. were together after the football game Friday night. Say Dick H. has been two-tim-ing someone, Sunday night he was with Biddy, and Wilma W. was with Bernie M. Walt and Charm had quite a time getting straightened up on where they were going Sat. night. But I guess it all ended up alright —didn’t it Charm ? ? ? ? ? A new romance has started in school. Thelma DeFriese and Melvin Koster have been seeing quite a bit of each other lately. What about the other boy friend ThelWho is the boy that has been following Frieda around lately ? ? Why doesn’t she go with him— or is her heart true to the Navy. Dorothy M. has been doing pretty well lately with a guy named Phil. After this Dorothy turn your lights out when you park. Howard Hoffman took Alberdena Dykhuizen home Sun. night. Visual Education Mr. Moore, the shop teacher, is head of the Visual Education project this year in the school. This project consists of repairing slides and showing them to all of the different classes of the school. Mr. Moore has appointed Evelyn Osting and Shirley Hart as his assitants. Chemistry Experiments The Chemistry class this year, under Mr. Moore’s supervision have made many experiments in their classes. They have distilled water, distilled coal, created spontaneous combustion and have made many other interesting experiments. Senior Play Committee The Senior Class has appointed a committee to pick out their play for this year. Those on the committee are, Shirley Hart, Mildred Black, William, Recker, James Fieldhouse, and Barbara Rowen. They read several plays and then make their selection and submit it to the class. First Grade Forty-five children are enrolled in our grade. Twenty-seven of these are boys. They are Raymond and Jack Wright, Henry Deßruin, Wilbert Hamstra, William Hastie, Marvin Hoffman, Marvin Kaluf, Robert Kaper, Jack Kelly, Roy Kingma, Donald Lonsberry, Ronald Marshall, Howard McDaniels, Ernest and Kenny McElroy, Arthur Nannenga, Raymond Nannenga, James O’Brien, Warren Swart, Leighton True, Marvin Vander Molen, Robert Van Meerten, Robert Zylstra, Ronald Berioit, Bobby and Billy Dunham, and Wayne Dutton.

Second Grade We are very proud of the pretty gourds and squashes that Mary and Claude brought to school. We need match boxes for our crayons. Will you please save your match boxes for us ? Third Grade The doctor cut ou£ a wart from the bottom of Carol Cheever’s foot and it is quite sore. We brought seven sacks of milk weed pods to school. We would like to try to come to school every day this year so that we won’t miss any lessons. We know we should only stay home when we are ill. Fourth Grade Jean Gravenstuk brought some Fifth Grade Judith Kingma brought a bouquet of apple blossoms to school. Is it spring? Lawrence Carter and Joann Kaper celebrated their birthdays last week. We have thirty-one boys and