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HELP PLEASE!!
This Is Serious!
(updated)
The MHS Alumni Association is currently near going
into limbo!! Why?? Because there seems to be a severe lack of
people willing to volunteer to serve as officers in order to carry on our
72-year tradition of Annual Reunions.
The 2023 Officer Slate only contained the President and the
Historian. Dan tells me we have a Vice President, but we
are still short a Secretary/Treasurer, which is vital to next year’s
reunion and subsequent banquets.
Folks, if we don’t fill this position, there won’t be another
reunion! This is a paid position at $500 per year. IF YOU HAVEN’T (OR HAVE) SERVED
IN THE PAST, PLEASE CONSIDER FILLING THIS OFFICE FOR 2023. With today’s technologies, you can serve
your position from virtually anywhere you live. You don’t have to live in Morocco or
nearby! Contact Pres. Dan Blaney to offer your
services. If you want to see when, or
if you have served in the past, click here.
- Dave DeKoker
‘63 Heartfelt Thanks
I would like to convey my heartfelt thank you to the entire Alumni Association Membership for the surprise gift of appreciation presented to me today, sent by the 2021 Officers of the Association as recognition for my efforts in maintaining this website. I pledge to you all that I will continue doing so as long as I am able. If any of you, or a younger computer-savvy relative or in-law of yours is interested in taking over after I can’t, please contact me. In this way, the site will be able to continue on after me. - Dave
DeKoker ‘63, webmaster Did She Teach
You in the 1950’s?
Many people will remember Mrs. West as the first grade teacher, who taught them to read. She died at age 100, (May 22nd, 2018) and was still as sharp as a tack! I visited with her on the phone several times in recent years, and she seemed to remember everyone in our class (1953-54) and would ask about people from other classes she had taught. She wrote 4 books on her family history, played bridge, was a member of the DAR, and attended church regularly. Remarkable lady. - Kathy Yoder ‘65 Historical
1923 All High School Photo now has student names!
The original listing of all the students by name was found and these have now been entered below each of the 6 Section enlargements. See name viewing instructions here. If you find any necessary name corrections, please advise the webmaster. Two years after the “new” high school was built, at the
direction of Principal Roush, the entire high school body was assembled
behind the grade school for a professional photo to be taken. Judy Cupp Schultz, our Historian, sent this
panoramic photo in 3 parts to the website for posting. As you will see, the quality of the photo
is fantastic and provision has been made in the presentation for you to
enlarge for viewing, or download for saving or printing. Enjoy this vintage archive! Kudos from a
Classmate Good morning Dave, I enjoyed seeing pictures of the
2018 MHS Alumni Association event, especially of our 1963 classmates. I regret I was unable to attend. Thank you for what you and others do to maintain
a quality website for all of us. Great
job! - Sandy Clarkson Stuckman MHS Class of 1963 Tried the
Trivia Yet? Did you notice a “New” feature added to the site? Just for fun (and maybe to get you diving into the site a little deeper), we have added a Trivia Questionnaire page. We are eager to see if this is something the Alums will enjoy. Remarks and comments can be sent to the Webmaster link in the header above. To test your knowledge or hunting skills, return to the Home page and click the MHS Trivia “Can U Answer This?” link. “I Am
America” Our nation is alive and speaks up in this excellent Memorial Day narrative authored by a man in Florida. Click here to read it. Still Collecting
Alumni Email Addresses! We are gathering email
addresses of Alumni who wish to participate in our Group Email Listing for
the issuing of special notices, site changes, updates, voting issues,
etc. So far we have 117 participants
at the time of this writing. Alumni may also elect to
list their email addresses in a password protected area of the site so that
other Alumni, using a password, can locate and mail other alums directly from
the site. Special security measures protect
the privacy of those participating.
Alumni email addresses will NOT be made available by the Association
or the Webmaster to ANY outside source for ANY reason. To participate in either or both of these programs, click on any Webmaster link to
indicate your interest in participating.
A short form to complete and return will be emailed to your address by
Dave DeKoker. Simply fill in the 4 blanks and Forward that email to Dave.
To access the email addresses section, you will need to contact the Webmaster to receive your password. For Member privacy reasons, you MAY NOT share your password with non-MHS Grads. Click here to visit the Members’ Email Address page. Awesome Book
Still on Sale, Get yours
now!
Ron is still taking orders for this book he has compiled, which contains many pages of action photos, team pictures and newspaper articles about the teams and cheerleaders from the years shown. The work is quite extensive and massively interesting, a truly comprehensive look at the historic athletes of our historic high school. To order your copy, please send
your check made payable to “Ronald Rush” for the amount of $15* along
with your return address to: Ronald Rush P.O. Box 245 Morocco, IN 47963 *Postage for shipping is
included in the price. STANDING NOTICE: If anyone viewing this site notices any links that are broken or if you receive an ERROR message of any kind, PLEASE click on any of the “webmaster” links on the site to report the problem directly to me. THANK YOU for doing this. Your help is greatly appreciated!!! Looking Back
Check
out all the “Looking Back” histories in the Shool History section of the
website. Judy Schultz compiled all of
these for us!!!!!!!!!!!! A HUGE
thanks goes out to Judy for her extensive efforts to deliver these
"accounts of old". I'm
sure you will all find these "Blasts from the Past" very
interesting reading. You will find
them under the "School History" link on the Home Page, or
just click on this blue hotlink. Thanks again for all your support for this website. Old 8mm Movies Surface
From the Harley and Ethel Smart film archives, Mr. Jim Snell of Earl Park has digitized a copy of the 1957 Football Parade down State Street. It appears to feature all the students of the school marching. Jim tells us that more school related ones will follow. To view this film, click here, or go to the Photo Gallery “Videos” link. Due to the high quality of the digital version, a high-speed internet connection will work best. Ted Hayes wins
Schricker Award!
MHS Alumni Room Project Paid in Full Morocco High
School's trophies are now secured and kept freshly polished in a glass
display case in the Local History Room of the Newton County Library in
Morocco, IN. for all to enjoy. Alumni can come
in and enjoy seeing the class composite photos in their new mounting
case. Folks can locate their
classmates' names and see the senior pictures! Project Contributors: -Lois (Morgan
‘62) & Dave Hensel -Vic & Betty
(Heath ‘47) Carlson ‘42 -Eldon Purdy ‘44 -Kathryn Arbuckle
‘52 -Dennis &
Roslyn (Merchant ‘61) Boyd ‘61 -Dennis
Vanderwall ‘59 -Judy (Cupp ‘58)
& Bernard Schultz ‘54 -Diane (Krueger
’58) Castongia -Tony Myers ‘58 -Judy (Turnpaugh
’58) Myers -Joanie (Madison
‘58) Regan -Merlin Woods ‘58 -Lon & Bonnie
(Brown ’48) Skinner -Sandra (Potts
’58) Lawson -Linda (Maschino
’57) Gibson -Barbara (Hunter
’48) Pettit Regnier -Max Hunter ‘62 -Mary (Brown ’40)
Krueger -Dale & Betty
Borem ‘52 -Sherry
(Samuelson ’66) Wirt -Jean (Bridgeman
’57) Leavitt -Sue (Plaster
’65) Pantos -Betty (Deardurff
’47) Holmes -Sharon (Potts
’58) Pommier -Judy (Brunton
’56) Keppner -Sharon Potts
Pommier in Memory of Marilou (Carlson ‘58) Woods -Betty Heath Carlson
in Memory of Mary (Heath ‘34) Gilmore -Marian (Johnson
‘55) Coapstick -MHS Alumni
Historian in Memory of Patsy Bruns ’59, Alumni Sec/Treas. 1978-2005 -Dale and Kathy
(Christenson ’58) Wiseman ‘56 -Larry Schanlaub
‘63 -Dean and Barbara
(Christenson ’50) Dawson ‘50 -Dan Blaney ‘63 -Linda
(McClatchey ‘66) Flack in Memory of Genola (Porter ‘40) McClatchey and Norma
(Porter ‘41) Bice -Cathy
(Smart ’66) Oates |
AT LAST!! 2022 Alumni
Banquet Photos The photos that we have from the 2022 Banquet have finally been posted. We could use more photos, especially of any class spokespersons who addressed the group during the meeting, along with any candid photos during the Social Hour. To view the photos, go to Photo Gallery page or click here. 2022 Alumni
Banquet Minutes The official minutes have been posted here. - Pat Schanlaub Wynn ’65,
Secretary New 1st
Grade Photo A new photo has been posted of the 1948 1st Grade Class, taught by Elsa Mae Yoder. This would go on to be the MHS graduating Class of 1960. We have only a few of the kids named and those may be incorrect. If you know any other students’ names, or have corrections, please send them to the webmaster via this email link. You may view the photo on the Photo Gallery page or by clicking here. Throwback
Basketball Experience On the evening of December 15th, 2018, something quite unusual happened in the Morocco High School Gymnasium. Time was rewound to 1968, the year the gym fell silent from high school basketball team games forever, but maybe not? Through the idea and efforts of Morocco Town Councilman Bob Gonczy, a regular season game between North Newton HS and Kankakee Valley HS was arranged to once again play on the MHS hardwoods 50 years later! KVHS won, but the real winners were all the MHS alumni who attended, swelled with pride and nostalgia of an evening trip back in time, seeing another game played in “our” beautiful gym once again! Click here to see photos. Go BEAVERS! Special
Request from Charline, Class of ‘56 Hey there alumni, Charline
Bridgeman is on the search for any photos that were taken on their 1956
Senior Trip. If you have any photos of
this, please contact her directly via email.
Her address is listed on our Email Addresses page. She will be very grateful to hear from
you. You may also send them to this
webmaster for posting on this site. Departed
Alumni Listing Each year when the Alumni
Banquet Reservation Forms come back in to Pat, we sadly receive notices of
those who have passed on, either during the previous year, or even earlier
years that we were not aware of. This
year was no exception, but it seems we received a “more than normal” number
to add to our Eternal
Honor Roll. You may wish to review
all of these new postings which are noted in YELLOW print. Be sure to scroll way down through the page
to find all the new ones just added to our listing. Also, if you know of an Alumnus who passed
that we have not listed, please click on any “webmaster” link on this site,
or contact any Alumni Officer. New
Sports Team Photos Hey there sports
fans, one new basketball team and two
new football team photos have been posted for your viewing. Check them out. Also, we are trying to locate some Cross
Country team photos for that section now. Kudo For The
Website I would like to
tell you how much I enjoy the MHS website. Had we continued to live in
Morocco, I was class of '55. My brother Jack, was class of '49.
However we moved to Arizona in Jan. 1950.
It was by accident I found this site and enjoy seeing those I was in
class with. There were still quite a few in 1955. We lived in
Morocco from Dec. 1944 until 1950, and my father Milt, was partners in the
elevator with the Barnett brothers, before forming Morocco Implement Company,
a deal for Oliver and New Idea farm machinery, among other things. My 2nd grade thru 7th grade experiences
will never be forgotten, as well as the town, as it was then. Jim Vanderkolk Show Low, Az. showlow04@frontiernet.net Still Looking
- Class of 1963! Larry
(Doc) Schanlaub is looking for the following Grade School class pictures. If anyone has a copy of any of these, please email a copy to him at
3rd Grade Class, Mrs. Smith teacher 4th Grade Class, Miss Murphey teacher 5th
Grade Class, Mr. Stucker teacher Thank you. A Funny Thing
Happened On The Way Home From Breakfast by Sue DeKoker I live in Seminole, Florida and this past Saturday as I
was driving home with my lady friend, I saw something my eyes could barely
believe. We had been to a “Girls’
Breakfast Out” at a great little restaurant outdoors near the beach. I noticed up ahead of me in my lane, a
fairly slow moving vehicle that appeared to be an old fire truck from the
50’s or so. As I got closer, I noticed
some white lettering on the back of it that didn’t pertain to anything a fire
truck would have printed on it. Of
course it had the standard “STAY BACK 500 FEET” and other appropriate gear
attached to it, so I knew it was indeed an antique fire truck. When I was close enough to read the white
print, it said……well, I’ll just let you see what it said…click here Attention All Alumni
Members!
The funding for the MHS Scholarship Fund (Ruth Corbin Memorial Scholarship) is provided strictly from individual MHS Alumni Member contributions and we only have enough in the fund for a few more SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS. In order to assure the continuation of the Scholarship, we are in need of YOUR HELP. PLEASE send what you can at your earliest convenience. Mail your tax-deductible donation (make check payable to: MHS Scholarship Fund) c/o Mr. Dan Blaney, POB 500, Morocco, IN 47963-0500. Thank You in advance!! Larry Schanlaub ’63 Receives High Honor! On April 5th, 2009, Larry “Doc” Schanlaub (above) was inducted into the Quad County Bowling Hall of Fame.
Doc started working with the Youth of Morocco in 1965 as he helped form the Baptist Church Pal’s Club. In 1969, he helped form the Morocco Little League and served as their announcer until 1984. In 1982 as Manager of the Morocco Legion Lanes, he started the Morocco Youth Bowling. He has served as President of the LPJ Tri-County Youth Bowling Association for 8 years and was instrumental in setting up the Youth Scholarship Fund. In 2005, Doc was honored by the State Youth Bowlers with a Plaque for bringing Morocco Youth Bowlers to their State Tournament for the past 20 years. During this time, Doc has seen 60 of his young bowlers win Scholarships.
Doc has received many awards over the years for his service and bowling skills. Some are as follows: Ø 1980 Indiana Jaycee Top 40 Region 1 Jaycee Hall of Fame Ø 1990 Awarded a US Jaycee Senatorship (second highest award for Jaycees) Ø 1997 Placed 2nd in the Hoosier State Game for bowling Ø 1997 Placed 6th in the Senior Nationals in Tucson Ø 2001 Won the Indiana State Seniors Bowling Tournament Ø 2001 Placed 5th Nationally in Milwaukee Ø 2009 Inducted into the Quad County Bowling Hall of Fame Editors note: The above record is no small feat given Larry has been legally blind for this entire period, due to Macular Degeneration. News Page Notes: Passing Alumni
Passing Alumni has MOVED to its own page now. To view, click here.
* * * The Alumni
Association Association correspondence and
business should be directed to either of our secretaries, Pat Wynn or
JoAlice Belt * * * Calling New
Candidates If you are interested in serving as an Officer of the MHS Alumni Association at anytime in the future, please contact the President at your earliest convenience. * * * MHS Alumni Minutes The unofficial Minutes and accounts of the Annual Meetings as provided by the Officers are posted on this site.
Click here to view any of the Alumni business meeting minutes since 2004.
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104th April Birthday! Dorothy “Redden” Weir, Class of
1936 just celebrated her 104th Birthday April 16th,
2022. Awesome News: She also beat COVID-19 in 2020 and remains our
oldest living Alumni. Way to go,
Dorothy!!! She is currently in a care facility in Brown County
Indiana. - Connie Ackors Sell ’63 2022 Scholarship Awardee
Our
Alumni Association scholarship was awarded this year to Sarah
Mathis. She is the granddaughter of Bev Sherman-Jackson-Bingham ‘64 and
Terry Jackson ‘63. She will be attending Purdue this Fall and
studying Aviation. Her hobbies are hiking, camping, and reading. -
Photo by Larry “Doc” Schanlaub ‘63 A Still Relevant Message from your Past-President Dear
Fellow Alumni, This month
(May ’17) marks the 50th anniversary of the last class to graduate from
Morocco High School. Sixty nine years ago the MHS Alumni Association was
started. That association has better enabled us to get together once a year
to celebrate our high school memories and renew old friendships. We have a
strong base of support. Alumni faithfully pay their dues each year whether
they attend the banquet or not. And we receive numerous donations that help
offset the cost of the association. Thank you! The annual
banquet and meeting doesn’t happen by itself. Your officers are charged with
that responsibility. Several of the officers continue in their roles year
after year. They are Connie Ackors
Sell, Treasurer; JoAlice Warne Belt, Secretary: and Judy Cupp Schultz,
Historian. The Vice President is elected at the meeting and ascends to the
Presidency the following year. Carol Warring will be next year’s President
and will preside at the 70th annual banquet. We need a Vice President
candidate. With our
numbers shrinking, it has become increasingly difficult to find volunteers to
serve in those roles. If we cannot fill the officer roles, we risk the
discontinuation of the MHS Alumni Association and the annual banquet. Please
consider volunteering to help us continue the tradition. Yes, there is a time
commitment, but it is fairly minor and the process has been very well
documented to make the job easier. If you
want to volunteer or have ideas of how we can continue in some different way,
please contact any Alumni Officer. Thanks! Roger
LaCosse Past-President Your Help Requested A certain contributor to the site posed an interesting question to me a short time ago: “Who was the highest scoring player of all the MHS Varsity Basketball Teams?” If you have an idea of who that guy might have been, please email your suggestion or information to me. Thanks in advance! - Webmaster Alumnus’ Son Earns Head Coach Position
Tom Allen Jr., the son of Tom Sr. and Janet Warne ‘64 Allen is now the Head Football Coach for our own Indiana University!
Class Histories Now Available! Our seemingly
tireless MHS Alumni Assn. Historian, Judy Cupp ’58 Shultz, has done the
improbable again! She has dug through
countless old issues of the Morocco Courier, the Old Gold & Black school
newspaper and other sources to provide us with an ongoing legacy for all
Morocco High School Alumni. This compilation will bring back memories like
they were just yesterday. Everyone
needs to read through these, which were prepared to highlight the school
history for this year’s Honored Classes.
Please visit the School History page, then
tell Judy “Thanks!” the next time you see her. This is a very impressive body of work. - Webmaster |
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