North Des Moines High School
Class of 1929
January 1929 Graduation Class
Compliments of Roger Raines, '50 (Roger's mother is front row, sixth from left.)
front row: 6th from left Ruth M. Killinger
2nd row: 2nd from right Doris L. Young ( in pic below)
  11th from left Harriet H. Muelhaupt
3rd row: 11th from left Could be Ruth Sayre, but not listed
   with graduates.
4th row: 8th from left Bernice L. Thelan
9th from left Eunice M. Schroeder
January 1929 Graduation Class
Photo taken by Showers and Showers
NOTE: 1929's graduation class was the last class at North High where the "class" had been at
North for a full four years; i.e., from 9th grade through seniors in high school. Thereafter, the students
entered at the 10th grade level, utilizing other junior high schools in the area for the 9th grade --
Warren Harding and Washington Irving.

June 1929
Class Officers

  
Walter W. Straley
Burtyce J. Lincoln
Alice Helen Jansen
Robert W. Kaufmann
Dorothy Irene Gruber
Frederick S. Lichty
 
National Honor Society National Honor Society National Honor Society
National Honor Society National Honor Society National Honor Society
National Honor Society (June, 1929 Yearbook Supplement)
Members of the Aelioian Chapter of the National Honor Society. The above are listed alphabetically and not in row sequence.
Morton Adler, Fannie Aliber, Jeanette Anderson, Florence Bell, Jack Bercovitz, Ethelyn Brown, Bernice Betz, Lucille Burt, Isabell Carson, Ethel Christiansen, Zenella Clayton, Henry Corn, Frank Crane, Maxine Davis, Arthur Dewey, Louise Elder, Virginia Epperly, Evan Evitts, Vergil Fogdall, Kathryn Glass, Letha Greene, Mary Griffiths, Dorothy Gruber, Elizabeth Build, Ramone Hall, Harrison Harding, Margaret Hatch, Ruth Hobson, Frances Huff, Marion Huncke, Alice Jansen, Harold Kersey, Irene Kirstein, Chestine Kurtz, Julia Lamb, Lilly Landis, Burtyce Lincoln, Rachel Meyers, Marion Nece, Gladys Ogden, Grace Ogden, Hazel Patten, Inman Perkins, George Raines, Jacquetta Reese, Frank Robinson, Albert Schatz, Raymond Stewart, Walter Straley, Martelle Wallace, Ora Lucy Wheeler, Valeria Windler, Nina Stevens
Faculty; June, 1929 Faculty; June, 1929
Faculty; June, 1929 Faculty; June, 1929
Faculty (June, 1929 Yearbook Supplement)
Members of the faculty are listed alphabetically and not in row sequence.
Miss Helen Grace Adams, Miss Nellie L. Baldwin, Mrs. Grace M. Behr, Miss Floretta Bidwell, Miss Gertrude Bishop, Miss Elizabeth L. Butler, Miss Blanche Calvert, Miss Grace Campbell, Miss Louise Cotnam, Miss Mildred Craig, Miss Theodora Dodds, Miss Mable L. Eichhorn, Miss Clara Foss, Mr. F.E. Goodell, Miss Helen Halbersleben, Miss M. Pearl Hansen, Mr. A.P. Heald, Mr. Harvey Hill, Mr. Joseph S. Hofer, Mr. A.H. Horsburgh, Miss Inez Hovey, Miss Martha Hutchinson, Mr. M.A. Jencks, Miss Edith Johnson, Mr. Raymond Jones, Miss Mary B. Kasson, Miss Ruby D. Lucas, Mr. H.D. McCullough, Miss Irene Moroney, Miss Olive Morris, Miss Frances Pickrell, Miss Ethel Richards, Miss Marguerite B. Robert, Miss Lois Scott, Miss Agnes Sears, Mr. Iliff Shepherd, Mr. W.T. Sherman, Mr. C.R. Stewart, Mr. F.H. Stewart, Mr. A.A. Swilley, Mr. S.E. Thompson, Miss Litta Tumbleson, Miss Essie Whirry, Miss Rachel Williams, Mrs. A.B. Wilson, Miss Nellie E. Wilson, Mr. E.E. Lory, Mr. H.T. Steeper, Mr. S.E. Thompson, Mrs. Anna C. West, Miss Vera Swanson
Graduates - January, 1929
Shrine Auditorium
Des Moines Public Schools
Combined East/North/Lincoln/Roosevelt graduation exercises;
122 graduating from North High
January 24, 1929
Alvord, Harry D. Koufer, Lillian Schroeder,EuniceMagdalene
Amos, Josephine E. Kramer, Alice E. Schwarts, Martin Richard
Balderson, Ellen Bernice Levin, Charlotte C. Shankland, Kathleen Louise
Ballard, Harold C. Lipson, Jack I. Shaw, Thomas Irwin
Barger, Aileen M. Lutz, John Gorman Shostrom, Orville E.
Beverlin, Jas. M. McCabe, Evelynn Maxine Wilson, McGilvery
Biondi, C. Glenn McCabe, Stuart E. Silke, Blanche C.
Bloomquist, Ethel Ruth McCarty, Lillie Mae Sloan, Vivian
Chambers, Ruth Frances Newcomb, Marguerite V. Smith, Helen Lucille
Coellner, Louise A. McKeon, Alyce Frances Sneddon, Frances Elizabeth
Combs, Virginia Faith Mains, Glenn E. Soldat, Ann Shirley
Cunningham, Ruthe Marsh, Elmer James Sommer, Earl Roy
Derickson, Stewart May, Edna Southern, Dorothy L.
Deuben, Charles E. Meyrat, Tell G. Spear, Elwyn B.
Dixon, Helen Mikesell, George Edward Spencer, Jane Christine
Drake, Helen E. Milligan, Ruby E. Stevens, Marye Elizabeth
Dutton, Madelin Elouise Millslagle, Don R. Stewart, Ward
Davis, Ruth Belle Elizabeth Moffatt, B.A., Jr. Stone, Wilfred H.
Finney, Clela Mae Morgan, D. Merle Thelan, Bernice Lenoir
Fisher, R. Raymond Morse, Lucille Jayne Thielking, Edmund L.
Francisco, Kenneth Muelhaupt,Harriet Helen Thompson, Frances E.
Fry, Kessel Myers, Norvin B. Thompson, Wilkin L.
Frye, Kathryn B. Nash, Allie E. Thornton, Ruth Lydia
Garrett, Dorothy Pearl Nicholson, Mary Marguerite Van de Venter, T. Arnold
Goldberg, Edith Florence Nish, Marguerite D. Wagoner, Ora Anna
Grant, Donald S. Norton, Lillian Wallace, Helen Lucile
Grimm, Donald L.   Nuzum, Myldred Posy Walrod, Esther Ann
Hardin, Ruth E. Olmsted, Ruth Waters, Charlotte May
Haynes, Dorothy Catherine Orland, Jack C. Westpfahl, Everett J.
Heaps, Annamae Orsini, Lorenzo Whetzel, Ramona Blair
Heinrich, Julia C.   Page. Edith N. Whorton, Eunice Ione
Hohl, Hildreth J. Peters, Pauline E. Williams, Ralph R.
Holmes, Blanche A. Perkins, Edward Wilbert Winkelstein, li P.
Hurley, Russell E. Pidgeon, Rudolph R. Wixson, Clifford Sperry
Jewell, D. Earl, Jr. Ralston, Gertrude Marie Wray, Lucille Lynn
Johnstone, Hazel A. Robinson, Letha Leona Wright, Nadine Blanche
Kautzky, Robert Otto Rush, Ola L. Wynkoop, Myrtle P.
Keeney, Frances May Sackett, John E. Young, Arnoldine E.
Kendall, W. Kenyon Sands, Thoburn Young, Doris Leone
Killinger, Ruth Marie Schenck, Kenneth F. Youngerman, Jack R.
From January, 1929 Graduating Exercise Program of Ruth Marie Killinger,
(supplied by her son, Roger Raines; North: June, 1950)
Graduates - June, 1929 (numbered 229)
Ahern, Leland F. Epstein, Joe F. Kurtz, Chestine Ann Roberts, Wilbur C.
Albert, Olive Mae Erickson, Mildred M. Lamb, Julia Woodroffe Robinson, Bessie Edith
Alden, Frederick G. Estes, Opal B. Lange, Albert H. Robinson, Frank B.
Allen, James S. Evitts, Charles Evan Lawhead, Robert E., Jr. Roddy, Walter
Alter, Esther K. Farland, Leonore Lee, Helen G. Rosenberg, William
Anderson, Jeanette I. Feige, Conrad G. Levine, Martos Rowen, Margaret L.
Anderson, Kathryn Flatley, Eldred G. Lewis, Henry Whisler Rowland, Scottie J.
Ashby, Kathryn M. Fletcher, Mildred Eleanor Lichty, Frederick S. Rudek, Julia
Ashby, Warren C. Fogdall, Vergil S. Lincoln, Burtyce J. Rushing, Loftin G.
Baker, Helen L. Frost, Worlie H. Lindquist, Earl Samo, Mildred I.
Balthis, Bertram Ganschow, Roland Lorimore, Bethine Schatz, Albert C.
Banta, Ethel Garsh, Anna S. Lowe, Clifford B. Schofield, Mabel Etta
Bell, Florence Garsh, Joseph MacPhail, Alma Seuferer, Blanch
Bemis, Mildred M. Gegner, Josephine Marshall, Mildred Lillian Sherriff, Dorothy Agnes
Benedict, Ralph F. Giegold, John G. Mason, Bernard Lee Shoreson, Diana Beverly
Bercovitz, Jack L. Gilmore, J. Eileen Maurer, Raymond J. Shouse, Florence M.
Betz, Bernice Ginsberg, Joe R. McDonough, Helen Simcoke, Merritt G.
Bloom, Gladys Louise Goheen, Dolores M. McGowan, Audrey C. Simon, Sara
Bognanno, Joe Grayce, Australia McGowan, William J. Smith, Alene M.
Bollen, Clifford Maurice Green, Letha Irene McKinley, William J. Smith, Grace M.
Brandvold, Oris Greenlaw, Marguerite Meyers, Rachel H. Smith, Maxine B.
Brewster, Margaret Gruber, Dorothy Irene Millard, Mary Lorena Sommer, Hilda
Brown, Ethelyn F. Guild, Elizabeth Milton, Kathryne Marie Sparks, Leonard Wheeler
Brown, Walter B. Guthrie, LaVerne Morain, Velma Steincamp, Merrill W.
Bullard, Ida C. Hall, Ramona Louise Morgan, Zelma Stevens, Nina Irene
Bumpilori, Anthony J. Halsey, Mildred Elizabeth Myers, R. Lowell Stewart,Lawrence Raymond
Burns, Phillip Hamburger, Moie Nece, Marian Straley, Lawrence A.
Burris, Ross Harlan, Maxine C. Neislar, Weldon R., Jr. Straley, Walter W.
Burt, Lucille O. Hartman, Raymond Norman, Edward Taylor, Evelyn
Caldbeck, Phil Hatch, Margaret A. Northrup, Hazel Paulyne Televich, Lady Gay
Canepa, Edna Estelle Hatch, Robert H. Northup, Frances Templeman, Hildreth
Carson, Isabell Ann Hayes, James L. Norton, Doris Nqdyne Twitchell, Virginia
Cebuhar, Frank J. Heath, Maxine E. O'Brien, Kathryn Twombley, Helen
Christensen, Ethel L. Hill, Thomas F. Odgen, Gladys Winifred VanOosten, Lucius
Christenson, Lowell B. Hobson, Ruth L. Ogden, Grace Corrine Vidis, Yale
Clark, Dorotha Gail Holloway, Jean Edward Olds, Mary Catherine Wade, Dorothy Lenore
Clayman, Pauline Betty Hope, Freda B. Olsen, Nellie B. Walker, Eloise
Clayton, Zenella Horner, Merle J. Owens, Agnes Marie Wallace, E. Martelle
Cleveland, Max O. Hoth, Margaret E. Patten, Hazel Emma Walton, Kenneth F.
Collinson, William H. Hougham, Daisy D. Peresman, Jeannette Shirley Ward, Hazel C.
Cooper, Thelma Elizabeth Hummell, Roger A. Perkins, Inman L. Watkins, Marion
Corn, Henry Ivera, Helen M. Pettit, Wendell E. Webb, Robert
Cornell, Floyd W. Jacobs, Beulah Phillips, Dorothy June Wertsch, Rudolph
Crittenden, Clarice Azora Jacobson, Sol Picray, Edwqrd Weston, Ruth
Culver, Helen D. Jansen, Alice Helen Pottinger, Roy D. Weyer, D. Gerry
Currens, Velma B. Jensma, Celia Bess Rambo, Grace Patricia Weyrauch, Lois Maxine
David, Phillip Jessen, Dorothy c. Ratcliffe, May Wheeler, Ora Lucy
Dennis, Verna Jobe, J. Burton Reese, Jacquetta White, Sylvia May
Denny, Pauline I. Johnson, Forrest H. Reichenbach, Fred B. Wilde, Charles W.
Denton, Edna J. Johnson, Virginia Ione Reynolds, Margaret Ann Wilkins, Veda
Devine, Nita Lucile Kauffman, Robert W. Rice, Clifford B. Winegar, Harold F.
Devine, Opal Dean Kendall, Richard Phillip Rice, Herbert L. Winkler, Valeria
Diehl, Lyle E. Kersey, Harold E. Rice, Kathryn Woods, Lavana B.
Dunn, Ruth Emma King, Junior E. Ridgley, Cecelia I. Wray, Robert
Eaton, Velma Josephine Kinney, Margaret Riegelman, Ralph H. Yazman, Harry
Edwards, Mildred Anne Kirstein, Irene Jeanette Rielly, Helen G. Youngerman, Evelyn Marie
Elder, Louise Knight, F. Wayne Rissien, Dorothy Illa Youngquist, Florence A.
Epperly, Mary Virginia x x x
From North High June 1929 Oracle Supplement of the late Opal Dean Devine (Knipfer),
(supplied by her sister, Audrey Devine Willcox; North: June, 1939)
In Memoriam
Class of January/June/August, 1929
January, 1929
Heaps, Annamae (d.02/23/03) 2003 Thielking, Edmund L. (d. 05/73) 1973
Holmes, Blanche A. (Harper) (d.07/11/83) 1983 Wallace, Helen Lucile (Ashby) 2005
Stone, Wilfred H. (d. 12/22/06) 2006 Wright, Nadine (Phillips) (d.04/09/02) 2002
June, 1929
Ahern, Leland F. (d.04/82) 1982 Jacobson, Sol (d.06/05/00) 2000
Ashby, Warren C. (d.08/26/02) 2002 Johnson, Forrest H. (d.11/05/96) 1996
Benedict, Ralph F. (d.07/1981) 1981 Kersey, Harold E. (d.03/04/97) 1997
Bognanno, Joe (d.12/05/00) 2000 King, Junior E. (d.01/69) 1969
Bollen,Clifford Maurice (d.12/31/88) 1988 MacPhail, Dorothy V. (Wright) 2004
Bumpilori, Anthony J. (d.09/62) 1962 McGowan, William J. (d.09/76) 1976
Burns, Phillip L. (d.08/19/01) 2001 Odgen, Gladys Winifred (Sharp) (d.08/01/05) 2005
Burris, Ross (d.03/87) 1987 Odgen, Grace Corrine (VanCamp) (d.12/07/00)
 2000
Caldbeck, Phil (d.09/27/03) 2003 Peresman, Jeannette Shirley (d.04/81)
 1981
Christenson, Lowell B. (d. 01/87) 1987 Picray, Edward J. (d.05/15/94) 1994
Culver, Helen D. (d. 01/79) 1979 Pottinger, Roy D. (d.03/80) 1980
Devine, Nita Lucile (d.01/87) 1987 Reichenbach, Fred B. (d.03/08/93) 1993
Devine,Opal Dean (Knipfer) (d.03/21/08) 2008 Riegelman, Ralph H. (d.10/83) 1983
Diehl, Lyle E. (d.07/02/97) 1997 Robinson, Bessie Edith (d.07/74) 1974
Erickson, Mildred M. (Stitzell) (d.02/10/06) 2006 Robinson, Frank B. (d.07/17/89)
 1989
Flatley, Eldred G. (d.12/76) 1976 Roddy, Walter F. (d.08/10/03) 2003
Fogdall, Vergil S. (d.07/17/99) 1999 Rowland, Scottie J. (d.05/80) 1980
Garsh, Joseph (d.05/82) 1982 Schatz, Albert C. (d.12/06/94) 1994
Giegold, John G. (d.10/03/90) 1990 Straley, Walter W. (d.04/14/99) 1999
Hall, Ramona Louise (d.08/81) 1981 Taylor, Evelyn R.? (d.09/22/97) 1997
Hamburger, Moie M. (d.10/20/96) 1996 Twitchell, Virginia (Hatcher) (d.08/23/05) 2005
Hartman, Raymond (d.09/79) 1979 VanOosten, Lucius L. (d.02/14/93) 1993
Hatch, Robert H. (d.07/82) 1982 Vidis, Yale (d.01/15/01) 2001
Hayes, James L. (d.10/22/04) 2004 Walton, Kenneth F. (d.11/76) 1976
Holloway, Jean Edward (d.03/21/93) 1993 Webb, Robert (d.02/73) 1973
Horner, Merle J. (d.10/25/93) 1993 Wertsch, Rudolph (d.06/87) 1987
Jacobs, Beulah (d.02/1980) 1980 Wray, Robert M. (d.11/05/88) 1988
August, 1929
 

 

 

    
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