North Des Moines High School
Class of 1932

Class Meetings:

January and June classes meet the fourth Thursday of each month at
Baker's Cafeteria
Sherwood Forest
73rd and Hickman Road
Windsor Heights , IA 50322-4619
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Dagwell Orchestra, circa 1932 Dagwell Orchestra, circa 1932 Dagwell Orchestra, circa 1932 Dagwell Orchestra, circa 1932
Dagwell Orchestra
Members of Class of 1932;
Dale Crowell, second from left; Ralph Zarnow, third from left; Roy Ramsay, fifth from left
Photo: from personal memorabilia of the late Ralph Zarnow
Zarnow Ambition in 1932 Yearbook:
Dance Band Leader
  Ad appearing in June, 1949 Polar Bear
Ralph Gerald Zarnow, graduation, June, 1932
Ralph Gerald Zarnow, graduation, June, 1932
 
Zarnow ad in June, 1949 yearbook Zarnow ad in June, 1949 yearbook Zarnow ad in June, 1949 yearbook
Ralph Gerald Zarnow
July 27, 1914-March 20, 1997
  1995 listing:
Zarnow Entertainment & Orchestra Service
1181 9th St., Des Moines
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A Capella Chorus...State Champions 1932
Raymond W. Jones, Director
Forty-nine students compose the contest A Capella Chorus. They are Cynthia Ash, Bessie Caplan, Beverly Buehrer, Adda Blanchard, John Christian, Jack Collins, Bert Diehl, Mayer Enabnit, Ed Nelson, Elwood Glenn, Bob Grubb, Harry Harris, Henry Landis, Sylvanus Landis, Paul Lawhead, Allen Lichty, Arden Lee, George McGlothlen, Marvin Sterrett, Leo Unger, John Wright, Sherman Dyer, Bruce Grant, Bernard Strittmatter, George Shebeck, Grace Clifford, Lois Critchett, Louise Devine, Marian Felt, Agnes Ganschow, Betty Goble, Sarah Hurwitz, Ruth Hodgson, Lucille Kilgore, Margaret O'Brien, Louise McKinley, Rose Mack, Esther Sage, Elizabeth Schmidt, Helen Sear, Daisy Snedden, Margaret Vernon, Julia Wilkinson, Alice Witter, Marjery Zimmerman, Mabel Wise, Maxine Nelson, Doris Warfel, Clara Bell.
1932 Basketball Team 1932 Basketball Team 1932 Basketball Team
   
1932 Basketball Team
Seated:


Standing:
Harold Orrcutt, Cotton Smith, Ray Turner, Chuck Orebaugh, Chuck Kramer

Harold Levin, Jimmie Brumbaugh, Jimmie Lyle, Melvin Overton
Student Council, June, 1932 Student Council, June, 1932 Student Council, June, 1932 Student Council, June, 1932 Student Council, June, 1932
Student Council, June, 1932
1st Row Lois Bumgardner, Eleanor Jepson, Virginia Wheeler, Miss Helen Grace Adams, faculty advisor, Henry Landis, Bob Wallace, Maxine Hume, Gladys Bissig, Signey Sands
2nd Row Betty Heggen, Dick White, Marion Foster, Al Hoffman, Mildred Tobis, Bob Trotter, Hubert Chase, Merel Francisco, Don Hicks
3rd Row Chuck Stevens, Ben Spencer, Dick Irvin, J.G. Snyder, Jack Whitmore, Bob Gooch, Harley Barret, Mary Jane Kiggins, Bob Pennington, Ralph Whitney
4th Row George Earhart, Clare Curtis, Bob Uetz, John Mitchell, Gerald Davey, Wilbur Lawrence, Bob Peck, George Leedham, Dale Growell, Frances Gibson, Jack Faust, Charles Wilson
Absent: Helen White, Harold Scholes
Golf and Tennis Teams, June, 1932 Golf and Tennis Teams, June, 1932 Golf and Tennis Teams, June, 1932 Golf and Tennis Teams, June, 1932 Golf and Tennis Teams, June, 1932
Golf and Tennis Teams, June, 1932
1st Row Ruth DeGan, Virginia Bishop, Margaret McCartney, Virginia Wheeler, Mr. Jencks, Mrs. Theresa Anderson, Allison Williams, Mary Louise Rodine, Betty Evans
2nd Row Tillie Yazman, Mary Sarchfield, Helen Maurer, Jeanette Simmons, Marion Foster, Edwyna Lounsbury, Sarah Dawson, Lorraine Stacey, Dorothy Ball, Kathryn Pearlman
3rd Row Jimmy Brumbaugh, Joe Wheatley, Nicholas Bayle, Isadore Friedman
4th Row Victor Pomerantz, Jimmy Watson, Bill Mayer, Myron Schatz, Bob Hulbert, Bob Adams, Vincent Parker, Henry Fries, Bill Jencks
5th Row Bob Riley, James Beardsley, Cedric Coffman, Isadore Ginsberg, Nathan Greek, Harold Levin
1932 State Runnersup (State Champions in 1931)
1st Row Joe Leo, Jimmy Iles, Ed Miller, James Ahern, Jack Haubert, Basil Gray, Phil Hoffman
2nd Row Don Haubert, Kenneth Chenoweth, Earl Dennis, Al Senechal, Merrick DeCarlo, Harry Donahue, Melvin Bowen
3rd Row Keith Kirstein, Johnny Wright, Max Grimes, Don Beal, Howard Shaw, Don Paulson
1932 Football Team 1932 Football Team 1932 Football Team 1932 Football Team
1932 Football Team 1932 Football Team 1932 Football Team 1932 Football Team
1932 Football Team
1st Row Keith Kirstein, James Ahern, Harold Smith, Don Scott, Jack Faust, Francis Gibson, Stanley Wheatcraft
2nd Row Howard Smith, Ray Turner, Charles Orebaugh, Frank Gallagher, Orlando Johnson, John Wright, Dick Peck, Frank Martin
3rd Row Jerry Morris, George Ogden, Robert Peck, Basil Gray, Kay Shepherd, Dale Clark, George Grooms, Wendell McLaughlin
4th Row Charles Jackson, student mgr.; Ray Pederson, James Main, James Lyle, Al Senechal, Bill Frame, Leland Johnson, Ed Shepherd, Wade Hammer, Earl Fletcher
Above photos: from yearbook of the late Ralph Zarnow
Spanish Club, 1932 Spanish Club, 1932 Spanish Club, 1932
Spanish Club, 1932 Spanish Club, 1932 Spanish Club, 1932
Spanish Club (no identification given in yearbook)
National Honor Society; Oct. 1931 National Honor Society; Oct. 1931 National Honor Society; Oct. 1931
National Honor Society; Oct. 1931 National Honor Society; Oct. 1931 National Honor Society; Oct. 1931
National Honor Society (October 29, 1931)
Photo by John M. Houlette, 910 31st Street, Des Moines, Iowa
1st Row Mary Louise Hoeye, Cynthia Ash, Margaret Nemmers, Eileen Hawkins, Jane Hoos, Eleanor Jepson, Betty Goble, Mary Evelyn Woods
2nd Row LaVerna Goodman, Erma Able, Julia Wilkinson, Gladys Bissig, Kathryn Pearlman, Estelle Karp, Rosamary Bentler, Mary Louise Rodine
3rd Row Kathryn Fletcher, Lillian Saltos, Elizabeth Brand, Marian Feik, Walter Davis, Elizabeth Child, Henry Landis, Ralph Zarnow
4th Row Bob Riley, David Robison, Wilbur Lawrence, Myron Schatz, Tom House, Sheldon Walker, LaDema Twitchell
Above photo : personal memorabilia of the late LaDema Twitchell


Graduates - January, 1932
Shrine Auditorium
Des Moines Public Schools

Combined 4 high schools--East/North/Lincoln/Roosevelt graduation exercises;
139 graduating from North High
January 28, 1932
Abel, Margaret R.. Hiatt, W. Eugene Reaves, George B.
Allen, Edgar. Dale Hoss, Helen J. Rehard, Lenore Beatrice
Anderson, Leola M. House, Thomas Hamilton Reynolds, Carroll W.
Annear, Paul R. Huston, Robert Bernard Ricker, Vernon Ralph
Asman, Ethel June Hutchins, Robert Dale Riggle, Lorene I.
Baker, Louise Jacobsen, Harold William Riggs, Edwin C. W. D.
Barnhart, I. Beth Johnson, Erma Lorene Robinson, Owen E.
Barrett, Geraldine D. Johnson, Leonard L. Rosen, Annabelle Evelyn
Becker, Francis E. Jones, Priscilla Russell, Maxine Marie
Blaylock, Mary Louise Karp, Estelle V. Salter, Lillian
Bohlender, Wallace Kautz, George Shaeffer, Benjamin
Breau, Evelynne Kemming, Phyllis Sharon, Dorothy
Brenner, Sidney James Kennedy, Nellie Josephine Shaw, Granville C.
Brewester, Herbert R. Ketman, Carol Kathryn Sheil, Richard Charles
Briggs, Helen Ruth Kimball, Margaret L. Sheldon, Josie G.
Buchacker, LeRoy Knight, Virginia Kathryn Smith, Cyril Douglas
Bush, Mary J. Larson, L. Vincent Smith, Evelyn Marie
Carman, Anne E. Laughead, Jessie May Smith, F. Raymond
Carter, Mary E. Mahaffa Lenning, Carol Marcine Smith, Martha J.
Christian, Marjorie Leseney, Don F. Smith, Wayne C.
Clement, Allen K. Lorey, Charles H. Sofen, Nora
Coffey, Eileen A. Malum, Donald N. Southers, Jerome
Collins, Bill Mann, Virgil L. Spuzzello, Teresa A.
Costello, Helen Patricia Mason, Julien Gilbert Stout, Vertrice Maxine
Dawson, Mildred G. Matherly, Genevieve Emma Tadt, Dean S.
Dudley, Quincy Lenora McCollough, Charles W. Tatz, Blanche
Duff, Anne C. McCombs, Dale E. Terrie, Arthur James
Dwyer, Frances McKendrick, Dortha Blanche Tharp, Mary R.
Earl, Robert J. McLaughlin, Ruby Elizabeth Thompson, Lee Jane
Eaton, Raymond   McNeiley, Clara Mae Tidrick, Bobbie Evans
Elder, Stewart W. Miller, Lillian Twitchell, LaDema
Ellis, Eleanor C. Miller, Robert A. VanDam, Martha J.
Evans, Robert Dean Mitchell, Ruby Ileen VanNest, Wayne H.
Fairless, Clyde Montis, Ralph D., Jr. Vernon, Dorothy M.
Fairless, Raymond Moore, Herbert Votruba, Ruth Eleanor
Foster, Kathryn L. Nemirovsky, Rose x Walther, Dale L. x
Frost, Alberta May Newby, Robert Fern Waters, Victor Ray
Fuller, Grace E. Norbury, Donald William White, Irvin Lee
Games, Myrtle L. Park, Gwendolyn A. Williams, Catherine Gayle
Ganschow, John Henry Pearlman, Helen Celia Wilson, Lloyd H.
Goldenberg, Ethel Elaine Perkins, Harlan Witmer, Helen G.
Gordon, Jean Perkins, Mary Ellingson Woodruff, Joe L.
Graef, F. Hugh Pharo, Marion Woods, Mary Evelyn
Hall, Jack Plantz, Jack William Woods, Verly Ellis
Harris, Harold Plummer, Russell Winston Worden, Eugene Ralph
Heggen, William H. Pomerantz, Eva x x x
Held, Florence Caroline Powell, Anna Martha x x x
Graduates - June, 1932
Shrine Auditorium
Des Moines Public Schools

Combined 4 high schools--East/North/Lincoln/Roosevelt graduation exercises;
266 graduating from North High
June, 1932
Abel, Erma Frances (Gardner) Grund, Evelyn C. Pearlman, Kathryn (Lezy)
Adams, Robert Benton Gude, Rosalind Gertrude Pennington, Robert B.
Allen, Charles Irwin Guise, Benjamin I. Peterson, Haydon
Allen, Mary Gertrude Guy, Martha Leona Pickell, Gwendolyn Marie
Aller, Goldie G. Haag, Lorraine Virginia Poepping, Virginia B. (McCoy)
Anderson, Aileen E. (Stone) Hall, Virginia Ann Porter, Herschel J.
Arthurs, Monica Elaine (Johnson) Hart, Donovan G. Z. Rauwolf, Roberta J.
Asarch, Jack Hartman, L. LaNelle Renner, Emma Pauline
Ash, Cynthia W. (James Chick) Hatch, Helen G. (Jones) Rhinehart, Roberta Jean
Barker, Dempse C. Hartshorn, Rachel M. Riddle, Priscilla E.
Barr, Aven Lee Hawkins, Eileen Riley, Robert H.
Bassman, Tiby Matilda Hawkins, Lorraine H. (Johnston) Robinson, David
Bell, Clara Gertrude Hays, Gladys M. (Edgerton) Rodine, Mary Louise
Benson, Norma M. (Pim) Hicks, Donald K. Rohrer, Dorothy Vivian (Storm)
Bentler, Rosamary Crane (Calice) Hodgson, Olive M. (Waddington) Rosenburg,Gertrude Zelda (Lichtenberg)
Bernstein, Mary (Phil Rubin) Hoeye, Mary Louise Ross, Conrad
Bissig, Gladys A. (Weston) Hoffman, Albert J. Rubinson, Norton
Blanchard, Adda Mae (Lynch) Hoffman, Louise A. Rushing, Lathan G.
Bogle, William Collier Holden, Lucylle Ruvane, Margaret L. (Johnson)
Boller, Bob Holmes, Harry Sanders, Ferne Lucille
Boody, Dick W. Hoos, Jane C. Sands, Sidney
Branaum, Maurice Horne, Lewis D. Sarchfield, Mary Ann (Howerter)
Brann, Mary Elizabeth (Leland West) Howard, Hazel Savereid, Eva Sylvan
Brown, Ruth I. Hume, Lauren Jean Schaffer, Jerry R.
Brundage, Harvey William Hume, Maxine M. (Glen Barger) Schatz, Myron
Burchfield, Ferne L. Hunter, Basil J. Schmidt, Elizabeth G.
Burgus, Homer A. Hurlbert, Wanda Marguerite Schroeder, Noma Georgia (Kendall)
Butler, L. Dorene Ibson, Bob Schwartz, Reuben
Caldbeck, Robert William Irvin, J. Richard Sear, Helen E.
Campbell, Daisy A. Jackson, James Autry Shaw, Howard E.
Campbell, Ethel Bernice   Jackson, Louise Shaw, Mardelle E.
Carr, Bob W. Jared, E. Pauline Sheil, Marie C. (Klemm)
Champlin, John H. Jarnagin, Louise V. (Page) Shepard,Marie Josephine (Art Shepro)
Chase, Russell E. Jepson,Eleanor Mae(Richard Bevier) Shostrom, Wayne L.
Child, Elizabeth Lea Johns, Helen I. Six, Marie B. (Wid)
Clark, Margaret Ann Joyce, Kathryn M. Smith, Donald W.
Cleveland, Richard R. Kempton, Cheryl Marie Smith, Mary Lou (Weidner)
Clifford, Grace Kenne,Catherine M.(Leonard Moeller) x Smith, Maxine I. x
Cohen, Maurice M. Kenne, Lucille Anne (Carl Denning) Smith, Melvin A.
Cooper, Vivian Jane Kiggins, Mary Jane Soltot, Mary L.
Copley, Laura Jean (Westergaard) Kinney,Marcella C.(John C.Peterson) Southworth, Helen Maria (Smith)
Corkham, Evelyn May (Mitchell,Haws) Kinser, Helen Lucille (Earl Clark) Spake, William Robert
Correll, John M. Kramer, Charles E. Spraker, Marybelle
Craig, Louis J. Landis, Henry Hartman Spuzzello, Angeline M.
Curry, Eldon M. Landis, Sylvanus N. Stenoish, Pauline E. (Miller)
Curtiss, Mary Felicia (Peterson) Lawhead, Paul Henry Sterrett, Marvin D.
Davidson, Georgia Lawrence, Wilbur D. Stevens, Charles J.
Davis, Phil W. Leggee, Betty Jane Stone, Evan H., Jr.
Davis, Walter F. Leonard, F. Cornelia x Taylor, Deva Maude x
DeCarlo, Merrick M. Lenz, Paul W. x Tawney, Elizabeth A.
DeGan, Ruth G. (Rice) Lewis, Doris Audrey Thomas, J. Frederick
Dengle, Bessie E. (Law) Lindquist, Ruby Henrietta Tobin, Keith
Denny, Doris Elizabeth Ludden, John B. Tollenaar, Myrtle May
Devine, Louise Edna (Monroe) Malson,Evelyn Mae(O.Allen DeVore) Torrenga, Karl Eugene
Dildine, Salmeron F. Mann, Ruth E. (Orcutt) Townsend, Andrew F.
Dillon, Bruce A., Jr. Marks, Joseph Zelcer Trawn, Violet
Donahue, Thomas J. Marshall, Marcella Louise Tyler, Nita Rozene
Doran, Robert Edward Martin, Arline Romayne Uetz, Bob
Dunn, Mabel Marie (Art Denny) Martinsen, Edward Arthur Underwood, Helene Amelia
Eggers, Neal Robert Marxer, Edward J. Vernon, Margaret E. (A.Chavannes)
Ehlers, Helen L. Mastrofski, Bernerd Waitz,Mary Lou (Marvin Graybeal)
Ehrensing, Richard Charles Mayer, Frances I. Walker, Sheldon Allen
Emary, Edna M. McDermott, Margaret E. Wallace, Robert R.
Emery, Donald B. McKeeman, Gilbert E. Walsh, John J.
Enabnit, Mayer Sterling McKinley, Louise N. Ware,Helen Agnes (Stan Wetteland)
Erb, Barbara Lorraine (Henry Ogden) Meline, Earl W. West, Dorothy (Bill Rogers)
Erwin, Marion Louise Merriman, Virginia (Talerico) Wheeler, James William
Evans, Betty Meyer, Robert H. Whitaker, Ruby Mae
Fagen, Robert O. Meyrat, Martha C. (Montoya) White, Homer Willard
Fairfield, Marguerite Beatrice Miksell, Paul Delbert White, Howard Marion
Fawkes, Donald G. Miller, E. Maxine (Meredith Gooding) Wilkinson, Julia Anne
Feik, Marian Ruth (James O'Byrne) Millslagle, Ralph L. Willey, Harry B.
Ferstenfeld, Adolph Mitchell, Evelyn Williams, Allison Jeanette
Fideler, Verna Grace Mitchell, John P. Williams, Bernard Howell
Fletcher, Kathryn Evalee Morris, Irene Aleen Williams, Elizabeth L. (Rovner)
Francisco, Merel C. Munzenmaier, Margaret L. Williamson, Chester Leo
Fuller, Paul C. Nash, Alberta A. Wirtz, Prudence C. (Howard Taylor)
Gambrel, Leo E. Nelson, Vera Vivian Wise, Mabel
Ganschow,Agnes A.(Dwight Thompson) Nemmers, Margaret Agnes (Neubeck) Wishman, Ferne Ella (Sharr)
Gibbons, Helen Neuhaus, Pauline E. Woodard, Harold C.
Gifford, Sidney E. Northup, Audrey E. Wray, Mildred Louise
Goble, Betty (Richardson) Ogden, Martha Ruth Wright, Vance P.
Godwin, Cora M. Olson, Evelyn Christine Yazman, Abe Edward
Gooding, Meredith C. Osborne, Frances Ann Young, Etha LaVonne (Walter Tew)
Goodman, LaVerna F. (Yazman) Overton, William Melvin Youngquist, Russell L.
Grant, Robert Douglas Palatnick, Jennie Yule, Foster C.
Greek, Nathan B. Parlee, Brady D. Zarchy, Alex C.
Grimes, Paul F. Patten, Ralston Euclid Zarnow, Ralph Gerald
Grove, Gerald E. Peaco, Josephine Mae x x x
Graduates - August, 1932
August, 1932
Bailey, Jean (Dalbey) Fulton, James Immel Nichols, Helen F.
Block, Mary (Rosenberg) Gabriel, Frank Owens,Jack R.
Carlson, Glendoris Jones, Alice May (Floyd Bill Linn) Sage, Esther L. (Russell Sands)
Conner, Robert C. Kirkman, Hazel (Jim Wade) Simpson, Winfred R.
Daugherty, Frances (Bruning) Lipson, Charles Steele, Florence (Bigsby)
Dorn, Rosena M. (Mathias) Meyer, Robert Steepy, James E.
Edrington, Margaurette Nelson, Lois (William Ryan) Wyner, Paul
Above list from personal effects of the late LaDema Twitchell
Enlarged left side of January, 1932 (and some June, 1932 graduates) graduation photo
Enlarged right side of January, 1932 (and some June, 1932 graduates) graduation photo
This montage was received in five separate taped sections, deeply scratched, torn, and
very damaged. Scotch tape had to be removed with adhesive solvent, swabs, tweezers, and
patience. Four separate scans at 600 dpi. Every photo had to be worked individually.
Faces had to be "rebuilt." Restoration took four full days.
Starting first row, top left