North Des Moines High School
Class of 1938

Class Meetings:
The fellows meet the first Tuesday of each month at
Michael's Restaurant
4041 Urbandale Avenue (Urbandale and Beaver)
Des Moines, IA 50310
and welcome any fellows from the classes of 1935-1940.
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The women meet the third Tuesday of each month in various locations.
For more information, call Dorothy F. Chalmers Hinchliff @ (515) 277-1847 after 4:00PM
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June 1938 Graduation Class
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Photo: Compliments of Kenneth R. Armington
1938 Mens' Swimming Team 1938 Mens' Swimming Team 1938 Mens' Swimming Team 1938 Mens' Swimming Team 1938 Mens' Swimming Team 1938 Mens' Swimming Team
1938 Mens' Swimming Team
1st Row Coach Jack McGuire, Perry Lounsberry, Jack Sparger, Carl Ahlgren, Bob Jones, Howard Gaskill, Bide Austin, Dick Bowlsby
2nd Row Bill White, Hugo Press, John Shiffler, Bob Bumgardner, Dick Grey, Jack Welch, Dick Johnson
3rd Row Eugene Wright, Norman Elliot, Bob Garret, Russell Gardiner, Frank Mazzo, Marshall Moorehead, Jimmy Martin
1938 North High Whole Basketball Squad
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The "Whole Basketball Squad" photo above had no name identification in the January, 1938 yearbook.
1938 Mens' Basketball
1st Row Unidentified
2nd Row Second from left: Gary Bash is No. 49
3rd Row Coach Arden McClain, Wilbur Dockstader, Kenneth Burris, Melvin Madison, Bob Kissick, Lyle Gunion, Bob Case, Louie Pomerantz, Paul Williams
1938 Mens' Baseball
1st Row Tom McCauley, Don Webb, Melvin Madison, Wilbur Dockstade, Ed Broad
2nd Row Junior Chandler, Bob Kissick, Bill Parker, Bill Milne, Lloyd Morrison
Photo: Compliments of Don Webb; January, 1939
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Girls' Golf Team
1st Row Mary Rebol, Doris Watkins, Betty Kinkaide, Jean Rasmussen, Norma Jean Bent
2nd Row Mrs. Theresa Anderson, Bette Bugee, Betty Bisonette, Sara Jean Gibson
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Eleanor Shaw, Peggy Martin, Mrs. Theresa Anderson, Elinor Eby, Mary Margaret Lynch, Jean Travis
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A Cappella Choir
Identification for the above photo provided below. The list following and indicating sopranos, altos, etc. is from the January, 1938 yearbook accompanying the photo of the A Cappella Choir members. The choir is under the direction of Ruth Rickards.
1st Row JonAnn Rankin, Helen Hughes, Marian Liddy, Betty Jones, Marjorie Ersland, Marjorie Morris, June Dickinson, Cleone Knode, Martha Curtiss, Betty McPhee, Betty Lou Reed, Hazel Kakos, Joan Sovey, Merlin Walther. Ruth Rickards, directing (back)
2nd Row Helen Hammond, Jean Noftsgar, Maureen Shepherd, Jewel Mayne, Margaret Coltrane, Harriet Bailey, Jean Wise, Eva Mae Barclay, Julia Oliver, Carolyn Spong, Audrey Devine, Ann Gallagher, Edna Zarifes, Betty Jane Garles, Josephine Lord
3rd Row Ruth Poush, Doris Herman, Wilma Hagenberg, David Bassman, Larry Ash, Louis Abramsohn, Tom Vittetoe, John Hall, Ivan Franklin, Frank Johnson, Herbert Taylor, Eugene Wilkerson, Bob Peterson, Jack Welch, June Billings, Luana Quincy
4th Row Wayne Allen, Louis Darnell, Jack Newell, Orlin PerDue, Bob Stanton, James Gibson, Gary Bash, Calvin Dacus, Earl Rollins, Don (Tiny) McLaughlin, Glenn Ackerland, Raymond Bair, John Hutchinson, Bob Dillon, Bill Findley, Leona Guessford, Ruth Medd
Absent: Barbara Keeney, Ruth Gore, Violet Arbtin
Sopranos: June Dickinson, Audrey Devine, Marjorie Ersland, Beth Franck, Anne Gallagher, Wilma Hagenberg, Doris Herman, Ila Hicks, Marybel Jacobsen, Barbara Keeney, Marian Liddy, Jean Nofsgar, Pauline Overton, Bessie Perry, Ruth Poush, Mary Alice Steen, Jean Wise
Altos: Eva Mae Barclay, Martha Curtiss, Leona Guessford, Betty McPhee, Ruth Medd, Pauline Overton, Laura Quincy, Jo Ann Rankin, Betty Lou Reed, Betty Robson, Bernice Sage, Maxine Sirfus, Carolyn Spong, Grace Thomas, Merlin Walther
Tenors: Glenn Ackerlund, Robert Clayton, Bob Dillon, Elmore Forrest, Ivan Franklin, Frank Johnson, Bob McPhee, Earl Rollins, Herbert Taylor
Basses: Wayne Allen, David Bassman, Bob Ash, Larry Ash, Calvin Dacus, Chan Griffin, John Hall, Ross Hunt, John Hutchinson, Jack Newell, Gary Sacco, Bob Stanton, Bob Ward, Paul Williams
Photo: Taken by J.M. Houlette Studio, 910 31st Street, Des Moines, Iowa
Photo: Compliments of Martha Curtiss Welch, Class of June, 1939
Graduates - January, 1938
Abruzzese, Gilda A. Garland, Lorraine Juliann Peterson, Herbert
Ackerman, Margaret E. Glyde, Dorothy Jane Pomerantz, Louis Robert
Ahlgren, Carl Robert Gordan, Bonnie Popple, Robert
Alcox, Betty Ann Graham, Marjorie Reese, Betty Jane
Allen, Dudley Junior Grimes, Orville Richardson, Frank
Archeske, Frederick W. Hall, Doris Mae Richardson, Kenneth A.
Avitt, Jack Junior Hall, Irene Riggs, Ethel Lillian
Austin, Bide Bennington Hamlin, Charles Edwin Robson, Betty
Backus, Lester Max Hardy, Phyllis Lorraine Rothman, Sylvia
Baker, Leota Wilma Hawkins, Geneva Lee Sacco, Gary
Barrett, Dorothy E. Hiatt, Betty Jane Sams, Arthur Robert
Baxter, Alma Houston, Helen Gertrude Shaw, Donald Edward
Beaumont, Mary E. Jacobson, Marybel Shaw, Elsie Caro
Beerbower, Albert Carl Jenison, Thelma Gretchen Silver, Vivian Marine
Bisonette, Mary E. Johnson, Jack Donald Smith, Carlyle
Black, Beryl Joseph Johnson, Vincent Dale Smith, Casper R.
Blackledge, Wilma Johnston, Verla Aileen Smith, Donald Carlton
Blaney, Aileen Frances Jones, Robert Keating Smotkin, Alex
Bollen, Mervin Dale Keffer, Karl Kay Sofen, Mary
Brace, Frank Orsen Keller, Clifton Elvin Spataro, Marian
Brand, Joyce Emerson Kerr, Dorothea Jean Stevens, Eleanor Ruth
Brown, Elma Jean Kersey, Genevieve Marie Stone, Donald Robert
Brown, Philip David Kessler, Margaret K. Sutton, Daniel Guy
Burr, William Glenn Laird, Marcelyn Miriam Talkington, Harold A.
Caplan, Sidney Lang, Dorothy Alice Taylor, Violet Maxine
Chrenen, Sara Lenning, Charles Thomas, Grace Eunice
Clark, Helen Madge Levin, Zalman Leonard Thomas, Helen Louise
Clement, Ruth Louise Lyon, Frederick Earl Thomas, Mary Evelyn
Cleveland, Helen Martin, Harold Dennison Thompson, Helen R.
Cloud, Marise Martin, Peggy Lucille Thompson, Jerald
Colbert, Bessie Virginia Massman, Bob Delmar Thompson, Richard H.
Conley, Robert Monroe Mastrofski, Beatrice Tillotson, Marvel
Cooley, Marvin D. Mazzo, Frank Tobis, Helen
Cremeens, Nancy Louise McConkey, Doris Maxine Tower, Robert Louis
Cunningham, Ira Harold McGuire, Carlton Lowry Trimble, George Marion
Davis, Robert Miller, Edith Nioma Twitchell, Bill
DeLong, Virginia Michal Miller, Shirley Anne Van Dam, Josephine
Dennis, Ben Wiley Montoro, Florence Van Horn, Benton H.
Dennis, Bernard Morris, Jean Mary Wade, Vera Marrie
Diehl, Patsi Moscow, Bess Warren, Helen Louise
Dildine, Lois Virginia Moss, John Ellwood Warren, Ralph
Duckworth, Clell Bern Mossberg, LaVonne E. Webb, Bette Jean
Dunn, Willard Glenn Mulky, Don Wellen, Melvin
Egan, Florence Neth, Doris Ruth Westerman, Sylvia
Feeley, James Patrick Nish, John Westing, Esther Imojean
Feise, Kenneth Gustave Olson, Carl Harold White, William Conrad
Fisch, Zane Joseph Parlee, Effie Williams, Mary Maurine
Fraction, Carl Payne, Mary Ellen Williams, Paul Woods
Francisco, Fay Louis Pearl, Milton Witzel, John
Francisco, Violet Jessie Perry, Bessie Irene Woods, Darlene Ruth
Gaines, Amelia Pershing, Robert Leland Worden, Flora Elizabeth
Galloway, Mary Irene
Graduates - June, 1938
Aamoth, Dorothy Fischer, Maxine J. Morris, Barbara C.
Abramsohn, Louis Fishback, Miriam Morrison, Jeanne I.
Ahlgren, Carl Robert Fitch, Betty E. Murray, Geraldine
Aiken, Loretta V. Forrest, Elmore Murray, Virginia
Ambos, William G. Gammell, Mary Myers, Merrill M.
Anderson, Allan E. Gardner, Helen M. Newell, Jack F.
Anderson, Bob W. Gary, Dorothy M. Niles, Jean E.
Anderson, Charles T. Gear, Vincent R. Noble, Phyllis L.
Andrew, Inez I. Gibbons, Elizabeth L. Norman, Iowa Geneva
Armington, Kenneth R. Glenn, Lucille Ogilvie, Maxine F.
Armstrong, Harvey Gonias, Louie Olson, Oliver K.
Ash, Laurence Goss, Robert Omdahl, Jean O.
Aulman, Betty Jane Graham, Elizabeth R. Palandri, August
Bailey, Chauncey Gray, Richard W. Palmer, Betty J.
Bailus, Marie Jane Gray, Wilidean S. Parrish, Leota
Barclay, Eva Mae Guessford, Leona M. Pearson, Mary Ann
Bash, Gerald E. Guessford, Ruby PerDue, Orlin
Bassett, Jimmy Gunion, Lyle Perham, Martha
Bassman, David S. Hagenberg, Wilma M. Peterson, Carolyne L.
Bates, Virginia Lee Hains, Maxine G. Peterson, Virginia
Beard, Ted Hamilton, Earl Pettit, Virgil
Beauchamp, Betty M. Hansen, Howard Phipps, Jim
Benson, Althea M. Harlan, Edgar R. Piper, Clell
Bentler, Glenn Harris, Don Pugh, Mary E.
Bickford, Nora Hartsook, Quentin Pyle, Quentin
Biermann, Doris Hayden, Irene V. Rankin, JonAnn
Billings, Virginia J. Heimbaugh, Evelyn V. Rebol, Mary Hazel
Bishop, Maxine Henneberry, Ila D. Reeck, Jean Ilene
Bleiweiss, Sara M. Hetherington, Robert Reeves, Edith B.
Bliss, Dorothy L. Hicks, George W. Regan, Elizabeth W.
Bohner, Betty M. Higbie, Howard L. Reichenberg, Elma
Bone, Virginia Hildreth, Mary K. Reinertson, Homer E.
Boots, Jack Hills, Dana L. Rhodes, Betty Ann
Boudewyn, Florine T. Hirschman, Violet Roberts, Roberta Mae
Bowlsby, Richard E. Holcomb, Phyllis J. Rogerson, Helen M.
Braklow, Jeanne Howard, Donald M. Rudd, Marion G.
Brawner, Norma J. Howell, Gordon Rushing, Ethyl V.
Brewer, Betty Mae Hurlbert, Richard S. Ryan, William J.
Briggle, Darlene E. Huston, Darrell D. Sanders, Bessie M.
Brinkman, William Hytone Jean Sauerman, Charles F.
Brockett, Paul A. Irwin, Eloise Sawhill, Wilbur J.
Broman, Patricia A. Ivie, Virginia M. Scarlett, Marian E.
Brooks, Lawrence E. Jamison, Marcella Schatz, Sheldon
Brown, Margaret A. Johnson, Alfred A. Selfe, Yvonne, E.
Broyles, Betty R. Johnson, Frank L. Shaffer, Shirley B.
Bruce, Louise Johnson, Haley O. Shaw, Tom
Bugee, Bette Johnson, Mary E. Shippey, Cecil B.
Bullock, Norbert F. Jones, John R., Jr. Shoup, Claude T.
Burch, Gerald Clayton Jose, Maxine Simpson, Elinor J.
Burford, Edythe F. Kakos, Spedo Smith, Yvonne A.
Burford, Ethelyn F. Karaidos, James G. Snyder, George F.
Burke, Mattie P. Kardon, Harold Sparks, Albert H.
Burris, Kenneth E. Kauffman, Elizabeth Spencer, Ronald
Butts, Frank Kearns, Maxine I. Speridon, Pete
Callison, Julia P. Keeney, Barbara Ann Spong, Carolyn E.
Campbell, Viola W. Kellogg, Edythe V. Sprague, Frank De
Carlson, LaDeva J. Kelly, Keith Spurgin, Jack C.
Carter, Dyle M. Kendall, Lois E. Steele, Barbara
Chalmers, Dorothy F. Kennedy, June Stenoish, John F.
Chrenen, Mary Kime, Dolores, K. Sterrett, Lyle F.
Clark, Betty A. Kimmell, Harriet E. Stevens, Helen I.
Clark, Claudene L. King, Walter Stiles, Barbara Ann
Clark, Mildred A. Kinkade, Betty Jane Storey, Norman R.
Clayton, Robert H. Kludjian, Shavarsh Stowe, Douglas W.
Clemons, Marjorie B. Knight, Donald B. Streyffeler, Sam W.
Cleveland, Eugene H. Knutson, Jarjorie L. Strother, Ellen L.
Cobbs, Gordon R. Korte, Milton D. Sullivan Elizabeth
Cochran, Darlene F. Krell, Phillip T. Summy, Ruth E.
Cochran, Charles I. Langworthy, Charlotte Sutherland, Pauline
Colbert, Jacob G. Lapcheske, Frank E. Sweigart, Pauline A.
Cole, Mary L. Larson, Karna E. Tart, Jeannette C.
Coleman, Elizabeth Lee, Wilda Mae Thompson, Ed
Collins, Betty Leseney, Emmett D. Thompson, Patricia E.
Collins, Patricia J. Lewis Don Thornton, Mildred E.
Coltrane, Margaret E. Livingston, Robert P. Tingley, Dorothy M.
Conley, Donald E. Lounsbury, Perry W. Tinlin, Corrine E.
Cornwell, Helen L. Lowe, Lillian L. Travis, Jean
Correll, Irene R. Lundberg, Harry R. Turnquist, Velma J.
Couchman, Doris M. Lynch, Mary Margaret Tursi, Joseph Frank
Cowie, Marie E. Lynner, Maxine C. Van Wyk, Margaret
Cox, Flora J. Lyon, Marjorie Vestine, Margaret L.Stewart 2000
Crouch, Charleen Macklin, Mary M. Vittetoe, Tom Harry
Crow, John M. Madison, Melvin M. Volz, Kathleen M.
Curl, James F. Marlow, Alice Ann Wade, Elizabeth
Current, Darrell K. Martin, Gladolia M. Waggoner, Lois V.
Dacus, Calvin Mastrofsky, Edward Walker, Barbara M.
Dalton, Alice M. May, Dorothy Irene Walker, Ruth M.
Davis, Emmanuel McClintic, Kenneth Walter, William
Davis, George M. McClure, John H. Watkins, Doris E.
Davis, Jeannette F. McCool, June Watters, Lois D.