North Des Moines High School
Class of 1939
66th Reunion
May 6, 2005

Class Meetings:
Meets second Monday of Jan., Mar., May, July, Sept., and November at lunch at 12:30PM
Hy-Vee
1990 Grand Avenue and Railroad
West Des Moines, IA 50265-4222
(515) 223-8151
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Contact:
Audrey Devine Willcox @ (515) 276-5883

Contacts:
Audrey (Devine) Willcox Jean (Spencer) Howard
3520 62nd 2808 East 16th Street, Apt. #31
Des Moines, IA 50322 Des Moines, IA 50316-1889
(515) 276-5883 (515) 279-8072

66th Reunion
May 6, 2005

11:30am; seating at 12:00Noon
Des Moines Golf & Country Club
Candlelight Dining Room
1600 74th Street
West Des Moines, IA 50266-5833
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Valet parking. Suit or sports coat. Ties not required.
$17.00/ea. Chicken or Iowa pot roast

65th Reunion
May 8, 2004
Des Moines Golf & Country Club
1600 74th Street
West Des Moines, IA 50266-5833
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Jane Spencer Howard Jane Spencer Howard
Jane Spencer Howard Jane Spencer Howard
Martha Curtiss Welch
Martha Curtiss Welch
Audrey Devine Willcox and Robert Scott Audrey Devine Willcox and Robert Scott
Audrey Devine Willcox and Robert Scott Audrey Devine Willcox and Robert Scott
Eva Weiser Ewing, Bill Henderson Martha Curtiss Welch Audrey Devine Willcox,
Robert Scott, Bill Andrus (Betty)
last person in back is Lela Sutton Janish last person in back is Lela Sutton Janish last person in back is Lela Sutton Janish
last person in back is Lela Sutton Janish last person in back is Lela Sutton Janish last person in back is Lela Sutton Janish
Evelyn George Chambers
Evelyn George Chambers
Evelyn George Chambers
Evelyn George Chambers in rear Evelyn George Chambers in rear Evelyn George Chambers in rear
Evelyn George Chambers in rear Evelyn George Chambers in rear Evelyn George Chambers in rear
Jonesy and Dan Lamb,
Frank Farao,
Lela Sutton Janish
Evelyn George Chambers Lorraine and John Hall,
Thelma GuthrieCornwell,
Lela Bennett Hokel,
Evelyn George Chambers
unidentified unidentified
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unidentified unidentified
Max and Helen Cooper Allen Maralyn Boland
Jeanne Spencer's sister
Jeanne Spencer Howard
Mary Severino Tursi
Photos Above: Compliments of Martha Curtiss Welch
Identification provided by Evelyn George Chambers
Class of 1939-50th Reunion taken 1989
Class of 1939-50th Reunion taken 1989
Left side of picture starting first row, bottom left
1st Row Josephine Silk Arenson, Dan Lamb, Maxine Jacobsen Shaw, Helen Riley Hoke, Gloria Griffith McConnell, Cleone Knode Oberg, Genevieve Dunn Woerdman, Betty Spencer McGrew, Audrey Devine Willcox, Mary Steen McCloud, Josephine Adams Segar, Leila Bennett Hokel, Jeanne Petersen Mehalovich, Mary Weidner Bowers, John Hall, Alice Gallaugher McNatton, Marshall Moorehead, Betty Howard Larson, Bob Bumgardner
2nd Row John Mikesell, Carmen Ware Moshier, Evelyn George Chambers, Thelma Guthrie Cornwell, Vesta Stewart Filby, Betty Rogers Waterhouse, Dorothy Olson Gustafson, Betty Johnson Noon, Phyllis Litchfield Youngberg, Barbara Rogers Cook
3rd Row Audrey Channon Wingfield, Dorothy Dennis Pogue, Celia Pearl Tobis, Sylvia Zavatsky Polonsky, Earle Hibbs, Marian Liddy Hibbs, Russell Barcroft, Palmer Lowry (teacher), Enid Fisher Freeman, Loren Fluke, Camille Smith Davis, Vivian Kisky Wolfe, Betty McCoy Brasher, Elwood Smith, Lela Sutton Janish, Helen Quick Lajko, Marialice Smith, Eleanor Eby Hintz
4th Row Lillian Fees Lourens, Bill Smalley, Jay Mehaffey, Norma Bent Broad, Ed Broad, Jeanne Spencer Howard, Kendall Urion, Lyle Shaffer, Wally Rock, (?) behind Lyle, Frank Farao, Bernard Arenson, James Gibson, Charles Ed Bullington, John Ede, George McMaster, Don Newburn, George Roberts, Leonard Lindquist, Warner Webster, Ethel Row Loftin, Donald Webb
Class of 1939-50th Reunion taken 1989
Right side of picture starting first row, bottom left
1st Row Justine Price Abraham, Bruce Abraham, Ed Prescott, Richard Peterson, Erna Brindle Pentico, Marvin Bierma, Helen Cooper Allen, Rose Caplan Jacobs, Betty Gardner Andrus, James Barnett, Martha Curtiss Welch, Marcella Malin Leibow, Virginia Walkup Gilbert, Barbara Shreves Cooper, Harold Taylor, Clifford Vermeulen, Warren Lueder, Julian Guerro, Paul McCarthy
2nd Row Arlene Richardson Brulotte, Bob Melone, Glee Armstrong Tennihill, Isabelle Byers Swanson, Betty Atkinson Satterlee, Frances Peterson Moats, Jean Mason Miller, Tom Cooper, Roland Snell
3rd Row Ruth Poush Robertson, Irene Thompson Gustaveson, Betty McPhee Wirt, Virginia Anderson, Elinor Shaw Rogers, Jean Gwinn McCoy, Helen Berkemann Bixby, Leland McCoy, Marcella Boughsty Mason, Bob Hewitt, Doris Shelton Shoning, Charles Howard, Mary Ellen Sparks Sandle, Nadyne Robinson Ware, Pat Woods Englund, Marijane Johnson Torjeson, Patricia Sheehan Reynolds, Loran Fleming, Frieda Bassman Levin, Jane Hill Fuller, Ruth Hunter Hammer, Jack Shoup
4th Row Bob Scott, Herb Albach, Bob Kissick, Rolla Kilgore, Ken Gamble, Don Bridenstine, Harold Morrow, Frank Gilliland, Bernard Brady, Robert Fuller, Harry O'Leary, Joseph Billings, George Gaekle, Don Helvig, Opal Parkis Bradley, Bill Parker, Robert Brennan, Frederick Graham, not visible
Present, but not pictured:
Virginia Burns Jensen, Robert Jensen, Robert Harper, Nancy Forrest Fagan, Betty Lewis McAfee, Dorothy Pflanz Mahanna, Shirley Steelsmith Derr
Photo Above: Compliments of Evelyn George Chambers
and Audrey Devine Willcox
25th reunion in 1964; June Class 25th reunion in 1964; June Class 25th reunion in 1964; June Class
25th reunion in 1964; June Class 25th reunion in 1964; June Class 25th reunion in 1964; June Class
25th reunion in 1964; June Class 25th reunion in 1964; June Class 25th reunion in 1964; June Class
25th Reunion in 1964 - Class of June, 1939
Photo from personal memorabilia of the late Jay Mehaffey
Row 1 Robert Bumgardner, Dale Chenoweth, Jay Mehaffey, MarijJane Johnson (Jan.), Marian Liddy, Betty McPhee, Jean Gwinn, Earl Hibbs, Jr.
Row 2 Mary Anne West, Katherine Bode (Jan.), Erna Brindle(Jan.), Julian Guerrero, Arlene Fletcher, Virginia Wheeler, Charlotte Schneider, Dardenell Eaton, Warner Webster
Row 3 Vincent Gray, Charles Howard, Helen Malon, Shirley Steelsmith, Betty Gardner, Lela Sutton, Arthur DeCarlo
Row 4 Vesta Stewart, Robert Garrett, Warren Lueder, Jeanne Spencer, Juanita Jones
25th reunion in 1964; June Class 25th reunion in 1964; June Class 25th reunion in 1964; June Class
25th reunion in 1964; June Class 25th reunion in 1964; June Class 25th reunion in 1964; June Class
25th reunion in 1964; June Class 25th reunion in 1964; June Class 25th reunion in 1964; June Class
25th Reunion in 1964 - Class of June, 1939
Photo from personal memorabilia of the late Jay Mehaffey
Row 1 Kenneth Gamble, Robert Bumgardner, Earl Hibbs, Jr., Jean Gwinn, Betty McPhee, Marian Liddy, Shirley Steelsmith, Marijane Johnson
Row 2 Bob Melone, Arlene Fletcher, Betty Gardner, Virginia Wheeler, Charlotte Schneider, Vesta Stewart
Row 3 Robert Garrett, Warren Lueder, Warner, Webster, Jeanne Spencer, Juanita Jones, Dardenell Eaton, Mary Anne West, Lela Sutton
Row 4 Julian Guerrero, Vincent Gray, Art DeCarlo, Jay Mehaffey (behind), Dale Chenoweth, Charles Howard, Erna Brindle, Katherine Bode, Helen Malone
1939 Classmates Selected for Extreme Makeovers!
Frank Farao
Aged photo papers simply do not withstand the test of time. Necessarily, whenever I receive a photo, I often
spend considerable time on restoration. Above are examples of individuals from a 1939 group graduation
photo I am presently restoring. There are about twelve wide white breaks in the photo surface (top to bottom)
and many surface scratches/blemishes, etc. where images of 38 individuals affected will have to be recreated.
...Extreme Makeover with Photoshop tools!

January 1939
Class Officers

Orson Holland
Robert Scott
Irene Thompson
Robert Harper
Gloria Griffith
Helen Berkemann
Cleone Knode
Daniel Storms
Class of January, 1939
Class numbered 145
Photo: 1939-by J.M. Houlette, 1703 16th Street, Des Moines, IA; Phone: 5-8470
Photo: Compliments of Jo Silk Arenson
Starting first row, bottom left
1st Row  
2nd Row  
Class of June, 1939 Class of June, 1939 Class of June, 1939 Class of June, 1939 Class of June, 1939
Class of June, 1939 Class of June, 1939 Class of June, 1939 Class of June, 1939 Class of June, 1939
Graduation Class of 1939 Graduation Class of 1939 Graduation Class of 1939 Graduation Class of 1939 Graduation Class of 1939
Class of June, 1939
Class numbered 326
Photo: 1939-by J.M. Houlette, 1703 16th Street, Des Moines, IA; Phone: 5-8470
Photo: Compliments of Audrey Devine Willcox
and Lela Sutton Janish
Starting first row, bottom left
1st Row  
2nd Row  
First Team Football First Team Football First Team Football
First Team Football First Team Football First Team Football
First Team Football First Team Football First Team Football
First Team Football Squad (Fall, 1938)
Starting first row, bottom left
1st Row Stan Little, Art DeCarlo, Herb Albach, Dick Olsen, Bob Scott, Lloyd Morrison, Bill Milne
2nd Row Freeman Votruba, Bob Kerr, August Gruening, Ike Miller, Bill Parker, Bob Kissick, James Nichols, Ed Broad, Dan Storms, Ed Albright
3rd Row Charles Sanders, Hugh Harn, Orson Holland, Dick Russell, Charles Howard, Dan Karloff, Ed Morningstar, Coach McClain
Boys and Girls Golf and Tennis Teams Boys and Girls Golf and Tennis Teams Boys and Girls Golf and Tennis Teams
Boys and Girls Golf and Tennis Teams Boys and Girls Golf and Tennis Teams Boys and Girls Golf and Tennis Teams
Golf and Tennis Teams (January, 1939)
Starting first row, bottom left
1st Row Elinor Shaw, Doris Popple, Elinor Eby, Norma Jean Bent, Mary Jane Godshall
2nd Row Carolyn Stanzel, Mary Ellen Van Maren, Betty Van Cleave, Ruth Chase, Marilyn Whitmer
3rd Row Conrad Lindquist, Ed Cohen, Paul Williams, Jerry Kilgore
4th Row John Miksell, John Dawson, James Slate, Wilbur Bridges
not shown Wilford Stone, Bob Rebuschatis, Margaret Duke, Sara JeanGibson, Bette Atkinson
Now playing...hit song in 1939...
"Over The Rainbow "
Graduates - January, 1939 (numbered 145)
Abraham, Bruce Eby, Elinor Hoff, Paul Olson, Edward
Adams, Josephine Ede, John Holland, Orson Omdahl, Jean
Albach, Herbert Clifton Edwards, Thomas Hoos, Jessie Perry, Francella
Alexander, Carl Elliott, Richard House, Maxine Peterson, Frances
Allen, Wayne Elliston, Gertrude Hubbard, Phillip Peterson, Richard
Anderson, Linnea Erickson, Thomas Hufnagel, Helen Pidgeon, Abe
Anderson, Virginia Evans, Marybelle Hunt, Ross Pigneri, Lucille
Arenson, Bernard Felse, Doris Hunter, Ruth Poush, Ruth
Armstrong, Glee Fergus, Dara Johnson, Charles Rollins, Earl
Ashby, Evelyn Fisher, Warren Johnson, Dwight Ross, Rose
Bailey, Cecil Flanders, Robert Johnson, Helen Roth, Janet
Beardsly, Dorothy Fleming, Loran Johnson, Marijane Row, Ethel
Bechtel, Dorothy Frandsen, Robert Johnston, Virginia Royal, Richard
Bent, Norma Jean Frost, Maxyne Jones, William Scott, Robert
Berg, Frank Fuger, Donna Karp, Sylvia Shafer, Harlan
Berkemann, Helen Mae Garland, Verona King, Maxine Shaw, Elinor
Bode, Katherine Gibson, Emmadell Knode, Cleone Shepard, William
Boger, Phyllis Gibson, James D. Lawhead, Mildred Silk, Josephine
Bradshaw, June Gifford, George Richard Leicht, Ruth Spargur, John
Breneman, Lawrence Gilkerson, Dixie Little, Stanley Spencer, Betty Jane
Bridenstine, Donald Ginsberg, Nellie Long, Bette Stadlan, Igal
Brindle, Erna Godshall, Mary Jane Macomber, Mary Stanton, Robert
Broad, Edwin Gore, Ruth Malin, Marcella Stattuck, John
Brown, Marian Griffin, Robert Martin, Jerold Steen, Mary Alice
Caplan, Rose Griffith, Gloria Marx, Romona Storms, Daniel
Carrick, Janice Gruening, August Mason, Jean Sweem, Robert
Cook, Robert Gunderson, Gordon Matheny, Richard Tempores, Lenore
Cooper, Thomas Hagen, James Mathis, Dale Thompson, Edwin
Cooper, Wiley Hall, John McCoy, Leland Thompson, Irene
Cox, Leona Hansen, Howard Meyerhoff, James Webb, Donald Edward
Davis, Lucy Hargrove, Margery Milne, William Weidner, Mary
Devine, Rose Harper, Robert Mitchnick, Bernice West, James
Dillon, Robert Hayward, Albert Morrison, Lloyd Wickland, Leone
Dishman, Wayne Henrickson, Maurine Newsom, David Woods, Patricia
Duff, Ralph Hewitt, Robert O'Leary, Harry Zeller, Robert
Dunn, Genevieve Hites, June Olsen, Richard Zimmerman, Evelyn
Easter, Daisy x x x
Graduates - June, 1939 (numbered 326)
Adams, Jean Dolores Farnsley, Jack Nevins Liddy, Marian Frances Rehder, Eileen Marie
Adams, Robert Jack Fees, Lillyan Christian Lindquist, Leonard Leroy Richardson, Arlene
Alkire, William K. Fergus, Dona LaVelle Lindquist, Mildred Nelina Ridgway, Anna Mae
Anderson, Mary Jean Filowin, Molly Litchfield, Phyllis Marie Rife, Eugene B.
Atherton, William Verle Findley, William Scott Lueder, Warren Edwarde Riley, Helen Norine
Atkinson, Betty Marie Fisher, Enid Marcella Lugar, Beulah Louise Robbins, Bette Jean
Bachman, Robert Fletcher, Arlene Ruth Lyons, Denis A. Roberts, Carol Ruth
Baird, Carl Loren Ford, Lillian Mae Malone, Helen Joyce Roberts, George Harold
Baker, Betty Jean Forrest, Nancy Jane Marlow, James William Robinson,Nadine Ramona
Baker, Helen Elsie Frette, Florence Marshall, Marilynn Marie Rock, Wallace Willard
Bales, Betty Fern Fuller, Robert Tex Martin, William Lewis, Jr. Rogers, Barbara Gene
Ballard, Mary Almeda Gaekle,George Wilfred, Jr. Matheny, Raymond S. Rogers, Betty Ann
Barcroft, Russell Ankeny Gallaugher, Alice Anne Matson, Glen H., Jr. Rothman, Bertha
Barnett, James Aaron Gamble, Kenneth Omer Mayne, Frances Jewel Rowan, Joseph James
Barrett,Genevieve Joan Gammill,Frances Marcelle McCall, Harry Elmo Schmeltzer,James Howard
Bassman, Frieda Gardner, Betty Marie McCarthy, Paul Eugene Schmitt, Helena
Beeghley, Ruth Barbara Garmon, Robert Merwin McCoy, Betty E. Schneider,Charlotte Elise
Bennett, Leila Jane Garrett, Robert O. McCutchan, Virgil Ray Schlotman, Emerald
Bennett, Shirley Geitz, Gilda Helena McGee, James Isaac Scoonover,Kathleen Virginia
Benson, Marion Arnold Gillette, Robert Weed McGrevey, Helen Ann Severino, Mary Ann
Beougher, Lois Maxine Gilliland,Franklyn Wells McIntire, Agnes Louise Shaffer, Lyle B., Jr.
Bierma, Marvin Leroy Ginn, Eugene Lyle McMaster,George Frederick Sheehan,Margaret Patricia
Billings, Joseph A. Gordinier,Harold Raymond McMullen, Fred William Shelton, Doris Elaine
Blackwell, Lauretta Virginia Graham, Fred Mitchell McNeal, Barbara Jean Shelton, Edward Leroy
Blair, Margaret Jean Graves, Lelia Pearl McPhee, Betty Jean Shepard,Marueen Katherine
Bloom, Jean Carolyn Graves, Margaret Mae McPherson, Bartus Francis Short, Wilmer Dale
Bougsty, Marcella Lillian Gray, Margaret Jane McVey, Martha Anne Shoup, John William
Bradshaw, Herbert DeWitt Gray, Vincent Paul Medd, Ruth Eileen Shreves, Barbara Geneva
Brady, Bernard Greenwell, Ruanne Mehaffey, Jay Howard Slack, Barbara Jo
Brennan, Robert John Guerrero, Julian Peery Miksell, John Smalley,William R. Jr.
Brennan, Vera Jeanne Guthrie, Thelma Arlene Miller, Kenneth Paul Smith, Bernice Emaline
Bridges, Wilbur Ivan Gwinn, Jean Miller, Louise Smith, Camille Rose
Brown, June Beverly Hale, Louise Marceil Minear, Christina Luella Smith, Eleanor Lorraine
Bullington, Charles Edward Hamilton, Joann Helene Miner, Richard Martin Smith, Elwood Parker
Bumgardner,Robert Edward Hammond, Helen L. Moore, Halcyon Rosalie Smith, Juanita E.
Burdick, Deloris Constance Hankins, Wilwa Maxine Moorehead,Robert Marshall Smith, Loren Alvin
Burns, Orval M., Jr. Harvey, Elizabeth Jean Morlock, Jerome Franklin Smith, Marialice
Burns, Virginia Mae Haskins, Velma Grace Morris, Margery Eloise Snell, Rolland Arthur
Byers, Isabelle Izetta Heefner, Paul Roland Morrow, Harold Alexander Snorf, Doris Eloise
Caldwell, Virginia Gayle Heger, Catherine Anne Moyer, Harry Hector Snyder, Iris Athalie
Carlson, Marcelene LeVon Helvig, Donald Fredrick Mueller, Waunnetta Sparks, Mary Ellen
Carr, Evelyn Claudine Henry, Doris Ann Mulcahy, Elizabeth Jean Spencer, Jeanne Aileen
Chamberlin, Clarice Mae Herbner, Eleanor Marie Myklebust,Kenneth Norman Stanley, Burl William
Chambers, Emily Helen Herman, Doris Fern Naumann, Ivan Willard Stanzel, Carolyn Mildred
Chandler, Mary Jane Hibbs, Earle L., Jr. Nelson, Thelma B. Stark, Wilma June
Channon, Audrey Barbara Hicks, Ila Laniece Newbern, Robert Oren Steelsmith, Shirley Irene
Chapman, Evelyn Mildred Hill, Jane Newsom, Margaret Alice Stevenson, Bonnie Jeanne
Chenoweth, Dale G. Holt, Esther Mae Noftsger, Jean Louise Stewart, Marjorie Eleanor
Chenoweth, Thelma LaVon Hood, Beth Ellen Nowels, Ruby Grace Stewart, Vesta K.
Chrenen, Sadie Hough, Virginia Nell Olson, Dorothy Ellen Stone, Wilford Lloyd
Christensen, Carol Jean Howard, Bette Jean Olson, Sumner James Strawn, Floris Avonelle
Christensen, Lillian Ruth Howard,Charles Preston, Jr. Overton, Pauline Lucille Sutton, Lela Mae
Coll, Robert E. Hughes, William W. Pace, Earl Darwin Taylor, Herbert A.
Colles, Alvin Robert Huss, Edith Edna Parker, C. William Thompson,Bonnie Darlene
Collins, Ann Cathleen Jackson, Lawrence Parkis,Charles Alfred, Jr. Urion, Kendall Dwight
Conroy, John Edward Jacobsen, Neva Maxine Parkis, Opal Arleen VanMaren,Clarence Ray
Cooper, Helen Louise Jay, Robert Ainsworth Parsels, Odette Marcelle Vermeulen,Clifford Lawrence
Crosby, Charles Donald Jenkins, Pauline Virginia Patrick, Walter LeRoy Vuper, Amelia Jane
Crowell,Gwendolyn Esther Jensen, Robert DeWitt Pearl, Celia Walkup, Virginia Helen
Crumley, Jean Naomi Johnson, Elizabeth Jane Pedersen, Myron Edward Ware, Carmen Faith