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North Des Moines High School
Class of 1944
60th Reunion
June 4-6, 2004

Pictures from the 60th Reunion held 6/4-6/6!
June 4-6, 2004
Valley West Inn,
3535 Westown Parkway
West Des Moines, IA 50266
map

Contacts: Paula Rissman,
RISSMANLW@aol.com or (515) 334-8058
or Richard and Chloris Ellingson;
(515) 225-1752

Class of 1944
60th Reunion taken June 4, 2004

Starting first row, bottom left

1st Row

Lola Nelson Bowman, Betty Ostrem Stickler, Lillian Cooper Haynes, Josephine Fitzwilliams Rhoads, Chloris Johnson Ellingson,Paula Mathews Rissman, Rita Berson Levine, Joy Campbell Gimar, Pat Teller Palmer, Janelle Anderson Synder, Mary Pender Pieart, Helen Campbell Sheets, Joanne Dickey Shidler, Mary Louise Sullivan Hinrichsen

2nd Row

Richard Ellingson, Ray Turner, John Milton, Darlene Emrich Thompson, Libby Kimmel Bucksbaum, Thelma Craddock Reeves, Jane Ann Welch Cutler, Donna Bullington Hall, Evelyn Peterson Garness, Marion Browne Hengested ,Barbara Colegrove Beavers, Constance Peek Moorehead, Barbara McCracken Parkey, Mary Lou Brooks Hobson

3rd Row

Harlan Snyder, Bob King, Bill Seid, Lowell Titus, Jack MacDade, Frank Rice, Bill Koenig, Dave Allen, Ted Feinberg, Dick Strickler, Marty Hanzlik, Wayne Bowen, Gene Cutler

Attending, but not pictured: Evelyn Agee Celandar, Don Cook, Chuck and Mary Alice Johnson, Glenn Tucker

left side of photo (enlarged)

right side of photo (enlarged)

Richard Ellingson,
Ray Turner,
Chloris Johnson Ellingson, Dee Turner

Bill and Lanae Seid

Lowell and Norma Titus

Bob and Barbara
Colegrove Beavers,
Marilyn Pender Pieart,
Janelle Anderson Snyder

Betty Ostrem Stickler, Libby Kimmel,
Rita Berson Levine

Lowell and Norma Titus,
John Milton, Wayne Bowen

Helen Campbell Sheets, Evelyn Peterson Garness,
Marion Browne Hengested, Mary Lou Bear, guest
of Frank Rice, standing

All photos above by Stover Photographic Services (515) 981-4217
Compliments of Charles Stover

North High Cafeteria

Josie, Paula, and Joy w/polar bear

Photos above by Josie Fitzwilliams Rhoads

Class of January, 1944
50th Reunion taken 1994
Photo by Stover Photographic Services ( 515) 981-4217

Starting first row, bottom left
1st Row	Mary Louise Sullivan, Pat Boyd, Nancy Gilbride, Sara Hough, Joan Shepard, Barb Massman, Alice Kirstein, Libby Kimmel, Barb McCracken, Constance Peek, Dorothy East
2nd Row	Wayne McGlothlen, Marion Brown, Mildred Davis, Ruth Lindquist, Margeret Teachnor, Evelyn Peterson, Mary Lou Hoover, Lillian Cooper, Darlene Emrich, Leota Emerich, Barb Laughman, Bill Koenig, Bill Parker, Cecil Bruton
3rd Row	Dean Creger, Gene Bullington, John Milton, Lowell Titus, Hal Lockwood, Harold Karp, Wayne Bowen, Dave Allen, Dick Pyers, Bill Seid, John Onnen, Bob Earle
Photo: Compliments of Lowell Titus

50th Reunion taken 1994
Photo by Stover Photographic Services ( 515) 981-4217

Starting first row, bottom left

1st Row

Joanne Dickey Shidler, Lois White Miller, Frances Shiffer, Helen Jones Gilchrist, Ida Gangale Bradley, Betty Tucker Reedy, Thrya Johnson Bond, Evelyn Agee Celander, Donna Bullington Hall, Pat Teller Palmer, Barbara Colegrove Beavers, Anne Royal McMurray, Shirley Whitmer Nissen, Helen Hampbell Sheets, Rita Berson Levine, Chloris Johnson Ellingson, Neal Clark, Laura Henry Bates (standing)

2nd Row

Pauline Barnhardt Christofferson, Pauls Mathews Rissman, Lois Phillips Krause, Thelma Craddock Reeves, Virginia Bales Fenimore, Jacqueline Mease Harris, Harriett Walden Florence, Barbara Bitting Meis, Joey Wise Bishop, Mildred Randle Ewing, Dorothy Snyder Williams, Dorla Jones Sansom, Joy Campbell Gimar, Betty Ostrem Strickler, Beverly Solar Goodman, Ted Feinberg, Lee Faye Rickabaugh Biermann, Josephine Fitzwilliams Rhoads, Bob Johnson, Ray Turner, Jane Welch Cutler, Ruth Sutherland Morrison (peeking), Arlene Hufford Sayers, Jack Troe, Gene Moore, Jacqueline Leigheiser Reindl, Mary Huntoon Cloe, Ruth Lorenz Titus, Charles Johnson (peeking)

3rd Row

Gene Cutler, Evelyn Rau Helvig, Joanne Barger Ainley, X, Alice Wieland Johnson

4th Row

Bob King, Frank Lorey, X, Walt Bishop, Frank Rice, Bill Parker, Bill Carson, Carmi Smith, Bill Miller, Keith Bullington, Dick Biermann, Cecil Dunn, Jim Kemble, Harlan Snyder, Russ Wilson, Mack Johnson, Richard Ellingson, Betty Jackson Evans

Photo: Compliments of Paula Mathews Rissman

Class of January, 1944 Graduation

Starting first row, bottom left
1st Row	Bonnie Atkinson, Darlene Emerich, Mary Louise Hoover, Nancy Gilbride, Patsy Boyd, FloReen Slater, Veryl Wigton, Joanne Shepard, Margaret Buss, Virginia Brooks, Delores Byers, Barbara McCracken, Mary Louise Brooks
2nd Row	Rosie Gabriel, Dorothy Randle, Loretta Wilcots, X, Rita Benson, Leota Emerich, Mildred Davis, Doris Mullins, Mary Papian, Barbara Laughman, Ruth Lindquist, Barbara Massman, Elizabeth Kimmel, Constance Peek
3rd Row	Edward Massey, Arlene Willey, Lillian Cooper, Dorothy Thomlin, Mary Louise Sullivan, Mary Paros, Gloria Steven, Evelyn Peterson, Alice Kirstein, Nadene Bosley, Sara Hough, Jane Sherman, Rosemary Hilgenburg
4th Row	Bill McKinley, Arthur Maxson, Charles Price, Bill Parker, Jack Marriot, Harold Lockwood, Jack Case, Richard Pyers, Bill Koenig, Virginia Bruce, Darlene Willcockson, Bonnie Westburg
5th Row	Hutchason Beshears, Dorothy East, Dick McKinney, Tom Caldbeck, Mary Louise Kinzle, Blanche Landis, Margaret Teachenor, Bill Seid, Lula Mae Lee, G. Darlene Emrich, Marcellus Vecchi, Bob Earle
6th Row	John Bullington, Jack Onnen, Albert Gay, Edwin Renaud, Bill Baldwin, Harold Karp, Frank Anderson, Lowell Titus, Dave Allen, Beverly Nowlin, Don Cook, Wayne Bowen
Not shown	Cecil Brewton, Eula Harshorn, Carol McCarthy
In service	BudAdkins, Donald Adkins,Jr., Cliff Aldeman, Jimmie Boots, Kenneth Bowman, Eugene Bullington, Luther Clark, Tommy Cox, Dean Creger, Ed Donlin, Bob Dunn, Jack Frasier, Dale Hollison, Charles Lacey, Richard Loll, Everette Lyon , Wayne McGlothlen, John Milton, Bill Nibel, Jack Novak, Karl Warner,
Photo: Compliments of Alice Kirstein Pyers ID accomplished by Darlene Emrich, Alice Kirstein, Paula Mathews, Bill Seid, Lowell Titus

Class of June, 1944 Graduation

Starting first row, bottom left

1st Row

Rosella Lachman, Roberta Fastje, Paula Mathews, Betty Ostrem, Jeanette Wright, Betty Tucker, Gene Cutler, Jane Welch, X, X, X, X

2nd Row

X, Marlene Neasham, Joan Horton, Lois Weiland, Mardell Jones, Audrey Arney, Walt Bishop, Dorothy Martin, Dan McCoy, Roberta Simpkins, Jim Kemble, Jack Cook, X

3rd Row

Fred Gordon, Bob Hill, Helen Jones, Dorla Jones, Max Brown, Joan Dickey, Marjorie McCabeX, X, Frances Epperly, Ted Feinberg, Evelyn Anderson

4th Row

Jacqueline Leitheiser, X, Mary Huntoon, X, Elizabeth Richmond, X ,X, X, Laverne Schultz, Bob Johnson, X, Walt Robbins, Bev Whitmer, Shirley Whitmer, Phyllis McGrath, X

5th Row

Esther Kroloff, X, Evelyn Rau,Margaret Teefey, X, Evelyn Agee, Jake Farbe, Gene Moore, Mack Johnson, Teddy Erickson, Barbara Silleto, Cecil Dunn

6th Row

X, X, Shirley Basset, X, X, Betty Jackson, X, X, X, Bob Lantz, Don Jeeter, Chuck Downing, X, Bill Chambers, Betty William

7th Row

Lowell Lee, Bob Fifield, LaVon Selby, X, Janelle Anderson, X, X, X, X, Marjorie Kerr, Mary Lasalle, X, X, Colleen Duffy, Barbara Bitting, Margaret Carlson, Joyce Heeren, X.

8th Row

Ruth Sutherland, Alice Abel, X, Mildred Randle, X, Jim Stewart, Pat Teller, Pat Stout, Barbara Colegrove, X, Dorothy Snyder (Frank Lorey) X, X, X, X, X, X

9th Row

X, Norman Allen, X, Bob Perdue, X, Chuck Johnson, X, Neal Clark (Sally Hill), X, June Horner, X, Arlene Hufford, Joy Campbell, Helen Campbell, Ann Royal, Ellen Reisetter, 15 X's

10th Row

Donna Bullington, X, Bill Carsen, Glen Walker, Marlene Neasham (also identified in 2nd row), Beverly MacNay, Lois Jean White, Helen Jones, X, Gordon Boss, X, Frank Rice

11th Row

X, Dick Porter, Dorothy French, Rita Berson, Beverly Solar, Arlene Shirk, ...Lois White...Cordelia Zahler, Marilyn Pender, Audrey Arney (also identified in 2nd row), Josephine Fitzwilliams, Keith Bullington, Joey Wise, Karl Gordinier, Delores Watson

12th Row

X, Don Paul...Dick Ellington

Photo: Compliments of Paula Mathews Rissman

Athletic Committee - January, 1944
Front:	Yvonne Marks, Anita Rogers, Dorothy East, Nancy Gilbride, Mildred Randle
Back:	Dick Pyers, Bill Pierce, Ted Feinberg, Jim Cox, Bob Garvin, Lowell Titus

Social Committee - January, 1944
Front:	Joy Stillahn, Joanne Shepard, Nadene Bosley, Veryl Wigton, Alice Kirstein
Back:	Leonard Sayers, Bill Wood, Bob Cherry, Cecil Dunn, Dick Pyers

Tumblers - June, 1944

Mat: June Hill, Jean Anderson, Margaret McKinney, Bonnie Hutchinson, Katherine Relse; Balanced on knees: Muriel Snodgrass, Paula Mathews; Standing: Bob Garvin, Jane Webster; Missing: Janice Anderson

Girls' Golf - January, 1944

Dorothy East, Nancy Gilbride, Muriel Shearer, Evelyn Hart, Barbara Massman, Beverly Harper, Mardell Jones, Nadene Bosley

Student Council - June, 1944

Starting first row, bottom left
1st Row	Shirley Cohen, Betty Ostrem, Mardell Jones, Joy Campbell, treasurer; Roberta Simpkins, secretary; Bill Gilliam, vice president; Betty DuVall, Jackie Mulchy, Bob Lantz
2nd Row	Grace Heggen, Rosella Lachman, Pat Ewart, Ruth Sutherland, Miss Adams, Anita Rodgers, Norene Minor, Helen York, Bill Clay
3rd Row	Keith Bullington, Bob Bernhard, Arlene Hufford, Caroline Cooper, Francis Shiffler, Helen Campbell, Jerry Robinson, Louie Carpino, Bob Lewis
4th Row	Charles Sullivan, Darrell Eddy, Jay Howard, Bonnie Hyde, Eva Jane Quiner, Jeanette Wright, Beverly McNay, Walt Bishop
5th Row	Jim Brown, Bob Denhart, Mildred Randall, Jack Wichman, John Day, Bill Wieters, Robert Hansman
6th Row	Jim Fahnauer, Dick Shephard, Walter Robbins, Jerry Schlesselman, Jack Doughman, Jim Kemble, Eddie Grodt, Cecil Dunn, Dick Hurwitz, Howard Johnson, Jack Troe, Mr. Thompson

Office Assistants (June, 1944)

Starting first row, bottom left
1st Row	Phyllis Peterson, Esther Kroloff, Helen Melaas, Jean Davies, Dolores Moorehead, Beverly Parmenter, Barbara Ward, Helen York, Doris Dutemple
2nd Row	Dolores Newberg, Margaret Young, Lois Phillips, Anna Marie Clark, Jean Berson, Virginia Forney, Marian Grady, Dorla Jones
3rd Row	Donna Porter, Chloris Johnson, Dolores Melton, Dorothy Dennis, Marilyn Fogarty, Maxine McIntyre, Harriet Waldon, Mary McCarney
4th Row	Mary Ann Evans, Juanita White, Beverly Robertus, Marilyn Buss, Barbara Sinex, Sonja Hansen
5th Row	Frances Epperly, Jo Anne Barger, Rosella Lachman, Jeanette Wright, Ruth Lorenz, Joan Horton, Mrs. Porter, Guinevere Graham, Miss West

Citizenship and War Stamp Representatives (June, 1944)

Starting first row, bottom left
1st Row	Rosella Lachman, Chairman; Anne Royal, Gertrude Small, Phyllis Lorey, Eloise Kamraz, Betty DuVall, Phyllis Farrand, Beverly Whitmer, Lois Jean White, Phyllis McGrath, Mr. Lory
2nd Row	Paula Mathews, Audrey Jones, Sorita Caplan, Alice Utley, Jean Berson, Evelyn Hart, Joy Stillahn, Shirley Whitmer, Joy Marjanski
3rd Row	Virginia Wise, Patty Brooks, Jean Thorp, Gloria Weller, Alice Underwood, Patty McDermott, Shirley Peters, Anita Rodgers, George Fox
4th Row	Karl Gordinier, Sue Foggia, Jo Ann Barger, Harriet McClelland, Gilbert Proudfit
5th Row	Mack Johnson, Bill Miller, Schuyler Hales, Dorothy French, Mary Crisp, Betty Johnson, Darrell Brophy, Roger Watts
6th Row	Russell Fridley, Dick Wood, Don Werner, Donald Buckingham, Darrell Eddy, Leroy Lawson, Jim Romayne

Polar Bear Staff- June, 1944

Starting first row, bottom left
1st Row	Roberta Fastje, Editor-in-Chief; Joey Wise, Business Manager; Paula Mathews, Editor-in-Chief
2nd Row	Shirley Whitmer, Keith Bullington, Catherine Hathaway, Jim Stewart, June Horner

1944 Football Team

Front:	Dick Keith, Jack Doughman, Jay Howard, Robert Hansman, Russell Fisher, Dick Skain, Don Prior
Back:	Jack Wichman, Rocky Gabriel, Bill Gillam, John Estes




Graduates - January, 1944 (numbered 80)


	Allen, Dave	Cooper, Lillian L.	Landis, Blanche	Peterson, Evelyn
	Anderson, Frank	Cornelison, Ruth	Laughman, Barbara	Price, Charles
	Atkinson, Bonnie	Davis, Mildred Jean	Lee, Lula Mae	Pyers, Richard J.
	Baldwin, Bill	Earle, Bob	Lindquist, Ruth	Randle, Dorothy
	Benson, Rita	East, Dorothy Jane	Lockwood, Harold	Renaud, Edwin
	Beshears, Hutchason W.	Emerich, Darlene	Marriot, Jack	Seid, Bill
	Bosley, Nadene Ione	Emerich, Leota	Massey, Edward Thomas	Shepard, Joanne Shirley
	Bowen, Wayne	Emrich, G. Darlene	Massman, Barbara	Sherman, Jane
	Boyd, Patsy	Gabriel, Rosie	Maxson, Arthur Junior	Slater, Flo Reen
	Brewton,Cecil H., Jr.	Gay, Albert	McCarthy, Carol	Stevens, Gloria
	Brooks, Mary Louise	Gilbride, Nancy	McCracken, Barbara Jane	Sullivan, Mary Louise
	Brooks, Virginia	Hartshorn, Eula	McKinley, Bill	Teachenor, Margaret
	Browne, Marion	Hilgenberg, Rosemary	McKinney, Dick Donald	Titus, Lowell
	Bruce, Virginia	Hoover, Mary Louise	Mullins, Doris Louise	Tomlin, Dorothy
	Bullington, John S.	Hough, Sara Rose	Nowlin, Beverly Jean	Vecchi, Marcellus
	Buss, Margaret Lucretia	Karp, Harold	Onnen, John H.	Westburg, Bonnie Jane
	Caldbeck, Tom	Kimmel, Elizabeth	Papian, Mary	Wigton, Veryl
	Case, Jack	Kinzle, Mary Louise	Parker, William McNeil	Wilcots, Loretta E.
	Clime, Delores Byers	Kirstein, Alice	Paros, Mary	Willcockson,DarleneLodema
	Cook, Don	Koenig, Bill	Peek, Constance Fay	Willey, Arlene



Graduates - June, 1944 (numbered 230)


	Abel, Alice Mae	Erickson, Teddy Jean	Kroloff, Esther	Robbins, Walter Howard
	Adair, Ora Jean	Erlandson, Alice Louise	Laing, Patricia Ann	Robinson, Opal
	Agee, Evelyn Faun	Evans, Mary Ann	Lantz, Robert Lee	Royal, Anne
	Allen, Norman Keith	Ewart, Betty Jane	Lasell, Mary Jean	Samo, Genevieve Kathryn
	Anderson, Evelyn Jane	Fahnauer, James Edward	Lee, Lowell Arthur	Scalise,Elizabeth Jean
	Anderson, Janelle	Fallgatter, Stuart Walter	Leitheiser,Jacquelyn Joy	Schultz, LaVerne Bruce
	Arney, Audrey Irene	Farber, Jacob Z.	Lievsay, Betty Jean	Selby, LaVaun Evelyn
	Baber, Rosemary Ione	Farrand,Phyllis Josephine	Lilley, LaDona Jean	Shiffer, Frances Irene
	Bales, Virginia Faye	Fastje, Roberta Hazel	Lockwood, Jean Shirley	Shirk, Arlene Luetta
	Barger, Jo Anne	Feinberg, Theodore Jerome	Lorenz, Ruth Shirley	Silletto, Barbara Jean
	Barker, Anna Darlene	Fifield, Robert Charles	Lorey, Frank Carson, Jr.	Simpkins, Wanda Roberta
	Barnhart, Pauline Ruth	Fischer, Catherine Amanda	Martin, DeLona Ann	Smith, Betty Ann
	Bassett, Shirley Ann	Fitzwilliams,JosephineLauranna	Martin, Dorothy Dean	Smith, Carmi Jess
	Benedict, Elizabeth Ariel	Foggia, Sue Rachel	Mathews, Paul B.	Snyder, Harlan Clair
	Bengston, Carl Arthur	French, Dorothy Mae	McAndrews, Virginia Ann	Solar, Beverlee Jean
	Biermann, Richard Gene	Gangale, Ida Madeline	McCabe, Marjorie Ann	Spangler, Harold Kenneth
	Bishop, Walter Laidlaw,Jr.	Garton, Barbara Anne	McCoy, Daniel Arthur	Spike, Charles Kent
	Bitting, Barbara June	Gatchel, Dorisfaye	McDonald Larry Rowaine	Stagg, Betty Jean
	Borror, Betty Jane	Gerson, Rita Lillian	McGrath, Phyllis jean	Stewart, James Edward
	Boss, Gordon Lee	Gilbert, James Barnes	McKinney, Neoma Hazel	Stiles, Maizie Aldene
	Boyd, Vennessee	Gilbert, John Barnes	McNay, Beverly Joyce	Stillahn, Anna Joy
	Brafford, William Russell	Glade, Edith Alberta	Miller, William Theodore	Stout, Patricia Lue
	Brown, Max Edward	Gordinier, Karl C.	Miner, Constance Luella	Sutherland,Ruth Elizabeth
	Broyles, Eugene Derrill	Gordon, Fred Benjamin	Molene, Richard Gene	Teffey, Margaret Lucille
	Bruland, Eva Marie	Graham, Guinevere E.	Moore, Eugene Leonard	Teller, Patricia Ruth
	Bullington, Donna Rae	Hansen, Sonja Ellen	Murphy, Robert Earl	Thode, Delores Rae
	Bullington, Keith Raymond	Hanzlik,Martin Neumann	Neasham, Marlyne	Thorpe, Lenora Jean
	Caldwell, Eloise Vondean	Harney, Lila Mae	Nelson, Gloria	Tucker, Agnes Elizabeth
	Campbell, Charlotte Joy	Hartson,Marvin Clarence	Newberg, Dolores Lulu	Turner, Raymond, Everett
	Campbell, Helen Lavonne	Hathawy, Catherine Rae	Newberg, Shirley Anne	VanDerHorst,Deloris Maxine
	Carlson, Margarett Lorraine	Heeren, Joyce Kilmer	Newby, Margaret Joy	Vaughn, Mary Louise
	Carson, William Richard	Henry, Laura Jane	Newby, Mary Gail	Vogt, Barbara Jean
	Casner, Lorraine Maxine	Henry, Phyllis Elaine	Newerf, June Yavonne	Walden, Harriett Lucile
	Chambers, William Robert	Hill, Robert William	Oachman,Esther Rosella	Walker, Glen Davenport
	Cherrington, Shirley Ann	Hill, Sally	O'Leary,Richard Francis(Vet)	Wallace, Evelyn Mae
	Clark, Norris Neal	Holmes, Jane Harriett	Ostrem, Betty Marie	Watson, Delores Maxine
	Cleeton, Charles Edgar	Horner, June Rose	Overton,Charles Granville	Weddell, Blaine Louis
	Colegrove, Barbara Ellen	Horton, Joan Marilyn	Panique, Mary Alice	Weiters, WilliamClifford
	Conklin, Charles Meiner	Hufford, Arlene Ada	Park, Murray Allen	Welch, Jane Ann
	Connors, Marolyn Frances	Huggins, Joe Albert	Parker, William Leroy, Jr.	Wells, Geraldine Hope
	Cook, Jack DeWayne	Huntoon, Mary Louise	Paul, Donald D.	Welsh, Betty Arline
	Cooper, Caroline Jean	Huss, Virginia Lee	Payne, Constance	Werner, Don Milton
	Craddock, Thelma Marjory	Jackson, Bette Jeanne	Pender, Marilyn Ruth	Wesley, Myrtle Beatrice
	Crowell, John Wallace	Jackson, Doris Mae	Penkert, Mary Eleanor	Wheeldon, Lois Marie
	Cutler, Elliott Gene	Jeter, Donald Eugene	Perdue, Rober t E. Lee	White, Lois Jean
	Davies, Billie Jean	Jewett, Joanna Marie	Phillips, Lois Aileen	Whitmer, Beverley Ruth
	Davis, Marion Deloris	Johnson,Charles Claude,Jr.	Phillips, Patricia Ann	Whitmer, Shirley Ann
	Dennis, Dorothy Darlene	Johnson, Chloris Lucille	Porter, Richard Eugene	Wieland, Alice Marie
	Dickey, Jo Anne Ernestine	Johnson, Mack Charles,Jr.	Powers, Fred Holmes, Jr.	Wieland, Marie Lois
	Downey, Charles E.	Johnson, Robert Earl	Quiner, Eva Jane