North Des Moines High School
Class of 1945
60th Reunion
June 10-12, 2005

Did you join us at our 60th Reunion in 2005?
June 10-12, 2005

West Des Moines Marriott
1250 74th Street
(1250 Jordan Creek Parkway)
West Des Moines, IA 50266-5825
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Betty Bartholow Wise, (515) 255-8040; bwise@dwx.com
Eileen (McAndrews) Anderson, and Marlys (Willcockson) Bixby


60th Reunion, June, 2005 60th Reunion, June, 2005 60th Reunion, June, 2005
60th Reunion, June, 2005 60th Reunion, June, 2005 60th Reunion, June, 2005
60th Reunion, June, 2005 60th Reunion, June, 2005 60th Reunion, June, 2005
60th Reunion - taken June 12, 2005
Photo by Stover Photographic Services   ( 515) 981-4217
Starting first row, bottom left
1st Row Willa Mae Frette Ware, Maxine McIntyre Andrews, Norma Jennings Wilder, Mary Love Bowlsby McCall, Pat Welty Connell, Lugene Morain Burns, Marlys Willcockson Bixby, Neita Vogel Derrough, Martha Richards Thompson, Doris Deibert Braden, Jane Trost Sebern, Mayme Ferkins Ringis, Betty McCoy Lawson
2nd Row Margaret Barbieri McCormick, Pat Hicks Thorpe, Dorothy Hurless Miller, Audrey Stoner MacRae, Margaret Manning Orman, Mary Crisp Greger, Elinor Skaggs Ratliff, Barbara Ward Hartman, Mary Alice Oaks Johnson, Betty Bartholow Wise, Eileen McAndrews Anderson, Betty Duffy Stalcup, Mary Lou Ries Morrissey, Jessie Aiden Jenkins
3rd Row Sam Ford, Richard Hammer, Fred Swanson, Don Buckingham, Gerald Robinson, Edward Grodt, Byron Thorpe
4th Row Hugh Copeland, Jim Brown, Tom Kemble, Alvin Ungerman, Robert Hilley, Bob Harris, Guy Bradley, Gerald Cowles, Jim Cox, Jim Gray, John Donnenwerth, Jim Wise
50th Reunion, 1995 50th Reunion, 1995 50th Reunion, 1995 50th Reunion, 1995
50th Reunion, 1995 50th Reunion, 1995 50th Reunion, 1995 50th Reunion, 1995
50th Reunion - taken 1995
Photo by Stover Photographic Services   ( 515) 981-4217
Starting first row, bottom left
1st Row Sally Walrod Berrier, Patty Hicks Thorpe, Betty Duffy Stalcup, Kathryn Davis Nielsen, Verneil Manton Hancock, Phyllis Welty Connell, Toodie Barbieri McCormick, Dorothy Hurless Miller, Eileen McAndrews Anderson, Elaine McFarland Anderson
2nd Row Betty Stowell Chipman, Byron Thorpe, Maxine Turner McCurnin, Marjorie Robinson Shoemaker, Sally Phillipson Boat, Pat Case Dipprey, Willi Frette Ware, Jim Watrous, Lugene Morain Burns, Carolyn Moore Erickson, Betty Bartholow Wise, Margaret Manning Orman, Phil Bernstein
3rd Row Rae Dannatt Evans, Audrey Stoner MacRae, Ellie Skaggs Ratliff, Pat Olson Brinton, Mary Crisp Greger, Doris Deibert Braden, Bob Harris, Martha Richards Horne, Marlys Willcockson Bixby, Mary Alice Lee Polito, Florence Marcovis Lipsman, Mary Alice Oaks Johnson, Jim Cox
Back: Jim Brown, Lillian Bish Lohmann, Mary Parlee Price, Hugh Copeland, Bob Lewis, Jane Trost Sebern, Ed Grodt, Dave Wilson, Dick Hammer, Al Ungerman, Thornton Howard, Jerry Chait, Tom Kennedy, Bill Clay, Bob Garvin, Darold Brophy, Guy Bradley, Gilbert Proudfit
50th Reunion, 1995 50th Reunion, 1995 50th Reunion, 1995 50th Reunion, 1995
50th Reunion, 1995 50th Reunion, 1995 50th Reunion, 1995 50th Reunion, 1995
left side of photo (enlarged)
50th Reunion, 1995 50th Reunion, 1995 50th Reunion, 1995 50th Reunion, 1995
50th Reunion, 1995 50th Reunion, 1995 50th Reunion, 1995 50th Reunion, 1995
right side of photo (enlarged)
Photo: Compliments of Eileen (McAndrews) Anderson
45th Reunion, 1990 45th Reunion, 1990 45th Reunion, 1990 45th Reunion, 1990
45th Reunion, 1990 45th Reunion, 1990 45th Reunion, 1990 45th Reunion, 1990
45th Reunion - taken June 9, 1990
Photo by Stover Photographic Services   ( 515) 981-4217
Starting first row, bottom left
Front Bill Chase, Shirley McMillen Buck, Gertrude Smalls Sandler, Patricia Hohl Bowen, Rae Dannatt Evans, Mary Love Bowlsby McCall, Harriette McClelland Milburn, Norine Miner Breneman, Ynonne Walker Chapman, Mary Parlee Price, Vernell Manton Hancock, Phyllis Welty Connell, Carolyn Moore Erickson, Eileen McAndrews Anderson, Sally Walrod Berrier, Mary Alice Lee Polito
Middle Marjorie Deischer Moore, Marlys Willcockson Bixby, Dick Skain, Robert Elliott, Jean Daniels Atkin, Phil Bernstein, Don Buckingham, Frances Irving Stohlgren, Martha Richards Horne, Elinore Skaggs Ratliff, Bill Pearce, Marjorie Robinson Shoemaker, Jacqueline Culp LeCroy, Mary Alice Oaks Johnson, Norma Jennings Wilder, Betty Bartholow Wise, Jack Copeland, Mary Crisp Greger, Hugh Copeland, Alice Underwood Smith, Patricia Brooks Mills, Jack Culp, Dick Novak (behind J. Culp), Lillian Bish Lohmann, Betty Werkmeister Swenson, Helen Swanson Swartslander, Norma Wickliff Hanes, Geraldine Gohner Ashley, Betty Duffy Stalcup, Willi Frette Ware, Jim Watrous, Margaret Barbieri McCormick, Barbara Ward Hartman
Back Tom Kennedy, Lloyd Tharp, Guy Bradley, Roger Gruetzmacher, David Wilson, Dick Johnson, Jim Wise, Russell Fisher, Jack Wichman, Sam Ford, Eugene Swanson, Dick Keith, Darold Brophy, Bill Clay, Jim Brown, Alvin Ungerman
Photo: Compliments of Eileen (McAndrews) Anderson
Class of January, 1945 Class of January, 1945 Class of January, 1945 Class of January, 1945
Class of January, 1945 Class of January, 1945 Class of January, 1945 Class of January, 1945
Class of January, 1945
Starting first row, bottom left
1st: names coming
2nd: names coming
3rd: names coming
4th: names coming
5th: names coming
Photo: Compliments of Jessie Lou Aiken Jenkins
Class of June, 1945 Class of June, 1945 Class of June, 1945 Class of June, 1945 Class of June, 1945
Class of June, 1945 Class of June, 1945 Class of June, 1945 Class of June, 1945 Class of June, 1945
Class of June, 1945
Starting first row, bottom left
1st: names coming
2nd: names coming
3rd: names coming
4th: names coming
5th: names coming
6th: names coming
7th names coming
Photo: Compliments of Marlys Willcockson Bixby



June 1945
Class Officers
 
Dick Keith
Tom Kennedy
Gilbert Proudfit
Betty Bartholow
Everett Tew
Margaret Manning
Harriet McClelland
Jim Cox
June Student Council
1st: Dick Shepard, David Quiner, Bill Clay
2nd: David Lum, Guy Bradley, Mary Alice Oaks, Barbara Ward, Betty Bartholow, Mac Baty, Bob Lewis
3rd: Keith Gunnar, Jeanne Mobley, Jean Gordon, Anna Marie Clark, Sorita Caplan, Darlene Allen, Jim Brown, Bill Zilm
4th: Ed Grodt, Charles Sullivan, Neita Vogel, Shirley Cohen, Alice Underwood, Ruth Moore, Janet Smith, Jim Wise, Dave Juroe
5th: Howard Johnson,Jerry Robinson,Juanita White,Marilyn Rinehardt,Lorraine Ross,Patty Brooks,Russell Fisher,Tom Kemble
6th: Don Barlow, Gene Davis, Mary Maloy, Jim Cox, Helen Grace Adams, Diane Griffith, Roy Butler, George Fox
7th Bill Wood, Durward Price, Harriett Swinney, Marilyn Buss, Ray Johnston, Verneil Manton, Osmund Brynie, Don Buckingham, Jim Romaine
Athletic Committee Athletic Committee Athletic Committee
Athletic Committee Athletic Committee Athletic Committee
Girls' Swimming Girls' Swimming Girls' Swimming
Girls' Swimming Girls' Swimming Girls' Swimming
Athletic Committee
1st: Mrs. Anderson, Shirley Peters, Mary Maloy, Martha Jane Bailie, Eugenia Green, Gloria McGovern, Mr. Jencks
2nd: Mr. Cretzmeyer, Janet Tillotson, Diane Griffith, Barbara Downs, Doris Deibert, Durward Price, Jim Cox, Mr. McClain
3rd: Bob Nelson, Osmund Brynie, Mr. Besley, Dick Keith, John Estes, Ray Johnston
Girls' Swimming
 
Gloria McGovern, Mary Maloy, Patti Hohl, Martha Jane Bailey, Rose Marie Shortell, Mary Lou Seibel, Barbara Downs, Jane Webster, Eugenia Green
Wrestling Squad Wrestling Squad
Wrestling Squad Wrestling Squad
Jack Wichman,
All-American Diver

Dick Keith,
All-American Breastroker
Wrestling Squad
Front: Paul Morrison, Tom McConnell, Byron Thorpe, Bob Landsberger, Mc Baty, Coach Walter Besley
Back: Kenneth Neilson, Al Maupin, Chuck Orwick, Kenneth Burglund, Bob Garvin, David Hillis
Boys' Golf Boys' Golf
Boys' Golf Boys' Golf
Cross Country State Champs Cross Country State Champs
Cross Country State Champs Cross Country State Champs
Boys' Golf Team
Front: Ronnie Fox, Dick Steen, Claude Hixenbaugh
Back: Bill Brooks, Roger Gruetzmacher, Charles Condy, Jack Frantz, Mr. Jencks
Cross Country Champs
Front: Elvin Kirkpatrick, Mac Baty
Back: Bill Pearce, Jack Copeland, Tom Kemble
War Stamp Representatives and Citizenship Committee War Stamp Representatives and Citizenship Committee War Stamp Representatives and Citizenship Committee War Stamp Representatives and Citizenship Committee War Stamp Representatives and Citizenship Committee
War Stamp Representatives and Citizenship Committee
1st Row Donna Bernhard, Marlyce Olson, Rona Turner, Norma Jean Barnett, Janice Miller, Rosemary Lamb, Darlene Allen, Sorita Caplan, Gordia Shafer, Jean Davey
2nd Row Margaret Ashford, Martha Richards, Doris Deibert, Gertrude Smalls, Doris Bullington, Myrtle Barker, Norma Remore, Jeanne Berson, Alvin Ungerman
3rd Row Fayette Subur, Patty Kerbel, Audrey Stoner, Jeanne Brooks, Shirley Cohen, Marcella McCarthy, Beverly Riley
4th Row Marilyn Fogarty, Jane Sage, Beverly Hill, Betty Norman, Marjorie Lernam, Linetta Greenwood, Beverly Waddell, Bob Schultz, Jack Thompson
5th Row Patty McDermott, Doris Peterson, Rae Dannat, Pat Moorehead, Lugene Morain, Barbara Burton, Phyllis Meister, Dick Johnson
6th Row Marjorie Robinson, Bonnie Baker, Phyllis Weltry, Beverly McKinley, Colleen Wood, Madge Lunt, Mr. Lory, Morton Miles
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
1st Row Bob Harris, Bob Nelson, Bill Gillam, John Polito, Jack Wichman, Carl Peresman, Rocky Gabriel, John Estes, Wayne Whitecotton
2nd Row Thornton Howard, Charles Orwich, Bob Hanely, Jim Totman, Kenneth Berglund, Don Prior, Osmund Brynie, Bill Fanton, David Quiner, Bill Broquist, Jay Howard
3rd Row Coach Arden McClain, Jim Wise, Jim Watrous, Bob Bernhart, Lee Meredith, Dick Skain, Jack Doughman, Bob Hansman, Dick Keith, Russell Fisher, Sam Ford, Gus Welch, Dick Haller
                                      Jack Wichman     Rocky Gabriel           Bill Gillam              John Estes     
     Dick Keith            Jack Doughman      Jay Howard        Robert Hansman      Russell Fisher        Dick Skain           Don Prior
1945 North High Football
(from the fall of 1944)
The Season's Record
North 13  
Sioux City 0
  North 24   West Waterloo 7
North 32
Dowling 30
North 31 East Waterloo 20
North 13 Mason City 7 North 0 East 6
North 31 Roosevelt 7    
Graduates - January, 1945 (numbered 80)
Aduddell, Joyce Varner Ford, Samuel George Nichols, Howard Myron, Jr.
Aiken, Jessie Lou Gillam, William C. Panique, Mary Alice
Ankeney, Keith Sanford Goldman, Jay Norton Patterson, Earl Steward
Bailey, Eldon Leroy Gordinier, Velda Faye Pildis, Marvin L.
Bailey, Fred Calvin Green, Gildra Donald Polito, John
Ball, Frank Robert Hansman, Robert John Randolph, Josephine Abbott
Bernhard, Robert F. Heggen, Grace Elizabeth Read, Sara Laing
Bessey, Juliette Kelley Howard, James Allen Reese, Owen III
Bloomburg, Albin Richard Hurwitz, Richard Nathan Sanderson, Betty Ann
Brown, Russell Jay Jackson, Margaret Lucille Sayers, Leonard I.
Brunia, Catherine W. Johanson, Dorit Mary Marie Seidenfeld, Helene
Chamberlain,Catherine May Johnson, Alice May Seidenfeld, Zeldene
Condy, Charles Bernard Johnston, Vivian Louise Snodgrass, Muriel Phyllis
Connors, Paul Raymond Keith, Mary L. Soldat, James Robert
Cram, Anna Grace Kraus, Larry Donald Steffen, William Frederick
Cunningham, Marcella M. Liter, June Marie Swanson, Frederick Glen
DeBoest, Darlene Alice Lyons, Patricia Jane Swisher, Violet Lorraine
DeBord, Rozella Mae Mardis, Marjorie Ruth Thomas, Thomas, Jr.
DeFrees, Ruth Gordon Martinsen, Elsie Ann Vandermeulen,RichardDwight
Donnenwerth, John William McCarney, Mary Elizabeth VanDeventer, Charles A.
Doughman, John Gilbert McIntyre, Maxine Mae Vroom, Gerald
Du Vall, Betty Ann McLuen, Doris Rose Walters, Robert Lundy
Eddy, Darrell Dean Meredith, William Lee Webster, Jane Lucinda
Eggert, Agnes Mae Morningstar, Donna Lee Wilkinson, Margret Elizabeth
Elliot, Robert James Mulchy, Diana Jacquelyn Wilson, Jack Walter
Ellis, Wilma J. Mullen, Mary Jane York, Helen Louise
Ferguson, Mary Jane Nau, John O.P.
Graduates - June, 1945 (numbered 226)
Ahlberg, Jack M. Hart, Evelyn Louise Proudfit, Gilbert
Amos, Barbara Hartson, Lois Purdy, Helen Marjorie
Anderson, Jeanne Hicks, Patricia Quiner, David Bernard
Anderson, Carol Hill, Joanna Reinhardt, Marilyn Darlene
Andrews, Harvey, Jr. Hilley, Bob Remore, Norma Mae
Ashford, Margaret Ann Hohl, Edwin Richards, Martha Lavina
Baker, Bonnie Hohl, Patti Ries, Mary Lou
Baker, Donald Hoover, Norma Jean Robbins, Joan Elizabeth
Barbieri, Margaret Elizabeth Howard, Thornton Roberts, Ruth
Barker, Myrtle Pauline Huggins, Edith Robinson, Gerald
Barlow, Don Hurless, Dorothy Virginia Robinson, Marjorie
Barnes, Robert Hyde, Beryl LaVonne Roble, Geraldine
Bartholow, Betty Lou Irving, Frances Ross, Lorraine Shirley
Beeler, Charlotte Jennings, Norma Schreck, Mary Catherine
Behanish, Dorothy Johns, Norma Shafer, Betty Jean
Belland, Kenneth Johnson, Betty Jane Shafer, Gordia
Bender, Joyce Jordan, Lavern Shane, Dick
Bernstein, Philip Joy, Ralph Sheil, Teen
Biggs, Nilene Juroe, Dave J. Shields, Charles
Bish, Lillian Kalwishky, David Shepard, Dick
Bland, James William Kamraz, Eloise Shimizu, May
Boatwright, Madonna P. Keith, Richard Edwin Short, Ivan E.
Bowlsby, Marylove Kelce, Kathryn Simpson, Roger
Bradley, Guy Kelly, Dorothy Ann Sinex, Barbara Ann
Brooks, Bill Kemble, Tom Skaggs, Elinor Rose
Brooks, Patricia Joan (Patty) Kennedy, Tom J. Skain, Dick
Brophy, Darold Landsberger, Robert Smalls, Gertrude Estelle
Broquist, William A., Jr. Langin, Rose Marie Smith, Shirley Jean
Brown, Jim Lawson, Le Roy Spencer, Roberta Louise
Brynie, Thyra Lawhead, Vivian Steen, Richard A.
Buckingham, Don Lee, Mary Alice Stickel, Dean Henry
Buss, Marilyn Lewis, Robert Andrew Stoneburner, Hazel May
Butler, Roy Lippold, Mary Stoner, Audrey May
Case, Patty Lundgren, Maxine Stowell, Betty Jayne
Chait, Jerry Lyon, Virginia Strother, Bartharena
Chase, Bill Mann, Dale Sullivan, Charles
Clay, Bill Mann, Jean Summers, Victorene M.
Cohen, Shirley Jean Manning, Margaret Sutton, Georgia Arlene
Copeland, Hugh Manton, Verneil Swanson, Eugene Charles
Copeland, Jack Marcovis, Florence Swanson, Helen Josephine
Costy, Marybelle Marks, Ethelyn Yvonne Swinney, Harriett Marie
Cowles, Gerald Martin, Therman Talenti, Gloria Lorraine
Cox, James Marvin, Alfred Junior Teachenor, Lillian
Cox, Mary McAndrews, Eileen Tew, Martin Everett, Jr.
Crane, Carolyn McClelland, Harriette Thorpe, Byron
Crisp, Mary A. McConnell, Tommy Tinlin, Josephine
Culp, Jack O. McCoy, Betty Charlene Trost, Jane
Culp, Jacqueline McCoy, Betty Jean Turner, Rona Maxine
Daniels, Emma Ruth McDermott, Patricia Ann Underwood, Alice
Dannat, Rae Avis McKinley, Barbara Ann Ungerman, Alvin
Davey, Jeanne McKinley, Beverly Vogel, Neita Mae
Davis, Kathryn McMillan, Shirley Walker, Laura Yvonne
Deibert, Doris McNeal, Polly Anne Ward, Barbara Jean
Deischer, Marjorie McNeley, Richard Dean Walrod, Carolyn
Delk, Marjorie Melton, Dolores Jean Watrous, Jim
Duffy, Betty Miner, Willa Norine Weaver, Anita Rodgers
Ewart, Patricia Mobley, Jeane Weller, Gloria Ann
Ferkins, Mayme Moore, Carolyn Welty, Phyllis Jeane
Fisher, Carlynn Morain, R. Lugene Westing Charlie C.
Fisher, Russell Moyer, Grace White, Juanita Mae
Fogarty, Marilyn Mussetter, Marilyn White, Robert Dean
Fogel, Norma Nelson, G. Jane Wichman, Jack
Folkers, Marlys Nelson, Margaret Wilcots, Virgie Lou Etta
Forney, Virginia Norman, Bettie Willcockson, Marlys Marie
Frette, Willa Mae Nossaman, James L. Williams, Doris Maxine
Garvin, Robert M. Novak, Richard Wilson, David A., Jr.
Gohner, Geraldine Oaks, Mary Alice Wise, James E.
Gordon, Jean Olson, Patricia Louise Wise, Virginia
Gordon, Rosalie Palmer, Dwight Wolfe, Colleen
Gray, Jim Parlee, Mary Leota Wood, Bill
Grodt, Ed Pearce, William Dwaine Wood, Colleen
Gruetzmacher, Roger F. Peterson, Beverly Lorraine Wright, Bob
Gunder, Mary Elizabeth Peresman, Carl Mose Young, Ruth
Haller, Richard Petersen, Doris Jean Zeller, Betty
Hammer, Richard Pewick, Lillian Louise
Harris, Robert Eugene Price, Durward Little
Graduates - August, 1945 (numbered 20)
Black, Joyce Howard, Randall R. Rizzuti, Carmela
Brown, Clyde A.