North Des Moines High School
Class of 1949
55th Reunion
September 17-18, 2004
Class Meetings
Meets the second Friday of every month at 12:00PM at Urbandale Golf and Country Club
Contact:
Bob Gates @ (515) 276-8191

Did you join your class for the 55th Reunion?
September 17-18, 2004
West Des Moines Marriott
1250 74th Street
West Des Moines, IA 50266
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Contact:
Bob Gates,
4209 74th Street,
Urbandale, IA 50322
(515) 276-8191
REUNION PROJECT:
For a reunion project, we will establish a one-time, single scholarship to be funded by 1949 classmates and friends who may wish to contribute $1.00 (or more?) in memory of each and/or a specific beloved classmate (see list below under "In Memoriam"). Please make check payable to the North High School Class of 1949 and send to Bob Gates at his address as listed above.
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55th Reunion - Class of 1949 taken September 18, 2004
Photo by Stover Photographic Services   ( 515) 981-4217
Starting first row, bottom left
1st Row Loretta Hammond Jacobe, Jacquelyn Corder Wuest, Loretta Langin Roan, Dodi Ritchie, Carolyn Curry O'Donnell, Anne Carpino Tedesco, Donna Eubanks Fisher, Margaret Barr Dalbey, Doris Henneman Johnson, Audrey Johnson Gibson, Jeri Miller Cooper, Norma Carlson Harrington
2nd Row Sally VanCleave Niffenegger, Donn McDonald, Arlean Petersen McDonald, Donna Davis Blaskovich, Ginny Swanson Hill, Mardell Clark Rockwell, Donna Beeson Greene, Evvie Highland Davis, Marge Marley Michael, JoAnn VanNordstrand McDonald, Gloria Gordon Rose, Mary Phillips Bates, Phyllis Zornes Harwell, Dick Roberts
3rd Row Ginny Mullins Fedson, Karen Turner Porter, Marilyn Stewart Lorenz, Janet Gohner Haller, Betty Smith Wilcox, Ginny Hubbirt Fleming, Barb Gilbert Shea, Dan Smith, Lila Howarad Irby, John Andrews, Herb Lavine
4th Row Betty Rose Schimmelpfennig Gerberich, Tom Lorenz, Gloria Howard Elmore, Lyndon Sheldon, Lewis French, Paul Davis, Ray Smith, Ray Porter, Ed Winger, Bob Gates
50th Reunion - Class of 1949 taken September 25, 1999
Starting first row, bottom left
1st Row Phyllis Zornes Harwell, Gloria Gordon Rose, Betty Smith Wilcox, Sally Van Cleave Niffenegger, Ginny Mullins Fedson, Delores Ritchie, Ramona Brophy Lewis
2nd Row Bobbie Capps Lavine, Loretta Hammond Jacobe, Karen Turner Porter, Shirley Bohher Ruiz, Bonnie Vestal Wagner, Karilyn Adams Cassill, Marilyn Adams Holmes
3rd Row Marjorie Marley Michael, Audrey Johnson Gibson, Donna Davis Blaskovich, JoAnn VanNordstrand McDonald, Joyce Cruikshank Cox, Donna Koeppel Samson, Barbara Gibbs Embree, Carolyn Curry O'Donnell, Barbara Gilbert Shea, Mary Cotton Waite, Virginia Gearheart Goodendorf, Margaret Barr Dalbey, Anne Carpino Tedesco
4th Row Lila Howard Irby, Johann Towsley Wheeler, Jean Larson Johnson, Marcia McGuire Viertel, Donna Beeson Greene, Arlean Petersen McDonald, Donn McDonald, Lavaine Cobb Ridenbaugh, Doris Henneman Johnson, Beverly Cole Nixson
5th Row Albert Bud Sorenson, Dick Roberts, Janet West Lessner, John Dick-Peddie, Evelyn Highland Davis, Donna Eubanks Fisher, John Andrews, Bud Mulcahy, Tom Martin, Betty Rose Schimmelpfennig Gerberich, Janet Gohner Haller, Gloria Howard Elmore, Marilyn Stewart Lorenz, Tom Lorenz, Mardell Clark Rockwell, Jim Marcovis, Chuck Anderson
6th Row Clinton Gibson, Herb Lavine, Chuck Austin, Danny Smith, Lyndon Sheldon, Ray Smith, Ray Porter, Glenn Carlson, Bob Gates, Paul Davis, Norma Carlson Harrington, Bob Allen, Ralph Fretty
Photo: Compliments of Robert Gates
45th Reunion - Class of 1949 taken August 13, 1994
Starting first row, bottom left
1st Row Audrey Johnson Gibson, Karen Turner Porter, Evelyn Highland Davis, Marilyn Stewart Lorenz, Marcia McGuire Viertel, Margaret Barr Dalbey, Barbara Gilbert Shea, Lila Howard Irby, Marjorie Marley Michael, Doris Henneman Johnson, Loretta Hammond Jacoby, Bonnie Webster, Kathryn Davis Barmore, Beverly Cole Nixson, Beverly Greenwood Inman, Donna Eubanks Fisher, Sharlie Jackson Fletcher, Carolyn Curry O'Donnell, Jean Larsen Johnson, Virginia Mullins Fedson
2nd Row Clinton Gibson, Don (Bud) Mulcahy, Raymond Porter, Betty June Hayes Dixon, Dolores Morrow Brewer, Thomas Lorenz, Michael Kircher, Donna Koeppel Samson, Donna Beeson Greene, Maxine Bowman Witt, Carole Dickey Klein, Arlean Peterson McDonald, Virginia Gearheart Goodendorf, Gloria Howard Elmore, Betty Smith Wilcox, Sally Van Cleave Niffenegger, Delores Ritchie, Donna Davis Blaskovich, Shirley Manske Morton, JoAnn VanNordstrand McDonald, Phyllis Zornes Harwell, Clara Dawson, Betty Rose Schimmelphennig Gerberich
3rd Row Ed Winger, Robert Gates, Ray Smith, Thomas Martin, Tom Gray, Daniel Smith, Bob Allen, Roberta Capps Lavine, Donn McDonald, Glenn Carlson, Herbert Lavine
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Photo by Stover Photographic Services  ( 515) 981-4217
Compliments of Delores Ritchie
January, 1949 Graduating Class January, 1949 Graduating Class January, 1949 Graduating Class
January, 1949 Graduating Class January, 1949 Graduating Class January, 1949 Graduating Class
January, 1949 Graduating Class January, 1949 Graduating Class January, 1949 Graduating Class
January, 1949 Graduating Class January, 1949 Graduating Class January, 1949 Graduating Class
January, 1949 Graduating Class
Starting first row, bottom left
1st Row X, X, X, Beverly Winslow, Leona Wesley, Jeannine Anderson, Betty Ann Van Aken, Jeannine Marie Stitzell, Mary Jo Boots, Beverly Olson, Marilyn Miller
2nd Row Thomas Paul Gray, X, Betty Jean Meredith, Marilyn May Adams, Karilyn Kay Adams, Mildred M. Cox, Virginia Swanson, Betty Lou Shoots, Joanne Rae Buckingham, Gus Vlassis, Bob Hagman
3rd Row X, Joy Hughes Fletcher, Marjorie Mae Mellgren, Marlene Frances Johnson, Patricia Ann Van Sickle, Betty Lee Smith, Virginia Ann Hubbert, Arlene Marie Nickens, X, Harold Wayne Bingaman
4th Row X, X, X, Kathleen Mae Benshoof, Loana Eleanor Lovell, Margaret Ann Pender, Bonnie Jean Brumbaugh, X, X, X
5th Row Richard Wayne Hoskins, X, Carol Louise Thompson, Marie Kathryn Nielsen, Deane Gordon Nelsen, Richard Lee Stalcup, Thomas William Ellison, X, John Alexander Rudkin, X, Billy Lee Grother
6th Row Harry Eugene Sheil, Kenneth Edwin Moore, X, X, Raymond Smith, Richard Lee Brown, Paul Wendell Danforth, X, Ralph Edgar Fretty, Robert Charles Allan
Photo: Compliments of Jeannine Stitzell Pfister
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Class of June, 1949
Photo: Compliments of Gloria Howard Elmore
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Class of June, 1949 Class of June, 1949 Class of June, 1949 Class of June, 1949
Class of June, 1949 Class of June, 1949 Class of June, 1949
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Class of June, 1949 Class of June, 1949 Class of June, 1949 Class of June, 1949
Class of June, 1949 Class of June, 1949 Class of June, 1949 Class of June, 1949
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Graduates - June, 1949
x   1 x Kenneth Sonderleiter 53 x X   95 x Maurice Wells 147 x X
x   2 x Karen Turner 54 x Tom Carson   96 x Dick Roberts 148 x Paul Johnson
x   3 x Shirley Marchant 55 x Joyce Cruikshank   97 x Virgil Luce 149 x Delores Morrow
x   4 x Louann Ramsey 56 x Jacqueline Allfree   98 x JoAnn Rogers 150 x Martha Allbaugh
x   5 x X 57 x Anna Mae Lint   99 x Bill Reints 151 x Virginia Bootz
x   6 x Robert Sayre 58 x X 100 x Lila Howard 152 x Bill Omdahl
x   7 x Herbert Levine 59 x Ted Spiker 101 x Clarence Foelker 153 x Patricia Perkins
x   8 x Bobbie Capps 60 x Beverly Berry 102 x Birdalyn Leonard 154 x Clarence Barlow
x   9 x Barbara Gilbert 61 x Dick Morton 103 x Bonnie Vestal 155 x Bob Schultz
x 10 x Dick Swift 62 x Ed Winger 104 x Mary Norton 156 x Patricia Watts
x 11 x Paul Davis 63 x Delores Ritchie 105 x Pat Khile 157 x Vern Davitt
x 12 x Shirley Manske 64 x Marcia McGuire 106 x Pat Mulcahy 158 x Beverly Newbiggin
x 13 x Maxine Bowman 65 x Gloria Howard 107 x Tom Lorenz 159 x Mary Ann House
x 14 x Johann Towsley 66 x Roberta Malin 108 x Jim Marcovis 160 x Dorothy Gustafson
x 15 x Carolyn Curry 67 x Joanne Van Buskirk 109 x Albert Mintzer 161 x Janet Gohner
x 16 x Shirley Foley 68 x Peggy Cochrane 110 x Beverly Cole 162 x Nora Thompson
x 17 x Miyeko Katayama 69 x Beverly Fitz 111 x James Wheeler 163 x Harry Wenner
x 18 x Donna Davis 70 x Bonnie Schone 112 x Margaret Barr 164 x Adele Pewick
x 19 x Jean Larsen 71 x Helen Couch 113 x Clinton Gibson 165 x Barbara Shaw
x 20 x Mardell Clark 72 x Ardith Schaket 114 x Audrey Johnson 166 x JoAnn Shoffner
x 21 x Maxine Grandstaff 73 x Alma Caffee 115 x Jennie Phalp 167 x Ramona Brophy
x 22 x Geraldine Miller 74 x Louise Scott 116 x Loretta Hammond 168 x Paul Roberts
x 23 x Dick Fedson 65 x Gloria Howard 117 x Forrest Opdyke 169 x Chuck Austin
x 24 x Bob Tavenner 66 x Roberta Malin 118 x Lowell Wilson 170 x Howard Davis
x 25 x Peggy Madden 67 x JoAnn Van Buskirk 119 x Ralph Jennings 171 x Eugene Buckley
x 26 x Mardell Wheeler 68 x Peggy Cochrane 120 x Lyndon Sheldon 172 x Virginia Gearhart
x 27 x Cleo Halderman 69 x Beverly Fitz 121 x Jack Evans 173 x Joanne Banister
x 28 x Betty Rose Schimmelpfennig 70 x Bonnie Schone 122 x Larry Courter 174 x Jeannine Johnson
x 29 x Sally Van Cleave 71 x Helen Couch 123 x Richard Gildea 175 x Dolores Duncan
x 30 x Virginia Mullins 72 x Ardith Schaket 124 x Herbert Marmet 176 x Alfred Franklyn Shepherd
x 31 x Nola Bevard 73 x Alma Caffee 125 x Christine Hazen 177 x Mary Good
x 32 x Carolyn Bailie 74 x Louise Scott 126 x Ramona Albright 178 x Howard Baker
x 33 x Kay Young 75 x Anne Carpino 127 x Margaret Hinrichs 179 x Jeannine Prior
x 34 x Mary Louise Phillips 76 x Dolores Eubanks 128 x  X 180 x Donn McDonald
x 35 x Patricia Kroll 77 x Donna Eubanks 129 x Doris DeLong 181 x Arlean Petersen
x 36 x Paul McMulin 78 x Gloria Gordon 130 x Phyllis Zornes 182 x Dale McDonnell
x 37 x DeWayne Osberg 79 x Carole Dickey 131 x X 183 x Loretta Langin
x 38 x Barbara Meyer 80 x Marilyn Stewart 132 x Marjorie Marley 184 x Frank Swinehart
x 39 x Donna Lillie 81 x Doris Henneman 133 x Charles Long 185 x Everett Bos
x 40 x Norma Carlson 82 x Barbara Gregg 134 x Evelyn Highland 186 x John Andrews
x 41 x Ted Hatfield 83 x Paul Marvin 135 x Beverly Bjork 187 x Michael Kircher
x 42 x Glenn Carlson 84 x X 136 x Betty McNeley 188 x George Nolan
x 43 x Ray Porter 85 x Lavaine Cobb 137 x Dixie Riley 189 x Robert Schulze
x 44 x Patt Wilson 86 x Mary Cotton 138 x Ivan Cackler 190 x Bryce Peper
x 45 x Bob Gates 87 x Gary Scott 139 x Rollo Eklund 191 x Jon DeFrees
x 46 x Barbara Gibbs 88 x Dominic Riccio 140 x Robert Ferren 192 x Donald Goslin
x 47 x Duane Wilson 89 x Jim Blend 141 x Richard McNeley 193 x Donald Messenger
x 48 x Bob Long 90 x Tom Martin 142 x Robert Heggen 194 x Donna Beeson
x 49 x Myrtle Burgett 91 x John Dick-Peddie 143 x Jacquelyn Corder 195 x Dorothy Clayton
x 50 x Barbara Banning 92 x Dan Smith 144 x Doris Cochrane 196 x Betty June Hayes
x 51 x James Taggart 93 x Zona Cross 145 x Carmelita Cox 197 x X
x 52 x Ellen Herker 94 x Lewis French 146 x Audrey Shreffler 198 x X
Oracle Cubs Oracle Cubs Oracle Cubs Oracle Cubs
Oracle Cubs Oracle Cubs Oracle Cubs Oracle Cubs
Oracle Cubs, January, 1949
1st Row Marilyn Stewart, Mary Ann House, Loretta Langin, Karen Turner, Dorothy Clayton, Beverly Newbiggen
2nd Row Doris Henneman, Roberta Capps, Bonnie Vestal, Barbara Banning, Carolyn Curry
3rd Row Gloria Howard, Nola Bovard, Jackie Corder, Martha Allbaugh, Peggy Madden, Mr. Walter Barnett
4th Row Virgil Luce, Dick Gildea, Shirley Manske, Jeannine Prior, Shirley Bohler, Evelyn Highland
5th Row Frank Swinehart, Charles Austin, Herb Lavine, Jack Heimbaugh, Larry Courter, Ray Porter
First Team Basketball First Team Basketball First Team Basketball First Team Basketball First Team Basketball
First Team Basketball First Team Basketball First Team Basketball First Team Basketball First Team Basketball
First Team Basketball

1st Row

 Junior Melaas, Wayne Tjaden, Dick Fedson, Bill Wright, Herb Lavine
2nd Row Wilbur Carter, Jim Marcovis, Jim Lee, Dick Swift, Max Fogel, Max Isaacson, Coach Glenn Bowles
Majorettes, June, 1949 Majorettes, June, 1949
Majorettes, June, 1949 Majorettes, June, 1949
Majorettes, June, 1949 Majorettes, June, 1949
Majorettes, June, 1949 Majorettes, June, 1949
 
Majorettes; June, 1949
Doris Henneman, Ginny Mullins, Donna Davis,
Dorothy Russell, Dixie Riley
Absent: Mary Ann House, Karen Turner
 
State Swimming Champs State Swimming Champs State Swimming Champs State Swimming Champs
State Swimming Champs State Swimming Champs State Swimming Champs State Swimming Champs
Booster Committee Booster Committee Booster Committee Booster Committee
Booster Committee Booster Committee Booster Committee Booster Committee
State Swimming Champs
Paul Johnson, Dan Reese, Paul Bosley, Paul Slack
Booster Committee

1st Row

 Paul Slack, John Andrews, Ralph Jennings, Jim Saylor
2nd Row Alice Galvin, Janet Gohner, Jody Walther, Marjorie Marley, Kurtis Werner
Girls Tennis Team Girls Tennis Team Girls Tennis Team Girls Tennis Team
Girls Tennis Team Girls Tennis Team Girls Tennis Team Girls Tennis Team
Synchronized Swimming Champs Synchronized Swimming Champs Synchronized Swimming Champs Synchronized Swimming Champs
Synchronized Swimming Champs Synchronized Swimming Champs Synchronized Swimming Champs Synchronized Swimming Champs
Girls' Tennis (Tenth Grade)

1st Row

 Mary Lou Frederick, Donna Lou Carr, Shirley Patrick, Joan Rosser, Elizabeth Fenton
2nd Row Mae Rose Hitz, Pat Pomeroy, Diane Allen, Joyce Stites
Synchronized Swimming Champs
Marilyn Adams, Karilyn Adams, Joann Speer, Janet Bradley,
Myrna Morrison, Phyllis Grossman, Maureen McMillen,
Jo Ann Cloud, Roberta Capps, Jennie Phalp
 
Graduates - January, 1949 (numbered 65)
Adams, Karilyn Kay Ewing, Margie Marie Lovell, Loane Eleanor Smith, Betty Lee
Adams, Marilyn May Ewing, Silas Spence Martin, Betty Jane Smith, Raymond
Allen, Robert Charles Fletcher, Joy Hughes McKinney, Robert Vere Stalcup, Richard Lee
Anderson, Jeannine Mae Fretty, Ralph Edgar Mellgren, Marjorie Mae Stevenson, Robert Louis
Barker, Margaret Ann Gray, Thomas Paul Meredity, Betty Jean Stitzell, Jeannine Marie
Benshoof, Kathleen Mae Grother, Bill Lee Miller, Charles Edward Swanson, Virginia Ann
Bingaman, Harold Wayne Hagman, Robert Thomas Miller, Marilyn Marie Thompson, Carol Louise
Boots, Mary Jo Higgins, John Parrish Moore, Kenneth Edwin Turner, Shirley Ann
Brower, Edward William Hooks, Howard Gordon Nelsen, Deane Gordon VanAken, Betty Ann
Brown, Richard Lee Hoskins, Richard Wayne Nickens, Arlene Marie VanSickle, Patricia Ann
Brown,Thomas Maynard Hubbert, Virginia Ann Nielsen, Marie Kathryn Vlassis, Constantine Gus
Brumbaugh,Bonnie Jean Hutton, Robert Arthur Olson, Beverly Rose Watson, Donald Gene
Buckingham, Joanne Rae Jackson, Lawrence Pender, Margaret Ann Wesley, Leona Roberta
Cox, Mildred M. Johnson, Marlene Frances Reese, Eli Winslow, Beverly Margaret
Curtis, Jack Willard Kemp, Shirley Ann Rudkin, John Alexander
Danforth, Paul Wendell Leech, Kenneth Edwin Sheil, Harry Eugene
Ellison, Thomas William Lewis, Harold Douglas Shoots, Betty Lou