North Des Moines High School
Class of 1952
55th Reunion
June 29-30, 2007
Need photos from 55th reunion event!
Join us at your 55th Reunion!
June 29-30, 2007
Friday, June 29, 2007
Reception: 7:00-9:00PM Sheraton Atrium
SheratonWest Des Moines Hotel
1800 50th Street
West Des Moines, IA 50266-1063
(515) 223-1800
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Saturday, June 30, 2007
Reception: 6:00PM
Dinner: 7:30PM
Program: 8:30PM		 Sheraton Atrium
SheratonWest Des Moines Hotel
1800 50th Street
West Des Moines, IA 50266-1063
(515) 223-1800
map
Group Photo:
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Sheraton Rates:   Standard Rooms (king or 2 double beds) $86.00
One room suite: $96.00
Reservations by June 1.
If you find
missing classmates,
please contact:

 Cabbage, Marilyn (Surles)
1211 17th Street
West Des Moines, IA 50265
(515) 223-0524
mlcabby@aol.com
  
Class of 1952/50th Reunion in May, 2002 Class of 1952/50th Reunion in May, 2002 Class of 1952/50th Reunion in May, 2002 Class of 1952/50th Reunion in May, 2002 Class of 1952/50th Reunion in May, 2002 Class of 1952/50th Reunion/May, 2002
Class of 1952 taken May 25, 2002
Starting first row, bottom left
1st Carolyn Gardner Valosek, Geraldine Lundy Trader, Joann Robison Petrie, Rosalie Geiger Antrim, Charlotte Courtney Brookes, Debra Conn Land, Carolyn Garmon Barnes
2nd Randall Clark, Ruth Anne Beard Petrak, Sally Richardson Goehring, Barbara Eklund Fleming, Jackie McCracken Blake, Margery Swanson Reese, Dorothy McVay Amis, Joan Roney Hartsuck, Karol Jo Hubbart Mathews, Jody Grossman Currie, Herb Montis, Mary Lou Maltas Lee, Betty Lou Smother Schneider
3rd Mary Baie Hutton, Betty Pender, Shirley Prall, Pat Duncan Oxenford, Marilyn Surles Cabbage, Helen McDonald Young, Barbara Oliver-Hall, Jerry Thatcher McNeley, Lila Baumann Pollard, Jean Holtz Earles, Colleen McWilliams Cedarholm, Margaret Grout Hawkins, Karen Quick Beardsley, Mary Mae Moorehead Parker, Marilyn Donovan Peterson, Sandra Kurtz Burriss, Janet Baldridge Lawson, Marsha Ruemper Harris, Pat Tynan Jamison, Joann Rouston Jones, Pat Griswold
4th Jean Cutler Hillar, Shirley Creger Jones, Betty Ritzman White, Craig Argo, Clell Hemphill, Al Jennings, Manford Kiess, Gene Hawkins, Donald Greenfield, Daryl Winder, Bob Heckard, Jerry Thorp, Ed Hoobin, Ed Currie, Bob Rice
5th + Escltr Dick Delk, Jack McWilliams, Bob Sharp, Clark Petrie, Rodney Murtle, John McNeley, Dick Onnen, Denny Koskovick, Ralph Kuenkel, Herman Wallace, Lanny Patten, Galen Bower, Fritz Goreham, Bill Ketch, Bob White, Dick Porter, George Coon
Above photo: Compliments of Marilyn Surles Cabbage
Class of January, 1952 Class of January, 1952 Class of January, 1952
Class of January, 1952 Class of January, 1952 Class of January, 1952
Class of January, 1952 Class of January, 1952 Class of January, 1952
Class of January, 1952
Starting first row, bottom left
1st Frances James, Mary Papich, Christine Cowell, Janice Katz, Myra Opdyke, Bernadine Redd, Billie Wilkinson, Patricia Holloway
2nd Karol Jo Hubbart, Martha Miller, Marilyn Surles, Jackie Jacobs, Ilga Riekstins, Margery Swanson, Norma Dungan, Dorothy McVay
3rd Kathleen Hoch, Joan Roney, Janet Thomas, Diane Brooks, Diane Baker, Mary Lou Frederick, Larry Davidson, Don Werner, Lenora Gearheart
4th Ruth Anne Beard, Shirley Jones, Marlene Carlson, Ruth Anderson, Biruta Mirdza Kristensens, X, Mary Baie, Sandra Levin, X
5th Eleanor Gordon, Jerry Montenguise, Clarence French, William Smith, Jerry Lass, Gabrielle Walter, Ralph Kuenkel, Herman Wallace, Bob Klisares
6th Bruce Nelson, Richard Onnen, Donald Nell, Paul Upchurch, Robert Lillian, Galen Bower, Harry Mongar, Robert Sharp, Renaldo Powell
Ab: James Earl Bradley
Class of June, 1952 Class of June, 1952 Class of June, 1952
Class of June, 1952 Class of June, 1952 Class of June, 1952
Class of June, 1952 Class of June, 1952 Class of June, 1952
Class of June, 1952
Starting first row, bottom left
1st Colleen Rita McWilliams, X, Janet Rae Williams, Jacqueline Kay McCracken, Elizabeth Ann Rundberg, Sharon Sue Dunbar, X, Rosalie Ann Geiger, Joann Robison, Eva Lueen Scroggins, Mona Dee Holtcamp, Vivian Maxine Jones, X, X, Vera Ann Booton, Sandra Lee Rice, Marylan Norma Vidis, X
2nd Mary Lou Reid, Carla Joan Courter, Jane Louise North, X, X, X, Frances Phyllis Anderson, Evelyn Ruth Van Gorkom, Emily Anne Wallukait, X, X, X, Joyce Jane Stephens, Mary Mae Moorehead, Carol Arlene Stewart, X, X, X, X, X, X,
3rd Richard Patrick Gilliam, Shirley Mae Gilbert, Sheila Ann Maycock, Virginia Lavon Palmer, X, X, X, X, Phyllis Ruth Terry, Charlotte Bea Norstrum, Ida Belle Winget, X, X, Colleen Kay Martin, X, X, Ruth Elaine Ray, Jo Ann Trisler, Antoinette Marie Farao, X
4th X, X, Lucretia Beth Thompson, X, Betty Lou Smothers, Roberta Margery Cochrane, Shirley Maxine Prall, X, Sarah Marie Olsan, X, Dana Kay Sopher, Ila Rae Marva Emerald, X, X, Sheila Marlene Westberg, Bonnie Jean Efkamp, X, Jeanie Rose Freeborn, X, Don David Greenfield
5th Anita Jane Hickman, Barbara Irene Eklund, Patricia Ann Tynan, Karin Lou Quick, Marcia Jean Ruemper, X, Katherine Norton, X, X, X, X, X, X, X, Robert Wayne Heckard, X, X, X, Daryle Vernon Winder, X
6th X, X, Carolyn Jean Holtz, Ida Mae McLarnan, Patricia Anne Duncan, X, X, Marilyn Jane Donovan, Jerry Lee Gross, X, X, X, X, X, Richard Allen Delk, Sandra Rae Kurtz, X, X, X
7th Richard Wyatt Russell, Frederic Leroy Goreham, Beverly Janice Oliver, James Dale Knapp, Eugene Gray, Peter Riley Blair, Jr., Dennis Earl Koskovick, X, X, X, X, Lila Lee Baumann, Nancy Ann Gordon, Saundra Mildred Malley, Joyce Ann Brown, X, X, X
8th X,X, Frederick Clark Petrie, X, Kenneth Bryce Colburn, John Daniel Nelson, Benny D. Nefzger, Betty Kay Pickett, Helen McDonald, Barbara Janette Oliver, Deborah Conn, Janet Baldridge Lawson, X, X
9th X, Ronald Douglas Gauld, X, Ronald Eric Veverka, X, X, X, X, X, Larry Robert Boger, George McFarland Price, Bruce Ernest Penquite, Richard Dean Barrett, X, X, X, X, X, X, X, X, X, X
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Executive Board, September, 1951 Executive Board, September, 1951
Executive Board, September, 1951 Executive Board, September, 1951
Executive Board of Student Council, September 1951
Charlotte Courtney,Jerry Thorpe,Don Werner,Bob Sharp,Carolyn Garmon,Mr. Lory
January Oracle Staff January Oracle Staff
January Oracle Staff January Oracle Staff
Oracle: January-June
1st: Charlotte Courtney, Carla Courter, Sarah Olsan, Mary Reid, Jane North, Karin Quick
2nd: Fritz Goreham, Jack McNeley, Mr. Barnett, Marcia Ruemper, Ben Nefzger, Dan Nelson
Boys Glee Club Boys Glee Club
Boys Glee Club Boys Glee Club
Boys Glee Club
1st: Hal Knight, Bob Lancaster, Bob Watson, Gene Greenwood, Jack Inman, Jim Gunn
2nd: Larry Weigle, Bob Madison, John Brewbaker, William Pope, Bob Washington, Larry Davidson
3rd: Jerry Montenguise, Bill Truitt, Jack Dray, Gary McManus, Dan Nelson, Charles Riccio
4th: Ronnel Brown, Gene Gray, Sylvester Forrester, Jim Elmore, Jim Greenwood, Gene Pratt, Robert Sloan
Junior Miss Junior Miss Junior Miss
Junior Miss Junior Miss Junior Miss
Junior Miss
Cast included Loy Brooks, Joe Chaiken, Jan Chambers, Bryce Colburn, Tom Dart, Dick Delk, Jody Grossman, Bob Heckard, Sharron Hilgenberg, Sandra Levin, Bob Lillian, Tom Manning, Carl Manny, Brandon Martin, Janice Maupin, Jack McWilliams, Dixie Meyer, Bob Sharp, Bob Watson - Coach: Helen Woodman
Baseball Baseball
Baseball Baseball
Baseball
1st: Clair Austin, Darwin Marchant, Bill Ketch, Ben Nefzger, Dick Porter, John Murphy, Don McMains, Rodney Rhoads, George Augspurger
2nd: Coach George Falk, Bob Elmore, Ron Veverka, Jon Hockenberry, Pete Blair, Dick Smith, Charles Riccio, Frank Bowers, Lanny Patten, Joe Van Arkel, Loy Brooks, Dave Bailey
Basketball Basketball
Basketball Basketball
Basketball
1st: Lanny Patten, Bruce Penquite, Jon Hockenberry, Ron Veverka, Sy Forrester, Jim Bailey
2nd: Ed Curry, Loy Brooks, Jim Snodgrass, Ben Negzger, Gary Bryan, Bob Elmore
Synchronized Swimmers Synchronized Swimmers Synchronized Swimmers
Synchronized Swimmers Synchronized Swimmers Synchronized Swimmers
Rope Jumpers Rope Jumpers
Rope Jumpers Rope Jumpers
Synchronized Swimmers (18 yrs of national champs)! Rope Jumpers
Front Jody Grossman, Carla Courter Front Carla Courter, Phyllis Terry
Back Rosalie Geiger, Marie Zilm, Kaye Cunningham, Geraldine Lundy,
Ruth Anne Beard, Rosalee Romeo, Joan Hummel, Sally Jo Mentzer		 Back Kay McDowell, Diane Brooks, Charlotte Norstrum, Jane North, Marolyn Short
North High was the first high school in the United States
to have synchronized swimming.		 Click here to see North Rope Jumpers on
The Ed Sullivan Show, circa 1951
Graduates - January, 1952 (numbered 52)
Anderson, Ruth Eloise Gearheart, Lenora Louise Levin, Sandra Rae Randall, Ruby Fern
Baie, Mary Dee Gordon, Eleanor Anna Lillian, Robert Elton Redd, Bernadine
Baker, Dianne Phylis Hoch, Kathleen Evelyn McCann, Norma Jean Roney, Letha Joan

Beard, Ruth Anne

 Holloway, Patricia Clair McVay, Dorothy Jean Sharp, Robert Lee
Bower, Galen William Hubbart, Karol Jo Miller, Martha Jane Smith, William Daniel
Bradley, James Earl Jacobs, Jacqueline Jene Mongar, Harry Richard Surles, Marilyn Lee
Carlson, Marlene James, Frances Mae Montenguise, Jerry Oscar Swanson, Margery Ellen
Cowell, Christine Sylvia Jones, Shirley Creger Nell, Donald Eugene Thomas, Janet Louise
Davidson, Larry Wesley Katz, Janice Ruth Nelson, Bruce Clair Upchurch, Paul Harvey
Dungan, Norma Jean Klisares, Robert Lee Onnen, Richard Edmund Wallace, Herman
Floyd, Eleanor Mae Kristensens, Biruta Mirdza Opyke, Myra Lavonne Walter, Gabrielle Kay
Frederick Mary Lou Kurenkel, Ralph Max Papich, Mary Catherine Werner, Donald Kaceil
French, Clarence Matlick Lass, Jerry Arnold Powell, Renaldo Ernett Wilkinson, Billie Nathaline
Graduates - June, 1952 (numbered 189)
Ainley, Donald Deavid Goreham, Frederic Leroy McNeley, John Louis Scroggins, Eva Lueen
Anderson, Frances Phyllis Grandstaff, Barbara Mae McWilliams, Colleen Rita Shaw,Dorothy Suzanne H.
Argo, Hollis Craig Graves, Lawrence Andrew Monscour, Joanne Marie Shaw, Ethel Lea
Arlaud, Joyce Lucille Gray, Eugene Montis, Herbert William Shoffner, Robert Leroy
Balman, Sheldon Irwin Greenfield, Don David Moorehead, Mary Mae Shover, Barbara Ann
Barrett, Richard Dean Greenwood, James Duane Morrison, Cleo Delano Sidoner, Frances Jane
Baumann, Lila Lee Griffiths, James Louis Murtle, Rodney Lee Smith, Richard Paul
Bennett, Ruth Loraine Griswold, Patricia Ann Nefzger, Benny D. Smothers, Betty Lou
Bigham, Gwyen Paulette Gross, Jerry lee Nelson, John Daniel Sopher, Dana Kay
Blair, Peter Riley, Jr. Hadden, Richard Ralph Norstrum, Charlotte Bea Souter, Shirley Jean
Boatwright, Gerald A. Hayes, Raymond Charles North, Jane Louise Stephens, Joyce Jane
Bock, LaVan Wilton Hays, Richard Arnold Norton, Katherine Stewart, Carol Arlene
Bock, LaVell Winston Heckard, Robert Wayne Oliver, Barbara Janette Stewart, Richard Eugene
Boger, Larry Robert Hemphill, Clell Len Oliver, Beverly Janice Storrs, Kenneth Henry
Book, Helen Louise Hickman, Anita Jane Olsan, Sarah Marie Terry, Phyllis Ruth
Booton, Vera Ann Hill, Jon Dewitt Orchard,Norman Emmanuel Thatcher, Jerry Lou
Brooks, Delores Diane Holmgren, Myron Chester Palmer, Virginia Lavon Thomas, Ellen Joan
Brown, Janiece Ann Holtcamp, Mona Dee Parker, William Davis Thompson, Lucretia Beth
Brown, Joyce Ann Holtz, Carolyn Jean Patten, Lanny Ray Thompson, Phyllis Ann
Bryant, Mary Magdeline Hoobin, Edward Thomas Pender, Betty Jean Thorpe, Jerry Neal
Burke, Patricia Lou Jefferson, Arthur Floyd Penquite, Bruce Ernest Tonne, Delores June
Cochrane,Roberta Margery Jennings, Albert Laurence Peper, Gladys Lucille Trisler, Jo Ann
Colburn, Kenneth Bryce Jones, Vivian Maxine Peterson, Jane Louise Trotter, Marilyn Jane
Conn, Deborah Ketch, William Carl Petrie, Fredrick Clark Tynan, Patricia Ann
Courter, Carla Joan Kiess, Manfred Pickett, Betty Kay VanGorkom, Evelyn Ruth
Courtney, Charlotte Ann King, Harold Wayne Playle, Beverly Darlene Veverka, Ronald Eric
Currie, Edward Joseph King, Phyllis Arlene Porter, Richard Louis Vidis, Marylan Norma
Cutler, Laura Jeanette Knapp, James Dale Prall, Shirley Maxine Wagner, Nancy Kay
Delt, Richard Allen Koskovick, Dennis Earl Price, George McFarland Walker, John George
Dingeman, Marilyn Colleen Kurtz, Sandra Rae Quick, Karin Lou Wallukait, Emily Anne
Donovan, Marilyn Jane Law, Carol Nadine Randall, Sharon Lynne Ward, Marlene Joy
Dorn, Bonnie Jean Lawson, Janet Ann Ray, Ruth Elaine Ware, Lola Pauline
Cunbar, Sharon Sue Lemar, Bernice Gertrude Recher, Irene Dionne Webb, Margaret Jean
Duncan, Patricia Anne Lindstrom, Dennis Gust Reid, Mary Lou Wellington, Marlene Joan
Efkamp, Bonnie Jean Long, Marion Junior Renshaw, Donald Duane Westberg, Sheila Marlene
Eklund, Barbara Irene MacManus, Gary Edwin Riccio, Charles Roosevelt White, Robert Lee
Emerald, Ila Rae Marva Malley, Saundra Mildred Rice, Bobby Edward Wilcots, Wayne Arlo
Farao, Antoinette Marie Maltas, Mary Lou Rice, Sandra Lee Williams, Janet Rae
Fellman, Thomas Paul Martin, Coleen Kay Richardson, Sally Lou Wilson, Darlene Kay
Freeborn, Jeanie Rose Maycock, Sheila Ann Riekstins, Ilga Wilson, Jeanette
Gardner, Carolyn Arlys McClain, Dorothy Lee Ritzman, Betty Lou Wilson, William Charles
Garmon, Carolyn Ann McCracken,Jacqueline Kay Robison, Joann Winder, Daryle Vernon
Gauld, Ronald Douglas McDonald, Helen Routson, Joann Wing, Leslie Allen
Geiger, Rosalie Ann McDougal, Ernest Adris Ruemper, Marcia Jean Winget, Ida Belle
Gilbert, Shirley Mae McElroy, Donald Arthur Rundberg, Elizabeth Ann Winick, Marlene Harriet
Gilliam, Richard Patrick McKee, Gloria Louise Russell, Richard Wyatt Winters, Garyle Louise
Glazer, David Milten McLarnan, Ida Mae Schmidt, Joyce Marie Zilm, Marie Alice
Gordon, Nancy Ann x x x
Graduates - August, 1952 (numbered 11)
Ashford, Faye Irene Chaikin, Joseph Craig, Carman A. Nichols, John Raymond
Berry, Beverly Jean Church, Mary Louise Greaves, Fanny Anne Wilcots, Lois Ann
Berson, Beverly Betty Courtney, Gloria Jeanne Hammond, Carolyn Leona x
In Memoriam
Class of January/June/August, 1952
January, 1952
Carlson,Marlene Dorothy (Yaske) (d.03/19/01) 2001 Montenguise, Jerry Oscar (d. 11/66) 1966
Cowell, Christine Sylvia (Harklau) (d.03/11/95) 1995 Nelson, Bruce Clair
Jacobs, Jacqueline Jene 19? Powell, Renaldo Ernett (d.04/04/08) 2008
Klisares, Robert Lee 19? Redd, Bernadine
Lass, Jerry Arnold (d.01/21/85) 1985 Smith, William Daniel 19?
Lillian, Robert Elton 19? Upchurch, Paul Harvey (d.02/16/06) 2006
x Mongar, Harry (d. 05/81) 1981 x Willkinson, Billie (Wallace) (d. 1994) 1994 x
June, 1952
Arlaud, Joyce (McGilvra) Nelson, John Daniel (d.12/79) 1979
Colburn, Kenneth Bryce (d.06/75) 1975 Pender, Betty Jean (Shepherd) (d.08/01/06) 2006
Gilliam, Richard Patrick (d.12/22/06) 2006 Playle, Beverly Darlene (d.06/08/85) 1985
Gray, Eugene Rice, Sandra Lee (Hurwitz) (d.07/28/94) 1994
Griffiths, James Louis (d.07/29/05) 2005 Smith, Richard Paul (d.08/23/03) 2003
Hadden, Richard Ralph (d.02/28/92) 1992 Stephens, Joyce Jane 19?
Knapp, James Dale (d. 07/73) 1973 Storrs, Kenneth Henry (d.04/26/05) 2005
Malley, Saundra (d.01/05/05) 2005 Terry, Phyllis Ruth 19?
McDougal, Ernest Adris (d.02/24/01) 2001 Thompson,Lucretia B.(Sheppard) (d.03/11/05) 2005
McElroy, Donald Arthur (d.06/10/52) 1952 Veverka, Ronald Eric (d.07/13/07) 2007
McKee, Gloria Louise (Nichols) (d.08/16/06) 2006 Wing, Leslie Allen (d.03/28/08) 2008
Monscour, Joanne (Hagman) (d.09/06/06) 2006 Zilm, Marie Alice (Eklund) (d.05/01/08) 2008
Montis, Herb William, Jr. (d.12/11/04) 2004 x
August, 1952
Chaikin, Joseph (d.06/22/03) 2003 Nichols, John Raymond (d. 10/05/01) 2001
Dressler, Joanne 19? Watson, Bob 19?
Hays, Richard (d.09/86) 1986 x
Others
Dray, Jack W. (d.02/24/04) 2004 Souter, Shirley (Gillespie) (d.05/20/98) 1998
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