North Des Moines High School
Class of 1954
50th and 45th Reunions
2004 and 1999
Class of January, 1954 taken June 19, 2004
Photo by Phyllis Hornbrook Photography
Starting first row, bottom left
1st Row Richard Rhoads, Alice Payne Olson, Shirley Peterson Caudle, Katharyne Walker Watson, Jean Cabbage Gaston, Marilyn Lyon Finley, Nancy Lyon Furnald
2nd Row Patty Meadows Gross, Harvey Wilson, Jack Klingaman, John Turner, James Juroe, Evelyn Savage Bailey, Helen Montis Taylor, Sharon White Thompson
3rd Row Larry Hagethorn, Dale Clark, Betty Samuelson Maffai, Don Moss, Merton Barr, Janet Wade Gilliam, Katy Ferguson Jabloniki
Class of June, 1954 taken June 19, 2004
Photo by Phyllis Hornbrook Photography
Starting first row, bottom left
1st Row Merlene Prewitt Hitz, Jim Hudson, Patty Purcell Stamatelos, Joan Foreman Hill, Pat Bennet Ward, Avis Haller Shuck, Gerry Frank Franck, Marie Jones Frederickson, Kay Van Fleet Veak, Marolyn Short Overton, Joy Fenton Briggs, Nancy NicholsonGinnever, Sharon Hitchcock Miller, Shirley Haskell Kopper, Judy Peper Cox, Marlene Waterbury Fowler
2nd Row Dale Wassmuth, Janette Peper Kinney, Marlene Berry Plaster, Carole Kaldenberg Roemer, Sharon Payne Townsend Marilyn Marshall Carstens, Sheron Shepard Young, Yvonne Budd Huff, Beverly Summers Berger, Elaine Long, Gerry Spowart, Lois Longden Gray, Sheila Patterson Hartung, Shirlee Davis Jacobson
3rd Row Kent Jerome, Jack Fansher, Richard Babcock, Oscar Maldonado, Jim Pierson, Bert Thomas, Howard Hilton, Carolyn Walmer Clark, Ann Dunphy Lundy, Pete Bradford, Joan Kelsey Armstrong, Linda Hill Means, Donna DeBolt Reed, Jay Read, Richard Hitz
4th Row Grant Jordan, Jack Inman, Richard Shaffer, Tom Strom, Richard Deets, Jerry Fulton, Jon Lettington, Mike Andersen, Larry Shepard, Al Fisch, Dean Weber, Janet Shaffer Wiedemann, Richard Vetter, Bill Daly, Dick Riley, Bill Wheatcraft, Bill Campion, Stan Frenzel
Class of January, 1954 taken 1999
Photo by Stover Photographic Services (515) 981-4217
Starting first row, bottom left
1st Row Jean Cabbage Gaston, Helen Montis Taylor, Jack Klingaman, John Turner, James Juroe, Marilyn Lyon Finley, Shirley Peterson Caudle, Betty Samuelson Maffai
2nd Row Dale Clark, Margaret Calkins Frey, Sharon White Thompson, Katy Ferguson Jabloniki, Janice Savage Bailey, Harvey Wilson, Don Moss
Photo: Compliments of John Turner
Class of 1954 taken 1999
Photo by Stover Photographic Services (515) 981-4217
Starting first row, bottom left
1st Row James Juroe, Dick Babcock, Bill Wheatcraft, Jim Hudson, Jon Lettington, Dale Wassmuth, Jay Read, Dean Weber
2nd Row Margaret Calkins Frey, Katy Ferguson Jabloniki, Gerry Spowart, Joyce Enabnit O'Mara, Joy Fenton Briggs, Kay Van Fleet Veak, Marlene Waterbury Fowler, Gerry Frank Franck, Connie Maupin Weber, Joan Foreman Hill, Dick Riley
3rd Row Phyllis Fogle McCawley, Donna Reed, Carole Kaldenberg Roemer, Sharon Payne Townsend, Pat Ward, Marlene Berry Plaster, Lois Longden Gray, Avis Haller Shuck, Beverly Summers Berger, Sheila Patterson Hartung, Marie Jones Fredrickson
4th Row Shirley Peterson Caudle, Marilyn Lyon Finley, Helen Montis Taylor, Janice Savage Bailey, Elaine Long, Jean Cabbage Gaston, Carolyn Walmer Clark, Ann Dunphy Lundy, Linda Hill Means, Merlene Prewitt Hitz, Richard Hitz, Jack Fansher
5th Row Jerry Fulton, Harvey Wilson, Ed Brooks, Jack Klingaman, Sharon White Thompson, Mary Jane Durkee Garvin, Shirley Haskell Kopper, Richard Deets, Richard Shaffer, Shirlee Davis Jacobson
6th Row Kent Jerome, John Turner, Donald Moss, Dale Clark, Jack Inman, Esahr Pildis, Bert Thomas, Tom Strom
Photo: Compliments of John Turner
Class Meetings:

Meets on second Thursday of every month for lunch at 12:30PM at:
Ryans Family Steak House
1900 NW 86th Street
Clive, IA 50325
(515) 270-8620
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Contact:
Marie Fredrickson @ (515) 225-6895
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Class of January, 1954 (class numbered 63)
Starting first row, bottom left  (Claradell: I tried identifying this class from memory, and this is the result.)
Row 1 Libby Marie Wright, Verna Elaine Sweitzer, Nancy Lee Rogers, X, Jerry Lee Hayes, Margaret Ann Calkins, Kathleen Ann Ferguson, Mary Lucille Flores, Shirley JoAnn Talley
Row 2 Mary Jo Smith, George Brewer, Jr., X, Helen Jeanne Marshall, X, X, Grace Lela Tew, X,
Row 3 Betty Johanna Samuelson, Darlene Joyce Mullen, Leland Ward Kalwishky, Frank George Johnson, Gloria Darlene Bailey, Jack Leroy Phares, Sharon Evalee White, Janet Lee Wade, John Delano Critelli
Row 4 Shirley Ann Petersen, John Benjamin Turner, Alice Juanita Payne, June Irene Mead, Carolyn Janice Savage, Nancy Anne Lyon, Dale Lee Clark, Grace Marie Johnson
Row 5 Joyce Grace Messer, Marilyn Marie Lyon, James Murphy Powell, II, Ernest James Klingaman, Richard Wayne Walker, Dale Leroy Long, Patricia Lee Meadows, Sharon Kaye Milinsky, Larry Dale Hagethorn
Row 6 Sharon Joy Strandholm, Frank Carl Manny, Jr., Mary Ellen Aduddell, Donald Joe Moss, Richard David Rhoads, Marginell Eleanor Powell, Joanne Celine Curran, Jean Alleta Cabbage
Row 7 Sylvester Lee Forrester, Thomas Michael McCall, Pete Andrew Klisares, Allen James Twedt, X, John William Yeo, James William Delk, X, Eugene Merle Greenwood.
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Class of June, 1954 (class numbered 191)
Starting first row, bottom left (Claradell: I tried identifying this class from memory, and this is the result.)
Row 1 X, Patsy Ann Mohr, Kay Louise Van Fleet, Rita Rae Gergely, Shirley Ann McDonald, Lyla Mae Bates, X, X, X, X, X, X, X, Nancy Lee Nicholson, X, X, X, X, Connie Louise Maupin, X
Row 2 Dennis Michael Barton, Linda Joan Hill, Janet Christine Wather, X, X, Robert LeRoy Ferrin, X, X, Merlene Joy Prewitt, Florence Suzanne Hedlund, Joan Marie Foreman, Jacquelyn Bogan Norma Ann Crawford, X, X, Annette Ileane Jacobs, X, Jerri Mae Johnson, Marie Harriett Jones
Row 3 .Marolyn June Short, X, X, Allen Lee Martin, X, Janet Louise Phoenix, Donna Rae De Bolt, Sharon Lee Hitchcock, Jo Ann Montenguise, X, X, X, X, Joy Katherine Fenton, X, Carole Ann Kaldenberg, Sharon Leone Payne, Helen Lorrayne Moore, Joyce Mignon Enabnit
Row 4 X, Barbara Ann De Haven, X, Sandra Lee Christy, X, X, Mary Jane Durkee, X, Larry Jack Shaffer, Edwin Wayne Jackman, James Kent Winder, William Neal, X, X, X, X, Mary Ann Harpel
Row 5 X,X, Constance Lois Ashford, X, X, Mary Jo Robertson, Kay Anderson, Virginia Ann Foster, Mary Ellen Kircher, Lois Elaine Longden, Joan La Reen Kelsey, Madonna Marie Wieland, X, X, X, X, X, X, X, X, Donna Lee Wilkinson
Row 6 X, X, X, Thomas Lynn Davis, X, X, X, X, Beverly Jean Summers, Janet Elna Shaffer, X, Marcia Esther Van Cleave, Marilyn Louise Marshall, Barbara Louise Helvig, Shirley Jean Brower, X, Joan Arminda Blakely, La Vora Genella Dixon, X
Row 7 X, X, X, X, X, X, X, James Edward Hudson, Edward Thomas Strom, Avis Ann Haller, Carolyn Diane Newell, Marlene Kay Berry, X, Judy Ann Robbins, Carolyn Jo Ann Walmer, X, Ann Marie Dunphy, Mary Elizabeth Swanson, X
Row 8 Earl Fred Shoafstall, X, X, X, X, X, Jerry Bert Fulton, Grantlund Earl Jordan, X, X, X, X, James Lynn Davenport, Richard Jerry Shaffer, X, X, X, X
Row 9 X, Robert Hooper, II, X, X, X, David Roland Griffiths, X, X, X, X, X, X, X, X, Gary Denton Kohls, Mickey Le Mar Kennedy
Row 10 X, X, X, X, X, Pete Bradford, Ronald Raymond Shuck, Bill Campion, Laurence Fred Shepherd, Richard Warren Vetter, X, X, Thomas Manning, X, Maurice Weston Hansen, X, X, Gary Dean Bell
Fall Executive Board Fall Executive Board Fall Executive Board Fall Executive Board
  Fall Executive Board
  
  Jean Cabbage, treasurer; Junior Dodd, vice president; Pete Bradford, president;
Grace Johnson, secretary; Mary Jane Durkee, historian, Ellsworth Lory, advisor		  
 
Spring Executive Board Spring Executive Board Spring Executive Board Spring Executive Board
 
  Spring Executive Board
  
  Kent Jerome, vice president; Billy Daly, treasurer; Carole Kaldenberg, historian; Ellsworth Lory, advisor; Sharon Payne, secretary; Bill Campion, president  
Assembly Committee Assembly Committee
Assembly Committee Assembly Committee
Ticket Committee
Front: Kay Anderson, Barbara Gray, Richard Hitz
Back: Norman Audas, Gary Bell, Mickey Kennedy, Jerry Van Oenen, Don Butler
 
Assembly Committee
Front: Joan Housman, Marilyn Ellerbeck, Mary Jane Durkee, Mary Jo Smith, Susan Argo, Richard Hitz
Back: Jerry Van Oenen, Alice Payne, Joanne Curran, Sharon Hitchcock, Marlene Waterbury, Jim Hudson
North High State Indoor Champs and Defending State Outdoor Champs
The Polar Bear cindermen, defending state outdoor champions, have won so far the city and state indoor championships, as well as the Iowa Amateur Athletic Union indoor state meet. A big success for the North track team were the annual Drake Relays. Bob Sloan, Ron Bradley, Junior Gerald Spencer, and versatile Caesar Smith set new records in the medley and mile relay.
1st Row Don Day, Bob Fletcher, John Forney, Kent Winder, Oscar Maldanado, Ralph Lyle, James Owens, Bill Daly
2nd Row Jerry Poundstone, Jimmy Kennedy, Jon Schneider, Max Boiler, Dave Lane, Fred Foreman, Tom Moore, Robert Sloan, Ron Shuck, Jim McConkey
3rd Row Coach Jim Lyle, Nolan Laird, Arthur Sterrett, Wayne Wallace, Elmer McQuitty, Neil Parmenter, Douglas Triplett, Andres Poncius, Franklin Irving, Caesar Smith, Mike Kennedy, Ron Bradley, Marvin Anderson, Don Kieler, Dan Finch, Jerry Hawkins, Gerald Shaw, Mr. Leo Eveleth
4th Row Roy Honeywell, Bill Hickman, Jay Ruchenbocker, Don Butler, Jack Lytle, Charles Dreibelbis, Jim Pedersen, Kenny Anderson, Bob Bittle, Norman Audas, Dave Miller, Kent Jerome, Wayne Saunder, Dean Piene
1954 Rope Jumping Team 1954 Rope Jumping Team 1954 Rope Jumping Team
 
1954 Majorettes 1954 Majorettes
1954 Majorettes 1954 Majorettes 1954 Majorettes 1954 Majorettes
1954 Rope Jumping Team
Front: Marolyn Short, Mrs. Theresa Anderson, Joy Fenton
Back: Kay Van Fleet, Nancy Hagan, Connie Bobenhouse, Deanna DeWitt, Karen Biesemeyer, Jeanette de Fino, Helen Moore
 
1954 Majorettes
Front: Rosalie Duffy, Joy Fenton, Pat Purcell
Back: Maurine Lefler, Delores Davis, Luci Shepherd
Business Education Staff
Business Education Staff
Front: H.D. McCullough, Miss Floretta Bidwell, Miss Kathleen Parker, Miss Helen Hazlet
Back: George Kappelman, Miss Ruth Tumbleson, Miss Mary Jane Blee, Harvey Hill
Photos above: From the yearbook of the late David Roland Griffiths
Graduates - January, 1954 (numbered 63)
Aduddell, Mary Ellen Greenwood, Eugene Merle Marshall, Helen Jeanne Samuelson, Betty Janice
Anderson, Beverly Arlene Hagethorn, Larry Dale McCall, Thomas Michael Savage, Carolyn Janice
Bailey, Gloria Darlene Hall, Jack Armstrong Mead, June Irene Smith, Mary Jo Ann
Berry, Jack Harvey, John Edward Meadows, Patricia Lee Strandholm, Sharon Joy
Brewer, George, Jr. Hayes, Jerry Lee Messer, Joyce Grace Sweitzer, Verna Elaine
Cabbage, Jean Alleta Johnson, Frank George Milinsky, Sharon Kaye Talley, Shirley Joann
Calkins, Margaret Ann Johnson, Grace Marie Montis, Helen Marie Tew, Grace Lela
Carpino, Geraldine Laura Kalwishky, Leland Ward Moss, Donald Joe Turner, John Benjamin
Clark, Dale Lee Klingaman, Ernest James Mullen, Darlene Joyce Twedt, Allan James
Critelli, John Delano Klisares, Pete Andrew Payne, Alice Juanita Wade, Janet Lee
Curran, Joanne Celine Lint, Dorothy Irene Petersen, Shirley Ann Walker, Katharyne Luene
Delk, James William Long, Dale Leroy Phares, Jack Leroy Walker, Richard Wayne
Ferguson, Kathleen Ann Lynch, Roland McIntyre Powell, James Murphy, II White, Sharon Evalee
Flores, Mary Lucille Lyon, Marilyn Marie Powell, Marginell Eleanor Wright, Libby Marie
Forrester, Sylvester Lee Lyon, Nancy Anne Rhoads, Richard David Yeo, John William
Frakes, Mary Rosalie Manny, Frank Carl, Jr. Rogers, Nancy Lee x
Graduates - June, 1954 (numbered 191)
Ackerman, Alma Arlene Fisch, Al Earl Krebs, Mary Elizabeth Scott, Jerome Emery
Allie, Gloria Joyce Foreman, Joan Marie Law, Thomas Dale Shaffer, Janet Elna
Andersen, Robert Michael Foster, Virginia Ann Lettington, Jon Lees Shaffer, Larry Jack
Anderson, Joyce Charleen Frank, Geraldine Kae Lewis, Margaret Ann Shaffer, Richard Jerry
Anderson, Marvin Arlo Frenzel, Stanford Lee Long, Elaine Ruth Shepard, Laurence Fred
Anderson, Sally Kay Fulton, Jerry Bert Longden, Lois Elaine Shepard, Sheron Marie
Arnold, Rosemary Gates, Frederick Orcutt Losee, Karal Ann Shoastall, Earl Fred
Ashford, Constance Lois Gergely, Rita Rae Mankowski,Theresa J. Short, Marolyn June
Babcock, Richard Dean Gillen, Larry Duane Manning, Thomas Shuck, Ronald Raymond
Barton, Dennis Michael Godfroy, Jack Gene Marshall, Marilyn Louise Simmons, Doris Jean
Bates, Lyla Mae Green, Carol Ann Martin, Allen Lee Smith, Dale Marvin
Bell, Gary Dean Griffiths, David Roland Mastrofski,Burton David Spowart, Geraldine
Bennett, Martha Mary Gruber, Hansjorg Maupin, Connie Louise Spring, Janiss Lea
Bennett, Patricia Lou Haller, Avis Ann McDonald, Shirley Ann Spurgeon, Phyllis Rae
Berry, Marlene Kay Hansen, Maurice Weston McKinstry, Sharon Kay Stiles, Ruth Laura
Bianchi, Shirley May Hanson, Richard Lee McVay, Shirley Irene Stout, Stanley Gene
Blakely, Joan Armidia Harpel, Mary Ann Milliken, Bernadine Yvonne Strom, Edwin Thomas
Blunt, Patricia Ann Hart, Mary Lucille Mohr, Patsy Ann Struthers, Rodney Earl
Bogan, Jacquelyn D. Haskell, Shirley Schrull Montenguise,JoAnn K. Summer, Beverly Jean
Bradford, Peter B. Hedlund,Florence Suzanne Montgomery, Patricia Ann Swanson, Mary Elizabeth
Broers, Unis Yvonne Helgason, Evelyn Harriet Moore, Franklin Vernon Tellis, Blaine Edwin
Broquet, Grace Mara Helvig, Barbara Louise Moore, Helen Lorrayne Thomas, Bert Harold
Brower, Shirley Jean Henzel, Zane Grey Murphy, Geraldine Truitt, William Daley
Buhrer, Benjamin B. Hickman, William Mach Myers, Marshall Marion,Jr. Turner, Thomas Herbert
Burk,Doris Mae Honnold Hill, Linda Joan Neal, William VanCleave, Marcia Esther
Burns, Anthony Alan Hilton, Howard Robert Newell, Carolyn Dianne VanFleet, Kay Louise
Campion,William Thomas,Jr. Hitchcock, Sharon Lee Nicholson, Nancy Lee VanOenen, Jerry
Casewell, Frances Mae Hitz, Richard Lowell Noftsger, Raymond Lee Vetter, Richard Warren
Christy, Sandra Lea Hooper, Robert, II Ostring, Gilbert Dean Veverka, Gloria Maurine
Crawford, Norma Ann Housman, Joan Carole Oxley, David Walter Vigdahl, Roger Leon
Daly, Billy Lee Hudson, James Edward Page, Marshall Frank Walmer, Carolyn Jo Ann
Davenport, James Lynn Huff, Bonnie Yvonne Patrick,MaxwellChetwyn,Jr. Walther, Janet Christine
Davis, Shirlee Marie Inman, Jack Loren B. Patterson, Sheila Pearl Wassmuth, Dale Robert
Davis, Thomas Linn Jackman, Edwin Wayne Payne, Sharon Leone Waterbury, Marlene Ann
DeBolt, Donna Rae Jacobs, Annette Ileane Peper, Janette Rae Weber, Dean lee
Deets, Worth Richard James, Mary Ellen Peper, Judith Mae Weigle, Larry
DeHaven, Barbara Ann Jerome, Jule Kent Phoenix, Janet Louise Wells, Martha Louise
Dixon, LaVora Genella Johnson, Alta Theola Pierson, James Dean Wheatcraft, William Guy
Dodd, Vern, Jr. Johnson, Jerri Mae Pildis, Esahr Morris Whisler, Darle Delores
Duffy, Michael A. Jones, Marie Harriet Prewitt, Merlene Joy Wiegman, Gretchen Ann
Dunphy, Ann Marie Jordan, Grantlund Earl Purcell, Patricia Ann Wieland, Madonne Marie
Durkee, Mary Jane Julson, Ben E. Rathjens, Gloria Jean Wiese, David Merle
Ellerbeck, Marilyn Loene Kaldenberg, Carole Ann Read, Ray Rollin Wilcox, Joyce Lorraine
Enabnit, Joyce Mignon Katzureck, Karen Marie Regis, Janis Annette Wilkinson, Donna Lee
Erickson, Billy Eugene Kelsey, Joan La Reen Riley, Richard C. Willey, Charles Franklin
Fansher, Jack Albert Kennedy, Mickey Le Mar Robbins, Judy Ann Williams, Marjorie Mae
Fenton, Joy Katherine Kircher, Mary Ellen Robertson, Mary Jo Winder, James Kent
Ferrin, Robert LeRoy Kohls, Gary Denton Satterfield, Lenore Mae x
Graduates - August, 1954 (numbered 10)
Hiatt, Sally Joan Lees, Margaret Ann Sloan, Robert Leo, Jr. Wellington, Robert E.
Hiatt, Shirley Jean Parkinson, Lowell Blaine Triplett, Douglas x
Hill, Jo Ann Marie Maldonado, Oscar Lee Weigle, Lynn x
In Memoriam
Class of January/June/August, 1954
January, 1954
Frakes, Mary Rosalie (Miller) (d.08/21/90) 1990
June, 1954
Ashford, Constance 1972 Marshall Marilyn Louise (Carstens) (d.06/13/06) 2006
Bailey, Gloria D. (Forrester) 1991 Martin, Allen Lee
Barton, Dennis 1967 Maupin, Connie (Dean Weber) 2001
Blakely, Joan Armidia Montgomery, Patricia A. ?
Bogan, Jacquelyn D. (Weiss) 1998 Moore, Helen L. (Gene Greenwood) 1972
Brewer, George S. 1998 Mullen, Darlene J.
Brower, Shirley 1981 Ostring, Gilbert D. 1998
Campion, William T. (obit) (d.03/18/06) 2006 Oxley, David Walter (obit) (d.06/20/04) 2004
DeHaven, Barbara A. (John Curtis) 1997 Page, Marshall Frank 1985
Dixon, LaVora G. 1993 Regis, Janis Annette (Catron) (d.01/10/08) 2008
Dodd, Vernon, Jr., DDS 1994 Robertson, Mary Jo (Light) 2000
Frakes, Mary Rosalie (Miller) (d.08/21/90) 1990 Scott, Jerome E. 1979
Griffiths, David Roland (d. 10/11/06) 2006 Shaffer, Larry J. 1973
Harpel, Mary Ann 2002 Shuck, Ronald R. 1991
Hedlunk, Florence Suzanne 1974 Spring, Janice Lea 1959
Henkel, Zane Grey 1991 Talley, Shirley (James Peterson) 2002
Jackman, Edwin W. 1990 Tellis, Blaine Edwin 1983
James, Mary Ellen (Bob Sheets) 2003 Van Oenen, Jerry
Julson, Ben E. ? Wieland, Madonna Marie (Joelson) (d.01/29/07) 2007
Kohls, Gary D. 1992 Winder, James Kent 1990
McCall, Thomas 1998 x
August, 1954
Parkison, Lowell Blaine 2004 x
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