De Smet High School - Bulldog Yearbook (De Smet, SD)

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DENNIS DIERKS ••If there's any excitement he will find U” CLASS COLORS: Emerald and Ivory CLASS FLOWER: Pink Rose

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DIANE SMITH All nice things are done up in small packages. JEAN SMITH A Quiet girl with Quiet ways. MERCEDES STORHAUG The way to have friends is to be one. PEGGY SCHWARTZ Never fear, Peg i here!

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CLASS HISTORY Under the instruction of Mrs. Marion Hendricks the class of ’63 began its education as first graders. There are eleven of the original class graduating and nine have been together all twelve years. They are James Brandt, Randal Denman, Darrelyn Freeman, Patricia Johnson, Linda Mickel, William Poppen, Peggy Schwartz, Carol Taschner, and Valerie Widman. Betty Lou Cromwell and Karen Kruse started but left for a short time dur- ing the twelve years. Miss Joanne Broghammer was our teacher in the second grade. This year we gained Vernon Beasecker, Billy Coy, Diana Hotchkin, Charles Knee, Connie Samuels, and Richard Spencer but we lost Betty Lou Crom- well, Ronald Hein, George Irwin, Robert Irwin, Kathleen Keating, Wayne Kropuenski, Larry Melstad, Ricky Phillips, and Marsha Rames. In the third grade under Miss Elaine Jorgensen we gained Betty Burns, Rodney Hannah, Rosalene Hal- stead, Connie Iverson, Gene Muilenburg, Doris Pina, Patricia Ritenour, and Audrey Vincent. Leaving us this year were Diana Hotchkin, Charles Knee, Bobbi Samuels, and Connie Samuels. Miss Donna Hummel was our fourth grade teacher. We gained Patricia Berg, Marilyn Harris, and Rich- ard Siver. Billy Coy and Nancy Siver left us. As fifth graders we gained Susan Hoxeng and Mary Ann White but lost Patricia Berg and Rodney Hannah. Mrs. Lorraine Maguire taught us this year. In the sixth grade under the supervision of Mrs. Phyllis Smith, we were happy to have Barbara Cramer, Mary Murphy, Mary Ellen Nieman, and Raymond Sparby join us. Susan Hoxeng, Doris Pina, and Alan Ras- mussen left us. Betty Lou Cromwell rejoined us in the seventh grade but Rosalene Halstead, Mary Ellen Nieman, Mary Murphy, Patricia Ritenour, and Raymond Sparby left us. Miss Lorene Anderson was our teacher. It was in the eighth grade that we gained Lyle Ferguson, Margaret Moore, Doris Pina, Lena Van Dyke, and Galen Wallum; and lost Richard Siver, Richard Spencer, and Lyle Sweesy. Our instructor this year was Miss Marion Hinz. As lowly freshmen we entered De Smet high school with the following additions in enrollment: Beverly Akkerman, Gary Anderson, Gary Baumberger, Joanne Bowes, Linda Bowes, Sharon Burt, Sharon Corbin, Dennis Dierks, Virginia Moeller, Merlin Nelson, Roger Pirlet, Diane Pitman, Patricia Ritenour, Lowell Serf- ling, Diane Smith, James Smith, Jeannie Smith, Mercedes Storhaug, and Judy Wubbena. During the year we lost Sharon Burt, Lyle Ferguson, and James Smith. Our class officers were: President, Patricia Johnson; vice president, Sharon Corbin; secretary, Dennis Dierks; treasurer, Barbara Cramer. We chose Karen Kruse and Randy Denman as our Student Council representatives and Karen Kruse and Roger Pirlet as our Homecom- ing condidates. Our class advisors were: Mr. McCaskell and Mr. Mohlenhoff. We gained no one in our sophomore year but we lost Sharon Corbin, Virginia Moeller, Dean Morrison, Gene Morrison, and Galen Wallum. We were also saddened to lose Alvin Penney as the result of a car acci- dent. This year our class officers were: President, Merlin Nelson; vice president, Mercedes Storhaug; secretary, Audrey Vincent; treasurer, Patricia Ritenour. Diane Smith and Gene Muilenburg represented us on the Stu- dent Council and Valerie Widman and James Hein were our Homecoming candidates. Mr. Mundhenke and Mr. Gednelske were our class advisors. In our junior year Vernon Beasecker, Barbara Gray, Roger Hein, Paul Jacob, Karen Kruse, and Judy Wubbena left us but Gerry Berg joined us during the year. We enjoyed putting on our play, “Finders Creep- ers” and our prom, Moonlight on Waikiki”. Class officers for this year were: President, Gene Muilenburg; vice president, Diane Smith; secretary, Valerie Widman; treasurer, Marilyn Harris. Our Student Council rep- resentatives were Mercedes Storhaug and James Brandt and our Homecoming candidates were Diane Smith and Randy Denman. Mr. Conway, Miss Kluckman, Miss Jungeman, and Mr. Ziegler were our class advisors. As seniors we were happy to have Karen Kruse back with us but we were sorry to lose Betty Bums, Dennis Dierks, James Hein, and Jeannie Smith. “All Shook Up” was the play we enjoyed putting on this year. We also enjoyed editing our annual. Randy Denman presided over our class this year with Gary Ander- son as vice president; Margaret Moore as secretary; and Doris Pina as treasurer. Our Student Council repre- sentatives were Linda Mickel and William Poppen; and our Homecoming candidates were Barbara Cramer and Gary Anderson. This year our class advisors were Mr. Lester, Mr. Graham, Mr. Gillespie, and Mr. Zieg- ler.