Des Moines Technical High School - Engineer Yearbook (Des Moines, IA)

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Senior History Class of January 1945 COLORS: Red and White FLOWER: Carnation MOTTO: The Power to Succeed Is Your Will With our last semester of school drawing to a close we seniors are looking back to what we have done and into the future to what we are going to do. Since there are only thirty members of the January 45 Senior Class, our home room officers also served as senior officers and they did a wonderful job. On the 11th of September we nominated and elected our officers, Gerald Young, Jr., President; Alice Burkhart, Secretary; and Rosella Warner, Treasurer. As the plans for our activities were set up, com¬ mittees were also set up. We had a picnic at Union Park, October 27th. Refreshments of fried chicken, french fries, and cokes were served. After our planned games at the park we all adjourned to the skating rink and finished our evening off with a bang. Mr. and Mrs. Byron Mann and Mr. and Mrs. Harold Prall seemed to enjoy the evening also. When the Football Season Tickets came out for sale for our first season, the senior A ' s worked hard and went over the top selling tickets to every member of their home room and to all their friends. Collection of the movie fund came up next. We did our best and came out on the top with 100% first. In the Queen ' s contest we put Phyllis Fleming up as our candidate. We didn ' t do as well but with thirty students we brought in one hun¬ dred dollars for the athletic fund. We took up collections and sold tickets to everyone in our home room. We didn ' t come out on top but we did our best again. The Senior Banquet was January 19th at Younkers. With the circus as our theme we had a very gay time. Baccalaureate was held in the Des Moines Technical auditorium January 21st. Our speaker was Rev. Harry Shiffler of Highland Park Presbyterian Church. Besides checking out the 23rd of January we will have our Class Day, which will include a story of school life. Commencement arrives at last the 25th of January. It is the day we have been looking forward to with joys and sorrows. This evening will split up the 19 girls and 13 boys of our class. Three of our boys are serving the armed forces already, one each with the Marines, Navy, and Army. The boys with the Marines and Navy are in the South Pacific. Since we have been seniors the name of our school has been changed from West High to Des Moines Technical School. Whatever the name—our memories will stay with us forever. Members of the Senior class wish to express their appreciation to everyone who has helped them acquire the Technical training, plus all the good times they have enjoyed at Des Moines Tech.

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No Pictures BEALS, BETTY JEAN MARSHALL. HAROLD Baseball 5, 6. 7 WAY. ROBERT A. DE MARCE. WILLIAM E. Serving with the Marines in the South Pacific. KESSELL, BERNARD Serving with the Navy in the South Pacific. This and That... VIRGINIA AUSTIN. Ginny — ' Stella Dallas ' BETTY BEALS. B.B — Right to Happiness ALICE BURKHART. Mrs. B. — When a Girl Marries SALLY FAST. SaJ — Glamour Manor PHYLLIS FLEMING. Phyl — Girl of the Moment JO ANN KLEIN, o — Those We Love HELEN LUNDY— Bright Horizon JEANETTE MARSHALL. Jenny — Joyce Jordan. Girl Intern WANDA MIER. Wandy — Our Gal Sunday BETTY MUSSELMAN, Mussels — Something for the Boys ROSALIE NICHOLS. Red — Strange Romance ANN PAINTER. Annie — Pause That Refreshes MARY ANN PARMENTER. Annie — True Story HELEN RAY, Shorty — Hot Copy VIRGINIA RILEY. Ginny Jo — Life Can Be Beautiful NORMA TINGLEY, Blondie — ' Valiant Lady G ' NELLE VESTAL. Geni — Here ' s to Romance ROSELLA WARNER, Rosie — Mirth and Madness MARIAN ZAVATSKY. Mike — My True Story KIYOSKI KITAGAKI, Chuck — Sunrise Serenade LOUIS KULIS, Louise — Korn Za Poppin HAROLD MARSHALL, Duke — Westward Ho! CARROLL NEVILLE. Carolyn — Lorenzo Jones ROBERT OLMSTED, Robe rta — Ladies Be Seated HAROLD PICKERING, Pick — Jack Armstrong All American Boy RICHARD RASMUSSEN, Razz — Henry Aldrich DINO RIGHI, Dynamo — I Love a Mystery JACK SAMUELSON. Sam — Something tor the Girls ROBERT WAY. Bob — Thanks to the Yanks GERALD YOUNG. Gerry — Today ' s Children MR. MANN— Guiding Light

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Graduates, August 1944 BENNETT. VIRGINIA 1 BEVERIDGE. BETTY PAULINE 2 BOHALL. BETTY 3 CRUMP. ESTHER M. 4 ELLSTON. CHARLES EDWARD GUSTAFSON. BEVERLEY J. 5 HAMILTON. BARBAPA RUTH 6 HOHNBAUM, MARILYN JEAN HUFFAKER. LYNN J. HUNT. ERLA M. 7 JOHNSON. BEVERLY JEAN KERR. DELBERT EUGENE MARKUN. JOHN SAMUEL MAXWELL. DOROTHY JEAN ' MEANS. JACQUELINE 8 NESLUND. PHYLLIS JEAN NYSVEN, WAYNE 9 RYUN. WILLIAM F. SULLIVAN. MARTHA WYLES. MARTHA