East High School - Quill Yearbook (Des Moines, IA)

 - Class of 1954

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DAVID E. SAMO Dave Persistent people begin their suc- cess where others leave off. Likes: Custom cars5 brunettes5 and traveling. Dislikes: Cliques. Student Council Alternate5 Monitor 3, 4, 55 School Party 5, 65 Chess and Checker Club 5, 65 Spectators' Club 75 Hi-Y Club 6, 75 Spotlight Parade 65 Senior Bonauet Covers 7. Ambition: Be a success in life. MARY SAVILLE Mary Belle Few things are impossible to dili- gence and skill. l Likes: A certain guy in the service5 slumber parties, Dislikes: The thought of leaving East and my friends. Monitor 85 Elwood Consolidated 3, 4, 5, 65 School Party 5, 65 Y-Teens Club 3, 45 Home Making Fashion Show 45 Girls' Glee Club 3, 4, 5, 65 Baccalaur- eate 4, 65 School Play 55 All-School Play 45 Junior-Senior Banquet 65 Jun- ior'Senior Prom 65 Y-Teen Banquet 4. Ambition: To get a good job and be successful in whatever I do. VINCENT PAUL SCHNEIDER Vince No one reaches a high position without doing. Likes: Barnard's tinal exams. Dislikes: Losing more than l make to Joe's wheel. Honor Roll 3, 4, 5, 65 Spotlight Pa- rade 4, 6, 85 Orchestra 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 85 Concert Band 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 85 March- ing Band 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 85 Drum Maior 7, 85 Chess and Checker Club 35 All- State Band 35 All-State Orchestra 5, 75 Brass Quartet 3, 45 Instrumental Trio 5, 65 Spring Parades 4, 6, 8. Ambition: To be good at what l want to do. ALICE SCHUMANN Allie No, indeed, you'll never be an old maid. Likes: Bill5 spaghetti5 and lots of parties, Dislikes: Bossy people5 fried eggs5 get- ting up! Woodside High 5, 65 Honor Roll 55 Monitor 45 May Festival 45 Memorial Assembly 4. Ambition: Make Bill happy always. JOYCE ELAINE SELIX Torchy or Red A well-liked girl. Likes: Music, music, music! Dislikes: Going to bed and getting up. Student Teacher 85 Spotlight Parade 4, 6, 85 Monitor 3, 45 Orchestra 3, 4, 5, 7, 85 Concert Band 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 85 Marching Band 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 85 Latin Club 3, 4. Ambition: To live a good, clean life and be a success in all I do. MARALYN C. SHANNON Your happy disposition will smooth the path of life. Likes: Mercurys5 vacation. Dislikes: Cold weather5 getting up earlv5 leaving my friends at East. Monitor 45 Moy Festival 45 Assembly 7. Ambition: To make a certain some- one happy always. JIM SANDERS Fat What should a man do but be merry? Likes: To drive a car. Ambition: To buy a new car. KENT L. SCHLESSELMAN Ken A man's actions show his character. Likes: Friends5 sports clothesg music5 Frenchg two inch steaks. Dislikes: No one. Monitor 3, 4, 6, 75 School Party 6, 75 Booster Club 65 Spectators' 65 525.00 Club5 Pep Assembly 65 May Festival 4, 65 Quill Ad Salesman 5, 7. Ambition: To travel and to be suc- cessful in whatever l do. 4, 5, Club STANLEY M. SCHUERMAN Stan The price of wisdom is worth rubiesf' Likes: Good tood5 sports carsg fun. Dislikes: Conceited people. Honor Roll 4, 5, 65 Spectators' Clul: 5, 65 Hi-Y Club 5, 6, 7, 85 Science Club 5, 65 KDPS Panel 7. Ambition: To be a happy millionaire. RONALD ANDREW SCOTT Ron Thou living ray ot intellectual tire. Likes: Music5 books5 sunshine. Dislikes: Gym. Honor Roll 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 85 Spotlight Parade 4, 6, 85 Orchestra 4, 5, 6, 7, 85 Band 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 85 Forensic 5, 65 Science Club 3, 4, Treasurer 3, 45 All- State Band 5, 75 Drake-Des Moines Youth Symphony 7, 8. Ambition: To be a millionaire before Gary. LARRY RONALD SELLERS Let the world slide, l'll not budge an inch. Likes: Western music5 sportsg toorl. Dislikes: Popular musicg conceited people. Ha-Y Club 4, 5, 6. Ambition: To eat in Font's Pizza Pal- ace. DONALD MICHEAL SHEA Shea Slow and easy going, but he gets there just the same. Likes: Food. Dislikes: Stuck-up people. Ambition: To like everything and ev- eryone.

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DON PRALL Zeb HA mile a minute is good speed, but a smile a minute gets more action. Likes: Out ol town bus trips, cards and money, also dances. Disllkes: Training rules. Student Council 4, 6, 7, Honor Roll 4, 7, Quill Staff Alternate 8, Stuclent Teacher 8, Monitor 3, 6, 7, School Party 6, 7, 8, Hi-Y Club 3, 4, Swim- ming 6, Track 8, Athletic Assem- lily 7, May Festival 4. Ambition: To be successful as a chem- iral engineer. MARY JEANFTTE RASMUSSEN Rastus Ras Good deeds shine as bright as the stars in heaven, Likes: People, East , lakes, sports. Dislikes: Pickled pig's teet, cold days. Student Council 6, Honor Roll 5, 6, 7, Ouill Staff 7, Co-Editor 8, Spotlight Pa- rade 6, Class Secretary 5, 6, Orchestra 3, 4, Concert Band 3, Latin Club 5, 6, 7, Treasurer 8, Banquet 6, 8, All-State Chorus 7, All-State Orchestra 3, String Quartet 3, 4, KDPS Panel Moderator 7, Iowa Council tor Better Education Panel 8, A Cappella Choir 5, 6, 7, Pep As- sembly Committee 7, Nativity 3, 5, 7, Octet 7, Drake Journalism Dov 7, Rep- resentative from Nurses Club 8, F.N.C. 8, Y-Teens 7, B, Senior-Parc-nt Dinner Speaker 8. Ambition: To be a good nurse with skill in my hands and love in my heart. KATHLEEN REYNOLDS Meusie To err is human, to forgive is di- vine. Likes: Kidding B.mbo with Peggy. Dislikes: Hillbilly music. Monitor 6. Ambition: To make my parents proud ot me. DONA RIDDLEBARGZR BOGER There's sunshine in her heart. Likes: Rainy nights with B. B., the gang, people who forget and forgive. Dislikes: People with no sense of hu- mor. Honor Roll 3, 4, 6, Monitor 5, All- School Assembly 6, 7, Class Night Host- ess 5, 6. Ambition: To be liked by all and loved by Burn. SHARON VIRGINIA ROBERTS Blondie A sweet, attractive kind ot grace, Likes: Brown wavy hair, tried chicken. Dislikes: Flat tires and empty gas tanks. Honor Roll 3, 4, 5, 6, Clerical Staff 6, School Play Usher 7, Latin Club 4, Spanish Club 3, 4, 5, Future Teachers Club 7, Glee Club 3, 41 Nativity 3, May Festival 6, Scroll Staff 7. Ambition: Travel through Mexico. COLLEEN M. ROUSH Co Thy modesty's a candle to thy mer- it Likes: R.D.'s , success, being happy. Dislikes: Long engagements, dieting with Dixie, and to hear Gocl's Name in Vain. Student Council 6, Honor Roll 7, Moni- tor 5, 6, Clerical Stott 5, 6, Usher 8, Fellowship Clubs 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, Pi- anist 4, 5, 6, 7, Glee Club 4, Ambition: To always give Christ first place in my lite. WAYNE GILBERT PRICHARD Prich I am wealthy in my friends. Likes: East High, sports, parties. Dislikes: Untriendly people. Student Council 5, Honor Roll 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, Spotlight Parade 4, 6, Class Otficer 5, Concert Band 3, 4, 5, 6, Marching Band 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, Latin Club 5, 6, Chess and Checker Club 7, 8, Hi-Y Club 7, 8, Tennis 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, Tennis Captain 6, 7, District Doubles Runners-Up 4, 6, Basketball 3, 4, 5, 6, Pep Assembly 7, Nativity 7, May Festival 4, 6, Kiwanis Dinner 6, Alumni Dinner 6. Ambition: To lead a successful Iile and make my parents proud of nie. KAYE REEVES Katie KayE Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm. Likes: EAST , slumber parties. Dislikes: Breakfast ancl chocolate-cow ered olives. Student Teacher 8, Spotlight Parade 4, 6, 8, School Party 4, 5, 6, 7, Jr. Zeta 4, 5, Sr, Zeta 6, 7, Booster Club 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, Latin Club 3, 4, Memorial Assembly 6, Nativity 7, Spanish Ban- quet 5, 6, 7, 8, Latin Banquet 3, 4, Pep Assembly 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, Tennis 4, 5, Sr. Zeta Style Show 8, P.T.A. Fun Night 7, Holy Week 8, Solo 8, Spanish Club 5, 6, 7, 8. Ambition: To be like the sun-always shining. MARGORIE CHARLENE REYNOLDS Char Your magnet there will ever be, a pleasing personality. Likes: Murf's basement, the gang, slumber parties. Dislikes: Leaving East. Student Council Alternate 6, Monitor 3, 4, Clerical Stott 7, Class Otticer 3, 4, Jr. Zeta 4, 5, Sr. Zeta 6, 7, 8, Mod- ern Miss 3, Booster Club 7, 8, Fellow- ship Club 3, Future Teacher Club 8, May Festival 4, 6, P.T.A. Fun Night 5, 7, Golf 4, 5, 6, Student Represen- tative for P.T.A. 5, 6, 7, P.T.A. Host- ess 5, 6, 7, 8. Ambition. To ga to college and be- come a kindergarten teacher GINGER DEE RIFE Snaps or Ginny Laughter's never at an end, it's a by-product. Likes: The R.D.'s j parties, C. L., everything, almost. Dislikes: Anything that's lett. Honor Roll 5, Spotlight Parade 4, 6, School Party 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, Modern Miss 5, 6, Booster Club 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, Latin Club 4, 5, 6, Joint North-East Meet- ing 5, Asemblies 4, 5, 7, Glee Club 3. Ambition: To live the kind of lite my mother has taught me to live. RONALD JOSEPH ROMENS Ronnie or Shorty A jolly nice kid, too tall to be hid, Likes: Women. Dislikes: Small doors, combination locks, glass bankboards. Josephinum I, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, Moni- tor 8, Marching Band I, 2 Uosephin- uml, Football 5, 7 Uosephinumi, Bas- ketball 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 Uosephinuml 8 lEastl, Baseball 4, 6 Uosephinumi. Ambition: To become a good electrical engineer, BONNIE RUEMELIN So wise, so young, she cannot live long-single. Likes: Anything Italian, cats, music. Dislikes: Wearing shoes. Honor Roll 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, Quill Staff Al- ternate 7, Scroll Staff 7, Monitor 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, Philo 4, Latin Club 4, 5, May Festival 4, 6, Open House Hostess 6, P.T.A. Circus 6, Assembly 5, 7, Southeast High School, Kansas Citv, Missouri 3, Y-Teens 6. Ambition: To travel, become educated,



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MARGARET ADELINE SHEETS Peg and Maggie Courage is never out of fashion. Likes: Terryg being with the gang. Dlsllkos: Getting up early , in the morning5 snobby people5 leaving East. Monitor 65 Jr. Zeta 55 G.A.A, 3, 4, 5, 65 Gym Monitor 6. Ambltlon: To always put the .right loot forward and give Ding business. BETTY JEAN SMITH Jean lt is the quiet worker with the smile that succeeds. Llkos: Weekends. Dislikes: Homework5 Mondays. I Monitor 5, 65 Jr. Zeta 55 Spanish Club 45 Fellowship Club 7, 8. Ambltlon: To serve the Lord better. KIRK H. SMITH Kirkie Neapolitan The age of chivalry is not dead. Likes: Ford owners who like to argue, Tham's parties. Dislikes: Broken test tubes5 people who blush. Honor Roll 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 85 Scroll Staff 7, Editor-in-chief 85 Spotlight Parade 4, 65 Concert Band 4, 65 March- ing Band 3, 5, 75 Chess and Checker Club 35 Nativity 3, 5, 75 Science Club 3, Secretary 45 Wrestling 5, 6, 75 Ten- nis 4, 5, 6, 7, 85 P.T.A. Student ReD- resentative 75 Kiwanis Student Repre- sentative 75 After Game Open House 5, 65 Pep Assemblies 75 P.T.A. Coffees 5, 6, 75 Memorial Day Parade 4, 65 Drake Relays Parade 4, 6. Ambltlon: To make a million before Ron. GEORGE DAVID SODERQUIST Bertha Sody The world is surely wide enough to hold both thee and me. Likes: Almost everything. Dislikes: Practically nothing. Honor Roll 3, 4, 5, 65 Chess and Checker Club 3, 4, 5, 6, 85 Spectators' Club 5, 65 Future Teachers Club 65 Science Club 3, 4, 5, 6, 8. Ambition: To be successful in every- thing I attempt. NANCY SUE STEFFENSON .Nona None knew thee but ta love thee, nor named thee but to praise. Llkn: The Gang 5 Murf's hasemcntg and parties. Dislikes: Chocolate-covered olives5 leaving East5 S.K.O.'s punch. School Party 85 Jr. Zeta 4, 55 Sr. Zeta 6, 75 Senior Debs 85 Modern Miss 3, 45 Booster Club 6, 7, 85 Library Staff 3, 4: KDPS Newscaster 75 Class Night Host- ess5 Quill Ad Salesman 65 S25 Club 65 High School Day 6. Ambltlon: Live to love and love to Iive. ROBERT L, STICKEL Bo A cheerful a lad as E H ev r had Ambition: To be a success in life and In .-.. but Y 5 H ' . .' E , ,fa make my parents proud of me. 'fb . ALDIS SIMSONS Aldie Victory is a thing of the will. Likes: People who can see both sides of a question. Dislikes: Narrow-minded people. Student Council 85 Hi-Y Club 7, 8. Ambition: To reach a position from which l can face the winds of the world. DIXIE SMITH Dix Worry l have never met. Likes: To be successtul5 to have fun. Dislikes: Colleen's stuffed celeryg hot dogs5 '53 Chevys. Spotlight Parade 4, 65 Monitor 6, 75 Clerical Staff 55 Usher 85 Orchestra 3, 4, 55 Concert Band 45 Marching Band 3, 55 Fellowship Clubs 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. Ambition: To live a free Christian life and to be happy. ROLAND SMITH Smitty This would be a lonesome world without him in it. Likes: Marilyn5 fried chicken. Dislikes: Anything that has to do with highbrows. Student Council 5, 85 Monitor 3, 4, 55 Chess and Checker Club 65 Hi-Y Club 5, 6, 75 Football 35 Wood Working Club 45 May Festival 5, 65 Assembly 5, Ambition: To be successful and happy throughout lite. SHIRLEY JUNE SPIKER Spike Soft smiles by human kindness spread. Likes: R.D.'s 5 smiles, sunshine.-5 music. Dislikes: Any kind of olives. Student Council 4, Alternate 35 Honor Roll 5, 65 Quill Staff 85 Student Teach- er 85 Spotlight Parade 4, 85 School Party 4, 55 Sr. Zeta 6, 75 Sr. Debs Pres- ident 85 Modern Miss 55 Booster Club 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 85 Latin Club 3, 4, 5, 6, Officer 4, 55 Spanish Club 7, 85 Spec- tators' Club -1, 55 Library Staff 45 Pep Assembly 5, 7, 85 Alumni Assembly 75 Latin Banquet 45 Spanish Banquet 5, 6, 75 Memorial Day Assembly 65 Citi- zenship Committee 45 Play Prompter 45 P.T.A. Fun Night 55 Career Day Host- ess 75 Sr. Banauet 7. Ambition: Happiness. GLORIA STEWART Glo A sunbeam took human shape when she was born. Likes: Aunt Kathy, the R.D.'s 5 slumber parties. Dislikes: Chocolate-covered olives5 G. and K's messy locker. Monitor 3, 5, 7, 85 Sr. Zeta 75 Booster Club 7, 85 Library Staff 6, 85 Future Teachers Club 75 G.A.A. 4, 5, 6, 7, 85 Nativity 5, 75 Class Night Hostess 75 Glee Club 65 Squad Leader 5, 6: Play Day-Drake5 Physical Education Con- vention. Ambition: Physical therapist. SHIELA LOUISE STIEGLITZ Shi Nothing is so contagious as en- thusiasm. Likes: Music, dancing5 Iowa State Col- lege5 and Denver. Dislikes: Only a few-show-offs, boys that talk too loud. Honor Roll 3, 4, 5, 6, 75 Spotlight Pa- rade 4, 6, 85 Orchestra 3, 4, 75 Con- cert Band 3, 4, 5, 7, 85 Marching Band 3, 4, 5, 7, 85 Jr. Zeta 55 Spanish Club 4, 7, 85 Jr. Red Cross Training Center 65 Polk County Jr. Red Cross 7, 85 Pep Band 4, 75 Assembly 75 Dance Band 5, 75 Open Housc Hostess 75 KDPS Panel Discussion 7. Ambition: To be happy and a good cook. To travel.

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