Warren Harding Junior High School
Class of 1957
 

Warren Harding Junior High School
(now Warren G. Harding Middle School)
203 East Euclid Avenue
Des Moines, IA 50313
(515) 242-8445
Warren G. Harding Middle School District website
map

Contacts:
(for those who went to North High School)
Claradell Gergely Shedd
2313 Sahalee Drive East
Sammamish, WA 98074
(425) 868-0260
[email protected]

(or for those who went to East High School)
I need a contact person.

(or for those who went to Tech High School)
I need a contact person.
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9A Class of June, 1957
Photo compliments of Kaye Smith Gilles
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Warren Harding: According to numbers assigned (total of 211)
(Letter after graduate's name indicates which high school attended) E=East High N=North High T=Tech High
A yellow-shaded cell indicates deceased.
1/Gary Edward Soldat/N 54/ 106/Judy Kay Turner/N 158/Robert Kenneth Clark/N
2/Ronnie Lehman 55/Dale Ronald Shaw/N 107/Diana Ghlee Nelson/N 158a/
3/ 56/Michael Edward Newell/N 108/Jacklyn Delle Arns/N 159/
4/Jerry Keith 57/Mary Lou Brewer? 109/

160/
5/Dave Murray 58/Sandra Sue Chivers/N 110/Julie Argetsinger 161/Michael Raye/No
6/ 59/ 111/Julie Ann Bowlby/N 162/Karen Kay Martin/N
7/Scott Richard Sutherland/N 60/Jane Arlene Faux/N 112/Shirley Jean Parish/N 163/Joyce Rae Dawson/N
8/David Smith 61/Karen Keener/N 113/Irene Popken/N 164/Nancy Dee Clayton/N
9/Paul Demke 62/Patricia Elaine Patterson/N 114/Virginia Ellen Cox/N 165/Steve Fox
10/Melvin Jack Ott/N 63/ 115/Robert Edward Oxley/N 166/Jim Stevens/?
11/Ross Lee Terwilliger/N 64/Kenneth Smith 116/ 167/
12/Russell Carpenter 65/Ronald Mansfield 117/Terry Nutter/? 168/
13/ 66/ 118/Beverly Jean Spraker/N 169/
14/Jim Faux 67/Patricia Diane Pickett/N 119/Jan Wheaton/E 170/
15/Gregory Allan Lowe/N 68/ 120/ 171/
16/ 69/ 121/ 172/
17/ 70/ 122/David Richard White/N 173/Ronald Leo Spratt/N
18/Douglas Lester Leslie/N 71/ 123/ 174/James Edward Farmer/N
19/ 72/ 124/ 175/Michael Laverne Raye/N
20/Barbara Rees/E 73/Cathy McKenna/N 125/James Stewart Carlisle/N 176/Kathryn Ethel Gordon/N
21/Sharon Kay Nyswonger/N 74/ 126/James Loyd Hall/N 177/Joann Kay Olson/N
22/Mabel Denise Hidlebaugh/N 75/Steven Paul McNaney/N 127/ 178/
23/Sandra Higgenbotham 76/Sue Nystrom/N 127a/ 179/Mary Elizabeth Allyn/N
24/Nancy Hebrew/E 77/Barbara Irene Young/N 128/Rosalie Joan Shapiro/N 180/John William Rullman/N
25/ 78/Jean Sterrett/ 129/Mary Louise Johnson/N 181/James Dixon Marshall/N
26/Raymond Carol Dennis/N 79/Marylee Elizabeth Smith/N 130/Patricia Leah Sims/N 182/Gary Frank Taylor/N
27/Robert Lee Jones/N 80/ 131/Kaye Corrine Smith/N 183/Steven James Sharp/N
28/ 81/Seymour James Gray,Jr./N 132/Katherine Elaine Davis/N 184/
29/ 82/George Allen Smith/N 133/Joyce Anne Coburn/N 185/
30/ 83/ 134/Linda Rae Lamb/N 186/David Lynn Bradbury/N
31/Penny Shoemaker/N 84/Mary Jane Sayre 135/Charlotte Marie Lofgren/N 187/John Mertz
32/Maris ? 85/ 136/Ronald Alden Sharp/N 188/Jim M.
33/William Charles Ellison/N 86/Lynne 137/Bob Schliepsick? 189/
34/ 87/ 138/Bob Prince 190/
35/ 88/ 139/Beverly Boals/? 191/
36/Dean Mosier 89/Betty Ford (Koeppel)/N 140/Joan Kay Cowger/N 192/Marilynn Elaine Grant/N
37/Arthur Allen Jamison/N 90/ 141/Lynda Hoover/ 193/Alice Kay Darr/N
38/Penny Louise Hopkins/N 91/Joyce Walker 142/ 194/
39/Margo Sue Kinkade/N 92/ 143/Michael Kent Ivanovich/N 195/Phyllis Jane Wickett/N
40/ 92a/ 144/Marsha Sharon Moore/N 196/Diane Elaine Tuers/N
41/ 93/Fred Miller/N 145/Beverly Ann Hays/N 197/
42/Carolyn Haviland 94/Philip Leon Warner/N 146/Mary Frances Katzureck/N 198/Marvin Harold Harner/N
43/Joyce Carolyn Arnold/N 95/Charles Long/? 147/X Jolly 199/
44/ 96/John Horace Anderson/N 148/ 200/Susan Lynne Dewey/N
45/Sandra Kay Evans/N 97/ 149/William Thomas Voyce/N 201/Sharon Lou Dillenback/N
46/ 98/ 150/ 202/
47/Sandra Kaye York/N 99/Patricia Louise Coxe/N 151/Toni Arnett Thompson/N? 203/
48/Joseph Richard Runyon/N 100/Marianne Jackovich/N 152/Mary Lynne ? 204/Robert Myron Orvick/N
49/Carmen Sue Lehmkuhl/N 101/Karen Lou Suplee/N 153/ 205/Robert James Crouch, Jr./N
50/Jeannette Channon 102/Dale William Smith/N 154/ 206/Richard Stanley Jorgensen/N
51/Sharon Lee Powers/N 103/Klee Reimschneider/? 155/Patsy Edwards/N 207/
52/Barbara ? now Petefish 104/ 156/Gregory Allen Russo/N 208/
53/ 105/Archie Greenlee 157/  
Photo Identification: Compliments of Marilynn Grant Wadden and Nancy Clayton Phillips
1954/Oak Park Elementary 1954/Oak Park Elementary 1954/Oak Park Elementary
1954/Oak Park Elementary 1954/Oak Park Elementary 1954/Oak Park Elementary
1954/Oak Park Elementary 1954/Oak Park Elementary 1954/Oak Park Elementary
Oak Park Elementary; Class of 1954 (6th graders)
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Oak Park Elementary; Class of 1954 (with numbers)
Oak Park Elementary: According to numbers assigned (total of 30)
(WH Letter after graduate's name indicates student went to Warren Harding)
A yellow-shaded cell indicates deceased.
1/Ricky Schliepsick 9/Russell Carpenter 17/Charlotte Lofgren 24/Sharon Nyswonger
2/Robert Oxley 10/John Anderson 18/Joann Olson

25/Janet Jensen
3/Greg Lowe 11/George Smith 19/Miss Leopold 26/Kathie Davis
4/Chuck Long 12/Gerald Murray 20/Marilynn Grant/WH 27/Jacqueline Arns
5/Dale Smith 13/Fred Miller 21/Mary Lee Smith 28/Sue Nystrom
6/Kerry Montgomery 14/Mike Newell 22/Jean Sterrett 29/Barbara Young
7/Mike Ivanovich 15/Betty Ford 23/Kay Gordon 30/Penny Hopkins
8/Johnny Herriott 16/Kaye Smith x x
Note: What a visionary was Marilynn Grant's mother, Dorothy Grant, when she arranged to have this photo taken. She knew that someday the capture of this moment would be significant to every individual in this Oak Park 1954 class...the photo is a meaningful tribute to this mother's legacy!
Photo and identification: Compliments of Marilynn Grant Wadden
1949 Faculty 1949 Faculty 1949 Faculty
1949 Faculty 1949 Faculty 1949 Faculty
1949 Faculty 1949 Faculty 1949 Faculty
Faculty - June, 1949 Broadcaster
1st Row Mr. Snyder, Miss Bollwine, Miss Eddy, Miss Anderson, Mr. Russell, Miss Comiskey, Mrs. Tallman
2nd Row Mrs. Mullen, Mrs. Hunter, Miss Hagen, Mr. Casady, Mr. Burnham, Mr. Rush, Mrs. Hagy
3rd Row Mr. Gray, Mr. Pratt, Miss Rittgers, Mr. Hosfelt, Mrs. Nelson, Mr. Whitlatch, Miss Forkner, Mr. Sterrett, Miss Dolliver, Mr. Iliff Shepherd
1949 Class Presidents 1949 Class Presidents 1949 Class Presidents
1949 Class Presidents 1949 Class Presidents 1949 Class Presidents
1949 Class Presidents 1949 Class Presidents 1949 Class Presidents
Class Presidents - June, 1949 Broadcaster
1st Row X, Marlene Ward, Charlotte Norstrum, X, Vera Booten, X, Duane L. McIntyre, X
2nd Row Joe Van Arkel, Dick Smith, Barbara Anderson, Jo Ann Trisler, Sarah Olsan, Duane Moss, Ben Nefzger, Dick Porter, Robert Lee White?
 
Broadcaster Staff - June, 1949 Broadcaster
(included students from the 1949, 1950, and 1951 classes)
1st Row Ann Lawdahl, Ileane Gnade, Carole Ledford, Jean Anderson, Grace Johnson, Jane North, Luann Spratt, Sondra McDole, Jackie McCracken
2nd Row Carolyn Downing, Jo Ann Dawson, Harriett Letington, Nancy Russell, Sarah Olsan, Mary Reid, Norma Olouson, Joyce Stevens, Norma Dungan, Joyce Bates
3rd Row Jerry Lou Thatcher, Wilma Thornton, Sherma Stevens, Jack McWilliams, Jerry Lass, Dick Onnen, Jim Bradley, Ruth Anne Beard, Lila Baumann
1949 January Holiday Revue 1949 January Holiday Revue 1949 January Holiday Revue
1949 January Holiday Revue 1949 January Holiday Revue 1949 January Holiday Revue
1949 January Holiday Revue 1949 January Holiday Revue 1949 January Holiday Revue
1949 January Holiday Revue
(included students from the 1949, 1950, and 1951 classes)
1st Row Patricia Clair Holloway, Joan Dawson, Karol Jo Hubbart, Juanita Cubbage, Mary Papich, Wilma Thorton, Darrel Heckart, Nancy Stromberg, Larry Davidson, Luann Spratt, Jack McWilliams, Clarence French, Jerry Lass, Don Werner
2nd Row Mary West, Joyce Bates, Marlene Carlson, Mary Lou Frederick, Margery Swanson, Sherma Stevens, Pauline Kalor, Dorothy Weter, Marlene Winnick, Norma Dungan, Carole Boyce, Harriett Lettington, Nancy Russell, Carolyn Downing
3rd Row John Turner, Charles Venn, George Eldridge, Myra Keith, Kenneth Palmer, Wendell Hayden, Sari Mae Robertson, Don Clark, Bob Klisares, Billy Smith, Ruth Anne Beard, Joann Briggle
4th Row Karl Christensen, Jerry Erickson, Jim Bradley, Buddy Williams, Bob White, Duane Loy, Bob Range, Don Olsen, Dick Onnen, Bruce Nelsen, Loren Wigton, Kenneth Carley, Harry Mongar. Not pictured is Paul Upchurch.
In Memoriam
Class of January/June/August, 1957
January, 1957(total class numbered ?)
           
           
June, 1957(total class numbered ?)
         
         
         
         
         
August, 1957(total class numbered ?)
         
         
For further input, please email me at [email protected]
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Does anyone have the 1957 Washington Irving class photo?
Below: Washington Irving Junior High School; Class of June, 1949
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Washington Irving: 9th grade Class of June, 1949
Washington Irving: enlarged left side of 1949 graduation photo with numbers
Washington Irving: enlarged right side of 1949 graduation photo with numbers
Washington Irving: According to numbers assigned (total of 173)
(Letter after graduate's name indicates which high school attended)
E=East High N=North High T=Tech High R=Roosevelt
A yellow-shaded cell indicates deceased.
1/ 46/ 90/ 130/
2/ 47/ 91/ 131/
3/ 48/ 92/ 132/
4/Ronald Douglas Gauld/N 49/ 93/Patricia Lou Burke/N 133/
5/ 50/ 94/

134/Marylan Norma Vidis/N
6/ 51/Herbert William Montis/N 95/ 135/
7/Charles Roosevelt Riccio/N 52/Richard Ralph Hadden/N 96/Sandra Rae Levin/N 136/Beverly Janice Oliver/N
8/ 53/ 97/ 137/
9/ 54/ 98/ 138/
10/Donald David Greenfield/N 55/ 99/ 139/
11/Peter Riley Blair, Jr./N 56/ 96/ 140/Helen McDonald/N
12/ 57/ 97/ 141/
13/ 58/James Franklin Elmore/N 98/ 142/
14/ 59/ 99/ 143/
15/ 60/ 100/ 144/
16/ 61/Ronald Eric Veverka/N 101/Ethel Lea Shaw/N? 145/
17/Arthur Floyd Jefferson/N 62/ 102/ 146/Marilyn Colleen Dingeman/N
18/ 63/Anita Jane Hickman/N 103/ 147/Barbara Janette Oliver/N
19/ 64/ 104/

148/Marty Jane Miller/N
20/ 65/Mary Lou Maltas/N 105/ 149/
21/ 66/ 106/ 150/
22/ 67/ 107/ 151/Clell Len Hemphill/N
23/ 68/ 108/ 152/Richard Allen Delk/N
24/ 69/ 109/ 153/
25/ 70/Margaret Jean Webb/N? 110/Emily Anne Wallukait/N 154/
26/ 71/Betty Lou Ritzman/N? 111/ 155/John Raymond Nichols/N
27/Dennis Gust Lindstrom/N 72/ 112/ 156/
28/Hollis Craig Argo/N 73/ 113/ 157/Lawrence Andrew Graves/N
29/Albert Laurence Jennings/N 74/ 114/ 158/David Milten Glazer/N
30/Manfred Kiess/N 75/ 115/ 159/
31/ 76/Carolyn Jean Holtz/N 116/ 160/
32/ 77/ 117/Fanny Anne Greaves/N 161/
33/ 78/ 118/Rosalie Ann Geiger?/N 162/
34/ 79/ 119/Marlene Joan Wellington/N 163/
35/ 80/ 120/ 164/
36/ 81/ 121/JoAnn Robison/N 165/
37/ 82/ 122/Ruth Elaine Ray/N 166/
38/ 83 123/Coleen Kay Martin/N 167/
39/ 84/ 124/ 168/
40/ 85/ 125/ 169/
41/ 86/Antoinette Marie Farao/N 126/ 170/
42/Betty Lou Smothers/N 87/ 127/ 171/
43/ 88/ 128/ 172/
44/Carla Joan Courter/N 89/Gayle Louise Winters/N 129/ 173/
45/Richard Wyatt Russell/N x x x
Photo: Compliments of Jo Ann Robison Petrie
Photo Identification: Marilyn Surles and Claradell Shedd

 

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