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TOPEKA HIGH HISTORICAL SOCIETY

News from THS THS Historical Society/Alumni Association, 800 SW 10th, Topeka, KS 66612

Website: thsweb.org/alumni Phone: 785-295-3200 Email: thshs2001@yahoo.com Vol. 35 No.1

Principal Linda Wiley retiring at the end of the school year

The 2016 Topeka High School Hall of Fame ceremony will be held on Sunday, October 2, at 2 PM in the THS Woodward Library. The public is invited. Those to be recognized

are: John Atkinson ’61 At Topeka High, John Atkinson was the forward on the Trojan basketball

team, King of the All School Party, Vice-President of Boys’ Pep Club and President of Student Congress. Dr. Atkinson has made ground-breaking discoveries in what is called the “complement pathway,” an essential component of the hu-man immune system. He started his own laboratory at Washington University in St. Louis where he made more critical discoveries that shed new light on the workings of the immune system. He has pub-lished over 250 original scientific publications and over 180 reviews, case reports, editorials and book

chapters. He has won many teach-ing awards and takes time to meet with and mentor scientists and phy-sician scientists.

Stewart Bailey ‘85 During his senior year Bailey was in the THS production ‘Bus Stop’ and an officer in the German Club. Cur-rently he is executive

producer of NBC’s ‘Last Call with Carson Daly’. From 1996 – 2006 he was the co-executive producer of Comedy Central’s ‘The Daily Show with Jon Stewart’, receiving Emmy awards in 2004 and 2005. In 2013 he was a co-executive producer for NBC’s ‘New Year’s Eve with Car-son Daly’ from New York City’s Times Square. In 2014, Bailey was the producer of a special produc-tion, ‘The Voice: The Road to the Live Shows’. Norman F. Ramsey 1900 Ramsey was a teenage soldier in

the Spanish-American War, Company E, Twentieth Kansas Volunteer Infantry, during the years 1898-1899. He returned to Topeka High and was

elected president of the 1900 grad-uating class. Ramsey was appoint-ed to West Point in July 1901, grad-uating in 1905. He was ultimately assigned to the Ordinance Depart-ment of the Army and served in WWI. During WWII he headed the Rock Island Arsenal in Illinois which helped supplying ordinance for the military. In 1925, he received hon-ors and the soldier medal for help-ing rescue trapped arsenal work-ers. After WWII he was awarded an Order of the British Empire for ordi-nance support given the United Kingdom.

J.W. Jones (THS Science and Physics) and Ruth Hunt (THS English and Journalism) will be recognized as Distinguished Staff.

Class of 2016 Hall of Fame Inductees Announced

Topeka High will soon bid a fond farewell to its 24th principal, Dr. Linda Wiley, ending her 35 year com-mitment to Topeka Public Schools. Earning a Bache-lor of Science, Secondary Education/Biology from Kansas State in 1972 and a Master of Education, Reading Specialist from Washburn University in 1981 she began her career teaching Biology and then acting as consulting teacher for instructional computing at Topeka West High School. She then became a technology specialist for information tech-nology, Director of the Professional Development Center for Educational Technology and Curriculum Coordinator at Highland Park High School. In 1997,

she became an Assistant Prin-cipal at Topeka High. She was the Associate Principal at High-land Park from 2000-2002. Dr. Wiley returned to Topeka High in 2002 as the Associate Princi-pal and was named THS Princi-pal in 2006. Even though Dr. Wiley is a Seaman High School graduate (1969), she’s a Trojan through and through. We wish her well in her next adventures.

Dr. Wiley with her

assistant, Debi Scrimsher

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Topeka High School Histor ical Society February 2016

~ 2016 TROJAN CLASS REUNIONS ~ THS Homecoming - September 30 - THS vs Shawnee Hts.

Class Dates For More Information Class of 1947 October 2 jerryeaton29@gmail.com Class of 1956 September 24 ron.7680@mindspring.com, davepizza@aol.com Class of 1961 September 23-25 kelder@kelderaccounting.com Class of 1966 September 30 thsclassof66@gmail.com Class of 1971 TBA thshs2001@yahoo.com Class of 1981 September 30, Oct. 1 rhutchison63@yahoo.com Class of 1991 TBA miguelcolon32@yahoo.com Class of 1996 September 30, Oct. 1 Class of 2006 Labor Day weekend Facebook The THS Historical Society assists class reunions: 1. providing classmate contact information 2. arranging THS tours 3. facilitating the use of the building 4. offering $5 discounts on new member-ships during reunions Road Trip to Arizona for THS Grads and Friends, October 21-23, Scottsdale Plaza Resort, for more information contact John Copeland jcopeland@allamericancorp.com.

Members of the Topeka High School Historical Society can take pride in knowing their support makes a big difference in how well-preserved our jewel of a building and our history remains. The most recent project is shown here – restoration of chandeliers in the English Room 306. The THS Class of 1965 and Linda Haughawout Lee (1966) sponsored the pro-ject. Degginger Foundry was responsible for the refurbish-ing. The Topekans whose dream became this beautiful, living monument to education would be proud of the way we work together to maintain the elements so carefully cho-sen. They also would appreciate the way we have been able to incorporate new technology in the historic design – they used the best materials and technology available in 1930 when construction started. We celebrate our legacy every day as students move through the halls, into the cafeteria and library and other rooms where can be seen more of the THSHS’s suc-cesses in helping donors realize their dreams to maintain our historic beauty. The next big project is a rebuilding of the tower stairs so we can once again enjoy the view from the tower windows. How wonderful it would be to be able to give tower tours as we celebrate the 150th anniversary of Topeka High School in 2021. That’s just five years away, so mark your calendars. Planning has begun for the sesquicentenni-

al, and we welcome volunteers to help put that fete togeth-er. You don’t have to be on the board of directors to be in-volved with THSHS projects.

To make sure you don’t miss any news about that party, be sure to renew your membership – we have five- and 10-year options that make it easy to stay on the mailing list. And thank you for your continued support for To-peka High School.

President’s Corner by Lisa Sandmeyer (1975) 2016 President

English Room 306, 1931 photograph

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The THSHS TOWER SOCIETY FUND was established in 2009 to separate

membership dues (used for office operating expenses) from donations (intended for building projects). Tower Society contributions are aggregated to move donors through the levels. Donors are posted as levels are reached. A percentage of all contributions helps with THSHS operating expenses and maintaining our office. Please consider the THSHS as the recipient of your yearly contribution or donation matching with your business. The THSHS is a 501C3 organization - contributions are tax-exempt. For more information about the Tower Society Fund, contact us at thshs2001@yahoo.com , download a form or pay online at thsweb.org/alumni. Thank you to our Tower Society Fund contributors:

Mighty Trojan Level - $2,500

Charles Crawford ’48 Jon T. Eicholtz ‘56 Dr. Tamara Haygood, in honor of Bill Miner ‘38 Ralph King ‘59 Frank Lindemuth ‘48 Jayne Allen Powell ‘55 Beverely ‘Pudgie’ Benton Robb ‘53 Michael Stimpert ‘62 John E. Stumbo ‘57 Douglass Wallace ’65, in memory of James D. & Harriet Johnson Wallace ‘31 THS Class of 1958 THS Class of 1963 THS Class of 1965 THS Class of 1978

Top of the Tower Level-$1,000

Joe Anderson ‘61 Marcia Fink Anderson ‘55 Mary Ward Baker ’46, in memory of Carrie Summers Boten ’01, Richard C. Ward ’17, Eliz-abeth Boten Ward ’22 and Richard J. Ward ‘46 Tom Barrett ’48, in memory of Marilyn Dunn Barrett ‘52 William Barrett ‘47 George Batz ‘32 Norton Belknap ‘43 Byron Gomer Benard ‘57 James Boling ‘53 Barry & Judy Coffman Bray ‘58 Rod Brown ’50, in memory of friends in Class of 1950 – Doug Kay, Doug Smith & Phil Danger-field John Bunten ‘50 William Bunten ‘48 Dr. Ginny Campbell ’71, in memory of Jeff Roether Michael & Marcia Nelson Cassidy ‘58 Emalene Gooch Correll ‘48 Forrest ’44 & Eula Mae Geyer ’45 Cowell, in memory of Lucile Geyer Doyle ‘34 Patricia Piatt Cowell ’50, in memory of Walter L. Cowell ‘48 Barbara Brown Craft ‘58 David Curnutt ‘56 Bill Davis ‘39 Joyce Dryden-Damron ‘54 Becky Robb Dickinson ’73, in memory of Pudgie Robb Donald Drescher ‘63 Letty Staebler Evans ’60, in memory of Dr. Ed Saylor ‘57 Veneta Kinsley Fusco ’49, in honor of Don Fry-hofer and memory of Jeanette Fryhofer Allison Katherine Garlinghouse ’01, in loving memory of Marjorie Beard Garlinghouse Lovewell ’33, with Chevron Matching Employee Funds Peggy Shavey Griswold ‘61 Marilyn Hickman Hackey ‘49 Sue Self Hamilton ‘71 Martha J. Herrick ‘49 Ed Hershey ‘50 Jay Howe ‘63

Vivian Ransom Hulsopple ’46, in memory of Leah Ransom Kimmel Roscoe Jackson ‘63 Carl Johnson ‘60 Duke Jones ‘63 Frank Keller ‘61 Sibyl Riekenberg Kerr ‘57 Linda Haughawout Lee ‘66 Mel Lewis ’57, in memory of Carol Orr Lewis ‘57 Thomas Liley ‘66 Scott Linscott ‘61 Betty Searle Macy ’44, in memory of Albert Macey ’43, Marjean Macey Klotz ’50 and in honor of Joyce Macey Popham ’51, Mayre Macey Hoffman ’63, Steven Macey ’66, Dee Bennett Macey ’68, Chris White ’88, Fahryn Hoffman White ’91, Heather Hunter ’91, Joe Hoffman ’92, and John Burns ‘17 Charles L. Marshall, Jr. ‘49 Richard Marshall ‘58 Elizabeth Martell ‘78 R. Craig Maupin ‘78 Tom McBride ‘63 Ted McCoy ‘51 Stan Metzger ‘63 Jack Miller ‘61 Joan Smith Miller ‘51 M. Brad Miller ‘47 Robert Leland Miller ’48, in memory of Connie Jo Miller Winget ‘77 Tom & Joan Watts Mistler ‘59 Richard Mistler ‘58 James Nellis ‘49 Mark Nusbaum ‘73 Tom & Connie Bohannon Paulson ‘69 Patricia Peterson Pilkington, in honor of Marilyn & John Shideler Robert K. Petro ’42 Mitchell and Robin Pozez, in memory of Shaol Pozez Renee Henderson Quinton ’71, in memory of Wilmer Henderson Jack ’46 & Laura Graves Richmond ‘55 Brady Robb ’77, in memory of Pudgie Robb Doris Allen Roberson ‘51 Donna McElroy Robinson ‘58 Lori Roenbaugh and Kent Roenbaugh, in memory of Pudgie Robb ‘53 Ann Colvin Rolley ‘52 Richard Ryan ’44, in memory of Kathryn Creel Ryan ‘45 John ’50 & Alicia Laing ’57 Salisbury Dan Schriner ’75 & Sally Hare-Schriner ‘76, in memory of Paul Fink Richard Schroder ‘63 Jay Scott ‘58 Melvin L. Sebright ‘51 Mike Shinn ‘61 Helen Graves Silvia ’52, in memory of Charles “Chick” Graves ‘22 Milo G. Sloo III ‘59 Family of Bob & Mary Alice Steves Smith ’52, in memory of their parents

Judy Stuenkel Soule ’58, in memory of Paul L. Stuenkel, Jr. ‘55 Delores Atkins Sundbye ‘49 Dan Swearingen ‘57 Bob and Jeanne Taggart ‘44 Ed Terrell ‘33 Sheryl Tyree, in memory of Mark Tyree ‘65 Cynthia Wahle ‘46 Bob Wanamaker ‘57 Mary Moser Wasson ‘43 M. Beth Wasson ‘72 and Paul Stuewe, in memory of Lynn Wasson ’65 & Mary M. Was-son ‘43 Jason Wiens 2000, with the Kauffman Founda-tion’s Matching Gifts Program The Rev. Brinton W. Woodward ’58, in honor of Judy Stuenkel Soule ‘58 Jim Wright ‘56 Jerry Wymore ‘57 THS Class of 1939 (THS Library) THS Class of 1948 THS Class of 1953 THS Class of 1954 (THS Crest) THS Class of 1955 THS Class of 1957 (statue bench) THS Class of 1959 (statue bench) THS Class of 1961 (Trojan Plaza) THS Class of 1962 (statue bench) THS Class of 1964 (statue bench) THS Class of 1965 (THS Library) THS Class of 1969 THS Class of 2001 In honor of the Class of 1956 (THS Library)

Senior Level - $750

Virginia Kay Foster ‘71 Richard Gassdorf ’59, in memory of Glenda M. Brunswick Gassdorf ‘60 Jack Hawn ‘55 Thomas J. Moore, Jr. ‘54 Robert Rhodes ’45, in memory of Kenneth Rhodes Emery Robertson ‘42 Miriam ‘Mimi’ Davis Reid ’58, in memory of Martha Dumars Davis Jim and Carol Lyon Vogel ‘63

Junior Level - $500

Donna Adams ‘53 Barry R. Boyer ‘81 Jacquie Timmons Brewer ’43, in memory of Captain Lewis H. Cameron ’43, USMC, MIA, N. Korea 1952 Sue Parker Burgdorf ‘52 Mike Butler ‘63 Craig Case ‘74 David S. Christy ‘81 Dan & Helen Gardner Crow ’70 Lawrence Daeschner ‘59 Jack & Kathy Bonner Flesher ‘59 James E. Foster ‘43 Ruben Fox ‘53

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The board of the Topeka High School Histori-

cal Society at their January meeting approved year

end 2015 financial statements showing a positive bal-

ance with receipts over revenues by $11,157 for the

operations side of the organization. Members of the

THSHS responded generously to the appeal to con-

tribute to the operations fund and a positive year-end

balance. The mailing resulted in contributions of

$22,950 from 173 donors, who are listed below. The

THSHS ended the year with 2,007 members, a de-

crease of 57 members from year-end 2014.

The Tower Society Fund which accumulates

resources for historical preservation projects funded

the Paul Fink Memorial Room and Office, preserva-

tion and replication of the THS Crest that hung above

the main doors to the school since 1931 and repaired

the THS Chimes motor. Additions to the Tower Soci-

ety Fund at year end were $6,967.

We were able to accomplish our 2015 goal to

clearly identify operations and preservation funds

within our organization. We know how important

membership support is for our operations which co-

vers our executive secretary’s salary and expenses

incurred for our activities such as the Hall of Fame

Recognition, hosting the Alumni & Friends luncheons

and making historic records available to the many

alumni and supporters interested in the school.

KEITH D. ADAMS, JOYCE HOWARD ANDERSON, NARRA SMITH ASHER, M. GAYLE ASKREN , SALLY BAEHNI, BRUCE F. BAKER, GENE A. BAKER, THOMAS J. BAKER, RAYMOND E. BARBER, JOAN AND BILL BARKER, RUTH TAGGART BARKER, JIM BASS, K. JOLEEN BILLINGTON, CHARLES A. BILLINGTON, DEANNA SMELSER BISEL, JEAN ALLISON BLAISDELL, MIKE BLAISDELL, PAULA STUENKEL BLISS, MARGERY GAMBLE BORGER, SANDY BRAUNSDORF, LESLIE T. BREIDENTHAL, SHANNON R. BROWN, SUE PARKER BURGDORF, LILA MAE WEAVER BUSH, GINNY A. CAMPBELL, GLENN D. CARROLL, ARTHUR CASPER, MARCIA AND MICHAEL CASSIDY, JOHN L. CASSON, ELDON L CLARK, TOM CLEVENGER, PAMELA AND MICHAEL CLUTTER, MORLEY COOK, MARGARET

TAYLOR CROOK, SAM CROW, DAVID A. CURNUTT, SHERI KARST CURRAN, M. LOWELL CURRY, WILLIAM I. DAVIS, GERALD W DAWSON, BETTY SHOEMAKER DELK, JOY SMITH DODD, MARY JO SCHERMERHORN DOLINSKY, DONALD DRESCHER, VIRGINIA NOLDER EASTON, JON EICHOLTZ, HUBERTA ELLITHORPE EISELE, JEANNE AND KEN ELDER, JETT CARKHUFF ELMER, JERRY ESTES, SHARON LIETZ EULERT, CHERIE LA FROMBOISE FABIAN, BARBA-RA FARGO, ELIZABETH AND CHARLES FARNSWORTH, JOHN R (JB) FINGER, JACKIE FINK, MARK FISCHMAN, KATHY AND JACK FLESHER, (VIRGINIA) KAY FOSTER, MARGARET (MEG) FRANKLIN, WILLIAM E. FRANKLIN, RICHARD FRIEDSTROM, MARLENE AND WILLIAM G. FUNK, LEAH GABLER-MARSHALL, JAMES (JIM) M. GALBRAITH, KAREN GEHRT, MARJORIE VAN ES GEHRT, CAROLYN AND ARTHUR A. GLASSMAN, SCOTT GRIFFITH, PATTI RICHARD-SON GURSS, NANCY FRITTON HABIGER, KAREN HUTCHINSON HALLER, BARBARA HOWARD HARLAN, CONNIE HAUGHEY, VICKI WHITAKER HENRY, MARTHA HERRICK, BONNIE AND WARREN HOWARD, CAROLYN A HUEBNER, KEEVER IRWIN, SUE ANDER-SON IVERSON, PAT AND ROBERT D. JENNINGS, GRACE SAWYER JONES, JUDY COOK KISTLER, SHIRLEY VERNA KLAUS, BEVERLY MAH LEE, KEVIN D. LEE, BEV AND JAN W LEUENBERGER, JOSEPH P. LOGAN, NOBLE O. LOVGREN, BECKY THACHER LOWELL, CHARLES MARSHALL, RICHARD E. MARSHALL, DAVID L MCCOMB, JAMES MCENTIRE, BETTY AND NEIL MCNEILL, NANCY AND BRUCE MORGAN, JO ANN JELLISON O'BRIEN, GENE M. OLANDER, KATHLEEN HASKELL OLWEILER, PETER J PALLESEN, PHILIP L PALMER, PHILIP W. PATTERSON, JR, CAROL ANNE PATZKOWSKY, JAMES P. PAYNE, JACKIE MILLS CAMPBELL PE-TERSEN, FRED R. PORTA, JERRY POZEZ, KATHRYN DEMBICKI PROFFITT, R. ROBERT RHODES, LORI ROENBAUGH, KATHRYN AND RICHARD RYAN, LISA SANDMEYER, DEBORAH SARRATT, MARY HUTTON SAWYER, RICHARD L. SCHRODER, MARSHA AND BILL SHEAHAN, RALPH SKOOG, JAMES W SLOAN, MARJORIE SMITH, NORMA M. ATKINSON SORG, G.M. BUD SPENCER, SU-SAN AND HAYDEN ST. JOHN, JOHN E. STUMBO, JEANNE AND ROBERT TAGGART, MARILYN WHITING THOMAS, EUNICE SUDDARTH TICE, RICHARD E. TORRENCE, SUSAN AND JAMES TURNER, RICHARD W. VERNON, PETE VOBACH, FLORENCE ROB-INSON WATERS, NANCY AND BOB WHIFFEN, JANICE OSBURN WILLIAMS, BARBARA OSSIAN WILLIAMSON, BONNIE BARRETT WILSON, SHARON AND JOHN L WOHLFARTH, KATHLEEN AND BRINTON W. WOODWARD, JR., MIKE WORSWICK AND DAVID A. ZEFERJOHN.

Topeka High School Histor ical Society February 2016

2015 Year End Financial Report

2016 Dates to Remember Kansas Supreme Court Hearing at THS - Wednesday, March 9, 6:30 PM, Hoehner Auditorium, The public is invited. Reception following in Student Cafeteria. Friends of THS Lunch, Monday, April 4, 12 Noon, Cavalier Room. All Invited. Reservations THSHS office Saturday, April 30/May 1 - THS Prom & After Prom, 8:30 PM - 4:00 AM Saturday, May 14, 4:30 PM, THS Commencement, Kansas Expocentre Topeka Community Foundation, TOPEKA GIVES, Tuesday, June 7, Fairlawn Plaza, with

matching funds of $68,000. Consider your THS Historical Society giving that day.

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IN MEMORY OF TOPEKA HIGH GRADUATES

Topeka High School Historical Society February 2016

George C. Hedstrom ‘33 Lucile Geyer Doyle ‘34

Rose Sizemore Burton ‘35 Jean Bachman VanAtta ‘39

Lucille Brock Price ‘38 Marjorie Alexander McElhenny’39

Matt Tomlinson ‘40 John H. Funk ‘41

Clara Brandt Burrell ‘42 Richard D. Lynn ‘42

Harold W. Snyder ‘42 Harry Colmery ‘42 Joe A. Martinez ‘43 Victor D. Reece ‘43

Willard B. Greene ‘43 Doron ‘Dale’ Allen ‘44

Rich Davis ‘44 Marjorie Galligher Müther

Louis F. Smith ‘45 Helen Bozarth Collier ‘44 Wilma Boley Jones ‘45 Thomas I. Myers ‘45

Betty Spence Kinnett’46 Mary Lou Yarber Counter ‘46

Lenora Bachman Anderson ‘46 Maxine Emerson Noller ‘47

H. James Miller ‘47 Donald G. Kious ‘48 Grant V. Niven ‘48 Robert J. Higgs ‘49 Richard Whelan ‘49

Gwendolyn Crowley Lovgren ‘49 Frank Petersen ‘49

Donald D. Reeves ‘51 Mary Wright Schuster ‘51

Ernie Douglas ‘51 Ann Colvin Rolley ‘52

Roy M. Casner ‘52 Mary Alice Steves Smith ‘52 Darlene Segrist Plummer ‘52

Robert L. Blevins Sr ‘55 Darryl D. Warren ‘55

Kay Stourm Moser ‘57 Linda Stalter Corbett ‘59

Doreen Toal Overman ‘58 Bobby D. Seckinger ‘58

Barbara Kemble Lewis ‘58 Bonita Hollenbeck ‘58

Susan Martin Deaver ‘59 Roy R. McClain ‘59

Kenneth P. Mumford ‘59 Julie Green Bethke ‘60 James G. Thomas ‘61 Larry L. Campbell ‘61

Sylvia Sullivan Boaz ‘62 Cheryl Hummer Holt ‘64

Roger Jennings ‘65 Mark L. Tyree ‘65

Ellen Blackwell Stewart ‘67 Carolyn Roberts Neil ‘68

Maureen Josling O’Donovan ‘68 Michael S. Powers ‘69 Randall T. Bartley ‘69

Donna Hodges Fowler ‘71 Mary Hoy Simpson ‘72

Mark Stubbs ‘76 Daniel Fincham ‘76

Patricia Watridge ‘77 Karen Moore ‘81

Randy E. Main ‘89 Matt Barber ‘95

Ezra Anderson ‘95

TROY TODAY Congratulations to Marquese Garrett (2016)

who took 6th out of 65 participants in Public Speaking at the Jobs for America National Stu-dent Association Competition in Washington, D.C. in December.

In January, Benjy Zhang (2017) presented a do-nation to the Topeka South Rotary Sole Mates project to help fund the purchase of new shoes and socks for kids in need. Benjy shares his pi-ano talents in his community service project called ‘Music for the Sole’ and gives the pro-ceeds to Rotary. Guests at the November Friends of Topeka High Lunch were entertained by Benjy.

Nine students and their teacher from Quzhou

High School #2 in China visited Topeka High for eight days in February. This visit was made pos-sible with the assistance of the International Pro-grams Department at Washburn University. It is hoped that a group of THS students can visit Quzhou High School #2 in the future.

Second year THS Chinese Teacher, Janie Vo-gel, was awarded Topeka Public School’s Above & Beyond recognition in February. Mrs. Vogel’s students have been pen pals with the Chinese students who visited THS.

Danielle Cottrell (2016) and Murray Moore (THS Faculty) were accepted into the 2016 class of Leadership Greater Topeka.

From the December 2015/January 2016

issue of ‘Reminisce Magazine’ by

Betty Searle Macey ‘44.

Marjean Macey Klotz ‘50 and

Joyce Macey Popham ‘51

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John H. Gray, in honor of Frances Hadley Gray ’44 and Robert T. Gray (Math Teacher 1948-51) Stuart Hamilton ’38, in honor of Chester and Fay Wallace Hamilton ‘40 Barbara Howard Harlan ’57, in honor of the THS Class of 1957 Charles Hummert ‘55 James Hurd ’63, in memory of Elbert Fly Kepler Johnson ‘48 Jane Badders Klefstad ‘39 Deb Craig McCullough ‘71 Mary Kay Paige McPhee ‘45 Jacque Alvis McKibbin ‘55 Grant Niven ’48, Sandie Niven James ’69, David Niven ’71, Daniel Niven ’77 in memory of Eliza-beth Niven Doores ‘43 Susan Moore Palmer ‘76 Gordon Toedman ‘79 Richard Vernon ’57 Robert Webb ‘63 Stanley N. Wellborn ‘62 THS Class of 1944 THS Class of 1975 (Tower Stairs) THS Class of 1980 (THS Library) THS Class of 2002

Sophomore Level - $350

Keith Adams ‘68 Betty Skoog Bomar ‘46 Peggy Godbey Broxterman ‘48 James Carlin ‘69 Russ Davis ’46, in memory of Ginnie Davis Mary Laughlin Dibble ‘39 Debra Reynolds-Eskie ’72 & Dennis Eskie ‘62 Charlotte Ellis ’38, in memory of Miss Gertrude Wheeler Hilda Erickson Enewold ’61, in honor of John Erickson ‘56 Scot Ferrell ‘81 Rick Friedstrom ‘69 Willa Jean Coffman Gades ‘37 Donna Peery Granger ‘60 Salena Conway Gregory ’44, in honor of Dean Annabel Pringle and English Teacher Berenice Fuller Elizabeth Heaton ‘39 Lillian Williamson Johnson ’37, in memory of Dennis C. Payne Helen Badenock Kanatzar ‘63

Jean Pantle Litchfield ‘49 Doris Williamson Perry ’41, in memory of Frank C. Williamson Stephen R. Phelps ‘40 Pauline Pruyser ‘68 Malcolm Robinson ‘66 James P. Scott ‘59 Douglass W. Wallace ‘65 Barbara Weigand ‘39

Freshman Level - $200

Charlotte Gaither Adair ‘65 Carolyn Jackson Akins ‘80 Charles & Sherril Murrow ’60 Anderson, in memory of Ella Marie Williamson Fisher ‘38 Nancy Granger Appelhanz ’66, in memory of Warren E. Granger ‘43 Gene Baker ‘58 Jim Bass ’51, in memory of Jean Bass Daniels Benfer ‘84 Charles A. ’58 & Joleen Johnston ’61 Billington Dorothy Palmer Brock ‘39 Robert D. Brooks ‘51 Steve A. Brown ‘63 Polly Palmer Brunkhardt ‘60 Sandra McPherson Braunsdorf ‘59 Sandy & Tucker Burrow ‘65 Margaret Moore Cabbage ‘49 Courtney Canfield ‘71 Richard & Frances Blum Carman ‘63 Eldon Clark ‘49 Richard Coke ’63, in memory of Jack R. Heath Jan Cottle Darrah ‘72 Mary Lou Coates Davis ‘39 Ed Davis ‘40 Georgia Deatrick ‘63 Roger Donnelly ‘51 Mary Janet Douglass ‘47 Robert A. Engelbrecht ‘60 Mark & Sue Goodin Erickson ‘59 Martha Johnson Fee ‘51 Ella Marie Williamson Fisher ‘38 Burdell Funke ‘44 Marie Keeling Gaither ‘39 Gerald ’50 & Sue ’49 Goodell Sue Cross Green ’58, in memory of Linda Bee-man Rhodes ‘58 Patricia Richardson Gurss ’58, in memory of Veon D. Gurss ‘58 Carol Brodecker Hagen ‘49 Sheila Crossley Hanks ‘57 Glenn ’41 & Mary Furgason ’42 Henderson

Brendon Hirschberg ‘63 Parthene Duvall Holstrom ‘37 Kathy McClure Hood ‘63 Jayne Houdyshell ’71, in memory of Chris Wright ‘71 Patricia Dykes Hummell ’53 & Karl Hummell ‘51 Nancy Deatrick Jones ‘63 Alyce (Lowe) Klema ‘40 Jean Pantle Litchfield ‘49 Ken ’63 and Gail Harden ’68 Leonard Robert Loehr Jim Maag, in honor of Kathleen Covert Maag ‘60 Susan Mann ‘60 Leah Ott Marshall ‘65 Dave Miller ’62, in memory of Dorothy R. & Bob-by J. Carroll Don R. Moe ‘57 Van Moe ‘60 Molly Jones Morris ‘57 Tina Nimz JoAnn Jellison O’Brien ‘59 Gene Olander ’50, in memory of Tom Olander ‘55 Kathleen Haskell Olweiler ‘53 Martine Hunter Padilla ‘78 William R. ’41 & Berneta Warner ’44 Palmer Jack ‘62 & Jodi Johnson ‘63 Panula Jack Paslay ‘44 James Payne ‘62 Marian Haskell Perrone ‘51 James Barton Phelps ‘34 Duane & Debbie Briggs Pomeroy ‘70 Jason Ramirez ‘91 JoAnne Rose Reida ’53, in memory of Richard A. Rose John Reppart ‘51 Donna McElroy Robinson ‘58 David Roe ‘58 Rod Ross ‘67 DonnaLee Lamb Simmons ‘56 Ralph Skoog ’47, in memory of Richard O. Skoog ‘52 Frank L. Spicer ‘51 Hayden ’58 & Susan ’60 St. John Bette Settle Tompkins ‘45 Benny R. ‘67 & Cheryl ’69 Turner Betty Cave VanSlyck ’39, in memory of Harold E. VanSlyck Marilyn Perrin Vaughn ‘54 David Walls ‘87 Gloria Gray Wolbach ‘43

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Black and Gold Report - Graduates in the News

Nick Long (2004) works in Hong Kong as an electrical engineer at the London-based Arup en-gineering firm designing electrical systems that keep major buildings running.

Dr. Dwain Desbien (1986) received the 2015 David Halliday and Robert Resnick Award for Ex-cellence in Undergraduate Physics Teaching. Since 2006 he has served as Co-PI on the Estrel-la Mountain Community College at Avondale, AZ, Physics Workshop Project, conducting work-shops around the U.S.

Mike Monaghan (1980) was recently named principal of Seaman High School and will take the reins in August.

Kansas Poet Laureate Eric McHenry (1990) is traveling the state making community presenta-tions. He was in Cimarron in November and in January was at the Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center in Hutchinson.

Bryan Davis (2014), a freshman at Kansas State University in management information sys-tems, is the first recipient of the College of Busi-ness Administration new American Dream Schol-arship. The scholarship is funded by 50 young alumni who each pledge $10 per month for 4 years. Through these donations an annual schol-arship is provided for four years.

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~ THS Historical Society ~ Graduation Year _______ First Name ____________Last Name (at graduation) ______________ Current Last Name ____________

THS Spouse’s First Name ___________ Last Name ________________ Spouse Graduation Year _____

Street _______________________________________________ City _______________________________

State __________________ Zip Code _____________________ Country ____________________________

Home Phone _________________________________________ E-mail _____________________________

MEMBERSHIP DUES – (operational expenses & THSHS special events) Amount Yearly ($25) ……………………………………………………………………………… $___________

5 Years ($100) ……………………………………………………………………………... $___________

10 Years ($175) ………………………………………………………………………………… $___________

Special annual payment of $1 for each year since my graduation (i.e. Class of 1964, 50 years since graduation=$50) $___________

I want to send a gift membership to:

Name ___________________________________________________ Graduation year ______

Address______________________________ City____________ State________ Zip_________

Membership level: ____Yearly____ 5 Year ____ 10 Year $___________

PURCHASES -- Amount THS Construction Video ($10, plus $5 shipping)……………………………………. $ __________

Constitution Plaza Brick ($30), thsweb.org/alumni, download form & attach with payment $___________

TOWER SOCIETY FUND – (building projects) Amount Freshman ($200)....................................................................................................... $___________

Sophomore ($350)………………………………………………………………………. $___________

Junior ($500)…………………………………………………………………………….. $___________

Senior ($750)…………………………………………………………………………….. $___________

Top of the Tower ($1,000)……………………………………………………………… $___________ Mighty Trojan ($2,500)……………………………………………………………………………. $___________

Given in honor of __________________________________________________

Given in memory of ________________________________________________

Check enclosed: □ (payable to THS Historical Society or THSHS) TOTAL $___________ Charge account: □ Visa □ Master Card □ American Express □ Discover ($50 minimum charge requested) Name on Card: ______________________________________________________________ Number: ___________ - ____________ - ____________- __________CV # (required)_________ Expiration Date: Month_____________ Year __________

Mail to: THSHS, 800 SW 10th, Topeka, KS 66612, or pay dues online at: thsweb.org/alumni

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Topeka, KS

Permit No. 702

THS Historical Society

800 W 10th Ave

Topeka, KS 66612

RETURN SERVICE REQUESTED

REMEMBER TO CHECK YOUR MAILING LABEL: The date on the first line of your label is your membership EXPIRATION date. Yearly memberships are for twelve months from the time your check is received. For renewals, 1, 5 or 10 years are added to the date of receipt or your previous expiration date. If you have a 2014 expiration on your label, it’s past time to renew your membership. You have until January 1. We would be sad to lose contact with you.

Welcome new THSHS members! The THSHS appreciates our dues paying members. As a recipient of this newsletter you are a paid member of the THSHS. We have accomplished a lot for Topeka High over the past 30 years. Member-ship dues pay for the operating expenses for the office. We welcome these new members : Judith Pence Badger ’64, Barry Boettcher ’65, Sue and Bob Fackler, Billie Dean Hughes ’55, Jason Ramirez ’91, Jim ’72 and Lisa Baber ‘75 Riggert, Kay Scott ‘62, Richard and Ramona McDonald ‘65, Ryan Gigous ‘97, Ellen Crider Saguid ‘63 Help us spread the word about our mission to support Topeka High. Encourage a classmate or friend to join the THSHS. Consider giving a THSHS gift membership to a sibling or classmate for a birthday or holiday gift You don’t have to be a THS graduate to be a THSHS member. All who are interested in historic preservation are welcome. You can remit your dues by completing the form on page 7 of this newsletter or by going on-line (thsweb.org/alumni) and renewing via Pay-Pal.