Newsletter - Topeka High School

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: [email protected]
Vol. 35 No.1
Principal Linda Wiley retiring at the end of the school year
Topeka High will soon bid a fond farewell to its 24th
principal, Dr. Linda Wiley, ending her 35 year commitment to Topeka Public Schools. Earning a Bachelor 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 technology, Director of the Professional Development
Center for Educational Technology and Curriculum
Coordinator at Highland Park High School. In 1997,
she became an Assistant Principal at Topeka High. She was
the Associate Principal at Highland Park from 2000-2002. Dr.
Wiley returned to Topeka High
in 2002 as the Associate Principal and was named THS Principal 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
Class of 2016 Hall of Fame Inductees Announced
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 groundbreaking discoveries in what is
called the “complement pathway,”
an essential component of the human 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 published over 250 original scientific
publications and over 180 reviews,
case reports, editorials and book
chapters. He has won many teaching awards and takes time to meet
with and mentor scientists and physician scientists.
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 graduating class. Ramsey was appointed to West Point in July 1901, graduating in 1905. He was ultimately
assigned to the Ordinance Department 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 honors and the soldier medal for helping rescue trapped arsenal workers. After WWII he was awarded an
Order of the British Empire for ordinance support given the United
Kingdom.
Stewart Bailey ‘85
During his senior year
Bailey was in the THS
production ‘Bus Stop’
and an officer in the
German Club. Currently 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 Carson Daly’ from New York City’s
Times Square. In 2014, Bailey was
the producer of a special production, ‘The Voice: The Road to the
J.W. Jones (THS Science and
Live Shows’.
Physics) and Ruth Hunt (THS
English and Journalism) will be
Norman F. Ramsey 1900
recognized as Distinguished Staff.
Ramsey was a teenage soldier in
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Topeka High School Historical Society
February 2016
President’s Corner by Lisa Sandmeyer (1975) 2016 President
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 project. Degginger Foundry was responsible for the refurbishing.
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 chosen. 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 successes 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 thbe to be able to give
tower tours as we celebrate the 150 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 together. You don’t have to be on the board of directors to be involved with THSHS projects.
To make sure you don’t miss any news about that
party, be sure to renew your membership – we have fiveand 10-year options that make it easy to stay on the mailing
list.
And thank you for your continued support for Topeka High School.
English Room 306, 1931 photograph
~ 2016 TROJAN CLASS REUNIONS ~
THS Homecoming - September 30 - THS vs Shawnee Hts.
Class
Class of 1947
Dates
October 2
For More Information
[email protected]
Class of 1956
September 24
Class of 1961
September 23-25
[email protected],
[email protected]
[email protected]
Class of 1966
September 30
[email protected]
Class of 1971
TBA
[email protected]
Class of 1981
September 30, Oct. 1
[email protected]
Class of 1991
TBA
[email protected]
Class of 1996
September 30, Oct. 1
Class of 2006
Labor Day weekend
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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 memberships during reunions
Road Trip to Arizona for THS Grads and Friends, October 21-23, Scottsdale Plaza Resort, for
more information contact John Copeland [email protected].
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Topeka High School Historical Society
The THSHS
February 2016
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 [email protected] , download a form or pay online at
thsweb.org/alumni. Thank you to our Tower Society Fund contributors:
Vivian Ransom Hulsopple ’46, in memory of
Leah Ransom Kimmel
Charles Crawford ’48
Roscoe Jackson ‘63
Jon T. Eicholtz ‘56
Carl Johnson ‘60
Dr. Tamara Haygood, in honor of Bill Miner ‘38
Duke Jones ‘63
Ralph King ‘59
Frank Keller ‘61
Frank Lindemuth ‘48
Sibyl Riekenberg Kerr ‘57
Jayne Allen Powell ‘55
Linda Haughawout Lee ‘66
Beverely ‘Pudgie’ Benton Robb ‘53
Mel Lewis ’57, in memory of Carol Orr Lewis ‘57
Michael Stimpert ‘62
Thomas Liley ‘66
John E. Stumbo ‘57
Scott Linscott ‘61
Douglass Wallace ’65, in memory of James D.
Betty Searle Macy ’44, in memory of Albert
& Harriet Johnson Wallace ‘31
Macey ’43, Marjean Macey Klotz ’50 and in
THS Class of 1958
honor of Joyce Macey Popham ’51, Mayre
THS Class of 1963
Macey Hoffman ’63, Steven Macey ’66, Dee
THS Class of 1965
Bennett Macey ’68, Chris White ’88, Fahryn
THS Class of 1978
Hoffman White ’91, Heather Hunter ’91, Joe
Top of the Tower Level-$1,000 Hoffman ’92, and John Burns ‘17
Joe Anderson ‘61
Charles L. Marshall, Jr. ‘49
Marcia Fink Anderson ‘55
Richard Marshall ‘58
Mary Ward Baker ’46, in memory of Carrie
Elizabeth Martell ‘78
Summers Boten ’01, Richard C. Ward ’17, Eliz- R. Craig Maupin ‘78
abeth Boten Ward ’22 and Richard J. Ward ‘46 Tom McBride ‘63
Tom Barrett ’48, in memory of Marilyn Dunn
Ted McCoy ‘51
Barrett ‘52
Stan Metzger ‘63
William Barrett ‘47
Jack Miller ‘61
George Batz ‘32
Joan Smith Miller ‘51
Norton Belknap ‘43
M. Brad Miller ‘47
Byron Gomer Benard ‘57
Robert Leland Miller ’48, in memory of Connie
James Boling ‘53
Jo Miller Winget ‘77
Barry & Judy Coffman Bray ‘58
Tom & Joan Watts Mistler ‘59
Rod Brown ’50, in memory of friends in Class of Richard Mistler ‘58
1950 – Doug Kay, Doug Smith & Phil DangerJames Nellis ‘49
field
Mark Nusbaum ‘73
John Bunten ‘50
Tom & Connie Bohannon Paulson ‘69
William Bunten ‘48
Patricia Peterson Pilkington, in honor of Marilyn
Dr. Ginny Campbell ’71, in memory of Jeff
& John Shideler
Roether
Robert K. Petro ’42
Michael & Marcia Nelson Cassidy ‘58
Mitchell and Robin Pozez, in memory of Shaol
Emalene Gooch Correll ‘48
Pozez
Forrest ’44 & Eula Mae Geyer ’45 Cowell, in
Renee Henderson Quinton ’71, in memory of
memory of Lucile Geyer Doyle ‘34
Wilmer Henderson
Patricia Piatt Cowell ’50, in memory of Walter L. Jack ’46 & Laura Graves
Cowell ‘48
Richmond ‘55
Barbara Brown Craft ‘58
Brady Robb ’77, in memory of Pudgie Robb
David Curnutt ‘56
Doris Allen Roberson ‘51
Bill Davis ‘39
Donna McElroy Robinson ‘58
Joyce Dryden-Damron ‘54
Lori Roenbaugh and Kent Roenbaugh, in
Becky Robb Dickinson ’73, in memory of Pudgie memory of Pudgie Robb ‘53
Robb
Ann Colvin Rolley ‘52
Donald Drescher ‘63
Richard Ryan ’44, in memory of Kathryn Creel
Letty Staebler Evans ’60, in memory of Dr. Ed
Ryan ‘45
Saylor ‘57
John ’50 & Alicia Laing ’57 Salisbury
Veneta Kinsley Fusco ’49, in honor of Don Fry- Dan Schriner ’75 & Sally Hare-Schriner ‘76, in
hofer and memory of Jeanette Fryhofer Allison
memory of Paul Fink
Katherine Garlinghouse ’01, in loving memory of Richard Schroder ‘63
Marjorie Beard Garlinghouse Lovewell ’33, with Jay Scott ‘58
Chevron Matching Employee Funds
Melvin L. Sebright ‘51
Peggy Shavey Griswold ‘61
Mike Shinn ‘61
Marilyn Hickman Hackey ‘49
Helen Graves Silvia ’52, in memory of Charles
Sue Self Hamilton ‘71
“Chick” Graves ‘22
Martha J. Herrick ‘49
Milo G. Sloo III ‘59
Ed Hershey ‘50
Family of Bob & Mary Alice Steves Smith ’52, in
Jay Howe ‘63
memory of their parents
Mighty Trojan Level - $2,500
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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. Wasson ‘43
Jason Wiens 2000, with the Kauffman Foundation’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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Topeka High School Historical Society
February 2016
2015 Year End Financial Report
The board of the Topeka High School Historical Society at their January meeting approved year
end 2015 financial statements showing a positive balance with receipts over revenues by $11,157 for the
operations side of the organization. Members of the
THSHS responded generously to the appeal to contribute 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 decrease 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, preservation 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 Society 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 covers 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.
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, BARBARA 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 RICHARDSON 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 ANDERSON 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 PETERSEN, 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
KEITH D. ADAMS, JOYCE HOWARD ANDERSON, NARRA SMITH
BILL SHEAHAN, RALPH SKOOG, JAMES W SLOAN, MARJORIE
ASHER, M. GAYLE ASKREN , SALLY BAEHNI, BRUCE F. BAKER,
SMITH, NORMA M. ATKINSON SORG, G.M. BUD SPENCER, SUGENE A. BAKER, THOMAS J. BAKER, RAYMOND E. BARBER, JOAN SAN AND HAYDEN ST. JOHN, JOHN E. STUMBO, JEANNE
AND BILL BARKER, RUTH TAGGART BARKER, JIM BASS, K. JOLEEN AND ROBERT TAGGART, MARILYN WHITING THOMAS, EUNICE
BILLINGTON, CHARLES A. BILLINGTON, DEANNA SMELSER BISEL, SUDDARTH TICE, RICHARD E. TORRENCE, SUSAN AND JAMES
JEAN ALLISON BLAISDELL, MIKE BLAISDELL, PAULA STUENKEL
TURNER, RICHARD W. VERNON, PETE VOBACH, FLORENCE ROBBLISS, MARGERY GAMBLE BORGER, SANDY BRAUNSDORF,
INSON WATERS, NANCY AND BOB WHIFFEN, JANICE OSBURN
LESLIE T. BREIDENTHAL, SHANNON R. BROWN, SUE PARKER
WILLIAMS, BARBARA OSSIAN WILLIAMSON, BONNIE BARRETT
BURGDORF, LILA MAE WEAVER BUSH, GINNY A. CAMPBELL,
WILSON, SHARON AND JOHN L WOHLFARTH, KATHLEEN AND
GLENN D. CARROLL, ARTHUR CASPER, MARCIA AND MICHAEL
BRINTON W. WOODWARD, JR., MIKE WORSWICK AND DAVID A.
CASSIDY, JOHN L. CASSON, ELDON L CLARK, TOM CLEVENGER,
ZEFERJOHN.
PAMELA AND MICHAEL CLUTTER, MORLEY COOK, MARGARET
2016 Dates to Remember
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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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Topeka High School Historical Society
February 2016
IN MEMORY OF TOPEKA HIGH GRADUATES
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
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Congratulations to Marquese Garrett (2016)
who took 6th out of 65 participants in Public
Speaking at the Jobs for America National Student Association Competition in Washington,
D.C. in December.
In January, Benjy Zhang (2017) presented a donation 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 piano talents in his community service project
called ‘Music for the Sole’ and gives the proceeds to Rotary. Guests at the November
Friends of Topeka High Lunch were entertained
by Benjy.
Nine students and their teacher from Quzhou
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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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High School #2 in China visited Topeka High for
eight days in February. This visit was made possible with the assistance of the International Programs 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 Vogel, 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.
Topeka High School Historical Society
February 2016
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Jean Pantle Litchfield ‘49
Doris Williamson Perry ’41, in memory of Frank
John H. Gray, in honor of Frances Hadley Gray
C. Williamson
’44 and Robert T. Gray (Math Teacher 1948-51) Stephen R. Phelps ‘40
Stuart Hamilton ’38, in honor of Chester and Fay Pauline Pruyser ‘68
Wallace Hamilton ‘40
Malcolm Robinson ‘66
Barbara Howard Harlan ’57, in honor of the THS James P. Scott ‘59
Class of 1957
Douglass W. Wallace ‘65
Charles Hummert ‘55
Barbara Weigand ‘39
James Hurd ’63, in memory of Elbert Fly
Freshman Level - $200
Kepler Johnson ‘48
Charlotte Gaither Adair ‘65
Jane Badders Klefstad ‘39
Carolyn Jackson Akins ‘80
Deb Craig McCullough ‘71
Charles & Sherril Murrow ’60 Anderson, in
Mary Kay Paige McPhee ‘45
memory of Ella Marie Williamson Fisher ‘38
Jacque Alvis McKibbin ‘55
Nancy Granger Appelhanz ’66, in memory of
Grant Niven ’48, Sandie Niven James ’69, David
Warren E. Granger ‘43
Niven ’71, Daniel Niven ’77 in memory of ElizaGene Baker ‘58
beth Niven Doores ‘43
Jim Bass ’51, in memory of Jean Bass
Susan Moore Palmer ‘76
Daniels Benfer ‘84
Gordon Toedman ‘79
Charles A. ’58 & Joleen Johnston ’61 Billington
Richard Vernon ’57
Dorothy Palmer Brock ‘39
Robert Webb ‘63
Robert D. Brooks ‘51
Stanley N. Wellborn ‘62
Steve A. Brown ‘63
THS Class of 1944
Polly Palmer Brunkhardt ‘60
THS Class of 1975 (Tower Stairs)
Sandra McPherson Braunsdorf ‘59
THS Class of 1980 (THS Library)
Sandy & Tucker Burrow ‘65
THS Class of 2002
Margaret Moore Cabbage ‘49
Sophomore Level - $350
Courtney Canfield ‘71
Keith Adams ‘68
Richard & Frances Blum Carman ‘63
Betty Skoog Bomar ‘46
Eldon Clark ‘49
Peggy Godbey Broxterman ‘48
Richard Coke ’63, in memory of Jack R. Heath
James Carlin ‘69
Jan Cottle Darrah ‘72
Russ Davis ’46, in memory of Ginnie Davis
Mary Lou Coates Davis ‘39
Mary Laughlin Dibble ‘39
Ed Davis ‘40
Debra Reynolds-Eskie ’72 &
Georgia Deatrick ‘63
Dennis Eskie ‘62
Roger Donnelly ‘51
Charlotte Ellis ’38, in memory of Miss
Mary Janet Douglass ‘47
Gertrude Wheeler
Robert A. Engelbrecht ‘60
Hilda Erickson Enewold ’61, in honor of John
Mark & Sue Goodin Erickson ‘59
Erickson ‘56
Martha Johnson Fee ‘51
Scot Ferrell ‘81
Ella Marie Williamson Fisher ‘38
Rick Friedstrom ‘69
Burdell Funke ‘44
Willa Jean Coffman Gades ‘37
Marie Keeling Gaither ‘39
Donna Peery Granger ‘60
Gerald ’50 & Sue ’49 Goodell
Salena Conway Gregory ’44, in honor of Dean
Sue Cross Green ’58, in memory of Linda BeeAnnabel Pringle and English Teacher Berenice
man Rhodes ‘58
Fuller
Patricia Richardson Gurss ’58, in memory of
Elizabeth Heaton ‘39
Veon D. Gurss ‘58
Lillian Williamson Johnson ’37, in memory of
Carol Brodecker Hagen ‘49
Dennis C. Payne
Sheila Crossley Hanks ‘57
Helen Badenock Kanatzar ‘63
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. & Bobby 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
Black and Gold Report - Graduates in the News
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Nick Long (2004) works in Hong Kong as an
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electrical engineer at the London-based Arup engineering 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 Estrella Mountain Community College at Avondale, AZ,
Physics Workshop Project, conducting workshops around the U.S.
Mike Monaghan (1980) was recently named
principal of Seaman High School and will take the
reins in August.
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Kansas Poet Laureate Eric McHenry (1990) is
traveling the state making community presentations. 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 systems, is the first recipient of the College of Business Administration new American Dream Scholarship. The scholarship is funded by 50 young
alumni who each pledge $10 per month for 4
years. Through these donations an annual scholarship is provided for four years.
~ 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
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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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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. Membership 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 PayPal.
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