Bob Hampton and Maryle Peterson in 1946
as High School Sweethearts!
Bob and Maryle (Peterson) Hampton at their
60Th Wedding Anniversary - 2009
Still going strong!
* * * * *
Robert
Bob Hampton's Berkeley Grade School Class - 1941
1. Marion Etter
2.
3. ????? Stevens
4. Alta Stevens
5. Wanda Lee
6. Angela Pilla
7. Jean Crowley
8. Robert Gravatt
9. Doris Etter
10. (The Teacher ??)
11.
12. Ginny Martak
13.
14. Dick Mueller
15.
16.
17. Margaret Ellen Smith
18. Wanda Kramer
19. Kenneth Rose
20. Mel Walls
21. Lavern Smith
22.
23. Henry Bangert
24.
25. Kenneth Rose
26.
27. ?????Leach
28. Richard Emge
29. Bob Hampton
30. Norman Pfitzinger
31.
32. Floyd Jones
33. Donald (Doc) Miller
Can anybody fill in the blanks?
* * * * *
Bob Hampton and other BHS Boy Scouts.
on a Camping Outing...
#9 is David Spotswood...
Our BHS SR-71 Pilot of Air Force Distinction!
All of the 4 pictures above were submitted by
Bob Hampton via Mel Walls
* * * * *
Class of 1958 50Th Reunion!
* * * * *
Photos below are the Class of 1951 scanned from their yearbook
(To enlarge page - Hold down Cntl Key and hit + Key)
(Submitted by Jean Webb)
(Click on any photo to see full size)
Patsy (Combs) Hornaday
Class of 1951
Class of 1951
Everett "Skip" Oesch
Class of 1938
The First Graduate of
Berkeley High School
Class of 1938
The First Graduate of
Berkeley High School
Berkeley Junior High School - 8th Grade Graduation (1946)
Berkeley High School
Class of 1950
Photo submitted by Betty Lou (Williams) Eden
Berkeley High School
Class of 1950
Photo submitted by Betty Lou (Williams) Eden
Front Row (L to R): Lorna E. Finley, Lois Pfitzinger, Joan “Red” Miller, Mary Helen Bazzel, Milly Norris, Mary Elizabeth ‘Liz” Reid, Irma Jean Norris 2nd Row: Rosemary DeBres, Doris Kramer, Harold Amelong, Mary Elizabeth Buck, Virgil Francis, Alva Schweizer, Wyona McDowell 3rd Row: Mrs. Fischer, Bernard Ousley, Joe H. Sowders, Robert Neuman, Norman Cramer, Joe Weinreis, George Sunhausen Back Row: David Jones, Warren Breite, Tom Bryan, Art Werner, Lee Stringer, Jim Kohler, Charles Healy, Harry Boston
Below is a copy of the original (1946) 8th Grade Graduation Program
(The original was too faded to be legible)
Berkeley High School - Class of 1950
Photo submitted by Joe H. Sowders
Photo submitted by Joe H. Sowders
8th Grade Graduation - 1943
Berkeley High School
Class of 1947
Photo submitted by Gene Grah
Rhoda and Tom Bryan
Photo submitted by Tom Bryan
Berkeley Junior High School - 8th Grade Graduation (1953)
Berkeley High School
Front Row (L to R): Juanita Bogart, Doris Jean Ventling, Pat Cooper, Dolores Mercer, Mona Williamson, Bob Henry, Shirley Tanner, Dot Hamilton, Louise Chrismer, Ida Mae Walls, Peggy Caulfield 2nd Row: Principal Charles Humphrey, Alma Jean Holland, Florence Boston, Eileen Seifker, Azlee Bean, Lula Bell Auten, Miss Ruth Powell 3rd Row: Russell Nation, Gene Grah, William Schrieter, Richard Galen, Ernest Wilkerson, Albert Newman, Elmer Boston, Darrell Pillard 4th Row: Stanley Spotswood, Charles Williams 5th Row: Raoul Brule, Melvin Rowe, Gus Spirz, Jack Everly, Bob Conner, Ronald Riehl, Bob Tayloe, Pete Baker, David Oglesby Back Row: Floyd Jones, Layo Foster, Gerald Heitman, Bill Busche, Jack Melson, Albert Snieder
Photo submitted by Tom Bryan
Berkeley High School
Class of 1957
Berkeley Junior High School - 8th Grade Graduation (1954)
Berkeley High School
Class of 1958
Photo submitted by Shirley (Strassner) Wilkins
Class of 1960 - 25th Reunion Picture
Submitted by Beverly (Talleur) Sowders
Submitted by Fred Rubel
Photo and class roster submitted by Patsy (Combs) Hornaday
 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Berkeley High School - Class of 1951
Note: Only 17 out of 40 students of the Junior High Class of 1947
graduated as the BHS Class of 1951
2 earned Doctorates (PhD): Neil Finley & Douglas Huston
Photo submitted by Patsy (Combs) Hornaday
Berkeley High School - Class of 1948
Back Row: (L to R) Bill Kolb, Jim Ousley, Francis O'neal, Jerry Ziercher, Al Hollenbeck, ? , Robert Guckes
Middle Row: (L to R) Mrs. Parker, Patsy Finley, Jeanne Christmer, David Spotswood, Eugene Smith, Grossenheider, Norma Nelson, Mr. Emmett Spindler
Front Row: (L to R) Ruth Moore, June Spirz, Doris Tucker, Barbara Burton, Edith Combs, Sylvia Boelhauf, Mary Ann Pointer
Photo submitted by Edith (Combs) Laporte
Berkeley High School Junior/Senior Prom
April 1947
(This was held at a downtown Hotel
Does anybody have a clue where?)
Photo submitted by Edith (Combs) Laporte
Hometown pride for one of our classmates (Class of '48)
Lt. Col. David T. Spotswood
Class of '48(click here to read more on David Spotswood)
Class of 1953 - 50th Reunion Picture
Did you ever wonder what the Class of 1953 looked like
at the Red School House? Well here they are!
Class of 1955 - 50th Reunion "Mini Book of Memories"
There you have it! A reproduction of the Class of 1955
50th Reunion Mini Book of Memories
Class of 1956 - 50th Reunion Picture
Roster found of the Class of 1956 shown above
celebrating their 50th Reunion!
(thanks to Deann Deimeke)
* * * * *
* * * * * *
Class of '54 Troubadour FOUND!
.JPG)
This poor 'Ol Troubadour had been badly abused. Thankfully Shirley (Strassner) Wilkins rescued it and dropped it off for my usage on the blog. Below are some pictures of what I was able to salvage and might be of interest and awaken the memories of the Class of '54.
First lets see if you remember your Class Will!
Next the Faculty that survived your year!
.JPG)
The TROUBADOUR CREDO
.JPG)
The CLASS OFFICERS OF '54
.JPG)
And next...The CHEERLEADERS at their finest!
I dare any of them to show up at the REUNION in their Cheerleader Outfits!
.JPG)
THE KINGS COURT BALL
.JPG)
I'm looking forward to meeting any of the King's Court at the REUNION!
Coach John Schnell and his Family will be there! How about the KING and QUEEN...?
Do they still REIGN?
YOUR CLASS SPONSORS
.JPG)
It looks like whoever wrote this page might have had one too many at the
King's Court Ball!
And what is that Goal Thing suppose to resemble? Anybody remember?
I will try to salvage more from this poor TROUBADOUR and post them if they can be scanned.
* * * * *
TROUBADOUR 1942
Thanks to the relentless pursuit of BHS historical information, Jean (Miller) Webb & Elaine (Combs) Noble ferreted this copy out of the archives of the Ferguson/Berkeley School District Library. The graciously copied the 1942 copy of the TROUBADOUR and I will scan the highlights for all to enjoy what was happening at BHS in 1942. The tone of this yearbook was definitely slanted to patriotism and support for our warriors who were gearing up to the long fight ahead in the Pacific and later in Europe. This yearbook was published just 5 months after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Those of us who remember those days have memories of the rationing of gas, shoes, sugar, whiskey to name a few. And the American spirit was in full bloom in support of the war effort. People were working around the clock building war plants (Like our Small Arms Plant on Goodfellow Avenue), Curtis Wright, Wagner, Emerson and many other small contractors making parts for the war effort. Some from this class were drafted or enlisted and sadly some died in WW II. Below is the cover of this 1942 TROUBADOUR, the LAST publication until it resumed in 1947!
We are fortunate to have one of the 1942 Classmates attending our reunion , Imogene (Behle) Freeman. Hopefully some more might be able to join us!
We are fortunate to have one of the 1942 Classmates attending our reunion , Imogene (Behle) Freeman. Hopefully some more might be able to join us!
DEMOCRACY: According to Merriam-Webster, the definition of this word is government by the people in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by them directly or indirectly through a system of representation usually involving periodically held free elections. My how times have changed as now it is possible for the dead, felons, illegals and even animals to cast their ballot at the Polls. In Chicago, you can even vote numerous times. Our Representatives don't need us anymore either! Maybe it's time for a Change...Big Time!
When these classmate were at BHS they really possessed a spirit of patriotism and what our founding fathers believed in. This was our first taste of a World War and it was a frightening time to see loved ones going off to war and memorials being erected in each town or village for those serving and dying.
You will notice BHS had a very limited Faculty but they were some of the best! We had the three R's drummed in our sculls at the Elementary School. These teachers were all business. We were taught Cursive Writing which has become a lost art today and even knew how to hold a pencil!
Class of 1942 Prediction 7 Years Forward!
I'd like all to see how well this Basketball Team did without having any practice facilities. About 1947 building materials became available again and construction began for a Gymnasium and additional classrooms. This Basketball team had a mud practice field and only two basketballs. They did quite well considering they didn't have a chance to practice. Their practice was at the game. I suspect their size helped because there were some "Big Boys" on this team like Bill Bangert who was a Champion Discus thrower and later competed in tossing the Taber! (That's a pole that looks like a telephone pole they toss in Scotland)
These Folks deserve a lot of credit for the development of our Schools. They were instrumental in the establishment of our School District.
