Nokomis Jr. High

3500 East 51st Street - opened 1920, closed 1978, demolished 1982
Minneapolis 17, Minnesota

Nokomis Junior High was located between 50th and 51st Streets East and 35th and 36th Avenues South.

~ SIMOKON ~ I have come to the conclusion that no Class of 1959 Commencement photo was taken at Nokomis Junior High as was for Folwell and Sanford Junior High students. Folwell and Sanford graduation photos are currently displayed on their respective pages on this site. The SIMOKON was the Nokomis Jr. High yearbook.  It got it's name by spelling Nokomis in inverse order!  For those of you who not familiar with its name, it is pronounced, SIM-ah-kon. In response to my request for a '59 SIMOKON yearbook on this site, one which I could scan, I was pleasantly surprised to receive an email from Gary Danielson.  Gary not only provided email photo files, but sent me his Simokon so that we could view its contents as displayed below.  He was the editor of this yearbook.  Gary attended RHS his sophomore and junior years where he enjoyed playing baseball, especially pitching, as I understand it.  His senior year, the family moved to Bloomington where he graduated from BHS in 1962. Click this link to see what Gary is doing today.  There was a photo of him on an earlier link.  You may find him on this link as well. "I retired as President from the White Pass & Yukon RR in Skagway, AK in April of this year and have moved back to Minnesota."   To view a larger photo image, please click on each thumbnail photo below. All photos can be enlarged once again:  In Internet Explorer, hover your cursor over the right lower corner of the image and click. In Firefox use the magnifying glass image.   To view the next image, click your "back" button at the top left of your browser.  Next, select the next thumbnail image to view.

Page 1 Pages 2-3 Pages 4-5 Pages 6-7 Pages 8-9                      Page 10            Page 11 Pages 12-13 Pages 14-15 Pages 16-17 Pages 18-19                      Page 20           Page 21 Pages 22-23 Pages 24-25 Pages 26-27 Pages 28-29                      Page 30           Page 31 Pages 32-33 Pages 34-35   '59 SIMOKON yearbook courtesy of Gary Danielson, Editor

~ Ninth Grade ~  1959

Here's a photo submitted by Kathy (Downing) Krenz Bev Anderson, Don Twito, Kathy Downing, John Totushek This 1959 photo was taken in Kathy's basement following the ninth grade party from Nokomis Jr. High.  All are from the Class of 1962

~ Seventh Grade ~  Talent Show

Here's a photo submitted by Bev (Anderson) Gossard Penny Gilmore, Bev Anderson, and Delphine Olivera This 1957 photo was taken at the 7th grade Talent Show at Nokomis Jr. High.  Were they singers?

~ Seventh Grade ~  1956-1957

Have a few minutes?  I could use some assistance in identifying some of the students in the three photos below. 
Can you help?  Please email the names to me at:  rhs62reunion@hotmail.com. 
Thank you.

Home Room 108
Mr. Mohler


Names in red below are tentative.  Let me know what you think.

Home Room 117
Mrs. Beggs


Names in red below are tentative.  Let me know what you think.

Home Room 106
Mrs. Anderson


Names in red and those underscored below are tentative.  Let me know what you think.

Row 5:  Warren Scamp (hidden at left, only person in the row).  Row 4:  Jim Anderson, Clarence Olson, Roy Wegner, Dick Hanson, Jim Conoryea.  Row 3:  ______ (boy-striped shirt), Patricia Chayer, ______, Diane Julian, Shirley Sandin, Becky Marcy, JoAnn Gilbertson.  Row 2:  Dave Shelstad, Don Schwanz, Dave Rataczak, Ron Noble, John Seibert, Steve Wheeler, Bruce Temte.  Front:  Mrs. Anderson, teacher; Joan Lund, B. Gately?, Val Waters, L. Larson, Marlys Christensen, Sandy Youngren, Andrea Lofsness.

Photo source:  Val Waters  Name identification:  Val Waters, Bruce Temte, Nancy (Tannehill) DuPont If you can identify any of the students' names indicated by the underscoring, or if there are errors, please contact the webmaster.

Home Room 201
Mr. Smith


Names in red and those underscored below are tentative.  Let me know what you think.

Nokomis Jr. High School Song
(at least it was during the '30s)
Submitted by Betty (Keating) Adrian RHS, 1939
Wish we knew the name of the tune, but Betty's not sure it had a name.


Our dear Nokomis Jr. High
We’ll be so loyal and so true
We’ll try our best to win the victory
For you, you, you

Maroon & white will always lead us
In everything we say or do

Oh, oh – memory block… but she figures she’ll soon remember the next 2 lines!



Betty (Keating) Adrian & classmate, Ivar Aas
Nokomis Jr. High Grad Day, circa 1936

 

Nokomis Junior High, 1924






 




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