Welcome to Dicken School!
Dicken Elementary School in Ann Arbor was the setting for this end-of-the-year group photo of Mrs. Ferguson's 1959 5th Grade class. They matriculated to Slauson JH and AAHS.
Front row, left-to-right: ?, Connie Alber*, Linda Dale, Sue Graham, Barbara Mueller & ?.
Second row, kneeling, left-to-right: Dale Leslie, Tom Crispin, David Abel, Ronnie Bahnmiller, Barry Boyd, Bob Hatto, John Peterson, Bob Gibson, & Frank Martin.
Top row, left-to-right: Mary Handy, Elida Giles, Charlene Deasey, Heather Higgins, ?, ?, Joyce Palmer, Jack Eibler, Al McDonald* & Dale Woodard.
* - deceased
Not pictured: Mrs. Ferguson; Principal, Jean Henne.
Interesting facts:
~ Connie Alber later died in a single-engine plane crash in Gaylord under bad weather conditions; her husband, Larry, and at least one of their children also perished;
~ Barry Boyd is a highly respected surgeon in Orlando, FL;
~ John Peterson earned a Ph.D. in Gerontology from the University of Utah and is now a player scout for the Seattle Seahawks, Super Bowl runner-up;
~ George Robert (Bob) Gibson continues to philosophize with somewhat more sophistication from his home in Whitmore Lake;
~ Mary Handy was one of triplet sisters of Nancy and Becky Handy. The Handy Triplets were recognized throughout small-town Ann Arbor. Becky Handy is deceased;
~ Jack Eibler probably earns the award for living the furthest away in Michigan as his city of residence is Ishpeming, in the Upper Peninsula.
