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Anderson,
Carl W. Former principal of Minneapolis Washburn, passed away on May 25, 2010
at the age of 96. He was born on June 10, 1913 on a farm in Pike Creek-a rural
area outside Little Falls, Minnesota. In 1920, his parents moved to
Minneapolis. He graduated from Roosevelt High School in 1930 at the age of 16
and from the University of Minnesota in 1934 at the age of 20. In 1940, he
received a Master of Arts degree from the University in Philosophy of
Education. Following graduation, he taught in high schools at Fertile, North
St. Paul, and Stillwater. In 1940, he entered the Minneapolis School System as
a teacher at Patrick Henry High School. He served in the US Navy during World
War II from 1941 to 1945. The last two years of the war, he was the executive
officer on an LST which participated in four landing invasions in the
Phillipine campaign, including the Battle of Leyte Gulf, the largest naval
battle of the war. After returning to Minneapolis, he became an administrator
in the school system. He served as assistant principal at Central High and
principal at South High. From 1957 to 1974, he was principal at Washburn High
School. He served as president of the Minnesota Association of Secondary School
Principals, an organization of the junior and senior high schools in the state.
In addition to teaching social studies, he coached baseball and debate. While
teaching outstate, he also directed vocal music and sang the leading role of
Manrico in Il Trovatore in the Fargo Civic Opera. He was a member of Phi Delta
Kappa and Alpha Sigma Pi honorary fraternities, and American Legion Post #435
and V.F.W. #5555. He was preceded in death by his wife, Doris Pearson Anderson
in 1993. He is survived by his children, Paul Anton (Nancy Johnson) of
Minneapolis, Judith (James) Remington of New Richmond, Wisconsin and Jane
(Mark) Callahan of Rochester. He is also survived by eight grandchildren:
Topper Anton; Christian Anton; Christine Remington (Joshua Dietsche); John
(Alyssa) Remington; Thomas Remington; Brian Remington; Matthew Callahan and
Sarah Callahan and by two great-grandchildren, Gretchen and Gabriel Dietsche.
Memorial Service at Mount Olivet Careview Home chapel, Saturday, 11 AM at 5517
Lyndale Avenue South, Mpls. Visitation 1 hour prior at Mount Olivet Careview
Home only. Memorials preferred to the Washburn Foundation, c/o Washburn High
School, 201 West 49th Street, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55419. GILL BROTHERS
Minneapolis Chapel 612-861-6088 www.gillbrothers.com
Published in Star
Tribune on May 28, 2010
Can You Help?
The Washburn High School Foundation
I hope you can join us for an evening of celebration and socialization as the Washburn High School Foundation kicks off our first annual "Windows of Opportunity" campaign on Thursday, October 8, 2009. This is also Homecoming Week end. This event will showcase student talent, guest speakers, and a short film about Washburn. A live band will be featured following the program- The Thunderheads. Catered food from Pepito's will be included with your ticket, and a cash bar will be available. It will be held in the neighborhood's Parkway Theater, adjacent to Pepitos. We are looking forward to alumni, parents, school staff and the community connecting with each other and furthering the spirit of excellence at Washburn High School. Additional details can be found on the enclosed card and press release.
Space is limited at the Parkway Theater -- to order tickets, go to www.brownpapertickets.com and enter "Washburn" in the search field. You can learn more about this campaign at www.WashburnConnections.org
I'm looking forward to seeing you there! If you won't be able to make it, please consider a donation to the Foundation.
Vicki Bunker
Washburn
Class of 1966
Steering Committee - Washburn HS Foundation
The Washburn High School Class of 1966 is having a reunion.
Come to the 40-year reunion of the Washburn High School Class of 1966 on Saturday, September 16, 2006 at the Eden Prairie City Center. You'll have a chance to catch up with high school classmates, share memories and have an unforgettable time.
Get a head start on the reunion by coming to Steak and Ale on Friday, September 15 at 6:30 pm. It is located at 2801 Southtown Drive. It is south of 494 and about a block east of Xerxes.
A casual golf outing has been
set up in conjunction with our 40th reunion.
Saturday morning, Sept. 16th at Meadowbrook Golf Course in St. Louis
Park.
Tee times are at 8:08, 8:16 and 8:24.
Contact Brad Englund at if you are interested in playing. First come/first served.
Come
to the Reunion, Identify who these people are and win a valuable prize.
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Our reunion is going to be great, but not if you're not there. Please register today so we can plan for a fantastic get-together.
Registration details
To register for our 40-year reunion, please notify Vicki Bunker by mailing
a registration check of $66/person to:
The 40 Year Reunion was a Blast! There were close to 170 people who attended the Saturday evening event; about 30 for both the Friday night informal gathering and the Sunday picnic; and about 10 for the golf outing on Saturday morning.
- Diane Helberg Ohm, Barb Porter Hestness and Mary Loofbourrow Kastl for arranging the decorations, memorabilia and fun facts for our walk down memory lane.
- Jean Bodenman Ferguson for saving and sharing many photos and articles.
- Our disc jockey from Sounds Great and Robb Sweetnam for finding them.
- Our technology committee of Maxine Davis, Mark Holtan and Kay Larson Englund for arranging the PCs and projectors. And especially Maxine for converting the Class Movie to DVD and creating the In Memory DVD to recognize our classmates who have passed on.
- Mike Kurtz for finding and sharing the class movie.
- Marcia Greenberg Bach and Janet Norval Ankeny for planning the great menu.
- Marcia Greenberg Bach for all the research on finding the facility, The Eden Prairie City Center.
- Rick Scarlett and Janet Roseen for all the research they did with library resources on finding people.
- Jeff Ohm (husband of Diane Hellberg Ohm) for volunteering his company’s phones and computers for the Committee to make local and long distance calls.
- Doug Stone and the students at Macalester for creating the postcard and picnic announcements.
- Paul Thompson for getting the Park Board permit and planning for our picnic.
- Judy Zumberge Nelson for the fabulous nametags.
- Steve Woldum for all of the web arrangements and regular updates.
- Brad Englund for being our Host for the evening and coordinating the golf outing for Saturday morning.
- Matthew Sweet, Taher Catering and the Eden Prairie City Center for a fabulous venue.
- Vicki Bunker for coordinating all of the meetings.
- Paul Mueller for the many calls and suggestions to keep us on track.
- Doug Erickson for designing our web site.
- The Washburn High School Class of 1965 for the coaching and modeling of their web site.
- Jeff Moore and Bob Cronk from Southwest High School Class of 1966 for some great ideas.
- The many, many people who made calls to classmates (or people with the same names) to encourage attendance.
- All of the Reunion Attendees who made a memorable event!
Now is the time to start planning for the next reunion Please e-mail
Vicki or Steve to help. Let us know what part you would like to help with.
Vicki Bunker Email:
Steve Woldum Email:
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