MACHS Class of 1959 ~ 55th Reunion, 2014

RAUCH, FETT, LYNCH, SMITH, WILBURN, CLYMER, WOOLLUMS, JONES, JARVIS, MOSER, HAPUTMANN, PALMER, KINKADE, REYNOLD, HUFF, PRITCHETT, BOWER, STUCK, MAIN, DAVENPORT, BLACK, SIMPSON, STRINGHAM, S TILL, KEPLINGER, WIMER, CAMPBELL, POWELL, CAMERON, WOOD, DOLECHECK, RAFF, PINE, LYNCH, HOHLFELD, STANLEY, QUICK, BECK, HUFF, HOFFMAN, MCNULTY, CHURCH, DRAKE, OLNEY, HENSLEY, SMITH, HERRON

Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 6/14/2014 at 16:47:55

Mount Ayr Record-News
Mount Ayr, Ringgold County, Iowa
Thursday, May 29, 2014

The Class of 1959
55th Reunion

On Friday, May 23, members met at Ramsey Farms Pavilion. The 29 class members and 19 spouses, one daughter and two guests met before 6 p.m.

Each classmate, spouse or guest was given a name tag with the 1959 picture of the member and an update address list made by Wanda Rauch.

The committee members in attendance were Leland Rauch, Norma Lynch and Mary Fetty. A video recorded by Wanda Rauch of past pictures of school days and families of members played for the attendees of the reunion. A fruit bar was awaiting the arriving members and guests.

Carroll Huff returned the blessing before the delicious meal with the choice of Heavenly Chicken or Prime Rib, toss salad, baked potato, green beans, dinner roll and choice of a variety of cakes for dessert was enjoyed by all. Each table was decorated by Wanda Rauch with fresh cut flowers in unique vases purchased in California and sitting on mirrors. Also small black or white packages with candy for each person and black napkins with 55th Reunion - Class of 1959, Mount Ayr High School completed the table decorations. One lucky person that had a blue piece of paper taped under their chair received the floral decoration from their table.

Following the meal, Leland Rauch spoke to the group about plans for the next reunion in 2019. The committee for 2019 will be Jim Smith, Chairman; Theona Wilburn, Helen Clymer, Pauline Woollums, Norma Jones and Leland Rauch.

An auction of items donated by class members was entertainment for the group. Our own auctioneer, Jim Smith and volunteer Jack Fetty, husband of Mary (Jarvis) Fetty, kept the group in stitches. Sixteen items with a wooden bowl donated by a teacher, Grace Moser and made by R. E. Hauptmann, brought $40. Other items were Glass Yard Ornament made and donated by Robert and Martha Palmer, Iowa Hawks Lazy Susan by Yvonne Kinkade, wall hanging made and donated by Theanna Simpson, 2 necklace and earring sets and a shawl made by Wanda Rauch and donated by Leland Rauch, Willow Tree Angel, Home "Tweet" Home picture and an Isabel Bloom Tree donated by Virginia Reynolds. Napkin holder, salt and pepper shakers, Cross picture and afghan made by Ellen Huff and donated by Carroll Huff, afghan made and donated by Marilyn Pritchett, Class of 1959 memory quilt made and donated by Barbara Bower. The total of the auction came to $630 for the class treasury.

Those from Iowa were Barbara (Stuck) Bower, Lyle Main and wife Virginia, Marilyn (Davenport) Pritchett and husband Francis, Norma Lee Jones, Theanna (Black) Simpson and husband Dick, Janice (Stringham) Still and husband Eldon, all of Mount Ayr. Judy (Keplinger) and husband Ernie, Pauline (Wimer) Woollums of Kellerton, Jim Smith and wife Mary Ann of Beaconsfield, Fred Rychnovsky of Benton, Yvonne (Campbell) Kinkade of Creston, Sharon (Powell) Cameron and husband Rex, Sandra (Wood) Dolecheck and husband Leland, all of Osceola, Virginia (Taff) Reynolds of Weldon, Helen (Pine) Clymer and husband Kenny. Mary (Jarvis) Fetty and husband Jack, Bob Jones and wife Margo all of Des Moines, Norma (Hohlfeld) Lynch and husband Jerry of Bernard, Ed Jones of Mount Pleasant, Ray Stanley and wife Jane of Manson, guests Jeannette Quick of Creston and Leslie Rauch of Denison.

Those attending from other states were Lou (Reynolds) Church of Lee's Summit, Jerold Drake and wife Peggy of Grant City, Edith (Olney) Hensley and husband Don of Kansas City, all of MO. Judith (Beck) Huff of Lincoln, NE, Carroll Huff and wife Ellen of Albany, OR, Robert Palmer and wife Martha of Decatur, IL, Theona (Hoffman) Wilburn of Hilltop and her daughter, Angie McNulty, Leland Rauch and wife Wanda of Spring, all of TX, Karolyn (Smith) Herron and husband Kenneth of Beaver Dam, WI.

On Saturday morning 36 members and their guests met at 10 a.m. at Ramsey Farms Pavilion for a delicious brunch.

Photograph courtesy of Mount Ayr Record-News

Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, June of 2014

PHOTOGRAPH: Members of the Mount Ayr Class of 1959 at their 55th reunion included:
SEATED, L-R: Janice Still, Judy Huff, Judy Mercer, Karolyn Herron, Sandra Dolecheck, Mary Fetty, Lou Church, Sharon Cameron and Theanna Simpson.

SECOND ROW, L-R: Yvonne Kinkade, Edith Hensely, Norma LYnch, Barbara Bower, Virginia Reynolds, Theona Wilburn, Norma Jones, Marilyn Pritchett, Lyle Main and Leland Rauch.

BACK ROW, L-R: Bob Jones, Carroll Huff, Robert Palmer, Pauline Woollums, Raymond Stanley, Helen Clymer, Ed Jones, Jim Smith, Fred Rychnovsky and Gerald Drake.

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