April 23, 1969 The class of 1943 will be host for the 1969 Collins Alumni Banquet to be held May 31 in the high school auditorium/gymnasium at 6:30 p.m. The Christian Church ladies will be serving the dinner. The senior class of 1969 will be special guests. Fifty-year alumni will be honored as well as 25-year members. A dance will follow the dinner and program with music furnished by the Collins school swing band under the direction of Mr. Paul Kuhns.
April 25, 1969 School Lunch Menu Mon. - Sloppy Joes, green beans, orange juice, rice pudding, milk; Tues. - Sausage paddies, mashed potatoes and butter, lettuce salad, apple crisp, milk; Wed. - Fried chicken, potato salad, relish, apple sauce, milk; Thurs. - Pizza, corn, fruit cup, cookie, milk; Fri. - Fish sandwich, potato chips, peas, chocolate pudding, milk.
May 1, 1969 The Collins girls and boys both won Junior High (7th and 8th Grades) Triangular Track Meet at Colo. The girls tallied 59 points with Maxwell 57 and Colo 34. The boys had 62 pts., Colo 40 pts., and Maxwell 21 pts. Collins' Debbie Carroll won the long jump, 60 yd. dash, 100 yd. dash, and 220 yd. dash. Collins' Gerald Page won the long jump, 100 yd. dash and 220 yd. dash. Collins girls and boys won the four relays to pull away with the team titles.
May 2, 1969 School Lunch Menu: Mon. - Pizza burger, pickles, buttered corn, peach half, raisin bar, milk; Tues. - Chicken and noodles, buttered broccoli, pear half, chocolate cake, peanut butter sandwich, milk; Wed. - Ham and beans, tossed salad, apple sauce, corn bread and butter, honey, milk; Thurs. - Porcupines, whipped potatoes and butter, Jell-O and fruit, bread ;and butter, milk; Fri. - Macaroni and cheese, cabbage slaw, raisin pie, peanut butter sandwich, chocolate milk.
May 6, 1969 Boys Ta Ma Ja Conference Track Meet Team Results: LDF - 99; SEMCO - 46; Garwin - 36 ?; Maxwell - 36; Bondurant - 34; Baxter - 23; Mingo - 16; Collins - 11 ?; Colo - 11. Collins event placings: Pole Vault - Mark Atwood - 3rd; 880-yd. run - Mark Atwood - 1st; Mile relay - Collins - 4th.
Boys Track Team Season Summary (No information found in the newspapers on season record and only team picture names in the school annual) (Left to right) Row 1: Vaughn Noring, Brad Moses, Harold Rumbaugh, Dan Breer, Ron Beavers. Row 2: Coach Garry Hamilton, Randy Holsinger, (? Craig or Dennis) Stratton, Jerry Adams, (? Jim or John) Evans, Stan Carroll, Mark Atwood, Rodney Stevens.
May 7, 1969 Girls Ta Ma Ja Conference Track Meet at Colo Team Results: SEMCO - 88; LDF - 60; Baxter - 50; Maxwell - 44; Colo - 38; Collins - 28; Garwin - 17; Mingo - 7; Bondurant-Farrar - 7. Collins event placings: Long Jump - Cathy Carroll - 1st; 100 yd dash - Cathy Carroll - 1st (conference record - 12 seconds); 320-yd. shuttle relay - Collins - 2nd; 220 yd. dash - Cathy Carroll - 1st (conference record - 27:5 seconds); 880-yd. medley - Collins - 4th; 60 yd. dash - Joan Altes - 4th.
May 9, 1969 School Lunch Menu: Mon. - Ham salad sandwich, baked beans, celery sticks, prune cake, milk; Tues. - Goulash, buttered green beans, carrot sticks, raisin cookie, Jell-O, peanut butter sandwich, milk; Wed. - Steak sandwich, potato salad, pineapple upside cake, milk; Thurs. - Fried Chicken, glazed sweet potatoes, fruit cup, bread and butter, milk; Fri. Tuna and noodles, tossed salad, peach half, egg salad sandwich, chocolate milk.