MACHS Class of 1947, 20th Reunion, 1967

CULLEN, GALLOWAY, ROGERS, DAILEY, MATHANY, BUTLER, LAYTON, BARNES, LANE, BLISS, HAUPTMANN, KIMBALL, MAIN, BENSON, MCCLELLAND, GARDNER, WAUGH, KNIGHT, SHEIL, PRATT, BENNETT, JACKSON, RUCKMAN, DOLECHECK, MILLER, IRVING, BOHN, TODD, SOBOTKA, YASHACK, FOLTZ, JANSSEN, SHIELDS, NICHOLS, DAVIS, REYNOLDS, WEBB, BAKER, MORGAN, WILLEY, DENNIS, FLOREA, BRYAN, HOGUE, DICKERSON, RINEHART

Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 4/12/2014 at 13:39:32

Mount Ayr Record-News
Mount Ayr, Ringgold County, Iowa
Thursday, August 17, 1967

SOCIETY NEWS

Class of 1947 held reunion here on Sunday

The class of 1947 held its 20-year reunion Aug. 13, at the Mount Ayr Country club with approximately 100 persons in attendance, which represented 27 members of the class and their families.

After a bountiful basket dinner was served at 1 p.m., a short business meeting was held. It was voted to hold the class' silver anniversary reunion on the second Sunday in August, 1972.

Letters were read from Mrs. Joe CULLEN (Ann GALLOWAY), ELkader; Lyle ROGERS, Tucson, Ariz.; Mrs. John DAILEY (Doris MATHANY), Bayard; Mrs. Marvin BUTLER (Carol Lou LAYTON), Lomita, Calif.; and, Mrs. Lester BARNES (Faye LANE), LaCygne, Kan.

Special guests were Mrs. Floy BLISS and Mr. and Mrs. R. E. HAUPTMANN, members of the faculty.

Members and their families who attended were Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur KIMBALL (Arlene MAIN), Bettendorf; Mr. and Mrs. Joe BENBOW (Marilyn McCLELLAND), Madrid; Mr. and Mrs. Glenn GARDNER (Alice Deane WAUGH), Shannon City; Mr. and Mrs. Duane KNIGHT, Osceola; Mr. and Mrs. Jim SHEIL, University City, Mo.; Mr. and Mrs. Bill PRATT, Manasquan Park, N.J.

Also, Mr. and Mrs. Ivan BENNETT (Jane BLISS), Clearfield; Mr. and Mrs. Delbert JACKSON (Hazel RUCKMAN), Grant City, Mo.; Mr. and Mrs. Ivan DOLECHECK, Kellerton; Mrs. Wilbur MILLER (Shirley IRVING), Steamwood, Ill.; Mr. and Mrs. Wayne BOHN (Irene TODD), Fort Madison; Mrs. Marvin SOBOTKA (Margaret YASHACK), and Mr. and Mrs. Wayne FOLTZ, Diagonal; Mr. and Mrs. Larry JANSSEN (Donella SHIELDS), Newhall; Mr. and Mrs. Ernest NICHOLS, Hemet, Calif.

And, the Messrs, and Mesdames Paul DAVIS (Olive REYNOLDS), Bill WEBB, (Norma BAKER), Claire FOLTZ, Dwaine MORGAN, Gerold WILLEY, Marvin REYNOLDS, Thomas DENNIS (Anne FLOREA), Howard BRYAN and Burle DICKERSON (Aileene HOGUE), Mount Ayr.

On Saturday evening, members of the class were invited to attend an open house in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Gerold WILLEY.

Acquaintances were renewed and visiting was enjoyed, after which the hostess served punch, sandwiches, crackers and cake. Mr. and Mrs. Gary WEBB (Iris RINEHART), of Pueblo, Colo., who attended the open house, were unable to be present for the reunion on Sunday. - Secretary.

Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, April of 2014