MACHS Class of 1944 70th Reunion

RINEHART, FOLTZ, WEEDA, HIGHTSHOE, WARD, LAMERAUX, SHINKLE, MAIN, RUSK, OSBORN, BONNER, HAUPT, MANN, JACKSON, JOHNSON, TWMOBLY, MCCARL, BURL, RUSK

Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 8/3/2014 at 15:18:24

Mount Ayr Record-News
Mount Ayr, Ringgold County, Iowa
Thursday, July 10, 2014

1944 Mount Ayr 70th Class Reunion

The class of 1944 gathered together at the Heritage Park Community room for their 70th reunion on Saturday, June 14, 2014. Open at 10 a.m. and dinner was at 12 p.m.

Registration of the group was done by Park Rinehart as people came.

The delicious meal was perpared by Mary Lee Foltz, she is the daughter of Theola Hightshoe (Foltz) Weeda, one of the graduates of the 1944 class. Cathy Ward helped Mary Lee serve the food to the seated honored guests.

Faith Lameraux Shinkle gave the blessing before we ate.

The table was beautifully decorated with purple and yellow, our class colors and violets our flower. The table was loaded with relishes, summer sausaage and cheeses before the main meal.

The main meal consisted of three meats (beef, pork and turkey), mashed potatoes, gravy and green beans and corn. Three kinds of salad and rolls.

After the meal a business meeting was held. Theola Weeda read the minutes from the 2014 get together.

Faith had a short memorial service for the people we had lost specially for the latest members. We have 25 deceased as of now. Latest deceased were Virgil Main, Bill Rusk and Thelma (Osborn) Bonner.

We were saddened of the death of classmate Thelma Bonner of Kansas for several years but later in Oklahoma at the time of her death. A double memorial at Mount Ayr Rose Hill Cemery for Richard Bonner and wife Thelma, were both members of our 1944 class. They were married on June 6, 1944 and buried together on June 6, 2014.

A letter from Mrs. R. E. (Pearl Haupt) Mann of Macon, MO, who is 103 years old. Her husband was the FFA instructor for many years.

After the meeting closed, Mary Lee had a tea table set for the group, she served root beer floats. Purple and yellow cup cakes, cookies and nuts and mints were also served.

Those in attendance were Faith (Lameraux) Shinkle, Park and Joan Rinehart, Delbert and Hazel Jackson of Grant City, MO, Neil and Irma Johnson of Beaconsfield, Louise (Twombly) McCarl and guest Louise's daughter Vicky Lyle Burl of Cedar Rapids and Theola Weeda of Mount Ayr.

We missed Thelma Rusk, she was at a grandson's wedding.

Next year will be a maybe!

Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, August of 2014