MACHS Class of 1965 ~ 50th Reunion, 2015

ROE, DREDGE, SHAFER, ABARR, SNETHEN, HOGUE, MAIN, BESTOW, MITCHELL, BAILEY, REYNOLDS, SHOESMITH, BEVINGTON, PINE, BURRELL, CARTER, JONES, MERCER, SICKELS, DITTMAN, CONN, DRAKE, COULSON, CREVELING, WILLIAMSON, MCKINNEY, SHIELDS, CAMPBELL, BRAMMER, STEWART, SHAY, SHELDON, HUNTER, ADAMS, SWANK, HIGHTSHOE, KOBBEE, NEWELL, STEPHENS, MCCREARY, HARTMAN, SACKETT, SAVILLE, BRYAN, LARSON, BLUNCK, CALDWELL, SCHWARTING, HERVEY, MONAGHAN

Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 9/18/2015 at 06:25:35

Mount Ayr Record-News
Mount Ayr, Ringgold County, Iowa
Thursday, July 16, 2015, Page 5

Class of 1965

The Mount Ayr 1965 graduating class will celebrate their 50th class reunion the weekend during Ayr Days.
Members of the class will ride in the Ayr Days parade Saturday, July 18.

Later that evening class members will meet at the American Legion Building for happy hour at 5:00 p.m. followed by a meal served at 6:30 p.m. The event will conclude with a meeting about the class and classmates.

With 119 members, the 1965 class was the largest class ever to graduate from Mount Ayr Community High School.

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Mount Ayr Record-News
Mount Ayr, Ringgold County, Iowa
Thursday, July 16, 2015, Page 5

Class of 1965

The Class of 1965 from Mount Ayr Community School held their 50th Class reunion July 17, 18, and 19. With 119 students, it was the largest class ever to graduate from MACHS.

We began by meeting Friday evening at Rumors Bar and Grill for a casual evening of visitng. Those who came were Judy Roe Dredge and Royce, Bill and Jean Shafer, Andy and Gay Abarr, Jane Snethen Hogue and Lyle, Gary and Kayla Main, Herb and Susi Bastow, Cherri Mitchell Bailey and Verd, Cathy Reynolds Shoesmith, Martha Bevington Pine, Bob Burrell, Carol Carter Jones, and Bill, Jane Mercer Sickels and Al Sickels, Diane Dittman Conn, Phillip and Sally Drake, Dan and Carol Coulson, Mary Creveling Williamson and Paul McKinney, Jerry and Norma Shields, Bob and Terri Campbell, Judy Brammer Stewart, Carol Shay Sheldon, Brian Hunter, Steve Adams, Shirley Swank Hightshoe and David, Dave and Martha Adams, Anna Mae Kobbee and Doug Newell, Dennis and Donna Stephens, Jim and Carol Ann McCreary, Linda Hartman, Keith and Nancy Sackett, James Saville and Marilyn Davis Saville, Jill Thomas Davis, Stanley Bryan, and Kathi Larson Blunck and Bill.

Saturday morning a few of the classmates met a Early Bird Restaurant to eat breakfast and visit.

Saturday afternoon several of the classmates rode on a wagon and in the back of a pickup belonging to Jim Hullinger. The attached banner read "Best of the crop of class of 1965 for their 50th reunion." Also riding in the convertible was Carol Ann Shay Sheldon who was the queen of Ayr Days 50 years ago. Carol was also a queen candidate for homecoming and Janice Caldwell Schwarting - not able to attend - was homecoming queen. Shirley Swank Hightshoe drove her restored 1977 Cutlass Supreme in the parade with her grandson and her mother, Marion Hervey.

Saturday evening we met at the American Legion Building for the reunion party. Festivities began at 5:00 for Happy Hour followed by a prayer given by Herb Bastow before enjoying a delicious meal catered by the Legion Auxiliary Women. Following the meal, we had a wonderful meeting during which everyone introduced themselves and caught us up on what they have been doing.

Barry Monaghan gave an entertaining presentation about the year 1965 and what was happening then. He followed with remarks about our graduating class which also included a musical and pictorial tribute to our deceased classmates.

Added names of those attending the reunion not mentioned previously are Barry Monaghan and Nancy Peters, Linda Young Weese and Jack, John and Karen Kibbe, Mike Giles, Carl E. Wyatt, Larry and Laura Rinehart, David and Linda Umbarger, Clarence Dale Olney, Mic & Karen Kesterson, Larry Crawford, Phil and Tam Webb, Linda Trullinger Konnath, Al Cross, Robert Pence, Sharyn Giles and John Betof, Mary Lou Mullenex Judd, Bill and Faye Stuff, Dan and Jeannie Barker, Juanita Clark Adams, and Cheryl Knapp South, Bob Creveling and Jerry and Vicki Knight and daughter Lisa.

Sunday morning several of the classmates and spouses or significant other met at the American Legion for breakfast and conversation.

It was a great 50th Class Reunion which even included a picture in the Record News of the classmates riding on the wagon in the Ayr Days parade.

Photograph courtesy of Mount Ayr Record-News
Transcriptions by Sharon R. Becker, September of 2015

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