MACHS Class of 1944 ~ 2015 Reunion

FOLTZ, WEEDA, RUSK, WISSINK, LAMERAUX, SHINKLE, LORIMORE, RIG, LOVITT, THOMAS, PRENTIS, HOLLOMAN, TOWMBLEY, MCCAL, HAUPTMANN, HENDERSON, DRAKE, BARNETT, JOHNSTON, RINEHART, MCGAHUEY, HIGHTSHOE, ANDERSON

Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 9/18/2015 at 06:30:40

Mount Ayr Record-News
Mount Ayr, Ringgold County, Iowa
Thursday, June 04, 2015, Page 5

Class of 1944

A reunion for the Mount Ayr High School graduating Class of 1944 will be held Saturday, June 13, at the Heritage Park Community Building in Mount Ayr.

Doors will open at 12 noon, and a catered dinner will be served at 1 p.m.

Classmates and friends are invited to attend. Reservations are appreciated but are not mandatory.

Please contact Thelma Rusk at [phone #] with questions.

~ ~ ~ ~

Mount Ayr Record-News
Mount Ayr, Ringgold County, Iowa
Thursday, June 04, 2015, Page 5

Class of 1944

The Class of 1944 met together for their 71st class reunion on Saturday, June 13, 2015. It was held at the Heritage Park community room. Park Rinehart was in charge of registration as the classmates came in.

A delicious meal was prepared and served by Mary Lee Foltz, who is the daughter of our classmate Theola Weeda. Nancy Rusk Wissink of Norwark, daughter of a classmate Rex Rusk, now deceased, assisted Mary Lee, who served a sit down dinner of relishes, cheese and summer sausage with the main meal of salads, meat, potatoes, vegetables, and cupcakes and ice cream sundaes for dessert.

Faith Lameraux Shinkle gave grace before our meal. They had the tables all decorated in our class colors of purple and yellow.

Our business meeting was held after our dinner. Thelma Rusk conducted the meeting. We had heard from the following classmates by email. Vivian (Lorimore) Rigg. Her husband had passed away this year. She now is in an apartment in Dayton, Ohio. LaVaughn (Lovitt) Thomas is doing well she said but like all of us is slowing down. She lives in Gallatin, MO. Jean (Prentis) Holloman, by phone, told us she is about like the rest of use. She just can't get around like we used to. Theola Weeda had a call from Louise (Twombley) McCal, saying she was sorry but could not be here this year. Theola also got a nice letter from Pearl Hauptmann. She is 103 years old and doing very well. She is in her own apartment. Her husband was an FFA instructor in our school many years ago. The men there who were in FFA in high school said he took Milt Henderson's place because he went to the service. Theola had also visited her this year.

The list of our deceased members were read and we thought of things we remembered of them. We had one deceased member this year, Maxine (Drake) Barnett.

Those attending this year were Walter Neal Johnston and wife Irma from Beaconsfield. Those from Mount Ayr were Paul and Joan Rinehart, Wanda McGahuey, Theola (Hightshoe) Weeda, Faith Lameraux Shinkle, and Thelma (Anderson) Rusk. Not many who are able to travel far any more. They are missed.

We decided to meet again next year 2016 on the second Saturday of June, June 11, 2016, at the Heritage Park community room.

Transcriptions by Sharon R. Becker, September of 2015