Mount Ayr Record-News
Mount Ayr, Ringgold County, Iowa
Thursday, May 12, 2005

The 95th annual Shannon City Alumni Banquet will be held Saturday, May 28, 2005 at the Eagles Club in Creston.

Registration and reminiscing starts at 3 p.m. with the meal being served at 5 p.m. The earlier time will give guests time to visit before eating, according to Ann COMER SANSON, one of the alumni committee members.

The 50th year graduates will be honored, and they include Gary OVERHOLSER, Richard RUCKMAN and Francis SWARTZ. There will be a "freewill donation" taken to cover expenses and cemetery maintenance fund.

Reservations need to be made by Tuesday, May 23, by calling Bonnie ERGENBRIGHT BAKER (Creston) or Linda FOY JAMES (Creston).

The committee asks the alumni members to pass the word on to their classmates, family and friends if they haven't received notification, according to SANSON. The committee ssks that when calling in reservations, please give name and guest name(s), plus the year graduated or attended Shannon City.

Mount Ayr Record-News
Mount Ayr, Ringgold County, Iowa
Thursday, June 09, 2005

A total of 71 alumni and guests attended the 95th Shannon City alumni banquet held Saturday, May 28 at the Eagle's Club in Creston. Co-chairwomen were Bonnie ERGENBRIGHT BAKER (1959), Linda FOY JAMES (1960) of Creston and Ann COMER SANSON (1950) of Clarinda.

Registration started at 3 p.m. so alumni and guests could spend time visiting before the 5 p.m. supper. The invocation was given by Ron SANSON of Clarinda.

Ann COMER SANSON served as the emcee for the evening and shared several humorous stories before introducing the lone attending garduate for the 50th year (1955). Shannon City only had three graduates that year and Richard RUCKMAN (Branson, MO) was the only one able to attend the banquet. The other two graduates were Gary OVERHOLSER and Francis SWARTZ. RUCKMAN told the group what has been happening with his life since leaving Shannon City.

Eight other graduates attending were celebrating their 60th, 65th and 70th banquets. They were (60th) Melba WOOSLEY AKERS of Creston, Lee AYERS of Webster City, Betty OSHEL DAVENPORT of creston, Frank HAWORTH of Clive and Irene SWANSON PEPPMEIER of Creston; (65th) Doris HENDERSON HOFFMAN of Creston and Howard SOUTH of Afton; and, (70th) Thelma IBBOTSON GRIMES of Mount Ayr.

Each alumni and guests introduced themselves before a short business meeting and then the remainder of time was once again spent visiting. BAKER, JAMES and SANSON will once again be in charge of the banquet next year. The date has been set for Saturday, May 27, 2006 at the Eagle's Club, starting with registration at 3 p.m. and supper being served at 5 p.m.

A freewill donation was taken with half being sent to the Oakland Cemetery Maintenance Fund in Shannon City.

Alumni attending were:

'33 - Lola BLAKESLY CHEERS of Afton;

'34 - Thelma IBBOTSON GRIMES;

'37 - Lloyd WEBB of Creston;

'38 - Gale HOFFMAN of Shannon City;

'40 - Doris HENDERSON HOFFMAN and Howard SOUTH;

'41 - Darrell LONG of Creston;

'42 - Dean DAVENPORT of Creston, Agnes Marie SWANSON EKLUND of Creston and Margaret KELLEY LONG of Creston;

'43 - Emmett EGAN of Creston, Roy PORTER of Des Moines, Geraldine WOOSLEY SCHERER of Shannon City and Merlin SWANSON of Rock Island, IL;

'44 - Loren GEHRKE of Clarkesdale, MO and Avery SANDERSON of Creston;

'45 - Melba WOOSLEY AKERS, Lee AYERS, Betty OSHEL DAVENPORT, Frank HAWORTH and Irene SWANSON PEPPMEIER;

'47 - John and Shirley (WEBER) HENRY of Creston;

'48 - Audrey COMER LEWELLEN of Omaha, NE;

'49 - Alvin CLOUGH of Ellston and Bob CONRAD of Creston;

'51 - Geneva KELLER CLAYBAKER of Afton and Gerry WILSON of Des Moines;

'52 - Maxine CONARD HOFFMAN of Creston, John LAND of Shannon City;

'54 - Dale GREENE of Mount Ayr;

'55 - Richard RUCKMAN of Branson, MO;

'56 - Illa Mae KELLER HESLOP of Creston;

'57 - Neoma PAXTON DAVIS of Creston and Dale PARKER of Holt, MO;

'58 - Ron SIMPSON of Shannon City;

'59 - Bonnie ERGENBRIGHT BAKER of Creston and Ann COMER SANSON of Clarinda;

and, '60 - Linda FOY JAMES of Creston.

Other guests attending were Deloris AYERS; Dick BAKER; Debbie BELINDER of Rancho Cordova, CA; Dorothy CLOUGH; Marilynn CONARD; John CROWELL and Isabel CROWELL of Des Moines; Al DAVIS; Bob EKLUND; Marjorie FOY of Shannon City; Marilyn GEHRKE; Jim and Ann (PAXTON) GREEN of Broken Arrow, OK; Pauline HAWORTH; Eleanor HOFFMAN; Larry HOFFMAN of Omaha, NE; David JAMES; Marilyn LAND and Richard and Mary LEE of Tucson, AZ; Velma OWENS of Des Moines; Kathy PARKER; Rhonda PORTER; Linda ROEDER of Davenport; Sue RUCKMAN; Bernadine FOLLETT SANDERSON; Ron SANSON; Kenneth SHERER; Karen SIMPSON; Merle SOUH; Dianne SWANSON of Afton and Anita WEBB.

Transcriptions by Sharon R. Becker, September of 2012