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2001 - Committee for the Class of 1951
Gene and Liz Heselton
Bill Wilkin and his wife, Sandy
Rich Bell and his wife, Nita (photographer)
The 2001 annual Ball Reunion,
open to all former students/graduates and their guests, is history.
It was held at the Heritage House,
3851 S. 6th St., Springfield, Saturday, June 2, 2001.
The opening program consisted of remarks by Gene Heselton.
The meal followed with the invocation given by Dr Bill Kessler.
Bill Wilken paid tribute to the seven members of the Class of 1951 who are deceased:
Russell Osland, Gay Syson, Martha Gaule, Geraldine (Skaggs) Branham, Jack Fooks, Harry Haines and Eddie Nick Edwards
Bill also recalled his favorite memories of his senior year with the Class of 1951.
Paul Sullivan expressed how much he had looked forward to this, his first reunion,
and explained what his 50 years since graduation had held for him.
Since this 50-Year Reunion the following 8 deaths are also known:
Ann (Albright) Dirksen Jul 15, 2001; Gerald A Jones Jul 24, 2002: Bill Headrick May 3, 2006: Robert Eugene Heselton Nov 9, 2006:
Alden W "Bill" Wilken Jul 26, 2007; James "Bud" Bowen, Apr 30, 2009; Elizabeth "Liz" (Miller) Heselton Oct 12, 2011:
Janet (Creasey) Keltner Mar 23, 2012
Accounting of
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Last_(Maiden)_First
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Status
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Remaining on mailing list
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32
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Dirksen (Albright), Ann
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Deceased 7/15/2001
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16
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in Class of 1951
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Weiss (Archer), Shirley
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On 2009 mailing list
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from Class of 1951
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Long (Ayers), Mary Alice
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On 2009 mailing list
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Skinner (Bale), June
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On 2009 mailing list
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Bell, Richard
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On 2009 mailing list
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*on 1952 composite
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Bowen, James
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Deceased 4/30/2009
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Lueschen (Burtle), Nancy
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On 2009 mailing list
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Carroll, Eugene
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On 2009 mailing list
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Arnold (Creasey), Beverly
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On 2009 mailing list
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Driver (Creasey), Barb
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On 2009 mailing list
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Keltner (Creasey), Janet
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Deceased3/23/2012
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Edwards, Eddie Nick
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Deceased 12/5/2000
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Fooks, Jack
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Deceased
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Mann (Gaule), Martha
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Deceased
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Boggs (Haines), Rebecca
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On 2009 mailing list
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Haines, Harry Paul
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Deceased
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Headrick, Bill
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Deceased 5/3/2006
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Heselton, Robert Eugene
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Deceased 11/9/2006
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Jones, Gerald
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Deceased 7/24/2002
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Long, Phyllis
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On 2009 mailing list
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Howe (McCulley), Evelyn
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On 2009 mailing list
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Heselton (Miller), Liz
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Deceased 10/12/2011
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Nelson, Eddie
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On 2009 mailing list
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Oseland, Russell
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Deceased
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Phillips, Lois
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2002 invitation returned "Unable to forward"
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Todd (Purnell), Marjorie
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On 2009 mailing list
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Branham (Skaggs), Geraldine
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Deceased 7/6/1999
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Smith, Donald
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On 2009 mailing list
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Sullivan, Paul
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On 2009 mailing list
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Syson, Wendell Gay
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Deceased Jul 1977
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Shadwick (Van Dyke), Joan
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On 2009 mailing list
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Mangione (Walters), Mary Carroll
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2002 invitation returned "Insufficient address"
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Wilkin, Bill
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Deceased 7/26/2007
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The following 1947 program contains the names of all except
six graduates whose photos appear in the above composite.
Thank you to Jim "Bud" Bowen,
whose photo appears with the composite of the 1952 graduating class
and who brought the program to the 2006 reunion.
Ruth Payne was again gracious enough to furnish the piano
accompaniment for Donna Sue Wolaver to lead us in the traditional sing along.
Margaret (Dambacher) Vernon-Class of 1928
and
Louis Page-Class of 1929
were honored as those representing the earliest classes,
Sue (Gilvin) Gillmore
received recognition for having traveled the farthest (from Point Arena, CA)
and tribute was paid
Mrs Emma (Chandler) Talley
-the only faculty member to join us.
The get-together ended after drawings for the floral table decorations and an enjoyable evening.
Thank you to Miriam (Klein) Loock who provided a current/deliverable address for her sister, Grace (Klein) Krupski, Barb (Bancroft) Dale, Cliff and Sally (Bridges) Hill, Ginge (Mohan) Batterton, Juanita (Gilpin) King who is a sister of Betty (Gilpin) Hammond, Ray Wheeler who is Polly's brother, Don Smith, Liz and Gene Heselton, and my aunt, Virginia Mellinger for their help in locating and correcting. And a big thank you to those who previously gathered information and passed along the computerized data and to Sandy Wilkin (wife of Bill) who so ably converted that data to a format my computer could read. Additional "Thank Yous": Mary Evelyn (Redeford) Dickey-so good to hear from her via e-mail, Mary Evelyn's brother, LaRue, who made me aware of her e-mail! Bonnie (Otti) Duffy, Carolyn (Ryan) Vancil, Dick Treat (Class of '57), Ken Davis, Gerald Corrigan and all who have made us aware of corrections that we have made in name spellings, incorrect addresses, persons omitted from the invitation list and other information.
Thank you all,
Nita