EHS Class of 1956
The Emporia High School Class of 1956 reunion was held the weekend of Sept. 15-17. Those arriving the day before (Thursday) met for supper at the Olpe Chicken House. The group met Friday evening east of Emporia at Toad Hollow for a pig roast. Hosts were Gaylord West, class of 1956, and his wife, Nina West, who own and operate the Toad Hollow Daylily and Iris farm. Classmates, spouses, friends and relatives then met Saturday morning at the Emporia Country Club for registration and brunch. Some spent the day touring Emporia, while others played golf. The class picture was taken Saturday evening, after which the dinner of roast beef and chicken was served. The master of ceremonies for the program was Fred Saffer of Orlando, Fla.
The names and pictures of the deceased class members were on a bulletin board placed at the entrance. Those who have died are Barbara Barger Phillips, Duane Birk, Vickie Bixler Schutte, Thelma Brockelman Turner, Harold Cade, Robert Dabbs, Dorla Daily Sharp, Patricia Dawson Billings, Pat Dow Krohn, Ronda Duby Keating, Darrell Gilliland, Gerald “Jerry” Green, Phyllis Hammond, Karen Houser Lowry, Wayne Hufferd, LeRoy Jones, Gary McMillan, John Nielsen, Phyllis Retschlag Saffer, John Rogers, Cleo Strasser Jr., Robert Taylor, Darrell Walker, Robert Williams and Billie Jo Williams. Another classmate, Norma Sielert Roberts, died soon after the reunion. Music from the 1950s was played during dinner.
Those attending some or all of the events were Lloyd and Lillian Rogers, Norma J. Pearson Hughes, Mildred Cole Thompson, Ernie and Evalee Jernigan Williams, Betty O’Mara Nail, Gene and Rosalie Chapman Fowler, Leon and Ida Joy Sill Brown, Marie Hammond, Karen Brown-Gentz, Bob and Dee Collinge Davis, Bud and Wilma Tatman Renyer, Beverly Hayes Miller, Jim and Pat Carney, George A. and Anna Mae Peak Lodle, Fred and Margaret Becker Jehle, Jim and Jan Zug Burch, Judy Morgan, Jerry and Lorraine Marshall, Jerry and Greta McMunn Brown, Judy Horrell Price, George and Karen Walker Jones, Charles R. Wilson, Nancy Scott Eastman and Jim Karolik, Roberta Facklam Moore, Dean and Kay Morton, Elvy R. Hopkins, Ray Rowhuff, Mary Lou “Deesie” Whitney Jackson, Paul and Pat Beyer, Donald and Marjorie Mayes, Bill and Velma Tucker Dickson; Judy Weigand Day, Kay Lindquist Harter, Norman and Clara Marie Largent, Maurice and Prudence Faulkenbury Schmidt, Joyce Jacob Thomas, Phiilip Solis, Ernie and Louetta Erwin, Gaylord West, Fred R. Saffer, Earl M. and Patsy Murphy, Kathy Aikens Anderson, Cliff and Donna Barrett Bender, Harold and Crystal Wolgast, Roger and Donna Manda, Bob and Barbara Kerlinger, Jim and Theresa Evans Muckenthaler, John and Doris Black Vaughn, Jean Ann Burch Linder, Glen and Marjean McMurphey, Norma Barton Carey, Kenneth Parker, Karen Wall, Bud “S’Lee” and Marilyn Hinshaw, Russ and Sumi Seacat, Paul and Janice DeBauge, Arla Hurst Gregg, Fred Aguilar, Margaret Schwindt Glover, Mary Houseley Schaefer, Mildred Cole Thompson, David Gilbert, Tom Fitzpatrick, Jerry Teichgraeber, Mike and Vi Dieker Waters and Margaret Harrington.
Members of the planning committee were Greta Brown, Ida Joy Brown, Dee Collinge, Paul DeBauge, Rosalie Fowler, George and Ann Lodle, Jerry Marshall, Bev Miller, Teri Muckenthaler, Betty Nail, Judy Price, Prue Schmidt, Gaylord West and Evalee Williams.