What can we reason but from what we know? -Alexander Pope
What can we reason but from what we know? -Alexander Pope
PAT GARRETSON, representing HHS's Class of 1948. Garretson was the oldest attending member of the annual Alumni meeting on Sept. 24.
HAXTUN High School's Class of 1952 represented at the annual meeting by Roy (Buckshot) Lindgren and Dola (Ham) Garretson.
GRADUATES from the Class of 1967 from Haxtun High School met on Saturday, Sept. 24 at the home of Mary Beth and Terry Hovel. Class members are pictured front row (l-r), Lauri (Salvador) Gibbs, Vicki (Bamford) Covey, Bev (Koch) Anderson, Pam (Skoog) Alexander, Bob Wernsman, Terry Haynes, Jeanette (Riley) Williams, Cindi (Gilliland) Johnson, Linda (Harms) Alberts and Mary Beth (Fuesz) Hovel; back row (l-r), Rod Salvador, Terry Hovel, Lonnie Benedict, Gary Dick, Chris Renzelman, Maureen (Johnson) Waite, Doug Dix, Dena Mae (Thompson) Sonnenberg, Jim Maddox and Dean Anderson.
GRADUATES OF the Class of 1957 who met recently to celebrate the anniversary of their high school graduation are pictured (l-r), LaVonne Anderson, Alice (Schuman) Cheramy, Lotus (Gruben) Alexander and Dean Anderson. Not pictured but who also attended include Gary Biesemeier and Bob Fetzer.
HAXTUN HIGH SCHOOL Class of 1962 pictured at their recent reunion, (l-r), Jim Olson, Pat Meakins, Doug Burmester, Bob Meakins, Janette Benedict, Bill Fuesz, Theresa Newton, Doug Kinzie and Darwin Benedict.
"THE OLDER I GET, the better I was" served as the theme for Haxtun High School's Class of 1982 class reunion. Those in attendance included front row (l-r), Danette (Reyher) Vasa, Laurie (Spelts) Romeo, Rita (Potter) Hiller, Andrea (Whitmore) Andersen, Colleen (Debus) Lockwood and Tana (Burmester) Pope; back row (l-r), Dan Fecht, Tony Wernsman, Brad Anderson, Damon Harms, Carol (McCarty) Scheel, Chris Bornhoft, Kevin McDaniel, Paul Davis and Mike Schropfer. In attendance, but not available for pictures were Leroy Salyards and Laurie Weiss-Kohlschmidt.
HAXTUN High School's Class of 2002 held their 20-year reunion over Corn Festival weekend. Those in attendance are pictured (l-r), Mike Ensminger, Derik Hale, Spencer Holcomb, Christina (Salyards) Peterson, Lacey (Salyards) Petersen, Megan Seger, Heather (Lightsey) Kurtzer, Carly (Firme) Risley, Krystal (Kugler) Sears, Seth Starkebaum, Casey Wolff, Brandon Krier, Brett Sharpe and Elizabeth Green.
THE CLASS of 1977 gathered at Duane and Melanie Fetzer's Saturday evening to celebate their 45th reunion. Those attending are pictured front row (l-r), Gwen (Smith) Holcomb, Melissa (Miller) Evans, Kathy (Harms) Maine, Melanie (Hofmeister) Fetzer and Jim Fecht; back row (l-r), Tony Burton, Bob Henry, Ken Legg, Buck Widgery, Larry Wilson and Ron Liufau.
50th HIGH SCHOOL reunion attendees from the Class of 1972 are pictured (l-r), Ray Shoemaker, Dennis Salyards, Brad Hofmeister, Mike Wolff, Don Enniga, Arlyn Gibbs, Tony Hill, Becky (Neeman) Sexson, Steve Roos, Marilyn (Heaston) Michael, Cindy (Ham) Neiman and Natalie (Claymon) Krogmeier. Randy Firme also attended but is not pictured.
The annual meeting of the Haxtun High School Alumni Association was held in the high school gym on Saturday, Sept. 24. There were approximately 40 members, spouses and friends in attendance at the meeting.
LaVonne Hart, Alumni Coordinator, welcomed the group and recognized the Veterans in attendance. She led the group in singing the National Anthem. She then explained the scholarship fund and talked about the importance of keeping the database addresses current. Updates can be called in or emailed to the school or to Hart any time throughout the year. The classes that are having reunions are encouraged to get updates when they get together. Pictures from classes will be published in the HF Herald. Hart sends a letter to the contact person for each class that may be having a reunion, explaining how to send their pictures to the newspaper.
Dean Anderson, from the Class of 1957, was introduced as this year's emcee. He and his wife, Pat, recently moved back to Haxtun from Windsor. During the years that they lived other places they were active in the Campus Crusade movement and most recently in Dallas, Texas with Foundation For Thought and Ethics. They have built a new home in Haxtun where they are pleased to be back home. Anderson led the group in singing "Oh Give Me a Home, Where the Buffalo Roam." He said that song depicts the feeling of being back home where he was raised.
The oldest member attending the meeting was Lorin (Pat) Garretson form the Class of 1948. The Class of 1952 was represented by Dola (Ham) Garretson, Sterling, and Roy (Buckshot) Lindgren, Richland, Wa., who came to their 70th reunion.
As Anderson called on other classes to be recognized, he asked them to share memories from their high school years. Various people from the classes of 1962, 1972 and 1982 came to the meeting to be recognized.
K'Lyn Bornhoft, daughter of Chris and Audra Bornhoft, and Macie Davis, daughter of Michael and Marcie Davis, were the recipients of the 2022 scholarships. They were present to be recognized. They both are attending Northeastern Junior College in Sterling.
Hart thanked Anderson with a gift from the Alumni Association for serving as emcee at this year's event. The meeting was adjourned.
The next meeting will be held in September, 2023 in conjunction with Corn Festival.
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