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NCHS Class of 1957 - 45 Year Reunion
Date: July 27th, 2002
Place: KC Hall - Newton, IL
Committee: Elnora Johnson - Jeanette Kocher
Carole Helregal - Carol Purcell - Jim Hunsaker
The party's over and it was a great one! Our thanks to the committee for a great
celebration. Mike Phillips handled the MC duties and did a bang up job. After a
delicious meal, catered by Rexroat's of Effinham, the class was entertained by
Jeff Fleming from Olney. Jeff is an attorney and a very funny stand up comedian.
If you ever get the chance to see him perform, don't miss it. Kay and Jim Hunsaker
then presented some prizes for various accomplishments (baldist male, etc. - see photos
below). A committee was appointed to take care of the 50 year reunion (YES, I said 50).
They are: Lawrence & Madonna Klier, Mike & Pauline Phillips & Connie McCall.
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The following people were there to enjoy the festivities.
Larry & Ann Gross
Dick & Linda (Cashman) Robinson
Paul & Elnora (Bixler) Johnson
Paul & Carol (Bunton) Schafer
Betty Jane Hicks & Jamie Doan
Gene & Beverly (Smith) Starwalt
Howard & Darlene (Dwyer) Donston
Mike & Pauline (Davidson) Phillips
Lawrence & Madonna (Johnson) Klier
Bob & Janet Hunsaker
Larry & BJ Richards
Melvin & Joann (Fritschle) Birk
Ralph & Wanda (Kerner) Portlock
Kenny & Connie (Woods) McCall
Larry & Barbara (Mulvey) Mitchell
Leon & Sherry Hosselton
Jerry & Bonnie Chesnut
Larry & Patsy Wilson
Beaulah (Musgrave) Shadle
Duane & Kay Heady
Nancy (Housh) Cooper
Robert & Carolyn (Earnest) Guilander
Sara (Kautz) Helregal
Carol (Bergbower) Purcell
Jerome & Jeanette (Ritz) Kocher
Larry Max & Frances Kibler
Jim & Kay Hunsaker
John & Linda Crouse
Delbert & Janet (Russell) Neidigh
Rev. James & Beverly (Birch) Brackett
Dean & Claire (French) Elmore
Omer & Nita (Matson) Beals
A.J. & Karen (Wolf) Pitcher
Bob & Carole (Reis) Helregal
Zeoy (Frichtl) Nix
Delane & Karen (Flocken) Cleaver
Paul & Mary (Zuber) Kessler
Rose (Maginn) Wetzel
Howard & Brenda Marshall
Velta (Kruze) McCormick
Lloyd Riddle
Jerry & Jo Zimmerman
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Lost & Found Department
Over the years we have lost track of the following classmates. If you have any knowledge
that would help us to find and contact anyone on the list, please click the email button
below. Any information at all could be helpful.
Thank You
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Janice (Harker) Netscher
Cecil Woods
Old age is when former classmates are so gray and
wrinkled and bald, they don't recognize you.
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THE CLASS REUNION
Every ten years, as summertime nears,
An announcement arrives in the mail,
"A reunion is planned; it'll be really grand;
Make plans to attend without fail.
I'll never forget the first time we met;
We tried so hard to impress.
We drove fancy cars, smoked big cigars,
And wore our most elegant dress.
It was quite an affair; the whole class was there.
It was held at a fancy hotel.
We wined, and we dined, and we acted refined,
And everyone thought it was swell.
The men all conversed about who had been first
To achieve great fortune and fame.
Meanwhile, their spouses described their fine houses
And how beautiful their children became.
The homecoming queen, who once had been lean,
Now weighed in at one-ninety-six.
The jocks who were there had all lost their hair,
And the cheerleaders could no longer do kicks.
No one had heard about the class nerd
Who'd guided a spacecraft to the moon;
Or poor little Jane, who's always been plain;
She married a shipping tycoon.
The boy we'd decreed "most apt to succeed"
Was serving ten years in the pen,
While the one voted "least" now was a priest;
Just shows you can be wrong now and then.
They awarded a prize to one of the guys
Who seemed to have aged the least.
Another was given to the grad who had driven
The farthest to attend the feast.
They took a class picture, a curious mixture
Of beehives, crew cuts and wide ties.
Tall, short, or skinny, the style was the mini;
You never saw so many thighs.
At our next get-together, no one cared whether
They impressed their classmates or not.
The mood was informal, a whole lot more normal;
By this time we'd all gone to pot.
It was held out-of-doors, at the lake shores;
We ate hamburgers, coleslaw, and beans.
Then most of us lay around in the shade,
In our comfortable T-shirts and jeans.
By the fortieth year, it was abundantly clear,
We were definitely over the hill.
Those who weren't dead had to crawl out of bed,
And be home in time for their pill.
And now I can't wait; they've set the date;
Our fiftieth is coming, I'm told.
It should be a ball, they've rented a hall
At the Shady Rest Home for the old.
Repairs have been made on my hearing aid;
My pacemaker's been turned up on high.
My wheelchair is oiled, and my teeth have been boiled;
And I've bought a new wig and glass eye.
I'm feeling quite hearty, and I'm ready to party;.
I'm gonna dance 'til dawn's early light.
It'll be lots of fun; I just hope that there's one
Other person who can make it that night.
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Man is a peculiar creature. He spends a fortune making his home
insect-proof and air-conditioned, and then eats in the yard.
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