Elkhart ’61 Blog
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The following photo  of Samuel Strong 6th Grade was provided by Robin Podiwiltz. No names were furnished, but, the young girl listening to the teacher looks very much like  1961 classmate Carolyn Gustafson.

The following pictures were sent to me from Shawnee, Kansas..with no note  and no return address !!!

The following picture was contributed by Liz Tulley McLane.

Row 1 – Unknown, Unknown,  Jim Kincaid, Mrs. Ethel Cripe, 6th Grade teacher and Principal, Mark Summers, Unknown

Row 2 – Don Kidder, Dorothy Mann, Unknown, Lizette Tulley, Unknown, Unknown, Darl Compton (Deceased ), Barbara Curtis, Unknown

Row 3 – Connie Grose, Norris Dryer, rest of row unknown

Row 4 – Eugene Grossman , Joan Perrin, Gary Egolf, Isabel Herring ( Music Teacher ), Ken Cornelius, Josephine Vlaeminck ( Deceased ), Eldon Hany

Those in the class but not identified include – Judy McQueen, Ronnie Borem, Jerry Ringenberg ( Deceased),  Mary Ann Sampsell, Jon Danforth,  Karen Drudge, Carolyn Ernsberger, Dave Ferling, Jerry Flickeinger, Beverly Green ( Deceased ), John Growcock, Ron Hoffman, Linda Johnson

A 50th Reunion Class Booklet is being prepared by Chuck and Connie Drudge Bower, Robin Podawiltz, and Marcia Butterbaugh.  This booklet is  basically a  ” What have you been doing for the last 50 years ? ” ( in your own words ) …with current pictures.    It will be available sometime in September 2011.   You may order a copy with your registration… to be picked up in Elkhart  ( $8.00 each )  or mailed to you ( $13.00 each).  It will also be available on the blog to read and/or print.  An e-mail form was sent to all with e-mails.  In case you didn’t receive the e-mail,  below is a form to fill out and return to Chuck and Connie Bower.

50th Reunion Class booklet

Congratulations are in order for 1961 classmates Denny and Barb Zimmerman Lyon who recently celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary,   The following article appeared in The Elkhart Truth.

The reunion committee would like to extend an invitation to the members of  EHS Class of 1960 and also the EHS Class of 1962 to our casual get-to-gether on Friday night at the High Dive Pavillion.  This information was  not included in the article in the Elkhart Truth or in the class  invitation that we just sent out.  Please help get the word out to members of those classes.

Elkhart High School Class of 1961

“Those were the days, my friend…”

We hope many of you will be able to join us at the Elkhart High School Class of 1961′s 50th Class Reunion on August 19,20 & 21, 2011.  There will be events all weekend beginning with an informal get-together Friday evening at the High Dive Pavillion where sandwiches and snack food will be provided.  During the day on Saturday you will have the opportunity to tour the renovated Lerner Theatre, if available,  and enjoy a pleasant cruise on the upper St. Joseph River aboard the River Queen.  Saturday evening the reunion banquet will be held in the Crystal Ballroom of the newly restored Lerner Theatre ( we knew it as the Elco Theatre).  The committee will be inviting and recognizing teachers who have somehow managed to live fifty years or more after having us as students at Elkhart High. Finally, on Sunday, you can wander the Wellfield Botanical Gardens on north Main Street.

WATCH YOUR MAIL. Within the next two weeks, you will receive information regarding a class booklet we will be assembling which will be available in September .

For those who have not visited Elkhart for some time, we have enclosed maps to help orient you with the location of the various activities.  For those needing lodging, provided below are names of several motels for your convenience .

Please click below for a schedule of events ,the registration form, a list of accommodations and maps.  Hope to see you in August !!

Registration Form Please note that the class booklet will not be out until sometime in September 2011.  Consequently, it will not be available to be picked up at the reunion.

Schedule of Events

Accommodations

Maps