Elkhart ’61 Blog
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Can you identify any of these  6th graders from St. Thomas  ??  The picture was furnished by Emil Friedauer.

On June 4th, 2005 Dave Steede organized a reunion of Weston Teacher and Coach Bill Mellish with several of the guys who played for him.  The shirts were furnished by Denny Foster .  Mike Bibler contributed the pictures.

Back Row: Roger Kollat, Coach Bill Mellish, Steve Price, Denny Foster, Front Row: John Peckham, and Dave Steede

Also at the reunion were 1955 Grads of Weston.

1st Row : Rich Nelson, Devon Garberick, Bob Walton, and Mike Bibler 2nd Row: Denny Foster, Dave Steede, Jerry Grimes, John Peckham

In the 1959 Goshen Relays,” little” Bobby Scott, Class of 1961 , nosed out Gary Roosevelts “big” Floyd Theus at the finish line.  Scott , a sophmore,  was five -four, and weighed 98 pounds .  Theus was a six foot junior.  The winning time was 3:29.9  which was good for the second best relay mark in the state.

Bobby Scott at the Goshen Relays - 1959

This photo appeared in The Elkhart Truth and was furnished by Robin Podiwiltz.

1st Row: Ron Wolschlager, Dale Tarnowieski, Pat Witman, ?,?, Judy Luke, Sam Galloway, Jerry Romero

2nd Row : ?, Linda Wolph, Marshall Baker, Mary Reamer, Mary Metz, ?,?, Cheryl Osborne, Bill Zipser

3rd Row:  Miss Perry, ?, Ron Borem, Jim Boussom, Bill Elliott, ?, Bill Edwards, ?, Lonnie Aikens, Mike Buckley.

This photo was contributed by Mary Metz Romano

Mrs. Brown’s 1st grade girls modeling their home-made hats at Roosevelt Elementary School.

1st row: Kay Robison, Gale Hatfield, Sandy Cooper, Marge Hooley

2nd row: Ann Prugh, ??, Patty Eads, ??,??,??

3rd row: Eleanor Heiliger, Karen Hollopeter, Ruth Ann Kennell, Vicki Elmore, Ellen Chrispyn, Barbara Carter

The above picture was contributed by Kay Robison Tekker

Does anyone recognize any of these students from Monger ??  This picture was contributed by Sandra Linton Leakey.

Barbara Brandchick Krier furnished this info:

Top picture :  Row 1 – June Wilson, Dennis McCarty, ??, Phil Oyer, Patty Baker, Marion Haines, Rachel Shook   Row 2 – Steven Jones, Allen Mechling, Sandy Linton, Steven Stoner, Loretta Beiker, Bobby Hoak, Susan Wilcox, ??    Row 3 – ??,  Janet Marks, Jim Stiver, Barbara Brandchick, Robert Yoder, Jean Kiefer, Dean Sourbaugh, ??

The following pictures were sent by Sandy Linton Leakey

1st picture :   Jerry Carpenter, Dawn Osbourne, Barb Hewitt, Pete ?? , Louie Rodino, Sandy Linton

2nd picture :  Jerry Carpenter, Pete ??, Louie Rodino

The picture below was furnished by Diane Maas Ficarelli.

1st Row : Janet Sinton, Don Kidder, Sharon Strange

Middle Row : Dave Cowdrey ( Teacher ), Lynn Brewer, Pam Wells, Chuck Bower

Back Row: (hidden), Jackie S., Eva Rader

The following pictures of Rice School  2nd,  3rd, and  4th Grades were contributed by Janet Mansfield Cannon.  Do you recognize anyone ?

Row 1 – Jeff ??, ??, ??, Earl Avery, Terry Stahly

Row 2 – ??

Row 3 – Doris Warren, ??, ??, Howard Alm, ??, Terry ?, ??, Randall Holdeman

Row 4 – ??,??, Megan Chester, Karen Strom, ??,??,??,??, Sharo ?

Row 5 – Miss Miles, Jeff Wells, ?, Erik ?, ??,??,??,Jerrold Ringenberg

Row 1 – Jeff ?, ??,??, Earl Avery, ??,??,??, Doris Warren

Row 2 – ??,??,??,??,??,??, Jerrold Ringenberg, Randall Holdeman

Row e – Jeff Wells, ??, Howard Alm, ??,??,??, Megan Chester, Sharon ?

Row 4 – ??,??,??,??,??,??,??, Erik ?

Doris Warren furnished some of the names for Grades 3 and 4.

Janet Mansfield is the 3rd from left in the 2nd row.