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.

Congratulations to Nancy Brown Maurer (EHS Class of 1961 ) and Paul Maurer on their 50th wedding anniversary.

The 50th Class Reunion Yearbook is being published and should be ready to be mailed the second week in November.  The Yearbook committee of Chuck and Connie Bower, Marcia Butterbaugh, and Robin Podawiltz  worked extremely hard and put in many, many  long hours to bring this Reunion Yearbook to completion.  They deserve a HUGE, HUGE  thank you !!!

Originally, we had intended to put the 50th Yearbook on the blog in the blog roll….but.. the size of it prohibited that.  Consequently, it can be accessed thru DropBox.  Because of the size, please allow anywhere from two to five minutes for it to load. There are  two options to view the Yearbook.  One is a lower resolution and should take a little less time to load. However, the picture quality is not as good as the higher version.

For lower resolution,  click on http://dl.dropbox.com/u/47049301/1961%20reunion%20yearbook%20lr.pdf

For higher resolution, click on http://dl.dropbox.com/u/47049301/1961%20reunion%20yearbook.pdf

Please be patient !!!  It is well worth the wait !!!

Added 10/29/2011 -  Since we got locked out of Dropbox, click on http://min.us/murWFkENn .  This will take you to Minus web site and you may copy or save the 1961 Yearbook PDF.  This takes about three minutes for the higher resolution.

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.

The following are pictures taken by Jim & Liz Tulley McLane of the Lerner Center the night of our 50th reunion.  As the saying goes…  a picture is worth a thousand words…..

Jeff Van Horn, Jill Wilson Peckham, and Rich Nelson enjoying the River Queen Cruise.  The picture was contributed by Mary Lou Kelly Nelson.