Thomas Marshall Photos Part 3

 

Grade Four and Five - Miss Brane - 1953-54

First Row - Bobby Knapp, Sandy Sayers, Ann Kitson, Sharon Leedy, Max Hammonds, Beverly Conine, Sandra Coon, John Leatherman

Second Row - Alice Kindley, Marylou Holford, Audrey Ellen Hinkle, Keith Lytle, Larry Shively, Kent Smith, Diane Oswald, Jane Grossnickle, Phil Franz

Third Row - Pat Roberts, Chirstine Shilts, Inara Stulpins, Steve Stitt, Donald Kistler, James Ross, Jerry Flynn, Judy Vandermark, Nancy Bickle

Fourth Row - Karen Walker, Cheryl McFarland, Rhoda Kathleen domer, Velda Pudis, Heidi Hoffman

 

Grade Five and Six - Mr. Kenneth Burr - 1954-55

First Row - Sharon Leedy, Danny Gradstaff, Jerry Roth, Steve Shively, Beverly Conine, Sandy Sayers, Sandra Coon

Second Row - Mike Lenz, Max Hammonds, Nancy Bickle, Jane Grossnickle, Susan Snyder, John Leatherman

Third Row - Judy Vandermark, Christine Shilts, Alice Kindley, Pat Roberts, Cheryl McFarland, James Ross, John Leatherman

Fourth Row - Douglas Tallas, Jerry Flynn, Steve Stitt, Kent Smith, Rhoda Kathleen Domer, Inara Stulpins, Karen Walker, Velda Pudis, Linda Ford

More Thomas Marshall Pictures

Grade Three and Four -- Miss Lucille Wright -- 1951-52

First Row -- ??, Sandy Sayers, Mike ___, Keith Lytle, Janet Parker, John Leatherman, Max Hammonds, Renee Rigdon

Second Row - Sue Miller, Janet Allen, Alice Kindley, Judy Vandermark, Johnny Hayes, Evelyn Holderman, Jane Grossnickle

Third Row - Rhoda Kathleen Domer, Norma Rice, Pat Roberts, Larry Greer, Kent Smith, Divid Conine, Roy Cleveland

Fourth Row - Steve Stitt, Jerry Flynn, Nora Lindholm, Heidi Hoffman, Karen Walker, Inara Stulpins, ??

Grade Three and Four -- Miss Lucile Wright -- 1952-53

Front Row - Susan Yeatter, Becky Meyer, Steve Shively, time Reiman, Sandy Sayers, Ann Kitson, Judy Martin

Second Row - Jerry Roth, Audrey Ellen Hinkle, Beverly Hammonds, Phil Reiman, ??, John Leatherman, Tommy Greer

Third Row - Nancy Bickle, Susan Snyder, Phil Franz, Max Hammonds, Nancy Reed, Judy Vandermark, Marylou Holford, Sandra Coon

Fourth Row - Linda Ford, Inara Stulpins, Cheryl McFarland, Velda Pudis, Heidi Hoffman, James Ross, Kent Smith, Alice Kindley

Max’s photos of Thomas Marshall

These are the photos that were running on Max’s computer at our reunion.  Now, we have photo IDs for most all in the pictures.

Kindergarten - at NMHS auditorium

Start in the front with Alice Kindley - going counter clock

Alice Kindley, Sandy Sayers, Judy Vandermark, Max Hammonds, Willodean Sands, ??, Pat Roberts, Ronnie Baker??, ?? Maxine Creecy, ??, Mary Lou Landis, Larry Ihnen, ??, Fred Baker, ??, Judy Pruitt, Rhoda Kathleen Domer, ??, Roger Grossnickle, ??, ??, ??, Billy Sincroft, ??, ??, ??, ?? Jane Grossnickle, Keith Lytle, ??, ??, Robert Brubaker, Judy Vandermark, Terry West, ??, ??

 

Kindergarten - morning class - 1948-49

Front Row - Max Hammonds, ??, Nancy Beam, Judy Pruitt, Larry Ihnen, Diana McCullough, Maxine Creecy, Bobby Steele, Keith Lytle

Back Row - Carol Lambert, ??, Ann Urschel, Billy Sincroft, ??, Jane Grossnickle, ??, Judy Vandermark, Robert Brubaker, Terry West, Roger Grossnickle

 

 

First and Second Grade - Miss Edith Drescher - 1950-51

Sitting - Susan Snyder, Nancy Reed, Phil Reiman, Tim Reiman, ??, ??, Tommy Greer, Audrey Ellen Hinkle, ??, // Susan Yeatter, Becky Meyer, Phil Frantz, Ann Kitson

Standing - Sandy Sayers, Max Hammonds, Brian Book, Heidi Hoffman, Ann Urschel, Inara Stulpins, ??, Karen Walker, Kent Smith, Rhoda Kathleen Domer, Norma Rice, Jerry Flynn, Steve Stitt, John Hanna, Keith Lytle

Reunion Photo ID

Were you having challenges identifying everyone in our reunion photo that was published after our reunion?  The following is now your cheat sheet.  Please let me know if I have made a mistake and a correction will follow.


Identification of MHS Class of 1961 photo
Front Row: Left to Right
Carolyn Coon Crist, Jean Littlefield Keel, Marilyn Hardman Brinker, Joyce Hinman Simmons, Ann Urschel Hapner, Barbara Stoops Schannep
Second Row:
Frieda Nutter Good, Pat Roberts Reisterer, Eva Jean Robinson Black, Marilyn Sue Miller, Carol Sue Rooney, Carolyn Hippensteel Hoover, Hilda Haupert Wilcox, Janet Purdy King, Judy Vandermark Judjan, Nancy Beam Wible
Third Row:
Bill Sincroft, Art Daub, Marvin Allen, Jerry Flinn, Steve Briner, Kent Smith, Max Hammonds, Lois Kay Ulrey Jones, Kathy Quick Bashore, Mary Lou Landis Moseke, Karen Walker Wright, Rhoda Domer Miller, Inara Stulpins Leimanis, Brunette Bazzoni Mihail, Larry Ihnen,
Fourth Row:
Gary Montel, Ted Oldfather, Jim Krichbaum, Steve Ulrey, Fred Baker, Ron Baker, Tom Torpy, Fred Lucas, Joyce Beery Miles, Hugh Russell, Terry West

IN MEMORIUM

A number of you asked for a listing of all those classmates who had died, along with their date of death.  Thanks to Gary Montel, we have this listing.

                 

Janet Bollinger Crumley       Brian Book                      Bob Brubaker

         12.2.0.98                          6.29.98                                   3.09.03

           

        Roy Cleveland           Janet Hartsough Rosen   Rosalie Hunn Connor

   7.4.63                                12.24.82                              4.85

             

John Leatherman            Sandy Sayers Comerford    Christine Shilts Caird

         5.30.92                                4.29.95                               3.28.88

                               

                           Tom Tate                               Doug Vought

                   7.27.10                                      5.14.05

Esther Taylor Staley Hassing

Esther has been following us on the blog and enjoys seeing everyone.  She shares the following and a lovely photo:  After my husband of 45 years left……..

I met this wonderful man at a dance. I had always wanted a dancing partner.
So we are having a lot of fun dancing, boating, hiking and traveling.
He is a bus driver so he has his summers off which allows us to travel. I am permanently retired when I was laid off two years ago from being secretary at a United Methodist Church.

Esther and her new husband of one year Gene Hassing.

Our Itinerary for Med Cruising

Some of you indicated that you might want to follow our blog while we are vacationing in the Mediterranean next month.  If you would like to be added to our blog list, please send me an e-mail and you will then receive notification when we post.  I will not add your name unless you tell me you want to follow us.  If you have told me, I have added your name.  Our actual itinerary will be on our Med blog posting. 

Best Chocolate Cake Ever

In celebration of our 50th year, Hilda Haupert Wilcox brought two reunion cakes; one chocolate and one white cake.  I can’t speak for the white cake, but the chocolate cake was to die for.  Thanks, Hilda for helping us celebrate our 50 years.

MHS Class of 1961 Reunion a Smashing Success

We had 68 in attendance with 43 classmates present.  Over 75 % of us have e-mail, so we can stay connected.  A recent example of benefits of staying connected is Nancy Beam Wible’s open heart surgery and subsequent updates.  Many of you saw Nancy at the reunion and were stunned to hear that she was hospitalized so soon after.  However, with the internet group e-mail, we were able to alert many people in a short time. 

We are in the process of uploading all the photos we took at the reunion into a file that is easily accessible.  If you have some photos you took and would like to share, please send them and I will post on the blog.  Meanwhile, this is the group photo we had taken.  Will take time at a later date to identify all in the photo.

You should be able to capture this and print if you want a hard copy.  If you have difficulties with this, e-mail me and I will send you another file with the photo.

Pat and Karen Visit Nora

On their way from Warsaw and our 50th Reunion, back to Charlotte, NC, Karen Walker Wright and Pat Roberts Reisterer stopped by to see Nora Lindholm Swanbeck..  Several of you asked about Nora and as you can see, she is very much alive and well. These girls look as if they are up to no good!  ( What is new???)

MHS Class of 1961 First Grade

Pat Roberts Reisterer sent this photo in of the Central first and second grades. There was just one class here in this school for kids who lived close to the school.

 

Fred Lucas             Bill Sincroft

                       Judy Vandermark 

  

                                     Fred Baker

 

        

                          Mary Lou Landis

More Thomas Marshall photos

This is another elementary school photo from Thomas Marshall. Probably third or fourth grade for those in the MHS Class of 1961.  Rhoda said this was Christmas 1954.  That would make it 6th grade.  Rhoda has another photo, but somehow I lost it in the cropping edits. 

Top, from left to right:
Jerry F., Rhoda D., Karen W., Douglas T. or F., Steve S., Kent S., Inara S., Valda P., Linda D.
Judy V., Christine S, Alice k. , Pat R., Cheryl McF., James R.
Mieke L. ( not sure the spelling is correct), Max H., Nancy B. (doesn't look like the Nancy B. I know), Jane G., Susan S., Johnny L.
Sharon L., Danny G., Jerry R., Larry S., Beverly C., Sandy S. and Sandra C.

Thomas Marshall Elementary

Rhoda was inspired by the Chester Elementary photo to look for Thomas Marshall Elementary photos.  She found these:

Taken in 1949  FIRST GRADE for Class of 1961

These are those that Rhoda could identify:

This was taken in 1949. Our class was in 1st grade with 2nd graders, at least for this picture.

BAck row, 3rd in from L., Kent S., Back row, from Ms. Dresher is Ann U.

2nd row, from L., 2nd in is Mike Domer, then Sandy S. older sister, with Steve S. on far end.

1st row from R. is Jerry F., Rhoda D., Norma R., Karen W., and the rest I don't recognize.

Our Graduation Night

On the Manchester Center for History site, there is a narrative about my Dad’s apple orchard—BEERY’S ORCHARD.  Here is a paragraph from that story:
Producing apples is a pretty high risk business. Late spring freezes, long periods of rainy weather, plus all the diseases and insects that can attack the crop, are a constant worry during every growing season. Only twice in 45 years did I have a complete failure of the apple crop—in 1944 and 1961. In 1961, the trees bloomed and set on a full crop and had apples as big as your thumb. Then a hard freeze came on May 25 and wiped out every apple in the orchard. That was the latest a crop was damaged by a late freeze. Over the course of the years, we had varying degrees of loss from late spring freezes, from 10% to 60%. In years when the crop was less than normal, we would buy apples from Michigan and other orchards in the area. Cider was a big drawing card when selling direct from the orchard. We had to take our apples to a cider mill to get cider made. Over the years, we went to cider mills as far away as Rochester (24 miles), Athens (18 miles), Columbia City (25 miles), and Huntington (18 miles). In 1978, we bought our own cider press and saved a lot of man-hours from running to the mills. 
That night of May 25, 1961 was our graduation night.  I remember having a party at Ann Urschel’s house and how cold it was that night.  I never had any trouble remembering the apple freeze because I always knew it was our graduation night.

Chester Class of 1950-51

SECOND GRADE

for the Chester students who graduated in 1961.

First row: Carol Sue Metzger, Vicki Miller, Morris Sites, Jimmy Utter, unknown________ (hand over face) unknown red haired boy________, Ronnie Baker, Jimmy_______, Kenneth Kline.

Second row: Esther and Evelyn Taylor

Third Row: Deloris Sites, Ethel Cook, Judy______, Brunette Bazoni, Carolyn Coon, Janet Bollinger, Hilda Haupert, Becky Myers, Janet Sue Purdy, Janet Hartsough, Barbara Stoops, Cathy Walter.

Fourth row: Joyce Beery, Mrs. Leffel.

Chester Elementary 1949-50

Dee Sites Johnke just sent this photo of Miss Ruth Dillman’s first grade class.  This is the class where the Chester kids in the class of 1961 started together.  If others of you have first grade photos of Servia or Liberty Mills or any of the town elementary classes, please send and we will post. FIRST GRADE
Dee has started to identify these folks, but we have some gaps.  If you can assist, send me an e-mail with the names. 
First row: Deloris Sites, Jimmy_____ Becky Myers, Keith Lytle, Janet Hartsough, Sue Houser, Janet Bolllinger;
2nd row: Vicki Miller, Jimmy Utter, Hilda Haupert, Ronnie Baker, Barbara Stoops, Esther and Evelyn Taylor, Cathy Walter, Ethel Cook
Back Row: Eddie Kline, Janet Sue Purdy, Morris Sites, Kenneth Kline, Joyce Beery, _____ boy with red hair, Brunett Bazzoni, ______ girl, Carol Sue Metzger

Can’t Believe our Reunion is here

Hello to all.  Your committee is furiously putting the finishing touches on all the preparations for our reunion.  Nancy Beam Wible reports that we have 70 reservations with 43 of those being our classmates.  We are excited about such a grand turnout.  Nearly 40 (total) have indicated that they will attend the Main View at 6:00 on Friday night.  REMEMBER THAT THIS IS FUN FEST “CRUISE IN”, and Main Street will be blocked and parking a premium. Arrive early and plan to walk a ways.

Nancy also reported that the Manchester Historical Museum will be open until 9:00 PM on Friday evening, so you might want to arrive really early and take a look at what they have on display.  At one time, they had a Manchester High School display with all sorts of memorabilia. We aren’t sure if this is still out for viewing. ( The Museum is in the old Oppenheim’s Store on Main Street ).