Class of 1961

 

Reunion Info

Florence (Cotterman) Borad sent an Email indicating the Class of 1961 will be celebrating their 50 year reunion sometime during 2011 and there are some classmates the reunion committee is unable to find.

if you can help Florence and the reunion committee find any of these folks, please let me know and I'll ger you in touch with Florence:

Sheila Aldridge
Randy Baldwin
Bonnie Barton Hunter
William Blackmore
Carolyn Click McPherson
Marian Jennifer Dickerson
Carolyn Drum Deal
Jane Glass
John (Jack) Hout
Joyce Jordan
James King
Paula Long
Carol McDowell
Susan Middleton
Beverly Moncrief Beatty
Jim Mulleniex
Carol Nein
Donna Smith
Judith Voigt
Vernon Williams
Gary Wyant

 

Contact:

 

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Thanks to _________ for scanning the images
Thanks to David Rumbaugh providing the class info and volunteering to scan images.

Class Memories

Hi! Welcome to the WYHS.ORG home page for this Whitehall Yearling High School graduating class. Thanks to David Rumbaugh for sending us scans of pictures from the Class of 1961 yearbook.

 

  

Class Officers

President: Wes Orr
Vice President: Ron Nicholson
Secretary: Peggy Snider
Treasurer: Ralph Sompres

Counselor: Mr. James Poe

Class Song: ""

Class Colors: M

Class Motto:

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Class Officers


Wes Orr, Ron Nichols, Peggy Snider & Ralph Sompres

 

Chorus of Class Song Lyrics .

 


Who, what, where and why? If you know, please send an E-mail to update@wyhs.org
Please be sure and indicate what page and picture you're looking at.

 

Time Capsule

According to the fine folks at didyouknow.com, this year's events included:

 

  • Yuri Gagarin the first man in space.

  • A coup, backed by the CIA and President John F Kennedy, fails at the Bay of Pigs in Cuba.

  • Russia starts building the Berlin Wall.

  • Bob Dylan plays his first gig, in New York.

  • World Wildlife Fund founded.

  • Weight Watchers founded by 97kg (214 lb) Jean Nidetch.


At dmarie.com, they say this about that spring:

Minimum wage raised to $1.15 an hour

President Kennedy commits the U.S. to "Landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to earth" by the end of the decade.

9 months after a four-hour black out in New York City, record birth rates are recorded

 

Popular Songs Included:

  • "Pony Time " - Chubby Checker

  • "Surrender" - Elvis Presley

  • "Hit the Road Jack" - Ray Charles

What Prices Were Like

New Home

$30,000.00

New Car
2.275.00

Gallon of Milk
1.05

Gallon of Gas
0.25

Loaf of Bread
0.21

First Class Stamp
0.04

Average Income
5,315.00

Academy Award for Best Picture: "West Side Story"

 

  


Who are these folks, and what are they doing?

 

 


Any idea who these guys are?


Any idea who these folks are?

 

  

Senior Pictures

Special Thanks to
David Rumbaugh
for scanning the
Class of 1961
Senior Pictures

 


Barbara Bojanowski & Dianne Arbuckle

 

Reunion Picture Gallery

Do you have pictures, info or stories from a previous reunion(s) we could put here?

 

  

If you send them along, we'll include 12 to 18 pictures from each reunion - one reunion to a page. If your class has a reunion every five years for 20 years, you'd have four pages of pictures.

Reunion Recap

If someone cares to provide the info and photos, we'll also do a "reunion recap" page for each reunion, with:

  • Newsletter type article about reunion?
  • Name & Pictures of Most Changed?
  • Name & Pictures of Least Changes?
  • Other categories?
  • What else?

 



Homecoming Queen, Alice Nixon

Homecoming Court
Nita Williams, Judy Yenkle, Sally Metcalf & Pat Trees

 


The 1959 / 1960 Band

 

Does this need updated or revised? e-mail to update@wyhs.org If at all possible, please identify page you're on.

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Mr. James POE, Counselor