Friday, June 13, 2014

Alumni Foundation Dinner and Meeting

            The Rossville High Alumni Dinner and Dance was held on Saturday, June 7th at the
            Citizen Potawatomi Indian Center. Attending were over 120 alumni and guests. 

            Jim Fitzgerald and Juanita (Keller)  Raab were honored as the oldest classmates attending.  They graduated in 1941 or 73 years ago.   Of the 120 attending over 80 were RHS alumni.
            After dinner, a short business meeting was held. Former cheerleader’s lead the group singing the school song.   Karey Sublett-Nichols and Samatha Thompson were introduced as $1,000 scholarship winners given by the Rossville High Alumni Foundation. Tagen Lambotte and Bryce Gfeller were honored as Class 3A State wrestling champions in their weight  division. Tagen was a State Champion wrestler all four years while attending RHS. Each told the group  a little about themselves.  
            Foundation officers were elected for another year. Members at large are 
            Clyde Strimple, Bonnie Fauerbach, Kathy (Dayton) Kovar and Dean Page. Treasurer – Sandy (Lloyd) Tomson, Secretary - Helen (Wehner) Lytle, Vice-President – Bob Dolezilek and President – June (Wehner) Burgett. 

            A list of deceased alumni was read. The meeting ended with a roll call of classes with each attendee standing and being recognized. After the meeting many classmates had their pictures taken together.

             The evening concluded with music and lots of visiting. Next year’s party will be June 6, 2015.






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