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.
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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