65th Reunion of LHS Class of 1954

The Leavenworth High School class of 1954 held their 65th class reunion recently with a brunch at the home of Lynne and Ed Wettig and a dinner at June’s Northland. Those attending were, front row from left, Betty Szychowski Johnson, Carol Lohman Wind, Elizabeth Bielicki Hughes, Delores Harris Vargas, Linda McGuire Last, Margaret Mealing Orlowski and Ruth Sprague Tarnawski. Back row, from left, are Chester Johnson, Barbara Pritchett Fiero, Joyce Klemp Browder, Harry Allison, Bill Slapper, Glen Payne, Pat Moore Simpson, Judy Jones Tharp, Maryann Stucker McAfee, Frank Tarnawski and Ed Wettig.

Bob Rosenberg - LHS Class of 1953

Retired Maj. Gen. Robert A. Rosenberg and his wife, Marge, traveled from the Washington, D.C., area to Leavenworth for his 65th Leavenworth High School class reunion last weekend. He stopped by the Carroll Mansion Museum. Rosenberg recently received a lifetime achievement award from the United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation. His great-grandfather, Samuel Rosenberg, was a furniture merchant in Leavenworth in the 1860s-1880s. 
The Leavenworth County Historical Society offers assistance to those researching their local family history by maintaining files of information collected and donated over the past 60 years at the museum.

REVITALIZATION GET-TOGETHER

LHS Class of 1949

Members of the class of 1949 met Nov. 9. Pictured are, back row, JamesWood, Lucille Allen Martens, Charlotte Crowley Clark, Jean Hamilton Stratemeyer,
Arvene Kreutzer, and front row, Delores Wells Woodruff, Delores Shockey Simpson, Miriam Schwinn Seute and RoJean Hallaux Mustain. 
Not pictured are Ted Heim, Merris Brady, Edna Grace Cowling and Caroline Gist Hedrick.
Meetings are held twice a year, the Wednesday after each time change, at the Pullman Place Family Restaurant, 230 Cherokee St. in Leavenworth. 
Former Leavenworth High School students who attended classes around 1949 are welcome to attend. 
For more information, contact Ted Heim at 785-233-0058. 

Breakfast at Cascone's Grill in Kansas City

LHS 1958 classmates Arlene Mears and Marie Thompson Gurski.

60th Reunion of LHS Class of 1956

The Leavenworth High School Class of 1956 celebrated their 60th reunion 

Sept. 16-17, 2016 

Front row: Steve Camp,Margaret Raymond Meyer, John Raymos, Margary Moore Scheele, Sara Girton, Celeta Olander Hopkins, Billy Langley Oertel and Jane Mayne Lemke; 

Second row: Patricia Ross Judson, Maureen McEvoy Driver, David Wiseman, Ellen Thomas Byrd, Louie Klemp, Janet Fevurly Weld, Jo Ann Edwards Paulsen, Greta Hamilton Sharp and Sandra Ackerman Villareal; 

Third row: Jim Birmingham, Jerry Owen, David Leitch, Bob Nebrig, Ed Reilly, Jerry Hudson, Robert Kunkle, David Edgell, Bill Milbourne, Carl Biastock, Peter Curran, Lee McGuire, Don Tyson and Jim Smith.

Pride Hall - Lansing High School

Pride Hall, located at Lansing High School, was dedicated this summer. The dedication was coordinated by the Lansing High School Alumni Association along with Lansing school district staff. The hall, which houses senior pictures from 1943 to present, was the work of the Alumni Association and alumni who spent countless hours to make this a reality.  

Pictured are June Halverson Foley (1970), Linda Johnson Powers(1966), Michelle Stewart Redford (1975), Lu Ann Earls Cummins (1974), Virginia McQuillan (1955), Mary Ryan (1971), Charlie McQuillan (1958), Sherry Coons Alford (1957), Robin Spinner, Jackie Mills (1959), Betty Darrow Klinedinst (1976), Darrel Stufflebeam, superintendent, Ross Perkins (1949), Dawn Bohannon Hudson (1990), Kim Zielinski Dahmer (1982), and Mary Lou Allen.

Leavenworth High School Class of 1955

Graduates of the Leavenworth High School class of 1955 will have their 60th high school reunion Oct. 9-10.
There will be a gathering at 6 p.m. Oct. 9 at Sis' Sweets, 307 Cherokee St. Sandwiches, sodas and sweets will be served.
On Oct. 10, there will be a trolley ride at 1 p.m. at the C.W. Parker Carousel Museum in downtown Leavenworth.
Dinner will be served at 6 p.m. Oct. 10 at Denny Party Barn. The menu will include barbecue ribs and brisket, pulled pork, cheese potatoes, beans, soda and dessert. 
For more information, call Nellie Doyle at 913-682-6522

LHS Class of 1949

The Leavenworth High School Class of 1949 met at the Pullman Place Family Restaurant in Leavenworth for one of its semi-annual get-togethers. This luncheon marked 65 years since graduation for these old friends. Nineteen class members, spouses and friends were in attendance. For more information on future get-togethers contact Ted Heim at 785-233-0058.
Back row, left to right: Ted Heim, Arvene (Bud) Kreutzer, Merris Brady, Jim Wood, Mary Lynn, Claudene Last, Ralph Last, Jr.                          
Middle row: Caroline Gist Hedrick, Anne Heim, Robert Seute, Miriam Schwinn Seute, Delores D. Schockey Simpson, Jean Hamilton Stratemeyer, Gail (Jim Wood’s friend), Lucille Allen Martens; 
Front row: Barbara Brady, RoJean Hallaux Mustain, Charlotte Crowley Clark
Not pictured: Edna Grace Cowling.

IMAC Class of 1954

The Immaculata High School class of 1954 had its 60th class reunion Oct. 18. From left: Theresa Bauer Vardiman, Dick Forge, Bob Alig, Jane Miller Stucker, Jim Currier, Georgeann Teets Kreutzer, Ray Whitlock, Mary Junk Lee, Ed Simons and Mary Jo Bollin Stoetzer.

LHS Class of 1954

The class of Leavenworth High School 1954 celebrated their 60th reunion Oct 3-5, with several  events. Thirty classmates attended. Kneeling: Joyce Klemp Browder, and Carol Giese Lewis. Seated: JoAnne Johnson Wentworth, Carol Lohman Wind, Linda McGuire Last, Margaret Mealing Orlowski, Marg Tinsley Black, Judy Jones Tharp, and Delores Harris Vargas. Stooping: Connie Pennington Jackson, Barbara Pritchett Fiero, and Maryann Stucker McAfee. Back row: Bob Meyer, Glen Payne, Ed Wettig, Gene Wentworth, Bob Ferguson, Bill McCormack, Harry Allison,Thad Richards, Jerry Wolfe, Bob Cook, Chester Johnson, Bill Slapper, and Al Tayrien. Not pictured: Gary and Peggy Meerpohl Foster, Bill and Betty Szychowski Johnson, and Pat Moore Simpson.

60th Reunion - LHS Class of 1953

Leavenworth High School Class of 1953 hosted their 60th class reunion Oct. 18-19 beginning with a “Meet and Greet” at the High Noon Saloon. Classmates from Florida, Missouri, Montana, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia and Kansas spent the evening catching up, reminiscing, and laughing about shared past escapades. The group toured the most recent renovations of the “new” high school, starting with Pioneer Pete and ending with the stadium. Classmates took a trolley tour of Leavenworth and enjoyed a Harvey Girls’ lunch in the restored 1888 Union Station. The reunion festivities concluded at June’s Northland for cocktails and group photos, followed by a sit-down dinner. Robert Rosenberg was the emcee for the evening’s entertainment which began with Bob’s humorous explanation of why women are so much smarter than men. Other classmates shared their hobbies and experiences, both humorous and profound.

Standing: (left to right) Bob Rosenberg, Bob Schies, Ted Farris, Charles Beall, John Owens, JW Rutledge, Pete Tork, Al List, Don List, Karen Bloyd Jones, Gerald Vincent, Ramon Jones, Al Brown, Dale Crownover Acker, Charles Hilscher.
Seated: (left to right) Helen Bergman Rutledge, Lillian Thomas Junghans, Vi Quisenberg Beall, Delores Kern McCurdy, Dorothy Battle Parker, Sally Mann Murray, John Leavitt, Virginia Holman.
Not pictured: Neil Schimke, Doris Cune Woodward.

Bichelmeyer's

Bichelmeyer's Steakhouse in Tonganoxie, where the LHS Class of 1949 meets two times each year.

Front:  Gary Woodward, Edna Grace Cowling, RoJean Hallaux Mustain
Back:  Ted Heim, Charlotte Crowley Clark, Merris Brady

The Last Hurrah for LHS Class of 1952?

Front row: Dwight Gillespie, Barbara Hamilton Aldridge, Charlotte Thomas Appleby, Bonnie Chambers Martin, Jean Reed Long, Clara Flint VanderStaay, Delores Mayer, Ruth Neiman Ready

Second Row: Ann Kelly Steele, Jean Breaux Curtis, Doug Curtis, Carol Fluharty Simpson, Ted Sexton, Cora Chambers Fisher, Ann Kunkle Turney, Joan Mitchell Atwell, Jolene Tomas Roberson

Back Row: Albert Aldridge, Ed Wittmis, George Berg, Bob Jones, Don Beymer, Bob Atwell, Jim Oliver, Ruth Robinson Sullivan

60th Reunion: May 4, 5 & 6, 2012

LHS CLASS OF 1957 REUNION

The Leavenworth High School Class of 1957 will hold its 55th class reunion on September 7th and 8th, 2012 at The Heritage Center, 109 Delaware. There will be a ‘Meet and Greet’ on Friday from 7 to 10 p.m. that will be held downstairs. The Reunion will be held on Saturday from 6 to 11 p.m. If you have any questions, please contact Pat Harris at glenpat@kc.rr.com

Babs' Bulletin

MARCH 2012 NEWSLETTER
TO: CLASSMATES AND SPOUSES OF THE LHS CLASS OF 1952

REMINDER - CLASS OF ‘52 60TH REUNION: May 4, 5 & 6, 2012  Reservations and money to Bonnie Chambers Martin by April 4, 2012.

You wont want to miss this one; it will probably be our last!

There were a few changes made after our last committee meeting. The Saturday dinner will be sit down and not buffet, therefore a choice of meats must be made. If you have already sent in reservations, we will contact you for your choice. Another change regards the class picture. We had hoped to use the class treasury to  provide pictures for all that wanted them. Our treasury balance is getting low, so we must ask $10 for the picture.
Here again is the schedule of events for the reunion weekend:

Friday the 4th — 6:30 PM — Casual get together at The Café located at 1102 N 2nd. This is in the old Abernathy building south of the Missouri River Bridge. Go north on 2nd to Cheyenne and turn right (east). The Café is located in about the middle of the building. Hor d’oeuvres provided by classmates will be available before the catered buffet.  $10 per person (BYOB).

Saturday the 5th -- 6:30 PM -- Social Hour at the Heritage House, 109 Delaware. (BYOB) A class picture will be taken during this time shortly before dinner.  
--------------------- 7:30 PM -- Dinner at the Heritage House: Choice of Brisket or Chicken $25 per person.  Meal includes salad, potatoes, vegetable, rolls, apple pie, coffee or tea.  Tax and gratuity included.

Sunday the 6th — 10:00 AM -- Those interested, can meet at the new I-Hop for breakfast. We will just order from the menu. 484 N Main, Lansing, across from the Holiday Inn Express.


Class Notes:
• We have received donations for our class treasury from the following classmates: Bob Jones, Doug & Jean Curtis, Marianne Jurgens Eschweiler and Jim Oliver. Thank you very much.

• Bob Schonherr sent a letter saying he is still at home in Washington, DC.  He wishes he could come to the reunion and sends his regards to all of you.  

• Doug Curtis is still playing golf, riding his bike and goes to the office when he and Jean are in Ft. Wayne. Jean still dances, both in Ft. Wayne and Florida where they winter.

• We lost 3 classmates since the October 2011 newsletter:

Leona Hashagen Carl - January 6, 2012 -- Read more >> HERE...

Donna Kreutzer Phillips - February 20, 2012 -- Read more >> HERE...

Betty McClellan Hancock - March 8, 2012 -- Read more >> HERE...

WHY IS IT THAT AT CLASS REUNIONS YOU FEEL YOUNGER THAN EVERYONE ELSE LOOKS?

Ol' Buddies together again....

Joe Wallace and Ned Cross of the LHS Class of 1952 at Valley Fair in San Jose, California

LHS Class of 1951

Last of the Old School

The Leavenworth High School Class Of 1959 50 year Reunion was a great success with about 50% of the surviving graduates in attendance. The three day event spanned a beautiful, mild fall weekend, October 23-25 2009.
We are the "Last of the Old School" having closed out the 4th Street location, and, of course, we just must be the most distinguished class in school history. In any event, we think we were pretty special and had a wonderful time sharing memories with classmates literally coming from all four corners of the country and from all diverse segments of our class.
On balance we behaved reasonably well, nobody went to jail and nobody went home pregnant, though there were a few swollen heads on Sunday morning at our Farewell Brunch held at June's Cottage on North Broadway.
We have appointed a Planning Committee to begin work on our 75th Reunion! It consists of all those classmates who couldn't make it to the 50th.
Fred Green

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