Elnora Alida (Jenkins) Welty

Rural school reunion Oct. 15 in Newton

The Harvey County Rural School Reunion was Oct. 15 at the Newton Area Senior Center. There were 62 attending.

Officers elected were John Stahl, president; Nelson Drier, vice president; and Elaine Sauerwein, secretary/treasurer.

Four former teachers were present: Florence McLenden, Hazel Craig, Lillian Pankratz and Dorothy Williams.

Those attending had a basket dinner.

Several selections were played on the keyboard by Elma Harms and Ruby Baucher. In addition, Baucher read two poems: "Farmer's Divorce" and "I Am a Senior Citizen."

The minutes of the first meeting were read. The meeting was in 1947 at Gem School.

Those attending included Betty (Phillips) Dennett of Augusta; Beverly (Phillips) Lefever of El Dorado; Laura Breitenstein Hiebert of Newton; Al Hiebert of Newton; Florence (Chapple) Gibbs of Peabody; Charles and Cynthia Gibbs of Peabody; Homer Harms and Elma (Funk) Harms of Newton; Betty J. Sheffler of Newton; Loren McGlachlin of Wichita; Emerson and Lilly Ann Pankratz of Inman; Richard and Charlene Janzen of Newton; Maxine (Gates) Dickson of Newton; Ruby Kasper of Newton; Rolland and Donna Dreier of Hesston; Frank B. and Mary Kessler of Newton; Vere English of Newton; Eldon Porter and Jacquelyn Porter, both of Newton; Karen (Voth) Saner and Stan Saner, both of Burns; Hazel M. (Molzen) Craig of Mulvane; Harry Earl Molzen of Newton; Enola and Nelson Dreier of Hesston; Bertha Adrian of Newton; and Ethel and Elmer Stahl of Sedgwick.

Others attending were: Bob and Iva Reber of Newton; Pauline McPheeters and Irvin McPheeters, both of Peabody; Florence McLinden and Robert McLinden, both of Newton; Willis E. Harder and Anna Marie Harder, both of Newton; Richard Harder of North Newton; Maxine Shirk and Clarence Shirk of Sedgwick; Orrie Klassen and Lois Klassen, both of Walton; Jay Payne of Newton; Dorothy Williams of Newton; Lucile Lower of Hesston; Hazel Abrahams of Newton; Elnora Welty of Hesston; Oran Graham and Dorothy Graham, both of Peabody; Ruth Megli and Paul of Newton; Ed and Alice Stahl of Sedgwick; Virgil and Ruby Boucher of Wichita; John and Flo Stahl of Newton; and Ardith Sauerwein of Newton.