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Harrodsburg graduates hold 45th reunion

August 28, 2006

HARRODSBURG - The 1961 Harrodsburg High School class graduated the same year that President John F. Kennedy was inaugurated, Alan B. Shepherd Jr. became the first astronaut to go into space, the wall went up between East and West Germany and the famous Barbie Doll got a boyfriend, Ken.

"We are still the Pioneers," was on front of the reunion program. Although the Harrodsburg and Mercer County schools merged this year, HHS' 1961 graduating class always will be Pioneers like the early settlers who came to Fort Harrod in the middle 1700s.

The HHS held its 45th reunion Aug. 4-6 with a host of events - dinner parties, a luncheon and gala - throughout the weekend. Sixty-one graduated from HHS in 1961.

Billie Bonta and Jerry Johnson hosted a dinner party at their home in Lexington to kick off the activities. A luncheon at Beaumont Inn on Saturday was followed by a tour of Harrodsburg High School and a dessert party hosted by Patricia Freeman Newby at her home on Cane Run Street. Carolyn Cole hosted a luncheon at her Herrington Lake residence to conclude the event Sunday when plans for the 50th reunion in 2011 were made.

The Reunion Gala continued Saturday at Anderson-Dean Park's shelter. The color theme was blue and white and featured a "Youth Center" with a jukebox and life-size figures of Elvis Presley.

Class President Terry Mobley of Lexington and the class participated in a balloon release remembrance for 14 deceased members: Gayle Coslow, Tom Dean, Nickey Sims, Mike Royalty, Barbara Ann Logan, Sarah Yeast, Imogene Jones, Jerry Lee Sims, Patsy Bruner, Judy Votaw, Steve Settles, Jack Gibson, Edna Mae Cowan and Margaret Goodlett. David Huddleston, class member of Louisville, concluded the ceremony with prayer.

Allen "T.T." Lyons recited a poem and favorite songs of the 1950s and '60s were played.

Attending were: Donnie Black, Jimmy Black, Billie Bonta Johnson, Carolyn Cole, Jim Davis, Patricia Freeman Newby, David Huddleston, Ronnie Hurst, Carol Kays Ledford, Brenda Lay Bradford, Ronnie Long, Roy Long, Allen "T.T." Lyons, Tom Martin, Bonnie McGlone Milburn, Carolyn Milburn Hundley, Johnny Miller, Terry Mobley, Carole Ann Reid Luckett, Sharon Rue Cheak, Floria Sanders Gillespie, John David Sanders, Ada Trainor Watts, Nancy Trainor Pinkston, William Trainor, Marshall Veatch, Mary Ellen Rider Coyle, William Ray Holiday, Trudy Sutherland, Nancy Sharp Goldstein, Mary Ellen Klatte, Kenny Sterling and Jim Mitchell, former HHS basketball coach.

Brenda Huffman Stanley, Nimrod "Buzz" Buster, Judy Reed Leathers and Mary Slaughter were recognized for attending one or more reunion events.

Four people who traveled the longest distance were Carole Reid Luckett, Vancouver, Wash., Marshall Veatch and Nancy Sharp Goldstein of Florida, and Kenny Sterling of Santa Barbara, Calif.

Information about 1961 came from Web Site Infonews.com.

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