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Lexington plans alumni banquet
Saturday, June 21st

The Lexington High School Alumni Association officers and honor class representatives have started planning for the 117th Annual LHS Alumni Banquet on Saturday, June 21, at Lexington High School. Banquet tickets will cost $15 per person went on sale May 1st at Barmore's Drug Store. The BBQ Company is catering the banquet this year. Alumni officers this year are Gene Libal, President, William Fellers, Vice President and Corrine Anderson, Secretary.

Honor classes this year will be from 1938, 1948, 1958, 1968, 1978, 1988 and 1998, with the graduating Class of 2008 also represented at the banquet.

All honor classes are promoting attendance at the Alumni Banquet as part of their Saturday evening festivities.

Preliminary class activities include the following and are subject to change:

Class of 1938 - Class members will meet at Park Avenue Estates for a luncheon at 12 noon and will attend the banquet at the high school that evening.

Class of 1948 - The class will meet at Kirk's on Friday evening for supper and on Saturday evening will attend the banquet. After the banquet, they will return to Kirk's for more socializing. Harley Richardson will speak for the class at the banquet. Class chairpersons are Bill Karr, Donna Wickard Marshall and Jeanne Kain Kelly.

The Class of 1958 will gather at Tracy Woods' home for dinner and socializing on Friday evening, and on Saturday morning they will gather at Gary Neff's at Johnson Lake and will attend the banquet at high school and to the Vet's Club after the banquet. The Class of 1958 will select two representatives to conduct the memorial service at the banquet. Barb Mazanec McCormick is class chairperson.

The Class of 1968 will begin their weekend with a barbecue on Friday evening. On Saturday the men from the class will enjoy a golf outing and the women will have a brunch. They will attend the banquet on Saturday evening and then gather at the Eagles for more socializing and reminiscing. The class chairman is Linda McHale Guill.

St. Ann's Class of 1968 will join the LHS Class of 1968 on Saturday evening. Mary Jane (Gonzalez) Wind is the class representative.

The Class of 1978 will gather at Steve Luther's home for a barbecue supper and social time on Friday evening. On Saturday, they will attend the banquet, then off to Kirk's for more socializing. Chairpersons for the class are: Steve Luther, John Reynolds, Tim Rowe, Tim Wheeler, Jim Linch, Mike and Patty (Hennek) Mandelko, Dave Berke, Sonia (Wade) Howard, Larry Doughty, Steve Gierhan and Sue (Geu) Margritz. Larry Doughty will speak for the class at the banquet.

St. Ann's Class of 1978 will join the LHS Class of 1978 on Saturday evening with Mike Bliven the class chairman.

The Class of 1988 will gather at the Holiday Inn on Friday evening for supper and social time to kick off their weekend. They will attend the banquet on Saturday evening and then continue their festivities at The Box Bar after the banquet. Mike Bailey will represent the class as speaker at the banquet and Heather Duering Collins will write the class story for the Alumni Times paper.

The Class of 1998 will start their weekend at Mac's Creek on Friday, from 5-7 p.m. then finish out the evening at The Box Bar. A golf outing on Saturday morning with the Class of 1978 is planned, photos at 4 p.m. at the park (weather permitting). Saturday evening banquet at the high school, then finish the evening at the Vet's Club. Brad Carpenter will speak at the banquet for the class. Seth McFarland and Jake Fagot will write the class story for the newspaper. Class chairmen are Joe Zerr and Nick Reynolds.

Dan Margritz of the Class of 2008 has accepted the task of representing his graduating class at the banquet.

Several graduates have been difficult to find. Contact any of the class representatives if you can help with these 'missing in action' classmates:

Class of '48 is looking for LaJoye Johnson Washington last known residence is Grand Island, Nebraska.

Class of '58 is looking for Mildred Taylor, Lila Cleland Appleton, Carol Frease Loman, Jane McDermott.

Class of '68 is looking for Linda Jensen Roloff.

Class of '78 is looking for Lyle Erpelding, Marilyn Grant, Gail Harris, Valerie Kaiser, Toby Nix, Richard Wilson.

Class of '98 is looking for Heidi Gieshwein, Mike Sanchez, Brian Laughrey, Doran Kolasa, and Justin Craig.

The Alumni Association Board are looking for replacements for the positions of secretary and vice president in the near future and encourage anyone interested in serving on the Alumni Association Board to please contact Gene Libal at 308-324-2720, Bill Fellers at 308-324-6931 or Corrine 'Corky' Anderson at 308-324-2128.

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