Thayer Alumni Banquet
The Thayer Alumni Banquet was held June 16 at Lorimor Community Center with 72 members and guests attending. Lorimor Booster Club served the meal. The meeting was conducted by Dwayne Henrichs. Linda Huffman gave the secretary’s and treasurer’s reports.
Alumni members attending were: 1938, Bud Cook of Sun City, Ariz.; 1942, Betty White of Creston, wife of Lyle White; 1943, Kenny Halm of Thayer; 1945, Jim McGuire of Thayer, Darlene Hibbard Wimmer of Afton and Helen Lauffer Woollums of Des Moines; 1946, Fred Lauffer of Knoxville; 1947, Pat Cook Smith of Afton; 1948, guest Shirley Jeter Ide of Creston; 1949, Lucile Lauffer Bellamy of Hampton and Georgialene Hibbard Bolton of Urbandale; 1950, Dwayne Henrichs of Thayer; 1951, Darlene Conklin Henrichs of Thayer, Robert Simon of Winterset and guests Phyllis Bailey Clark of Afton and Lois Lauffer Lewis of Creston; 1953, Bob Beardsley of Warsaw, Mo., Jack Quee of Afton and Donald Roan, also of Afton; 1954, Lyle Hannah of Truro and Wanda Perry McIntire of Afton; 1955, Sharon Shroudemier Steward of Orient and Carol Huntsman Wise of Creston; 1956, Barbara Beardsley Fry and Doris Wolf Garner of Osceola; 1957, Gary Bailey of Winterset, Gerry Brown of Lenox and Nola Huntsman Vorrath of Casey; 1958, Marna Downey Becker of Afton; 1959, guest Kenny Landers of Royal, Ark.; 1960, Harold Downey of Afton and Katherine Beardsley Latimer of Creston.
Members present who attended Thayer, but graduated after East Union was formed were: 1961, Wayne Priest of Perry; 1963, Allen Becker of Perry and Ray Medders of Northwood; 1964, Gary Becker of Perry, Ron Goodridge of Urbandale, Linda Lundquist Huffman of Creston, Nancy Landers Medders of Northwood, Connie Lundquist Orton of Humboldt and Bonnie Huntsman Perdue of Thayer; 1966, Patricia Lundquist Laird of Earlham; 1967, Charles Lundquist of Omaha, Neb., and Mary Lewis Seales of Lorimor; 1971, Ellen Beardsley Brown of Murray; and 1976, Carol McGuire of Thayer.
Other guests included spouses or special friends of alumni, including Raymond and Betty Johnston of Murray and Robert and Lyla Fees of Knoxville.
Linda Huffman conducted the annual game of Thayer trivia. A drawing of door prizes was held and the following gifts were presented: Lucile Bellamy and John Becker, subscriptions to Our Iowa magazine; Ellen Brown and Nola Vorrath, $25 Casey’s gas cards; Charles Lundquist, Pleasant Valley Church Cookbook; Harold Downey, Rural Iowa Crisis Center cookbook; and Carol Wise, two books of Union County history by Pauline Parrott.
Dwayne Henrichs and Ruby Stephens will continue serving as co-chairpersons for 2013 with Linda Huffman serving as secretary/treasurer.
Next year’s banquet will be June 8, 2013, at Lorimor Community Center.
Anyone who attended school in Thayer is welcome to attend Thayer’s alumni banquet. Contact Linda Huffman, 201 S. Park, Creston, IA 50801 or e-mail huffman@iowatelecom.net to be placed on the mailing list.
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CHS All-Class Reunion
The 12th annual Creston High School all-class mini reunion will be 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. July 4 at Union County Extension.
The event is hosted by CHS Alumni Association and sponsored by Iowa State Savings Bank. It is an opportunity to reminisce with classmates, teachers and friends and view old yearbooks and scrapbooks, even if you aren’t a graduate of Creston High School.