Reunion of Bainbridge class of 1964

Courtesy photo Members of the Bainbridge High School Class of 1964 attending their recent 50-year class reunion were: (seatd from left) Rose Norman Baker, Jackie Minnick Fowler, Janice Stisher Hash, Kathy Purcell Houser, Kathy Dearinger Coffin, Linda Jackman Barnett, Susie Clark Anderson and Donna Blaydes Riggen. Second row (from left): Marcia Winslow Bagwell, Becky Scobee Voss, Sharon Fowler Baldwin, Sherry Edwards, Joyce Young Leonard, Sue Buttery Baxter, Norma Spencer Fink, Linda McCarty Everts and Marilynn Day Patton. Third row (from left): Gary Canada, Steve Winters, Bill Rossok, Dick Smith, Ken Age, Carl Ferrand & Alan Ader. In back: Lyle Underwood, Bill Cope, Donald McAninch, Bill Houser, Don Bell, Hal Snider Jr. and Don Albin. (courtesy photo)

BAINBRIDGE -- The Bainbridge High School Class of 1964 held its 50-year graduation anniversary reunion recently at the Community Building in Bainbridge.

Some 31 classmates along with 20 spouses and guests were present for the buffet dinner and program. Emcee for the program was Alan Ader of Rockville.

Following the dinner Susie Clark Anderson of Crawfordsville and Jackie Minnick Fowler of Bainbridge conducted a memorial for the four deceased classmates and both faculty class sponsors, who included Danny Webber, Tom Lasley, Anna Osborn Applegate and John McMurtry along with sponsors June Irwin and Noal Nicholson.

Also recognized were the members of the class who served in the U.S. military, Bill Houser, M.D. of Newburgh and Carl Ferrand of Greencastle, both in the Air Force; John Hillis of Las Cruces, N.M., and Donald McAninch of Brownsburg, both in the Army; Bill Rossok of Waveland and Lyle Underwood of Crawfordsville, both in the Navy; Ken Age of Dunedin, Fla., and Errol Bilbruck of Rosewell, Ga., both in the Marines and John McMurtry (deceased), Dick Smith of Brookston, Hal Snider Jr. of Greencastle and Steve Winters of Rockville, all in the Army National Guard.

Each of the veterans present then made brief comments on their service duties and locations.

A BHS Class of '64 trivia game was led by Carl Ferrand and Dick Smith. Several classmates won Bainbridge High School coffee mugs for correct answers.

Gary Canada of Brownsburg and Alan Ader presented a PowerPoint slide and video program that included more than 100 photos of class activities and video featuring a collection of movies taken at eighth-grade graduation in 1960, varsity basketball action from 1964, the BHS '64 senior trip and commencement.

Other members of the class attending the reunion included Don Albin, Auburn; Don Bell, Indianapolis; Rose Norman Baker, Indianapolis; Sharon Fowler Baldwin, Cloverdale; Linda Jackman Barnett, Indianapolis; Marcia Winslow Bagwell, Greentown; Sue Buttery Baxter, Greencastle; Kathy Dearinger Coffin, Franklin; Bill Cope, Whitestown; Sherry Edwards, Reelsville; Norma Spencer Fink, Greencastle; Linda McCarty Everts, Fillmore; Janice Stisher Hash, Bargersville; Kathy Purcell Houser, Newburgh; Marilynn Day Patton, Terre Haute; Donna Blaydes Riggen, Brownsburg; Becky Scobee Voss, Indianapolis, and Joyce Young Leonard, Waynetown.

The five living classmates who could not attend the reunion were sent greeting cards collectively signed by those attending. They were sent to John Hillis, Errol Bilbruck, Shirley Taylor Ward, Terre Haute; Linda Johnston Martin, Brazil, and Judy Anderson Flint, Bainbridge.

Linda York Smith who attended BHS with the class of 1965 and Kathy Reynolds from the BHS class of 1969 were recognized for their volunteer service as photographers for the reunion.