Tuesday, June 30, 2009
July 01, 2009 09:38 am
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The AHS Class of 1948 recently celebrated a reunion with a banquet at Stanly Regional Medical Center’s Magnolia Room.
Bob Beal, moderator, welcomed all those attending. After the opening invocation by Gilbert Pickler, the class held a short business meeting.
Rosa Belle Burris and Betty Bowers Hartley conducted a memorial service remembering the 47 classmates who have died since graduation.
After the buffet dinner, several classmates spoke. Charles Reap reminded everyone of things that happened during their school days. Anita Ledbetter Poplin gave a presentation about the hospitals in Stanly County, ending with SRMC and its catering staff.
Bob Beal gave the farewell remarks and the benediction.
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Photos
Front row:
Gene Harrington,
Betty Lou Still Harrington, Idalene Lowder Whitley, Miriam Whitley Parrott, Jane Redwine Knotts, Rosa Belle Burris, Betty Bowers Hartley; second row: Jim Ivey, Joe Morton, Elwood Frick, Jeannette Wilhelm Evans, Anita Ledbetter Poplin, Sally Senter Council, Betty Vaughn Rogers Moser, Jane Gullege Winecoff; third row: Bob Beal, Charles Reap, Clifford Harkey, Hoyle “Shotgun” Talbert, Cecil Melton, Frank Winecoff, George Winecoff; fourth row: Harry Cook, Shirley Smith Bobbitt, Ted Austin, Carol Rogers Needy, Halbert Lowder, Gilbert Pickler, Lloyd “Bucky” Swaringen.