1960 East reunion
The East Rowan High School Class of 1960, the first class to graduate from the school, held their 50-year reunion the weekend of Oct. 15-16 at the Faith Legion Building.
Friday was an evening for reuniting and socializing. Saturday night, themed ěBack to the Fifties,î included dinner and music reminiscent of high school days, complete with a meal of hot dogs, hamburgers, fries and bottled drinks catered by the Faith Soda Shop with waitresses in pink and black attire.
A program of 50s and 60s songs was developed and performed by Alexis Greer, Brian Roberts and Adrian Smith, all of Salisbury.
There was a special remembrance of the 19 class members who have passed away.
Class members planning the reunion were Brenda Ervin Alexander, Faye Brown Bennett, Gilbert Bernhardt, Dianne McCombs Bowers, Kay Henderson Harviel, Joe Jones, Tex Lyerly, Faye Waggoner Porter, Dennie Sellers, Brenda Reep Stanley, Jack Stanley, Mickey Wilhelm, and Richard Wyrick.
Sixty-three class members attended the reunion: Thelma Davis Avore and husband Don of Greenville, Ohio; Norma Robinson Stafford and husband Ed of Tallahassee, Fla.; Joe Jones and wife Connie, Mickey Wilhelm and wife Donna from Charlotte;Jim Sides and wife Martha, Newport News, Va.; Garlan Gudger and wife Dot, Cullman, Ala.; Brenda Small Brewer, Moncks Corner, S.C.; Kay Elium Walker and husband Joel, Raleigh; Louise Fraley Collins and husband Jack, Warrenton,; Nelson Lingle and wife Priscilla, Oak Ridge, Tenn.; Clarice Farrington Einstein and husband Freddy, Advance; Dot Sides Gregory and husband Larry, North Garden, Va.;
Lester Misenheimer, Willow Springs; Janet Hutchins Boxrud and husband Bob, Mocksville; Gail Cauble Gurley and husband Ed, Archdale; Richard Wyrick and wife Doris, Linwood; Linda Eagle Altman, Lexington, S.C.;
Peggy Deal Hall and husband Max, Hendersonville; Jane Piatt McMichael, Myrtle Beach, S.C.; Patsy Styers Harrison and husband Gwynn, Tex Lyerly and wife Patsy of Granite Quarry; Guy Jones, China Grove; Claudette Woodie Jones and husband Wayne, Dianne McCombs Bowers and husband Jim of Faith;
Janice Stoner Barnard, Linda Bringle Owen and husband Sam, Mary Shue Vaughn, Marlene Waller Shue of Rockwell; Judy Eller Hoffner and husband John of Gold Hill;
Betty Roseman Parks, Margaret Dry Miller and husband Sam, Dennie Sellers and wife Karen, Ron Horton and wife Sharon, Harold Snider and wife Jan, Shelby Jean Cranford Josey and husband Carl, Gilbert Bernhardt, Faye Brown Bennett, Brenda Reep Stanley and Jack Stanley, Ann Boger Tucker, Corrie Burris Sanguedolce and husband Victor, Nancy Basinger Nance and husband James, Faye Waggoner Porter and husband Tom, Brenda Ervin Alexander and husband John, Kay Henderson Harviel, Larry Veach and wife Glennis, Jean Eagle Ludwick and husband Tom, Mary Frances Hill Gobble and husband Riley, Carolyn Trexler Paris and husband Claude, Wayne Taylor and wife Johnsie, Joan Crook Everhart, Leon Barringer, Jimmy Brady and wife Elizabeth, Richard Shue and wife Nancy, Margaret Hill Lyerly and husband Cicero, Hazel Featherstone Poteat and husband Carlos, Carolyn Cranford Sides and husband Jerry, Carl Morgan, Clarence Miller and wife Ann, KenMiller and wife Judy, Tom Correll, Wayne Wilhelm and wife Jane, Ronald Safrit and wife Ruth, Bud Moose.
Other guests in attendance were Wilbur Canup, Salisbury; Gary Mull and wife Janice, Statesville.