About 77 alumni and guests attended the 82nd Bronson High School Alumni Reunion at the Bronson Community Center on May 25.
Inductees into the Hall of Fame for 2019 are Bonnie M.C. Stewart, class of 1960, for her teaching and coaching career; and Mary Louise Camac Wilson, class of 1944, along with her deceased husband, Gene, for their service to the community.
The group had a memorial service for deceased alumni Clair Duggan, Robert Lamb, Myron Woodward, Lois Rogers Lamb, Elvis Reeder, Vera Jane Wiggans Hays, and Brenda Stewart Nichols.
Allen Warren shared an update on the BHS Alumni Scholarship at Fort Scott Community College. The group approved a $200 donation to the Scholarship Endowment Fund.
Officers for 2020 will be John Shelton, president; Donald Mefford, vice president; Judy Wilson, secretary/ corresponding secretary; and Jackie Warren, treasurer.
Those in attendance according to the year of their graduation:
1943 – Kathryn Danielson Pitts, Tatum, N.M., and her guests Cheryl Lair, Houston, Texas, Glenda Armstrong, Liberal, James and Saing Pitts, Oklahoma City, Okla., and Regina Watson; Lee Pritchett Rudisill, Corvallis, Ore., and guest Kay Pritchett Danley, Mason, Texas.
1944 – Mary Louise Camac Wilson, Bronson, and guests Robert and Peggy Clark, Ft. Collins, Colo.; Thora Nichols Shinn and guests Alan and Becky Shinn, Uniontown.
1945 – Enid Shinn Large and guests Vivian Moore and Connie Snow, Fort Scott; Lucille Deer Bacon, Moran, and guest Nora Jean Davolt, Wichita.
1946 – Wanda Miller Abbott and guest Rhonda Peeples, Lakeland, Fla.
1947 – Dean Pratt and guests Jeff and Valerie Keating, Seneca, Mo., and Pat and Dianne Keating, Fulton.
1948 – Audrey Miller Stewart, Fort Scott; Ilene Townsley Woodcock and guest Jacque Bass, Lone Jack, Mo.
1949 – Geraldine Wolford Reeder, Bronson.
1951 – Tom Johnson and guest Margaret Johnson, Bronson; Richard Woodward and guest Barbara Woodward, Bronson.
1952 – Ednamarie Sharkey Jackson, Nixa, Mo,. and guest Darcy Sinn, Fort Scott.
