The Humboldt High School Biennial Reunion was Oct. 11-12 at the Humboldt Community Fieldhouse, with graduates who have been out of HHS for at least 40 years, from 1943 to 1979.
This years reunion was the largest since the reunions beginning in 1961, with 554 attending the Friday night and/or Saturday activities. Attendees came from 30 states and Canada.
Events included a vintage baseball game, touring the high school and facilities and bus tours of the town. Saturdays banquet was highlighted with special recognition of the 1968-1969 undefeated football team, the 1969 State Basketball Championship Team and the 4th place State Basketball Team of 1970. Many of the team members were recognized along with Coach Don Walburn and Coach Leland Moore.
The next Biennial Reunion will be on Oct. 8-9, 2021 which will include classes from the beginning of Humboldt High School in 1885 to 1981.
Attending Friday evening and/or Saturday by class were:
1943: Neil Hartwig, Humboldt; Doris (Lassman) Wilhite, Humboldt; Daisy (Massey) Clements, Humboldt
1944: Robert and Rosie Nelson, El Dorado
1945: Tim and Faye Yockey, Humboldt
1946: Melvin Baker, Humboldt; Darlene (DeMeritt) Houk, Bartlesville, Okla. and guest Debbie Birk
1947: Joe and Anita Baker, Humboldt
1948: Bob and DeeDee Schmidt, Richland Hills, Texas, and guests Mary Anne and Tim Cole
1949: Rita (Kemmerer) Ridgely, Parkville, Md., and guests Amy Ostendorf and Sue Stoltz; Eugene Bennett, Humboldt; Vada (Snodgrass) Aikins, Humboldt; Charles Tilman, Humboldt; Allen Wiles, Sterling, Ill.
1950: Baird Brinkmeyer, Grove, Okla., and guest Judy Bradley; Clyde Roush, Chanute
1951: Joan (Elliott) Snodgrass, Lawrence; Bruce Snodgrass, Lawrence
1952: Richard Barnett, Gravois Mills, Mo.; Rita (Frederick) Roush, Chanute; Sal and Carolyn Marquez, Frontenac; Verna (Reaves) Rives, Humboldt
1953: Wayne Jackson, Iola; Donna (Ostrander) Lower-Nord, Iola and guest Dwight Blackwood; Dale Wiles, Humboldt; Norma (Wolford) Jackson, Iola; Sylvia (Wulf) and Truman Borghardt, Topeka; Paul Zirjacks, Iola, and guest Frances Scearce
1954: Deloris (Baker) Wiles, Humboldt; Maynard and Jeanice Cress, Humboldt; Louise (Feeney) Wright, Emporia; Donald Snart, Tuttle, Okla.; Gary Upton, Bonita, Calif.; Sonya (Upton) Crowl, Omaha, Neb.
1955: Joann (Burwell) Tasche, Chanute; Jerry and Ann Coltrane, Elmhurst, Ill; Joyce (Edwards) Debrick Rogers, Ark.; Jean (Elliott) Lindsey, Humboldt; Pat (Hilton) Friederich, Butler, Mo.; Wilma (Huffmaster) Beaumeler, Stockton, Calif.; Dwight and Caroline Jackson, Lawrence; Chuck and Mary Magill, Vinton, Iowa; Virginia (Pollman) Finuf, Chillicothe, Mo., and guest Tracy Smith; Marilyn (Stinson) Marts, Chanute, and guest Melissa Burris; Mary Frances (Temming) White, Humboldt. Elizabeth (Tilman) Smothers, Julian, Calf.
1956: Ronald Barlow, Green River, Wyo.; Phyllis (Hoepker) and Richard Durham, Romona, Okla; Larry and Rose Jones, Humboldt; Ellen (McVey) Hess, Lawrence; Edna (Menke) and Jim Morris Chanute; Jim Morelan, Campbell, Calif. and guest Wayne Smith, Humboldt; Sandra (Morris) and Norman Cross, Overland Park; Charles Reaves, Chanute; Burm Snart, Mills River, N.C.; Dennis Vaughn, Chanute; Lorel and Darlene Watts, Nevada, Mo.; Roberta (Womack) and Bill Campbell, Yates Center; Dolores Dodie (Wulf) and Don Copley, Humboldt
