Lamont grads return for reunion

Lamont

More than 80 people attended the Lamont School Reunion Saturday, June 25, in the Lamont Community Building. The walls were decorated with many class pictures donated and displayed by Wayne Kelly, Sherrill Kelly-Nelson and Marguerite Kelly-Miller.

President Joan Potts-Helm greeted everyone. Darcia Tuggle-Dugger presented a question and answer quiz about events and people during the years of 1960 and 1961. Starting at table one each person identified themselves and said a few words. Many memories were recalled. The oldest graduates present were Marguerite Kelly Miller, class of 1934; Mary Moreland-Anderson and Maxine Potts-Reitmeier, class of 1935, and Don Morton, class of 1936.

The Sauer family brought the most siblings which included Judy Zappone, Linda Corbin, Ron Sauer, Dennis Sauer, Tim Sauer and sister-in-law Judy Sauer. Janice Colyar Kobayashi of Hawaii traveled the longest distance to attend. New officers elected are Darcia Dugger, president; Lance Colyar, vice president and Wayne Kelly and Linda Kelly, secretary-treasurer. The meeting was adjourned and the Longhorn Barbecue served lunch.

The school building was opened for anyone to tour. Next reunion will be June 30, 2012, at the Lamont Community Building.

Kathy Shields met with high school friends for lunch Wednesday, June 22, at the Spokane Club. Those included were Amy Jo and Dan Tollefson, Bill and Rita Leinweber, Ted and Jeannette Ham, Jeanne Grogan, Joy and Bob Franklin, Donna and Jim Montzheimer, Ken and Darlene Judd, JoAnn and Bob Giffing.

Betty Stone, Mary Lee and Larry Adamson, Billie Jo Davison and Kathy Shields met for lunch Thursday, June 24, at the Northern Quest Casino.

Larry and Mary Lee Adamson of Reno are in the area for a week to visit. They are staying with Mary Lee’s brother and wife, Richard and Diane Melville in Tyler.

On Saturday evening, June 26, Stella Melville, Milly Kay Baldwin and Betty Stone drove to Spokane for the Spangle School Reunion at the Eagles lodge. This was Stella’s 65th year class reunion. There were eight graduates in her class of 1945. On Sunday Bill, Stella, Dean and Mindy Melville toured the former Spangle school building which now houses the Rasmussen Print Co. After the tour they attended a video presentation, “Spangle School Reflections” by Nona Hengen.

Charlie and Adele Brown and sons, Beau and Rowdy, departed Lamont June 17 to travel into Idaho, Montana, South Dakota and Wyoming.

They stopped in Deer Lodge, Mont., and visited an old State Prison and a Collector Car Museum.

In Cody, Wyo., they viewed Devil’s Tower which is a very large circular rock formation set on 27 acres of ground.

It is privately owned and operated with no government assistance.

It is a sacred place to several Indian tribes.

They visited Crazy Horse monument in South Dakota, which was started 50 years ago and is still under construction.

The Lewis and Clark Caverns at Butte, Mont., a state park were especially interesting to the Brown boys.

They descended about 325 feet into the ground on steps and found Decision Rock, where hikers have to decided whether they want to continue on to the bottom or go back to the top.

The Brown family went all the way to the bottom.

In these caverns, the temperature is always 50 degrees and because of layers of mineral deposits, stalactites and stalagmites were formed.

The family visited Yellowstone Park where they saw Old Faithful and other sights.

They came home through Montana where they visited the Little Big Horn Battlefield.

Bill and Bonnie Swannack and Janet Bowman drove to Tekoa on Sunday to watch Tommie Sue Swannack take part in the rodeo. Tommie Sue placed second in her age group in barrel racing and the first in goat tying

Lamont Community Church started a five day Bible School Monday. The theme of the week will be Joseph’s Sojourn in Egypt. This year, the study will be for the whole family.

Last Saturday, Diane and Allen Cook drove to Hermiston to a barbecue at the home of their daughter, Donna Durand and family. Also attending were Sandra and Dennis Miller, and their children, Logan and Kristen, of Kahlotus.