writes: My son-in-law, Hiram Salvini, passed away July 4th. He was given his ALS diagnosis just as we were having our 50th reunion. Here it is almost 5 years later. So many people ask about him. 
December Gals Get Together:
October Get Together Photo
Nov. 12, 2019 — Ten 1959ers met Oct. 19, 2019 at Bon Bon in East Lawrence for brunch, lots of talking, and celebrating Sherri's birthday.
Above from the left: Gwen Altic Leckron, Ruth Bramble Humphrey, Karen Stuart Heeb, Sue Squires Midyett, Julia Walker Magana, Debbie Grinstead Beene, Judy Demos Crossfield, Janet Burnett Huchingson, Mary Kirby LaRue, and Sherri Dobbins Milsap.
60th Reunion Recap
Oct. 26, 2019 — Our 60th Reunion was September 28-29, 2019. A big THANKS goes to Janet Burnett Huchingson, Mary Kirby LaRue, Sherri Dobbins Millsap and Roger Scott for their work to make the reunion a success.
The two-day activities planned by the reunion committee kept classmates busy: Friday evening for an informal gathering at Johnny's West, a Saturday morning tour of historic downtown Lawrence followed by lunch at the old Merchnts Bank, and a Saturday night buffet dinner at Union Train Station (now the Welcome Center in North Lawrence).
Below are photos from the reunion. Thanks to Joanne Okamoto Munger and Janet Burnett Huchingson for sending photos. If you took photos and want to share, please send via email to ruth@humphreyfam.com. Check back soon for more photos.
If you can identify the missing names or find corrections to identifications or spellings, send an email to ruth@humphreyfam.com.
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Elvis (Bob Lockwood '56) Joins Friday Night Activities
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Friday Night at Johnny's West |
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Saturday Morning Tour of Downtown Lawrence |
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L to R: Bill Young (Katy Wright Young's husband), Jim Riley, Janet Burnett Huchingson, Brenna Buchanan Young (tour guide), Pricilla Camp and Nancy Miller Reiling |
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Original elevator in the Ernst Hardware store building — now a T-shirt shop. L to R: Janet and John Huchingson, Jim Riley. |
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Carolyn and Ray Thornton, Larry Schaake
Background: Warren Hall (middle), Ida Johnson Jeppesen (right) and Warren's wife.
Foreground from the left: Ruth Bramble Humphrey, Katy Wright Young and Linda Garrett Wright. 
Nancy Miller Reiling and Ruth Bramble HumphreyJanet Burnett Huchingson writes:
Feb. 5, 2018 — I went to a PEO meeting in Whitefish, Mont. and, in the elevator to the meeting room, the PEO next to me asked me where I was from, and I said Lawrence Kansas. She said I “lived in Lawrence Kansas.” My uncle was the dean of the business school for many years and lived in Lawrence until he died. Frank Pinet. I said I went to school with Linda Pinet (photo left), and she said I am Linda!!! She was only in Lawrence for two years for eighth and ninth grade. Then they moved back to Ottawa where they were from and she graduated from Ottawa high school. She was Initiated into her mother's chapter in 1962 and she went to Cottey College. She said her three cousins graduated from LHS. I remember only Chris, who died a couple of years ago but was a professor in Bozeman, Mont. and Amanda (Carolyn Shull Cater) 
knew him. She had trouble recalling any other classmates, so I threw out a few names. Then she said she remembered Jeannie Schultz and the one with the pony tail — Jeannie Wheeler. I told her when I got home I would look in my eighth and ninth grade yearbooks and send her some photos.
Pat Niemoeller Lay (photo right) lives in Buena Vista, Colo., but gets back to Lawrence about once a year or so because her mother still lives there. I had lunch with her last winter when I was skiing at Monarch Mountain near Salida, Colo.
Debbie Beene Has Been Delivering
Meals on Wheels For 45 Years
May 23, 2017 — Debbie [Grinstead] Beene has delivered well over 10,000 meals during the 45 years she has been a Lawrence Meals on Wheels volunteer. After two years of teaching fourth grade in Eudora, Debbie became a full-time wife, mother and volunteer. In addition to delivering meals to elderly and/or disabled individuals, she has served the organization as a multi-year board member and as president for three years simply because she “felt like there was a need to feed people.” As so often happens when one spouse becomes deeply involved with a volunteer cause, Debbie’s husband Daryl also became motivated to help, serving as the group’s treasurer for five years. He says that his wife “enjoys talking to people and stays involved. She still stays in contact with many people to whom she delivered meals many years ago.” HERE for the article from Amazing Aging! by Marsha Henry Goff Class of '56.
Janet explores Lawrence
Check out an article from the Lawrence Journal-World about Janet Burnett-Huchingson.
Janet is working on a goal of walking along every street in the Lawrence city limits....Janet walks during the daytime hours when most of us are working, at school or taking care of other business. HERE for the article.