Submitted / TPI Members of the Elmore County High School Class of 1955 recently gathered for their 70th reunion. About 20 members are still living and nine gathered for the reunion joining the only living teacher from 1955 Doris Griffth. Picture are: Betty Wall, Ben Frank Atkins, Rebia Norton, Jennifer Searcy, Doris Griffith, Robbie Neighbors, Marta Traylor, Henderson Traylor, Charles Lyle and Marlin Ingram.
It’s been 70 years since members of the Elmore County High School Class of 1955 have walked the halls of the Eclectic School. But their memories are still as fresh as yesterday.
Submitted / TPI Members of the Elmore County High School Class of 1955 recently gathered for their 70th reunion. About 20 members are still living and nine gathered for the reunion joining the only living teacher from 1955 Doris Griffth. Picture are: Betty Wall, Ben Frank Atkins, Rebia Norton, Jennifer Searcy, Doris Griffith, Robbie Neighbors, Marta Traylor, Henderson Traylor, Charles Lyle and Marlin Ingram.
Earlier this month, nine of the remaining 20 or so classmates gathered for their 70th reunion at a restaurant in Wetumpka. A reunion is a tradition the class has continued every five years since 1985. The close class has also held monthly luncheons since the 1990s.
