Racine/Southern Alumni Association Annual Dinner
Tornado alumni from Southern High School and the former Racine High School recently held their 2014 alumni dinner event at Southern Elementary gymnasium on Saturday, May 24th. All in attendance enjoyed dinner catered by Barb Arnold, shared memories with classmates, and many attended commencement immediately afterward. This year’s alumni scholarships were awarded to 2014 SHS graduates Casey Pickens and Lacey Hupp. Alumni in attendance included:
1936—Elva Dean Brinker Barnitz; 1942—Paul Beegle, Mary Jane Foster Carr; 1945—Emma jean Willford Lyons; 1946—Billy Joe Spencer; 1949—Joe Stobart, Howard Ervin.
1952—Gene Wells; 1953—Dan Smith, George Theiss; 1954—Norman Roush, Shirley Shively, Joyce Hart Manuel, Shirley Stobart Roberts, Alice Wamsley, Jane Gilmore Beegle; 1955—Lillian Weese; 1956—Daniel Euler, Don R. Hill, Robert E. Beegle; 1957—Robert Euler, Dwain Sayre, Don Johnson; 1958—Carl Wolfe, Linda Mallory Hill, Hazel Stobart Dudding.
1959—Martha Teaford Meadows, Donna Hilldore Byer, Ronald Salser, Nadine Euler, Shirley McKelvey Johnson, Roy Van Meter; 1960—Mary E. Hill, Lois Allen, Carl L. Wolfe, Margie Stobart Wolfe, Mary Grace Cowdery; 1961—Miriam Foster Compliment; 1962—Allen Graham, Duane Wolfe Sr.; 1963—Janice (Cookie) Salser, Jess Wood, Robert Wines.
1964—Terry Roush, Donna Powell Wolfe, Gayle Rees, William Ours, Max Knopp, Earl E. Cleland, Carol Wines, Randall Reiber, Norman Rhodes, Roberta Chancey, Linda Davis, Sharon Cottrill, Larry Sayre, Linda White Cunningham, Pam Riffle, Judy Cozart Pape, Robert Sylvester, Rich Holter, Lynn Mallory, William Pickens, Bob Wood, Vernon Donahue, Sharon Donahue, Carol Shain Reed.
1965—Sue Price Cammarata, Kay Hill, Donna Dailey Watson, Jim Hamm; 1966—Pamela M. Theiss, Denny Evans, Linda Adams Evans; 1967—Robyn Stearns Porter, Linda Yost McTurner, Bonnie Van Meter; 1969—Carl Robinson, Ann McClintock Wiles, Martha Yost Bartrug, Jane Johnson Fry, Carolyn Manuel Robinson, Jeff Donohew, Brenda Bradford Weller, Pete Simpson.
1970—Pat Dumas Ours; 1971—Sharon Ervin Hall, Barbara Koker, Becky Mallory; 1972—Roger Willford; 1973—Bev Ervin Willford; 1974—Connie Roush McGlothen; 1975—Howard (Buddy) Ervin Jr.; 1978—Herbert Ervin; 1979—Teresa Ervin Wilson; 1981—Della Johnson Wolfe; 1982—Tammy Hupp; 1983—Bruce Johnson; 1984—Cindy Allen Johnston, Russell Flagg, Tony Deem; 1986—Rebecca Van Meter Zuspan, Paula Winebrenner Daugherty.
1990—Tricia Wolfe McNickle; 1992—Robin D. Manuel; 2000—Heather Dailey-Johnson; 2007—Mallory Hill. 2014—Taylor McNickle, Jamie O’Brien, Katie Jenkins, Trenton Deem, Lacey Hupp, Wyatt Jarrell, Casey Pickens.