Mound City High School alumni mark 66th reunion

Roger Sims, Journal Staff
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The 66th annual Mound City High School reunion gives alumni, their families and friends the opportunity to visit and catch up. The reunion was Saturday, June 20. (Photos by Roger Sims / Linn County Journal)

By Roger Sims, Journal staff

More than 80 people gathered in the Jayhawk Elementary School gym on Saturday, June 20, for the 66th annual Mound City High School reunion. Alumni and their family members began arriving before 11 a.m. to visit with classmates, and by the time lunch was served shortly afternoon, the gym was a scene of lively conversation as smiles followed recounted memories.

With 2026 Alumni president Katherine Neal Clay president offering the welcome, the Pledge of Allegiance was recited and invocation was given by Hunter Jameson, youth pastor at Mound City Christian Church. The guests sat down to a meal catered by Pittsburg-based Chicken Mary's and served by the church's youth group.

A group of students, who joined the alumni for the meal, were acknowledged as scholarship recipients.

Classes honored this year included the class of 1951, 1956, 1961, 1966, 1971, and the Jayhawk-Linn High School class of 1976, which began their high school careers in the old Mound City school but ended up at JLHS. It was the 50-year reunion for the class of '76.

***David Johnson represents the class of 1951 at the reunion. That class graduated 75 year ago.***

Celebrating 70 years since their commencement are members of the class of 1956, including, front row from left, Verna Lee Scott Foerschler, Tom Foerschler, Lillian Cash; back row, Edra Kay Cosens, Carolyn McGown, and Larry Gillum.

***Marking 65 years since they graduated, members of the class of 1961 include, seated, Cheryl Poole, Ed Peery; standing, Jerry Peterson, Carol Paddock, Gary Gillum and Colleen Troth.***

Graduates from the class of 1966 include, front row from left, Katherine Clay, Judy Wiley, Jane Riopel; back row, Melvin Schasteen, Harold Myers, Darrell Myers, Eugene Lanham, Mike Henesey, and a music teacher who taught at MCHS from 1963 to 1968, Jim Fuchs. This class celebrated their 60th year as alumni.

Celebrating their graduation 55 years ago are representatives from the class of 1971, including from left, David Williamson, Susan Myers, Carmen Self, Bonnie Milburn, Linda Holt, Marla Koester, Ada Hunt and Diane Keating.

The Jayhawk-Linn class of 1976 includes, front row from left, Debbie Grigsby Lynch, Pam Keating, Doug Barber, Denise Rackley; back row, Alan Charley, Robert Kellstadt, Randy Johnson, David Holland, Mary Greene, Brad Johnson, and Mike Hays. This class started their freshman year at MCHS before moving to the new consolidated high school. It was their 50th reunion.

***Above, scholarship recipients include Brianne Seely, Bertha Dominguez, Brilyn Bogan, Brenlyn Bogan; photo below, Clay Nichols, Truman Schneider and Adrien Felix.***

Alumni officers for 2026 include, clockwise from top left, Katherine Neal Clay (1966), Carol Laird Wood (1970), Bonnie Jean Scott New (1947), and Verna Lee Scott Foerschler (1956). Vice president Joyce Allen (1964) was not able to attend the event.