Portage High School Class of 1949 celebrated their 60th reunion Sept. 19 at Portage Country Club. The day included a tour of the old senior high school, a program presented by Col. LaVerne Griffin, USAF retired, and a review of the Portage Library Book Memorial Fund initiated by the class following its 50th reunion. To date, 46 books have been donated and the fund continues to be well supported by remaining class members and the library. Class members attending included, from left, bottom row, John Bremner, Ken Cors and Ole Marlatt; row two, Betty Rubin Kaschinske, Betty Funk Kopfhamer, Dorothy Klabunde Neitzel, Marilyn Weishoff Sopha, Nancy Atkinson Breitsprecher, Donna Townsend Chvojicek, Sara Leonard, Donna Branshaw Maxwell, Audrey Martin Zunker, Verda Bartels Johnson, Clarella Wheeler Boggs, Bob Dalsbo and Bob Newkirk; row three, Faye Hamele Wielgus, Ken Golliher, Lovice Lichte Klemp, Bill Lauterbach, Dick Voight, Beverly Lauson Hoffmann, Eugene Hoffman, Patty Pease Kermott, Jeanette Mielke Olson, Dixie Sanders Connors, Verda Grunke Niemann, Pat Reynolds Riley, Fannie Woodman Allegar, Paulina Reick Miner, Bud Herpel and Verna Bartels Simonson; row four, Dean Summers, Russ Miller, Marion Gerstenkorn and Ron Eddy.

Portage High School Class of 1949 celebrated its 60th reunion Sept. 19 at Portage Country Club. The day included a tour of the old senior high school, a program presented by Col. LaVerne Griffin, U.S. Air Force retired, and a review of the Portage Library Book Memorial Fund initiated by the class following its 50th reunion. To date, 46 books have been donated and the fund continues to be supported by remaining class members and the library. Class members attending included, from left, bottom row, John Bremner, Ken Cors and Ole Marlatt; row two, Betty Rubin Kaschinske, Betty Funk Kopfhamer, Dorothy Klabunde Neitzel, Marilyn Weishoff Sopha, Nancy Atkinson Breitsprecher, Donna Townsend Chvojicek, Sara Leonard, Donna Branshaw Maxwell, Audrey Martin Zunker, Verda Bartels Johnson, Clarella Wheeler Boggs, Bob Dalsbo and Bob Newkirk; row three, Faye Hamele Wielgus, Ken Golliher, Lovice Lichte Klemp, Bill Lauterbach, Dick Voight, Beverly Lauson Hoffmann, Eugene Hoffman, Patty Pease Kermott, Jeanette Mielke Olson, Dixie Sanders Connors, Verda Grunke Niemann, Pat Reynolds Riley, Fannie Woodman Allegar, Paulina Reick Miner, Bud Herpel and Verna Bartels Simonson; row four, Dean Summers, Russ Miller, Marion Gerstenkorn and Ron Eddy.