2013 newsletter

The

47th annual PHS All-Class Reunion

will be held

July 19, 2014

This will be the 70th anniversary of the first graduating class of PHS. The Class of 1944 had 17 graduates.

CLASS OF 1944
Miss Mary Ferrero, class sponsor

Mary Ellen Blumer, Riley Connelly, Jane Eubank, Frances Forbord

Marilyn Kay Heaton, Beverly Hoel, Leola Hoppes, Bruce Jackman

Harriet Jensen, Margaret Kirby, Peggy Kusler, Neil Lawson

Marlys Lippman, Julaine Olson, Delores Skroch, Mildred Wing

Classes of 48 & 49
Mrs. Tamzon Petty
7th & 8th grades
43-44

The Class of 49 had 18 graduates, they were; Emma Burnison, Thomas Culver, Robert Hoar, Florence Hoehne, Ramona Johnson, Madge Lanphear, Rose Marsh, Shirley Murray, Dorothy Parmenter, William Rutan, Yvonne Savage, Earle Smith, Dean Sturdivant, Francis Underwood, Jack Van Noy, Patrica Varvel, Ronald Wilhelm and James Wyotassek. This will be their 65th reunion.

Classes of 54 & 55
Mrs. Dagney Bauer
1st & 2th grade, 43-44

The Class of 1954, will celebrate their 60th reunion. They had the following 22 graduates; Eunice Anderson, Monte Birdsall, William Burke, Michael Finkel, John Hanna, William Hardin, Terry Hutchison, Douglas Jackman, Carol Joslin, Richard Mudge, Donald Mueller, Francis Rose, Robert Roselius, Kenneth Skroch, Vonda Smith, Dorothy Stearns, Iva Belle Stearns, Rodney Torkelson, Marilyn Turnquist, Thomas Veren, Elmer Wohl and Donnita Zimmerman.

Class of 59
Mrs. Dagney Bauer
5th grade, 51-52

This is the 55th reunion of the Class of 59 , which had 28 graduates; Tonie Aderhold, David Bauer, Joe Bazzle, Ed Ferdig, Cedric Goodman, Ronald Hagen, Judy Heer, Maurgrite Hoffman, Clova Iversen, Duane Just, William Lessert, David Martinez, Sharon Mickelson, Berchia Miller, Arnold Monroe, Larry Nelson, Quinton Norman, Darlene Olmstead, Joyce Ritchey, Darrell Sanovia, Mary Anne Schmaltz, Frank Stearns, David Toffelmire, Don Vassos, Ruby Wohl, Emma Wright, Rita Wright and Art Zimiga.

Class of 64
Mrs. Esther Six
6th grade, 57-58
The Class of 1964 had 32 graduates. This will be their big 50th reunion. They are; Barbara Bailey, Kevin Beauvais, Janette Bergeleen, James Boltz, Jo Ann Caylor, Robert Elsasser, Thomas Facklam, Zane Iversen, Larry Lathrop, Lana Mader, Stephen Mader, Paul Meier, James Mohr, Art Nelson, Linda Newman, Larry O'Conner, John Odell, Dennis Olmstead, Kathleen Olson, Sharon Olson, Victor Pedersen, Barbara Roller, Madona Ryan, Virginia Skroch, Jerry Sears, Charles Shaw, William Stokes, Sharon Toffelmire, Larry Vassos, Barbara Wickstrom, Harry Wiedenmeyer and Ramona Wright.

Cost of meals ----------------------------------------------------------- $1659.00

Postage, printing, etc. -------------------------------------------------- $1026.00

Balance on hand for 2014 ................................................................. $2636.00

$50.00 Ted DeLeon (58) ; Sherry (63) (Hansen) Hulbert; Berchia (59) (Miller) Erickson

$25.00 Jim (50) & Phyllis Mudge; Beverly (52) (Johnson) Lindblom; Bud (53) & Carol (55) (Thompson) Nelson; Francis (54) Rose

$10.00 Jerry Ann (58) (Thompson) Chrisco; Karen (56) (Peterson) Wiggens; Phyllis(53) (Fryett) Yardley

Thanks to your generosity the finances are still in good shape. The Goodman fund is at $300.

Bring your pictures and items to share with your classmates. I will have my scanner set up both days. Time will be limited on Saturday but I will be there all day Sunday to scan and share pictures, etc.

THE 46th ANNUAL PROVO HIGH ALUMNI REUNION WILL BE HELD AT THE AMERICAN LEGION CLUB POST 22, 818 E ST PATRICK, RAPID CITY SD ON SATURDAY, JULY 19, 2014. CHECK IN AND HAPPY HOUR; 5:00 TO 6:00 PM PROGRAM AT 6:00 DINNER AT 6:30

The reservations can be sent to Jim Anderson by snail mail at 822 E. Indiana St., Rapid City, SD, 57701-5835. You can also make reservations by Email at Igloo.SD@gmail.com. Also by phone at (605) 342-2758 and leave a message on the answering machine. If you could make your reservation by the 4th of July it would help us in planning the seating and the meal. We will also be making name tags for you and your guests so we will need their names also. If you prepay, the price is $10.00 per person for the Saturday night meal. If you pay at the door, the price is $15.00 per person. If you prepay, please make the checks out to PHS Alumni Association.

The Igloo Reunion will be held the next day at the same location (July 20, Legion Club) from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM. Several items will be on display including old newspapers, photos of workers, blueprints of depot and housing area, telephone books, etc.

You may have noticed the prepaid price has been lowered to $10. This is actually lower than the cost, but I wanted to use some of the funds to give back to the attendees. Sandy (Cooley) Copland (61) sent a generous donation, that will appear in the next newletter, which will cover most of the difference, so thank her.

It has been decided that we need a sound system. I think for this year we will rent one and then decide if we want to buy one and what size it should be. I think the Dan Goodman fund will be used for this.

We have changed the name of the Igloo Picnic to the Igloo Reunion, perhaps it is time to think about changing the Provo High Alumni reunion to the Provo School reunion. We have not generated a new alumni in 47 years, of course we have not generated a new student in that many years also. When the school closed in 1967 there were 5 students in kindergarten, they would have been the class of 79. The Provo School District existed about 55 years, 30 before WWII and 25 after. Many of those early students ended up working at BHOD or sending their children to Provo School later.

Just got an email from Louie DeLeon and it reminded me of how many PHS alumni went on to coach State Championship Teams.

WANTED: We are looking for some more people to help with the reunion; newsletter, setup, registration, program, etc. My contact information is above if you would be interested in helping.

Wild Bill Hickok connection to Provo School. A month or so before his death in Deadwood, Hickok entered the Black Hills on the 1876 Cheyenne to Custer Stage route. This route went through center of the area that became BHOD (just east of the igloos) There was a stage station located there called Alum Spring, among other names. One story about Hickok's trip stated they spent the night there. Much later (1910 era) the homesteaders built a school house using the logs from the old stage station. This was located about one igloo away from the one that exploded in the 1950's. This was upgraded to a frame building built a little to the NE on the school section. It was called the Soft Water School and was part of the Provo School district. In 1942 it was moved to Provo and combinded with the Provo School and remains today.