MGHS Alumni Banquet held in early June

By Rebecca Sponsler | June 26, 2024

The annual MGHS Alumni Banquet was held June 8, 2024, in the Mulberry Grove Elementary gym. The meet and greet began at 4:30 followed by a meal at 6:00. One hundred thirty-nine Alumni and guests were present. Special recognition was given to the classes of 1954, 1964, and 1974.

Jeannine Stoeffel and Robert McKean were honored as the earliest graduates and Janie Bea Johnson Rinella was recognized as the graduate who traveled the farthest to attend. A moment of silence was observed for those graduates who are no longer with us.

MG Reunion 01:

Members of the classes of 1954 and 1964 were present at the reunion. From left to right in the back row are Roy Bohle (64), Tom Jackson (64), Larry Greenwood (64), and Charles Cline (64). From left to right in the front row are Mary Jo Harmon Koontz (64), Janie Bea Johnson Rinella (64), Sandra Siebert Johnson (64), Millie Colburn Bauer (54), Beverly Metzger Greenwood (64), and Rita Grigg Jenkins (64) Not pictured: Gary Roger (64), and Karen Hudson Voyles (64).

MG Reunion 02:

Members of the class of 1974 were present at the banquet. In the back row from left to right are David Deverick, Ted Macon, John Briggs, Bill Niepert, Charles Bauer, Ann Leidner Bowen, Mary Steiner Dempsey, and Debra Tedrick Pope. In the second row from left to right are David Stief, Barbara Dothager Reiss, Lynda Lynch Gish, Devra Koonce Yeakel, Jessie Baugh Ward, Jill Whited Jensen, Diana Matthews Dothager, and Kendra Reed Fischer. In the front row is Vickie Betts Bernard.

CLASS OF 1974:

Members of the class of 1974 who graduated from Mulberry Grove High School gathered together for a meal at Patriots Park on June 9. In the front row are Jill (Whitehead) Jensen, Mary (Stiener) Dempsey, Marla (Fletcher) Rick, Diana (Mathews) Dothager, Nancy (Blakenship) Slatton, Vickie (Betts)Bernard, Lynda (Lynch) Gish, Jessie (Baugh) Ward, Kendra (Reed) Fisher, Barbara (Dothager) Reiss. In the back row are Jim Tedrick, Charles Bauer, Randy Tevis, John Briggs, Bill Neipert, David Deverick, and Davis Steif.