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The Central High School Class of 1969 celebrated its 55th anniversary reunion by gathering on Friday, Aug. 2, at Spring Dam Brewery, Roaring Spring, for an informal get-together. On Saturday, Aug. 3, the class celebrated at the U.S. Hotel’s Liberty Hall in Hollidaysburg with a buffet dinner, reminiscing, class trivia and honoring Bonnie (Lindsey) Hammel, who passed away in March 2024, and was the backbone of organizing all the previous reunions. A memory table was set up honoring the 50 deceased members of the class. In memory of Bonnie, $500 was donated to the Dragon Food Backpack Program, which she was greatly involved with. Among those attending were (from left): first row — Bonnie (Shelow) Wright, Ron Zimmerman, Janie (Corle) McConnell, Kathy (Lear) Koser, Sharle (Coppersmith) Campbell, Carol (Weaver) Good, Jeannette (Replogle) Alwine, Janet (Quarry) Imes and Gene Davis; second row — Bernadine (Conlon) Cafferty, Betsy (Hoover) Garach, Donna (Dutton) Lee, Patricia (Croft) Wilson, Glenda (Claar) Peary, Evelyn (Corle) Cowan, Barbara (Adams) Edmundson, Charlotte (Chamberlain) Claar, Sally (Wyland) Eicher, Sandy (Claar) Davis, Ken Simington and John Bassler; third row — Greg Dodson, Darius Martz, Bob Gochnour, Joyce (Clapper) Reese, Donald Eastep, Debbie (Corrigan) Russell, Linda (Tipton) Stewart, Carolyn (Smith) Crisswell and Steve Long; fourth row — Paul Roach, Ronald Royer, Bob Decker, Stephen Ebersole, John Holsinger, David Gurkin, Larry Steele, Jerry Green and Jim Eicher. The class will gather for dinner at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 22, at the U.S. Hotel.