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ELMHURST CLASS OF 1953 REUNION

September 13, 2013 The Waynedale News Staff 0 min read

1st Row (L-R) Nila McCartney Fox, Jean Adams Kloer, Nick Werling, Stuart Trainer, Beverly Sampson Gebert, Lucille Jerraid Huyghe.

2nd Row and rear (L-R) Harold Dautz, Gene Lee, Martha Walker Imler, Bob Crider, Phyllis Waldrop Wilkinson, Betty Paxton Koomler, Dick Schmitt, Louise Scott Bridges, Tom Buchan, Myrtle Scott Steiner, Joe Specht, Jerry Working, Kurt Stewart, Ed Sidel, Paul Henry, Virgil Curley, Dave Smithson and Charles Pickard.

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