BRATTLEBORO — The BUHS Class of 1963 held its 50th reunion on June 15 and 16. Fifty-five classmates and 30 guests attended.
The weekend started Saturday afternoon with a tour by Bob Johnson of his business, Omega Optical, followed by a buffet dinner at the Brattleboro Country Club. Special entertainment was provided by classmate Anton Mastaler and his wife, Betty Smith-Mastaler, with background music for dancing provided by David Sutherland.
A picnic was held on Sunday at the home of Richard Rudolph in Spofford, N.H.
Classmates attending the weekend events from out of town were Tom Averill from Las Vegas; Sally Miniszek Babock from Freeport, Maine; Jeanne Burkewitz Sweeney from Burke, N.Y.; Donald Chase from Waterville, Maine, Steve Douglas from Carbondale, Colo.; Carol Crosby Fisher from Inman, S.C.; Dwight Fitch from Townshend, Mass.; Jeff Freeman from Zephyrhills, Fla.; Carol Leonard George from Exeter, N.H.; Mary Kendall Harris from Fairlee; Cynthia Alexander Hill from Haddam, Conn.; Herb Howe from South Dartmouth, Mass.; James Morse from Bradford; Carol Pemantel Hubbard from Huntington Beach, Calif.; Leslie Phillips from San Diego; Cheryl Puffer Luby from The Villages, Fla.; Dwight MacKerron from Stoughton, Mass.; Anton Mastaler from Weathersfield; Eric Merrill from Stafford, Va.; Douglas Record from Briny Breezes, Fla.; Dale-Ellen Bliss Plansker from El Cajon, Calif.; Mike Pollica from East Montpelier; Wayne Shaw from Sunderland, Mass.; Mitzie Amidon Salamck from Clifton Park, N.Y.; Judith Wilbur Stanley from West Springfield, Mass.; Arthur Thomas from Evergreen, Colo.; David J. West from Russellville, Ark.; Carol Salerno Willis from Rio Rancho, N.M.; and Gary Parsons from Hereford, Ariz.
Local classmates attending were Elleanor Skib Allen, Richard Bryant, Ray Carbonell, Steve and Ruth McKerrill Chamberlin, Ann LaPalme Davis, Sharon Frost Short, Betsy Hamilton Neumeister, Erik Hammarlund, Fred Jenness, Ernest Kohler, Louise Monmaney Lenois, Sallie Olmstead May, Wayne Randall, Mark Richards, Peter Root, Richard Rudolph, Eleanor Skib Allen, Gail Wilson Speno, Tink and June Severance, David Sutherland, Mary Thayer Towne, Greg Whitman, and Rhea Wintle Rhodes.
A highlight of the reunion was the awarding of two $2,500 scholarships to two graduating seniors: Kellie Schiller and Samuel O'Brien.