The Tamaqua Area High School Class of 1973 held its 45-year reunion at the Mahoning Valley Country Club, Lehighton, on Sept. 1, part of a two-day celebration which included an evening of socializing at Schick’s Cafe Calcutta, Tamaqua, on Aug. 31.

First row, from left: Jean Ann Towle, Donald Serfass and Debra (Sinton) Eremus. Second row: Marihelen (Rother) Machay, Sue (White) Baisley, Dawn Faust, Brenda (Bowe) Sebring, Kathy (Gerber) Gill, Nancy (Daderko) Robson, Scott Breiner and Nancy (Snyder) Knadler. Third row: Nancy Meiser, Jane (Coll) Breiner, Diane (Simmonds) Oldt, Kathi (Deutsch) Charles, Marion (Ritter) Cipko, Anna Brose and Alvin Oberman. Fourth row: Eugene Frantz, Larry Hafer, Marilyn (Miller) Cummins, Linwood Koch, Isabel (Chernesky) Woodring, Morrell Devlin, Theodore Clemson Jr. and Ron Osenbach. Fifth row: Joseph Welker, Richard Bachman, William Mantz, Scott Leiby, Anthony Domday, Robert Fritz and Michael Cappos.

Discussions are underway for staging a combined Tamaqua High School Classes of 1972 and 1973 summer picnic to take place in 2019 in the Tamaqua area. Details will be announced in the Times News. FLEXER PHOTOGRAPHY/SPECIAL TO THE TIMES NEWS