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Lehighton Class of 1958 gathers for 60-year reunion

Lehighton High School Class of 1958 held its 60-year class reunion Sept. 15 at Mahoning Valley Country Club. There were 56 people in attendance, including 33 class members. Some class members traveled from as far away as Florida, Texas, Virginia, New York and New Jersey. Reunion committee members were Kay DeMatte, Marlene Reiner, Shirley Gross, Hugh Dugan, Kenneth Esrang, Bob Ebbert and Gilbert Walters. Those in attendance included, front from left, Judith (Ulshafer) Frable, Betty (Kistler) Breiner and Shirley (Sheckler) House. Second row, Marvin Helfrich, Adele (Wentz) Kunkle, Kay (DeFrehn) DeMatte, Sheila (Kernis) Mager, Joyce (Ziegenfus) Cassidy, Phyllis (Moyer) Zaraza, Karen (Begel) Mullen, Pat (Reabold) Hill, Barbara (Balogach) Dzuiba, Ferne (Mertz) Berger, Marlene (Ellis) Reiner, Gladys (Ahner) Ivory and Sandra (Rex) LeClair. Third row, Richard Hartman, Betty (Haas) Forsythe, Robert Brennan, Marie (Green) Schlecht, Shirley (Correll) Gross and Linda (Billman) Billig. Fourth row, Richard Gombert, Edward Knappenberger, William Beisel, Kenneth Esrang, William Semmel, Robert Ebbert, Brian Hill, Carl Schweitzer, Hugh Dugan and Gilbert Walters. Also attending but missing from photo was Carl Ginder. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO