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

First row, left: Jean Ann Towle, Donald Serfass, Debra (Sinton) Eremus 2nd row: Marihelen (Rother) Machay, Sue (White) Baisley, Dawn Faust, Brenda (Bowe) Sebring, Kathy (Gerber) Gill, Nancy (Daderko) Robson, Scott Breiner, Nancy (Snyder) Knadler. 3rd row: Nancy Meiser, Jane (Coll) Breiner, Diane (Simmonds) Oldt, Kathi (Deutsch) Charles, Marion (Ritter) Cipko, Anna Brose, Alvin Oberman. 4th row: Eugene Frantz, Larry Hafer, Marilyn (Miller) Cummins, Linwood Koch, Isabel (Chernesky) Woodring, Morrell Devlin, Theodore Clemson Jr., Ron Osenbach. 5th row: Joseph Welker, Richard Bachman, William Mantz, Scott Leiby, Anthony Domday, Robert Fritz, 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