Reunion Information

We need your reunion information!

Reunion plans & dates…events…contact numbers — your individual MHS Class Representatives often have it all , and we want to help publicize your news! Class reps: please help us keep our Alumni Website current by providing any reunion updates, etc. With your input, our expanding communication network will make it easier to re-connect! Please contact us at panthera@pantheralumni.org

Reunions for 2008

Class of 1968: 40-Year Reunion

It's hard to believe that it's been forty years since the members of the MHS Class of '68 received their Nolley roses as they left the stage with their diplomas. But, yes, it is time for our 40th Reunion, and plans are underway for a party in August. Mark your calendar now for the first weekend in August to meet up with past friends.

More detailed plans will follow, but so far we are looking at an informal gathering on Friday, August 1st, possibly at Howie's. The main event will be dinner on Saturday, August 2nd. We have booked Lake Anna Hall in Barberton for an evening buffet with music.

Help us spread the word by contacting your friends. We are asking you to provide your home address and email address so that we can keep you informed of the plans for the weekend. Send addresses for classmates, too. Send contact information to Caren (Guest) Wallace at cwallace@cutlerhomes.com and use MHS68 Reunion in the Subject line. The more communication we can do electronically, the more money we'll save in postage costs.

And speaking of money, if you would like to send a check now (for $20), it will be used for mailings and deposits. You will be credited the amount towards your dinner in August. Make the check out to Manchester High School Class of 1968 and send it to Jan Schild, 4 McGough Dr. , Fredericktown, OH 43019.

If you have any suggestions or questions, contact any of the committee members: Penny (Campbell) Riley, Tanya (McCormish) Russo, Barb Carmany Sanderson, Jan Schild, Caren (Guest) Wallace, and Sue Zimmerman.

(Posted 04-06-08)

Class of 1978: 30-Year Reunion

Anyone who is interested in helping to plan the 30-Year Reunion coming up next year should contact Tammy (Salter) Titus at ttitus@neo.rr.com. Please put "Manchester reunion" in your email subject-line, so she doesn't delete it.

(Posted 11-19-07)

Class of 1983: 25-Year Reunion

The Class of '83 will be holding their reunion the weekend of August 29, 2008. Starting out with the MHS Alumni Association Tailgate Party at the stadium on the 29th. After the game, they will be meeting at the Eagles Pavillion on Manchester Rd.

On Saturday the 30th, the reunion will continue with dinner at Emidio's Party Center in the Falls.

For more information, please contact Kim Kaderly Manley at 330 329-8414.

Class of 1988: 10-Year Reunion

The '88 Reunion Committee is now working on updating its mailing and email lists for the upcoming 20-Year event. Anyone interested in helping to plan the reunion should contact Laura (Kepnes) Bilinovich at lorbribil@brightdsl.net. They still need a lot of classmates’ email addresses.

Class of 1998: 10-Year Reunion

The class of 1998 reunion committee is looking for classmate information as well as volunteers to help plan the reunion. Please send any known classmate contact information (preferably e-mail addresses) or volunteer availability to J.W. Robinson at JamesWRobinson@aol.com.

Reunions for 2007

Class of 2002:   5-Year Reunion

This class had originally planned to wait for a 10-Year Reunion, but many classmates have expressed an interest in some type of 5-Year event -- THIS FALL!  Nothing is firm yet, but plans are being discussed for an informal, casual "reunion" over Thanksgiving weekend.  If you're interested in attending (or planning), email Katy Gaydos at katy.gaydos@omnova.com.  Please put "MHS Reunion" in the subject line.

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Class of 1982 - 25 Year Reunion recap

Furnished by Kim Lappin, Todd McKenney, Linda Aleman and Harold Noleff

The Class of 1982 had a fab time at their 25th reunion! The events started with the Alumni Pre-Game Tailgate Party on Friday, August 24th, followed by a bonfire hosted by Kim (Long) Lappin in which 25-30 people showed up. We talked until wee hours of the morning & a handful of us even went to the Tavern to continue catching up! It was great to see everyone, and Friday gave us a chance to mingle and catch up on old times.

Our reunion was held Saturday at Menches Brothers Restaurant at Canal Park and was hosted by Linda (Menches) Aleman. The place looked fabulous and the food was awesome! There were about 70-75 people in attendance. We had hoped for a better turnout since many classmates have returned back to the area, but we still had a wonderful time and are hopeful for a better turnout for our 30th. We had several people fly in Friday night right before the game and left early on Sunday; Linda Cannady, Jamie Greene, Russ Johnson, Karen Francis, Sheri Heath and Kim Lappin, to name a few, traveled from out of state to attend and we are so glad they could make it! The farthest traveler seemed to be Linda Canady from Texas.

Two of our classmates are soon to be grandmothers! We really did have a wonderful time and laughed most of the evening! Some of us can't see and some of us can't hear—and shall remain nameless—but it made for some funny happenings throughout the weekend! We made many more memories and it was like we picked up right where we left off. It rekindled a lot of old friendships and many of us are still staying in touch!

We would like to encourage those of you who have not utilized the alumni website to do so, and add your contact info to the classmate list so we can stay in touch and have a better turnout for the next reunion. We look forward to 2012 for our 30-Year Reunion, and are so grateful to the Alumni Assn. for all of their hard work!

Click here to see photos from the Class of 82 reunion.

Class of 1987 - 20-Year Reunion recap

Furnished by Allie (Elias) Anenson

The reunion weekend, Aug. 24-26, was so fun. Everything went without a hitch and we heard so many compliments. Here’s the summary of events: Friday night, football tailgate party with the Alumni—a great turnout. Some classmates went to the game; some played in the alumni band; and some went to Dietz’s Landing where Bill Elias (class of ’85) played a solo/acoustic show. It was awesome—another great turnout at Dietz’s.

Saturday night: 356 Fighter Group Restaurant. Buffet style dinner, really good food!! Not a bad turnout, 80 people (a little disappointing), but still well worth it.

Sunday afternoon: Picnic at Nolley Pavilion. Just a few classmates came, but it was a lot of fun to sit and visit with them!!!

Dale Mahoney came from Idaho; Eric Myers came from Minnesota; Deb Pavlich, Renee Gardner Duddy, John Kavanshansky and Mark Johnson all came from Florida. The one comment we heard most was we need to do this more often. We’re thinking next summer about emailing those classmates and once again just meeting somewhere, like at Dietz’s. Nobody wants to wait another 10 years to see each other again!!

What was neat about Friday night is there were some other people there from other MHS classes. I’m not sure of all the years accounted for, but that was really fun visiting with others. So when we do it again next summer/fall, we will also include and open it up to everyone!!

Class of 1997 - 10-Year Reunion recap

Furnished by Kristy (Eckert) Wagner

The MHS Class of ’97 celebrated our 10-year reunion on Saturday, August 25 at The Tangier in Akron, with nearly 50 people there to eat, drink, hug, visit, chat, look through old yearbooks and show lots of kid pictures. We were supposed to be at the restaurant from 7 to 10 p.m., and ended up staying until they finally turned the lights up and kindly kicked us out at 11:30 — the sign of a good party, I hope.

We joked all night that everyone was impressed with how great everyone else looked — especially all of our ladies with kids. The spouses/significant others who came were friendly and fabulous. It was so much fun to catch up with people and watch people catch up with each other.

I took my camera with the best intentions of taking pictures, but got so caught up in chatting that it was over before I took a single shot. (This is a shameless plea to anyone in my class who did actually take photos — I’d love to see some of them! My mom wants to kill me for not taking any.)

As far as fun facts go, here’s some good “by the numbers” stuff I learned about my classmates. (Of course, it’s not like I was carrying a notebook. So for anyone left out, my sincerest apologies for either not knowing or forgetting. But for what it’s worth…)

• 1 doctor: Pamela Richardson, who is a math professor at Westminster College
• 1 classmate who ran the Anchorage, Alaska marathon: Jennifer Seeley
• 1 classmate who owns his own real estate company: Garland Ward
• 2 sets of MHS high school sweethearts who are married: Jen King & Kyle Burns, and Angel & Andy Kusmits
• 3 classmates of ours now teach at Coventry: Jen King, Jen Kunselman & Adam Calvin
• 4 classmates or classmates’ husbands are currently serving in the military: Jeff Wilt, Kyle Thomas, Nick Thompson & Joe Beitko (Melissa Mijalkovic’s husband)
• 4 pregnant women at the reunion: Stevie Smith, Tara Robinson, Sara Gregg & Melissa Mijalkovic

As for the little ones, we’ve collectively got a slew of ‘em. Several people brought their adorable kids to Friday night’s football game—where we got together at the alumni tent—or brought photos to the dinner on Saturday. Thanks to everyone who helped organize both the Friday and Saturday events, and thanks to everyone who showed up. It was truly a pleasure catching up. I’m already looking forward to 20 years…