Members of the Reinbeck High School Class of 1973 include front row (l-r) Penny (Kern) Anderson, Janet (Boege) Vobr, Susan (Thede) Nichols, Teresa (Casey) Parmenter, Lauretta (Van Heiden) Diehm, Allen Hansen, and Sal (Dirks) Thurmond; middle row (l-r) Jay Redfearn, Joyce (Noltensmeier) Morrow, Dick Keith, Lauri Karna, Brenda (Marts) Dinsdale, Connie (Brandt) Caughron, Bob Strohbehn, and Jeff Hansen; back row (l-r) John Billerbeck, Ray Petersen, Wendel Muller, Cindy (Plaehn) Robinson, Lee Boege, Debbie (Brumbaugh) Creswell, Craig Volkens, Kerry Bolt, Lynn Rohach, and Jeff Creswell. PHOTO COURTESY OF TERESA PARMENTER

REINBECK – The Reinbeck High School class of 1973 held their 50th Reunion during the Fourth of July week. They met at Barlea Roots Event Center outside of Reinbeck on July 1 for a social hour and sit down meal. Twenty-five of the remaining 46 classmates were able to attend. They journeyed from places far and wide including Finland (foreign exchange student), California, Texas, Arizona, Pennsylvania, Kansas, Florida, and numerous towns in Iowa.

On July 2, the Reinbeck High School Class of 1973 met at Allen Hansen’s farm (a classmate) to eat BBQ and socialize, while on July 4, the classmates rode on a float in the Reinbeck Fourth of July Parade.