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HHS Class of 1966

Hartford High School Class of 1966 - Hartford Michigan
Photo submitted by Ken Willer and Sharon Frazier Zordan for our 35-Year Class Reunion in October, 2001. 

59 students

Front row - left to right:
Sally Stielstra, Georgia MacKinder - Advisor, Gary Waterkamp - Superintendent, Wendell Martin - Principal, Clarence (Ed) Wolfe

Second row - left to right:
Marsha Pompey, Frank Dowd, Mary (Emma) Thornburg, Terry Tibbs, Larry Wachtel, Karen Drake, Dale Drake, Sharon Frazier

Third row - left to right:
Donald Rhinehart, Diana Wesaw, Mylen (Mike) Mundt Jr., Lucille Wallace, David Dodd - Student Council, Deborah Davis - Student Council, Richard Obrig - Vice President, Ward Collins - President, Terry Rice - Secretary, Richard Bachman - Treasurer, John Olds - Student Council, Dannie Shirley, Linda Meagher, George (Ron) Hogue, Stephen Olds

Fourth row - left to right:
Joyce Miller, Christina Vargo, Robert Ross, Susan Coon, Paula Richter, Thomas Drake, Rickey Willoughby, Maxine Huddleston, Dollie Robbins, Nina Babcock, John Pomeroy, Ambrose Reid, Marilyn Avery, Donald Haney, Michael Langston, Nancy McClurg

Fifth row - left to right:
Fredrick (Rick) Simpson, Vere Shindeldecker Jr., Mary Pawling, William Kendzior, Sherrian (Sherry) DeMay, Dwayne Jackson, Ernestine Green, Raymond Birmele, Kenneth Willer, Catherine Edmonds, Corydon Clemens, Robert Beam, Jacqueline Hartmann, William Lyons, Melvin Schmalfeldt

Sixth (top) row - left to right:

Photo missing, inserted at top left:  Ray Cole (Ward),
Photo missing, inserted at top right:
   Wilma Keifer
Photo missing, inserted at top-far right:  Sherry Tosseng


Class Motto:

I will not follow where the path may lead,
But I will go where there is no path,
And I will leave a trail.

Class Flower:
  White Rose

Class Colors:
Green and White


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Revised: May 09, 2008