Of cars lining Chester's main street and a few blocks surrounding. How the noise from inside the auditorium hung in the air, a mix of music, laughter and conversation. The time has come. But Saturday wasn't about that. It was a celebration of what the district was and what it will continue to mean for the graduates it sent off into the world over the last century.
Tonight is just a real joyful occasion.
The evening began as an idea a few months ago. Tipton, an organizer of the event, heard of a western Nebraska school throwing a farewell prom. He thought it would be a neat way for alumni of the three southern Thayer County communities to come together and reminisce. An eight-member committee coordinated the event. There were a few alumni there from the late 1930s and 1940s, Tipton said.