The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-06-29
Former Students of the Kenosha
High School Come Back for
the Biennial Reunion.
A DAY OF HAPPY MEMORIES.
More Than Three Hundred Come to At
tend the Reunion Many of Whom
Gained Distinction Since
Leaving School.

The eighth biennial reunion of the
Kenosha High School association
was held at the High school build
ing Saturday afternoonand nearly 800
Of the boys and girls of other
days came to the city to attend
the reunion. Many of them are grad
yates of the High school and every
class since the class of 1861 is repre-
scented at the reunion.
1t is day of memories most dear
for the Kenosha people and they have
opened their homes to entertain the
visitors in lavish manner. The old
guard, always true to Kenosha, is
here in large numbers. The members
of the Chicago-Kenosha club, fifty
strong, came up on the 12:45 train
and Col. Dennis Hynes, who has a
record OF attending every reunion
since the formation of the ASSOCIATION,
was in the advance.
Many of the former pupils have
been in the city for several days
while the morning trains brought
many others. i'Hello, Bill'' and Chow
are you ,Char1ie?" were the common
sa1utations on the street this morning
when classmates of other days met
and began to talk over the days when
they were school boys and girls to-
gether. There were many of the old
familiar faces in the crowd of visitors
but there we're also many new ones.
Several of the High school boys and
girls are making their first visit to
Kenosh in thirty years and one or two
have not been in Kenosha since the
close of the war.
The morning hours were filled with
happy reunions. Many of the visitors
went to the homes of relatives in diff
ferent parts of the city while other
little parties went out to the GENE
on the grave of some childhood friend
who has long since passed over the
silent river. Many of the visitors
we're struck with the great growth of
Kenosha during the past few years.
The reunion proper opened this af-
ternoon when Eat the ringing of the
first be1p' the members of the associ-
alton gathered at the assembly room
of the High school for the social re-
union. There were many little
groupes gathered in different rooms
of the building, classmates getting
together for class reunions. The reg.
istrar of the association was kept
busy recording the names of the
visitors.
The picture gallery, which was sci
up in the long hall on the second
floor of the building, was of greatest
interest to the visitors. All of the
pictures which were sent in last year
had been photographed SO that the
gallery contained the pictures of more
than 400 of the former students of the
school. Many new ones were added
to the collection this year and as the
former students walked about the hal
the pictures recalled many happy
stories of other days.
There were minutes of sadness
among the merry throng when class
mates would ask in regard to forme
members of classes only to learn tina
they had died since the last reunion
Among the number who were MISE,
was Judge Parker of DePerre, VIII
had always attended the reunions bu
who passed to his reward during tn
last year.
Several Of the old timers who wer
prominent in the reunions in the pas
were not present, but they had sen