The 50 Year Class Reunion
Class of 1959
Bird Island Public High School
Victorian Inn, Hutchinson, MN
27 June 2009


50 year reunion 27 June 2009

First We Gathered at the Victorian Inn
Plans for an outdoor gathering were cancelled because
of bad weather so we on the second floor balcony.


motel sign

welcoming event


motel marque

Gary at reception desk
Gary Schwarzrock our Innkeeper
and Banquet Co-ordinator


camping trailer
Clayton & Pauline Johnson arrived from California

The festivities began at 2:00 p.m when we started
gathering at in the atrium with drinks and light snacks.


1
Ronnie Weis, Connie Swenson Johnshoy,
Gary Schwarzrock & Bob Hanson

2
Clayton & Pauline Johnson visit
with Corrine Beckman Petersen,
Clayton's last visit to Mn was 1990


3
Everyone enjoyed Bob's DVD of our
class from 1948 to the present

4
Allan "Duffy" Petersen, Judy Schwarzkopf Tilock & Donna Greiner Lindom


5
Fran Frazee & Pauline Johnson trade stories
about their "classmate husbands"

6
Bob Frazee and Clayton Johnson


7
Connie Swenson Johnshoy, Bob Hanson, Darlene Rassmusson Hanson & Ron Weis

8
Bob Frazee, Darlene Rasmusson Hanson & Ron Weis


9
Corrine Beckman Petersen and Sheldon Johnson


10
Darlene Rasmusson Hanson, Connie Swenson Johnshoy, Donna Greiner Lindom, Ron Weis, & Bob Frazee

11
Bob Frazee & Don Collins

12
Judy Schwarzkopf, Sheldon Johnon & Allan "Duffy" Petersen
13
Don Collins talks to Connie Swenson Johnshoy and
Corrine Beckman Petersen talks to Cheryl Collins

14
Connie, Darlene & Connie's brother Ronnie
15 Ron Nordin, Clayton Johnson, Don Collins, Allen Peterson & Bob Frazee

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Janet Anderson Lund, Marion Andrson Sander, Darlene Rasmusson Hanson, Carol Wahlstrom Arfman, Connie Swenson Johnshoy, Corrine Beckman Petersen, & Donna Greiner Lindom
17
Gary Lund, Mike Arfman, Ralph Sander & Sheldon Johnson

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Marian Anderson Sander, Darlene Rasmusson Hanson, Connie Swenson Johnshoy, Bob Frazee, Janet Anderson Lund & Corrine Beckman Peterson
19
Connie Swenson Johnshoy, Bob Frazee & Gary Schwarzrock

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Ron Nordin, Marian Anderson Sander, Janet Anderson Lund & Judy Schwarzkopf Tilock
21
Clayton Johnson, Don Collins & Gary Schwarzrock

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Gary Schwarzrock & Don Collins
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Dick Toren and Sheldon Johnson
25
Georgia Erickson Savilonis and Donna Greiner Lindom

26
Duffy, Gary, Donna & Don
27
Ron Weis, Donna Greiner Lindom & Roger Beckler

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Janet Anderson Lund, Pauline & Clayton Johnson, Marian Anderson Sander, and Donna Greiner Lindom
29
Sheldon Johnson, Don Collins and Gary Schwarzrock

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Carol Wahlstrom Arfman, Janet Anderson Lund, Sharon Flann Seehusen, Connie Swenson Johnshoy and Ron Nordin
31
Allen "Duffy" Petersen and Norm Seehusen

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Ron Weis, Roger Beckler, and Judy Weis
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Judy Schwarzkopf Tilock

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Sharon Flann and Norm Seehusen
35
Dick Toren and Janet Anderson Lund

We Moved to the Dining Room for the Banquet

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After Dinner

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Bob welcomes the classmates and remembers
those who were not able to join us.
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Ron challenges the class to answer some "trivia" questions

Class Photos Are Taken

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Gary and Nola Schwarzrock

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Roger Beckler & Ron Weis
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Bob is the Photographer

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Georgia (Erickson) and Ron Savilonis
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Darlene (Rasmusson) and Bob Hanson

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Sharon (Flann) and Norm Seehusen
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Ron and Judy Weis

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Corrine (Beckman) and Allan "Duffy" Petersen
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Carol (Walstrom) and Mike Arfman

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Judy (Schwarzkopf) Tilock &
Donna (Greiner) Lindom
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Ron and Lillian Nordin

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Marian (Anderson) and Ralph Sander
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Sheldon Johnson,
Connie (Swenson) Johnshoy, & Dick Toren

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Don & Cheryl Collins
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Janet (Anderson) and Gary Lund

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Clayton and Pauline Johnson
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Bob and Fran Frazee

Finally We Have Cake

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Our Celebration Cake
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Fran Frazee and Gary Schwarzrock cut the pieces

We are going to do it again in three years
June 2012, mark your calendar

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Bob at Grand Tetons, 2015
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