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Richmond High students reunite – 75 years on

Thirty-seven alumni from Richmond High’s classes of 1943 through to 1948 recently made it out Quilchena Golf and Country Club for a reunion.
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Richmond High classes of 1943 to 1948: Wheelchairs: (from left) Gordon Leversage, ’43; Dr. Roy Karjala, ’46; Front: John Rithaler ’43; Rod Elliott ’43; Betty (Duff) Surko ’44; Lorraine (Boutin) Alexander ’47; Adelaide (Packer) Jarvis ’43; Neil Carlson ’48; Jack Lubzinski ’43; Jim Sam ’51; Marie (Jenson) Forsyth ’43; Marjorie (McKay) Bullinger ’48; Shirley (McKay) Porter ’48; Elvin McDonald ’43; Back Row; Norval (McDonald) Rhodes ’43; Patricia (Blair) Warman ’48; John May ’43; Jack Alexander ’47; Harry Pride ’43; Samuel (Sammy) Sam ’43; Gloria (Sam) Park ’54; Dr. Tony Yurkovich ’46; Margaret (Johnston) Daniels ’48; Moira (Hewitt) Plumbly ’48; Frances (Adams) Sutherland ’48; Jean (Cooper) McBurney ’47; Marguerite (Boutin) Kobetich ’48 (hiding). Submitted photo

Thirty-seven alumni from Richmond High’s classes of 1943 through to 1948 recently made it out Quilchena Golf and Country Club for a reunion.

One of the organizers, Marjorie Bullinger, said the event was a success, although it wasn’t easy getting everyone together, especially the older classes.

Bullinger helped put together a bigger school reunion just over a year ago, when 60 or so alumni from the classes of 1945 through to 1950 gathered, as a group, for the first time at Quilchena.

Some the former classmates from Richmond High, now Richmond Secondary, that day hadn’t seen each other for more than 70 years.

However, some members of the class of ’43 read of the reunion and got in touch with Bullinger and the organizers to make sure they were included this time around.

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Some of the Class of '43 (from left) Adalaide (Parker ) Jarvis, Samuel (Sammy) Sam, Harry Pride, Norval (McDonald) Rhodes, Marj (McKay) Bullinger (Class of 48), John May, Jack Lubzinski, Betty (Duff) Surko. Photo submitted