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by Karen Nazor Hill
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Attneding the Chattanooga High School class of 1960 reunion party are, in front, from left, Jana Wages Pierce, Glenda Galloway Holder, Glenda Christian Clark, Judy Eastridge Rogers, Sherry Hobbs Dahrling and Juanita Collake Oliver. In back are Mickey McCamish, Norm Miller, Bernard Gloster, Carl Maxwell, Charlie Umbarger and Joe Galbraith.

Photo by Contributed Photo /Chattanooga Times Free Press.

"Each step upward makes me feel stronger and fit for the next step."
— Mohandas K. Gandhi

REUNION

CHATTANOOGA High School Class of 1960 held a birthday party at Heritage Landing to celebrate the 70th birthdays of its graduates.
Also present at the event was Mary Barker, who taught English to the students.
The school, located on Third Street, now is Chattanooga School for the Arts and Sciences.
"The class has a social every summer and a holiday dinner," said class member Juanita Oliver. "We celebrated our 50th reunion a couple of years ago and are looking forward to our 55th. Many classmates still live in the Chattanooga area."
Oliver said music from the era was played during the celebration.
"We reminisced about our days at CHS, recalling football and basketball games as big social activities during the school year along with school dances. Our yearbook, the '1960 Dynamo,' was dedicated to Colonel Bates, the principal, who, along with the teachers and the coaches were fondly remembered."
Oliver said the class also held a May Day court May 1 when a king and queen were crowned, as well as electing a homecoming queen during football season and a Miss Chattanooga High School.
Oliver said her class was the largest graduating class in the Southeast with 602 graduates. Dwight Eisenhower was president at the time, and the United States had just started its exploration of space.
"ROTC was very important to the young men at that time, and it was a required class," she said. "Our Military Ball was a big social event. Sherry Hobbs Dahrling, who attended the party, was crowned Military Queen."
The classmates routinely pause for a moment of silence for deceased classmates, Oliver said.
Among those attending were class officers Houston Frazier, Betsy Barks and Joy Blackburn; drum major Judy Eastridge Rogers, May Queen Betsy Barks, Harry Hagan, Jana Wages Pierce, Glenda Galloway Holder, Glenda Christian Clark, Mickey McCamish, Norm Miller, Bernard Gloster, Carl Maxwell, Charlie Umbarger and Joe Galbraith.