Nearing a century, Monongah High
Alumni Banquet has 100 reservations for Saturday’s 98th Banquet
It is fitting that the 98th
Monongah High Alumni Banquet has 100 reservations.
It is the longest continuous high
school reunion in West Virginia history. The Lions alumni will be gathering for
the 98th time for the annual banquet at the Knights of Columbus on
Mary Lou Retton Drive in Fairmont on Saturday, September 4.
Two more Banquets and the magic 100th
high school reunion will become part of West Virginia history.
The
majority of the "Semi-Formal" banquets were in the Fairmont
Hotel. The banquet site was switched to Morgantown’s Ramada Inn in 1972.
Later, it was moved again, to Westchester
Village in Fairmont. When Westchester Village closed, the MHS Banquet switched
to the K of C in 2014.
Greta Martin Mike, Class of 1922,
founded the Monongah Alumni Association in 1922 and came up with the first
Monongah High Alumni Reunion that year, which was held in Mannington.
The dinner will begin at 6 p.m. Saturday.
Honor Class group photos will be taken at 5:30 p.m. for the 1960, 1961, 1970
and 1971 graduates. The Stepping Stone father-son band will provide music for
listening and dancing, as is has for several years.
10 members of the Class of 1971 Honor Class will be there.
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