The Ava High School Class of 1965 met for a 45-year reunion on Saturday, June 19, at the Ava Lions Club. The class members present were from left front row: Phyllis (Gray) Swofford, Ava; Rodney Alms, Ava; Barton Monger, Decatur, Texas; Larry Adams, Battlefield, Mo.; Delano Stewart, Ozark, Mo.; Row 2: Gary Barnes, Overland Park, Kan.; Alice (Cooper) Fleetwood, Ava; Rose Zella (Lathrop) Myers, Ava; Dorothy (Suggs) Phillips, Bruner, Mo.; Judy (Swearengin) Todd, Bruner, Mo.; Ann Hutchison, Mtn. Grove, Mo.; Sue (Lakey) Porter, Ava; Ruby (Linder) Smith, Ava; Connie (Collins) Hetherington, Ava; Row 3: Betty Curnutt, Springfield, Mo.; Janice (Frye) Spicer, Ava; Suzetta (Dougherty) Yates, Norwood, Mo.; Susie (Wood) Hall, Ava; Pam Pettit, Manchester, Mo.; Linda (Posey) Stillings, Ava; Sue (Givens) Godkin, Ft. Worth, Texas; Sue (Walker) Byerly, Rogersville, Mo.; Linda (Deaver) Campbell, Mansfield, Mo.; Judy (Wilson) Mitchell, Ava; Row 4: Donna (Cox) Nichols, Ava; Terry Flattem, Jenks, Okla.; William Shireman, Springfield, Mo.; Carryl (Bradley) Brown, Gainesville, Mo.; Mitchell Peebles, Ava; Dorothy (Stewart) Davis, Ava; Row 5: Gary Ellison, Ava; Roy Byerly, Rogersville, Mo.; Larry Hesterly, Mansfield, Mo.; George Hetherington, Ava; Kenneth Denton, Ozark, Mo.; Mike Nelson, Gunnison, Colo.; John Russell, Nixa, Mo.; Carol (Denny) Gifford, Tulsa, Okla.; Milton Brazeal Mansfield, Mo.; David Brixey; Jenks, Okla. Those attending but not in the picture were Shirley (Stillings) Smith and George Dale, both of Ava.
