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Labor Day Reunion
Friday
-Doors open at 5:00 p.m.
Saturday
-Registration at 9:00 a.m.
-Business Session
-Lunch
-Individual Class Reunions
-Dance
Sunday
-Highsplint, Ridgeway, Shields, Ages, and Louellen Reunion
-Black Mountain Reunion- 1:00 p.m. at the park beside Elva's store. Please Bring you own refreshments.
EHS Alumni Reunion
EVARTS HIGH SCHOOL REUNION
August 29 - August 31, 2003
Plan To Attend and Visit With Your
Former Classmates!
2003 REUNION CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Agenda for Homecoming Weekend
Friday, August 29
Leadership and Career ………………………………..August 30
Food and Mingling…………………………6:00-12:00 midnight
Reunion Bowl, Evarts vs. Harlan (at Evarts)……………...8 p.m.
Saturday, August 30
Registration……………………………………………..9:00 a.m.
Business Session in Gym and Halls of Honor…………11:00 a.m.
Lunch……………………………………………..12:00-2:00 p.m.
Individual Class Reunions………………………….1:00-7:00p.m.
Dance (Disco’ Bill Peterson)………………...7:00-12:00 midnight
Sunday, August 31 ( Please see 'Class Notes' below for exact times and locations)
Highsplint, Ridgeway, Shields and Louellen Reunion
Ages-Brookside Reunion
All former residents welcome. Food and drinks will be available.
Black Mountain Reunion 1:00 p.m. at the park beside Elva’s store.
Please bring your own seating and refreshments.
Greetings From Your Evarts High School Alumni Association
Dear EHS Classmates,
It is with deep regret that this usually upbeat newsletter to EHS Alumni across the country must pass along terribly sad news. After some 8 years or so battling an affliction determined to rid it of life, Evarts High School finally was dealt a death blow by actions of the Harlan County Board of Education. After at least three laborious, time comsuming and in-depth studies by various panels scattered through the last 8 years or so, reported and recommended to the Board either a new school, (which you will recall never happened) a committee at the board instead determined to just ignore all the panels conclusions and request a 'waiver' from the State Board of Education to consolidate EHS, Cumberland and Cawood High School into one giant consolidated high school. Reportedly a combined support group of Evarts High School and Cumberland High School are interested in litigation in an effort to save both schools. However, unless construction of the new consolidated school proceeds along the lines of the new EHS construction approved by the Board many years back, the new school will be in operation long before any law suit would be ended.
According to reports from the 'waiver' hearing, the State Board apparently agrees that a 'Big New School' for all (EHS, Cumberland and Cawood will cure the ills of continued low test results of all three schools. Presumably the 'Bigger is better' theory will work in Halran County, although it is basically frowned on across the country as a failure. Figures initially indicate the new school will be for about 1300 students. I am told the Ky. Board itself however recommended schools of 500. (?)
In any event, it appears that EHS, reputedly the oldest school in the state, will soon be gone. We wish all our Cloverfork students the best of luck in the days to come. We expect they will adjust to the extra hours each day of bussing to and from school to the 'near Harlan' location of the new school.
Regardless of where our Cloverfork students end up in high school, your association will continue its efforts to help 'our' students. Our organizational laws are set up to help 'our' kids and we will continue all possible efforts to do so.
A celebration of the life of EHS will again take place this coming Labor Day Weekend. Come join us as we greet old classmates, friends and Alumni, and give each other supposrt as we compe with the passing of an 'Old, Old Friend.' (EHS 1936-200?)
Gayle G. Huff
EHS Alumni & Scholarship Assoc., Inc.
CLASS NOTES
Our Treasurer now is Evelyn Philpot, she can be reached at 203 Philpot Lane, Evarts, Kentucky 40828. E-Mail: evelynphilpot@hillbillymail.com
The Annual Highsplint, Shields and Ridgeway Reunion will be held Sunday, August 31 at the Cloverfork Museum at Highsplint. Dinner will be held at 1:00 p.m. and everyone is welcome. For more information call Evelyn Philpot at 606-837-3220.
The Ages-Brookside Reunion will be held Sunday, August 31 at 1:00 p.m. at the Ages School House. All current and former residents are invited.
The Louellen Reunion will be Sunday, August 31 at 1:00 p.m. at the Louellen Lake.
Disco’ Bill Returns!
By popular demand of our alums Disco’ Bill Peterson, (58) will be handling the “Music & Dance” for the Saturday night festivities. We hope to have a big turnout to welcome him back. As you know Bill puts on a great show.
The Class of ’58 held its annual reunion at Cumberland Gap, Tennessee, the last weekend of June 2003. Once again, the class funded the “Earl Rogers” honor scholarship. Any class member wishing to add further funds to the award are encouraged to do so.
The Class of 1957 will have their 55th Reunion at the Western Sizzlin Steak House at 6:00 pm on Saturday, August 30, 2003.
“COOKING WITH THE WILDCATS” Cookbook and “TAP ROOTS” will be on sale Saturday
PRE REGISTRATION FORM
Name______________________________________________
Address____________________________________________
Year Graduated______________________________________
Registration fee: Dues $10.00 per person; Lifetime $100.00. If completed and returned with dues, long lines will be eliminated.
2002 EHS ALUMNI SCHOLARSHIPS
| Clark Woolum | $10,000 | Ada Kelly |
| Roy Robbins | $2,500 | Elizabeth Dean |
| Earl Rogers Class | $200 | Anna Ewing |
| Bill Jack Wilson | $500 | Franklin Earls, Elizabeth Doan |
| In Memory of Katie Carter | $100 Bond | Deanna Osborne |
| Class of '58 | $100 Bond | Joshua Lilly |
| Harlan Co. Community Scholarship | $1,000 | Maria Vanover |
| Harlan Co. Soil Conservation | $500 | Garrett Bolin, Elizabeth Doan |
| Berea College | Athletic-Academic | Chris Wilson |
| Cumberland College | Bert T. Combs | Kristin Lindsey |
| Athletic | Caleub Kelly | |
| Eldon Boggs Memorial | Elizabeth Doan | |
| Southeast | Jessica Monhollen | |
| Alumni | Matching $2060.00 | Jessica Bush |
| SECC Valedictorian | $2060.00 | Garrett Bolin |
| Cumberland College | Football | Aaron Pollitte |
CLASS OF '63
The Evarts High School Class of 1963 is planning their 40th year reunion for Labor Day Weekend, which will be August 30, 2003. This will begin at 2:00 p.m.. We can have a meal and enjoy a time of fellowship during the afternoon, and still have time for all who wish to go to the dance, or back to the school in the evening. This will be in conjunction with the Evarts Alumni Reunion
ALUMNI: NEWSLETTER
A MEMBER OF THE EVARTS ALUMNI ASSOCIATION IN AN ADDRESS TO THE GRADUATION CLASS OF 2001 AND OTHERS PRESENT STATED: “WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO MANY MORE FUTURE HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION EVENTS---------IN A NEW EDUCATION FACILITY AT EVARTS KENTUCKY.”
HELP WANTED
We desperately need people to help us work in areas of registration, babysitting, etc. If enough people would volunteer, each could work for 1-2 hours and then go back to enjoying the reunion. As it is now, a few people work the entire time and never get to enjoy any of the reunion. If you are interested in volunteering an hour of your time, please contact Arlene Brown: P.O. Box 166, Evarts, Kentucky 40828, Phone (606) 837-3517. Please let her know as soon as possible so work can be completed.
ACCOMMODATIONS
Reserve rooms early because four other Harlan County Schools are having reunions this same weekend.
| Benham Inn (Benham, KY) | 606-848-2257 |
| Best Western (U.S. 421, Harlan) | 1-800-528-1234 |
| Coachman Motel (Middlesboro) | 606-248-2830 |
| Koal Town Motel (U.S. 119, Cumberland) | 606-589-2123 |
| Cumberland Motel (East Main, Cumberland) | 606-589-2181 |
| Country Boy Motel (Big Stone Gap, VA) | 703-523-0374 |
| Holiday Inn (Harrogate, TN) | 615-869-3631 |
| Holiday Inn (Hazard, KY) | 606-436-4428 |
| Pine Mountain Lodge (Pineville, KY) | 606-337-3066 |
| Ramada Inn (Duffield, VA) | 703-431-4300 |
| Quality Inn (Corbin, KY) | 606-528-4802 |
| Best Western (Middlesboro, KY) | 606-248-5630 |
| Boone Trail (Middlesboro, KY) | 606-248-1340 |
| River Edge Country Inn (Coldiron, KY) | 606-664-2612 |
| Cumberland Gap Inn (Cumberland Gap, TN) | 423-869-9172 |
DECEASED ALUMNI MEMBERS
2001-2002
Alumni,
In an attempt to reduce the size on this electronic newsletter, we will not display all of the deceased alumni members. For a hard copy of this newsletter, which will include an updated list, please contact us at Evarts High School Alumni Association, P.O. Box 9, Evarts, Kentucky 40828.
| Name | Graduation | Date of Death |
| Bernard Trent | 1940 | July 26, 2001 |
Gaynell (Susie Napier) Blevins |
1975 | January 8, 2002 |
| Darnell Ball | 1941 | January 2, 2002 |
| Paul Fleenor | 1972 | February 11, 2002 |
| Erika (Ruthie Clark) Davis | 1986 | February 2, 2002 |
| Farmer Morgan | Teacher | February 7, 2002 |
| Jerry Massingale | 1960 | March 12, 2002 |
| Thelma Mae Trosper | 1942 | March 30, 2002 |
| Harvey Ford Sr. | April 8, 2002 | |
| Willard Pack | 1938 | July 2001 |
| Royce Hayes | 1947 | Dec. 22, 2000 |
| Wanda (Gilbert) Mills | August 14, 2001 | |
| Jack Petrey | 1952 | May 13, 2001 |
| Paul Sweet | 1954 | |
| Chris Pennington | 1976 | 1982 |
| Russ Dozier | 1943 | September 17, 2001 |
| Jewels Bradford | 1963 | December 21, 2001 |
| David (Speedy) Caudill | October 12, 2001 | |
| Ruth (Bailey) Faulk | November 26, 2001 | |
| Jackie Grubbs | 1978 | December 23, 2001 |
| Herbert Kidd | 1968 | November 9, 2001 |
Shirley (Mefford) Pryor |
1966 | October 8, 2001 |
| Kimberly (Eldridge) Perkins | 1987 | September 25, 2001 |
| Vivian (Allen) Monahan | November 10, 2001 | |
| Roy Elam | 1969 | November 30, 2001 |
| Alice Fields | Teacher | September 23, 2001 |
| James (Jr) Crabtree | September 8, 2001 | |
| Jr. McPeek |
1943 | December 2000 |
| Tom Barton | March 11, 2002 | |
| Eddy Penley | 1956 | June 17, 2002 |
| Geraldine Witt | May 27, 2002 | |
| Paul (Shorty) Short | May 30, 2002 | |
| Mefford Short | May 17, 2002 | |
| Louise (Green) Trivett | 1942 | April 16, 2002 |
| Ray Dixon | Teacher | May 8, 2002 |
| Karen (McGill) Bentley | June 24, 2002 | |
| Dillard Aslinger |
April 27, 2002 | |
| Phillip Trebelo | 1961 | July 30, 2001 |
| Paulette (Burkhart) Kelly | August 23, 2001 | |
| Don McDonald | September 17, 2001 | |
| Henry Estes | October 15, 2001 | |
| Ella Howard | October 15, 2001 | |
| Don McDonald | September 17, 2001 | |
| Henry Estes | October 15, 2001 | |
| Ella Howard | October 15, 2001 | |
| Lois Lavada Hensley | 1957 | |
| Celia (King) Hubers | 1940 | |
| Mike Ball | 1973 | December 23, 2001 |
| Mattilene Peace | 1964 | November 19, 2001 |
| James Browning | 1949 | January 20, 2002 |
| Marvin Jack Doan | June 29, 2002 | |
| Betty Turner | July 3, 2002 | |
| Shirley (Kelly) Poteet | July 3, 2002 | |
| Kathy (Powell) Lewis | 1970 | July 12, 2001 |
2003 Scholarship Donations
| Clark Woolum | Nellie Woolum Scholarship | $10,000 |
| Roy Robbins | Veterans' Scholarship | $5,300 |
| Bill Brauim | Class of 1947 | $100 |
| Bob Kirby | In Memory of Eddie Penley | $50 |
Earl Rogers Scholarship
| James Meeks | $100 | |
| Roger & Sandra Philpot | $20 | |
| Barbara Rosenbaim | $20 | |
| Gayle Huff | $200 | |
| Violet Bryant | In Memory of Lawerance Bryant | $100 |
| Gayle Huff | Katie Carter (Bonds) | $100 |
HALL OF FAME
| Adam Carr | Amanda Berry | Scott Shepherd |
| Benji Coleman | Bill Troutman | Melissa Napier |
| Greg McLain |
HALL OF HONOR
Pearl Robbins
CLOVERFORK MEMORY BOOK - $30
Over 500 pictures of people on Cloverfork
On sale in the Library or Highsplint Reunion
EHSAA & CYBERSPACE
Scott Pace ‘92 has developed the high school web site (www.harlan.k12.ky.us/ehs) and is working on the EHSAA section. Information, site corrections and other data for EHS or EHSAA can be forwarded to Scott at PACE20@hotmail.com (or P.O. Box 749, Evarts, KY 40828). So let him hear from you. The school address is P.O. Box 9, Evarts, KY 40828.
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