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HERE'S A GREAT GALLERY 

OF OUR PHOTOS FROM OVER THE YEARS. 

WILDCAT PROUD!

WHO REMEMBERS - AND WENT ON - THE HIGHLAND JUNIOR HIGH EIGHTH-GRADE TRIP TO GETTYSBURG (PA) AND WASHINGTON, DC IN 1967? 

HERE'S SOME PHOTOS FROM THAT GREAT EXPERIENCE.

TWO OF THE COOLEST STOPS IN WASHINGTON, DC WERE MOUNT VERNON AND A TOUR OF GEORGE WASHINGTON'S HOME AND THE ORIGINAL SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION BUILDING. THAT'S JOHN CLOSE OUTSIDE THE SMITHSONIAN IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER PHOTO.

HERE'S THE HIGHLAND JR. HIGH PHOTO THAT WAS TAKEN 

IN FRONT OF THE U.S. CAPITOL IN WASHINGTON, DC IN 1967.

LAST STOP ON THE GUIDED MOTORCOACH TOUR ON THE WAY BACK TO L'VILLE - 

THE QUALITY INN IN INDIANAPOLIS. 

GROUP PHOTO OF OUR LHS 45TH-CLASS REUNION AT THE DOUBLETREE HOTEL IN MUNDELEIN - 2016.

HERE'S THE CENTRAL SCHOOL ALUMS WHO ATTENDED OUR LHS CLASS OF 1971 50TH REUNION. 

(FRONT ROW LEFT TO RIGHT) – STEVE CRANDALL, CAROL HEIKE BASEL, PAULINE KICK MOORE, ADELE WEIDNER CLOUD, SHEILA GRUENWALD MITCHELL. 

(BACK ROW LEFT TO RIGHT) – LYNN SAXILD FRIEDLUND, BILL GRIFFIN, GENE MARTIN, DAN HOLM, DON EGGERT JR. PICTURED BELOW ARE SOME OF THE SAME CENTRAL SCHOOL GRADS AS THEY APPEARED IN SECOND GRADE IN 1960.

OAK GROVE SCHOOL WAS ONE OF THE FIRST IN THE LIBERTYVILLE AREA, THE INITIAL SCHOOL BEGINNING AS MADDEN SCHOOL IN A LOG CABIN IN 1850. HERE’S OUR LHS CLASS OF 1971 ALUMS (LEFT TO RIGHT) - TERRY BENJAMIN, GWEN VICTOR-SWINSON, SANDY TISCHENDORF GIULIANI, JULIE FLETCHER CHARTS, DONNA BANNER JOHNSON AND DEB TRAVIS ARCHER – ALL GRADUATES OF OAK GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL TOO.

LONG BEFORE THERE WAS THE PROLIFERATION OF WOMEN'S SPORTS AT LHS, THERE WAS GAA. HERE'S A 1970 PHOTO OF ALL THE LADIES WHO WERE THEN - AND STILL ARE - SOME OF THE BEST FEMALE ATHLETES TO EVER REPRESENT LHS.

HIGHLAND JR. HIGH SCHOOL WAS WELL REPRESENTED AT OUR LHS CLASS OF 1971 50TH REUNION. THOSE HIGHLAND ‘GRADS’ WHO MADE IT BACK TO THE ‘VILLE’ LAST FALL INCLUDED – 

FRONT ROW (LEFT TO RIGHT) – LYNN BRAKEL CHAUMONT, PATTI NORDHEM WILSON, DON EGGERT JR., PAULINE KICK MOORE, LIZ NICHOLAS WALKER, SHEILA GRUENWALD MITCHELL, CAROL GUNTER FISHER, SUSAN MAGDEN KINKAID. 

ROW TWO (LEFT TO RIGHT) – DEBBIE JOHNSON ZELLMER, MARY HAWKINS DAWSON, SUSAN BELL HAMMOND, MARLENE STEBER HALLETT, CAROL HEIKE BASEL, KATHY AEMISEGGER WEPPLER, ADELE WEIDNER CLOUD, TERI JONES STEECE. 

ROW THREE (LEFT TO RIGHT) – ELLEN WERDAN, STEVE CRANDALL, GLORIA PRANGE POWERS, SUSAN WHITE FIELDER, LYNN SAXILD FRIEDLUND, ANN STORBECK GOLDBACH, TERESA CUNNINGHAM KVIETKAUKAS, CINDY BOYLE IWANSKI, DEBBIE NELSON TANGORRA, JEFF VARNEY. 

BACK ROW (LEFT TO RIGHT) – BILL GRIFFIN, ROGER CROSSLEY, MIKE HOGAN, FRANZ LUTSCH, DAN HOLM, GENE MARTIN, JOHN CLOSE.

HERE'S HAWTHORN MIDDLE SCHOOL 'GRADS' ADELE WEIDNER CLOUD AND MARLENE STEBER HALLETT AT OUR LHS CLASS OF 1971 'CHEERS 51' REUNION EVENT.

LIBERTYVILLE HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 1971 35TH-REUNION GROUP PHOTO.

HERE’S OUR 20TH REUNION GROUP PHOTO AT THE SEA PRINCESS RESTAURANT IN 1991 - LOOK AT ALL THE SUITS AND DRESSES!

HERE’S OUR 25TH REUNION PHOTO IN FRONT OF COOK MEMORIAL LIBRARY IN 1996 - WHERE DID THE SUITS AND DRESSES GO?

HERE’S OUR 40TH REUNION PHOTO AT WHITE DEER RUN 

THANKS FOR TAKING THE TIME TO VISIT OUR LIBERTYVILLE HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 1971 WEBSITE.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PERSONAL UPDATES, PHOTOS YOU WOULD LIKE TO SHARE, PLEASE SEND THEM TO - 

libertyvillehighschool1971@gmail.com

AND REMEMBER, YOU ARE ALWAYS WELCOME TO POST COMMENTS AND PHOTOS TO OUR LHS CLASS OF 1971 FACEBOOK PAGE.

WHILE SO MANY HAVE CONTRIBUTED SO MUCH TO OUR CLASS OVER THE PAST 50 YEARS, IT IS SAFE TO SAY THE THREE PEOPLE ABOVE - LHS REUNION CO-CHAIRPERSONS MAUREEN GIBBONS WOODRUFF, DON EGGERT, JR., AND PATTI NORDHEM WILSON - HAVE BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN IN KEEPING THE 'WILDCAT FLAME' BURNING FOR THE REST OF US. 

WITHOUT THEIR DEDICATION AND LOVE FOR OUR SCHOOL, THE WONDERFUL CLOSENESS AND CONNECTION WE SHARE TODAY WOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN POSSIBLE. THANKS 'KIDS' - YOU HAVE OUR ADMIRATION, RESPECT AND GRATITUDE ALWAYS. #WILDCATPROUD.

HERE'S THE LHS CLASS OF 1971 REUNION COMMITTEE AT OUR 'CHEERS 51' REUNION IN OCTOBER, 2022. 

FRONT ROW (LEFT TO RIGHT) – LYNN BRAKEL CHAUMONT, DEBBIE JOHNSON ZELLMER, DON EGGERT JR., PATTI NORDHEM WILSON, DEB TRAVIS ARCHER, SHEILA GRUENWALD MITCHELL, MIKE FAGAN. 

BACK ROW (LEFT TO RIGHT) – BARBARA GETCHELL-SHERMAN, ELLEN WERDAN, LYNN SAXILD FRIEDLUND, TERESA CUNNINGHAM KVIETKAUKAS, JOHN CLOSE, DEBBIE NELSON TANGORRA, SUE PIARULLI FEDRICK, JULIE FLETCHER CHARTS, MIKE TANGORRA.