50 Years! Here are the official photos
• The 50-year reunion of the class of 1961 is now history. It was great fun for all. Check out the photo collection here. Thanks to Larry for the compilation. There will be more as people add them to the file.
• Ken Meier sent his update. He's got an interesting story to tell and you can read it on his page. While you are checking out updates, take a look at Jim Diers and Donna Watson Lovell. They recently sent in some new info.
• Check out the Reunion Schedule here. It was revised on July 18, 2011. Take a look.
• The Concordia Hi-Lines was published bi-monthly during the school year. Check out overview and highlights of the publication from our Senior year, 1960-61 here.
• What were the favorite songs of class members back in 1960? Check out their responses to that question as reported by the Hi-Lines reporter here.
• How much did it cost for one year of tuition, room, board and health insurance at CHS back in the 60's? These and other interesting facts are in the CHS brochure. Check it out.
• Gary Borcherding discovered photos taken at the 1968 class reunion. See them on the Photo Gallery page.
• Mr. James Batchelor sent a note and a family photo taken at his 60th wedding anniversary in 2009. See it on his page.
• Neil Skov sent us some notes about his brother Ralph, our English teacher and coach. We have a page dedicated to Ralph - check it out.
• Ben & Elaine sent out photos with their 2010 Christmas card. It is posted on Ben's page.
* Read Dave Meyer's take on Martin Luther on his page. (Now if we could only get him to tell us what he has been up to for 50 years.)
• The 1957 CHS State Championship football team was honored at the 2010 Alumni Weekend. Cliff and Larry are in the team photo along with players from other classes. See the photo here. Congratulations, guys!
• Reunion planners met in late September in Lincoln to talk about the class reunion. Larry Noack coordinated the meeting which was attended by Cliff Doll, Lois Richters, Judy Zager and Dan Seim. You'll be hearing more about some of those plans in the coming months. Bonnie Noack and Eleanor Doll were also in attendance.
• Check out some new photos added to the Photo Gallery page. Thanks to Lois Richters for sharing her collection and to Larry Noack for the use of his scanner.
• Rita Marquardt Erickson plans to be at the reunion. She has added her bio to the list and we also have a photo of her family sent last December as a Christmas greeting. Thanks, Rita!
• Judy "Fritz" Friesen Nack has filled us in on the events of her life following graduation as the youngest member of the class of 1961. She included a family photo. Recently she and husband Del hosted a visit from Cliff & Eleanor Doll. See photos on her page.
• Dave Block tells about his activities since graduation and sent along photos from his current location in the Czech Republic. He's looking forward to returning to the U. S. in time for Thanksgiving and planning to be in Seward for the 2011 class reunion.
• Lois Abresch Reddemann realized that "boring is beautiful" and send her bio. Check it out on her page. She promises a family photo sometime later this summer.
• New to the files: Gloria Becker sent a recent photo of her extended family. Check it out on her page.
• Norm Finfrock has written a beautiful summary of his wife Connie's years before she passed away in 1986. Check it out on Connie's page.
• Leroy (Lee, Troj, Mr. T) Tietjen has responded with a letter. He's retired and living in a house surrounded by woods in Michigan. Judi Hollar responded with a bio of her interesting life. Thanks, Judi! Sharon Church sent her 50 year history along with photos of her family.
• Judy Beckman Zager added some family photos to her page.
• Keith Brosz is counting down the days as he prepares to move from Alaska to California. See his letter for more.
• Relive the 2001 reunion as you enjoy the video Larry created when the class came together after 40 years.
• Check out the photo collections. Many new ones have been added with thanks to Bob Fiala and Jerry Pfabe. Look for the Rhea Collection at the bottom of the list.
• Cliff Doll provided us with team photos and names from three championship sports teams. Coach Wilbert's book provided a fourth photo. See them all on this page. Check out Coach Baden's page to see what the Omaha World Herald wrote about him. There is also a page of photos of the 1961 football team.
• Thanks to Rhea, we have several copies of the high school newspaper, Concordia Hi Lines. There is a reprint of one of the pages on Diane Johnson's page. She was "Koolie" back then.
• A brief history of Concordia High School has been located in the archives of Concordia University. It is posted on this page.
• Jean Prochnow sent a letter to the class along with a Christmas photo. Read it on her page.
• Dave Felten found some old photos which he sent. They were added to Gary, Tom and Dan's pages. Thanks, Dave!