The City of Sheridan and the Sheridan CBC are seeking donations for a new community building to replace the old schoolhouse. It will be built south of where the schoolhouse is now and will replace the schoolhouse and the current city hall building. The schoolhouse has had problems with leaky roofs that the CBC says they are unable to fix and the city hall building is having problems with the back end and has had to prop up the floors in recent years. Mayor Leland Wake, talking to the Sheridan Alumni Reunion, said that they were going to try and do it all through private donations and that they were going to see how much they could raise in the next two months. It will serve both the CBC and the City of Sheridan. Wake said they were shooting for a building by next year.
The Sheridan Alumni Association voted to move the class pictures that are currently in the school to the City Hall until a new building was built; Wake said that it was OK with the city if they were put there. The association also voted to donate up to $500 for the new building and move next year's celebration to the Sheridan Christian Church. Incoming president Shirley Wall Winemiller said she had talked to the church and that they said it was OK.
Outgoing President John Young thanked David Parman for getting the school ready for the last 10 years as well as Jay Sanders, Karla Parman, and other volunteer workers. He also thanked Chandra Hopkins for her work as treasurer; there have only been four treasurers in the history of the association including Essie Bainum and Ruth (Young) Beezley.
Larry Dowis, Frank Dowis, and Arvetta Terry were recognized from the Class of 1951. Shirley Wall Winemiller from the Class of 1961 named all the class of 1961. Recognized were Winemiller, Sharon Van Skyock, Carl Farrell (deceased), Carolyn Anderson, Connie Hawbeck, Larry Hibbs (who said he was a paid tourist), Janet Girrard, Marianne Girrard, Charles Auten (deceased), Harlan Harrell, Eloyce (Finch) Cossins, Elbert Risser, Burl Huff, Arva West, Frank Shupe (still a barber in Tarkio after all these years), and Jerry Wiley. Two people who went to class with them but did not graduate with them were Gary Dennis and Ken Hensley (deceased).
The oldest graduate present was Pauline Cooper Wells of the Class of 1941, followed by Warren Lester of the Class of 1942. Oakley Risser of California was the farthest away. Elected as officers for next year were Shirley Wall Winemiller (President), Jay Sanders (Vice President) and Chandra Hopkins (Treasurer).
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