Pictured above:
Front row, from left: Dave Warren, Sandy Warren, Rose Filip, Freda Moore, Charlene Frick, Martha Applebee, Maxine Moore, Joyce Hokens, Marty Piper and Phyllis Henry.
Second row, from left: Phyllis Cmejrek, Bill Cowan, Jan Moore, Barb Choate, Helen McKee, Jean Kohler, Anne Munns, Susan Johnson, Don Shepherd and Dick Anderson.
Third row, from left: Jim Pyne, Karl Bruder, Pat Freeman, Lois Wright, Donna Gibbs and Morris Hoffman.
Fourth row, from left: Dave Norton, Dick Wagner, Dick Sargent, Jackie Becker and Jane Coatsworth.
Back row, from left: Sally Gardner Bates, Frank Piccinni, Ken Seger, Max Foley and Chuck Pasco.

It is 50 years since the Class of 1954 graduated from Fenton High School. Thirty-six classmates, including those from California, Texas, Colorado, Georgia, North Carolina, Ohio and Canada gathered for their 50th reunion on May 22.

Dave and Sandy Warren hosted the gathering at their Byron home. Classmates reminisced, renewed friendships and enjoyed more than 50 years of treasured memories. Some attended all 12 years of school together at the present Fenton Intermediate School (FIS) building on Adelaide Street and have enjoyed friendships that began in kindergarten at the age of five.

This senior class was the first affected by overcrowding when Lake Fenton area students were no longer being accepted on a tuition basis. Consolidation efforts had failed and 15 members of the 1954 senior class, all living at Lake Fenton, were bused to attend 12th grade and graduated from Mandeville High School (now Carman-Ainsworth).

Despite being separated for the final year of high school, many friendships have continued. Reunion committee members were from both graduating classes, as were those attending.

A memorial board paid tribute to 21 deceased class members. Ed "Red" Moore, whose funeral was held in Ohio on May 15, was the latest. His wife, Freda Moore, attended.