102ndAnnual Pershing County High School Alumni Association minutes of the meeting

the General Membership, June 8, 2019 – 6:30 p.m.

1. Call to order & Welcome to Alumni, members & guests of Honor 2019 President MacKenzie
2. Pledge of Allegiance & Moment of Silence for Departed Alumni President MacKenzie Hodges
3. Introduction of 2018-2019 officers President
President: Mackenzie Hodges ’08 Vice-President: Doreen Munk ‘77
Secretary: Julie (Brinkerhoff) Knight ’77 Treasurer: Joan (Aufdermaur) Duncan ‘77
Historian: Jody (Dingee) Bailie ’82 Roll Clerk: Geraldine (Similey) Atkinson ‘71
Webmaster: Rachael (Wagner) Leavitt ’00 Trustees: James Rowe ’60, Karen (Thomsen) Wesner ‘68
4. Benediction by Sean Gottschalk, 2019 senior before we ate Pres. called oldest classes first, after
seniors of 2019 our guests.
5. Military & veterans of our country (stand to be recognized) V.P. Doreen Munk
6. Acknowledgment of Lifetime Members V.P.
Jody Dingee Bailie - Class of 1982 Jim Hamilton - Class of 1967

Celeste Landa Hamilton - Class of 1966 Mike Nickalonovich - Class of 1959

Dawna Moore Johnson - Class of 1952 Pete Fundis - Class of 1951

Leon Anderson - Class of 1948 Thomas Olaeta - Class of 1937

Llewellyn Young - Class of 1934 Pearl Stoker Martel - Class of 1919
7. Introduce and present Alumni scholarship awards President
Valedictorian: Davis Murphy $1500.00 eachSalutatorian: Sayuri Acosta $1000.00 General Scholarships
of $750.00 each were awarded to: McKenna Hertz, Guadalupe Paredes Jimenez, Maria Jimenez, and
alternate Ashlyn Lusby-Angvick because Vanessa Covarrubias and the Two trade scholarships recipients
Erik Franco & Angelica Lopez were not here, so those (3) will be forfetting their monies..
8. P.C.H.S.A.A. Leadership Award Axel Gonzalez & Sean Gottschalk President
9. Alumni Awards presented by President to Furthest traveled Mike Collins from the Phillipines
class of 1969 presented with a $50 gas card. “Most Senior” female alumnus present are Elva June
Johnson from the graduating class of 1945. “Most Senior” males alumni present were Jack Riehm
& Kenny Cervantes from the graduating class of 1949. The alumni seniors were presented with a
corsage and boutennaires.
10. Treasurer’s Report Treasurer Joan Duncan
11. Generations Introduced Historian Jody Bailie
Class of 1949, Kenny Cervantes spoke, then Audrey Westergard Munk introduced them. Class of
1969, Frank Fisk spoke and introduced. Class of 1989, Curtis Hyde spoke. Class of 1999 Colin
Maher spoke. Class of 2019, Davis Murphy spoke.
12. Hall of Fame presentation Paul & Deanne Davidson 1956, 1955 Jody Bailie, Historian
13. Roll of Classes (started in 1945) Historian
14. Nomination of Officers for 2019 – 2020 nominated and voted on
President: Doreen Munk ’77 Vice-President: Kirsten Gottschalk Hertz ‘87
Secretary: Sandra Arias ’87 Treasurer: Joan (Aufdermaur) Duncan ‘77
Historian: Jody (Dingee) Bailie ’82 Roll Clerk: Geraldine (Similey) Atkinson ‘71
Webmaster: Rachael (Wagner) Leavitt ’00
Trustees: James Rowe ’60, Karen (Thomsen) Wesner ’68, MacKenzie Hodges ‘08
15. Class of 2019 cash drawing Adrian Suarez won President
16. Auction of “The Knife” history by Roger Mancebo of Leon Anderson making the knife and sold
by JJ Myers, bought by the CLASS of 1989 for $1000.00
18. School Song led by cheerleaders President