Registration open at fairgrounds (05/17/06)

Jay County Purdue Extension will present “Pasties: What are they? Where did they originate?” on Tuesday, May 23, at 1 p.m. at the 4-H building at Jay County Fairgrounds. Call (260) 726-4707 to make reservations by May 19.

Iris show

The Iris growers of Eastern Indiana will be holding their annual Iris show on Sunday, May 21, at the Minnetrista Cultural Center, Muncie, from 1 to 4 p.m.

All exhibits must have been grown and entered in person by the exhibitor whose name appears on the entry tag. Entries are to be made between 8 and 10 a.m. Judging will be from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Entries need the name and type of Iris.

For more information call Sue Rumbaugh at (317) 783-1178 or Barb Norrick, (765) 741-9418.

Looking for grads

The Portland High School alumni association is looking for the following graduates from 1971.

Sandra Bradford, Dan Brock, Carl Clear, Larry Denny, Virginia East, Sharon Fraze, Mike Garrett, Sandra McKinley, Pat Sprague, Donna Stamper and Lou Ann Conley.

Anyone with information, call Bruce Hedges at (260) 726-6358.

The alumni are also searching for these 1966 graduates.

Diana Lee (Bailey) Centofanti, Carl Steven Bricker, Bonnie Kay (Chittum) Schneider, James Edward Clear, Mary Kathleen Daugherty, Carl M. Gilkison, Larry Joe Heston, Steven Edwin Jones, Steven E. Linn, Carolyn Sue Lowe, Susan Jane (Mitchell) Ihrie, Tom Stith, Larry D. Stults, Howard E. Whetsel and Bobie Jean (Whitacre) Drieling.

Anyone with information, call Melodi Haley.

Others being sought are Betty Hummer Waterfield, 1956; Robert Woodbury, 1951; and Lois “Chloe” Newhouse, 1946.

Anyone with information, should call Judy Toms-Medler at (260) 726-7209.

Any alumni associates who wish to visit the Jay County Historical Museum during the weekend of their reunions should call (260) 726-7168.

The museum will be open Saturday, June 17, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sunday, June 18, from 1 to 4 p.m. All members of the Portland Alumni Association are invited to meet their former classmates during these times.[[In-content Ad]]