Monday, May 28, 2012

DHS Alumni Gather May 26; Classes Of '92 And '62 Honored


Nearly 120 Dorchester alumni, faculty and their spouses gathered at the Dorchester High School gym on Saturday evening, May 26, for the annual DHS Alumni Banquet. 

According to three e-mail reports sent to the Dorchester Times, the event featured speakers Dan O'Brien (former Dorchester coach and teacher), Larry Gish (former Dorchester teacher and coach), Doris Kohout (former Dorchester elementary school teacher) and Scott Pohl (current Dorchester teacher and coach).  Videos of the 1992 graduating class were also shown between speeches. (*UPDATE* -- Thanks to an e-mail from a reader, we have links to the videos.  See video #1, video #2, video #3, and video #4.  Click on the video you wish to view.  We apprecieate the heads up.)

The banquet honored the DHS Class of 1992 and the 50-year DHS Class of 1962, as well as all other Dorchester graduates who graduated in years ending in "2."  More than half of the Class of 1962 was in attendance (four are deceased). 

One alum who e-mailed us wrote that more than $1600 was raised through a live auction conducted by Jackie and Bill Rut's auction services, as well as a raffle ticket drawing.  The funds will go to the DHS Alumni Association.

Don and Louis Eret were honored after helping lead the alumni association for more than two decades, the Times has learned.  We are also told that alumni association president Joyce Karl announced Bob Weber had agreed to oversee the organization and that she would continue to serve as treasurer.  Three alumni association scholarships were awarded to members of the DHS Class of 2012.

Those unable to attend may send their donations to: Dorchester Alumni Association, PO Box 247, Dorchester, NE 68343.

3 comments:

  1. Another great Alumni Banquet!!!! Thanks Class of 1992 for your hard work....you pulled off a very enjoyable banquet. The live auction and raffle pulled in 1287.00, enough to fund next years scholarships. Thanks to several larger donations by Sheldon Bruha and Jim Sehnert and many of you that added on extra dollars when paying for your meals (the meal was excellent as always) we will be able to break pretty close to even. Thanks to Bob Weber for accepting the position of President for next year and many thanks to Don Eret for his years of service to the Dorchester Alumni. THANKS TO ALL OF YOU THAT ATTENDED, HELPED, AND DONATED............it was a evening filled with laughter and a few tears and lots of reminiscing....as Mr. O'Brien said "Dorchester School is indeed a very special place". Hope to see all of you next year!
    Joyce Karl

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  2. This year's alumni banquet was the best I have ever attended. The crowd seemed smaller than in typical years, but I was very impressed the the entire presentation. My husband and I enjoyed ourselves very much. I want to say thank you to all of you and look forward to attending next year.

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