Nell Fellows, Class of '76, has sent along her minutes from this year's dinner. Many thanks, Nell!
The 115th annual LVCS Alumni
Dinner and Reunion was held Saturday, June 28, 2014, at the Corporate building
on the Cattaraugus County Fairgrounds with 165 members and guests in
attendance.
President Kevin Andrew greeted the group before leading the pledge
of allegiance, invocation and moment of silence in memory of deceased members.
A family-style dinner was catered by Top of the Line
catering.
The minutes from the previous year's meeting were compiled
by Secretary Nancy Paschen Shinners and read by Nell Fellows. The treasurer's report was listed in the
program. A list of memorials was
provided.
Kevin thanked the board of directors for their help, along
with the alumni who continue to support the organization through their dues and
donations to the general fund.
Commemorative ornaments for the honored class of 1964 were
made by China Doll Ceramics of Cattaraugus.
All members and guests received orange & black Panthers drink
koozies as a souvenir.
Kevin reported that the LVCS Facebook page, moderated by Todd
Fuller, currently has 490 followers.
Todd will give a bottle of wine to the 500th follower.
LV resident and C/LV senior Gabe Grey was awarded the $200
sportsmanship award at C/LV graduation.
Alumni military members were recognized with a round of
applause. Alumnus Art Asquith was thanked
for writing the words to our school song so many years ago.
Under new business, it was proposed that our officers serve
2 year terms, rather than the current one year term. Gail Ellis Minnekine made the motion, with
the second from Martin Taft. After
discussion, the motion carried.
Gail Ellis Minnekine moved, with the second from Bob Milks,
to re-elect our current president, secretary and treasurer to serve
2014-2016. The motion was unanimously
carried.
Our guest speaker was Carol Gloff from the class of
1970.
Carol shared some favorite childhood school memories, along with the pros and cons of being "Harold's daughter" in school. Pro? .... access to all the rooms in the building that most have never seen. Con? ... having your dad see you standing in the hall where you'd been sent for talking too much.
Carol shared some favorite childhood school memories, along with the pros and cons of being "Harold's daughter" in school. Pro? .... access to all the rooms in the building that most have never seen. Con? ... having your dad see you standing in the hall where you'd been sent for talking too much.
Carol also shared stories of teachers who influenced her the
most. Our small school gave everyone the
chance to try many different sports and club opportunities we may not have
had in a bigger school. Carol urged us
all to "remember where you come from, no matter where you go."
Linda Bryant Milks read the roll call of members
present. Our most senior alumnus, Wilma
Easton Bridges, was awarded a gift certificate.
Kevin introduced the members of the honored 50-year class of
1964. Class representative Bill
Steinbroner shared stories from high school days. He also took us all up and down the streets
on a "mind's eye" tour of what Little Valley looked like in
1964 ... from the Cattaraugus County Cutlery to Bina's restaurant ... from Timme
Hardware to Eldridge's meat market, to name just a few.
Kevin reviewed Ed Memmott's report on the Memmott-Langhans
award. Three seniors received $1000
awards - Evan Stern, Rachel Lange and Mackenzie Grube. Kaylee Eaton received a $500 award.
The evening adjourned at 9:15 p.m., following the singing of
the alma mater and our school song.
