Since 1992, $131,500 has been awarded to MHS Graduates by the MHS Alumni Association.

The Awardees for this year’s "named" $2,000  Scholarships are:

• Jeffery Beyer - The Dorothy Damm Waiste Memorial Scholarship
• David Loughridge - The Sanden/Trullinger Family Scholarship
• Conner Williams - The Richard E. and Mary E. Marquardt Scholarship
• Bryce Leedham - Oak Rebekah Lodge #159 Scholarship
• Brandon Castaing - Delane and Margaret Fry Scholarship

Receiving $2,000 Scholarships from the Alumni Scholarship Fund are:

• Jennifer Gibbons
• Cecilia Cortes
• Jose Morales Castro

If you would like more information about the Molalla Alumni Scholarship (MASF) and its 501 [c] 3 non-profit, tax-deductible scholarship fund, or if you would like to contribute to this scholarship, mail inquiries or checks to MASF at P.O. Box 1050, Molalla.

Saturday, April 28, 2012

Nearly 250 graduates and guests of Molalla High School gathered on April 28, 2012 at the high school commons for a roast turkey lunch prepared by the Clarke’s Grange. 

Alumni Chairman, Ken Naylor, class of 1955 called the meeting to order and acknowledged the service of Byron Schriever, class of 1948 and Joann Freeman Gribble class of 1949 for their service on the Board of Directors.  Ken Naylor, Delores Adams Erb 1962, and Sheryl Erickson 1963, were unanimously elected to serve on the board.

Receiving special honors were those classes with milestone anniversaries from 30 to 80 years, including

Roberta Eyman Daniels, 98, class of 1931, the earliest class in attendance. 

Judge Ralph Holman, former Associate Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court, celebrated the eightieth year of his graduation in 1932 and spoke to the group. 

Genevieve Jackson Sperb attended from the class of 1934.

Joel Daniels, 1959, Chair of the Scholarship Committee, reported that the fund now has over $230,000 and will be able to award eight $2,000 scholarships this year thanks to the generosity of the alumni group over the years. 

He acknowledged the impact that the Holman Family Foundation scholarship fund has had for Molalla graduates pursuing a college education.  That fund awards two $3,500 scholarships each year that are renewable. 

Judge Ralph Holman, class of 1932, addressing the alumni. (Click on thumbnail to see larger image.)	Saima Heino Matson, class of 1938 (r.) and her daughter, Judy Ramsay (Click on thumbnail to see larger image.)

Blanche Lebold Kober, 1959, Chair of the Luncheon Committee thanked all those who helped get everything ready.  The next reunion will be in April of 2013 at the high school.

Submitted to the Molalla Pioneer by Joel Daniels, 1959, 04/30/2012

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For Reunion Info:  Click here to check out which reunions are upcoming:  dates, locations, missing classmates, contact persons, etc.

Joan Deardorff has written a guide to planning class reunions.  Please click here to link to a web page containing this information.

There is a new Facebook Page devoted to FFA alumni who participated in the Molalla chapter and all others who were involved in FFA in their own high school.  And to those who have never been involved in FFA but have an interest in helping our current FFA youth.  Find us here! 

We would also like to hear from and/or receive photos of former Molalla FFA members to add to our Facebook page.