The Middleton High School Class of 1954 held its 57th Anniversary last month. The theme was “The Way We Were.” On Friday, June 24, 2011, the class gathered at a local steakhouse for the banquet dinner. Class members in attendance on the front row, left to right: Juanita Cooper Yeoman, Ella Mae Mitchell Martin, Grace Richardson Jones, Irene Ferrell Harris, Eddye Jean Johnson Swain, Ossie Lee Hendrix, Elouise Bradley Byron, Gloria Collins (Los Angeles, CA), Ethel Bellamy Ward, Josephine Brodie Hubbard, Barbara Batchelor Johnson, Geraldine Spearman Boatwright (Cocoa, FL) and Victoria Williams Brown. Second row, from left: Marcelina Milian, Ruben Yeoman, Herbert Bolen, Alma Rhea Purify, Alphonso Williams, Robert Bodden (San Diego, CA), Edmond Morgan (Springfield, MD), Joseph Young Harris, Andrew James, Willie Mae Buggs Burney, Ruth Houston Cage (Nashville, TN), Idella Allen Foster and Robert Earl Sharpton (Miami). Not shown, Shirley Davis Thompson, Ruby White Brown and David Jacobs (Salina, Kansas). (Photography by Brunson)