About 35 graduates of the Liberty HS class of 1948 and their guests celebrated their 70th graduation reunion May 5 at the Best Western Lehigh Valley Hotel and Conference Center in Hanover Township. Class emcee Jerry Yob said that only about 224 classmates remain out of the over 600 graduates of the combined Liberty and Bethlehem Vocational Technical Class, whose graduation commencement was held at Lehigh University’s Grace Hall.

Prizes were awarded in categories such as greatest distance traveled, longest marriage, most children and most grandchildren.

Classmates reminisced about dances held at Broughal JHS, Hi-Spot on East Broad Street and the Masonic Temple; hanging out at Pete’s Hot Dog Shop and Archond’s Ice Cream Parlor on the Southside and The Cup on Linden street; riding the trolley to school, walking across the “Penny” Bridge (a forerunner to today’s Fahy Bridge) and ice skating on the Liberty HS soccer field which was flooded for that purpose; and the intense rivalry with William Allen HS in sports, particularly in football on Thanksgiving Day.

A buffet luncheon consisting of salad, fresh green beans, mashed potatoes, salmon, chicken, beef tenderloins, pies and cakes was served for the Class of 1948’s enjoyment.

The 70th reunion committee consisted of Jerry and Doris Yob, Joanne Diefenderfer, Walter Proding, Alice Durner and Frances King.