Published October 23. 2025 11:40PM
CONTRIBUTED PHOTOSMembers of the Emmaus High School Class of 1967 gathered Sept. 6 to mark 58 years since graduation. Approximately 75 people attended, including 56 classmates. ABOVE: The classmates and guests are together for a photo in Emmaus Community Park.
Dr. Hirofumi Makino, president of Okayama University, traveled from Japan for the reunion. Makino was an exchange student in the class. Makino, rear, joins his wife Mari and the daughter of his host family and her husband, Barb Harries Barthol and Bart Barthol, for a photo at the reunion.
C.J. Charles “Heater” Heatley, center, joins classmates for a photo in Emmaus Community Park. Heatley, a Navy pilot and aerial photographer was the inspiration for the 1986 move “Top Gun.”