Ponchatoula High School

  • Pictured at the recent event are, left to right: (seated) Evelyn Murray Guidrey, Thomas Laird, Carolyn Corneille Hano, (standing) Evelyn Kraft Richard, Rev. Jack Palmer, Howell Hoover, A.J. “Bucky” Pusey, Earl Theriot. The group looks forward to 2025 and its 70-year reunion.
    Pictured at the recent event are, left to right: (seated) Evelyn Murray Guidrey, Thomas Laird, Carolyn Corneille Hano, (standing) Evelyn Kraft Richard, Rev. Jack Palmer, Howell Hoover, A.J. “Bucky” Pusey, Earl Theriot. The group looks forward to 2025 and its 70-year reunion.
  • At right, left to right: (sitting) Deanna Turnage Hebert, Frances Pittman Bingham, Audrey Robertson Schmaltz, Shirley Poché Eyster; (standing) Peggy Palmer Poché, Miriam Dahmer Summers, Gail Kraemer Grob, Shirley Adams (guest), Bette Kennedy Laird
    At right, left to right: (sitting) Deanna Turnage Hebert, Frances Pittman Bingham, Audrey Robertson Schmaltz, Shirley Poché Eyster; (standing) Peggy Palmer Poché, Miriam Dahmer Summers, Gail Kraemer Grob, Shirley Adams (guest), Bette Kennedy Laird
  • The men, left to right: (sitting) Edgar Charbonnet, Jerry Matthews, Milton Hill, Jimmy Berteau, Harry Lavine, Richard Rody; (standing) John Laird, Reggie Pevey (special guest), Arthur Joiner, Darrel Adams, Jake Drude, Melvin Bounds, Jimmy Cox.
    The men, left to right: (sitting) Edgar Charbonnet, Jerry Matthews, Milton Hill, Jimmy Berteau, Harry Lavine, Richard Rody; (standing) John Laird, Reggie Pevey (special guest), Arthur Joiner, Darrel Adams, Jake Drude, Melvin Bounds, Jimmy Cox.

    Class of 1955

    Ponchatoula High School graduates of 1955 have very few members still living in this area. Those who remain continue to have a yearly lunch at Murphy’s Seafood in Hammond.

    Class of 1956

    The Ponchatoula High School Class of 1956 enjoys a group lunch twice a year at Middendorf’s in Manchac. Of the graduating class of 113, 47 are still living; about half with guests usually attend.