Harrison’s 2025 Alumni Coffee Hour

By ANGELA KELLOGG-HENRY

Cleaver Staff Writer

HHS Class of 1992

HARRISON – Harrison High School’s annual Alumni Coffee Hour was held Saturday, May 24 at the high school, and was hosted by Mick Haley. This yearly event helps Harrison graduates meet with one another to let them catch up, and this  year people from different graduation years and places came to this meet and greet. There were some folks who still live in Harrison, some who live in nearby towns, and even graduates returned from as far away as Arizona.

After recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance, Haley introduced Katie Sheldon, the 2025 Alumni Charles Amble Scholarship award winner who will be attending Mid Michigan College to study Early Childhood Education.

There were two Wall of Fame honorees this year. Jim Whitmer, a 1963 graduate, was honored in the Human Services category. Whitmer traveled from Mesa, Arizona, to attend. The late John Paul Haley, a 1963 graduate, was honored posthumously in the Industrial Manufacturing and Engineering category. His wife, Therese Haley, accepted the award on his behalf.

Roll call, taken by Cid Jones, showed 67 people attended this year’s gathering. The oldest graduate at this event was Lillian (Hoard) Lipovsky who graduated in 1948. Lillian took home a beautiful basket of hanging flowers.

More graduates of Harrison are always welcome to come to this yearly event which is held on the Saturday of Memorial Day weekend beginning at 6 p.m.

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