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Editor&#8217;s Note: To have your announcement published in this column please submit the information to Reunions, Times Leader, 15 N. Main St., Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711. Send email submissions to ae@www.timesleader.com. Please type &#8220;Reunion News&#8221; in the subject line. The deadline is each Monday for all copy.Coughlin High SchoolClass of 1959 will meet 6 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 27, at the home of Ann Marie and Bob Acacio, 22 Frederick St., Swoyersville. All class members and spouses are invited.Class of 1960 will hold its 55th anniversary reunion Saturday, Sept. 5, at the PAV Grove, Hudson. Reservation mailings have been sent. Any classmate who did not receive the information, or members of other classes interested in attending, should contact Alice at 570-474-9754 or Bridget at 570-822-0308.GAR Memorial High SchoolClasses of 1950 and 1951 will meet for a luncheon 1 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 19, at Logan&#8217;s Roadhouse Restaurant, 2310 Wilkes-Barre Township Marketplace, Wilkes-Barre Township. All classmates, spouses and friends are invited. Call Marilyn at 570-825-3102 for reservations.Class of 1966 will meet 6 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 25, at Norm&#8217;s Pizza and Eatery, North Sherman Street, Wilkes-Barre. Plans are being made for the 50th anniversary reunion. All classmates are invited. Contact information should be forwarded to Mary Casterline Clemm at 570-675-4892.Kingston High SchoolClass of 1955 is hosting a reunion 1-5 p.m. Monday, Sept. 14, at the Checkerboard Inn, Carverton Road, Trucksville. Reservations must be made by Tuesday, Sept. 1. Cost is $23 per person. Mail to Mary Buzinski Zukosky, 402 Warsaw St., Swoyersville, PA 18704, phone 570-288-3073, or Martha Klockgether Dougalas, 42 Talcott St., Swoyersville, PA 18704, phone 570-287-3459.Class of 1963 recently celebrated its 50th anniversary reunion. A 70th birthday celebration for all classmates and guests will be held 6-11 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 29, at Grotto Pizza, Gateway Shopping Center, Edwardsville. Party and buffet menu includes pizza, grottobolis, chicken wings and other refreshments. Donation is $15. Contact Sandy Touw at 570-328-0528 for reservations.Larksville High SchoolAll-class reunion, sponsored by the Classes of 1955 and 1956, will be held 1-6 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 27, at the Checkerboard Inn, Trucksville. Reservations can be made to Marge Janosik at 570-675-4383; Violet Rasmovicz at 570-779-2400; Joe Mackiewicz at 570-746-1055; or John Lutz at 570-288-5767.Meyers High SchoolClass of 1952 will meet 1 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 19, at Norm&#8217;s Pizza and Eatery.Nanticoke High SchoolClass of 1966 will celebrate its 50th anniversary reunion noon to 7 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 6, 2016, at Konefal&#8217;s Grove, Shavertown. An ice breaker will be held Aug. 5, 2016. Invitations will be mailed when the details are finalized. Address information is needed for the following classmates, Marsha Bartuski, Richard Bethel, Camille Broski, Stanley Bruno, John Budinas, William Callahan, Peter Czuba, Joseph Dadey, Nancy Davis, Robert Domalewski, Janet Gieda, Walter Goodwin, Ralph Homyack, Robert Josefowicz, Richard Kanyuck, Nickolas Kloss, Michael Kmetz, Robert Kolodgie, Ann Marie Kolodziejczak, Louise Kolodziejczak, Margaret Korman, Robert Kosteva, Linda Krajewski, James Kravitz, Leonard Krygier, Thomas Krygier, Catherine Kubera, James Loughrey, Leonard Michalski, Richard Mitkowski, John Modla, Shirley Mutrynowski, Virginia Novak, Maria Pavia, John Petrochko, Frank Potera, Leonard Przywara, Alfred Puffen, Louis Railer, Patrick Rakowski, Ronald Regulski, Marie Sarochinsky Drosdak, Edith Schmidt, John Schultz, Anna Mae Schwartz, Frank Shaulis, Richard Shonk, John Sivulich, James Smith, Eugene Stoker, James Stone, Duane Valence, Jerome Vnuk, Kenneth Weisgable, Mary Ellen Wiatrowski, Sharon Wright, Diane Wrobel, Casmir Wysocki, Joseph Yarasheski, Linda Youells and Lucia Zabiegalski. Share any information with Marie Stefaniak Gill at jg122944@verizon.net or call 570-735-8728. The class will continue planning its reunion at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 27, at an informal, Dutch-treat dinner at Mil &amp; Jim&#8217;s Parkway Restaurant, 24 W. Kirmar Ave., Nanticoke. Call Mary Jane Evans Uhing at 570-735-0311 to make a reservation before Tuesday, Aug. 25. All classmates and friends are invited. Visit the Facebook page at Nanticoke Class of 1966 for more information and photos of classmates.Plymouth High SchoolClass of 1966 will hold a reunion meeting 1 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 16, at Grotto Pizza, Gateway Shopping Center, Edwardsville. Mike and Doreen Makos will be attending. The 50th anniversary reunion will be held on Aug. 13, 2016, at the Irem Country Club, Dallas. Contacts are Dorothy at 570-762-6544 or gemini48@ptd.net, or Helen at 570-779-2429 or hkibildis@gmail.com.St. John&#8217;s High SchoolClass of 1975 reunion planning committee is seeking classmates. An email address has been established for the reunion. It is 1975johnnies@gmail.com. The next planning meeting will be 7 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 16, at the Waldorf Park East Mountain Road, Scranton.

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