High school classmates mark 40th

East High School Class of 1971 reunites: East High School Class of 1971 gathered Nov. 26 for their 40th class reunion dinner at Davidson’s Restaurant in Canfield. Classmates remembered 28 members who are deceased. Plans are being made for the 45th reunion in 2016. Seated, from left, are Barbara Harden, Carol Hewlett, Debra Countryman Jones, Deborah Howie Frost and Odessa Britt Lawrence. In the second row are Paulette Davis, Dera Battles Gantt, Lonita Simon Ross, Sally Steele Kolousek, Joyce Warren Hunter, Roberta Wright, LaTonya Parker, Pamela Snipes Davis and Jacquelyn Fischio. In the third row are Jimmy Hughes, Emanuel Adams, Ralph Fabrizzi, Yvonne Wilson, Larry Burton, Renee Thomas Spence, Marjorie Durkin Gardiner, Mary Stevens Malys and Lou Ann Walton.