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We Remember Barbara Bizianes Prissy Buckaway Sue Carlson Malcolm Chamberlain Carolyn Crawford Arnold Davis Ann Dew Martha Findley Doug Graham Nancy Graham Dale Goldstein Darlene Hassan Bernie Highfill Whitty Howard Lucy Jones David Kaiser Carol Kleinjohn Eloise Layman Ora Lerman Alan Lips Carl Lutnick   Harold Marquette Pat Maloney Ronnie McFarland Millicent McLean Tom Miles Courtney Noe ¹ Jon Pittelko Vernon Rothenberger Schmidt, Frank Bob Schnur Gerry Welch Shaw Simpson, Kenny Stewart, Alan Carolyn Weller Charles Shelton Harry Sladen Bernard Solomon Gay Townsend Patricia Townsend Nancy Watkins Vivian Williams GARTH, RUSSELL, 96, of Louisville, died Saturday, February 12, 2005, at Jefferson Place. Born in Trenton, KY, he received a baccalaureate degree from Georgetown College and a master's degree from Columbia University. He began his teaching and coaching career at Mason High School in Grant County, KY, and moved to Louisville Junior High School in 1936. At du Pont Manual High School from 1941 to 1955, he served as dean of boys, athletic director and assistant principal. He was the principal of Atherton High School from 1955-1970. He had been inducted into the Hall of Fame at both Manual and Atherton. He was also a lifelong athlete. At Georgetown, he lettered in four sports: basketball, baseball, tennis and as a manager of the football team. An avid golfer and bridge player, he continued to enjoy both during an active retirement life. He was a Mason and a member of Beargrass Christian Church, River Road Country Club and the Retired Teacher's Association. Mr. Garth was preceded in death by his wife, the former Lorana Young. He is survived by his two sons, Russell Y. Garth (Judi) of Arlington, VA, and Dale N. Garth (Robyn) of Dedham, MA; six grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. The funeral service will be held at noon Tuesday, February 15, 2005, at Pearson's, 149 Breckenridge Lane, with burial in Cave Hill Cemetery. Visitation will be from 3-7 p.m. Monday. Memorial gifts may go to Beargrass Christian Church or the Alzheimer's Association. Courier-Journal Obituaries online http://www.courier-journal.com/. Look up obituaries for the past 12 months. ¹ Courtney Noe was reported deceased on the 2001 reunion list. That was an error. His obituary was in the paper on 3/12/2002. Cecil Thompson was also incorrectly listed as deceased. He is alive and well. We sincerely regret both of these errors. ² Please send omissions or corrections of this list to the webmaster. If you have copies of the obituaries of any class members please send us a photocopy.