The Staples High School Class of 1944 held their 65th class reunion on Aug. 20, 2009, at Giovanni's in Staples with 22 members attending.

Pictured above are, front row, left to right: Dorothy Marden Endres, Robert Peterson, Marilyn Davis Inman, Violet Hildahl Marcel, Irise Sarff Erickson, Juanita Coleman Miller. Second row: Arthur Trout, Rose Marie Jaeger Hahn, Joan Asselin Marquardt, Norma Roscoe Montgomery, Marinda Thompson Marden, Lois Berg Zappe, Joyce Nurnberger Ingebritson, Byron (Bud) Haskin. Back row: Richard Lockwood, Rolland Mohler, Robert Thiel, Virginia Barrett Wyckoff, Harry (Edgar) Pierce, Jr., Melvin Lilly, Donald Leuch, Margaret (Peggy) Klodt Eckdahl.