The Molalla Alumni Scholarship Fund Board is delighted to announce receipt of a $10,000 donation from the Molalla Oak Rebekah Lodge #159.

This money is to be used to create a newly named scholarship (the Molalla Oak Rebekah Lodge Scholarship) to be awarded next spring to a 2009 Molalla River High School senior.

Our heartfelt thanks are extended to the ladies of Molalla’s Rebekah Lodge not only for their generous donation, but also for their kindness and consideration in helping Molalla seniors to further their education.

All donations are invested with the sole purpose of awarding scholarships each spring to active and deserving Molalla High School seniors.

We now have four named scholarships that have been created by individuals or groups who have donated $10,000 or more to the Alumni Fund.

For more information, contact: Joan Deardorff, P.O. Box 1050. Molalla, OR 97038

Joan Deardorff

The consolidated alumni reunion (for graduating years through 1980) will be held at the high school.  

Click here to see an on-line copy of the Spring 2008 Alumni Newsletter.

A very successful Alumni Luncheon was held April 26, 2008 with about 300 in attendance. The Clarkes Grange catered the event. The Master of Ceremonies was Keith Jensen '50 who began the proceedings by calling on Marlin Love '43 to give the invocation. Billie Pollack Kober '51 recognized the oldest Alumni present: Roberta Eyman Daniels '31, Genevieve Jackson Sperb '34 (celebrating her 91st birthday), Blanche Hilton Blackman '34, Ivan Mundhenke '34 and Mary Pemble Tiffin '34.

Roger Engle '61 called the roll and the classes of 1948 and 1955 tied for the top spot with 18 members, each, present.

Byron Schriever '48 presented the proposed by-laws for the Alumni Association and they were approved. Elected to the newly-formed Board of Directors were: Irene Hobart Crowley '64, Gary Bush '63, Duke (John) Ditrich '55, Joann Freeman Gribble '49, Keith Jensen '50, Blanche Lebold Kober '59 and Byron Schriever '48

Joel Daniels '59 ,Alumni Scholarship Fund chairman, gave a report and announced the receipt of over $90,000 from the estate of Dorothy Damm Waiste, '31. There will be a scholarship named for her. He reported on the Holman Family Molalla High Scholarship Fund and the scholarship fund of Terry Holman '68, both administered by the Oregon Community Foundation for the benefit of graduating Molalla Seniors. The committee thanks Molalla High School Alumni and others for their very generous support of this very worthwhile endeavor. The recipients for 2008 were to be announced at the Senior Awards Night in May.

A big thank you is due to all of the willing hands that did so much work to make this year's luncheon and annual meeting such a success.

The Molalla Alumni Scholarship Foundation (MASF) has announced their 2008 scholarship winners this week at the annual Molalla High senior awards assembly.

A total of $12,000.00 was awarded to eight seniors in the amount of $1,500.00 each. Senior awardees were

• John Fawcett
• Gabrielle Schaefer
• Holly Schaefer
• Kelly Ennis
• Lorraine Heyerly

The other three recipients were winners of the named scholarships. They are:

• Austin Baker, the recipient of the Richard E. and Mary E. Marquardt Scholarship
• Courtney Ferris, the first recipient of the newly created Dorothy Damm Waiste Scholarship
• Caylen Gingerich, the first recipient of the other newly created Sanden/Trullinger Scholarship.

All of our scholarships are totally funded by gifts and donations from the alumni of Molalla High School or by friends and family of alumni. Since 1994, the MASF has given scholarships worth over $65,000.

If you would like to contribute to this scholarship or would like more information about the Molalla Alumni Scholarship Fund (MASF) and its 501 [c] 3 non-profit, tax-deductible scholarship fund, mail inquiries or checks to P.O. Box 1050, Molalla.

---Joan (Dunton) Deardorff, Class of 1964.

Please help the Class of 1987 "missing" classmates.  Click here to see a list of name in need of address. 

The Class of 1973 has asked for help in locating "missing" classmates.  Click here to see a list of the "missing". 

Click here to check out which reunions are upcoming:  dates, locations, missing classmates, contact persons, etc.

Joan Deardorff has written a guide to planning class reunions.  Please click here to link to a web page containing this information.

The Class of 1958 is looking for "missing" classmates. Please click here for that list.