
The Bath High School Alumni Association, Morse High School’s alumni group, will celebrate its 124th reunion this weekend, with festivities predicted to draw 600-700 participants, which includes the graduating class of 2015, who will march on Sunday.
According to the RSU 1 website, the Bath High School Alumni Association was founded in 1891, and is considered to be one of the oldest active alumni associations in the country.
Alumni events will kick off with the annual Blue and White Golf Classic at the Bath Golf Club on Friday at 8 a.m. The event is hosted by the class of 1965, who will be celebrating their 50th reunion this year.
About 200 golfers are currently signed up for the event, and $40,000 to $55,000 is usually raised through the tournament, which will go toward the Morse High School Scholarship Fund to support graduating students. The scholarship fund is made possible through both Morse alumni and community contributors.
“I’m just amazed that a oneday event can raise $50,000, and it keeps growing,” said Brad Walfield, the current vice president of the Bath High School Alumni Association.
An Icebreaker Dance will take place at the Kennebec Tavern later that night from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. Although there is no admission fee, donations will be accepted.
On Saturday, an open house and school tours will take place at the high school at 10 a.m. At noon, a “So You Think You Know Morse?” trivia game will take place at the Montgomery Theatre. The game is a new addition to the alumni agenda this year and was organized by Morse High School seniors, modeled after Main Street Bath’s popular community event “So You Think You Know Bath?”
The biggest event by far will be the alumni banquet, which will take place at 5:30 p.m. that night at the Bath Middle School gym. At the banquet, the eldest alum in attendance will be honored and the class of 1965 will also be recognized for their 50th year.
“It’s a neat thing, where students leaving Morse can connect with alumni,” Walfield said. “I’ve never seen an alumni and student connection as strong as it is here in Bath.”
Walfield, a graduate of the class of 1982, will also be appointed as president of the association at Saturday’s banquet, replacing Mike Peabody.
The weekend will culminate with Morse High School’s graduation ceremony, which will take place outside at McMann Field or the Bath Middle School gym, depending on the weather.
However, the significance of the weekend’s events is how it will connect the students and the alumni in the community together, according to Walfield.
“(The event) is not alumni separate — it’s very intertwined,” he said. “And (students) will have an appreciation for the alumni group and come back and continue to make this a strong alumni connection.”
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