Hartwick Alumni Assoc. Holds Reunion

HARTWICK—The Hartwick High School Alumni Association held its 90th annual reunion luncheon at the Hartwick Rod and Gun Club on Saturday, July 8. Twenty-five members attended. The guest of honor was Donald Phillips, a 100-year-old member of the class of 1941. Phillips served with honor in World Ware II after graduating. He still lives at home with his wife, Ina Phillips, and worked part-time as a groundskeeper at Hartwick Cemetery until five years ago.

The last class to graduate from Hartwick was the class of 1957, which included 13 students. The district was merged into the Cooperstown district shortly thereafter, although the school building remained open as the Hartwick Grade Center, for grades K-6, until 1972. The former building, constructed in 1921, is currently vacant. The Alumni Association remains active and includes graduates and students of the former high school and grade center. There are 55 known living graduates.