LAHARPE The annual LaHarpe High School Alumni Celebration started Saturday with eight members joining the LaHarpe Day parade. The former students, ranging from the classes of 1947 to 1966, rode in a pickup during the procession.
The focus of this years banquet was on the the U.S. Postal Service in LaHarpe.
The first post office opened in LaHarpe in 1881. Axel Peterson was an early postmaster. He also coached the high school boys ball teams during World War II.
Willis Ross, Class of 1939, served during World War II before later becoming postmaster. Ross attended…
