Central Institute for the Deaf Alumni Association

Merlie Rieger Williams' Later Days

Merlie Rieger loved to play "Annie Oakley" - 1961 Goldstein Fair
Back in those days, it was OK to bring toy guns to school!

Girl Scouts Camp - 1962
Top: Susan Stokes, Debby Pike, Trudy Black, Merlie Rieger
Bottom: Nancy Hurd, Sally Hewlett (later Taylor)

Getting off train - Girl Scouts Maria Rennolds & Merlie Rieger (bottom);
Alice Rains & Karen Brill (top)

Getting ready to board the chartered bus for Goldstein Club's Trip
Bob Bouchillon (white shorts), Rick Balk (plaid shirt), Barb Brown, Alan Love, Tom Pundmann (getting on bus)

Playful times - Trudy Black, Erin (Hayes) Lujan (training teacher - taught at Illinois School for the Deaf; now at New Mexico School for the Deaf), Susan Kanee

Trudy Black carries Merlie Rieger

Practice Mud Wrestling?? - Button Moser, Merlie Rieger (top - laughing), Trudy Black (whose only white cloth can be seen), Alan Love (as he tries to crawl out)

Monthly Birthday Party - Trudy Miller, Susan Kanee, Susan Stokes, Karen Brill, Barb Brown (still baby - sucking her thumb)

Tommy Richardson, Craig Cutter, John Northington

Mr. Grady Thomas, perhaps the most exciting & dynamic teacher in CID history - he lives in Raleigh, NC area. (Barb Brown on right)
Everyone loved him, despite his short tenure at CID.

Look at those STARRY eyes!!!  Barb Brown & David Myers
Their romance never worked!

Perfect Pyramid!!! Merlie Rieger on top, __?__ & Paul Ogden on middle tier, __?__, David Myers, Robie Scholefield on bottom.

1959 Dancing Class ( boring?) -- Teacher Lynn __?__
Back 3: Nancy Hurd, Emily Brock, Kitty Reynolds
Others: Susan Kanee, Alice Rains, Merlie Rieger, Karen Brill, Sue Drake, Trudy Black, Karen Dardis, Carole Adolphson, Barb Brown, Theo Doran

Any identification of the __?__ people or correction of the names,
please email to Bob Crowell.
Thank you.

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