Independence High School Class Of ’71 And ’72 50-Year Reunions

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Mary Beth Foster
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IHS Class of '71
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MINT HILL, NC – Independence High School’s Classes of ’71 and ’72 celebrated their 50th reunion on April 23 at the Embassy Suites in Concord, NC.

Originally planned for April of 2021, the committee was forced to delay the Class of ’71 reunion due to COVID.  They teamed up with the Class of ’72 and were finally able to unite in person a full year later.



The semicentennial gathering reunited two of the first IHS classes to be integrated by means of busing.  In the early 70s, IHS lost students to Garinger and West Charlotte and gained classmates from East Mecklenburg.  Kristy Miller Eddelman and Jane Marcel Rhodes (Class of ’71) did their best to recruit those who were bused in and those who were bused away, bringing the whole class together five decades later!

IHS Class of '71 and '72 50-Year Reunion
IHS Class of ’71 and ’72 50-Year Reunion
IHS Class of '71 and '72 50-Year Reunion
IHS Class of ’71 and ’72 50-Year Reunion
IHS Class of '71 and '72 50-Year Reunion
IHS Class of ’71 and ’72 50-Year Reunion
IHS Class of '71 and '72 50-Year Reunion
IHS Class of ’71 and ’72 50-Year Reunion
IHS Class of '72
IHS Class of ’72
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Mary Beth Foster
Mary Beth Foster
Mary Beth Foster works part time as an essay specialist at Charlotte Latin School and full time as a mom to her eight-year-old daughter Hannah and her six-year-old son Henry. Prior to having children, she worked as a high school English teacher for nine years. Most recently, she chaired the English department at Queen's Grant High School. She and her husband have lived in Mint Hill with their children and their cats since 2011. Email: marybeth@minthilltimes.com

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