The very first Inaugural Hays High graduating class celebrates 50th anniversary

Much like a fine wine, volume one of “The Rebel” always seems to get better with age for Kyle Nations, Shirley Sturdivant, David Dabelgott and Marian Loep.

Every turn of a yellowed page in the 50-year-old high school yearbook elicits a cornucopia of emotions and memories – moments that ranged from good and bad to happy and sad.

For the foursome, flipping through that yearbook – their yearbook – May 30 was a chance to recollect on a year when so much was happening around them.