Chris and Heather Ybarra, Clarksville, Tenn., announce the birth of a son, Elijah Rhein Ybarra, born Oct. 3, 2004, at Fort Campbell, Ky. He has a brother, Oscar Rey Ybarra, 5. Maternal grandparents are Steve and Kathi Eubank, Lawrence. Paternal grandparents are Bob and Nancy Ybarra, Topeka, and Jim and Felicitia Mertel, Topeka. Great-grandparents are Irene Reiland, Clarion, Iowa; Kathryn Eubank, Clinton, Ark.; Joe Ybarra, Topeka; and Joe and Lydia Borjon, Topeka.

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Branden and Kirsten Boyd, Eudora, announce the birth of a daughter, Hudson Emery, born Sept. 10, 2004, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Grandparents are Bob and Alandra Rice, Don and Connie Warmker and David Boyd, all of Eudora. Great-grandparents are Dewey and Lorene Richardson, Eudora, Betty Wheeler, Dodge City, and Barbara Boyd, Newburyport, Mass.

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Paul and Jennifer Werner, Lawrence, announce the birth of a son, William Gray Werner, born Sept. 11, 2004, at St. Joseph Hospital.Grandparents are Beth and Dorn Lungwitz, McHenry, Ill.; Jeff and Susan Basham, Raleigh, N.C.; and Herb and Helen Werner, St. Louis.

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The Liberty Memorial High School Class of 1949 celebrated its 55th reunion Oct. 2-3 at the Lawrence Holidome. Those in attendance were:

Phyllis (Green) Cross, Jackie (Dillon) Flory, Mary Ann (Pappas) Hicklin, Billie Kay (Hahn) Laughlin, Francis Alexander, Betty (Deplue) Alexander, Ruth (Murphy) Buller, Gene Sweeney, Jack Rose, Marge (Brown) Hermes, Verner Newman III, Donna (Schliefer) Noone, Stella (Carney) Lockard, Billy Gile, Lee Barlow, Nancy (Semple) Menchen, Kenneth Stevenson, Mary (Morris) Bartz, Marlene Underwood, Marie (Cawley) Ice, Charles Hunsinger, Martha (Koehler) Ralston, Bob Coffman, George Abel, Howard Stuckey, Joanne (Lady) Jones, Mary (Monroe) Wilborn, Sally (Topping) Glover, Grace (Endacott) Brooks, Joyce (Emick) Near, Doris (McConnell) Owens, June (Tate) Bidinger, Shirley (Rothberger) Hodges, Mary Jane (Martin) Fitzsimmons, Marjorie (Albright) Hazlett, Virginia (Deplue) Nelson, Teresa Martin, Ann (Spears) Matheny, Adrienne (Auchard) York, Virginia (Zillner) Grob, Warren Robinson, Bob Moore, Jack Moore, Lois (Penny) Cowan, Martha (Wise) Longanecker, Vinita (Bradshaw) Sturgeon, Jerry (Hesse) Vaughn, Richard Stanwix, Ralph Drake, Marion Williams, Charles Crumet, Howard Stringham, Shirley (Winters) Wagner, Evelyn (Barncord) Mishler and Rita (Hudson) Ousdahl.

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Jessica Nichols, Lawrence, recently joined Zeta Tau Alpha at William Jewell College in Liberty, Mo.