•October 2, 2019•
By Ralph Kirk
for the SHS Alumni Association

The very first Sullivan Homecoming banquet was held November 2, 1928 in the school gym, alumni were served chicken pie and the Sullivan football team played Arcola. Neither side scored a single point!
Alumni awards were given to Dr. Butler, Bo Wood, Tiny Hill, and C. B. Shuman.
Many Sullivan SAA banquet alumni and SAA award winners have gone on to remarkable careers that helped improve the area and the world. One of the main halls at Sullivan High School is lined with their “footprints” or plaques marking their passage through Sullivan and detailing some of their accomplishments in the area and world.
Dedicated volunteers such as SAA founder Maxine Davis willingly put hundreds of hours of their volunteer time in planning and executing the banquets each year. Ninety years of banquets is certainly a remarkable accomplishment, and SAA decided it should do something special to mark that success.     Login or Subscribe to read the rest of this story.