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Trendsetters: Barton's first graduates honored
class of 71 BCC 2019
Guests at a reception for the Barton County Community Junior College Class of 1971 look at copies of the commencement program and the Great Bend Sunday Tribune. Barton’s first graduating class was honored Friday as part of the college’s ongoing celebration of its 50th anniversary. - photo by Susan Thacker
The front page of the Great Bend Sunday Tribune on May 16, 1971, was dominated by a photo of Lana Alefs, who, on that Saturday evening, became the first graduate of Barton County Community Junior College.