Dr. Joe Baughman (right) chats with Tom Dearth and Joyce Rodgers at the Ada High School alumni banquet held at the Ada Schools on Saturday evening.

Dr. Baughman, M.D., Ph.D., Ada High School class of 1950, was inducted into the school's Hall of Honors.

He spent his professional life as as a researcher for pharmaceutical companies, specializing in hematology.
After retiring, he and his wife moved from Flemington, N.J., to Burlington, N.C.

Tom, an Ada teacher for 31 years, now retired, is past president of the association. Joyce has served as president this past year.

Eighty-six people attended the catered banquet. (Monty  Siekerman)