The 52nd annual banquet of the Korean Last Man’s Club of the Lehighton American Legion Post was held recently at the Legion. Sixteen of the 32 remaining living members of the club attended. Club President Arlington W. Everett said there were 198 members when the club was founded. Everett, right, places a wreath on Korean War monument at the Legion with Secretary-Treasurer LeRoy P. Goldberg, left, and Vice President Mahlon W. Shaffer, beside the monument. RON GOWER/SPECIAL TO THE TIMES NEWS

Sixteen members of the Korean Last Man’s Club of the Lehighton American Legion Post gathered recently for the 52nd annual banquet of the club. Eugene Mermon, center, offers a toast to the living while Paul Koch, second from right, gives the toast for the dead. From left are LeRoy Goldberg, vice president of the club; Kevin Long, guest speaker, who talked about his uncle who was killed in the Korean War; and Arlington Everett, president. Long said his uncle was Edward Higgins of Mauch Chunk. RON GOWER/SPECIAL TO THE TIMES NEWS