The Dackel Association is composed of those students who attended Frankfurt American High School, Frankfurt, Germany, from October, 1946, through June, 1950. Students from 1946 to 1950  make up the earliest year group of Frankfurt American High School Alumni. In 1946 the Seventh and Eighth grades were also a part of the high school and so we have included the classes of 1951 and 1952 in our activities. Our membership is based primarily on those who attended in the earliest Years.
 
 We have held thirteen reunions to date. The first, sponsored by the Class of 1947, was held in 1997 in San Antonio, Texas. The second, sponsored by the Class of 1948, was held in Lexington, Kentucky in 1998; the third, sponsored by the Class of 1949, was held in 1999, in Santa Rosa, California. Our fourth, sponsored by the Post Grads and the Class of 1950, was held in 2000 in the German Village, a section of Columbus, Ohio. Our fifth, sponsored by the Class of 1951 was held in Eureka Springs, Arkansas. Our sixth, sponsored by the Class of 1952 was held in 2002 in Fredericksburg, Texas, a village founded by German settlers in the middle 1800's. Our seventh was held in 2003 in Sparks, Nevada. This reunion was not sponsored by any class but by the group as a whole. This will be true of all future reunions. Our eighth reunion was held in Kansas City, Missouri in 2004. The ninth reunion was held in Tucson Arizona in 2005. In 2006 our tenth reunion was held in Indianapolis, Indiana. The eleventh reunion was held in Mesa, Arizona in 2007. Our twelfth reunion was held in Fredericksburg, Texas in October 2008. Our thirteenth reunion was held in Cleveland Ohio, in July, 2009. 

Our fourteenth reunion will be held in Flagstaff, Arizona, 6 to 10 October, 2010. For more information contact reunion chairman Jim Skaggs, ’51, P.O. Box 31930, Mesa, AZ. 85275. E-Mail: jdskaggs@cox.net

Of the approximately 250 students at Frankfurt American High School during the 1946-1947 school year, we have found about 160, and we are still in the process of trying to locate the rest. For the years beyond that first year we are not sure of all of the names and numbers of students who attended each year. Since there are few existing records we need all of the assistance we can get to help us locate our missing classmates. We are looking for members of the faculty for those years as well.
 
 If you attended Frankfurt American High School as a student, or as a member of the Staff and Faculty, during the years mentioned above, you are automatically a member of the Dackel Association. There are no dues. Others who are interested, or have a connection with the Frankfurt American High School in the late 1940's and early 1950's are welcome to participate in our activities. If you are interested in learning more about the Dackel Association, or if you know of someone who was at Frankfurt American High during the years mentioned above, please contact one of the following:
 
Robert J. Baker, '47 bakebob@bendbroadband.com
 
Granvyl "Bud" Hulse, '47 ghulse@ncia.net
 
David M. Klinger, '47 dklinger@nwi.net
 
Wallace G. Campbell, '48 wallacecampbell@mac.com
 
Daniel L. Bunting, '49 aztec1931@yahoo.com
 
Joseph Hoffmann, '49 jhhoff@snowcrest.net
 
Robert F. Fletcher, '50 RFF@FBGTEX.com
 
James H. Skaggs, '51, jdskaggs@cox.net
 
Barbara Harris Finch, '52 barbosu@webtv.net
 
Ted Robinette, '53, wtrobinette@sbcglobal.net
 
For those of you who did not attend Frankfurt American High School during the above time frame, but would like to place your name on file, or locate someone who attended Frankfurt High School, we recommend that you contact the Frankfurt High School Alumni Association's web page at: www.frankfurthigh.com.
 
Thank you for your interest in our web page.
 
[Posted 6 November, 2009]