Drivers on S. "G" St. got an eyeful this Saturday, when four graduates from Lincoln High School's class of 1972 decided to recreate an old class picture.
Cindy Walton, Brian Baldassin, Vincent "Stretch" Stewart and Karen Franklin Cochrane assembled Saturday afternoon, with rags, brushes and sponges, determined to give "Abe" a bath and in the process rustle up some class of 1972 alumni.
Walton, who's been doing much of the planning for their upcoming 40th reunion, says she got the idea after stumbling back across an old photo of their sophomore class cleaning the statue of Abe.
"This is a tradition in our sophomore class," she said, "[and now] we're trying to unearth more people for our upcoming 40-year reunion Sept. 29."
The reunion committee has already been working since 2010 to find alumni, but says it still has many people left to find.
Cochrane, who was known as Karen Franklin during her Lincoln days, says the further out the reunion, the better it is to reconnect with old classmates.
"All that other crap is away," she said Saturday with a laugh, after dismounting from her perch at Abe's side.