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Extract & Photos Submitted by Pam Caldwell - 11/2003


 

Trustees:
Mr. J. B. Bradley          President
Mr. J. P. Lackey          Secretary-Treasurer
Mr. L. R. Hall               Member
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Faculty:
C. O. Slaughter            Superintendent
Marie Grubbs
Betty Mae Burks
Mary Nell Davis           Principal
Nadine Baldwin
Jimmie Bledsoe
Mary Katherine Herring
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High School
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Seniors:
Joe Murphey                President
Dillard Ellington            Vice President
Joan Burdine                Secretary
Victoria Ann Parker     
John E. “Buddy” Pollan
Lorin Murff
Fama Ray Harris
Francis Crockett
Neomia Grace
Helen Hartley
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Juniors:
Richard Cummins         President
Marie Wheeler             Vice President
Mildred Grace              Secretary
Billy Bray
Barbara Walker
R. M. Bowden
Billy Gene Avens
Floyd Barlow
Catherine Faulkner
Johnny Claude Grace

 

Sophomores:
Emma Jean Barnes       President        (Photo not shown)
Betty Lou Roberts        Vice President
Bobbie O’Neal              Secretary
Cleo Sain
William Hugh Faulkner
Joe Chase                    (Photo not shown)
Billy Sue Faulkner
Hugh Emmert
Ruth Smith                    (Photo not shown)
Katherine Carpenter
Robert Hartley (Photo not shown)

 

Freshmen:
Bobby Bradley              President
Jamie Franks                Vice President
Flora Mae Cochran      Secretary
Richard Murphey
Dorothy Anderson
Eugene Harris
Bessie Thompson
Billy Jene Chase
Nora Poarch
Bricky Slaughter
Alice Louise Kirk
Doyle Bishop
Bonnie Wheeler
Alvis Camele
Gladis Vick
John O’Neal
Agnes Boon
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Elementary: 

7th & 8th Grades:

Top Row: L-R:  Geneva Herrin, Elizabeth Ann Ellis, Billie Ann Spurgeon, Billie Louise Hartley, Nellie Ann Perry, Irene Emmert, and Miss Mary Nell Davis

Middle Row: L-R:  Jimmie Jones, Charles Hartley, Mary Jo Harris, La Vern Grace, Bobby Grace and Glynn Braddock.

Bottom Row: L-R:  J. C. Roberts, Jack Hobbs, Charlie Thompson, Kennth Grace, Tommie Isabell and Jack Bowden.

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5th & 6th Grades:

Top Row: L-R: Dow Hartley, Gracie Vick, Martha Twilligear, Joyce Ellis, Mrs. Nadine Hobbs Baldwin, Hugh Emmert, J. R. Jordan, Ola Ruth Vick, Joe Villarreal, Jess May Bell, and Raymond Etheridge.

Middle Row: L-R:  Virginia Braddock, Dewey McMullan, John Robinson, J. W. Atchley, Alfred Barlow, Jackie Emmitt, Davis Evelyn Jones, Helen Horton, Billy Hill, Lester Bray, Franklin Greer, and Billy Emmert.

Bottom Row: L-R:  Josephine Sain, Willie Estelle Leach, Otha Don Baldwin, Nell Harwell, Robert Walker, Charlie Szenasy, Patsy Carpenter, Peggy Daniels, Betty Jane Wheeler, and Helen Thompson.

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3rd & 4th Grades:

Top Row: L-R:  Jastins Dela Rosa, Simon Dela Rosa, Kenneth Ellis, Robert Lee Faulkner, George Isabell, Alva Herrin, Mrs. Marvin Bledsoe, Minnie Johnson, Velma Twilligear, Lonnita Williams and Bonnie Hill.

Middle Row: L-R:  Christine Brooks, Lynitta Franks, Joyce Puckett, Lester Parrish, Oscar Rascoe, John Sain, Willie P. Greer, Irene Horton, Lavinia Wheeler, Wanda Hill, and Jackie Herring.

Botton Row: L-R:  Evelyn Jordon, Don L. Taylor, Olie Lockhart, Jan Walker, Frankie Knott, Howard Chase, Othera Carpenter, Billie Daniels, David Harwell, Melton Villarreal

 

1st and 2nd Grades:

Top Row: L-R:  Ann Murff, Betty Jean Ribble, Lou Ella Vick, Mary Ho Hill, Margaret Herrin, Kay Hobbs, Bettie Jo Greer, Mrs. Katherine Herring, and Jimmy Wayne Perry.

Middle Row: L-R:  Juanita Braddock, Wanda Sue Franks, Jerelyn Carver, Tina Beth Greer, Bobby Jo Twilligear, Jeff Harwell, Peggy Reid, Glenn Rasco, Ivon Isabell, Ann Lee Wheeler, Sondra Sue Christian, and Ruby Lee Franks.

Bottom Row: L-R:  Marion Leach, Earnest Carpenter, Jessie Del Rosa, John Del Rosa, Jimmie Bell, Tom Hartley, Jacky Wayne Russell, and Brooks Wheeler.

 

Favorites:

Kings & Queens….High School Carnival

Dillard Ellington                        Joan Burdine

Joe Earl Chase                         Emma Jean Barnes

 

Hall Of Fame

Volley Ball Sweetheart                                                            Football Sweetheart

Lorin Murff                                                                               Joan Burdine

 

King                                         Dillard Ellington

Queen                                      Joan Burdine

Most Popular Boy                    Dillard Ellington

Most Popular Girl                     Fama Ray Harris

Most Handsome Boy                Richard Cummins

Prettiest Girl                             Alice Louise Kirk

Most Ambitious Boy                 Hugh Emmert

Most Ambitious Girl                 Frances Crockett

Most Athletic Boy                    Johnny Claude Grace

Most Athletic Girl                     Fama Ray Harris

Best All-Around Boy                Billy Gene Avens

Best All-Around Girl                 Frances Crockett

Most Attractive Boy                 Dillard Ellington

Most Attractive Girl                  Alice Louise Kirk

Cutest Boy                               Richard Cummins

Cutest Girl                                Alice Louise Kirk

Favorite Boy                            Johnny Claude Grace

Favorite Girl                             Alice Louise Kirk

Favorite Senior Boy                  Lorin Murff

Favorite Senior Girl                  Joan Burdine

Favorite Junior Boy                  R. M. Bowden

Favorite Junior Girl                   Marie Wheeler

Favorite Sophomore Boy          Joe Earl Chase

Favorite Sophomore Girl          Emma Jean Barnes

Favorite Freshman Boy Bricky Slaughter

Favorite Freshman Girl Flora Mae Cochran

Favorite High School Teacher   Marie Gribbs

Favorite Grammar School Teacher        Nadine Baldwin

Boys’ Favorite Sport                Football

Girls’ Favorite Sport                 Volley Ball

Favorite Subject           1st        English

                                    2nd        Science

 

Organizations

 

4-H Club:

Top Row: L-R:  Velma Twilligear, Lonnita Williams, Minnie Lou Johnson, Virginia Braddock, Davis Jones, Mrs. Slaughter, Martha Twilligear, Jess Mae Bell, Peggy Daniels, Willie Estelle Leach

Botton Row: L-R:  Lynitta Franks, Joyce Puckett, Lavinia Wheeler, Wanda Jean Hill, Helen Tompson, Roberta Walker, Josephine Sain, Nell Harwell, and Irene Hartch.

 

Choral Club:

Top Row: L-R:  Ann Ellis, Nora Poarch, Nellie Ann Perry, Gladys Vick, Dorothy Anderson, Agnes Boon, Billie Louise Hartley, Irene Emmert, Geneva Herrin, Marie Wheeler, and Mildred Grace.

Middle Row: L-R:  Billie Ann Spurgeon, Frances Crockett, Joan Burdine, Alice Kirk, Virginia Ann Parker, Mary Jo Harris, LaVerne Grace, and Miss Mary Nell Davis.

Botton Row: L-R:  Bonnie Wheeler, Betty Lou Roberts, Barbara Walker, Catherine Faulkner, Fama Ray Harris, Billie Sue Faulkner, Helen Hartley, Bobbie O’Neil, Nadine Baldwin, and Otha Don Baldwin.

 

Pep Squad:

Top Row: L-R:  Ann Ellis, Nora Poarch, Billie Ann Spurgeon, Bonnie Wheeler, Dorothy Anderson, Billie Louise Hartley, Billie Sue Faulkner, Fama Ray Harris (leader), Nellie Ann Perry, Barbara Walker, Betty Lou Roberts, Mary Jo Harris.

Middle Row: L-R:  Helen Hartley, Catherine Faulkner, Joan Burdine, Virginia Ann Parker (leader), Frances Crockett (leader), Nadine Baldwin, Mildred Grace, Marie Wheeler, Bobbie O’Neil, LaVerne Grace and Alice Louise Kirk

Bottom Row: L-R:  Kay Hobbs, and Otha Don Baldwin.

 

Athletics

Junior High School Baseball Team:

Top Row: L-R:  Robert Hartley, Alvis Camele, Joe Chase, Johnny O’Neil, Richard Murphey, Cleo Sain, and Mr. C. O. Slaughter

Bottom Row: L-R:  Doyle Bishop, Jamie Franks, Billy Gene Chase, Bobby Bradley, Bricky Slaughter, and Eugene Harris.

 

Basketball Team:

Top Row: L-R: Mr. C. O. Slaughter, Dillard Ellington, Richard Cummins, Joe Murphey, Billy Gene Avens, and Son Bowden.

Bottom Row: L-R:  Lorin Murff, John Embry Pollan, Floyd Barlow, Johnny Grace, and Joe Earl Chase.

 

Football Team:

Top Row: L-R:  John E. Pollan, Floyd Barlow, Billy Gene Avens, Richard Cummins, Johnny Grace, and Mr. C. O. Slaughter.

Bottom Row: L-R:  Joe Murphey, Lorin Murff, Son Bowden, and Dillard Ellington.

 

Volley Ball:

Top Row: L-R:  Betty Lou Roberts, Barbara Walker, Fama Ray Harris, Billie Sue Faulkner, Mrs. Katherine Herring (Coach),  Frances Crockett, Mildred Grace and Marie Wheeler.

Bottom Row: L-R:  Helen Hartley, Catherine Faulkner

 

Senior Girls Baseball Team:

Top Row: L-R:  Mr. O. C. Slaughter, Dorothy Anderson, Alice Kirk, Frances Crockett, Mrs. Betty Mae Burks, Joan Burdine, Norma Poarch, Mrs. Marie Grubbs, Marie Wheeler.

Middle Row: L-R:  Barbara Walker, Betty Lou Roberts, and Bobbie O’Neil.

Bottom Row: L-R:  Bonnie Wheeler, Catherine Faulkner, Fama Ray Harris, Helen Hartley, Billie Sue Faulkner, and Virginia Ann Parker.

 

Junior Girls Baseball Team:

Top Row: L-R:  Mr. C. O. Slaughter, Irene Emmert, Ann Ellis, Billie Ann Spurgeon, Billie Louise Hartley, Nellie Ann Perry, Miss Mary Nell Davis and Geniva Herrin.

Bottom Row: L-R:  Joyce Ellis, Mary Jo Harris, and Laverne Grace.

 

Junior Boys’ Baseball Team:

Top Row: L-R:  Kenneth Grace, Hugh Emmert, Tommie Isbell, Mary Nell Davis, Charles David Hartley, Bobby Grace, Jimmie Jones, Glynn Braddock, and Mr. C. O. Slaughter.

Bottom Row: L-R:  J. C. Roberts, Charlie Thompson, Jack Hobbs, Kenneth Ellis, and Jack Bowden.

 

Senior Boys Baseball Team:

Top Row: L-R:  Hugh Emmnert, Billy Bray, Richard Cummins, William Hugh Faulkner, Dillard Ellington, Mr. C. O. Slaughter, Son Bowden, and Billy Gene Avens.

Bottom Row: L-R:  Floyd Barlow, Buddy Pollan, Lorin Murff, and Johnny Grace. 

 


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