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Original Owners Inscription - 1928 - Elizabeth Willeford
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Ex Libris
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The Bloom 28 Blooming Grove High School
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The Bloom 28 Editor Patty Mae Harris, Business Manager
Jay L. Sewell, Jr.
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Foreword
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Dedication G. H. Brown
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Dedication G. H. Brown
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Order of Books
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Alma Mater
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Blank sheet
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Picture of 1928 Blooming Grove School
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Blank Sheet
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Faculty
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Superintendent G. H. Brown, Principal Mrs. C. D.
Pevehouse
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Faculty Mathematics - Guy H. Haynes, English Ruth
Edmundson, Science John Christie, Seventh Grade
Mrs. G. H. Brown, Fifth & Sixth Grade Frances
Beddoe, Third
Grade Myrtle Nunn, Fourth Grade Daisy Masten,
Second Grade Mrs. K. Hartley, First Grade Alyne
Youngblood
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The Faculty
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Seniors
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Seniors
Mary Ruth Cobb, President -
Miller Reid,
Ruth Simpson, Secretary - Louise Thompson,
Winona
Woodland, Ruth Fox, James Littlejohn
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Seniors
Suenell Melton, Vice President -Nettie
Duncan,
Jay Sewell Jr.,
Billie
(Dora Elizabeth) Willeford, Reporter -
Beatrice Robinson,
J. A. King,
Patty Mae Harris
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Seniors
Addie McCandless,
Kermit Cumpston,
Lela McCandless,
Treasurer -
Zama Griffin,
Lucille Avery,
Ernest Avery,
Retha Hargroves
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Seniors
Elvis Boyd,
Cythia Stough,
Lucille King,
Jewell
Green,
Nannie McClure,
Elmer Yarbrough, William Campbell
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Seniors History of the Senior Class
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Under-class
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Juniors Murray McCormick, Cecil Badgett, Zebbie Hammonds,
William Haden, Ben Sikes, Bernard Rawson, Stokes Armstrong, L.
W. Thrash, Richard Warren George, Jr., Lillian
Phillips, Grace Daniels, Beth Griffin, Merle Magee,
Secretary/Treasurer- Maurine Kelsey, Reporter
Rubine Frederick, President Elsie Staggs, Cleo Hatley,
Sponsor
Mr. Guy H. Haynes
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Sophomores Sponsor Ruth Edmundson, John Dorsey George,
James Hitchcock, James Sewell, Margie Cumpston, President-
Ralph Gardner, Marguerite Holcomb, Eldridge
Brooks, Secretary/Treasurer Cecil Meador, Reporter
Raymond Tippen, Charlie Joe Dillingham, Pauline Bennett,
Marie Moody, Mike Cumpston, Lois Calhoun, Bernice Fuller, Nora Garrison, Leo Price
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Freshmen Jessie Calhoun, Henry Sheppard, Bernice Boyd, Ted
Brooks, Lawrence Garrison, Lindsey Griffin, Claude Shaw, Marshal
Massengale, Edwin Fuller, Sponsor Mr. John Christie,
Jr., L. D. Massengale, Sue Wilkinson, Laura Mae Friday, Corine
Green, Alliene McCandless, Hazel Frederick, Lucile Fulton,
Magdalene Barton, Lena Cagle, Lorraine
Fulton, Maude Ellen Thrash, Ida Xzalema Corley, Evelyn Howard,
Margaret Bacon, Flay Dennis Pierson, Secretary/Treasurer
Ruth Holland, Effie McClure, Katie
Bell McAdams, C.L. Tillman Jr., Jim Roger Ramsey, Earl Meador,
J. H. Frederick, Eugene Corbin, Edward Melton, President
Ruth Stough, Charlie Joe Armstrong, Edison
Richardson, Buster Woodland, R. A. Langston, Pat Barry, Ima Jane
Campbell, Ruth Tippen
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Seventh Grade Earl Phillips, Curtis Moody, Carol Butler,
Herbert Willeford, G. W. Corley, Jr., Rex Melton, Walton
Huffstutler, Carey Cobb, Nade Barton,Teacher Mrs. G. H.
Brown, Mildred Phillips, Opal Cagler, Novice Hargroves, Mavis Griffin,
Lorraine Barry, Cleo Duncan, Doris Boyd, Winnona Tipping, Lillie
Mae Richardson, Versie D. Fulton, Ruth Adkins
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Sixth Grade Novice Hatley, Viola George, Ida Mae Barham,
Mable Watts, Ruth Griffin, Elmer D. McClure, Earl Phillips,
Bruce Freeman, Truman Mahone, Ernest Garrison, Desma
Crocker, Christine Warren, Tommy McCandless, Lillian Bryant,
Nettie Bryant, Bassett King, Lawrence Smith, Billie Barham, Whit
Willeford, Willo Price, Ada
Louise Tillman, Mary Ruth Walker, Margaret Barham, Robert
Fulton, Ethel Massengale, Houston Duncan, Ralph Hargrove,
Rutherford Stough, Teacher
Frances Beddoe
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Fourth & Fifth Grade Joe DeVasier, Cecil Lynch, Dwain
Magee, Douglas Boyd, Troy Green, Christine Rogers, Oneta Moody,
Sudie Hardeman, Corine Crocker, Teacher Daisy Masten,
Elizabeth Dickson, Helen McClanahan, Vilma Cobb, Zama Dell
Phillips, Edith King, J. R. Griffin, Charles Smith, Reo Ford,
Clarence Muncy, Grover Campbell, William Armstrong, Roy Griffin, Louis
Simpson, Aroen Melton, Rose Melton, Anna Sue Howard, Faye Allman,
Mattie Lee Muncy, Cecil Armstrong,
Ruth Brown, Nannie Beth Hartley, Willie Buelah Melton, Lorraine
George, Mae Pauline Sitton, Ola Mae Burke, Quida Langston, Lena
Sheppard, Ruth Green,
Doris Weston, Robert Meador, Billie Woodland, Doyle Phillips,
James Bacon, Elliott Archer, G. W. Patterson
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Third Grade Lee Allman, Clark Barton, Jewell Bridgewater,
Jaunita Kagler, Burnice Hollingsworth, Joel Barham, Nolan Davis,
Hugh Willieford, Homer Watts, Charlie Lee Hollingsworth, Dean Kagler, Teacher Myrtle Nunn, William Hatley, Dorothy
Nell Carraway, Houston Sheppard, Billie Pevehouse, Elizabeth
Ramsey, Nadine Weston, Buelah Fay Tipping, Victor
Rogers, Jasper Laverle Brooks, Johnnie B. McClure, C. L. Gillen,
Harold Carraway, J. T. Bryant, Stanford Green, Paul Brown, Comel
Hartley, Gay Beth Fagala, Melvin
Lynch, Ruth Hargrove, Jim Fuller, Vay Davis, Ina Mae Tippen,
James Page, Fern Hiler, Robert Earl Wyche, Ralph Hewitt
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Second Grade Ragan Grounds, Buster Fulton, Billie Brooks,
J. D. Green, Hardy Butler, Ethan Melton, Odessa Hollingsworth,
Elsie Page, Douglas Holcomb, Orval Gobbel, lline Rogers, Inez Hiler, Jimmie Sitton, Joe Frances
Fitzgerald, Sybel Smith, Earl Barham, Allen DeVasier, Sidney
Johnson, Ruth Grounds, Teacher- Mrs. K. Hartley, Alline Kagler, Lois Crocker, Mary Campbell, Tommie Pevehouse,
Jack Griffin, R. J. Hargrove, Nella Fern Freeman, Billie D.
Grady, Alva Meador, Hudson Goode, Opal Adkins, Elizabeth Stough, Mary Ruth Sheppard, Earline
Selby, Joe Dean Cobb, Viola Blanton
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First Grade Robbie Lee Fulton, Mildred Rogers, Mary B.
Wyche, Fay Dixon, Mary Frances Adkinson, J. E. Kagler, H. D.
Thompson, Ray Green, Mable Sheppard, Ruby Davis, Mellie
Bryant, Frank Tippen, Ray Dixon, Travis Fuller, Teacher
Miss Alyne Youngblood, Doris Cagle, Evelyn McClure, Sadie Marie
Hiler, Elizabeth Wiggs, Edna
Earl Boyd, Myrtle Fae Foster, Estell Barham, Gus Willeford, Fred
Griffin, Ralph George, Billie King, Hal Kenneth Brown, Stanley
Dell Thompson, Thomas Campbell
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Activities
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Bloom Staff Feature Beatrice Robinson, Under-classes
Louise Thompson, Athletics- Suenell Melton,
Senior Editor Nettie Duncan, Humor William Son
Campbell, Snapshots
John A. Christie, Jr. Editor-in-chief Patty Mae
Harris, Art-Editor Kermit Cumpston, Advertising
Manager Zama Griffin;
Business Manager Jay Sewell, Jr.
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Dramatic Club Ralph Gardner, Zebbie Hammonds, Margie
Cumpston, Marguerite Holcomb, Miller Reid, Sponsor Mrs.
H. S. Whorton, Sponsor Mrs. C. D. Pevehouse, Ruth Tippen, Merle Magee, Maurine Kelsey, Patty Mae Harris,
Secretary-Beatrice Robinson, President Raymond
Tippen, Treasurer Ruth Simpson, Jay Sewell Jr., Zama Griffin, Beth Griffin
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Dramatic Club
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Orchestra Sponsor Mrs. McClanahan, Lucille King, Beth
Griffin, Helen McClanahan, Zama Griffin, J. A. King, Miller
Reid, Patty Mae Harris; Worthwhile Literary
Society- President Patty Mae Harris, Vice President
Flay Dennis Pierson, Secretary Nettie Duncan,
Critic Merle Magee; Blue Bonnet Literary
Society President Beatrice Robinson, Vice President
Raymond Tippen, Secretary Miller Reid, Critic
Zama Griffin
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Feature
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Best All Around Girl Zama Griffin
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Best All Around Boy Jay Sewell Jr.
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Queen of Carnival Nettie Duncan
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Senior Leap Year Party; Junior Waist Storm Party; Sophomore Picnic
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Fish Picnic; Junior- Senior Banquet
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Calendar For the Year
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Calendar For the Year
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Calendar For the Year
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An Appreciation Dedication Mrs. C. D. Pevehouse
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Athletic
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Girls Basketball Coach Guy H. Haynes, Beth Griffin,
Cythia Stough, Ruth Fox, Lucille Avery, Ruth Tippen, Margie
Cumpston, Cleo Hatley, Maurine Kelsey, Marguerite Holcomb, Davis,
Captain - Suenell Melton
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Boys Basketball Coach John Christie, Bernard Rawson,
Raymond Tippen, Ted Brooks, Stokes Armstrong, Ben Sikes,
Captain - Ralph Gardner, Zebbie Hammonds, Jay Sewell
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Track Jay Sewell, Jr., Ralph Gardner, Raymond Tippen
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Humor
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Humor C. L. Tillman, Hazel Frederick, Jay Sewell, Jr., Sue
Wilkinson, Beth Griffin, Beatrice Robinson, Mr. Guy H. Haynes,
William Son Campbell, Miller Cheesy Reid, Mike Cumpston, James Sewell,
Maurine Kelsey, Suenell Melton, Miss Ruth Edmundson, Mr. John
Christie, Mr. G. H. Brown, Miss Myrtle Nunn, James Bacon
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Humor Ernest Avery, James Littlejohn, Beatrice Robinson,
Ditt McCormick, Patty Mae Harris, Lucille King, Miss Ruth
Edmundson, Elmer Yarbrough, Mr. Guy H. Haynes, Louise, Thompson, Mrs.
C. D. Pevehouse, Raymond Tippen, Murray McCormick, Retha
Hargroves, Lucille Avery, Ralph Gardner, Cecil Meador, Edward
Melton, Margaret Bacon, Miss Myrtle
Nunn, Cythia Stough, Lela McCandless, Eldridge Punk Brooks,
Ruth Holland
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After Thoughts from The Bloom Staff
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AdsWilliam Cameron & Co., Inc. ---The Blooming Grove Times
The McCormick Variety Store
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Ads C. L. Tillman Sanitary Grocers Old Corner Drug
StoreWalker-Simpson Hardware Co.
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Ads- The Citizens National Bank Blooming Grove
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Ads L. G. Balfour Company The Star Engraving Co.J. D.
George Staple and Fancy Groceries
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Ads Tressie Dickeson Studio E. J. Huff Dry
CleaningReids Corner Drug Store
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Ads Hill Printing and Stationery Co.
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Pals O Mine Autograph Page
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Pals O Mine Autograph Page
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Pals O Mine Autograph Page
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Pals O Mine Autograph Page
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