This issues was titled
"School Days" rather than "The Bloom" or "The Monarch"
Front
Cover
Inside
Left Cover
Inside Right Cover
Page 1
Blooming Grove High School Presents School Life of 1940-41 Editor
Jean Crawford, Business
Manager Jo Ann King, Sponsor Maxine Mitchell
Page 2
Forward
Page 3
Dedication Miss
Maxine Mitchell
Page 4
Order of Performances
Page 5
School Campus 1941 - Snapshots
Page 6
Pictures of: Isbell Hall, Football Field and Bleachers, Ag
Building
Page 7
Big Wigs Superintendent
W. A. Sloan, Principal
R. D. Scott, Coach C. T. Warrington
Page 8
Faculty Music Helen Merritt, Agriculture M. S. Hammack, 2nd
Grade Mattie L. Hollingsworth, 3rd Grade
Ollie Guthrie, English- Mrs. G. E. Ramsey, Sr.,
Commerce Maxine Mitchell, 1st Grade
Mrs. K. Hartley, Home Economics Opel Allmon, Science
& Math Q. E. Barber, 4th Grade
Elizabeth Dobbs, History F. M. Ray, 7th
Grade J. C. Thompson, 5th Grade
Jerryldine Jackson, 6th Grade Juanita
McCarty
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Performers
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Seniors President
Jo Ann King, Vice President
Mildred Harris, Secretary
Coralea Glass,
Elsie
Robinson,
Dean Sumner,
Elbert Brim,
Willma Freeman,
Jean Sumner,
Sara Jo Johnson,
R. C. Staggs,
Noel Furra,
Zerlene Barnes,
Wayne Holditch,
Frances Barnes
Page 11
Seniors Reporter
Frances Barham, Treasurer
Jean Crawford, Sponsor
Mrs. G. E. Ramsey,
Robert Sheppard,
Mollie Sewell,
Zelda
Brown,
Derwood Lane,
Jimmie Carroll,
Thelma Bailey, Irene Hall,
Otho Tucker, Catherine Barnett
(Willis),
Gelene Jordan,
Pattie Blake
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Juniors President- Billie Gillen, Vice President Mavis Hollingsworth,
Secretary Sadie Boyd, Helen Adams, Johnnie Armstrong,
J.
F. Ballew, Jimmie Carroll, Orlene Clark, Dorothy Crawford,
Dorothy Cumpston, Pete Curry, Reubene Denn, Homer Ewing, Loyd
Freeman,
Will Roy Fulton, Malda Goodrich, Johnnie Gordon, Hilda
Grady, Billie Lee Green, Beatrice Hagle, J. C. Howard, Bill Low,
Lovene Lynch
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Juniors Sponsor R. D. Scott, Treasurer Dwayne Garrison, Reporter
May Dell Allmon, Elton McClure, Earl McCulloch, Mavis
McCulloch, Lura Bee Melton, Orlene Melton, Mary Joyce Moore,
Adelia Fulton, Walter Mosley, Geneva North, Mary Ruth Norwood,
Melba Jean Page, Margaret Putman, Imogene Shell, Earlene
Sheppard, Lona Ruth Smith, Ross Tucker, Lorraine Waters,
J. T. Wiggs, Pauline Wilson, Wendell Woodall, Gayle Adams
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Sophomores Lorene Bailey, Dorothy Berry, Ladora Blake,
Edna Blanch Brim, Warren Brown, Zolita Campbell, Virginia
Carroll, Louise Ellis, A. D. Farmer, Lola Joyce Finch, Sue
Fitzgerald, Ferrell Frederick, Calvin Freeman, Ruby Faye Fuller,
Billie Fulton, J. C. Fulton, Maxine Gillen, Louise Gobbel, Bobby
Hagle, Leonard Hawkins, Mattie Hiler, Bertram Hollingsworth,
Jackie Jordan, James Clyde Lane, Rudolph McClure, Louise
Marlowe, Maurice Melton, Ellis Montgomery, Geneva Page, Jimmy
Patterson, Earl Perry, Norma Dee Price, Y. M. Putman, R. E.
Turner, Wynelle Turner, Pete Warren, Pattie Westbrook, Jimmie
Whorton, Glenn Wiggs, Helen Yates, Billie Baggett, Loyd Adams,
Will Roy Phillips
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Freshmen Jack
Armstrong, Arville Arnold, Eunice Bailey, Billie Jean Blake,
Virginia Blake, Bonnie Mae Boyd, Arvel Crawford, Mack Crawford,
Freda Jo Dale, Bettie Elkins, Bertha Ellis, Sharon Erwin, J. W.
Frederick, Gladys Fulton, Thomas Furra, Geraldine Garrison, R.
D. Garrison, Merle Garvin, Nettie Jo Green, R. L. Green, Betty
Jo Hall, Wynelle Herring, Bobby High, Buel Hinkle, Katie
Hollifield, Mollie Jo Hollingsworth, Ben David Kagler, Darrell
Max King, Lucille Marlowe, Frank Mathews, Eula Dell McGraw,
Dorothy Melton, Hazel Monroe, Mae Lynn Rossen, Evelyn
Rutherford, Wendell Shelby, Edna Shipman, Mary Lou Smith, John
K. Smithen
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7th Grade Tab
Hiler, Macel Hiler, Teacher J. C. Thompson, Martha
Campbell, Norman Godwin, Earl Smith, Truelove, Dan Sheppard,
Kenneth Anderton, Thurman Neeley, Hollifield, Freeman, Merle
Garvin, Beeman, Bessie Marie Carroll, Kendall, Hollingsworth,
Griffin, Margie Melton, Edith Elkins, Gene Christi, Ray Dean
Carroll, Darrell Griffin, W.D. Talbot, Duane Hinkle, Vernell
Widener, Doris Faye Reeves, Theresa Furra, Frances Frederick,
Haddock, Lee Gene Hall, Presto Johnson, Alan Barham, Jerry
Daniel, Jim Bob McGraw, Homer Sanders Whorton, Jr., Alton
McGraw, Ballard Sykes, Jean Armstrong, Henry Clinton Minefee
6th Grade
ONeil, Prater, Flouis
Holliefield, Imogene Ward, Lillie Fay Wilson, Helen Finch,
Nannie Ruth McGraw, Norma Jean Garrison, Gerald Buddy Pullins,
Newell Farmer, Bobbie Jo Freeman, Grant, Blake, Teacher
Jaunita McCarty, Dean Melton, Joy Morton,, Martha Jo Parker,
Billye Burl Melton, Billie Jo Denn, Elmer Sonny Boyd, Joe
Carroll, Bryant, Iris Baggett, Doris Brown, Lewis, Earldene
Yates, Hazel Mae Fuller, Sudean Freeman, Mary Ann Kagler, Louise
Staggs, Billie Jean Cumpston, Wanda Turner, Iva Mae Moore,
Milne, Dorothy Farmer, Anna Sue Melton, Helen Oleta Ferrell,
Nora Fitzgerald, Joan Jordan, Ada Louise Phillips, Virginia Lee
Talbot, Mack Tucker, Bob Guy Crocker, Berry Herring, Troy Rossen,
Darrell Griffin, James White, Billy Prine, Eddie Garrison,
Donald McGraw, James Moore, Herschel Barham, Johnnie Mitchell,
Minefee, Billy Armstrong, Bobby Joe Goodman, Bonnie Joe
Hollifield, Billy Loyd Smith
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Features
Page 18
The Staff Sports Editor
Robert Sheppard, Publicity
Manager Jackie Jordan, Feature Editor Jimmie
Carroll, Sponsor Maxine Mitchell, Assistant Editor
Billy Gillen Asst. Bus. Mgr. Wayne Holditch,
Photographer Gelene Jordan, Art Editor Jean
Sumner, Business Mgr. Jo Ann King, Class Editor
Sadie Boyd, Editor
Jean Crawford
Page 19
Officers of the Scholarship- President
Melba Jean Page, Vice
President Jo Ann King, Treasurer Pattie Lou
Westbrook, Reporter Mollie Sewell, Coralea Glass
Student Council Student President - Jimmie Doyle Carroll,
Jackie Dale Jordan, Sponsor W. A. Sloan, Mary Ruth
Norwood, Jo Ann King, R. T. Curry, Billy Gillen, Bettie Lou
Elkins, Y.M. Putman, Aubrey Staggs
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F.F.A. Group picture - Sponsor-M.
S. Hammack, President Elton McClure Vice President
Billy Gillen, Secretary Y. M. Putman,
Treasurer Jackie Dale Jordan, Watch Dog- J. T.
Wiggs, Earl Perry; Homemaking Group picture Sponsor
Opel Allmon, President Geneva Page, Vice President Sharon
Erwin, Secretary/Treasurer Pattie Lou Westbrook,
Reporter Sara Jo Johnson, Parliamentarian- Lona
Ruth Smith, Song Leader Lura Bee Melton
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Kurtian Klub Group picture -President
Jean Crawford, Vice President
Dwayne Garrison, Secretary- Zelda Brown,
Treasurer Jo Ann King, Reporter Mattie Ruth Hiler,
Sponsor Mrs. G. E. Ramsey; Triangle Club Group picture
President Zerlene
Barnes, Vice President Frances Barnes, Secretary
Sadie Boyd, Sponsor Miss Maxine Mitchell
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Snap shots
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Snap Shots
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Pep Squad Group picture
Main Yell Leader Gelene Jordan, Assistants Jo Ann King & Sara Jo
Johnson, Football Sweetheart Malda Jean Goodrich,
Sponsor Maxine Mitchell
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Football Squad Group picture
Jackie Dale Jordan, Coach C.T.
Warrington, Asst. Coach P. D. Scott, Noel Furra, Billy
Gillen, Billie Baggett, Captain Robert Sheppard, Elton
McClure, Captain - Jimmie D. Carroll, Johnnie Gordon,
Warren Brown, Jake C. Howard, Jimmie Carroll, Jimmy Patterson,
R. T. Curry, Ellis Montgomery, J. F. Ballew, Dwayne Garrison, R.
C. Staggs
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Individual
Football Pictures Noel Furra, Jimmy Patterson, Wayne
Holditch, Ellis Montgomery, Billy Baggett, R. T. Pete Curry,
Jake C. Howard, Dwayne Garrison, Johnnie Gordon, Bill Gillen, R.
C. Staggs, Jackie Dale Jordan, Elton McClure
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Boys Basketball Captain Bill Low, Coach C. T.
Warrington, Derwood Lane, Jake C. Howard, Jackie Dale Jordan,
Robert Sheppard, Manager - Jimmie Carroll, Jimmy Doyle
Carroll, J. F. Ballew, Will Roy Fulton
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Girls Basketball Captain
May Dell Allmon, Coach
Q. E. Barber, Frances Barnes, Jimmy Whorton, Mavis McCulloch,
Pauline Wilson, Mattie Ruth Hiler, Mildred Harris, Lura Bee
Melton, Manager - Elsie Robinson, Mary Ruth Norwood,
Olene Melton, Reubene Denn
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Senior High Boys Softball, Junior High Girls Softball, Junior
High Boys Softball Group pictures
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Senior Girls Volleyball
Mollie Sewell,
Jean Crawford,
Lola Joyce Finch, Sue Fitzgerald, Fulton, Billie Lee Green, Lura
Bee Melton, Olene Melton, Dorothy Crawford, Earlene Sheppard,
Sadie Boyd, Beatrice Hagle, Louise Marlowe, Dean Sumner, Wynelle
Herring, Mary Joyce Moore, Wilma Freeman, Katherine Barnett,
Jean Sumner, Dorothy Cumpston, Geneva North, Margaret Putman,
Patty Blake, Mavis Hollingsworth, Barham, Sara Jo Johnson, Merle
Garvin; Junior Girls-Volleyball Lona Ruth Smith,
Virginia Carroll, Orlene Clark, Lorene Bailey, Edna Blanch Brim,
Billie Fulton, Norma Dee Price, Billie Jean Blake, Gladys
Fulton, Imogene Shell, Geraldine Garrison, Lovene Lynch, Eunice
Bailey, Ladora Blake, Helen Yates, Hazel Monroe, Katie
Hollifield
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Tennis Dorothy
Melton, Patty Lou Westbrook, Hilda Grady, Dwayne Garrison,
Geneva Page, Charlcie Thompson, R. T. Pete Curry, Maurice
Melton, Curry, Maxine Gillen, Gelene Jordan, Eula Dell McGraw,
Billy Gillen, Betty Lou Elkins, Malda Goodrich, Coralea Glass,
Jo Ann King, Zelda Brown, Melba Page, Coach C.T.
Warrington, Track Jimmie D. Carroll, Robert Sheppard,
J. F. Ballew, R. T. Pete Curry, Will Roy Fulton, Billy
Baggett, Johnny Gordon, Dwayne Garrison, Bill Low, Coach
C.T. Warrington, Jackie Dale Jordan, Derwood Lane, Ellis
Montgomery, Jake C. Howard, Jimmy Patterson, Billy Gillen, R. C.
Staggs, Noel Furra
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Ad R.S. High
Insurance Agency
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Ad H. S. Whorton
Sr.
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Ads Mrs. Mable
Wilkinson County Clerk --J. B. Baker
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Ads First State
Bank Blooming Grove, Tx. Drew Gillen
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Ads Dr. BerkThe
Blooming Grove Times Sissom Variety Store J. D. George
Page 37
Ads - C. L.
Tillman-- Gillen & Powell Chevrolet E. J. Glenn & S. D. Swamp
Thompson Sinclair Service Station Pattersons Drug Store
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Ads Halley Blake
Assessor & Collector of Taxes Dr. Kuykendoll Corsicana Dr.
Pepper Bottling Co. Ditt McCormick County Judge Pat Geraughty Justice of Peace; C.C. Sands Deputy Sheriff
J.C. Watson Superintendent of Schools Barry, Tx.. - Charles
T. Banister District Attorney
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Ads Model
Cleaners - Al Talbot Lumber Co. Jo Fitzgerald Candy - Palace
Barber Shop G. A. Patterson Reids Drug Store - The Club
Cafι, R. L. Elkins - Dr. E. L. Evans, Frost Lumber Co.
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Ads Jordan & Gillen
Gro. Huff Cleaners - David Ramsey - Kenneth Pritchett Bynum, Tx.
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Autographs
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Autographs
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Autographs
Back Cover
See Also:
1941 Graduation Exercises Program |