This issues was titled "School Days" rather than "The Bloom" or "The Monarch"

Front Cover

Inside Left Cover

Inside Right Cover

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Blooming Grove High School  Presents School Life of 1940-41 Editor – Jean Crawford, Business Manager – Jo Ann King, Sponsor – Maxine Mitchell

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Forward

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Dedication – Miss Maxine Mitchell

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Order of Performances

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School Campus 1941  - Snapshots

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Pictures of:  Isbell Hall,  Football Field and Bleachers,  Ag Building

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Big Wigs –Superintendent – W. A. Sloan, Principal – R. D. Scott,  Coach – C. T. Warrington

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Faculty – Music – Helen Merritt,  Agriculture – M. S. Hammack, 2^nd Grade – Mattie L. Hollingsworth, 3^rd Grade – Ollie Guthrie,  English- Mrs. G. E. Ramsey, Sr., Commerce – Maxine Mitchell, 1^st Grade – Mrs. K. Hartley, Home Economics – Opel Allmon, Science & Math– Q. E. Barber, 4^th Grade – Elizabeth Dobbs,  History – F. M. Ray, 7^th Grade – J. C. Thompson, 5^th Grade – Jerryldine Jackson, 6^th 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

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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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7^th 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

6^th Grade – O’Neil, 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 

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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

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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. Berk—The Blooming Grove Times – Sissom Variety Store –J. D. George

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Ads -  C. L. Tillman-- Gillen & Powell Chevrolet – E. J. Glenn & S. D. “Swamp” Thompson Sinclair Service Station –Patterson’s 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 Café, 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