Bidwell School — Lodi, CA
Posted by DaveSanders | California | Posted on September 2nd, 2010
There isn’t much information available for Bidwell School on the web, but for a few years it was one of the top private schools in the country. Below is a collection of facts, articles and conjectures about Bidwell School. Hopefully some alumni will jump in and fill in the spaces.
Bidwell School may have opened in temporary facilities sometime between 1965 and 1967. The main Bidwell School building was constructed on 67 acres of rural Joaquin County farmland at 12755 N Hwy. 88, Lodi, California in 1967-68. It was a 12,000 sq. ft. single-story white wood building. An additional 546 sq. ft. shop storage building was also built. Various sources give further details about the school:
- east of Stockton, southeast of Lodi, between Live Oak Rd and Harney Lane
- across from Fraser Ranchettes
- 15 miles from the population center
- 5 miles from nearest fire department
- had its own water and sewage system
When the school closed (in 1973?), it was comprised of a lower school (grades K-5), middle school (grades 6-8) and an upper school (grades 9-12).
The Bidwell School yearbook was called the “Attica” and the student newspaper was the “Easy Writer” (great name!).
A quick look at Google Map’s satellite view shows the school sitting in the middle of thousands of acres of farmland. It’s interesting that the 1971 Attica Yearbook contains a photo of a crop-duster (an ad for Agrico Flight Futures). In 1984, when the Bidwell School building was being used as a juvenile rehabilitation center, a “pesticide drift” from a nearby farm sent 34 boys to the hospital with respiratory distress.
We would like to create alumni apparel for Bidwell School, but we couldn’t find the school colors or determine if they had a mascot.
We don’t know to what degree Bidwell School participated in interscholastic sports. They had an enviable archery program and girl’s volleyball was introduced in 1971. The middle school had a basketball program at least between 1970 and 1972.
Below is a list of news stories about the Bidwell School. (These articles are all from the archives of the Lodi News-Sentinel.) The next to last one, A Long Talk with George Creary, is very interesting.
May 6 1965: Private Prep School to be Built South of Lodi
July 17, 1965: Educators of World Picked for Bidwell
September 11, 1965: Dedication of Bidwell School Set for Monday
November 13, 1965: Three Named to Bidwell School Board
November 13, 1965: Bidwell School Hosts Reception Thanksgiving
December 11, 1965: Bidwell Prep School to Build Site Near Lodi
July 20, 1966: School Site Claim Staked for Bidwell
May 20, 1967: Bidwell Work to Begin
August 14, 1967: Zoning Director’s Agenda – Bidwell School
January 2, 1969: Bidwell Student Killed in Airplane Crash
Jan 25, 1969: Newspaper Ad for Bidwell School
November 1, 1969: Olive Creary Obituary
December 8, 1969: Archery Tourney
October 30, 1970: Bidwell School 49, St. Anne’s 28 (4th grade basketball
June 25, 1971: Headmaster George F. Creary Retires
July 16, 1971: Frederick DiazGranados Named Headmaster
July 28, 1971: Bidwell School Reorganizes Both Curriculum and Administration
October 16, 1971: Torrey Stadtner Elected Student Body President
October 23, 1971: Girls Volleyball at Bidwell School
November 22, 1971: Steve Giannecchini Picked for All-League Soccer Team
December 13, 1971: Bidwell School Elects Trustees
January 11, 1972: Newspaper Ad for Bidwell School
January 21, 1972: Bidwell School 26, Victory Christian 13, Middle School basketball
February 1, 1972: Mrs. Donna Otto Now Bidwell Teacher
March 3, 1972: Bidwell School Rated Above National Average
September 29, 1972: New Head Boy (Terry Tarditi) and Head Girl (Laurie Cullman) Named
May 3, 1974: Bidwell School Property Considered for Alcohol Rehab Facility
June 14, 1974: Pacific Collegiate’s First Commencement
August 20, 1974: County to Buy Bidwell School Property
August 27, 1974: Bidwell School Purchase Restudied
September 7, 1974: Hearing on School for the Retarded Directed
September 19, 1974: Former Bidwell School Archery Instructor Aids Tokay High School
December 16, 1974: Juvenile Probation Dept. Wants Bidwell School
December 17, 1974: Residents Oppose Juvenile Treatment Center
October 27, 1976: Juvenile Home Permit Sought for Bidwell School
October 30, 1976: Juvenile Home Approved for Bidwell School
December 20, 1984: 34 Boys from Bear Creek Boys Ranch (old Bidwell School) Treated for ‘Unknown Irritant’
December 22, 1984: Bear Creek Ranch (old Bidwell School) Reopened after Scare
July 15, 1985: A Long Talk with George Creary
June 23, 1989: George Creary Dies at Age 91
We’re sure there’s much more to tell about Bidwell School. Please share your memories (and straighten out our facts) by leaving a comment below.
Midway High School — Midway, Kentucky
Posted by DaveSanders | Kentucky | Posted on May 24th, 2010
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Midway High School
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Midway, KY
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[ extracted from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midway,_Kentucky ]
Midway is a city in Woodford County, Kentucky. It is located midway between Frankfort and Lexington, along the single-track railroad between them. The town is home to a major thoroughbred race horse breeding operation, Three Chimneys Farm, widely known as one of the world’s preeminent horse farms. The area around Midway was inhabited by Indian Mound Builders. Two large Indian mounds have been identified on nearby farms, as well as several smaller mounds. What is now the town of Midway, was once a farm belonging to John Francisco. It was sold to the Lexington and Ohio Railroad Company on 31 January 1835 for $6,491.25. It became Kentucky’s first railroad town. Midway was purposely located an equal distance between the cities of Lexington and Frankfort along the railroad. The town is also equidistant between Versailles and Georgetown. The major streets of Midway were named in honor of the railroad’s first officials.
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[ from http://www.kyhometown.com/midway/ ]
Midway is also home to Midway College, an independent liberal arts institution for women (the only one in Kentucky). There are 176 buildings listed in the National Register of Historic Places which are located in Midway. The Midway Fall Festival is held every year in September, providing a number of entertaining events for those in attendance.
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Midway High School
Opened: 1903 or 1910?
Closed: 1964
Mascot: Blue Jays
Colors: Blue & White
For many years, Midway High School was one of three high schools in Woodford County, the others being Simmons High School and Versailles High School. In the 1950′s, Simmons was closed, sending its students to Versailles and Midway. In 1964, Woodford County High School was opened, consolidating all of the county’s students into one high school.
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Midway High School at Classmates.com
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1937 KY State Basketball Champs
Coach: Bobby Burns
Defeated Inez, 30-22.
[from alumni Peggy S.]
“Coach Burns coined the Full Court Press for a play the team perfected that was quickly adopted by Adolph Rupp at University of Kentucky.”
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YouTube video:
Video starts with discussion of the 1937 State Basketball Championship, won by Midway High School. (Miss Margaret Ware Parrish was THE cheerleader.) Representative Chandler then pays tribute to Miss Parrish and presents the 2009 Midway Living History Award on behalf of Midway Renaissance, Inc.
(Recorded November 14, 2009)
More videos of the evening honoring Miss Parrish.
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U.S. Congressional Record, Jan. 11, 2007
TRIBUTE TO THE MIDWAY HIGH SCHOOL’S 1937 BASKETBALL TEAM ON THE 70TH ANNIVERSARY OF THEIR STATE CHAMPIONSHIP
HON. BEN CHANDLER OF KENTUCKY IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Thursday, January 11, 2007
Mr. CHANDLER: Madam Speaker, today I would like to commemorate the 70th anniversary of Midway High School’s 1937 Kentucky state basketball championship. Under the guidance and leadership of Coach G.L. “Bobby ” Burns, the Midway Blue Jays reinvented the game of basketball for years to come. The Blue Jays rejuvenated Kentucky basketball and made it a truly exciting spectator sport with their up tempo “run and gun ” style of play.
Coach Burns and his squad of: Jack Penn, Ernest Jefferson, Armon Portwood, Carl Thomas, Raymond and Harold Sanderson, James Murphy, Sherman and Quentin Columbia, and Karl Jefferson used their natural abilities and athleticism to play against their taller competition. They averaged only 5’8″, the smallest team to ever win the state tournament. Yet they persevered, as Coach Burns believed that natural instincts and physical stamina, combined with fundamental basketball, were keys to success. Coach Burns was right.
To celebrate this historic occasion, on January 12, 2007, the Woodford County Yellow Jackets will honor the “Boys of ’37″ by dressing in the blue and white uniforms of Midway High School during their regular season game against Madison Central High. Additionally, during the halftime ceremony, a giant banner will be raised and installed in the Woodford County Gym to honor the Midway Blue Jays’ tournament win. In March, the members of the ’37 squad will be honored in a ceremony at the halftime of the 2007 state championship game.
Madam Speaker, it is with great honor to have this momentous occasion celebrated in my home district. The “Boys of ’37″ truly represent Kentucky’s passion and dedication to the game of basketball. This group of individuals will always be remembered as Kentucky’s finest and we will continue to celebrate their accomplishments for years to come.
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Facebook Links:
I went to Midway Elementary in Midway, Kentucky
Midway, KY
Midway, Kentucky
Midway College
Midway College Alumni Association
Darlin’ Jean’s Apple Cobbler Cafe (Gratz St.)
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Delbrook High School — North Vancouver, British Columbia
Posted by DaveSanders | British Columbia | Posted on March 29th, 2010
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Delbrook Community Recreation Centre (site of Delbrook Senior Secondary School)
Delbrook Senior Secondary School
Year opened: 1957
Year closed: 1977
mascot: Hilltoppers
colors: Light Blue & Dark Blue
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North Vancouver High School served as the only high school in North Vancouver until the opening of Delbrook. Delbrook High School opened in 1957 with Mr. Siddons as principal.
In the post Baby Boom era of the mid 1970′s, North Vancouver was experiencing the same declining enrollments as most other school districts. A proposal was being seriously discussed to close both North Vancouver and Delbrook High Schools at the end of the 1978-79 school year.
On January 28, 1977, a fire began in a lower-floor workshop and quickly spread upward, destroyed much of Delbrook High School. Delbrook’s students completed the 1977 year at nearby Balmoral Junior Secondary. Delbrook and Balmoral students attended classes in shifts, with one school using the buildings in the mornings and the other in the afternoons.
Rather than rebuild Delbrook, the school board officially closed the school on June 30, 1977. Delbrook students enrolled in their choice of either Carson Graham or Handsworth for the remainder of their high school years..
The Delbrook buildings which were not destroyed in the fire, including the gymnasium and cafeteria, now operate under North Vancouver Parks and Recreation as the Delbrook Community Recreation Centre.
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Links
– There is a pretty good overview of Delbrook on wikipedia. Since it covers sports highlights and notable alumni, I’ll refer you there instead of repeating it here.
– There are over 1,100 Delbrook High School alumni on Classmates.com.
– If you’re really bored (or want to be), here’s a link to the results of a study which used Delbrook students as guinea pigs: School Closure: The Effects of Forced Transfer blah, blah, blah.
Facebook Groups
– Delbrook Secondary School
– Class of ’67
– Class of ’75
– Class of ’76
– North Vancouver, BC
– North Vancouver is where all the cool kids are from
– You know you’re from North Van if…
– You Know You’re From British Columbia When….
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The North Vancouver Museum and Archives have a collection of over 4,000 Delbrook High School photos and other memorablilia. Most of the photos are from the school’s yearbooks. The collection is stored at:
Community History Centre
3203 Institute Road
North Vancouver, B.C.
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This has nothing to do with anything; Just an interesting bit of 1960′s trivia.
[from the Montreal Gazettte, April 14, 1962 ]
PROMOTE CHARM
NORTH VANCOUVER, BC. – Opposed to the prevalence of tight skirts and rat’s-nest hairdos among teen-age girls, teachers at Delbrook High School here are holding charm classes designed to encourage moderation in dress and appearance.
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West Point High School — West Point, Georgia
Posted by DaveSanders | Georgia | Posted on March 28th, 2010
West Point High School
West Point, GA
Troup County & Harris County
mascot: Red Devils
colors: Red & Yellow
Year opened: 1903
Year closed: 1986
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This post is a place to store miscellaneous notes, links, etc. we have gathered about West Point High School so far. If you have any corrections or additions, please leave a comment below.
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[exerpts from Fitzgerald Herald, March 10, 1960. Click for full story.]
Eagles End Season 2nd in State
The Monitor High basketball Eagles have wound up the season as the second strongest Class B team in the state. They were barely nudged out last Saturday night by West Point High for the championship honor. . . . Saturday night saw the Eagles completely ineffective on their inside work, however, Wallace and Curtis Jackson were almost 100% accurate on their tosses from the outside. But it wasn’t enough and the Eagles had to settle for second place behind West Point, the new champion in Class B ball. The final score in the game was 62-54.
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See all West Point High School articles from the Georgia High School Basketball Project.
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Monitor High School — Fitzgerald, Georgia
Posted by DaveSanders | Georgia | Posted on March 27th, 2010
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Monitor Park and Community Center (former Monitor High School)
Monitor High School
600 South Monitor Drive
Fitzgerald, GA
mascot: Eagle
colors: Gold & Maroon
Year opened: ????
Year closed: ????
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[from Fitzgerald Herald, March 10, 1960. Click for story and photo.]
MONITORING MONITOR
Eagles End Season 2nd in State
The Monitor High basketball Eagles have wound up the season as the second strongest Class B team in the state. They were barely nudged out last Saturday night by West Point High for the championship honor.
Coach Samuel Roberts entered the State tournament in Thomaston last weekend with a fabulous record after the regular season play and the elimination tournies.
Friday night the Eagles came through against Douglasville 55-61 to earn the right to compete in the championship game on Saturday.
Out of Monitor’s 61 points scored, 42 of them were evenly divided between Joe Reliford, John Jackson and Wallace Jackson.
Saturday night saw the Eagles completely ineffective on their inside work, however, Wallace and Curtis Jackson were almost 100% accurate on their tosses from the outside. But it wasn’t enough and the Eagles had to settle for second place behind West Point, the new champion in Class B ball.
The final score in the game was 62-54.
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The Eagles will start their track drills for this spring’s cinder season next Monday. The school this year will again have both boys and girls teams.
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Football practice sessions under the direction of Coach William Witherspoon got underway Monday.
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Baseball will come off a little later this year because of the weather and practice sessions for football.
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The faculties of Monitor High and Ocilla High and Industrial School will play a benefit basketball game at Blue-Gray Shell Tuesday night at 7:30.
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See all Monitor High School photos and articles from the Georgia High School Basketball Project.
See 100′s of photos from in and around Fitzgerald, Georgia.
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Littleton High School — Littleton, North Carolina
Posted by DaveSanders | North Carolina | Posted on March 22nd, 2010
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Littleton High School, Littleton, NC
Littleton High School
411 Mosby Avenue
Littleton, North Carolina
“The Little Town with the Big Heart”
Year opened: ????
Year closed: ????
nickname: Blue Jays
colors: Navy & White
Partial History of Schools in Littleton, NC
In 1849, Rev. Dr. William Hooper and his son-in-law, Prof. J. DeBerniere Hooper, opened a short-lived Family School for boys near Littleton.
In 1882, Littleton High School and Business Institute was opened. It lasted for quite a few years. In 1892, it had 5 instructors, 3 male and 2 female teaching 120 male students.
The Central Institute for Young Ladies in Littleton was incorporated in Warren Co. in 1883. In 1884 it had 6 teachers and 125 students.
Branson’s North Carolina Agricultural Almanac for 1890 lists Littleton High School (for boys) under Halifax Co. Schools. (The population of Littleton is listed as 350.)
Littleton High School was listed in the 1893 edition of the American College and Public School Directory.
The 1898 NC Biennial School Report lists Littleton Supplemental School, a one-room school in Halifax Co., but doesn’t list Littleton High School.
In 1907, an act was introduced in the NC Senate to authorize establishing a graded school in Littleton.
The 1909 Dept. of Agriculture list of agricultural schools lists the Central Academy in Littleton. (Is this the Central Institute for Young Ladies chartered in 1883?)
In 1922, Littleton High School in Warren Co. was listed as a “Group 2, Class A” school in the NC “accredited schools” report.
Alumni
There are about 200 Littleton High School alumni on Classmates.com.
Here are some Littleton High School 2008 Reunion photos from LittletonObserver.com.
Alumni Input
[This info was submitted by Taylor Hawkins, whose mother attended Littleton High School. Thanks, Taylor!]
The Littleton High School colors were Navy Blue & White and the mascot was the Blue Jay.
The school song was “Littleton Forever”:
Littleton forever
thy name we love
proud of our fathers
in this land of ours,
come and join the chorus
proudly we’ll sing
praises for Littleton
now let them begin to ring!…rah, rah, rah!
At one time the county line ran down the middle of the campus. The school building was in Warren County and the gym was in Halifax County. The historic Person’s Ordinary (on NC Historic Register) is on the campus grounds. George Washington spent the night in Person’s Ordinary.
The school building and auditorium are now home to the Lakeland Cultural Arts Center and the Mark E. Taylor Theater (community theater).
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R. L. Cousins High School — Douglasville, Georgia
Posted by DaveSanders | Georgia | Posted on March 11th, 2010
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Stewart Middle School (former R. L. Cousins High School)
R. L. Cousins High School
Malone St.
Douglasville, Douglas County, GA
Mascot: ????
Colors: ????
Year opened: 1957
Year closed: 1972
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This post is a place to store miscellaneous notes, links, etc. we have gathered about R. L. Cousins High School so far. If you have any corrections or additions, please leave a comment below.
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R. L. Cousins was a 12-grade school on Malone St. in Douglasville, Georgia. It was opened in 1957 under principal John W. Stewart. The high school portion closed in 1972 and the buildings became Douglas County Junior High School. The next year the school was renamed Stewart Middle School. John W. Stewart remained the principal until 1977.
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[from DOUGLAS COUNTY SENTINEL, March 16, 1961. Click for story and photo.]
Georgia State Champions
This group of basketball players of the R. L. Cousins Negro school in Douglasville has won the State Class B basketball championship, winning their final victory at the tournament in Waycross. The team had the unusual distinction of playing the entire season without a loss. They breezed through the regular season, the district, regional and state tournaments and were never seriously threatened. Holding the trophy in front is Billy Cook, team trainer, and left to right in front row are Charlie Bowens, Lee Edward Bowens, Melvin Welch, James Jones and Harvey Jones. Back row left to right, are Benny Smith, Floyd Parker, Alton Caldwell, J. C. Smith and Charlie Helton. The team was coached by E. L. Pinkston.
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This article references Douglasville. Were they referring to Cousins High School?
[excerpt from Fitzgerald Herald, March 10, 1960. Click for story and photo.]
Eagles End Season 2nd in State
The Monitor High basketball Eagles have wound up the season as the second strongest Class B team in the state. [. . . ] Friday night the Eagles came through against Douglasville 55-61 to earn the right to compete in the championship game on Saturday.
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Mount Moriah High School — Decatur County, Georgia
Posted by DaveSanders | Georgia | Posted on March 10th, 2010
Mt. Moriah High School
Decatur County, GA
Mascot: Jaguars
Colors: Blue & Gold
Year opened: ????
Year closed: 1974
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This post is a place to store miscellaneous notes, links, etc. we have gathered about Mt. Moriah High School so far. If you have any corrections or additions, please leave a comment below.
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Mt. Moriah High School is mentioned as a participant in the 1948 South Georgia Athletic Association basketball tournament.
Here’s the article from the Atlanta Daily World, Mar. 24, 1948.
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Tift County Industrial School — Tifton, Georgia
Posted by DaveSanders | Georgia | Posted on March 10th, 2010
Tift County Industrial School
Tifton, GA
Mascot: Tigers
Colors: Blue & Gold
Year opened: ????
Year closed: ????
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This post is a place to store miscellaneous notes, links, etc. we have gathered about Tift County Industrial School so far. If you have any corrections or additions, please leave a comment below.
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Tift County Training School is mentioned as a participant in the 1948 South Georgia Athletic Association basketball tournament.
Here’s the article from the Atlanta Daily World, Mar. 24, 1948.
Here’s an email from Flickr user GHSBP. Check out her Flickr pages and her websites, they are a wealth of great information.
“Tift County Industrial was the same as Tift County Training. Newspaper reports – especially for segregated schools – sometimes couldn’t keep names straight. The name changed to Wilson in 1957 and I assume that was because the county split Industrial into an elementary and a high school. Industrial retained its name. I’m not sure if Industrial was on the exact same parcel of land as the current J. T. Reddick school or not. Reddick had been a principal of Tift County Industrial when it was an elementary. If not on the same spot, it was very close.
I have a few photos of Wilson on the Flickr account. It’s now known as Matt Wilson Elementary.
I have notes on other schools at my website, http://www.ghsbp.com/gia/index.html
For non-segregated schools, http://www.ghsbp.com/nicknames.html, though some of those may not be accurate. I have a very long-term project started to get information out of state educational directories.”
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Carver High School — Dawson, Georgia
Posted by DaveSanders | Georgia | Posted on March 10th, 2010
Carver High School
Dawson, GA
Mascot: ????
Colors: ????
Year opened: ????
Year closed: ????
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This post is a place to store miscellaneous notes, links, etc. we have gathered about Carver High School so far. If you have any corrections or additions, please leave a comment below.
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Carver High School is mentioned as a participant in the 1948 South Georgia Athletic Association basketball tournament.
Here’s the article from the Atlanta Daily World, Mar. 24, 1948.
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Hutto High School — Bainbridge, Georgia
Posted by DaveSanders | Georgia | Posted on March 10th, 2010
Hutto High School
Bainbridge, GA
Mascot: Tigers
Colors: Black & Gold
Year opened: ????
Year closed: 1970
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Hutto High School is mentioned as a participant in the 1948 South Georgia Athletic Association basketball tournament.
Here’s the article from the Atlanta Daily World, Mar. 24, 1948.
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Dasher High School — Valdosta, Georgia
Posted by DaveSanders | Georgia | Posted on March 10th, 2010
Dasher High School
Valdosta, GA
Mascot: Golden Tigers
Colors: ????
Year opened: ????
Year closed: ????
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This post is a place to store miscellaneous notes, links, etc. we have gathered about Dasher High School so far. If you have any corrections or additions, please leave a comment below.
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Dasher High School is mentioned as a participant in the 1948 South Georgia Athletic Association basketball tournament.
Here’s the article from the Atlanta Daily World, Mar. 24, 1948.
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Staley High School — Americus, Georgia
Posted by DaveSanders | Georgia | Posted on March 10th, 2010
A. S. Staley High School online yearbooks
A. S. Staley High School
Americus, GA
Mascot: Tigers
Colors: ????
Year opened: ????
Year closed: ????
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Below are miscellaneous notes, links, etc. we have gathered about Staley High School so far. If you have any corrections or additions, please leave a comment below.
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(I thought this was pretty good…both the girl’s AND boy’s basketball teams finished second in the South Georgia tournament in 1948.)
[from Atlanta Daily World, Mar. 24, 1948]
Center, Brooks High Schools Win SGAA Tourney Crowns
Waycross, Ga — (SNS) — Center High School of Waycross, Georgia, rolled over Staley High of Americus, Georgia, 37-25 in the finals of the South Georgia Athletic Association tournament here in city auditorium.
In the girls championship game, Brooks High of Quitman, Ga., out-fought Staley High of Americus 32 to 28 to annex the SGAA crown.
The tournament was a very colorful affair with twenty teams participating including Dasher High, Valdesto; Brooks High, Quitman; Douglas High, Thomasville; Hutto High and Union Normal, Bainbridge; Carver High, Dawson; Tift County Training School, Tifton; and Staley High, Americus.
Union Normal copped the third place spot in the girls division, and Brooks High won the third place ranking in the boys. The coaches for the two first place winners were Calvin W. Rutherford, Brooks High and George James, Center High.
The officials for the tournament were Craig and Johnson of Fort Valley State College, Roulhac and Pruitt of Albany State College, Small of Stanton High, Jacksonville. Trophies were presented to the winners.
The All-Conference teams that were selected by the officials were:
GIRLS
FIRST TEAM
Forward, Mahomes, Staley High
Forward, Williams, Union Normal
Forward, Evans, Union Normal
Guard, Williams, Brooks High
Guard, Dillard, Staley High
Guard, Watkins, Douglas High
SECOND TEAM
Forward, Brister, Brooks High
Forward, Mack, Mount Moriah
Forward, Morning, Tifton
Guard, Barber, Union Normal
Guard, L. Williams, Mt. Moriah
Guard, Kitchen, Staley High
BOYS
FIRST TEAM
Forward, G. Flourney, Center High
Forward, J. Boyd, Center High
Center, Hayes, Staley High
Guard, Jackson, Staley High
Guard, Lewis, Brooks High
SECOND TEAM
Forward, Robinson, Carver High
Forward, J. Woodlock, Pelham
Center, Dixon, Center High
Guard, Horne, Brooks High
Guard, C. Austin, Douglas High
The championship winners were:
GIRLS
GIRLS, FIRST PLACE
– Brooks High (Quitman)
SECOND PLACE
– Staley High (Americus)
THIRD PLACE
– Union Normal (Bainbridge)
BOYS, FIRST PLACE
– Center High (Waycross)
SECOND PLACE
– Staley High (Americus)
THIRD PLACE
– Brooks High (Quitman)
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Center High School — Waycross, Georgia
Posted by DaveSanders | Georgia | Posted on March 10th, 2010
Center High School
Waycross, GA
Mascot: Tigers
Colors: Blue & Gold
Year opened: ????
Year closed: ????
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Below are miscellaneous notes, links, etc. we have gathered about Center High School so far. If you have any corrections or additions, please leave a comment below.
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[from Atlanta Daily World, Mar. 24, 1948]
Center, Brooks High Schools Win SGAA Tourney Crowns
Waycross, Ga — (SNS) — Center High School of Waycross, Georgia, rolled over Staley High of Americus, Georgia, 37-25 in the finals of the South Georgia Athletic Association tournament here in city auditorium.
In the girls championship game, Brooks High of Quitman, Ga., out-fought Staley High of Americus 32 to 28 to annex the SGAA crown.
The tournament was a very colorful affair with twenty teams participating including Dasher High, Valdesto; Brooks High, Quitman; Douglas High, Thomasville; Hutto High and Union Normal, Bainbridge; Carver High, Dawson; Tift County Training School, Tifton; and Staley High, Americus.
Union Normal copped the third place spot in the girls division, and Brooks High won the third place ranking in the boys. The coaches for the two first place winners were Calvin W. Rutherford, Brooks High and George James, Center High.
The officials for the tournament were Craig and Johnson of Fort Valley State College, Roulhac and Pruitt of Albany State College, Small of Stanton High, Jacksonville. Trophies were presented to the winners.
The All-Conference teams that were selected bythe officials were:
GIRLS
FIRST TEAM
Forward, Mahomes, Staley High
Forward, Williams, Union Normal
Forward, Evans, Union Normal
Guard, Williams, Brooks High
Guard, Dillard, Staley High
Guard, Watkins, Douglas High
SECOND TEAM
Forward, Brister, Brooks High
Forward, Mack, Mount Moriah
Forward, Morning, Tifton
Guard, Barber, Union Normal
Guard, L. Williams, Mt. Moriah
Guard, Kitchen, Staley High
BOYS
FIRST TEAM
Forward, G. Flourney, Center High
Forward, J. Boyd, Center High
Center, Hayes, Staley High
Guard, Jackson, Staley High
Guard, Lewis, Brooks High
SECOND TEAM
Forward, Robinson, Carver High
Forward, J. Woodlock, Pelham
Center, Dixon, Center High
Guard, Horne, Brooks High
Guard, C. Austin, Douglas High
The championship winners were:
GIRLS
GIRLS, FIRST PLACE
– Brooks High (Quitman)
SECOND PLACE
– Staley High (Americus)
THIRD PLACE
– Union Normal (Bainbridge)
BOYS, FIRST PLACE
– Center High (Waycross)
SECOND PLACE
– Staley High (Americus)
THIRD PLACE
– Brooks High (Quitman)
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Butler High School — Gainesville, Georgia
Posted by DaveSanders | Georgia | Posted on March 10th, 2010
Butler High School
Gainesville, GA
Mascot: Tigers
Colors: Gold & Maroon
Year opened: ????
Year closed: 1969
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Below are miscellaneous notes, links, etc. we have gathered about Butler High School so far. If you have any corrections or additions, please leave a comment below.
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Here’s a few Gainesville, GA Facebook groups:
– Gainesville, GA
– We Love Gainesville, GA!
– You Might Be Gainesvillian If…
– Proud to be from Gainesvegas!
– I Cruised the Strip in Gainesville, Ga
– I used all my gas cruising “Uptown” in Gainesville, GA!
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Douglass High School — Thomasville, Georgia
Posted by DaveSanders | Georgia | Posted on March 10th, 2010
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Douglass High School gym
Douglass High School
Thomasville, Thomas County, GA
Mascot: Lions
Colors: Blue & Gold
Year opened: 1902
Year closed: 1970
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Below are miscellaneous notes, links, etc. we have gathered about Douglass High School so far. If you have any corrections or additions, please leave a comment below.
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There’s an excellent History of Douglass High School on the website of the Jack Hadley Black History Museum.
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Here are some recent Thomasville photos.
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[from Atlanta Daily World, Mar. 24, 1948]
Center, Brooks High Schools Win SGAA Tourney Crowns
Waycross, Ga — (SNS) — Center High School of Waycross, Georgia, rolled over Staley High of Americus, Georgia, 37-25 in the finals of the South Georgia Athletic Association tournament here in city auditorium.
In the girls championship game, Brooks High of Quitman, Ga., out-fought Staley High of Americus 32 to 28 to annex the SGAA crown.
The tournament was a very colorful affair with twenty teams participating including Dasher High, Valdesto; Brooks High, Quitman; Douglas High, Thomasville; Hutto High and Union Normal, Bainbridge; Carver High, Dawson; Tift County Training School, Tifton; and Staley High, Americus.
Union Normal copped the third place spot in the girls division, and Brooks High won the third place ranking in the boys. The coaches for the two first place winners were Calvin W. Rutherford, Brooks High and George James, Center High.
The officials for the tournament were Craig and Johnson of Fort Valley State College, Roulhac and Pruitt of Albany State College, Small of Stanton High, Jacksonville. Trophies were presented to the winners.
The All-Conference teams that were selected bythe officials were:
GIRLS
FIRST TEAM
Forward, Mahomes, Staley High
Forward, Williams, Union Normal
Forward, Evans, Union Normal
Guard, Williams, Brooks High
Guard, Dillard, Staley High
Guard, Watkins, Douglas High
SECOND TEAM
Forward, Brister, Brooks High
Forward, Mack, Mount Moriah
Forward, Morning, Tifton
Guard, Barber, Union Normal
Guard, L. Williams, Mt. Moriah
Guard, Kitchen, Staley High
BOYS
FIRST TEAM
Forward, G. Flourney, Center High
Forward, J. Boyd, Center High
Center, Hayes, Staley High
Guard, Jackson, Staley High
Guard, Lewis, Brooks High
SECOND TEAM
Forward, Robinson, Carver High
Forward, J. Woodlock, Pelham
Center, Dixon, Center High
Guard, Horne, Brooks High
Guard, C. Austin, Douglas High
The championship winners were:
GIRLS
GIRLS, FIRST PLACE
– Brooks High (Quitman)
SECOND PLACE
– Staley High (Americus)
THIRD PLACE
– Union Normal (Bainbridge)
BOYS, FIRST PLACE
– Center High (Waycross)
SECOND PLACE
– StaleyHigh (Americus)
THIRD PLACE
– Brooks High (Quitman)
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[from Gainesville Times, Dec. 22, 1957]
Fair Street Grabs State Title, 13-7
By PHIL JACKSON
Times Sports Editor
Fair Street’s Tigers — sparked by the explosive clutch running of tiny Gene Carrithers — scored early and late here Friday night to defeat a fine Thomasville team, 13-7 and gather their second consecutive Georgia football championship.
With only three minutes and 40 seconds left on the City Park clock and the score knotted at 7-7, Carrithers cracked over tackle on a crossbuck, bounced off one tackler and fought his way six yards for the winning touchdown.
Tiger end Arthur Moss intercepted a pass to stop the last Thomasville threat with 30 seconds remaining. Fair Street ran out the clock and jubilant players lifted Coach E. L. Cabbell and Carrithers to their shoulders for a victorious ride across the gridiron.
Thomasville’s Douglas High Lions were a tough, spirited eleven that featured the keeper runs and passes of quarterback Charlie Ward and the quickie dashes of halfback Roosevelt Reed, but hulking Clarence Niles, David Camp, Johnny Keith, and William Johnson furnished the defensive knocks for Fair Street when they were needed.
Fair Street jumped off to a quick lead in the first quarter. Fullback Ellis Cantrell set up the score when he returned a punt 20 yards to the Thomasville 19.
On the first play, quarterback Cecil Young lofted a high, floating spiral to Moss who gathered it in over his shoulder in the Lion end zone. Cantrell plunged over for the point and a 7-0 lead.
Thomasville’s offense suddenly came alive midway in the second quarter and the Lions drove 69 yards for the tieing tally. Ward’s keeper cutbacks off tackle were the main thrusts of the push. Reed bucked over from the two. Ward carried for the extra point and the teams went out for the half.
Fair’ Street’s strutting band presented an imaginative Christmas show during intermission that was complete even to a formation of a tree with blinking, colored lights.
Neither team could muster an effective offense in the third quarter and through half of the final period.
But just when it seemed a tie was in the books, the Tigers started their winning drive from their 41 yard line with six minutes remaining.
Carrithers got it underway when he burst through center, cut to the sidelines and sped 32 yards to the Thomasville 27. Cantrell hit for five, Carrithers for six, Clifford Stevens for five and Cantrell for five again to the six.
Little Gene then fired his 135-pound frame through for the big one and Fair Street had its 16th straight victory and the state Class A trophy.
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In 1958, the Douglass boy’s basketball team fell to Hunt High School, 58-46, in the Class A State Semi-Finals. Here is an article about the tournament from the March 13, 1958 Fort Valley Leader-Tribune.
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Fair Street High School — Gainesville, Georgia
Posted by DaveSanders | Georgia | Posted on March 10th, 2010
Fair Street High School
Gainesville, GA
Mascot: Tigers
Colors: ????
Year opened: ????
Year closed: ????
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Below are miscellaneous notes, links, etc. we have gathered about Fair Street High School so far. If you have any corrections or additions, please leave a comment below.
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Here’s a few Gainesville, GA Facebook groups:
– Gainesville, GA
– We Love Gainesville, GA!
– You Might Be Gainesvillian If…
– Proud to be from Gainesvegas!
– I Cruised the Strip in Gainesville, Ga
– I used all my gas cruising “Uptown” in Gainesville, GA!
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[from Gainesville Times, Dec. 22, 1957]
Fair Street Grabs State Title, 13-7
By PHIL JACKSON
Times Sports Editor
Fair Street’s Tigers — sparked by the explosive clutch running of tiny Gene Carrithers — scored early and late here Friday night to defeat a fine Thomasville team, 13-7 and gather their second consecutive Georgia football championship.
With only three minutes and 40 seconds left on the City Park clock and the score knotted at 7-7, Carrithers cracked over tackle on a crossbuck, bounced off one tackler and fought his way six yards for the winning touchdown.
Tiger end Arthur Moss intercepted a pass to stop the last Thomasville threat with 30 seconds remaining. Fair Street ran out the clock and jubilant players lifted Coach E. L. Cabbell and Carrithers to their shoulders for a victorious ride across the gridiron.
Thomasville’s Douglas High Lions were a tough, spirited eleven that featured the keeper runs and passes of quarterback Charlie Ward and the quickie dashes of halfback Roosevelt Reed, but hulking Clarence Niles, David Camp, Johnny Keith, and William Johnson furnished the defensive knocks for Fair Street when they were needed.
Fair Street jumped off to a quick lead in the first quarter. Fullback Ellis Cantrell set up the score when he returned a punt 20 yards to the Thomasville 19.
On the first play, quarterback Cecil Young lofted a high, floating spiral to Moss who gathered it in over his shoulder in the Lion end zone. Cantrell plunged over for the point and a 7-0 lead.
Thomasville’s offense suddenly came alive midway in the second quarter and the Lions drove 69 yards for the tieing tally. Ward’s keeper cutbacks off tackle were the main thrusts of the push. Reed bucked over from the two. Ward carried for the extra point and the teams went out for the half.
Fair’ Street’s strutting band presented an imaginative Christmas show during intermission that was complete even to a formation of a tree with blinking, colored lights.
Neither team could muster an effective offense in the third quarter and through half of the final period.
But just when it seemed a tie was in the books, the Tigers started their winning drive from their 41 yard line with six minutes remaining.
Carrithers got it underway when he burst through center, cut to the sidelines and sped 32 yards to the Thomasville 27. Cantrell hit for five, Carrithers for six, Clifford Stevens for five and Cantrell for five again to the six.
Little Gene then fired his 135-pound frame through for the big one and Fair Street had its 16th straight victory and the state Class A trophy.
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Henderson High School — Henderson, Kentucky
Posted by DaveSanders | Kentucky | Posted on March 5th, 2010
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South Middle School (former Henderson City High School)
Henderson High School
800 S. Alves St.
Henderson, KY
mascot: Flash
colors: Royal Blue & White
Classes began at Henderson Academy in 1814 and continued until 1839 when the old building was crumbling and there were no funds to repair it. In 1869, legislation was passed incorporating the Henderson High School. All assets belonging to Henderson Seminary were ordered to be turned over to the Trustees of Henderson Public Schools.
A new building at Green & Center Streets was completed in 1870 and school began there in Sept. of 1870. It was a 3-story, brick building with basement. It had 14 classrooms and one assembly room. It was equipped with the latest furniture and slate blackboards. There were 13 graded school teachers and two high school teachers. The top floor was the high school and the other two floors were the graded school.
In 1888, a new building was opened just for the high school grades. Located at the corner of Washington & Adams Streets, the building housed Henderson High School until 1910. In 1910, Henderson High School ceased to exist and the students were moved to the newer Barret Manual Training High School across the street. In 1955, a new high school was opened on South Alves St. to replace BMTHS and was named Henderson City High School.
Henderson County High School opened in 1954 and moved to its current location in 1969. In 1965, Douglas High School was merged into Henderson City High School. In 1970, Holy Name High School closed and the students transferred to either the City or County high schools. In 1976, Henderson City High School was consolidated into Henderson County High School, making Henderson County one of the largest high schools in the country.
Links
– Henderson City High School on Facebook
– Barret and Henderson City High School Alumni Association
– Barret and Henderson City High School Athletics, 1955-1963
Athletics
Football
1955 State Champs (undefeated)
1959 State Champs (undefeated)
The 1917 football team still holds one state record: the most touchdowns ever given up in a single game (20 vs. Owensboro). Henderson was tough on extra-point attempts, though. Owensboro only scored four points on PATs. Go Flash!
Basketball – Girls
1926 State Runner-Up
Basketball – Boys
1956 State Runner-Up
Baseball
1956 undefeated regular season
1959 undefeated regular season
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Confederation High School — Nepean, Ottawa, Ontario
Posted by DaveSanders | Ontario | Posted on February 23rd, 2010
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Confederation High School, Ottawa, ON
Confederation High School
1645 Woodroffe Avenue
Nepean / Ottowa, ON
mascot: Cardinals
colors: Red, White & Green
Confederation High School opened in the fall of 1967. In the 1980s and 1990s, the Barrhaven area grew to the point that the majority of Confed’s students were commuting from there. In 1999, John McCrae Secondary School in Barrhaven was opened and Confederation High School was closed. The CHS building is now “Confederation Education Centre” and is used for many activities by the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board.
(Below are just a few bits and pieces I’ve picked up about Confed. If you can offer corrections and additions to these bare bones, please leave a comment below.)
———— Facebook Groups ————
Confederation High School (1,400 members)
Confederation High School (250 members)
Confederation High Reunion (1,000 members)
Nepean Born and Raised (2,300 members) [The first page or two is mostly ads, but the older posts contain dozens and dozens of memories from folks who grew up in Nepean, many of them Confed alumni.]
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This is not a complete record of Confederation High School’s athletic accomplishments. These are just some of the records maintained on Ontario athletics websites and some info from old newspaper accounts.
The CHS cheerleaders defeated 30 city and district high schools to win the Campus Club cheerleading contest in 1969.
In 1981, CHS won both Carleton boy’s and girl’s curling crowns.
A football and rugby MVP at Confed, Joe Goodwin, competed on Spike TV’s Pros vs. Joes in 2008.
Former CHS teacher Phil Takahashi represented Canada in judo in the 1984 and 1988 Olympics.
Football
– 1983 Senior team was undefeated in the regular season (6-0)
– 1988 Junior Champs with an undefeated 9-0 record
– 1989 Team went undefeated until losing in the championship game
– 1993 Undefeated season (9-0), Ottawa-Carleton Senior Football Champions
Former Edmonson Eskimos player Eric Upton graduated from CHS and was placed on the Nepean Sports Wall of Fame in 1986.
In 2001, former Cardinal Jesse Palmer was drafted by the NFL’s New York Giants. He became only the second Canadian to start at quarterback in an NFL game. In 2004, he was the object of affection on ABC’s The Bachelor. He is now an announcer and football analyst.
| [I found two articles about Rolanda. One calls her Coe, the other calls her Cole.]
While in Grade 9 at Moira High School in Belleville, Rolanda Coe won the Athlete of the Year award. After moving to Barrhaven in 1982, she decided to test herself by trying out for the CHS football team. She made the team as a running back and punter, becoming Ottawa-Carleton’s first female football player. |
Gymnastics – OFSAA Championships
1980 – Uneven Bars – Elite B (Elizabeth Shank)
1981 – Floor Exercise – Intermediate (Anna Fraser)
Track & Field – OFSAA Championships
1980 – 1500 metre – midget (Marc Oleson)
1980 – 3000 metre – midget (Marc Oleson)
1981 – 3000 metre – junior (Marc Oleson)
1982 – 1500 metre – junior (Marc Oleson)
1982 – 3000 metre – junior (Marc Oleson)
1982 – Cross Country (Marc Oleson)
1983 – 1500 metre – senior (Marc Oleson)
1983 – 3000 metre – senior (Marc Oleson)
– Marc Oleson set the national junior record for the one-mile run (a record that stood for 22 years). He received a full track and field athletic scholarship to Stanford University. In 1985 he was placed on the inaugural Nepean Sports Wall of Fame. In 1991, he won the cross country event at the Canadian Championships. In 1992, he competed on the Canadian Olympics team.
1985 – Girls Track – midget (Overall Team Champions)
1985 – 100 metre – midget (Jane Roos)
1985 – 200 metre – midget (Jane Roos)
1985 – High Jump – midget (Jane Roos)
1986 – 100 metre – junior (Jane Roos)
1986 – 200 metre – junior (Jane Roos)
1986 – 400 metre relay – senior (Jane Roos anchored the team)
– Jane Roos is the founder and Executive Director of Canadian Athletes Now, a program to raise financial support for Canadian athletes. In 2009, she received the Leadership in Sports Award at the Canadian Sport Awards.
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In 1987, Confederation High School had 40% more students than it was designed for, while Merivale High School was operating at half-capacity. The school district boundaries were redrawn for all five Nepean high schools so each would have about 1,000 students by 1991.
Gord Hunter was a teacher at CHS for 31 years, retiring from teaching when the school closed. In 1980, he also began his political career by being elected as a Nepean alderman. In 1985, he was placed on the Nepean Sports Wall of Fame for his accomplishments in orienteering. In 2010, he announced he would not run for another term as councillor representing Knoxdale-Merivale ward, retiring after 31 years in politics.
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Warrenton High School — Warrenton, North Carolina
Posted by DaveSanders | North Carolina | Posted on February 19th, 2010
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Warrenton High School, Warrenton, NC
Warrenton High School
N. Main St. at Ridgeway St.
Warrenton, NC
Warren County
nickname: Yellow Jackets
colors: Yellow & Black
History
Warrenton High School could trace its roots back to 1786, when Warrenton Academy was founded. The school operated continuously from that time, making WHS not only one of the oldest schools in North Carolina, but one of the oldest in the United States. As was common at that time, Warrenton Academy was probably operated in a house, church or one-room schoolhouse. In 1800, the school trustees raised funds to build a larger structure. (I couldn’t find a record of where this new building was located, but it is likely it was near Plummer Street.)
At some point between 1800 and 1818, the name was changed to Warrenton Male Academy, possibly to distinguish it from the Warrenton Female Academy. The girl’s academy was opened in 1808 by Jacob Mordecai, a former teacher at Warrenton Academy. The few records I could find indicate Warrenton Male Academy flourished all through the 1800′s. The Female Academy seems to have been extremely successful through the 1820′s, but a shortage of qualified teachers and increased competition from other academies seem to point to its demise in the 1830′s.
In 1885, the Fitts-Mordecai-Plummer house at 210 Plummer Street housed the first school named Warrenton High School. It was an African-American school devoted to training teachers and ministers. The name was changed to Shiloh Institute within a very few years.
Meanwhile, Professor John Graham had been operating a successful boy’s school in Ridgeway. In 1897 his school was destroyed by a fire. He then took over the Warrenton Male Academy, moving most of his old students to Warrenton. He renamed the academy Warrenton High School, but it was most frequently referred to as John Graham High School. He purchased the Somerville home to serve as a dormitory and dining hall.
Sometime around 1905, Prof. Graham opened Warrenton High School to girls and purchased the Fitts-Mordecai-Plummer house to serve as the girl’s dormitory. (The Shiloh Institute, who owned the house, moved its school to Norlina.) On the 1915-1916 list of schools recognized by the Commission on Accredited Schools of the Southern States, Warrenton High School is listed under “Private Schools”, with Prof. John Graham as the principal. A similar report in 1920 still listed Prof. Graham as the principal.
Oddly enough, I could find very few references to Warrenton High School (or John Graham High School) after 1920. The Warrenton High School building at the corner of Main & Ridgeway was designed by noted architect Christopher Sayre in 1922. The last graduating class at Warrenton High School was in 1981. I’m just assuming that in the fall of 1981, all students moved into the new Warren County High School. I didn’t find any information about what happened to the school building after 1981.
Athletics
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I’m sure Warrenton had a long and successful athletics program. Hopefully an alumni will share some memories with us. The North Carolina High School Athletics Association keeps records for some sports back a hundred years, others just ten or fifteen years. According to their statistics, Warrenton High School made it into the State Finals three times. They lost all three games, but there are many NC high schools who wish they could say they were three-time State Runners-up. |
Football
1961 – Lost to Windsor in the Class A State Finals, 15-14
1962 – Lost to Warsaw James Kenan in the Class A State Finals, 38-23
Basketball
1962 – Lost to Colfax in the Class A State Finals, 53-47
Alumni (plus one)
A Few Notable Graduates…
– Dr. Frank Porter Graham graduated around 1904. He became a US Senator and president of UNC.
– NC Rep. Philip Franklin Hanes graduated in 1907.
– US Sen. Herbert C. Bonner graduated in 1909.
– Robert B. House, the first Chancellor of UNC, graduated around 1910.
Good things must have been in the air in 1912 at Warrenton High School.
– NC State Senator Archibald Cree Gay graduated from Warrenton High School in 1912.
– NC State Representative Robert H. Rouse graduated from Warrenton High School in 1912.
– Franklin Wills Hancock, Jr., graduated from Warrenton High School 1912. He became a NC State Senator, State Representative, US Representative and US Senator.
Simon Terrell graduated around 1942. In 2006, he was inducted into the NCHSAA Hall of Fame. Here’s part of his induction biography:
Terrell, born in Warrenton in 1924, was a three-sport star at John Graham High school. After a 3-year stint in the Merchant Marine, he was hired as an emergency teacher/coach at Warrenton. He guided the football team to the only undefeated season in school history; coached the girls and boys basketball teams to county championships and won the league title in baseball.
You can read the rest of Simon’s bio here.
Do you remember Charlie “Choo Choo” Justice? In the late 1940′s and early 1950′s he was a pretty good football player at UNC and for the Washington Redskins. He’s in the College Football Hall of Fame. There’s a statue of him outside the Charlie Justice wing of the UNC athletic center. Anyway, he received his high school diploma from Warrenton High School even though he never attended a day of classes there. Charlie left Lee Edwards High School early to enlist during World War II. He finished his high school coursework in the Navy. When he was finishing up his All-American stint at UNC, it was discovered he didn’t have a high school diploma. Warrenton recognized free publicity when it saw it, so in 1950, Charlie walked down the aisle of Warrenton High School and received a high school diploma with the other graduates.
There were 43 graduates in the Class of 1940.
There were 199 graduates in the Class of 1976. All their names are listed in this 1976 Commencement Program from John Graham High School.
Links
The Sept. 3, 1951 issue of Life Magazine featured a pictorial on Warrenton’s Hospitality Weekend, a 3-day party for high school and college students on summer break.
Here’s a website about reunions, cruises and doings of the Class of ’76.
There are over 300 Graham High School alumni on Classmates.com.
Warrenton, NC has its own Facebook group.
Photos
Warrenton High School Class of 1911
Warrenton High School 1931 Women’s Basketball team
Warrenton, NC Courthouse & Confederate Monument
Recent photos of the Warrenton High School building
Groveling
I believe all the above is accurate, but some of it was assumptions on my part based on logic and darts. For example, the class of ’76 website is decorated with images of a stinging bug and they had gold(ish) and black table settings in their 30th reunion photos. And one guy had on a yellow shirt with black trim. Therefore WHS/JGHS became the Yellow and Black Yellowjackets according to me.
If you have any corrections, memories, or additional info about WHS/JGHS, please leave a comment below. And somebody tell me how a school can have two names.
Rankin High School — Greensboro, North Carolina
Posted by DaveSanders | North Carolina | Posted on February 19th, 2010
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Rankin Elementary School, Greensboro, NC
Rankin High School
1511 Spry Street
Greensboro, NC
Guilford County
nickname: Rockets
colors: Garnet & Gold
Opened in 1924, Rankin School was built on land donated by J. “Al” Rankin. It housed grades 1-12 until the late 1950′s. The last graduating class from Rankin High School was in 1962. The site is now the home of Rankin Elementary School. Only the gym remains from the original Rankin High School.
In the 1950′s, Rankin played 6-player women’s basketball. 1960 Rankin alumni Ann Johnson still holds the NC State Records for most points in a season by a Freshman and by a Sophomore and is second on the list for her Junior year. She is second among the all-time career scoring leaders. She holds two of the top five records for single season scoring. In 1959, in two games against Ledford, she scored 72 points and 76 points. That same year, she scored 82 points against Nathaniel Green. To prove it wasn’t a fluke, she scored 82 again against Sumner.
Country singer Billy “Crash” Craddock got his nickname while playing on the football team at Rankin High School.
Herbert G. Waters (1895-1982) was the principal of Rankin for 36 years.
There are over 100 Rankin alumni on Classmates.com.
We would like to know more about Rankin High School.
When and how did it change from grades 1-12 to a high school?
Why was it closed in 1962?
What happened to the existing student body when it closed?
Who are some of its prominent alumni?
What happened to the building?
Please leave a comment below with any additional information you know about Rankin High School. Your fellow alumni will appreciate it.
Hallsboro High School — Hallsboro, North Carolina
Posted by DaveSanders | North Carolina | Posted on February 17th, 2010
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Hallsboro School, Hallsboro, NC
| Hallsboro and Columbus County From the 1948 Columbus County directory The same book reports that the white Hallsboro school had 627 students and 22 teachers, while the black Hallsboro school had 119 students and 4 teachers. Columbus County Schools cafeteria prices ——————————————- Hallsboro High School 89 School Road mascot: Tigers I don’t know when Hallsboro High School opened. The oldest graduating class I could find referenced was in an obituary of a lady who graduated in 1926 (one of six graduates from Hallsboro School). T. Elbert Clemmons was born in Dec., 1905 and was in the first graduating class at Hallsboro High School. That would have him graduating between 1922 and 1924. (In 1963, Mr. Clemmons funded a library at HHS.) The last graduating class from Hallsboro High School was in 1992. That Fall, Hallsboro High School merged with Acme-Delco High School to form East Columbus High School. The facilities now house Hallsboro Middle School (grades 6-8). They maintained the Blue & Gold Tigers. Tidbits from the Wilmington News-Reporter index Extracts from the Columbus County Board of Commissioners meeting minutes |
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 Hallsboro, NC photos on Flickr.com ——————————————-  Downtown Hallsboro Looks like my kind of place. In Pierce’s window they’re selling hammocks and “Fresh Home Made Sausage”. ——————————————-  There’s a bunch of old Columbus County photos in the Columbus County Schools archives |
Athletics
There have been five Hallsboro High School athletes who have won of the Jiggs Powers Memorial Award as Columbus County’s Most Outstanding Athlete:
1960 – Norwood Long
1961 – Willis Council
1975 – Ronald Hobbs
1981 – Kay Baldwin-Pfeiffer
1993 – Toni Thurman
(Most of the following info came from the NC High School Athletics Association website. Some sports don’t carry stats back to Hallsboro’s beginnings.)
Men’s Basketball
– Hallsboro made two appearances in the Eastern Regional Basketball Tournament.
– In 1975, they were the Class AA State Runner-up (lost to Elm City, 95-68).
Football
– Between 1972 and 1992, Hallsboro made the state tournament 4 times, with their last appearance coming in 1983.
– In 1975 and 1976, the Hallsboro High football team won back-to-back East Waccamaw Conference championships.
Women’s Basketball
– In 1987, Hallsboro made it to the Eastern Regional Basketball Tournament.
Hallsboro basketball player, Toni Thurman, once scored 47 points in a 1989 win over Acme-Delco. A News-Reporter headline on Feb 23, 1989 said “Hallsboro High School’s Toni Thurman Can Break County Record For Most Points”. Does anybody know if she broke the record?
Toni played college ball at East Carolina University. She is still in fourth place in their record books for field goal accuracy, hitting 52.4% of her shots during her 4-year career.
Women’s Softball
– Hallsboro earned a berth to the Class A playoffs in 1987, 1988 and 1992.
Women’s Volleyball
– Between 1975 and 1991, the women made it to the Class A playoffs 5 times.
Baseball
– 1974 class AA baseball runner-up (lost to Sylva-Webster, 2 games to 1)
– 1975 class AA baseball champs coach Linwood Hedgepeth (defeated Sylva-Webster, 2 games to none)
– 1978 class AA baseball champs coach Linwood Hedgepeth (defeated East Davidson, 2 games to none)
– 1987 class A baseball champs coach Charles Sanderson (record 27-1) (defeated Hayesville, 2 games to none)
– 1988 class A baseball runner-up (lost to Hayesville, 2 games to 1)
Between 1980 & 1992, Hallsboro made it to the State Tournament 6 times. They played 22 tournament games, winning 16 of them. Their last appearance in the tournament was 1992.
Ron Williamson holds the state record for most consecutive innings pitched without allowing an earned run. In 1970, he pitched 91 straight scoreless innings.
Former Tiger baseball player, Brett Harwood, is now the head baseball coach at Whiteville High School (as of 2009-2010).
Linwood Hedgpeth was head baseball coach at Hallsboro High School from 1969 through 1979 (where he won 2 State Championships), and at Whiteville High School from 1980 through 1990 (where he won 3 State Championships). In 1989, Hedgpeth won an American Legion State Championship with a team composed of former Hallsboro players LaGrande Russell and Ricky Young, as well as several starters from Whiteville’s 1989 State Championship team.
During Hallsboro’s 27-1 1987 season, 2 pitchers had perfect records. LeGrande Russell was 13-0 and James Jones was 14-0.
LeGrande Russell, who played for Hallsboro from 1986-1988, was an all-around standout athlete.
As a batter:
– During his high school career, LeGrande collected 121 hits, 2nd most in NC state history at the time.
– In 1987, he was the MVP of the State Championship Series.
– In 1987-88, he set a new NC state record by hitting safely in 35 consecutive games.
– In 1988, he compiled a .514 batting average, 5th highest all-time in the state at the time.
As a pitcher:
– In 1988, he finished the season with an ERA of 0.35, and stands 12th in the all-time NC ERA standings.
Hallsboro Baseball Players Drafted by the Pros
Year, Team, Player
1968, Pittsburgh Pirates, Larry Barefoot
1970, Cincinnati Reds, Ronald Williamson
1992, Milwaukee Brewers, Anthony Pridgen
1993, Jacksonville (Seattle Mariners), LeGrande Russell
Miscellaneous Notes
In the UNC Oral History archives, there’s an entertaining 2002 interview with Frank Gault, 79-year old resident of Lake Waccamaw and graduate of “Bogue University”.
Complete sets of Kin’lin, Hallsboro High School’s local history publication, are available at the Whiteville and Lake Waccamaw libraries.
Heres an excerpt from the journal, The American Midland Naturalist
“On 18 February 1977 we learned that a large number of dormant bats were awakened by electrical workers in Hallsboro Elementary School, Hallsboro, Columbus Co. At our request Linwood Hedgepeth, a biology teacher at Hallsboro High School, sent us several specimans (NCSM 2542-2544), all of which were Tadarida. In a later telephone conversation Mr. Hedgepeth said that by conservative estimates there were 400-500 bats in the attic of the school, presumably all Tadarida.”
There’s an active Hallsboro alumni group on Facebook.
There are over 1,000 Hallsboro alumni on Classmates.com.
Other Blog Posts
Mr. Gates and the Marching Tiger band
A visit to the GATHER country store
A weekend at Lake Waccamaw / Hallsboro
A Little Bonus
I thought some alumni might enjoy this 1976 article. Enjoy it before the Star News finds out I stole it and makes me take it down.
(Wilmington, NC) STAR-NEWS June 5, 1976
Hallsboro High Has a Secret
By Jim Wilson
HALLSBORO – After three hours in a sweltering school gym, I am convinced of two things: air conditioning never is a waste of money and the future of America is in good hands
Last January it was my pleasure, as director of the Star News sponsored Golden Star Awards program, to honor Hallsboro High School students who had reached the Finals in the competition which begun with more than 5,000 eligible seniors throughout Coastalina.
Hallsboro, a small school by most standards, had 10 finalists That was more than any other school – large or small – had this year or at any time in the past.
Two of these finalists went on to become winners in their categories.
At the time, I expressed an interest in learning the secret of Hallsboro. So, on Senior Awards Night last week, I was invited to Hallsboro High to meet all of the seniors, the faculty, the staff members, parents and friends. And I went.
The evening was an unusual one. It was not graduation or anything formal – it was a night the students themselves had arranged and were presenting.
There were the usual awards and some very special awards.
In all there were 35 different categories of awards.
The sports trophies received considerable attention and applause.
I did not count after the first four or five, but there must have been at least a dozen standing ovations for students and teachers alike.
There were awards for farm projects and one young man received an award for home economics.
The Kin’Iin staff members took special honors, and well they should for their publication is something special itself.
Citizenship honors were bestowed. So were scholarships. And recognition for encouraging racial and ethnic harmony. Cheerleading trophies were presented and certificates for driving school buses and for perfect attendance.
It was a real gala. The theme was fun and recognition. There were a lot of laughs. A lot of hugs when awards were given and received. A lot of cheers and a lot of things to talk about.
After the ceremony, the youngsters and their guests repaired to the school library for a reception.
The punch was green, unspiked and delicious. So was the food, and the folks stood in line to get in.
All in all, it was like going home again, even though a Tar Heel writer gained a lot of fame saying you could not.
It was the Summer of ‘42 over again for me. I guess I had as good a time as any of the seniors.
When it came time for what was billed as a slide presentation of campus scenes, a lot of people moved to better seats. They should have known better. The slides were beautifully blank – filled in with wonderfully narrative and punchy lines delivered in a grand tongue-in-cheek manner.
Did I learn their secret?
Yes. I mentioned the subject to one teacher and she responded immediately that the secret, if there was one at all, was “That we love them.”
Yes, that is one ingredient. But not all of It. For the students love the teachers in turn, and they love each other as well.
If Hallsboro has a secret – and I think they do – it is that they have managed to encourage, to nourish, to foster a degree of self respect that is not found in many places in the year 1976.
If you respect yourself as an individual, it is the base for a lot of wonderful things. It means that you can see others as individuals, and respect them. Respect opens channels of communication and communication soon leads to understanding, knowledge, affection and love.
There are a lot of problems facing the Hallsboro High School and a lot of things going for it.
On the plus side, they are together for six years, thus building better friendships and school spirit.
Yet when we talk of racial or ethnic problems at schools, we usually refer to blacks and whites, but Hallsboro is tri-level, having blacks, whites and Indians.
What these people have done is a proud thing.
They have encouraged rural youth to be proud of their heritage. It’s not being country – it is being yourself and being proud of it. Reading Kin’lin shows that.
You would have a hard time finding a more rural school setting than Hallsboro, yet you also will find it equally difficult to find a better school climate.
I vote a Well Done Award to each graduating senior, to every faculty member, to all of the parents, and to the community which supports the school.
In fact, I had such a good time, I forgot about the non-airconditioning.
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If you have additional information, corrections or memories about Hallsboro High School, please leave a comment below. Your fellow alumni will thank you for it.
West Edgecombe High School — Rocky Mount, North Carolina
Posted by DaveSanders | North Carolina | Posted on February 15th, 2010
(image from “North Carolina: Unforgettable Vintage Images of the Tar Heel State“
West Edgecombe High School cafeteria circa 1950
West Edgecombe High School
6301 Nobles Mill Pond Road
Rocky Mount, NC
(click image for Google Street View)
mascot: Wildcats
colors: Blue & White
West Edgecombe School opened in 1923 as a high school. Prior to 1923, any students who wanted to continue past 8th grade had to enroll in another school in the area. From 1928 through 1978, the school housed all 12 grades. SouthWest Edgecombe High School was supposed to open in the Fall of 1978, but construction wasn’t completed in time. West and South students attended the first semester in their old schools (but operated as SouthWest Edgecombe High School), then moved into the new SouthWest building for the second semester.
Much of the information below was gleaned from two sources:
- History of West Edgecombe Middle School on the Edgecombe County Schools website
- The book Edgecombe County: Along the Tar River By Monika S. Fleming
—- Significant Dates in West Edgecombe High School History —
1923 – A one-story West Edgecombe School was constructed to house high school grades
1928 – A two-story building was opened and elementary grades were consolidated into the school (Dixie, Pleasant Hill, Powell, Oakdale, Nobles Mill, Progress, Oak Grove, and Juvenile schools) making West Edgecombe the largest consolidated school in North Carolina.
1949 – A new gymnasium was added
1951 – A new primary building was added
1951 – Class A State Baseball Champions (defeated Madison, 8-5)
1953 – A new agriculture building was added
1962 – A new high school building was constructed
1969 – The gymnasium was remodeled and enlarged
1969 – G. W. Carver High School (Pinetops) was integrated into West Edgecombe High School (the last graduating class from Carver was 1971.)
1970 – Phillips High School (Battleboro) was integrated into West Edgecombe High School (the last graduating class from Phillips was 1972.)
1973 – State Basketball Champions (defeated Orrum, 50-46)
1976 – Advanced to the State Football Playoffs and won the first round before falling in the second round.
1978 – West Edgecombe High School and South Edgecombe High School were merged to create SouthWest Edgecombe High School.
Here’s where you Wildcat alumni can help. I have doubts about some of the info above. I’ve found reputable sources that state SouthWest opened in 1971, 1972, 1978 and 1979. That makes me wonder how accurate some of the other info is. For example, Carver High School was located in Pinetops, only a couple of miles from South Edgecombe High School. Why would they integrate with West? From the scant info I could find, I’m assuming the integration of Carver and Phillips into West in 1969 and 1970 was “freedom of school choice”, where the students could go to West if they wanted to, but it wasn’t required. But now I’m curious about what happened to the Carver and Phillips students when their schools closed in 1971 & 1972? None of the sources I found mentioned where they went. If you can straighten me out on all this, or make any corrections to the dates and info above, please leave a comment below.
 West Edgecombe Baseball 1968 |
There are some old West Edgecombe photos online in the Charles S. Killebrew Collection at Braswell Memorial Library. They are mostly photos of the 1968 baseball and basketball teams, but there are other photos, too. (tip: Just type edgecombe in the search box.) The photo collection seems to only be available for online viewing during library hours. |
There’s a West Edgecombe alumni group on Facebook.
There are over 500 West Edgecombe alumni on Classmates.com.
Bessemer High School — Greensboro, North Carolina
Posted by DaveSanders | North Carolina | Posted on February 10th, 2010
Bessemer High School
E. Bessemer Ave.
Greensboro, NC
mascot: Whippets
colors: Maroon & Gray
A one-room log schoolhouse was opened in Bessemer, NC on Bessemer Ave. in 1900. That original Bessemer School only housed the elementary grades. In 1911, a larger school was built on the same site and the number of grades were expanded to include all 12 grades. This was the beginning of Bessemer High School. It is likely that some of the dozens of one-room schoolhouses in Guilford County closed when Bessemer High School opened. Grades 1-3 were housed in one building, grades 4-8 in another, while grades 9-12 had their own building. At some point, grades 1-3 were moved into a new building on Huffine Mill Rd. and named Bessemer Primary School.
During the entire 52 year life of Bessemer High School, it only had three Principals. Walter Jones was the first Principal and he served for 36 years until his retirement in 1947. William H. Cude was selected as the next Principal and he served until his death in 1962. (When Bessemer Primary School was opened, Mr. Cude’s wife was selected as its Principal.) Upon Mr. Cude’s death, Assistant Principal Robert L. Clendenin, a 1950 BHS grad, took over and served until the high school closed in 1963. (Here’s an excellent Interview with Bob Clendenin.) After the Bessemer High School students were merged with Page High School in 1963, Mr. Clendenin stayed on as Principal of Bessemer Junior High School, then later became the Principal at Page.
In 1957, the towns of Bessemer and Hamilton Lakes had successfully petitioned to be annexed into Greensboro. Even though Bessemer was then part of Greensboro, Bessemer schools continued to operate under the Guilford County school system. In 1963, the citizenry voted to move the school system from the Guilford County school system to Greensboro City Schools. This led to the merging of Bessemer High School into Page High School. (Greensboro City Schools then merged with Guilford County Schools in 1993.) Apparently, Bessemer continued as a Junior High until 1967 when it was merged into Aycock Junior High School. (If this is wrong, somebody please leave a comment below to correct me.)
Much of the above history came from Mr. Clendenin’s interview and this Bessemer School History.
At some point soon after the closing of Bessemer School, all of the buildings except the Gym were demolished and Erwin Elementary School (now Erwin Montessori) was built on the site. Here’s a Google Street View of what I believe may be the Bessemer High School gym. (Again, somebody please correct me if I’m wrong.)
The Bessemer High School sports teams were known as the Whippets. Whippets are sleek but muscular hunting dogs prized for their speed, power and agility. Bessemer football players certainly lived up to the image. They were a powerhouse in 6-man football in the 1940′s, then continued the tradition after switching to an 11-player team in 1945. They were the North Carolina State Champions in 6-man football in 1941. In the 1950′s, they made three trips to the State Finals game, all ending in defeat. They were more successful in 1962 when they won their second football State Championship.
1941 – 6-man State Champions
1953 – State Runner-up (lost to Massey Hill, 20-0)
1954 – State Runner-up (lost to Edenton, 41-20)
1958 – State Runner-up (lost to Williamston, 26-20)
1962 – Region 2 State Champions (def. Brevard, 19-13)
The Bessemer baseball team gave the school a going away present in 1963. The Whippets won the State Championship by defeating Chapel Hill, 5-2.
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State Representative Joseph T. Carruthers, Jr. graduated from Bessemer High School in 1925.
Bessemer High School graduated 50 seniors in 1950, 62 in 1953.
Here’s a link to the Bessemer High School Alumni group on Facebook.
There’s a Bessemer Jr. High group on Facebook, but I saw some BHS folks on there, too.
There are over 200 Bessemer High School alumni on Classmates.com.
Until it expires, you can read this interesting article about Bessemer: Humble Bessemer lives on in memories of school’s alumni.
If you grew up in Guilford County, you might find this post interesting: Old School: HS names from Guilford County’s past.
If you have memories of Bessemer High School, or you can add anything to this post, please leave a comment below.
Gibsonville High School — Gibsonville, North Carolina
Posted by DaveSanders | North Carolina | Posted on February 5th, 2010
Gibsonville, N. C.
Gibsonville High School was located in Gibsonville, NC. The town of Gibsonville was chartered in 1871 and is almost evenly split between Alamance and Guilford counties.
There are a bunch of Gibsonville photos on Flickr.com (all may not be Gibsonville, N. C.).
Here’s the website for the Town of Gibsonville.
Gibsonville High School
mascot: Yellow Jackets
colors: Yellow & Black
I wasn’t able to find a history of Gibsonville High School. I don’t know when it opened, but I found an obituary of a man who graduated from there in 1918. For most (all?) of its life, Gibsonville School housed all twelve grades. The only thing I could find about the school colors was somebody that described it as “that awful mustard yellow”. Since the other 9,999 schools with Yellow Jackets or Yellowjackets as their mascot have colors of Yellow & Black, I went with that for the colors.
Below is sort of a hodge-podge of information I found about Gibsonville High School. If you have more/better info, please leave us a comment. Better yet, I’m sure there’s an alumnus out there who could write a history of the school. Write it up and we’ll post it here!
A 1915 report of N.C schools shows Gibsonville with a white school-age population of 431 children, but only 275 were enrolled in school and the daily average attendance was only 216. The school had 6 white teachers and 2 black teachers (7 women, 1 man). The black children were apparently counted with the rural Guilford County schools. They showed a school-age population of 2,926 with 2,152 enrolled in school, but only 1,505 attended school on an average day.
A 1924 city map (large pdf) shows “Gibsonville Central School” on Church Street at Joyner and Gibsonville Colored School about 1000 feet northwest of the intersection of S. Railroad Ave. & Cayuga (off the map).
Around 1938, somebody took a movie camera and filmed people working, playing and attending school in Gibsonville. The 10-minute YouTube video shows the entire student body of Gibsonville School filing past for the camera. If you’re from Gibsonville, you should recognize places in the background.
A 1961 report states that Gibsonville School held 835 students in grades K-12 with 30 teachers.
The annual yearbook was called the YELL-O-JAK.
(May Memorial Library in Burlington has a collection of Gibsonville High School yearbooks.)
The last class graduated from Gibsonville High School in 1974. I couldn’t determine if the building continued to house elementary or middle school grades. Someone reported that the building was demolished in 2005 or 2006, but this is another place I got confused. This Google Street View of Gibsonville Elementary School looks very similar to the school in the 1938 movie. Am I confusing two different buildings?
There’s an active Gibsonville High School group on Facebook.
Everyone I saw on Facebook who had to change schools in 1974 graduated from Eastern Guilford High School. EGHS opened in 1974. Was it a replacement for Gibsonville? Did other schools consolidate with Gibsonville to form EGHS? (I saw a reference that said Guilford County, Greensboro and High Point schools were consolidated in 1992. How was that related to EGHS? Just curious.)
(This has nothing to do with Gibsonville High School, but Gibsonville alumni might find it interesting. Eastern Guilford High School was destroyed by fire in 2006. The students were split up by grades and attended classes in various locations for the remainder of 2006. From the Fall of 2006 through most of 2009, they attended school in a “pod village” which was a bunch of pre-fab buildings temporarily set up on the school grounds. Their new school building was finally ready in May of 2009 and students moved in when they returned from Spring Break. Here’s some photos taken during and after the fire.)
There are about 275 Gibsonville High School alumni on Classmates.com.
Gibsonville native Kay Yow (Class of ’60) was an all-state player at GHS, once scoring 52 points in a game. After college, she coached for 4 years at Allen Jay and one year at Gibsonville High School, posting a combined 92-27 record. Between 1975 and 2005, she coached over 1,000 games at NC State. She is enshrined in the Guilford County Sports Hall of Fame, the Raleigh Hall of Fame, the N.C. Sports Hall of Fame, the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame and the national Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame. Kay died in January, 2009 after a long battle with breast cancer. Both of Kay’s parents had played basketball at Gibsonville. Both of her sisters were exceptional players for Gibsonville High School and went on to successful athletic careers. Debbie Yow was inducted into the Guilford County Sports Hall of Fame in 2007. Debbie coached at Kentucky and Florida before becoming the Athletic Director at the University of Maryland. Susan was a 2-time collegiate All-American, coached in the WNBA and has been a successful college head coach at several colleges.
Here’s the audio of an interview with Kay Yow.
Fred Wagoner (Class of ’40) was inducted into the National 4-H Hall of Fame in 2008.
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Madison Central High School — Madison, Wisconsin
Posted by DaveSanders | Wisconsin | Posted on February 3rd, 2010
(click image for Google Street View)
The Central Arch
Madison Central High School
mascot: Tigers
colors: Orange & Black
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We have done our own independent research on Madison Central High School, but there is probably nothing covered here (or at least covered better) than what you can find on the Madison Central High School History blog. It is a wonderful, thorough site. I encourage all alumni to explore it.
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Madison Central High School had its beginnings in a church basement in 1854. Originally named Madison High School, it moved to its permanent site on Wisconsin Ave. in 1858. In 1908 it moved into the building it would call home for the next 61 years. The name was changed to Central High School in 1922. In 1966, Wisconsin High School merged with Central and the school was renamed again, this time becoming Central-University High School. The school was closed at the end of the 1968-69 school year. In 1986, the building was demolished, leaving only the arch on Wisconsin Ave. standing.
Links
| Madison Central High School History | History, memories, reunions, current events, more |
| The Madison Mirror | Every issue of the student newspaper (large .pdf’s) |
| I Remember Madison Central | A blog to post your memories |
| Central Alumni on Flickr | Hundreds of CHS photos |
| Obituaries (pre-1990) | Alumni obituaries |
| Obituaries (post-1990) | Alumni obituaries |
| Teacher/staff Obituaries | Obituaries of teachers, administrators and staff |
| Alumni & Reunion News | Alumni & reunion news |
| CHS on Facebook | CHS news, memories, friends |
| World War II Scrapbook | Former students write home |
| Photos and Articles | CHS photos & articles from the Wisconsin Historical Society |
| Dane Co. Historical Society | DCHS website |
| Madison Guy | Post about Madison Central High School |
| Class of 1960 | Class of ’60 website |
| Class of 1965 | Class of ’65 website |
| Class of 1969 | Class of ’69 website |
| Classmates.com | Over 1,300 alumni registered |
Athletics
Football
1897 – United States High School Football Champions (Detroit, MI)
1940 – City Champions, Big-8 Champions
1941 – City Champions, Big-8 co-Champions
1952 – City Champions
1953 – City Champions
Baseball
1949 – State Champions (Coach Gus Pollack) Madison Central 8, La Crosse Logan 6
1963 – State Runners-up (Coach Peter Olson) Kenosha 2, Madison Central 0
Basketball
1912 – State Champions (Lawrence College of Appleton statewide tournament)
1918 – State Champions (Coach G. A. Crispin) Madison Central 37, Watertown 17
1927 – State Runners-up (Coach Howard Johnson) Eau Claire 18, Madison Central 13
1928 – State Runners-up (Coach Howard Johnson) Watertown 27, Madison Central 14
Track & Field
1965 – State Runners-Up
Boys Volleyball
1949 – State Champions (Coach Gus Pollock) Madison Central over Belleville
1950 – State Champions (Coach Gus Pollock) Madison Central over Waukesha
Noted Alumni
Wisconsin Football Coaches Hall of Fame
Harold “Gus” Pollock coached high school football at Slinger (1934-35), Madison Central (1936-64) and Madison LaFollette (1965-75).
Gus coached for 42 years in the Madison school system. Most of these years were spent at Madison Central until the doors were closed. Teams at Central won “Big Eight” championships in 1940 and 1941. His teams won the Madison city championship a number of times. Gus also coached basketball and baseball. In 1949 his volleyball and baseball teams won the state championship. One of his most significant contributions was his efforts along with Willis Jones in the formation of the Four Lakes Football program in Madison. Gus retired in 1977.
Wisconsin Basketball Coaches Hall of Fame
Joe Franklin (Class of 1964) inducted as a player. Set scoring records at UW and in the Big-10.
Madison Sports Hall of Fame
Dave Kelliher was a basketball official for 32 years, sports coordinator for 28 years and nine-time letterman at Madison Central High School
Wayne “Knobby” Kelliher was a Madison Central alumni, football coach and baseball coach. Madison East’s athletics field is named after him, Kelliher Field. Wayne was the author of the book, Football Madison Style, a history of high school football in Madison, Wisconsin .
Wisconsin Soccer Association Hall of Fame
Madison Area Soccer Hall of Fame
In 1990, Graham “Gray” Perrett (Class of 1955) was inducted into the Wisconsin Soccer Association Hall of Fame. In 2009, he became part of the inaugural class of the Madison Area Soccer Hall of Fame. From Madison.com:
University of Wisconsin Athletics Hall of Fame
Eddie Withers played football & basketball at CHS, was a collegiate All-American in 1950 and was drafted by the Green Bay Packers.
University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Hall of Fame
William Earl Schreiber played on Central High School’s 1897 National Championship football team and UW’s Big-10 Championship team. He later created the Athletics Dept. at Montana State University.
Is there a Physics Hall of Fame? There should be.
John Hasbrouk van Vleck (Class of 1916) won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1977. During his long career, he was a professor at schools such as the University of Wisconsin, Harvard and Oxford.
John Bardeen (Class of 1923), former Dean of the UW Medical School, was a member of a very exclusive club: winners of multiple Nobel Prizes. Dr. Bardeen won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1956 and again in 1972.
Stoughton Hall of Fame
Don Wahlin bought out his bankrupt employer and turned the company into Stoughton Trailers, eventually employing 1,700 people. He was the primary influence behind the development of the Stoughton Youth Hockey Association and the Mandt Community Center.
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South Edgecombe High School — Pinetops, North Carolina
Posted by DaveSanders | North Carolina | Posted on February 2nd, 2010
(image from Edgecombe County, Volume II, Images of America)
End of a school day at South Edgecombe High School
South Edgecombe High School
Pinetops, NC
colors: Orange & Royal Blue
mascot: Flying Dragons
The South Edgecombe High School building on Pinetops-Crisp Rd. was built in 1926. In that year, the high school grades from ten Edgecombe County graded schools were consolidated into South Edgecombe. A gymnasium was added in 1934 and a major remodeling took place in the 1950′s. South Edgecombe graduated its last class in 1978 before merging with its rival school, West Edgecombe High School to form SouthWest Edgecombe High School, which opened during the 1978-1979 school year. Students attended the first semester at their old schools before moving to the new campus to begin the second semester, but operated as one school, SouthWest. The old South Edgecombe High School building was torn down and replaced by the new South Edgecombe Middle School.
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South Edgecombe High School was the
1972 Class A State Basketball Champion,
defeating Broughton High School 54-51.
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You know your from Edgecombe County when…. (Facebook Group)
You might be from Ptops//Macc. or went to SWE/SE if… (Facebook Group)
Pinetops forum (discussions of current events)
There are over 500 South Edgecombe High School alumni on Classmates.com.
 South Edgecombe Basketball 1968 |
There are some old South Edgecombe photos online in the Charles S. Killebrew Collection at Braswell Memorial Library. They are mostly photos of the 1968 baseball and basketball teams, but there are other photos, too. (tip: Just type edgecombe in the search box.) The photo collection seems to only be available for online viewing during library hours. |
******** If you have additional info to share about South Edgecombe High School, please leave us a comment below.
(Thanks to Glenn Bass for providing much of this info about South Edgecombe High School.)
Gaston County, North Carolina Schools
Posted by DaveSanders | North Carolina | Posted on January 20th, 2010
Below are some of the closed high schools from Gaston County, North Carolina. Their histories are so intertwined, it seemed better to include them all in one page than to try to create separate pages for each. The dates were taken from old newspaper accounts, books and personal remembrances. If you find a wrong date or other inaccuracy, PLEASE, use the Comments area below to send us a correction.
We would also appreciate your stories, facts and memories of these schools or about growing up in Gaston County, NC.
Gaston Countians in the NCHSAA Hall of Fame
– Everette L. “Shu” Carlton – AD and football coach at Ashley and Ashbrook 1957-1972
– Chuck Clements – Gastonia High School football coach
– Clarence Moore – Highland High School football coach – won State Championships in three sports during his 40-year coaching career.
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– Facebook page: Gaston County Tourism (Keep up to date with what’s going on in Gaston County)
– Facebook group: You Know You’re From North Carolina When…
– Facebook group: I Grew Up in Gastonia
– VintageGastonia.com (lots of old photos)
– Gaston County Historic Preservation Commission
High school reunion announcements are frequently posted in the Gaston Gazette
There are many books about Gastonia, NC
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(click for Google Street View)
Ashley High School building today
Frank L. Ashley High School
800 South York Street
Gastonia, NC
mascot: Greenwave
colors: Kelly Green & White
Ashley High School alumni apparel
Ashley High School alumni on Facebook.
There are over 1,400 Ashley High School alumni on Classmates.com.
Ashley High School Class of ’57 website.
Ashley High School Class of ’59 website.
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Gastonia High School
800 South York Street
Gastonia, NC
mascot: Greenwave (?)
colors: Kelly Green & White (?)
Gastonia High School alumni apparel
There are over 600 Gastonia High School alumni on Classmates.com.
Gastonia High School photos at NCSU Digital Library.
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Central School building today
Central School
119 E. 2nd St.
Gastonia, NC
Central School photos at NCSU Digital Library.
Photo of the original Central School (that burned in 1913) in the book, Gastonia and Gaston County, North Carolina.
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Holbrook High School building today
Holbrook High School
418 South Church Street
Lowell, NC
mascot: Lions
colors: Red & White (?)
Holbrook High School alumni apparel
Holbrook High School alumni on Facebook.
There are over 300 Holbrook High School alumni on Classmates.com.
City of Lowell, NC website.
(Also see our other blog post about Holbrook High School.)
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Highland High School building today
Highland High School
1600 N Morris St
Gastonia, NC
mascot: Rams
colors: Royal & Gold (?)
The first PTA in Gaston County was formed at Highland High School.
Highland High School alumni apparel
Highland High School Alumni Assoc. on Facebook.
There are over 160 Highland High School alumni on Classmates.com.
Highland Junior High School alumni on Facebook.
Highland Tech home page.
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Gaston County Schools Timeline
| 1913 | Central Graded School in Gastonia burned to the ground. |
| 1915 | The new Central School building was completed to replace the original one that burned. All twelve grades met in the same building. |
| 1922 | Construction began on Gastonia High School. |
| 1924 | Gastonia High School opened with an initial enrollment of 400 students. |
| 1924 | Central High School was closed and the students all transferred to the new Gastonia High School. Central became an elementary-only school. |
| 1925 | Gastonia High School defeated Sanford High School, 8-0, to win the North Carolina State Football Championship. |
| 1926 | Construction was completed on Gastonia High School. Designed by local architect Hugh White, Gastonia High School was built between 1922 & 1926 at a cost $500,000. It contained 29 classrooms, a swimming pool, pipe organ, 1600-seat auditorium, gymnasium and library and had a telephone in every classroom. |
| 1929 | Frank L. Ashley became principal of Gastonia High School. |
| 1931 | Highland High School lost to Raleigh Booker T. Washington High School, 6-0, in the State Football Championship game. |
| 1934 | Highland High School made it back to the State Football Championship game, this time losing to Henderson Institute, 32-13. Highland’s coach, Clarence Moore, is now in the NCHSAA Hall of Fame, having won State Championships in three sports during his 40-year coaching career. |
| 1937 | Lawrence “Crash” Davis led the 1937 Gastonia High School baseball team to the North Carolina State Championship. He went on to play in the majors for the Philadelphia Athletics, then finished his professional career in the minors. Among other teams, he played for the Durham Bulls and was the model for Kevin Costner’s role in the movie “Bull Durham”. Later, as Gastonia High School’s baseball coach, he led them to two more State Championships in 1953 & 1954. Read a tribute to his colorful life here: PhiladelphiaAthletics.org. |
| 1942 | Gastonia High School made it back to the State Football tournament, but lost, 12-6, to Greensboro High School in the Finals. |
| 1945 | Highland High School lost to Raleigh Booker T. Washington High School, 6-0, in the State Football Championship game. |
| 1946 | Gastonia High School won its second State Baseball Championship, defeating Wilmington High School, 3-1. |
| 1946 | Highland High School made it to the State Football Championship game in back-to-back years, this time emerging victorious over Raleigh Booker T. Washington High School, 7-6. |
| 1947 | Gastonia High School and Wilmington High School met again in the State Baseball Championship game. Gastonia won, 8-7. |
| 1948 | Gastonia High School won its fourth State Baseball Championship, demolishing Charles L. Coon High School, 18-0. |
| 1949 | Gastonia High School defeated Wilmington High School again to win its fifth State Baseball Championship. |
| 1949 | On Nov. 4, 1949, Gastonia High School faced Ashville High School in the very first football game played at Ashville’s brand new Memorial Stadium. |
| 1949 | Highland High School made its final appearance in a State Football Championship game, losing a heart-breaker to Raleigh Booker T. Washington High School, 2-0. |
| 1949 | The Highland High School Ramettes won the Girl’s Basketball State Championship. After high school, one of the Highland players, Gladys Thompson, married and had a son. Her son, James Worthy, became a legend at UNC and an NBA Hall of Famer. (There’s some good stuff about the Ramettes and the closing of Highland High School in the book “Learning to Win: Sports, Education, and Social Change in Twentieth-Century North Carolina” by Pamela Grundy. Portions of the book can be viewed on Google Books or it can be purchased at Amazon.com.) |
| 1950 | Gastonia High School won its sixth State Baseball Championship, defeating Wilson High School, 12-0. |
| 1951 | Gastonia High School continued its mastery of Wilmington High School by winning its seventh State Baseball Championship, 6-5. |
| 1951 | Highland High School won the NCHSAC Class AA State Baseball Championship. The star of the team was pitcher Milton Pharr. Pharr once won 20 consecutive games, currently 5th most in NC athletics history. He was also the Class of ’52 Valedictorian. (Milton Pharr’s 11/4/2009 obituary) Also on that team was Robert “Al” Montgomery. Al lettered in baseball, basketball & football at Highland and is in the NC Central University Athletic Hall of Fame. As head football coach at Second Ward High School, his team won the NC State Championship in 1964. (Al Montgomery’s 7/21/2008 obituary) |
| 1953 | Gastonia High School won its seventh consecutive State Baseball Championship by defeating Wilson High School, 9-7. |
| 1954 | Gastonia High School completed an amazing eight-year streak by defeating Wilmington High School to win its ninth State Baseball Championship. |
| 1955 | Gastonia High School made it to the Finals of the State Boy’s Basketball tournament, falling to Asheville High School, 61-52. |
| 1955 | The last graduating class from Gastonia High School. |
| 1955 | Gastonia High School was renamed Frank L. Ashley High School. |
| 1955 | Highland High School became the only Gaston County school to obtain membership in the Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools. |
| 1958 | The NCHSAA record book shows Gastonia High School as the 1958 State Baseball Champions (defeated Wilmington 5-4). |
| 1967 | Ashley Hgh School won the Class 4A State Basketball Championship by defeating Wilmington New Hanover, 51-44. |
| 1968 | Ashley High School was the runner-up in the Class 4A State Football Championship (falling to Wilson Fike High School, 21-7). |
| 1968 | Holbrook High School defeated Camp Lejuene High School to win the Class AA State Baseball Championship. Holbrook was led by Wilbur Howard, who went on to play Major League Baseball from 1973-1978, mostly with the Houston Astros. |
| 1968 | The last graduating class from Highland High School. The school became Highland Junior High School. |
| 1968 | Highland High School consolidated into Ashley High School. |
| 1968 | Gastonia City Schools, Bessemer City Schools and Cherryville City Schools consolidated, becoming Gaston County Schools. |
| 1969 | Holbrook High School fell to Henderson High School, 30-13, in the Finals of the Class AA State Football Championship. |
| 1970 | The last graduating class from Holbrook High School. |
| 1970 | The last graduating class from Frank L. Ashley High School. In the fall, the building became Ashley Junior High School. |
| 1970 | Holbrook High School consolidated with Ashley High School forming Ashbrook High School, located on South New Hope Road. |
| 1983 | The Gastonia High School building was registered with the National Register of Historic Places. |
| 1987 | Ashley Junior High School closed. |
| 1990 | The Ashley High School building was converted into Ashley Arms luxury apartments. |
| 1994 | The former gym of Ashley High School became the “Gem of Ashley” in 1994, with plans to add shops, dining and entertainment. It has since been renamed “The Loft at 245 West“. |
| 1997 | Gastonia Central Elementary School closed. |
| 1999 | The Highland High School building was registered with the National Register of Historic Places. |
| 2000 | Highland School of Technology opened in the old Highland High School building. |
| 2001 | Piedmont Community Charter School moved into the renovated Central Elementary School building. |
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Holbrook High School — Lowell, North Carolina
Posted by DaveSanders | North Carolina | Posted on January 18th, 2010
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Holbrook High School building today
Holbrook High School
418 South Church Street
Lowell, NC
colors: Red & White
mascot: Lions
Holbrook High School merged with Frank L. Ashley High School to form Ashbrook High School in 1970.
———— Links ————
There are 300+ Holbrook High School alumni registered at Classmates.com.
The Facebook group, Holbrook Junior High, Lowell, NC Reunion, also includes Holbrook High School alumni.
High school reunion announcements are frequently posted in the Gaston Gazette.
The City of Lowell, NC website contains info and history about Lowell, NC.
(Also, see our other post about Gaston County High Schools.)
———- Athletic Highlights ———-
– 1968 – Class AA Baseball State Champs (def. Camp Lejeune)
– 1969 – Class AA West Div. Football State Runner-up (L Henderson, 30-13)
– Holbrook grad Wilbur Howard played Major League Baseball from 1973-1978, mostly with the Houston Astros.
If you have additional info or memories about Holbrook High School, please leave a comment below.
Durrett High School — Louisville, KY
Posted by DaveSanders | Kentucky | Posted on January 13th, 2010
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Durrett High School building today
Sallie Phillips Durrett High School
4409 Preston Highway
Louisville, KY 40213
colors: Royal Blue & gold
mascot: Demons
Durrett Junior High School opened in 1954, built on land owned by the Durrett and Phillips families. In 1957, the building was expanded to house Durrett High School. Rather than transferring students into the new high school, the Durrett Junior High Freshman led the way through and became the first graduating class in 1960. In 1968, the old Durrett family home that still stood on the property was demolished. Durrett High School closed after the final graduation ceremonies in 1981. From 1981 until 1991, the building was used by Jefferson County Public Schools’ Library Media Services and was home to the Durrett Education Center. In the Fall of 1991, after a $7 million makeover, it became the home of Louisville Male High School.
———— Links ————
There are 2500+ Durrett High School alumni registered at Classmates.com.
There are two Durrett High School groups on Facebook. One has 50+ members and the other has 190+ members.
———- Athletic Highlights ———-
Cross Country
– Steve Boyd, was the Individual Class AAA State Champion in 1967.
Football
– 1959 – Lost in the State Finals (duPont Manual 41, Durrett 14)
Baseball
– 1970 – Catcher, Terry Mappin, was drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the first round
– 1971 – 1st Baseman, Lynn Minner, was drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the second round
– 1979 – Durrett lost in the State Semi-finals (Shelby County 5, Durrett 3)
———- Durrett Folks in Music & the Arts ———-
– Shirley Caddell & The Aristocrats recorded two songs in 1963: “The Big Bounce” and “Don’t Hurt A Good Thing“.
– Leon Middleton has played sax with everybody from Louisville’s own Monarchs to the Beach Boys.
– George Poole started out with the Aztecs, a group of Durrett singers. He is now part of The Doo-Wop All-Stars.
– Paul Penny (Paul Stodghill) sang and played with the Carnations and TrenDells, recorded five solo albums and still performs locally. Contact him through paulpennyband.com.
– Marsha (Williams) Norman, is a playwright, screenwriter, and novelist. In 1983, she received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for her play, ‘night, Mother. You can review her work at Amazon.com.
- Former Durrett art teacher, Ginger Adams, is teaching art classes at The Riverbend Academy in Henderson.
– Kenneth M. LaMaster (Class of ’79) has authored two books: U. S. Penitentiary Leavenworth (Images of America)
If you have additional info or memories about Durrett High School, please leave a comment below.
Gamewell High School — Gamewell, North Carolina
Posted by DaveSanders | North Carolina | Posted on January 12th, 2010
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Gamewell Middle School area
Gamewell High School
3210 Gamewell School Road
Lenoir, NC 28645
mascot: Blue Devils
colors: Royal Blue & Gold
———— Gamewell-related Links ————
– There are 300+ Gamewell High School alumni on Classmates.com.
– There are 30+ Gamewell-Collettsville High School alumni on Classmates.com.
– Town of Gamewell website
– Caldwell County website
– Collettsville Area Schools (Collettsville Historical Society)
———— Tidbits about Gamewell schools ————
(These are little bits of info we picked up here & there. The Internet being what it is, we can’t vouch for their accuracy.)
A brick Gamewell Graded School was built on Morganton Rd. in 1931. It was replaced by a new Gamewell Elementary School in 1988.
Houck School was merged into Gamewell School in 1935.
Gamewell School had divided into Gamewell Elementary and Gamewell High School by 1951.
The high school students from the Collettsville School were merged into Gamewell High School in 1963, forming Gamewell-Collettsville High School.
Lenoir High School & Gamewell-Collettsville High School merged into West Caldwell High School in 1977.
———— Athletics ————
We didn’t find any info about Gamewell athletics, except this interesting stat.
On Feb. 25, 1955, Gamewell High School lost a girl’s basketball game to Lenoir High by a score of 101-100. In that game, Lenoir’s Nancy Woodruff scored 86 points, the 3rd time that year she had scored 86 points in a game. (source: North Carolina High School Girls’ Basketball
———– Yearbooks ———–
Most of the annuals back to 1949 have been donated by a former teacher and are available for viewing in the office of the Town Administrator. If you would like to view them, call the office at (828) 754-1991 to arrange a time.
———— Credits ————
Some of the info in this post was gleaned from the book “Caldwell County, NC (Images of America)“.
We would also like to thank Nathan Key, Editorials Editor for the Lenoir News-Topic, who sent us these remembrances:
Gamewell High School used to be known as the Blue Devils, and I believe the colors were blue and yellow. The school later became Gamewell-Collettsville High School when it merged with Collettsville High School in the early 1960s and remained that way until 1977 when consolidation took place in Caldwell County. At that time, two new high schools, West Caldwell and South Caldwell, opened, with West Caldwell serving the students from Gamewell and Collettsville. The old high school [became] the middle school, which it remains today, though the school’s students now are known as Braves.
I hope this information helps.
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Gaston High School — Gaston, North Carolina
Posted by DaveSanders | North Carolina | Posted on January 11th, 2010
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Gaston High School, Gaston, NC
Gaston High School
Northampton County
mascot: Lakers
colors: ????
(If you have any info about Gaston High School, we’d appreciate hearing from you in the Comments area below. Any tidbit you can add will be used to update this page.)
I couldn’t find any record of when Gaston High School opened or closed. I’m guessing Gaston students now attend Northampton County High School – West.
Sometime in the late 60′s or early 70′s, the schools nickname was changed to the Lakers. I couldn’t find any record of what it was before that. I also couldn’t find the school colors.
Lakers was in reference to the lakes which were created in the area in the 1950′s. Lake Gaston was formed by a flood-control dam on the 400-mile long Roanoke River. The dam was built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers between 1947 and 1953. Just below Lake Gaston, another dam forms Roanoke Rapids Lake which is used to generate hydro-electric power.
There are about 300 Gaston High School alumni registered on Classmates.com.
The Facebook group, “You know you’re from Roanoke Rapids, NC when…” really covers all of Northampton County.
The Gaston, NC Discussion Forum discusses news and topics about Gaston and surrounding areas.
“Chunk” Rook (GHS ’70) has been coaching football, basketball and baseball for over 30 years. Here’s an intersting bio from the Roanoke Rapids Daily Herald.
Garland High School — Garland, North Carolina
Posted by DaveSanders | North Carolina | Posted on January 10th, 2010
Garland High School
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Garland High School
Church St./Route 411
Garland, NC – Population: approx. 835
Sampson County
Mascot: Bulldogs
Colors: Blue & White
————— Links —————
– The Garland Group on Facebook
– There are 200 Garland High School alumni on Classmates.com.
————— History & Notes —————
The first school in Garland, which was only one room, closed in 1890 and the building was moved to another area of town. A new one-room school was built that grew to three rooms.
On May 23, 1914, Dr. Charles L. Raper, Dean of the Graduate School at the University of North Carolina, gave the commencement address at Garland High School. His subject was The School and Farm Life.
Also in 1914, was this report in the North Carolina High School Bulletin:
Principal Fred R. Yoder, Garland High School
School building remodeled so as to give double floor space. Another grade added. Assistant high school teacher employed; music teacher also employed full time. Auditorium furnished with seats. Teachers’ desks bought for all rooms. Literary society organized and reading room established. Forty-five dollars raised at box supper for improvements.
The present building at Garland High School was built in phases between 1924 and 1926 and closed in 1980 (merging with Union High School(?)).
A wooden gym was built in 1932, the first gym in Sampson County. It was replaced by a new gym in 1973.
(Newspaper report Oct 15, 1973)The new gym replaces a wooden structure that was the first gym at a Sampson County school. It is expected that the old gym, built in 1932 will he razed.
(Newspaper report June 11, 1997) A fire that damaged the old Garland High School building Monday night started from faulty electric wiring and has been ruled accidental.
————— Basketball —————
Most points scored in one State Tournament game: 46 Bernard Coy (Garland High School) 1979 semifinal (currently tied for 2nd most points ever).
—————- Baseball —————-
(Good News)
Garland High School made it to the semifinals of the NC State Baseball Tournament in 1968, largely on the arm of pitcher Larry Smith. In that 14-inning game against Clement High School, Smith struck out 27 batters, the second highest strikeout total in the history of the State Tournament at the time.
(Bad News)
In the same game, E. V. Spell, Clement’s ace pitcher, set a new state record by striking out 33 Bulldogs, sending Garland to a 1-0 loss. Smith’s 27 strikeout performance still places him 5th on the all-time strikeout list. Spell’s 33 strikeouts and the total of 60 strikeouts in the game still stand as NC State Tournament records.
———– Interesting and Notable Graduates ———–
Henson Barnes graduated from Garland High School in 1953. He served in the NC Legislature from 1974 – 1992. (Read full bio from The Bladen Journal)
Garland native Marianna Rich uses her upbringing in Sampson County to paint the backdrop for her novels of fiction. She grew up in Garland and graduated from Garland High School in 1972. (check out Marianna Rich’s novels
from Billboard Magazine, Jun 5, 1943:
Wilma Irene Williams, 16-year-old daughter of Rusty and Dot Williams, tent show operators, graduated recently from Garland High School, Garland, N. C., and was awarded a $1,000 scholarship from Bren Au College, Gainesville, Ga. Wilma, who in 10 years on the road with her parents attended 265 different schools, studies piano and clarinet and does a song and dance specialty with her sisters on her dad’s show.
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Reid Ross High School — Fayetteville, North Carolina
Posted by DaveSanders | North Carolina | Posted on January 6th, 2010
Reid Ross High School building
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Reid Ross High School
3200 Ramsey St.
Fayetteville, North Carolina
mascot: Cougars
colors: Blue, White, Orange
Reid Ross High School opened its doors in 1968, with the first graduation class being 1970. In 1985, after the merger of Fayetteville City Schools and Cumberland County Schools, Reid Ross High School was closed. The building served as a junior high school until 1995 when it changed to a middle school. In 1999 it became Reid Ross Classical School.
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—————— Athletics ——————
The 1969 State Track Meet was held at Reid Ross High School; “The 65th NCHSAA State Meet was moved to a clay track at Reid Ross HS in Fayetteville while NC State was installing its first all-weather track at its Paul Derr Track & Field facility.”
All home games of the Cape Fear Thunder (Independent Women’s Football League) take place Apr-Jun at John P. Daskal Stadium behind Reid Ross High School. (Even though their website spells it the John P. Daskyll stadium.)
Many Reid Ross alumni are giving back to their community. For example, former Cougar David Pickens “continues to serve”.
State Football Championships
1972 High Point Andrews 24, Fayetteville Reid Ross 17
1981 Reid Ross 21, High Point Central 7
Women’s Basketball State Championship
1984 Reid Ross 45 Ben L. Smith 39
Men’s Track & Field State Championships
1977 800 Yard Relay
1978 800 Yard Relay
Fayetteville Sports Club Hall of Fame
– Reggie Pinkney – Reggie was a standout football player at Reid Ross High School and East Carolina University before playing in the NFL for five years. He is now principal at Hillsboro Elementary School and is in the ECU Hall of Fame.
(Reggie’s book, Pass It On, is available from the ECU book store.)
– John Daskal – A 1953 graduate of Fayetteville High School, Daskal had the most wins of any active football coach in Cumberland County when he retired in 1990. His 31-year record was 211-100-4. He spent most of his career at Reid Ross and Terry Sanford high schools, although he also coached briefly at Pine Forest. He guided teams from Reid Ross and Terry Sanford to the state 4-A finals. His 1981 Reid Ross team won the N.C. High School Athletic Association 4-A Division II state title. He worked as a hearing officer for the county schools after retiring. In 1994, he joined Mack Edwards as color commentator on the local television broadcasts of high school football games. The stadium at Reid Ross Classical School is named in his honor.
Massey Hill High School — Fayetteville, North Carolina
Posted by DaveSanders | North Carolina | Posted on January 6th, 2010
Massey Hill High School building
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Massey Hill High School
1062 Southern Avenue
Fayetteville, NC 28306
mascot: Pirates
colors: Kelly Green & White
The main building of Massey Hill High School was built in 1924-25. The Science Building was added in 1942 and the Gymnasium was added in 1947. Massey Hill High School was closed after the 1971-72 school year. Most of the students transferred to Douglas Byrd High School and the building became a junior high. In 1986, it changed to an Alternative School, then became the home of Massey Hill Classical High School in 1998.
——————- Links ——————-
– Yes, I went to Massey Hill Facebook group
– Massey Hill High School Alumni Association
– 800+ Massey Hill High School Alumni on Classmates.com
—————– Athletics —————–
Massey Hill High School had a girl’s basketball team as early as 1928. The Pirates had their first football team in 1946.
In baseball, the current North Carolina State Record for the most strikeouts in a game is 31. The record was set by Massey Hill High School’s Randy Barber in 1970 in a 13-inning game against Gray’s Creek High School.
Baseball State Champs
– 1958 Massey Hill defeated Myers Park High School
– 1959 Massey Hill defeated West Meck High School
Football State Champs
– 1953 Massey Hill 20, Greensboro Bessemer 0
Fayetteville Sports Club Hall of Fame
– Junior Edge – Edge was a three-sport star at Massey Hill High School. He played baseball when the school won back-to-back state titles in 1958 and 1959. He played college football at the University of North Carolina. Recently, he has been doing radio color commentary for Terry Sanford High School football games.
– Len Maness – Maness was a star athlete at Massey Hill High School and then Campbell College. He first coached basketball at Fayetteville High School. Maness won back-to-back state 4-A titles in basketball in 1965-66. He later took over the school’s football team and guided the 1981 squad to the state 4-A finals against South Mecklenburg.
– Young Howard – Coached football, basketball and baseball at Massey Hill High School.
– Terry Luck – Luck was a star athlete at Massey Hill High School. He played college football at the University of Nebraska, then played for the Cleveland Browns of the NFL.
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