Farmville High School — Farmville, North Carolina
Posted by DaveSanders | North Carolina | Posted on December 30th, 2009
Farmville, NC in the early 1960′s
(click image for old photos of Farmville, NC)
Farmville, NC
Population: approx. 4,500
Pitt County
The town of Farmville was incorporated in 1872. For the next 100 years, its growth and prosperity were directly tied to the cultivation, processing and distribution of Brightleaf tobacco. Today, Farmville is trying to hold on to the benefits of small-town life while expanding its commercial and industrial opportunities.
Links
Town of Farmville website
Over 300 old Farmville photos
Farmville High School in the snow
Farmville High School
Mascot: Red Devils
Colors: Red & White
I couldn’t find any record of when Farmville High School opened or closed.
– I found one biography of a fellow who graduated from “the Farmville high school” in the 1890′s. Meanwhile, his sisters graduated from “the Normal School”, also in Farmville.
– An 1898 “Biennial Report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction” shows the schools in Farmville as the “Farmville Male and Female Academy”.
– Another biography says the subject was a teacher in Farmville from 1880-1890, but doesn’t say what school.
– The 1910 “North Carolina School Bulletin” records that Farmville High School had 24 students and two teachers.
– Ayden-Grifton High School was built in 1971. Farmville Central High School and North Pitt High School opened about the same time.
Athletics
Football
1963 State runner-up (Region 1) Lost to Murfreesboro, 20-7
1964 State Champs (Region 1) Defeated Weldon, 26-0
1968 State runner-up (East) Lost to Rohanen, 21-20
In 1957, Farmville didn’t win the Class A state football championship, but they had an interesting trip before falling. The game against Beaufort ended in a 0-0 tie. In those days, there was no overtime. The team with the most offensive yards (Farmville) was declared the winner. The following week, Farmville scored late in the game to tie the score at 6. Again, they were awarded the victory by outgaining Red Springs. Here’s a recap of the second game from the Red Springs’ home newspaper, the Robesonian.
Please help us out. If you have any additional info about Farmville High School, please leave it in the comments below. Send a link to this post to your fellow alumni so they can share their memories, too.
Fairgrove High School — Fairmont, North Carolina
Posted by DaveSanders | North Carolina | Posted on December 29th, 2009
Fairmont, NC
Fairmont, NC
Robeson County
Population: approx. 2,750
Fairmont was organized in 1899 as Union City. Within a couple of years, the name was changed to Ashpole (after the Academy where the town was established), then changed to Fairmont in 1907.
Links
(click image for Google Street View of Fairgrove)
Fairgrove High School
mascot: Bears
colors: Black & Gold
Rowland High School closed in 1981 and consolidated with Fairgrove High School to form South Robeson High School. The Fairgrove High School building became Fairgrove Middle School.
Links
Fairgrove alumni at Classmates.com
Fairgrove Middle School website
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Erwin High School — Erwin, North Carolina
Posted by DaveSanders | North Carolina | Posted on December 27th, 2009
Recent photo of Erwin High School building
(click image for Google Street View)
Erwin, NC
Population: approx. 4,800
Harnett County
The town of Erwin was originally called Duke, after Washington Duke, who built the first cotton mill in the area. The town was renamed Erwin in 1926 and was incorporated in 1967. Erwin was known as “The Denim Capital of the World.” A 1993 newspaper report stated that Erwin denim plants produced over a million yards of denim each week! To celebrate their heritage, Erwin holds “Denim Days” the first weekend of each October.
Town of Erwin website
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Erwin High School
mascot: Redskins
colors: Red & White
Back when the town of Erwin was named Duke, the public school only ran through ninth grade. Tenth and eleventh grades were added in 1924 and the first (and only) graduation from Duke High School occurred in 1925. The following year, the town of Duke was renamed Erwin and the high school followed suit, being renamed Erwin High School. The school was originally located on the second floor of a downtown building before moving to its permanent home on 10th Street. Erwin High School closed in 1985 when it consolidated with Coats High School and Dunn High School to form Triton High School.
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Athletics
The Erwin High School football team made it to the State Tournament twice in its history. Unfortunately, they lost both games, but making it to the tournament twice is still a significant accomplishment.
Football
– 1962 Lost to Jamestown in Region 2 Finals
– 1976 Lost to Franklin in State Finals
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Links
– Erwin High School Alumni on Facebook
Info from the Facebook alumni group: We have a group called The Erwin Goodfellas who meet for breakfast at Blessed Resturant on the last Wed. of the month.
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Please share your knowledge of Erwin High School with your fellow alumni by leaving a comment below.
Eastman High School — Enfield, North Carolina
Posted by DaveSanders | North Carolina | Posted on December 23rd, 2009
Eastman High School building
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Enfield, NC
Halifax County
Population: approx. 2,300
Established in 1740, Enfield is the oldest town in Halifax County (from Town of Enfield website).
Links
– Six Degrees of Enfield, NC Separation on Facebook
– Eastman alumni at Classmates.com
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Eastman High School
20212 Hwy 48
Enfield, NC 27823
mascot: Kodiaks
colors: Royal Blue & White
Except for the handful of tidbits below, I couldn’t find out much about Eastman High School. A ClassicSchools.com blog reader informed me that Eastman High School was consolidated into Southeast Halifax High School and Northwest High School in 1982.
The Eastman High School building is now the home of Eastman Middle School.
At the March 6, 1950 meeting of the Halifax County Board of Education, the chairman and superintendent reported that the State Review Panel had approved the revised plan for school building projects that included…completion of an auditorium, gymnasium and six classrooms for the Eastman School…for an estimated cost of $88,000.
The office building and gym were built in 1951.
The 800 building was built in 1955.
The 600 & 700 buildings were built in 1959.
The cafeteria was built in 1968.
The shop was built in the 1970′s.
Eastman High School Athletics:
Without a football field, Eastman played all its games on the road.
1974 – Eastman High School led the state in several categories:
- Most Points Allowed, Season (497, 55.2 points-per-game)
- Most Points Allowed, Single Game (lost 98-0 to Gaston)
- Most Times Shut Out (8 times out of 9 games played)
1979 – Gumberry High School broke its 59-game losing streak by defeating Eastman High School, 22-0.
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Update 3/6/2010:
In the original post about Eastman High School, I made this statement:
Also, at a football reunion for another school, one old-timer distinctly remembered playing a game against the “Eastman Kodaks”. Was the nickname really Kodaks at one time or did his memory fail?
Astute reader B.Goins offered this explanation:
Eastman High School’s mascot indeed used to be The Kodak and there is a Kodak camera etched on my class ring (1977). My understanding is that George Eastman (inventor of the Kodak camera) granted them the land to build the school on, thus the name. The mascot was later changed to the Kodiak bear (there was a vote on the name change by the student body but nobody I knew voted for the change). We liked the uniqueness of the Kodak camera as our mascot. Their reason was that our teams were teased when playing other schools, i.e, “here come those cameras, come take our picture”. I am sure that the powers that be decided to change the name of their own volition and student votes on the issue was a meaningless exercise. Eastman was a wonderful school with good teachers attended mostly by African-Americans and Haliwa Indians.
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We are looking for more information about Eastman High School. When was it opened? Who were some notable graduates? Notable athletes? School accomplishments? Please leave your memories in the comments below.
Enfield High School — Enfield, North Carolina
Posted by DaveSanders | North Carolina | Posted on December 23rd, 2009
Enfield High School
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Enfield, NC
Halifax County
Population: approx. 2,300
Established in 1740, Enfield is the oldest town in Halifax County (from Town of Enfield website).
Links
– Six Degrees of Enfield, NC Separation on Facebook
– Enfield alumni at Classmates.com
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Enfield High School
mascot: Cougars
colors: Red, Royal Blue, White
The school always enjoyed community support. The Rotary Club provided funds for the band to participate in parades and competitions. The Levon Theater allowed concerts to be held there.
The Enfield boy’s basketball team made it into the Regional Finals in 1981 before falling to eventual state champion Bunn High School.
Enfield timeline (extracted from the nomination form for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places)
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We would like to know more about Enfield High School. Please leave your comments below.
Elm City High School — Elm City, North Carolina
Posted by DaveSanders | North Carolina | Posted on December 22nd, 2009
Elm City High School building
(click photo for Google Street View)
Elm City, ,NC
Wilson County
population: 1,374 (2003 est.)
Elm City was incorporated as Toisnot in 1873. The name was changed to Elm City in 1913. (Town of Elm City website)
Elm City, NC on Facebook
– Elm City, NC is the place to be….
– Windsor Lake subdivision in the 1980s
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Elm City High School
215 E. Church St.
Elm City, NC 27822
mascot: Bears
colors: Red & White
Elm City School opened in 1922. In 1970, it became Elm City High School. In 1978, ECHS consolidated with Ralph L. Fike High School in Wilson, NC and the building became Elm City Middle School.
Elm City Bears Athletics
Baseball
1964 – State Champs (def. Cobb Memorial, 6-1)
Track
1974 – State Champ – Roundtree, 100-yard dash
Women’s Basketball
Eddie Summerlin, who passed away in 2006, was a graduate of Elm City High School. He later coached the Elm City women’s basketball team and led them to a state 2A title in 1977. He followed that up with a state 4A title in 1979 as the Wilson Fike coach.
Men’s Basketball
Head Coach Harvey Reid led the Elm City High School men’s basketball team to three state 2A championships.
He still holds these records:
– Most victories – 818
– Most victories at one school – 751 (Wilson Frederick Douglas / Elm City / Wilson Fike)
– State Championships at one school – 7 (Wilson Fike)
John Virgil is Elm City’s all-time leading scorer. He scored 46 points in a state semi-final game against Avery County, still the second highest point total in tournament history. In his high school career, Virgil scored 2,100 points to put him 22nd on the all-time NC scoring list.
Elm City High School State Finals appearances:
– 1974 – State Champs; (def. Fairmont, 79-66) Mike Cherry scored 38 points in a state quarter-final game against West Henderson, still the eleventh highest point total in tournament history. He also scored 37 points against Scotland Neck in the semi-final game. In the finals aganst Fairmont, Rod Griffin pulled down 17 rebounds, 13th most rebounds ever in a state tournament.
– 1975 – State Champs; (def. Hallsboro, 95-68) 163 total points still stands as the highest scoring State Finals game. Elm City’s 95 points is also still the state record for one team in the finals.
– 1976 – State Runner-up; (def. by Clayton, 71-66) In the state semi-final game, Elm City defeated Union 102-101. The 203 combined points still stands as the second highest point total in state tournament history.
– 1977 – State Champs; (def. Northampton, 80-70)
Links
– Elm City High School on Classmates.com.
– Class of ’78 on Facebook.
George Hildebran High School — Connellys Springs, North Carolina
Posted by DaveSanders | North Carolina | Posted on December 21st, 2009
George Hildebran Schools? Help us out.
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Connelly Springs, NC
Population (2000 census):
Icard township 16,753
Connelly Springs town (part) 643
Hickory city (part) 63
Hildebran town 1,472
Icard CDP 2,734
Long View town (part) 709
Rhodhiss town (part) 327
Remainder of Icard township 10,805
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George Hildebran High School
Connelly Springs, NC
(George Hildebran community)
mascot: Eagles
colors: Blue, Red & White
George Hildebran High School, Hildebran High School and Valdese High School consolidated in 1974 to form East Burke High School.
Terry Rogers graduated from George Hildebran High School. When he was the head basketball coach at Freedom High School, he won two state championships and was the winningest active coach in North Carolina.
George Hildebran Links:
- George Hildebran Eagles on Facebook
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Alumni, we need your help!
Would you leave a comment and give us more information about George Hildebran High School? And what about the buildings in the photos above?
[See Patty's excellent comments, below.]
Hildebran High School — Hildebran, North Carolina
Posted by DaveSanders | North Carolina | Posted on December 21st, 2009
Hildebran School building
(click photo for Google Street View)
Hildebran, NC
Burke County
Named for Pope Gregory VII (Hildebrand of Sovana)
Population
1900: Hildebran 190
1900: Icard Twp. 2,150
2000: Hildebran 1,472
2000: Icard Twp. 16,753
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Hildebran High School
202 S. Center St.
Hildebran, NC 28637
mascot: Royals
Colors: Royal Blue & Silver
1964 Class AA Men’s Basketball State Champs (defeated Forest Hills High School, 70-65; Head Coach Melvin Ruggles)
1952 6-man Footbal State Runner-up (lost to Clayton High School, 20-14)
From Town of Hildebran website:
The Town Hall began its life as a schoolhouse. The first brick schoolhouse was built in Hildebran in 1917. It remains a part of the present building, but has had several additions during the years. No electricity was available until the early 1920′s. The auditorium was lighted for night programs by several gas lanterns.
– The first addition to the school was in about 1923, an auditorium with additional classrooms on the second floor. The original auditorium was converted to classrooms.
– The first commencement was held in 1919. By 1925 the graduating class had increased to fourteen members.
– A wooden structure was built in the 40′s to be used as a lunchroom. It later became the schools first gymnasium.
– In 1957 more land was purchased and a new primary (“main”) building was constructed (building on right). In 1959, a new auditorium was added with a bandroom. A new gymnasium was added in 1965.
Hildebran High School, George Hildebran High School and Valdese High School consolidated in 1974 to form East Burke High School.
The Hildebran High School building is now the home of the Albert L. Parkhurst Municipal Complex.
Hildebran alumni are registered at Classmates.com and MyLife.com.
Hildebran Links
- Hildebran School alumni on Facebook
- Town of Hildebran on Facebook
- The Hildebran News on Facebook
- The Hildebran News website
Clarkton High School — Clarkton, North Carolina
Posted by DaveSanders | North Carolina | Posted on December 19th, 2009
Clarkton High School now
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Clarkton, NC
Bladen County
Population: approx 700
Clarkton area websites:
– Bladen County website
– The Bladen Journal
– Bladen County Public Library
– Im From Bladen County Yo!!! Facebook group
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Clarkton High School
mascot: Warriors / Blue Devils
colors: Blue & White?
I found newspaper articles referring to the Clarkston athletic teams as both the Warriors and the Blue Devils. So, until an alumni straightens us out, we have created apparel for both nicknames. Take your pick!
There are over 600 Clarkton High School alumni registered at Classmates.com.
From the 1911 North Carolina Yearbook:
CLARKTON.
Incorporated in 1901.
Population, 368.
SCHOOLS AND ACADEMIES.
Clarkton High School— Prof. Leroy Dunn, Principal.
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After overcoming many years of consolidation efforts, Clarkton High School was closed in 1992. Most of the 190 students were transferred to Bladenboro High School, a few moved to East Bladen High School..
The building became Clarkton Middle School then, later, the Clarkton School of Discovery.
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Men’s Basketball
1976 Class A State Runner-up (set record for most points scored by both teams, losing to Wentworth 84-79)
1977 Class A State Runner-up
1978 Class A State Runner-up
1979 Class A State Runner-up
1985 Class A State Champs
Women’s Basketball
1979 Class 1A State Runner-up
Football
1957 State Champs (6-man)
1961 State Champs (8-man)
1985 Lost State Semifinals
1986 Lost State Semifinals
Baseball
1986 Class A State Champs
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Links
– Class of ’75
– Faye Hardin’s book about growing up in Clarkton.
Clarkton High School Facebook groups:
– Class of 1984 – 1992
– Clarkton High School Attendees 1921-1992
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We need your help! We know there’s a lot more to the Clarkton High School story than we’ve told here. Please use the comments area below to share your info about Clarkton High School.
Elizabethtown High School — Elizabethtown, North Carolina
Posted by DaveSanders | North Carolina | Posted on December 18th, 2009
Elizabethtown High School gym
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Elizabethtown, NC
Bladen County
Population: approx 4,000
Elizabethtown area websites:
– Town of Elizabethtown website
– Town of Elizabethtown history
– Bladen County Public Library
– Turnbull Creek Educational State Forest
– Turnbull Creek Photos
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Elizabethtown High School
mascot: Yellow Jackets
colors: ????
NCHSAA Regional State Football Champions:
1962 1963 & 1964
There are over 300 Elizabethtown High School alumni registered at Classmates.com.
We haven’t been able to determine when Elizabethtown High School was established. The oldest alumni we found graduated in 1928.
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As near as I can figure out, here’s the sequence of consolidations since 1971. (If I’m wrong, somebody please correct me.)
1971 – Bladen Central High School consolidated with Elizabethtown High School in 1971 and for that one year they were known as the Elizabethtown Cougars.
1972 – In 1972, Elizabethtown High School, White Oak High School and East Arcadia High School were consolidated and became the East Bladen Cougars. East Bladen opened in a new building and the old Elizabethtown High School became East Bladen Middle School.
1992 – In 1992, Clarkton High School was closed. Most of the students transferred to Bladenboro High School, a few moved to East Bladen.
2001 – In 2001, Bladen County built two new high school buildings, with East Bladen moving into one of them. Bladenboro High School and Tar Heel High School were closed. Some of the students were transferred to East Bladen High School, but the majority went to the newly constructed West Bladen High School. West Bladen were the Knights and East Bladen changed their mascot to the Eagles. (Due to construction delays, the West Bladen building wasn’t completed until 2002. West Bladen students attended classes in their old high schools.) The old East Bladen High School building became Elizabethtown Middle School and the old Elizabethtown High School building was demolished to make way for the new Elizabethtown Municipal Building. The old Elizabethtown High School gym still stands behind the Municipal building.
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Bladen County Facebook groups:
– You might be from Bladen County if….
– I’m From Bladen County Yo!!!
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We need your help! We know there’s a lot more to the Elizabethtown High School story than we’ve told here. Please use the comments area below to share your info about Elizabethtown High School.
Aurelian Springs High School — Aurelian Springs, North Carolina
Posted by DaveSanders | North Carolina | Posted on December 17th, 2009
Aurelian Springs, North Carolina
Street view of downtown Aurelian Springs.
Aurelian Springs is an unincorporated community in Halifax County, North Carolina, United States. It is part of the Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Aurelian Springs is located at 36.36417 N. Latitude and -77.80722 W. Longitude.
Its elevation is 339 ft.
(How Aurelian Springs, North Carolina got its name)
The seven springs located here reportedly carried aurelian (or golden) waters which had medicinal qualities. It was a popular recreation area of the late nineteenth century.
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Aurelian Springs High School
mascot: Hornets
Colors: Purple & Old Gold
One source says the mascot was Yellow Jackets, another says it was Hornets. I voted for Yellow Jackets, thinking the second source was confused by the fact that Hornets is the mascot of Aurelian Springs Elementary School. Astute visitor Taylor Hawkins set me straight with this information:
“The colors for Aurelian Springs High School were actually “Purple and Old Gold”. My father graduated from there and I’ve seen his yearbooks. That’s how they referred to their colors, “Purple and Old Gold”. The mascot was the Hornet. … The school was elementary and high school … Eventually they closed the high school and the school continued as an elementary school. Of course now they have torn down the old building and built a new facility. The elementary kept the Hornet mascot when the high school closed.”
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From the Biennial Report for the scholastic years 1908-1909 and 1909-1910 presented to the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction:
Principal W. H. Albright, Aurelian Springs High School, Halifax County:
One new room added, extra teacher employed, and blackboards, teachers’ desks, etc., added. School growing all the time in numbers, efficiency, and ability to promote the cause of education. We are anxious to establish a department of domestic science ; also, a school farm.
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History of Halifax County, Tour of Historical Places written by By Claude Moore, principal of Aurelian Springs High School from 1958 to 1964.
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83 alumnii registered at Classmates.com.
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(from a 1926 advertisement for a Motion Picture Projector)
(the ad is in the newspaper archives at the Prelinger Library, San Francisco)
VIEWING EDUCATIONAL MOTION PICTURES AT A COMMUNITY MEETING. AURELIAN SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL, LITTLETON, N. C. TYPICAL OF THOUSANDS OF MEETINGS HELD THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.
The Acme S. V. E. Type G
(picture here)
picture is an actual flash light photograph taken at Aurelian Springs High School while an educational motion picture was being projected by an Acme S. V. E. Motion Picture Projector. Study the people in this picture. They show their natural reaction to motion pictures. They see and understand the lesson on the screen.
Next month, on this page we will show this same group of people viewing an entertainment film. Watch for this picture and compare the expressions in the two pictures. Motion pictures are really instructive and entertaining.
The Acme S. V. E. Motion Picture Projector is the best projector for non-theatrical use. Write for full information.
International Projector Corp.
Acme Division
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Taylor Hawkins also sent along these scans of the 1941 Aurelian Springs High School annual. A copy of the annual was given out at one of the reunions.
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Please share your photos, information and memories of Aurelian Springs High School or Aurelian Springs, NC by leaving a comment below.
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Angier High School — Angier, North Carolina
Posted by DaveSanders | North Carolina | Posted on December 17th, 2009
Black River Township School (1911)
(replaced by Angier High School)
Angier, North Carolina
“The Town of Crepe Myrtles”
Angier is in the Black River Township of Harnett County, North Carolina.
Population: approx. 4,300 (2009 est.)
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Angier High School
Mascot: Bulldogs
Colors: Purple & Gold
Angier housed grades 1-12.
Angier High School closed after the 1977 school year. That fall, Harnett Central High School opened. Harnett Central was created by consolidating Angier with Lillington High School, Lafayette High School and Buies Creek High School.
North Carolina High School Bulletin (1913):
Principal Frank Hare, Angier High School:
New dormitory worth $4,500 built by stock company. Principal and wife live in the dormitory. Principal’s wife serves as matron. Board on club plan. It works well.
North Carolina High School Annual Report (1916-1917)
GRADUATES OF HIGH SCHOOLS OFFERING FOUR-YEAR COURSES, 1917
Harnett County
Angier High School: Eunice Blalock, Kate Johnston, Wray Williams, David Young.
Dunn High School:* James Adley, Ruth Cashwell, Hallie Lewis, Mabel Lynch, Norwood Pope, Wade Pridgen, Novella Reardon, Girard Wilson.
Lillington High School:* Russell Jarmon, Lloyd Johnson, Carl O’Quinn, Charlie Watson.
*accredited by the University of North Carolina
TOWN OF ANGIER BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, Meeting Minutes, April 7, 2009
Board Action: After discussion of the upcoming events, the Town Board unanimously approved the permit allowing a parade permit request by the Angier High School Mega Reunion Committee to hold a parade on Saturday, May 2, 2009 from 10:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m., closing McIver Street, Church, Williams Street, Cutts Street, Broad Street and Smithfield Street for the duration of the event.
(The Mega High School Reunion was held May 1st, 2nd and 3rd, 2009. It was a reunion of those who attended Angier High School , Angier Middle School, and Angier Elementary School.)
Angier High School played in the longest high school basketball game in North Carolina history on Feb. 29, 1964 when they played 13 overtimes against Boone Trail High School. Boone Trail won 56-54 and neither team substituted any players. Angier was coached by “Rudy” Brown. When Rudy died in 2005, his five players served as pallbearers.
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374 alumni on Classmates.com
Angier High School alumni on MyLife.com
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Town of Angier, NC website
Angier Chamber of Commerce – News & upcoming events
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Angier, NC Facebook Groups:
Did you go to school in Angier, NC
Angier Middle School
Harnett Central High School – 1985
Angier Baptist Church
Trinity Baptist Church
Piney Grove Chapel Baptist Church
Grace Community Church
Angier Ink Tatoo
Tarheel Nursery
TJ’s Hotdogs & Burgers
My Town is Angier and its pretty Hood!
Bailey High School — Bailey, North Carolina
Posted by DaveSanders | North Carolina | Posted on December 17th, 2009
1964 graduating class of Bailey High School, Bailey, NC
Bailey, NC
Population: 684 (2008)
Zip: 27807
Nash County
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Bailey High School
Mascot: Hornets
Colors: Green & Gold
“Bailey School” was born in 1913.
Bailey High School graduated its first class in 1918.
Bailey High School graduated its last class in 1968, then merged into the new Southern Nash High School.
A 1956 newspaper article refers to the team as the Green Hornets.
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117 alumni on Classmates.com
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Bailey High School was a powerhouse in women’s basketball. When the school was closed in 1968, they were on a 48-game winning streak that stretched back to 1966.
They currently hold an interesting North Carolina state record. In 1959, Bailey played Red Oak High School. Red Oak knew they had no chance to beat Bailey, so they held the ball the entire game, keeping it out of the hands of Bailey’s shooters. The scheme almost worked, as Red Oak only lost by one point. The final score was Red Oak 3, Bailey 4, a state record for the lowest scoring game in history.
Their real claim to fame, however, is the other North Carolina state record they still hold. Between 1958 and 1962, the Bailey High School women’s basketball team won 107 straight games!
Those teams have sent two people to the North Carolina High School Athletics Association Hall of Fame.
- Coach Billy Widgeon was a standout high school athlete, leading his Newport High School team to an NC State Championship. In college, he was inducted into the Atlantic Christian (now Barton) College Hall of Fame. He taught and coached at Bailey from 1957-1964, where he coached three sports. From 1964 to 1991, he was the head basketball and golf coach at West Carteret, where he became a charter member of the West Carteret Hall of Fame. In 2009, he was inducted into the NCHSAA Hall of Fame.
- In 1960, Andrea Cozart scored 64 points in a game against Knightdale. After graduating from East Carolina, she became a coach at High Point Central High School, coaching four sports. Her women’s basketball teams compiled a 67-3 record, including a state runner-up finish in 1985. Her men’s and women’s swimming teams each compiled 40-meet winning streaks and were perennial contenders for the state championship. She was inducted into the NCHSAA Hall of Fame in 2003.
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Ellerbe High School — Ellerbe, North Carolina
Posted by DaveSanders | North Carolina | Posted on December 17th, 2009
Ellerbe, North Carolina
Population: 1,000+
Richmond County
Ellerbe went through several name changes, from Scottish Fairgrounds, to Hurricane, to Fairgrounds. It was incorporated as Ellerbe in 1911 when the railroad came to town. W. T. Ellerbe had built a resort town around natural springs which were said to have healing powers.
Here are some great Ellerbe, NC photos from flickr user matt.wagers.
This website has a good History of Ellerbe, NC. It’s the Ellerbe, NC website, so look around. It contains a lot of interesting stuff about Ellerbe.
These two interviews with Chief Justice Henry Frye contain a glimpse of Ellerbe, NC in the 1940′s.
- Oral Histories of the American South
- Interview with Henry Frye, Chief Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court
Ellerbe, NC Facebook group: I Grew Up in Ellerbe, NC
Ellerbe, NC area links:
- Ellerbe Springs Inn & Restaurant
- The Rankin Museum of American and Natural History
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Ellerbe High School
128 W Ballard Street
Ellerbe, NC 28338
mascot: Wildcats
colors: Burgundy & Gold
There are about 200 Ellerbe High School alumni signed up at Classmates.com.
Here’s a Google satellite view of Ellerbe Junior High School on Ballard Street.
Dates in Ellerbe High School history:
- 1925 – Norman consolidated into Ellerbe
- 1928 – Gibson Mill consolidated into Ellerbe
- 1967 – (According to the History of Ellerbe, NC cited above) Hamlet City Schools, Rockingham City Schools, and Richmond County Schools (including Ellerbe) were consolidated.
- 1972 – Ellerbe High School was closed. The students moved into the new Richmond Senior High School. The Ellerbe High School building became Ellerbe Junior High School.
Richmond Senior High School was formed by merging Ellerbe, Hamlet, Rockingham, and Rohanen High Schools.
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Miscellaneous notes about Ellerbe High School
An old newspaper article about Ruth Merritt says “In the 1930′s she taught at Ellerbe High School, then famed as a model progressive school under Principal Richard F. Little.”
Here’s a great web page about the first year of the Richmond Marching Raider Band.
We found a 1951 article about Ellerbe High School playing in a 6-man football league. A later mention says they played as an 8-man team.
The 1918 Annual School Report to the North Carolina State Inspector of Public High Schools contains this entry:
Richmond County
Principal O. G. Reynolds, Ellerbe High School:
We have voted since last year $12,000 worth of bonds for the purpose of erecting a brick schoolhouse, which we hope to have built this year.
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Elizabeth City High School — Elizabeth City, North Carolina
Posted by DaveSanders | North Carolina | Posted on December 17th, 2009
Elizabeth City High School, Pasquotank County, NC
Replaced by Northeastern High School in 1969. (Northeastern’s mascot is the Eagle. Its school colors are green and gold. Also replaced P.W. Moore High School and Central High School.)
755 alumni on Classmates.com
Here’s a good History of Elizabeth City schools.
From Elizabeth City-Pasquotank Public Schools:
ELIZABETH CITY HIGH SCHOOL
Elizabeth City, public, white. First building erected in 1908 on site of old Atlantic Collegiate Institute on North Road Street. It was replaced in 1923-1924 by a new High School, now the EC Middle School across the street. The old building remained until it was replaced by S.L. Sheep Junior High School in 1940.
From the Pasquotank County page at www.ncgenweb.us:
- “The first known school for Blacks [in North Carolina] was a red schoolhouse located near the corporate limits of Elizabeth City in 1879.. . . The school was called Colored Normal School…”
- “In 1924 Elizabeth City High School was built. In this same year, P.W. Moore was built to be the high school for black students from both the city and the county.”
- “Elizabeth City and Pasquotank County operated as two separate school systems until 1967 when the two units were merged into the present system.”
The History of Elizabeth City-Pasquotank County Schools Since 1945 by Keeley Boyer
On eBay is a 1916 Elizabeth High School yearbook, The Tatler, containing photos of all 11 seniors. Includes a photo of Ned, the collie dog mascot.
A photo of a bus used by the ECHS Band appears to be Black and Gold
From the Elizabeth High School 1950′s and 60′s Alumni site, we find that the mascot was the Yellow Jackets. (Note: This is a GREAT site. Click every link…the links are sometimes small, but the content definitely isn’t.)
1957 – State AA Football Champions
In the 1950′s, the band went to Richmond to play in the Tobacco Bowl parade. I’m guessing there is no more Tobacco Bowl.
Facebook Groups:
Elizabeth City, NC
For the school colors, we’re going with Black and Gold until somebody tells us otherwise.
Edneyville High School — Edneyville, North Carolina
Posted by DaveSanders | North Carolina | Posted on December 17th, 2009
Edneyville, North Carolina
Located in Henderson County
Population: approx. 8,600
From “Welcome to Henderson County” website:
Edneyville is an agricultural community east of Hendersonville. The swelling population in the Henderson County Area has spilled over into Edneyville and more and more residences are replacing apple trees. Most industry in the area is connected with apple production and the remaining commercial activity is primarily consumer oriented. Real Estate in this area is generally about average in cost. The Zip Code for Edneyville is: 28727.
History of Henderson County, North Carolina
“The Edneyville (Boy Scout) troop, now Troop 605, celebrates its 62nd anniversary this year (2009).”
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Edneyville High School
Yellow Jackets
(Found Yellow Jackets on one of the Facebook groups. I’m going with Yellow and Black for the colors.)
816 alumni on Classmates.com
21 alumni on Alumz.com.
From http://www.eteamz.com/strongandcourageous/
“In 1989, a wrestling club was formed at Edneyville High School as “Edneyville Freestyle Club” with one wrestler, James Short, then a high school freshman, and one coach, Norman Osteen. That club has grown into one of the most successful and the longest running wrestling club in the state of North Carolina. Having worked with over 3400 wrestlers, Strong & Courageous Wrestling Club has produced to date 102 National Champions and 490 All Americans from kids to veterans and all ages in between.”
Lisa Rhodes: “In her three years at Edneyville, she led her squads to two consecutive North Carolina state titles, 1987 and 1988“.
“Keith Pryor was the best Class 1-A player in North Carolina for Edneyville High School.”
Class of 91/History of Edneyville High School
North Carolina Justice Academy (former EHS building)
Tom Pryor Gymnasium
Google maps aerial view
Facebook Groups:
Class of 82
Class of 85
Class of 86
Class of 89
Class of 90
Class of 91
Edneyville High/Elementary School Alumni
I Went to Edneyville Elementary
I taught/teach/worked at Edneyville Elementary, Hendersonville, NC
Aberdeen High School — Aberdeen, North Carolina
Posted by DaveSanders | North Carolina | Posted on December 17th, 2009
Aberdeen, North Carolina
Population: about 5,300
Aberdeen was named Blue’s Crossing until 1888. Energetic lumber men built railroads to move their timber. The railroads made Aberdeen a hub of industry and contributed to its growth.
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Aberdeen High School
Mascot: Red Devils
Colors: Red & Grey
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Both Aberdeen High School basketball teams were Moore County Champions of the 1947-1948 season, with the girl’s team going undefeated (19-0).
(from a history of Aberdeen in The Pilot)
In 1969, Aberdeen High School became Aberdeen Middle School and Pinecrest High School was opened.
There are several stories about Aberdeen High School in the archives of ThePilot.com, “your online news site for Pinehurst, Southern Pines and the rest of North Carolina’s Sandhills”.
Football:
Aberdeen High School made four appearances in North Carolina championship games:
- 1956 State Champion (6-man teams)
- 1957 State Runner-up (6-man teams)
- 1963 State Runner-up, Region 2
- 1964 State Champion, Region 2
Bob Lee, who was Aberdeen’s football, baseball, softball and women’s basketball coach from 1950-1959, organized the first women’s basketball state championship, even before the sport was recognized by the NCHSAA. He was inducted into the NCHSAA Hall of Fame in 2003.
Here’s a link to the Google Street View of Aberdeen Elementary School. (Is this the old Aberdeen High School building?) [See alumni comments below]
I’ve gathered a little more info since I wrote the original post:
The first recorded Aberdeen School was a frame building opened in 1909 that housed all grades. It was replaced by a brick building in 1913 (which burned in 1949.) In 1922, the lower grades moved into a new brick school (the current Aberdeen Elementary School).
Hopefully an alumni will add comments to this post and tell us a little more about Aberdeen High School.
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Links:
Town of Aberdeen, NC website
Aberdeen, NC photos on flickr.com
Aberdeen on Facebook:
Aberdeen High School Reunions
Class of ’89
Cold Stone Creamery of Aberdeen
RIP Taco Bell
Moore Co. on Facebook: You Know You’re from the Pines If…
Edenton High School — Edenton, North Carolina
Posted by DaveSanders | North Carolina | Posted on December 16th, 2009
Edenton, North Carolina seems to consider itself a small town. With a population of around 13,000, maybe they try to maintain the small town feel.
Here’s some Chowan County photos from the book Edenton and Chowan County, North Carolina
Edenton-Chowan County Recreation Department on Facebook
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Edenton High School
Edenton High School started life as the Edenton Graded School. A separate high school building was built on Court St. in 1916 on the grounds of the old Edenton Academy.
In 1934 the Edenton High School football team was undefeated and unscored on, winning the state Class B championship.
Edenton High School was the Class A state football champions in 1954, 1956 and 1957.
Bill Billings, the Edenton High School football coach until 1962, compiled a record of 77-15-3 in his years at Edenton.
The Edenton High School football team also won state championships in 1964, 1965, 1967 and 1969.
If you would like to contribute your memories of Edenton High School, just use the Comments area below. We would like to know more about the history of Edenton High School.
Both of the Edenton Facebook pages are pretty good. Lots of active subscribers:
Edenton memories
Town of Edenton, NC
Chowan High School — Edenton, North Carolina
Posted by DaveSanders | North Carolina | Posted on December 16th, 2009
Edenton, North Carolina seems to consider itself a small town. With a population of around 13,000, maybe they try to maintain the small town feel. Edenton is the largest town in Chowan County, which is the smallest county in North Carolina (147 square miles according to the Chowan County Sheriff’s Office).
Here’s some Chowan County photos from the book Edenton and Chowan County, North Carolina.
And here’s the Edenton-Chowan County Recreation Department on Facebook.
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Chowan High School is listed as being in Edenton, but is physically closer to the little town of Tyner. A reader of this blog tells us the colors of the Chowan Bulldogs were Maroon and White. Another says they were Maroon and Gold. So, I’ve changed the alumni apparel to Maroon, Gold & White.
I couldn’t find much information at all about Chowan High School (but check out the excellent comments from alumni at the end of this post.)
“Chowan” refers to the Chowan Indian tribe that lived in the area at one time. The area is rich in history. The thick growth and swamps around the Chowan River was used at different times to “swallow up” people who didn’t want to be found.
Here’s a Google Street View which may be Chowan Middle School. What little I could find about Chowan High School indicates that, over the life of the school, there was more than one school building. I have no idea where the final Chowan High School building was or whether it still exists.
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The Chowan High School baseball team made it to the Class 1A playoffs in 1980.
Anne Hollowell scored 70 points in a basketball game against Conway in 1955.
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Here’s a few blurbs I found in old newspapers or books that mention Chowan High School.
NC Dept. of Public Instruction, 1915 Annual Report
Principal, Miss Mary Agnes Weaver, Chowan High School:
I made no report on the building. This school year we have had a comfortable building with passable equipment. For the next school year, the new building (brick) will be ready for occupancy.
In the 1936 “North Carolina Emergency Relief Administration” report, $1,700 was allocated for “Construction school building, Chowan High School.”
(Wilmington) Star-News, May 20, 1974
WHITEVILLE — Terry Grier of Whiteville Senior High School’s Wolfpack has been named the Three Rivers Conference’s “Co-Coach Of The Year” in baseball. Grier is in his first year at Whiteville Senior High, coming from Chowan High in Edenton where he was “Coach of the Year” in the East Tidewater 2-A Conference (now 3-A).
The Windsor Daily Star, Dec. 19, 1935
BASHFUL
SMALL’S CROSS ROADS, N. C.. Dec. 19
Eleazer Woodard, athletic coach at Chowan High School, played the leading part in “Bashful Mr. Bobbs” so well he almost stopped the show.
Bashful both on and off stage, Woodard forgot his lines when the girls in the play started to “cuddle up” as their parts specified.
“Brace up, Eleazer, nobody is going to bite you,” the school principal whispered from the wings.
Eleazer braced–and the show went on.
***** If you know anything about Chowan High School, please let us know. We will update this post with your comments.
Carthage High School — Carthage, North Carolina
Posted by DaveSanders | North Carolina | Posted on December 16th, 2009
Carthage High School
Carthage, NC
Moore County
Mascot: Bulldogs
Colors: Green & White
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We’re not sure when Carthage High School was founded.
- We do know that the late N.C. State Senator Curtis Marley Muse graduated from Carthage High School in 1895. Mississippi State Senator Hugh McQueen Street attended Carthage High School in 1847 & 1848, but we’re not sure which Carthage. He grew up in Moore County, NC, but then moved to Mississippi. There is also a Carthage High School in Carthage, Mississippi.
Carthage High School closed after the 1963-64 school year when Farm Life High School, Carthage High School, Vass High School and Cameron High School were consolidated into the new Union Pines High School.
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Carthage & Moore County Links:
- Carthage High School on Classmates.com
- The Town of Carthage website contains a History of Carthage, Carthage Facts, details of the annual Buggy Festival and more.
- Moore County towns
- Clydes Music Barn on Facebook
- The Pik N Pig on Facebook
North Carolina ECHO (Exploring Cultural Heritage Online):
- Moore County, NC
- Carthage, NC
- Thomas Schoolhouse and Bellview School
- Carthage Museum
Moore Co. on Facebook: You Know You’re from the Pines If…
Farm Life High School – Carthage, North Carolina
Posted by DaveSanders | North Carolina | Posted on December 16th, 2009
Farm Life High School
Carthage, NC
Moore County
Mascot: Trojans
Colors: Garnet & Gold
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A Brief History of Farm Life High School
(adapted from Sandhills Farm Life Elementary website)
1859
- A one-room school was built on an acre of land donated by Allan C. McDonald. The school was named Eureka School. In time, a second one room building was built with local labor and more land was obtained.
1914
- High school grades were added.
1915
- Local citizens helped build a two story building.
- The Eureka school was granted a Farm Life Charter by the North Carolina state legislature.
- The school grounds were increased from ten acres to a farm of seventy acres
- A boys dormitory was built.
- Teachers of agriculture and domestic science were added to the faculty.
1916
- A girls dormitory was built.
1917
- The James McConnell Hospital opened on the school campus.
1941
- A new brick building was erected by the WPA to house both elementary and high school classrooms.
1954
- A new lunch room was built.
1956
- A gymnasium was completed.
1964
- The last graduation ceremony for Farm Life High School was held.
- Farm Life, Carthage, Vass and Cameron High Schools were consolidated into the new Union Pines High School.
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Carthage & Moore County Links:
- Google Street View of Sandhills Farm Life Elementary School
- Website of Sandhills Farm Life Elementary School
- The Town of Carthage website contains a History of Carthage, Carthage Facts, details of the annual Buggy Festival and more.
- Moore County towns
North Carolina ECHO (Exploring Cultural Heritage Online):
- Moore County, NC
- Carthage, NC
- Thomas Schoolhouse and Bellview School
- Carthage Museum
Moore Co. on Facebook: You Know You’re from the Pines If…
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