1938 Athenian
Athens High School Annual
Athens, Texas
Dedicated to Mr. E. M. Henderson Athens School Board
School Board
Mr. Craig President
Mr. Ford
Mr. A. S. Underwood
Mr. Henderson
Mr. Stirman
Mr. Dorbandt
Mr. W. A. Gilmore
Mr. S. R. LeMay Superintendent
Mr. J. T. Nelson Principal and Coach
Faculty
Miss Barber History
Mrs. Barron Science
Mrs. Bever English
Miss Bowen English
Miss Shelton Sec.
Miss Nagle Commercial
Miss Fullwood English
Mr. Pitts Agriculture
Mr. Smith Math
Mr. Stover Science
Miss Robinson Languages
Mr. Walker Physical Tr.
Mrs. Truitt Music
Miss Stallings Home Economics
Mr. Boone Principal, Jr. High
SENIORS
Mary Bob Aaron Volley Ball, Home makers club
Mary F. Brewer Essay Drill Squad, Student council, press club.
Kathryn Austell, drill squad, volley ball, homeroom officer,
class reporter.
Altha Boyd, choral club, Panethena 1937, homeroom officer, Pampa
'35, '36.
Pauline Battles, volley ball, baseball.
Orval Browning F.F.A. Livestock judging '37
Willie Ruth Buckner volley ball '37, '38
Ruth Carroll, declamation, volley ball, basketball, spelling.
Clinton Chipley football '36, '37, '38
Gula Chipley, Baseball, volleyball, loyalty club.
Mildred Cumbie, drill squad, choral club, Panethena '36, baseball
'35.
Jewel Dean Colvin choral club '38.
Berna Jo Cumbie, drill squad, choral club, Panethena '37,
baseball '34.
Bobette Cockerell, press club, student council, typing team,
drill squad, D.A.R. rep.
Malvarence Cox, volleyball, homeroom officer.
Harold Cook, football.
John Cook, boys glee club, Tyler '36, '37.
Vernon Edwards, football track.
Tine Faulk, loyalty club, declamation, annual club, homeroom
officer.
Willie Fern Fowler, big and little sister club, volleyball,
homemakers.
Frankie Gould, volleyball, baseball, press club, homeroom
officer.
Joyce Garner, press club, homeroom officer, shorthand, president
of Big and Little Sisters.
Mina Mae Goodell, volleyball '37, '38 Eustace '33, '34.
Verne Hawn, football '34-38, basketball '38, track '38, F.F.A.
officer '38, homeroom officer.
Grace Hanover, shorthand, homeroom officer, Lufkin '36, '37,
dramatic club.
Virgil Hall, football mgr. basketball mgr.
Mary Violet Cline, El Dorado, Declamation, music, student
activity.
Maurice Jenkins, volleyball, tennis '33, '34, baseball '35, '36.
John Albert Jones, football '36-38, track '36-38, basketball,
homeroom officer.
Charles Kemp, F.F.A. '34-38, band track '37, '38.
Terry Kimbrough, football, track, baseball, homeroom officer.
Don Keeton, basketball.
Harvey Keeton, spelling, press club, loyalty club, homeroom
officer.
Loree Luker, volleyball, music, baseball, homemakers.
Inez Morgan, volleyball homeroom officer.
Manley McGuffey, football '36-38, track '38, basketball '35, '36,
homeroom officer.
Wesley McGuffey, F.F.A. officer '38, football '34.
Selma Owen, choral club, homeroom officer.
Gilbert Perry, band, football, athletic mgr. homeroom officer.
Martha Pace, declamation, student council, shorthand, Panethena
'36, '37.
James Wiley Pennell, football, tennis, track.
Ormond Price, F.F.A.
Martha Sue Reynolds, choral club, press club, Martin's Mill '35,
'36.
James Stafford, F.F.A. '36-38, boy's glee club, track.
Mary Sue Simmons, spelling, press club, homeroom officer.
Lila Lee Scruggs, spelling.
Eva Williams, drill squad '37, choral club '38, Panethena '37.
Mildred Schuyler, press club, volleyball, baseball, drill squad.
W. F. Speed, pres. Student council, twice pres. F.F.A. homeroom
officer.
Millard Sanders, tennis - track, press club, football, sec'y
"A" ass'n.
Bette Faye Witherspoon, press club, annual club, New Orleans '35,
'36, '37 class reporter.
Florene Wofford, drill squad, homeroom officer, business mgr.
press club.
Billy Wofford, F.F.A. livestock judging team.
Joe Bailey Scott, football, basketball, track, F.F.A.
Evan Wathen, band, F.F.A., homeroom officer.
Dardenella Williams, tennis, volleyball, extemp. speech.
Carnell Carnes, tennis, volleyball. homeroom officer.
Byron Deupree, football, F.F.A.
Ernest Cook, basketball.
JUNIORS
Marshall Asher
Annas Marie Asher
Dorothy Atkinson
Reba Bailey
Doris Black
Ola Beth Burgamy
Leon Christopher
Pete Cornelius
Billy Cox
Lillian Crabtree
Mary Pearl Dean
Willie Joe Dean
Rosemary Denton
Margie Duke
Joseph Eiden
Jonnie Marie Gatlin
Jake Germany
Mary Jane Gilson
Reuben Ginsberg
Geraldine Gould
Arvel Gregg
Hazel Gregg
Martha Mae Griffin
Hugh Hall
Doris Jones
Kathleight Lamb
Johnny Ledbetter
Ed Carroll Lehr
Lunell Looney
Dorothy Luker
Jim Tom Meredith
Dorothy Miller
Louise Murphy
Loughridge Murrell
Ruby Paddy
Bessie Lee Pitts
Marjorie Price
Minnie John Price
Doris Reid
John Ira Robbins
Mildred Roby
Ila Ross
Janice Rusk
Raymond Rusk
J. L. Scott
Summer Smith
Frances Teague
Phil Thomas
Joe Turner
Lyle Ward
Dorothy Nell Waterson
Jackie Wilson
Mary Wofford
Bernice Young
Sophomores and Freshmen are
not listed individually
Favorites by popular vote:
J. B. Scott, Mina Miller, J. A. Jones, Bobette Cockerell, J. L.
Scott, Jacquelyn Holland.
Best All around boy- Joe Bailey Scott.
Best All around girl- Mina Miller
Most Popular Boy John Albert Jones
Most Popular Girl Babette Cockerell
Most Handsome Boy J. L. Scott
Most Beautiful Girl Jacquelyn Holland
"A" Association:
Jack Cobb
Jno. A. Jones
Virgil Hall
Ernest Cook
Joe Turner
Meyer Dewberry
Clinton Chipley
Billy Simmons
Harold Cook
Jas. W. Pennell
Johnny Ledbetter
J. L. Scott
Terry Kimbrough
Verne Hawn
Manley McGuffey
Jake Germany
Millard Sanders
Hugh Hall
Billy Cox
Sumner Smith
Pete Watts
"Chic" Forester
L. Christopher
"Lock" Murrell
Jim T. Meredith
Robert Dennis
J. D. Robertson
Gilbert Perry
Vernon Edwards
Joe Loden
"Futures"
(football)
L. D. Williams, B. Witte, J. Eiden, G. Carroll, J. Daniels, R. W.
Cross, C. Loden, L. Boyd, J. McCown, G. Cox, J. Ash, R. L. Gauntt
Track
J. L. Scott, Billy Cox, Joe B. Scott, Preshing Huggins, Pete
Watts, Terry Kimbrough, Manley McGuffey, J. D. Robertson, John A.
Jones, Jim Tom Meredith, Charles Kemp, Joe Loden, Hugh Hall,
Sumner Smith, James McCown, Mgrs. Virgil Hall, Meyer Dewberry.
Tennis
Jas. W. Pennell, Kathleigh Lamb, Louise Murphy, Ed Carroll Lehr,
Ikie Noble, Betty Jo Evans, Millard Sanders, Mildred Pennell,
Betty LaRue, Laneda White, Marshall Asher, Clanton Newbill, Noble
Reece, Millard Sanders.
Student Council
Stanley Reece, Marshall Asher, W. F. Speed pres. Mack
Stringfield, Mrs. Barron sponsor, Mary Sue Johnson, Hilda Haynes,
Dot Dean, Doris McGowan, Norma Barkley.
Essay Writers
Betty LaRue, Vivian Anderson, Ruthie LaRue, Mary F. Brewer, Doris
Black.
Ag-Team
Reagan McWhorter, Wesley McGuffey, Don Keeton, Clyde Pace, Wilson
Morgan.
Staff Annual and Press Club
Juanita Carmichael, Doris Black, Frankie Gould, Jacquelyn
Holland, Mina Miller, Joan Wofford, Marjorie Price, Mary F.
Brewer, Miss Bowen sponsor, Bette F. Witherspoon, Florine
Wofford, Rosemary Denton, Martha Pace, John I. Robbins, Tine
Faulk, Millard Sanders, Mary Jane Gilson, Joyce Garner, Bobette
Cockerell.
Declamation
Weldon Lewis, John Ira Robbins, Gloria Pinckard, Vivian Anderson.
Spelling
Juanita Carmichael, Harvey Keeton, MarySue Simmons.
Shorthand and Typing
Maudine Sanders, Marjorie Price, Bobette Cockerell, Miss Nagle
sponsor, Grace Hanover, Martha Pace, Joyce Garner.
Advertisers
Herff Jones Jewelry Line J. B. Baker representative.
K.Wolens
Will Paul Jones Sinclair Agent
Tom Pickett District Attorney Palestine, TX
Asher's Grocery and Market Athens
Williford Lumber Co. Athens
Tax Collection Office, Ben Dave Dickerson Tax Collector
Piggly Wiggly Groceries
The First National Bank
Gulf States Telephone Co.
Barron - Richards Motor Co. Chrysler, Plymouth, International
Trucks Athens
Texas Power and Light Company Athens
Owen Broom Dry Goods Store Athens
Athens Brick and Tile Co.
LaRue Motor Co. Athens
Central Tex. Gro. Co. Athens & Mexia
Tucker Tire Auto Supply Co. south side of the square Athens
Richardson - Watkins Abstract Co. Earl Jones A Native Athenian
Miller Drug Co. Athens
Globe Dept. Store
Hugh Drane Ice Co.
Frank LaRue Insurance Agency phone 280
The Dixie Theater
Hawn Lumber Co.
Athens Studio Lorene Merriman
J. C. Penny Co.
Jess Sweeten Sheriff
Dr. and Mrs. N. D. Geddie
Farmers and Merchants State Bank
Transcribed April 19, 2002 By Bunny Freeman