The Athenian 1948-49

The School Board
A. R. Cox
Eugene Spencer President
W. C. Richards
R. B. Sanders
Dr. N. D. Geddie
Milton Smith
Dr. A. Duphorne
Administration
J. R. Lowe Superintendent
C. M. Stover Principal
Mrs. H. S. Barron Assistant Principal
Mrs. C. W. Young Secretary to the Superintendent
Mrs. M. G. White Secretary to the Principals
Mrs. Newbill
Mrs. Snowden
Mrs. Jones
Merlene Anding
M. Thompson
Mr. Barnett
Mr. Carmichael
BUS DRIVERS
Thompson, Glagow, Elon Dyer, Pinkerton, Moseley
Newcomb, Snowden, Carnes, Staines
FACULTY
Mr. Abernathy - History
Mrs. Helen Barron - Science
Mr. Cox - History
Miss Clark - Spanish
Mrs. Broom - Math
Miss Davis - Commercial
Mrs. Glass - Science
Mr. Hill - Athletic Director
Mrs. Bertha Loper - Social Studies
Miss Morgan - Homemaking
Mrs. Minton - Library
Mrs. Owen - Social Studies
Miss Stella Foy Pace - P.E.
Mr. Rumbo - Agricuture
Mr. Ben Shew - Band
Mrs. Stegall - Math
Mrs. Weekly - Library

SENIORS
Harlod Arnold
Wanda Asher
Emma Fay Bailey
Lavena Ballow
Graham Barrington
Melvin Barfield
Dorothy Bell
Bill Brown
Peggy Brown
Mary Alice Buford
Lila Beth Caddell
Loye Dennis
Robert Dean
Carroll Conway
Billie Corder
Janis Chambers
RebaNell Cochran
Billy Frank Davis
Walter Floyd
Doris Forester
Verna Graham
Bobbie Mae Green
Betty Godwin
Mickey Hall
Jackie Hardin
Ann Harris
Sarah Lee Herndon
Ben Ray Holland
Patsy Jay
Raymond Jewell
Patricia Jones
Beverly Lamb
Mary Ann LaRue (Perryman)
Leola Lewis
Keetah Life
Mary Frances McGee
Dena Fai Mayers
Valle Matthews
Lee Mitchell Jr.
Pat Moosberg
Martha Morris
Jerry McElhaney
Edward Mullins
Peggy Neal
Magorie Pace
Peggy Pate
Fae Perkins
Howard Pickle
Nelda Pirtle
Alice Pugh
Billy Roby
Jim Ray
Joyce Richardson
William Richardson
Billy Joe Russell
Wilma Saxon
Sue Saylors
Eva Joyce Shaver
Betty Sherman
Dale Sifford
LaVerne Staines
Peggy Stephens
Martha Stephens
William Stevens
Tommy Stewart
Betty Roy Stewart
Margaret Stone
Jimmy Lynn Taylor
James Wathen
Rudy Wesson
Claudie Whittington
Mary Ellen Wolf

JUNIORS
Jorene Anding
Bobby Abernathy
Jerene Benton
ElvaLee Barfield
Juanite Black
Ruth Barron
Betty Sue Bell
Virginia Barnes
Eurodean Curtis
Frances Crabtree
Verla Carter
Bobby Cobb
Etta Jean Cobb
Sue Conally
Freddy Calhoun
Billy Bandy
Billy Calhoun
Mary Alice Bennett
Jimmy Frizzell
Wayne Eggleston
Jed Joe Deupree
Marian Duckett
Jerry Ann Cox
R. L. Corley
Wanda Carlisle
Charles Campbell
Janis Hutcheson
Oma Lee Henderson
Betty Lawson
Ronnie Long
Neva January
Doc Jackson
Buster Johnson
Imogine Hanson
R. C. Harris
Margie Green
Edwina Hart
Jean Hendrix
Elizabeth Godwin
Ann Gibbs
Taylor Gilliam
Wendell Graham
Grace Grider
Eva Gothard
Johnny Lacy
Dan Mitchell
Robert Miller
James Martin
Jerry McWhorter
Jesse McGlaun
Fred McGuffey
Wanda McClure 
Kitty McCulley
Delwin Morton
Vivian Perkins
Billy Pirtle
Maudine Pitts
JoAnn Pinkerton
Patsy Owen
Della Nugent
Jamille Miller
Jimmy Mitchell
Martha Reed
Mary Jo Reece
Fayrene Shrader
Irene Shrader
Maurice Speake
Peggy Smith
Emma Smith
Jimmy Simmons
Carol Stirman
Charles Smith
BettyJo Slayton
Wyvonne Stephens
Jerry Taylor
Fayrene Tanner
Roy Truitt
Ann Valentine
Bill Wrneking
Blair Watt
Gene Williams

SOPHOMORES
Mary Jo Aaron
Leah Ann Atkins
Myrtle Aaron
Mitzie Boyd
Hurbert Berry
Earl Black
Lois Ann Bennett
David Bennett
Tom Bell
Nolen Coleman
Kenneth Calhoun
Molly Cobb
Peggy Dean
Archie Dennis
Bill Day
don Douglas
Ferrell DeShazo
June Evans
Nell Estes
Kenneth Forehand
Joyce Freeman
Bob Fisk
Jack Floyd
Elizabeth Glasgow
Charles Harwell
Waynell Hanson
Martha Hall
Loris Holloway
Edward Hall
Patty Johnson
Donald James
Beth Ann Jackson
Jack Johnson
Wanda Jo Johnson
Jamie Jackson
Mary Alice Jewell
Joanne Keeble
Verna Kirkwood
Madine Kirk
Lois Loden
Jack Luker
Frank LaRue
Mary Alice Morgan
Betty Miller
Mary Ellen Martin
Mack Massingale
George McElhney
Doris McDaniel
Flossie Purdy
Wayne Powell
Durwood Pirtle
Sue Helen Polk
Donald Rounsavall
Wayne Robertson
Sally Rogers
George Ray
Dale Rhodes
Roy Rosson
Jimmy Sanders
June Shelton
Robert Stracener
Jessie Nell Sweeten
Joann Youngblood
Laverne Wilson
Pete Stockard
Margaret Jo Smiley
Charles Sanders
Joan Tompkins
Betty Tanner
Robert Tucker
Rayford Tidmore
Joe Irvin Thompson
Joann Williamson
Wanelle Warren 
Patsy Whittington
Billy Wilson
Virgil Whitehead
Raymond Wood
Sammy Wilcox
John Woodward
Harley Ray Kirkwood
Jerry Cumbie
Aaron Prengler
Mickey Bradley
Marilyn Upshaw
Joy Higdon

FRESHMEN
Merlene Anding
Fern Asher
Shirley Allen
Clara Bell Anderson
Dorothy Aaron
Ann Bell
Rex Browning
James Baker
Ann Broom
Ernie Jo Bearden
Gwyn Brown
Ruth Boyd
Pauline Curry
Hazel Corley
Olga Chaney
Kelly Joe Carnes
Billy K. Calhoun
C. M. Crawford
Patsy Conway
Herman Curtis
Dorothy Cox
Laverene Dial
Charles Daniels
Bruce Dingler
Jesse Donahoo
Bertha Fowler
Charles Harwell
Mary Jo Herndon
Betty Jean Hill
Martha Nell Holder
Merlene Henry
Stanley Hooper
Barney Hicks
Merlene Hester
Sammie Hall

Dorothy Horn
Wayne Jackson
Robert January
Joanne Knott
Richard Kendrick
James Lewis
Lynn Laney
Betty Lively
Mary Ruth Loden
Marilyn Murchison
Hamp Manning
Patricia Moore
Iris Meazell
Aleen Mitchell
Roy Morgan
Evelyn McElhaney
Weldon McClure
Jean McCain
Roger McCully
Leon McGlaun
Joann Newbill
Dudley Newbill
Winona Mewbourn
Dolores Newbill
Jake O'Neal
Lillian Perkins
Merwyn Pickle
Sandra Upshaw
Jerry Urquehart
Louise Reed
Nelda Rounsavall
Moneta Stokes
Bobby Slagle
Edward Stewart
Mary Lou Smith
Foy Stogner
Joffry Smiley
Nannearle Sanders
Mary Dell Smith
Ray Don Slagle
Clovis Session
Harry Scott
T. A. Sawyer
Jeanette Scott
Betty Staines
Ola Mae Stone
Thomas Sapp
Teressa Starr
Dan Mac Saxon
Don Smith
Doyle Slayton
Jenine Thornton
Billie M. Tompkins
Darwin Thompson
Thelma Tucker
Joyce Tanner
Dewayne Williamson
Lathaniel Webster
Janis Williamson
Jimmy Watt
Annette Wilson
Harold Shaver

SEVENTH AND EIGHT GRADE
Mrs. Anderson - Math
Mrs. Larkin - English
Miss Shull - Math
Mrs. Robertson - Music
Mrs. Stover - Reading
Mrs. Wagoner - Social Studies

Joan Arthur
William Andrews
Hershall Arnold
Horace Ayres
Mary Bailey
Patsy Breedlove
Douglas Boen
Jack Bateman
Juanita Barfield
Dallas Cramer
Sue Conway
Carrol Clay
Shirley Calhoun
Durwood Carter
Edward Cook
Arlon Dodd
Katherine Davis
Jackie Dickey
Sandra Daniels
Dan Everett
Aurbry Edwards
Edward Evans
Wynetta Ford
John Feagin
James Roy Green
Billy Mack Gideon
Turner Gauntt
Don Gary
Gilbert Hargrove
Ronald Hallmark
Douglas Humble
Lester Huddleston
Leeman Hargrove
Patricia Hulsey
Patricia Jenson
Kathleen Jernigan
Bobby Jones
Davis January
John Jones
Billy Dan Knight
Robert Lee Johnson
Guy Lambright
Hassell Lambright
Addie Jo Little
Royall Lee
Charles Norman
Jimmy McMinn
Jimmy McRae
Mary Lou Musick
Melba Motes
Lorene McDaniel
Alice McCool
Jane McCool
Jack Quinn
Mamie Purdy
Evelyn Perkins
Gerald Reed
Mary Russell
Jo Ann Roby
Jane Richardson
John Rounsavall
Madelyn Scarbrough
Durwood Selman
J. Z. Shull
Patsy Smith
Harold Simmons
Shirley Smiley
Joy Stephens
John Starr
James Stanfield
Bobby Tinney
Jerry Tidmore
Johnnie Teel
Herman Taylor
Leland Thompson
Bobby Jean Tilson
Eugene Tanner
Mailyn Upshaw
Mary Wood
Joe Lynn Warren
Billy Ray Whitehead

Leota Angel
Dan Abernathy
Buddy Anding
Elvie Ruth Aaron
Ernie Berry
Brad Browning
David Bailey
Caroline Bates
Kathlen Breedon
Charles Boyd
Dan Campbell
Jackie Cox
Billy Jim Curry
Wayne Campbell
Jerry Clay
Jessie Collier
Bessie Carter
Mary Converse
Glynda DeShazo
Eugene Fite
Saundra Gober
James Green
Barbara Groves
Phillip Gill
Lilibeth Gauntt
James Grissom
Doris Jene Herriage
Shirley Herriage
Annette Hanson
Glynn Hopson
Frank Hodge
Jerry Holland
Johnny Hill
Clifford Huggins
Irbin Holloway
Evelyn Hall
Kenneth Jackson
Dan Jackson
Ray Jackson
Mary January
Sylvia Johnson
Freddie Killingsworth
Gerald King
Michael Loughridge
Nell Loveless
Shirley Lawson
Arlen Lawrence
Rex Lowe
Betty Lambright
Bob Moore
Dann Rae McWilliams
Jerry Nell Mitchell
Donald Ray McGlaun
John Ike Miller
Verna Lee McCully
Fred McBurney
Josephine McClure
Jerry Martin
Nell Mosely
Dana Murry
Nolen Norman
Olen Norman
Billy Ray Nugent
Kenneth Norman
Shirley Jo Pate
Janice Payne
Jim Bob Paggitt
Thurman Perkins
Charles Pillow
Jimmie Pugh
Nell Powell
Betty Richardson
Dorothy Reynolds
Billy Joe Reed
James Reynolds
Jasper Starr
Glenda Stogner
Charles Saxon
Hazel Snowden
Max Smith
William Sansing
Sandra Smith
Valeta Striplin
Roy Glen Smith
Charlotte Sherrill
Dan Sapp
Carl Slagle
Joe Tindel
David Thompson
Leon Till
Dorothy Ulmer
Elizabeth Wood
Winston Wallace
Everett Ware
Peggy Williams
Chester Wilbanks
Betty Wilson
Pat Warren
James Walker

ADVERTISMENTS
Perkins Bro. Co.
First National Bank
Charlie Phillips Motors
Home Appliance Co.
Hawn Lumber Co.
Athens Daily Review
Clarke Hardware
The Smart Shop
K.B.U.D. (radio station)
Connally Electric Co.
Robinson's Drug Store
Spencer Hardware Co.
Athens Furniture Co.
Hawn Motor Co.
Coleman & Shelton
Dr. H. R. Tucker
Thrasher Studio
James C. Spencer County Judge
Frank LaRue Insurance Agency
James A. Miller Western Auto Associate Store
Stirman Jewelry Store
B. D. Clarke Hardware
Smith Motor Co. Dodge & Plymouth
Carroll & Lehr Funeral Home  Ambulance phone 247 
Reeds Studio
Texas Power & Light Co.
Firestone Athens Home & Auto Supply (Fred Stone, Manager)
K. Wolens
Swartz (South Side of the Square)
Henry Motor Co. Chevrolet GMC Pontiac
A. R. Cox Agency General Insurance (south side of square)
Welch Auto Suppy Co. 
International Farmall Tractors L. R. Barron & Co.
Troy Laundry
Hairston Book Store
Style Shop
Palace Drug Co.
Newbill Service Station 
Piggly Wiggly
Justice, Moore & Moore Attorneys at Law (W. D. Justice
R. Homer Moore, W. Wayne Justice)
Harris Ballow County Superintendent
Mayers (dry goods, clothing, ready to wear, shoes)
Tom Baker Odorless Dry Cleaners
Scott - Crawford Tire Co.
Eugene Spencer Co. Hardware Implements
J. P. Pickens & Co. First National Bank Bldg.
Kamen's Dry Goods Store
Jones Furniture Co.
Farmers & Merchants State Bank
Morgan Furniture & Mattress Co.
Athens Variety Store
Milton Motors Used Cars
Campbell's Jewelry Store
Davis Cafe
West Courts Cafe
Sanders Beauty Shop
Robbins Brothers (feed wholesale groceries)
Williford Lumber Co.
Royall's Man Shop
Royall Cleaners
Athens Furniture Co.
E. & T. Auto Supply Co.
Robinson Drug Store
M. A. Asher
J. C. Penney Co.
Dixie & Liberty Theatres
Horace Rogers Texco Products
Jean Day County Attorney
The Globe Shoe Store
VanderMeer's Locker Service
Henderson County News E. B. LaRue Publisher Athens
Texas Theatre Roy Parnell Owner & Manager
B & B Cafe
Harris & Milstead Motor Co. DeSoto Plymouth
Stirman Drug Store
Bonner Flour & Feed Co.
C. T. Bush
Hart Cleaning Pressing Laundering
Deen Hotel Coffee Shop

Thanks to Dale Sifford for the loan of the Annual.

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