Pennington High School - Yearbook (Blountsville, AL)

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. Q ... -'f 5 Seated, Mrs. W. R. Sutton. Standing, Miss Amilea Porter, Mrs. Sadie Bell Cox, Mrs. W. A. Lowery. First row: L. to R., Sadie Bell Cox, Anita Lewis, Macie Drake. Second row: Jerry Carter, Amilea Porter, Zula Nash, Eunice Lowery, Ethel Rosser. February 23, 1961, the halls of Pennington hummed with excitement and merriment as teachers and pupils arrived for classes dressed in costumes of the Civil War Period. These were Worn every Friday as a part of the Centennial celebration. L. to R., Sadie Bell Cox, Nancy Lewis, Anita Lewis, Macie Drake, Niki Lewis, L. to R., Jerry Carter, Amilea Porter, Eunice Lowery, Zula Nash, Ethel Rosser. 58 Q? s ' S- Z L3 ' 'sl vi' ,. Ethel Rosser, Zula Nash, Randa King, Karen Beasley

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. ,V 4 Tx ,117 5 E - S -if -EB14P'v W 5 'f tx BLOUNT COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY ,, 3 T 11115 .4 Q gf? 5? I : 1 Y DEDICATES HISTORIC MARKERS T 4 W Ruth Estes and Emily Estes unveil Historic Marker of Mrs. W. R. Sutton, Mr. J. J. Lewis, Amilea Porter, Forrest Streight's Raid. Frank M. Jones, Emily Estes, Dicie Whitehead, Birdie Hendrix. Captain Hugh Nash, Celia Reniau, Captain Robinette, Lt. Gov. James B. Allen places a wreath at base of John Hyde, Don Cosper. historic marker. Pennington students and faculty participated in the observance of what is perhaps the most celebrated his- toric event that has occurred in Blount County - the engagement between the Southern forces led by General Forrest and Colonel Streight in 1863. On May 1, 1963, the first historic marker was placed at Royal Crossing commemorating the one hundredth anniversary of the Forrest-Streight Raid. Later a second marker honored the heroines Celia and Winnie Mae Murphree who captured three Northern soldiers, and turned them over to General Forrest. 59