Albany High School - Thronateeska Yearbook (Albany, GA)

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Hollis Stanford, Harold McNabb, and Paul Robertson discuss education. Mr. Mac shows Indian spirit. Jackie Bierman assists Mr. Mac. .E. McNabb replaced B. D. Lee as principal of Albany High School in the 1947-48 school year. Paul Robertson succeeded McNabb as principal of Albany Junior High. Mr. McNabb remained at Albany High School until 1970. From 1962-1970 he served as both principal of Albany High and Director of High Schools. He served as Director of High Schools in 1070-1071 In 1951, the city school system and the county school system were merged through a legislative act forming the present Dougherty County School System. When the two systems were combined, R. H. Warren, III was county school superintendent. Mr. J. J. Cordell, Superintendent of the City School System at that time, served as the superintendent of the combined systems. This legislative act specified that the Board of Education of Dougherty County should consist of seven members who at the time of their appointments had been bona fide residents of Dougherty County for at least four years. Two members were to be appointed by the Board of City Commissioners of the City of Albany; two members to be appointed by the Board of County Commissioners of Dougherty County; two members by the Grand Jury of Dougherty County; and the six members appointed as aforesaid were to elect a seventh member by a majority vote. History 23

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HAROLD E. McNABB: An Albany Legend Over the years, one name has become synonymous with sports not only j at Albany High School but also at every school in Dougherty County. He ! is a legend at Albany High and in Dougherty County. He is Harold Eugene McNabb--Mr. Mac. Mr. Mac was born in the Smokey Mountains of Tennessee in Unicoi I County. After graduating from Carson-Newman College with an out-i standing athletic record and coaching a year at his own high school in Er-i win, Tennessee, he accepted a possition on Lake Russell’s coaching staff j at Mercer University in Macon. He was there for three years and obtained his Master’s Degree while there. It was then in 1931 that Mr. Mac came to Albany High as head football coach, and his outstanding ability as a coach and leader of young men is indicated in the records he compiled. In his first year, his Albany High team was 7-2, and his last team in 1943 beat Griffin 7-0 in winning the j state title. In his 13 years of coaching, his record was a phenomenal 113 wins, 20 losses, and 6 ties. Six of his teams (1935, ’36, ’38, ’39, ’42, ’43) were in the South Georgia Playoffs, and three of his teams (1939,’42, ’43) made it to the state finals, winning the state championship in 1939 and again in 1943, his last year as head coach. From high school coach, Mr. Mac moved to junior high principal at Albany Junior High. He then served three and a half years in the Coast Guard as a reserve officer on active duty, and then returned to Albany High. As Dougherty County grew, so did Mr. Mac’s job, and he became the Director of High Schools until his retirement in 1971. Mr. Mac’s honors and activities are as impressive as his coaching record. Among them are: President, Georgia Education Association: President (organizer and charter member), Georgia Coaches Association; President, 2nd District Georgia High School Association; President, Albany Community Council; Member, National Association of Secondary Schools (Advisory Council, three terms); President (two terms), Georgia High School Principals Association; President (charter member), Albany Executive Club; District Chairman, Chehaw Council Boy Scouts of America; President, Nuclear Advisory Committee, State of Georgia; Member, Georgia Accrediting Commission. But perhaps his most prestigious honor from the work he loved so much was his induction into the Georgia Prep School Hall of Fame and the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame, now called the Georgia Athletic Hall of Fame, in 1957. Dougherty County gained much from Mr. Mac’s presence here, for he has truly become an Albany legend. Mr. Mac enjoys a dance with Ann Rainey. 22 History

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STUDENT COUNCIL PRESIDENTS 1927- Stephen P. Hofmayer 1928- Julian Gortatowsky 1929- Heien Hall 1930- Donald Wakeford 1931- -Hugh Hudson 1932- Emma Neal Land 1933- Ray Mock 1934- Betty Mock 1935- Harry Davis 1936- Julia Kalmon 1937- Charlie Davis 1938- Marcia Davis 1939- William Stephens 1940- Mary Hunter 1941- Hugh Mills 1942- Mary Aultman 1943- Sammy Lippitt 1944- Evelyn Stanton 1945- Alien McCowen 1946- Hulda Jones 1947- Morgan Murphy 1948- Marion Brimberry 1949- Jimmy McDowell 1950- Vann Whaley 1951- Tommy Coleman 1952- Barbara Lipsey 1953- Harold Dean Cook 1954- Jo Wright 1955- Emory Lewis 1956- Fred Sumter 1957- Ruth Sasser 1958- Ed Jordan 1959- Judy Tomme 1960- Margaret Wilson 1961- Virginia Durham 1962- Nicky Grayson 1963- James Benson 1964- Hugh Westberry 1965- Bubba Cagle 1966- Billy Grist 1967- Tommy Aldridge 1968- Peter Merts 1969- Randy Hier 1970- Carl Wilkerson 1971- Celeste Anderson 1972- Larry Mitchell 1973- J. Tom Morgan 1974- Richard Garner 1975- Donna Morris 1976- Alan Shor 1977- Mike Moultrie 1978- Jeff Lukens 1979- Cheryl Gamble 1980- Carlos Cody 1981- Ralph McDaniel 1982- Paul Ladd 1983- David Golden 1984- Arthur Povlot 1985- Ralph Shields 1986- Nathaniel Jones 24 History Pep Club-1971-72