Geneva County High School - Gecorala Yearbook (Hartford, AL)

Text from Pages 1 - 56 of the 1944 volume:

V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V ___sh__ A PARAGON PRODUCTION Qbr paragon £)rrff MOMT OM(av ALABAMA ALMA MATER THE STUDENTS OF GENEVA COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL GECORALA SO THAT IN YEARS TO COME YOU WILL HAVE A CLEARER VIEW OF THE ACTIVITIES AND ASSOCIATES OF YOUR SCHOOL LIFE, WE GIVE YOU THE FIRST VOLUME OF OUR GECORALA ★ CONTENTS BOOK 1 . . CLASSES BOOK II . . . ACTIVITIES BOOK Ill . . . . ATHLETICS BOOK IV . . . FEATURES BOOK V . . . ORGANIZATIONS ★ STAFF CLINT McCARTY, JR. . . . Editor KATHLEEN TINDELL . Business Manager MARTIN THOMPSON . . Circulation Manager JOHN REAGAN Photographic Editor KELLON SHEPPARD .... Sports Editor LILLIAN OVERTON................ Typist BETTY GUILFORD.................Typist MR. C. C. EDMONDSON In recognition of the untiring efforts, sincerity of purpose, and unbounded accomplishments during his administration of this school system, we, the Student Body of Geneva County High School, take pleasure in dedicating the first volume of our Gecorala to our Principal, Mr. Charles C. Edmondson. MR. J. J. COLLINS County Superintendent Howard College MR. C. C. EDMONDSON, B.S., M.A. Principal University of Alabama MRS. MYRTICE W. CORBITT Business Alabama College MRS. EDITH W. CAMPBELL English University of Alabama MISS TRUDY PALMER Science and Chemistry Alabama College MRS. J. M. REAGAN Home Economics Alabama College MISS MYRTICE DAVIS Librarian Alabama Polytechnic Institute MR. H. B. RICHARDS Athletic Director, Economics Howard College MISS AGNES PATE English Troy State Teachers' College MISS ALICE BRACKIN Junior One Troy State Teachers' College MISS JESSIE MAE METCALF Mathematics Alabama College MR. JOHN M. REAGAN Agriculture Alabama Polytechnic Institute BACK ROW, Left to Right: H. B. Richards, Miss Myrtle Kelley, Mrs. J. R. Peacock, Miss Alice Brackin, Miss Myrt Davis, Mrs. L. G. Corbitt, Mrs. G. Hawley, Miss Jessie Mae Metcalf, Miss Agnes Pate, Miss Ruby Perdue, Mrs. Edan H. Kelly. FRONT ROW, Left to Right: Mrs. H. B. Richards, Mrs. Ed Donnel, Mrs. Ralph Campbell, Mrs. Nettie Ruth Holland, Mrs. Frances Berckbickler, Mrs. Herbert Wynn, Mrs. Pete Daughtry, Mrs. J. M. Repgan, Mrs. C. C. Edmondson, Mr. C. C. Edmondson, Mr. J. M. Reagan. MARGARET ADAMS F. H. A. 4. JEAN BLOUNT VEDA RUTH BECK JOYCE S. BRANNON NELL BOWERS ONEAL BOTTOMS F F. A. 3; Basketball 3 and 4; Baseball 3. MARY E. FIELDS F. H. A. 2, 3, Secretary 4; Beta Club 2, 3, Representative 4. MARTHA GUILFORD F. H. A. 2, 3, 4. CHRISTINE JUSTICE F. H. A. 2, 3, 4. SARAH BETH KELLY F. H. A. 2, 3, 4; President Prayer Band; HOWARD KINSAUL F. F. A. 2, 3, 4; Baseball 3 and 4. SEIBE LEE MARTIN Vice-President Class. CLINT SQUIRT McCARTY Editor Gecorala 4; Class President 4. hazel n. McClellan F. H. A. 4. RUDOLPH McNEIL Prayer Band Representative. JOHN COTTON REAGAN H Club President 4. FRANCES RICHARDS F. H. A. 2, 2, 4. IMOGENE ROY F. H. A. 2, 3, 4. LAURA HELEN SHIRLEY F. H. A 2, 3, 4; Class Secretary and Treasurer 4. KATHLEEN KITTY TINDELL F. H. A. 2, 3, 4 Vice-President; Beta Club 2, 3, 4 Secretary; Staff. MARGARET WARD F. H. A. 2, 3, 4; H Club 4. CHRISTINE WHITE CORNELIA CORNY WILLS F. H. A. 2, 3, 4. JAMES WOODHAM F. F. A. 3, 4. JUNIORS SARA NELL BARNES MARY BRAXTON GERETHA BROXSON DAVID EARL BRYAN ALCIE LOU BURCH VIRGINIA CLARK JAMES COMMANDER MARY LOU DAUGHTRY JEANETTE DEAN MARGARET DOWLING OSCAR DOWLING FLOYD ENFINGER LEONARD MILLER MELBA MILLER CURTIS OUTLAW REX OUTLAW JOE REAGAN ANNETTE ROBINSON KELLON SHEPPARD ELOISE SMITH GLYN WAITES VIRGINIA WHITE RANZIE-ARMSTRONG Missing: JACK JUSTICE, who is now in the Navy. SENIOR I TOP ROW, Left to Right: Moody Shields; Jock Ketchen,- Miss Trudy rolmer. Teacher; Clyde Watson; Bessie Byrd; Gerolaine Dooling; Lelia Clark; Margaret Dorriety; Cathrine Anderson; Virginia Dowling,- Martha Jan Pelham; Doris Phillip; Jacqueline Broxson. SECOND ROW, Left to Right: Joe Hatcher; Lillian Overton,- Betty Guilford; Delores Duncan,- Ann Chancy; Stella Peacock; Rebecca Spann; Lorene Smith; Glenda McLaney,-Billy Fillingim; Dee Johnson. BOTTOM ROW, Left to Right: Martin Thompson; Zack Strickland; Harry Fowler; Raymond Dorriety; Royce Dean; James Sullivan; Gerald Battle,- Hostel Williams; Henry Shirley. JUNIOR III BACK ROW, Left to Right: Paul Taylor, Edna Bryant, Hazel Summerset, Onyx Hallford, Mary Rodie Burch, Vercie Lou Hughes, Susie Nell Dowling, Joyce Steely, Martha Collins, Sybil Braxton, Mrs. Reagan, Home Room Teacher. SECOND FROM BACK, Lilly Pearl Shepard, Ernestine Wills, Burnell Caraway, Jessie Lee Anderson, Nelda Shields, Marilyn Pate, Mary Jo Hodge, Ruth Smith, Lou Jean Ward, Robbie Smith, Mary Woodham. THIRD FROM BACK: Betty Jean Justice, Martha Ellen Long, Barbara Johnson, Dehlia Sullivan, Josephine Moore, Melba Tindell, Mildred Beasley, Sara Loftin, Gene Holman, Calvin Harrison. FOURTH ROW: Tommie Elmore, Randolph Lee, Darrol Duncan, James Thomas, Rex Patterson, Melvin Sanders, R. D. Shields, Johnnie Hughes, Don Siladent. BOTTOM ROW: Max Lee, John Willie Granger, Herman Kelly, Jim Frank Fowler, Calvin Bryan, J. I. Smith, Vernon Hatcher, Bernard Hatcher. JUNIOR TWO GIRLS TOP ROW, Left to Right: Miss Davis, Sue Hughes, Lorene Burch, Louise Hughes, Betty Jo Fulford, Pauline Lindsay, Florence Howell, Sara Hicks, Lorene Carswell, Mary Lou Miller, Sue Folsom, Joan Spears, Joye Helms, Mary Helen Byrd, Edna Brooks. SECOND ROW: Betty Jean McNeal, Estel Dalrymple, Juylett Dorriety, Betty Jo Mimms, Mary Charles Dowell, Betty Sue Brannon, Phyllis Kilpatrick, Maxine Stephans, Sadie Dalrymple, Joline Fowler. THIRD ROW: Sarah Lou Dorriety, Grace Chandler, Geraldine Williams, Frances Childs, Sue Armstrong, Sara Nell Strickland, Alice Joyce Davis, Evelyn Smith, Aurelia Turner. JUNIOR II JUNIOR II BOYS TOP ROW, Left to Right: Coach Richards, Harold Dorriety, Aubry Lee Shepard, Bruce Jerkins, James Holland, Gene Bell, John David Ryland, Jimmie Helms, Adolph Faulk, Will Helms, Johnnie Melton. SECOND ROW: Felton Collins, Harold Johnson, Harold Zoin, O'Neal Newberry, Billie Blount, Rell Braxton, Gene Earl Bowers, Floyd Sexton, Herbert Myers. THIRD ROW: Max Hendrix, Louie Clayton Hendrix, William Mims, Harold Gene Donald, Charles Buford Helms, Lamar Brannon. FOURTH ROW: Jerry Holman, Miles Thomas, Jimmy Howell, Donnie Maulden, Claude Moore, Laban Hendrix, Boyd Whitehead, Clayton Lee. ABSENT: Lanier Hughes. TOP ROW, Left to Right: Miss Pate, Mabel Whittle, Melba Armstrong, Florre Jo Ross, Glyn Gibson, Elizabeth Palmer, Eloise McCoy, Lorene Summerset, Elaine Dorriety, Mary Dell Mauldin, Gwendolyn Bachelor, Jodean Harden, Geraldine Dorriety. SECOND ROW: Marguerite Sammons, Bobbette Sullivan, Pauline SorreV Mary Lou Miller, Virginia Ann White, Herbert Fain, Douglds Johnson, Herman. Skinner James McClellan, R. L. Lunceford. THIRD ROW: Emmett Helms, Bobby Jean Harden, William Hall, Charles McClendon, Jake Simmons, Herbert Miller, Buford Johnson. JUNIOR I TOP ROW, Left to Right: Miss Brackin, Geraldine Wood, Bobby Jean Fulford, Jorene Burch, Lloyd Turner, Willie Ed Norris, Forrest Wilkerson, Mary Fain, Cupadine Lindsay, Mary Lou Blocker, Vida Helms, Lois Burch, Louise Guilford, Mildred Dean, Maxine Harrison. SECOND ROW: Kathryn Orr, Madiolan McGowan, Mary Faye Braxton, Videra Skinner, Laura Ward, Marie Kinsaul, Ouida Lou McNeal, Ivalene Myers, Cristel Burch, Sara Howell. BOTTOM ROW: Burl Mercer, Gene Hughes, Paul Bottoms, Herman McNeal, John Fowler, Junior Bottoms, Sonny Hughes, Joe Justice, Herbert Kirkland, Hugh Borland Overton. GENEVA COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL SERVICE HONOR ROLL ★ Bill Peacock Clyde Dean Robert Henry Lamar Helms Rollins Tindell Robert Dean Robert Strickland Paul Dean Frasier Galloway Frank McLure Harry Chancy W. Paul Stanley Paul Kennedy Jack Blalock Rex White Rudolph Miller Thomas Holland Arthur McClellan, Jr. Tom Justice Dan Cobb, Jr. Lex P. McClellan Troyce Shields Ted Sketo James Reeves Herman Harrison Bruce Commander Savelle Hallford Bill Steely Gerald Roney Earl Outlaw Nelson Clark Bill Henry Rex Braxton Royce Lee Hughes Leonard Miller Paul Wills Olen White Earl Sammons Bill Daughtry Tom Richards David Chandler Noah Rutledge Jack Roney Frank Guilford Hugh Johnson, Jr. J. C. Roy Silas Shepard Buford Harrison Rudolph McCoy Hershell Folsom Leonard Bottoms Mack Roy Homer Jowers Richard Chapman Ernest Harden Paton Woodham Max Childs Lon R. Wise John C. Moore Martha E. Michaels Wyatt Shields James Lewis J. D. Dowling Hartwell Hatcher George Sullivan Larue Burch Junior Smith Hillman Ward Jack Smith Franklin Shepard Oneil Bottoms ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ BOOK TWO ACTIVITY OUTLINE 1943-44 SEPTEMBER School opens. Football practice begins. OCTOBER First football game. Annual beauty contest. NOVEMBER Football season ends. DECEMBER Basketball begins. Christmas holidays. It snowed. Football team went to Blue-Grey game. JANUARY Mid-term examinations. FEBRUARY Basketball ends. Hartford attends basketball tournament. MARCH Annual play is presented. APRIL Junior play is presented. Junior-Senior banquet. Hartford sends track team to Montgomery meet. MAY Senior play is presented. Commencement sermon. Graduation exercises. School ends. Vocational Agricultural Department Home Economics Department OUR MAIN ACTIVITY DURING THE FOURTH WAR LOAN DRIVE WHICH TOOK PLACE DURING OUR SCHOOL YEAR THE TUTURE FARMERS AND HOMEMAKERS ESTABLISHED THE DRIVE FOR OUR SCHOOL STUDENTS. THIS BOND BOOTH WAS BUILT FOR THE HALL WHERE STUDENTS COULD BUY WAR BONDS OR STAMPS AT ANY TIME DURING THE SCHOOL HOURS. BOOK THREE FIRST ROW: Boyd Whitehead, Manager; Flcyd Enfinger; John Reagan; Calvin Harrison; Joe Hatcher; Troy Hall; Joe Reagan; Earl Loftin; Claude Moore, Manager. SECOND ROW: Leonard Miller; James Holland; Paul Taylor,- Kellon Shepard; James Commander; Henry Shirley; Sidney Ward. THIRD ROW: C. C. Edmondson, Principal; Gene Holman,- Randolph Lee,- Moody Shields; James Sullivan; Harold Dorriety; Coach Richards. BULLDOGS LINE: Enfinger, J. H. Reagan, Harrison, Hatcher, Hall, J. F. Reagan, Loftin. BACKFIELD: Holman, Taylor, Shepard, Commander. I CAPTAIN LOFTIN, above, was very much responsible for the team's success during the past season. COACH RICHARDS did a mighty fine job of directing the team through the 1943 season with only one loss. THE RECORD G. C. H. S, 27 SLOCOMB 0 G. C. H. S. 6 BONIFAY 0 •G. C. H. S. 20 GRACEVILLE 6 G. C. H. S. 42 ELBA 0 G. C. H. S. 12 SAMSON 6 G. C. H. S. 20 GENEVA 0 G. C. H. S. 25 OZARK 0 G. C. H. S. 54 SLOCOMB 0 G. C. H. S. 0 ENTERPRISE 13 e-Jt. ► THE CHEERLEADERS Left to Right: Martha Ellen Long, Margaret Ward, Betty Guilford, Mary Lou Daughtry. They did a fine job of leading our supporters. JAMES COMMANDER Quarterback Alternate Captain, Starting Team PAUL TAYLOR Halfback Starting Team JOE REAGAN Left Tackle Starting Team CALVIN HARRISON Right Guard Starting Team TROY HALL, JR. Left Guard Starting Team JOHN REAGAN, JR. Right Tackle Starting Team JOE HATCHER Center Starting Team FLOYD ENFINGER Right End Starting Team KELLON SHEPPARD Halfback Starting Team LEONARD MILLER Right End Substituted During Absence of Enfinger HENRY SHIRLEY Center Substitute JAMES HOLLAND Back Substitute SIDNEY WARD Guard Substitute MOODY SHIELDS End Substitute JAMES SULLIVAN End Substitute HAROLD DORRIETY Tackle Substitute GENE HOLMAN Back Substituted for Vickers whose picture does not appear in our annual RANDOLPH LEE Guard Substitute FIRST TEAM H. B. Richards, Coach; Leonard Miller, Oneil Bottoms, Forwards; James Commander, Center; Joe Reagan, Earl Loftin, Guards. BASKETBALL SQUAD STANDING: Coach Richards; James Holland; Harry Fowler; Leonard Miller; Floyd Enfinger; Zack Strickland; Joe Hatcher; Will E. Norris,- Earl Loftin. KNEELING: Calvin Harrison; James Commander; Oneil Bottoms; Paul Taylor; Joe Reagan,- Troy Hall. OUR FOOTBALL AND BASKETBALL MANAGERS BOYD WHITEHEAD; CLAUDE MOORE BASKETBALL SCORES OF 1944 HARTFORD 19 SLOCOMB 29 HARTFORD 54 GENEVA 18 HARTFORD 40 GENEVA 33 HARTFORD 16 GRACEVILLE 33 HARTFORD 23 GENEVA 20 HARTFORD 20 SLOCOMB 36 HARTFORD 12 WICKSBURG 40 HARTFORD 19 GRACEVILLE 54 HARTFORD 15 SAMSON 17 HARTFORD 36 DOTHAN 57 HARTFORD 25 WICKSBURG 23 HARTFORD 14 DOTHAN 46 HARTFORD 7 SAMSON 21 1943-WHO'S WHO-1944 MOST DIGNIFIED GIRL . MOST DIGNIFIED BOY BEST ALL-ROUND GIRL BEST ALL-ROUND BOY . BEST SPORT (BOY) . . BEST SPORT (GIRL) . . BIGGEST GIRL FLIRT BIGGEST BOY FLIRT BEST ALL-ROUND ATHLETE MOST CAPABLE GIRL MOST CAPABLE BOY . FRANCES RICHARDS CLINT McCARTY BETTY GUILFORD . . JOHN REAGAN . . PAUL TAYLOR . . EVELYN LEE CORNELIA WILLS . GENE HOLMAN . . JOE REAGAN BARBARA JOHNSTON JAMES WOODHAM TOP ROW, Left to Right: Mr. Reagan, Mercer Dorriety, R. D. Shields, Martin Thompson, Jack Ketchum, Howard Kinsaul, Kellon Shepard, Royce Dean, Raymond Dorriefy, Gerald Battle, David Ear Bryan. SECOND ROW: John Willie Granger, Randolph Lee, Darrol Duncan, Max Lee, Oscar Dowling, James Sullivan, Vernon Burch, Melvin Sanders, Rex Outlaw, Billie Fillingim. THIRD ROW: Herman Kelly, Henry Shirley, Curtis Outlaw, Moody Shields, Calvin Bryant, Bernard Hatcher. TOP ROW, Left to Right: Virginia Dowling, Lelia Clark, Frances Richards, Christine Justice, Kathleen Tindell, Mary Evelyn Fields, Imogene Roy, Sarah Loftin, Virginia Gibson, Laura Helen Shirley, Margaret Adams, Grace Evelyn Saunders, Mrs. Reagan. SECOND ROW: Vircie Lou Hughes, Ann Chancy., Stella Peacock, Margaret Dorriety, Aide Lou Burch, Annette Robinson, Virginia Clark, Lillian Overton, Betty Guilford. THIRD ROW: Jessie Lee Anderson, Nelda Shields, Mary Rodie Burch, Onyx Hallford. Hazel Summerset, Lorene Smith, Glenda McLaney, Cornelia Wills. F.H.A. TOP ROW, Left to Right: Eloise Smith, Martha Guilford, Margaret Dowling, Mary Braxton Skarb, Evelyn Lee, Jeanette Dean, Joy Steely, Susie Nell Dowling, Sybil Braxtpn, Lillian Merritt, Margaret Woodham, Mrs. Reagan: SECOND ROW: Betty Jo Hogan, Betty Justice, Margaret Ward, Hazel N. McClellan, Martha Ellen Long, Sara Beth Kelly, Ruth Smith, Mary Jo Hodges, Martha Collins, Marilyn Pate, Melba Tindell. THIRD ROW: Ranzie Lee Armstrong, Barbara Johnston, Mary Lou Daughtry, Dehlia Sullivan, Burnell Caraway, Lou Jean Ward, Virginia White, Ernestine Wills, Josephine Moore, Lilly Pearl Sheppard. H CLUB STANDING: Leonard Miller,- Joe Hatcher; Betty Guilford; Henry Shirley; Martha E. Long; Calvin Harrison,- Margaret Ward; Floyd Enfinger; Mary L. Daughtry; James Commander; Earl Loftin,- John Reagan. KNEELING: Coach Richards,- Kellon Shepard; Paul Taylor,- Gene Holman; Troy Hall; Boyd Whitehead; Claude Moore; Joe Reagan. THE BETA CLUB STANDING: Myrtis W. Corbitt, Sponsor; Jack Ketchum,- Betty Hogan; Mary E. Fields; Kitty Tindell; Lillian Merritt; Virginia White; Martin Thompson. KNEELING: Mary L. Daughtry,- Betty Guilford; Grace Saunders,- Lillian Overton; Alcie M. Burch; Evelyn Lee; Lelia Clark. OUR BACKERS... HUGHES BROTHERS HORSES MULES THORNHILL WAGONS Hartford, Alabama HARTFORD PEANUT COMPANY BUYERS AND SHELLERS OF SPANISH and RUNNER PEANUTS ★ Hartford, Alabama HOLMAN BROTHERS HORSES Dealers in WAGONS MULES ★ Hartford, Alabama Compliments of THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK ★ WHEN YOU HAVE REAPED THE HARVEST, MAKE THIS BANK YOUR STOREHOUSE ★ Hartford, Alabama COMPLIMENTS OF PEPSI-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY DOTHAN, ALABAMA Part of the rhythm of action- the pause that refreshes It’s the refreshing thing to do COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY DOTHAN, ALABAMA COMPLIMENTS OF DOTHAN GROCERY COMPANY DOTHAN, ALABAMA Compliments of COMPLIMENTS OF Clint McCarty, Jr. KELLY and Paul C. Willis, U.S.N. 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