Tucker High School - Tiger Yearbook (Tucker, GA)

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annual A 1937 graduate of Tucker High School was the athletic star A. Z Johnson, currently our head basketball coach. About 194Q the school organized and trained its first band The band made ap- pearances throughout the area. In 1941, Mrs. Helen Hutchens our resent librarian, joined the Tucker Hgh jgculty. Tucker High School like all American high schools, saw both students and alumni of the school serve with great distinction in the United States Armed Forces in World War II and the Korean War. Mr. A. A. Graves succeeded Mr. Mundy as principal in 1943. During the 1945-46 school year, Mr. De Witt and' Mr. Foster served as principals. Mr. Graves returned in September, 1946 and served until 1951. In 1951, Mr James E Goolsby became principal By the 1 9501s the curriculum had again expanded Three foreign languages, nine science courses, nine math courses, sociology, ana' economics were offered Industrial arts and business departments were established as vocational agriculture was dropped. Tucker was no longer a farming comm unity. It had arrived as a fulljledgeal suburban, residen- tial and industrial complement to the greater Atlanta area. The decade of the I 9501s saw, among others, Mr. Burton Trimble, Mssl Juanita Curtis, Mr. Homer H Brinson, Mr. Harold Medlock, Mrs. Aileen Braley, Coach Terry Hodges, Mrs. Wtginia McKathan, Mr. Harold R. Turpin, Mr. Dave Rycroft, and Mr. Marion Whitworth join the Tucker High School staff Mr. Turpin became principal in 1955. Tucker grew rapidly in the 195031 En- rollment increased from 271 in 1952, to 1100 .in 1962. Labs, typing rooms, audio-visual coordination, and better physical education programs marked Tuckers progress. Counselors and testing programs aided the educational powers. In 1956 the school won the State Championship in Class B Baseball On November IQ 1963, the present building was dedicated. The school at that time had approximately 1300 students, and was in the Class A division of state high school athletics and other activities. While a Class A school Tucker did not win any State Championships, but in 1963-64, was State Runnerup in football track, and baseball In the fall of 1964 Tucker High School became a parent. Lakeside High School was foundetl encompassing a part of the former districts of Tucker and Briarclbff High Schools. Our enrollment the next year was over 1500, suf- Fcient to get us into Class AA competition, Kid's Day 1943 This 1946 picture shows the change in the uniforms of female basketball players

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The school was the center for community activities. This photograph was made at a Halloween Carni- val in the 1950 era. Enjoying the root beer are: l-r, Bill Hoff, Don Stonecypher, Charles Brown, and Bill Wages. 3 , F .A 0 Tucker's first band, shown below in a 1941 photograph, made appearances throughout the Atlanta 43 Brea. Pictured below is the faculty of all grades in 1937. On the back Education, and second from right is Miss Ina M ' ' d t f member of the Tucker Faculty. row left is Mr. S. A. Moss, now Deputy Superrnten en 0 ae Jones, still a it' il 2 ' N- 41'

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where we remained for two years, winning a State Cross-Country Championship, State Baseball Championship, and several literary awards. In September, 1965, Mr. Weymon R. Smallwood succeeded Mr. Turpin as princi- pal. In 1966 Tucker High SchooL with an enrollment of almost 2000, set the state on its ear by moving into AAA competition and winning several literary events, finishing in the top four in football, and winning a second straight State Baseball Championship. In I 96 7a part ofthe Tucker and Lakeside High School districts was used to create Henderson High School. For the first j7ve months of the year, Tucker High School housed over habf 1956 ,snare ,BASEBALL ,cHAMe1oN,s 3 .iit .CLeAss,a,, 6 1 l 1 w Q These shots of the Tucker School and community were made in the l mid-1950's - 1 . A . l c l :iff lf: 5 t - 1 x A--TC . ., ' . A A .f 3 , , Y , , x-Q Lg 'f'.-g.r'i,g:. 'if . .. J., ..-L ,VL .Z I Z - . . ,f f'f A