Friday, August 6, 2010

#11 - Fairforest Class of 1940 Fiftieth Reunion

Tucked away inside Betty Hadden Garrett's 1940 Forest Views was a group picture of the attendees at the 50th Reunion of the Fairforest High Class of 1940. My Mama did not go to this reunion and I do not know why. I am sure she would have liked to attend. Somehow, she did get the group photo and a copy of the typed and hand made program.


The 50th Class Reunion was held at the Piedmont Club in Spartanburg, SC, on June 9, 1990.


After a short time to get acquainted, prayer was offered by Betty Hart. The emcee for the night was Jack Key. There was a "Welcome" followed by a "Memorial for Deceased Members" by Jack Key and Helen Jordan; "Highlights" by Each Member; "A Different World" by Betty Hart; and "Awards" by Norma Mason. At the program end was the Fairforest school song, "Hail to thee, our Alma Mater, Hail, Fairforest, Hail!"




The Dinner Menu: French Onion Soup - Tossed Salad, Choice of Dressing - Boneless Breast of Chicken Cordon, Supreme Sauce - Tiny Whole Potatoes with Parsley - Broccoli and Carrots - Fruit Dish with Ice Cream - Bread - Tea or Coffee.


As previously mentioned, there was a memorial for deceased class members in the program. The booklet given to attendees also had a list of the deceased class members.


Deceased Fairforest Class Members:

BEFORE the 25th Reunion (1965):  

Lewis Cain
Frances Brown

BEFORE the 50th Reunion (1990):

Rachel Gillespie
Helen Phillips
Steve Worley
Ruth Smith
Nelleen Pruitt
Ruth Greer
Nina Williams
Ethel Bridgeman
James L. Pack
Marie Fisher
Louise Dunn
Aline Graham
C. O . Rogers
Buddy Westbrook
Mae Green

Also listed were two Class Members who could not be located. They were Loreana Moore and Ellen (Cannon) Howser.

The final five pages in the tiny program booklet contained the names of all the surviving 1940 Fairforest Class Members, along with their addresses and phone numbers. Alongside 16 of these names was a blue check mark. After looking at the group picture of the Reunion attendees, I realized that there were 16 people in that group picture who probably were the same people who had a check mark beside their name in the booklet. I don't know, however, who is who in the picture. Below is the group picture. Beneath the picture I will list the 16 names checked in the program's Class Members list. Maybe someone who sees this will be able to match a name and a person and kindly notify me.


The 16 Class Members whose names were checked on the program's list are:

Rachel Hurley Kerns - Greenville, SC
Margaret Justice Rucker - St. Matthews, SC
Alma Profitt Gault - Inman, SC
Mary Warnock Rodgers, Dallas, TX
Jimmy Bennett - Spartanburg, SC
Thomas Haynes - Spartanburg, SC
Frances Rogers Eubanks - Fairforest, SC
Juanita Morrow Alverson - Spartanburg, SC
George Hughston - Fairforest, SC
Doris Garren Painter - Spartanburg, SC
Bill Martin - Greenville, SC
Jack Key - Glendale, SC
Helen Parham Jordan - Spartanburg, SC
Betty Crosby Hart - Spartanburg, SC
S. C. Crosby - Andersonville, SC


Other Surviving Class Members Listed:

Cora Waltrip Stallings - Rutherfordton, NC
Merle Livingston Hancock - Eutawville, SC
Helen Cheatwood Chandler - Spartanburg, SC
Betty Hadden Garrett - Taylors, SC
Betty Foster Goldie - Columbia, SC
Effie Rhoden Maynor - Inman, SC
Jennie Hughes West - Startex, SC
Virginia Hyder Corn - Spartanaburg, SC
Frank Morrow - Spartanburg, SC
Dorothy Falls Finch - Charlotte, NC
James W. Wingo - Greenville, SC
Dorothy Tollison Williams - Greenville, SC
Kate Wood Miller - Moore, SC
Lamar Crawford - Mesa, AZ
Glenn Holland - Weaverville, NC
Della Mae Morgan - Spartanburg, SC
Margaret Dickerson Flynn - Spartanburg, SC
Margaret Morgan Bell - W. Asheville, NC
Martha Ruth Smith Sherbert - Spartanburg, SC



Thursday, August 5, 2010

#10 - Forest Views - Advertising Pages - 1940

There isn't much to be said about the Advertising section of the Fairforest Forest Views yearbook. It is interesting, though,  to see what businesses were around the Spartanburg area in 1940.























#9 - Forest Views - Activities - 1940



The Activities section of Forest Views is sorely lacking. It appears the only real activities were the Fairforest Junior Homemakers and the Future Farmers of America clubs. Not much to choose from in 1940. Below are the group pictures of these two school clubs.



Here is a closer look at each picture from the above page. Below each picture, I will put the students names for easier reading. Note that in the picture the name listing begins with "Front Row", however there is no other row listed, only the students names. When transcribing the names below this picture, I omitted "Front Row".




Anne Ruth Blackwell, Myrtle Hope, Jane Walden, Betty Crosby, Kathleen Chumley, Jennie Hughes, Mae Green, Elizabeth Brown, Ann Bridgeman, Peggy McClellan, Juanita Morrow, Bernice Brady, Virginia Hyder, Marie Fisher, Margaret Dixon, Mary Carolyn Ezell, Mary Martin, Dot Falls, Betty Foster, Lois Aycock, Climera Brookshire, Marion Terrell, Mary Davis, Helen Coble, Sue Mae Franks, Margaret Justice.




Front Row: Ned Crow, Preston Medlock, Warren Justice, Mr. Garrison, Clarence Padgett, Robert Charles, Bill Hope
Second Row: Delmas Wallace, Jamse [sic] Coble (should be James Coble), S. C. Crosby, William Green, Joe Sams, Melvin Welch
Third Row: Don Suttles, Baron Smith, Boyd Fowler


The second page in the Activities section of Forest Views contains a collage of small pictures representing student activities and Fairforest High School itself.




The final page in the Activities section of the yearbook is for Autographs of your fellow students.

#8 - Forest Views - Athletics - 1940



The Athletics section of the 1940 Fairforest High yearbook Forest Views has only four pages. The first page has only two printed team pictures. The top picture is of the Fairforest High boy's basketball team and the bottom picture is the Fairforest football team. Under each picture is printed the team members' names by row.



Below is each picture from the above page and I will put the student names below each picture for easier reading.



Front Row: Ned Crow, Buddy Westbrook, Jack Key, Ryan Mobley, Delmas Wallace, Melvin Welch
Back Row: Coach Rex Williams, Bill Martin, Robert Miller, Macon Byce, James Wingo, Earl Mink, Manager Clarence Padgett



Front Row: Preston Medlock, Warren Justice, Earl Mink, Ned Crow, Buddy Westbrook
Second Row: Robert Miller, Clarence Padgett, Macon Byce, Bill Martin, Lamar Crawford
Third Row: Coach Rex Williams, Bill Hope, Ryan Mobley, Steve Worley, Manager Raymond Matthews


The next page has two tiny pasted in team pictures. The top picture is the Fairforest boy's baseball team and the bottom picture is the Fairforest girl's basketball team. Sadly, there is no name listing for either of these teams.



Here is a closer look at the two pictures from the above page.

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Next we have a page with the 1940 Fairforest Basketball Schedule and the County Tournament results.




The last page in the Athletics section of Forest Views contains the 1940 school year Football Schedule and the 1940 Baseball Schedule for the Fairforest teams.

Wednesday, August 4, 2010

#7 - Forest Views - Freshmen Class - 1940


 
In the Freshmen Class section of the Fairforest yearbook there is a pasted in group picture of the class on the first page and the page following has a listing of the students. (As previously noted in the post about the Junior & Sophomore Class sections, the Junior, Sophomore and Freshman group photos were all originally glued on a blank page. With time, the glue deteriorated and all three of the group pictures fell out. I have re-attached the pictures to the pages using the best judgment of picture size and by comparing glue patterns on the picture back to the glue patterns on the page. I sincerely hope that I got it right.)

Below is the 1940 Fairforest High School Freshmen Class group picture as it appears in the yearbook. Below that is a closer view.




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The next page lists the members of the 1940 Sophomore Class.



For easier reading and hopefully to help with searches, I will list all the Freshmen on the above page here:

Freshmen Class: 
 Wilbur Biggerstaff
William Bradley
Harold Brady
Clyde Braziel
Bobby Byars
Jerome Cain
Charles Calloway
William Camp
Norman Chapman
Oliver Cox
Buddy Crawford
Jerome Crowder
Alonzo Dean
Harold Deal
Fred Fisher
Bascom Ford
Edward Garren
Lamar Grant
William Green
Edward Hollifield
John Hardaway
Theron Jackson
Sinclair Johnson
Thomas Jones
Jack King
Ralph Lambert
Raymond Mathews
Thurman Martin
J. P. Medlock
John Miller
Acton McClellan
Grady Moody
Richard Morgan
John Riding
Vernon Rogers
R. C. Silvey
Don Suttles
Morris Tuck
Hugh Turner
Delmas Wallis
Melvin Welch
Glenn Whit
Betty Barker
Evelyn Braziel
Mildred Cannon
Dorothy Cheatwood
Alverna Clardy
Martha Coble
Erline Cooper
Vondalee Dill
Nellie Mae Dixon
Margaret Dobson
Mary Falls
Ruth Garrett
Edith Gilliam
Daisy Graham
Edith Greer
Margaret Gwinn
Evelyn Holland
Betty Hope
Mary Lois Hyder
Thelma Jackson
Mae Dora Kent
Margaret Key
Lucy Lambright
Ruth Lawter
Frances Lee
Lucille Liles
Helen Lipe
Cassey Mauney
Margaret Mitchell
Julia McIntyre
Lois Miller
Margaret Miller
Dorothy Morgan
Ila Kate Pack
Marjorie Pack
Hazel Polsen
Thelma Pruitt
Evelyn Ridgeway
Rachel Shores
Frances Silvey
Doris Simmons
Sara Taylor
Velma Taylor
Ruby Thornton
Annie Tillotson
Dorothy Tillotson
Thelma Tillotson
Katie Ruth Waddell
Beulah Mae Waldrop
Virginia Wheatley
Helen Wyatt



#6 - Forest Views - Sophomore Class - 1940



In the Sophomore Class section of the Fairforest yearbook there is a pasted in group picture of the class on the first page and the page following has a listing of the students. (As previously noted in the post about the Junior Class section, the Junior, Sophomore and Freshman group photos were all originally glued on a blank page. With time, the glue deteriorated and all three of the group pictures fell out. I have re-attached the pictures to the pages using the best judgment of picture size and by comparing glue patterns on the picture back to the glue patterns on the page. I sincerely hope that I got it right.)

Below is the 1940 Fairforest High School Sophomore Class group picture as it appears in the yearbook. Below that is a closer view.



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The next page lists the members of the 1940 Sophomore Class.




For easier reading and hopefully to help with searches, I will list all the Sophomores on the above page here:

Sophomore Class:

Geneva Ballew
Elizabeth Brown
Dorothy Camp
Ina Lee Clardy
Wilma Crocker
Mary Davis
Evelyn Dunn
Doris Edge
Althea Edwards
Mary Carolyn Ezell
Virginia Fisher
Sue Mae Franks
Ruth Frey
Dorothy Gaines
Geraldine Gaines
Laura Gibson
Hayden Gilliam
Evelyn Green
Mildred Groce
Louise Hamby
Margie Hinson
Eugenia Kirby
Norma Lambert
Vivian Laughter
Gloria Lipe
Alice Loudermilk
Mary Martin
Ruth Medlock
Evelyn Mullinax
Sybil Norton
Evelyn Poole
Hazel Pope
Elizabeth Ridings
Kate Ridings
Sara Riggs
Ruth Self
Margaret Sellars
Lettie Stephens
Mildred Smith
Elsie Taylor
Marion Terrell
Lucille Waddell
Juanita Williams
Mozelle Wofford
Hughston Bailey
Norman Bradshaw
Earl Brannon
James Coble
Billy Cooke
Guy Edge
Eckles Fain
James Foster
Marshall Gosnell
Henry Gossett
Loy Greer, Jr.
Leon Holtzclaw
Billy Hope
David Hope
Warren Justice
Harry Lambert
Alvin Lambright
Odean Leonard
Ryan Mobley
Billy Moss
Joe O'Shields
Herbert Parham
Maury Powell
Milton Powers
Paul Pruitt
Joe Sams
Edward Scruggs
Arthur Dee Smith
Barron Smith
Paul Smith
W. M. Smith
Hugh Whitworth
Fred Williams
Charles Wofford



#5 - Forest Views - Junior Class - 1940




In the Junior Class section of the Fairforest yearbook there is a pasted in group picture of the class on the first page and the page following has a listing of the students. (I would like to note here that the Junior, Sophomore and Freshman group photos were all originally glued on a blank page. With time, the glue deteriorated and all three of the group pictures fell out. I have re-attached the pictures to the pages using the best judgment of picture size and by comparing glue patterns on the picture back to the glue patterns on the page. I sincerely hope that I got it right.)

Below is the 1940 Fairforest High School Junior Class group picture as it appears in the yearbook. Below that is a closer view.



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 The next page lists the members of the 1940 Junior Class and the Class Officers.



For easier reading and hopefully to help with searches, I will list all the Juniors on the above page here:

Junior Class:

Jess Bogan
Charles Boone
Macon Byce
Robert Cannon
Bobby Carter
Robert Charles
Ned Crow
J. C. Easler
Edward Elledge
Boyd Fowler
Billy Gillespie
Floyd Gillespie
Wilbur Holder
Osborne Holmes
Walter Hughes
Julius Lambright
Junior Lee
Preston Medlock
Robert Miller
Earle Mink
Clarence Padgett
Donald Tuck
Robert Barnes
Junior Grant
Clarence Greene
Junior Patton
Clyde Reese
Lois Aycock
Annie Ruth Bagwell
Bernice Brady
Anne Bridgeman
Climena Brookshire
Phoebe Cato
Kathleen Chumley
Miriam Clark
Helen Coble
Madge Cook
Dot Cooper
Dot Couch
Frances Dobson
Kathryn Ford
Pecolier Hawkins
Fannie Mae Hinson
Myrtle Hope
Marietta Gossett
Eloise Jarrett
Peggy McClellan
Sue McIntyre
Tommie Pinson
Iris Robertson
Shirley Shipman
Birdie Smith
Mabel Smith
Sara Suber
Betty Tinsley
Jean Tinsley
Jane Walden
Doris Whitehead
Kathleen Weest

Officers:

Anne Bridgeman - President
Bobby Carter - Vice-President
Myrtle Hope - Secretary-Treasurer


#4 - Forest Views - Senior Class - 1940



In the Senior Class section of the Fairforest High yearbook we first see the Senior Class Officers and the Staff who worked on this first edition of Forest Views. My Mama was the Asst. Managing Editor, which is something that she never told me. 



Also listed on the page above are three Seniors who were absent when the yearbook pictures were made. They were Louise Dunn, Margaret Dickson and Aline Graham. I found a picture of Louise Dunn in Mama's photo album, so I will put Louise's 1939 pre-graduation picture here.

Louise Dunn - October 6 1939


Below are the 1940 Fairforest High School Senior Class pictures. Following each page is a listing of the students pictured on that page.




Senior Class Members pictured above:

Norma Alexander
Jimmie Bennett
Frances Brown
Lewis Cain
Ethel Bridgeman
Ellen Cannon
Helen Cheatwood
Lamar Crawford
Betty Crosby
S. C. Crosby
Dot Falls
Marie Fisher
Betty Foster
Doris Garren
Rebecca Gillespie
Mae Green
Ruth Greer
Betty Hadden
Thomas Haynes
Glenn Holland
Jennie Hughes
George Hughston
Rachel Hurley
Virginia Hyder
Margaret Justice




Senior Class Members pictured above:

Jack Key
Merle Livingston
Bill Martin
Loreana Moore
Della Mae Morgan
Margaret Morgan
Frank Morrow
Juanita Morrow
J. L. Pack
Helen Parham
Helen Phillips
Alma Proffitt
Nelleen Pruitt
Effie Rhoden
Frances Rogers
C. O. Rogers
Martha Ruth Smith
Ruth Smith
Dorothy Tollison
Cora Waltrip
Mary Worneck (or Wornock)
Buddy Westbrook
Nina Williams
James Wingo
Kate Wood
Steve Worley


The next two pages contain caricatures of and the listing for the 1940 Senior Class Superlatives. In the yearbook, the caricature page is first and the listing is second. That is the way I will put them here and I will follow the pictures with a listing for easier reading.





Senior Class Superlatives as listed above:

Dot Falls - Best looking, biggest flirt, most popular, best all around, peppiest

Jack Key - Best looking, best dressed, most popular

Frances Rogers - Most attractive, best dressed

Lamar Crawford - Most attractive, best all around, most dependable, most studious

Rebecca Gillespie - Most studious, most likely to succeed

Betty Foster - Most capable, most dependable

George Hughston - Most capable, most sincere, most courteous, most likely to succeed

Ethel Bridgeman - Best athlete

Buddy Westbrook - Best athlete

Ruth Greer - Most bashful

C. O. Rogers - Biggest flirt, biggest mouth, class loafer

Cora Waltrip - Most courteous, most dignified

Bill Martin - Peppiest

Jennie Hughes - Class loafer

Rachel Hurley - Biggest bluff
Steve Worley - Biggest bluff
Betty Crosby - Cutest
Glenn Holland - Cutest

Helen Phillips - Most sincere

Virginia Hyder - Most unselfish, biggest mouth

S. C. Crosby - Most unselfish

Jimmie Bennett - Most dignified

Thomas Haynes - Most Bashful

The last page of the Senior Class section of Forest Views contains the Class Will which was executed on the 27th day of May 1940.