#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

#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.

#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.