CHS Class of 1947

The Eighth Grade

Front Row: Wanda Lee Jowers, Bobby Blackwell, Iva Nell Smothers, Harold Joyner, Betty Warmack, Edward Miller, Peggy Cox, Howard Beaton

Second Row; Bobby Woodham, Garnell Jordan, Ernest L. Moore, Greta Luther, Bobby Cole, Betty Love Funderburk, Frank Glosson, Marlyn Wilson

Third Row: Gene Paul Arnold, Jacqueline Vowell, Frances Womack, Bill Jowers, Claudine Hedge, Zolline Massey, James Robert Boyd, Mrs. Christine Taylor, Teacher

Officers:
Betty Funderburk - President
Frances Womack - Vice-President
Bobby Woodham - Secretary
Betty Warmack - Treasurer
Mrs. Christine Taylor - Teacher

Betty Love Fiunderburk - Valedictorian
Claudine Hedge - Salutatorian
Class Flower - White Chrysanthemum
Class Colors - Green and White
Motto - "Onward ever, backward never"

Class of 1947, Sixth & Seventh Grades

The Sixth Grade

Front Row: Laura Lee Barnes, Jane Joyner, Shelby Jean Jordan, Evelyn Fowler, Dwayne Holladay, Bobbie Jean Nunnery, Dwayne Gamblin, Virginia Rogers

Second Row: Betty Joe Glisson, Althea Robinson, Nancy Parks, Tucker Siegenthaler, Brenda May England, Margie Lynn Boyd, Carolyn Townes, Bernice Birdwell, Delores Horton

Third Row: Virginia Pinkley, Joe Glisson, June Glosson, Pauline Reed, Verna Sue Taylor, Alvis Glosson, Shelby Jean Fowler, Frances Wall, Mrs. Jewel Goodman, Teacher

The Seventh Grade

First Row: Bobby Vowell, Donald Pickler, Harold Cole, Freddie Webb, Virginia Userey, Lourine Merrell

Second Row: Johnny Haynes, Carolyn Cole, Eric Allen, Bobbie Jean Mathis, Roscoe Durdin, Gene Lowe

Third Row: James Sanders, Bobbie Jean Parker, James Hollingsworth, Shirley Parks, Keithley Barnes, Sherry Ann Cox, Mrs. E. E. Wright, Teacher

The Annual Staff

Tommy Wright - Editor
Norma Massey - Art Editor
Mary A. Smith - Feature Editor
Harold Boswell - Co-Editor
Nell H. Myers - Photographer
Anita Shaw - Manager
Anita Bray - Manager
Juanita Hammett - Photographer
Fred Mabry - Sports
Bea Glosson - Sports
Ralph Dolan - Sports

Features

Luke Brown - Bachelor of Ugliness
Jane Higgason - Best Sports - Girl
Billy Bargatze - Best Sports - Boy

High School Favorites

Harold Boswell - Best All-Around Boy
Anita Shaw - Best All-Around Girl
Anita Bray - Most Popular Girl
Buddy Johnson - Most Popular Boy

Juanita Hammett - Valedictorian, Most Likely To Succeed - D.A.R. Representative

Tommy Wright - Most Likely To Succeed - Salutatorian

Ben Allen McPHERSON - Best Athlete

Beatrice Glosson - Best Athlete

Beauty

Nelle Henry Myers - Most Beautiful Girl
Joan Fulghum - Maid
Peggy Turner - Maid

Gridders Inspirations

Anita Bray - Maid
Mary Ann Smith - Maid
Anita Shaw - Football Queen
Jeannine Eason - Maid
Marie Futrell - Maid

Gridders Inspirations

Annie Marie Green - Maid
Betty Corlew - Maid
Nell Henry Myers - Maid

Peggy Jordan - Maid
Martha Herring - Maid of Honor
Billy Jean Beasley - Maid

Jenny Baker - Maid
Peggy Turner - Maid
Aline Cary - Maid

Organizations

The "C: Club - No names listed

Future Homemakers of America - No names listed

Organizations

Pep Club - No names

Cheerleaders

Anita Shaw, Martha Herring, Jenny Baker, Anita Bray, Mary Ann Smith

Beta Club

William Wyatt - President
Harold Boswell - Vice-President
Nelle Henry Myers - Secretary-Treasurer
Anita Herndon - Sponsosor

First Row; Aline Cary, Cletus Cobb, Louise Crawley, Jeannine Eason

Second Row: Neil French, Beatrice Glosson, Jonnie B. Hammett, Juanita Hammett

Third Row: Thelma Harris, Fort Wayne Hopper, John Rowland Jordan, Norma Louise Massey

Fourth Row: Ina Bell McMackin, Anita Shaw, Jimmy Vowell, Tommy Wright

CHS At Work And At Play

Chemistry Class

The Library

More at work and at play

No names

More at work and play continured

No Names

Just some pictures

Funnies

Long before Photo Shop

Athletics

Joe T. Herndon
Coach and Faculty Advisor of Sports Department

1946-1947 CHS Football Schedule and Results

September 20, 1946 - Decaturville - 0, We 25
September 27, 1946 - Sharon - 6, We 7
October 4, 1946 - Charlotte - 12, We - 26
October 11, 1946 - Lexington - 19, We - 0
October 20, 1946 - Greenfield - 0, We - 19
October 27, 1946 - Huntingdon - 6, We 19
November 1, 1946 - McKenzie 18, We - 18
November 8, 1946 - Camden - 0, We - 26
November 15, 1946 - Dresden - 6, We - 49

Top Row:
Bob Roach, Billy King, (Bobo) French, Ben Allen McPherson (Captain)

Bottom Row:
Boonie White, Philip Parks, Eugene McMackins, Harold Turner

Football

Top Row: Harry Bookout, Billy Tippitt, Lee Ira King, Billy Bennett

Middle Row: Doug Robinson, Timothy Brown, Jimmy Vowell

Bottom Row: I am missing the names but i will try and find them.

1946-1947 Football Team

Top Row: Buddy Webb, Boonie Whte, Fred Mabry, Timothy Brown, Billy Tippitt, Bobo French

Second Row: Coach Herndon, Bob Roach, Billy King, Lee Ira King, Ben Allen McPherson, Buddy Johnson, Joe Thompson

Third Row: Charles Bonds, James Roy Smith, Eugene McMackins, Ralph Dolan, Billy Bargatze, Billy Bennett, Jimmy Vowell

Bottom Row: Manager Horace Smith, Phillip Parks, Charles Neal, Gaylon Lowe, Harold Turner, Manager Roscoe Durden

Central Tigers in Action

Birls Basketball

Top Row:
Louise Crawley, No. 12, Forward, Eleventh Grade
Frances Womack, No. 8, Guard, Eighth Grade
Nell Henry Myers, No. 4, Forward, Twelfth Grade
Beatrice Glosson, No. 7, Guard, Twelfth Grade (Captain)
Joan Fulgum, No. 10, Forward, Tenth Grade
Opal Glosson, No.5, Forward, Eleventh Grade
Nancy Herring, No. 6, Guard, Tenth Grade

Bottom Row:
Bonnie Hurt, No. 9, Guard, Eleventh Grade
Betty Wilson, No. 14, Forward, Ninth Grade
Jane Higgason, No. 13, Guard, Tenth Grade
Betty Herring, No. 11, Forward, Ninth Grade
Tennie Deaton, No 0, Forward, Ninth Grade
Joan Jackson, No. 3, Forward, Tenth Grade

1946-1947 Boys Basketball

Top Row:
Boonie White, No. 11, Guard, Twelfth Grade
Jimmy Vowell, No. 44, Guard, Eleventh Grade
Ben McPherson, No. 77, Guard, Twelfth Grade (Captain)
Buddy Johnson, No. 88, Center, Eleventh Grade
Fred Mabry, No. 99, Forward, Twelfth Grade

Bottom Row:
Wiulliam D. Wyatt, Forward, Twelfth Grade
Bob Roach, No. 33, Forward, Eleventh Grade
Pete Moore, No. 22, Forward, Twelfth Grade
James Reeder, No. 00, Guard, Eleventh Grade
Billy Bobbitt, No. 66, Center, Twelfth Grade

Women's Basketball

Top Row: Joan Jackson, Tennie Deaton, Betty Wilson, Joan Fulgum, Nancy Herring, Bonnie Hurt, Jane Higgason

Bottom Row: Betty Herring, Opal Glosson, Nell Henry Myers, Beatrice Glosson, Louise Crawley, Frances Womack

Men's Basketball

Top Row: Bob Roach, Pete Moore, William D. Wyatt, Fred Mabry, Boonie White

Bottom Row: Billy Bobbitt, Ben McPherson, Buddy Johnson, James Reader, Jimmy Vowell