Class of 1955 To Graduate Monday
The Class of 1955 reflects on its school years from 1948 to 1955 at C. H. S. with Ada Chappell and other teachers. It lists many students by name, notes losses through death, graduations, and a plaque memory for Julia Tweedy, Larry Manche, and Janet Mc Corkle, and closes with 13 remaining seniors ready to begin life beyond school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada Chappell
Betty Aker
Sandra Brown
Marcella Day
Ronald Dewees
Eugene Dillon
David Goodwin
Donald Gribbons
Kenneth Howard
John Jackson
Earlene Kelley
Diana Kennedy
Ruben Leslie, Jr
Juanita
Evelina Butler
Ray Dye
Bill Evans
Mary Hallgarth
Gene Ingold
Darie Ingold
Jimmy Mock
Joan Redmond
Junior Richmond
Bobby Gene Stevens
Betty
Kenneth
Richard Zornes
S. H. Clay
Evalina Butler
Bonnie Conley
Junior McCorkhill
Wackie Spegal
Bill Whitfield
Sylvia Whitfield
Mary Ellen Pearson
Bobby Campbell
Omar Conley
Melvin Day
Cecil Dewees
Clarence Smith
Eugene Rigdon
Michela Pitts
Howard Lee Jones
Carrie
Manetta Oliver
Cecil Pike
Cecil Creswell
Phillip Lukens
Pat McCleese
Bill Porter
Clarence Leslie
Travis Tompkins
Renie Tompkins
Michael Pitts
Mabel DeMoss
Paul Day
Marvin Faust
Richard Nicholas
Tracy Stinson
Rosalie Schaffer
Eddie Eastham
Jimmy Mocko
Billie Porter
Alta Carfield
Lee Patton
Miss Carfield
Nancy Marsh
Nerva Pope
Roy Johnson
Larry Elsen
Nancy Gasper
Eugene Eastham
Howard Jones
Mr. Reynolds
Phyllis Lewis
Melba Logan
Donnie Revolt
Mr. Gardner
Indiana
Julia Tweedy
Larry Manche
Mrs. Clayton
Mr. Meade
Julia
Larry
Janet McCorkle
Richard Myers
Bob Campbell
Rex Edwards
Jennie Faust
Marilyn Gray
Jack Hinshaw
Janet Hunt
Eldon Plank
Jaquelin Parish
Keith Ray
Patty Todd
Janice Wilson
Old
Class Will From Carthage High School Seniors
A playful class of 1955 seniors at Carthage High School bequeaths quirky talents and possessions to fellow students and family. Each entry assigns items such as bookkeeping skills hair and instruments to named peers, ending with a family desk gift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carthage High School
Bob Campbell
Ronnie Magee
Mary Shutt
Mr. Meade
Jennie Lee Faust
Connie Campbell
Butch Bramel
Connie Wells
Mike Watkins
Rex E. Edwards
Larry Collins
Waynetta Clark
Chuck Elmore
Marilyn Gray
Carol Ewing
Janet Hunt
Cousin Bob
Wilma Hall
Nancy Marsh
Suzanne Bramel
Annis McDaniel
Wanda Addison
Norma Marsh
Herman Robbins
Marlene Magee
Keith Ray
Clifford Miller
Bill Parish
Jerry Wrightsman
Patty Todd
Marlene Sandefur
Janice Wilson
Gertrude Stacy
Marlin
Prominent Carthage High alumni model diverse futures
The piece sketches how graduates from Carthage High School Class of ’55 reached fame in varied fields from hair styling to golf and Broadway. It weaves names tied to cities like New York and Tallahassee, sports figures, and entertainment roles, ending with school memories and awards across 1955 class offices and activities.
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the Times
Carthage High School
Four Ways Continued From Page One At School
The report notes first and second grade activities including reading sessions, spelling books, spring songs, and hopes for warm picnic days. May Olive Finch misses school due to chicken pox while learners study rocks birds and discussions touch on atomic blasts. Mrs Lupato and Mrs Skinner visited. Miss Carfield’s class draws maps of Southeastern Africa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gray
May Olive Finch
Lupato
Skinner
Miss Carfield
Africa
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Bob Lukens
Gevena Wells
Dick Whitfield
Katie Hill
NEW York Times
Carthage
Pat “Tullies
Todd
Ball State
Knightstown
Eldon “Swifty” Plank
Ben Hogan
Mays
Marilyn “Jo” Gray
Betty Crocker
Jack “Hawk” Hinshaw
Blue River
Davy Crockett
New York
Nerva “Jose” Pope
Empire State Building
Remington
Yankee Stadium
Rex “Cutter” Edwards
N. Y
Tallahassie
Keith
Ray
Nancy
Nan” Marsh
Janice
Jan” Wilson
Pike’s Peak
McAlpine Hotel
Jennnie
Jen” Foust
Bob “Red” Campbell
Santa Maria
Black Lagoon
Hollywood
Alabama
Laurie
Jaquelin “Peardrop
Bettina
Carolyn
Morristown
Waynetta
Norma
Chuck Glenda
Nerva Jo
Fort Knox
Dede
Rex
Medjeski
Jim
Nancy Lou Marsh
Keith Allen Ray
Marilyn JO Gray
Rush Co. Fair
Jack Henshaw
Janet Carol McCorkle
Janet Marilyn Hunt
Patricia Todd
Bob Willis Campbell
John Dickey
Nat'l Bank