Donald Lowery Award
Education
Honors Day at Madras School (located on U.S. 29 North). From left, are Coach Gemmell, Henry Seldon (Coweta County School System Recreation Director), Mrs. Ida Long, Mark Ball, Mrs. Donald Ball, and Coach Bennett.
The Newnan Times-Herald
The Newnan Times-Herald
June 3, 1982
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2017.09.23
Newnan High FHA Honored
education
Newnan High School
Newnan High FHA honored
The Newnan Times-Herald
The Newnan Times-Herald
May 5, 1982
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2017.09.21
Willie Frank Strong
Education
Willie Frank Strong, a Newnan student often in the news for achievement.
The Newnan Times-Herald
The Newnan Times-Herald
April 22, 1982
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2017.09.19
Junior Winners in 4-H Talent Show
4-H
Winners in the older "Junior" division of the annual 4-H Talent Show Monday night at the Newnan Municipal Auditorium were, left to right, front, second place winners Roderick Almond, Sherrah Harrison and Anthony Williams for a song routine and third place winner Nick Geter for a pantomime; and back, the first place winners, Chelsey Teagle, Gwen Robinson, Tammy Varner, Tracey Tolbert, Felicia Johnson, Michelle Rosser and Lisa Goode for their dance number.
The Newnan Times-Herald
The Newnan Times-Herald
January 25, 1982
Published January 28, 1982
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2017.09.09
Named As King and Queen
education
Youngsters named as King and Queen at the Haralson Head Start Center
The Newnan Times-Herald
The Newnan Times-Herald
February 1982
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2017.09.06
Getting Ready for Kindergarten
Education
Coweta County Probate Judge Carl McKoy, right, presenting a local child with her "Certificate of Live Birth" in order for her to be ready for kindergarten. Photograph taken inside the Probate Offices in the 1904 Coweta Court House.
The Newnan Times-Herald
The Newnan Times-Herald
1982
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2017.09.03
Crystal Lawson Receives Award
Education
Left to right: Herman Fletcher (Principal of O.P. Evans Middle School), Crystal Lawson, and unknown.
The Newnan Times-Herald
The Newnan-Coweta Historical Society
May 20, 1982
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2017.09.01
Murray Street School, 1940
Murray Street School First Graders, 1940
These first graders were students at the old Murray Street School in 1940-41 in the class of Mrs. Mable Holland. In the photo, are, from left, front, Nora Lee Abercrombie, Minnie Lee Olmstead, Betty Jo Hamby, Christine Tucker, unknown, unknown, Shirley Davis, Gloria Garner, Jo Anne Gordon, Florence Rice, Jo Ann Hubbard, Jo Anne Davis, Carol Mobley, unknown; Teacher, Mrs. Mable Young Holland, Betty Crawford, Betty Anne Olmstead, Mary Nell Harrison, unknown, Daisy Almond, Louise Adams, Lottie Mae Rice, unknown, unknown, Barbara Watts, Patsy Ozmore, Mary ann Long and Sarah Duffey; third row, J.W. McAfee, Earl Duffey, William Mobley, J.C. Bracknell, Billy Kelley, Bobby Crawford, Harwell Smith, Frnaklin Dee McWhorter, unknown, Charles Long, Levi Stephens, Bobby Dearman, Carlton Tate and wilson Bernhard; back, unknown, Barney Lee, Donald Stanford, Donald McCarty, unknown, Howard Holtzclaw, Bobby Jo Evans, Jack Walls, Harley Hanson, Jack Duncan, Herman Tucker and Roy D. Barnes.
Newnan Times-Herald
1940
Bobby Dearman
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CCR 1988.12.22
NEWNAN PUBLIC SCHOOL, CLASS
Newnan Public School second graders
A post card shows a second grade Newnan Public School class, photographed at the former Temple Avenue School. The photo is among a group provided by Mrs. Winnie Glover Klein. None of the youngsters are identified, and the date of the photo is unknown.
Newnan Times-Herald
Winnie Glover Klein [Cline]
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CCR 1988.12.15
NHS FOOTBALL TEAM OF 1920
Newnan High School Football team, 1920
This photo provided by Mrs. Winnie Glover Klein shows the Newnan High School Football Team of 1920. Included are Leigh North, Theron Welch, Clyde Lovern, Earnest Barron, Pigens Taylor, W.Y. Barnes, Pitts Johnson, Horace Kite, Roy Owens, Henry McBride, Karl Nixon, Fene Newman, Claud Brooks, Hugh Hamrick, Mitt Farmer, J.H. Potts and Samuel Murray. The leader was a Mr. Brown, and the captain was Clyde Lovern.
Newnan Times-Herald
1920
Winnie Glover Klein [Cline]
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CCR 1988.12.01
MADRAS SCHOOL RECALLED
Madras School, 1928
This group of students, shown in a picture that accompanied an old newspaper clipping from Mildred Holdridge, attended the former Madras School in 1928. The photograph was made on the steps of Jones Chapel Church. Teachers were Miss Jewell Gentry, Miss Annie Merle Humphries (Mrs. Charlie Summers), and Miss Lorine Collins, the home demonstration agent. Among the families represented by the youngsters are the Brown, Smith, Ferrell, Lee, Winn, Coggin, Mulkey, Morris, Rooks, Redwine, Sprayberry and Dingler families. According to the March 12, 1970, article by Mrs. D.M. Sprayberry from the Times-Herald. Madras had only a one-room school from 1899 to 1921. At that time Jones Chapel built a new building and the old church was moved to the school site and divided into three rooms with grades 1-9. The original small school house was moved down the road into a pecan orchard and rebuilt into a house. In those days, children walked four and five miles to school, she said, and later were transports in a school wagon driven by the Lee and Smith boys. As schools improved, a school bus was put on the route. By the 1970s, the building built with federal funds in 1934 had expanded into a large public school. However, the modern-day Madres School was closed at the end of the 1987-88 school term as part of the system-wide school improvement project. The building was not among those deemed suitable to renovate.
Newnan Times-Herald
1928
Mildred Holdridge
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CCR 1988.11.29
BRANTLEY INSTITUTE
Brantley Institute third graders, c. 1937
These youngsters were third graders at Brantley Institute in Senoia around 1937. In the photo are, from left, front, L.R. Crawford, Hilda Harris, Julia Blount, Barbara Jean Hyde; second row, Merrill Harris, Johnny Kent, next child unknown, Abbie Ann Bailey, Clara Hubbard, Bobby Shell; back, Miss Wilda Seagraves, Harold Brown, Thomas Shell, and the last child is unknown.
Newnan Times-Herald
c. 1937
Hilda McClain
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CCR 1988.11.10
THE EAST COWETA HIGH SCHOOL
East Coweta High School graduating class, 1948-49
The East Coweta High School graduating class of 1948-49 is shown in this photo. From left are, front row, seated, Herchell Couch, Georgine Currie (Harris), Roderick McDonald, Frances Jones, Jack Cooper, Oveda Abercrombie; standing, second row, Josephine Odum, Carl Smith, Hinda Harris (McClain), Talmadge Walton, Lunelle Mapp, Eugene Gordon, Doris Collins; standing, back, Jim Roberson, Thomas Shell and Douglas Brown.
Newnan Times-Herald
1949
Hilda McClain
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CCR 1988.11.08
GRANTVILLE HIGH CLASS OF 1928
Grantville High School class of 1928
This photo from a collection gathered by the Central High Honors Programs shows the Grantville High School Class of 1928. From left are, front, Miss La Martha McCain, teacher; Carney Jane Hunter Tramell; Kathleen Isabell Sewell; Martha Jean Holloway Kincaid; Grace Hardaway Wortham; Frances V. Banks Brash; Miss Ruth Davis, teach. Second row, Nathaniel Freeman, janitor; Rose Mae McCollum Brdabury; Edward S. Jenkins; Carrie Mae Pitts Jackson; Kathryn Christine Nall; and Marvin Howard Justiss.
Central High Honors Program
Newnan Times-Herald
1928
Carney H. Trammell, Coweta County School System
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CCR 1988.11.03
NEWNAN HIGH FACULTY, 1945-46
Newnan High School Faculty, 1945-46
The faculty and staff members of Newnan High School for 1945-46 are shown on the steps of the old school building, which was located at the corner of Temple Avenue and Jackson Street. Left to right are, Ellen Tucker, social science; Maryella Camp, Latin and algebra; Elizabeth Russell, English and history; Mary Hudson, algebra and general math; Majorie Briscol, languages; Anne Estes, science; Mary Ruth Reid, commercial. Second row, Marie Evans, librarian; Ruth Young, English; Onetta Varner, home economics; Louise Rumble, mathematics; Lavane Tyson, secretary. Back, Billy Rutland, civics; A. Wilmot Shealy, sciences; O.P. Evans, principal and physics; Homer Drake, superintendent.
Newnan Times-Herald
c. 1945
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CCR 1988.10.27
NEWNAN HIGH SCHOOL BAND, 1948
Newnan High School Band, 1948
This photo of the Newnan High School Band of 1948 is from a group of picture compiled by the former Central High School honors program and provided by the Coweta County School System. Playing are, back to front, first row, Tom Graham, Thyrza White, Tommy Sewell, Lionel Martin, Betty Jean Jones, Edward Craft, Ronald Fincher, Elizabeth Shefelton; second row, Richard Ball, Elna Foreman, Jackie Adair, Betty Orr, Jean Wilson, Harold Alderman, Harriette Stripling, Nancy Edwards; third row, Julianne Hastings, Joan Robinson, Raleigh Coggin, Edwin Johnston, Jacqueline Ball, Leland Spruell, Eleanor Wilcher, Fannie Jones Glove; fourth row, Barbara Anne Gentry, Bradford Ellis, Billy Routh, Howard Johnston, Sara Wilson, Norman Twisdale, Bobby Wright, Peggy Edwards.
Central High School
Newnan Times-Herald
1948
Coweta County School System
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CCR 1988.10.13
THIS PHOTO OF A NEWNAN HIGH
Newnan High football team
This photo of a Newnan High football team was obained recently by Frank Bezenah. None of the players are identified, nor is the date of this photograph known. Anyone who knows the players and what year the team played is asked to contact Herb Bridges of the Newnan-Coweta Historical Society so that the information may be included in the society's files.
Newnan Times-Herald
Frank Bezenah
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CCR 1988.09.13
SCHOOL DAYS
Temple Avenue School sixth graders, c. 1900
School days are almost here for Coweta County youngsters. This scene shows a sixth grade class of the former Temple Avenue School in Newnan, probably in the early 1900s although the exact date is known. This photograph was obtained by Frank Bezenah, and the Newnan-Coweta Historical Society would like to know the names of the students picture.
Newnan Times-Herald
c. 1900
Frank Bezenah
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CCR 1988.09.01
GRANTVILLE GRADUATES OF 1947
Grantville High School senior class, 1947
This picture was taken of the Grantville High School senior class before graduation May 26, 1947. Members of the class included, from left, front, Mary King Sellers, Bernice Johnson, Rosa Pearl Thornton, Charline Plant, Jacqueline Pate, Geneva Yeager, Barbara Joe Wile; back, Gus Vining, Lefis Portwood, Kenneth Hawk and Roy Adams. Not picture is Jean Justiss. After graduation, Principal Thomas Glanton took the class to Washington, D.C., and New York. Others on the trip were Christine Nall, Sharon Glanton and the school bus driver.
Newnan Times-Herald
1947
Geneva Harris
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CCR 1988.08.18
SHARPSBURG AREA YOUNGSTERS OF 1931
Starr High School fourth graders, 1931
These fourth grade students attended Starr High School in 1931 and are gathered on the steps of the school, which was located at the intersection of Highways 16 and 54. Their teacher was Mrs. Lena Johnson Shell, seated at right. Among the children in the group are Luther Breed, Verna Wood, Josephine Summers, Beaula Johnson, Miriam Moses, a Collins child, J.T. Williams Jr., Travis Adcock, Aaron Young, Haddon Arnall, Gail Osterhout, Harry Lee Maddox, Geraldine Cox, Virginia Morgan, Harley Bowers, Stanley Bexley, Walter Banks, Lorene Short, Lee Neely and Forrest Willis.
Newnan Times-Herald
1931
Emily Shell Parrott
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CCR 1988.07.19
SENOIA STUDENTS IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
Senoia students in Washington, D.C.
High School students from Brantley Institute in Senoia visited the Post Office Department in Washington, D.C., on May 31, 1939. Mrs. Coral Moses Hand was the teacher, shown at far right standing next to James W. Cole, second assistant postmaster general, and Roy Moses North, a cousin of Mrs. Hand, third assistant postmaster general. The group traveled to Washington by schoolbus.
Newnan Times-Herald
May 31, 1939
Becky Moses
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CCR 1988.06.21
THIS GROUP OF FIRST GRADERS FROM 1923
Grantville School first graders, 1923
This group of first graders from 1923 is a class from the Grantville School. The photo is the second of two provided by Mrs. Lois Duncan. The first was published June ? These youngsters were in the class of Mrs. Gladys Lambert. Among those Mrs. Duncan remembered are from left front, Murry Plant, 2-unknown, Dorothy Bug, 4-unknown, Harry Smith, Virginia Justis, Nancy (last name unknown), Mary Phillips, Tom (last name unknown), "Cool" Cole and Billy Copeland. On the second row are, first three unknown, 4-Betty Mathis, 5-Lois Attaway Duncan, 6-unknown, 7-Lee Caldwell, Ruth Post (back), 9-Nancy (last name unknown), 10-unknown, 11-unknown, 12-Madge Jenkins (back), last two unknown. On the back row are J.B. Wallace, 2-unknown, 3-unknown, Stewart Colley Jr., Boyd Eason, Harold and G.S. Boswell, 8-unknown, and the teacher Miss Gladys Lambert.
Newnan Times-Herald
1923
Lois Duncan
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CCR 1988.06.09
GRANTVILLE SIXTH GRADERS, 1920
Grantville sixth graders, 1920
These youngsters were in the class of Miss Lucile Bryant in Grantville in 1929. The photo is provided by Mrs. Lois Duncan. Mrs. Duncan remembered some of the names of her classmates. On the front row are, from left, Dan Post, Willis Justis, Rufus Justis, Bill Jeter, Audrey O'Neal, Mary Nell Plant, Edna Mae Wager, Martha Plant and Eleanor Lambert. On the middle row, the first three are unknown, 4-Betty White, 5-Rozelle Glanton, 6-Ruth Justis, 7-Ethel Attaway, 8-Corine Gray, last two unknown. On the back row are, from left, Fred McClarty, Lois Attaway (Duncan) who provided the photo, Emmett Sewell, Albert Cantrell and Murry Plant.
Newnan Times-Herald
1920
Lois Duncan
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CCR 1988.06.07
PLAYERS ON A NEWNAN HIGH BASEBALL
Newnan High School Baseball Players
Players on a Newnan High Baseball team are shown in the picture on this postcard obtained recently by Frank Bezenah. The Newnan-Coweta Historical Society is seeking the names of the players and the year in which the photograph was taken. Anyone with this information may call Herb Bridges, who coordinates the Coweta County Remembered project for the historical society.
Newnan Times-Herald
Frank Bezenah
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CCR 1988.05.17
GRANTVILLE PUBLIC SCHOOL
Grantville Public School
The Grantville Public School building shown in a postcard, top, from Thomas A. Glanton, former principal, was actually the third building. Constructed in 1937, it had nine classrooms for 11 grades. Grades eight and nine were combined for home room, as were 10 and 11. It included a home economics department, science lab, study hall, library and gymnasium. A small lunch room was added about three years later. The school was renamed Glanton School before it closed in the early 1980s. It is now used by the West Georgia Regional Educational Service Agency. In the photo at left, also from Glanton, is the first building constructed in 1869 or 1870. When replaced by a two-story building, this structure was moved to Gus Arnold Road and was used as Grantville Brown School.
Newnan Times-Herald
Thomas Glanton
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CCR 1988.04.28
GRANTVILLE BASKETBALL TEAM
Grantville High School Varsity Basketball Team, 1942
These young men were on the Grantville High School Varsity Basketball Team in 1942. Thomas A. Glanton, who provided this photo, was the coach. Note Paul Musick, third from left, who served several terms as Grantville's mayor in recent years. From left are James Robertson, Robert Cole, Paul Musick, Charles Wingo, Myron Walker and George Pritchett.
Newnan Times-Herald
1942
Thomas A. Glanton
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CCR 1988.04.14
GRANTVILLE PUBLIC SCHOOL
Grantville Public School tenth graders, 1941
These students composed the tenth grade of Grantville Public School in 1941. In the photo are, from left, front, Jane Jackson, Earline Pritchett, Clara Johnson, Anne York, Marguerite Kilgore, Edna Brooks (Jackson), Jean Lambert, Nadine Grogan, Juanita Tuggle; second row, Owen Rainwater, James Robertson, Mary Ellen Banks, Mildred Park, Marguerite Hight, Josephin Ainslie (their teacher), Marcus Caldwell, Thelma Malcolm; back, Lester Bishop, Robert Cole, Eunice Lambert, Myron Walker, Charles Wingo, Thomas Howard, Robert Spivey, James Jenkins, Eugene Pitts, Allen Eason and George Pritchett.
Newnan Times-Herald
1941
Edna Jackson
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CCR 1988.04.05
THESE NEWNAN HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR BOYS
Newnan High School Senior Boys, 1920-21
These Newnan High School Senior boys of the 1920-21 term are gathered on the steps of the old high school. The photo is provided by Milliard Hubbard. He could only identify some of those pictured by last name. From left are, front, - Hill, Charlie Hubbard, Clyde Lovern, Millard Farmer, - Bryant; second row, - North, - Watkins, - Bradley, Roy Owens and - Sewell.
Newnan Times-Herald
c. 1920
Milliard Hubbard
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CCR 1988.03.31
GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAM FROM 1934-35
Starr High Girls Basketball Team from 1934-35
This photo shows the Starr High Girls Basketball Team from 1934-35, the first team. From left are, front, Joyce Edwards, Virginia Morgan, Louise Burnett, Mary Lou Jones; back, Ruth Brooks, coach Miss Shaw, and Mary Addy.
Newnan Times-Herald
1934-35
Joyce Edwards Lovett
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CCR 1988.03.24
WESTERN HIGH CLASS OF 1948
Western High Class of 1948
Members of the Class of 1948 of Western High School are shown in this photo. From left are, front, Virginia Rainey, Mary Hardegree, Marie Payton, Peggy Fulcher and, seated, teacher Alma Yarbrough; second row, Dorothy Stephens, Joanne Greene, Beulah Faye Hester; third row, George Smith, Nelle Grizzard, Frances Rainey, Marijohn Crain fourth row, Charles Estep, Jeanette Luckie and Elizabeth Banks. The photo was taken in the fall of 1947 in front of the red brick Western School building that was built in the mid-1930s and was destroyed by fire in early 1949. This class was the last to graduate in the building with Mrs. Eula Austin was principal. She resigned at the end of the school term after serving a number of years. This class enthusiastically raised money to take a short senior trip, which was possibly one of the first senior trips in the country. It was made in June 1948 with Melvin "Chick" Cox as bus driver. Passengers included 14 members of the '48 class, and Ralph Gordon and Alton Stallings of the '49 class - a reward for participating in the senior play. Chaperones for the four-day outing to Vogel State Park were Miss Frances Crain, Mrs. Mary Grimes Crain and senior teacher Alma Yarbrough Carroll.
Newnan Times-Herald
1948
Alma Yarbrough Carroll
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CCR 1988.03.17
GRANTVILLE HIGH CLASS OF 1931
Grantville High Class of 1931
These young people are gathered for their graduation from Grantville High School in 1931. In the photo provided by Edna Jackson are, from left, Thelma Plant, Ruth Jeter, Harry Jackson, Doris Johnson, Harold Holloway, Rebecca Brasch and Elizabeth Sewell. Mrs. Jackson said she remembers attending the second Grantville School building that was built in 1910 and that she finished at the building constructed in 1937 (renamed the Thomas Glanton School in the 1980s and now used as offices by West Georgia Regional Education Services Agency). The cornerstone was taken from the 1910 structure, and the bricks were used to build Grantville Brown school, she said.
Newnan Times-Herald
1931
Edna Jackson
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CCR 1988.03.03
OLD GRANTVILLE PUBLIC SCHOOL
Old Grantville Public School
This photo provided by Edna Jackson of Grantville shows the second building used for Grantville Public School that was constructed in 1910. This structure was torn down when the facility now called the Thomas A. Glanton school building was built in 1937. Glanton was school principal at the time. (The 1937 building was renamed in Glanton's honor in the early 1980s but was closed as a school soon after. It is now used as offices by the West Georgia Regional Education Service Agency.) The bricks from the old building were used to build the Grantville Brown School, Mrs. Jackson said. The building was heated with pot-bellied stoves and was managed by a board of trustees composed of prominent men in the town. An auditorium built beside the school building in 1927 is still standing.
Newnan Times-Herald
Edna Jackson
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CCR 1988.02.23
STARR HIGH, 1934
1934 Senior Class of Starr High School
The 1934 Senior Class of Starr High School posed for this group picture. They are, from left, front, Margaret Edwards, Jane Osterhout, Mary George Pepper, Mary Will Johnson and Alma Byrom; second row, Thomas Blizzard, Leroy Johnson, W.E. Maynard and Jewell Lee; third row, R.E. Bexley, Bernard Hubbard, Frank Henderson (principal), Ida Mae Adcock and Mattie Kate Newby; fourth, James McKoon, the speaker (name unknown), Roger Adcock and Frank Russell. Not pictured is Erma Caldwell.
Newnan Times-Herald
1934
Jewell Breed
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CCR 1988.02.18
ATKINSON GRAMMAR SCHOOL, 1920
Atkinson Grammar School fifth graders, 1920
This interesting photograph of the fifth grade students of Atkinson Grammar School on Nimmons Street in Newnan in 1920 was given to Theodore "Theo" Routon Brooke by Ed Wilkerson before 1984. Only five of the students could be identified by the Brooks. Ed Wilkerson is on the front row, fifth from left. James Brittian is on the front row, sixth from left. Henry Strozier is on the front row, seventh from left. Theodore Routon Brooke is on the third row, sixth from left. Clanton Reese is on the fourth row, sixth from left. Anyone who can identify any of the remaining students is asked to call Herb Bridges of the Newnan-Coweta Historical Society.
Theo Routon Brooke and Ed Wilkerson
Newnan Times-Herald
1920
Ted O. Brooke
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CCR 1988.02.09
EAST NEWNAN SCHOOL STUDENTS, 1921
East Newnan School Students, 1921
These students in the class of Miss Letha Starr are posed in front of the old East Newnan School in 1921. The building is an early one that burned, The photograph is provided by Irene Harris Medley and Myra Harris. Mrs. Harris' husband is among those pictured. From left are, front, Joe Cranston, 2-unknown, 3-unknown, 4-unknown, Emma Ferrell, 6-unknown, Velma Zimmerman, Alice Otwell; second row, 1-unknown, Gene Brown, Reuben Pitts, 4-unknown, 5-unknown, Guy Houston; third row, Miss Letha Starr (Keith) who was the teacher, Nona Cranston, 3-unknown, Jay McMichael, 5-unknown, 6-unknown, Steve Boswell; back, 1-unknown, Thelma Houston, 3-unknown, 4-unknown, 5-unknown, 6-unknown, and, leaning against post, Mike Harris, husband of Myra Harris.
Newnan Times-Herald
1921
Irene Harris Medley and Myra Harris
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CCR 1988.02.04
NEWNAN HIGH CLASS OF 1914
Newnan High Class of 1914
These individual graduation portraits and view of the Newnan public school are from a composite made by photographer S. Fowler in 1914. The picture was brought to the Male Academy Museum, and the provider is unknown. The building, later known as the Temple Avenue School, was constructed in 1888 but soon became inadequate. After several additions, a new school was constructed beside it at Temple Avenue and Jackson Streets in 1916 that served as Newnan High until the present LaGrange Street building was constructed in 1952. Both buildings are now gone and stood on the site of what is now the Newnan city park. The Temple Avenue School, the first public school in Coweta County, was demolished in May 1972. It had been condemned and abandoned entirely in 1956 upon the completion of Elm Street Elementary School. Former students had nostalgic memories of "the good old days" spent in the Temple Avenue building, which originally boasted a tall steeple for the traditional school bell and fireplaces to keep the students warm in winter. Arnold Bowers, now retired, was the last principal of the old Temple Avenue School when it closed in 1956.
S. Fowler
Newnan Times-Herald
1914
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CCR 1988.01.26
MORELAND SCHOOL ABOUT 1910
Moreland School students, c. 1910
This scene shows students at Moreland School about 1910. The photo includes, from left, front, Myrtice Haynes, Ethel Combs, Kathleen Pitts, Clora Braswell; second row, Nellie Parks, Love Smith, Ophelia Rodges, Nellie Puckett, Gertrude Chaffin, Mamie Cureton, Ruby Spratling, Agnes Chaffin, Florence Park, Cleo Webb; third row, Sue Cureton, Carl Webb, James Powledge, Russell King, Theo Parks; fourth row, Inez Brock, Sara Rogers, Ollie Combs, Nellie Mae Scott, Geneva Robertson, Cora Windom, Fannie Lou Brannon, Ray Parks, John Russell, Paul Sewell, Braxton Eastler; back, Lucille Bexley, Ella Mae King, Mrs. Dorothy Wartham (teacher), Willie Puckett and Wilber Fuller.
Newnan Times-Herald
c. 1910
Mrs. Cleo Hindsman
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CCR 1988.01.14
LITTLE BETHEL SCHOOL
Bethel School student, 1908/09
This group of young people attended Little Bethel School about 1908 or 1909. From left to right are, front row, 1-Clarence Davis, 2-Dewey Winkles, 3-Clark Phillips, 4-Henry Duke (son of Ed Duke), 5-Grady Crews, 6-Joe Lee Crews, 7-Carl Dukes, 8-Paul Duke, 9-possibly Martin; second row, 10-Lillie Hilley, 11-Katie Hilley, 12-Grace Duke (daughter of Gene Duke), 13-Irene Wilkins, 14-Blanche McClendon, 15-Ora Horsley, 16-Ida Prince, 17-Carrie Duke, 18-Bessie Hilley, 19-Rachel Phillips, 20-unknown, 21-unknown, 22-teacher Horace Brown; third row, 23-Hattie Dukes, 24-Willie Horsley, 25-Lula Hanson, 26-Alva Duke (daughter of Gene Duke), 27-Rilla Horsley, 28-Ella Horsley, 29-Eva Crews, 30-Annie Mae Wilkins, 31-Odessa Young, 32-Florence Hilley (face scratched), 33-Mary Hanson, 34-Clark Duke, 35-Monroe Phillip, 36-Thomas Haynes, 37-Ralph Richards, 38-Edgar Young, 39-Jack Thompkins, 40-unknown, 41-Roy Jones, 42-Willie Duke (son of Ed Duke.)
Newnan Times-Herald
c. 1908
Lillie H. Hamilton
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CCR 1987.12.22
MARY RAY SCHOOL
Mary Ray School firs through third grader, 1934
This group of students includes first through third graders from the Mary Ray School at Raymond in November 1934. The picture is provided by Mrs. James Stewart. She remembers the school went through eighth grade and had three teachers, Mrs. Elizabeth Martin, Mrs. Ora Johnson and Mrs. Lynn Wood. In the group are, from left, front, Phillip Harris, Lewis McKoon, Joseph Edwards, James Floyd, Fred Cox, Pope Bryan, William Orr, Harry Smith; middle row, Hoyt Smith, Raiford Hughie (brother of Mrs. Stewart, the former Nell Hughie), Donald Moore, Lanier Orr, Lewis Robertson, Milton Beckom, Bucky O-Brien, Edwin "Sug" Hughie (also a brother of Mrs. Stewart); back, Franklin Orr, Bessie Floyd, Grace Argroves, Ruby Smith, Loudine Payton, Annie Ruth Furlow, Ida Lee Beckom, Martha Moore and Willie Bell Cox.
Newnan Times-Herald
November 1934
Mrs. Nell (Hughie) Stewart
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CCR 1987.12.10
NHS BASKETBALL TEAM, 1934
Newnan High School basketball team, 1934
As basketball season rolls around again, we take a look back at the 1934 Newnan High School Basketball Team, photographed at the back of the old high school building that was located on Jackson Street at Temple Avenue. In the group are, from left, front, Will Ingram , Robert Beers, Dickey Cook, Woodrow Clark, Robert Hubbard; back, Coach S.F. Jarrell, Nat Austin, Dillard Taylor and Jack Stephens.
Newnan Times-Herald
1934
Nat Austin
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CCR 1987.12.08
ATKINSON GRAMMAR SCHOOL
Atkinson Grammar School second graders, 1924/25
The second grade students of Atkinson Grammar School on Nimmons Street in Newnan gathered on the steps for this 1924 or 1925 photograph. Mrs. B.B. Mabson was the school principal and, and Mrs. Ada Chapman was the teacher. Mrs. Mildred (Cliff) Loftin, shown in the photograph, was the substitute teacher for Mrs. Chapman. The students are, from left, front, Eunice Gill, Ruth Woods, Dorothy Murray, Jimmie Alford, Merle Parker, Eloise Askew, Daisy May Balton, Isabel Dalton, Grace Puckett, Nell Johnson, Faye Puckett, Cornelia Coleman; second row, Robert Gravette, Robert Young, Aaron Keheley, Doyle Stamps, (one unknown), Pete Potts, Elmo Causey, John Couch, Earl North, James Martin; third row, Dorsey Thompson, Tom Parrott, Tom Shackelford, Bill Doster, Sam Hooten, (one unknown), Dudley Thornton.
Newnan Times-Herald
c. 1924
Eloise A. Farmer
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CCR 1987.10.29
ELIM SCHOOL
Elim School, c. 1921
This group photograph was made in front of the Elim School about 1921. It is provided by Mrs. C.S. Wortham, whose husband is pictured in the back row at the age of about 11. Shown in the photo are, from left, front, kneeling, Herndon Tucker (cap), Frank Fincher, Peniston Grimes (cap in back), Harold Storey (cap), Cecil Tucker (back), Ernest "Dutch" Vick, Thomas Luckie (cap), Tom Fincher (cap), Jannar Davis (cap), Freeman Luckie; second row, Irma Vick, Martha Luckie, Lucile Morrison, Opal Luckie, Rose Davis, Mary Harmon Luckie, Martha Hastings, Brownie Vick, Charlie Tucker (cap and jacket), Ford Vick (eyes closed); third row and back, Emmie Wortham, Ruby Morrison (hat), Louise Davis, Lillian Hardegree, Harold Grimes, Ernest Story, Homer Tucker, Emmett Hardegree, Morris Fincher, Jim Smith, Joe F. Wortham, Marshall Vick, Mary Crowder Stephens (teacher at back left), C.S. "Sweeney" Wortham (second from left, back), Walt Tucker, Mary Luckie, Aubrey Morrison and Price Jackson (teacher).
Newnan Times-Herald
1921
Mrs. C.S. Wortham
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CCR 1987.10.22
STARR HIGH EIGHTH GRADE, 1931
Starr High School eighth graders, 1931
This class photograph of the Starr High eighth grade in 1931 is provided by Bernard Hubbard and came from Cliff Hughie. In the class are, from left, front, Ralph Harris, Thelma Beckom, Alma Byrom, Evelyn Collins, Mattie Kate Newly, Bernard Hubbard, Tom Breed; second row, Ida Mae Adcock, Pauline Drake, Claudine Drake, R.E. Bexley (back), Richard Smith (front), Roger Adcock (seated); third row, Erma Caldwell, Ella Hill Brown, Frank Russell, Leroy Johnson; back, Lillian Haynes, Jane Osterhout, teacher Hazel Potts, Mary George Pepper, Cliff Hughie, Howard Byrom and J.C. Jones.
Cliff Hughie
Newnan Times-Herald
1931
Bernard Hubbard
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CCR 1987.10.20
STARR SCHOOL FIRST GRADE
Starr School First Grade, 1924
This is the first grade class of Starr High School in 1924. Students in the group are, front, left to right, Mary George Moses, Ella Hill Brown, Elinor Lambert, (first name unknown) Nest, Frances Hyde, (first name unknown) Stevens, and (first name unknown) Stamps; second row, George Morgan, Henry Haynes, Charles McLean, Page Shell, Preston Harper, William Vineyard, Frank Russell, A.D. "Buck" Bowers; back, Phillip Todd, Eugene Hammock, Dock Hunter, Joe Hunter, Fletcher Stamps, Joseph Calhoun and (first name unknown) Hunter. The teacher is Mrs. R.A. (Willene) Moore.
Newnan times-Herald
1924
Evelyn Morgan
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CCR 1987.10.08
THIS UNIQUE CLASSROOM VIEW
Atkinson Grammar School sixth grade class, 1928/29
This unique classroom view shows the 1928 or 1929 sixth grade class of the old Atkinson Grammar School, located on Nimmons Street in Newnan. The teacher was Mrs. Helen Buchanan. The students have been identified as, first row, front to back, Cornelia Coleman, Lavonia hicks, Robert Crain, Wilma Tarpley, Faye Puckett, Earl North, Lavonia Crawford; second row, front to back, Johnny Burnham, Dudley Thornton, Nell Blalock, Andrew Nations, Richard Kilgore, Arnold Bowers; third row, front to back, Eloise Askew, Robert Young, Mary Reeves, Bill Doster, Peter Potts, Christine Williams, Sam Hooten; fourth row, Ruth Woods, Eunice Gill, Doyle Stamps, (one unknown), Willie Poague, Jeanette Bunn; standing, left to right, Dorothy Murray, Mary Lynn Wood, Ross Arnold, (one unknown), Zack Davis, Dorsey Thompson, Vance Wingo, (one unknown), Sara Blakely and Martha Miller.
c. 1928
Eloise A. Farmer
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CCR 1987.10.06
HANDY SCHOOL
Handy School
Located in the Handy community, this school was located across the street from the present Elim Church. It was in existence from the 1880s until 1928, when it was consolidated with Welcome, Dresden, Mt. Carmel and Midway schools to form Western High School.
Coweta county Board of Education
Newnan Times-Herald
Mary Effie Bridges
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CCR 1987.09.24
LIBERTY GIRLS
Liberty Christian Church members, c. 1900
These young women were members of Liberty Christian Church, probably around the turn of the century. The photograph is provided by T.H. Holeman, whose mother is in the group. From left are, front, Eva Carter (Warren), Jennibell Hyde (Copeland), Bessie Newton (Dukes), Elsie Hyde (Holeman), Mary Carter (Hyde), Alice Hyde (King); back, Annie Newton (Witcher), Emmy Lou Hyde (Hardegree), Annie Mae Hyde (Dyer), Emmie Luck (Glass) and Susie Hyde.
Newnan Times-Herald
c. 1900
T.H. Holeman
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CCR 1987.09.17
NEWNAN HIGH FOOTBALL TEAM, 1927
Newnan High Football Team, 1927
This group of young men formed the Newnan High School Football Team in 1927. The photo is provided by Ted O. Booke for his father, T.R. Brooke. Mr. Brooke remembered most of the players; and Theron Welch and Litt Glover, Sr., helped with some additional names. From left are, front, Warner Hammett, Ben Davis, Bill Sewell, Weddington Kelley, Pierce Hughes, W.L. Gilbert, Chuck Newman, Litt Glover Sr., Raymond Gilbert; second row, Manager Causey (first name unknown), J.T. "Casey" Jones, James Askew, Gene Brooke, Murray Duncan, R.W. Hughes, Henry Strozier, Ben Moseley, Gus Haney, Marvin Askew, Tobe Jones; back, James Wortham, Hugh Murray, (unknown), Bob Dent Pittman, James Brittan, Head Coach Geechee Varnedoe, Line Coach Red Wilson, J.W. Jackson, Tom Pickett, Theo Brooke and Harold Kieth.
Identification Given 1987.09.22: Hal Jones was able to identify the unknown player on the 1927 Newnan High School Football Team picture as Clifton Morgan. He was third from left on the back row in the photo published September 15.
T.R. Brooke
Newnan Times-Herald
1927
Ted O. Brooke
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CCR 1987.09.15
THE HAPPY VALLEY SCHOOL
The Happy Valley School
The Happy Valley School was constructed in the late 1880s and remained open until 1925, when all of the students were moved to the Roscoe School.
Coweta County Board of Education
Newnan Times-Herald
Mary Effie Bridges
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CCR 1987.09.10
ASSISTANCE IS NEEDED
Newnan High School Athletes, baseball
Assistance is needed to identify the names of these Newnan High School athletes. Herb Bridges of the Newnan-Coweta Historical Society would like to hear from anyone who known details on what sort of team this is, the year, and the names of the young men, as well as any memories about the group.
Information Provided 1987.09.15: The team was from 1920 and the photo included, from left, front, Dan Post, Frank Pickett, NHS Principal C.K. Brown, (one unknown), Frank Cole; back, Earnest Barron, Frank Redwine, Ashley Goldwire, Gilbert Goldwire and William North.
Newnan Times-Herald
Ann Smith of The Frame Shop
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CCR 1987.09.01