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1922 TRACK CHAMPIONS
This Newnan High School track team won the state high school track championship for Georgia in 1922. The members of the team were photographed on the steps of the old high school, which was located on Jackson Street on the lot now occupied by the…
1935 Newnan Football Team
As football season is getting underway, we look back at one of Newnan High School's past football teams from about 1935. From left are, front, 21-Hugh Pope, 10-E.C. "Beefie" McCoy, 11-Roy Power, 1-Robert (Gravett or Gravette), 17-Philip Jackson,…
An Exciting Basketball Game
An exciting basketball game is shown in progress on the grounds of the Welcome School in the early 1920's. This wooden school building was used prior to the brick school building being built on the site in 1934.
ASSISTANCE IS NEEDED
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…
Basketball at Starr High
Basketball season will soon be getting underway in Coweta County, and this photo gives a look back at the sport. These young ladies composed the basketball team at Starr High School in the Sharpsburg-Turin area in 1928. The team members are, in…
BASKETBALL OF DAYS GONE BY
This group of young women basketball players is the first girls team at the old Starr High School in the Sharpsburg-Turin area in 1922. In the photo are, left to right, front, Mary Bridge (Asbel), Lila Hardy, Ruth Christopher (Evans), Mildred Bailey…
BRANTLEY INSTITUTE MEMORIES
This is the basketball team for Brantley Institute in Senoia for 1934-35. From left are, front, Howard Norton and Durant "Dude" Coates; second row, James Glazier, John Nations and Hugh Attaway; third row, Hoyt Dukes, Principal W.M. Pettis and Carl…
FOOTBALL FROM THE PAST
As the current high school football season proceeds toward its conclusion, it is appropriate to look back at this Newnan high football team of 1938. On the front row are, left to right, beginning with the young man in overalls, James Norman, then…
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.
GRANTVILLE BASKETBALL TEAM
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…
NEWNAN HIGH FOOTBALL TEAM 1914
This group of young men composed the Newnan High School Football Team of 1914. From left are, front, W. Brewer, R. Martin, W. Lyle, E. Peniston, E.Cook, H. Farmer and H. Arnall. In back are Coach White, S. Powellm S.A. Camp, P. Kidd, A. Murphy, J.…
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…
NHS 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,…
NHS FOOTBALL TEAM OF 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…
PEARL LAKE
This interesting swimming scene of Pearl Lake was published as a color postcard by the McClure Ten Cent Company in Newnan in 1918. Pearl Lake, or Pearl Springs as it was also called, is a lake south of Newnan between U.S. Highway 29 and Gordon Road.
PLAYERS ON A NEWNAN HIGH BASEBALL
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…
ROSCOE BALL TEAM
In this scene from 1939 in Newnan at Pickett Field are the members of the Roscoe Ball Team. In the photo are, from left, front, T.X. Thrower, Felton Causey, Rufus Norton, John Causey Jr.; back, unknown, Harvey Lee Dutton, Joe Brown Norton, Jessie…
ROSCOE SCHOOL
This scene from the files of the Coweta County School System shows a girls basketball game at the Roscoe School in the early 1920s. Harold Sewell coached the team as well as being principal of the school.
Rotarians Little League Team, 1954
This group of young athletes composed the Rotarians Little League Team in 1954. The photo appeared in the July 15, 1954, issue of the Times-Herald when the team had taken the lead in the league. From left are, front, Little Glover Jr., Howard…
SENOIA BASEBALL OF 1905-1906
Warm weather is here, and with it comes the American tradition of baseball for old and young alike. This group of men is the Senoia Baseball Team of 1905-1906. Team members include, from left, front, a man named Norton, Ralph McKnight, a Tech…
THE AMERICAN PASTIME
This group of men ready fr a good game composed the 1937 softball team of R.D. Cole Manufacturing Company. In the photo are, from left, seated, Charlie Griffith, Fleming Jones; standing, front, George Strickland, Sid Boswell, Horace Bowie, Walter…
THESE YOUNG ATHLETES
These young athletes were the state Hi-Y basketball champs of 1961. They are, from left, front, 10-Jimmy Keith, 21-Jack Wrighter, 24-Terry Lunsford, 3-Jimmy Stroud, 15-Al Gilbert, 20-Tommy Bird; back, 6-unkown, 4-Bill MacNabb, 5-Danny Boone, 23-Jimbo…
THIS PHOTO OF A NEWNAN HIGH
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…