TALLAPOOSA HIGH SCHOOL
TALLAPOOSA HIGH SCHOOL WAS THE FIRST FREE PUBLIC SCHOOL IN
GEORGIA.
Built in Tallapoosa 1892, First Class graduated in
1894
CLASS OF 1894 Ernest G. Caldwell F. L. Culiver Cora Holroyd Janette Estelle Kiker Eula Sophia McBride Dora Moody Jessie Lourette Stitt CLASS OF 1895 Effie Laura Cox Bertha Leona Dunlap Elsie Gail Rinard Trena May Wasserman George R. Van Valkenburg CLASS OF 1896 Grace Edna Collins Alberta Nary Dougherty Mabel Rose Hoiroyd Vesta Addison Kiker Lon Della Sargent Belle Lipham Leona Lillian Miller Grace Henderson Porter Coral Stickney Charles F. Williams CLASS OF 1897 Vinny Barrett Warren Cornelius Herbert McBride Ethel Rinard Naomi Crawford Cora Holbrook Estelle Porter Rosa Stauffacher Nettie Wasserman CLASS OF 1898 Harry Caseldine Henry Kiker Hattie Dahiman Ross Lawler Ora Dell Fannie Maeger Pierre Jackson Etta Tallaferro Mary Tolbert CLASS OF 1899 Francis Bartlett John Koch Grace Holbrook Alvin Little Jessamine Orgain CLASS OF 1900 Florence Hitchcock William Moody Laura Harper Tracy Newton Henry Jones Marion Raymond Zoe Zeigler CLASS OF 1901 Course of study advanced and diplomas were withheld from this class. Julius Craven Eloise Thornton Murdock McBride Inez Tumlin CLASS OF 1909 Stella Brewer Nukie Mason Della Craven Howard Treadaway Roy Howe Ora Newman Edith Johnson Olin Rambo Jessie Jones Eula Mae Simpson Bessie Little Essie Treadaway CLASS OF 1910 Chloe Cornelius Sunie Gable Vera Harper Karl Howe Eula Tumlin Alma Johnson Mattie McBride Mary Lou Morgan Robert Strickland CLASS OF 1911 Elmer Bishop Margaret Camp Edna Denman Grace Isabel Growden I. V. Head Ralph Head Francis Hudleston Grace Hughie Ruth Johns Lillie Johnson Ellen Johnson Emily McCurdy Josie Southerland Mildred Thornton Janie Waldrop Ola Wisener CLASS OF 1912 Gladys Cantrel Minnie L. Casey Marguerite Fowler Harold Head Lucille Higdon Charles Jackson Sigurd Johnson Bessie Jones Bessie Waldrop Mae Lipharn Ester Louran Little Lottie Murdock Mark Neff Earl Summerlin Rebecca Thornton Bessie Treadaway Charles Vance CLASS OF 1913 Hugh Boyd Dred Elizabeth Gregory Robert Harris Jennie Mae Lewis Corner Pounds Nellie Simpson CLASS OF 1914 Havene Cochran Myrtice Drew Bessie Gill Ross Greene Emory Kilgore Bulah Lipham Ruth Lipham Henrietta McBride Lillie Wright Estelle Pounds Grady Simpson Reba Smith Annie L. Thomas Bernice Tumlin Emily Vance Sallie Williams Pearl Wisener CLASS OF 1915 Choice Carter Vera Davis Vesta Denman Erna Entrekin Ezma Entrekin Ruby Garrett Clara Goebel Aileen Greely Eunice Harrison Leta Jackson Lura Lipham Sanford Lovvorn Jewel McMahan Julius Mitnick Myrtle Pounds Stanley Rambo Dollie Richardson Dean Strickland Howard Tumlin Karl Watson CLASS OF 1916 Annis Brock Billie Hughie Thelma Brock CLASS OF 1917 Louise Baxley Floy Bryant Josie Chapman Doris Greely Erdele Hubbard Ruth Hubbard Karl Johnson Belle Kemp Stanley Pitman Monroe Simpson Rosa Ella Thornton Wailes Thomas Della Williams Elizabeth Whitman CLASS OF 1918 Virginia Dru Bonner George Chapman Lleuenlee Downey Olive Jackson Zumma Kemp Nettie Miller Ruth Miller Emma Pounds Lillian Styles Venora Waldrop TENTH GRADE Alma Bennett Nell Cummings CLASS OF 1919 Claudia Jackson Margaret Pitman Nellie Allen Fred Craven Pauline Garrett Theo Goldin Lucy West Margaret Murdock Lloyd Owens Lloyd Styles Mabel Richardson CLASS OF 1920 No Graduates Course of Study Advanced to Eleven Grades. CLASS OF 1921 Buoie Bennett Gertrude Downey Irma Heaton Inez McKissick Ethelyn Murdock Eula Norton Orville Owens CLASS OF 1922 Jessie Chapman Vera Richards Lynne Eaves Mable Simpson Fronie Lipham Hubert Smith Blanche McBride Vera Tuggle Geneva Pittman Celeyne Wasserman CLASS OF 1923 Ruby Entrekin Gertrude Downey. Dorothy Fowler Irma Heaton. Josephine Pittman Ora Brown Vergie Smith Edythe Bryant Lowell Strickland Helen Chapman Buoie Bennett Helen Craven CLASS OF 1924 Nellie Aldridge Sara Louise Head Lema Byrd Harold Hendon Henry Cole Rilla Hildebrand Nettie Collier Herman Johnson Eunice Downey Rutherford McKissick Mary Favor Madison Pounds Jewell Groover Gladys Smith Sara Kate Strickland |
CLASS OF 1943CLASS OF 1947
CLASS OF 1953
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Early
20th Century School Days In
Tallapoosa
By Rodric M. Phillips
The photo submitted is,
I would estimate, circa 1920. My mother, Myrtle Pauline Carroll Phillips, is in the middle row just to the left of center in
the photo.
I have always assumed, since mother grew up in Tallapoosa that this photo was taken at one of the
early school buildings there. I wish I could identify the teacher
and all
the children, but I cannot be certain.
My mother, Myrtle, was
the daughter of Roderick Wallace Carroll and Josephine Rebecca Hamrick Carroll.
Their home place bordered on the old
Lithia Springs Hotel property. Mother
was born in 1906, and spoke of having her own horse, so I am assuming she traveled via horseback throughout the
Tallapoosa area. Many of the photos I have are of mom with what must have
been school friends, but like the class photo attached, I cannot identify those friends.
However, In addition to
the class photo, I have one of my mother’s school books: Julius
Caesar by Shakespeare, by the Rev. Henry N. Hudson, LL.D., published by Ginn & Company, in 1879.
On the i nside front cover of this book, mom wrote: Myrtle
Carroll, M.P.C., Box 1213, T. H. S., and the date of March 21, 1915. The
price of the book was written by hand,
and was 30 cents.
One of the greatest
treasures I found on the back cover of the book, and it may identify some of the children in the class photo. Mother listed the names of all her
classmates, and even identified the class officers.
Mom wrote: Junior Class – 1915;
Doris Greely; Rosa Ella Thornton (vice president); Louise Baxley; Lee Ella Head;
Ruth Hubbard; Erdele Hubbard; Josie Chapman; Elizabeth Whitman;
Zuma Kemp; Belle Kemp; Floy
Bryant; Iverson Head; Roy
Evans; Stanley Pitman;
Stanley
Cantrell; Wailes Thomas (Treasurer); Lee
Pounds; Monroe Simpson; and Harold Jackson (President).
Since the ages of the
children in the photo seem quite varied in age, I suspect the group photo to be made up of more than one class. Regardless,
I would expect some of the names in mothers list of the Junior Class of Tallapoosa High
School to be in the photo. Should you recognize any of the people
in the
photo, any of the names on mom’s list, or identify the location of the photo, I would certainly like to hear from you.
Article Submitted by: Rodric M. Phillips,
Caption: “School Days in Tallapoosa, Circa 1915”
Copyright 2002 Rodric M. Phillips
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