Block High School


1921 submitted by Will Clifton

Past Principals of Block High School

A M Whipple 1915-1918
F E Phillips 1919-1923
D E Sikes 1923 -1926
John D Hano 1926-1927
Bob Smith 1927-1928
John F Harris 1928-1930
F H Shiel 1930-1946
A I Carter 1946-1947
Tandy W McElwee 1947-1949
Kelly N Breithaupt 1949-1973

First graduating class

First graduating class 1916 - R P Boyd, Sr; Valedictorian, Josephine Breithaupt, Esther Swayze, Myrtle Wurster, Annie Brown, and Josie Brown.

First Yearbook

Special thanks to Denzelle Humble for this submission

Dedicated to George Evelyn Moore, English teacher
Faculty
Tandy McElwee - Principal
Kelly Breithaupt - Asst Principal
Mrs Bernice Beard - Social Science
Frank Bishop - Coach
Reece Breithaupt - Social Science & English
J Q Eubanks - Science
Mrs George Evelyn Moore - English
Mrs Lodi Pierce - Home Ec
John Taylor - Math
Mrs Myrtle Price - Librarian & English
Miriam Yancy - Commerce

Seniors
left to right
Daisy Lou Bradford, Sally Mae Burlew, J R King, David Riggs, Jim Rowbotham, J W Sanders

Juniors
Page 1
left to right: Iris McClure - Pres, Richard White - Vice Pres,
R W Barron, Dale Bass, Marion Bennett, Irma Book, Marjorie Clark, C E Cotton

Page 2
left to right: Velda Fairbanks, Robert Freeman, Mary Bert Goodwin, Charles Harper, Paul Jones,
Mildred Miller, Anita Neal, Tehlene Taylor.

Sophomores
Page 1
left to right: Terry Wilkinson-Pres, Colon Crawford-Vice Pres, Melvia Trisler-Sec, Denzelle Humble-Rpt, Mildred Alberta, John Aswell, Peggy Bass, Arthurine Bradford, Maxine Bradford, Effie Mae Breithaupt, Frozene Burlew, H D Burlew, Lollie May Caskey, Louis Chevallier.

Page 2
left to right: Tommy Collins, Robert Davis, Juanita Evans, John Stanley Farmer, Jack Fritz, Geraldine Jernigan, Helen Jones, Pauline Maxwell, Bonnie McClure, Jack McGuyer, Betty Rose Poole, Dixie Lee Richey, Mary Rogers, Violet Ryan.

Page 3
left to right: Aubrey Sanson, Merle Sanson, Charles Speights, Charles Tassin, Earnest Taylor, Dudley Walker, Bobbye Sue Welch, Clifford White, George White, John Dale Wilder, Johnnie Ruth Wilson, Velda Young, Velma Zeagler.

Freshmen
Page 1
Top Right: Bobby Fairbanks-Pres., Charles King-Vice-Pres., Herman Ray White-Sec and Treas., Carl Bond, Flora Mae Book, Wynnona Book, Betty Brackett, Dixie Bradford.

Bottom Left: Mary Bradford, Mell Wanda Campbell, Corrine Chevallier, Johnnie Chevallier, Doloes Collins, Cherrie Cooper, Leonard Cooper, Harold Davis.

Page 2
Top Right: Joe Ray Dowdy, Bobby Ray Emrick, Robert Field, Gus Francis, Edgar Lee Gibson, James Girod, Edna Hardy, Mary Alice Harrison.

Bottom Left: Shirley Jernigan, Lucille Jones, Frances Kilpatrick, Jerry McClure, Thelma Ruth McClure, Monroe McFarlen, Robert McLawchlin, Margie McMillin.

Page 3
Top Right: Joe Maxwell, Floyd Middleton, Odessa Neal, Clara Bell Nugent, Huey Pentecost, Flora Poole, Liddie Sharpe, Quenton Smith.

Bottom Left: J C Trisler, Rex Tullos, Ruth Marie Warner, Alice Wiley, Mignonne Yancy, Ann Young, Avis Zeagler.

Eighth Grade:

Page 1

First Row: P. J. Bass, N.  J. Bass, Bond, Boothe, Bradford, Breithaupi, Brown
Second Row: Butler, Butts, Carlton, Chevalilier, B. Collins, P. Collins, Conn
Third Row: B. Davis, E. Davis, Dowdy, Edwards, Emerick, Estes, Evans
Fourth Row: Fairbanks, Ford, Froust, Hamilton, Harper, J. Johnson, M. Johnson
Fifth Row: Jolly, Jordon, Ketchens, Lawrence

Page 2

First Row: Lustruli, Manshack, Marshall, A. McClure II, Horace* McClure, McEntyre, McLawchlin
Second Row: Moore, Morace, Parish, Pecatty?, Powell, Prothe, Renfrow
Third Row: Robinson, B. Rutledge, C. Rutledge, Sanford, Sikes, N. Speights, V. Speights
Fourth Row: Swann, Tarver, Taylor, Thompson, C. White, H. W. White, L. White
Fifth Row: M. White, Wilson

*Read name from signature on picture