First Grade Rhythm Band (1931-32) at Catlin Grade School

Front row: Barbara Nell Burris, (--?--) Doggett, (--?-- --?--), Pauline Novario, Frances Jane Schuck, Elizabeth Sandlin, Inez Divan, (--?--) Hansbrough, Edna Ruth Martin, Angeline Mesich. Middle row: Robert Lee Songer, Herschel Sands, James Turner, (--?--) Carrigan, Delsey Humphrey, (--?-- --?--), Billy Elijah Carrigan, James Fulton, John McKee, Robert Ashby. Back row: Roy Thomas, Nelson Thomas, Albert Johnson, (--?-- --?--), Nelle Jane Burroughs, Shirley Jean Pierce, Donald Holman, William Galbreath, Hugh Eugene Thomas, Earl Linn Prather, (--?--) Shepherd.

Grade school class

Ferne (Lykins) Hunt (see row 3) donated this picture of Catlin Grade School students and identified them in 1996.
A note on the back says the picture was given to her by Ruth Burroughs Taylor and her sister Nell Jane Burroughs Shepherd and was taken by their father, G. W. Burroughs, principal of the school.

Front row: Charley Cox, Clarence Barton, Francis Eaton, Mitchell Lanter, Laurence Brady, Vernie Stevens, Egbert Cole, Joe Tilton, Vincent Dunkley. Row 2: Herman Keeney, Byard Taylor, Tom Pettigrew, Perry Collier, Elza Lanter, Fay Church, (Tollery or Martin?), Charlie Williamson, Irvin Elgin. Row 3: Claude Frazier, Evelyn Boggess, Ferne Lykins, Reva Culp, Esther White, Gladys Taylor, Eleanor Olmsted, Clarence Compton, Albert Patterson. Back row: Hazel Burroughs, Jane Squires, Beulah Martin, Edna Engleman, Emily Dunkley, Helen Tilton, Emily Saunders, Gussie Boughton, Dorothy Sinclair.

High school class

High school students in front of the old grade school, which also housed the high school from its construction in 1896 to 1922. The slate being held at center reads "High School 9th & 10th". This picture was probably taken during the school year of 1901-02.

Front row: Don Terpening, Della Cook, Pansy Terpening, Essie Cook, Ethel McNeer, Ethel Brady, Dottie Cook, Grace Jones, Dwight Stansbury. Middle row: Edna Snell, Elmo Kidd, Mabel Jones, Herman Douglas, Mabel Fleming, Ted Hembrey, Edna Wolfe. Back row: Teacher, Fred Lloyd. Janitor.

Shiloh School students

This school photo was taken at Shiloh School, but the year is unknown.

Front Row: Robert Towner, John Finley, Wilbur Bell, Warren Bell and Russell Finley.  Middle Row: Sarah Beach, Alberta Finley, Hilda Church, Opal Finley and Mary Jane Daniel. Back row: Miss Susan Barnett, Dorothy Church, Alma Rudd, Charles Beach and Dennis Towner.

1895 Bethel School

Students and teacher at Bethel School near Catlin in 1895.

Front rows (from left): Annie Tucker, Clyde Smith, Mary Shortall, Victor Church, Alex Church, Lizzie Jones, Winnie Shortall, Christopher Shortall, Lucy Moffitt, Jenkins, Nellie Shortall, Clyde Hockinberry, Dollie Church, Jenkins, Ora Moffitt, Louie Moffitt, George Church, Gertie Payne, Clyde Jenkins, Katie Church, Bert Elgin, George Pheteplace. In window (from left): Ethel Bentley, Harriet Elizabeth "Hattie" Kidd (teacher) and Jessie Bentley.

Catlin students

A picture taken in front of the Catlin school (where the city park is now located). Identities unknown.

Hazel Grove School

Students at the Hazel Grove School pose with their teacher and school work. Identities unknown.

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