ASHDOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
ASHDOWN, ARKANSAS
Students in Her 32-Years of 2nd Grade Classes at Ashdown
(School Years 1944-45 through 1975-76)
Diane Ayers (G)
Andrea Bass (G)
Sue Bass
Diane Brown (G)
Sharah Cain (G)
Nancy Cobb
Helen George
Faye Golden
Melba Lou Jewell (G)
Linda Pope (G)
Alice Marie Robbins
Birtha Mae Stinson (G)
Gladys Wills
Shirley Jo Withen (G) (died 8/2000)
1950 - 1951 ~~~~~~~~~~ BOYS
Douglas Allerheiligan
David Cobb
Dale Ford
Harrell Henderson (G)
Jackie Helsley (G) (died 2/2/2001)
Billy Hill
Jere Don Hinton
Alva Lee Jewell (died 3/1999)
Cecil E. Johnson
Jerry Kersten
L.J. Lefevers (G)
Tommy Lowery (G) (died 9/1993)
Don Russell (G) (died 2/14/2002)
Guy Russell
Dwight Sample (G)
Otis Thrash (died 6/7/1966)
Billy Trout (died - date unknown)
(G) Graduated from Ashdown High School according to book "Ashdown Graduates 1906-1985"
(compiled by Mrs. C.I. Bowles and Mrs. Ross Henderson, Jr.)
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The 1950-51 Ashdown Elementary School Faculty: Principal, E.S. Jennings; 1st grade, Christine Sanderson, Lucille Thrash and Mable Sessions (in the basement); 2nd grade, Irene Pauley and Rose Caler; 3rd grade, Eva Merrell; 4th grade, Kippy Wilson and Mrs. E.S. (June) Jennings; 5th grade, Margaret Daniel and Valda Jordan; 6th grade, Artie Cooper; Secretary, Susie Spigner.
Friday night (7:30) February 23rd, a pageant titled "The Story of Arkansas" was presented in the school auditorium. It was sponsored by the PTA. The pageant which had 23 scenes was written and produced by Principal E.S. Jennings. It was directed by 1st grade teacher Mable Sessions; costumes were designed by a parent, Martha Cook, assisted by teachers, Mable Sessions and Margaret Daniel; background scenes were designed by teachers, June Jennings and Kippy Wilson; music by teachers Ethel Emmert, Eva Merrell and Irene Pauley, assisted by parents Nannie Mae Hyatt ande Melva Orton; advertising and ticket sales by teacher Artie Cooper and parents Thelma Davis, Verda Coulter, Mary Cobb and student Pat Johnson. (Money from ticket sales -- $264.50). Backstage and props by teachers Rose Caler, Valda Jordan and Christine Sanderson; by parents, Ida May Patterson, Mary Gentry and Mrs. Floyd Lamon; Russell Jordan was in charge of make-up; ushers were high school students, Pat Johnson and Geraldine Duncan.
The pageant began with the Entry of Colors -- by students, Jimmy Cobb and Bobby Gore. This was followed by Arkansas Queens on Parade: Miss Arkansas of 1800 - Daisy Dean Cook; Miss Arkansas of 1836 - Sue Jester; Miss Arkansas of 1860 - Jane Bentley; Miss Arkansas of 1890 - Bobbie Jo Cowling; Miss Arkansas of 1900 - Martha Kay Pauley; Miss Arkansas of 1910 - Sarah Jane Davis; Miss Arkansas of 1920 - Marilyn Orton; Miss Arkansas of 1930 - Catherine Ann Grounds; Miss Arkansas of 1940 - Sue Lamon and Miss Arkansas of 1950 - Charlotte Cowling. The 23 scenes included both students and adults from the community.
Mr. E.S. Jennings, principal and Mr. H.E. (Earl) Tye, superintendent, resigned effective June 30, 1951. Burton K. Walker, Jr. became principal and Mr. C.D. Franks replaced Mr. Tye.
(From Irene Pauley's book "Teaching Memories of Irene Pauley")
GIRLS ~~~~~~~~~~ 1951 - 1952
Nancy Cobb (G)
Lucy Castleman (G)
Phyllis Crawford
Doris Burns (G)
Jannie Lee Ford
Margaret Ann Grose
Carol Hinton
Patsy Ann Jacobs
Ann McAllister (G)
Lynda McCuller
Jennie Lee Ritter (G)
Jerry Simmons (G)
Linda Stansbury
Anne Shelton (G)
Sue Walraven (G)
1951 - 1952 ~~~~~~~~~~ BOYS
Eddie Booth
Danny Buster
Norman Cobb
David Ford
Johnny Griffin
Gary Hoover
Otto Lewis
C.T. "Pat" Patterson, III (G)
Billy Pounds
Billy Russell (G)
Perry Tallant (G)
Jimmy Waldrep
John Withem
(G) Graduated from Ashdown High School according to book "Ashdown Graduates 1906-1985"
(compiled by Mrs. C.I. Bowles and Mrs. Ross Henderson, Jr.)
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1951 - 1952 Ashdown Elementary School Faculty: Principal, Mr. B.K. Walker, Jr.; 1st grade, Christine Sanderson, Lucille Thrash, and Mable Sessions (room in basement); 2nd grade, Irene Pauley and Rose Caler; 3rd grade, Eva Merrell; 4th grade, Kippy Wilson and Frances Sample; 5th grade, Margaret Daniel and Verda Coulter; 6th grade, Artie Cooper; Secretary Melva Orton.
Teachers of the Ashdown School District attended a Day District IV (Howard, Little River, Polk, and Sevier Counties) Meeting at DeQueen on September 29th. Most of the teachers attended the annual A.E.A. meeting at Little Rock in early November.
(From Irene Pauley's book "Teaching Memories of Irene Pauley")
Jane Aylor (G)
Judy Aylor (G)
Betty Bass
Judy Beard
Patsy Ann Compton
Sharon Dumas (G)
Lynnie Hill (G)
Clara May Gabbard
Becky Johnson (G)
Charlotte Johnson
Shirley Moore (G)
Madonna McMurrian
Rosalea Overstreet (G)
Jean Patterson
Carolyn Webb
Beth Welch (G) (died 7/1998)
Patsy Whisenhunt
Carolyn Womack
1952 - 1953 ~~~~~~~~~~ BOYS
Billy John Ayers (G)
Bobby Lee Clyatt (G)
James Colton
Jimmy Cowling (G)
Mike Davis (G)
Charles Fawcett
Leonard Frady
Charles Gore
Don Hale (G)
Eugene Holland
Dwight Hollowell (G)
Charles Peacock (G)
John Peacock (G)
Silas Robbins
Billy James Swaim
Larry Thrash (G)
Mike Trammell (G)
(G) Graduated from Ashdown High School according to book "Ashdown Graduates 1906-1985"
(compiled by Mrs. C.I. Bowles and Mrs. Ross Henderson, Jr.)
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1951 - 1952 Ashdown Elementary School Faculty: Principal, Mr. B.K. Walker, Jr.; 1st grade, Christine Sanderson, Lucille Thrash, and Mable Sessions (room in basement); 2nd grade, Irene Pauley and Rose Caler; 3rd grade, Eva Merrell; 4th grade, Kippy Wilson and Frances Sample; 5th grade, Margaret Daniel and Verda Coulter; 6th grade, Artie Cooper; Secretary Melva Orton.
Most of the elementary school teachers attended the annual A.E.A. meetings in Little Rock. Margaret Daniel and I shared a room at the Lafayette Hotel -- very near the Robinson Memorial Auditorium. We walked to the auditorium and attended the night meeting. After the meeting we walked along with others (it wasn't dangerous back then). When we reached the hotel, we decided to go to the Arkansas Theater (across the street) to see a movie. It was about midnight when we got to bed!
(From Irene Pauley's book "Teaching Memories of Irene Pauley")
GIRLS ~~~~~~~~~~ 1953 - 1954
Betty Adkison
Brenda Kay Altenbaumer (G) (died - date unknown)
Carolyn Ayers (G)
Bonnie Benge (G)
Sue Brock
Jeanie Cobb (G)
Dian Davis (G)
Norma Jean Davis
Margia Nell Dowdy (G)
Carolyn Sue Ford (G)
Audrey Gentry (G) (died - date unknown)
Shirley Gail Johnson
Linda Fay King
Barbara Jo Maddox
Mary Beth Mays
Janene McCrary
Florence Sue Robbins
Barbara Ann Sewell
Earline Sigler
Louise Walden (G) (died 7/29/2003)
Genevieve Ward
Judy Webster (G) (died - date unknown)
Ann Welch
Katrina Wilson
Elouise Withem
Mary Margaret York (G)
1953 - 1954 ~~~~~~~~~~ BOYS
Joe Mack Bennett (G)
Clayton Castleman (G)
Larry Grimes (G)
Jim Bob Hambleton (G)
Carlis Jones
Ernie Merrell
James William Pearson
Douglas Smith
Mike Stone
Billy Suggs
Jack Withem (G)
Alton Lee Womack (G)
Calvin Wright
(G) Graduated from Ashdown High School according to book "Ashdown Graduates 1906-1985"
(compiled by Mrs. C.I. Bowles and Mrs. Ross Henderson, Jr.)
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The 1953-1954 Ashdown Elementary School Faculty: Principal, B.K. Walker, Jr. A three room annex building had been completed before school started, to be used by the first grade teachers -- Christine Sanderson, Lucille Thrash and Mable Sessions; 2nd grade, Irene Pauley and Rose Caler; 3rd grade, Eva Merrell and Eunice Garrison were in former 1st grade rooms. Eunice Garrison, in Christine Sanderson's room (Mrs. Garrison had been teaching in the grade school at Ogden); Eva Merrell in Lucille Thrash's former room; 4th grade, Kippy Wilson and Frances Sample; 5th grade, Margaret Daniel and Verda Coulter; 6th grade, Artie Cooper and Mrs. C.C. (Ruth Price (mother of "T" Peacock).
By this time there were still five wing schools -- Alleene, Thelma Sikes, teacher; Ben Lomond, Faye Tiffin, teacher; Fomby, Pauline Smith, teacher; Ogden, Bernice Byrd, teacher; Wilton, Ernestine Johnson Whala, Theara Clark King, and Reva Willson; Secretary of Ashdown Elementary School, Melva Orton.
(From Irene Pauley's book "Teaching Memories of Irene Pauley")
GIRLS ~~~~~~~~~~ 1954 - 1955
Judy Kay Armsworthy
Betty Bennett (G)
Evelyn Burnett
Annie Lou Dickerson
Linda Doss
Judy Dowling
Linda Beth Gentry (died 12/9/2003)
Sheryl Goodson
Sharon Hill (G)
Jennifer Johnson (G)
Vicki Reed
Carol Scott (G)
Vedith Smith (died - date unknown)
Barbara Joyce Terry (G)
Cynthia Thrash (G)
Margie Faye Wilson
Mary Louise Wise
Jeanie Wright (G)
1954 - 1955 ~~~~~~~~~~ BOYS
Billy Cobb
Dan Daniel (G)
David Daniels (G)
Bobby Downs
Kenny Duren
Chris Franks (G)
Bobby George
Donald Gore
Kenneth Hinch (G) (died 5/1968)
Marcus Lee Jolly
Ronnie Lacefield
Bobbie Glen Lincoln
Duane Lovewell
Ronny McAllister
Edward Morehead
Ronald Murphy
Ronald Patterson (G)
Danel Rhodes
Danny Ritter (G)
Robert Russell
Rudolph Sewell, Jr.
Alfred Stone
Mike Stone
Billy Frank Welch (G)
Tom Roy Welch (G)
Ronald Joe Wilson (G)
David Withem (G)
(G) Graduated from Ashdown High School according to book "Ashdown Graduates 1906-1985"
(compiled by Mrs. C.I. Bowles and Mrs. Ross Henderson, Jr.)
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My second graders had a program in the auditorium just before the Thanksgiving Holidays. The program... (1) Our welcome by Chris Franks; (2) Thanksgiving Day by Cynthia Thrash, Mary Louise Wise and Rudolph Sewell, Jr.; (3) "Our Flag" (song) by the class; (4) The flag salute and the Lord's Prayer by the class and audience; (5) Thanksgiving Letters, by a group; (6) "The Turkey" (song) by the class; (8) Thanksgiving by Bobby George and David Withem; (9) "Five Fat Turkeys" (song) by the class; (10) My Thanksgiving Wish, by Vedith Smith and Barbara Terry; (11) An Up-To-Date Cinderella by Jeanie Wright; (12) Song and Dance by Chris Franks; (13) "Over The River and Through The Woods," by all.
(From Irene Pauley's book "Teaching Memories of Irene Pauley")
