Memory Lane
This section will be used for pictures, old and new of classmates and related subjects. If you have any
photographs, images, etc. that you would like posted. Please send them to Mickey
We will keep pictures on here for a time and rotate them as needed.
Thanks to David Beaver for sending me several class photos from Villa Heights. David attended Villa Heights and Tech with a lot of our Central classmates. David did attend Central but moved away from Charlotte when he was in the 10 grade. Thus, he is still a part of us! More of these class pictures will appear in the next few weeks.
As with most of us, David could not remember all the faces. If you can identify those not named, please let me know.
Thanks to David Beaver for sending me several class photos from Villa Heights. David attended Villa Heights and Tech with a lot of our Central classmates. David did attend Central but moved away from Charlotte when he was in the 10 grade. Thus, he is still a part of us! More of these class pictures will appear in the next few weeks.
As with most of us, David could not remember all the faces. If you can identify those not named, please let me know.
David has also added some names to unknown faces for the 4th and 6th grade Villa Heights photos posted on the Memory Lane page. Again, thanks David!
Villa Heights Elem. 5rd grade - 1949-1950
From top of page, 1st Row L to R: ?, ?, ?.
2nd Row L to R: Bobby Allridge, Richard Helms, Jimmy Norman, ?, Puckett, ?, Don Fowler, ?, David Beaver.
3rd Row L to R: ?, ?, Anne Jordan, Nancy Marlow, Claidette Lowery, ?.
4th Row L to R: Barbara Moser, Doris Green, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, Phyllis Shue.
5th Row L to R: Missing photo, Freddie Rich, ?, ?, ?, ?, Douglas House, Frank Patterson, Tommy Fisher.
Villa Heights Elem. 3rd grade - 1947-1948
1st Row L to R: Richard Helms, ?, ?, Frank Patterson.
2nd Row L to R: Janice Chesser, ?, ?, ?, ?, David Beaver, ?, Class Teacher.
3rd Row L to R: Doug House, Kiker, ?, Bobby Hornback, Don Fowler, ?, ?.
4th Row L to R: Frank Burns, Tommy Fisher, Emma Collins, Barbara Moser, ?, ?, Patsy Clarkson.
5th Row L to R: Phyllis Shoe, Puckett, ?, Shirley Armstrong, ?, ?.
Villa Heights Elem. 2st grade - 1946-1947
1st Row L to R: ?, ?, Charles Hagler, ?, Freddie Rich, ?, Bobby Hornback, David Beaver, ?.
2nd Row L to R: ?, ?, ?, David Lyles, Don Rush, ?, William Woodcock, ?.
3rd Row L to R: ?, Pucket, Jack Beaver, ?, ?, ?, Claudette Lowery, ?.
Villa Heights Elem. 1st grade - 1945-1946 - Ms Robinson
1st Row L to R: ?, ?, ?, ?, Jackie Black, ?, ?, ?.
2nd Row L to R: Ms. Robinson, ?, ?, Barbara Moser, ?, Shirley Armstrong, ?.
3rd Row L to R: ?, ?, ?. ?. ?. ?. Dorris Green, ?, ?, ?.
Even thouugh David supplied us with the picture, he was out sick the day it was taken and missed being included.
BRINGING BACK SOME MEMORIES
Thanks to Jackie Shaw O'Neil for sending in the wonderful newspaper photo of our lovely group getting ready to perform a Christmas program.
These young ladies were warming up for the Charlotte News-Charlotte Variety Club Christmas Carol Sing and were members of the Central High School Sextet and their accompanist. Standing (left to right) are Ann Zachary, Meg Collier, Sue Jackie Shaw (accompanist), and Linda Wilkinson. Seated (left to right) are Claire Thornhill, Gwen Waters and Nita Brown.
Villa Heights Elem. 6th Grade – 1950-51 – Mrs. Lowe
Thanks to Doug House, Emma Collins, Nancy Marlowe Clifford, John Layton and Susie Kisiah Moore for the picture and putting names to the faces.
1st Row L to R: Carlisle Davenport, Phyllis Young, Eulalia Biggerstaff, Robert Horne, Sherrill Butler, Larry Doolittle, Richard Griffin, Gene Horn.
2nd Row L to R: Della Turner, Janice Chesser, Jackie Black, Susie Kisiah, Norfleet Buchanan, Nancy Marlowe, Don Fowler.
3rd Row L to R: John Layton, Tommy Gardner, Bobby Hornback, Henry Puckett, Patsy Clarkson, Clarence Ward, Nell Willis.
4th Row L to R: Johnny Horton, Jimmy Norman, Ralph Martin, Barbara Moser, Ethel Ervin.
5th Row L to R: Tommy Fisher, Billie Ann Helms, Peggy Love, Roma Rowland, Barbara McMahan.
6th Row L to R: William Woodcock, Carolyn Mullis, Nancy Tarleton, Carolyn Robinson.
7th Row L to R: Emma Collins, Mrs. Lowe (partially hidden), Grace Alexander, Peggy Presson, Glenn Pettus.
Villa Hights Elementary School, 1st Grade, 1945-46, Teacher Ms Steele
Row 1; Left to Right, ?, ?, Nancy Marlowe, Jack Beaver, William Woodcock, Nancy Bullock, Tommy Fisher, Carol Bennett, ?
Row 2; ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, Grace Alexander, ?
Row 3; Barbara Jean Helms, Roy Yandle, Larry Doolittle, Janice Chesser, Mickie Isenhour, Richard Griffin, Emma Collins, ?, Mike ?
Thanks to Jack Beaver for the photo and Jack, Susie Kisiah Moore, Nancy Marlowe Clifford, Emma Collins and Doug House for identifying classmates.
Villa Hights Elementary School, 4th Grade, 1948-49, Teacher Ms Burdell
Row 1; Left to Right, ?, ?, Nancy Marlowe, Billie Ann Helms, ?, ?, Sarah Jane Stainback, Susie Kisiah, ?, Roy Yandle
Row 2; David Liles, June Bug Helms, ?, Mickie Isenhour, ?, ?, ?, Anne Jordan, ?, David Beaver
Row 3; Jimmy Norman, Bobby Armstrong, Barbara Snyder, Dot Robinson, ?, Jackie Black, Terrry (Obrine ?)
Row 4; Kiker (Frank or Joe ?), Eddie Black, Barbara Moser, Janice Dellinger, Carlisle Davenport, Peggy Presson
Row 5; ?, ?, Phillis Shue, Emma Collins, Nancy Tadlock, Shirley Armstrong
Thanks to Nancy Marlowe Clifford for the photo and Nancy, Jack Beaver, Susie Kisiah Moore, Emma Collins, Doug House and David Beaver for identifying classmates.
Villa Hights Elementary School, 6th Grade, 1950-51, Teacher Ms Veno
Row 1; Left to Right, Twila McGee, Virginia Sanders, Carole Mills, Freddie Ritch, Barbara Jean Helms, Martha Deese, David Beaver, Patsy Ruth Fox
Row 2; ?, Patsy Campbell, Melvin Tadlock, Doug House, ?, ?, ?
Row 3; Bobby Armstrong, Patsy Stutts, Richard Helms, Tommy Hinson, Jack Beaver, Dorris Green
Row 4; Barbara Moser, Eleanor Plunkett, ?, D. Puckett, Sarah Williams
Row 5; Bobby Aldridge, ?, Dorothy Robinson, Shirley Armstrong, ?
Row 6; Frank Patterson, ?, ?, Claudette Lowery
Thanks to Jack Beaver for the photo and Jack, Susie Kisiah Moore, Nancy Marlowe Clifford, Emma Collins and Doug House for identifying classmates.
Plaza Road School, 6th Grade Class Picture
Picture supplied by Charles Purser. Need your help in identifying those in picture.
Row 1, L-R, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, Dottie Dellinger
Row 2, Teacher (?), Charles Purser, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, Harry Lee Litaker
Row 3, ?, ?, Peggy Phillips, Gay Griswold, ?, ?
Row 4, ?, Frank Brown, ?, Ed McMahan, ?, ?,
Midwood Elementary School, 2nd Grade Class Picture
Picture supplied by Ted DeArmon. Thanks to Henry Snyder for helping with the names.
Row 1, L-R, Miss Lucy Hanks, Jimmy Miller, Monterey Skeen, Ann Maria Yongue, Jimmy Carpenter, Eleanor Nabors, Henry Snyder, Jerry Wilson
Row 2, Patricia ?, Judy Brown, Syble Balentine, Ann Stokes, Kenneth ?, Ronnie Welch, Jerry Hendrix, Gene Austin, Libby Pittard
Row 3, Ted DeArmon, Elizabeth ?, David Crook, Alex Reddeck, Bobby Edwards, Elbert ?, Frank Sechrest, Charles ?, Diana ?, Denny McKinnon, Bobby McGear
Dilworth Elementary School, 4th Grade (?)Class Picture, 1949
Picture and names supplied by Anita Quinn Wright. We need some help with the names and especailly last names.
Row 1, L-R, Martha, Ray, Bing, George (?), Tommy, Anita, Bobby.
Row 2, Ann, Danny, Kitty, Mary Wayne Crymes, Estelle Carabates, Gary, David,(Teacher ?), Billy B.
Row 3, Penny, Judy, Pat, Mary Lynn, Leanne(?), Sandra, Frankie, Sylvia
Row 4, Gene, Bobby B., Dexter, Mary Lou, Barbara, W. K., Sammy, Billy R.
Thanks to Nancy Marlowe Clifford for these two pictures from Tech (Jr. High, 1954).
Remember these football cards?
"I am attaching a photo of one of the little card tags students purchased before
football games to show our support to the Wildcats for the upcoming game. I have fond
memories of attaching these little tags to our clothing and going through the halls
between classes chanting "Beat Winston Salem, Gotta Beat Winston Salem" or whatever
team it might be. I remember the chant was especially loud when we played Harding or
Myers Park."
Susie Kisiah (Moore)
We thank you Susie for the memories!
Wilmore Elementary School, Mrs. Thomas' 5th Grade Class Picture, 1950
Picture and names supplied by Sue Jackie Shaw O'Neill-Stone.
Row 1, L-R, Sue Jackie Shaw, ?,Delores "Toosie" Crump, Jack Crosby, Leliah
Baucom, ?,Sandra (?)
Row 2, Arthur Bowles, ?, ?, Joanne Killian, Billy Harold Little, ?, ?
Row 3, Tommy Williams, ?, ?, Earl Ammonds, Martha Tucker, ?, ? Mrs. Thomas
Row 4, Cecil King, Donald Mullins, O'Neill Munn, Jimmy Delinger, George Dunn,
Ellis Goodman
WOW, Check out the beauty queens in 1956!
Can't believe that with all this beauty there are no boys in this picture but I bet they were close by.
Thanks to Sue Jackie Shaw O'Neill-Stone for the photograph.
First row: Sally Joyner, Mary Waynes Crymes, Sallie Pickard, Gayle Hart, Lura Carnes,
Martha Whitfield, Theo Couchell and Diane Ballard.
Second row: Beverly Whitesides, Kay Cole, Nancy Johnston, Virginia Wynn, Ann Smith and Ann Yongue.
| Some more 1956 beach
pictures thanks to Sue Jackie Shaw O'Neill-Stone |
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Theo Couchell and Syble Balentine |
Gayle Hart and Ann Smith |
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A picture from the Charlotte News, May 14, 1955 of The Central High School concert band
practicing for a festival. Thanks to Sue Jackie Shaw-O'Neill-Stone for the photograph.
Wilmore Elementary School, Mrs Renfrow's 3rd Grade Class Picture, 1948
Picture and names supplied by Sue Jackie Shaw O'Neill-Stone.
Row 1, L-R, Delores (Toosie) Crump, Johnny Kirby, Sue Jackie Shaw, Larry Smith,
Harry Smith, Sally Holbrook, Douglas Earnhardt, ?
Row 2, Mrs Renfrow, Sandra Hord, Beth Orr. Martha Allison, Patsy Brasher, Shirley Morgan,
Frances Mahaffey, ?
Row 3, Martha Tucker, Nancy Jordan, Billy Harold Little, Jerry Oliver, Barbara Barger, Barbara Munn
Row 4, Ann Hope Griffin, ?, ?, Jimmy Entrekin, Joan Cope, ?
Row 5, Jimmy Dellinger, David Edwards, ?, ?, Cecil King
Wilmore Elementary School, Mrs Youngblood's 4th Grade Class Picture, 1949
Picture and names supplied by Sue Jackie Shaw O'Neill-Stone.
Row 1, L-R, Richard Grice, Eulalia Biggerstaff, Douglas Earnhardt, Sally Holbrook, ?, Larry Smith,
Harry Smith, ?
Row 2, ?, ?, Leliah Baucomb, ?, ?, ?, Tommy Williams, Gayle Powell, ?
Row 3, Billy Harold Little, Sue Jackie Shaw, Joanne Killian, Barbara Barger,
?, ?, Earl Ammonds, Beth Orr, ?, ?, Mrs Youngblood
Row 4, Martha Allison, ?, Joanne Wentz, David Edwards, Jimmy Dellinger, Bobby Ferrell,
Manning Watts, Don Teeter, David Morris, ?, ?
Alexander Graham Jr. High School, class and homeroom officers
Picture from the AG 1952 "Signing Off" yearbook. Thanks to David Dennis for suppling the picture.
Front Row, L-R, Archie Niven, Judy Brownstein, Mary Wayne Crymes, Tommy West (vice president), Douglas Scales (president), Kay Cole, Ann Scott and Bobby Grubb
Second Row, L-R, Wayne McPhatter, Bobby Overstreet, Carolyn Pressy, Prude Moore, Betty Place, Joe Bowles, and Bobby Staley
Not shown, Advisor Miss Lummus.
Thanks to Nita Brown Rayburn for submitting the following various memorabilia items from
both Piedmont and Central. Just click on the items to view.
The Periscope, Piedmont Junior High
School, February 12, 1954.
The Beacon, Piedmont Junior High
School, May 21, 1954.
The Cotton Blossom Special,
Piedmont Junior High School, March 12, 1954.
Graduating Class of 1954,
Piedmont Junior High School.
Football Team and Cheerleaders, Piedmont
Junior High School, undefeated city champions, 1953.
Football Banquet, Piedmont
Junior High School 1953.
Wildcat Image and Football Game Cards,
Central High School.
More new memorabilia from Central!
All of these are in Abobe format for you to read and remember some old times. Just click on the
titles to view.
Program from Oklahoma, The student play
program performed on May 18, 1957.
GGS Pendant, The Girls' Good
Sports pendant.
Central Hi-Larities of '56,
The PTA, Student Council and Drama Departments program presentation.
Key Klub Kapers,
The Key Clubs presentation, March 1957.
Commencement Program, Part 1,
Part 1 of 3 from 1957 Commencement Program. Bet you didn't remember all in your Home Room.
Commencement Program, Part 2,
Part 2 of 3.
Commencement Program, Part 3,
Part 3 of 3.
Year Book Article and Picture,
Article from the Charlotte Observer on high school yearbooks and picture of signing party at
Linda Shubert's home.
The Rambler, May 11, 1956, Part 1,
Part 1 of 2 of the school newspaper.
The Rambler, May 11, 1956, Part 2,
Part 2 of 2 of the school newspaper.
The Rambler, May 17, 1957, Part 1,
Part 1 of 2 of the school newspaper.
The Rambler, May 17, 1957, Part 2,
Part 2 of 2 of the school newspaper.
Dilworth Grammar School, 4th Grade Class Picture (Sept. 1948-June 1949)
Picture and names supplied by Peggy Talley Vert.
Row 1, L-R, Eleanor Allen, Pat Hansell, Eugene Grey, Faye Johnson, Gene Kirby, John Bechtold, JoAnn Salley
Row 2, Ruth Clayton, Nancy Hopkins, Billy Richardson, Betty LaGrange, Sandra Hoke, Barbara Jean Hicks, Carol Ann Pressley
Row 3, Billy Simpson, Cecelia Phillips, Marian Pierce, Elaine Newman, Fran Jarman, Peggy Talley, Bobby Guin, Nancy Greenwood
Row 4, Dorcas Lineberger, Bobby Kiser, Herbert Haskins, Don White,Ton McKay, Frederick Hilbers, Herman Dorton, Teacher Miss Marylee Sharpe
These are the Senior Class Officers of 1957 for both the first and second semesters.
Ahhhh, doesn't everyone look so young!
(top, L-R) Donald Spoon, Barbara Barger Harelson, Sally Holbrook Whelan and Martha Whitefield Sternbergh
(bottom, L-R) Danny Sells, Perry Diamaduros, Gene Davis and Mary Wayne Crymes Bywater.
Midwood Grammar School, 2nd Grade Class Picture (Teacher Mrs. Minogue)
Picture supplied by Mickey Connell.
1st Row, L-R, Plexico twins, Betty Merck, Ned McNair, Margaret Cartledge, David Fogel
2nd Row, Jimmy Miller, Dolores Parker, Ronnie Oakley, Margaret Hosse, Chuck Alford, ?, Horace Yandle, ?
3rd Row, Franklin Ramsey, Emily Wilkinson, ?, Charlotte Kendrick, David Drinkard, Gayle Young, Wanda Danner, Mary Elizabeth Spittle, Ann Biggers
4th Row, Ted Woody, Mickey Connell, Jimmy Turner, Ray Fowler, Ken McKinnell
Sorry, age has taken it's toll...If you can identyfy anyone let me know.
Dilworth Grammar School, 3rd Grade Class Picture, Miss Harriett Orr, teacher
Picture supplied by David Dennis. Thanks to Anita Quinn Wright for filling in the names.
Row 1, L-R, Steve McMillan, Martha Barb, John Bechtold, Bobby Burr, Ann Synder, Visitor (?), Mary Lynn Caldwell
Row 2, Judy Brownstein, Gail Powell, Anita Quinn, Bobby Broome, Bill Boger, Betty Jean (?), Charlie Summers
Row 3, Sylvia (?), Gloria Jean Locke, Catherine Ann Williams, Dorris Thompson, Henry Wallitt, Mary Wayne Crimes
Row 4, Sandra Rowe, Betty Jo (?), Robert Kirkpatrick, David Dennis, John Fox, ?
Row 5, Richard Jones, Becky Weathers, Mary Rutledge Crayton, Edgar McGee Rufus
Dilworth Grammar School, 5rd Grade Class Picture
Picture supplied by David Dennis. Many Names supplied by Peggy Talley Vert.
Row 1, L-R, Louie Stone, Wayne Kinnimer, ?, Patricia Richardson, Brenda Whitehurst, Bing Robinson
Row 2, Jimmy Graham, Sandra Hoke, ?, Ruth Clayton, ?, ?, ?
Row 3, Teacher Mrs. Chapman, ?, Mary Lou Eller, Prudy Moore, Nancy Hopkins, Judy Brownstein, ?
Row 4, Estelle Carabateas, Peggy Talley, David Dennis, ?, ?, ?, ?
Row 5, Dexter Lancaster, Frederick Hilbers, Kathryn Williams, ___ Robinson (Bing's sister), ?, ?
This site has been developed and is maintained by Mickey Connell. If you have any stories, photographs, memories, current news, etc. of our classmates, contact
Mickey
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