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Attending the Grayson High Reunion in 2004 were Hilda Knight Underwood and Jane Alexander. Jane taught at Grayson when the school was in the town.
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This group of Grayson High School Alumni planned the 2003 annual reunion, standing left to right: Raymond Henderson, Margie Knight McBryar, Hilda Knight Underwood. Seated Betty Brooks Huston, Charlotte Brooks Briscoe, Cornelia Brooks Guthrie, Bobbye Brooks Pratt; all the women on the first row are sisters.
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BUFORD WEDDING
The wedding of Sara Elizabeth Weeks and Thomas E. Lingerfelt, II was on Saturday the twentyninth of March at six o’clock in the evening at the Buford First United Methodist Church in Buford, Georgia. The reception was in the grand ballroom of the Gainesville Civic Center.
BROWNIES SEND 1000 “COOKIE CARE PACKAGES” TO SOLDIERS
Brownie Troop 1366 sent 1000 cookies to military personnel in Iraq during the month of March. The cookies were donated to the girls who packed and mailed them. The girls in this scout troop are students at Harbins and Alcova Elementary Schools.
• Betty and Walt Hollon of Lawrenceville celebrated their 62nd wedding anniversary on March 9, 2008. Betty and Walt married on March 9, 1946 while they were students at Cumberland College in Kentucky. After finishing two years at Cumberland they both went to the University of Kentucky where they received degrees. Walt was a pilot in the US Air Force during WW II; he flew a B-24. Betty was a music major and she was pianist at the Central Baptist Church and at the Lawrenceville First Baptist Church.
• The Gamma Chi Chapter of the Delta Kappa Gamma Society met at the Blue Willow in Social Circle on March 15. Gwen White of Oxford, Georgia is president of Gamma Chi.
• The Northeast Georgia Civil War Round Table meets at 3 p.m. on the first Sunday of each month at the Gwinnett History Museum in Lawrenceville. Steve Narrie is president of the Round Table. Anyone interested in history is cordially invited to attend the meetings.
•Buford resident Betty Chambers was named to the national Republican Women’s Board of Directors and she will serve as chairman of the group’s Website Assistance Committee.
• The funeral for Myron Boggs was on February 29, 2008. Myron Boggs was a charter member and a deacon emeritus of Central Baptist Church in Lawrenceville. He taught Sunday School for 50 years. He was co-owner of Butler and Boggs T.V. in Lawrenceville and he also worked at the Gwinnett County Tax Assessors Office for many years after retiring from his television business. Myron and Caroline Vose Boggs were married for 61 years and their children were Linda Ramey, Joan Blaney, Tim Boggs and Becky McMillan; grandchildren: April Lovelace, Mark Ramey, Curt McMillan, Gerald Blaney,lII, Clare McMillan, T.J. Boggs, Elizabeth Blaney and Hannah Boggs. Great Grandchildren: Jude Lovelace, Mathew and Mackenzie McMillan. |
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Shown l-r front row) Alpha Psi members attending the luncheon are Brenda Bigham, President Elect; Jan Atherton, Magill Elementary School teacher and new member; Connie Greene, Snellville and Barbara Bagwell, Lawrenceville, Press book Co Chairmen; (back row) Mary Mullins, McConnell Middle School, Decatur District Chaplain; Deloris Mullins, Georgia Altruistic Co Chairman; and Penny Clavijo, Assistant Principal at Magill Elementary School, Georgia Altruistic Co Chairman.
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Past Presidents of the Grayson High School Alumni, Margie McBryar and Robert Biggers at the 2005 reunion.
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Photo taken by Victor McKelvey shows this year’s Mardis Gras in New Orleans. Thanks for sharing, Victor!
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GRAYSON ALUMNI REUNION
Graduates and friends of Grayson High School gathered at Grayson High School on March 29 for the annual luncheon celebration. Many of those at the gathering attended Grayson High School when it was in Downtown Grayson next to the current elementary school. The 2007/08 President of the Grayson Alumni, Kenneth Bulloch, called the meeting to order. Ray Couch was installed as the 2008/09 president and scholarships were presented to current Grayson High School seniors by Ivan Bagby, Scholarship Committee Chairman.
The Grayson High School Alumni remember much of the history of Grayson when it was a small country town with dirt roads and cotton fields all over the area. The first school was built in the spring of 1882 and it was named Tripp Academy because the town was first called Tripp. The name Tripp was changed to Berkely in 1901 but there was another Berkely in Georgia so the town was named Grayson in 1902. The high school held the first graduation ceremony in 1917 and members of that first class were Alba Etheridge, Ruth Johnson, Ruth Petty, George Jacobs and Waymon Gower.
CAREER NIGHT AT CENTRAL GWINNETT HIGH SCHOOL
Representatives from the City of Lawrenceville, the military, newspapers, the professions and other job opportunities were presented to Central Gwinnett High School students in the school commons area at the annual Career Night on March 6, 2008. The event coordinated by Elaine Elliott was attended by over 200 students interested in making career choices. |
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| Serving Barbeque at the counter at the annual Masonic Barbeque in Snellville were Randy Gates and Robert Ward. |
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| Eastern Star ladies bake cakes and make all sorts of delicious desserts for the annual Masonic Barbeque held in Snellville. Left to right: Evelyn Hall, Helen Fort, Rosa Carroll, Blanche Hall and Ernestine Phillips. |
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Volunteers with Gwinnett Retired Educators present puppet shows to elementary school students all over Gwinnett County. Left to right: Phyllis Caffey, Nita Chambless, Eddy Fite, Joe Henry. Joe is with the Gwinnett County Solicitor's office,
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Working in the kitchen at the annual barbeque given at the Snellville Masonic lodge, left to right: Dennis Kerwin, Gene Wages, Benny Roberts, Paul Carashan. |
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