RABUN GAP NACOOCHEE SCHOOL HOMECOMING 2007

THURSDAY JUNE 7, 2007

SOME ALUMS CAN'T WAIT FOR HC TO START SO THEY ARRIVE ON THURSDAY AND START THE PARTY EARLY. 
 THIS HAPPY GROUP IS DINING AT THE FEED MILL.  FROM THE BACK LEFT TO RIGHT - KEN WARD, WILMA KELLY HOILMAN, RICHARD NEAL, DALE DENHAM SHAFFIELD, RON WARD, SUSAN HOUGHTALING ODOM.
 RIGHT SIDE BACK TO FRONT - BILL KELLY, JEAN KELLY, BOBBIE DARNELL, JIM DARNELL. 
 LEFT SIDE BACK TO FRONT - BEVERLY GUTHRIE LOUGHER,  BARBARA LEWIS ESTES,
 HAZEL GUTHRIE UNDERWOOD, CHARLIE UNDERWOOD.


FRIDAY JUNE 8, 2007

WHAT A GREAT TURN-OUT FOR THE CLASS OF 1957 ON THIS SPECIAL
 50TH ANNIVERSARY!  A WONDERFUL TIME WAS HAD BY ALL.

FRONT ROW - (L TO R) - SUSAN HOUGHTALING ODOM, JIMMY MOORE, OPAL NORTON MESSER, 
BROWARD STRICKLAND.

SECOND ROW - VIVIAN KENNEMORE JOHNS, ANNETTE CHRISTIAN PARK, ANNETTE GILES CAMP,
 VIOLA ROBBINS STARR, STELLA CHRISTIAN SWANSON, SHARON KEENER STILES

BACK ROW - DEDRICK COLE, KENNETH WARD, LORETTA MCDOWELL BISHOP, ED TAYLOR,
 BETTY KELLY WYATT, JIM DARNELL, THOMAS GEORGE, JACK DAVIS, GORDON HOPPER

PRESENT BUT NOT IN THE PICTURE - DON POWERS

 


JIMMY MOORE HAD A BANNER MADE THAT INCLUDED ALL THE NAMES OF 
THOSE IN THE CLASS OF '57.  THOSE IN RED HAVE PASSED ON.


 WITH APPRECIATION TO JIMMY MOORE, THE CLASS MEMBERS AND 
THEIR SPOUSES/GUESTS ENJOYED A SUMPTUOUS MEAL 


.....AND DANCING TO THE OLDIES.


SOME JUST ENJOYED WATCHING.
 ED AND JEANNTTE TAYLOR AND DEDRICK AND JANE COLE


SHARON KEENER STILES AND HER HUSBAND BOB STILES '55.


VIOLA ROBBINS STARR, JACK DAVIS AND HIS WIFE VIVIAN.


SUSAN MAKING SURE EVERYTHING IS READY FOR THE PARTY.  THE ELEVEN ROSES, REPRESENTING 
THE ELEVEN CLASS MEMBERS WHO HAVE PASSED ON, WERE DONATED BY JIM AND BOBBIE DARNELL.

THE MIKADO:  PICTURES OF THE GLEE CLUB PERFORMANCE IN MAY OF 1957,
 ALSO A KIMONO AND SASH WORN DURING THE PERFORMANCE.


THOMAS GEORGE'S ORIGINAL POEM "A FEW GOOD FRIENDS" WAS WRITTEN ESPECIALLY
 FOR THE CLASS OF 1957 REUNION, REMEMBERING THOSE MEMBERS WHO HAVE PASSED ON.


THE CLASS OF 1959 - FRIDAY NIGHT
 AT THE FEED MILL.

FRONT ROW - LEFT TO RIGHT - MARY JANE CARVER MCCOY, ANGIE BRACK PARKERSON, 
BETTY SUE TAYLOR ENGLISH, PAT WRIGHT MCNULTY

BACK ROW - HUBERT ROPER, LAVERNE GRIST COLEMAN, DALE DENHAM SHAFFIELD, 
VIRGINIA JUSTICE BLECKLEY, WILLIAM THURMOND, RICHARD MELVIN


                   VIRGINIA AND DOUGLAS BLECKLEY

                                                                                                        BETTY SUE AND ALLEN ENGLISH


HILDA CARVER MCLUCAS '60 WITH SISTER MARY JANE    

                                                                ANGIE AND CARROLL PARKERSON


LAVERNE GRIST COLEMAN WITH DALE WANDERING 
IN THE BACKGROUND.


BOB WELDEN, FERN DODD STRICKLAND, JANE TANNER BRIDGES, 
AND CLEO DODSON JOIN THE CLASS  OF 59 AT THE FEED MILL.


THE 50'S LOVE THE FARMHOUSE ON FRIDAY NIGHT.

RICHARD NEAL, JIM LOUGHER, JAMES SMITH, RON WARD, LEE SMITH, CHARLIE UNDERWOOD,
 TERRE KELLY, AND MARTHA ANN CORNETTE MANN VISIT ON THE PORCH.


JAMES IS REALLY ENJOYING HIS CHAT WITH MARTHA ANN. 


HAZEL AND MARTHA ANN - LOOKING GOOD LADIES.


                                                        RICHARD, BILL, AND JIM SOLVE THE
                                             WORLD PROBLEMS.

                     CAROL DICKERSON DUNBAR WITH SISTER
                                 BETH DICKERSON SHAW.


                                                                                         MARTHA ANN PUTS A BIG SMILE ON RON'S FACE.

   BILLY TEASLEY WITH RICHARD MELVIN AND DALE.


                                                         VIOLA ROBBINS STARR AND RICHARD.

  BILLIE BERTE SHOPE HARRELL AND KEN WARD.


HAPPY FACES, GOOD TIMES AT THE FARMHOUSE.

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