Mr. and Miss Central 1953
1954 State Champions
Invitation to Dedication
Program for Dedication
CBS Bumps Feature Story on Luther
Luther’s piece on CBS Evening News has again been bumped due to tragic events in Colorado and CBS’s extensive coverage tonight.
More Memories of 1965
Some 1965 Memories
Luther’s Story on CBS Rescheduled
CBS reschedule Luther’s story to July 20, 2012.
Luther to be Featured on CBS
Luther to be featured on CBS Evening News on Friday, July 13, 2012, at 6:30 p.m. (ET)
Possibly Our Oldest Surviving Graduate on July 4, 2012
We believe Mary Josephine Smith Bevilaqua, Class of 1933, is the oldest surviving Central graduate. Her mother was an early Central attendee, and her daughter-in-law, Mary Alice Howell Bevilaqua, is a Class of 1965 graduate:
- Mrs. Bevilaqua’s 1933 Senior Picture
Alma Mater by 1961 Band
Here is an example of one of the upgrades made possible by the donation of funds to the Preservation of Central History Fund. Click on the link below to hear the 1961 Band playing the Alma Mater:
Upgrades to Preservation of Central History Website
Thanks to the generous donation of two Central Alumni, we now have four times the server storage space, audio and video capability, more custom design features, and a few other things only a geek appreciates.
Surviving Faculty Members of Central on Dodds Avenue
One of our goals is to invite all surviving members of the faculty to Dedication of the Historical Marker on August 4th.
We would appreciate any contact information you have on the following:
– James (Jim) Rogers. Science and Chemistry teacher at both old and new Central.
– Edwin Grant. Probably taught at both Central until 1968, and then J B Brown thereafter.
– Wayne Huling.
Class of 1916
Class of 1916
On June 2 , 1916, 105 Central seniors were awarded diplomas by L W Bates, Chair of the High School Board, Hamilton County, at the City Auditorium. This was reported by the Times as the largest graduating high school class ever in East Tennessee:
Iva Akin
Ruth Allison
Harry Anderson
Houston Barker Valedictorian
Emma Shannon Barnett
Marian Beers
Winona Blacker
Harry Blackwell
Alan Blisplinghoff
Emma Boehm
Carl Breitwelser
Cloman Brown
Gladys Brown
Hazel Brown
Willie Brown
Jessie Carmack
Ralph Carpenter
George Castings
Elaine Chaffee
Helen Colby
Ora Collins
Alford Cooper
Frank H Cooper
Francis Cope
John B Criswell
Walter Creswell
Albert Crumley
Lawrence Daniels
Paul Deakins
Embry Dearing
Nellie Dodds
Benjamin DuPre
May Duggan
Gertrude Easterly
Mildred Faidley
Robert Garner
Odessa Gattis
Lillis Gill
Ernest Grigsby
Emma Guthrie
Warren Hale
Ruby Harris
Bertha Harwood
Alice Hilton
Alvis Holland
Clara Huntington
Mary Igou
Annie Ingram
Bessie Jenkins
George Jones
Rucker Jones
Maud Keen
James Killian
Leslie Kling
Katherine Land
Nadine Lyle
Esther Mackie
Eugenia Madden
Annie Marler
Clyde Masoner
James Massey
Ethel McCulley
Jessie May McDonald
Willie McKinney
Kenneth McLemore
Stewart McPherson
Charles E Meredith
Albert Miller
Mary Milligan
Artie Moore
Lovell Morris
Forrest Morris
Thomas Moulton
Annie Lee Mowery
Jake Nicholson
Johnnie Nicholson
Mary Christine Noble
William Padgett
Margaret Peak
Katherine Pirtie
Alford Poe
Louise Pope
J B Ragon, Jr
George V Richmond Salutatorian
Anna Grace Roberts
Joe Roberts#
Margaret Sauls
Edith Shehee
Myrtle Short
Mary Shugart
Franklin Steffner
Hattie Joe Sutton
Bryan Talley
Roy Terry
Lewis P Thatcher
Charlie Thompson
Katie Tinker
Lucille Trewhitt
Harvey Underwood
Anna Watson
Georgia Webb
Homer Weber
Bonnie Willbanks
Luke Williams
Margaret Wilson
Sidney Wood
Preservation of Chattanooga Central History 