This section is growing slowly, but we could do better. With all the talent shows, magic shows, theatrical and musical performances, and May Day celebrations that livened up the school auditorium and school grounds over the years, there must be pictures somewhere that are collecting mildew when they should be here. If you have some of those, e-mail the webmaster.
Some of these photos show folks who have not been identified or who have been misidentified. Also, some of the dates are probably wrong. If you can add to or correct any of this information, please e-mail the webmaster.
School Events
Tom Thumb Wedding 1952
Fall Festival 1953
First Grade Performers 1953-54
L to R: Roy Pennington, Joel Adkins, Unknown, Jerry Cornelius
L to R: Mike Gooch, Unknown, Fred Long, William Hodges
L to R: Major Gurganus, Jimmy Stewart, David Cornelius, Unknown
An unidentified first-grader (Jerry Cornelius?) portrays a hawker of balloons
Everything's "ducky" for (L to R) Wynelle Hodges, Gloria Nell Fields, Nancy Salter, Unknown
Fall Festival 1967
May Day Celebrations
School-wide May King and Queen 1955--Gerald Beatty and Jill Moore (Newspaper clipping)
Third Grade May King and Queen 1955--Jimmy Burton and Elaine Pennington
First Grade May King and Queen 1955--Roger Burton and Sharon Cornelius
Second Grade May King and Queen 1955--Joel Adkins and Annette Franklin
May Day Royal Court 1955
May Day Performers
Second graders of 1955 get ready for the Show. (L-R) Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Sanford Herron, Unknown, Jackie Goodwin
More 2nd-graders clownin' around. E-mail the webmaster if you can identify any of these folks.
Are we having fun yet? Wayne Moore as the hobo and Charles Goodwin as the bunny. E-mail the webmaster if you can identify any of the other folks.
Eat your heart out, Ziegfeld! L to R: Unknown, Unknown, Wynelle Hodges, Nancy Salter, Unknown, Gloria Nell Fields.
Hey, hold that camera still, Pardner! Front Row (L to R): Major Gurganus, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Roy Pennington. Back Row: David Cornelius, William Hodges, Unknown, Unknown, Billy Skelton, Unknown
Lovely Young Ladies of May. E-mail the webmaster if you can identify any of these folks.
4th Grade Harvest King and Queen 1967--Chris Sorensen and Paula McDuffie
After intense lobbying by Ms. Edna Fikes (standing in the vehicle doorway), Ms. Flora Mann (far right), Ms. Clara Skelton (left center), and Ms. Louise Pennington, the County powers, in 1958, agreed to bring the County Bookmobile to Mineral Springs School during summer vacation. This gave local students easy access to books for their summer reading. The Bookmobile typically served about 50 summer readers, some of whom are shown in this photo from about 1960.
Another view of some of the summer readers (and some of the cars they came in)
Some of the young readers who welcomed a Bookmobile visit. The two youngsters in front are Carol Jane Bates (left) and Dennis Ray Bates. The tall girl in the back is Regina England. Others are as yet unidentified.
Summer Bookmobile Visit 1960
Harvest Queen ca. 1946 (Louise Hodges)
The annual Harvest Festivals were important fundraisers for the P.T.A. Each of the four school communities--Mineral (Dogtown), Fieldstown, Coalburg, and Republic--selected a young lady to be the prospective Harvest Queen. The same competition took place in the spring as the May Queen was crowned. The communities competed to raise the most money.
The annual Harvest Festivals were important fundraisers for the P.T.A. Each of the four school communities--Mineral (Dogtown), Fieldstown, Coalburg, and Republic--selected a young lady to be the prospective Harvest Queen. The same competition took place in the spring as the May Queen was crowned. The communities competed to raise the most money.
Eloise Phillips from Fieldstown was May Queen of 1948 and was escorted by J. T. Pennington of Coalburg. The couple went to Minor High School May Day as representatives of Mineral School.
May Queen and King 1947--Carol Abney and George Adkins
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Tom Thumb Wedding 1952 Bride and Groom--David Jo Densmore and Jack Fields
Second Grade (?) May King and Queen (?) ca. 1942-43--Ernest Lee Sorensen and Joy Booker.
May Queen and King 1950--Wanda Beatty and Weldell Phillips
Ms. Lillie Phillips and the fifth grade "Flutephones" ca. 1965
Harvest Festival (?) 1965 (?)--Paula McDuffie, Stanley Hogeland, Pam Fields