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Geff School



Picture Donated by Marlene Olson

1923
1923 Geff School

Front row from Left

Loyd Barnard, Russell Armstrong (deceased), Ted Lowe, (unknown), Carroll Birket (deceased), Charles Wayne Blackburn.

2nd Row

Mathews girl, Kathleen Deem (deceased), Henrietta Cummins, Violet Grubb (deceased) Mathews girl, Hope Rich, Marcella DeVore, Eileen Pike, Jessie Marie Blackburn, Pauline Brown, standing, Marie Wolfe.

3rd Row

Carl Richards, Bestow Rudolph, David Dickey, Carl Coats, Leroy Blackburn, Seth Pike (deceased), Junior Miller, Earl Rich and Guy Courtright. The teacher, Mrs. Blanch Birckett (deceased)



1933-1934
Picture Donated by L.A.Bankston




Guess Who?
this is a picture of some former students who attended the old Geff high School. The year was 1933-34.

Standing on the back row is Mr. O. H. Holman

Second Row left to right:
Meredith Haynes, Ralph Moore, James Jelly, Ted Lowe, David Dickey, Estel Murphy, and Jonathan Rigdon Smith.

Front Row left to right:
Norma Courtright, Elizabeth Dittmore, Ruby McNeely, Jessie Marie Blackburn, Violet Grubb, Silvia Tubbs Smith, Maria Wolf and Pauline Brown.


The photo was given to Marsha Musgraves, daughter of Jonathan Rigdon Smith, by James Jelley


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