MALAKOFF HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 1954/55

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TWENTY-ONE SENIORS - The above photograph is that of the Malakoff High School Graduating Class of 1955. Identified, they are:

Top row, (left to right) - Bill Smith, Robert Brannon, Troy Rogers, Albert Dosser, Roy Dean Carden, Shirley Stephen and Patricia Ashley.
Second row - Peggy Yates, Patricia Robertson, Gracie Ann Brannon, Nancy Venable (salutatorian), Patsy Ruth Nokes, Hilda Jo Johnson (valedictorian), Kenneth Penson, Shirley Shumate, and Mary Welborn.
Kneeling - Hulan Allen, Glenn White, Eulan Allen, Donald McLain, and Lynn Sorrell.
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Schools Close 1954-55 Term; Exercises Sunday - Monday Nights, Hi School Auditorium

from The Malakoff News, Friday, May 20, 1955

The Malakoff Public School system closes its doors this weekend on a very highly successful 1954-55 term under the superintendency of Norris Starkey. The closing programs have been arranged for Sunday and Monday evenings in the High School Auditorium.

The Baccalaureate Service, with the Rev. T. J. Hennessee, pastor of the First Assembly of God Church delivering the message, will be held Sunday evening at 8:00. The supporting music for the Baccalaureate will be given by the high school choral group.

The Commencement Exercises will be held Monday evening, May 23rd. In this program the special awards and honors to the members of the senior class will be presented by the high school principal, Mr. H. G. Larkin. Supt. Norris Starkey will deliver the charge to the graduating class and the diplomas will be presented by C. N. Humphries, president of the school board.

The Salutatory address will be given by Miss Nancy Venable and the Valedictory by Miss Hilda Johnson.

The Commencement music, with Miss Anne Pope Gilreath at the piano, will be presented by the high school octet and the choral group.

The class of ‘55, numbering twenty-one graduates, has been sponsored through the past year by Mrs. Victor Lewis, teacher of home economics, and H. G. Larkin, high school principal.


Submitted by Britt Thompson

If you have any information on Malakoff history please contact Britt, he is the correspondent for The Malakoff News Looking Back Column.


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