February 9, 2012 at 12:19 am (Ray City School, Sirmans Family)
Tags: Annie Ruth Clements, Doris Forehand, Elizabeth Weaver, Hazel Sirmans, Hazel Tabor, Hulda D'Ree Yawn, J. D. Carter, Mona Faye Swindle, Ray City School
Here is an updated, better quality photo of Ray City School seniors in 1939. See the original article posted at Glee Club Gave 1939 Christmas Cantata.
1939 Class Seniors, Ray City School. Miss Tabor, Teacher. Pictured are Annie Ruth Clements, Elizabeth Weaver, Mona Faye Swindle, D’Ree Yawn, Hazel Sirmans, Doris Forehand, and J.D. Carter. Image courtesy of Edith Mayo.
December 22, 2011 at 6:53 am (Ray City School, Society and Leisure)
Tags: Allen Yawn, Alma Luke, Anna Martha Grissett, Annie Ruth Clements, Barbara Swindle, Betty Garner, Bill Gray, Billie Guthrie, Bob Starling, Bruce Knight, Carolyn Swindle, Caswell Yawn, Doris Forehand, Doris Mobley, Elizabeth Weaver, Evelyn Moore, Fain Guthrie, Ferrell Herring, Frencholyn Guthrie, Harold Moore, Harvey Wood, Hazel Sirmans, Hazel Tabor, Helen Scarborough, Hilda Sirmans, Hubert Comer, Hubert Starling, Hugh Clements, Hulda D'Ree Yawn, J. D. Carter, Jack Vickers, Jessie Francis Webb, Josephine Collier, Juanella Clements, Juanelle Starling, Kenneth Cameron, Lamar Hardie, Lamar Weaver, Lois Burkhalter, Marjorie Garner, Martha Ernestine Cantrell, Martha Ernestine Ziegler, Mona Faye Swindle, Morris Johnson, Myrtle Hendry, Paula Skinner, Pauline Skinner, Peggy Carter, Ray City Glee Club, Robert Martin, Ronald Parrish, Roy Carter, Rudolph Scarborough, Sadie Griner, Victoria Sirmans, W.M. Creech, Wylda Starling
In 1939 the Ray City School Glee Club gave a Christmas Cantata with many students and teachers participating.
Ray City School, circa 1949. The school building was originally constructed in 1922.
The Nashville Herald, December 14, 1939
Ray City School Glee Club to Give Christmas Cantata
Ray City High School Glee Club will present a Christmas Cantata, “Memories of Bethlehem,” (Holton), on Wednesday evening, December 20, at 8 o’clock in the high school auditorium. The glee club will be assisted by Miss Josephine Collier, pianist; contralto, Mrs. Rudolph Zeigler (Martha Ernestine Cantrell Ziegler); soprano, Mrs. Garth Webb, and Miss Hazel Tabor.
Members of the club appearing on the program will be:
Sopranos and altos:
Peggy Carter, Annie Ruth Clements, Juanelle Clements, Marjorie Garner, Frencholyn Guthrie, Myrtle Hendry, Alma Luke, Evelyn Moore, Victoria Sirmans, Pauline Skinner, Juanelle Starling, Carolyn Swindle, Allen Yaun.
Baritones and basses:
Roy Carter, Hugh Clements, Hubert Comer, Billy Guthrie, Morris Johnson, Bruce Knight, Harold Moore, Ronald Parrish, Hubert Starling, Jack Vickers, Lamar Weaver.
The Symphonet Band, which has been organized since October, will play for the processional. They are:
Lamar Hardy, Fain Guthrie, Ferrell Herring, Barbara Swindle, Annie Martha Grisset, Lois Burkhalter, Kenneth Cameron, Billy Creech, Casswell Yaun, Bob Starling, Sadie Griner, Wylda Starling.
Ushers for the occasion will be Helen Scarboro and Betty Garner. Candle lighters will be Robert Martin, Rudolph Scarboro, Bill Gray, Harvey Wood.
Wise men will be Hilda Sirmans and Doris Mobley.
1939 Class Seniors, Ray City School. Miss Tabor, Teacher. Pictured are Annie Ruth Clements, Elizabeth Weaver, Mona Faye Swindle, D’Ree Yawn, Hazel Sirmans, Doris Forehand, and J.D. Carter.
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