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Bill Bishop of Sylva brought in this photo from Lovedale Baptist Church's 1950 Bible School. The Rev. Gordon Scruggs was pastor, and the church building was located where the Tuckaseigee Baptist Association building is now, Bishop said. After all these years, Bishop only knew a few of the children in the photo. Those he remembers include: Top row, from left, Doris Painter Monteith, Audrey Dillard; second row from top, Luther Shuler, Asbury Frizzell, Bill Bishop, A. Stevens (first name unknown), Bud Bryson, Truman Hoyle; third row from top, Wanda Blanton, Donis Shuler, Arilla McMahan Jones, Nell Dillard Davis; fifth row from top, second from left, Martha Shuler Bishop and Norcella Hoyle beside her; fourth row up, Burt Buchanan, left; third row up, third from right, Virginia Ammons; bottom row, fourth from left, Grace Angel and second from right, Nellie Shuler Buchanan. In the weeks since the photo was first published, Doris Monteith and Katie Allman stopped by the newsroom and identified other faces in the photo as indicated in the diagram below:
1, Jimmy Keener; 2, JoAnn Painter; 3, Linda Franklin; Katie Smith Allman; 5 & , both identified as Tommy Henson or Hinson; 7, Glenda Moody; 8, Cletus Barron; 9, Ray Blanton; 10, Bill Parker; 11, Alice Buchanan Morgan; 12, Blanche Painter; 13, Jean Middleton Crawford; 14, Judy Painter; 15, Doyle Alexander; 16, Billy Bumgarner; 17, Minnie Haskett Cabe; 18, Gary Stanford; 19, Lois Hoyle; 20, Darlene Cable; 21, Claudine Monteith; 22, Mary Bryson; 23, Alice Stanford.
The Sylva Herald publishes either a "Then and Now" or "Back Then" feature on a weekly basis. Readers who have photos taken in Jackson County that are at least 25 years old and include a recognizable feature (such as an existing building, highway, mountaintop or ridgeline) are invited to submit them for use in "Then and Now." Other interesting photos will be considered for "Back Then." Photos can be dropped off or mailed to the newspaper office. As a convenience to those who would prefer not to let their cherished photos out of their sight, Herald photographer Nick Breedlove will scan photos Tuesday and Wednesday mornings between 10 and 11 a.m. Those with questions about potential "Then and Now" or "Back Then" photos may contact Breedlove at 586-2611, ext. 310, or nick@thesylvaherald.com.
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