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Some Stuff I Wrote and Some Stuff I Didn't (2011) H. Morris Williams

Column November 4, 2007

MEMORIES OF CHS FROM 1933

Thelmone Brooks Dennis (CHS 1933) kept lots of memorabilia from her school
days at CHS. After her death, her son Brit donated some of those items to our
school museum.

• A 50-year class reunion booklet for the class of 1933.

• A 1929 group photo of the CHS 1933 class as eighth graders— their
teacher was Mrs. Bradbury.

• An 11” by 14”, 20-page CHS Tiger school newspaper dated May 23,1930,
dedicated to teacher Evelyn Mixon, “ A true friend to every student...she
was dedicated to the highest ideals of our school.”

Brit also donated an early 1950’s Girl Scout group photo which helpfully listed all
the girls’ names. Some scouts in the group were (maiden names) Donna Dekle,
Janet Moses, Sandra Reda, Brenda Brown, and Katherine Jacobs. Leaders
pictured were Mrs. Jay Brown, Mrs. Jim Melton, and Mrs. Lulie Bloodworth.

Brit also included a book titled “Little Folks’ Life of Jesus" by the late Alice
Spencer, a local Presbyterian. In the book’s foreword, Alice pays tribute to her
pastor, Dr. E. F. Montgomery, Sr. D.D. “Dr. Mont read and studied the book
from the standpoint of a pastor and Bible student, suggesting changes which
should be made lest the book be misunderstood.”

Thanks to Brit for these valuable donations to our School Museum.

LEO’S 1915 TAG

According to friend Scott Denmark, Leo Horne may own the oldest local license
plate in the county. The plate simply says “Columbia County, FI, 1915, 8.”

Some locals remember when Florida license plates used to begin with a number
that showed the numerical order of a county’s car registrations, starting with the
largest. For example, Dade County tags began with a T , Duval was ‘2’,
Hillsborough was ‘3’, etc. Columbia County was ‘29’ and Suwannee was ‘3T.
Thus, you could tell the county where a car was registered by its ‘county
number.’

SCHOOL MUSEUM THANKS

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